By settling, and paying a fine, Turner gets to be out of the news quickly and get the relative goodwill of the city of Boston and state of Massachusetts.
If they had drawn this out through the courts they may or may not have won, with the current political climate as it is, but at least there would be a judicial ruling as to whether putting up LED flashers was any more than littering, or posting advertisements on public property.
I think Turner or their agency should have been able to be prosecuted for either of those two items, but not much more.
I forgot to mention, My laptop was a Fujitsu laptop, and not a Toshiba laptop. It just had a Toshiba chipset for the bluetooth, so required a full Toshiba stack. It seems to me it should have had a Toshiba driver, and then run with the Microsoft stack on top of that.
I got an XP laptop less than a year ago. It had Bluetooth built in. I couldn't just run the XP bluetooth stack, but had to install some crappy Toshiba Bluetooth stack. It's not "Windows Certified" and various things don't "just work" with it.
This is the real advantage Apple has. They have a limited set of hardware that they work with, their own. Apple is small enough int he marketplace that they don't get in trouble for being monopolistic.
So, say I've got three RFID credit cards in my wallet when I go through a checkout. Is there some standard prtocol that all three cards are using to have me choose a card? Do all three cards get used?
If I still have to pull my card out of my wallet, I don't see any advantage to me.
Years ago I was tought the most important phrases to learn in any language. Two more beers. My friend is paying.
The second phrase becomes much harder to dispute if my friend has an RFID credit card.
I would be interested in knowing how stable various currencies have been historically to compare with how accessible they are. I'd guess that the more accessible they are, the more likely they are to have been changed because the previous currency became devalued in world markets.
When 802.11b first became standardized I bought a PCMCIA card for my laptop and a base station.
My next laptop had 802.11b built in.
My next laptop had 802.11a/b/g built in.
I'm still using the 802.11b bridge that I originally bought. I'll get a new base station eventually, but there's not any hurry, since the bottleneck out of my apartment is the 1.5Mb DSL line, and the 11Mb WiFi is just fine.
I especially don't see the need to buy some add in card for my laptop that may hang out the side and cause other problems.
I'm glad you mentioned popcap, because when they released Bejeweled, it was three guys, and I was hanging out with them while they were scraping by and I had money. Now they have a thriving company, and I am poor. (well, by comparison)
I think that probably any successful game turns into a game company, or gets sold to a large game company.
I'd love to have a straightforward way of developing software on my phone. I can't even connect it to my windows machine without spending another $30 on software from motorolla.
I was 14 at the time, and I saved up for probably close to a year to get my Atari 2600. If you figure out how much money that was in today's money, that would probably be around $400. When you change the percentage of my income, it's more like $5. (Where's a good inflation calculator?)
I've not bought an XBox 360 yet. I sold off my XBox sometime last spring, just because I'd realized it had gathered more dust than I was happy with, It had been enough months since I'd turned it on, and modding it so I could play with it as a media center was more money, and f** with factor, than I wanted to sink into an old platform.
I bought myself a 55 inch projection HDTV 3 years ago. I've generally been happy with it. I paid the cable company for HDTV service for about a year. It turns out that I'd much rather have the time shifting capability of my TiVo than the HD quality. I stopped paying for the HD Cable box because it was just one more thing to shose from.
I use the TV in 480p mode to watch DVDs and have my 6.1 surround system perfectly set up for the room.
I've been using my Tivo now for 5 years. I bought the lifetime service when I bought it. I upgraded my TiVo hard disk and added a TivoNet card. What I really want is a HD TiVo, ideally that can recieve HD Channels from either an over the air antenna or a cable company.
I don't want to pay the cable company for an inferior PVR. I want a PVR that I can add drive space to as drive capacities keep increasing and prices keep falling.
See my other post with the full response I got from my congressman. He explicitly told me that real mail is delayed getting to the congress because of Anthrax and Ricin.
I sent in a physical letter to my congressman when the broadcast flag first came up that I know of. I got a letter back from him in the last week, that I honestly have no idea what his opinion is.
