Amen brother. It's amazing to me how no one is addressing this issue. The people who have 'insurance' are too short sighted to see what would happen if they didn't have it anymore. The politicians don't give a rats ass since they have govt insurance.
In addition, I also suggest that if enough of these warrant-less subpoenas (or any other similar law) have a hit ratio (that is, finding the crime the subpoena is intended to find) that is less than the corresponding warranted laws then they should be struck down because it would mean that they are being used with inadequate due diligence.
Read Asimov, he predicted the internet and social networking. He had a whole planet where the people did not go outside because they were 'plugged-in' to the global network 24/7. I think it was one of his Robot books.
I wrote Financial Software in 1991 that used a VERY similar method. We used various hardware components to identify a PC. The NIC, HD Serial, BIOS, etc. If the PC changed significantly, the user would have to re-register the software. We were usually very lenient in allowing multiple re-registers. Does my software qualify as prior-art?
That would be cool, MSFT please call me;)
I had Vista on 3 machines since the release. This past month I finally gave in and went back to XP.
Machine #1 (most powerful) Core2Duo, 3Ghz, 4GB Ram, SATA Raid. 512MB 8800GT. Occasionally Vista would slow down during file operations. Machine #2 Athlon 64 2Ghz, 4GB Ram, 7200 rpm SATA. Machine becomes near unusable with Vista. X1650 256MB. Machine #3 Laptop, Intel Centrino 1.86Ghz 4GB Ram, slow laptop drive. X700 256MB. This machine was unusable with Vista. XP works well on it. Machine #4 Athlon X2 2Ghz 4GB Ram. Didn't even bother putting Vista on it.
I agree 100 percent. This is targeted towards the internet tax cheats. No individual consumer transaction details will be tracked only the total amounts received by the merchant. People on payrolls get their taxes taken out before they even get paid. Why should the small "enterpreneur" get a better treatment?
That is so lame. How do you know what their intentions are? Criminals don't like witnesses. How do you know they won't kill you regardless of your actions? Are you willing to take that risk with your life? Or your wife's? or your kids'? I don't
Obviously you do not play tennis at a high enough level. A 120+mph serve is indeed unreturnable by ALL common humans. Pro tennis players "read" the direction of the serve before the server has actually hit it and have already started to prepare to return it. When the "read" is wrong the serve becomes an ace. The best servers have serves that are hard to read. I remember seeing a show where Jeremy Clarkson was shown to have the same reaction time as Michael Schumacher. I think what we do with our reactions is what matters. I wonder if anyone has looked into how training impacts out the outcome of the subconscious mind is. Also, do you know the feeling of last second indecision? I know that tennis players sometimes change their mind of where to hit the ball at the last second (many times this results in an error). I wonder if this is the conscious mind trying to override the subconscious mind's decision.
Pfizer for example, in 2003 it acquired the company that owned the rights to the Apo A1-Milano Protein that can CURE heart disease as we know it with one shot every 10 years or so. For those of you who don't know, Pfizer makes lipitor which you have to take for the REST of your life and it doesn't work as well (if at all) in preventing heart disease as the A1 Milano Protein. What do you think happened to the development of this cure? No one else can develop it because Pfizer owns the rights to it now. Millions of people will needlessly die from preventable heart disease which Pfizer makes billions selling the useless lipitor drug. Is anyone doing anything about it? No....
Even heard of mad cow disease? It's caused by a protein. Not toxins. And, there's nothing you can do to the meat to stamp out the protein. Genes allow for coding of proteins. I would refuse to eat any GM on the notion that we don't fully understand GM.
What if the simulation had "bugs"? Those bugs could manifest themselves albeit temporarily. Once fixed they could rerun that part of the simulation but we should be able to temporarily detect weirdnesses in the known universe. I mean, this could lend some credence to "paranormal" phenomena.
First of all, there's no need to tie the media to a particular hardware device. The media NEEDS to be tied to the buyer. At this point, all other devices need to to is make sure the user is the buyer. Basically, the buyer is given the key. The key can be stored in a USB device. USB is ubiquitous now. This way you can take your media anywhere and as long as you bring your "key" with you, it will play on any supported playback device. Why is this so hard people?
What if the spin is tied to say two atomic clocks that are synchronized. So you'd expect the spin to be a certain value at a given time and if it's not you can assume that the other side has changed. Wouldn't that be communication?
I think raising your metabolic rate will turn out to be a bad thing in the long term. We are metabolic machines and raising the rate we burn fuel is like putting more mileage on a car. We're going to wear our machinery down faster. I don't think there's any research that shows that very fit people (who work out all the time) outlive regular fit people. Of course, they both outlive obese people but a lot of exercising probably doesn't give any extra advantages and it may very well shorten your lifespan.
Would allow Israel to perform Cyberwarfare on unsuspecting opponents. Another reason not to allow foreign entities to be involved in the development of parts that could be used in our defense industry. Of course, this by no means says anything about Israel. Any country with many enemies could do the same given the opportunity.
Each User/Buyer of Media would be issued a Usb-drive-like device that will contain their own personal key. All media playback devices (PCs, DVD players, MP3 players, etc) should have a slot for your personal key. When you purchase media, you will have to tie it to your personal key at the time of purchase and as long as your key is present in ANY playback device you should be able to playback your media. You can make as many copies as you'd like. Your copy/copies of the media won't play with anyone else's keys. This is a good compromise for everyone.
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Amen brother. It's amazing to me how no one is addressing this issue. The people who have 'insurance' are too short sighted to see what would happen if they didn't have it anymore. The politicians don't give a rats ass since they have govt insurance.
