Or want to prevent unauthorized use of the system and it's a side effect they are prepared to live with as it's only of concern to the customer and not the company.
I have an old xbox with a broken hard drive that I brought - or is that 'licensed' secondhand;) to use as a media player.
Little did I know when I got it that Microsoft had decided to LOCK each xbox's harddrive to it's individual hardware and as a side effect the hard drive cannot be user replaced. The only way to replace a drive for old hardware like that is to use a modchip.
Nice to know I'll be able to put it to good use again now rather than it being resigned to the dump.
If there was no ability to mod our routers, wii remotes, pda's etc. when we'd fast turn into a 'black box' culture of throwaway crap, rather than having the opportunity to re-purpose it for a better afterlife.
thanks to mike for providing a deeper explanation of the things i always thought were screwed with linux but never knew exactly why. so much of those comments was spot on. surely one of the most interesting posts on./ in a while.
I used to work in a hardware shop with a big, sturdy, shelf of new and second hand drives. One day we had some decoraters come in and... bang... they knocked the whole shelf over.
You can download, or read past coverage including a preview or a comparison with MS Office.
I love openoffice an everything BUT...
Seeing as how the MS vs OOo comparison was blasted for its bias (old version of word etc.) and maybe shouldn't even of made slashdot, was it really wise to refer to it again...
There's a brilliant documentry Outfoxed that looks into just how 'fair and balanced' fox is.
Amongst a myriad of damming evidence some of the most startling is probably the internal memo's sent out advising on how to slant coverage to fit the conversative/right-wing agenda.
There's no doubt that they secretly manipulate the news and that in turn they wind up manipulating people's perception of the truth.
Oh ye of too much faith. Google is a company. Wait till their share price starts dropping and then we'll see if we thank them for not abusing their power.
And what...? Google Talk is based on the open source Jabber protocol.. anyone can use it/make a client.
...which btw is a great reason to get others to use it.
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Or want to prevent unauthorized use of the system and it's a side effect they are prepared to live with as it's only of concern to the customer and not the company.
I have an old xbox with a broken hard drive that I brought - or is that 'licensed' secondhand ;) to use as a media player.
Little did I know when I got it that Microsoft had decided to LOCK each xbox's harddrive to it's individual hardware and as a side effect the hard drive cannot be user replaced. The only way to replace a drive for old hardware like that is to use a modchip.
Nice to know I'll be able to put it to good use again now rather than it being resigned to the dump.
If there was no ability to mod our routers, wii remotes, pda's etc. when we'd fast turn into a 'black box' culture of throwaway crap, rather than having the opportunity to re-purpose it for a better afterlife.
... i think i just overheard OpenBSD mentioning an end to their financial difficulties.
thanks to mike for providing a deeper explanation of the things i always thought were screwed with linux but never knew exactly why. so much of those comments was spot on. surely one of the most interesting posts on ./ in a while.
I used to work in a hardware shop with a big, sturdy, shelf of new and second hand drives. One day we had some decoraters come in and ... bang ... they knocked the whole shelf over.
name one real innovation from MicroSoft i'd rank mr. paperclip as one of their real 'innovations'
You can download, or read past coverage including a preview or a comparison with MS Office.
...
I love openoffice an everything BUT
Seeing as how the MS vs OOo comparison was blasted for its bias (old version of word etc.) and maybe shouldn't even of made slashdot, was it really wise to refer to it again...
Fair and balanced.
Really?
There's a brilliant documentry Outfoxed that looks into just how 'fair and balanced' fox is.
Amongst a myriad of damming evidence some of the most startling is probably the internal memo's sent out advising on how to slant coverage to fit the conversative/right-wing agenda.
There's no doubt that they secretly manipulate the news and that in turn they wind up manipulating people's perception of the truth.
Oh ye of too much faith. Google is a company. Wait till their share price starts dropping and then we'll see if we thank them for not abusing their power.
And what...? Google Talk is based on the open source Jabber protocol .. anyone can use it/make a client.
...which btw is a great reason to get others to use it.
nokia's tell you what to do!