Compare that one to the current post, and note the differences. First,/. is generating new content in that post...they are interviewing, even if by email, one of the higher tech people in the industry; what more, they are asking the right questions, because the person asking them lives in the tech world...the interview is quicker, and perhaps juicier because of that.
/. is not generating new content in that post. All those questions were from readers. Those Q&A sessions are still being held in the same way.
If they say upfront that it isn't a Rolex (and even indicate it as a Rolox or Rollex or whatever) and I depart from my 10.000USD (or 10USD) then there is no problem.
So if you can detect clearly enough that it is not original Rolex, selling counterfeit products is somehow okay?
There is still a free market to create and sell cheap watches. Just use your own brand name and don't rip off others.
Also many nice and reasonably priced products wouldn't exist if the makers didn't have protection for their trademark.
These people should not be answering questions from rank newbies. They have day jobs, and spend a hell of a lot of
time maintaining the software. They just don't have enough hours in the day to handle questions from every passing neophyte.
There are other mailing lists for this.
I understand that, but still... There are some cases in which I there is not a person that has the deep technological understanding of some component, when I post in the forums of some distro. And on the other hand, as you say, the professional developers don't have time to answer all the peasant questions. Ah well.
an unauthorized/unlicensed download does not equal a lost sale. is it that hard a concept to comprehend?
Really? So if you were a creator of TV show, would you like the profits come to you through the official distribution channels, or would you like that profit to go into third party hands, without you getting a dime?
They were selling a product that people decided to buy. All they had to do was copy the original data over and over, so no theft was involved; there were no damages.
I can't stand hypocrites who think that selling copyrighted works is magically harmful, but copying it freely is not. Either you are pro-freedom or you are not; if you support copyright, you support censorship and the loss of control over private property.
Oookay. Now I can conclude that the views on piracy of some people here really have reached insane levels.
I wouldn't either have a problem with automatic updates but sometimes they trigger a reboot behind your back which is annoying. I want to be in full control with reboots. For little things like Flash Player, auto-update suits great.
Yes, the update system is different on Windows 6, but it is still broken. I often get conflicting messages from the Update program and the Update notifier.
Yes, there are some problems. Recently I played with a vanilla installation of Windows 8, and clicked the "Check for updates" button for the first time. It stuck showing only "0KB, 0% complete", but at the same time some kind of background worker was happily downloading updates.
The update system is horribly broken on XP. It's hard to get the machine to search for new updates and you have to fiddle with the stupid Windows Update web page. I'm glad that they reworked the system in Windows 6.x.
Why not? Part of the nature of luxury is that it's something surplus, something that isn't taken for granted. I think porn still fits that category in many countries. Not necessarily in the highly developed western countries of course.
It's not that the importance of those things would vanish when they are introduced computers. And maybe getting online will help them in arranging those basic things too.
This is how I would put it: even if coding in assembly wasn't your main job, everyone should take a crash course into assembly to make better solutions in higher-level languages too.
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Let's review earlier /. submissions: http://games.slashdot.org/story/99/10/15/1012230/john-carmack-answers
Compare that one to the current post, and note the differences. First, /. is generating new content in that post...they are interviewing, even if by email, one of the higher tech people in the industry; what more, they are asking the right questions, because the person asking them lives in the tech world...the interview is quicker, and perhaps juicier because of that.
/. is not generating new content in that post. All those questions were from readers. Those Q&A sessions are still being held in the same way.
Hmm, what is Adventure Time?
Difficult to acquire wine in Germany?
His questions were not offtopic.
The summary has 15 hyperlinks! *head explodes*
I started a website dedicated to this, but I eventually gave up on it.
How informative. What kind of things were featured on the site, what made you give up on it, etc?
Buy yourself a dictionary.
Will a torrent do? ;)
If they say upfront that it isn't a Rolex (and even indicate it as a Rolox or Rollex or whatever) and I depart from my 10.000USD (or 10USD) then there is no problem.
So if you can detect clearly enough that it is not original Rolex, selling counterfeit products is somehow okay?
There is still a free market to create and sell cheap watches. Just use your own brand name and don't rip off others.
Also many nice and reasonably priced products wouldn't exist if the makers didn't have protection for their trademark.
Hey, I'm just humbly following the general Slashdot practice of not reading any comments I reply to. ;)
Guards! A Jolla shill!
Everything you say is true.
These people should not be answering questions from rank newbies. They have day jobs, and spend a hell of a lot of
time maintaining the software. They just don't have enough hours in the day to handle questions from every passing neophyte.
There are other mailing lists for this.
I understand that, but still... There are some cases in which I there is not a person that has the deep technological understanding of some component, when I post in the forums of some distro. And on the other hand, as you say, the professional developers don't have time to answer all the peasant questions. Ah well.
an unauthorized/unlicensed download does not equal a lost sale. is it that hard a concept to comprehend?
Really? So if you were a creator of TV show, would you like the profits come to you through the official distribution channels, or would you like that profit to go into third party hands, without you getting a dime?
They were selling a product that people decided to buy. All they had to do was copy the original data over and over, so no theft was involved; there were no damages.
I can't stand hypocrites who think that selling copyrighted works is magically harmful, but copying it freely is not. Either you are pro-freedom or you are not; if you support copyright, you support censorship and the loss of control over private property.
Oookay. Now I can conclude that the views on piracy of some people here really have reached insane levels.
I wouldn't either have a problem with automatic updates but sometimes they trigger a reboot behind your back which is annoying. I want to be in full control with reboots. For little things like Flash Player, auto-update suits great.
Yes, the update system is different on Windows 6, but it is still broken. I often get conflicting messages from the Update program and the Update notifier.
Yes, there are some problems. Recently I played with a vanilla installation of Windows 8, and clicked the "Check for updates" button for the first time. It stuck showing only "0KB, 0% complete", but at the same time some kind of background worker was happily downloading updates.
Another BitLocker improvement in 8 is that you can use a plain password to unlock the drive. Windows 7 required a flash drive.
Anonymous Coward strikes again!
We can compare them by cost per GB but, we can (and should) also compare them by transfer rate and latency.
But we have greatly improved the work done per clock cycle, even when talking about a single core.
The update system is horribly broken on XP. It's hard to get the machine to search for new updates and you have to fiddle with the stupid Windows Update web page. I'm glad that they reworked the system in Windows 6.x.
Why not? Part of the nature of luxury is that it's something surplus, something that isn't taken for granted. I think porn still fits that category in many countries. Not necessarily in the highly developed western countries of course.
It's not that the importance of those things would vanish when they are introduced computers. And maybe getting online will help them in arranging those basic things too.
How did you find the time to learn all those platforms?
I know, I know. Let's talk about a 11.6" subnotebook instead. Anyway, it does all that the AC above wants.
This is how I would put it: even if coding in assembly wasn't your main job, everyone should take a crash course into assembly to make better solutions in higher-level languages too.