I'm not denying that there are ways to work around it, but using a domain name and DNS rather than static IPs does also solve many of the problems. Even though it introduces others.
The problem with using software updated to change the IP comes if your IP has to change unexpectedly for one reason or another, or if a user is offline between the update being released and the IP changing. In those cases, the IP in the user's installed copy will be wrong.
If you don't mean unlimited in any of the reasonably obvious interpretations (and entirely unlimited IS an obvious interpretation) then say exactly what you mean. If you mean 24/7 access, then say that.
I have no problem with an ISP limiting things - providing they've not advertised themselves as unlimited. And "Unlimited (see restrictions)" is not unlimited.
If marketing is saying things that are untrue, then marketing should be fired. And perhaps prosecuted. They shouldn't be allowed to misrepresent your product/service in the first place.
Your comment about closing your client shows a lack of understanding of how bittorrent and so forth actually work (not in the technical way) - people HAVE TO SHARE/SEED for it to work properly.
We realise bandwidth is finite - but if you cannot provide what's advertised, don't lie to us and give us something else. If you want to limit customers, fine - so long as they know before they sign up.
Virtually every advertised or displayed price in the UK is inclusive of tax, at least at the cheaper end. Dell and other vendors of more expensive products may often exclude it from the most clearly advertised price but even then they usually show the inclusive price next to it.
Hence, if I go to buy a can of coke that is advertised for 50p, it actually costs me 50p.
A little off-topic, but you didn't press backspace enough. You only deleted enough to end up with "...mobs of power-hungroups of upstanding, concerned..."
If they downloaded a hundred albums from artists they'd never have listened to otherwise, and buy even just one, they've spent more on music than they would have done. The music industry has benefited.
I did a small-scale study of my own recently. The results aren't hugely reliable with the study I did - amongst other things it was pure convenience sapmpling - but I did try to ensure there were a range of backgrounds. The study was focused on students at my uni.
I found that that around 60% of my respondents felt sharing music should not be illegal, and a similar number felt a lot of people actually ended up buying MORE music after finding new bands or artists by downloading their music.
If you want something more reliable and reputable, the Canadian equivalent of the RIAA released a study very quietly recently that more-or-less says the opposite of everything the industry groups have been saying. It was mentioned on here a week or two ago. Here's a link to the slashdot article: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/18/04 21250
"Please don't tell me I need a desktop. I like the notebook mobility, and do not see a point in paying for another set of software and OS licenses for a gaming desktop."
Read most of your EULAs. Many of them will say you can install it on one computer AND one portable computer. That cuts out some of your extra licenses.
"Anyway, what people must understand is some drivers simply cannot be open source, notably video and wireless drivers. Look at Mac OS X: all hardware drivers are open source, save for... yep, video and wireless drivers. Think about it."
I'm sorry, I don't understand why you say that. Can you explain what you mean?
They'd need a lot more than a parachute. Remember, it'll be going at some considerable speed even before the scramjet ignites, and at that point it will be pointing more-or-less straight down. It'll take six seconds to hit the ground. That would give you not long to test the engine, then successfully decelerate and level out.
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I'm not denying that there are ways to work around it, but using a domain name and DNS rather than static IPs does also solve many of the problems. Even though it introduces others.
The problem with using software updated to change the IP comes if your IP has to change unexpectedly for one reason or another, or if a user is offline between the update being released and the IP changing. In those cases, the IP in the user's installed copy will be wrong.
If you don't mean unlimited in any of the reasonably obvious interpretations (and entirely unlimited IS an obvious interpretation) then say exactly what you mean. If you mean 24/7 access, then say that.
I have no problem with an ISP limiting things - providing they've not advertised themselves as unlimited. And "Unlimited (see restrictions)" is not unlimited.
If marketing is saying things that are untrue, then marketing should be fired. And perhaps prosecuted. They shouldn't be allowed to misrepresent your product/service in the first place.
Your comment about closing your client shows a lack of understanding of how bittorrent and so forth actually work (not in the technical way) - people HAVE TO SHARE/SEED for it to work properly.
We realise bandwidth is finite - but if you cannot provide what's advertised, don't lie to us and give us something else. If you want to limit customers, fine - so long as they know before they sign up.
Because using an IP address for the program to access causes problems if your server's IP changes. Simple as that.
Ever heard of false advertising?
"All you can eat" does not mean "all you can take home". "Unlimited use high-speed connection" DOES mean "unlimited use".
Virtually every advertised or displayed price in the UK is inclusive of tax, at least at the cheaper end. Dell and other vendors of more expensive products may often exclude it from the most clearly advertised price but even then they usually show the inclusive price next to it.
Hence, if I go to buy a can of coke that is advertised for 50p, it actually costs me 50p.
I hate to be picky... but WPS means While Playing Screen.
Unfortunately, so far misuse of political power has been far too common. This is not something we want to leave unchanged, though.
Problem: You didn't write it. 'Least, I presume not.
Also, IE is not SUBTLY evil.
All *nixes are not the same. Why SHOULDN'T someone want to run the OS of their choice on the hardware of their choice?
A little off-topic, but you didn't press backspace enough. You only deleted enough to end up with "...mobs of power-hungroups of upstanding, concerned..."
If they downloaded a hundred albums from artists they'd never have listened to otherwise, and buy even just one, they've spent more on music than they would have done. The music industry has benefited.
I did a small-scale study of my own recently. The results aren't hugely reliable with the study I did - amongst other things it was pure convenience sapmpling - but I did try to ensure there were a range of backgrounds. The study was focused on students at my uni.
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I found that that around 60% of my respondents felt sharing music should not be illegal, and a similar number felt a lot of people actually ended up buying MORE music after finding new bands or artists by downloading their music.
If you want something more reliable and reputable, the Canadian equivalent of the RIAA released a study very quietly recently that more-or-less says the opposite of everything the industry groups have been saying. It was mentioned on here a week or two ago. Here's a link to the slashdot article: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/18/0
"Please don't tell me I need a desktop. I like the notebook mobility, and do not see a point in paying for another set of software and OS licenses for a gaming desktop."
Read most of your EULAs. Many of them will say you can install it on one computer AND one portable computer. That cuts out some of your extra licenses.
It's not illegal to develop them. Distributing them to others might be more of a problem.
"Anyway, what people must understand is some drivers simply cannot be open source, notably video and wireless drivers. Look at Mac OS X: all hardware drivers are open source, save for... yep, video and wireless drivers. Think about it."
I'm sorry, I don't understand why you say that. Can you explain what you mean?
"In fact, I think many users will prefer this interface to Aero Glass. Here's some screenshots:"
What the hell have they done to Minesweeper?
"Similarly, no one plays Direct X 9 games with a GeForceFX 5200 (a low-end DX9 GPU)."
Apparently I don't exist.
My FX 5200 does an acceptable job of everything I throw at it.
Nicely written story. But there's one major flaw that makes it entirely unbelievable.
No airborne chairs.
As soon as anyone from those groups wants to write one, really.
Yesterday, we had Soviet Britannia. Today we have this.
What're we going to get to top that tomorrow?
They'd need a lot more than a parachute. Remember, it'll be going at some considerable speed even before the scramjet ignites, and at that point it will be pointing more-or-less straight down. It'll take six seconds to hit the ground. That would give you not long to test the engine, then successfully decelerate and level out.
Not particularly practical, I'd say.
You honestly expect M$ to make their online office work with all browsers and OSes?
And that's without a couple of very minor grammar iffynesses...