That's not the business I choose to be in at this point in time. If, however, I decide to go that route, I'm sure I'll hit up the financial COMMERCE sector (I know, it's commonly referred to as financial "industry", but it really doesn't fit the definition of industry) for a loan.
Industry creates, commerce trades. The Federal Reserve Bank prints (creates) money, backed by gold^H^H^H^Hoil. Thats the closes to industry the financial "industry" gets. It's a commercial sector, not an industry.
That's my point, not to say nobody should exchange money or provide loans.
industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
When money is "made" for "sale", all similarly backed money loses value. To be considered an industry, the finance "industry" must create money, thereby devaluing its own product. My aversion is to calling it an industry, when it is strictly commerce; the buying and selling of existing money.
The Federal Reserve Bank is the closest thing there is to financial "industry". Even The Fed, however, can not change the simple truth that printing more money devalues that same money. Its an industry that, simply by its existence, is self destructive.
Special classes of rights should have special classes of responsibilities.
Driving - obeying traffic laws. Gun Ownership - use for self defense and hunting only Being a Lawyer - upholding the intent of the law Being a Judge, Police Officer or other Civil Servant - same as being a lawyer, plus catering to the whim of the masses who pay your salary
There shouldn't be a financial industry! Industry produces and commerce sells.
Finance == value. You can print money, but that actually causes all money to lose value, which is the opposite of what a finance "industry" should be doing. There's a lot of financial commerce happening, though; our money is being bought from us at a deflated rate and sold to the rich for even less.
Or, sniff the communication between a device and the authentication server and write an app to mimic this digital conversation.
Put a few of these online in several different countries and anyone with brains enough to add an entry to their hosts file can use them instead of the real servers.
Then, every file will play on every device.
Alternatively, make the source code (or at least cross-platform binaries) available and let people run it locally.
Driver issues (for my hardware, at least) are now nonexistent. The DRM may as well be for what I use it for. OEM crapware is a problem on every OS (yes, even Linux, though to a much more manageable extent, being removable through the package manager and leaving no trace, unlike Windows). Regardless of the OS installed on the system when purchased, a smart user should reinstall from scratch when they get it.
Once the logo is on the box, it's kinda hard to pull the certification.
And you're right, it gets used a lot against Linux. That same HP printer popped out a test page in the time it took me to open Firefox to research how to get it working under Linux. Plug it on, open browser, realize you don't need to look anything up because it already works, done.
For my uses, I never notice the DRM. I use that machine for play (music is a hobby of mine. If I ever create something I think anyone else would like, trust me, it will be done on that machine and I will provide downloads).
Any real work (/., BitTorrent and pr0n) is done in Linux.
Where did I say it was wonderful? Oh! Where I'm talking about how stable it is now that the driver issues (for my hardware, at least) are sorted out. That's a very wonderful thing.
It does its job wonderfully on the one system on which it is my primary OS. I use that system once or twice a week and think that, yes, compared to XP, for my purposes, it is quite wonderful.
On either laptop I own (ignoring anything more than 5 years old here), yes, I did say any version of Windows is only good for BIOS updates and calling tech support, as examples of when I would use it. In fact, I said...
I still installed Kubuntu on both. Windows is nice to have around if you ever need it (BIOS updates on the HP, or calling for tech support on either machine, for example) but really not right for daily use for me.
That seems to fit with what I've just described. Used maybe twice a week (if you ignore that it is also used as a file and print server) and working wonderfully for its intended purpose.
Perfectly stable here. Maybe a bit loony at times, though, you're right.
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That's not the business I choose to be in at this point in time. If, however, I decide to go that route, I'm sure I'll hit up the financial COMMERCE sector (I know, it's commonly referred to as financial "industry", but it really doesn't fit the definition of industry) for a loan.
Industry creates, commerce trades. The Federal Reserve Bank prints (creates) money, backed by gold^H^H^H^Hoil. Thats the closes to industry the financial "industry" gets. It's a commercial sector, not an industry.
That's my point, not to say nobody should exchange money or provide loans.
Or you work hard to earn the money.
It's what I've done and it seems to have worked out quite well.
Either way, that's not financial industry, if you care to read and understand my original post.
industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
When money is "made" for "sale", all similarly backed money loses value. To be considered an industry, the finance "industry" must create money, thereby devaluing its own product. My aversion is to calling it an industry, when it is strictly commerce; the buying and selling of existing money.
The Federal Reserve Bank is the closest thing there is to financial "industry". Even The Fed, however, can not change the simple truth that printing more money devalues that same money. Its an industry that, simply by its existence, is self destructive.
