They already fubarred the StartMenu with Vista by not expanding like in XP and earlier.. Ofcourse people are gonna use it less if you cripple it.. I use it a lot as I find it a good way to find all the program's I have installed (yes I do some archiving/structuring with my startmenu).. I've even installed 'Classic StartMenu' to get the same XP startmenu back (but still retain the current too)..
In Windows 7 I find myself much more searching for stuff as in previous windows (I can't say anything about Vista as I never used it)..
Also looking at Windows 8 with it's Metro style look, yeah it looks great, but having experimented with it some, I found myself still using the 'classic desktop' much more as it was more convenient for me.. (why the hell do I need to use the scrollbar when using the mouse compared to using a finger anywhere).
If it really was about the interface/design then why is Samsung the only one which was targeted, even though there are many more manufactures which look much MUCH more like the iPad/iPhone.. no the only reason why apple targeted Samsung is because Samsung actually had good/better hardware and was really a threat to Apple..
I really hope Samsung succeeds in blocking the iPhone 5..
I don't know what those people who created the ToS were thinking, I think even in the US it cannot be a binding section, as it is your right to sue them. At least in the Netherlands it's a section that goes against our laws and therefore you can ignore it.. Pff.. otherwise every company would add such a section to their ToS..
There's a much bigger problem here, why trust ANY certificate anymore? Who's to say other certificateproviders haven't been breached? this one happened to be discovered, but I'm pretty sure it isn't the only provider that was comprimised..
This only confirms what kind of hypocrits the wikileaks guys are.. Leaking other people's secrets is ok, but if you leak theirs.... All they wanted was some fame, it never was about really doing something right..
last time we heard about this, it was sent into to garbagebin..
To some it might seem like a good thing (for people living in the city where 'public' transportation is good), but for other people it's just a necessity and they'll be the ones that pay the price for nothing.. IMHO the current system is the best, you pay a specific ammount each month dependant on the weight and type of fuel just for having one (next to the ammount you pay every month for insurances which also depends on what kind of car you drive and how many miles), and then you pay for every kilometer you drive (taxes are at 70+% per liter of fuel), so the more your car slurps it's fuel, the more you pay, the more kilometers you drive you pay.. So how stupid must you be not to see that it's the best solution without the need for a VERY expensive administration system which won't work anyway (there are so many ways to corrupt the used system).
How come a simpleton like me can think of all the extra costs and problems and see the current system is working well, whereas people who have studied their whole life and have big degrees can only think up such stupid money hogging problematic systems..
Also let's not forget how much this will impact your privacy..
Good game design is all in the eye of the beholder.. What you think is good, doesn't mean that another person thinks the same. for instance, some people think racing games should have a 'customize your car to hell' option, others just want to race and really don't want to customize the hell out of their car. Some people like to sneak around and snipe in shooters, while others just want to go blazing in shoot first ask questions later.. All are different and good game designs,but someone who isn't into arcade gaming will think an arcadelike shooter is bad game design, and others who doesn't like realistic shooters will think that's bad game design..
It all depends what was in your contract (and it also depends on which country you live in). If you wrote the code during the day at work, it certainly isn't yours. If coding is your dayjob, and you also code in your sparetime, you should certainly have it correctly stated in your contract that anything done in your sparetime is yours and your boss can't lay claim on it (unless ofcourse it's based on work you've done during the day), otherwise you're in a situation which you are residing in now. Yes your boss can lay claim on your code you've done in your spare time, because it is very propable that you've thought or even worked on it during your dayjob. If you were a busdriver or something it wouldn't be possible for your boss because it's a completely different line of work.
And removing the license is in the same line, if they 'own' the code they can do whatever they want with it, even if you put whatever license on it.
As I said, it depends on the laws of your country, but in the united states/UK/Netherlands I know this to be true. So make sure you've have it written in your contract that your boss cannot lay claim on your code you've written in your sparetime so you won't be in a situation like this (it makes it easier for you to do something about it if he does use your code without your permission).
