Just put a clause in the contract. If a PC is put onto the network without antivirus and firewall and it gets infected (thus becoming a threat to the ISP), the account is immediately terminated without right of appeal.... in theory ISPs could already do this (as infected machines are often spam vectors and spamming already has such penalties) but an explicit contract stops them saying they didn't know.
Publicise it... make sure that the ordinary users are given every chance to comply (a CD that automatically installs Norton should do it), and that's 90% of the problem solved.
The free market works. Forking is just creating a market of X servers - people will pick the one that does what they want it to do.. the others will have to shape up or die out.
Basically NASA is scared sh*tless of losing some of its massive annual grant, so is coming up with 'there might be life on...' stories every couple of weeks to keep the politicians happy.
Nobody seriously believes there is life on mars, or europa for that matter (Arthur C Clarke not withstanding)... it's all politics.
But company X is only required to give the code to whomever it was distributed to, by them - Company Y. Company Y doesn't have to follow any licensing agreements because the right of first sale allows them to sell without any permission from the copyright holder.
No.
It allows them to sell their *single* copy to someone else, thus depriving them of that copy.
It does *not* allow them to circumvent copyright law.
All the important tactical information is mirrored on the captains chair - in fact it's possible for the captain to pretty much dispense with the rest of the crew & use voice command to tell the computer to do the important stuff ('FIRE!!!').
TOS had about 4 switches, and depending on what the story was this week it either meant 'warp factor 6' or 'shoot the badguy with the newly reconfigured tractor beam/tacyon laser'.
Great UI... but the artificial intelligence needed to work out what the operator actually *meant* must have been a bitch to code...
There's also some evidence that living in an environment that's too sterile can actually be harmful - your immune system needs a workout, and if you don't give it one it can go wrong... causing allergies, asthma, etc.
Someone did a neat extension of this where they played with the phasing of the signal to make a speaker which was audible on a dance floor, but completely silent around the sides... no matter how loud they played the music you couldn't hear it at all outside the target zone.
I've never seen it in commercial use, though, so it's possible the technology isn't *that* good.. the TV just made it look like it.
An article like this is, admittedly, important, but its also something on the front page of EVERY NEWSPAPER WORLDWIDE.
What *have* you been smoking...
On the frontpage of every newspaper worldwide we have:
1. The carnage in spain + todays elections 2. The russian elections 3. Suicide bombers in israel (again)
The #1 science story on the bbc news is:
1. Fishing is harming albatross stocks.
Definately what is *not* #1 is
1. Some americans find a rock, call it a planet.
In fact I haven't been able to find *anywhere* that mentions this story except slashdot (confirmed by google news, which lists a single source for this story... slashdot).
Actually you can't do any of those things on TSO... basically the game is - make money (make gnomes, gamble, become a prostitute, join the mafia), buy stuff, make more money...
There's no killing as such, or death. When I last played it they were talking about introducing trading (so one player could give things to another) but no idea if it ever came off. They *had* to do something to break the 'make gnome sell gnome' cycle or otherwise there wouldn't be any players left by now.
Alphaville has actually made the papers - apparently 90% of the 'lots' on it are brothels, and they're controlled by an online mafia who will trash your lot and throw you off the game if you don't keep paying them (not sure how they do this.. presumably they're 'in' with maxis and have privs to do it).
There's no european version either (it's ~3 years late... they haven't managed to bribe enough people to be able to sell it yet... online prostituion doesn't go down well on this side of the pond).
They spend 13 million sending a bunch of remote controlled cars 7 miles?
FFS WHY???
The one on the CNN page looks like a bog standard RC car... You can get those for $20. I think next year I'll host it and keep the difference in cost...
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The 3 inch was the Amstrad standard... 170K per disk - 200 if you frobbed the formatting.
I rather liked them, actually, as they were nicer than the competing 5.25 inch. 3.5 inch came later IIRC.
120GB = 50ukp, which is equiv. to a DVDRW at 2ukp.
So yes you can, at a push, provided you buy in bulk.
Just put a clause in the contract. If a PC is put onto the network without antivirus and firewall and it gets infected (thus becoming a threat to the ISP), the account is immediately terminated without right of appeal.... in theory ISPs could already do this (as infected machines are often spam vectors and spamming already has such penalties) but an explicit contract stops them saying they didn't know.
Publicise it... make sure that the ordinary users are given every chance to comply (a CD that automatically installs Norton should do it), and that's 90% of the problem solved.
If it's in orbit it's still not flying. It's falling...
