Maybe she was trying to destroy data on the machine for some reason, that or somebody else was trying to destroy data on her machine. Who knows, maybe she didn't have a straight answer because there was something illegal involved.
I was listening to a local radio station, 700 WLW (for those Slashdoters in the Cincinnati, OH area), shortly after the disaster. A caller called in and had said something like this, "...all the landing systems are completely computer controlled, is there a chance that a hacker could've caused this?" He then went on to do what most morons do when talking about hackers, he made a reference to some movie he saw where some '18 year old kid' broke into the IRS database and caused the world to end or whatever. Needless to say, I was quite steamed when I heard this. However, it did get me thinking about how that system works. Is it, in fact, controlled by remote or is it a pre-programmed sequence relying totally on some sort of embedded system on board? To me, the latter makes more sense. Does anybody know how that system actually works?
Yes, it is a 'flying brick' because it mostly freefalling back onto the surfact of the earth, however there is a little bit of fuel that's left in the tanks to power engines that set it in the right path to start its fall.
Maybe Hollywood should contract a company to manufacture a DVD player with no next/prev. track buttons. That would certianly solve this problem, and then some. They could go all out and make one that has no play or pause buttons, either. That also solves that whole copy protection problem, because that way you couldn't even watch the movies let alone copy them.
This is precisely why I don't use IE. It's bloody awful. It seems to me that Microsoft is in bed with the adware companies, have you ever noticed that there is an option in every automatic install window that pops up saying something like, "Always trust content from Foo inc." or whatever. Why isn't there an option that says, "NEVER trust content from Foo inc.?" I'll tell you why, it's because companies like Xupiter pay Microsoft to make shitty software.
Now that I'm finished ranting...
I must say that people should be aware of adware and spyware. The problem with most software today is that it is made to be too easy (eg automatic installation of software through IE, as opposed downloading and installing software seperately). Because of this simplicity, we're breading a generation of computer morons. Personally, I think computers should be challenging to use because it forces people to learn how they work. Those who aren't willing to learn, simply shouldn't be granted the privelege of using a computer. Ergo, it would be significantly more difficult for spyware and adware to be in existance.
I would question the market viability of a device designed to copy songs from the radio. When you copy a CD that you bought and paid for, you are buying the material on the CD. You are purchasing a copy. When you hear a song on the radio, you are hearing performance of the song. An artist/record company makes money for every copy and performance made. If you buy a CD and copy it (assuming that you don't share it or anything) just to listen to it on a device such as this, you aren't taking any more than what you paid for. But if you copy from the radio, you are. In fact this was the basis for the case against radio stations streaming broadcasts over the internet, because temporary copies of songs were made on the user's hard drive therefore making it a copy. Most of you have probablly heard of that case. Most radio stations have ceased to do so because of this, and are fighting it as well. I'm not trying to defend the RIAA in any way. However, a device that would facilitate copying of music from the radio would definitely come under serious fire from the RIAA, IMHO.
Taken directly from MindGurard's home page... The technology to implant ideas and images into a person's mind using electromagnetic and sonic waves was invented more than sixty years ago and has been growing more sophisticated yearly.
So I guess the only way to prevent such waves from penetrating my mind would be to remove my video card and my sound card. While I'm at it I should just unplug my TV and radio, crawl into a hole and die. Just a thought.
Speaking from the perspective of an Electrical Engineering student, I must say this is totally insane. First of all, taking apart a power supply is bad enough if you're not careful. Second, pumping a conductive fluid through a high-voltage power converter is even more insane. Pumping water onto a processor to keep it cool is one thing, because currents and voltages on the motherboard are relatively low but a power supply has potentially lethal current and voltages. The article makes no mention of using a non-conductive fluid, nor does it make any mention of how to even correctly discharge capacitors while working with them. Anybody who tries this is seriously risking his or her life.
I think that somewhere in the fine print of Xbox manual, it says somewhere that you're not supposed to run third party software and what not. Similar to the phone contract, I guess.
It would be nice to be able to run Xbox Linux without a modchip, which was to my understanding the whole scope of the project, but Microsoft would loose alot if the key was actually found. Don't take me the wrong way, I'm not trying to defend Microsoft in any way or argue the legality on either side. But, the simple truth is that the XBox Challenge was doomed from the start, given the circumstances. Moreover, if the project stayed it would take so long to actually crack the key, that by the time it would be found the Xbox would most likely be obsolete.
