Funny thing is I've been using Yahoo! much more since this all started but it's just the beginning of the end for old Yahoo!. It is destined to slink back into the vast dark recesses of the tubes much like Excite, Lycos, Hotbot, Web Crawler, etc., etc.. All have before it. I certainly think Microsoft will help see to that in a much quicker fashion than Yahoo! could of done on it's own.
the same function could be fulfilled by an LED or something else that could be activated or disabled Yes as long as it is running at a low enough hardware level, I don't need windows hanging and taking my HDD indicator with it. That's the biggest benefit of being able to hear the drive in my opinion, having a computer lock up on you but hearing that it is just getting it's shit together. The audible feedback tends to come in handy most often when you are on someone else's PC and they have every god damn program on the internet starting up with windows.
I realize he had other assets before other judgments against him, but I just think it's hilarious a 'Spam King' is wearing such finery the courts would actually seize said items! =) If I was in that situation I'm sure the courts would see fit to see my clothing off in a hefty bag on it's way to the dump.
w00t! I don't think w00t! is the appropriate response as FTA:
One thing is clear from the plea agreement: Soloway does not have a lot of assets for the government to seize. Among the items Pechman will be asked to consider for forfeiture are Soloway's collection of 24 pairs of sunglasses, valued at more than $3,700; 27 pairs of shoes, worth more than $7,400; and clothing worth about $14,200. HAHA! seems much more appropriate... Even though the guy apparently dresses nicer then I do by leaps and bounds.
Pirate Bay IS NOT A P2P System! They provide trackers to P2P networks Exactly it's part of a larger whole that enables the peer 2 peer transfer of files, a system, if you will.
And as far as I'm concerned IRC and FTP have nothing to do with P2P. They do in the fact, atleast if we're talking about the broader, sharing of copyrighted works. Which is one of the very reasons p2p is such a hot topic these days.
Shhhhhhhh. IRC is nothing more than a series of chat rooms:) If by "series of chat rooms" you mean, "seedy underbelly of the internet". You would be correct sir, although I've heard places like DALnet aren't populated with such, ahem, extreme content these days.
Offtopic I know, but I've always wonder why the recording cartels and law enforcement didn't go after IRC with much publicity. It's not that under the radar, Dateline was using what appeared to be mIRC when they were buying credit card numbers in one of their under cover stories.
Pirate Bay will fade just as every other p2p system has before it... WinMX, Kazza, Limewire, Napster, FTP, IRC... Wait is IRC still going? It's been so long since I was on there downloading Dreamcast images...
plaintiff repeatedly referring to them as sham lawsuits Page 29 "These activities are a "sham" as defined by U.S. Supreme Court in California Motor Transport Co. V. Trucking Unlimited, 404 U.S. 508 (1972) and subsequent cases."
I totally agree with you. I used to think of the government as people just like you and I, but time and time again they have demonstrated they are in fact not 'for the people, by the people'. It seems to me connections and money pull far to much weight in higher elected offices. No simple solutions, but I think something needs to be done to remind them they are in fact citizens/people just like the rest of us. And just be held to the same standards and ideals as anyone else.
There have been devices like this for paralyzed people for years. Yes they have, but they require in depth training and in no way can they even parallel what can be down with a keyboard mouse combo. Let alone a keyboard itself. It's basically a yes or no response, true or false etc. Probably a bit more advanced nowadays. But it would still probably be operated with a similar interface, such as a group of letters would appear on the screen, you issue basic commands to select the character or move to the next set.
So even typing out a simple email is/would be very time consuming. I am not familiar with the exact tech OCZ is trying to implement here but I highly doubt it's more advanced than what some of the greatest research institutions are doing across the country. Granted I haven't picked up an issue of SciAm or New Scientist but you can't tell me they have perfected and commercialized this tech in such a short time.
The only use I could see for this, with my current understanding of this tech would be issuing a reload or save command while using manual control.
I hate to reply to myself but,
However, the nia does have a big advantage over the traditional mouse with OCZ claiming that reaction times can be cut by anything up to 60%. Why that may very well be true, but we are talking about milliseconds here... If I remember correctly, that is an issue in neuro science as to why we don't notice the actual lag from when our brain sends the command and our muscles respond... I believe it was in an Scientific American 'Mind' quarterly from a year or two ago (I'll dig it out later if need be). Either way theres a lag between command and response, but in the 200-300ms region (which we don't perceive, one of the grand mysteries of the mind). So apparently we can achieve a 125-150ms response time with this gear. For gaming. One tends to wonder why this wouldn't already have been used in other areas, most notably the defense industry... Sounds a little iffy.
They had something very similar back in the day for the Sega Genesis I do believe. It was marketed as 'mind controlled' or what have you but in all actually got it's input from the muscle movements around your eyes which in turn the head band you would be wearing would interpret as some sort of signal. If I remember correctly it performed about as well as an NES Power Glove.
