Wouldn't simply using one adapter for all your devices suffice? If cellphones, pda's etc would STANDARDIZE their power adapters (they won't, so cingular, LG, etc. can continue charging $30!!! for a cellphone charger!) to a standard form factor and voltage, then you could use one, more efficient, auto switching power supply. Then a simple daisy-chain style connector could be created, and bingo, less mess. Devices would simply require a diode-square (polarity protection) and a voltage regulator. Then a simple, two or three pin system could be made (5 and 12 volts). Thus eliminating multiple wall-warts, allowing for daisy-chain or octopus charging, etc. Each extension wire would have a male+female end. This would allow for both chaining and octopus connections. Less loss due to transmission losses, less potentially harmful EM radiation, etc.
Not to be a troll, but couldnt the network be made safe by not allowing technologically illiterate students to use their own computers on the network? Simply require them to only use lab computers, and supply lots of 'em, nicely locked down, virus scanned,updated, etc. Require users desiring personal computer access to pass an Internet safety exam first.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: computers are NOT appliances. They require knowledge to use carefully and correctly. Just as one needs a license (and pass basic skills tests) to drive, perhaps one should need a license to use the UNI network? Large Universities would obviously have a problem here, simply due to scale, but hey, it could be done. If you're intelligent enough to go to University, aren't you smart enough not to "PUNCH THE MONKEY!!!... BUY C1AL1S!!", etc ??
Perhaps, this being an electronic gizmo, a decoy emitter(s) could be designed to be placed several hundred yards away, pointed in the same general direction to confuse people looking for such fire? Then it would "fire" at the same time as the weapon by remote. Eh, just speculating weird ideas. Beats me how to get around it.
I experienced this problem as well. Hibernate but no suspend. Confused the hell out of me. Eventually, somewhere in the suspend settings (cannot remember where, sorry:( ) I found a setting for the way the video card comes in and out of standby. Fixed it. This was on a Go 6800. So, odds are, you can find a fix. I wish you luck, sorry I couldnt provide more detail (no idea how to find that file again)
Problem with DRM is that, in today's internet-dependent times, it will not be that simple. First, you'll buy the DVD with the understanding that you can use the ripping software to put the movie on your home media player made by company X. Then the DVD company gets in dispute with company X, and blacklists your box. Your DVD recording stops working. Where's your value-add ripping software now?
Or, perhaps, they decide to change the rules, first you can rip it to 10 devices (to get you to buy the DVD) but then a few months later, when they need more revenue, they restrict it to 2, and you can purchase additional rights again. Sounds like fair use, doesn't it?
I think you missed something. Setting the BIOS clock back is just for the initial system re-install. Then you fix the clock, restore your home directory (incl the past X months browsing history minus infringy-things) and your set. Old install, with browsing history and various aged-files, etc. Clean System.
You are assuming they at least TRIED to put a lock on. And the locked-door analogy is not adequate, because a locked door or house does not broadcast a beacon inviting people to come in. A router that has been left at default does.
Here's an old phrase: Locks are for Honest People"
Others in this discussion have noted, that, yes, maybe we shouldn't connect because maybe the person didn't configure it, can they be faulted for it? Well...
1) how are we supposed to know if they misconfigured or did it on purpose? 2) yes, they should be, they have no business setting up ANYTHING without either following the directions or having learned about it first. There are geek squads and business that can do it for you the right way.
Well, i just posted a little farther down that basically, yes, they are BOTH at fault. This is possible. They have both done something wrong. Why not punish them both?
Pretty sure "conditional discharge" is probation and not jail, not that I would want to argue semantics. Yes, if your computer connects itself to someones network because you did not configure it correctly then you should be liable and punished accordingly. Stealing is stealing.
Well, then both the man in the car AND the man in the house should be on probation and pay fines.
If your router lets people connect to your network without your permission and causes the police to have to spend time investigating and prosecuting the guy tapping your wireless because you did not configure it correctly, then you should be liable and punished accordingly. Wasting the police and governement's time is not permissible"
hmm, maybe i should have used more punctuation... sry
As I have said on slashdot before: COMPUTERS ARE NOT APPLIANCES!
Just because I can get in a a car and drive it doesn't mean I should.
