If you don't want people sniffing you, you shouldn't stink up the place. This is equivalent to communicating with your neighbours by shouting out of the window and then complaining that people are listening to what you say. As another poster pointed out, if you're broadcasting, you shouldn't expect privacy. If you're sold a wireless system as a private link, then the people to complain to are the sellers of the hardware for false advertising.
I've just made myself a new tinfoil hat, so I can safely offer my take on this:
This thing was leaked on purpose by Lucasarts.
Let's face facts, of all the footage that could be leaked all we get is a promotional video,carefully disguised as a cam capture? I've seen better cam versions done in a full theater with kids screaming and laughing in the background.
I think Lucas has just gotten tons of free publicity for 15 minutes of work, and no expense on his part.
It would be cheaper, but anti-shoplifting tags need to be disabled before you leave the store, and as far as I can tell, RFID tags are meant to keep on functioning forever.
Lovell saw giant structures, that covered half of the mars disc as seen from earth. He thought these structures were channels, but they turned out to be nothing more than light and dark patches on the surface enhanced by his imagination, which is why he was the only one to see them.
In the 70's we sent probes to mars, and we did find ancient water (or other liquid) ways. Now we're fairly certain that those are created by water. These are too small to see from earth.
So Lovell could never have seen those channels. He was either a visionary or a lucky guesser.
In the same vein, Dutch astronomer and Physicist Christiaan Huygens predicted that Jupiter had enormous hemp plantations, since he thought he could see oceans, which would mean a thriving Iovian shipping industry and a great demand for rope. As far as I know, this hypothesis is still untested:)
You're thinking in terms of product, not in terms of art. If you care about the band, you keep up by visiting a website, subscribing to newsletters etc. If the band cares about the music they make they will do so regardless of the money. Yes, it may mean that they have to play in bars or get a day-job, but that's ok. This was standard practice for many musicians before the 1950's, even the really famous ones, and it's standard practice today for many garage bands. When you remove the whole promotion machine, artists have to rely on talent alone. I think that will eliminate plenty of manufactured bands. Perhaps the music industry in the second half of the 20th century will be seen in the future as a passing phenomenon, and I don't think I'll miss it if it happens to disappear in the coming years.
So, if people import stuff from China, they get it cheaper AND we all get less advertising shoved down our throats? That sounds like a win-win situation to me.
Open source is going to drive down the value of software.
No, it's going to drive down the price of software. MBA's don't seem to get this or if they do it is lost in marketing doublespeak, but value and price are two different and (mostly) unrelated things.
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A 128 bit number converted to hexadecimal is NOT a pretty site and leaves a huge scope for typos and other cock-ups.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought ipv6 was set up in a way that made DHCP almost compulsary, precisely because assigning IP adresses by hand gets difficult with 128 bits of address information.
You're right it is no big deal. I say go further and just tattoo a big barcode on their foreheads, that way they can just walk under the scanner every time they go to the toilet.
The year is 2004 A.D. All of Earth is occupied by Microsoft.
All? Not quite! A village inhabitated by indomitable Geeks is holding out, strong as ever, against the invader. Life is not easy for the Microsoft marketroids stationed in the fortified camps of Thinkpadium, Dellirium, Gatewadium and Compaqium...
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Nobody has a right to sniff like that.
If you don't want people sniffing you, you shouldn't stink up the place.
This is equivalent to communicating with your neighbours by shouting out of the window and then complaining that people are listening to what you say.
As another poster pointed out, if you're broadcasting, you shouldn't expect privacy. If you're sold a wireless system as a private link, then the people to complain to are the sellers of the hardware for false advertising.
Hey you can't have a good conspiracy theory without twisting the facts!
But you're right, I've got the wrong company. I meant to say Lucasfilm.
I've just made myself a new tinfoil hat, so I can safely offer my take on this:
This thing was leaked on purpose by Lucasarts.
Let's face facts, of all the footage that could be leaked all we get is a promotional video,carefully disguised as a cam capture? I've seen better cam versions done in a full theater with kids screaming and laughing in the background.
I think Lucas has just gotten tons of free publicity for 15 minutes of work, and no expense on his part.
But I could be wrong.
