Would be kinda neat if manufacturers had to pre-pay for disposal costs - especially on items like this that are most likely to end up in the landfill after a short time.
They'd pass the costs on to the end-consumers, which I personally wouldn't mind so much. I know it takes money to properly dispose/recycle products - more money than the current "just put it all in a landfill" approach, anyways.
TiVo lets you opt out, FWIW. People have watched the streams to make sure they're opted out - so far, so good. FWIW, they don't really spam your "personal" viewing habits. They're sold in aggregate form.
Regarding the differences.. the two I know of:
TiVo - In business for the forseeable future. ReplayTV - Sued, sued, and more sued, and bankrupt I think.
The joke made enough sense without describing what Ballmer gets so graphically...
/rimshot
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You missed something. They are not exactly like bar code tags. Here you go:
They are like bar code tags, except that they are scanned by electromagnetic sensors through your clothing/belongings possibly without you knowing, and carry enough bit-depth to uniquely identify your specific item (serial number), rather than visible lasers at checkout counters, which can only identify the type of item it is, not exactly which specific item it is.
As you can see, it's a bit more complicated than you would have us believe.
He also made the mistake of calling his device an "energy machine". He should have called it "Weapons of Mass Destruction". His compound would still have been raided, but at least they wouldn't have found anything.
One would think there'd be no use for IPv6 then, either. After all, there's more than one IP per person online. But in reality, IPs are not doled out fairly (which is both a technical problem (route table size) and a social one (class A's handed out like candy)).
Even with IPv6, you can bet people will still be extremely stingy when it comes to handing them out - someone will be charging for them (be it ARIN, APNIC, whoever..)
Re:Looks like an interesting book.
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All products being sold can and probably will be modified by someone. If the company choses to sell their product at a loss, it's their own problem if they can't make up for that profit - not the general public's. We have no responsibility to them.
With regards to the IDE card - the company made a conscious decision to build a cheap RAID card that could act as a straight IDE card. Someone figured it out. Tough nuts to them - they made their choice. They could have, for only a little bit more cost, made the devices incapable of being both (on the IDE ones, the chips destined for the IDE-only boards could have been physically identical, but had the RAID portion zero'd out at the chip fab).
Sorry, I meant that they limit the anti-p2p reporting to the negative impact on the *IAA and related industries, rather than expanding it to include all of those that are affected, specifically avoiding pornography.
The adult industry definitely does complain about p2p. Lots. But since the major news organizations are all in bed with the RIAA and MPAA, and not the porn industry, they only report on the negative impact it's having on the *IAA. In fact, if they reported that p2p was hurting pornographers, that'd probably work counter to the goal of shutting them down.
I could see them deriving a hell of a lot of value from determining if someone gives or receives a lot of gifts. Also, knowing when you purchased a specific item could come in handy as well, so they can recommend to you that you replace your 3 year old pair of underwear (perhaps).
Re:Did someone say Internet Emulator?
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A roughly blank page that has a link suggesting we should buy a t-shirt or mug to "support the cause"? Yeah that does sound like the Internet - low content, high merchandising.
I don't think I've ever seen a spam come from hotmail's servers. Of the 1000 more recent spams, none did. Are you sure you're not a Hotmail subscriber getting ads from Hotmail?
Thanks. Yeah. Well, the guy I replied to tried to suggest that it was all the geeks were waiting for. I'm a geek. I'm waiting for more. Besides, Steve Jobs already replied to me, he's concerned apparently (looked like he was too scared to post much of a reply).
This geek has been waiting 'til he can buy a apple or apple clone motherboard down at the local computer shop, plus CPU. 'til then, there's very little chance I'll try out the mac platform.
How about replacing the HOV lanes with real high occupancy vehicles - rail. That'd solve a number of problems. The land is already purchased. It's already in the most occupied areas. It would handle far more people than busses and 2 person cars.
The key to it would be frequent runs. What we have now, with the Sounder rail, is absolutely laughable. It's what, two runs per direction per day? What a joke.
4 other lanes? WTF are you talking about 4 other lanes? I think you may need to check again. Going through downtown Seattle there are 4 HOV lanes, and part of I-5 is constricted down to 2 lanes for a time. 3 of those HOV lanes are so-called "express lanes" (it may even be 4 lanes, I don't know. I'm rarely on 'em.)
