Ah yes. So now not only do Comcast and company want to throttle my torrents, but now these yahoos want to press my computer into their vigilante posse?
Do these guys, possibly actually WORK for Comcast and are out looking for ways to make every ISP in the world, and possibly governments as well, ban torrents?
This has been answered a thousand times in a thousand previous stories. I'll do it again: I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION. I can stick with Comcast. Maybe I can get a naked DSL - less than half the speed for almost the same price, gee-whiz sign me right up! Or I can find somebody who provides dial-up, though I haven't had a modem in any of my computers at any point this decade. I can't get FIOS - they won't sell it to me. I tried muni-wifi once, that was a horrible joke. Nope, looks like I'm sticking with Comcast. Forever. Unless something else viable comes along...
I shouldn't complain - my father live out on a farm, and his ONLY option is DSL, and they only began offering that out his way 2-3 years ago.
I am REALLY picky with buying just regular DVD players. I will only buy players that are region-free, or are easily hackable to be region-free. Why? I'm an anime collector, and I have a few R2 DVDs from Japan (The Rose of Versailles LD boxset was/is kinda hard to come by, so I jumped on it when it was reissued on DVD). Region coding is a lot broader on Blu-Ray discs, with Japan the the US being in the same region, but unless there's a Blu-Ray player that will play my old-style DVDs, both R1 and R2, DO NOT WANT.
If I pass my internet safety class, do I get an internet license? And must I present proof of license to get internet service?
I mean, I actually like the idea of some sort of internet safety education (which I hope will also include teaching people how NOT to get their machines pwnt), I just don't see how it'll be enforced.
Will it run on 64-bit editions of Windows XP? I certainly hope so, as I have zero intention of downgrading to Vista, but I do intend to run XP x64 on the computer I'm currently building for video editing work. If 64-bit Photoshop works out, I'm hoping 64-bit Premiere Pro will be following.
DX10 is Vista-only. I'm going to guess DX11 will be the same. Which means I'll never see it in action, as I will switch to Linux before I switch to Vista.
wikileaks.org works for me as of 3/29/08, 9:30AM. So I looked at the story on wikinews. It lists NO DATES that wikileaks.org was allegedly offline. I call bullshit. I say it was never offline due to high traffic, it is merely wishful thinking on their part, an attempt to get everyone to look to see if it is, in fact, offline.
I don't WANT the edges pushed. I just want a browser, really. I just want to look at web pages, maybe even post to the occasional online forum (like Slashdot). I don't want a huge bloated thing that will suck up all my system resources and take two minutes to fire up. I just want a simple, standard-compliant, browser. Please, just let Firefox be that and make a new program to do all that other crap.
The spectators won't have to drink that, not at all. Instead, all tools involved will buy small bottles of water at $3 a pop (or the equivelent in yuan).
AT&T-Bellsouth merger: 299 days to be approved. $85 billion, controls 22 states and 70 million subscribers. Chevron-Texaco merger: 326 days to be approved. Don't know the numbers, but Sirius-XM merger: 426 days to be approved (might be off by 2-3 days, have not seen an official figure)
Now, why would the government allow such giants to merge with such rapidity and form such major monopolies, but delay Sirius-XM for well over a year, when its a luxury (unlike oil or telephone service) that affects so few? Answer: This is the US government's continued persecution of Howard Stern. Clear Channel (who are dedicated to buying out and eliminating not only all local radio stations, but all local concert venues as well) should have been laughed out of any hearings on this matter at once.
Borodin: Do you think they will let me live in Montana? Capt. Ramius: I would think they'll let you live wherever you want. Borodin: Good. Then I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman, and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pick-up truck, or umm... possibly even...a recreational vehicle, and drive from state to state. Do they let you do that? Capt. Ramius: Oh yes. Borodin: No papers? Capt. Ramius: No papers. State-to-state.
Does that mean that it MAY not be? Because the story itself and the accompanying graph seem to indicate that it IS, not that it MAY be. Just, like, clarify, you know?
You tried to sue/arrest Zone-H? What are you, an idiot? THEY didn't hack your insecure website. They just reported on it. I suppose you'd also sue the local newspaper if they ran a story on your hacked website.
I live in Philadelphia. No FIOS, no Comcast Blast. Just standard DSL or standard cable speeds, those are our options. I'm 100% certain Comcast won't sell anything faster until we have FIOS here, and I'm 100% certain we will never have FIOS here because Comcast is based out of Philadelphia. Thanks for nothing, Comcast.
That depends: Do your multiple choices refer to the magazines, or the above-quoted observation about them? Based on the lack of "e: none of the above," I'd tend to believe the former.
Slashdot Mirror
Ah yes. So now not only do Comcast and company want to throttle my torrents, but now these yahoos want to press my computer into their vigilante posse?
Do these guys, possibly actually WORK for Comcast and are out looking for ways to make every ISP in the world, and possibly governments as well, ban torrents?
In other words, you act like a smug shitcock when somebody takes the time out to try to make you a little more comfortable.
Seriously, WHY?
ONE gig of RAM is sufficient to play most current computer games, and I'm gonna go out on a limb and say those are way more complex than a browser.
