It takes me about 10 minutes to rip a drive apart while watching TV in the evening. Out of it I get 2 neodymium magnets and if I'm lucky a stack of platters. The older the drive the better. 80GB circa 1999 == 4 platters, 80GB circa 2002 == 1 platter. Put your platters in a box, shake them up to randomize them, and then take a few and make a windchime or 3.
I have had a 120GB windchime hanging on the porch for the last 2 years and have yet to have anyone try to recover the data off it.
And what are the issuance requirements here? Drivers license? Social security card? Passport?
The last time I renewed my license, the DMV would not accept the passport as proof of citizenship. Birth certificate paired with social security card only, thank you very much.
If you want to add some geek to the workout, on light days go geocaching. Some of the caches around my area are a 2+ mile hike from the closest parking lot. Good way to get some walking in without that "I have to do this" feeling.
If you don't have a hand held GPS the Garmin eTrex Legend has worked well for me and goes for ~100 online.
Of other notoriety, if you follow the Ohio Turnpike on the west side of the state you will discover that State Route 420 goes directly through Stony Ridge.
Fine. I'll go build my own multi-protocol IM project with resizable input areas and hookers. In fact, forget the multi-protocol IM project and the resizable input areas. Eh, screw the whole thing.
Little kids do this on the playground daily. Just wait til little Jimmy comes home and tells Dad that someone called him a butthead. That sounds like a $5M suit againts the name caller's parents. Emotional trauma and slander against little Jimmy.
Actually the tape recorder and camcorder could fall under this law as both could be used to record copies of RIAA/MPAA works.
Digital cameras, blank media, CD/DVD-R drives, hard disks... If it is digital it could be used for piracy.
This also bans things such as crayons and paper. What little kid has not attempted to copy some famous painting or other art work? I'm sure the Da'Vinci estate would be mighty pissed to learn that little Suzy Smith just did her 3rd grade rendition of the Mona Lisa and they got no royalties from her work.
Just remember, the price increase is to cover lost CD sales due to downloading. With success it is no longer a matter of music piracy, now downloads in general are killing CD sales. This must be stopped if the record industry is to survive.
>This led to the daft situation where Lindows renamed itself Lin---s, complete with new website. Microsoft, unbowed, then incredibly claimed that Lin---s was its trademark as well.
>This one just makes me say wow... Microsoft actually thingks they can claim the rights to "Lin---s"? Talk about power hungry.
The name still infringes on Microsofts rights. Notice that there are common characters in the names:
wINdowS lINSpIre
I suspect this conflict will lead to product confusion and continued loss of sales by Microsoft until this evil Linspire changes its name to resolve the conflict.
Computer security can be increased by the following methods:
1) Deny the flaw exists 2) Sue the person who discovered the flaw under the DMCA or something similar in your locale 3) Blame "hax0rs" who write tools like diff 4) "Donate" to campagin funds of elected officals who pass laws that make security research a federal crime
Not an all inclusive list, but it should be a good start for your security minded company or.com
Could this be the first step towards a new definition of "trustowrthy computing" under which the only packets which are acceptable to transmit are those that are unencrypted?
It will be interesting to see how they handle two of the problems that seem to plague laptops: heat and battery life. All that hardware will generate quite a bit of heat and demand a good bit of power to run.
Is it possible to patent the business model of filing frivolous lawsuits? Think of the money that could be made. "Our lawyers believe your lawsuit is frivolous and therefore violates our IP and business model. We shall now sue you."
"It has come to our attention that Linux and other systems compile into the binary computer language for execution. As UnixWare does this we find all other operating systems and programs to be an illegal derivative of our IP and will be suing the following for violating our IP: any company that produces an operating system or program, schools which teach mathematics in base 2, teachers who teach compilers, programming, base 2, or anything generally related to computer science, cs students, and end users who execute binary code."
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Remember back during the 2004 games when we were discussing the "clean venue" policy and monitoring for "advertising terrorism"?
It takes me about 10 minutes to rip a drive apart while watching TV in the evening. Out of it I get 2 neodymium magnets and if I'm lucky a stack of platters. The older the drive the better. 80GB circa 1999 == 4 platters, 80GB circa 2002 == 1 platter. Put your platters in a box, shake them up to randomize them, and then take a few and make a windchime or 3.
