EULA? If you're running a pirated copy, you either didn't agree to the EULA - rendering it >/dev/null or you you agreed to the EULA and violated the terms again.. >/dev/null.
The only possible snag is if it shuts down some valid copies, but the time between now and then will give ms time to iron out those bugs.
It may seem crazy to be doing this midcycle, but ms actually thought this one out. Revenue from XP is flatlined, the market is saturated already. How then to increase revenue in the quarters remaining before Vista? Easy, shut down all the freeloaders and make them go pay you.
No, this doesn't confirm it. That email was sent by a pissed off spammer.
Until you recieve an email from BlueSecurity, I'd pass it off as bs. Sure these guys can do a diff before_filter.txt after_filter.txt, But I'm sorry, that doesn't count as a hack for anyone besides spammers.
The key to financial security seems to be vigilance. Paying attention to your balances in your accounts and on your cards via the web (i.e. once a month statements isn't enough) is the best form of prevention. I like to burn my important docs that I don't want/need. Credit card apps fall into this category.
Security is ultimately your responsibility, no matter what businesses would have you believe. Here's a great example.
I have to agree. As my first language it had a pretty steep learning curve, but it's versatility and relative simplicity (GC for one) kept it bearable. As a beginner working on your helloWorld the oo portions weren't a problem as you're dealing with only one class and most books I've seen intriduce the oo portion when most people would have advanced to a point to where they could understand it.
Oop isn't some arcane magic, it's a logical way of grouping data and functions and I think most people can recognize the point and value of that when they get that far(though the devil is always in the details.. static or no, etc). The main drawbacks for me at first were both trying to conceptualize the vm and gc and wondering why the hell I couldn't just get the class file to act as an executable(problem solved now with jars).
There's arguments both ways though. Non oo languages or point and clicks may have a nicer learning curve, but they can have drawbacks. If you work too long on a procedural language, you can get into the mindset where oo makes less sense in your head. I've a friend who writes huges monolithic apps in java, one class simply because he sees it as easier and simpler. Point and clicks like VB can make the curve easier at the expense of having to go back later and learn what you glossed over via the wizards.
instant gratification versus thorough. depends on the person I suppose.
I'm fairly certain that suspension of disbelief has nothing to do with it. This is a geek novelty. If you're looking to hang your disbelief up at the door, perhaps consider downloading the origional radio show.
I can't help but think that hearing voices associated with Star Trek, TNG and such will not exactly be making a positive contribution to the immersive suspension of disbelief which so distinguished Orson Welles' original broadcast.
I don't think thousandss of people are going to be running into the streets after hearing Patrick Stewart and Leonary Nimoy, f'rinstance, declaring that aliens are among us...
Yes, why not? In theory you just need to go a short distance past Geosynchronous orbit, which is about half that, but only if you have a very heavy counterweight.
By increasing the distance they reduce the counterweight mass.
While at the same time, providing a spiffy swinging whip thing that could whack stray asteroids, aliens and future bush presidential candidates away from earth.
Kindly point out where I said that trade with the USA wasn't profitable? I said us trying to push policy on other countries pisses them off. If you think I'm just showing some form of anti-american sentiment, answer me this.. What would happen if China had some stipulation that they would only trade X commodity with us if we adopted their anti cessation policies towards Taiwan. Think about it carefully before you answer.
Then again, I'm probably just wasting my time biting thirteen year old AC trollbait.
Actually, looking at the list of countries this affects.(Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua)
I can't see this being enforced well, nor a big deal. Unless I'm largely mistaken, none of those countries are even in the top 5 for pirating software, music or movies. Then again, I suppose that Russia, China, etc. wouldn't stand for it, and would just tell us where to go put that lovely round piece of paper.
The copyright extension clause makes sense too. The mpaa/riaa don't care about code or computer articles. They care about movies and music. Elvis is still selling CDs, so are the beetles. Gone with the wind and the wizard of oz are still selling. So are all the old disney cartoons. Old books, etc. It's not that they haven't made a boatload of cash off of this stuff yet as someone suggested... simply that they don't want to give up the relatively steady revenue stream that comes from the classics. I can't blame them for that, but to make it so broad and in such a cheap way. Screw it, tea time for me as well.
Seems to me that we're almost at a breaking point where the rest of the world simply says screw it and blows us off to a point.
