Your post, sadly, comes off as very ignorant. Please don't take that as a direct attack - its not. However, as a Marine Veteran who has worked directly in an intelligence capacity; you have no clue. There is a reason the U.S. government spends the large amount of coin and time it does to vet every individual who holds a security clearance.
Any sort leverage (perceived or actual) that can be gained on an individual who has access to critical information pertaining to the protection of this county; can damage this country. Gen. (ret.) Petraeus is probably one of the few individuals in the current world who has access to deep and wide knowledge of both the country's intelligence and military current and future inner-workings (esp. as DirCIA). He realizes/knows this, that's why he resigned.
Whatever your personal thoughts are about adultery, when it has the potential to interfere with national security - that person needs divorced from his security role ASAP.
I'm not from Canada so I don't pretend to understand the Canadian mindset... I do understand money though.
" The pattern in Canada is that some snot nosed upstart gives them a run for their money and they buy them out."
Your statement more than likely gives you your answer: offer enough money and people will sell. Why work harder than one needs to, if the opportunity cost: gain a large chunk of money in a short period of time, can occur? Granted, I'm certain - like in the USA - feel good thoughts and concepts such as, "personal pride", "helping others", "the underdog" probably cross their minds a couple of times, however in today's business environment, short-term profits outweigh long-term ones (research the present value of a future value, if you need help with this one).
I'm not gonna speak for all Windows and Apple users, but as for me; I do care about privacy, freedom, security, and ownership. What I don't care about is having to learn the particulars of a particular flavor of a Unix/Unix-Like OS. Is it interesting...at times yes; do I want to do that on a daily basis, fuck no.
I've been using / building / programming computers since 1989 and I still do not like the arcane wizardry that using a Unix/Unix-like OS forces me to do. Has it gotten better, admittedly yes. I respect that there is a *nix OS flavor for every single quirk that a person may desire, but to me it is stupid (I'm just gonna put it out there). When you have to tweak code and / or settings or worse - recompile for each flavor; fuck that. I have Windows programs from 1990 that still work in Windows 8, nuff said.
I'm not saying Windows is the 'holy grail' of computing, it has come a long way. But the same way some of you advocate learning/using *nix; I say learn how to properly lock down your system. It can be done, quite simply in fact. Not to mention Windows is much easier to use (even as far back as Windows 3.1; it was miles ahead in ease of use than *nix).
And what "decent human characteristic" did Gates lack with this, pray tell?
There was nothing 'immoral' or 'illegal' about the transaction. In fact, Gates DID attempt to get the two parties to meet; Kidall decided to go flying, not understanding (or caring) about the significance of the importance of the meeting Gates setup. If you want to talk about decent human characteristics, Gates did more than most businessman would have. He could have outright just purchased QDOS and not even mentioned it to Kidall.
This isn't like the stock market, where having what could arguably considered "inside" information is illegal. No court in the planet would convict on this. I respect your personal views, but nobody said business was nice.
Your absolutely right. However, while some people go in to business to make the world a better place; the majority go into business to make profits. And provided you are able to get your business off the ground, you probably want the best employees for the cheapest amount of salary you can pay them so you can maximize the amount of profit you can keep (i.e. pay yourself).
I'm not saying this is good or bad, its just an observation that generally has panned out over the years.
Considering that most Toshiba hardware sucks (yeah, I'm looking at the entire Satellite line of laptops); I'll stay away from these like the plague. , thanks.
While I admit to being a bit jealous (since I live in Jacksonville-Camp Lejeune), this is very cool. What is the average bandwidth speed of this "super-wifi", just curious?
Just out of curiosity (since I don't really care either way personally), why is DRM bad?
I understand the technical limitations it imposes on various groups, however if we consider that without it, content (in general) will be forced to go down in price which means less pay for the creators; due to the fact most people will just "share it" rather than purchase it. And considering that the creation of content is a real investment (i.e. cost) what would be the incentive to create it, since time and equipment and support all cost money?
I'm just trying to get my head around this, so any answers would be appreciated.
And make sure you let your users know that it will send you this information; too many times people start screaming crazyiness like "spyware, malware, etc." without understanding what it is that the program is sending. So inform your users first.
