I downloaded the trial version of Spore Creature Creator to see what this game is about. I install the game fine but when I fire it up for the first time I get...
"A required security module cannot be activated.
This program cannot be executed (5016)."
What the hell is that? Apparently,
"SecuROM has determined that some File Monitor program is running in the background. Please close this program and reboot your PC before you start the application." Page here
Right. File Monitor program? Please elaborate. Are you flagging ZoneAlarm or a virus scanner? Those are the only two programs I can think of that could be monitoring files.
Well EA, whatever the problem is, work it out with SecuROM and keep me out of it. You aren't giving me confidence in your final product. If I shell out 55 bucks am I going to be on the phone with you for hours to get this resolved? I hear good things about Pirate Bay...only time will tell.
I don't mean to troll and I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you about a bias, but I tend to think of Microsoft vulnerabilities and patches to be more important than the Linux counterpart.
It's not my intention to imply Linux has fewer security bugs/holes/etc, because I haven't done any research in that regard.
What I am saying is that Microsoft dominates the market; so therefore a Microsoft vulnerability and patch are more newsworthy in than a more obscure piece of software, in my book. I'm not talking about "quality" of a vulnerability in terms of criticality, I'm talking about the quantity of systems around the globe that will be affected by articles said 19 "flaws".
Once again, no research here, I realize there are probably many more *nix systems out there than I realize, but if I walk down my street and ask every neighbor what they're running, I can almost assure the majority are running Windows.
I don't have any statistics to back this up so this might be bogus but one thought came to mind was automobile accidents.
For several years I worked for an automobile towing company which was licensed to do all the towing for the area towns. Some of the more gruesome car accidents that involved a driver under the influence of alcohol walked away without a scratch on them, while other horrendous accidents with sober drivers either lead to a fatality or some serious injuries.
The accident scenes were disgusting and when the officer would tell me the driver walked away from it because they were drunk, I was almost in shock. I guess the alcohol loosens up your body/muscles or slows your reaction time and you sort of bend with the accident rather than stiffen up for impact and do more damage to yourself.
Of course-- there would be plenty less accidents all together without drunk drivers on the roads. And there are PLENTY of drunk driving accidents in which the driver and passengers are all instantly killed-- hopefully not taking innocent sober drivers with them.
I don't really know where I'm going with this post-- because there are too many variables to this theory and I don't have any statistics, but I just thought I'd share my personal observations.
Drunks at the wheel that hit things have a chance of living and sober people in that same accident could die or get seriously injured. I've seen it quite a few times and it still amazes me.
I also have trouble with Firefox eating up 100-150-200MB after being open for a while.
There is a fix to this problem, however. Some of the comments from an older Slashdot article, Firefox Memory Leak is a Feature, will tell you how to fix it.
If I remember correctly, it's something to do with cacheing the pages. Firefox caches something like 25 previous pages you've been to... on each tab.
Maybe this isn't the actual problem -- I'm not a developer -- but it seems to have stopped the "memory leak" issue I have with Firefox 1.5+
As a college student that just completed a management class, it makes me think about situations like these.
I wonder where on the ATI management food-chain the order came go ahead with this -- from the initial go-ahead to the attempted cover-up.
Points taken, perhaps I worded my question wrong. At the core, my belief is that one will do better in primary, secondary, and post secondary education with all the tools at their disposal, the Internet being a huge tool today.
My initial thoughts behind my question, 'can you think of a better and quicker way to communicate information than the Internet?' was that multiple people can view this discussion simultaneously. Additionally, viewers can read a post minutes or seconds after the poster presses the 'Submit' button at the bottom.
As for the collegiate system, from my experiences, the modern collegiate system relies on computer technology (to an extent) to deliver the knowledge they possess...
Many colleges REQUIRE a student to have a laptop, often providing the laptop, throwing in a discount, or tacking it onto the tuition.
There are distant-education courses where a student can connect to a virtual classroom from home and still get his or her education.
Computers are becoming invaluable, and often taken for granted to the fortunate that do have them. To some demographics, it is a way of life: a child uses his or her "Instant Messenger" to talk to friends, or a family pays their bills online. Yet to others, it is an invaluable tool and a world of opportunity for those fortunate enough to have the knowledge to utilize it. In America, we have highways for our automobiles so we can travel distances in far less time than we can walk. It can be agreed upon that there would be great uproar if the community decided that certain individuals were not allowed to use the highways to get to work or school. However, the "Information Super Highway," is not available to the entire community. Everyone has the right to information and an education, yet metaphorically speaking; some individuals are left to walk the distance while other individuals are given the opportunity to drive. Among many things, the core of the digital divide relies in opportunity.
We Westerners tend to take for granted what we have.
Looking at the basic idea here, you wouldn't be on slashdot if you didn't have a computer or a connection to the Internet. You wouldn't be asking the community a question like this, and you wouldn't be reading all differing opinions on this issue from all different places in the World. There would be no debate, and it would be difficult to get the thoughts and feelings from different walks of life without this amazing network called the Internet.
That old saying, "Knowledge is Power" is the truth. What david.given said "Because if you pay for medical care you get medical care. But if you pay for information, you get everything" couldn't be more correct.
Ok, can you think of a better and quicker way to communicate information than the Internet?
