If they had told me up front that they would be resetting peer-to-peer connections, I might be mad, but at least I'd know it up front and could choose to sign up with a service that doesn't do so.
While they don't explicitly say that they'll reset connections, their terms of service have always expressly forbidden running servers, and with the rise of P2P apps, that's been included as well. From their terms of service page:
Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, using the Service, Customer Equipment, or the Comcast Equipment to:
xiv. run programs, equipment, or servers from the Premises that provide network content or any other services to anyone outside of your Premises LAN (Local Area Network), also commonly referred to as public services or servers. Examples of prohibited services and servers include, but are not limited to, e-mail, Web hosting, file sharing, and proxy services and servers;
When I applied for my job as a systems tech, I was assured it would be an 8-5 job. Did you get it in writing? If not, you have little recourse. You have a couple of options, though. You can either quit, or you can demand more money at your next review.
Why do you let your company abuse and exploit you and then do nothing but complain to the internet about it?
The second season is doing better because it has nothing to do with IT the way the first season did, so it's got broader appeal. Oh, and what's up with their office looking like an apartment this season? It's like the producers have never seen the inside of an IT department.
Anyone who thinks the cameras have anything to do with deterring crime are fooling themselves. They're meant as a means to control the populace and nothing more.
The police handled things appropriately. A man swinging his arms at police as they are trying to escort him out of a venue is a threat to the police. He wasn't, until he resisted beyond reason, under arrest. Maybe he will learn where that line is now.
He was handcuffed, on the ground, with six cops kneeling on him when he was tasered. How was that appropriate?
I note that Cory's Down and Out... has since been replaced on scribd.com. I wonder if they replaced all of the erroneously (I mean illegally) removed works.
You have absolutely no fscking idea what you're talking about, do you?... It has absolutely nothing to do with advertising whatsoever.
I'm guessing that he actually read the article.
FTFA: Activated Content hasn't explained exactly how it'll use the Microsoft technology, but the company's Web site promotes a very interesting service called ActiveNow. The idea: whenever a watermarked file is played on an ActiveNow-enabled device, the service could dynamically insert some sort of advertising--presumably audio, but perhaps video or text depending on the device being used.
What's wrong with saying "the second weekend in February" or some similarly random date? It's a weekend so it won't interfere with business, but unlike new years day it won't mess with employees' personal lives too much.
Since when has corporate brass given a damn about an IT worker's personal life? It's the nature of the business that we can only do our major work when no one else is around (because they can't have their work disrupted, but apparently we can.) End-of-year is perfect because that's when everyone *else* will be on vacation.
I remember using a haptic glove like this at Comdex like 10 years ago. The display wasn't 3D, but other than that, it was essentially the same thing. The glove had force-feedback motors in each fingertip and when you grasped one of the objects on the screen, they provided tactile feedback representing mass, weight, and to a much lesser extent, texture. In the demonstration, you had to stack blocks of varying types. Very simplistic, but also very very cool. I always wondered where the tech went since I never saw it again after that.
realism and science fiction, two words that should in a sense be mutually exclusive
I disagree. I think when you can blend the two successfully, you achieve a much more believable effect. This is why we don't buy the Star Trek future quite as readily as the Bladrunner (or Alien or Outland) future. We inherently believe that in our real future, things will be more or less the same as they are now. It will be the little things that will be different. We'll use cellphones instead of payphones. We'll pay with "credits" instead of "dollars". We'll have voice-controlled appliances instead of switches. We'll have a few flying cars in the air, but mostly it'll still be ground traffic. These are the things that Bladerunner brought to the table and they are partly why it's believable sci fi, even today. Especially today, when some of the little things in the film have already come to pass.
Movies like this always remind me of those old Tom Selleck AT&T commercials: "Imagine taking a college course from the beach. You will!" Realism + Sci Fi.
I remember trying out a foot-pedal mouse a few years back at Comdex. IIRC, the left foot tilt forward and backwards was left and right click, and the right foot on a 360 rocker was the mouse control. It was extremely easy and accurate, although probably not fast enough for gaming. But paired with a regular handheld mouse, was highly useful. Without the handheld, it meant you could operate the interface without taking your hands off the keyboard. I don't remember who made it.
