Short of probing everyone's orifice as they leave the office. A company's biggest threat has always been inside corruption. The access given to employees is much more damaging than anything an outsider can do, and they can do it so much faster and without being detected. Unless you're auditing every single key stroke and action taken by every single employee and questioning the movement of every piece of data using some intelligent algorithms to pick up nefarious activity, it will be nearly impossible to stop this. You'd have to eliminate any type of "connection" between the employee and the data. It can be done, but it would be hella expensive.
Then add some MASSIVE fines for trucks over a certain tonnage using those roads. Nice little revenue stream for the village and the truckers will eventually get the message.
I've got an NSLU2 as well with two 500GB WD drives attached. It's great to have that space for backing up my files etc... but to be honest, I've been pretty disappointed in the performance of it overall as far as I/O goes. Moving files back and forth is not exactly quick. I think I'd rather just setup a dedicated PC with a ton of drives in it.
I may have to look at slug'ing it with nslu2-linux to see if that can improve the performance.
And it would have been a year later. They would have nowhere near the maket penetration they do now if they had waited to get an HD DVD drive in there.
The older Blu-ray players (Profile 1.0 ones) won't be able to run the new Profile 1.1 stuff (picture in picture, interactive audio commentary tracks etc...). They *should* be able to play the regular stuff - movie, extras etc... without issue. Then, there's Profile 2.0 after that which adds 'net connectivity. Seems like it was rushed to market. Now, HD DVD has had their act together from the start with a well established feature set, mandatory requirements etc... All HD DVD players already do PiP, 'net connectivity, Dolby TrueHD, persistent storage etc... Whether people care about that, who knows.
Heh. Shows how much you know punk. I chose the red pill but am objective enough to realize that the PS3 is a good option for those considering being early adopters. Take your format-war tripe over to Bill Hunt's blog and make noise there.
Well, it is one of the cheapest Blu-ray players out there, and possibly one of the ONLY ones that is upgradeable to Profile 1.1. All other Profile 1.0 players are most likely not upgradeable. So, while it's not "hi-fi looking" it is not a bad buy if you want a Blu-ray player. You can always fall back on it as a gaming/media platform.
Because really, the difference between 720p and upscaled DVD is only just noticeable. Surely you jest. Either you have a 27" TV or your system is configured very poorly. The difference between a good up-convert and HD DVD/Blu-ray is quite significant, even on 720/768/788p systems.
The uproar from the public is that this new offering goes against what the BBC stands for at it's very core. By choosing a closed, proprietary format they've narrowed the scope of who can take advantage of this offering. The linked article goes into some nice detail
The article goes as far as to suggest the BBC has been corrupted by Microsoft. I'm not sure it goes that far, but I think the BBC had all good intentions but failed on the delivery. I hope they won't abandon the effort but simply update it to ensure it's available cross-platform, DRM free using FOSS etc...
Well, after I RTFA, the article does not even use the word "could" in that reference. Bad summary. The relevant quote is here:
The Cardiff team suggests that radioactive elements can keep water in liquid form in comet interiors for millions of years, making them potentially ideal "incubators" for early life. Cheers.
2. Even if it did, who is going to go from house to house for the purpose of auditing software usage? The BSA's new Educational License Verification Home Inspection Team.;)
I think you may be confusing porn (pornography) with erotica. Goatse is most certainly a type of porn. Yes, it's shocking and it's gross, but it is an explicit representation of the human body. Hard to believe, but some people do get off on that stuff.
No matter where you go on the 'net, chances are you're going to hit some kind of porn sooner or later whether you meant to or not. Since these were originally destined for children, I'm surprised they did NOT come equipped with filters from the start. A big oversight for sure.
OLPC Project: "Here children, I give you THE INTERNET... totally unfiltered. Enjoy."
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Short of probing everyone's orifice as they leave the office. A company's biggest threat has always been inside corruption. The access given to employees is much more damaging than anything an outsider can do, and they can do it so much faster and without being detected. Unless you're auditing every single key stroke and action taken by every single employee and questioning the movement of every piece of data using some intelligent algorithms to pick up nefarious activity, it will be nearly impossible to stop this. You'd have to eliminate any type of "connection" between the employee and the data. It can be done, but it would be hella expensive.
