So's the NZ government. The note in our systems attached to it though say it's restricted to infectious disease physicians, so it's not hugely abundant.
Uh, dropping the registration requirement was a requirement of the Berne Convention. Also, I happen to agree with it. Why should individuals who don't have lots of money not be able to copyright a book they wrote? Oh no, only large corporations should be able to do that. If you ask me, the current system around registrations is fine (no registration means you can only claim for actual damages, having a registration causes punitive to come into play)
The problem is that downloading modern songs at all disqualifies the action from being considered civil disobedience based on rule 10 (rights of fellow citizens) - you're violating someone else's right to creative ownership (note that I used the word modern here - pirating a song more than 70 years old absolutely could be considered civil disobedience. In contrast, pirating Peter Pan might disqualify you under rule 2 - since you'd be depriving a children's hospital of the royalties, not Disney Corporation).
Actually, you'd be thrown off the jury for having a pre-conceived opinion, and rightly so. It is the duty of a jury to be completely neutral to either party, so that a fair decision can be made.
Wow, every single one of your contrived scenarios was already considered, and according to Ed Bott (who's actually USED the thing) you are wrong on all counts. It takes a special kind of awesome to be 100% wrong all the time.
Yes. In the Group Policy (which you can also modify locally if you aren't on a domain with gpedit.msc), you can specify either a blacklist or a whitelist. It goes based on executable name though, so a user could simply rename "sol.exe" to "ntbackup.exe" to circumvent it. Third party software like Stardock's SecureProcess (I think they discontinued it) could do it too.
Nope, it still does that. And it's such an annoying feature, that every single OEM packages an app onto the phone to make the close button close the app.
I appreciate Microsoft's business reasons for wanting to target different price points by creating lower-cost versions of their OS. Many companies do this. I think they had the right idea with Vista in that the more expensive versions included more "luxury" features that the most basic one lacked, such as the Aero interface. I disagree with the method they're using for Windows 7 because all versions of it have multitasking capability, it's just artificially crippled in the Starter Edition. They didn't innovate or create any new feature, they just crippled an existing and very basic feature.
The bit missing from the summary (I wont bother reading the article, it wont say it there either - this happens on EVERY Windows release) is that just like Windows Vista Starter Edition and Windows XP Starter Edition before it, which have the same limitation, you cannot buy this. It is ONLY for sale in developing countries. Dell couldn't put it on an Inspiron for sale in Milwaukee if they wanted to.
It begs the question, why didn't Bethesda sell the DLC through HTTP download? At this point gamers realize that Steam is nothing but an attempt to put a slow strangle hold on PC games, so why bother with that in the first place? I think I'd rather not release a game for PC than release a game in a format that will turn customers off to using that platform.
We aren't very typical then! Around 10,000 desktops (or is it 15,000?), standardised on Windows XP Professional SP2, but we give Administrator access to "Domain Users" on every policy controlled workstation, and to take control of desktops we use Microsoft's built in Remote Assistance. People across the organisation have every browser under the sun and every game known to man.
I think it was intentional - notice that they actually have no figures beside Android? It's possible it was separated because it would unfavourably skew results away from Linux because they have no values for it (although the author of the image claims they created it entirely themselves, they are failing to credit the actual figures, located here and sourced from Gartner).
Dude, Halo 3 includes the line "You ARE Forerunner" from the little AI (Guilty Spark) in the lead up to the final fight of the campaign - so they pretty firmly answered that already. You're not out on a limb, and there's really nothing to rant at him for.
All you need to do is prove to them that you aren't the only one that wants to pay them for a Linux port. Whining that they don't want your money is counterproductive. Find more people who also want to give them money, and prove to them that it's in their best interests.
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So's the NZ government. The note in our systems attached to it though say it's restricted to infectious disease physicians, so it's not hugely abundant.
Uh, dropping the registration requirement was a requirement of the Berne Convention. Also, I happen to agree with it. Why should individuals who don't have lots of money not be able to copyright a book they wrote? Oh no, only large corporations should be able to do that. If you ask me, the current system around registrations is fine (no registration means you can only claim for actual damages, having a registration causes punitive to come into play)
The problem is that downloading modern songs at all disqualifies the action from being considered civil disobedience based on rule 10 (rights of fellow citizens) - you're violating someone else's right to creative ownership (note that I used the word modern here - pirating a song more than 70 years old absolutely could be considered civil disobedience. In contrast, pirating Peter Pan might disqualify you under rule 2 - since you'd be depriving a children's hospital of the royalties, not Disney Corporation).