In addition, I also suggest that if enough of these warrant-less subpoenas (or any other similar law) have a hit ratio (that is, finding the crime the subpoena is intended to find) that is less than the corresponding warranted laws then they should be struck down because it would mean that they are being used with inadequate due diligence.
Read Asimov, he predicted the internet and social networking. He had a whole planet where the people did not go outside because they were 'plugged-in' to the global network 24/7. I think it was one of his Robot books.
I wrote Financial Software in 1991 that used a VERY similar method. We used various hardware components to identify a PC. The NIC, HD Serial, BIOS, etc. If the PC changed significantly, the user would have to re-register the software. We were usually very lenient in allowing multiple re-registers. Does my software qualify as prior-art? That would be cool, MSFT please call me ;)
Socrates was executed in his 70s.
I had Vista on 3 machines since the release. This past month I finally gave in and went back to XP.
Machine #1 (most powerful) Core2Duo, 3Ghz, 4GB Ram, SATA Raid. 512MB 8800GT. Occasionally Vista would slow down during file operations.
Machine #2 Athlon 64 2Ghz, 4GB Ram, 7200 rpm SATA. Machine becomes near unusable with Vista. X1650 256MB.
Machine #3 Laptop, Intel Centrino 1.86Ghz 4GB Ram, slow laptop drive. X700 256MB. This machine was unusable with Vista. XP works well on it.
Machine #4 Athlon X2 2Ghz 4GB Ram. Didn't even bother putting Vista on it.
How is wanting everyone to pay their fair share classified as jealousy?
I agree 100 percent. This is targeted towards the internet tax cheats. No individual consumer transaction details will be tracked only the total amounts received by the merchant. People on payrolls get their taxes taken out before they even get paid. Why should the small "enterpreneur" get a better treatment?
That's where I really want to play my addictive games. During a long trip.
That is so lame. How do you know what their intentions are? Criminals don't like witnesses. How do you know they won't kill you regardless of your actions? Are you willing to take that risk with your life? Or your wife's? or your kids'? I don't
Obviously you do not play tennis at a high enough level. A 120+mph serve is indeed unreturnable by ALL common humans. Pro tennis players "read" the direction of the serve before the server has actually hit it and have already started to prepare to return it. When the "read" is wrong the serve becomes an ace. The best servers have serves that are hard to read. I remember seeing a show where Jeremy Clarkson was shown to have the same reaction time as Michael Schumacher. I think what we do with our reactions is what matters. I wonder if anyone has looked into how training impacts out the outcome of the subconscious mind is. Also, do you know the feeling of last second indecision? I know that tennis players sometimes change their mind of where to hit the ball at the last second (many times this results in an error). I wonder if this is the conscious mind trying to override the subconscious mind's decision.
Pfizer for example, in 2003 it acquired the company that owned the rights to the Apo A1-Milano Protein that can CURE heart disease as we know it with one shot every 10 years or so. For those of you who don't know, Pfizer makes lipitor which you have to take for the REST of your life and it doesn't work as well (if at all) in preventing heart disease as the A1 Milano Protein. What do you think happened to the development of this cure? No one else can develop it because Pfizer owns the rights to it now. Millions of people will needlessly die from preventable heart disease which Pfizer makes billions selling the useless lipitor drug. Is anyone doing anything about it? No....
Even heard of mad cow disease? It's caused by a protein. Not toxins. And, there's nothing you can do to the meat to stamp out the protein. Genes allow for coding of proteins. I would refuse to eat any GM on the notion that we don't fully understand GM.
What if the simulation had "bugs"? Those bugs could manifest themselves albeit temporarily. Once fixed they could rerun that part of the simulation but we should be able to temporarily detect weirdnesses in the known universe. I mean, this could lend some credence to "paranormal" phenomena.
First of all, there's no need to tie the media to a particular hardware device. The media NEEDS to be tied to the buyer. At this point, all other devices need to to is make sure the user is the buyer. Basically, the buyer is given the key. The key can be stored in a USB device. USB is ubiquitous now. This way you can take your media anywhere and as long as you bring your "key" with you, it will play on any supported playback device. Why is this so hard people?
What if the spin is tied to say two atomic clocks that are synchronized. So you'd expect the spin to be a certain value at a given time and if it's not you can assume that the other side has changed. Wouldn't that be communication?
Rinse and repeat. Hence, the VM is your "circumvention" mechanism.
I think raising your metabolic rate will turn out to be a bad thing in the long term. We are metabolic machines and raising the rate we burn fuel is like putting more mileage on a car. We're going to wear our machinery down faster. I don't think there's any research that shows that very fit people (who work out all the time) outlive regular fit people. Of course, they both outlive obese people but a lot of exercising probably doesn't give any extra advantages and it may very well shorten your lifespan.
Would allow Israel to perform Cyberwarfare on unsuspecting opponents. Another reason not to allow foreign entities to be involved in the development of parts that could be used in our defense industry. Of course, this by no means says anything about Israel. Any country with many enemies could do the same given the opportunity.
Each User/Buyer of Media would be issued a Usb-drive-like device that will contain their own personal key. All media playback devices (PCs, DVD players, MP3 players, etc) should have a slot for your personal key. When you purchase media, you will have to tie it to your personal key at the time of purchase and as long as your key is present in ANY playback device you should be able to playback your media. You can make as many copies as you'd like. Your copy/copies of the media won't play with anyone else's keys. This is a good compromise for everyone.