What is FastTrack? Could you provide a link? I don't get UPN...:(
Re:How is it going to be profitable?
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Napster Clawing Back
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Option b could be the only possible money maker for them. Any unique content found on Napster will cease being unique to Napster moments after it's published. C. is right out, since it's difficult to shut down everyone's computer... I can't think of any kind of value-added service that they could apply to their content to make me want to pay, aside from better indexing, organization, and cross referencing (a la audio galaxy).
Thank you... Very much... This is a very clear, very well thought out letter. Those of us lacking the eloquence to communciate our fears and reservations on these issues, to the appropriate people, appreciate your contribution.
I certainly hope not... My guess is that upon generating a key, a seperate key is also generated. This key (the other half of which the NSA has) could be used to encrypt the original sender's private key. This would allow the NSA (I don't know which tla will hold the keys, just substitute your favorite one in here...) to be able to retrieve the private key and decrypt the transmission... This is pure speculation...
IE? How about the Microsoft OS? You can't use it to produce unauthorized content, or view content not pre-approved by Bill himself... Why not, this seems like the next step to me...
I could just do a google search, but maybe this will spark discussion... Why the JavaVM for the ps2? Aren't the graphics libraries sub par? I have yet to see a "good" java game on standard wintel hardware. If gaming isn't the goal, then I assume some sort of cheap service platform is.
Just curious about the reasons for Java on the ps2, and the potential it holds...
You will be stunned by the bang for the buck that Linux bundled free "open source" software offers.
Since Linux is free, wouldn't any amount of "bang" mean that the ratio of "bang" to "buck" is infinite? Q.E.D. Better than Windows!!! (not trolling.... well.... maybe a little bit... ) :)
Most officials were quick to say the war would like unlike any other, and that drafting vast numbers of people wouldn't be necessary. This war would be fluid, varied, combining weaponry with diplomacy and economic pressure.
Somehow I don't think diplomacy and economic pressure will matter to these people. Our enemy, in this case, cannot be localized to a single country. Cell infiltration and intelligence gathering will be our bread and butter. Diplomacy, in the sense that we lean on countries that support these cells, won't be effective unless we have the intelligence to discern whether or not they are indeed supporting these cells. Even without a country to back them financially, I don't think they will stop. Their fanatacism, and willingness to trade their lives for their cause, makes them immune to any suffering we could impose on them short of extermination. (Take that how you will...) We won't stop until they're no longer a threat, and we can expect the same from them.
Is this the order you're supposed to read them in? (I haven't read any of them yet... yes yes, I know, this makes me a terrible person...) I was told once that the order didn't matter terribly... Since I've decided to take the plunge and read the series, I'd like to know if the order in which I read the books, does in fact, matter.
Thanks for the pointer to the howto on searching the knowledge base. It goes a long way towards de-mystifying the dark art of knowledge base traversal.
I have never run into something that Google, linuxdoc.org, or time on IRC wasn't able to fix. MS may have the "knowledge base." (A horrid tangled nest of pages loosly grouped by, as near as I can tell, md5 hashes), but Linux has a dedicated, knowledgable, sometimes prickly, and definately motley following of people who have it in their best interest to see this operating system thrive. This means that, by and large, they're more willing to help.
The are not corrupt. mpeg_encode (the software from Berkeley he used to encode these doesn't output mpegs the way MSMP likes). He suggests XAnim for Linux. There are other Windows alternatives listed at davecentral that you might want to look into.
I know this was a joke... But damn that would be cool... Just like on those internet sites where you can see an arial of the street you live on... It would be cool to be able to see the representation of say, your subnet...
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What is FastTrack? Could you provide a link? I don't get UPN... :(
Option b could be the only possible money maker for them. Any unique content found on Napster will cease being unique to Napster moments after it's published. C. is right out, since it's difficult to shut down everyone's computer... I can't think of any kind of value-added service that they could apply to their content to make me want to pay, aside from better indexing, organization, and cross referencing (a la audio galaxy).
They're screwed.
I'm sorry Sir, but in order to board this plane you will have to remove your hands. You see, they can be turned into "fists" and that simply won't do.
Thank you... Very much... This is a very clear, very well thought out letter. Those of us lacking the eloquence to communciate our fears and reservations on these issues, to the appropriate people, appreciate your contribution.