This reminds me of an Edding's book I read once, "Guardians of the West" where the lead character started playing around with the weather (to prove a point to some very inept thinking people). Several months later his grandfather comes to his castle, and virtually berates him for tampering with the "most powerful force in nature".
Somehow I think this very fitting considering (1) this is China we're talking about and (2) anyone (including the US) who plays around weather is virtually certain to cause an adverse effect somewhere else. So please DO NOT TAMPER WITH THE WEATHER!!.
"And you've got the cream of the crop of thieves reporting in here...let's see...real-estate agents...car salesmen....home contractors....all we're missing are some dead-end charities and a handful of political operatives, and that money will be gone"
Kinda stereotyping there dont'cha think? Not that there is not unscrupulous individuals in any profession; but only a foolish businessman does not plan for potential customers (especially ones who soon will or may have the cash to afford your products and services).
Its called "firing a customer" and it makes perfect sense. If the customer is not profitable and cannot be made to become profitable, why keep them as a customer? Basic cost accounting there.
See Stumbles, rather than just assume that CNet had an altruistic reason for providing a software repository, I assumed there would be a catch (in life there ALWAYS is a catch). In this case they clearly provide to both end-user and vendor the reason for the installer and the foreknowledge that they will be adding a piece of pre-screened software along with the install.
So in this case, the vendor, NMap, perhaps should have read the terms and conditions a bit more carefully. I know I certainly do before I enter any transaction.
I understand the sentiments, but I'm curious as to why some (most it seems) feel that the repository should not add the wrapper software (which they don't charge the end-user, the ultimate customer I believe)?
Software creator is getting market exposure....This is good.
End User gets the software they want for little to no charge...This is good too.
CNet gets to make some money for hosting / providing a repository of software...Also good.
Mil-spec gear must undergo a much more rigourous standard than your COTS products. Doesn't matter what you or I personally think about that. Their need for exact precision and specs highly detailed, documented, vetted and verified. Trust me, it is not that simple as your making it.
What type of data are we talking about? If we are talking about a user(s) data then, no I don't see that there should be any liability; given that the purchaser should know that the device is capturing bio-metrical data. However, if your talking about data of a particular location - like the layout and / or inventory of a room (that is visible), then maybe a legal issue could arise.
Another possibility I can see for potential legal liability (probably the owner however) is if one was to set these up in there house and invite people over without disclosing that their bio-metrical data was being recorded or something to that fact. Again, this is something that probably will have been hashed out to remove liability from the software developer, but in our increasingly litigious state (I'm using the USA as an example since I live there) one should tread cautiously.
Oh come they are not that bad. lol The Cajun Rice, Beans and Sausage is actually quite good. lol (better then the chow hall some days). Not mention if you take the Spice Poundcake and the Spiced Apples, you get an Apple-Pie type treat (of course you have to ratfuck about 3 MREs but hey who's counting). hehe
"it's still the best guarantee the end reader will be able to read it, and read it exactly as I made it."
That is not entirely an accurate statement. I created a.PDF of a presentation for my strategic leadership class in LibreOffice (Linux) and opened it up in Adobe Reader (Windows). It displayed horribly wrong. To the point I had to do my entire presentation minus the displayed element. I went online an bought a copy of MS Office Ultimate 2007 the same night, so I would not have this issue again.
Make a long story short, OpenOffice and LibreOffice have a long way to go before they are ready for mainstream use - I didn't mention how long it took to make this presentation either; but lets just say its normally a 3 hr job in PowerPoint, and it took 12 hours in LibreOffice). I'll continue to stick with MS from now on, thanks.
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Your post, sadly, comes off as very ignorant. Please don't take that as a direct attack - its not. However, as a Marine Veteran who has worked directly in an intelligence capacity; you have no clue. There is a reason the U.S. government spends the large amount of coin and time it does to vet every individual who holds a security clearance.
Any sort leverage (perceived or actual) that can be gained on an individual who has access to critical information pertaining to the protection of this county; can damage this country. Gen. (ret.) Petraeus is probably one of the few individuals in the current world who has access to deep and wide knowledge of both the country's intelligence and military current and future inner-workings (esp. as DirCIA). He realizes/knows this, that's why he resigned.
