In a previous comment I wondered about how they would go about protecting the digital stream from piracy.
I went ahead and did some reading and it seems that when you purchase the unit, you have to call customer service and read them the UID number and the serial number from the receiver.
I'm sort of disappointed in their engineering department. I give it 3 months of mass market exposure before you see a hack (perhaps opening the unit and being able to serial into it?) that will let you change the UID and Serial Number to perhaps an existing subscription. or even a universal unlock code (like region 0), who knows.
I'm curious if the set top boxes use a form of authorization on the video stream like DTV or DishNetwork.
I know it's been a big deal lately that there has been a new sat. receiver released that can descramble Dish Network signals without the use of a SmartCard by simply providing it the latest decryption keys which anyone can get from a website.
Curious how long it'll take before they crack the protection on this system... so anyone can get free digital TV anywhere (well, if they roll it out everywhere).
When I decided to look for a new job roughly two years back, I went the route of Monster and Dice for a few months.
After not even getting as much as a 'Thank You for your application' email, I decided that it was time to look in other locations.
I finally went another route and decided to Fax, Mail or walk in my resume to companies hiring in my area. This way my resume was a physical copy someone had to hold, file or keep out on their desk.
Too easily (even now as we're hiring an ASP/VB developer in the San Diego area *shameless plug*) emailed or electronically submitted resumes sit in an Inbox or email account. Some are never printed or even read for final consideration.
So I guess if I had to give a suggestion to people on how to go about getting a new job these days, it would be to avoid electronic resume submission, and make sure you always provide a physical copy of your resume either by mail or fax.
I dont see how this is any different than people selling EQ characters/eqipment or Magic The Gathering Online product on eBay.
TECHNICALLY in the TOS it explicitly states that the users DO NOT OWN THE DIGITAL CONTENT. And that they just are given the rigts to use it.
I think eBay just got all butt hurt because of all the publicity the auction was getting. I'm sure if my Entire Playset of 8th Edition Wrath of Gods for MTGO on eBay was on the 8 o'clock news, Wizards of the Coast would be stepping in as well.
You know, I find it interesting that even with the Slashdot linkage and the outpouring of support for the Apollo 11 launch pad (~2,800 sigs), there are almost as many people signing a petition to take Ted Nugent off the air (~2,100 sigs).
NASA says each Space Shuttle Launch would costs around $500 million per.
The average space shuttle (as an example of a reusable space vehicle) can carry 65,000 pounds of cargo each flight.
This means that each pound of helium-3 would cost $7,692.31.. and thats just at cost to cover transport from the moon. Not including the initial setup of mining operations and cost of running the facilities to turn it into energy.
Now, as for powering possible MOON colonies, understandable. But for eath? The money would probably best be spent in the (never ending) quest for fusion.
We've purchased our SSL Certs from VeriSign for the last four years. We didn't recieve a single email from them EVER saying that our clients users (over 10,000 a day) might see this because of their cert expiring.
it's nice to know that after a hap-hazard movie career, Fisher Stevens can go on to do an Apple Commercial about the Virgina Tech Super Computer. He can put on a clever discuise, but the minute he said 'Oh no Jonny Five', I knew it was him.
What really cracked me up is when I had to call SpeakEasy and have an Unlimited Dialup account added to our already existing T1 account with them.
Apparently their 'Unlimited' dialup is really just 50 hours in a month. They put the limit on to prevent users from dialing on with a router and staying online even when its not in use.
My response?
Me: "Let me get this straight, there's a limit on your unlimited dialup?" Her: "Correct"
My company just recently invested in a mass storage solution, since it's obvious that mass, redundant storage on SCSI (>300GB) isnt a cost effective option for a small office environment. We took the easy way out and purchased the following:
We chose this server because it has both PCI33, PCI66, AND PCI-X slots on the bus, supports up to SIX internal hard drives and has two 5.25" drive bays.
For the mass file store we chose Maxtor 300GB 5,400RPM 2MB Cache Drives. You have to remember this is not going to be an active file server but more just a file repository and source control/backup server for a small office (10 Clients).
Our Mass Storage Solution Is: 3Ware 7506-8 RAID Controller 4x Maxtor 300GB Drives
We're going to put the Maxtor Drives on a RAID5 and since the 3Ware is a Switching HARDWARE 64-Bit/66Mhz PCI RAID card for IDE Drives, performance should be stellar.
I think all in all the entire solution ended up costing us around $4,000 for parts and systems, BUT, we also got OS (Win2k 5 CAL) and a 3 Year Dell Warranty on Parts.
I think $4,000 for a 900GB Hardware RAID5 on a Xeon server aint too shabby:-)
A year ago, an owner of a local computer store here picked up about 5,000 units of Toshiba Bluetooth client connectivity cards at almost $2.00 a piece. He was amazed at this price and of course jumped on it.