One of the most interesting things is that I assumed that physical mail would have more weight than electronic mail. (It takes more effort to sort and throw away physical mail) He specifically says that email is better for reaching him because of the Anthrax notices... http://www.wimsworld.com/~wbonner/BroadcastFlagRes ponse.pdf
Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding the adoption of a "broadcast flag" system by the - Federa1"Commmricattons-Conunissi01r(FCC).
The "broadcast flag" is a combination of technical specifications and federal regulations designed to combat unauthorized redistribution of programming broadcast through digital television (DTV) signals. The goal of the flag was not to impede a consumer's ability to copy or use content lawfully in the home. Unfortunately, current technological limitations have the potential to hinder some activities which might normally be considered "fair use" under existing copyright law. Consumer rights and civil liberties groups worry about the possibility that content protections, such as broadcast flag, will limit the free flow of information and hinder First Amendment rights.
In October 2004, the American Library Association petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review the FCC's broadcast flag. The court of appeals reversed the FCC's broadcast flag system because the FCC only has authority to regulate communications, not devices that receive communications. At this time, there has been no legislation introduced in the House to reverse the court's ruling of American Library Association v. Federal Communications Commission.. Should legislation dealing with the issue of broadcast flags come before the full U.S. House of Representatives, I will be sure to give it thorough consideration.
I appreciate hearing from you. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any other concerns or questions. It is important to note, due to heightened security procedures resulting from Anthrax and Ricin incidents, mail to my U.S. Capitol office is significantly delayed. I encourage you to contact me via my website at http://www.house.gov/reichert/ to expedite your thoughts and I apologize for any inconvenience.
I run thunderbird on windows. I've had problems with Outlook on IMAP in the past, and it's just easier to trust what's happening with the open source app.
But, the review says that Mozilla only has audio notification of new mail. On my platform, I get a new mail notification in the task tray, plus a slideup when it happens. Since, the first thing I read is the table comparing features, What else is wrong with the review?
Bluetooth was declared dead in October in IEEE Times. I didn't like the conclusion then any more than I like it now. I want my phone to be able to talk with my headset wirelessly, I want my phone to be able to talk to a handfree set in my car the same way. I want my laptop to be able to talk to my phone and use it for communication. I feel that bluetooth has finally gotten to the supported level that it is becoming useful.
Killing off BlueTooth now would be like killing off kids as teenagers, right after lots of effort has been spent making them self sustainable.
I watched the video card wars from inside a game company. Watching the development issues with Glide vs DirectX was a huge part of the decision on what card to get. The number of versions of DirectX that we have gone through was as important to the early development of competitors to 3dFX, because 3dFX OWNED the original API. doing to DirectX allowed NVidia and ATI to compete on pure hardware issues.
The lbraries should just wait a year to install the standards, as they are public institutions, and so spending all of our money.
RFID is getting dealt with in the retail chain right now, and as soon as the bugs get ironed out, tags will be in all products sold at retail. Books that get sold to libraries will probably have the same ISBN numbers encoded in their Elecronic codes, but have different serial number blocks. The partitioning schemes being talked about for Global RFID use are mapping onto existing schemes of number already. GTIN is one of the big ones, VIN, and ISBN are sure to follow.
One of the items I've run into is that FORTRAN natively supports complex numbers. C doesn't support them, and I need to use the Standard template library in C++ to get the support.
After I've used the STL, I then don't have the huge library of old code that I can draw from in FORTRAN.
I much prefer writing in C / C++ to writing in FORTRAN, but there's lots of legacy FORTRAN code out there that'll get reused.
I bought a Sony Vaio computer a year ago on one of the auctions, purely because it had a SPDIF output and an SLINK connection.. The pre-installed sony software included a minidisk manager that was supposed to be able to talk to changers.. Unfortunately, it only knew how to talk to 200 disk changers.. But it could see the first 200 disks in my 300 disk changer. It got the titles correctly from the cddb as well.
What I'd like to know is if anyone knows what speed I should open the serial interface to talk out the slink cable on my machine.
