First off, you have no control over the data going to MS. I presume they tell you that it is only driver-specific and doesn't reveal anything about you, but do you really believe it? They lied about what their mediaplayer reports when it phones home - they could be lying about what goes into a crash report.
I'm not sure I understand your point. If the OS is going to phone home private information they can do that without putting up a dialog box at all. Subterfuge is unnecessary.
I think Netscape was quoted as saying something similar shortly before Internet Explorer utterly destroyed their marketshare. If nothing else, don't underestimate Microsoft's ability to leverage their monopoly into new markets.
"On May 1, the Los Angeles-based company announced a new Web-based version of its software, along with a new service that lets users listen to any song among its catalog of 2 million songs absolutely free -- so long as they don't want to listen to any one song more than five times."
I don't expect them to have much success finding a larger userbase under those terms.
I fully expect this to get moderated down, but this is great news. Increased competition is almost universally good for consumers.
Now, all we have to do is persuade Google to release an OS and an office suite to compete with MS on *their* home turf.
If Sarah McLachlan opposes DRM so much why did she have it on one of her CDs? As a matter of fact the CD I'm talking about was one of the Sony rootkit CDs.
Don't make the same mistake I did and run out to purchase the game based on good reviews and the fact that the developers have a good attitude. At this point I'm pretty much thinking of GC2 in the same way I thought about Black & White: It was awesome for the first few days but over the course of a week or so I started liking it less and less. Even after a few patches I'd say the game is still suffering from a poor UI and a lack of information about how the game mechanics actually work.
Wait for a demo, and then decide if you're going to buy, as always.
How is an image search substantially different than a text search? Wouldn't making a thumbnail with a link to the original image fall under fair use, the same as google cache or even the partial webpage text displayed in a regular google query?
It's cheaper to ban the ipod from the workplace than to epoxy the USB ports shut or implement a sensible data access policy, therefore that is what management will do.
Thanks a bunch, for making the workplace that much less bearable.
We can only expect these problems to get exponentially worse with all the growth in China and India. Hundreds of millions of people getting wired for electricity and generally starting to use petroleum for the first time will come with a high cost indeed.
Sounds great except they'd almost certainly be working with a disk image of your data and not the original drive. If you use the distress password and it erases what you're trying to protect, they'll just clone your disk again.
Retail video cards do not support HDCP != Retail video cards cannot support HDCP.
The graphics card you own now most likely does not support it, but that doesn't mean the next one won't.
You can't accept the science that says the earth is billions of years old and reject the science that says people don't rise from the dead after 3 days.
Isn't this what the Christians have been saying was going to happen for the past 20 years now? Of course, it's not the governing that's forcing the chips on people, but it's only a matter of time.
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First off, you have no control over the data going to MS. I presume they tell you that it is only driver-specific and doesn't reveal anything about you, but do you really believe it? They lied about what their mediaplayer reports when it phones home - they could be lying about what goes into a crash report. I'm not sure I understand your point. If the OS is going to phone home private information they can do that without putting up a dialog box at all. Subterfuge is unnecessary.
I think Netscape was quoted as saying something similar shortly before Internet Explorer utterly destroyed their marketshare. If nothing else, don't underestimate Microsoft's ability to leverage their monopoly into new markets.
I have one made of silicone.
I thought settlements avoided the issue of precedent?
"On May 1, the Los Angeles-based company announced a new Web-based version of its software, along with a new service that lets users listen to any song among its catalog of 2 million songs absolutely free -- so long as they don't want to listen to any one song more than five times." I don't expect them to have much success finding a larger userbase under those terms.
I fully expect this to get moderated down, but this is great news. Increased competition is almost universally good for consumers. Now, all we have to do is persuade Google to release an OS and an office suite to compete with MS on *their* home turf.
I just put the tissues back in the box.
If Sarah McLachlan opposes DRM so much why did she have it on one of her CDs? As a matter of fact the CD I'm talking about was one of the Sony rootkit CDs.
I can't say I've ever had the same thought. Sick bastard.
Rap is music? Like, whoa!
Wow, 60 million, that's impressive! Until you remember that 60 million is less than 25% of the population, at which point you slit your wrists.
Never had it happen, nor have I even heard of it happening. Why would a cellphone interfere with multimedia speakers anyway?
Apparently you've never heard of all the marriages that ended in divorce because of MMORPG addiction. Seriously.
You had me up until that point where you started ranting on liberals, which made me discard everything you had said.
Don't make the same mistake I did and run out to purchase the game based on good reviews and the fact that the developers have a good attitude. At this point I'm pretty much thinking of GC2 in the same way I thought about Black & White: It was awesome for the first few days but over the course of a week or so I started liking it less and less. Even after a few patches I'd say the game is still suffering from a poor UI and a lack of information about how the game mechanics actually work. Wait for a demo, and then decide if you're going to buy, as always.
Google cache is also displaying the entire copyrighted work in many cases.
How is an image search substantially different than a text search? Wouldn't making a thumbnail with a link to the original image fall under fair use, the same as google cache or even the partial webpage text displayed in a regular google query?
Good luck getting subscriptions at that rate. HBO is only like $25.
It's cheaper to ban the ipod from the workplace than to epoxy the USB ports shut or implement a sensible data access policy, therefore that is what management will do. Thanks a bunch, for making the workplace that much less bearable.
We can only expect these problems to get exponentially worse with all the growth in China and India. Hundreds of millions of people getting wired for electricity and generally starting to use petroleum for the first time will come with a high cost indeed.
Cedega is starting to look a bit redundant due to some of the recent developments in WINE.
Sounds great except they'd almost certainly be working with a disk image of your data and not the original drive. If you use the distress password and it erases what you're trying to protect, they'll just clone your disk again.
Retail video cards do not support HDCP != Retail video cards cannot support HDCP. The graphics card you own now most likely does not support it, but that doesn't mean the next one won't.
You can't accept the science that says the earth is billions of years old and reject the science that says people don't rise from the dead after 3 days.
Isn't this what the Christians have been saying was going to happen for the past 20 years now? Of course, it's not the governing that's forcing the chips on people, but it's only a matter of time.