Actually, you'd be thrown off the jury for having a pre-conceived opinion, and rightly so. It is the duty of a jury to be completely neutral to either party, so that a fair decision can be made.
Dude, it's "unfixable" for ALL operating systems. Linux. Mac OS. Windows. Unix. Solaris. Novell. ALL. This isn't news in any sense of the term.
Except that it cannot reset Domain accounts. If you haven't got any local accounts (not recommended) there's not much you can do.
I'd mod you +1 funny, but Slashdot only sees fit to hand out mod points when there's nothing interesting to mod.
Brilliant, and look at how two respondents at the time of my writing just didn't get it.
Vista it fails unless Notepad was started elevated.
Yes, that's right, just like Linux. But at least you don't have to open a CLI to invoke it.
That IS a very LONG and irrelevant POST to this SUBJECT.
WHAT the FUCK are you TALKING about?
Wow, every single one of your contrived scenarios was already considered, and according to Ed Bott (who's actually USED the thing) you are wrong on all counts. It takes a special kind of awesome to be 100% wrong all the time.
Yes. In the Group Policy (which you can also modify locally if you aren't on a domain with gpedit.msc), you can specify either a blacklist or a whitelist. It goes based on executable name though, so a user could simply rename "sol.exe" to "ntbackup.exe" to circumvent it. Third party software like Stardock's SecureProcess (I think they discontinued it) could do it too.
Nope, it still does that. And it's such an annoying feature, that every single OEM packages an app onto the phone to make the close button close the app.
People in developing countries are the target. Americans wont even be allowed to buy this thing.
I appreciate Microsoft's business reasons for wanting to target different price points by creating lower-cost versions of their OS. Many companies do this. I think they had the right idea with Vista in that the more expensive versions included more "luxury" features that the most basic one lacked, such as the Aero interface. I disagree with the method they're using for Windows 7 because all versions of it have multitasking capability, it's just artificially crippled in the Starter Edition. They didn't innovate or create any new feature, they just crippled an existing and very basic feature.
The bit missing from the summary (I wont bother reading the article, it wont say it there either - this happens on EVERY Windows release) is that just like Windows Vista Starter Edition and Windows XP Starter Edition before it, which have the same limitation, you cannot buy this. It is ONLY for sale in developing countries. Dell couldn't put it on an Inspiron for sale in Milwaukee if they wanted to.
Um, let's rephrase your statement, shall we?
It begs the question, why didn't Bethesda sell the DLC through HTTP download? At this point gamers realize that Steam is nothing but an attempt to put a slow strangle hold on PC games, so why bother with that in the first place? I think I'd rather not release a game for PC than release a game in a format that will turn customers off to using that platform.
Unless you're on a PS3. Bethesda doesn't want your money then.
BETHESDA got your money because of that? They bloody PIONEERED that scummy trick!
Horse Armour anyone?!?
Not EA, they're just the publisher. It's Criterion.
We aren't very typical then! Around 10,000 desktops (or is it 15,000?), standardised on Windows XP Professional SP2, but we give Administrator access to "Domain Users" on every policy controlled workstation, and to take control of desktops we use Microsoft's built in Remote Assistance. People across the organisation have every browser under the sun and every game known to man.
It's a bastard to support.
I think it was intentional - notice that they actually have no figures beside Android? It's possible it was separated because it would unfavourably skew results away from Linux because they have no values for it (although the author of the image claims they created it entirely themselves, they are failing to credit the actual figures, located here and sourced from Gartner).
It is. Although "write properly once - run anywhere" would probably be more accurate.
Isn't that "write once, debug everywhere"?
Windows Mobile.
Symbian.
Two reasons your entire argument is a load of hogswash.
What, that 1 Euro is the same as 1 Dollar?
Dude, Halo 3 includes the line "You ARE Forerunner" from the little AI (Guilty Spark) in the lead up to the final fight of the campaign - so they pretty firmly answered that already. You're not out on a limb, and there's really nothing to rant at him for.
All you need to do is prove to them that you aren't the only one that wants to pay them for a Linux port. Whining that they don't want your money is counterproductive. Find more people who also want to give them money, and prove to them that it's in their best interests.