I don't really want to go out and buy a slinkie, as the entire project isn't worth another $300, but it would be worth my time as a programming project.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: SAFETY AND SECURITY POLICIES AT COMDEX FALL 2001IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ AND FOLLOW THESE PROCEDURES
In the wake of the tragic events that have been affecting our country since September 11,
Key3Media Events is taking requisite security precautions with respect to its events. For
COMDEX Fall 2001, Key3Media is working with the City of Las Vegas, applicable event
venues, local authorities and a private security firm to ensure that appropriate safety
measures are taken for the event.
This year at COMDEX Fall, expect to see more security. Security officers will be roving the
conferences and marketplace floor. Las Vegas has historically been one of the safest cities
in America, with extensive security through the hotels and casinos. Those hotels and
conference centers are escalating security even further.
We are working to make these changes with minimal impact on your COMDEX Fall 2001
experience. However, there are some security policies that are being instituted at COMDEX
Fall that you need to be aware of:
Policy to access the entire Las Vegas Convention Center property, including the
Las Vegas Hilton and Silver Lot tented areas:
* While on-site, you should CARRY A PHOTO ID (DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PASSPORT)
ON YOU AT ALL TIMES.
* To obtain your badge and/or badge holder, YOU MUST PRESENT YOUR PHOTO ID
(driver's license or passport). Each registered attendee will be allowed to pick up their
own badge only - not for friends, colleagues, etc. NO EXCEPTIONS.
* NO BAGS OF ANY KIND WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE SHOW FLOOR.
* Please leave bags, briefcases, backpacks, laptops, etc. at home or in your hotel room. Please remember that once inside the exhibit halls, you can carry the product literature you
collect in one of the many plastic bags that exhibitors distribute to attendees.
NO BAGS WILL BE CHECKED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM AND THEY WILL NOT BE STORED.
* Please expect delays and allow extra time when arriving on-site. If you have meetings,
appointments, or conference sessions to attend, please arrive as early as possible. It may
take longer than usual to enter the property this year due to increased security measures.
Policy for attending the Keynote Presentations:
* NO BAGS OF ANY KIND will be allowed in any of the keynote programs. This includes
backpacks, laptop bags, shopping bags, briefcases, etc. NO CAMERAS will be allowed.
NO BAGS WILL BE CHECKED AT THE MGM OR THE HILTON.
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM AND THEY WILL NOT BE STORED.
* Ticketing For the Bill Gates Keynote, Sunday, November 11 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena:
Each registered attendee will be allowed one ticket for admission to the keynote. Your COMDEX
Fall 2001 badge MUST be presented to obtain your ticket. You may pickup a ticket for yourself
only-not for friends, colleagues, etc. To obtain your badge and/or badge holder at the MGM, you
MUST present your photo ID (driver's license or passport). NO exceptions.
For General Attendee Tickets: Tickets to the Bill Gates Keynote will be distributed to registered
attendees in Level I - Registration Area of the MGM Grand Conference Center beginning Sunday,
November 11th at 8:00 a.m. To receive a ticket you will need to present your official COMDEX Fall
2001 Badge and Badgeholder, along with a photo ID.
For Media/Analyst Tickets: Tickets to the Bill Gates Keynote will be distributed to accredited Media
and Analysts at the Media/Analyst Preview in the MGM Grand Conference Center Room 309/310 on
Sunday, November 11th at 4:00 p.m. To receive a ticket you will need to present your official
COMDEX Fall 2001 Media or Analyst Badge and Badgeholder, along with a photo ID.
* Ticketing For the Keynotes at the Las Vegas Hilton: For entry to the keynotes, you must present your
COMDEX Fall 2001badge and badge holder. Lines will queue in the foyer just outside the Conrad/Barron
Room within the Las Vegas Hilton.
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set forth herein, without prior notice, in its sole discretion.
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We thank you in advance for your cooperation and hope you enjoy the show.
I've used multiple mice on my Win2k machine. One was a USB Mouse, the other a PS2 mouse.. I only had one USB Mouse, and I left the PS2 mouse connected at all times so I could grab the USB Mouse when I had my portable in the office w/o turning my desktop off.