Your concerns are valid, and here's the answer: The average American doesn't give a shit.
It's not that we don't give a shit, it's that after 200+ years we've come to the conclusion that we're screwed no matter what we do. It's like the Futurama parody where the only two candidates are Jack Johnson or John Jackson.
Ok, so we somehow manage to boot the existing leaders out. Now what? We get a new set of leaders that are just as self-serving and corrupt. It doesn't matter what we do, we'll always be ruled by an aristocracy comprised of corporations, special-interest groups and the wealthy.
We live in a two-party system where one side says "We'll take all your money and give it to the welfare programs, prisons, and the poor" and the other side says "We'll take all your money and give it to the oil companies, airlines, and the telecoms". Either way, they've taken all your money.
You wonder why Americans are apathetic about their government? Why more people vote for this week's American Idol than for the President? It's because nothing ever changes. The rich continue to get richer, the poor continue to get poorer, and the majority in the middle continue to get screwed by both. At least with American Idol, you get to see someone get yelled at for singing off-key.
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If they had told me up front that they would be resetting peer-to-peer connections, I might be mad, but at least I'd know it up front and could choose to sign up with a service that doesn't do so.
While they don't explicitly say that they'll reset connections, their terms of service have always expressly forbidden running servers, and with the rise of P2P apps, that's been included as well. From their terms of service page:
Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, using the Service, Customer Equipment, or the Comcast Equipment to:
xiv. run programs, equipment, or servers from the Premises that provide network content or any other services to anyone outside of your Premises LAN (Local Area Network), also commonly referred to as public services or servers. Examples of prohibited services and servers include, but are not limited to, e-mail, Web hosting, file sharing, and proxy services and servers;
This is very, very costly and time consuming.
Exactly! I agree 100%! It's hard to do, so why even try?
Tough call, but I'm still gonna give this one to Santa Claus. Mario might be able to save Peach, but he's got a bit to go to save Christmas.
I'm sorry, Santa, but your cookies are in another castle.
Yeah, why name it something moronic like "Cha Cha" when you could name it something sophisticated and professional like "Yahoo!" or "Google".
When I applied for my job as a systems tech, I was assured it would be an 8-5 job. Did you get it in writing? If not, you have little recourse. You have a couple of options, though. You can either quit, or you can demand more money at your next review.
Why do you let your company abuse and exploit you and then do nothing but complain to the internet about it?
Why do we keep giving this guy air time? Enough with the Jack Thompson stories already.
The second season is doing better because it has nothing to do with IT the way the first season did, so it's got broader appeal. Oh, and what's up with their office looking like an apartment this season? It's like the producers have never seen the inside of an IT department.
Anyone who thinks the cameras have anything to do with deterring crime are fooling themselves. They're meant as a means to control the populace and nothing more.
The police handled things appropriately. A man swinging his arms at police as they are trying to escort him out of a venue is a threat to the police. He wasn't, until he resisted beyond reason, under arrest. Maybe he will learn where that line is now.
He was handcuffed, on the ground, with six cops kneeling on him when he was tasered. How was that appropriate?
spam is be only about 4% of internet traffic.
Oh, the bots will continue to function, you just won't be able to clean them off anymore because you won't have a desktop.
But doesn't eve already run under wine for free?
Not well. And if you want to do multi-monitor, it's a major PITA to get working.
Laugh all you want, but EVE online runs mighty fine in either Wine (or still a bit better) Cedega.
Unless you have multiple monitors, and then it's a major chore to get it to run properly.
But on Slashdot, uids under 20000 are only for old people!
We're not old. We're well-read.
Sorry, but your UID has to be below 850,000 before you can create a new meme. Sorry.
I think you meant under 20,000.
I note that Cory's Down and Out... has since been replaced on scribd.com. I wonder if they replaced all of the erroneously (I mean illegally) removed works.
A salesperson lying to a customer?! That's unpossible!
