You do realize that this is going to run bluetooth, right? Granted others will be able to challenge the security, but if they have to stay within 30 feet at all times, don'tcha think the owner might get suspicious?:)
no no no, this is a server on a radio (wireless) link. It won't replace your PDA, but rather change future PDAs, which will be designed with this in mind. If you don't have to worry about storing data in your PDA, but only viewing and manipulating data, it changes the makeup of your PDA. You might even have your "PDA" just be a dumb terminal with the 'personal server' doing the actual work.
Also they talk about integrating cellphones in it, so that you can have a bluetooth earpiece and your "phone" would be in your backpack or wherever. Although I guess you'd still need your "pda" (dumb terminal or whatever) to dial the number, or make better voice recognition software so that you could dial without buttons. Or put buttons on the server or...
Somebody tipped them off. Back in the day, Chet and Erik had a nice meeting with the Secret Service because somebody tipped them off that OMM wrote something on their website to the effect of: "with this free e-mail, you can write threatening letters to the president"... They didn't get in any real trouble. People are dumb.
If the world press were in charge of awarding rebuilding contracts, then maybe. But this is America(well, it's Iraq, but we kinda control it right now), and we like to do things in a fair and just manner whenever possible. I predict that rebuilding contracts will be made available for bidding, with the lowest bid being accepted, much like the rest of the world works.
Apple wanted to control [hardware], not Microsoft.
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I agree in theory, but disagree in practice. Rather than going after the big fish and then heading on down the line, if you hit them all equally, you'll strike fear in all spammers, not just the big ones.
Analogy: you've got a few illegal MP3s on your HD, and you see the RIAA cracking down on those with thousands of MP3s... You're not worried, they've got bigger fish to fry. But if they simultaneously go after the little guys too, you'll think, "that could have been me!" and be scared. More so at least than you might otherwise be. So while the big guys might be afraid now, the little guys aren't the least bit worried. Better to scare all of 'em.
This is, in essence, the FTC saying, "only big spammers are in trouble, the rest are in the clear". We don't want this.
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/ Texas A&M From his web page: I (Bjarne Stroustrup) am the designer and original implementor of C++. That should be all the pertinent info..
What you're getting at is this. You can't get it anymore, but on 03/06/03 I bought an 18" LCD monitor from Dell (I think it's a Dell-branded Sony monitor) for $384. DVI and VGA, does 1280x1024 at 75hz. Very little ghosting. You want it. Check out that site and maybe it'll come back--this isn't the first time Dell has had a sale like this.
Maybe you should grab a dorm fridge (or maybe even one of those desktop fridges that ThinkGeek sells, if they work at all) for your office/cube/whatever if you have a chronic problem with people swiping your stuff from the breakroom.
Exactly. Plus, the break room has got to be at *least* 100 feet away. I can't be bothered to get up from my desk, take who knows how many steps in each direction just to get something to drink.
The RIAA and record labels are just bringing their demise on themselves
We'll see. It's possible that this will increase sales(don't know how--it's not going to stop file-traders--but miracles could happen, right?). If this increases sales, They will copy-protect more disks. If it doesn't increase sales, they'll copy-protect fewer disks. It's up to us to make sure they make the right choice.
Please! If they did that, we'd *never* upgrade to Windows 2003 Server. Then they'd be hosed! They're much better off breaking their old OSes so that we have to buy new ones.
If your OS wasn't closed-source, the people who discover it's flaws might just go ahead and fix them, saving you time AND, uhm... money. You can spend the time napping, lazy MS!
Who wants to buy an operating system from a company that lets their OSes die before their EOL?
For that matter, who wants to buy an operating system whose security fixes can only be released(or not released, as seen here) by a single company, due to it's closed-source nature?
The only fix is to firewall off the server? WTH kind of a fix is that? That's one step away from keeping the network cable unplugged!
Use Osama, but not an actual picture of him, since this isn't a photo... Go with South Park's rendering of him from the episode they had called Osama Bin Laden has Farty Pants. Something like This.
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You do realize that this is going to run bluetooth, right? Granted others will be able to challenge the security, but if they have to stay within 30 feet at all times, don'tcha think the owner might get suspicious? :)
yours is the best pro-gun argument I've seen. Very well done. I'm sorry you weren't modded up--I guess technically it was off topic, but whatever.
This is just a hard disk on a radio link
no no no, this is a server on a radio (wireless) link. It won't replace your PDA, but rather change future PDAs, which will be designed with this in mind. If you don't have to worry about storing data in your PDA, but only viewing and manipulating data, it changes the makeup of your PDA. You might even have your "PDA" just be a dumb terminal with the 'personal server' doing the actual work.