If you do not possess the knowledge to properly set up a wireless network, then by no means should you be doing it. The law should be simple: if you set it up, w/ SSID broadcast turned off, encryption enabled, or both, then you should be allowed to sue for unauthorized access. If neither, then it should be assumed it is a public service
The lack of technical knowledge of the 'victim' DOES NOT MATTER. They failed to follow the directions that came with the router. They failed to learn about the tech they were about to use. They get burnt.
If I install a dishwasher myself, but fail to read the directions, and it floods my house, Is it the water's fault, or mine?
Um, I'm not in favor of this policy, but your post is just silly. Schools have a responsibility to educate the students, and part of the responsibility is providing good learning materials. The Internet is a cesspool of bad learning materials (not necessarily Wikipedia), so of course the school is concerned about what the students are exposed to while AT SCHOOL. I don't see the government breaking down the doors of student's home and seizing their computers because they don't like Wikipedia.
If the school's responsibility is to educate and provide good learning materials, then why can't they educate them on how to determine the reliability of a source of information?
Learning Materials are often best when they demonstrate many aspects of the material through examples. Wouldn't wikipedia be a great example of a source which may sometimes, but not always (even not usually), be reliable? Couldn't it be used to demonstrate what to look for when identifying unreliable sources?
Let's teach the kids to question their sources of information properly, and how to recognize questionable ones- not suckle the MSnbc teat for news, or other corporate-owned sources of info, simply because they are big businesses.
Wouldn't A large part of the environmentally-friendliness (TM) of the ultra-caps be the fact that they won't wear out nearly as fast as batteries, and be more efficient to charge and discharge (less heat by-product)?
So, before you allow a person to view the image, sound, w/e, make them answer a captcha and a question before giving them access the file. No more web crawler.
You dont store anything when running a live CD unless you connect an external or mount a drive. The live Cd's don't allow you to burn to them. Have you ever tried one? And I'm also sure that while a serious scientist may not use linux in some cases, in those cases they also would not be using vista either, probably not XP either.
I have one too. Turns out you just have to make a windows directory and some other file, leave it empty, and it is fooled. I forget the details, I have them printed with my old win95 cd and case. Was easy back then to "crack" but on Vista, i doubt it will be that easy.
Why does basic cable have to have 40 channels? I don't watch more than half the stuff. If I could choose say 5 commercial-free, custom-made channels (with the new "on demand" streaming tech), I would gladly pay 50-60 a month for it. Allow me to choose show types by genre, subject, actors, title, etc. Make it without commercials, or with only commercials between shows (like TV used to be) and I'm sold.
From the XM music station's studio to the place where the recorded music is stored in fixed form on the XM provided recorder.
which has an expiration date.
which means it is really just a buffer
which is probably part of a satellite receiver anyway
so this is really just a really big, replayable short-term buffer
does this mean that satellite radio itself would be at fault for having a playback buffer, as that records and makes the audio playable in a timeshifted (by likely less than a second) way?
RIAA hates to see any content become part of any library without paying them money - so they will pursue every avenue to shut out everything but them. did XM pay them to broadcast?
do you REALLY want people to be unemployed, or content to stop being created?
Ok, with the releatively recent popularity of high quality DV cams, editing software and DVD burners or torrents, do you really think that content won't be created?
As to the quality, yes much of it will be of dubious quality, BUT the quality will become greater as the higher-than-consumer-cost but lower-than-MPAA-cost creation goods will prevent the casual crap-creator from trying to make a movie. Also, think about how many big-budget, awesome SFX movies were utterly crap when it came to dialog, plot development and characters, or had endings that didn't finish the story or provide any closure in order to help sell a sequel?
This will actually lead to more content being created with more variety in nature, and we all know that variety is the spice of life.
This wouldn't be/. without the car analogy....
Car vs Computer
-Car is wonderful tool used to tavel to places by driving on roads
-Computer can be used to get information by connecting to internet
-Car can be dangerous and hurt other people in accidents, they require user responsibility and maintainence
-Computer can be dangerous, is vulnerable to attack, etc, and requires user responsibility and maintainence
-A license issued only after basic knowledge is demonstrated and is required to use cars on public roads and highways...
-cars are also required to be inspected for maintainance issues regularly
-A computer w/ internet can be bought by anybody with the financial means, irregardless of training.