This discussion is the core the Digital Divide, actually. Pop Digital Divide in a google search and you'll understand where a lot of people are coming from.
Slashdot Mirror
I downloaded the trial version of Spore Creature Creator to see what this game is about. I install the game fine but when I fire it up for the first time I get...
What the hell is that? Apparently,
Right. File Monitor program? Please elaborate. Are you flagging ZoneAlarm or a virus scanner? Those are the only two programs I can think of that could be monitoring files. Well EA, whatever the problem is, work it out with SecuROM and keep me out of it. You aren't giving me confidence in your final product. If I shell out 55 bucks am I going to be on the phone with you for hours to get this resolved? I hear good things about Pirate Bay...only time will tell.
http://connect.charter.com/landing/op1.html
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614
Not Sold Online.
Huh?
I don't mean to troll and I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you about a bias, but I tend to think of Microsoft vulnerabilities and patches to be more important than the Linux counterpart.
It's not my intention to imply Linux has fewer security bugs/holes/etc, because I haven't done any research in that regard.
What I am saying is that Microsoft dominates the market; so therefore a Microsoft vulnerability and patch are more newsworthy in than a more obscure piece of software, in my book. I'm not talking about "quality" of a vulnerability in terms of criticality, I'm talking about the quantity of systems around the globe that will be affected by articles said 19 "flaws".
Once again, no research here, I realize there are probably many more *nix systems out there than I realize, but if I walk down my street and ask every neighbor what they're running, I can almost assure the majority are running Windows.
I don't have any statistics to back this up so this might be bogus but one thought came to mind was automobile accidents.
For several years I worked for an automobile towing company which was licensed to do all the towing for the area towns. Some of the more gruesome car accidents that involved a driver under the influence of alcohol walked away without a scratch on them, while other horrendous accidents with sober drivers either lead to a fatality or some serious injuries.
The accident scenes were disgusting and when the officer would tell me the driver walked away from it because they were drunk, I was almost in shock. I guess the alcohol loosens up your body/muscles or slows your reaction time and you sort of bend with the accident rather than stiffen up for impact and do more damage to yourself.
Of course-- there would be plenty less accidents all together without drunk drivers on the roads. And there are PLENTY of drunk driving accidents in which the driver and passengers are all instantly killed-- hopefully not taking innocent sober drivers with them.
I don't really know where I'm going with this post-- because there are too many variables to this theory and I don't have any statistics, but I just thought I'd share my personal observations.
Drunks at the wheel that hit things have a chance of living and sober people in that same accident could die or get seriously injured. I've seen it quite a few times and it still amazes me.
Check out the audio on the May 30, 2006 episode of Off the Wall.
This is intriguing stuff...
Water Powered Car
If I remember correctly, it's something to do with cacheing the pages. Firefox caches something like 25 previous pages you've been to... on each tab.
Maybe this isn't the actual problem -- I'm not a developer -- but it seems to have stopped the "memory leak" issue I have with Firefox 1.5+
As a college student that just completed a management class, it makes me think about situations like these. I wonder where on the ATI management food-chain the order came go ahead with this -- from the initial go-ahead to the attempted cover-up.
Points taken, perhaps I worded my question wrong. At the core, my belief is that one will do better in primary, secondary, and post secondary education with all the tools at their disposal, the Internet being a huge tool today. My initial thoughts behind my question, 'can you think of a better and quicker way to communicate information than the Internet?' was that multiple people can view this discussion simultaneously. Additionally, viewers can read a post minutes or seconds after the poster presses the 'Submit' button at the bottom. As for the collegiate system, from my experiences, the modern collegiate system relies on computer technology (to an extent) to deliver the knowledge they possess... Many colleges REQUIRE a student to have a laptop, often providing the laptop, throwing in a discount, or tacking it onto the tuition. There are distant-education courses where a student can connect to a virtual classroom from home and still get his or her education.
Computers are becoming invaluable, and often taken for granted to the fortunate that do have them. To some demographics, it is a way of life: a child uses his or her "Instant Messenger" to talk to friends, or a family pays their bills online. Yet to others, it is an invaluable tool and a world of opportunity for those fortunate enough to have the knowledge to utilize it. In America, we have highways for our automobiles so we can travel distances in far less time than we can walk. It can be agreed upon that there would be great uproar if the community decided that certain individuals were not allowed to use the highways to get to work or school. However, the "Information Super Highway," is not available to the entire community. Everyone has the right to information and an education, yet metaphorically speaking; some individuals are left to walk the distance while other individuals are given the opportunity to drive. Among many things, the core of the digital divide relies in opportunity.
We Westerners tend to take for granted what we have.
Looking at the basic idea here, you wouldn't be on slashdot if you didn't have a computer or a connection to the Internet. You wouldn't be asking the community a question like this, and you wouldn't be reading all differing opinions on this issue from all different places in the World. There would be no debate, and it would be difficult to get the thoughts and feelings from different walks of life without this amazing network called the Internet.
That old saying, "Knowledge is Power" is the truth. What david.given said "Because if you pay for medical care you get medical care. But if you pay for information, you get everything" couldn't be more correct.
Ok, can you think of a better and quicker way to communicate information than the Internet?
This discussion is the core the Digital Divide, actually. Pop Digital Divide in a google search and you'll understand where a lot of people are coming from.