In case you have forgotten, the old lines are the better sellers. Among all the newer things like wii sports, and many others, Mario and Zelda still have a huge fan base and still sell. It is not a bad thing that Nintendo is moving for more lines, but they should still keep the old tried and true (and the better) series until sales begin to drop (which they never will, if the quality keeps up and only when fans become bored). I still play all the older sets, and my friends still do, and we all find enjoyment in things like Smash and Zelda and Starfox and mario party.
Any skilled hacker could create their own trojan or malicious software. If a ninth grader can do it in a combination of Perl and MASM, I am sure that any smart person might be able to apply their brains to create anything. Of course, creating these are a waste of time and gain nothing, so...
I use those supposed illegal codecs. I have nothing to hide. I am not gaining anything out of it, and therefore am not making or denying any profit to any organization, as on Windows these codecs are installed automatically.
As I am not affecting anyone in any fathomable or relevant way, I do not care, and will continue to use it on my Slackware and Debian machines. Why should we agree to Digital Rights Management anyway? It is wrong and invasive, therefore the issue is moot. To end, I encourage all of you to go ahead and use the codecs, as what can they do to a Linux machine? How many feds know a thing about Linux anyway? Do we care?
What will this gain? The photos have a serial number of the camera, so how long is it until the person is caught? I personally would enjoy the chance to go through and read all of it, but bit torrent downloads can be tracked, and I am not about to risk it or waste my time on bad quality pictures with half of it blurry (I did see the pictures on some one elses machine).
There is also a wide policy about posting spoilers, so nearly all will ignore this and move on with their lives.
I personally pity the fool who put the pictures up there; I would start running to some far off land for the next year or so to avoid the feds and publishers.
Is it just me, or does this sound like something out of Sci-Fi? Sleek, skintight, spacesuits?
Anyway... Finally! A redesign of the spacesuits. This has been coming for a while, and most people probably should have forseen a new design. What amazes me is how futuristic and sci-fi this sounds... or is it just progress?
What ever the case, this is real progress and innovation.
JAVA really is a brilliant achievement. It comes with nearly everything built in, and what is not included is easy to make. The simplicity of Graphics in JAVA is unsurpassed in any real language, and has huge capabilities. Even using OpenGL with JAVA is possible. This work is exactly what is needed to get more people using JAVA and revolutionary in the way of graphics. I still remember trying to draw a house with Assembly and C++ using only native libraries. JAVA makes life a lot easier, and graphics possible for all.
Bad design is an issue here; relying on Solar Power only is foolish, especially when not on Earth. Martian conditions could change at any time, and as we know little about Mars and the climate and cover on the surface, there should be another power source. All space craft and rovers should keep a backup supply of power, in some kind of extra battery. As it is charging, the extra battery should be charged first, used last. When power is low, a sort of survival mode should be entered, and escaped at sun hit. At the moment, that is what the rover lacks.
This will create another excuse not to use OpenOffice. People will cling to MS Office (even if they are required to use ODF now) and OO will not gain users. While it is great that MS Office will support ODF through an easily addable plugin, OpenOffice will not benefit. Also, this will be heavily challenged by MS: they will claim all sorts of rubbish like Patent Infrigement and Invalid Modifications and the like.
I yearn for the day that this kind of power may be brought into households all over the world. Think: the opportunities presented by such computers available to all are scientifically tremendous. There should be consideration of having these in Libraries, at least. Publically and Freely accessible supercomputing should become a national goal, to be achieved by 2019 at least.
There is now a way to fight back! Now that the common user has a method of defense, there is opportunity to to take the RIAA down. Though, unless other judges take some similar course of action, there is little opportunity for hope. Another antiRIAA motion set forth!
Once an nerd, always a nerd. The return to high tech shows that once you get a taste of high tech and live it, you cannot stop. While the relaxation and peace were good for Andy, as it is for us all, high tech is our way of life, period. Though, just to gain some inner peace, I would recommend this plan to anyone who is stressed out. My college professor is reading this, and seems to like the idea as well.
First off, nerds like us are the ones who pirate stuff in the first place.
Second, if the image is so small, which user is going to see it, and if the user cannot see it, then claims of amnesty are theoretically possible.
Third, due to the traditionally nonintimidating nature of the nerd, what pirate who sees the image will think and stop what they are doing?
It seems that Microsoft demonstrates its foolishness through oversight and arrogance once again.
Though, the whole idea is quite funny for the rest of us!
Right now, the focus should be on exploration and discovery, rather than interspace joy rides. Scientists and governments should begin focussing on manned missions to Mars and the like, rather than tourism. Will Space become another touristy area? With a price that most fairly well off bussiness people and the like may afford, that may well be the case. I, for one, think that our focus and money need be on exploration and discovery, rather than tourism.
