This is kind of fascinating. It brings into play all sorts of bad hacks where a malicious party could quite easily get your credit card and do nasty things. It may not be clear "which" access device is handing you the IP address--thus, instead of getting sent to http://fork.it.over.to.me, you could be sent to http://evil.doers.website.
I wonder how they'd get around this problem. hehe... Trust is a hard thing to deal with in a wireless world.
The images are absolutely fantastic, and go to demonstrate just how small our lives are. Cumulatively, all their users contribute to a very revealing map of Amsterdam; however, individually, most stay in a very small subset of the area. It's easy to see how those east-side/west-side stereotypes can develop given that most people really only live on one side and never really go to "the other side."
The visualization technique that they use is really cool too -- it lets you see more vividly the areas that get traversed (cumulatively) more heavily.
This is different because occasionally, [...] a McDonalds worker will eat Burger King food.
Clearly, you've never worked at a fast food joint. Trust me buddy, if you'd ever worked at a McDonalds joint, you'd probably never eat there ever. That goes for any fast food joint, too... but especially the one you worked at.;)
"Experts on childhood and adolescence have long recognised the importance of violent fantasy play in overcoming anxieties, processing anger, and providing outlets for aggression."
I would really like to know who these "experts" are. This notion of "playing out fantasies" or "venting of aggression" in the psychological literature is known as catharsis. Any first year psychology student SINCE the time of Freud is taught that the notion of catharsis is false.
Note: I am not saying that the group is wrong in what it is doing; only that the reporter is claiming results that have been demonstrated to be false for quite some time.
The article talks about how this guy has found a "cause"; however, the researcher conducted a survey. That means he went out and asked a bunch of people: "How often do you play video games and for how long?" and then he checked their brainwaves and behavior. You don't get a causal conclusion out of that. The best you get is a correlation.
It would be more fair to say that he's found that people who play more games have less brain activity.
Who knows? Maybe the cause is the other way around: people with low brain activity play more video games?
I bought a "StyleCam" for about $14. It's super small -- the size of the width of a credit card along the lengths, and the height of about a quarter inch.
Also has 640x480 res, no flash, and 8mb of memory.
Pretty sweet deal.
Some info: http://www.vnunet.com/Products/Hardware/113 0194 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000066 FY L/ref%3Ded%5Fbest%5Fh%5F1%5F2/026-4070624-3257254
Haptic Battle Pong has been around for quite a while. Head down to your local YMCA and play a game of racquetball.;) Plenty of "haptic feedback" if you get in front of a moving ball. Let's see if this "battle pong" can match that!
So my impression of the interview was that they're suing the bnetd guys because they/think/ that bnetd will profit from their work. (If I'm wrong, please post a response.)
If this is the case, then indeed, the entire lawsuit is ridiculous.
As an analogy, why don't I sue you because you bought a hammer, and that I/think/ that you might hit me on the head with it? Especially since, for the longest time, you've just been using it on nails.
I'm making light of this, though I understand there is probably reasonable backing for this lawsuit. Sometimes though, spokespeople for lawyers can sound incredibly stupid.
This is a cool project./. should add a new category called, "Because You Can." You see, there are a lot of wicked projects that we cover here, but they're not so much funny as, "This is totally sweet." (e.g. linux on ____, webserver on _____, and now of course, real-audio streaming on _____).
Invariably when we cover these, you get a few responses like this: "Why would you ever want to do this... blah blah."
Invariably, the response is: "Because you can."
The next step, of course, after creating such a category, is to make sure it's mirrored well before it's posted. (*wistful look*)
Now, I haven't checked whether this story is a hoax or not, but if it is, then it should be in the "Funny" category. Otherwise, consider this post as a call for a new category called, "Because you can!"
Obviously, you didn't notice that you were reading slashdot! You know this because if you scroll to the top, you'll see on the top left of your screen, a picture that says "Slashdot".
The new.net stuff hasn't been installed on my machines before, but it is a VERY admirable thing that it shows up in the add/remove thing, and that it is stable (as is claimed). I think this is definitely a step in the right direction, and I applaud the company.
We in no way install in a "stealthy manner", since it is the responsibility of the user to read the install screens that are provided during an installation.
This, I find less admirable. Practically speaking, you're absolutely right; however, it's statements like these that show NO LOVE for the user. The feature article is about being fair AND showing compassion for the user. Your mom, and your grandmother wouldn't read the installation screens. You know that. You also know that if you were called in as the "IT guy" to set up her computer for her, you'd be unlikely to read the installation screens either.
In all fairness, the owness should be on the user to read the installation screens. The fact of the matter is that no one does. That's why we have sayings about "reading the fine print." It's because no one does it. And if your partners' customers discover your software installed (without their having installed it knowingly), then effectively, your partners are exploiting the problem of fine print.
And if you do nothing about it, then you may as well be guilty, too. After all, they are your partners.
