Real diamonds are thermodynamically unstable at ambient temperature and pressure. (Shhhh! Don't tell Zales or DeBeers!) I can't imagine having a diamond-corpse go through a second, but slow, death. Kind of gruesome if you ask me.
The person wearing the watch doesn't have to be the owner.
It seemed to me to be a lot like those security systems based on a fingerprint -- the finger doesn't have to be attached to the owner to give access to the presenter.
I thought the best security had three criteria -- something the user has, something the user knows, and something the user is (physically). I'm sure someone can elaborate better than I.
This raises a very good point. Considering another post opining that content companies expect you not to be able to control your own machine, I would ask, why isn't there a "EULA" that the user could present to the advertisers?
Granted, if your point of entry to the 'net is thru AOL or some-such, you might be subject to those ads sanctioned by them. What I suggest is at the very least being able to block ads outside of their sandbox.
I think advertisers would scoff at the idea of such a EULA, so the ad-blocking programs seem to me to be fair for users to implement.
No, but you should be aware that pop-under ads, if associated with your site, will make more people block ads on your site than without (or just
make them not visit your site anymore), because they are a hell more annoying.
I disagree. Pop-up ads are more annoying. They ruin my stream of concentration. (See above). Closing pop-under windows can be viewed similarly to closing all your programs and windows before shutting down the machine.
Observing DARPA in action illustrates to me that they are the middlemen of a scientific knowledge procurement process. What they basically do is find those people who can create the basic research (ie: scientists) who will provide some end product to those (read: military) who want some capability. DARPA repackages the basic ideas into layman's terms in order to present it to the military/defense officials. When DARPA successfully sells the idea to the defense people, then the latter provides funding.
The process happens over several iterations and is really quite serious. It is rather shocking to see the extent to which politics, basic research, and personal idiosyncrasies come together at that level.
6. University student ID (yeah, not *required* but it is really a hassle otherwise) 7. *Any* contract or service (they want to report you for "bad credit" if you don't pay)
Frankly, the idea of keeping the SSN to yourself is bunk, for practical purposes. I feel sorry for the victims for identity fraud.
the best I can do is report the SPAMer to their ISP and hope they're not SPAM-friendly and will shut the account/network connection down.
I think that that is the most effective route the RIAA can take: notify the company, ISP, department, university, etc., of the allegedly illegal distribution of materials from within. Especially when the idea of liability action is hinted at (and thus the potential for a lot of unwanted media attention), the latter will certainly take the necessary action to see that the distributing is stopped. I have seen it done before.
On the other hand, what if a civilization gets the idea of "aliens" for the first time by discovering patterned interstellar radio signals? It's an involuntary violation of the Prime Directive on our part. In the big scheme of the universe (whatever that may be) I don't think this is so serious.
On the other hand, that civiliation too would probably get sued under DMCA:P
Would a LAN connected by USB2 be less expensive than gigabit ethernet (using a switch with all gigE ports)? Seeing as gigE switches are still relatively expensive, going USB2 might be a way to cut costs. However, my guess is that gigE latency would still be lower.
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Since they might be giving more of what viewers want, the cynic in me tells me that they probably have some hidden motives. Maybe it is a way to increase income in view of weird accouting practices or to sell hidden hooks to viewers (a la Microsoft) for implementing restrictions (read: control) in the future.
What's the point of having a telephone, if I am going to be getting the ringing equivalent of pop-up windows? It's bad enough with telemarketers.
Exactly. So perhaps you get a cell phone instead. But guess what -- once that market is past its growth phase, you can be sure there will be mass marketing there too. To wit, the idea is out there to have targeted advertising on graphics capable cell phones (e.g., You are only 0.2 miles from McDonald's - come try our chicken sandwich at the cell phone special of $1.99).
I say, in a way, all the better. It will help people like us to toughen up against all this marketing crapola.
I'm slightly disappointed not to read about DVD+RW as an option in iMacs. DVD-RW seems to have lost the battle, and I would have thought that now would be a good time to make the switch.
Hmm, I saw yesterday that athlonxp.commentioned that Hitachi, Panasonic, and Samsung agreed to standards for DVD-*, while Philips and Sony are siding with DVD+*. It doesn't appear the foot-dragging is over, so at least having no DVD?RW at this time might be better. YMMV.
In the end I basically agree with the bullets. I do and will continue to promote linux. It was a good reminder that linux has a better chance to stick with the masses if it is promoted not on its geek aspects but through its merits and strengths.