While it is great that the use of computers is becoming widespread and accessible to nearly all, what is not great is the fact that most of them will run windows. What needs to be done is to offer linux (preferably something simple for end users like Ubuntu) along side windows, for a lower price. There needs to be a marketing campaign in third world countries that pushes linux over windows as a cheaper alternative, in a money strained place.
Does this not call for a redesign of the internet?
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Lets face it: the internet is a mockery of what it was meant to be. It is full of literally crap and is subject to the whims of politically oriented morons. If the internet was redesigned, there would be a chance to restart: a chance to redesign the net to suit what is best, without idiotic interference. The issue of net neutrality would come up, but with a redesign that works around it, there would be no problem. Think: a new chance to fix all the ridiculous errors and issues and clean up the internet through a redesign.
It seems in the fervor of anti-terrorism, the Republicans and Bush are misusing their power in the name of justice. They are unable to see that it is they who are the actual terrorists. Only terrorists and tyrants will spy on the innocent, searching for a crime. It seems that Bush is determined to override what was set down 200 years ago, and revert us back to a dictatorship. I for one, do not welcome this change. I say that congress should go ahead and impeach Bush, and then the Senate should remove him in disgrace for attempting to disturb the peace by spying on the inncoent, and inaverdently acting like a terrorist.
Privacy is a fundamental demand of human culture since the evolution of Homo Sapiens, as a way of providing security. Why should it be any different now? People naturally wish to keep their activities and thoughts (which are shown through actions) hidden from others, unless there is a reason for the otherwise. Also, in this age, with internet crime up and political and criminal tracking over the internet, this fundamental demand is displayed even more, to protect individual security. The only thing I wonder about is, how many shoppers actually read the privacy policies?
I hope this can be installed on any computer! Just think, rather than coming to the network admin to take out their frustration, the users could take it out on the reset button. So much less trouble for the rest of us, with an easy frustration reliever and simple reset. Awesome!
Why bother with non third world based comparisons involving OLPC? All regular teachers are obviously computer incompetent, as I recall from my ninth grade prank (I crashed all but one of the computers in the school simultaneously, then rebooted them with altered boot screens, shortly followed by an infinite net send).
The third world children will obviously be capable of basic use and such of the computer, with the goal being to get them a computer. Though, Intel does seem to have a predatory attitude.
Just think: we can now play hide and seek in public. Lets make tunnels to make it more exciting!
Sounds like Harry Potter with all the invisibility, no?
Lets face it: there are no practical applications for this invisibility tunnel, at the moment. When a valid need for something like this can be proven, then resume the project.
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In case you have forgotten, the old lines are the better sellers. Among all the newer things like wii sports, and many others, Mario and Zelda still have a huge fan base and still sell. It is not a bad thing that Nintendo is moving for more lines, but they should still keep the old tried and true (and the better) series until sales begin to drop (which they never will, if the quality keeps up and only when fans become bored). I still play all the older sets, and my friends still do, and we all find enjoyment in things like Smash and Zelda and Starfox and mario party.
Any skilled hacker could create their own trojan or malicious software. If a ninth grader can do it in a combination of Perl and MASM, I am sure that any smart person might be able to apply their brains to create anything. Of course, creating these are a waste of time and gain nothing, so...
I use those supposed illegal codecs. I have nothing to hide. I am not gaining anything out of it, and therefore am not making or denying any profit to any organization, as on Windows these codecs are installed automatically. As I am not affecting anyone in any fathomable or relevant way, I do not care, and will continue to use it on my Slackware and Debian machines. Why should we agree to Digital Rights Management anyway? It is wrong and invasive, therefore the issue is moot. To end, I encourage all of you to go ahead and use the codecs, as what can they do to a Linux machine? How many feds know a thing about Linux anyway? Do we care?
You do realize that over half are fakes? Look at the copyright name and copyright page and tell.
What will this gain? The photos have a serial number of the camera, so how long is it until the person is caught? I personally would enjoy the chance to go through and read all of it, but bit torrent downloads can be tracked, and I am not about to risk it or waste my time on bad quality pictures with half of it blurry (I did see the pictures on some one elses machine). There is also a wide policy about posting spoilers, so nearly all will ignore this and move on with their lives. I personally pity the fool who put the pictures up there; I would start running to some far off land for the next year or so to avoid the feds and publishers.
Is it just me, or does this sound like something out of Sci-Fi? Sleek, skintight, spacesuits? Anyway... Finally! A redesign of the spacesuits. This has been coming for a while, and most people probably should have forseen a new design. What amazes me is how futuristic and sci-fi this sounds... or is it just progress? What ever the case, this is real progress and innovation.
JAVA really is a brilliant achievement. It comes with nearly everything built in, and what is not included is easy to make. The simplicity of Graphics in JAVA is unsurpassed in any real language, and has huge capabilities. Even using OpenGL with JAVA is possible. This work is exactly what is needed to get more people using JAVA and revolutionary in the way of graphics. I still remember trying to draw a house with Assembly and C++ using only native libraries. JAVA makes life a lot easier, and graphics possible for all.
