It's not like comments matter much. If someone makes a few errors in a comment, it can still be read, if someone makes an error in the code, well...they cause an error.
China is a large country with the largest standing army in the world and a strong economy. Quite different from Iraq. I was suggesting that things might get ugly, not saying that they should and that the US should invade China. Although, I could have worded that post a lot better than I did. (For one, countries generally don't go to war for the sake of it, Mongolia would probably be a better target if it were just a war over territory, and breaking into computers isn't necessarily an act of aggression. Also, I'd like to think large-scale war between two large countries wouldn't be possible in this time. (No one likes noisy neighbors, war interrupts trade, and I'm sure everyone has all sorts of neat little toys to tell everyone to shut up.)
tl;dr - I should read what I write before posting, espionage doesn't have to mean war, and it probably would be an arms race or economic war if anything, with both countries learning not to keep important stuff connected to the network.
With a larger GDP, they will be able to outspend us militarily, without causing any strain on their economy. In the face of such a demographic certainty, the worst thing we can do is to act aggressive and provoke China into an arms race. Unlike the Soviet Union, they could actually win one.
Screw arms races, take out factories of all sorts and carpet bomb the heavy trade areas. I'm sure a nuke would work wonders in a country with such high population density (and if it escalated to that point, I doubt too many people would be against it). Sure, this doesn't sound like the cleanest solution, killing millions of innocent people, crippling the government and wreaking havoc on their economy (and likely the US economy, for that matter), but it looks like China won't care for talk once they're in a position to do away with the US.
So you're saying that forcing yourself into a particular niche (in this case, AT&T subscribers) is a smart way to increase profits? How is that any good compared to striking a similar deal with multiple networks? The only side I can imagine pushing this deal would be AT&T, in an attempt to pull people away from the competitors. Also, so far as cost goes, I'd say $600-700, (minus the usual glossy plastic fee, of course) after experience with similar phones (sans contract). Still high, but not the $1,000 you estimated.
You've got it all wrong. This thing was designed for the 'laugh at the cripple' crowd. I mean, how often do you see a guy with a missing limb flip over on his back?
I'd assume it's because of technological constraints. Sure, people got up there, but there was also a good handful of failures along the way for things like how much oxygen was in the air. Recall that Columbia burst into flames just because of one tile, and that was only a few years ago. Also, the Soviets and Americans had an unhealthy fixation on orbital nuclear weapons at the height of the space race. I doubt many corporations really had any serious interest in space flight at the time.
Actually that would be trademark infringement. Although, that would mean AFACT would still have to have egregiously similar ads, which is unlikely. (Ever see commercials for the MPAA? Me neither.)
If my upstream connection's capped at 256Kb/s, whoever tries to download something from me would be fucked. On the other hand, if that person kept seeding the file (and so did I), the next person could get it at potentially double the rate (assuming the same upstream bandwidth for both). You would have a good point if most ISPs didn't have such low upstream caps. (Then again, I'd be more worried about clogging the tubes if a handful of people had the ability to flood the link to pass videos along.)
As for reliably distributing videos like this to turn a profit, I would think a small reward program would go a long way. I wouldn't mind distributing 5-10 copies if I could get $5 back on the purchase.
Don't worry about it too much. It's not like anyone followed RFC 1149 or 1866. Just because something's a standard, doesn't mean people have to adopt it. Besides, can you imagine how much flipping back and forth would be needed to make sure it's all implemented spot-on (lest I damn myself/employer to court for months to come)? Could someone explain why page scans and raw text wouldn't be enough for legal documents?
It's good that you haven't needed to compile a program because Windows doesn't come with a compiler.
A person who won't compile a program has no advantage over a person who can't.
By that logic, someone with Ubuntu can't compile anything, because it doesn't come with a compiler. All someone on Windows needs to do is install MinGW/Cygwin. Hell, you could just install an IDE like Eclipse (and the required plug-ins)/Codeblocks/VC++ and be done with it there.
Of course! Sony's using it in a battery, after all. All assaulting of diseased equines aside, wouldn't that mean that even candy bars would need to be prohibited? Surely it couldn't be too hard to extract sugar from it for use in a crude explosive if no one noticed the big container of nitric acid in your bag.
I'm ready to accept evolution, or any other theory of origins of any kind, when we figure out how to duplicate the process. We can barely even transform one type of lifeform into another type of lifeform.
You make it sound like there should be a little button on a dog to change it into a dolphin. There will always be some errors during mitosis/meiosis, causing something to change, shift, or be completely left out. (Hmm. Increased entropy in an isolated system...sounds familiar.) Once that seemingly random event is over with, it then either fails to reproduce (let's say it was born with a yellow pelt and became more obvious to predators), it becomes more successful (maybe it produces more offspring at once or blends in with its surroundings better), or the trait doesn't make a damn bit of difference and it's all still up to chance.
How about selective breeding? Corn is always a great example.
Granted, there seems to be a lot that still needs to be looked at (such as the relationship mitochondria and chloroplasts have with the host cells and how exactly genes are expressed), but it's quite obvious that living creatures evolve.