-the average computer's maintainance and upgrade needs are seldom adressed by the average user
Now, I'm not sure if a license should be required in order to connect to internet or own a PC or anything, but perhaps more can be done about the ignorance of users, such as providing training to new users, or for ISP's to require users to pass a basic test on internet safety?
any ideas?
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read my post a little further....
Wouldn't simply using one adapter for all your devices suffice? If cellphones, pda's etc would STANDARDIZE their power adapters (they won't, so cingular, LG, etc. can continue charging $30!!! for a cellphone charger!) to a standard form factor and voltage, then you could use one, more efficient, auto switching power supply. Then a simple daisy-chain style connector could be created, and bingo, less mess. Devices would simply require a diode-square (polarity protection) and a voltage regulator. Then a simple, two or three pin system could be made (5 and 12 volts). Thus eliminating multiple wall-warts, allowing for daisy-chain or octopus charging, etc. Each extension wire would have a male+female end. This would allow for both chaining and octopus connections. Less loss due to transmission losses, less potentially harmful EM radiation, etc.
I am a retail clerk you insensitive clod!!
... I know, old meme. But i really am!
Not to be a troll, but couldnt the network be made safe by not allowing technologically illiterate students to use their own computers on the network? Simply require them to only use lab computers, and supply lots of 'em, nicely locked down, virus scanned,updated, etc. Require users desiring personal computer access to pass an Internet safety exam first.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: computers are NOT appliances. They require knowledge to use carefully and correctly. Just as one needs a license (and pass basic skills tests) to drive, perhaps one should need a license to use the UNI network? Large Universities would obviously have a problem here, simply due to scale, but hey, it could be done. If you're intelligent enough to go to University, aren't you smart enough not to "PUNCH THE MONKEY!!!... BUY C1AL1S!!", etc ??
Perhaps, this being an electronic gizmo, a decoy emitter(s) could be designed to be placed several hundred yards away, pointed in the same general direction to confuse people looking for such fire? Then it would "fire" at the same time as the weapon by remote. Eh, just speculating weird ideas. Beats me how to get around it.
I experienced this problem as well. Hibernate but no suspend. Confused the hell out of me. Eventually, somewhere in the suspend settings (cannot remember where, sorry :( ) I found a setting for the way the video card comes in and out of standby. Fixed it. This was on a Go 6800. So, odds are, you can find a fix. I wish you luck, sorry I couldnt provide more detail (no idea how to find that file again)
Problem with DRM is that, in today's internet-dependent times, it will not be that simple. First, you'll buy the DVD with the understanding that you can use the ripping software to put the movie on your home media player made by company X. Then the DVD company gets in dispute with company X, and blacklists your box. Your DVD recording stops working. Where's your value-add ripping software now?
Or, perhaps, they decide to change the rules, first you can rip it to 10 devices (to get you to buy the DVD) but then a few months later, when they need more revenue, they restrict it to 2, and you can purchase additional rights again. Sounds like fair use, doesn't it?
I think you missed something. Setting the BIOS clock back is just for the initial system re-install. Then you fix the clock, restore your home directory (incl the past X months browsing history minus infringy-things) and your set. Old install, with browsing history and various aged-files, etc. Clean System.
You are assuming they at least TRIED to put a lock on. And the locked-door analogy is not adequate, because a locked door or house does not broadcast a beacon inviting people to come in. A router that has been left at default does.
Here's an old phrase: Locks are for Honest People"
Others in this discussion have noted, that, yes, maybe we shouldn't connect because maybe the person didn't configure it, can they be faulted for it? Well...
1) how are we supposed to know if they misconfigured or did it on purpose?
2) yes, they should be, they have no business setting up ANYTHING without either following the directions or having learned about it first. There are geek squads and business that can do it for you the right way.
Well, i just posted a little farther down that basically, yes, they are BOTH at fault. This is possible. They have both done something wrong. Why not punish them both?
Well, then both the man in the car AND the man in the house should be on probation and pay fines.
If your router lets people connect to your network without your permission and causes the police to have to spend time investigating and prosecuting the guy tapping your wireless because you did not configure it correctly, then you should be liable and punished accordingly. Wasting the police and governement's time is not permissible"
hmm, maybe i should have used more punctuation... sry
As I have said on slashdot before: COMPUTERS ARE NOT APPLIANCES!
Just because I can get in a a car and drive it doesn't mean I should.
