Since the hardware CAN do this, then it was designed to do this, it does do this, and always has.
This is strictly a question of whether they would be able to detect one that was not theirs.
Clearly, we are expected to apply the simplest available workaround: Open Office will continue to operate with the disabled file formats, just fine. Anyone that still needs to work with files that old, is just an encumbrance to Bill and Steve's Brave New World anyway, and not the kind of customer that the marketing department wants to keep.
There will be a ruling class of Borg, in less than fifty years.
That famous bulge on George's back, is his outboard processing unit.
The real question is:
What happens afterwards, when lower primates become cheaper than human workers.
Mass sterilization?
Soylent Green?
For the cost of only a few of these things, you could change all incandescent lamps over to LED's for every traffic signal there is, including labor. The payback of cost, in electricity saved, might be only a matter of a few months.
So-called "piracy" is free advertising, targeted to those most likely to buy. The only reason the **AA is yelling about it, is to get even more people to tune in, and pay attention to their products.
The latest Star Wars movie was the most pirated movie of all time... AND the biggest box office of all time.
Microsoft has always been the most pirated software, AND the biggest market share.
Rest assured, the accountants for the owners of copyright did not miss the connection between cause and effect. To eliminate "piracy" would cut profits significantly. They just want to limit the number of "pirates" to the most profitable levels, not eliminate them altogether.
And, the **AA copyright holders are clearly not content with obtaining this massive, targeted advertising, that so very effectively increases their sales, at no cost to them.
They want us to pay them for it as well.
I predict therefore, that even though "piracy" increases sales and profit, lawmakers will be influenced, and an entertainment tax will eventually be added to the cost of internet access.
The true thieves are not those who share files without profit.
No, the true thieves call sharing "piracy" and profit from effort and bandwidth they did not pay for.
Japan will initially be building an airport, a seaport and a resort on the resulting volcanic island. Further expansion to Japanese real estate is planned for the future, including the possibility of a small continent.
Yeah, it was released on console too, but on PC, the players have the ability to fix things they don't like, and rewrite the entire game from scratch if they want to. And some have.
PC hardware and software evolve much faster than console, because of the diverse field of competition.
By the end of 2006, a game played on a $400 PC will provide a sizable improvement to the experience on a console, and will not be limited to titles from a single group or country.
No, I believe that the consoles will eventually lose the DRM, open the hardware archetectures, and evolve into PC's, not the other way around.
Your lack of docility has been noted, along with your IP address. Please be advised that to continue to disagree with the State is an abomination in the sight of God, and is prohibited under the same law that requires approved identification for airplane travel.
You are ill. For your safety and convenience, please take increased doses of the low-level neurotoxins we have been marketing as artificial sweeteners, right away.
The Constitution is only an historical document, it is not relevant to your life. Ignore it. This is in the interest of National Security, Democracy and Freedom.
Calm down. Have another diet cola. Watch Fox News.
When the structure of American government was designed, the Founding Fathers never imagined:
1. That America would ever have 300 million people.
2. That the government would grow so large that it would employ 1 adult in 5.
3. That every adult over 18 would have the right to vote. The gigantic disconnect between the government and the people is due to the reduction of the participation in government decision making per person. In other words, there are so many of us, that none of us can be heard above the crowd. If the Open Source Model is applied to govenment, it will provide that missing voice, and return control of our nation to the will of the people.
Are you kidding?
He had a temp job in a temporary operation at a temporary location, that was run by criminals pretending to be someone else.
In my late teens I had plenty of jobs where I was never told the name of the guy next to me, or the lady who set my task list. The day this story broke, the office space rented by these sleazeballs was occupied by someone else, and they had skipped out on the rent. That he can't name his boss makes him no less credible.
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Since the hardware CAN do this, then it was designed to do this, it does do this, and always has. This is strictly a question of whether they would be able to detect one that was not theirs.
You are right. China should copy America. Over here, the leaders of government don't care if they get caught lying any more.
Clearly, we are expected to apply the simplest available workaround: Open Office will continue to operate with the disabled file formats, just fine. Anyone that still needs to work with files that old, is just an encumbrance to Bill and Steve's Brave New World anyway, and not the kind of customer that the marketing department wants to keep.
Clearly the board is creationist, and attempting to refute Evolution by making sure the fittest do not survive.
Next, once millions of people are using the service, we will be forced to "upgrade" to new computers, running Vista, in order to keep using it.
There will be a ruling class of Borg, in less than fifty years. That famous bulge on George's back, is his outboard processing unit. The real question is: What happens afterwards, when lower primates become cheaper than human workers. Mass sterilization? Soylent Green?
I am going to close my account on Monday, and move to a local bank.
