No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that -
Hmm...You might say he's offering to the public a technology or service... need I continue? The law is interpreted by the courts.
The last time I tried installing RealOne, I started getting mysterious popup boxes recommending bands and products I might like to try. This went on for days. I was not able to find any reference to any.dll or executable that might have been producing that popup. There were no registry entries and I couldn't find any way to turn it off. I eventually uninstalled it and chalked it up to "more of the same from Real". I don't want to listen to RA streams bad enough to put up with that kind of crap.
So does this mean I can actually listen to streamed RA content without installing spyware?
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Spam Doesn't Work?
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My problem is that, while it will keep the spam out of my mailbox, the TMDA method still consumes resources on my server. Doubly so now, too because each incoming "unknown" mail will generate an outgoing message. If I can deny the message before the session even reaches the DATA phase (i.e. by using RBL's and checking the header), then I don't have to deal with the spam at all.
I, of course, have read the books, and frankly I didn't miss ol' Tom at all. That whole part of the story was kinda pointless, in my opinion. I mean sure he was an interesting character, but after that scene, you never saw him again, and he really didn't *do* anything except save the trio from a trap.
Yes and no. I mean, it's free, so you get what you pay for, but a paid link may not be the most accurate hit on your search. What is your time worth to you, especially if you have to wade through paid links to get to something more accurate (and therefore useful)?
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What is it about AI that makes people think it will automatically be evil
Because it's a) not human (and therefore to be distrusted. Humans are instinctively xenophobic.) and b) not alive (and therefore has no soul, no pity, no remorse, etc.). As irrational as that sounds, I believe those two points are the major basis.
Have movies taught us NOTHING?
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Everyone knows all you have to do is fly your ship into the hangar of the mothership and destroy its reactor, and all the drones will cease working.
I had the same exact reaction. I read most of his books as a young adult, but as I started to get older and gained more insight into what I was reading, i became more and more disturbed by what was blatant (at least, *now*) mysoginism and pedophilia. Looking back, this seems to be fairly prevalent throughout his books. This is particularly obvious in Firefly. In addition, in the Author's Note of Firefly, he specifically explains why he wrote the book, as well as laying out his agenda to justify pedophilia.
At any rate, it's a shame that his stories have taken such a turn for me, since I really did like them. Now I just find them offensive. *sigh*
A Groupwise client, a Novell client, a pcAnywhere type thing to check on remote systems which cannot be replaced by Linux because of the apps that must run on them... ?
I had an opportunity to play with a prototype of this (or possibly a competitor's, it was a long time ago) at a trade show a few years ago. It was extremely cool. Basically, it strapped to your index finger and your thumb. It was connected to a very simplistic software demo, which basically involved stacking cubes. Each of the cubes had a different size and weight, some of them were "slippery" and some weren't. The tactile feedback was quite remarkable. And the way the unit was balanced and motored, made it feel like it part of your hand. I really hope this type of HID becomes more prevalent, so they can be manufactured and sold under the $150 price point. There's just something sexy about playing Quake and shooting by pointing at the screen and going "ptew! ptew!":)
Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. Yes, the technology exists, but it will be twenty years (if ever) that it gets affordably into the hands of consumers. Remember, we were all supposed to be living on the moon or piloting a flying car to work or using jet packs by now. Actually, all that was supposed to happen by the 1980's.
There's a lot of good stuff out there that's permanently in prototype.
"Legal" is an ambiguous term at best, the definition of which is determined in the courts, not the boardroom. The U.S. legal system is so convoluted, it's virtually impossible to get through the day without breaking some law. Even if you just stayed in bed all day, you'd probably be guilty of loitering.
Well, I *finally* found it, after refreshing the page several times. Right in that banner ad-shaped box and underneath the text that said "Advertisement". Incidentally, the link was also underneath the box that said "Technoscout" (the online retailer). Yeah, I can see how Yahoo really tried to slip this one past me.
Note that the latest Ad Aware completely failed to even notice (let alone remove) "Bargain Buddy", which installs itself with LimeWire even when you expressly tell it not to. And it's a bitch to remove as it installs to multiple directories and tries to reinstall itself immediately upon deletion.
it wouldn't even occur to me to put "watch video clips" on my list
"Video clips" is a marketdroid euphemism for "commericals". Cell phone providers love the fact that they will be able to send you targeted advertising, preferrably tied in with a GPS for on-the-spot targeting. Big Business doesn't create technology for the benefit of consumers, they create it as a way to deliver more advertising.
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No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that -
Hmm...You might say he's offering to the public a technology or service... need I continue? The law is interpreted by the courts.
