So you'd pull every single gif, jpg, bmp, etc that the search tool finds (including all those associated with help files, caches, etc) and then just give that all back to the client in a big lump, with their real photos and whatever else mixed in? Nice.
Pardon me? If you're representative of a typical GS member I'm glad I've never taken one of my machines to you for any work. It takes all of 2-3 minutes to locate, copy, and initiate a transfer of a media directory. It takes about the same amount of time or less to initiate a CD-R burn of said data.
You assume that the computer owner stores their files in some sort of logical arrangement. More often than not, files are scattered across directories all over the system--usually whatever the save window's default was. Typically this includes the root of the C drive, My Documents, the Desktop, the specific application's application directory, and sometimes the Windows directory. If you're going to do a good job (not what I would expect from a BB/GS employee), you'll need to check each of those places and more.
Fry's is, as I understand it, better than those two...
Hehehehe. You've clearly never shopped at Fry's. The advantages there are that they have inventory and good specials. Otherwise the salespeople are the same caliber as what you find at BB/CC/CompUSA, but they think that they're better than their counterparts. This always leads to moments where you cringe when you hear one of them giving tech advice to other customers. But if you have a question for them, just expect the same blank stares you get at the other places.
Now this is a post that needs to be modded up! Everything timster wrote is completely true. Ron Paul makes the ridiculously huge assumption that everyone that takes part in our society is totally informed on everything and that they will use that knowledge in making their choices. Reality has shown us time and time again that that is not the case.
It strikes me as a game that doesn't appeal to action gamers because of a lack of action (and puzzles that are too hard), and doesn't appeal to puzzle gamers because of too much action. It hits a "sweet spot" that appeals to virtually no one.
I found it perfect for me. I'm not a hardcore gamer, and I'm certainly not a fan of twitchy shooters (getting my ass handed to me in FEAR Combat for an hour or so a month does me fine). I loved the slow, deliberate pace of the puzzles in Ico. I didn't find any of them incredibly difficult, and I'm not sure what you meant about having to practice implementing your solution--when I figured out what needed to be done I pretty much went and did it (fighting off the smoke guys in a few places made this a little difficult). Ico was one of the first games I picked up for my PS2, and I still feel it was the best one I played on that system (I thought Shadow was so-so).
Do you feel that people should be held accountable for their actions? This disbarment trial is due to specific grievances that have been filed against him. If he is found guilty of those, then he loses his license. It's not like this is something that "just happened" to him. This whole process is a direct result of actions that he has chosen to take.
As for your "I mean really he's been fed by the media to a certain extent" comment, remember that more often than not, he sought out the media as a platform to pound his chest (and bible). Again, his actions, not anyone else's.
I can just about guarantee that there's a fix that doesn't require wiping. It'll take some good old troubleshooting, but I'm sure a fix is out there. The easy fix is for J6P.
Ideally, the law should be easily understood; written in the vernacular. We shouldn't need lawyers to translate it for us.
Yes, someone should come up with a short list of laws. Ten seems reasonable. And they should be very concise and to-the-point. But something tells me that even then, people would still have a hard time obeying them...
I should add that the digital font files are considered software and are subject to all of the same copyright laws that protect other pieces of software.
I believe I have a semi-reasonable grasp of it, but welcome anyone to correct any errors I might make. The outlines of the characters in a font are not themselves copyrighted (nor can they be). However, the digital representation of these characters is copyrighted (i.e., the font files you buy or that come with software). This also includes derivatives based upon modifying the original digital files. However, if you were to print out the characters in a font, then redraw them in FontLab or Fontographer, you could claim the copyright to your new creation. However, you will then be scorned by the typographic community for doing so unless you at least make a few modifications to some of the characters. It's somewhat similar to software in that a disassembly and reimplementation of it must take place.
Fully agreed. The other end of this is in ten years' time when (if?) something goes horribly wrong with nanotech, the public will get in an uproar about how they weren't told about the potential problems, and lawsuits will be filed and won.
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So you'd pull every single gif, jpg, bmp, etc that the search tool finds (including all those associated with help files, caches, etc) and then just give that all back to the client in a big lump, with their real photos and whatever else mixed in? Nice.
Pardon me? If you're representative of a typical GS member I'm glad I've never taken one of my machines to you for any work. It takes all of 2-3 minutes to locate, copy, and initiate a transfer of a media directory. It takes about the same amount of time or less to initiate a CD-R burn of said data.
You assume that the computer owner stores their files in some sort of logical arrangement. More often than not, files are scattered across directories all over the system--usually whatever the save window's default was. Typically this includes the root of the C drive, My Documents, the Desktop, the specific application's application directory, and sometimes the Windows directory. If you're going to do a good job (not what I would expect from a BB/GS employee), you'll need to check each of those places and more.