Now you don't even need to waste your own bandwidth downloading your pr0n. You can just aim your little LED detector at your neighbor's LED's and get his pr0n.
The utility vs. security of the Speedpass has baffled me right from the start. Speedpass was a technology developed by Esso (Exxon) to be used at its gas stations. Soon after, another gas station company here in Canada, PetroCan, developed its own proprietary version of the technology. At the outset, it appeared that the two technologies wouldn't interoperate, and I haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise.
What we have then, is something that is effectively a (faster) credit card, except that the credit card only works in one place (namely, an Esso/or/ a Petrocan station). So the trade is a (little) extra speed (since you can swipe a card at the pump, too) for the ability to only use it in one or two places.
Moreover, the security of the Speedpass is minimal -- less so than even our credit card system. And who knows how good/fast Esso will be at deleting your account when you tell them your Speedpass has been stolen.
To me, it seems like they're trying to get (gas) brand loyalty. Here in Canada (different than in the US), gas quality at different stations is essentially the same (due to regulatory bodies); thus, brand loyalty is a myth when it comes to gas -- I just see who gives me the cheapest gas on the day that I need it.
There's an interesting thread that could develop here. To be clear (not insulting), "society" in your post really means "Western Society."
Putting blame on the surrounding environment comes out of psychology -- in particular behaviourist psychology, which came out of the US. Its basic premise was that everyone is born equally -- it's the environment that shapes you into what you end up being. This is actually a pretty huge premise. Academic psychologists don't completely subscribe to it any more, but the idea has been embedded into the American psyche. Of course, it doesn't just come out of psychology... "All men are born equal," anyone?
It becomes clear then, that regardless of how it came to be, the notion that the environment should be blamed is deeply etched into the American psyche. It's hard to blame the individual; most people (in the US) wouldn't stand for it.
It's only the most heinous of crimes that get blamed on the individual -- we don't want to ever believe that society could produce such a monster (e.g. serial killers).
The story is pretty interesting, but did anyone else notice that the link (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-845815.html) is zdnet.com.com? Cool! Check this out: http://com.com/!
From the site: The hardware itself isn't particularly remarkable.... I am using a Soyo K7ADA motherboard with a 1.2 Ghz T-bird and 512 megs of DDR ram.
Jeez. I wish I could say things like that. (/me pats his p166 fondly)
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This is kind of fascinating. It brings into play all sorts of bad hacks where a malicious party could quite easily get your credit card and do nasty things. It may not be clear "which" access device is handing you the IP address--thus, instead of getting sent to http://fork.it.over.to.me, you could be sent to http://evil.doers.website.
I wonder how they'd get around this problem. hehe... Trust is a hard thing to deal with in a wireless world.
The images are absolutely fantastic, and go to demonstrate just how small our lives are. Cumulatively, all their users contribute to a very revealing map of Amsterdam; however, individually, most stay in a very small subset of the area. It's easy to see how those east-side/west-side stereotypes can develop given that most people really only live on one side and never really go to "the other side."
The visualization technique that they use is really cool too -- it lets you see more vividly the areas that get traversed (cumulatively) more heavily.
Actually, you may need to watch for quite a while... The movie won't be shown on TV for another year or two, probably. hehehe ;D
Clearly, you've never worked at a fast food joint. Trust me buddy, if you'd ever worked at a McDonalds joint, you'd probably never eat there ever. That goes for any fast food joint, too... but especially the one you worked at. ;)
I would really like to know who these "experts" are. This notion of "playing out fantasies" or "venting of aggression" in the psychological literature is known as catharsis. Any first year psychology student SINCE the time of Freud is taught that the notion of catharsis is false.
Note: I am not saying that the group is wrong in what it is doing; only that the reporter is claiming results that have been demonstrated to be false for quite some time.
Dammit. I hope they don't get sued for building a browser into the OS!
Actually, not to be a pizzat, but just for anyone who doesn't know what MAME is, look for http://mame.net/
Mame is a "multiple arcade machine emulator."
The article talks about how this guy has found a "cause"; however, the researcher conducted a survey. That means he went out and asked a bunch of people: "How often do you play video games and for how long?" and then he checked their brainwaves and behavior. You don't get a causal conclusion out of that. The best you get is a correlation.
It would be more fair to say that he's found that people who play more games have less brain activity.
Who knows? Maybe the cause is the other way around: people with low brain activity play more video games?
Heh...
In their first demo, they just have a screen showing the xbox logo and tux.
In the second demo, they have dmesg.
SUHWEET.
*spooge*
,my k,eb0rd *is screw3ed~~!
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no idea, but it's doubtful... stylecam came with its own set of win32 software...
I bought a "StyleCam" for about $14. It's super small -- the size of the width of a credit card along the lengths, and the height of about a quarter inch.
3 0194 6 FY L/ref%3Ded%5Fbest%5Fh%5F1%5F2/026-4070624-3257254
Also has 640x480 res, no flash, and 8mb of memory.