Also I've worked with enough people that use graphics tablets (that act sort of like mice) for their fine drawing, but use mice for general moving around the machine.
Either of these cases is simple, the software knows how to deal with mouseovers, click1, click2, doubleclick etc... When Microsoft came out with their mouse with the wheel, and immediately supported it with IE, there are still programs that I use that don't support the wheel. How much support are you really going to get for Mouse2 and Button4?
Slashdot Mirror
By settling, and paying a fine, Turner gets to be out of the news quickly and get the relative goodwill of the city of Boston and state of Massachusetts.
If they had drawn this out through the courts they may or may not have won, with the current political climate as it is, but at least there would be a judicial ruling as to whether putting up LED flashers was any more than littering, or posting advertisements on public property.
I think Turner or their agency should have been able to be prosecuted for either of those two items, but not much more.
I forgot to mention, My laptop was a Fujitsu laptop, and not a Toshiba laptop. It just had a Toshiba chipset for the bluetooth, so required a full Toshiba stack. It seems to me it should have had a Toshiba driver, and then run with the Microsoft stack on top of that.
I got an XP laptop less than a year ago. It had Bluetooth built in. I couldn't just run the XP bluetooth stack, but had to install some crappy Toshiba Bluetooth stack. It's not "Windows Certified" and various things don't "just work" with it.
This is the real advantage Apple has. They have a limited set of hardware that they work with, their own. Apple is small enough int he marketplace that they don't get in trouble for being monopolistic.
So, say I've got three RFID credit cards in my wallet when I go through a checkout. Is there some standard prtocol that all three cards are using to have me choose a card? Do all three cards get used?
If I still have to pull my card out of my wallet, I don't see any advantage to me.
Years ago I was tought the most important phrases to learn in any language. Two more beers. My friend is paying.
The second phrase becomes much harder to dispute if my friend has an RFID credit card.
I would be interested in knowing how stable various currencies have been historically to compare with how accessible they are. I'd guess that the more accessible they are, the more likely they are to have been changed because the previous currency became devalued in world markets.
When 802.11b first became standardized I bought a PCMCIA card for my laptop and a base station.
My next laptop had 802.11b built in.
My next laptop had 802.11a/b/g built in.
I'm still using the 802.11b bridge that I originally bought. I'll get a new base station eventually, but there's not any hurry, since the bottleneck out of my apartment is the 1.5Mb DSL line, and the 11Mb WiFi is just fine.
I especially don't see the need to buy some add in card for my laptop that may hang out the side and cause other problems.
I'm glad you mentioned popcap, because when they released Bejeweled, it was three guys, and I was hanging out with them while they were scraping by and I had money. Now they have a thriving company, and I am poor. (well, by comparison)
I think that probably any successful game turns into a game company, or gets sold to a large game company.
I'd love to have a straightforward way of developing software on my phone. I can't even connect it to my windows machine without spending another $30 on software from motorolla.
I was 14 at the time, and I saved up for probably close to a year to get my Atari 2600. If you figure out how much money that was in today's money, that would probably be around $400. When you change the percentage of my income, it's more like $5. (Where's a good inflation calculator?)
I've not bought an XBox 360 yet. I sold off my XBox sometime last spring, just because I'd realized it had gathered more dust than I was happy with, It had been enough months since I'd turned it on, and modding it so I could play with it as a media center was more money, and f** with factor, than I wanted to sink into an old platform.
Why does network solutions object to a deal with Verisign?
I bought myself a 55 inch projection HDTV 3 years ago. I've generally been happy with it. I paid the cable company for HDTV service for about a year. It turns out that I'd much rather have the time shifting capability of my TiVo than the HD quality. I stopped paying for the HD Cable box because it was just one more thing to shose from.
I use the TV in 480p mode to watch DVDs and have my 6.1 surround system perfectly set up for the room.
I've been using my Tivo now for 5 years. I bought the lifetime service when I bought it. I upgraded my TiVo hard disk and added a TivoNet card. What I really want is a HD TiVo, ideally that can recieve HD Channels from either an over the air antenna or a cable company.