I for one am sure not happy about paying extra taxes so that other people can use their "elite" lanes, when my car barely pollutes at all (in fact, it was getting zeros at the emissions places, and the last check was VERY close to zero).
The problem is our transit infrastructure is *atrocious*. If you're not within a mile from a transit center, you're going to be waiting 30-60 minutes for a bus (which may not even arrive; bad track record), so you can take a 45 minute ride in to town. Most peoplw will not put up with this.
Carpooling is a poor answer as well. The timing issues are very difficult to work out. You have two people heading in to work, and say one person has to work late. They're completely screwed and have to take a taxi home (because they probably don't have bus service near their place, as most of the citizens in the region do not), which will cost $20-$50, at least.
Of course, the REAL answer is - people should live near where they work. The city should be designed so that this can be possible for the majority of workers. Nobody should ever be commuting from Kent to Seattle - it's a rediculous notion.
Seriously? Damn. That sure is bogus. Sure fooled me, too.
I still think we need some reform here, though. As far as I can tell we have more cops than ever (they come out of the woodwork for protests) but "not enough" to investigate home burglaries.
Ha, no doubt. The police are definitely not there to serve the people. They're there, apparently, to direct traffic from parking lots (drive around Seattle at 4-5PM some time and count 'em - I've seen at least 6, in Seattle Police uniforms, indicating they're working for the city).
It sounds to me like we need to cut back on police spending if they're not going to help the taxpayerfolk.
Well, sure, but it's not like the FBI has unlimited resources either. I don't think it's necessarily right to expect them to investigate every little SSH key popup you get, or SSL cert change, etc.
If someone really did hijack Comcast's DNS servers, Comcast ought to be the ones calling, in any case. If you're worried that someone else's DNS servers will be compromised, host your own locally.
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Would be kinda neat if manufacturers had to pre-pay for disposal costs - especially on items like this that are most likely to end up in the landfill after a short time.
They'd pass the costs on to the end-consumers, which I personally wouldn't mind so much. I know it takes money to properly dispose/recycle products - more money than the current "just put it all in a landfill" approach, anyways.
TiVo lets you opt out, FWIW. People have watched the streams to make sure they're opted out - so far, so good. FWIW, they don't really spam your "personal" viewing habits. They're sold in aggregate form.
Regarding the differences.. the two I know of:
TiVo - In business for the forseeable future.
ReplayTV - Sued, sued, and more sued, and bankrupt I think.
How long til we have a technology that can take advantage of these "naturally occuring background radioactivity" to produce x-ray like images?
I'd guess we'd have to reflect them so they're more directed/focused, but I don't know what other issues would have to be resolved to make that work.
The joke made enough sense without describing what Ballmer gets so graphically...
/rimshot
You missed something. They are not exactly like bar code tags. Here you go:
They are like bar code tags, except that they are scanned by electromagnetic sensors through your clothing/belongings possibly without you knowing, and carry enough bit-depth to uniquely identify your specific item (serial number), rather than visible lasers at checkout counters, which can only identify the type of item it is, not exactly which specific item it is.
As you can see, it's a bit more complicated than you would have us believe.
He also made the mistake of calling his device an "energy machine". He should have called it "Weapons of Mass Destruction". His compound would still have been raided, but at least they wouldn't have found anything.
One would think there'd be no use for IPv6 then, either. After all, there's more than one IP per person online. But in reality, IPs are not doled out fairly (which is both a technical problem (route table size) and a social one (class A's handed out like candy)).
Even with IPv6, you can bet people will still be extremely stingy when it comes to handing them out - someone will be charging for them (be it ARIN, APNIC, whoever..)
All products being sold can and probably will be modified by someone. If the company choses to sell their product at a loss, it's their own problem if they can't make up for that profit - not the general public's. We have no responsibility to them.
With regards to the IDE card - the company made a conscious decision to build a cheap RAID card that could act as a straight IDE card. Someone figured it out. Tough nuts to them - they made their choice. They could have, for only a little bit more cost, made the devices incapable of being both (on the IDE ones, the chips destined for the IDE-only boards could have been physically identical, but had the RAID portion zero'd out at the chip fab).
