The first such ad I recall was for Propecia, the hair growth pill, which contained the line "women who are pregnant or wish to become pregnent should not handle broken propecia tablets as serious birth defects may result".
My roommate at the time and I used to talk about wanting to see a "Propecia Baby".
"According to these FDA regulations, advertisers who name a prescription drug, and state its purpose and benefits, must also include full disclosure of its side effects, contraindications, and must follow specific labeling guidelines."
By stating the purpose of the drug, that "extra 5 seconds" suddenly turns into a full minute or two of small print being read to you. Not exactly what the advertisers want to be doing with their time/money.
Well, it sounds like this is (half) a step in the right direction. I wonder how long it will be before someone finds a way to convert the "trial" install to a full version without needing to rerun the entire install process. It seems like there must be a way to run oobe.exe or something to validate/convert your trial version.
But if you give them USB ports, then the more clueless of the bunch (eg, the majority) will start asking where the computer is, since you generally only have USB ports attached to a computer.
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I can see why this comment was marked "insightful"
Note: This is intended to be funny. It actually appears that "ask a lawyer" is a reasonable answer to quite a few Ask Slashdots.
What he's saying is that the needs of people doing pro audio on Linux are considerably different from the needs of someone using Linux as a server or general purpose desktop OS. Serious pro audio users NEED the realtime patches to the kernel--trying to track something and hearing what you've played in your headphones a quarter of a second after you've played it is simply not acceptable for something that needs to be perfect down to the millisecond. So in this case, yes a fork is necessary.
It's this attitude of "You don't really need that, do you?" that hurts Linux in the eyes of many people who know what they're talking about. The same can be said for the repeated claims of "You don't really need CMYK support" for the GIMP. Because in order for Linux to be taken seriously in certain fields, these issues need to be addressed. And when I say "seriously", I mean widespread professional adoption, not just hobbyists or people willing to pull their hair out to get something working right.
I'd guess that even if you did get someone at a company to state that your personal information had been expunged, there's a very high probability that nothing was actually done and that all of your information was still there. This is purely based on my experience with various levels of customer service and managers--they'll tell you what you want to hear just to make you go away.
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Care you cite some examples?
Sure. No problem. Will this one work for you?
The first such ad I recall was for Propecia, the hair growth pill, which contained the line "women who are pregnant or wish to become pregnent should not handle broken propecia tablets as serious birth defects may result".
My roommate at the time and I used to talk about wanting to see a "Propecia Baby".
So how's the acting career coming along?
An extra 5 seconds of ad time used to clarify what the drugs does doesn't sound like a waste of air time to me.
From this page:
"According to these FDA regulations, advertisers who name a prescription drug, and state its purpose and benefits, must also include full disclosure of its side effects, contraindications, and must follow specific labeling guidelines."
By stating the purpose of the drug, that "extra 5 seconds" suddenly turns into a full minute or two of small print being read to you. Not exactly what the advertisers want to be doing with their time/money.
I dunno. I'm still trying to convince my doctor that Levitra helps you levitate.
I'd say that number is a bit on the low side...
I'm honestly impressed if the Vista install is now as quick or quicker than an XP install.
Choose your words carefully. It almost sounds like you're implying that an XP install is "quick".
Well, it sounds like this is (half) a step in the right direction. I wonder how long it will be before someone finds a way to convert the "trial" install to a full version without needing to rerun the entire install process. It seems like there must be a way to run oobe.exe or something to validate/convert your trial version.
But if you give them USB ports, then the more clueless of the bunch (eg, the majority) will start asking where the computer is, since you generally only have USB ports attached to a computer.
b) Did you pirate the software or (sometimes) are you using the same OEM disk? Yes.
Sounds like a brilliant plan.
Silly question: where did everyone go?
More importantly, does anyone know who they were, or what they were doing?
Bose Einstein? I bet that's one mighty expensive (and vastly underperforming) transistor radio...
There's no way to go to the parent directory in vista that I know of other than clicking on the address bar & editing it
alt-D, type ".." hit enter?
I wouldn't have thought that three people makes a stampede, no matter how fast they run.
It's not the speed of the running, it's the weight of the runners...
Television is just a passing fad... : p
Nope. They run LucasOS. It's perfect for their needs, since it's constantly being updated to suit his vision.
Go ask a lawyer.
*looks over previous Ask Slashdots*
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Music Sequencing Software for Unix?
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I can see why this comment was marked "insightful"
Note: This is intended to be funny. It actually appears that "ask a lawyer" is a reasonable answer to quite a few Ask Slashdots.
Funny, I noticed it more on Don't Stop. ; )
...lasted a bit longer than CSS...
CSS was around for several years before it was cracked. I wouldn't call a few months vs a few years "a bit longer."
Sounds like Muslix is doing his part to help keep the entertainment industry regular.
And people will bitch about how the game isn't any fun because all you're doing is playing the same three chords nonstop...
God. It's like an orgy in my mouth... (Because it is!)
Ahhh yes, the bukkake of yogurts...
What he's saying is that the needs of people doing pro audio on Linux are considerably different from the needs of someone using Linux as a server or general purpose desktop OS. Serious pro audio users NEED the realtime patches to the kernel--trying to track something and hearing what you've played in your headphones a quarter of a second after you've played it is simply not acceptable for something that needs to be perfect down to the millisecond. So in this case, yes a fork is necessary. It's this attitude of "You don't really need that, do you?" that hurts Linux in the eyes of many people who know what they're talking about. The same can be said for the repeated claims of "You don't really need CMYK support" for the GIMP. Because in order for Linux to be taken seriously in certain fields, these issues need to be addressed. And when I say "seriously", I mean widespread professional adoption, not just hobbyists or people willing to pull their hair out to get something working right.
...I certainly don't approve of the slashvertising of it before it's really even started. Vaporware is a BAD thing for Linux.
Oh, good one! Now you've just blown *any* chance of us ever seeing Duke Nukem Forever come out for Linux...
I'd guess that even if you did get someone at a company to state that your personal information had been expunged, there's a very high probability that nothing was actually done and that all of your information was still there. This is purely based on my experience with various levels of customer service and managers--they'll tell you what you want to hear just to make you go away.