Sir Alan Sugar convinced a court that there were enough non-infringing uses[1] to justify its existence. But don't think big media didn't go after him. Thankfully in this case no-one is threatening to prosecute the mere use of p2p programs.
[1] Birdsong was played into the court to demonstrate how a birdwatchers' group might use the twin deck to swap their favourites. Too late to research but from memory it was a case brought by Sony in about 1984.
I want it to work the other way, as a backup mechanism. Every day I get older, and a bit of my RAM seems to fizz & burn and takes away the bytes that were stored in there. I accept the irreplaceable loss of the memory but I wish I didn't forget things too. I could easily page out the least-used memories and store them safely off-site.
Better get those wireless city-wide darknet mesh networks up and running. I don't think a government will ever get away with "that piece of radio comms equipment is illegal and must be handed in at a police station"
My bank's phone service makes me type in my passcode via the keypad. If the operator ever needs me to prove my identity, I am asked to provide eg the 4th & 5th character, not the whole thing. Sounds like Lloyds needs to update their security procedures! Passwords should never be exposed in any way (in full at least), that has to be the bottom line.
but likely the fault of the bean-counters with MBA's (I like that expression for some reason, but I can't remember who to attribute it to)
Did this update cost the consumer any money, does it provide revenue to the company? I imagine not. So in fact one could posit that the "bean-counters with MBAs" would be more inclined to delay the update if there was any suspicion it might not be up to scratch, and end up costing the company more money in PR, customer services and presumably overtime for those rushing to fix this issue.
More like it's a faulty translator app that returned error messages in the wrong language from the user's perspective. This is sounding more apocryphal the more I think about it.
Why does it always fall on poor Jesus' back? Not only our sins but now the sins of strange bags of gas from another galaxy.
And to hear that God might have been involved in the creation of other civilizations I find incredible. Where would one find the time or the patience to create all life on more than one planet.
enable the blogger to present their case to a fair an impartial court, as has been the lawful right of all British citizens since the signing of the Magna Carta, is a disgrace, dishonour and indignity that Britain must now carry, until or unless those rights and dignities denied are restored in full.
Hyperbole much? Maybe his country let him down... or maybe he was too lazy to investigate the possibility of legal aid, or simply didn't want to go to the lengths of employing a lawyer just to uphold a principle. This would cost him something if only for lost time fighting it, and he may not get all costs covered.
Maybe we've all been meta-modded well and we at least sometimes use all our points quickly. I do find that the D2 instant mod-point assignment makes it so much easier to moderate, so with the 15 I'm likely to use them up even more quickly than 5.
Your Sinclair Rock And Roll Years proves that it's good when SOMEONE keeps copies of magazines (fortunately the Spectrum scene is pretty much completely scanned in, by hand I presume) link
You keeed. The 10 minute limit, stupid. So many times I watch something in 6 parts or whatever, and the Related Clips doesn't show up the next part. If this is a way to fix this we should rejoice.
How do I know that the monkeys in Personnel aren't firing up my salary details or absence reports for the hell of it? Techies too have to trust people who have access to information just like they have to trust us. If someone is found to be abusing the access and earning some gain, action will be taken I'm sure. But overall it has to work on trust, or we'd all be drowning in audit trails.
Just visit any of the major news sources (I tried BBC, Guardian, SMH), they are all running stories on the launch. This is how you generate buzz when you have little to no marketing budget.
In this day and age, when you're up against the marketing millions of Microsoft, you have to play the game. You're absolutely right that the product comes first but they have to make a splash - their rivals do.
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Sir Alan Sugar convinced a court that there were enough non-infringing uses[1] to justify its existence. But don't think big media didn't go after him. Thankfully in this case no-one is threatening to prosecute the mere use of p2p programs.
[1] Birdsong was played into the court to demonstrate how a birdwatchers' group might use the twin deck to swap their favourites. Too late to research but from memory it was a case brought by Sony in about 1984.
I want it to work the other way, as a backup mechanism. Every day I get older, and a bit of my RAM seems to fizz & burn and takes away the bytes that were stored in there. I accept the irreplaceable loss of the memory but I wish I didn't forget things too. I could easily page out the least-used memories and store them safely off-site.
I really don't like D2 because it exposes me to dull, one-note AC posts that I never knew existed before.
You saved me the trouble of RTFA, which of course I usually do.
Better get those wireless city-wide darknet mesh networks up and running. I don't think a government will ever get away with "that piece of radio comms equipment is illegal and must be handed in at a police station"
My bank's phone service makes me type in my passcode via the keypad. If the operator ever needs me to prove my identity, I am asked to provide eg the 4th & 5th character, not the whole thing. Sounds like Lloyds needs to update their security procedures! Passwords should never be exposed in any way (in full at least), that has to be the bottom line.
Did this update cost the consumer any money, does it provide revenue to the company? I imagine not. So in fact one could posit that the "bean-counters with MBAs" would be more inclined to delay the update if there was any suspicion it might not be up to scratch, and end up costing the company more money in PR, customer services and presumably overtime for those rushing to fix this issue.
Either way, blitzing the server is probably the worst way to turn it into a malware delivery bot.
Well, what if they said, "So easy, even an analyst can do it."?
Surely this should be marked 'redundant'.
More like it's a faulty translator app that returned error messages in the wrong language from the user's perspective. This is sounding more apocryphal the more I think about it.
But it can only produce a prototype, which is guaranteed to fall apart when you demonstrate it to somebody important.
Why does it always fall on poor Jesus' back? Not only our sins but now the sins of strange bags of gas from another galaxy.
And to hear that God might have been involved in the creation of other civilizations I find incredible. Where would one find the time or the patience to create all life on more than one planet.
But your problem is applying your own experience to everyone else. So you had a bad time? Why does that mean other people will also have a bad time?
Hyperbole much? Maybe his country let him down... or maybe he was too lazy to investigate the possibility of legal aid, or simply didn't want to go to the lengths of employing a lawyer just to uphold a principle. This would cost him something if only for lost time fighting it, and he may not get all costs covered.
Maybe we've all been meta-modded well and we at least sometimes use all our points quickly. I do find that the D2 instant mod-point assignment makes it so much easier to moderate, so with the 15 I'm likely to use them up even more quickly than 5.
I guess I'm not hardcore enough. Does this mean I have to turn in my geek card?
No, but you will lose your card for not doing something like this: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=chunkylover53+site%3Asnpp.com
Your Sinclair Rock And Roll Years proves that it's good when SOMEONE keeps copies of magazines (fortunately the Spectrum scene is pretty much completely scanned in, by hand I presume) link
But if you add in recently matured virtualisation technology, THEN could the brand new OS maintain legacy support? A very definite 'yes'.
You keeed. The 10 minute limit, stupid. So many times I watch something in 6 parts or whatever, and the Related Clips doesn't show up the next part. If this is a way to fix this we should rejoice.
If I sling a cable across the English Channel, will you catch it and plug it in?
How do I know that the monkeys in Personnel aren't firing up my salary details or absence reports for the hell of it? Techies too have to trust people who have access to information just like they have to trust us. If someone is found to be abusing the access and earning some gain, action will be taken I'm sure. But overall it has to work on trust, or we'd all be drowning in audit trails.
That's excellent, I hereby give you a day off tomorrow.
Just visit any of the major news sources (I tried BBC, Guardian, SMH), they are all running stories on the launch. This is how you generate buzz when you have little to no marketing budget.
In this day and age, when you're up against the marketing millions of Microsoft, you have to play the game. You're absolutely right that the product comes first but they have to make a splash - their rivals do.
Er... bumper stickers?!? SCROLL SCROLL