For the cost of only a few of these things, you could change all incandescent lamps over to LED's for every traffic signal there is, including labor. The payback of cost, in electricity saved, might be only a matter of a few months.
Creationists can't handle the thought that mankind was a largely random accident. They have to feel important.
They commit the Sin of Pride, and insist that the Allmighty Creator of the Universe must think so much of them, that they had to be planned.
How's this for a theory of Intelligent Design?
God set the rules, created a Big Bang, and then sat back to watch the show.
After the initial fireworks, all kinds of incredibly complex stuff happened, and that included Mankind, Bacteria...
and Evolution.
And I continue to be disgusted, angry, and write to my congressmen and senators. I am not however, surprised.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you... Brittle Software!
So-called "piracy" is free advertising, targeted to those most likely to buy. The only reason the **AA is yelling about it, is to get even more people to tune in, and pay attention to their products.
The latest Star Wars movie was the most pirated movie of all time... AND the biggest box office of all time.
Microsoft has always been the most pirated software, AND the biggest market share.
Rest assured, the accountants for the owners of copyright did not miss the connection between cause and effect. To eliminate "piracy" would cut profits significantly. They just want to limit the number of "pirates" to the most profitable levels, not eliminate them altogether.
And, the **AA copyright holders are clearly not content with obtaining this massive, targeted advertising, that so very effectively increases their sales, at no cost to them.
They want us to pay them for it as well.
I predict therefore, that even though "piracy" increases sales and profit, lawmakers will be influenced, and an entertainment tax will eventually be added to the cost of internet access.
The true thieves are not those who share files without profit.
No, the true thieves call sharing "piracy" and profit from effort and bandwidth they did not pay for.
So what is the recommended minimum hardware requirement for a site to be able to withstand slashdotting anyway?
Space elevators, nano-machines, molecular computers and direct interfacing to the brain.
Oh, yeah. More job losses, obesity, diabetes and cancer, and corporate ownership of government.
Resistance is feudal.
He who serves not his fellow man, only serfs himself.
Japan will initially be building an airport, a seaport and a resort on the resulting volcanic island. Further expansion to Japanese real estate is planned for the future, including the possibility of a small continent.
If I point to a streetcorner and tell you that there are drug dealers there, I have not committed a crime.
See Morrowind.
Yeah, it was released on console too, but on PC, the players have the ability to fix things they don't like, and rewrite the entire game from scratch if they want to. And some have.
PC hardware and software evolve much faster than console, because of the diverse field of competition.
By the end of 2006, a game played on a $400 PC will provide a sizable improvement to the experience on a console, and will not be limited to titles from a single group or country.
No, I believe that the consoles will eventually lose the DRM, open the hardware archetectures, and evolve into PC's, not the other way around.
For an example of a business model that embraces the concept of giving away free product as advertising, see http://www.baen.com/library/
And isn't the latest Star Wars movie both the most pirated and the biggest box office in history?
A heads-up display adaptor, several gig of storage, and full computing, media, GPS and Internet functionality with voice command.
Of course a few years later, the neural implants will make all this primitive stuff obsolete, anyway.
THIS IS THE CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER...
Your lack of docility has been noted, along with your IP address. Please be advised that to continue to disagree with the State is an abomination in the sight of God, and is prohibited under the same law that requires approved identification for airplane travel.
You are ill. For your safety and convenience, please take increased doses of the low-level neurotoxins we have been marketing as artificial sweeteners, right away.
The Constitution is only an historical document, it is not relevant to your life. Ignore it. This is in the interest of National Security, Democracy and Freedom.
Calm down. Have another diet cola. Watch Fox News.
Sleeeep...
That the birthplace of the Gestapo and the SS may well become one of the last remaining strongholds of personal liberty and privacy in the world.
Oh, wait. They've seen this before, haven't they?
-- Alice Uber Deutchland
When the structure of American government was designed, the Founding Fathers never imagined:
1. That America would ever have 300 million people.
2. That the government would grow so large that it would employ 1 adult in 5.
3. That every adult over 18 would have the right to vote.
The gigantic disconnect between the government and the people is due to the reduction of the participation in government decision making per person. In other words, there are so many of us, that none of us can be heard above the crowd. If the Open Source Model is applied to govenment, it will provide that missing voice, and return control of our nation to the will of the people.
Are you kidding? He had a temp job in a temporary operation at a temporary location, that was run by criminals pretending to be someone else. In my late teens I had plenty of jobs where I was never told the name of the guy next to me, or the lady who set my task list. The day this story broke, the office space rented by these sleazeballs was occupied by someone else, and they had skipped out on the rent. That he can't name his boss makes him no less credible.