Fry's is, as I understand it, better than those two...
Hehehehe. You've clearly never shopped at Fry's. The advantages there are that they have inventory and good specials. Otherwise the salespeople are the same caliber as what you find at BB/CC/CompUSA, but they think that they're better than their counterparts. This always leads to moments where you cringe when you hear one of them giving tech advice to other customers. But if you have a question for them, just expect the same blank stares you get at the other places.
They're even worse than CompUSA!
Get it right. It's CrapUSA. Sheesh...
Maybe you keep your computer right next to your TV in the living room. Many of us keep our computers in the office.
Ahhh, good ol' Filthy Ebert. He was great while he was still around...
As it is now I jumped the gun on ordering and I upgraded a bunch of clients to 10.5
Remind me to never come to you for any sort of consulting. This is just plain negligent.
from the so-is-my-chilli dept.
My God!
The difference between real media and slashdot:
"Exploding cell phone battery may have killed South Korean man: officials"
vs
"Exploding Cell Phone Battery Kills"
Can anyone spot the difference in the meanings?
Taco just wanted a chance to pimp his chili.
How else are you gonna know when the cow's about to hit the ground, huh?
Now this is a post that needs to be modded up! Everything timster wrote is completely true. Ron Paul makes the ridiculously huge assumption that everyone that takes part in our society is totally informed on everything and that they will use that knowledge in making their choices. Reality has shown us time and time again that that is not the case.
It strikes me as a game that doesn't appeal to action gamers because of a lack of action (and puzzles that are too hard), and doesn't appeal to puzzle gamers because of too much action. It hits a "sweet spot" that appeals to virtually no one.
I found it perfect for me. I'm not a hardcore gamer, and I'm certainly not a fan of twitchy shooters (getting my ass handed to me in FEAR Combat for an hour or so a month does me fine). I loved the slow, deliberate pace of the puzzles in Ico. I didn't find any of them incredibly difficult, and I'm not sure what you meant about having to practice implementing your solution--when I figured out what needed to be done I pretty much went and did it (fighting off the smoke guys in a few places made this a little difficult). Ico was one of the first games I picked up for my PS2, and I still feel it was the best one I played on that system (I thought Shadow was so-so).
Given this isn't FSF code, there's a third way: contact the original author and negotiate a commercial licence to distribute the code.
Any chance that Sony may have done that in the first place and that this guy is making an issue where there isn't one?
The suit was filed in Lagos.
Can't someone just move some of those colorful little bricks around to change the suit?
Do you feel that people should be held accountable for their actions? This disbarment trial is due to specific grievances that have been filed against him. If he is found guilty of those, then he loses his license. It's not like this is something that "just happened" to him. This whole process is a direct result of actions that he has chosen to take.
As for your "I mean really he's been fed by the media to a certain extent" comment, remember that more often than not, he sought out the media as a platform to pound his chest (and bible). Again, his actions, not anyone else's.
It's not an acronym--it's an initialism. And yes he does, because he's lazy! : p
I can just about guarantee that there's a fix that doesn't require wiping. It'll take some good old troubleshooting, but I'm sure a fix is out there. The easy fix is for J6P.
Ideally, the law should be easily understood; written in the vernacular. We shouldn't need lawyers to translate it for us.
Yes, someone should come up with a short list of laws. Ten seems reasonable. And they should be very concise and to-the-point. But something tells me that even then, people would still have a hard time obeying them...
I should add that the digital font files are considered software and are subject to all of the same copyright laws that protect other pieces of software.
Does anyone even understand copyright on fonts?
I believe I have a semi-reasonable grasp of it, but welcome anyone to correct any errors I might make. The outlines of the characters in a font are not themselves copyrighted (nor can they be). However, the digital representation of these characters is copyrighted (i.e., the font files you buy or that come with software). This also includes derivatives based upon modifying the original digital files. However, if you were to print out the characters in a font, then redraw them in FontLab or Fontographer, you could claim the copyright to your new creation. However, you will then be scorned by the typographic community for doing so unless you at least make a few modifications to some of the characters. It's somewhat similar to software in that a disassembly and reimplementation of it must take place.
Hehehe. Now that's funny!
I could've gotten a reward when I left? Damn, I wish I'd known that at the time... : p
Fully agreed. The other end of this is in ten years' time when (if?) something goes horribly wrong with nanotech, the public will get in an uproar about how they weren't told about the potential problems, and lawsuits will be filed and won.