You have absolutely no fscking idea what you're talking about, do you? ... It has absolutely nothing to do with advertising whatsoever.
I'm guessing that he actually read the article.
FTFA:
Activated Content hasn't explained exactly how it'll use the Microsoft technology, but the company's Web site promotes a very interesting service called ActiveNow. The idea: whenever a watermarked file is played on an ActiveNow-enabled device, the service could dynamically insert some sort of advertising--presumably audio, but perhaps video or text depending on the device being used.
Douchebag.
The system works well, and for small businesses can easily store 1.5TB of data on a single 250MB HDD (make sure to mirror).
Really? That's some AMAZING compression. Still, where would you find a 250MB hard drive these days?
"Burger replied simply 'because they want you to pay for that right'."
You don't pay for rights. Rights are inherent (or God-given, if you prefer). You pay for privileges.
What's wrong with saying "the second weekend in February" or some similarly random date? It's a weekend so it won't interfere with business, but unlike new years day it won't mess with employees' personal lives too much.
/sour grapes :p
Since when has corporate brass given a damn about an IT worker's personal life? It's the nature of the business that we can only do our major work when no one else is around (because they can't have their work disrupted, but apparently we can.) End-of-year is perfect because that's when everyone *else* will be on vacation.
In the US, we have a constitutional guarantee of access to the ocean
Really? I don't remember that part of the Constitution. Where was that, exactly?
I remember using a haptic glove like this at Comdex like 10 years ago. The display wasn't 3D, but other than that, it was essentially the same thing. The glove had force-feedback motors in each fingertip and when you grasped one of the objects on the screen, they provided tactile feedback representing mass, weight, and to a much lesser extent, texture. In the demonstration, you had to stack blocks of varying types. Very simplistic, but also very very cool. I always wondered where the tech went since I never saw it again after that.
realism and science fiction, two words that should in a sense be mutually exclusive
I disagree. I think when you can blend the two successfully, you achieve a much more believable effect. This is why we don't buy the Star Trek future quite as readily as the Bladrunner (or Alien or Outland) future. We inherently believe that in our real future, things will be more or less the same as they are now. It will be the little things that will be different. We'll use cellphones instead of payphones. We'll pay with "credits" instead of "dollars". We'll have voice-controlled appliances instead of switches. We'll have a few flying cars in the air, but mostly it'll still be ground traffic. These are the things that Bladerunner brought to the table and they are partly why it's believable sci fi, even today. Especially today, when some of the little things in the film have already come to pass.
Movies like this always remind me of those old Tom Selleck AT&T commercials: "Imagine taking a college course from the beach. You will!" Realism + Sci Fi.
I remember trying out a foot-pedal mouse a few years back at Comdex. IIRC, the left foot tilt forward and backwards was left and right click, and the right foot on a 360 rocker was the mouse control. It was extremely easy and accurate, although probably not fast enough for gaming. But paired with a regular handheld mouse, was highly useful. Without the handheld, it meant you could operate the interface without taking your hands off the keyboard. I don't remember who made it.
Your concerns are valid, and here's the answer: The average American doesn't give a shit.
It's not that we don't give a shit, it's that after 200+ years we've come to the conclusion that we're screwed no matter what we do. It's like the Futurama parody where the only two candidates are Jack Johnson or John Jackson.
Ok, so we somehow manage to boot the existing leaders out. Now what? We get a new set of leaders that are just as self-serving and corrupt. It doesn't matter what we do, we'll always be ruled by an aristocracy comprised of corporations, special-interest groups and the wealthy.
We live in a two-party system where one side says "We'll take all your money and give it to the welfare programs, prisons, and the poor" and the other side says "We'll take all your money and give it to the oil companies, airlines, and the telecoms". Either way, they've taken all your money.
You wonder why Americans are apathetic about their government? Why more people vote for this week's American Idol than for the President? It's because nothing ever changes. The rich continue to get richer, the poor continue to get poorer, and the majority in the middle continue to get screwed by both. At least with American Idol, you get to see someone get yelled at for singing off-key.