Whatever your personal thoughts are about adultery, when it has the potential to interfere with national security - that person needs divorced from his security role ASAP.
I'm not from Canada so I don't pretend to understand the Canadian mindset... I do understand money though.
" The pattern in Canada is that some snot nosed upstart gives them a run for their money and they buy them out."
Your statement more than likely gives you your answer: offer enough money and people will sell. Why work harder than one needs to, if the opportunity cost: gain a large chunk of money in a short period of time, can occur? Granted, I'm certain - like in the USA - feel good thoughts and concepts such as, "personal pride", "helping others", "the underdog" probably cross their minds a couple of times, however in today's business environment, short-term profits outweigh long-term ones (research the present value of a future value, if you need help with this one).
I'm not gonna speak for all Windows and Apple users, but as for me; I do care about privacy, freedom, security, and ownership. What I don't care about is having to learn the particulars of a particular flavor of a Unix/Unix-Like OS. Is it interesting...at times yes; do I want to do that on a daily basis, fuck no.
I've been using / building / programming computers since 1989 and I still do not like the arcane wizardry that using a Unix/Unix-like OS forces me to do. Has it gotten better, admittedly yes. I respect that there is a *nix OS flavor for every single quirk that a person may desire, but to me it is stupid (I'm just gonna put it out there). When you have to tweak code and / or settings or worse - recompile for each flavor; fuck that. I have Windows programs from 1990 that still work in Windows 8, nuff said.
I'm not saying Windows is the 'holy grail' of computing, it has come a long way. But the same way some of you advocate learning/using *nix; I say learn how to properly lock down your system. It can be done, quite simply in fact. Not to mention Windows is much easier to use (even as far back as Windows 3.1; it was miles ahead in ease of use than *nix).
Thanks, much appreciated.
Does this mean that if decide to use the new GCC, I would be forced to using the GPL v3?
And what "decent human characteristic" did Gates lack with this, pray tell?
There was nothing 'immoral' or 'illegal' about the transaction. In fact, Gates DID attempt to get the two parties to meet; Kidall decided to go flying, not understanding (or caring) about the significance of the importance of the meeting Gates setup. If you want to talk about decent human characteristics, Gates did more than most businessman would have. He could have outright just purchased QDOS and not even mentioned it to Kidall.
This isn't like the stock market, where having what could arguably considered "inside" information is illegal. No court in the planet would convict on this. I respect your personal views, but nobody said business was nice.
Your absolutely right. However, while some people go in to business to make the world a better place; the majority go into business to make profits. And provided you are able to get your business off the ground, you probably want the best employees for the cheapest amount of salary you can pay them so you can maximize the amount of profit you can keep (i.e. pay yourself).
I'm not saying this is good or bad, its just an observation that generally has panned out over the years.
Of course if it did that, someone would complain that it has location-tracking software in it.
Considering that most Toshiba hardware sucks (yeah, I'm looking at the entire Satellite line of laptops); I'll stay away from these like the plague. , thanks.
This seems like beating a dead horse, but I'll do it again...
Microsoft provides toolkit for Office 2003 to open MS 2007/2010 formatted files. (Without buying an upgrade).
Here is the link.
While I admit to being a bit jealous (since I live in Jacksonville-Camp Lejeune), this is very cool. What is the average bandwidth speed of this "super-wifi", just curious?
Perhaps you haven't seen shares of Berkshire Hathaway. Apple is a mere raindrop in the bucket to some investors.
I'm certain they probably regret that action.
Just out of curiosity (since I don't really care either way personally), why is DRM bad?
I understand the technical limitations it imposes on various groups, however if we consider that without it, content (in general) will be forced to go down in price which means less pay for the creators; due to the fact most people will just "share it" rather than purchase it. And considering that the creation of content is a real investment (i.e. cost) what would be the incentive to create it, since time and equipment and support all cost money?
I'm just trying to get my head around this, so any answers would be appreciated.
"Make your software send it..."