Financial Commerce is a much more accurate term.
I must be rich, then, making $20k/yr.
All it takes to create industry is ingenuity and drive, the money comes (should come, rather) later.
Financial industry is an oxymoron. You, you're just a moron.
Special classes of rights should have special classes of responsibilities.
Driving - obeying traffic laws.
Gun Ownership - use for self defense and hunting only
Being a Lawyer - upholding the intent of the law
Being a Judge, Police Officer or other Civil Servant - same as being a lawyer, plus catering to the whim of the masses who pay your salary
The list really does go on.
That's libel...
Once they sue, however, it becomes truth.
I like that. A lot.
disemballed
There shouldn't be a financial industry! Industry produces and commerce sells.
Finance == value. You can print money, but that actually causes all money to lose value, which is the opposite of what a finance "industry" should be doing. There's a lot of financial commerce happening, though; our money is being bought from us at a deflated rate and sold to the rich for even less.
Or, sniff the communication between a device and the authentication server and write an app to mimic this digital conversation.
Put a few of these online in several different countries and anyone with brains enough to add an entry to their hosts file can use them instead of the real servers.
Then, every file will play on every device.
Alternatively, make the source code (or at least cross-platform binaries) available and let people run it locally.
No, the woosh was far enough over his head that even he, himself, did not hear it.
At least it's not a deadbeat, providing only some DNA for the question. It's doing the right thing and staying around to raise it.
why, to monetize them!
to start up terrorismtube.com and howtomakebombstube.com
interestingly enough, snipertube.com already exists
shartware is a friendlier term for shitware.
The MPAA and RIAA are Microsoft's customers. That's why I use the OS only for play and BIOS updates.
That said, you're almost right. So close.
Nobody forced hardware manufacturers for release code that wasn't ready.
Could MS have made it easier? Yeah, I'm sure they could have.
Does it being hard excuse hardware manufacturers releasing unfinished drivers? No.
Of course, it doesn't excuse MS releasing an unfinished OS, either, but we already know why that happened.
How, exactly, does one troll their own thread?
9 months ago, yes.
Driver issues (for my hardware, at least) are now nonexistent. The DRM may as well be for what I use it for. OEM crapware is a problem on every OS (yes, even Linux, though to a much more manageable extent, being removable through the package manager and leaving no trace, unlike Windows). Regardless of the OS installed on the system when purchased, a smart user should reinstall from scratch when they get it.
Good show, by the way.
Hardware manufacturers didn't have to have drivers available on launch day.
Would it have hurt them not to? Yes.
Did it hurt Vista that they did? Yes.
Is it all better now? Finally.
Once the logo is on the box, it's kinda hard to pull the certification.
And you're right, it gets used a lot against Linux. That same HP printer popped out a test page in the time it took me to open Firefox to research how to get it working under Linux. Plug it on, open browser, realize you don't need to look anything up because it already works, done.
Oh for fuck's sake! They didn't have time to finish coding the OS and you want them to rewrite everyone's drivers?
(Going for funny, but running on not much sleep so probably missing it here.)
For my uses, I never notice the DRM. I use that machine for play (music is a hobby of mine. If I ever create something I think anyone else would like, trust me, it will be done on that machine and I will provide downloads).
Any real work (/., BitTorrent and pr0n) is done in Linux.
Ok, I concede, it was funny and I wouldn't have seen it otherwise. :)
Mod the mod who modded parent redundant +5 Damn, I Should Have Seen That Coming, please
Oh, no, I got it.
I wasn't sure if he just wasn't funny or if he was serious, so I replied.
Where did I say it was wonderful? Oh! Where I'm talking about how stable it is now that the driver issues (for my hardware, at least) are sorted out. That's a very wonderful thing.
It does its job wonderfully on the one system on which it is my primary OS. I use that system once or twice a week and think that, yes, compared to XP, for my purposes, it is quite wonderful.
On either laptop I own (ignoring anything more than 5 years old here), yes, I did say any version of Windows is only good for BIOS updates and calling tech support, as examples of when I would use it. In fact, I said...
I still installed Kubuntu on both. Windows is nice to have around if you ever need it (BIOS updates on the HP, or calling for tech support on either machine, for example) but really not right for daily use for me.
That seems to fit with what I've just described. Used maybe twice a week (if you ignore that it is also used as a file and print server) and working wonderfully for its intended purpose.
Perfectly stable here. Maybe a bit loony at times, though, you're right.