I just can't seem to understand why hardware manufacturers are playing ball with Big Media. If there were ever a lawsuit against a hw company for copyright infrngement, wouldn't they simply point the blame at the user for the "misuse"? In my mind implementation of DRM make hw manufacturers responsible for their users' actions.
If DRM-in-hardware were to effectively kill off open OS development and use, what are the chances that the DRM hardware companies be charged with collusory practices? Will there be "open hardware"?
This mac-centrenic page has a comparison between SCSI and Firewire. My guess is that Ultra SCSI-3 is currently king. It would be interesting to plot DMA and ATA on such a graph also -- maybe someone can plot that up for us.
Heh heh. This sounded a lot like South Park dialog.
My turn:
Omigod! They just killed Open Source!
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Well said, very interesting.
On the other hand there are probably some real threats that don't get a lot of media attention. One I can think of, which I have seen mentioned in the media but it wasn't main-stream, has to do with genetically engineered bio-threats. There could be a couple of ways this might happen, such as 1) eugenically targeted proteins (I think there is one that is known), or 2) hybrid proteins/virii or bacteria that don't have an immediate antidote (like AIDS) but kill within a few days. I view biology becoming a bigger and bigger threat over the next several years. Not to be completely alarmist, but I wonder what the government is doing beyond the anthr*x investigation to keep watch on biological research and the people involved.
I wish religious followers would leave children alone and let informed adults come to them when they reach an age appropraite to do so.
While I personally agree with this sentiment, I also know people who were raised "without religion" and have come to feel a certain degree of exclusion by society in their adult lives due to society's general christian-ness.
So, here's a question: Is there religion without society? I think so. Emily Dickinson says it nicely: "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church//
I keep it, staying at Home"
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Real diamonds are thermodynamically unstable at ambient temperature and pressure. (Shhhh! Don't tell Zales or DeBeers!) I can't imagine having a diamond-corpse go through a second, but slow, death. Kind of gruesome if you ask me.
The person wearing the watch doesn't have to be the owner.
It seemed to me to be a lot like those security systems based on a fingerprint -- the finger doesn't have to be attached to the owner to give access to the presenter.
I thought the best security had three criteria -- something the user has, something the user knows, and something the user is (physically). I'm sure someone can elaborate better than I.
This raises a very good point. Considering another post opining that content companies expect you not to be able to control your own machine, I would ask, why isn't there a "EULA" that the user could present to the advertisers?
Granted, if your point of entry to the 'net is thru AOL or some-such, you might be subject to those ads sanctioned by them. What I suggest is at the very least being able to block ads outside of their sandbox.
I think advertisers would scoff at the idea of such a EULA, so the ad-blocking programs seem to me to be fair for users to implement.
No, but you should be aware that pop-under ads, if associated with your site, will make more people block ads on your site than without (or just make them not visit your site anymore), because they are a hell more annoying.
I disagree. Pop-up ads are more annoying. They ruin my stream of concentration. (See above). Closing pop-under windows can be viewed similarly to closing all your programs and windows before shutting down the machine.
Observing DARPA in action illustrates to me that they are the middlemen of a scientific knowledge procurement process. What they basically do is find those people who can create the basic research (ie: scientists) who will provide some end product to those (read: military) who want some capability. DARPA repackages the basic ideas into layman's terms in order to present it to the military/defense officials. When DARPA successfully sells the idea to the defense people, then the latter provides funding.
The process happens over several iterations and is really quite serious. It is rather shocking to see the extent to which politics, basic research, and personal idiosyncrasies come together at that level.
He who has the most hit points wins, no?
(just a couple that crossed my mind...)
6. University student ID (yeah, not *required* but it is really a hassle otherwise)
7. *Any* contract or service (they want to report you for "bad credit" if you don't pay)
Frankly, the idea of keeping the SSN to yourself is bunk, for practical purposes. I feel sorry for the victims for identity fraud.
You haven't needed to signal YOUR mothership at local midnight to beam you up, now have you?
the best I can do is report the SPAMer to their ISP and hope they're not SPAM-friendly and will shut the account/network connection down.
I think that that is the most effective route the RIAA can take: notify the company, ISP, department, university, etc., of the allegedly illegal distribution of materials from within. Especially when the idea of liability action is hinted at (and thus the potential for a lot of unwanted media attention), the latter will certainly take the necessary action to see that the distributing is stopped. I have seen it done before.