Look at what we're doing to Japan with steel. Trying to enforce our shit on the world can only go on so long before it's simply not worth it. The EU's had this software patent battle waging for how long? If the *AA thinks they're going to just give it up now... well I don't even know how to respond...
It's been a barrier for me. I have a pretty busy schedule and I'd rather not learn morse code just so that I can get on my 2M and chat it up with some locals.
For someone like me who's just going to occasionally chat it doesn't really make sense. Of course, some argue that I'm the kind of person who doesn't belong as an amateur radio op- an amateur hobbyist.
With everyone using the phrase As long as I can see or hear it, I can record it, it was only a matter of time before they tried to come up with a method of doing just that... next up..... DRM'ed speakers and headphones.
Redundancy is for faults in operation, not to compensate for damaged equipment prior to operation.
My god, someone needs to explain this perl of wisdom to my boss.
So now we have to watch for people digging through our trash, not only for confidential papers... but fingernail clippings as well. Either that or we need to burn/shred our nails.
Hmmm, new patent idea?
Having my xbox hacked had nothing to do with trying to rip off anyone. I had it ripped because it allowed me to store my music and movies on it as well as rip my own games, allowing me to play my games without getting up and swapping discs.
This protects me from the horrible sensitivity that xbox drives are known for. I've lost about $200 on scratched games that my xbox won't recognize.
These added features were what made me choose the xbox over a playstation, and are what will affect my decision on which of the next generation game consoles to purchase.
I'm not ripping people off, and not everyone who has a hacked xbox is. So please stop flashing your misconceptions around like they're some sort of a badge.
Whew, makes me feel a little better that I wasn't the only one who has tried that. Pulled off all my keys, painted em silver, then painted the case black . Matched my case perfectly and has the added advantage of confusing any of my family members who try to use it.
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Agreed, if MS shuts down valid customers then there's going to be hell to pay. MS might believe they can iron out all the wrinkles before then.
At any rate it should be a good fireworks show.
EULA? If you're running a pirated copy, you either didn't agree to the EULA - rendering it > /dev/null or you you agreed to the EULA and violated the terms again.. > /dev/null.
The only possible snag is if it shuts down some valid copies, but the time between now and then will give ms time to iron out those bugs.
It may seem crazy to be doing this midcycle, but ms actually thought this one out. Revenue from XP is flatlined, the market is saturated already. How then to increase revenue in the quarters remaining before Vista? Easy, shut down all the freeloaders and make them go pay you.
Birds would fly north for the winter. Poor things...
No, this doesn't confirm it. That email was sent by a pissed off spammer.
Until you recieve an email from BlueSecurity, I'd pass it off as bs. Sure these guys can do a diff before_filter.txt after_filter.txt, But I'm sorry, that doesn't count as a hack for anyone besides spammers.
The key to financial security seems to be vigilance. Paying attention to your balances in your accounts and on your cards via the web (i.e. once a month statements isn't enough) is the best form of prevention. I like to burn my important docs that I don't want/need. Credit card apps fall into this category.
Security is ultimately your responsibility, no matter what businesses would have you believe. Here's a great example.
There a link for TwIPS? googled with no luck. Sounds like something worth checking out.
I have to agree. As my first language it had a pretty steep learning curve, but it's versatility and relative simplicity (GC for one) kept it bearable. As a beginner working on your helloWorld the oo portions weren't a problem as you're dealing with only one class and most books I've seen intriduce the oo portion when most people would have advanced to a point to where they could understand it.
Oop isn't some arcane magic, it's a logical way of grouping data and functions and I think most people can recognize the point and value of that when they get that far(though the devil is always in the details.. static or no, etc). The main drawbacks for me at first were both trying to conceptualize the vm and gc and wondering why the hell I couldn't just get the class file to act as an executable(problem solved now with jars).
There's arguments both ways though. Non oo languages or point and clicks may have a nicer learning curve, but they can have drawbacks. If you work too long on a procedural language, you can get into the mindset where oo makes less sense in your head. I've a friend who writes huges monolithic apps in java, one class simply because he sees it as easier and simpler. Point and clicks like VB can make the curve easier at the expense of having to go back later and learn what you glossed over via the wizards.
instant gratification versus thorough. depends on the person I suppose.
Squirrel please....
A patent on the one click launch?
Oui that joke crashed.
