The question is- does it last in such a way that you just keep living like nothing happened after the quake? or.. lasts, as in, doesn't kill everybody in and around the building, but you probably want a new one if it goes through an earthquake even once..
I'm trying to figure out why Morgan Stanley is the place for this kind of article. And I hate it when the media has such a hay-day over something, that Google becomes useless because all you can find are media reports about something, and it's close to impossible to find out the "something" they're reporting on.
Honestly, it's just a 15 year old kid with some views of his life. I highly doubt he's actually got anything revolutionary to say. I think it's just a case of people caught on the twitter media train suddenly realizing that twitter isn't god to everybody, despite what reports say.
A Few Years back I started an artist supported internet radio station. It was actually pretty cool- I programmed an interface to allow any indie artist to sign up, upload tracks. I'd review them, and add them to my lineup if they were good (Good being high enough quality to include in the stream, I wasn't terribly picky).
Anyhow, it was really cool and started to get popular. And best of all, I had permission from all the real copyright holders, with no need for much leg work.
Anyway, the server running it died, and I never got around to fixing it. It was fun while it lasted, but it was a full time job. The site for the station is still up- dead and unused: Fredrickville Radio.
So on one end of the stick, you've got privacy advocates who hate Microsoft, who are thinking that collecting our IP addresses is wrong and violates our privacy.
There's more to it, though. Any sys admin could explain... Imagine trying to have a conversation with somebody by mail. They couldn't respond if they didn't take note of the return address, no? Fact of the matter is, for strictly technical reasons, use of the IP address is required.
But... For statistical and anti-abuse reasons, a log of IP addresses is kept (on any server, really). But don't get all pissy at microsoft for doing so. I mean, almost every site on the net keeps an http log, it's the default setting! The fact is, if you don't want them knowing who you are- I've got an idea- don't contact their servers.
You have a reasonable right to privacy, but you lose that right when you're in public. You don't get to get pissy when a store's security cameras capture your image. I rarely hear anybody complain about other people seeing you while you're at the grocery store. But the fact is: these small dings in privacy are neccessary to operate. You don't need to go in public. And you don't need to connect to somebody's server.
Now the real problem TM An IP address DOES identify a computer- but not the way the judge thinks. My IP address identifies my router, which in turn owns 5 to 6 computers. With the wireless open, it could refer to the whole neighborhood, for all I know/care. They need to revise, an IP address identifies a NETWORK, but not neccessarily conclusively any particular computer.
So there's another level there. Not only is an IP address not good for identifying a person, but it's rather useless to discover a particular computer either. (Now, there are cookies and other tracking mechanisms, but they're not fool proof..)
But hey, at least this is a step in the right direction. Anyway, it doesn't really matter whose computer an IP address identifies, if the feds pick up on your ip they'll just take every machine in your house anyway.
Neither Google Checkout or Amazon Payments look like a good substitute for card-present transactions, while authorize.net has a card-present interface (among others).
Not all PHP coders are idiots. I code in many different languages that are required of me while I'm at work. But for some reason I just love how easy it is to put something together in PHP when I'm home playing with some hobby code..
Really my problem with the price point is this: You're not getting a better product. I've purchased (and returned) three different bluray players so far. Sony, LG, and Samsung. Each had it's own quirks and bugs- none of them worked well. Some didn't allow BD-Live, some had problems with sound, some had tracking issues (No video timing adjust, I understand I can change latency on my audio receiver, but I couldn't make the audio sooner!).. All the meanwhile, my $35 dvd player from walmart hasn't had an issue. I'm afraid this is a problem! I can't stand paying $300 on a player that performs like nobody actually tested the product. I've been in beta and focus groups.. we would've noticed that the pause feature doesn't activate until 15 seconds after the button is pressed..!
I spend a lot of my disposable income on entertainment, but I cannot justify these buggy things as part of it.
I agree. Fact of the matter is, when people come to my house to play, I have 4 pcs already set up throughout my house. If we want to play, I don't like to require my friends to: 1. Buy their own copies 2.Install their copies on my computers!