I'm still wondering why we have a 'System administrator day', we don't have a janitor day or a mechanic day.. what's so special about a system administrator compared to anyone else who is doing their part in the working place.. And don't say 'he/she keeps everything running', because without all the other people there wouldn't be anything to keep running, so you should thank them for getting you work.;)
So what if they offered a Java license for $100mil in the past, they didn't take that offer. It's just like in regular business, you get a low price offered, but you you don't take it at that time, later it propably will cost you a hell of a lot more, just like this case.. moronic lawyers..
Hmm, I don't think it's an unacceptable high failure rate, but there is ofcourse much room for improvement, like continued checking after the first hit to see if there isn't another hit, and if there are, it should go to chanel for a manual check (they've already narrowed down to a few).
I do wonder how long they have tested the system on live-data before actually using it.
But every system has it's flaws, even checking by humans would go wrong (propably it would have a much higher failure rate if done by humans)..
It is unacceptable that it requires so much time/effert to undo the mistake.
And I'm still wondering what the fuss is about Google+? What's better about Google+ compared to Facebook, cause I don't see it.. personally you really are just a moron if you are jumping on the Google+ bandwagon because it would be the new thing.. There must be real reasons to yet switch again between social networks, especially since there will never be one which will be THE ONE.
How can you talk about fucking up a franchise if it's running for almost 7 years.. In my book that doesn't count as fucking up, as enough people seemed to have liked it, you propably didn't, but that doesn't mean it wasn't successfull..
As long as 'open standards' are open to different interpretations (as HTML is/was) we still have big problems, we still see different results between different browser with the latest HTML standards..
And what are 'standards'? personally when I see stuff like 'bold' being replaced with 'strong' I get a big feeling of 'wtf, which moron decided something like that', and that's something I see in more and more standards, instead of keeping it simple and clear, they make it illogical and difficult...
and even if standards are used, who says the new build doesn't have a bug in it, which normally is the reason why there are 'exceptions' build into webpages, because you still want it to run on that particular build as you have no idea when the bug will be fixed..
If you really think HTML5 is capable of completely replacing Silverlight for what's possible with Silverlight, then you really don't know what's possible with Silverlight.
Your comment in regards of HTML5 JQuery and extreme prototype is a very well put comment, people just jump on some hyped bandwagon which isn't even finalized yet..
Are they really that dumb? Oh yes they are.. They really think they can get away with that? I certainly won't mind or being suprised if they disappear or get a lethal accident.. They are nothing more than a bunch of stupid assholes who really have no moral at all..
But if you have the intelligence of a rock or higher you know to stay away from the iOS crap Apple is stuffing down your throat, so that means you're even less than a rock... you crappy applefanboy, you people would even adore it if Jobs would show you his iCrap he had after breakfast..
MacOSX,iOS, Linux or Android (other popular Osses) are also full of flaws. The problem Window has, is it's actual success, because of the shear ammount of people which use windows makes it a big target for malware/viruswriters, but we already see a big increase in malware on the other OSses which are increasing in populairity... No OS is really secure and never will..
Uhm.. No, your own comment is exactly the reason WHY Apple is being sued... Now you associate iCloud with Apple instead of iCloud Communications, even if you hadn't hear of iCloud Communications before..
all nice and all, but where do you draw the line? with today's phones, even checking it in your wives bag would light up the whole theater. Your situation might be a more plausible reason, but a lot of people really have not reason at all. I find mobilesphones so disturbing these days, people use them for every whim, and also get a lot more calls during work/movies/whatever and mostly it's just even rubbish why the other people called.. People are using them obsessivly which is really a bad thing..
It's common with Apple to rip of other people's work (and make it (look) better), it's what their whole business is built upon, steve jobs has never really thought up something really by himself, he always ripped it from others, he's a master at it...