He can't really be blamed entirely for E.T. Didn't he have like, some number of weeks less than 10 to make the entire game?
Sorry, I meant that they limit the anti-p2p reporting to the negative impact on the *IAA and related industries, rather than expanding it to include all of those that are affected, specifically avoiding pornography.
Woah there...
The adult industry definitely does complain about p2p. Lots. But since the major news organizations are all in bed with the RIAA and MPAA, and not the porn industry, they only report on the negative impact it's having on the *IAA. In fact, if they reported that p2p was hurting pornographers, that'd probably work counter to the goal of shutting them down.
I could see them deriving a hell of a lot of value from determining if someone gives or receives a lot of gifts. Also, knowing when you purchased a specific item could come in handy as well, so they can recommend to you that you replace your 3 year old pair of underwear (perhaps).
A roughly blank page that has a link suggesting we should buy a t-shirt or mug to "support the cause"? Yeah that does sound like the Internet - low content, high merchandising.
I don't think I've ever seen a spam come from hotmail's servers. Of the 1000 more recent spams, none did. Are you sure you're not a Hotmail subscriber getting ads from Hotmail?
I thought issue dates were backdated to the time of filing? Maybe I've been misinformed..
Thanks. Yeah. Well, the guy I replied to tried to suggest that it was all the geeks were waiting for. I'm a geek. I'm waiting for more. Besides, Steve Jobs already replied to me, he's concerned apparently (looked like he was too scared to post much of a reply).
*ahem*
This geek has been waiting 'til he can buy a apple or apple clone motherboard down at the local computer shop, plus CPU. 'til then, there's very little chance I'll try out the mac platform.
How about replacing the HOV lanes with real high occupancy vehicles - rail. That'd solve a number of problems. The land is already purchased. It's already in the most occupied areas. It would handle far more people than busses and 2 person cars.
The key to it would be frequent runs. What we have now, with the Sounder rail, is absolutely laughable. It's what, two runs per direction per day? What a joke.
4 other lanes? WTF are you talking about 4 other lanes? I think you may need to check again. Going through downtown Seattle there are 4 HOV lanes, and part of I-5 is constricted down to 2 lanes for a time. 3 of those HOV lanes are so-called "express lanes" (it may even be 4 lanes, I don't know. I'm rarely on 'em.)
I for one am sure not happy about paying extra taxes so that other people can use their "elite" lanes, when my car barely pollutes at all (in fact, it was getting zeros at the emissions places, and the last check was VERY close to zero).
The problem is our transit infrastructure is *atrocious*. If you're not within a mile from a transit center, you're going to be waiting 30-60 minutes for a bus (which may not even arrive; bad track record), so you can take a 45 minute ride in to town. Most peoplw will not put up with this.
Carpooling is a poor answer as well. The timing issues are very difficult to work out. You have two people heading in to work, and say one person has to work late. They're completely screwed and have to take a taxi home (because they probably don't have bus service near their place, as most of the citizens in the region do not), which will cost $20-$50, at least.
Of course, the REAL answer is - people should live near where they work. The city should be designed so that this can be possible for the majority of workers. Nobody should ever be commuting from Kent to Seattle - it's a rediculous notion.
You can find the supposedly alleged code at http://www.kernel.org/ .
i have been trolled. i fell for it. and i've made an enemy. not only that, but my cat is getting fat. it's been a great day. time for a beer.
Seriously? Damn. That sure is bogus. Sure fooled me, too.
I still think we need some reform here, though. As far as I can tell we have more cops than ever (they come out of the woodwork for protests) but "not enough" to investigate home burglaries.
er, I meant Charter, not Comcast..
Ha, no doubt. The police are definitely not there to serve the people. They're there, apparently, to direct traffic from parking lots (drive around Seattle at 4-5PM some time and count 'em - I've seen at least 6, in Seattle Police uniforms, indicating they're working for the city).
It sounds to me like we need to cut back on police spending if they're not going to help the taxpayerfolk.
Well, sure, but it's not like the FBI has unlimited resources either. I don't think it's necessarily right to expect them to investigate every little SSH key popup you get, or SSL cert change, etc.
If someone really did hijack Comcast's DNS servers, Comcast ought to be the ones calling, in any case. If you're worried that someone else's DNS servers will be compromised, host your own locally.