On the other hand, what if a civilization gets the idea of "aliens" for the first time by discovering patterned interstellar radio signals? It's an involuntary violation of the Prime Directive on our part. In the big scheme of the universe (whatever that may be) I don't think this is so serious.
:P
On the other hand, that civiliation too would probably get sued under DMCA
Would a LAN connected by USB2 be less expensive than gigabit ethernet (using a switch with all gigE ports)? Seeing as gigE switches are still relatively expensive, going USB2 might be a way to cut costs. However, my guess is that gigE latency would still be lower.
I knew Microsoft's days were numbered.
We cannot be certain that the government could protect computer systems better than the public could.
(dig) Considering Microsoft's track record on security, I believe it is THEY -- not the public -- who are the ones needing govt help.
The thought that the US govt would control all computers sounds too much like what China sounds like: no electronically exchanged free speech/thought.
Since they might be giving more of what viewers want, the cynic in me tells me that they probably have some hidden motives. Maybe it is a way to increase income in view of weird accouting practices or to sell hidden hooks to viewers (a la Microsoft) for implementing restrictions (read: control) in the future.
What's the point of having a telephone, if I am going to be getting the ringing equivalent of pop-up windows? It's bad enough with telemarketers.
Exactly. So perhaps you get a cell phone instead. But guess what -- once that market is past its growth phase, you can be sure there will be mass marketing there too. To wit, the idea is out there to have targeted advertising on graphics capable cell phones (e.g., You are only 0.2 miles from McDonald's - come try our chicken sandwich at the cell phone special of $1.99).
I say, in a way, all the better. It will help people like us to toughen up against all this marketing crapola.
I'm slightly disappointed not to read about DVD+RW as an option in iMacs. DVD-RW seems to have lost the battle, and I would have thought that now would be a good time to make the switch.
Hmm, I saw yesterday that athlonxp.com mentioned that Hitachi, Panasonic, and Samsung agreed to standards for DVD-*, while Philips and Sony are siding with DVD+*. It doesn't appear the foot-dragging is over, so at least having no DVD?RW at this time might be better. YMMV.
In the end I basically agree with the bullets. I do and will continue to promote linux. It was a good reminder that linux has a better chance to stick with the masses if it is promoted not on its geek aspects but through its merits and strengths.
If you are hearing this message, this craft was not destroyed in a collison with near Earth asteriods. And now a word from our sponsor Coca-cola.
I just can't seem to understand why hardware manufacturers are playing ball with Big Media. If there were ever a lawsuit against a hw company for copyright infrngement, wouldn't they simply point the blame at the user for the "misuse"? In my mind implementation of DRM make hw manufacturers responsible for their users' actions.
If DRM-in-hardware were to effectively kill off open OS development and use, what are the chances that the DRM hardware companies be charged with collusory practices? Will there be "open hardware"?
This mac-centrenic page has a comparison between SCSI and Firewire. My guess is that Ultra SCSI-3 is currently king. It would be interesting to plot DMA and ATA on such a graph also -- maybe someone can plot that up for us.
Heh heh. This sounded a lot like South Park dialog.
My turn:
Omigod! They just killed Open Source!
Well said, very interesting.
On the other hand there are probably some real threats that don't get a lot of media attention. One I can think of, which I have seen mentioned in the media but it wasn't main-stream, has to do with genetically engineered bio-threats. There could be a couple of ways this might happen, such as 1) eugenically targeted proteins (I think there is one that is known), or 2) hybrid proteins/virii or bacteria that don't have an immediate antidote (like AIDS) but kill within a few days. I view biology becoming a bigger and bigger threat over the next several years. Not to be completely alarmist, but I wonder what the government is doing beyond the anthr*x investigation to keep watch on biological research and the people involved.
I wish religious followers would leave children alone and let informed adults come to them when they reach an age appropraite to do so.
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I keep it, staying at Home"
While I personally agree with this sentiment, I also know people who were raised "without religion" and have come to feel a certain degree of exclusion by society in their adult lives due to society's general christian-ness.
So, here's a question: Is there religion without society? I think so. Emily Dickinson says it nicely: "Some keep the Sabbath going to Church
My local Best Buy uses transparent bags for small items. The store exit guard would be able to see easily the contents of the bag.
Still, the store has the "burden of proof" of catching you in the act.
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