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They already fubarred the StartMenu with Vista by not expanding like in XP and earlier.. Ofcourse people are gonna use it less if you cripple it.. I use it a lot as I find it a good way to find all the program's I have installed (yes I do some archiving/structuring with my startmenu).. I've even installed 'Classic StartMenu' to get the same XP startmenu back (but still retain the current too).. In Windows 7 I find myself much more searching for stuff as in previous windows (I can't say anything about Vista as I never used it).. Also looking at Windows 8 with it's Metro style look, yeah it looks great, but having experimented with it some, I found myself still using the 'classic desktop' much more as it was more convenient for me.. (why the hell do I need to use the scrollbar when using the mouse compared to using a finger anywhere).
If it really was about the interface/design then why is Samsung the only one which was targeted, even though there are many more manufactures which look much MUCH more like the iPad/iPhone.. no the only reason why apple targeted Samsung is because Samsung actually had good/better hardware and was really a threat to Apple.. I really hope Samsung succeeds in blocking the iPhone 5..
I don't know what those people who created the ToS were thinking, I think even in the US it cannot be a binding section, as it is your right to sue them. At least in the Netherlands it's a section that goes against our laws and therefore you can ignore it.. Pff.. otherwise every company would add such a section to their ToS..
There's a much bigger problem here, why trust ANY certificate anymore? Who's to say other certificateproviders haven't been breached? this one happened to be discovered, but I'm pretty sure it isn't the only provider that was comprimised..
This only confirms what kind of hypocrits the wikileaks guys are.. Leaking other people's secrets is ok, but if you leak theirs.... All they wanted was some fame, it never was about really doing something right..
last time we heard about this, it was sent into to garbagebin..
To some it might seem like a good thing (for people living in the city where 'public' transportation is good), but for other people it's just a necessity and they'll be the ones that pay the price for nothing.. IMHO the current system is the best, you pay a specific ammount each month dependant on the weight and type of fuel just for having one (next to the ammount you pay every month for insurances which also depends on what kind of car you drive and how many miles), and then you pay for every kilometer you drive (taxes are at 70+% per liter of fuel), so the more your car slurps it's fuel, the more you pay, the more kilometers you drive you pay.. So how stupid must you be not to see that it's the best solution without the need for a VERY expensive administration system which won't work anyway (there are so many ways to corrupt the used system).
How come a simpleton like me can think of all the extra costs and problems and see the current system is working well, whereas people who have studied their whole life and have big degrees can only think up such stupid money hogging problematic systems..
Also let's not forget how much this will impact your privacy..
Good game design is all in the eye of the beholder.. What you think is good, doesn't mean that another person thinks the same. for instance, some people think racing games should have a 'customize your car to hell' option, others just want to race and really don't want to customize the hell out of their car. Some people like to sneak around and snipe in shooters, while others just want to go blazing in shoot first ask questions later.. All are different and good game designs,but someone who isn't into arcade gaming will think an arcadelike shooter is bad game design, and others who doesn't like realistic shooters will think that's bad game design..
It all depends what was in your contract (and it also depends on which country you live in). If you wrote the code during the day at work, it certainly isn't yours. If coding is your dayjob, and you also code in your sparetime, you should certainly have it correctly stated in your contract that anything done in your sparetime is yours and your boss can't lay claim on it (unless ofcourse it's based on work you've done during the day), otherwise you're in a situation which you are residing in now. Yes your boss can lay claim on your code you've done in your spare time, because it is very propable that you've thought or even worked on it during your dayjob. If you were a busdriver or something it wouldn't be possible for your boss because it's a completely different line of work.
And removing the license is in the same line, if they 'own' the code they can do whatever they want with it, even if you put whatever license on it.
As I said, it depends on the laws of your country, but in the united states/UK/Netherlands I know this to be true. So make sure you've have it written in your contract that your boss cannot lay claim on your code you've written in your sparetime so you won't be in a situation like this (it makes it easier for you to do something about it if he does use your code without your permission).