Before his company closed, I think he was only able to sell about 20 units over a 1 year period.
Personally, I think Toshiba has known for a while Blue Tooth tanked and was trying to cut their losses.
Does AOL have any idea how difficult the naming scheme they're using is going to be for the customer support areas of companies?
I mean, we deal with a lot of customers where I work and browser compatibility is a big issue. Now we'll have to ask 'Are you using Netscape the browser, or Netscape the internet service'.
It'd be like Honda renaming the 'Civic' to 'Toyota': COMING SOON FROM HONDA, THE 2005 TOYOTA*! * not actual Toyota automobile
I think it's interesting how ICANN is coming at this situation. I think you have to realize how much money VeriSign makes ICANN. I'd dare to say that over 70% of all of ICANNs revenue is generated from VeriSign.
So It's sort of the same situation that we are in with Middle Eastern Oil. We're trying to tell them, 'Hey, make it cheaper and give us more' but we cant strong arm them. 'cause if they up and leave we're left high and dry.
If VeriSign were to be revoked their registrar status, ICANN would stand to lose millions.
Perhaps I'm confused here, but I remember TomsHardware doing an article on the new Barton processors with double the cache (512k) didnt produce really noticable performance increases in most 'high end user' applications (gaming/video encoding.
Could Intel be planning a compiler that would utilize this cache??
I'm I the only one who's curious if...
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Actually, we do offer a service that is targetted at small to medium size companies looking to implement a prescreening and job success preditction system.
QuickSelex is much cheaper than a custom system. If THAT is what you're looking for;-)
I work for a company that does candidate selection and succes prediction work for Fortune 50 companies.
This really isn't anything new, it's been used in the work force for many years now. Surveys my company cranks out, based on validated information can predict sales performance, turnover, likelihood of theft and other tid-bits of information about possibly employees.
It's all based on statistics and (in my field) I/O Psychology (Industrial/Organizational). The whole idea of reading habits in students and predicting their likelihood of drop out is no difference than what companies like ours use to predict turnover.
I'm just surprised it's taken this long to be put into use in other fields.
Here is a link for information regarding Biodata use and how it all works, for those who are interested.
Finally, a stand up human being who's not looking for the easy way out, who's not looking for a quick fix, but someone who's willing to put some time and effort into his weight loss and make a change in lifestyle to be more fit and healthy.
I think people really have their thumbs up their butts when it comes to NAT in the home.
I mean think about it, so some people need to recieve files and go all other 'special incoming packet' activity, well fine. Put your computer on the NATs DMZ. Problem Solved.
I mean, if you think about it and all the issues brought up in this story come true, why would your washing machine need any access from the outside? If anything, keeping non-routable IPs on applications outside of your desktop PC should be welcomed! I'd be pissed if someone put my silk sheets on high insted of delicate!;-)
My point is, I think people are making a mountain out of a mole hill when it comes to NAT in the home. If you want extra IPs, pay for them. If not, Proxy and help save an IP for someone else.
If my car has 200HP at 6,800RPM on the sticker, I usually donâ(TM)t take the stickers word for it, but trust that I would get around those numbers on average.
There are those people who want to know if those numbers are EXACT 101% of the time, so they go bust out their dynamometer and begin writing complaint letters when their engine only hits 195HP.
I think benchmarks these days are no longer a science that they used to be. There are far, far, FAR too many hardware and software variables to do an accurate cross-platform analysis and comparison.
I mean, is it really logical to compare Apples (har har har) to Oranges? I mean, most all applications that will be running on the G5 will be optimized for the G5. So does it matter how a 'comparable' application will run on x86? No, because the x86 Application might have a few more optimizations which would make the comparison pointless.
These days people should take benchmarks with a grain of salt. Just another selling point they'll put on the big list of bulleted marketing jargon on the back of the box to try and rope in first time buyers who are turned on by big acronyms and high-tech sounding words.
So yeah, I think people just need to cool their heels and take this for what it is, just marketing propaganda. Does QuantiSpeed really make your CDs burn faster? No. Does the P4 make âthe internetâ(TM) faster? No. Just take it for what it is and let it go.
The fact that people are COMPLAINING that there is a 0.7%(!!) margin between the accuracy of machines to humans is insane! I'd be congratulating my umpires for being so accurate!
If anything, I think it'd be an argument on why to KEEP umpires.
Slashdot Mirror
In a previous comment I wondered about how they would go about protecting the digital stream from piracy.
I went ahead and did some reading and it seems that when you purchase the unit, you have to call customer service and read them the UID number and the serial number from the receiver.
