It monitors the baby's movement (even breathing while sleeping). If there's no movement for 20 seconds, it'll sound an alarm. That could provide some peace of mind.
Ok fine. If my Peachtree Accounting software miscalculates certain taxes causing me not to pay the proper taxes for my business and I get fined by the government, then I have to pay $199 to upgrade to a version that has it fixed?
Microsoft's definition of "SP2 enhancements" is quite vague. They're referring to securtiy features. These "security features" could easily translate to bug fixes.
From TFA: "It's a problem that people should have to pay for a whole OS upgrade to get a safe browser..."
This implies that the older versions of MSIE won't be considered "safe" anymore.
Here is another article where they ran different benchmarks on SP2 and SP1. The office productivity test was the one with the biggest difference. The article puts the blame on the new firewall.
They should compare a PC with SP2 and one with SP1 with a third party firewall.
Tell my roommate that; he claims that the glare of the light from my LCD monitor penetrates a bath towel on the other side of the room and that is enough to keep him awake.
I recently started working at the Support Desk at school, and sometimes there are some obscure problems with MSIE that we just can't work out over the phone. We usually have them install Firefox, and sometimes I have people install Thunderbird if their other mail client is giving them problems (or if they want good spam filtering).
I haven't had any calls yet this year of people having problems with Firefox.
Did I mention that Adaware is our savior here too?
"(6) The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (`DMCA') was enacted as an attempt to safeguard the traditional balance in the face of these new challenges. It gave copyright holders the ability to fight digital piracy by employing technical restrictions that prevent unlawful access and copying. In practice, however, the DMCA also endangered the rights and expectations of legitimate consumers."
and then..
" `(c) CIRCUMVENTION FOR NONINFRINGING USES- (1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this title, a person who lawfully obtains a copy or phonorecord of a work, or who lawfully receives a transmission of a work, may circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to the work or protects a right of the copyright holder under this title if--
`(A) such act is necessary to make a noninfringing use of the work under this title; and
`(B) the copyright owner fails to make publicly available the necessary means to make such noninfringing use without additional cost or burden to such person."
Sounds good to me. It's called the BALANCE Act and it was introduced last year.
Do you actually believe an article that has: "Microsofties say they were more worried about Linux a few years ago, when it was a truly free program, spreading on its own, from user to user, like a virus."
The author insists on comparing Linux support costs to Windows product costs:
"If the Linux camp simply manages to create an operating system that does roughly what Windows does for roughly the same price, what will be the point?"
The author says the difference between support and the product is "semantics":
"... Red Hat... charges $799 to $2,499 for each server running Linux. That's not for the software, mind you, but for "maintenance." Semantics aside, you're paying for Linux."
The author also drank some of the SCO Koolaid: "You might need to buy insurance to protect you against lawsuits over intellectual property rights. (One outfit hawks such policies for $150,000 year.)"
Some other excerpts: " IBM and Novell are pumping millions of dollars and mountains of brainpower into development of a commodity operating system--they are re-inventing the wheel."
Actually, I could just quote the entire article. I hope Daniel Lyons (author) got paid for his time in writing this press release for Microsoft.
From my experience, most people turn off Windows' indexing feature because it does not run at the lowest priority, does not exit when I need the computer, and seems to run randomly without any kind of good scheduling time. I'm sure there's a way to run it at a certain time, but it prevents me from doing any other work.
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My sister has something like this.
It monitors the baby's movement (even breathing while sleeping). If there's no movement for 20 seconds, it'll sound an alarm. That could provide some peace of mind.
Ok fine. If my Peachtree Accounting software miscalculates certain taxes causing me not to pay the proper taxes for my business and I get fined by the government, then I have to pay $199 to upgrade to a version that has it fixed?
When did popup windows become a security risk?
Microsoft's definition of "SP2 enhancements" is quite vague. They're referring to securtiy features. These "security features" could easily translate to bug fixes.
From TFA: "It's a problem that people should have to pay for a whole OS upgrade to get a safe browser..."