And make sure you let your users know that it will send you this information; too many times people start screaming crazyiness like "spyware, malware, etc." without understanding what it is that the program is sending. So inform your users first.
This reminds me of an Edding's book I read once, "Guardians of the West" where the lead character started playing around with the weather (to prove a point to some very inept thinking people). Several months later his grandfather comes to his castle, and virtually berates him for tampering with the "most powerful force in nature".
:)
Somehow I think this very fitting considering (1) this is China we're talking about and (2) anyone (including the US) who plays around weather is virtually certain to cause an adverse effect somewhere else. So please DO NOT TAMPER WITH THE WEATHER!!.
Thanks.
"And you've got the cream of the crop of thieves reporting in here...let's see...real-estate agents...car salesmen....home contractors....all we're missing are some dead-end charities and a handful of political operatives, and that money will be gone"
Kinda stereotyping there dont'cha think? Not that there is not unscrupulous individuals in any profession; but only a foolish businessman does not plan for potential customers (especially ones who soon will or may have the cash to afford your products and services).
Its called "firing a customer" and it makes perfect sense. If the customer is not profitable and cannot be made to become profitable, why keep them as a customer? Basic cost accounting there.
Fair enough, I did not read the analysis by NMap, I admit that. :) Not understanding the stupid part or the seething hate but that's a different story.
Having read the analysis and then went perusing though CNet, I found this interesting bit on the vendor upload side: CNET DOWNLOAD.COM INSTALLER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
See Stumbles, rather than just assume that CNet had an altruistic reason for providing a software repository, I assumed there would be a catch (in life there ALWAYS is a catch). In this case they clearly provide to both end-user and vendor the reason for the installer and the foreknowledge that they will be adding a piece of pre-screened software along with the install.
So in this case, the vendor, NMap, perhaps should have read the terms and conditions a bit more carefully. I know I certainly do before I enter any transaction.
I understand the sentiments, but I'm curious as to why some (most it seems) feel that the repository should not add the wrapper software (which they don't charge the end-user, the ultimate customer I believe)?
Software creator is getting market exposure....This is good.
End User gets the software they want for little to no charge...This is good too.
CNet gets to make some money for hosting / providing a repository of software...Also good.
So if everybody wins, where is the downside, lol?
Mil-spec gear must undergo a much more rigourous standard than your COTS products. Doesn't matter what you or I personally think about that. Their need for exact precision and specs highly detailed, documented, vetted and verified. Trust me, it is not that simple as your making it.
What type of data are we talking about? If we are talking about a user(s) data then, no I don't see that there should be any liability; given that the purchaser should know that the device is capturing bio-metrical data. However, if your talking about data of a particular location - like the layout and / or inventory of a room (that is visible), then maybe a legal issue could arise.
Another possibility I can see for potential legal liability (probably the owner however) is if one was to set these up in there house and invite people over without disclosing that their bio-metrical data was being recorded or something to that fact. Again, this is something that probably will have been hashed out to remove liability from the software developer, but in our increasingly litigious state (I'm using the USA as an example since I live there) one should tread cautiously.
Need mod points.. definitely spot on.
Oh come they are not that bad. lol The Cajun Rice, Beans and Sausage is actually quite good. lol (better then the chow hall some days). Not mention if you take the Spice Poundcake and the Spiced Apples, you get an Apple-Pie type treat (of course you have to ratfuck about 3 MREs but hey who's counting). hehe
"it's still the best guarantee the end reader will be able to read it, and read it exactly as I made it."
.PDF of a presentation for my strategic leadership class in LibreOffice (Linux) and opened it up in Adobe Reader (Windows). It displayed horribly wrong. To the point I had to do my entire presentation minus the displayed element. I went online an bought a copy of MS Office Ultimate 2007 the same night, so I would not have this issue again.
That is not entirely an accurate statement. I created a
Make a long story short, OpenOffice and LibreOffice have a long way to go before they are ready for mainstream use - I didn't mention how long it took to make this presentation either; but lets just say its normally a 3 hr job in PowerPoint, and it took 12 hours in LibreOffice). I'll continue to stick with MS from now on, thanks.