But if they want to go home and play, they'll need their own copies.
Needless to say I won't bother with this because playing a single copy on a 768 kbps up (3 mbps down) connection will clearly be crap, let alone 4 copies sharing it. In the meantime, I've got a nice 100 mbps internal network that works well..
It's important to remember that a lot of people aren't yet focused on bluray. DVD ripping was a must have and many different open-source and closed-source programs popped up over the years because DVD had critical mass. As a previous ex-blu-ray-early-adapter, it may be that people just don't care about blu-ray the same way.. yet. I think if blu-ray ever catches on like DVD did, the story would be different.
I stopped caring about blu-rays, they became too much hassle (and too expensive) for not enough of a quality boost. Maybe in the future when they really start to overtake DVDs (on price too) I'll reconsider. But at the moment, I highly doubt I'm the only one who has no more than one or two blu-ray movies and rented the rest. The big reason I'd have wanted to rip was to keep a digital copy of my collection. Since I don't even have a collection, that will hold off till I stop caring about DVDs.
Don't forget, While Dvds will look ok at 720 vs 1080, Dvds themselves are 480, while bluray is 1080. Even on a 720, a bluray should be considerably better than a dvd.
Slashdot Mirror
Hilarious.
For those who don't get the reference.. This link will help.
The question is- does it last in such a way that you just keep living like nothing happened after the quake? or.. lasts, as in, doesn't kill everybody in and around the building, but you probably want a new one if it goes through an earthquake even once..
Oh. My. God.
Hilarious.
I'm not a lawyer, so this confuses me. This isn't a civil case? it's a criminal case?
Why aren't downloaders put in jail then?
I'm annoyed they just forget opera exists. Opera's been doing this for a while now, folks. Stop discrediting it.
I'm trying to figure out why Morgan Stanley is the place for this kind of article. And I hate it when the media has such a hay-day over something, that Google becomes useless because all you can find are media reports about something, and it's close to impossible to find out the "something" they're reporting on.
Honestly, it's just a 15 year old kid with some views of his life. I highly doubt he's actually got anything revolutionary to say. I think it's just a case of people caught on the twitter media train suddenly realizing that twitter isn't god to everybody, despite what reports say.
A Few Years back I started an artist supported internet radio station. It was actually pretty cool- I programmed an interface to allow any indie artist to sign up, upload tracks. I'd review them, and add them to my lineup if they were good (Good being high enough quality to include in the stream, I wasn't terribly picky).
Anyhow, it was really cool and started to get popular. And best of all, I had permission from all the real copyright holders, with no need for much leg work.
Anyway, the server running it died, and I never got around to fixing it. It was fun while it lasted, but it was a full time job. The site for the station is still up- dead and unused: Fredrickville Radio.
Really? I should give that I try. I'm gonna order me up a girlfriend.. *ehem* I mean a drink! I'm going to order a drink right now!
I reject your argument solely on the basis that you post on slashdot, and therefore do not have a girlfriend.
I can randomly write down license plates I see all day. If I don't have access DMV records than I have no idea who is driving that car.
I must point out, that even with the DMV records, you've got no idea who are driving the cars still. You just know who has registered them.
So on one end of the stick, you've got privacy advocates who hate Microsoft, who are thinking that collecting our IP addresses is wrong and violates our privacy.
There's more to it, though. Any sys admin could explain... Imagine trying to have a conversation with somebody by mail. They couldn't respond if they didn't take note of the return address, no? Fact of the matter is, for strictly technical reasons, use of the IP address is required.
But... For statistical and anti-abuse reasons, a log of IP addresses is kept (on any server, really). But don't get all pissy at microsoft for doing so. I mean, almost every site on the net keeps an http log, it's the default setting! The fact is, if you don't want them knowing who you are- I've got an idea- don't contact their servers.