This implies that the older versions of MSIE won't be considered "safe" anymore.
So, if there's a safety problem with my 1998 Ford Contour, do I have to upgrade to a 2004 Ford in order to have it corrected?
This sounds more like a marketing move combined with laziness.
You wouldn't believe the number of people who run two anti-virus programs. I wouldn't put it past them to run two firewalls as well.
Here is another article where they ran different benchmarks on SP2 and SP1. The office productivity test was the one with the biggest difference. The article puts the blame on the new firewall.
They should compare a PC with SP2 and one with SP1 with a third party firewall.
Isn't that supposed to be USPTO?
Tell my roommate that; he claims that the glare of the light from my LCD monitor penetrates a bath towel on the other side of the room and that is enough to keep him awake.
OT, yes, but I needed to vent.
I recently started working at the Support Desk at school, and sometimes there are some obscure problems with MSIE that we just can't work out over the phone. We usually have them install Firefox, and sometimes I have people install Thunderbird if their other mail client is giving them problems (or if they want good spam filtering).
I haven't had any calls yet this year of people having problems with Firefox.
Did I mention that Adaware is our savior here too?
I did a quick search at Thomas, and found this:
"(6) The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (`DMCA') was enacted as an attempt to safeguard the traditional balance in the face of these new challenges. It gave copyright holders the ability to fight digital piracy by employing technical restrictions that prevent unlawful access and copying. In practice, however, the DMCA also endangered the rights and expectations of legitimate consumers."
and then..
" `(c) CIRCUMVENTION FOR NONINFRINGING USES- (1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this title, a person who lawfully obtains a copy or phonorecord of a work, or who lawfully receives a transmission of a work, may circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to the work or protects a right of the copyright holder under this title if--
`(A) such act is necessary to make a noninfringing use of the work under this title; and
`(B) the copyright owner fails to make publicly available the necessary means to make such noninfringing use without additional cost or burden to such person."
Sounds good to me. It's called the BALANCE Act and it was introduced last year.
Is there a PAC out there that follows the general Slashdot interests? No, the EFF is not a PAC.
If someone truly cares about the issue, they can briefly learn what the "Betamax" decision was and what it means.
Anyway, I hope these calls generate some press.
This is the attitude that allows them to think that we don't give a damn. I bet you don't even vote in the general election either.
You must work for Life Gem.
Reminds me of the Speluncean Explorers. I think you guys just covered most of the judges on this fictional case.
Here at good ol' Miami, they banned all 2.4ghz portable phones in the dorms. I'd like to see them enforce that.
Here's a nice video of Diebold's sales pitch in Texas.
Here's a preliminary security report that Ohio and Maryland paid for in the beginning of the year.
Do you actually believe an article that has:
"Microsofties say they were more worried about Linux a few years ago, when it was a truly free program, spreading on its own, from user to user, like a virus."
The author insists on comparing Linux support costs to Windows product costs:
"If the Linux camp simply manages to create an operating system that does roughly what Windows does for roughly the same price, what will be the point?"
The author says the difference between support and the product is "semantics":
"... Red Hat
The author also drank some of the SCO Koolaid:
"You might need to buy insurance to protect you against lawsuits over intellectual property rights. (One outfit hawks such policies for $150,000 year.)"
Some other excerpts:
" IBM and Novell are pumping millions of dollars and mountains of brainpower into development of a commodity operating system--they are re-inventing the wheel."
Actually, I could just quote the entire article. I hope Daniel Lyons (author) got paid for his time in writing this press release for Microsoft.
Can you hear me now?
70% Offtopic
30% Funny
I guess 70% of Slashdot are republicans?
From my experience, most people turn off Windows' indexing feature because it does not run at the lowest priority, does not exit when I need the computer, and seems to run randomly without any kind of good scheduling time. I'm sure there's a way to run it at a certain time, but it prevents me from doing any other work.
Get over it.
what about Howard Dean?
I don't want to hear anyone rehash the media bullshit of how he was "crazy" either.