Of course, I know that these radically protected disks are not common now, but if the issuing company likes 'em, you will see more and more of them. TFA referred to games, but the same idea holds, your collection of games is property that you can currently transfer to someone else, but if this becomes common, you will have to sell them your console as well for them to make use of the games.
I admit to digressing to music disks, but I'm not a gamer, and the technology seems to be going in the same direction.
it's legal to sell your music collection or any part of it, as long as you don't retain a copy of the sold material/content. So a legal option that I could normally exercise with my property (the collection) is disallowed. I heard that Garth Brooks thinks we should pay licensing when buying used recordings, he wasn't getting my money the first time.
I'm guessing that the price on these crippleware CDs or DVDs will be significantly cheaper than the 'anybody can copy this' versions.
the version of xml being called odf is only a means of saving a document, presumably the original. how many times has microsoft made changes to word that made documents generated by older versions unreadable? so the solution is fairly obvious; save the doc in odf, and when a copy with more features is needed/wanted, simply use the office suite to add them. access for the blind/handicapped exists for even plain text, so that's a bullshit argument.
anyway, microsoft can add that format option easily from the published specs, they are only dragging their feet because they want to get paid for holding information hostage.
anti-odf people are not helping anyone, not even themselves.
"Government construction workers get paid somewheres around that same rate to stand around all day (honestly - do you EVER see these guys working?)"
That isn't the point, do the projects ever get finished?
I agree with your assessment of unions today, the original union guys were literally fighting for their lives. Since the new career goal is for everyone to be a millionaire, unions want that for their membership as well, at the expense of the more important concept, working conditions.
Well, one needn't be 100% fascist to support Bush, nor completely PC liberal to disapprove of him. Averages suggest that he is right about 'something', although I tend to buy into the idea that we are accelerating a natural process, or series of processes. OTOH, we could be retarding them in ways we don't understand. Global climate is the ultimate case in point for the Butterfly Effect, as has been pointed out, a warming trend can cause colder temperatures in certain locations, making those who live there wonder what in the world this 'warming' stuff is about.
In fairness, the ozone layer issue has been reportedly repairing itself more quickly than expected, due or possibly not due to a decrease in ozone damaging compounds being commonly used.
...I've had interactions with both Windows and unix/linux snobs. I prefer the linux snobs, as the typical answer from the windows snobs regards money, new hardware and college (if you're so smart, why don't you have wealthy parents?). RTFM is something I can do better than most, so Linux oriented pinheads actually spur me to learn.
RTFM is often the best answer after all is said and done, though. TFM is usually the best way to find out how to do what you want to do, in the least time.
Here's a reasonable guide to asking people questions without hitting their 'asshole' button, while making yourself less vulnerable to people who invest their egos unwisely.
But are they really snobs, or are they sick of holding someone's hand while they learn to do a job they're being paid for? 'A little effort' doesn't solely consist of asking questions in forums or blogs, you might seriously want to try reading about your topic of interest, there IS a lot of documentation on a wide range of topics and applications.
In fact though, I've met few real snobs from either camp, most folks seem to be pretty helpful most of the time.
...I think it's the large round rock with no sharp edges, on the tray behind the flint drills and chisels.
I tend to think they only removed teeth, what kind of amalgam could they have used?
Braces would be out of the question, although other deliberate deformation probably wasn't unheard of at the time. OTOH, like some se asian and african tribes (and probably others) used to do, they may have just sharpened their teeth to a point.
...it's really a matter of degree. If you are an artist under contract to an riaa affiliate, you lose something if someone downloads your music sans purchase.Probably not a significant figure if 1000 people do it, for example.
If you are an riaa affiliate, you have a greater financial interest in that loss, since you gain more (thus lose more if not) from increased sales than the artist.Additionally, you probably have interests in several artists who may or may not be losing something to unauthorized copying/sharing.
If you are making money from unauthorized c/dl you are completely wrong, even if today's music is shit, even if they net more sales from the associated exposure.
If you just want to listen to a song, you ought to be able to, without digging out your credit card, but that kind of puts us at the beginning, radio seems free, but advertisers are picking up the tab there.
If you are an riaa affiliate, you should reconsider the terms under which you tear off a chunk for the artist and and how you pimp them, but that's another issue altogether.
Everyone should know how artists, publishers, production, marketing, shareholders, etc, get paid.