I would like to see cars powered by fuel cells, rather than those powered by hybrid engines. Those types of vehicles get much higher fuel efficiency, for about the same price.
Actually, certian types of E. Coli bacterica live inside human intestine, as humans we have a mutualistic relationship with them. Without them, it would not be possible to extract nutrients from food we eat. The 'bad' type of E. Coli bacteria you're thinking of actually kills the beneficial bacteria in your intestines, and causes food to rot inside your digestive tract.
Fifty years ago, scientists were saying that in 50 years the Earth will have expired. I think taht it can't be accurately predicted, it's one of those things you kind of have to play by ear.
It seems taht everything is going to merge into one super-device. Which can play games, get on the internet, watch DVD's, watch TV--the list goes on. It's kind of like FM radio cards in PC's. Most people don't have them, and those who have them don't usually use them. I can't speak for everybody, but the one I was foolish enough to buy I've hardly used. It just shows that rolling everything into one device, doesn't always make things better. There's a healthy medium between complete integration and total sepereation.
I must say that this is quite interesting. And I agree taht it seems a little fishy about the packet from Hotmail. It seems that the folks at Microsoft are up to something.
Rape is a real crime. There is no passion or love, only a cold-blooded heartless act of violence. I hope you know that that comment was made in very poor taste, Anonymous Coward really does fit your description. TROLL
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I'm sure posting it on slashdot doesn't help it all, either.
Maybe she was trying to destroy data on the machine for some reason, that or somebody else was trying to destroy data on her machine. Who knows, maybe she didn't have a straight answer because there was something illegal involved.
I was listening to a local radio station, 700 WLW (for those Slashdoters in the Cincinnati, OH area), shortly after the disaster. A caller called in and had said something like this, "...all the landing systems are completely computer controlled, is there a chance that a hacker could've caused this?" He then went on to do what most morons do when talking about hackers, he made a reference to some movie he saw where some '18 year old kid' broke into the IRS database and caused the world to end or whatever. Needless to say, I was quite steamed when I heard this. However, it did get me thinking about how that system works. Is it, in fact, controlled by remote or is it a pre-programmed sequence relying totally on some sort of embedded system on board? To me, the latter makes more sense. Does anybody know how that system actually works?
Yes, it is a 'flying brick' because it mostly freefalling back onto the surfact of the earth, however there is a little bit of fuel that's left in the tanks to power engines that set it in the right path to start its fall.
Maybe Hollywood should contract a company to manufacture a DVD player with no next/prev. track buttons. That would certianly solve this problem, and then some. They could go all out and make one that has no play or pause buttons, either. That also solves that whole copy protection problem, because that way you couldn't even watch the movies let alone copy them.
This is precisely why I don't use IE. It's bloody awful. It seems to me that Microsoft is in bed with the adware companies, have you ever noticed that there is an option in every automatic install window that pops up saying something like, "Always trust content from Foo inc." or whatever. Why isn't there an option that says, "NEVER trust content from Foo inc.?" I'll tell you why, it's because companies like Xupiter pay Microsoft to make shitty software.
Now that I'm finished ranting...
I must say that people should be aware of adware and spyware. The problem with most software today is that it is made to be too easy (eg automatic installation of software through IE, as opposed downloading and installing software seperately). Because of this simplicity, we're breading a generation of computer morons. Personally, I think computers should be challenging to use because it forces people to learn how they work. Those who aren't willing to learn, simply shouldn't be granted the privelege of using a computer. Ergo, it would be significantly more difficult for spyware and adware to be in existance.
I would question the market viability of a device designed to copy songs from the radio. When you copy a CD that you bought and paid for, you are buying the material on the CD. You are purchasing a copy. When you hear a song on the radio, you are hearing performance of the song. An artist/record company makes money for every copy and performance made. If you buy a CD and copy it (assuming that you don't share it or anything) just to listen to it on a device such as this, you aren't taking any more than what you paid for. But if you copy from the radio, you are. In fact this was the basis for the case against radio stations streaming broadcasts over the internet, because temporary copies of songs were made on the user's hard drive therefore making it a copy. Most of you have probablly heard of that case. Most radio stations have ceased to do so because of this, and are fighting it as well. I'm not trying to defend the RIAA in any way. However, a device that would facilitate copying of music from the radio would definitely come under serious fire from the RIAA, IMHO.
