Sol now jealous of the precocious, scampy little comet's meteoric rise in popularity and size has become addicted to painkillers and alcohol. Friends close to the star hope to be able to talk the down-and-out celestial body into going to rehab.
Maybe it's just the blogger's spin, but it seems this has the possibility to be a much more dangerous exploit. From what the article said the patch pretty much gives Blizzard a carte blanche when it comes to doing whatever they want with the player's computer. That reeks of a privacy violation and more rather than just them trying to police WoW.
Still... I could see this violating privacy laws all over the place. Contracts that involve one party breaking the law are null and void. Would that not void the EULA then? I mean I'm not sure, but that's just how I see it.
Especially given the recent developments in uncovering the way electronic waste is handled. Often times it is simply dumped, which allows all sorts of nasty stuff to get into the soil. Granted this happens in the third world most of the time. However, if you'll recall the lead used in Chinese made goods has actually been traced to electronics waste. So, RECYCLE FOR SURE!!!
Given the fact that the randomly generated hash algorithm can be replaced at Blizzard's sole discretion with any other algorithm, including ones that retrieve and use personal, private and/or otherwise confidential information, with only their server to be required to know about the changes, this should be considered a very scary thing for the rest of us.
I'm not a WoW player and don't particularly know the ins and outs of it EULA, but I can't imagine that that is covered at all in the license. Would a class-action suit be possible for this? I would certainly hope so.
I'm sorry you feel so strongly, but I think I addressed the parent pretty well despite the fact that it may very well have been a joke. I feel that the technical limitations of the device will limit its use, ergo criminals won't be able to use it to affect police activities. If you would research the on-star kill-switch you'd see why I feel it is better suited to this sort of thing, technically. Note I said technically so don't come back with any big brother flamage.
I imagine it won't be all that big of a deal at all. I really am missing how the thing works at all. The article mentioned that it had the possibility of shutting off bystander's cars as well. What's to stop it from killing the engine to the police car, or in your hypothetical, the suspect's car? I can't see this ever coming into wide spread usage. The on-star style kill-switch mechanism is much more likely to fill this product's intended niche.
Yahoo should do all those things considering they helped put the journalists behind bars in the first place. If only a castigation from Congress would be this effective in every scenario.
After Congress's rant against Yahoo they had better back Yahoo up and pressure the Chinese to release these journalists.
Elections are essentially a spectator sport. The family gathers around the tv to watch UP TO THE SECOND results and whatnot. You have your analysts and exit polls. Reporters careers are made and broken. It's really an intense business. It's leading to some very dumb moves to make the election night more zazzy.
Transparency and accuracy before convenience, always!
That tag would fit very appropriately on this story. It's really hard to see anything other than complete incompetency in anyone who thinks that a black box e-voting machine is a good idea. There was an article related to this topic the other day, and someone posited the question "...what happens to my vote when I press that button?" The short answer is you can't. That's why I hope this lawsuit is successful. I think it has a real shot, as people are upset election practices. With the phone-jammings, hanging chads, etc. that Americans have endured the last two times around, transparency is on everybody's wishlist... at least for those who don't stand to benefit from electioneering and lucrative contracts that is.
Marvel should just realize there is no way to get past the fact that digitally distributed media doesn't fit into the scarcity-based business model. The ones who want only to consume the media and care nothing for the experience of holding an actual comic book will pirate. There's no reasonable way to stop it. Eventually they'll realize that this digital market is vastly untapped. Hopefully sooner rather than later and in a non-RIAAesque way.
Way to use the newest buzzword in a cliche "counterculture" move. Cognitive dissonance has nothing to do with this. It wasn't the choice of slashdot collectively for Wal-mart to drive human rights abuses in there factories, destroy small-time retailers and subsequently communities, nor sell cheap tech crap to make a buck off of the uninformed consumer. Well I guess there is some amount of cognitive dissonance involved. I mean once you realize a corporation is evil at heart... it's kinda hard to look the other way.
What about soaking a kitty in gasoline, lighting it on fire, and then letting it free in a field of daisies. Now there are some real flames(literally).