And apparently... I forgot to click on the Post Anonymously check box.... :)
Cash is the paranoid AC's way of buying porn, weed, and JD Salinger books...
I certainly hope not... My guess is that upon generating a key, a seperate key is also generated. This key (the other half of which the NSA has) could be used to encrypt the original sender's private key. This would allow the NSA (I don't know which tla will hold the keys, just substitute your favorite one in here...) to be able to retrieve the private key and decrypt the transmission... This is pure speculation...
IE? How about the Microsoft OS? You can't use it to produce unauthorized content, or view content not pre-approved by Bill himself... Why not, this seems like the next step to me...
That's a great quote in your sig. Who said that originally?
I wouldn't worry about it, stuff like this wouldn't hold up more than a second under First Amendment scrutiny.
Oh, I know! I'm glad the First Amendment was there to save us from the DCMA! Can you IMAGINE the implications of THAT being passed?
I could just do a google search, but maybe this will spark discussion... Why the JavaVM for the ps2? Aren't the graphics libraries sub par? I have yet to see a "good" java game on standard wintel hardware. If gaming isn't the goal, then I assume some sort of cheap service platform is.
Just curious about the reasons for Java on the ps2, and the potential it holds...
Thanks,
Andrew
You will be stunned by the bang for the buck that Linux bundled free "open source" software offers.
Since Linux is free, wouldn't any amount of "bang" mean that the ratio of "bang" to "buck" is infinite? Q.E.D. Better than Windows!!! (not trolling.... well.... maybe a little bit... )
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Go ahead and mod this down (I would...) But doesn't this color scheme look like what a baby would shit after eating a gallon of musturd?
Andrew
Here here... That's a great point...
Most officials were quick to say the war would like unlike any other, and that drafting vast numbers of people wouldn't be necessary. This war would be fluid, varied, combining weaponry with diplomacy and economic pressure.
Somehow I don't think diplomacy and economic pressure will matter to these people. Our enemy, in this case, cannot be localized to a single country. Cell infiltration and intelligence gathering will be our bread and butter. Diplomacy, in the sense that we lean on countries that support these cells, won't be effective unless we have the intelligence to discern whether or not they are indeed supporting these cells. Even without a country to back them financially, I don't think they will stop. Their fanatacism, and willingness to trade their lives for their cause, makes them immune to any suffering we could impose on them short of extermination. (Take that how you will...) We won't stop until they're no longer a threat, and we can expect the same from them.
I'm better than herpes.
I have to agree... I hate that Bush is in office, but this statement utterly nullifies any kind of rational argument.
Is this the order you're supposed to read them in? (I haven't read any of them yet... yes yes, I know, this makes me a terrible person...) I was told once that the order didn't matter terribly... Since I've decided to take the plunge and read the series, I'd like to know if the order in which I read the books, does in fact, matter.
Woefully uneducated...
Andrew
Thanks for the pointer to the howto on searching the knowledge base. It goes a long way towards de-mystifying the dark art of knowledge base traversal.
Andrew
I have never run into something that Google, linuxdoc.org, or time on IRC wasn't able to fix. MS may have the "knowledge base." (A horrid tangled nest of pages loosly grouped by, as near as I can tell, md5 hashes), but Linux has a dedicated, knowledgable, sometimes prickly, and definately motley following of people who have it in their best interest to see this operating system thrive. This means that, by and large, they're more willing to help.
Andrew
I think the Genesis would've done well had Sega not released "Moonwalker."
WTF? Who moderated this as a troll? Did you eat a giant bowl of dumbass this morning?
If we lose our civil liberties, then the terrorists have won.
The are not corrupt. mpeg_encode (the software from Berkeley he used to encode these doesn't output mpegs the way MSMP likes). He suggests XAnim for Linux. There are other Windows alternatives listed at davecentral that you might want to look into.
Andrew
I know this was a joke... But damn that would be cool... Just like on those internet sites where you can see an arial of the street you live on... It would be cool to be able to see the representation of say, your subnet...
Andrew
Will these drives allow dvd ripping analogous to the cd ripping we're seeing now. Will people be able to rent a dvd, and copy it?