Taken directly from MindGurard's home page...
The technology to implant ideas and images into a person's mind using electromagnetic and sonic waves was invented more than sixty years ago and has been growing more sophisticated yearly.
So I guess the only way to prevent such waves from penetrating my mind would be to remove my video card and my sound card. While I'm at it I should just unplug my TV and radio, crawl into a hole and die. Just a thought.
Speaking from the perspective of an Electrical Engineering student, I must say this is totally insane. First of all, taking apart a power supply is bad enough if you're not careful. Second, pumping a conductive fluid through a high-voltage power converter is even more insane. Pumping water onto a processor to keep it cool is one thing, because currents and voltages on the motherboard are relatively low but a power supply has potentially lethal current and voltages. The article makes no mention of using a non-conductive fluid, nor does it make any mention of how to even correctly discharge capacitors while working with them. Anybody who tries this is seriously risking his or her life.
I wonder how long it will be before the Japaneese beat this record, like before with the Millennium Force.
Why would such protection be necessary? And who stands to benefit from this?
That's true. But I'm still gonna read the manual for my Xbox and see what kind of Bullshit Microsoft tried to put in there.
I think that somewhere in the fine print of Xbox manual, it says somewhere that you're not supposed to run third party software and what not. Similar to the phone contract, I guess.
It would be nice to be able to run Xbox Linux without a modchip, which was to my understanding the whole scope of the project, but Microsoft would loose alot if the key was actually found. Don't take me the wrong way, I'm not trying to defend Microsoft in any way or argue the legality on either side. But, the simple truth is that the XBox Challenge was doomed from the start, given the circumstances. Moreover, if the project stayed it would take so long to actually crack the key, that by the time it would be found the Xbox would most likely be obsolete.
No prizes for guessing that would happen.
Sourceforge.net is also blocked, I wonder if other OSDN sites are blocked as well?
I would like to see cars powered by fuel cells, rather than those powered by hybrid engines. Those types of vehicles get much higher fuel efficiency, for about the same price.
Actually, certian types of E. Coli bacterica live inside human intestine, as humans we have a mutualistic relationship with them. Without them, it would not be possible to extract nutrients from food we eat. The 'bad' type of E. Coli bacteria you're thinking of actually kills the beneficial bacteria in your intestines, and causes food to rot inside your digestive tract.
If only Sega developed the Xbox, they wouldn't give a rat's ass what people do to their systems!
Fifty years ago, scientists were saying that in 50 years the Earth will have expired. I think taht it can't be accurately predicted, it's one of those things you kind of have to play by ear.
If you force your broweser to visit a page taht doesn't exist on the server, it returns this message.
207.67.219.101
Tue Apr 23 19:58:38 2002
Apache/2.0.35 (Unix)
It seems taht everything is going to merge into one super-device. Which can play games, get on the internet, watch DVD's, watch TV--the list goes on. It's kind of like FM radio cards in PC's. Most people don't have them, and those who have them don't usually use them. I can't speak for everybody, but the one I was foolish enough to buy I've hardly used. It just shows that rolling everything into one device, doesn't always make things better. There's a healthy medium between complete integration and total sepereation.
I must say that this is quite interesting. And I agree taht it seems a little fishy about the packet from Hotmail. It seems that the folks at Microsoft are up to something.
Rape is a real crime. There is no passion or love, only a cold-blooded heartless act of violence. I hope you know that that comment was made in very poor taste, Anonymous Coward really does fit your description. TROLL
Is Ensemble Studios something that Microsoft started, or is it originally independant and then it was aquired by Microsoft? Just because something has the Microsoft name, does not make it bad© AOE is probablly one of my favorite games© So what if I can't run it in Linux, It's still a good game© Besides, Microsoft is not the focus of this discussion© Oh, BTW even if he/she does work for Microsoft, he/she is probablly making way more money than you©