The Americans had no idea China's fast-growing submarine fleet had reached such a level of sophistication, or that it posed such a threat.
Can you say industrial esponiage?
It also led to tense diplomatic exchanges, with shaken American diplomats demanding to know why the submarine was "shadowing" the U.S. fleet while Beijing pleaded ignorance and dismissed the affair as coincidence.
Yeah that's totally plausible! I mean it's not like the Pacific is this massive body of water that covers a third of the Earth.
So good idea in theory, but hard to put into practical terms. I then guess the large power constraints and the fragility of the plasma are what's keeping this from commercial use. I know there was a post about cell phones using this. When thinking about powering the plasma I guess that gets thrown out the window.
Much appreciated, but still the physics seem a little weak. I still am not getting how changing the composition of the antenna will prevent jamming. Both articles fail to articulate this very well.
How does having the antenna "disappear" effect it's ability to circumvent jamming? The article is apparently being slashdotted as I type this, so I'm just curious.
Pretty soon paralegal work is going to have patent trolling as a prerequisite. I'm sure as heavy-handed as software patents are it's possible for anybody to become rich of playing the patent game. Of course Northeast plays the classic "Hey we just want to get paid," like they are some poor backwater college. They've been sitting on this for two and a half years until a legal team finally decided the chance at payoff would be big enough. There's no substance to their argument, they just "want to get paid."
This just in: Natalie Portman, on behalf of the Hot Grits Council of America and in conjunction with the Reversalmasters of Soviet Russia, has released a statement crying out to end this First Postian genocide. "They are comments just like all the rest. Just because they were born in the mind of a less intelligent person does take away their inalienable rights of commentality."
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Sol now jealous of the precocious, scampy little comet's meteoric rise in popularity and size has become addicted to painkillers and alcohol. Friends close to the star hope to be able to talk the down-and-out celestial body into going to rehab.
Maybe it's just the blogger's spin, but it seems this has the possibility to be a much more dangerous exploit. From what the article said the patch pretty much gives Blizzard a carte blanche when it comes to doing whatever they want with the player's computer. That reeks of a privacy violation and more rather than just them trying to police WoW.
Still... I could see this violating privacy laws all over the place. Contracts that involve one party breaking the law are null and void. Would that not void the EULA then? I mean I'm not sure, but that's just how I see it.
Also, make sure your old items are recycled
Especially given the recent developments in uncovering the way electronic waste is handled. Often times it is simply dumped, which allows all sorts of nasty stuff to get into the soil. Granted this happens in the third world most of the time. However, if you'll recall the lead used in Chinese made goods has actually been traced to electronics waste. So, RECYCLE FOR SURE!!!
Given the fact that the randomly generated hash algorithm can be replaced at Blizzard's sole discretion with any other algorithm, including ones that retrieve and use personal, private and/or otherwise confidential information, with only their server to be required to know about the changes, this should be considered a very scary thing for the rest of us.
I'm not a WoW player and don't particularly know the ins and outs of it EULA, but I can't imagine that that is covered at all in the license. Would a class-action suit be possible for this? I would certainly hope so.
I'm sorry you feel so strongly, but I think I addressed the parent pretty well despite the fact that it may very well have been a joke. I feel that the technical limitations of the device will limit its use, ergo criminals won't be able to use it to affect police activities. If you would research the on-star kill-switch you'd see why I feel it is better suited to this sort of thing, technically. Note I said technically so don't come back with any big brother flamage.
I imagine it won't be all that big of a deal at all. I really am missing how the thing works at all. The article mentioned that it had the possibility of shutting off bystander's cars as well. What's to stop it from killing the engine to the police car, or in your hypothetical, the suspect's car? I can't see this ever coming into wide spread usage. The on-star style kill-switch mechanism is much more likely to fill this product's intended niche.
From the PSU Press Release:
"This process produces 288 percent more energy in hydrogen than the electrical energy that is added to the process," says Logan.
That illustrates just how big the jump in efficiency is here. These bacteria are amazing little energy multipliers. It's quite astonishing!