OTOH mars is uninhabited... perhaps they got careless?
It's more likely to be a meteorite or possibly viking.. but the little green men theory has a certain appeal.
Cool... let's open a disco!
Strangely enough, that's true...
The free market works. Forking is just creating a market of X servers - people will pick the one that does what they want it to do.. the others will have to shape up or die out.
Unfortunately they're all Ford Escorts...
I don't think Dominos pizza deliver across the atlantic...
:)
I suspect I *won't* be using this service to find a local business...
Toms Hardware doing a shitty article?
Well I never.....
Basically NASA is scared sh*tless of losing some of its massive annual grant, so is coming up with 'there might be life on...' stories every couple of weeks to keep the politicians happy.
Nobody seriously believes there is life on mars, or europa for that matter (Arthur C Clarke not withstanding)... it's all politics.
But company X is only required to give the code to whomever it was distributed to, by them - Company Y. Company Y doesn't have to follow any licensing agreements because the right of first sale allows them to sell without any permission from the copyright holder.
No.
It allows them to sell their *single* copy to someone else, thus depriving them of that copy.
It does *not* allow them to circumvent copyright law.
There's difference between *selling* something (eg. a book), and *distributing* something (eg. Linux).
I can sell you a book, but I can't duplicate it and give you a copy without the publishers permisison.
..so I can distribute copies of Windows because it's already been sold to me under license?
Can I heck.
Copyright law covers *all* distribution. If it only covered a 'first sale' then it'd be utterly useless.
All the important tactical information is mirrored on the captains chair - in fact it's possible for the captain to pretty much dispense with the rest of the crew & use voice command to tell the computer to do the important stuff ('FIRE!!!').
TOS had about 4 switches, and depending on what the story was this week it either meant 'warp factor 6' or 'shoot the badguy with the newly reconfigured tractor beam/tacyon laser'.
Great UI... but the artificial intelligence needed to work out what the operator actually *meant* must have been a bitch to code...
Naah. *All* of these are eclipsed by the non-invention of the holodeck.
It'd revolutionise the porn industry!
Not feces but the related bacteria I'd expect.
I'd also expect the same to be true of all door handles, fridge doors, taps, etc. basically anywhere that has come into contact with a human being.
It's normal... your body is designed to work in this environment. Get over it.
There's also some evidence that living in an environment that's too sterile can actually be harmful - your immune system needs a workout, and if you don't give it one it can go wrong... causing allergies, asthma, etc.
Someone did a neat extension of this where they played with the phasing of the signal to make a speaker which was audible on a dance floor, but completely silent around the sides... no matter how loud they played the music you couldn't hear it at all outside the target zone.
I've never seen it in commercial use, though, so it's possible the technology isn't *that* good.. the TV just made it look like it.
An article like this is, admittedly, important, but its also something on the front page of EVERY NEWSPAPER WORLDWIDE.
What *have* you been smoking...
On the frontpage of every newspaper worldwide we have:
1. The carnage in spain + todays elections
2. The russian elections
3. Suicide bombers in israel (again)
The #1 science story on the bbc news is:
1. Fishing is harming albatross stocks.
Definately what is *not* #1 is
1. Some americans find a rock, call it a planet.
In fact I haven't been able to find *anywhere* that mentions this story except slashdot (confirmed by google news, which lists a single source for this story... slashdot).
Actually you can't do any of those things on TSO... basically the game is - make money (make gnomes, gamble, become a prostitute, join the mafia), buy stuff, make more money...
There's no killing as such, or death. When I last played it they were talking about introducing trading (so one player could give things to another) but no idea if it ever came off. They *had* to do something to break the 'make gnome sell gnome' cycle or otherwise there wouldn't be any players left by now.
Alphaville has actually made the papers - apparently 90% of the 'lots' on it are brothels, and they're controlled by an online mafia who will trash your lot and throw you off the game if you don't keep paying them (not sure how they do this.. presumably they're 'in' with maxis and have privs to do it).
There's no european version either (it's ~3 years late... they haven't managed to bribe enough people to be able to sell it yet... online prostituion doesn't go down well on this side of the pond).
They spend 13 million sending a bunch of remote controlled cars 7 miles?
FFS WHY???
The one on the CNN page looks like a bog standard RC car... You can get those for $20. I think next year I'll host it and keep the difference in cost...
...and getting root on that will get you...?
:)
:)
Nowhere. You're inside a virtual machine.
My virtual host gives me root access and the right to install anything I like (except IRC). I've got the thing running debian
UML rocks