Maybe it was the most successful implementation of a HyperText before the Web came along. People built totally diverse applications and didn't even know what they were doing. Heck, it was impossible to explain what HyperCard to someone who hadn't seen it!
Well, if it's CSS2.1 compliant why has this fact to be "explained"? I mean, it's either compliant or it's not, there's nothing to be explained about it.
I object strongly to the obvious pirate glorification turn this thread has already taken. Why do we never hear about the good things in Microsoft, like Steve Ballmer's wonderful throw in 2005?
As soon as someone starts using the word "war" it blurs our perception and judgement of what is really causing the problem we are trying to fight. Why do people take drugs? Why do people blow up stuff? It's because they want or need to change something. By pushing them into being an enemy in a war they are denied access to socially accepted ways of reaching their goals, e.g. by using democratic institutions.
Declaring a "War on stuff" is just so damn fucking stupid, it creates problems instead of solving them.
...is a very efficient, cheap, and stealthy way of getting a laptop to always phone home. As far as I can figure, that lock doesn't do anything Dynamic DNS can't do.
I have configured my PowerBook to phone home on boot, without having to log in. A firmware password prevents booting with any other system that the one on my harddrive.
Of course, this helps only against novice thiefs. Experts can easily circumvent the firmware password, and nothing helps if the stolen laptop is not connected to the net, or if hardware is removed beforehand.
Furthermore, I figure as soon as I have the thief's IP address, there are ways to get my laptop back. I never had to prove that, fortunately.
On the other hand, I need dynamic DNS anyway, so the protection is a free side effect.
If the music industry had been innovative, they would have started selling MP3s long before Napster arrived. I am talking about MP3s without DRM, but including cover art, PDF booklet and lyrics. For $0.50 a song.
Everyone would have bought it, Napster wouldn't have been an issue.
But it looks like the music industry prefers to learn it the hard way. I don't care, unflexible companies or whole industries disappear all the time, music doesn't need them. And just for the record, I do not consider ten Britney Spears clones being choice.
I do not, and will never, buy music with Digital Restrictions Management or in proprietary formats.
Audio CD is OK if it's uncrippled, MP3s are OK, iTMS is not, WMA is bullshit anyway. And until open digital music happens, I am not going to buy music at all, because I do not like being called a thief at every occasion by stupid anti-piracy ads.
For the moment, I am happy with my music collection and the self-burned samplers my friends give me as a present occasionally.
As an interesting sidenote, at present it is not possible to buy music on the Internet if you're a Mac user and live in Switzerland. To me, that demonstrates clearly that the music industry is just whining and the pressure is far from being high enough.
Here the privacy laws say that a company must not share customer data with any other organisation without consent of the customer. So following the code of conduct would be plain illegal for every ISP. And the Music And Movies Mafia would probably be even suspectible of solicitation.
Exception is, of course, everything the law requires. But last time I checked the Music And Movies Mafia wasn't the law, at least over here. And we won't allow any such law to pass, thanks to direct democracy. A DMCA-style law will probably be discussed in parliament this summer, but you need only 50'000 signatures to trigger a referendum.
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Blackjack and hookers!
NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are ...
Btw, it took place in the 15th, not in the 19th century
Maybe it was the most successful implementation of a HyperText before the Web came along. People built totally diverse applications and didn't even know what they were doing. Heck, it was impossible to explain what HyperCard to someone who hadn't seen it!
Well, if it's CSS2.1 compliant why has this fact to be "explained"? I mean, it's either compliant or it's not, there's nothing to be explained about it.
Dear Sir,
I object strongly to the obvious pirate glorification turn this thread has already taken. Why do we never hear about the good things in Microsoft, like Steve Ballmer's wonderful throw in 2005?
Yours etc.,
Captain Teague.
As soon as someone starts using the word "war" it blurs our perception and judgement of what is really causing the problem we are trying to fight. Why do people take drugs? Why do people blow up stuff? It's because they want or need to change something. By pushing them into being an enemy in a war they are denied access to socially accepted ways of reaching their goals, e.g. by using democratic institutions.
Declaring a "War on stuff" is just so damn fucking stupid, it creates problems instead of solving them.
Windows is security-enhanced. Linux is just plain secure.
...when Microsoft stops talking about what they are going to reinvent next year, and releases something new .
Yawn. Never saw a more boring company.
...is a very efficient, cheap, and stealthy way of getting a laptop to always phone home. As far as I can figure, that lock doesn't do anything Dynamic DNS can't do.
I have configured my PowerBook to phone home on boot, without having to log in. A firmware password prevents booting with any other system that the one on my harddrive.
Of course, this helps only against novice thiefs. Experts can easily circumvent the firmware password, and nothing helps if the stolen laptop is not connected to the net, or if hardware is removed beforehand.
Furthermore, I figure as soon as I have the thief's IP address, there are ways to get my laptop back. I never had to prove that, fortunately.
On the other hand, I need dynamic DNS anyway, so the protection is a free side effect.
...because he is using the mass lying techniques to which Dr. Goebbels has a copyright.
If the music industry had been innovative, they would have started selling MP3s long before Napster arrived. I am talking about MP3s without DRM, but including cover art, PDF booklet and lyrics. For $0.50 a song.
Everyone would have bought it, Napster wouldn't have been an issue.
But it looks like the music industry prefers to learn it the hard way. I don't care, unflexible companies or whole industries disappear all the time, music doesn't need them. And just for the record, I do not consider ten Britney Spears clones being choice.
I do not, and will never, buy music with Digital Restrictions Management or in proprietary formats.
Audio CD is OK if it's uncrippled, MP3s are OK, iTMS is not, WMA is bullshit anyway. And until open digital music happens, I am not going to buy music at all, because I do not like being called a thief at every occasion by stupid anti-piracy ads.
For the moment, I am happy with my music collection and the self-burned samplers my friends give me as a present occasionally.
As an interesting sidenote, at present it is not possible to buy music on the Internet if you're a Mac user and live in Switzerland. To me, that demonstrates clearly that the music industry is just whining and the pressure is far from being high enough.
Here the privacy laws say that a company must not share customer data with any other organisation without consent of the customer. So following the code of conduct would be plain illegal for every ISP. And the Music And Movies Mafia would probably be even suspectible of solicitation.
Exception is, of course, everything the law requires. But last time I checked the Music And Movies Mafia wasn't the law, at least over here. And we won't allow any such law to pass, thanks to direct democracy. A DMCA-style law will probably be discussed in parliament this summer, but you need only 50'000 signatures to trigger a referendum.
And then we're gonna kick their asses!