Guys.... Total satire. The little bit on Bonhomie at the bottom shows it for that... even if the story didn't.
Glad I'm not the only one who rolled his eyes at that.
I'm fairly certain that suspension of disbelief has nothing to do with it. This is a geek novelty. If you're looking to hang your disbelief up at the door, perhaps consider downloading the origional radio show.
I can't help but think that hearing voices associated with Star Trek, TNG and such will not exactly be making a positive contribution to the immersive suspension of disbelief which so distinguished Orson Welles' original broadcast.
I don't think thousandss of people are going to be running into the streets after hearing Patrick Stewart and Leonary Nimoy, f'rinstance, declaring that aliens are among us...
While at the same time, providing a spiffy swinging whip thing that could whack stray asteroids, aliens and future bush presidential candidates away from earth.
Captured it? What are you talking about? We conceptualized it, designed it and produced it. Germans Shmermans.
Just like it was the americans who captured the first Enigma machine.
Kindly point out where I said that trade with the USA wasn't profitable? I said us trying to push policy on other countries pisses them off. If you think I'm just showing some form of anti-american sentiment, answer me this.. What would happen if China had some stipulation that they would only trade X commodity with us if we adopted their anti cessation policies towards Taiwan. Think about it carefully before you answer.
Then again, I'm probably just wasting my time biting thirteen year old AC trollbait.
Actually, looking at the list of countries this affects.(Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua)
I can't see this being enforced well, nor a big deal. Unless I'm largely mistaken, none of those countries are even in the top 5 for pirating software, music or movies. Then again, I suppose that Russia, China, etc. wouldn't stand for it, and would just tell us where to go put that lovely round piece of paper.
The copyright extension clause makes sense too. The mpaa/riaa don't care about code or computer articles. They care about movies and music. Elvis is still selling CDs, so are the beetles. Gone with the wind and the wizard of oz are still selling. So are all the old disney cartoons. Old books, etc. It's not that they haven't made a boatload of cash off of this stuff yet as someone suggested... simply that they don't want to give up the relatively steady revenue stream that comes from the classics. I can't blame them for that, but to make it so broad and in such a cheap way.
Screw it, tea time for me as well.
Lame.
Seems to me that we're almost at a breaking point where the rest of the world simply says screw it and blows us off to a point.
Look at what we're doing to Japan with steel. Trying to enforce our shit on the world can only go on so long before it's simply not worth it. The EU's had this software patent battle waging for how long? If the *AA thinks they're going to just give it up now... well I don't even know how to respond...
It's been a barrier for me. I have a pretty busy schedule and I'd rather not learn morse code just so that I can get on my 2M and chat it up with some locals. For someone like me who's just going to occasionally chat it doesn't really make sense. Of course, some argue that I'm the kind of person who doesn't belong as an amateur radio op- an amateur hobbyist.
With everyone using the phrase As long as I can see or hear it, I can record it, it was only a matter of time before they tried to come up with a method of doing just that... next up..... DRM'ed speakers and headphones.
Redundancy is for faults in operation, not to compensate for damaged equipment prior to operation. My god, someone needs to explain this perl of wisdom to my boss.
Wile Lee Wonga and the MMOGolate factory?
So now we have to watch for people digging through our trash, not only for confidential papers... but fingernail clippings as well. Either that or we need to burn/shred our nails. Hmmm, new patent idea?
2 weeks later.....
While walking through the mall...
Tom: Hey, isn't that your ex?
Bean: No.... can't be... She said she was moving to china...
Tom: But I'm sure it's her, look. She's looking at you, trying to hide.
Bean: But... China....
Having my xbox hacked had nothing to do with trying to rip off anyone. I had it ripped because it allowed me to store my music and movies on it as well as rip my own games, allowing me to play my games without getting up and swapping discs.
This protects me from the horrible sensitivity that xbox drives are known for. I've lost about $200 on scratched games that my xbox won't recognize.
These added features were what made me choose the xbox over a playstation, and are what will affect my decision on which of the next generation game consoles to purchase.
I'm not ripping people off, and not everyone who has a hacked xbox is. So please stop flashing your misconceptions around like they're some sort of a badge.
Whew, makes me feel a little better that I wasn't the only one who has tried that. Pulled off all my keys, painted em silver, then painted the case black . Matched my case perfectly and has the added advantage of confusing any of my family members who try to use it.