There must be some Windows lovers out there. Anyone?
I think the pro-Microsoft people out there realize that they have nothing to fear.
When, in 5 years, Microsoft is ordered to pay a $10 fine, the pro-Microsoft people will be glad they didn't waste 30 minutes coming up with a coherent sentence supporting Microsoft.
I would worry that if there is a precedent set that selling fake stuff IRL is legal, then game developers (the programmers, not the companies) would have an incentive to put backdoors into their games (e.g. talk to this shopkeeper, tell him the magic words and *presto* he gives you the most powerful weapon in the game).
For a game developer, protecting against this type of thing does cost money (in man-hours). Therefore, I say that they should be able to set whatever policy they choose.
wouldn't rsync over ssh have been a much better choice for an "off the shelf" component? Most ftp servers tend to have a few (read: waaaaay tooooo maaaany) security concerns for my taste.
Plus, the minute the MPAA/RIAA decides this is a problem, they write up a handy little app that shares an unending stream of random data. Since devices pull content without the user actively looking for it, suddenly your PDA is full of garbage.
Better yet, they could make their little program send itself out over and over again (with different names). Then everyone who gets it and is dumb enough to run it would become a source of the problem. Wow...and we haven't even begun to consider what the script kiddies might do with such a technology.
Hmmm...once again you simply say "x is faster than y" with no justification whatsoever. I will concede that in your application, "hello world!", Java will probably run quite a bit slower since the VM still has to come up, however a blanket statement like C# is faster is just plain wrong. Like it or not, there *are* instances in which Java is faster.
It is a "right tool for the project" situation. So once again, come up with something half-way sentient, or shut the F#%* up.
As a die hard Simpsons fan, I have nearly every episode archived so that I can watch them whenever I choose. I used to have every episode, until they came out with the whole first season on DVD. I bought it and promptly threw away my cd containing those episodes. When they release subsequent seasons on DVD, I'll buy it and get rid of my copies.
The answer to this seems pretty simple to me. Release the content on DVD. I think most people would rather shell out 15-20 bucks for a high quality copy.
Besides...how does it hurt them that I own a copy of the episodes. I still watch Simpsons episodes when they come on (both prime-time and syndicated versions).
Java has a lot of overhead. But that overhead is there for a reason. Java code gets faster over time as it runs (both due to optimizations done at run-time and the fact that class loading is still an expensive operation). However, in the case of a massively multiplayer environment, Java may be (and probably is) the best choice for the server environment. In a controlled environment where the application is expected to run for a significant amount of time, Java can actually perform as well or better than natively compiled code.
The "Java is slow" argument is soooo tired. Sure, there are many instances where Java is slower than other languages (even C#). But if you're going to knock Java's performance, explain why or shut the f@#* up.
"I can't afford it and would choose to do without it if there were no crack available, but thanks to my familiarity from having used a cracked copy, three separate business have purchased copies on my behalf."
So, has the software developer in question made 3 times as much as they would have, or 3/4 as much? Not so black and white now, is it?
I know this is not usually the case, but it actually happens a lot among people I know and work with.
note: I am also a software developer and thanks to the magic of the GPL, 0% of the users of my software pirate it.
Whoah there...we've still got a couple of third-world countries left that we can dump in. Let's not go getting hasty with the whole "space" thing just yet...
The problem is not that they are making more rules. The problem is that they are making the *wrong* rules.
For example, there is now a pretty good chance that I will have to take my shoes off and have someone search them before I can get on a plane. However, I can, if I have purchased a domestic airline ticket, check a bag onto an airplane, then leave the airport and that bag will fly without me to its destination.
So on one hand you have a stupid little rule that inconveniences a lot of innocent people (there are so many better ways to get stuff onto an airplane than in one's shoes). But at the same time, there are huge security holes that are being ignored.
It would seem that the new "tighter" security is all about the perception of security in order to encourage people to fly. They don't seem to care whether that perception reflects reality at all.
Guess we won't be seeing "Survivor X: Earth Orbit"
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If you're going to bash ICQ, then you might want to look through the preferences first...both problems that you cite can be configured out of the client (all the buttons can be removed and messages from non-contact-list senders can be rejected).
I've been using both AIM and ICQ for years now. I generally prefer ICQ because I can call myself anything I want to...and even change my name...as someone who has used IRC for some time, I don't like being locked into one (horribly-convaluted) name. I also really like ICQ's logging capabilities...it's nice to be able to see what I said in previous conversations.
However, AIM does do some things right. AIM stores your buddy list on the server meaning that when I sign in on a new computer, I don't have to add all of my buddies again. AIM also supports auto-responses much better than ICQ.