I suggest that instead of buying albums, you support the artists by attending live performances, they get a little bit better money, and ego strokes to boot. Ticketmaster et al are two-bit chiselers by comparison.
Music, like government, is best when local.(I do play occasional gigs, caveat ulterium).
...it says more about the corporate set than they think it says about OSS. It's not as though long hair in business is unheard of. The sandals, though,...
some of them aren't even super, just spider or atomic. I have a right to know if some of them just have skilz. Those of us who are really super take these things seriously.
...take a certain amount of money to be happy, physical needs (housing, healthcare, food, medical care, a couple others that aren't coming to me right now)must be met fairly easily. After that, more money doesn't equate to more happiness. You can be homeless and happy, but that kind of happy ebbs and flows with circumstances, ditto poor health or regular meals.
I make 6-7K a year less than I did in 1997, but I'm happier, have more toys and tools, eat better, spend more regularly on diversions and hobbies, help my kids out more constructively, and I think that makes me wealthier and definitely more prosperous.
BTW, I like my job enough that I never get pissed off or frustrated, I just wish the overtime would drop a little (I don't work the hours some IT guys do, but they don't fit up steel building assemblies, so on some level it probably evens out). If I die today, I die wealthy. And happy.
at some point, things that need to be secret must be kept that way to keep those of us with potentially treacherous intent from furthering their goals.
Unfortunately, things done in secret are subject to improper shortcuts and other abuses of power. This is a tough issue, and unfortunately some abuses aren't discovered until well after the damage(if any real damage exists, sometimes not entirely clear)is done.
I'm not the guy to do it, but if the catalyst is a metal or combination of metals, it should be easy to deduce the exact combination. I wonder how much gas it would take to heat the 3.5 ounces of bovine scat the proper temperature and hold it until the reaction has ceased? Given the sample nature of the experiment, I doubt that efficiency was even considered. A question, which component of this complex biocompound is responsible, the cellulose from their diet, or the more cow-generated parts? Gasoline, or at least a reasonable analog, has been made from several sources, is this a particularly good raw material, even at zero purchase cost?
equitable and correct rather than efficient. In some cases, BOTH parties come to court with the sincere belief that they are being wronged. Many losing parties still refuse to admit they were in the wrong, and often want to appeal, even when they know better. That's partly why lawyers charge so much on an hourly basis, to discourage (it doesn't always, obviously) frivolous or ill-conceived actions. Otherwise, I might sue for every affront I encounter, in hopes of striking it rich. Some people do, but more would, if efficient disposition were the main objective.
Having said that, SCO is trying to put a pretty and intelligent looking face on dishonesty, and the longer they delay the outcome, the more people they can persuade.
3 years ago I got my junk car stuck in my driveway, in the process, I breathed unburned gas and CO to the extent that I was unable to drive, almost unable to walk. I went in the house and called 911, then went out to the porch to wait for ambulance. Police showed up in advance of the ambulance, and accused mr of 'being wired', and what was I high on? They asked me repeatedly, then badgerd my wife, "does your husband ALWAYS go to work stoned?". My wife drove me to the hospital, after taking enough crap from public safety officers, and I was treated for CO poisoning. It never crossed their minds that I wasn't high on some illegal substance, even though I explained what happened.
That's not the only incident where officers decided what happened before responding, when my brother, who'd had a stroke recently, got hit while riding his bicycle, responding officers mocked him and accused him of being stoned because he couldn't adequately describe the car that hit him. Things didn't change even after I explained his condition to them. I told them to leave, at which point I became the bad guy.
That Houston cop is so full of shit that his eyes must be brown (disregarding genetic predilection).
The average computer user has two opposing tendencies, to satisfy their curiousity and to attempt to not need to ask questions. However, if the EFFCEECEE were to document which spy/ad -ware came with which popular applications it would enable those who care to know to make informed decisions about what they install and use.Websites that do 'drive-bys' would be particularly easy to document and..., wait a minute, I thought it was illegal for non-government agencies to secretly install programs on other people's computers for gathering their personal data.
Guess I was wrong.
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'irregardless' IS a properly constructed word. It means 'not regardless', which is not, I'm sure, what he meant to convey.
Of course, I know that these radically protected disks are not common now, but if the issuing company likes 'em, you will see more and more of them. TFA referred to games, but the same idea holds, your collection of games is property that you can currently transfer to someone else, but if this becomes common, you will have to sell them your console as well for them to make use of the games.
