Someone else pointed out that part of the issue is that Walmart sells DVDs already, and thus they were competing with themselves.
Are you serious? Digital Downloads don't compete with DVDs, these are two very different customers. One uses a DVD player for entertainment the other uses their computer. Rare is it indeed, when I stick a DVD in my computer that was not made by me. I do however watch a crapload of Movies and Videos. Even Rarer is my wife using the computer to watch something instead of popping a DVD into the box under the TV.
shit. as id we need another reason to pull out, but this one is just the most glaring reason... some international body has decided that a country can ignore our copy rights because we do not want our citizens to be able to access on-line gambling?
Um, Yes. WE are members of the World Trade Organization. WE help write the rules. We are required to abide by them. Don't like it, tough. You suggest we Take our ball and go home. Meaning no International rules for protecting our copyrights and trademarks in the rest of the member countries.
This is a clear cut case of preferential protectionist trade practices. If you want a law that says no Internet Gambling, Fine. No Problem, You just have to really mean it. If you make exemptions for your favorite senator's OTB establishments so he doesn't have to fly to the ponies to bet on them, then Internet Gambling is suddenly only legal for a company operating inside the US. That my friend is bullshit. Not to mention the special exemptions for Fantasy Footbal.
As far as they are concerned they are only in competition with online Office Apps.
wink,wink.
Too many of us are weary of loosing are data to the wild. However, I am not averse to uploading something to DOCs that was composed offline, to be picked up at the conference. Laptop, USB Key, Google Docs. Gmail. All bases covered.
I did a writeup of this story when it first broke. Trudging through the very dull and lengthy pdf's put out by the WTO, to create a summary of all the events.
Anybody interested can read it here.
My favorite Quote "$21million a year in intellectual property rights suspension going forward indefinitely is not such a bad asset to have."
I for one can hardly wait for my case of Antiguan Mickey Mouse T-shirts to arrive.
I think you've missed one of the main points - forcing people to use Firefox is just going back to the bad old ways of "Designed for IE".
"Oh cool, I can do this in Firefox/Mozilla, but it means it doesn't work so well in other browsers - well everybody uses Firefox anyway so why does it matter..."
Um, ok. Have you ever seen a site coded for Firefox that doesn't render in Opera/Konquerer/Safari/links/dillo.
yeah, me either, Unless its completely graphical. I code for standards too, I just check it thoroughly in Firefox and recommend it highly.
Disclaimer: I am an Open Source user/advocate/evangelist. So save your educating flames for someone who needs them.
Back in the day, long before we had competing FREE browsers, we had to pay for em.
I for one was happy Microsoft bundled What I considered "necessary" Applications with the OS. Why should we have to plop down (back then) $4000 for a PC and then run out and spend another couple hundred to $1000 for apps, just to listen to music or browse the web.
Sure like everyone else here, I wish it wasn't IE. But at least you could browse the web.
It wasn't the bundling we were upset with, it was the anti competitiveness of MS to OEMs who wanted to ship Netscape.
Skip ahead to present.
Personally I hope IE phones home to see that every Windows reinstall I've ever done shows Firefox download as the very first web destination. I used to replace the Firefox icon with IE's now I replace the IE Icon with this one. That is assuming I cannot convince them to switch to Linux.
I understand Opera being upset. But I don't see where they can complain anymore. They should focus their efforts on bundling their browser with hardware, like the Wii, and cell phones. Does doing so make their position hypocritical?
How many people still code for IE? I don't. If it doesn't look good in IE, I could care less. @work I force everybody to use Firefox. We put a best viewed in Firefox badge on our sites and fret not, Saving untold # of man hours and headaches.
TINSFAAL, which is something environmentalists prefer to conveniently forget. Batteries in hybrid cars grow on trees and hydrogen for "zero emission" engines forces itself into fuel-cells.
Well, as an embedded Linux developer, I can tell you it takes me quite a bit longer to tweak an ARM kernel then a x86 desktops. Mostly due to drivers which vary greatly from ARM to ARM.
I'm pretty comfortable in the ARM space now though and would not likely consider a new x86 project over an ARM unless Performance demanded it. Thus far it hasn't.
0. Nokia N810
1. Eeeeee pc
2. ?...
9. ?
Thats how they came it mine too.
I just couldn't number them though, But I'm pretty sure the n810 comes up #0 no matter how many times I wrote it.
Nicely Done Taco, I do prefer my original question though.
Here is a list of tech gadgetry, I'd like to see under the tree. This year on my list 3 items run on a Linux OS, including the Nokia n810, Asus eePC and the XO Laptop. I fully expect twice as many next year, with the imminent release of Google's Android.
Of course, there is no shortage of Xmas Tech Lists.(Links to Articles)
What do you, the Slashdot Tech Geek, want to open up this Christmas/Kwanzaa/Chanukah/Pagan Winter Solstice Holiday?"