I had hoped that when AOL bought Mirabilis, they would integrate the two clients into one service and keep all the features of both. But as with (seemingly) all AOL acquisitions, they only bought them to eliminate competition, and since buying them, have done nothing to improve the user experience.
Same thing happened with "Magic: The Gathering" (a.k.a. cardboard cocaine).
I saw many gpa's drop full points because of that game. Like EQ, there became a massive market for the items from the game (the net wasn't as mature, but at one point it had the largest non-binary newsgroup on the net). The only difference was that the items were not entirely virtual. But as long as the EQ software keeps certain items sufficiently "rare", then there is little difference between the two addictions.
Show me a company that makes a POP3 product that won't send mail to OUTLOOK, delibratly. There are none, because it doesn't serve a purpose.
Well...I can't show you a POP3 client that won't send email to Outlook because Outlook has too large of a user population and the email client wouldn't sell at all. However, if you want an example of an email client that deliberately does not comply with standards in an effort to be incompatable with other email clients, you need look no further than Outlook.
The plain fact is that this guy is being entirely standards compliant. His emails are handled just fine by any standards compliant email client. He's just letting people know that there is a flip side to using a non standards compliant email client. I don't think anyone here would disagree that standards are a good thing. In my mind, the person complying with the standard shouldn't be considered the offending party.
maybe then he'll get the idea: being a jackass to other people might be funny for roughly two seconds, but no longer than that.
Like he said...turn about is fair play. Sometimes it takes being a jackass to show people that they too are being jackasses. Microsoft Outlook has created sooooo many unreadable messages for people with non-Mircosoft email clients that it is hard to blame anyone for getting fed up with it.
When I worked at a company who's main product was a web-based email system, we'd find new and undocumented MIME types or headers on a daily basis (I think it was even determined that Outlook would change its headers over time, something that can only be meant to deliberately cause incompatability with other MUA's).
People should realize that a user's choice of an MUA that is not standards compliant affects other people...whether its installed user base is millions or just a single person.
Plus...it's almost $500 + shipping from Japan. I think I could attach a 2U case onto the bottom of an Ikea table for far less than that (and it would look much cooler too).
I bet we see a/. hack in a couple of weeks that is far cooler and much cheaper. Imagine if the cdrom was popped up through the table before ejecting. All the hookups (monitor, usb, sound etc) could be accessible through the table to keep things neat. Those of you with too much too much time/creativity...here's a challenge for you!
Trust me, when my boss finds out that he'll be able to check his e-mail from anywhere on this new Palm; he's gonna want one.
Ummm...hate to break it to you, but he's been able to download mail to his palm for quite some time now. The Palm 7's have wireless connectivity and a mail client. The only new feature here is the message notification feature which downloads mail automatically for you.
This feature would be nice, but I've heard the implementation is pretty bad. Supposedly, when it recieves a new mail notification, it only downloads that message instead of all new mail (not a good idea in a high latency environment). Also, since the PalmOS is a single threaded OS, there really isn't a concept of a "background process" which would be needed to effectively implement this feature. So, if its downloading mail, the rest of the OS will likely be really slow. I don't know about you, but if I've got 20 mail messages waiting for me when I power up my Palm, it'd really annoy me to have it move really slowly for a half hour.
I love Palm and hope they can get their act together to come out with an updated OS that fully utilzes the new hardware. But I don't think it's anywhere near where it needs to be to compete. It would be a shame to see another innovator go out of business only to see their market controlled by Microsoft.
just think, that's thirty seconds less time per show you have to watch, just by skipping over it with your Tivo.
If the usage of this technology is in some way detectable, someone might be able to hack a "record without commercials" option into PVRs (since commercials won't use this option). You'd be able to record rougly %27 more and wouldn't have to abuse the 30 second button.
3. SMTP headers containing references to domain names used only by the LAN
Well, these shouldn't be getting past the firewall, but even then, they can't prove that I'm not an idiot and trying to contact bad names (hey man, I didn't know I had to add a domain name...).
Not sure why a firewall would stop an SMTP header. It's part of the data segment of the SMTP message, so theoretically you can type anything you want. You could filter SMTP messages and replace NAT addresses (192.168., or 10.) addresses with the real address, but I'm not aware of any firewall that does that.
Remember, this is something that is done automatically by email clients, so it has nothing to do with user stupidity.
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Geez, what kind of evil genius are you?
Obviously not the kind who actually *finishes* "Diamond Age".
There must be some Windows lovers out there. Anyone?
I think the pro-Microsoft people out there realize that they have nothing to fear.
When, in 5 years, Microsoft is ordered to pay a $10 fine, the pro-Microsoft people will be glad they didn't waste 30 minutes coming up with a coherent sentence supporting Microsoft.