Also they talk about integrating cellphones in it, so that you can have a bluetooth earpiece and your "phone" would be in your backpack or wherever. Although I guess you'd still need your "pda" (dumb terminal or whatever) to dial the number, or make better voice recognition software so that you could dial without buttons. Or put buttons on the server or...
I'm excited about this.
Insightful?
1) HP bought Compaq.
2) Last Year.
3) The print cartridge was manufactured 4.5 years ago.
uh, because with their thermal crap and the defauult fan, my proc ran over 130F.
Please! My Athlon XP 1800+ has been running at 70 degrees celsius for over a year now with nary a hiccup. You're paranoid!
Somebody tipped them off. Back in the day, Chet and Erik had a nice meeting with the Secret Service because somebody tipped them off that OMM wrote something on their website to the effect of: "with this free e-mail, you can write threatening letters to the president"... They didn't get in any real trouble. People are dumb.
The order in which things should be blamed on entities:
1. Big Business (Big Tobacco, MS, Utility Companies, Airlines, etc.)
2. The Government
3. Other People
4. You
You'll see that these two examples follow this rule.
Mod parent up! If you're going to market IMAX porn, you'd *better* make it 3D!
If the world press were in charge of awarding rebuilding contracts, then maybe. But this is America(well, it's Iraq, but we kinda control it right now), and we like to do things in a fair and just manner whenever possible. I predict that rebuilding contracts will be made available for bidding, with the lowest bid being accepted, much like the rest of the world works.
Apple wanted to control [hardware], not Microsoft.
I agree in theory, but disagree in practice. Rather than going after the big fish and then heading on down the line, if you hit them all equally, you'll strike fear in all spammers, not just the big ones.
Analogy: you've got a few illegal MP3s on your HD, and you see the RIAA cracking down on those with thousands of MP3s... You're not worried, they've got bigger fish to fry. But if they simultaneously go after the little guys too, you'll think, "that could have been me!" and be scared. More so at least than you might otherwise be. So while the big guys might be afraid now, the little guys aren't the least bit worried. Better to scare all of 'em.
This is, in essence, the FTC saying, "only big spammers are in trouble, the rest are in the clear". We don't want this.
PS: 1.5 years spam free.
Brings back painful memories? You shouldn't have robbed that bank.
I'm sorry I don't have any mod points.
There are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Slashdot is NOTHING like Shakespeare...
Give us time...
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/
Texas A&M
From his web page:
I (Bjarne Stroustrup) am the designer and original implementor of C++.
That should be all the pertinent info..
What you're getting at is this. You can't get it anymore, but on 03/06/03 I bought an 18" LCD monitor from Dell (I think it's a Dell-branded Sony monitor) for $384. DVI and VGA, does 1280x1024 at 75hz. Very little ghosting. You want it. Check out that site and maybe it'll come back--this isn't the first time Dell has had a sale like this.
Maybe you should grab a dorm fridge (or maybe even one of those desktop fridges that ThinkGeek sells, if they work at all) for your office/cube/whatever if you have a chronic problem with people swiping your stuff from the breakroom.
Exactly. Plus, the break room has got to be at *least* 100 feet away. I can't be bothered to get up from my desk, take who knows how many steps in each direction just to get something to drink.
If X decreases sales, and Y increases sales, do Y. You misunderstood my post, or you don't understand how to make money.
The RIAA and record labels are just bringing their demise on themselves
We'll see. It's possible that this will increase sales(don't know how--it's not going to stop file-traders--but miracles could happen, right?). If this increases sales, They will copy-protect more disks. If it doesn't increase sales, they'll copy-protect fewer disks. It's up to us to make sure they make the right choice.
Please! If they did that, we'd *never* upgrade to Windows 2003 Server. Then they'd be hosed! They're much better off breaking their old OSes so that we have to buy new ones.
No, but I am mighty put off by this. Security fix too hard to implement? Tough shit! You implement that bitch anyway! Do what it goddamn takes.
If your OS wasn't closed-source, the people who discover it's flaws might just go ahead and fix them, saving you time AND, uhm... money. You can spend the time napping, lazy MS!
Who wants to buy an operating system from a company that lets their OSes die before their EOL?
For that matter, who wants to buy an operating system whose security fixes can only be released(or not released, as seen here) by a single company, due to it's closed-source nature?
The only fix is to firewall off the server? WTH kind of a fix is that? That's one step away from keeping the network cable unplugged!
They also have a spoofed version of Saddam if you decide to go with him..
Use Osama, but not an actual picture of him, since this isn't a photo... Go with South Park's rendering of him from the episode they had called Osama Bin Laden has Farty Pants. Something like This.