Thanks for the laugh, Oh man that FAQ is a riot. Highlights:
What am I agreeing to do?
To participate, you will need to agree to allow Microsoft to gather and record information about the use of your home computer on an ongoing basis. By agreeing to voluntarily participate in the Windows Feedback Program, you agree that:
* You will abide by all terms stated and referred to in the Terms of Use and Notices ("Agreement"), including granting Microsoft a license to use your data and feedback.
* You will install software provided to you by Microsoft to facilitate and allow data to be recorded, transmitted, and used by Microsoft.
* You will be invited to participate in occasional online surveys.
Then this one.
Will I be able to see what data I'm sharing with you?
Unfortunately, you will not be able to look at your specific data. We designed the Windows Feedback Program software specifically to avoid any interference with your work or how your computer functions. To do that, the data you are sharing is stored in a binary format (zeros and ones) rather than in text format. Storing the data in binary format makes it very small and easy to share with us, but difficult for you to translate and interpret.
Stop it, I'm gonnan pee. This one
Does my shared data have a unique identifier?
Yes, we have a unique identifier for your data. This allows us to tell between one customer having an error 100 times and 100 customers having the same error once. Being able to make that distinction is very valuable in prioritizing how we improve our products.
Ooh, almost forgot my favorite
Can I install the WFP software on more than one Windows computer?
Yes, the software can be installed on multiple computers and registered using the same e-mail you provided.
This whole thing just feels.....right, you know. I'll do it!
Open Spreadsheet and Excel next to each other and tell me that it's not imitating Excel...
I think you meant Calc and Excel.
I'd love to take your challenge but I've been using Open Office so long, I've forgot how to install Excel, Lemme think, oh yeah, install from CD, then find the CD every time I use a new feature. Nah, I think I'll take your word for it. Besides Excel on my debian box is just wrong. I feel dirty enough having to run XP in a Vm for testing.
I still remember that smug feeling when my friends would come over and see the Color Printer the Mode 14 Graphics and the pile of Antic magazines, and the Music man was it something else.. They were just dying to trash me for not having a commodore. They always left wanting a new XE.
Probably due to the combination of the okimate color thermal printer (also available for C64) and that awesome Camera grab program. Vision something. Allowed you to print t-shirts and stuff from photos. It was another 10 yrs before PC's could do it as well.
I did envy the C64 guys with their giant mounds of disks. We moved on to apple iic and I got my giant piles of floppys too.
This whole thread has me firing up the emulators again, thanks a bunch Slashdot, another weekend lost to nostalgia and The Little Green Desktop.
Shows 750 Results over 700 are Slashdot posts. That can't be good to a potential employer.
My real name show couple hundred thousand results. Of course my name is middle and last name of a well known author. Trying to find me in that mess is a mess.
I think I'll keep my real name on my Resume thanks.
Slashdot Mirror
Screw 'em, we went with the .org, Google ranks it higher then the BS .com anyway. I'll pick it up next year.
Are you serious? Digital Downloads don't compete with DVDs, these are two very different customers. One uses a DVD player for entertainment the other uses their computer. Rare is it indeed, when I stick a DVD in my computer that was not made by me. I do however watch a crapload of Movies and Videos. Even Rarer is my wife using the computer to watch something instead of popping a DVD into the box under the TV.
Um, Yes. WE are members of the World Trade Organization. WE help write the rules. We are required to abide by them. Don't like it, tough. You suggest we Take our ball and go home. Meaning no International rules for protecting our copyrights and trademarks in the rest of the member countries.
This is a clear cut case of preferential protectionist trade practices. If you want a law that says no Internet Gambling, Fine. No Problem, You just have to really mean it. If you make exemptions for your favorite senator's OTB establishments so he doesn't have to fly to the ponies to bet on them, then Internet Gambling is suddenly only legal for a company operating inside the US. That my friend is bullshit. Not to mention the special exemptions for Fantasy Footbal.
The WTO should have quadrupled the award.
As far as they are concerned they are only in competition with online Office Apps.
wink,wink.
Too many of us are weary of loosing are data to the wild. However, I am not averse to uploading something to DOCs that was composed offline, to be picked up at the conference. Laptop, USB Key, Google Docs. Gmail. All bases covered.
My favorite Quote "$21million a year in intellectual property rights suspension going forward indefinitely is not such a bad asset to have." I for one can hardly wait for my case of Antiguan Mickey Mouse T-shirts to arrive.
parsing..........
There is no such free as a lunch?
Time is not stable free all animals Larry?
Totally into non standard f*cked anagrams and larping?
Throw me a bone here.
Um, ok. Have you ever seen a site coded for Firefox that doesn't render in Opera/Konquerer/Safari/links/dillo.
yeah, me either, Unless its completely graphical. I code for standards too, I just check it thoroughly in Firefox and recommend it highly.