I would worry that if there is a precedent set that selling fake stuff IRL is legal, then game developers (the programmers, not the companies) would have an incentive to put backdoors into their games (e.g. talk to this shopkeeper, tell him the magic words and *presto* he gives you the most powerful weapon in the game).
For a game developer, protecting against this type of thing does cost money (in man-hours). Therefore, I say that they should be able to set whatever policy they choose.
But Unless You Were an Incredibly Neurotic, Dumbass, Only Windows Should fear Ximian's Progress...
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hmm...
wouldn't rsync over ssh have been a much better choice for an "off the shelf" component? Most ftp servers tend to have a few (read: waaaaay tooooo maaaany) security concerns for my taste.
Plus, the minute the MPAA/RIAA decides this is a problem, they write up a handy little app that shares an unending stream of random data. Since devices pull content without the user actively looking for it, suddenly your PDA is full of garbage.
Better yet, they could make their little program send itself out over and over again (with different names). Then everyone who gets it and is dumb enough to run it would become a source of the problem. Wow...and we haven't even begun to consider what the script kiddies might do with such a technology.
Hmmm...once again you simply say "x is faster than y" with no justification whatsoever. I will concede that in your application, "hello world!", Java will probably run quite a bit slower since the VM still has to come up, however a blanket statement like C# is faster is just plain wrong. Like it or not, there *are* instances in which Java is faster.
It is a "right tool for the project" situation. So once again, come up with something half-way sentient, or shut the F#%* up.
As a die hard Simpsons fan, I have nearly every episode archived so that I can watch them whenever I choose. I used to have every episode, until they came out with the whole first season on DVD. I bought it and promptly threw away my cd containing those episodes. When they release subsequent seasons on DVD, I'll buy it and get rid of my copies.
The answer to this seems pretty simple to me. Release the content on DVD. I think most people would rather shell out 15-20 bucks for a high quality copy.
Besides...how does it hurt them that I own a copy of the episodes. I still watch Simpsons episodes when they come on (both prime-time and syndicated versions).
Not exactly true.
Java has a lot of overhead. But that overhead is there for a reason. Java code gets faster over time as it runs (both due to optimizations done at run-time and the fact that class loading is still an expensive operation). However, in the case of a massively multiplayer environment, Java may be (and probably is) the best choice for the server environment. In a controlled environment where the application is expected to run for a significant amount of time, Java can actually perform as well or better than natively compiled code.
The "Java is slow" argument is soooo tired. Sure, there are many instances where Java is slower than other languages (even C#). But if you're going to knock Java's performance, explain why or shut the f@#* up.
This would certainly make it easier to pick up girls at bars (since you're looking there anyways).
How about the argument...
"I can't afford it and would choose to do without it if there were no crack available, but thanks to my familiarity from having used a cracked copy, three separate business have purchased copies on my behalf."
So, has the software developer in question made 3 times as much as they would have, or 3/4 as much? Not so black and white now, is it?
I know this is not usually the case, but it actually happens a lot among people I know and work with.
note: I am also a software developer and thanks to the magic of the GPL, 0% of the users of my software pirate it.
Whoah there...we've still got a couple of third-world countries left that we can dump in. Let's not go getting hasty with the whole "space" thing just yet...
The problem is not that they are making more rules. The problem is that they are making the *wrong* rules.
For example, there is now a pretty good chance that I will have to take my shoes off and have someone search them before I can get on a plane. However, I can, if I have purchased a domestic airline ticket, check a bag onto an airplane, then leave the airport and that bag will fly without me to its destination.
So on one hand you have a stupid little rule that inconveniences a lot of innocent people (there are so many better ways to get stuff onto an airplane than in one's shoes). But at the same time, there are huge security holes that are being ignored.
It would seem that the new "tighter" security is all about the perception of security in order to encourage people to fly. They don't seem to care whether that perception reflects reality at all.
Guess we won't be seeing "Survivor X: Earth Orbit"
If you're going to bash ICQ, then you might want to look through the preferences first...both problems that you cite can be configured out of the client (all the buttons can be removed and messages from non-contact-list senders can be rejected).
I've been using both AIM and ICQ for years now. I generally prefer ICQ because I can call myself anything I want to...and even change my name...as someone who has used IRC for some time, I don't like being locked into one (horribly-convaluted) name. I also really like ICQ's logging capabilities...it's nice to be able to see what I said in previous conversations.
However, AIM does do some things right. AIM stores your buddy list on the server meaning that when I sign in on a new computer, I don't have to add all of my buddies again. AIM also supports auto-responses much better than ICQ.