The last time I tried installing RealOne, I started getting mysterious popup boxes recommending bands and products I might like to try. This went on for days. I was not able to find any reference to any .dll or executable that might have been producing that popup. There were no registry entries and I couldn't find any way to turn it off. I eventually uninstalled it and chalked it up to "more of the same from Real". I don't want to listen to RA streams bad enough to put up with that kind of crap.
So does this mean I can actually listen to streamed RA content without installing spyware?
My problem is that, while it will keep the spam out of my mailbox, the TMDA method still consumes resources on my server. Doubly so now, too because each incoming "unknown" mail will generate an outgoing message. If I can deny the message before the session even reaches the DATA phase (i.e. by using RBL's and checking the header), then I don't have to deal with the spam at all.
Wow, sure doesn't take NYT long to delete accounts these days...
I, of course, have read the books, and frankly I didn't miss ol' Tom at all. That whole part of the story was kinda pointless, in my opinion. I mean sure he was an interesting character, but after that scene, you never saw him again, and he really didn't *do* anything except save the trio from a trap.
Yes and no. I mean, it's free, so you get what you pay for, but a paid link may not be the most accurate hit on your search. What is your time worth to you, especially if you have to wade through paid links to get to something more accurate (and therefore useful)?
What is it about AI that makes people think it will automatically be evil
Because it's a) not human (and therefore to be distrusted. Humans are instinctively xenophobic.) and b) not alive (and therefore has no soul, no pity, no remorse, etc.). As irrational as that sounds, I believe those two points are the major basis.
Everyone knows all you have to do is fly your ship into the hangar of the mothership and destroy its reactor, and all the drones will cease working.
What the heck? If it worked for these guys...
I had the same exact reaction. I read most of his books as a young adult, but as I started to get older and gained more insight into what I was reading, i became more and more disturbed by what was blatant (at least, *now*) mysoginism and pedophilia. Looking back, this seems to be fairly prevalent throughout his books. This is particularly obvious in Firefly. In addition, in the Author's Note of Firefly, he specifically explains why he wrote the book, as well as laying out his agenda to justify pedophilia.
At any rate, it's a shame that his stories have taken such a turn for me, since I really did like them. Now I just find them offensive. *sigh*
A Groupwise client, a Novell client, a pcAnywhere type thing to check on remote systems which cannot be replaced by Linux because of the apps that must run on them... ?
You mean like this, this (or this), and this?
I keep saying you oughta be licensed to use the internet, and you should have to pass a basic intelligence test to qualify.
vending machines that dispense flavoured sugar water
It's called "Kool-Aid".
I had an opportunity to play with a prototype of this (or possibly a competitor's, it was a long time ago) at a trade show a few years ago. It was extremely cool. Basically, it strapped to your index finger and your thumb. It was connected to a very simplistic software demo, which basically involved stacking cubes. Each of the cubes had a different size and weight, some of them were "slippery" and some weren't. The tactile feedback was quite remarkable. And the way the unit was balanced and motored, made it feel like it part of your hand. I really hope this type of HID becomes more prevalent, so they can be manufactured and sold under the $150 price point. There's just something sexy about playing Quake and shooting by pointing at the screen and going "ptew! ptew!" :)
Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. Yes, the technology exists, but it will be twenty years (if ever) that it gets affordably into the hands of consumers. Remember, we were all supposed to be living on the moon or piloting a flying car to work or using jet packs by now. Actually, all that was supposed to happen by the 1980's.
There's a lot of good stuff out there that's permanently in prototype.
It is theoretically nice to have a trusted someone that checks all our correspondence, etc
Oh my god. I don't even know where to begin with this.
In France it's called a CD Royale...
"Legal" is an ambiguous term at best, the definition of which is determined in the courts, not the boardroom. The U.S. legal system is so convoluted, it's virtually impossible to get through the day without breaking some law. Even if you just stayed in bed all day, you'd probably be guilty of loitering.
Well, I *finally* found it, after refreshing the page several times. Right in that banner ad-shaped box and underneath the text that said "Advertisement". Incidentally, the link was also underneath the box that said "Technoscout" (the online retailer). Yeah, I can see how Yahoo really tried to slip this one past me.
Note that the latest Ad Aware completely failed to even notice (let alone remove) "Bargain Buddy", which installs itself with LimeWire even when you expressly tell it not to. And it's a bitch to remove as it installs to multiple directories and tries to reinstall itself immediately upon deletion.
That link appears to be unreachable from my network.
I wasn't very popular,
;)
Maybe it's your cologne.
Didn't I hear that line on the other side of the record?
it wouldn't even occur to me to put "watch video clips" on my list
"Video clips" is a marketdroid euphemism for "commericals". Cell phone providers love the fact that they will be able to send you targeted advertising, preferrably tied in with a GPS for on-the-spot targeting. Big Business doesn't create technology for the benefit of consumers, they create it as a way to deliver more advertising.