...if a company wants to sell me something, yet wants to put restrictions on that thing, then I am not likely to buy. If you want to sell me a subscription, then do that, but don't make it so that I can't move the content from place to place in my domain (ie, living room, portable devices, computer, etc.).
As it is, most content is unbuyable now, anyway, so I don't even buy that much. (I haven't bought a CD in years, and a DVD in months.) Media companies need to start making intelligent music and shows, and then let me do what I want with it. If they want income streams, fine - sell me a subscription. But if you're going to do that, and I'm willing to buy, then don't restrict how I use it.
I'm still looking for a good email regex, one that checks all forms of email addresses, including all the TLDs, and all the other various complicated forms email addresses can take.
If I'm not mistaken, doesn't OS X log you in as a non-root user? And if that's the case, isn't the regular user (as in Linux and other Unixen) unlikely to do major damage to the system?
I must say, that doing a CompSci degree without a computer would have been tough!
I remember when we were working on OS/2, and there were only two machines for forty students, it was really tough with all the scheduling that had to occur - so I can imagine what it would have been like if there were 0!;)
...they actually did some testing instead of just assuming various things. I'd have to say that it's a step in the right direction, even if the outcome was largely going to be known beforehand.
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According to news.com.com.com.com, IBM is working on something similar...
...which I still remember getting as a high school graduation present, the Atari Portfolio.
i +portfolio& hl=en&btnG=Google+Search
e rs/pccomputers/p ortfolio.html
Images:
http://images.google.com/images?q=atar
Information:
http://www.atarimuseum.com/comput
http://www.atari-portfolio.co.uk/
...if a company wants to sell me something, yet wants to put restrictions on that thing, then I am not likely to buy. If you want to sell me a subscription, then do that, but don't make it so that I can't move the content from place to place in my domain (ie, living room, portable devices, computer, etc.).
As it is, most content is unbuyable now, anyway, so I don't even buy that much. (I haven't bought a CD in years, and a DVD in months.) Media companies need to start making intelligent music and shows, and then let me do what I want with it. If they want income streams, fine - sell me a subscription. But if you're going to do that, and I'm willing to buy, then don't restrict how I use it.
He recommends the PSP. However, it's an extra $100, so only for those with disposable income.
I'm still looking for a good email regex, one that checks all forms of email addresses, including all the TLDs, and all the other various complicated forms email addresses can take.
If I'm not mistaken, doesn't OS X log you in as a non-root user? And if that's the case, isn't the regular user (as in Linux and other Unixen) unlikely to do major damage to the system?
I must say, that doing a CompSci degree without a computer would have been tough!
;)
I remember when we were working on OS/2, and there were only two machines for forty students, it was really tough with all the scheduling that had to occur - so I can imagine what it would have been like if there were 0!
You may want to start with the Internet Public Library or your public library. (In this case, that's my local public library.)
...they actually did some testing instead of just assuming various things. I'd have to say that it's a step in the right direction, even if the outcome was largely going to be known beforehand.
...try it some time. The next time you're out of the office, try this:
;)
- Imagine you're going to send an email to everyone in your department.
- Imagine, now, that email lists are somehow unavailable.
- Starting with yourself, identify all the people in your row.
- Go one row over, and identify all those people.
Do the same for the rest of the rows.
For those of you who sit in circles in the office, just work your way around from right to left (or left to right).
You'll be surprised at how many people you can remember!
It works with restaurants, too, but since you're not likely to know those people, faces and habits will most likely stick out, rather than names.
Does that mean there's a Gubuntu? ;)