I scoff at your comment, nay I spit at it. What do you define a casual gamer? If by casual you mean the cubicle worker playing solitaire then yes I dare say you are right and I dare say they are in the majority. However if by casual gamer you mean one that plays computer implementations of licensed board games, Civ class stategy or classic arcade ports... The gamer willing to spend the odd 10, 20 maybe even 40 dollars. Which is what I consider casual gaming... Well then you are just up shit creek with out a paddle, me and my brethren prefer to buy our games with proper licensed IP and an expectation of customer support. I wish I could offer some numbers, but I'm willing to bet the percentage of gamers that buy the odd 10-20 dollar game that runs on the Windows OS far exceed all Linux users outside of a commercial/business enviroment. Of course that is just my guess, I have no numbers. But from my personal experiance, I have found the number one reason people will not let me install a distro is the lack of games. People aren't stupid, well they are but not in ways we might expect. They want to be able to go buy a 10 dollar Deer Hunter install at Wal-Mart... And theres a reason why deer hunter installs on Windows and not Linux... And that reason can be argued till we are both blue in the face, the fact of the matter the people who buy boxed retail games are so far in the majority your little comment shows how far detached you are reality.
More: Most gamers do not use the PC as a gaming platform Well I guess if you buy into what the console makers spew forth as marketing data, and it may as well be correct. But once again we are forgetting, what constitutes a 'gamer'?
the current most popular commercial game got a Mac version and has had an amazing record on successful WINE experiences. I'm going to assume since you're not specifying the game in question you are referring to World of Warcraft... And does that not bother that you must emulate the Windows API to play on Linux? that's hilarious that your one glorious example is a windows game with mac support that happens to run on Linux via WINE to do an enthusiastic community.
I'm sorry but true enthusiasts require full acceleration. And we enthusiasts spend the dollars on the gear, the gear that we recommend to friends and family down the line... The sooner open source projects (which I know and love) can find a way to implement the latest and greatest hardware the sooner Open Source can be recommend by us users that use our machines as an entertainment device.
And further more I am drunk, I never post on Slashdot while drunk, but your comment, with a 2 modifier struck me as so ignorant and misguided I had to respond... So pick apart what I have said if you will, I'll beer bong some coffee and respond in kind.
Why Cleveland? Why not Quagmire (Cleveland's wife agrees) or any of the other more interesting characters? Because most of the other characters already have their place in the shows cannon, they are well established features that are nothing in and of themselves but when taken as a whole with the griffin family the create family guy. Cleveland is unique in the fact not much is set in stone about him, he isn't a sex offender, he isn't a cop with something to prove due to physical short comings. He is somewhat like mort, I can understand why the chose Cleveland as he is one of the more major characters yet has little established about him other than, he has a son we haven't seen in some time, a wife that left him, and a speech impediment due to a head injury. He was once an auctioneer. It seems that as one of the major minor characters, with little explained or developed about him (other than his mild-mannerness (is that word?)) he has the most popularity and greatest potential in regards to character development.
Just my 0.02
When I hear Cleveland, I just want to go to sleep until I hear a "Diggity". I am sorry you feel that way, I don't have cable. I buy seasons on dvd, so I have watched the series more than most, and in my opinion Quagmire is one of the most shallow one dimensional characters in the series. Granted I love the guy, I love any sexually oriented humor that continues to push the boundaries on broadcast television. But his jokes are generally in your face and lack the nuances alot of the episodes/other characters tend to provide, which can only really be rivaled by Arrested Development. Another show I watch, over and over.
Just to jump in here, you mentioned inkjet cartridges, and I believe the prices are inflated. However in my experience using knock off carts, refill kits or even commercial refill services you tend to get back a cart that lasts 1/4 of the time for 1/2 the price. Just my 0.02
after we defeat all the blogs? Granted all of us here on/. can probably agree what constitutes a blog. However if you look at the strict definition, Dictionary.com: A weblog. (Weblog: "A website that displays in chronological order the postings by one or more individuals and usually has links to comments on specific postings.")
By that definition wouldn't they have to block news.google.com and news.yahoo.com among a multitude of others?
but never saw any real advantage over just using standard networking (SMB, NFS etc.) Is there some advantage to VMware's shared folder feature that I am too blind to see? I was using MS's Virtual PC, and I used the shared folder's add on so that I could leave the networking disabled as I was afraid of certain software calling home.
Yes but I'm sure theres more than a couple people out there who have been watching this very closely and have most likely mirrored the content (if not the whole site) and would easily be able to identify and provide the 'non-forged' documents.
Slashdot Mirror
Funny thing is I've been using Yahoo! much more since this all started but it's just the beginning of the end for old Yahoo!. It is destined to slink back into the vast dark recesses of the tubes much like Excite, Lycos, Hotbot, Web Crawler, etc., etc.. All have before it. I certainly think Microsoft will help see to that in a much quicker fashion than Yahoo! could of done on it's own.
I realize he had other assets before other judgments against him, but I just think it's hilarious a 'Spam King' is wearing such finery the courts would actually seize said items! =) If I was in that situation I'm sure the courts would see fit to see my clothing off in a hefty bag on it's way to the dump.
