SP2 was already done. This is a small patch... and I hate to break it to you, the codebase for access/excel is miniscule compared to windows. Of course this patch came out "faster". Hell, they probably started work on it long ago *just in case*, it's not like this lawsuit was filed and settled in a week.
Am I the only one thinking "why are we adveritising this so they modify their filters and improve them"? That's great that people are finding ways around the filters... but maybe keep that on the down low??
1. welcome to 2005. Stick with linux or realize you'll be buying into DRM. Knowing the **AA, if linux ever really did make it big, they'd be forced to add DRM or would be outlawed by the US of A.
2. Wrong, it requires that to run in pretty mode. 2k mode runs like... 2k
3. And?? Nobody is making you run with visual enhancements...
4. You *MIGHT* be able to get by thinking there aren't any compelling end-user enhancements (depending on what you do on your PC this may in fact be true). Fact of the matter is, a big portion of this is security, and enhancements for programmers. When the next version of your favorite *insert app here* rolls out with Vista only support I have a feeling you'll change your mind rather quickly though.
Uhhh... Solaris does this hi2u. BSD's do as well, although most don't bundle it they roll out the patches individually. OSX doesn't release service packs, they just tick off the revision number and charge you 200$ for it. Get real...
Basically you're saying you're upset that MS rolls up their patches for you instead of making you go out and grab each one yourself, or flat out charge you for those *fixes*? THE HORROR.
- He or she should have no problems getting into the group if he/she already has a friend in said group to vouch
- He/she has plenty of less/more popuplated servers in many asian countries to fulfill just those needs
- That's a good one! When's the last time you heard of an American/European dying in an internet cafe from playing too much. Given the sheer number of asian players alon I'd say he/she will have no problem finding just the right group
- Again, asians are playing 24/7 just like americans. There's never a shortage of people to play with in WOW
- Exactly why nobody wants them in their group. I don't know about you, but when I play a game, it's not to teach someone a new language. When I say "attack teh zerg" I expect them to know wtf to do. I don't want to wait for them to pull out their pocket translator to figure it out. If they're that obsessed with learning the language they can hop on any number of IRC servers and get the same effect.
- Maybe he/she should learn english first then if they're that obsessed. Again, not that hard to meet someone on IRC/forums first, befriend them, then try and join up in game... kind of like normal people do it.
Keep em coming, horshoes and handgrenades my friend.
Everyone knows tracking is only bad when it's from "evil" companies like SCO, Microsoft, or Sony. Apple is "good" and "on our side".
/satire In all reality, this would be fine if they had a clearly labeled option/popup when you first ran iTunes. "Hey, we'd like to track the songs you listen to so we can recommend some other songs we think you'll like" and not buried somewhere in a EULA, or not actually brought up at all. Then again, from what I can tell apple doesn't like to give users choice, they like to decide what's right and wrong for you. This truly isn't a flame either... after working back and forth with them extensively for over a year, it's just how they operate. Sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's not. In this case, I would say it's not.
when you're accountable to that many customers with so many "supported" configurations, it takes a while to test. They don't have the luxury of most linux distro's where if it breaks some obscure program they can go "whupps, well, tell the author to write a fix for his app".
Because nobody possibly could've already owned songs (mp3's) previous getting an ipod for christmas. Heck, nobody could've owned an older gen ipod and just upgraded. And for crying out loud, there's no way anybody just ripped their cd's to mp3... You must work for the RIAA.
except they don't have unabashed clearance. They only get info to what others want to spill. When the entire government is part of the same good ol' boys club, they usually aren't very willing to come forward about insider "bad things" they're involved in. On top of that, most of this stuff only a very few people even know about. BIIIIGGGG difference than a government branch that has complete rights to anything that goes on.
...and yet I can still only wonder... did they ever stop to think that maybe it's because they haven't released anything worth buying? I haven't even bothered to download anything in the last year. They just keep putting out absolute crap. I get a laugh everytime I read these articles. IT ISNT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PIRATING, IT'S BECAUSE NOTHING YOU HAVE RELEASED IS WORTH LISTENING TO. Bah, it will only fall on deaf ears.
well... if you figure most of the systems they've been buying would put the "supercomputer top 100" to shame... about an hour?
