_NOTHING_ will ever be so secure that no one will be able to crack it. As long as there is encryption, there will be people trying (and succeding) at cracking it. Instead of wasting time and money, and pissing off potential customers, the recording industry should be rushing these technologies to the market and then capitolizing on it.
I myself use my Palm V to control all of my components, however I have seen 2 better solutions. Both Marantz and Philips make learning remotes that are back-lit, learning, and have huge lcds. Though if you have a Palm, you can save yourself about $200, though you probably won't get the range that these remotes offer.
I say fuck copyrighting domain names. However took the initiative and registered the name first should in fact be able to rightfully keep it. I'd hate to see this boil down to people copyrighting their own names.
Well, to the best of my knowledge AOL is run by Sun boxes (Solaris I assume). I think this means that you _should_ have just as much a chance of access with Linux as opposed to Windows.
Don't waste your breath. This person obviously is very unsophisticated and doesn't have any appreciation for anything that provokes thought. But for the record, VanGogh sold exactly one paiting during his lifetime, and it was to his brother who felt sorry for him.
Maybe I'm misssing the big picture, but why do we need taxes for internet purchases? And what is the justification for such a thing? Buying something over the internet is not much different from buying something over the phone or via mail order. Both these methods, to the best of my knowledge, are not currently taxed. So why is the internet so much different?
If the customer is stupid enough to compromise their own card, it's all their fault and they deserve to go through the hassle of calling up the credit card company, which actually isn't much of a big deal. It's all natural selection.
All these attempts to make the internet "safe for shopping" and the like are all futile and pathetic. No matter what the security measures, there will _always_ be people who are able to steal tihngs online.
Everytime that someone accidently gives out their CC info online to a malicious person, it could have been prevented. Instead of creating new security methods to try and make it harder to steal CC info, we should be educating consumers on how to safely shop online. If you follow some simple rules, you will never lose your credt card info to anyone who wasn't supposed to get it. For instance, only make purchases from reputable merchants, only make purchases using ssl, never email CC info....
I don't think there's anything wrong with taking Star Wars too seriously, however all of this marketing really disgusts me. Many people go on criticizing TPM because of all of the publicity and cheap marketing tricks, not to mention all of the memorabilia. However, everyone forgets that this aspect was present even with the originals, though not to the same extent.
don't get me wrong, the iMac isn't really a piece of crap, it's just not the best solution for someone who is very savvy. I think that the iMac is a great solution for an individual or family that wants something cheap that is easy to use. I only meant that if every poweruser made a big issue over the G4 and decided not to buy one, it wouldn't affect Apple very much at all because we're not their target market.
Sure, all of us who just read this on/. are probably pretty anoyed with Apple. But this makes no difference to them whatsoever because we're not the market that they cater to. Apple's main demographic are those who buy them because of their ease of use. Just look at the iMac for instance: it's a piece of crap, yet at the same time Apple's made millions off of them because people buy them because "they're pretty" and not because they're good computers. Those Apple customers who are planning on buying a G4 (most of which won't know about the G4 until it hits the market or something like "Mac World") won't know nor care whther or not they can upgrade. They see a newer machine from Apple and decide they want it (of course it must look pretty). I really don't think this will make much difference.
Very very true. Main point being that Americans are constantly eating whereas in France there are simply 3 meals. I'm just pissed about not being able to get good non-pasteurized cheese here in the states! Stupid FDA...
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_NOTHING_ will ever be so secure that no one will be able to crack it. As long as there is encryption, there will be people trying (and succeding) at cracking it. Instead of wasting time and money, and pissing off potential customers, the recording industry should be rushing these technologies to the market and then capitolizing on it.
I remember reading that as a short story, I think it was by none other than Ray Bradburry. But don't quote me on that.
I myself use my Palm V to control all of my components, however I have seen 2 better solutions. Both Marantz and Philips make learning remotes that are back-lit, learning, and have huge lcds. Though if you have a Palm, you can save yourself about $200, though you probably won't get the range that these remotes offer.
I say fuck copyrighting domain names. However took the initiative and registered the name first should in fact be able to rightfully keep it. I'd hate to see this boil down to people copyrighting their own names.
Well, to the best of my knowledge AOL is run by Sun boxes (Solaris I assume). I think this means that you _should_ have just as much a chance of access with Linux as opposed to Windows.
Don't waste your breath. This person obviously is very unsophisticated and doesn't have any appreciation for anything that provokes thought. But for the record, VanGogh sold exactly one paiting during his lifetime, and it was to his brother who felt sorry for him.
Maybe I'm misssing the big picture, but why do we need taxes for internet purchases? And what is the justification for such a thing? Buying something over the internet is not much different from buying something over the phone or via mail order. Both these methods, to the best of my knowledge, are not currently taxed. So why is the internet so much different?
If the customer is stupid enough to compromise their own card, it's all their fault and they deserve to go through the hassle of calling up the credit card company, which actually isn't much of a big deal. It's all natural selection.
Everytime that someone accidently gives out their CC info online to a malicious person, it could have been prevented. Instead of creating new security methods to try and make it harder to steal CC info, we should be educating consumers on how to safely shop online. If you follow some simple rules, you will never lose your credt card info to anyone who wasn't supposed to get it. For instance, only make purchases from reputable merchants, only make purchases using ssl, never email CC info....
Exactly two months ago I was going to buy 2 128MB Generic DIMMS, for $53 each! Now they're close to $200, that's four times the price!!
I don't think there's anything wrong with taking Star Wars too seriously, however all of this marketing really disgusts me. Many people go on criticizing TPM because of all of the publicity and cheap marketing tricks, not to mention all of the memorabilia. However, everyone forgets that this aspect was present even with the originals, though not to the same extent.
don't get me wrong, the iMac isn't really a piece of crap, it's just not the best solution for someone who is very savvy. I think that the iMac is a great solution for an individual or family that wants something cheap that is easy to use. I only meant that if every poweruser made a big issue over the G4 and decided not to buy one, it wouldn't affect Apple very much at all because we're not their target market.
Sure, all of us who just read this on /. are probably pretty anoyed with Apple. But this makes no difference to them whatsoever because we're not the market that they cater to. Apple's main demographic are those who buy them because of their ease of use. Just look at the iMac for instance: it's a piece of crap, yet at the same time Apple's made millions off of them because people buy them because "they're pretty" and not because they're good computers. Those Apple customers who are planning on buying a G4 (most of which won't know about the G4 until it hits the market or something like "Mac World") won't know nor care whther or not they can upgrade. They see a newer machine from Apple and decide they want it (of course it must look pretty). I really don't think this will make much difference.
Very very true. Main point being that Americans are constantly eating whereas in France there are simply 3 meals. I'm just pissed about not being able to get good non-pasteurized cheese here in the states! Stupid FDA...