I don't want to pay the cable company for an inferior PVR. I want a PVR that I can add drive space to as drive capacities keep increasing and prices keep falling.
See my other post with the full response I got from my congressman. He explicitly told me that real mail is delayed getting to the congress because of Anthrax and Ricin.
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One of the most interesting things is that I assumed that physical mail would have more weight than electronic mail. (It takes more effort to sort and throw away physical mail) He specifically says that email is better for reaching him because of the Anthrax notices... http://www.wimsworld.com/~wbonner/BroadcastFlagRe
I run thunderbird on windows. I've had problems with Outlook on IMAP in the past, and it's just easier to trust what's happening with the open source app.
But, the review says that Mozilla only has audio notification of new mail. On my platform, I get a new mail notification in the task tray, plus a slideup when it happens. Since, the first thing I read is the table comparing features, What else is wrong with the review?
http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20031013S0040
Bluetooth was declared dead in October in IEEE Times. I didn't like the conclusion then any more than I like it now. I want my phone to be able to talk with my headset wirelessly, I want my phone to be able to talk to a handfree set in my car the same way. I want my laptop to be able to talk to my phone and use it for communication. I feel that bluetooth has finally gotten to the supported level that it is becoming useful.
Killing off BlueTooth now would be like killing off kids as teenagers, right after lots of effort has been spent making them self sustainable.
I watched the video card wars from inside a game company. Watching the development issues with Glide vs DirectX was a huge part of the decision on what card to get. The number of versions of DirectX that we have gone through was as important to the early development of competitors to 3dFX, because 3dFX OWNED the original API. doing to DirectX allowed NVidia and ATI to compete on pure hardware issues.
The lbraries should just wait a year to install the standards, as they are public institutions, and so spending all of our money.
RFID is getting dealt with in the retail chain right now, and as soon as the bugs get ironed out, tags will be in all products sold at retail. Books that get sold to libraries will probably have the same ISBN numbers encoded in their Elecronic codes, but have different serial number blocks. The partitioning schemes being talked about for Global RFID use are mapping onto existing schemes of number already. GTIN is one of the big ones, VIN, and ISBN are sure to follow.
It took me a while to get used to seing DIVX relating to some new encoding scheme.
I seem to remember a DVD format in the 90s that was a limited play DVD. Wasn't it called DIVX?
Am I just doomed because of my imperfect memory? How many other people remember that stuff?
The point is that when I see DIVX, I think of something I want to avoid in a DVD player.
Wim.
One of the items I've run into is that FORTRAN natively supports complex numbers. C doesn't support them, and I need to use the Standard template library in C++ to get the support.
After I've used the STL, I then don't have the huge library of old code that I can draw from in FORTRAN.
I much prefer writing in C / C++ to writing in FORTRAN, but there's lots of legacy FORTRAN code out there that'll get reused.
I bought a Sony Vaio computer a year ago on one of the auctions, purely because it had a SPDIF output and an SLINK connection.. The pre-installed sony software included a minidisk manager that was supposed to be able to talk to changers.. Unfortunately, it only knew how to talk to 200 disk changers.. But it could see the first 200 disks in my 300 disk changer. It got the titles correctly from the cddb as well.
What I'd like to know is if anyone knows what speed I should open the serial interface to talk out the slink cable on my machine.
I don't really want to go out and buy a slinkie, as the entire project isn't worth another $300, but it would be worth my time as a programming project.
In the wake of the tragic events that have been affecting our country since September 11,
Key3Media Events is taking requisite security precautions with respect to its events. For
COMDEX Fall 2001, Key3Media is working with the City of Las Vegas, applicable event
venues, local authorities and a private security firm to ensure that appropriate safety
measures are taken for the event.
This year at COMDEX Fall, expect to see more security. Security officers will be roving the
conferences and marketplace floor. Las Vegas has historically been one of the safest cities
in America, with extensive security through the hotels and casinos. Those hotels and
conference centers are escalating security even further.