/tinfoilhat off
I honestly can't say, as I was alluding to, after all the clearance they've gone through, they still don't get to actually see any real numbers, or real machines, they just get to work on one piece, and get to take guesses from that one piece. I'm not going to try and sit here and claim it's all fact by any means. That being said, I'd be utterly shocked if they couldn't easily double the best supercomputer on the list. And I think given the level of genious of most of these prof's and even underling friends, I imagine they can make pretty good guestimates.
they were on the ball. The question is, why were their supervisor's telling them to stfu and hunt down some 12 year olds downloading "copyrighted works". *tinfoil hat again*
You're assuming the government can't crack your encryption. *tinfoil hat on* between speaking with professors that have had DoD contracts, and several friends who were previously employed, you might be suprised at just how much they can crack.
cool but... last time I checked 99% of the work force is still on windows so in the greater scheme of things useless. Most people able to run a perl script to change their root password... probably have spare time to waste on slashdot, at least in my experiences.
seems pretty simple to me... you add a function where you can block off time slots. So from 12pm-1pm, the computer will not interrupt you with any functions. Emails, instant messages, etc etc are all dropped into the background, you're in a virtual shell. During that time, you cannot be interrupted. And better still would be if it wouldn't let you out of the shell short of rebooting the computer once you dipped into the shell... in essence forcing you to stay in until the time was up (obviously you should be able to modify this part of it as you please). Suprised nobody has come up with it yet really.
You forgot the most important one. The veritas backup software is HUGE. It's just branded Veritas still so people seem to forget Symantec owns them.
Symantec saw long ago that eventually the AV market would go downhill (well, in theory, as hardware protection starts to evolve) so they broadened their portfolio. Losing AV really isn't that big a deal to them in the bigger picture, I'm sure they won't let it go without a fight though. It is still quite the cash cow.
If they're doing it for the reasons they claim they're doing it, it shouldn't matter. If they're all talk, well, you'll see the mass exodus. Guess it's a nice little "trial by fire".
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Apple has good customer support? *LOL* Nice support
SP2 was already done. This is a small patch... and I hate to break it to you, the codebase for access/excel is miniscule compared to windows. Of course this patch came out "faster". Hell, they probably started work on it long ago *just in case*, it's not like this lawsuit was filed and settled in a week.
Am I the only one thinking "why are we adveritising this so they modify their filters and improve them"? That's great that people are finding ways around the filters... but maybe keep that on the down low??
1. welcome to 2005. Stick with linux or realize you'll be buying into DRM. Knowing the **AA, if linux ever really did make it big, they'd be forced to add DRM or would be outlawed by the US of A. 2. Wrong, it requires that to run in pretty mode. 2k mode runs like... 2k 3. And?? Nobody is making you run with visual enhancements... 4. You *MIGHT* be able to get by thinking there aren't any compelling end-user enhancements (depending on what you do on your PC this may in fact be true). Fact of the matter is, a big portion of this is security, and enhancements for programmers. When the next version of your favorite *insert app here* rolls out with Vista only support I have a feeling you'll change your mind rather quickly though.
BLASPHEME COMMUNIST! Take your ration of bread and potato's and head back to the tundra!
last I checked the P4 still works the athlon in video encoding... call me crazy but I have a feeling that may be what he'll use this for.
Uhhh... Solaris does this hi2u. BSD's do as well, although most don't bundle it they roll out the patches individually. OSX doesn't release service packs, they just tick off the revision number and charge you 200$ for it. Get real... Basically you're saying you're upset that MS rolls up their patches for you instead of making you go out and grab each one yourself, or flat out charge you for those *fixes*? THE HORROR.
Let's respond:
- He or she should have no problems getting into the group if he/she already has a friend in said group to vouch
- He/she has plenty of less/more popuplated servers in many asian countries to fulfill just those needs
- That's a good one! When's the last time you heard of an American/European dying in an internet cafe from playing too much. Given the sheer number of asian players alon I'd say he/she will have no problem finding just the right group
- Again, asians are playing 24/7 just like americans. There's never a shortage of people to play with in WOW
- Exactly why nobody wants them in their group. I don't know about you, but when I play a game, it's not to teach someone a new language. When I say "attack teh zerg" I expect them to know wtf to do. I don't want to wait for them to pull out their pocket translator to figure it out. If they're that obsessed with learning the language they can hop on any number of IRC servers and get the same effect.
- Maybe he/she should learn english first then if they're that obsessed. Again, not that hard to meet someone on IRC/forums first, befriend them, then try and join up in game... kind of like normal people do it.
Keep em coming, horshoes and handgrenades my friend.