I admit to digressing to music disks, but I'm not a gamer, and the technology seems to be going in the same direction.
it's legal to sell your music collection or any part of it, as long as you don't retain a copy of the sold material/content. So a legal option that I could normally exercise with my property (the collection) is disallowed. I heard that Garth Brooks thinks we should pay licensing when buying used recordings, he wasn't getting my money the first time.
I'm guessing that the price on these crippleware CDs or DVDs will be significantly cheaper than the 'anybody can copy this' versions.
Muahahahahaha.
I've been trying to get an interent for years, but all I can get is everybody else's.
or looking at it a different way, it shows how worthless information gathered this way can be.
The dogs were carefully watching the henhouse but the weasels still got in. So what good are they?
the version of xml being called odf is only a means of saving a document, presumably the original. how many times has microsoft made changes to word that made documents generated by older versions unreadable? so the solution is fairly obvious; save the doc in odf, and when a copy with more features is needed/wanted, simply use the office suite to add them. access for the blind/handicapped exists for even plain text, so that's a bullshit argument.
anyway, microsoft can add that format option easily from the published specs, they are only dragging their feet because they want to get paid for holding information hostage.
anti-odf people are not helping anyone, not even themselves.
"We're either right or we're not. If we're wrong, we deserve people throwing rocks at us." The immortal words of Darl 'Lumpy' McBride
"Government construction workers get paid somewheres around that same rate to stand around all day (honestly - do you EVER see these guys working?)" That isn't the point, do the projects ever get finished? I agree with your assessment of unions today, the original union guys were literally fighting for their lives. Since the new career goal is for everyone to be a millionaire, unions want that for their membership as well, at the expense of the more important concept, working conditions.
Well, one needn't be 100% fascist to support Bush, nor completely PC liberal to disapprove of him. Averages suggest that he is right about 'something', although I tend to buy into the idea that we are accelerating a natural process, or series of processes. OTOH, we could be retarding them in ways we don't understand. Global climate is the ultimate case in point for the Butterfly Effect, as has been pointed out, a warming trend can cause colder temperatures in certain locations, making those who live there wonder what in the world this 'warming' stuff is about.
In fairness, the ozone layer issue has been reportedly repairing itself more quickly than expected, due or possibly not due to a decrease in ozone damaging compounds being commonly used.
I think it was an aggregate score, based on the number of (machines running Linux x uptime per machine). It is probably culturally significant.
...I've had interactions with both Windows and unix/linux snobs.
I prefer the linux snobs, as the typical answer from the windows snobs regards money, new hardware and college (if you're so smart, why don't you have wealthy parents?). RTFM is something I can do better than most, so Linux oriented pinheads actually spur me to learn.
RTFM is often the best answer after all is said and done, though. TFM is usually the best way to find out how to do what you want to do, in the least time. Here's a reasonable guide to asking people questions without hitting their 'asshole' button, while making yourself less vulnerable to people who invest their egos unwisely.
But are they really snobs, or are they sick of holding someone's hand while they learn to do a job they're being paid for? 'A little effort' doesn't solely consist of asking questions in forums or blogs, you might seriously want to try reading about your topic of interest, there IS a lot of documentation on a wide range of topics and applications.
In fact though, I've met few real snobs from either camp, most folks seem to be pretty helpful most of the time.
...I think it's the large round rock with no sharp edges, on the tray behind the flint drills and chisels.
I tend to think they only removed teeth, what kind of amalgam could they have used?
Braces would be out of the question, although other deliberate deformation probably wasn't unheard of at the time. OTOH, like some se asian and african tribes (and probably others) used to do, they may have just sharpened their teeth to a point.
If you are an riaa affiliate, you have a greater financial interest in that loss, since you gain more (thus lose more if not) from increased sales than the artist.Additionally, you probably have interests in several artists who may or may not be losing something to unauthorized copying/sharing.
If you are making money from unauthorized c/dl you are completely wrong, even if today's music is shit, even if they net more sales from the associated exposure.
If you just want to listen to a song, you ought to be able to, without digging out your credit card, but that kind of puts us at the beginning, radio seems free, but advertisers are picking up the tab there.
If you are an riaa affiliate, you should reconsider the terms under which you tear off a chunk for the artist and and how you pimp them, but that's another issue altogether.
Everyone should know how artists, publishers, production, marketing, shareholders, etc, get paid.