Offtopic I know, but I've always wonder why the recording cartels and law enforcement didn't go after IRC with much publicity. It's not that under the radar, Dateline was using what appeared to be mIRC when they were buying credit card numbers in one of their under cover stories.
Pirate Bay will fade just as every other p2p system has before it... WinMX, Kazza, Limewire, Napster, FTP, IRC... Wait is IRC still going? It's been so long since I was on there downloading Dreamcast images...
Queue cymbal crash in: 4.. 3.. 2.... Budumb Tsh!
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I totally agree with you. I used to think of the government as people just like you and I, but time and time again they have demonstrated they are in fact not 'for the people, by the people'. It seems to me connections and money pull far to much weight in higher elected offices. No simple solutions, but I think something needs to be done to remind them they are in fact citizens/people just like the rest of us. And just be held to the same standards and ideals as anyone else.
So even typing out a simple email is/would be very time consuming. I am not familiar with the exact tech OCZ is trying to implement here but I highly doubt it's more advanced than what some of the greatest research institutions are doing across the country. Granted I haven't picked up an issue of SciAm or New Scientist but you can't tell me they have perfected and commercialized this tech in such a short time.
The only use I could see for this, with my current understanding of this tech would be issuing a reload or save command while using manual control.
They had something very similar back in the day for the Sega Genesis I do believe. It was marketed as 'mind controlled' or what have you but in all actually got it's input from the muscle movements around your eyes which in turn the head band you would be wearing would interpret as some sort of signal. If I remember correctly it performed about as well as an NES Power Glove.
What do you define a casual gamer? If by casual you mean the cubicle worker playing solitaire then yes I dare say you are right and I dare say they are in the majority. However if by casual gamer you mean one that plays computer implementations of licensed board games, Civ class stategy or classic arcade ports... The gamer willing to spend the odd 10, 20 maybe even 40 dollars. Which is what I consider casual gaming... Well then you are just up shit creek with out a paddle, me and my brethren prefer to buy our games with proper licensed IP and an expectation of customer support. I wish I could offer some numbers, but I'm willing to bet the percentage of gamers that buy the odd 10-20 dollar game that runs on the Windows OS far exceed all Linux users outside of a commercial/business enviroment. Of course that is just my guess, I have no numbers. But from my personal experiance, I have found the number one reason people will not let me install a distro is the lack of games. People aren't stupid, well they are but not in ways we might expect. They want to be able to go buy a 10 dollar Deer Hunter install at Wal-Mart... And theres a reason why deer hunter installs on Windows and not Linux... And that reason can be argued till we are both blue in the face, the fact of the matter the people who buy boxed retail games are so far in the majority your little comment shows how far detached you are reality.
Windows=Games
Games=Enthusiasts
Enthusiasts=Recommendations
Recommendations=Sales
More: Most gamers do not use the PC as a gaming platform Well I guess if you buy into what the console makers spew forth as marketing data, and it may as well be correct. But once again we are forgetting, what constitutes a 'gamer'? the current most popular commercial game got a Mac version and has had an amazing record on successful WINE experiences. I'm going to assume since you're not specifying the game in question you are referring to World of Warcraft... And does that not bother that you must emulate the Windows API to play on Linux? that's hilarious that your one glorious example is a windows game with mac support that happens to run on Linux via WINE to do an enthusiastic community.
I'm sorry but true enthusiasts require full acceleration. And we enthusiasts spend the dollars on the gear, the gear that we recommend to friends and family down the line... The sooner open source projects (which I know and love) can find a way to implement the latest and greatest hardware the sooner Open Source can be recommend by us users that use our machines as an entertainment device.
And further more I am drunk, I never post on Slashdot while drunk, but your comment, with a 2 modifier struck me as so ignorant and misguided I had to respond... So pick apart what I have said if you will, I'll beer bong some coffee and respond in kind.
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Just my 0.02 When I hear Cleveland, I just want to go to sleep until I hear a "Diggity". I am sorry you feel that way, I don't have cable. I buy seasons on dvd, so I have watched the series more than most, and in my opinion Quagmire is one of the most shallow one dimensional characters in the series. Granted I love the guy, I love any sexually oriented humor that continues to push the boundaries on broadcast television. But his jokes are generally in your face and lack the nuances alot of the episodes/other characters tend to provide, which can only really be rivaled by Arrested Development. Another show I watch, over and over.
My linksys router hasn't had a restart in 5 months, granted it's just residential usage but still...
Just to jump in here, you mentioned inkjet cartridges, and I believe the prices are inflated. However in my experience using knock off carts, refill kits or even commercial refill services you tend to get back a cart that lasts 1/4 of the time for 1/2 the price. Just my 0.02
More games.
Build it and they will come...
By that definition wouldn't they have to block news.google.com and news.yahoo.com among a multitude of others?
Apparently they have a U.S. mutual fund unit. Other than that, all I can find in regards to U.S. activity is an New York Address.
Yes but I'm sure theres more than a couple people out there who have been watching this very closely and have most likely mirrored the content (if not the whole site) and would easily be able to identify and provide the 'non-forged' documents.