I'm not sure about other vendors, but the NetGear RT-314 box I'm using has an option that sets its extrenal MAC address to equal the first internal DHCP client it sets up.
Yeah, but when you pay the fine on a ticket, it's a couple bucks and they jack your insurance some. We're talking US$100,000,000 here.
I can't exactly see a bunch of suits smoking fat cigars in the boardroom going "Yeah, yeah, it's only a hundred mil. Sign the back of the motherfucker and send it in."
Even though I'm not the hugest fan of government intervention in everything, Philips does raise a legitimate issue (one that we probably should have noticed first, but oh well) - that the copy protected CDs are being labelled and sold with the "Compact Disc - Digital Audio" logos even though they do not comply with the standards.
Even in Philips doesn't pursue litigation, the US Gov't could certainly prosecute the record labels for defrauding consumers. It would be interesting to see if a class-action lawsuit could be filed under similar reasoning (although a class of N'Sync fans is probably something the world is better off without).
Unfortunately, many, many people buy things because of spam. It's actually one of the more effective ways to mass-market all kinds of crap. As long as there's good money in it, we'll have to deal with spam, regardless of what laws are passed (think offshore servers, etc.).
So many people thing airplanes are like movie theatres (although things may have tightened up since 9-11). Personally, I like to buy a box of piping hot Cinnabons and slowly consume them during the first 90 minutes of the flight... The smell makes everyone for 10 rows in both directions think really evil thoughts about me!
Yeah, but the decrypted e-mails would be of more use to divorce lawyers than anyone else. Let's hope the American Bar Association never gets ahold of a quantum computer....
Ummm... what if you're in sales or some other profession where dealing with (previously) unknown people is, you know, critical to your livelyhood? Of course, I run Notes and Mozilla, so I don't worry about this, but there are many thousands for whom your simplistic approach (combined with Microsloth's shitty software) is unacceptable.
I saw that, but even there it just says that the integrated switch is powered by 802.3af; it doesn't explicitly say that the power is passed on to downstream devices.
Another interesting question (albeit somewhat offtopic): Does anyone know of a good 802.3af power source that doesn't cost an arm and a freaking leg? All of the devices I have found from 3Com, Cisco, Avaya, etc., require you to be an "authorized reseller" to purchase them from a distributor, which really keeps the street prices pumped up.
One item that I did not see addressed is whether or not it passes on the 802.3af Power Over Ethernet to the devices attached to the switch. Some of my customers use IP Phones, and this would be extra-sweet for them (the company won't authorize purchase of 802.3af power sources for the phones, but they might use these jacks when they move their offices...).
I'll even voulenteer to make very, very certain that none of the booth babes are smuggling in anything even remotely dangerous. Yup, I'll be quite thorough; you never know what they might be hiding in those tight little outfits...
True, but IT Managers and CIOs are always getting their asses chewed by the finance people because it's almost impossible to budget software upgrades these days, since it's almost impossible to predict when said upgrades will arrive (other than that they'll be late).
In many companies, being able to accurately predict expenses is considered so desireable they don't mind (or don't think about) paying a bit more.
Bash Clear Channel all you want (hell, we do!), but they do own 91X here in San Diego, arguably the best alternative music radio station (and going strong for nearly 20 years)...
Please at least read the article you're linking to (and get the link straight, while you're at it) before posting something like that.
In the article, the actual quotes attributed to Zimmerman show that he feels badly about the events, but in no way do they indicate that he feels responsible for them. I think this one sums it up (in regards to some hate mail he received):
"He raises some points that many people are raising right now, namely that terrorists can use the technology," Zimmermann said. "But it overlooks the strong need for good crypto."
The resolution of LaserDiscs is inferior not only when you consider the anamorphic enhancement, but also when you consider that the frames are interlaced.
However, LaserDiscs can in some ways look much better than DVDs because the video is not compressed. No MPEG artifacts, etc. It's pretty much a "pick-your-poison" thing. Visually, I would say that a well-mastered DVD is superior to a well-mastered LaserDisc, but an average DVD is inferior to an average LaserDisc.