Yahoo should do all those things considering they helped put the journalists behind bars in the first place. If only a castigation from Congress would be this effective in every scenario.
After Congress's rant against Yahoo they had better back Yahoo up and pressure the Chinese to release these journalists.
Elections are essentially a spectator sport. The family gathers around the tv to watch UP TO THE SECOND results and whatnot. You have your analysts and exit polls. Reporters careers are made and broken. It's really an intense business. It's leading to some very dumb moves to make the election night more zazzy.
Transparency and accuracy before convenience, always!
Or the paper and pen method... why introduce unnecessary mechanization? Occam's razor applies very well to voting. Simplicity is best.
That tag would fit very appropriately on this story. It's really hard to see anything other than complete incompetency in anyone who thinks that a black box e-voting machine is a good idea. There was an article related to this topic the other day, and someone posited the question "...what happens to my vote when I press that button?" The short answer is you can't. That's why I hope this lawsuit is successful. I think it has a real shot, as people are upset election practices. With the phone-jammings, hanging chads, etc. that Americans have endured the last two times around, transparency is on everybody's wishlist... at least for those who don't stand to benefit from electioneering and lucrative contracts that is.
I think that one went over your head.
Marvel should just realize there is no way to get past the fact that digitally distributed media doesn't fit into the scarcity-based business model. The ones who want only to consume the media and care nothing for the experience of holding an actual comic book will pirate. There's no reasonable way to stop it. Eventually they'll realize that this digital market is vastly untapped. Hopefully sooner rather than later and in a non-RIAAesque way.
Before anyone asks...
"best-of-breed" antivirus and spyware network protection
It apparently does run Linux!
I mean spreading linux is great. I just don't think it's such a good idea that people actually make tech purchases at Wal-Mart.
Way to use the newest buzzword in a cliche "counterculture" move. Cognitive dissonance has nothing to do with this. It wasn't the choice of slashdot collectively for Wal-mart to drive human rights abuses in there factories, destroy small-time retailers and subsequently communities, nor sell cheap tech crap to make a buck off of the uninformed consumer. Well I guess there is some amount of cognitive dissonance involved. I mean once you realize a corporation is evil at heart... it's kinda hard to look the other way.
What about soaking a kitty in gasoline, lighting it on fire, and then letting it free in a field of daisies. Now there are some real flames(literally).
The Americans had no idea China's fast-growing submarine fleet had reached such a level of sophistication, or that it posed such a threat.
Can you say industrial esponiage?
It also led to tense diplomatic exchanges, with shaken American diplomats demanding to know why the submarine was "shadowing" the U.S. fleet while Beijing pleaded ignorance and dismissed the affair as coincidence.
Yeah that's totally plausible! I mean it's not like the Pacific is this massive body of water that covers a third of the Earth.
So good idea in theory, but hard to put into practical terms. I then guess the large power constraints and the fragility of the plasma are what's keeping this from commercial use. I know there was a post about cell phones using this. When thinking about powering the plasma I guess that gets thrown out the window.
What are we talking about jamming? Radio, microwave, what?
Much appreciated, but still the physics seem a little weak. I still am not getting how changing the composition of the antenna will prevent jamming. Both articles fail to articulate this very well.
How does having the antenna "disappear" effect it's ability to circumvent jamming? The article is apparently being slashdotted as I type this, so I'm just curious.
Pretty soon paralegal work is going to have patent trolling as a prerequisite. I'm sure as heavy-handed as software patents are it's possible for anybody to become rich of playing the patent game. Of course Northeast plays the classic "Hey we just want to get paid," like they are some poor backwater college. They've been sitting on this for two and a half years until a legal team finally decided the chance at payoff would be big enough. There's no substance to their argument, they just "want to get paid."
This just in: Natalie Portman, on behalf of the Hot Grits Council of America and in conjunction with the Reversalmasters of Soviet Russia, has released a statement crying out to end this First Postian genocide. "They are comments just like all the rest. Just because they were born in the mind of a less intelligent person does take away their inalienable rights of commentality."
Let's see Taco's reply to this!