This has been answered a thousand times in a thousand previous stories. I'll do it again: I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION. I can stick with Comcast. Maybe I can get a naked DSL - less than half the speed for almost the same price, gee-whiz sign me right up! Or I can find somebody who provides dial-up, though I haven't had a modem in any of my computers at any point this decade. I can't get FIOS - they won't sell it to me. I tried muni-wifi once, that was a horrible joke. Nope, looks like I'm sticking with Comcast. Forever. Unless something else viable comes along...
I shouldn't complain - my father live out on a farm, and his ONLY option is DSL, and they only began offering that out his way 2-3 years ago.
That, of course, assumes that sunlight will ever come anywhere near my computer and I, tucked in the corner of my mother's basement! Bwahahahaha!
I am REALLY picky with buying just regular DVD players. I will only buy players that are region-free, or are easily hackable to be region-free. Why? I'm an anime collector, and I have a few R2 DVDs from Japan (The Rose of Versailles LD boxset was/is kinda hard to come by, so I jumped on it when it was reissued on DVD). Region coding is a lot broader on Blu-Ray discs, with Japan the the US being in the same region, but unless there's a Blu-Ray player that will play my old-style DVDs, both R1 and R2, DO NOT WANT.
If I pass my internet safety class, do I get an internet license? And must I present proof of license to get internet service?
I mean, I actually like the idea of some sort of internet safety education (which I hope will also include teaching people how NOT to get their machines pwnt), I just don't see how it'll be enforced.
Will it run on 64-bit editions of Windows XP? I certainly hope so, as I have zero intention of downgrading to Vista, but I do intend to run XP x64 on the computer I'm currently building for video editing work. If 64-bit Photoshop works out, I'm hoping 64-bit Premiere Pro will be following.
tl;dr version: In Soviet Russia, advertisers watch YOU!
No, wait...
DX10 is Vista-only. I'm going to guess DX11 will be the same. Which means I'll never see it in action, as I will switch to Linux before I switch to Vista.
ye insaensitieve clode!
wikileaks.org works for me as of 3/29/08, 9:30AM. So I looked at the story on wikinews. It lists NO DATES that wikileaks.org was allegedly offline. I call bullshit. I say it was never offline due to high traffic, it is merely wishful thinking on their part, an attempt to get everyone to look to see if it is, in fact, offline.
I don't WANT the edges pushed. I just want a browser, really. I just want to look at web pages, maybe even post to the occasional online forum (like Slashdot). I don't want a huge bloated thing that will suck up all my system resources and take two minutes to fire up. I just want a simple, standard-compliant, browser. Please, just let Firefox be that and make a new program to do all that other crap.
PDF import isn't that impressive - GIMP has been able to do that for some time.
The fact that Openoffice 2.4 can EXPORT PDF, that's a bit more interesting.
The spectators won't have to drink that, not at all. Instead, all tools involved will buy small bottles of water at $3 a pop (or the equivelent in yuan).
AT&T-Bellsouth merger: 299 days to be approved. $85 billion, controls 22 states and 70 million subscribers.
Chevron-Texaco merger: 326 days to be approved. Don't know the numbers, but
Sirius-XM merger: 426 days to be approved (might be off by 2-3 days, have not seen an official figure)
Now, why would the government allow such giants to merge with such rapidity and form such major monopolies, but delay Sirius-XM for well over a year, when its a luxury (unlike oil or telephone service) that affects so few? Answer: This is the US government's continued persecution of Howard Stern. Clear Channel (who are dedicated to buying out and eliminating not only all local radio stations, but all local concert venues as well) should have been laughed out of any hearings on this matter at once.
Borodin: Do you think they will let me live in Montana?
Capt. Ramius: I would think they'll let you live wherever you want.
Borodin: Good. Then I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman, and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pick-up truck, or umm... possibly even...a recreational vehicle, and drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
Capt. Ramius: Oh yes.
Borodin: No papers?
Capt. Ramius: No papers. State-to-state.
I'd just drape a white towel over the camera and smile as I am deluged with ads for snowshoes, fur coats, and skis.
Does that mean that it MAY not be? Because the story itself and the accompanying graph seem to indicate that it IS, not that it MAY be. Just, like, clarify, you know?
You tried to sue/arrest Zone-H? What are you, an idiot? THEY didn't hack your insecure website. They just reported on it. I suppose you'd also sue the local newspaper if they ran a story on your hacked website.
Wouldn't the simple solution be not to give people admin access unless they actually NEED it?
Works for your kids, too.
I live in Philadelphia. No FIOS, no Comcast Blast. Just standard DSL or standard cable speeds, those are our options. I'm 100% certain Comcast won't sell anything faster until we have FIOS here, and I'm 100% certain we will never have FIOS here because Comcast is based out of Philadelphia. Thanks for nothing, Comcast.
We'd also like a solid gold toilet. And a pony.
Because 1) I can't walk into a store and buy Linux games. 2) The few Linux games out there are not the games I want (currently playing The Witcher).
That depends: Do your multiple choices refer to the magazines, or the above-quoted observation about them? Based on the lack of "e: none of the above," I'd tend to believe the former.