BTW - I use both formats; I own about 4 times as many DVDs as I do LaserDiscs (~200 vs ~50), mainly because they are cheaper and easier to obtain. But when I do go back and watch my older LaserDiscs, the lack of compression artifacts is very apparent.
Speed monitoring has already been tried by car rental agencies, albeit without legal success.
One of my biggest beefs with law in general is that there is far, far too much of it. Many laws are routinely disregarded by the population - underage drinking, speed limits on freeways, and especially taxes - because they are far too restrictive, to the point where they defy common sense. Because we (Americans, and I'm sure plenty of others) live in a land rife with dictu absurda, we have developed a sense that we only have to follow laws that makes sense to us.
We also have a population largely willing to throw away its rights in order to combat the trendy social concern of the day. Of course, this is largely abetted by those with a political agenda that doesn't trust the common citizen to go about their day-to-day business without infinite hand-holding from big brother.
In order to develop respect for the law, we need to have a set of laws worth respecting.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. QWERTY keyboards have dominated for over a century, despite the proven inefficiencies of the layout, and despite the introduction of several allegedly superior products (I've never tried a Dvorak keyboard or anything else non-QWERTY, so I can't say).
In any case, I think that as people who tend to investigate things on the forefront of technology, Slashdot readers with Palms/Visors should consider checking this out...
Speaking of getting over on Da Man, the State of California's web site appears slashdotted. I'm guessing everyone is trying to do what I'm trying to do - find out if PacBell, Verizon, etc. has tariffs on file for this service. If anybody knows for sure and can provide links, please post them.
I would love it if the tariffs are still on file. Most small customers get tariffs waved in their face when they try to get discounts on data services (larger customers get these discounds with little problem), so it'd be super-sweet to be able to wave some tariffs back.
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Of course, just try getting a "real" T-1 anymore (at least in PacBell or Verizon territories). What they give you is HDSL with T-1 emulation at the NIU.
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Thank you. Fuck the robotic outposts, think people.
I'm not sure about other vendors, but the NetGear RT-314 box I'm using has an option that sets its extrenal MAC address to equal the first internal DHCP client it sets up.
Yeah, but when you pay the fine on a ticket, it's a couple bucks and they jack your insurance some. We're talking US$100,000,000 here.
I can't exactly see a bunch of suits smoking fat cigars in the boardroom going "Yeah, yeah, it's only a hundred mil. Sign the back of the motherfucker and send it in."
Even though I'm not the hugest fan of government intervention in everything, Philips does raise a legitimate issue (one that we probably should have noticed first, but oh well) - that the copy protected CDs are being labelled and sold with the "Compact Disc - Digital Audio" logos even though they do not comply with the standards.
Even in Philips doesn't pursue litigation, the US Gov't could certainly prosecute the record labels for defrauding consumers. It would be interesting to see if a class-action lawsuit could be filed under similar reasoning (although a class of N'Sync fans is probably something the world is better off without).
That's good; I'm pretty sure the babelfish/google translations contained the phrase "Someone set up us the bomb!"
Unfortunately, many, many people buy things because of spam. It's actually one of the more effective ways to mass-market all kinds of crap. As long as there's good money in it, we'll have to deal with spam, regardless of what laws are passed (think offshore servers, etc.).
Heh, what makes you think they won't charge $9.00/min for the broadband? I mean, these are the airlines!
So many people thing airplanes are like movie theatres (although things may have tightened up since 9-11). Personally, I like to buy a box of piping hot Cinnabons and slowly consume them during the first 90 minutes of the flight... The smell makes everyone for 10 rows in both directions think really evil thoughts about me!
Yeah, but the decrypted e-mails would be of more use to divorce lawyers than anyone else. Let's hope the American Bar Association never gets ahold of a quantum computer....
Ummm... what if you're in sales or some other profession where dealing with (previously) unknown people is, you know, critical to your livelyhood? Of course, I run Notes and Mozilla, so I don't worry about this, but there are many thousands for whom your simplistic approach (combined with Microsloth's shitty software) is unacceptable.
I saw that, but even there it just says that the integrated switch is powered by 802.3af; it doesn't explicitly say that the power is passed on to downstream devices.