Pretty sweet deal.
Some info:
http://www.vnunet.com/Products/Hardware/11
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006
Haptic Battle Pong has been around for quite a while. Head down to your local YMCA and play a game of racquetball. ;) Plenty of "haptic feedback" if you get in front of a moving ball. Let's see if this "battle pong" can match that!
So my impression of the interview was that they're suing the bnetd guys because they /think/ that bnetd will profit from their work. (If I'm wrong, please post a response.)
/think/ that you might hit me on the head with it? Especially since, for the longest time, you've just been using it on nails.
If this is the case, then indeed, the entire lawsuit is ridiculous.
As an analogy, why don't I sue you because you bought a hammer, and that I
I'm making light of this, though I understand there is probably reasonable backing for this lawsuit. Sometimes though, spokespeople for lawyers can sound incredibly stupid.
This is a cool project. /. should add a new category called, "Because You Can." You see, there are a lot of wicked projects that we cover here, but they're not so much funny as, "This is totally sweet." (e.g. linux on ____, webserver on _____, and now of course, real-audio streaming on _____).
Invariably when we cover these, you get a few responses like this: "Why would you ever want to do this... blah blah."
Invariably, the response is: "Because you can."
The next step, of course, after creating such a category, is to make sure it's mirrored well before it's posted. (*wistful look*)
Now, I haven't checked whether this story is a hoax or not, but if it is, then it should be in the "Funny" category. Otherwise, consider this post as a call for a new category called, "Because you can!"
Don't you people read?
Ha!
Obviously, you didn't notice that you were reading slashdot! You know this because if you scroll to the top, you'll see on the top left of your screen, a picture that says "Slashdot".
This is far more fair. So long as what's being shown is understandable by your mom, I figure that's about the best you can do for now...
We in no way install in a "stealthy manner", since it is the responsibility of the user to read the install screens that are provided during an installation.
This, I find less admirable. Practically speaking, you're absolutely right; however, it's statements like these that show NO LOVE for the user. The feature article is about being fair AND showing compassion for the user. Your mom, and your grandmother wouldn't read the installation screens. You know that. You also know that if you were called in as the "IT guy" to set up her computer for her, you'd be unlikely to read the installation screens either.
In all fairness, the owness should be on the user to read the installation screens. The fact of the matter is that no one does. That's why we have sayings about "reading the fine print." It's because no one does it. And if your partners' customers discover your software installed (without their having installed it knowingly), then effectively, your partners are exploiting the problem of fine print.
And if you do nothing about it, then you may as well be guilty, too. After all, they are your partners.
Now you don't even need to waste your own bandwidth downloading your pr0n. You can just aim your little LED detector at your neighbor's LED's and get his pr0n.
The utility vs. security of the Speedpass has baffled me right from the start. Speedpass was a technology developed by Esso (Exxon) to be used at its gas stations. Soon after, another gas station company here in Canada, PetroCan, developed its own proprietary version of the technology. At the outset, it appeared that the two technologies wouldn't interoperate, and I haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise.
/or/ a Petrocan station). So the trade is a (little) extra speed (since you can swipe a card at the pump, too) for the ability to only use it in one or two places.
What we have then, is something that is effectively a (faster) credit card, except that the credit card only works in one place (namely, an Esso
Moreover, the security of the Speedpass is minimal -- less so than even our credit card system. And who knows how good/fast Esso will be at deleting your account when you tell them your Speedpass has been stolen.
To me, it seems like they're trying to get (gas) brand loyalty. Here in Canada (different than in the US), gas quality at different stations is essentially the same (due to regulatory bodies); thus, brand loyalty is a myth when it comes to gas -- I just see who gives me the cheapest gas on the day that I need it.
There's an interesting thread that could develop here. To be clear (not insulting), "society" in your post really means "Western Society."
Putting blame on the surrounding environment comes out of psychology -- in particular behaviourist psychology, which came out of the US. Its basic premise was that everyone is born equally -- it's the environment that shapes you into what you end up being. This is actually a pretty huge premise. Academic psychologists don't completely subscribe to it any more, but the idea has been embedded into the American psyche. Of course, it doesn't just come out of psychology... "All men are born equal," anyone?
It becomes clear then, that regardless of how it came to be, the notion that the environment should be blamed is deeply etched into the American psyche. It's hard to blame the individual; most people (in the US) wouldn't stand for it.
It's only the most heinous of crimes that get blamed on the individual -- we don't want to ever believe that society could produce such a monster (e.g. serial killers).
Check it out: Smurf Hunt.
The story is pretty interesting, but did anyone else notice that the link (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-845815.html) is zdnet.com.com? Cool! Check this out: http://com.com/!
Jeez. I wish I could say things like that. (/me pats his p166 fondly)
He's the co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation. You can read some of the thing's he's written.