Back in the day, long before we had competing FREE browsers, we had to pay for em. I for one was happy Microsoft bundled What I considered "necessary" Applications with the OS. Why should we have to plop down (back then) $4000 for a PC and then run out and spend another couple hundred to $1000 for apps, just to listen to music or browse the web.
Sure like everyone else here, I wish it wasn't IE. But at least you could browse the web. It wasn't the bundling we were upset with, it was the anti competitiveness of MS to OEMs who wanted to ship Netscape.
Skip ahead to present.
Personally I hope IE phones home to see that every Windows reinstall I've ever done shows Firefox download as the very first web destination. I used to replace the Firefox icon with IE's now I replace the IE Icon with this one. That is assuming I cannot convince them to switch to Linux.
I understand Opera being upset. But I don't see where they can complain anymore. They should focus their efforts on bundling their browser with hardware, like the Wii, and cell phones. Does doing so make their position hypocritical?
How many people still code for IE? I don't. If it doesn't look good in IE, I could care less. @work I force everybody to use Firefox. We put a best viewed in Firefox badge on our sites and fret not, Saving untold # of man hours and headaches.
UH-hunh. err,
I believe you mean TANSTAAFL
Thank you, that is all.
I'm pretty comfortable in the ARM space now though and would not likely consider a new x86 project over an ARM unless Performance demanded it. Thus far it hasn't.
0. Nokia N810 1. Eeeeee pc 2. ? ...
9. ?
Thats how they came it mine too.
I just couldn't number them though, But I'm pretty sure the n810 comes up #0 no matter how many times I wrote it.
There, fixed that for ya. Thanks for the laugh, and the sad reminder, I needed them both.
He's in a cubicle.
I claim my 10 points.
What am I agreeing to do?
To participate, you will need to agree to allow Microsoft to gather and record information about the use of your home computer on an ongoing basis. By agreeing to voluntarily participate in the Windows Feedback Program, you agree that:
* You will abide by all terms stated and referred to in the Terms of Use and Notices ("Agreement"), including granting Microsoft a license to use your data and feedback.
* You will install software provided to you by Microsoft to facilitate and allow data to be recorded, transmitted, and used by Microsoft.
* You will be invited to participate in occasional online surveys.
Then this one.
Will I be able to see what data I'm sharing with you?
Unfortunately, you will not be able to look at your specific data. We designed the Windows Feedback Program software specifically to avoid any interference with your work or how your computer functions. To do that, the data you are sharing is stored in a binary format (zeros and ones) rather than in text format. Storing the data in binary format makes it very small and easy to share with us, but difficult for you to translate and interpret.
Stop it, I'm gonnan pee. This one
Does my shared data have a unique identifier? Yes, we have a unique identifier for your data. This allows us to tell between one customer having an error 100 times and 100 customers having the same error once. Being able to make that distinction is very valuable in prioritizing how we improve our products.
Ooh, almost forgot my favorite
Can I install the WFP software on more than one Windows computer?
Yes, the software can be installed on multiple computers and registered using the same e-mail you provided.
This whole thing just feels .....right, you know. I'll do it!
HaHahaHAHaHAhaaHAhaHAahaa!
I think you meant Calc and Excel.
I'd love to take your challenge but I've been using Open Office so long, I've forgot how to install Excel, Lemme think, oh yeah, install from CD, then find the CD every time I use a new feature. Nah, I think I'll take your word for it. Besides Excel on my debian box is just wrong. I feel dirty enough having to run XP in a Vm for testing.
Probably due to the combination of the okimate color thermal printer (also available for C64) and that awesome Camera grab program. Vision something. Allowed you to print t-shirts and stuff from photos. It was another 10 yrs before PC's could do it as well.
I did envy the C64 guys with their giant mounds of disks. We moved on to apple iic and I got my giant piles of floppys too.
This whole thread has me firing up the emulators again, thanks a bunch Slashdot, another weekend lost to nostalgia and The Little Green Desktop.
Oh yeah, and MS pays for the newly designed/engineered Sand and Water resistant SD card slot.
On second thought, how about F-off, yeah that seems appropriate.
Mob Justice would have ended with a few smoldering corpses with pitchforks in them.
Linux Mob Justice is basically the same, only using GPL'd Pitchfork 0.91 and Match v3.4.112.
He escaped!
Why, Why, Oh God Why didn't I break his legs?
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/68295/
And be making as much noise.
Isn't that Richard's new Wizard College?
Or Maybe times have changed, I don't keep up to date on the pedophile scene.
Or You could use this. http://www.thorshield.com/prod01.htm
According to them works on all non-lethal weaponry.
Cnet Wtiteuphttp://www.news.com/Polyester-fabric-neutralizes-stun-gun-jolt/2100-1008_3-6057801.html?tag=nefd.lede
My real name show couple hundred thousand results. Of course my name is middle and last name of a well known author. Trying to find me in that mess is a mess.
I think I'll keep my real name on my Resume thanks.