I'm still wondering why we have a 'System administrator day', we don't have a janitor day or a mechanic day.. what's so special about a system administrator compared to anyone else who is doing their part in the working place.. And don't say 'he/she keeps everything running', because without all the other people there wouldn't be anything to keep running, so you should thank them for getting you work. ;)
So what if they offered a Java license for $100mil in the past, they didn't take that offer. It's just like in regular business, you get a low price offered, but you you don't take it at that time, later it propably will cost you a hell of a lot more, just like this case.. moronic lawyers..
Hmm, I don't think it's an unacceptable high failure rate, but there is ofcourse much room for improvement, like continued checking after the first hit to see if there isn't another hit, and if there are, it should go to chanel for a manual check (they've already narrowed down to a few).
I do wonder how long they have tested the system on live-data before actually using it.
But every system has it's flaws, even checking by humans would go wrong (propably it would have a much higher failure rate if done by humans)..
It is unacceptable that it requires so much time/effert to undo the mistake.
And I'm still wondering what the fuss is about Google+? What's better about Google+ compared to Facebook, cause I don't see it.. personally you really are just a moron if you are jumping on the Google+ bandwagon because it would be the new thing.. There must be real reasons to yet switch again between social networks, especially since there will never be one which will be THE ONE.
How can you talk about fucking up a franchise if it's running for almost 7 years.. In my book that doesn't count as fucking up, as enough people seemed to have liked it, you propably didn't, but that doesn't mean it wasn't successfull..
As long as 'open standards' are open to different interpretations (as HTML is/was) we still have big problems, we still see different results between different browser with the latest HTML standards..
And what are 'standards'? personally when I see stuff like 'bold' being replaced with 'strong' I get a big feeling of 'wtf, which moron decided something like that', and that's something I see in more and more standards, instead of keeping it simple and clear, they make it illogical and difficult...
and even if standards are used, who says the new build doesn't have a bug in it, which normally is the reason why there are 'exceptions' build into webpages, because you still want it to run on that particular build as you have no idea when the bug will be fixed..
How not to sell a game.... This won't be a game I would buy ever as I play my games more than once, and how about families who bought the game..
If you really think HTML5 is capable of completely replacing Silverlight for what's possible with Silverlight, then you really don't know what's possible with Silverlight.
Your comment in regards of HTML5 JQuery and extreme prototype is a very well put comment, people just jump on some hyped bandwagon which isn't even finalized yet..
Are they really that dumb? Oh yes they are.. They really think they can get away with that? I certainly won't mind or being suprised if they disappear or get a lethal accident.. They are nothing more than a bunch of stupid assholes who really have no moral at all..
But if you have the intelligence of a rock or higher you know to stay away from the iOS crap Apple is stuffing down your throat, so that means you're even less than a rock... you crappy applefanboy, you people would even adore it if Jobs would show you his iCrap he had after breakfast..
MacOSX,iOS, Linux or Android (other popular Osses) are also full of flaws. The problem Window has, is it's actual success, because of the shear ammount of people which use windows makes it a big target for malware/viruswriters, but we already see a big increase in malware on the other OSses which are increasing in populairity... No OS is really secure and never will..
I use HTML-kit, which is wysiwyg and good for learning html.. I use the free version: http://www.htmlkit.com/
Uhm.. No, your own comment is exactly the reason WHY Apple is being sued... Now you associate iCloud with Apple instead of iCloud Communications, even if you hadn't hear of iCloud Communications before..
all nice and all, but where do you draw the line? with today's phones, even checking it in your wives bag would light up the whole theater. Your situation might be a more plausible reason, but a lot of people really have not reason at all. I find mobilesphones so disturbing these days, people use them for every whim, and also get a lot more calls during work/movies/whatever and mostly it's just even rubbish why the other people called.. People are using them obsessivly which is really a bad thing..
It's common with Apple to rip of other people's work (and make it (look) better), it's what their whole business is built upon, steve jobs has never really thought up something really by himself, he always ripped it from others, he's a master at it...
The rest run's moonlight... which is en OSS implementation of Silverlight (with the help op Microsoft).
And pigs do fly....
being able to pull software isn't what I call secure, the damage has already been done.. Nah, this is just some fanboy BS article...