Bad design is an issue here; relying on Solar Power only is foolish, especially when not on Earth. Martian conditions could change at any time, and as we know little about Mars and the climate and cover on the surface, there should be another power source. All space craft and rovers should keep a backup supply of power, in some kind of extra battery. As it is charging, the extra battery should be charged first, used last. When power is low, a sort of survival mode should be entered, and escaped at sun hit. At the moment, that is what the rover lacks.
This will create another excuse not to use OpenOffice. People will cling to MS Office (even if they are required to use ODF now) and OO will not gain users. While it is great that MS Office will support ODF through an easily addable plugin, OpenOffice will not benefit. Also, this will be heavily challenged by MS: they will claim all sorts of rubbish like Patent Infrigement and Invalid Modifications and the like.
I yearn for the day that this kind of power may be brought into households all over the world. Think: the opportunities presented by such computers available to all are scientifically tremendous. There should be consideration of having these in Libraries, at least. Publically and Freely accessible supercomputing should become a national goal, to be achieved by 2019 at least.
There is now a way to fight back! Now that the common user has a method of defense, there is opportunity to to take the RIAA down. Though, unless other judges take some similar course of action, there is little opportunity for hope. Another antiRIAA motion set forth!
Once an nerd, always a nerd. The return to high tech shows that once you get a taste of high tech and live it, you cannot stop. While the relaxation and peace were good for Andy, as it is for us all, high tech is our way of life, period. Though, just to gain some inner peace, I would recommend this plan to anyone who is stressed out. My college professor is reading this, and seems to like the idea as well.
First off, nerds like us are the ones who pirate stuff in the first place. Second, if the image is so small, which user is going to see it, and if the user cannot see it, then claims of amnesty are theoretically possible. Third, due to the traditionally nonintimidating nature of the nerd, what pirate who sees the image will think and stop what they are doing? It seems that Microsoft demonstrates its foolishness through oversight and arrogance once again. Though, the whole idea is quite funny for the rest of us!
Right now, the focus should be on exploration and discovery, rather than interspace joy rides. Scientists and governments should begin focussing on manned missions to Mars and the like, rather than tourism. Will Space become another touristy area? With a price that most fairly well off bussiness people and the like may afford, that may well be the case. I, for one, think that our focus and money need be on exploration and discovery, rather than tourism.
While it is great that the use of computers is becoming widespread and accessible to nearly all, what is not great is the fact that most of them will run windows. What needs to be done is to offer linux (preferably something simple for end users like Ubuntu) along side windows, for a lower price. There needs to be a marketing campaign in third world countries that pushes linux over windows as a cheaper alternative, in a money strained place.
Lets face it: the internet is a mockery of what it was meant to be. It is full of literally crap and is subject to the whims of politically oriented morons. If the internet was redesigned, there would be a chance to restart: a chance to redesign the net to suit what is best, without idiotic interference. The issue of net neutrality would come up, but with a redesign that works around it, there would be no problem. Think: a new chance to fix all the ridiculous errors and issues and clean up the internet through a redesign.
It seems in the fervor of anti-terrorism, the Republicans and Bush are misusing their power in the name of justice. They are unable to see that it is they who are the actual terrorists. Only terrorists and tyrants will spy on the innocent, searching for a crime. It seems that Bush is determined to override what was set down 200 years ago, and revert us back to a dictatorship. I for one, do not welcome this change. I say that congress should go ahead and impeach Bush, and then the Senate should remove him in disgrace for attempting to disturb the peace by spying on the inncoent, and inaverdently acting like a terrorist.
Privacy is a fundamental demand of human culture since the evolution of Homo Sapiens, as a way of providing security. Why should it be any different now? People naturally wish to keep their activities and thoughts (which are shown through actions) hidden from others, unless there is a reason for the otherwise. Also, in this age, with internet crime up and political and criminal tracking over the internet, this fundamental demand is displayed even more, to protect individual security. The only thing I wonder about is, how many shoppers actually read the privacy policies?
I hope this can be installed on any computer! Just think, rather than coming to the network admin to take out their frustration, the users could take it out on the reset button. So much less trouble for the rest of us, with an easy frustration reliever and simple reset. Awesome!
Why bother with non third world based comparisons involving OLPC? All regular teachers are obviously computer incompetent, as I recall from my ninth grade prank (I crashed all but one of the computers in the school simultaneously, then rebooted them with altered boot screens, shortly followed by an infinite net send). The third world children will obviously be capable of basic use and such of the computer, with the goal being to get them a computer. Though, Intel does seem to have a predatory attitude.
Just think: we can now play hide and seek in public. Lets make tunnels to make it more exciting! Sounds like Harry Potter with all the invisibility, no? Lets face it: there are no practical applications for this invisibility tunnel, at the moment. When a valid need for something like this can be proven, then resume the project.