I had hoped that when AOL bought Mirabilis, they would integrate the two clients into one service and keep all the features of both. But as with (seemingly) all AOL acquisitions, they only bought them to eliminate competition, and since buying them, have done nothing to improve the user experience.
Same thing happened with "Magic: The Gathering" (a.k.a. cardboard cocaine).
I saw many gpa's drop full points because of that game. Like EQ, there became a massive market for the items from the game (the net wasn't as mature, but at one point it had the largest non-binary newsgroup on the net). The only difference was that the items were not entirely virtual. But as long as the EQ software keeps certain items sufficiently "rare", then there is little difference between the two addictions.
Ummm...IIRC, the spec says that those email addresses should be in <>'s (see RFC 821).
:^)
Most servers will accept mail without them, but this guys listserv might be picky when it comes to standards
Show me a company that makes a POP3 product that won't send mail to OUTLOOK, delibratly. There are none, because it doesn't serve a purpose.
Well...I can't show you a POP3 client that won't send email to Outlook because Outlook has too large of a user population and the email client wouldn't sell at all. However, if you want an example of an email client that deliberately does not comply with standards in an effort to be incompatable with other email clients, you need look no further than Outlook.
The plain fact is that this guy is being entirely standards compliant. His emails are handled just fine by any standards compliant email client. He's just letting people know that there is a flip side to using a non standards compliant email client. I don't think anyone here would disagree that standards are a good thing. In my mind, the person complying with the standard shouldn't be considered the offending party.
maybe then he'll get the idea: being a jackass to other people might be funny for roughly two seconds, but no longer than that.
Like he said...turn about is fair play. Sometimes it takes being a jackass to show people that they too are being jackasses. Microsoft Outlook has created sooooo many unreadable messages for people with non-Mircosoft email clients that it is hard to blame anyone for getting fed up with it.
When I worked at a company who's main product was a web-based email system, we'd find new and undocumented MIME types or headers on a daily basis (I think it was even determined that Outlook would change its headers over time, something that can only be meant to deliberately cause incompatability with other MUA's).
People should realize that a user's choice of an MUA that is not standards compliant affects other people...whether its installed user base is millions or just a single person.
Plus...it's almost $500 + shipping from Japan. I think I could attach a 2U case onto the bottom of an Ikea table for far less than that (and it would look much cooler too).
/. hack in a couple of weeks that is far cooler and much cheaper. Imagine if the cdrom was popped up through the table before ejecting. All the hookups (monitor, usb, sound etc) could be accessible through the table to keep things neat. Those of you with too much too much time/creativity...here's a challenge for you!
I bet we see a
Trust me, when my boss finds out that he'll be able to check his e-mail from anywhere on this new Palm; he's gonna want one.
Ummm...hate to break it to you, but he's been able to download mail to his palm for quite some time now. The Palm 7's have wireless connectivity and a mail client. The only new feature here is the message notification feature which downloads mail automatically for you.
This feature would be nice, but I've heard the implementation is pretty bad. Supposedly, when it recieves a new mail notification, it only downloads that message instead of all new mail (not a good idea in a high latency environment). Also, since the PalmOS is a single threaded OS, there really isn't a concept of a "background process" which would be needed to effectively implement this feature. So, if its downloading mail, the rest of the OS will likely be really slow. I don't know about you, but if I've got 20 mail messages waiting for me when I power up my Palm, it'd really annoy me to have it move really slowly for a half hour.
I love Palm and hope they can get their act together to come out with an updated OS that fully utilzes the new hardware. But I don't think it's anywhere near where it needs to be to compete. It would be a shame to see another innovator go out of business only to see their market controlled by Microsoft.
just think, that's thirty seconds less time per show you have to watch, just by skipping over it with your Tivo.
If the usage of this technology is in some way detectable, someone might be able to hack a "record without commercials" option into PVRs (since commercials won't use this option). You'd be able to record rougly %27 more and wouldn't have to abuse the 30 second button.
Well you could patent extortion, a method for forcing the surrender for funds despite the protests of other interested parties.
Every company that licenses software patents would have prior art.
hmmm...the DMA...I thought they made hard drives.
3. SMTP headers containing references to domain names used only by the LAN
Well, these shouldn't be getting past the firewall, but even then, they can't prove that I'm not an idiot and trying to contact bad names (hey man, I didn't know I had to add a domain name...).
Not sure why a firewall would stop an SMTP header. It's part of the data segment of the SMTP message, so theoretically you can type anything you want. You could filter SMTP messages and replace NAT addresses (192.168., or 10.) addresses with the real address, but I'm not aware of any firewall that does that.
Remember, this is something that is done automatically by email clients, so it has nothing to do with user stupidity.