Heh. How about a "You break it, you pay for it." sign? HA!
Then add some MASSIVE fines for trucks over a certain tonnage using those roads. Nice little revenue stream for the village and the truckers will eventually get the message.
I've got an NSLU2 as well with two 500GB WD drives attached. It's great to have that space for backing up my files etc... but to be honest, I've been pretty disappointed in the performance of it overall as far as I/O goes. Moving files back and forth is not exactly quick. I think I'd rather just setup a dedicated PC with a ton of drives in it.
I may have to look at slug'ing it with nslu2-linux to see if that can improve the performance.
Cheers.
And it would have been a year later. They would have nowhere near the maket penetration they do now if they had waited to get an HD DVD drive in there.
Impressive. I didn't see any details on what encoder/settings they used though. That would be nice to know, and hopefully, it's LAME. :)
This does look very promising.
The older Blu-ray players (Profile 1.0 ones) won't be able to run the new Profile 1.1 stuff (picture in picture, interactive audio commentary tracks etc...). They *should* be able to play the regular stuff - movie, extras etc... without issue. Then, there's Profile 2.0 after that which adds 'net connectivity. Seems like it was rushed to market. Now, HD DVD has had their act together from the start with a well established feature set, mandatory requirements etc... All HD DVD players already do PiP, 'net connectivity, Dolby TrueHD, persistent storage etc... Whether people care about that, who knows.
Heh. Shows how much you know punk. I chose the red pill but am objective enough to realize that the PS3 is a good option for those considering being early adopters. Take your format-war tripe over to Bill Hunt's blog and make noise there.
Cheers.
Well, it is one of the cheapest Blu-ray players out there, and possibly one of the ONLY ones that is upgradeable to Profile 1.1. All other Profile 1.0 players are most likely not upgradeable. So, while it's not "hi-fi looking" it is not a bad buy if you want a Blu-ray player. You can always fall back on it as a gaming/media platform.
Cheers.
Sounds like someone needs to get a life, and a girlfriend.
Funniest. Slashdot. Post. Ever!
So true... so true.
Sounds like they need to be drinking more milk over there. Heh heh.
Cheers.
That was my first thought too.
Where can I send some money to in order to help them out?
Could this be the final knockout blow?
Why stop there. Block 'em all!
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/
They don't even get a chance.
The uproar from the public is that this new offering goes against what the BBC stands for at it's very core. By choosing a closed, proprietary format they've narrowed the scope of who can take advantage of this offering. The linked article goes into some nice detail
Here it is: http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/BBCcorrupted
The article goes as far as to suggest the BBC has been corrupted by Microsoft. I'm not sure it goes that far, but I think the BBC had all good intentions but failed on the delivery. I hope they won't abandon the effort but simply update it to ensure it's available cross-platform, DRM free using FOSS etc...
Would be a great showcase for FOSS if they did.
Cheers.
I have not RTFA but those are some humongous odds against based on the world "could". I guess I should RTFA then...
I like the cut of your jib son. Fucking brilliant!
I think you may be confusing porn (pornography) with erotica. Goatse is most certainly a type of porn. Yes, it's shocking and it's gross, but it is an explicit representation of the human body. Hard to believe, but some people do get off on that stuff.
Cheers.
No matter where you go on the 'net, chances are you're going to hit some kind of porn sooner or later whether you meant to or not. Since these were originally destined for children, I'm surprised they did NOT come equipped with filters from the start. A big oversight for sure.
OLPC Project: "Here children, I give you THE INTERNET... totally unfiltered. Enjoy."
[5 minutes later...]
Children: "What is Goatse?"
Sigh...
Get those filters on!
Damn straight. If Microsoft implements this and integrates it with Windows, I wouldn't even want a cracked version of the OS on my hardware.
Linux... here we come. Thank you Microsoft for the final "push" in the right direction.
Cheers.