If you do not possess the knowledge to properly set up a wireless network, then by no means should you be doing it.
The law should be simple: if you set it up, w/ SSID broadcast turned off, encryption enabled, or both, then you should be allowed to sue for unauthorized access. If neither, then it should be assumed it is a public service
The lack of technical knowledge of the 'victim' DOES NOT MATTER. They failed to follow the directions that came with the router. They failed to learn about the tech they were about to use. They get burnt.
If I install a dishwasher myself, but fail to read the directions, and it floods my house, Is it the water's fault, or mine?
If the school's responsibility is to educate and provide good learning materials, then why can't they educate them on how to determine the reliability of a source of information?
Learning Materials are often best when they demonstrate many aspects of the material through examples. Wouldn't wikipedia be a great example of a source which may sometimes, but not always (even not usually), be reliable? Couldn't it be used to demonstrate what to look for when identifying unreliable sources?
Let's teach the kids to question their sources of information properly, and how to recognize questionable ones- not suckle the MSnbc teat for news, or other corporate-owned sources of info, simply because they are big businesses.
Wouldn't A large part of the environmentally-friendliness (TM) of the ultra-caps be the fact that they won't wear out nearly as fast as batteries, and be more efficient to charge and discharge (less heat by-product)?
Well, as a user of Gaim, I can say that that name is not perfect either: I have had people ask "what's that? gay-aim?"
So, before you allow a person to view the image, sound, w/e, make them answer a captcha and a question before giving them access the file. No more web crawler.
You forgot another:
So that they can't use MY MONEY to track their presumedly cheating g/f's, spouses, misbehaving daughters, etc
You dont store anything when running a live CD unless you connect an external or mount a drive. The live Cd's don't allow you to burn to them. Have you ever tried one? And I'm also sure that while a serious scientist may not use linux in some cases, in those cases they also would not be using vista either, probably not XP either.
I have one too. Turns out you just have to make a windows directory and some other file, leave it empty, and it is fooled. I forget the details, I have them printed with my old win95 cd and case. Was easy back then to "crack" but on Vista, i doubt it will be that easy.
Why does basic cable have to have 40 channels? I don't watch more than half the stuff. If I could choose say 5 commercial-free, custom-made channels (with the new "on demand" streaming tech), I would gladly pay 50-60 a month for it. Allow me to choose show types by genre, subject, actors, title, etc. Make it without commercials, or with only commercials between shows (like TV used to be) and I'm sold.
which has an expiration date.
which means it is really just a buffer
which is probably part of a satellite receiver anyway
so this is really just a really big, replayable short-term buffer
does this mean that satellite radio itself would be at fault for having a playback buffer, as that records and makes the audio playable in a timeshifted (by likely less than a second) way?
Ok, with the releatively recent popularity of high quality DV cams, editing software and DVD burners or torrents, do you really think that content won't be created?
As to the quality, yes much of it will be of dubious quality, BUT the quality will become greater as the higher-than-consumer-cost but lower-than-MPAA-cost creation goods will prevent the casual crap-creator from trying to make a movie. Also, think about how many big-budget, awesome SFX movies were utterly crap when it came to dialog, plot development and characters, or had endings that didn't finish the story or provide any closure in order to help sell a sequel?
This will actually lead to more content being created with more variety in nature, and we all know that variety is the spice of life.
This wouldn't be /. without the car analogy....
Car vs Computer
-Car is wonderful tool used to tavel to places by driving on roads
-Computer can be used to get information by connecting to internet
-Car can be dangerous and hurt other people in accidents, they require user responsibility and maintainence
-Computer can be dangerous, is vulnerable to attack, etc, and requires user responsibility and maintainence
-A license issued only after basic knowledge is demonstrated and is required to use cars on public roads and highways...
-cars are also required to be inspected for maintainance issues regularly
-A computer w/ internet can be bought by anybody with the financial means, irregardless of training.
-the average computer's maintainance and upgrade needs are seldom adressed by the average user
Now, I'm not sure if a license should be required in order to connect to internet or own a PC or anything, but perhaps more can be done about the ignorance of users, such as providing training to new users, or for ISP's to require users to pass a basic test on internet safety? any ideas?
Simple, place a "Do not put objects made of or containing metal in microwave" on the microwave door and your covered.