We are working to make these changes with minimal impact on your COMDEX Fall 2001
experience. However, there are some security policies that are being instituted at COMDEX
Fall that you need to be aware of:
Policy to access the entire Las Vegas Convention Center property, including the
Las Vegas Hilton and Silver Lot tented areas:
* While on-site, you should CARRY A PHOTO ID (DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PASSPORT)
ON YOU AT ALL TIMES.
* To obtain your badge and/or badge holder, YOU MUST PRESENT YOUR PHOTO ID
(driver's license or passport). Each registered attendee will be allowed to pick up their
own badge only - not for friends, colleagues, etc. NO EXCEPTIONS.
* NO BAGS OF ANY KIND WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE SHOW FLOOR.
* Please leave bags, briefcases, backpacks, laptops, etc. at home or in your hotel room.
Please remember that once inside the exhibit halls, you can carry the product literature you
collect in one of the many plastic bags that exhibitors distribute to attendees.
NO BAGS WILL BE CHECKED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM AND THEY WILL NOT BE STORED.
* Please expect delays and allow extra time when arriving on-site. If you have meetings,
appointments, or conference sessions to attend, please arrive as early as possible. It may
take longer than usual to enter the property this year due to increased security measures.
Policy for attending the Keynote Presentations:
* NO BAGS OF ANY KIND will be allowed in any of the keynote programs. This includes
backpacks, laptop bags, shopping bags, briefcases, etc. NO CAMERAS will be allowed.
NO BAGS WILL BE CHECKED AT THE MGM OR THE HILTON.
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM AND THEY WILL NOT BE STORED.
* Ticketing For the Bill Gates Keynote, Sunday, November 11 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena:
Each registered attendee will be allowed one ticket for admission to the keynote. Your COMDEX
Fall 2001 badge MUST be presented to obtain your ticket. You may pickup a ticket for yourself
only-not for friends, colleagues, etc. To obtain your badge and/or badge holder at the MGM, you
MUST present your photo ID (driver's license or passport). NO exceptions.
For General Attendee Tickets: Tickets to the Bill Gates Keynote will be distributed to registered
attendees in Level I - Registration Area of the MGM Grand Conference Center beginning Sunday,
November 11th at 8:00 a.m. To receive a ticket you will need to present your official COMDEX Fall
2001 Badge and Badgeholder, along with a photo ID.
For Media/Analyst Tickets: Tickets to the Bill Gates Keynote will be distributed to accredited Media
and Analysts at the Media/Analyst Preview in the MGM Grand Conference Center Room 309/310 on
Sunday, November 11th at 4:00 p.m. To receive a ticket you will need to present your official
COMDEX Fall 2001 Media or Analyst Badge and Badgeholder, along with a photo ID.
* Ticketing For the Keynotes at the Las Vegas Hilton: For entry to the keynotes, you must present your
COMDEX Fall 2001badge and badge holder. Lines will queue in the foyer just outside the Conrad/Barron
Room within the Las Vegas Hilton.
Key3Media reserves the right to take any security measures it deems appropriate to increase the safety
of our exhibitors and attendees, without prior notice. Key3Media reserves the right to change the policies
set forth herein, without prior notice, in its sole discretion.
The Federal Aviation Administration has released a new travel advisory for passengers. Please visit
www.faa.gov so that you can prepare yourself to travel safely. Increased security measures are being
taken at bus and train stations as well.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation and hope you enjoy the show.
COMDEX Fall 2001 Show Management
Check out the FIC SABRE 1815 as another nice and small machine.. Picked it up at Frys recently...
Wim.
I've used multiple mice on my Win2k machine. One was a USB Mouse, the other a PS2 mouse.. I only had one USB Mouse, and I left the PS2 mouse connected at all times so I could grab the USB Mouse when I had my portable in the office w/o turning my desktop off.
Also I've worked with enough people that use graphics tablets (that act sort of like mice) for their fine drawing, but use mice for general moving around the machine.
Either of these cases is simple, the software knows how to deal with mouseovers, click1, click2, doubleclick etc... When Microsoft came out with their mouse with the wheel, and immediately supported it with IE, there are still programs that I use that don't support the wheel. How much support are you really going to get for Mouse2 and Button4?