Another interesting question (albeit somewhat offtopic): Does anyone know of a good 802.3af power source that doesn't cost an arm and a freaking leg? All of the devices I have found from 3Com, Cisco, Avaya, etc., require you to be an "authorized reseller" to purchase them from a distributor, which really keeps the street prices pumped up.
One item that I did not see addressed is whether or not it passes on the 802.3af Power Over Ethernet to the devices attached to the switch. Some of my customers use IP Phones, and this would be extra-sweet for them (the company won't authorize purchase of 802.3af power sources for the phones, but they might use these jacks when they move their offices...).
I'll even voulenteer to make very, very certain that none of the booth babes are smuggling in anything even remotely dangerous. Yup, I'll be quite thorough; you never know what they might be hiding in those tight little outfits...
True, but IT Managers and CIOs are always getting their asses chewed by the finance people because it's almost impossible to budget software upgrades these days, since it's almost impossible to predict when said upgrades will arrive (other than that they'll be late).
In many companies, being able to accurately predict expenses is considered so desireable they don't mind (or don't think about) paying a bit more.
Bash Clear Channel all you want (hell, we do!), but they do own 91X here in San Diego, arguably the best alternative music radio station (and going strong for nearly 20 years)...
In the article, the actual quotes attributed to Zimmerman show that he feels badly about the events, but in no way do they indicate that he feels responsible for them. I think this one sums it up (in regards to some hate mail he received):
The resolution of LaserDiscs is inferior not only when you consider the anamorphic enhancement, but also when you consider that the frames are interlaced.
However, LaserDiscs can in some ways look much better than DVDs because the video is not compressed. No MPEG artifacts, etc. It's pretty much a "pick-your-poison" thing. Visually, I would say that a well-mastered DVD is superior to a well-mastered LaserDisc, but an average DVD is inferior to an average LaserDisc.
BTW - I use both formats; I own about 4 times as many DVDs as I do LaserDiscs (~200 vs ~50), mainly because they are cheaper and easier to obtain. But when I do go back and watch my older LaserDiscs, the lack of compression artifacts is very apparent.
Oh, so only large corporations will be able to abuse it. That's cool.
Speed monitoring has already been tried by car rental agencies, albeit without legal success.
One of my biggest beefs with law in general is that there is far, far too much of it. Many laws are routinely disregarded by the population - underage drinking, speed limits on freeways, and especially taxes - because they are far too restrictive, to the point where they defy common sense. Because we (Americans, and I'm sure plenty of others) live in a land rife with dictu absurda, we have developed a sense that we only have to follow laws that makes sense to us.
We also have a population largely willing to throw away its rights in order to combat the trendy social concern of the day. Of course, this is largely abetted by those with a political agenda that doesn't trust the common citizen to go about their day-to-day business without infinite hand-holding from big brother.
In order to develop respect for the law, we need to have a set of laws worth respecting.
Yeah, that will really make the MPAA shit.
The irony here being somebody insulting comments he hasn't read about a comment regarding him insulting a movie he hasn't seen...
The irony being that a major subplot of J&SBSB is morons on the Internet insulting movies they haven't seen...
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. QWERTY keyboards have dominated for over a century, despite the proven inefficiencies of the layout, and despite the introduction of several allegedly superior products (I've never tried a Dvorak keyboard or anything else non-QWERTY, so I can't say).
In any case, I think that as people who tend to investigate things on the forefront of technology, Slashdot readers with Palms/Visors should consider checking this out...
Speaking of getting over on Da Man, the State of California's web site appears slashdotted. I'm guessing everyone is trying to do what I'm trying to do - find out if PacBell, Verizon, etc. has tariffs on file for this service. If anybody knows for sure and can provide links, please post them.
I would love it if the tariffs are still on file. Most small customers get tariffs waved in their face when they try to get discounts on data services (larger customers get these discounds with little problem), so it'd be super-sweet to be able to wave some tariffs back.
Of course, just try getting a "real" T-1 anymore (at least in PacBell or Verizon territories). What they give you is HDSL with T-1 emulation at the NIU.