You have a reasonable right to privacy, but you lose that right when you're in public. You don't get to get pissy when a store's security cameras capture your image. I rarely hear anybody complain about other people seeing you while you're at the grocery store. But the fact is: these small dings in privacy are neccessary to operate. You don't need to go in public. And you don't need to connect to somebody's server.
Now the real problem TM
An IP address DOES identify a computer- but not the way the judge thinks. My IP address identifies my router, which in turn owns 5 to 6 computers. With the wireless open, it could refer to the whole neighborhood, for all I know/care. They need to revise, an IP address identifies a NETWORK, but not neccessarily conclusively any particular computer.
So there's another level there. Not only is an IP address not good for identifying a person, but it's rather useless to discover a particular computer either. (Now, there are cookies and other tracking mechanisms, but they're not fool proof..)
But hey, at least this is a step in the right direction. Anyway, it doesn't really matter whose computer an IP address identifies, if the feds pick up on your ip they'll just take every machine in your house anyway.
Neither Google Checkout or Amazon Payments look like a good substitute for card-present transactions, while authorize.net has a card-present interface (among others).
Sexconker! Why you hate me so much?
Outlawed porn.. porn?
"Ohhh baby, give me that DVD, I wanna lick it all over!!"
So.. first post trolls .. have feelings?? Oh man.. so much I didn't know. Maybe they're human after all?
....but some of us do!
Not all PHP coders are idiots. I code in many different languages that are required of me while I'm at work. But for some reason I just love how easy it is to put something together in PHP when I'm home playing with some hobby code..
Really my problem with the price point is this: You're not getting a better product. I've purchased (and returned) three different bluray players so far. Sony, LG, and Samsung. Each had it's own quirks and bugs- none of them worked well. Some didn't allow BD-Live, some had problems with sound, some had tracking issues (No video timing adjust, I understand I can change latency on my audio receiver, but I couldn't make the audio sooner!).. All the meanwhile, my $35 dvd player from walmart hasn't had an issue. I'm afraid this is a problem! I can't stand paying $300 on a player that performs like nobody actually tested the product. I've been in beta and focus groups.. we would've noticed that the pause feature doesn't activate until 15 seconds after the button is pressed..!
I spend a lot of my disposable income on entertainment, but I cannot justify these buggy things as part of it.
I agree. Fact of the matter is, when people come to my house to play, I have 4 pcs already set up throughout my house. If we want to play, I don't like to require my friends to:
1. Buy their own copies
2.Install their copies on my computers!
But if they want to go home and play, they'll need their own copies.
Needless to say I won't bother with this because playing a single copy on a 768 kbps up (3 mbps down) connection will clearly be crap, let alone 4 copies sharing it. In the meantime, I've got a nice 100 mbps internal network that works well..
It's important to remember that a lot of people aren't yet focused on bluray. DVD ripping was a must have and many different open-source and closed-source programs popped up over the years because DVD had critical mass. As a previous ex-blu-ray-early-adapter, it may be that people just don't care about blu-ray the same way.. yet. I think if blu-ray ever catches on like DVD did, the story would be different.
I stopped caring about blu-rays, they became too much hassle (and too expensive) for not enough of a quality boost. Maybe in the future when they really start to overtake DVDs (on price too) I'll reconsider. But at the moment, I highly doubt I'm the only one who has no more than one or two blu-ray movies and rented the rest. The big reason I'd have wanted to rip was to keep a digital copy of my collection. Since I don't even have a collection, that will hold off till I stop caring about DVDs.
Blu-ray may yet die a horrible death..
This pretty much outlaws pictures of sex.
There, fixed that for you.
hahaa holy shit, nice find- thanks! This is hilarious.
Holy crap! You just discovered the missing link! Jesus is dark matter! It all makes sense now!
I don't think our current concept of causality requires information to be slower or equal to the speed of light to work out. No violation neccessary.
Did anybody else have the name Steorn come to mind?
Mine screen is 1080.
Don't forget, While Dvds will look ok at 720 vs 1080, Dvds themselves are 480, while bluray is 1080. Even on a 720, a bluray should be considerably better than a dvd.