You're paying to pirate stuff? I'm not trying to troll or anything, I just don't understand why you'd want to pay someone who didn't have to pay for anything being sold, when you could get it all for free yourself.
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Why even bother with a lawsuit? It's a criminal offense to forge packets.
It's not like comments matter much. If someone makes a few errors in a comment, it can still be read, if someone makes an error in the code, well...they cause an error.
China is a large country with the largest standing army in the world and a strong economy. Quite different from Iraq. I was suggesting that things might get ugly, not saying that they should and that the US should invade China.
Although, I could have worded that post a lot better than I did. (For one, countries generally don't go to war for the sake of it, Mongolia would probably be a better target if it were just a war over territory, and breaking into computers isn't necessarily an act of aggression. Also, I'd like to think large-scale war between two large countries wouldn't be possible in this time. (No one likes noisy neighbors, war interrupts trade, and I'm sure everyone has all sorts of neat little toys to tell everyone to shut up.)
tl;dr - I should read what I write before posting, espionage doesn't have to mean war, and it probably would be an arms race or economic war if anything, with both countries learning not to keep important stuff connected to the network.
http://view.samurajdata.se/ I suppose I should use the preview button more often.
Here's the article in the less evil HTML format. (Or here if that link doesn't work.)
Sure, this doesn't sound like the cleanest solution, killing millions of innocent people, crippling the government and wreaking havoc on their economy (and likely the US economy, for that matter), but it looks like China won't care for talk once they're in a position to do away with the US.
So you're saying that forcing yourself into a particular niche (in this case, AT&T subscribers) is a smart way to increase profits? How is that any good compared to striking a similar deal with multiple networks? The only side I can imagine pushing this deal would be AT&T, in an attempt to pull people away from the competitors.
Also, so far as cost goes, I'd say $600-700, (minus the usual glossy plastic fee, of course) after experience with similar phones (sans contract). Still high, but not the $1,000 you estimated.
That, and the site's been down for years.
You've got it all wrong. This thing was designed for the 'laugh at the cripple' crowd. I mean, how often do you see a guy with a missing limb flip over on his back?
Well surely the writers didn't think people would have flying suitcase cars the next day.
I don't see many exotic animals leaping around on that gray rock up there.
I'd assume it's because of technological constraints. Sure, people got up there, but there was also a good handful of failures along the way for things like how much oxygen was in the air. Recall that Columbia burst into flames just because of one tile, and that was only a few years ago.
Also, the Soviets and Americans had an unhealthy fixation on orbital nuclear weapons at the height of the space race. I doubt many corporations really had any serious interest in space flight at the time.
Actually that would be trademark infringement. Although, that would mean AFACT would still have to have egregiously similar ads, which is unlikely. (Ever see commercials for the MPAA? Me neither.)
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If my upstream connection's capped at 256Kb/s, whoever tries to download something from me would be fucked. On the other hand, if that person kept seeding the file (and so did I), the next person could get it at potentially double the rate (assuming the same upstream bandwidth for both). You would have a good point if most ISPs didn't have such low upstream caps. (Then again, I'd be more worried about clogging the tubes if a handful of people had the ability to flood the link to pass videos along.)
As for reliably distributing videos like this to turn a profit, I would think a small reward program would go a long way. I wouldn't mind distributing 5-10 copies if I could get $5 back on the purchase.
Don't worry about it too much. It's not like anyone followed RFC 1149 or 1866. Just because something's a standard, doesn't mean people have to adopt it. Besides, can you imagine how much flipping back and forth would be needed to make sure it's all implemented spot-on (lest I damn myself/employer to court for months to come)?
Could someone explain why page scans and raw text wouldn't be enough for legal documents?
I wouldn't call going at the board with a soldering iron an 'easy hack'. It takes a lot to just go poking around on a $600 phone like that.
All assaulting of diseased equines aside, wouldn't that mean that even candy bars would need to be prohibited? Surely it couldn't be too hard to extract sugar from it for use in a crude explosive if no one noticed the big container of nitric acid in your bag.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's only uploading that's illegal in the US. I could be wrong, though.
You make it sound like there should be a little button on a dog to change it into a dolphin.
There will always be some errors during mitosis/meiosis, causing something to change, shift, or be completely left out. (Hmm. Increased entropy in an isolated system...sounds familiar.) Once that seemingly random event is over with, it then either fails to reproduce (let's say it was born with a yellow pelt and became more obvious to predators), it becomes more successful (maybe it produces more offspring at once or blends in with its surroundings better), or the trait doesn't make a damn bit of difference and it's all still up to chance.
How about selective breeding? Corn is always a great example.
Granted, there seems to be a lot that still needs to be looked at (such as the relationship mitochondria and chloroplasts have with the host cells and how exactly genes are expressed), but it's quite obvious that living creatures evolve.
You're paying to pirate stuff? I'm not trying to troll or anything, I just don't understand why you'd want to pay someone who didn't have to pay for anything being sold, when you could get it all for free yourself.