It would be cheaper, but anti-shoplifting tags need to be disabled before you leave the store, and as far as I can tell, RFID tags are meant to keep on functioning forever.
Lovell saw giant structures, that covered half of the mars disc as seen from earth. He thought these structures were channels, but they turned out to be nothing more than light and dark patches on the surface enhanced by his imagination, which is why he was the only one to see them.
:)
In the 70's we sent probes to mars, and we did find ancient water (or other liquid) ways. Now we're fairly certain that those are created by water. These are too small to see from earth.
So Lovell could never have seen those channels. He was either a visionary or a lucky guesser.
In the same vein, Dutch astronomer and Physicist Christiaan Huygens predicted that Jupiter had enormous hemp plantations, since he thought he could see oceans, which would mean a thriving Iovian shipping industry and a great demand for rope. As far as I know, this hypothesis is still untested
In other news, the Sensitive Conifer Organisation [SCO] sues IBM and Sony for using unlicenced plant technology in their new 'Cell' chips.
Sony countered, that they are covered by the Grow Plants Licence [GPL], but would pay anyway, since the licencing fee was peanuts.
You're thinking in terms of product, not in terms of art. If you care about the band, you keep up by visiting a website, subscribing to newsletters etc. If the band cares about the music they make they will do so regardless of the money. Yes, it may mean that they have to play in bars or get a day-job, but that's ok. This was standard practice for many musicians before the 1950's, even the really famous ones, and it's standard practice today for many garage bands. When you remove the whole promotion machine, artists have to rely on talent alone. I think that will eliminate plenty of manufactured bands. Perhaps the music industry in the second half of the 20th century will be seen in the future as a passing phenomenon, and I don't think I'll miss it if it happens to disappear in the coming years.
So, if people import stuff from China, they get it cheaper AND we all get less advertising shoved down our throats? That sounds like a win-win situation to me.
Open source is going to drive down the value of software.
No, it's going to drive down the price of software. MBA's don't seem to get this or if they do it is lost in marketing doublespeak, but value and price are two different and (mostly) unrelated things.
A 128 bit number converted to hexadecimal is NOT a pretty site and leaves a huge scope for typos and other cock-ups.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought ipv6 was set up in a way that made DHCP almost compulsary, precisely because assigning IP adresses by hand gets difficult with 128 bits of address information.
well, that's one way to lose your audience.
So if you're on dialup do you get to watch a fuzzy blur, or do you have to wait 20 minutes for your page to load?
(1) Whoever goes to the moon next - should find the flag left behind the astronauts (right?)
Sure, because they have nothing better to do up there that to look for a piece of faded cloth. Yes, let's spend billions on that!
those are called senryu, haiku are supposed to be serious poems.
Then I will nominate Darl McBride in the fiction category.
Reason:
Most creative interpretation of the GPL.
Ruby? I thought all the cool kids were running Python this week.
SCHOOL OF CAPITOLISM
Is that next-door to the Skool ov Speling?
You're right it is no big deal. I say go further and just tattoo a big barcode on their foreheads, that way they can just walk under the scanner every time they go to the toilet.
My favorite:
I have a vision this text being performed in a burnt-out warehouse by a guy in dreadlocks, while I'm sipping a fine glass of Chardonnay.
Are they promoting wine?
The first draft read "because my dog at my homework", but after taking legal advice they changed it to "because people were on vacation".
I'm sorry, but didn't they know this day would come for about two years?
After all, one of their primary functions was copying books.
Shouldn't they be running a warez server then?
as some think it's cool.
But most of us think it's lame.
Just say No kids.
The year is 2004 A.D. All of Earth is occupied by Microsoft.
All? Not quite!
A village inhabitated by indomitable Geeks is holding out, strong as ever, against the invader.
Life is not easy for the Microsoft marketroids stationed in the fortified camps of Thinkpadium, Dellirium, Gatewadium and Compaqium...
Distance earth-sun : 1 AU
Distance mars-sun : 1.52369 AU
solar flux falls off as the square of the distance so your answer is:
1/(1.52369)^2 = 0.43073163087 ~= 43%
So the sun on mars is about half as bright compared with conditions on earth.