I have had a 120GB windchime hanging on the porch for the last 2 years and have yet to have anyone try to recover the data off it.
What happens before the laptop in question comes online?
First rule of technology: if it works, don't poke it with a stick.
And what are the issuance requirements here? Drivers license? Social security card? Passport?
The last time I renewed my license, the DMV would not accept the passport as proof of citizenship. Birth certificate paired with social security card only, thank you very much.
Profit!! Now what should I do with all these gold bars?
That's easy. Gold pressed latinum.
While the raid was probably overkill, according to the article the police have replaced his £1,000 of equipment at their expense.
That still does not negate DRM in the charger. Verizon's razr is known for throwing "unauthorized charger" when using a 3rd party charger.
If you want to add some geek to the workout, on light days go geocaching. Some of the caches around my area are a 2+ mile hike from the closest parking lot. Good way to get some walking in without that "I have to do this" feeling.
If you don't have a hand held GPS the Garmin eTrex Legend has worked well for me and goes for ~100 online.
Of other notoriety, if you follow the Ohio Turnpike on the west side of the state you will discover that State Route 420 goes directly through Stony Ridge.
Fine. I'll go build my own multi-protocol IM project with resizable input areas and hookers. In fact, forget the multi-protocol IM project and the resizable input areas. Eh, screw the whole thing.
$1,000,000,000 in licensing * = 478,5000,000 in interest over the next x years.
Fine! I'll get my own website! With blackjack and hookers! On second thought forget the blackjack. And the website.
I'm susprized they didn't play the trump "terrorism" card as was done several years ago.
According to a report on CNN, Vodaphone switched off subscriber access to make sure emergency services could communicate.
Isn't "X" patented somewhere by x.org?
Little kids do this on the playground daily. Just wait til little Jimmy comes home and tells Dad that someone called him a butthead. That sounds like a $5M suit againts the name caller's parents. Emotional trauma and slander against little Jimmy.
Actually the tape recorder and camcorder could fall under this law as both could be used to record copies of RIAA/MPAA works.
Digital cameras, blank media, CD/DVD-R drives, hard disks... If it is digital it could be used for piracy.
This also bans things such as crayons and paper. What little kid has not attempted to copy some famous painting or other art work? I'm sure the Da'Vinci estate would be mighty pissed to learn that little Suzy Smith just did her 3rd grade rendition of the Mona Lisa and they got no royalties from her work.
Just remember, the price increase is to cover lost CD sales due to downloading. With success it is no longer a matter of music piracy, now downloads in general are killing CD sales. This must be stopped if the record industry is to survive.
>This led to the daft situation where Lindows renamed itself Lin---s, complete with new website. Microsoft, unbowed, then incredibly claimed that Lin---s was its trademark as well.
>This one just makes me say wow... Microsoft actually thingks they can claim the rights to "Lin---s"? Talk about power hungry.
The name still infringes on Microsofts rights. Notice that there are common characters in the names:
wINdowS
lINSpIre
I suspect this conflict will lead to product confusion and continued loss of sales by Microsoft until this evil Linspire changes its name to resolve the conflict.
Computer security can be increased by the following methods:
.com
1) Deny the flaw exists
2) Sue the person who discovered the flaw under the DMCA or something similar in your locale
3) Blame "hax0rs" who write tools like diff
4) "Donate" to campagin funds of elected officals who pass laws that make security research a federal crime
Not an all inclusive list, but it should be a good start for your security minded company or
Could this be the first step towards a new definition of "trustowrthy computing" under which the only packets which are acceptable to transmit are those that are unencrypted?
It will be interesting to see how they handle two of the problems that seem to plague laptops: heat and battery life. All that hardware will generate quite a bit of heat and demand a good bit of power to run.
Is it possible to patent the business model of filing frivolous lawsuits? Think of the money that could be made. "Our lawyers believe your lawsuit is frivolous and therefore violates our IP and business model. We shall now sue you."
"It has come to our attention that Linux and other systems compile into the binary computer language for execution. As UnixWare does this we find all other operating systems and programs to be an illegal derivative of our IP and will be suing the following for violating our IP: any company that produces an operating system or program, schools which teach mathematics in base 2, teachers who teach compilers, programming, base 2, or anything generally related to computer science, cs students, and end users who execute binary code."
--The next big SCO press release