"users will be able to put documents in any number of virtual folders. They can also establish folders that will automatically update, such as "files edited in the last week" or "documents from Jane."
Isn't that killer feature a part of WinFS, which already has been cut from the release? Kinda makes you wonder what other cool features that you won't get. Why not just throw in a pony...
I think Microsoft has shown time and time again that they don't care what is good for the web (how hard can it be to fix the PNG support?) or for users in general. They just want the people that run older versions of Windows to open their wallets and buy Windows XP as soon as possible. Preferably several times.
"tell me exactly what is the point of this tech if not the be bad with it.."
What is it good for? To surf the net anonymously. If you live in China, or soon in the EU, that can be a problem. The upcoming EU laws on data retention means that your ISP will keep track of what web pages you request, probably by forcing the customer to go through a central proxy. Some suggest that the ISPs should be allowed to use this information for commercial purposes to help offset their added costs. Now there's something that puts the GMail profiling to shame...
But hey, it will keep the tigers... eh... terrorists away. Not.
The London attacks will bring PATRIOT style legislation to Europe. We're talking mandatory data retention, search warrants without probable cause, and confiscations without the need to inform the suspect. In Sweden there is talk about breaking down the barrier between law enforcement and the military. In Italy they're talking about allowing interrogation without a laywer present. All the stuff we wouldn't normally accept. The bombs may have struck London, but their effect will soon be known to everyone in the EU.
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I can't wait for that freakin' frog to go the same way. They are planning for a movie, a TV series - you name it - not realising that it's just one more of those things that are funny for five minutes and gets old *very* fast.
Indeed. I'm very happy with the quality of regular DVDs. I don't feel any need at all to buy a HD-DVD player, a new OS, a new graphics card, and even a new monitor to watch the same crappy movies in higher resolution. Hollywood can keep their "premium content". If they go HD-DVD only I guess I have to find something else to do with my money.
I remember seeing an advert for a PC keyboard with LED-tops in the late 80s. Obviously it wasn't a huge success, and with the dirt cheap keyboards of today it probably won't be a success this time around either.
"What exactly does this have to do with fair use?"
According the Swedish laws on "fair use" you have the legal right to make backup copies of your CDs/DVDs for personal use, and even give copies away to your closest friends. This is still legal under then new law. But since the new law bans the use (and construction) of software to bypass any kind of copy protection, all the record companies have to do is include the most basic copy protection on their CDs and all fair use rights goes right out the window.
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"users will be able to put documents in any number of virtual folders. They can also establish folders that will automatically update, such as "files edited in the last week" or "documents from Jane."
Isn't that killer feature a part of WinFS, which already has been cut from the release? Kinda makes you wonder what other cool features that you won't get. Why not just throw in a pony...
I can see Steve Ballmer now, jumping around on stage yelling "DRM, DRM, DRM!!"
I think Microsoft has shown time and time again that they don't care what is good for the web (how hard can it be to fix the PNG support?) or for users in general. They just want the people that run older versions of Windows to open their wallets and buy Windows XP as soon as possible. Preferably several times.
"tell me exactly what is the point of this tech if not the be bad with it.."
... eh... terrorists away. Not.
What is it good for? To surf the net anonymously. If you live in China, or soon in the EU, that can be a problem. The upcoming EU laws on data retention means that your ISP will keep track of what web pages you request, probably by forcing the customer to go through a central proxy. Some suggest that the ISPs should be allowed to use this information for commercial purposes to help offset their added costs. Now there's something that puts the GMail profiling to shame...
But hey, it will keep the tigers
The London attacks will bring PATRIOT style legislation to Europe. We're talking mandatory data retention, search warrants without probable cause, and confiscations without the need to inform the suspect. In Sweden there is talk about breaking down the barrier between law enforcement and the military. In Italy they're talking about allowing interrogation without a laywer present. All the stuff we wouldn't normally accept. The bombs may have struck London, but their effect will soon be known to everyone in the EU.
I can't wait for that freakin' frog to go the same way. They are planning for a movie, a TV series - you name it - not realising that it's just one more of those things that are funny for five minutes and gets old *very* fast.
Die froggy, die!
Battlefield Earth is the worst movie ever.
Indeed. I'm very happy with the quality of regular DVDs. I don't feel any need at all to buy a HD-DVD player, a new OS, a new graphics card, and even a new monitor to watch the same crappy movies in higher resolution. Hollywood can keep their "premium content". If they go HD-DVD only I guess I have to find something else to do with my money.
I remember seeing an advert for a PC keyboard with LED-tops in the late 80s. Obviously it wasn't a huge success, and with the dirt cheap keyboards of today it probably won't be a success this time around either.
If Google really cared they should have registered those domains themselves in the first place.
" "We'd miss a golden opportunity if the bill got rejected," said Marc MacGann, director general of EICTA"
Golden opportunity indeed - to rob every small developer there is!
"What exactly does this have to do with fair use?"
According the Swedish laws on "fair use" you have the legal right to make backup copies of your CDs/DVDs for personal use, and even give copies away to your closest friends. This is still legal under then new law. But since the new law bans the use (and construction) of software to bypass any kind of copy protection, all the record companies have to do is include the most basic copy protection on their CDs and all fair use rights goes right out the window.