they may not have 'sold' it to me (considering they're saying its not even built yet) but my wallet says I've paid and I have a feeling thats how they may see it. But you're right, definitely worth a shot.
I believe the other station that he's referring to (I assume anyway) is the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
I'm a big fan of SBS althought they lost some of my interest after they stopped regularly showing manga
agreed, this is the most frustrating thing. Sitting down to watch an episode of your fav show only to find out its been replaced by reruns of Alf!
The only ones that are getting it right are the non-commercial stations.
They're mathematicians, no one undertsnads what they're saying here, no one would understand them in the nut house. Wait a minute, isn't that why people are in the nut house?
Your definition of smart varies greatly to mine obviously. What you describe is simply a rounded person, NOT a smart one (not trying to say the two are mutually exclusive)
Without specialisation there is no advancement. If researchers did not spend years of there lives devoted to a single and focussed topic there would be no advancement in that area. Sure we might all be able to change our oil, except that no one would have spent enough time to research the internal combustion engine. Do you know how to change a horseshoe?
What about focussing because that area interests you and you want to mkake a difference? This is the heart of academia. If you want to be rounded go and do a 12 week practical course. If you want to make a difference got to uni and study.
I think this attitude is a major hindrance for the Open Source Community. Sure the community needs the passionate and the dedicated, that's what its built upon.
But, for example, the OSI was created with the hope of moving open source into the business world.
For open source to be taken seriously in the business world it needs to find a way of saying "hey, there's money to made here, if you're good and you're dedicated"
Unfortunately in todays world passion and commitment will only get you so far. Beyond that you need money.
is it just me or do iiNet really seem to be treating their customers well of late? I have NEVER been a subscriber to a service that significantly and proactively upgrades their offering 3 times in a year without raising prices. Somehow I can't see the telcos doing this.
Also has anyone seen the ads Telstra are currently running in Victoria stating that ALL Victorians now have access to broadband? I don't mean to be sceptical but this is an outright lie! I know people who live about 20 minutes from myself who can't get cable or adsl yet they still have the gaul to make statements like this.
You make a damn good point about the loss of peering. I would have just assumed it was there on broadband2 but apparently not
You're last comment however I find a little strange. Have you been on broadband for a while and forgotten what dial up is like? I know a lot of people who are on broadband and may only go through 800mb or so a month but would gladly kill their own grandmother before going back to dialup. Browsing is actually painful on dialup and with broadband prices the way they are its pointless signing up with dialup these days!
who knows, thats SCO's problem. I can just imagine IBM dumping it on SCO's doorstep, ringing the doorbell then bolting.
Still I'd be a bastard too if it was my choice.
I'm not suggesting anything, I'm merely stating that if these files were made by MS with pirate software then quite simply they have broken the law. It is not the laws reponsibility to provide a means of obeying the law, that is the responsibilty of the company.
This may sound harsh, but I work for an international company with well over 20,000 MS licenses and things seem to be under control there. The software asset management is a nightmare but after being stung in the past there is now the strictest measures being taken to ensure things like this do not happen. If you make a wav file, your QA lists where it came from, the same goes for graphic files, databases, online content and so forth. And why are such lengths being taken? because of a friendly MS audit.
"It must be terribly hard to oversee the daily activities of an organization--the size of MS--down to the level of individual employees"
Excuse my lack of sympathy but Boo-F*cking-Hoo. I don't care if its very difficult, not economically feasible or downright impossible, if MS are demanding it from others then its their responsibilty to look after it within their own ranks.
assuming the file was created by MS with a pirated version, wouldn't MS have no IP over the files created with it? If it turned out that legally someone else (ie Sony) had the IP on these files then they could really give MS the asshole and demand they either pay big $$ for royalties or remove the files from every version of Windows. I don't think that would be a cheap exercise
I'm just surprised that with something like this they wouldn't be able to at least meet some demand, even if it is localised. I would have thought it was in there interests. I'm from Australia so having to wait 1,2,6 months for get something after everyone else already has is no biggy.
It's been a little while at least since it went gold and I hate to think the number of CD's they're able to stamp per day.....
OK probably a dumb question... But if the program is complete (as proved by the fact that its leaked, as if we didn't know it anyway) why isn't it just release already. I can never understand the long pause that occurs after games are apparently completed.
I mean if they CAN push up the release date why wouldn't they?
I think that this one statement says nearly everything about the US legal system today.
When the person doing the suing says "yes they've done everything they can to stay legal" but then chasses them through every available court, somethings is screwed.
I know its slightly off topic, but has anyone produced a bag designed for the G5 Imac yet? Surely it lends itself perfectly to being portable but it would require a specifically designed bag to protect the screen and hold the keyboard etc.
Just wondering if any/.'ers had spotted anything?
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they may not have 'sold' it to me (considering they're saying its not even built yet) but my wallet says I've paid and I have a feeling thats how they may see it. But you're right, definitely worth a shot.
and yet the mini I've been waiting over 8 weeks for (and that according to the website still isn't built) won't come with tiger :(
I believe the other station that he's referring to (I assume anyway) is the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
I'm a big fan of SBS althought they lost some of my interest after they stopped regularly showing manga
you mean you weren't a fan of the latest season of CSI Crack Whore Unit?
agreed, this is the most frustrating thing. Sitting down to watch an episode of your fav show only to find out its been replaced by reruns of Alf!