Everyone knows tracking is only bad when it's from "evil" companies like SCO, Microsoft, or Sony. Apple is "good" and "on our side".
/satire In all reality, this would be fine if they had a clearly labeled option/popup when you first ran iTunes. "Hey, we'd like to track the songs you listen to so we can recommend some other songs we think you'll like" and not buried somewhere in a EULA, or not actually brought up at all. Then again, from what I can tell apple doesn't like to give users choice, they like to decide what's right and wrong for you. This truly isn't a flame either... after working back and forth with them extensively for over a year, it's just how they operate. Sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's not. In this case, I would say it's not.
architecture != software packages. And definitely != enterprise software packages. Veritas, oracle anyone?
I won't even begin to go into how many times a redhat update has "broken" both of these.
when you're accountable to that many customers with so many "supported" configurations, it takes a while to test. They don't have the luxury of most linux distro's where if it breaks some obscure program they can go "whupps, well, tell the author to write a fix for his app".
So they're concentrating efforts on the full disclosure exploits... and this is bad why?
Because nobody possibly could've already owned songs (mp3's) previous getting an ipod for christmas. Heck, nobody could've owned an older gen ipod and just upgraded. And for crying out loud, there's no way anybody just ripped their cd's to mp3... You must work for the RIAA.
So what you're saying is you're a windows admin.
except they don't have unabashed clearance. They only get info to what others want to spill. When the entire government is part of the same good ol' boys club, they usually aren't very willing to come forward about insider "bad things" they're involved in. On top of that, most of this stuff only a very few people even know about. BIIIIGGGG difference than a government branch that has complete rights to anything that goes on.
...and yet I can still only wonder... did they ever stop to think that maybe it's because they haven't released anything worth buying? I haven't even bothered to download anything in the last year. They just keep putting out absolute crap. I get a laugh everytime I read these articles. IT ISNT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PIRATING, IT'S BECAUSE NOTHING YOU HAVE RELEASED IS WORTH LISTENING TO. Bah, it will only fall on deaf ears.
For the same reason a 20oz bottle of pop costs double the price of a 12oz can when it costs the manufacturer 1/4th the price.
If they have people used to paying a certain amount, do you think they'll deviate down? Or create more profit for themselves?
more like "the politics of forcing people to pay for gpl'd firmware".
/tinfoilhat on
/tinfoilhat off
well... if you figure most of the systems they've been buying would put the "supercomputer top 100" to shame... about an hour?
I honestly can't say, as I was alluding to, after all the clearance they've gone through, they still don't get to actually see any real numbers, or real machines, they just get to work on one piece, and get to take guesses from that one piece. I'm not going to try and sit here and claim it's all fact by any means. That being said, I'd be utterly shocked if they couldn't easily double the best supercomputer on the list. And I think given the level of genious of most of these prof's and even underling friends, I imagine they can make pretty good guestimates.
they were on the ball. The question is, why were their supervisor's telling them to stfu and hunt down some 12 year olds downloading "copyrighted works". *tinfoil hat again*
You're assuming the government can't crack your encryption. *tinfoil hat on* between speaking with professors that have had DoD contracts, and several friends who were previously employed, you might be suprised at just how much they can crack.
cool but... last time I checked 99% of the work force is still on windows so in the greater scheme of things useless. Most people able to run a perl script to change their root password... probably have spare time to waste on slashdot, at least in my experiences.
seems pretty simple to me... you add a function where you can block off time slots. So from 12pm-1pm, the computer will not interrupt you with any functions. Emails, instant messages, etc etc are all dropped into the background, you're in a virtual shell. During that time, you cannot be interrupted. And better still would be if it wouldn't let you out of the shell short of rebooting the computer once you dipped into the shell... in essence forcing you to stay in until the time was up (obviously you should be able to modify this part of it as you please). Suprised nobody has come up with it yet really.
You forgot the most important one. The veritas backup software is HUGE. It's just branded Veritas still so people seem to forget Symantec owns them. Symantec saw long ago that eventually the AV market would go downhill (well, in theory, as hardware protection starts to evolve) so they broadened their portfolio. Losing AV really isn't that big a deal to them in the bigger picture, I'm sure they won't let it go without a fight though. It is still quite the cash cow.
If they're doing it for the reasons they claim they're doing it, it shouldn't matter. If they're all talk, well, you'll see the mass exodus. Guess it's a nice little "trial by fire".