I suggest that instead of buying albums, you support the artists by attending live performances, they get a little bit better money, and ego strokes to boot. Ticketmaster et al are two-bit chiselers by comparison.
Music, like government, is best when local.(I do play occasional gigs, caveat ulterium).
...it says more about the corporate set than they think it says about OSS. It's not as though long hair in business is unheard of. The sandals, though,...
some of them aren't even super, just spider or atomic. I have a right to know if some of them just have skilz. Those of us who are really super take these things seriously.
...take a certain amount of money to be happy, physical needs (housing, healthcare, food, medical care, a couple others that aren't coming to me right now)must be met fairly easily. After that, more money doesn't equate to more happiness. You can be homeless and happy, but that kind of happy ebbs and flows with circumstances, ditto poor health or regular meals.
I make 6-7K a year less than I did in 1997, but I'm happier, have more toys and tools, eat better, spend more regularly on diversions and hobbies, help my kids out more constructively, and I think that makes me wealthier and definitely more prosperous.
BTW, I like my job enough that I never get pissed off or frustrated, I just wish the overtime would drop a little (I don't work the hours some IT guys do, but they don't fit up steel building assemblies, so on some level it probably evens out). If I die today, I die wealthy. And happy.
at some point, things that need to be secret must be kept that way to keep those of us with potentially treacherous intent from furthering their goals. Unfortunately, things done in secret are subject to improper shortcuts and other abuses of power. This is a tough issue, and unfortunately some abuses aren't discovered until well after the damage(if any real damage exists, sometimes not entirely clear)is done.
..that has been possible, and if it has been only recently, whether the white house rat can use it as a defense.
As I get older, I become more gullible from seeing the most outrageous stuff become commonplace. And all too often, acceptable.
how much have you read about diebold and their business methods?
I'm not the guy to do it, but if the catalyst is a metal or combination of metals, it should be easy to deduce the exact combination. I wonder how much gas it would take to heat the 3.5 ounces of bovine scat the proper temperature and hold it until the reaction has ceased? Given the sample nature of the experiment, I doubt that efficiency was even considered. A question, which component of this complex biocompound is responsible, the cellulose from their diet, or the more cow-generated parts? Gasoline, or at least a reasonable analog, has been made from several sources, is this a particularly good raw material, even at zero purchase cost?
...since war is a last effort thing, any action is justified. In reality, though...
equitable and correct rather than efficient. In some cases, BOTH parties come to court with the sincere belief that they are being wronged. Many losing parties still refuse to admit they were in the wrong, and often want to appeal, even when they know better. That's partly why lawyers charge so much on an hourly basis, to discourage (it doesn't always, obviously) frivolous or ill-conceived actions. Otherwise, I might sue for every affront I encounter, in hopes of striking it rich. Some people do, but more would, if efficient disposition were the main objective. Having said that, SCO is trying to put a pretty and intelligent looking face on dishonesty, and the longer they delay the outcome, the more people they can persuade.
...he'll laugh you to death.
3 years ago I got my junk car stuck in my driveway, in the process, I breathed unburned gas and CO to the extent that I was unable to drive, almost unable to walk. I went in the house and called 911, then went out to the porch to wait for ambulance. Police showed up in advance of the ambulance, and accused mr of 'being wired', and what was I high on? They asked me repeatedly, then badgerd my wife, "does your husband ALWAYS go to work stoned?". My wife drove me to the hospital, after taking enough crap from public safety officers, and I was treated for CO poisoning. It never crossed their minds that I wasn't high on some illegal substance, even though I explained what happened.
That's not the only incident where officers decided what happened before responding, when my brother, who'd had a stroke recently, got hit while riding his bicycle, responding officers mocked him and accused him of being stoned because he couldn't adequately describe the car that hit him. Things didn't change even after I explained his condition to them. I told them to leave, at which point I became the bad guy.
That Houston cop is so full of shit that his eyes must be brown (disregarding genetic predilection).
The average computer user has two opposing tendencies, to satisfy their curiousity and to attempt to not need to ask questions. However, if the EFFCEECEE were to document which spy/ad -ware came with which popular applications it would enable those who care to know to make informed decisions about what they install and use.Websites that do 'drive-bys' would be particularly easy to document and..., wait a minute, I thought it was illegal for non-government agencies to secretly install programs on other people's computers for gathering their personal data. Guess I was wrong.