The only ones that are getting it right are the non-commercial stations.
They're mathematicians, no one undertsnads what they're saying here, no one would understand them in the nut house. Wait a minute, isn't that why people are in the nut house?
Three words... Free Trade Agreement. Johnny has signed away so much for generations to come.
On a side note, wouldn't a busted sieve hold water perfectly well?
Your definition of smart varies greatly to mine obviously. What you describe is simply a rounded person, NOT a smart one (not trying to say the two are mutually exclusive)
Without specialisation there is no advancement. If researchers did not spend years of there lives devoted to a single and focussed topic there would be no advancement in that area. Sure we might all be able to change our oil, except that no one would have spent enough time to research the internal combustion engine. Do you know how to change a horseshoe?
What about focussing because that area interests you and you want to mkake a difference? This is the heart of academia. If you want to be rounded go and do a 12 week practical course. If you want to make a difference got to uni and study.
I think this attitude is a major hindrance for the Open Source Community. Sure the community needs the passionate and the dedicated, that's what its built upon.
But, for example, the OSI was created with the hope of moving open source into the business world. For open source to be taken seriously in the business world it needs to find a way of saying "hey, there's money to made here, if you're good and you're dedicated" Unfortunately in todays world passion and commitment will only get you so far. Beyond that you need money.
Does she server food to any of her former coworkers?
:D
Oh if I could only remember how many times I've made that typo
it begs the question tho... would an open source WMD be more popular with the community? (Apologies for using the term again)
is it just me or do iiNet really seem to be treating their customers well of late? I have NEVER been a subscriber to a service that significantly and proactively upgrades their offering 3 times in a year without raising prices. Somehow I can't see the telcos doing this.
Also has anyone seen the ads Telstra are currently running in Victoria stating that ALL Victorians now have access to broadband? I don't mean to be sceptical but this is an outright lie! I know people who live about 20 minutes from myself who can't get cable or adsl yet they still have the gaul to make statements like this.
You make a damn good point about the loss of peering. I would have just assumed it was there on broadband2 but apparently not
You're last comment however I find a little strange. Have you been on broadband for a while and forgotten what dial up is like? I know a lot of people who are on broadband and may only go through 800mb or so a month but would gladly kill their own grandmother before going back to dialup. Browsing is actually painful on dialup and with broadband prices the way they are its pointless signing up with dialup these days!
who knows, thats SCO's problem. I can just imagine IBM dumping it on SCO's doorstep, ringing the doorbell then bolting. Still I'd be a bastard too if it was my choice.
the first 900 million lines handed over by IBM were in hardcopy :)
so what exactly does SCO do when IBM produces a single hard copy of those 2 billion lines of code? That's got to be around 40 million pages!
Your implying Quality Control is mundane! *Looks up current job title: "Quality Analyst"* *sigh*
I'm not suggesting anything, I'm merely stating that if these files were made by MS with pirate software then quite simply they have broken the law. It is not the laws reponsibility to provide a means of obeying the law, that is the responsibilty of the company. This may sound harsh, but I work for an international company with well over 20,000 MS licenses and things seem to be under control there. The software asset management is a nightmare but after being stung in the past there is now the strictest measures being taken to ensure things like this do not happen. If you make a wav file, your QA lists where it came from, the same goes for graphic files, databases, online content and so forth. And why are such lengths being taken? because of a friendly MS audit.
"It must be terribly hard to oversee the daily activities of an organization--the size of MS--down to the level of individual employees" Excuse my lack of sympathy but Boo-F*cking-Hoo. I don't care if its very difficult, not economically feasible or downright impossible, if MS are demanding it from others then its their responsibilty to look after it within their own ranks.
assuming the file was created by MS with a pirated version, wouldn't MS have no IP over the files created with it? If it turned out that legally someone else (ie Sony) had the IP on these files then they could really give MS the asshole and demand they either pay big $$ for royalties or remove the files from every version of Windows. I don't think that would be a cheap exercise
I find that title so hard to appreciate, maybe I'm just not as big a geek as i thought.
I'm just surprised that with something like this they wouldn't be able to at least meet some demand, even if it is localised. I would have thought it was in there interests. I'm from Australia so having to wait 1,2,6 months for get something after everyone else already has is no biggy. It's been a little while at least since it went gold and I hate to think the number of CD's they're able to stamp per day.....
OK probably a dumb question... But if the program is complete (as proved by the fact that its leaked, as if we didn't know it anyway) why isn't it just release already. I can never understand the long pause that occurs after games are apparently completed. I mean if they CAN push up the release date why wouldn't they?
I think that this one statement says nearly everything about the US legal system today. When the person doing the suing says "yes they've done everything they can to stay legal" but then chasses them through every available court, somethings is screwed.
I know its slightly off topic, but has anyone produced a bag designed for the G5 Imac yet? Surely it lends itself perfectly to being portable but it would require a specifically designed bag to protect the screen and hold the keyboard etc. Just wondering if any /.'ers had spotted anything?