I'm sort of disappointed in their engineering department. I give it 3 months of mass market exposure before you see a hack (perhaps opening the unit and being able to serial into it?) that will let you change the UID and Serial Number to perhaps an existing subscription. or even a universal unlock code (like region 0), who knows.
I'm curious if the set top boxes use a form of authorization on the video stream like DTV or DishNetwork.
I know it's been a big deal lately that there has been a new sat. receiver released that can descramble Dish Network signals without the use of a SmartCard by simply providing it the latest decryption keys which anyone can get from a website.
Curious how long it'll take before they crack the protection on this system... so anyone can get free digital TV anywhere (well, if they roll it out everywhere).
When I decided to look for a new job roughly two years back, I went the route of Monster and Dice for a few months.
After not even getting as much as a 'Thank You for your application' email, I decided that it was time to look in other locations.
I finally went another route and decided to Fax, Mail or walk in my resume to companies hiring in my area. This way my resume was a physical copy someone had to hold, file or keep out on their desk.
Too easily (even now as we're hiring an ASP/VB developer in the San Diego area *shameless plug*) emailed or electronically submitted resumes sit in an Inbox or email account. Some are never printed or even read for final consideration.
So I guess if I had to give a suggestion to people on how to go about getting a new job these days, it would be to avoid electronic resume submission, and make sure you always provide a physical copy of your resume either by mail or fax.
I dont see how this is any different than people selling EQ characters/eqipment or Magic The Gathering Online product on eBay.
TECHNICALLY in the TOS it explicitly states that the users DO NOT OWN THE DIGITAL CONTENT. And that they just are given the rigts to use it.
I think eBay just got all butt hurt because of all the publicity the auction was getting. I'm sure if my Entire Playset of 8th Edition Wrath of Gods for MTGO on eBay was on the 8 o'clock news, Wizards of the Coast would be stepping in as well.
Just my $0.02
You know, I find it interesting that even with the Slashdot linkage and the outpouring of support for the Apollo 11 launch pad (~2,800 sigs), there are almost as many people signing a petition to take Ted Nugent off the air (~2,100 sigs).
See, Americans know whats important.
NASA says each Space Shuttle Launch would costs around $500 million per.
The average space shuttle (as an example of a reusable space vehicle) can carry 65,000 pounds of cargo each flight.
This means that each pound of helium-3 would cost $7,692.31.. and thats just at cost to cover transport from the moon. Not including the initial setup of mining operations and cost of running the facilities to turn it into energy.
Now, as for powering possible MOON colonies, understandable. But for eath? The money would probably best be spent in the (never ending) quest for fusion.
We've purchased our SSL Certs from VeriSign for the last four years. We didn't recieve a single email from them EVER saying that our clients users (over 10,000 a day) might see this because of their cert expiring.
What a crock.
it's nice to know that after a hap-hazard movie career, Fisher Stevens can go on to do an Apple Commercial about the Virgina Tech Super Computer. He can put on a clever discuise, but the minute he said 'Oh no Jonny Five', I knew it was him.
What really cracked me up is when I had to call SpeakEasy and have an Unlimited Dialup account added to our already existing T1 account with them.
Apparently their 'Unlimited' dialup is really just 50 hours in a month. They put the limit on to prevent users from dialing on with a router and staying online even when its not in use.
My response?
Me: "Let me get this straight, there's a limit on your unlimited dialup?"
Her: "Correct"
My company just recently invested in a mass storage solution, since it's obvious that mass, redundant storage on SCSI (>300GB) isnt a cost effective option for a small office environment. We took the easy way out and purchased the following:
:-)
Dell PowerEdge 1600SC Server:
Xeon 2.0Ghz
512MB RAM
18GB U320 15k RPM (OS Drive)
32x CD-RW/DVD Drive
We chose this server because it has both PCI33, PCI66, AND PCI-X slots on the bus, supports up to SIX internal hard drives and has two 5.25" drive bays.
For the mass file store we chose Maxtor 300GB 5,400RPM 2MB Cache Drives. You have to remember this is not going to be an active file server but more just a file repository and source control/backup server for a small office (10 Clients).
Our Mass Storage Solution Is:
3Ware 7506-8 RAID Controller
4x Maxtor 300GB Drives
We're going to put the Maxtor Drives on a RAID5 and since the 3Ware is a Switching HARDWARE 64-Bit/66Mhz PCI RAID card for IDE Drives, performance should be stellar.
I think all in all the entire solution ended up costing us around $4,000 for parts and systems, BUT, we also got OS (Win2k 5 CAL) and a 3 Year Dell Warranty on Parts.
I think $4,000 for a 900GB Hardware RAID5 on a Xeon server aint too shabby
A year ago, an owner of a local computer store here picked up about 5,000 units of Toshiba Bluetooth client connectivity cards at almost $2.00 a piece. He was amazed at this price and of course jumped on it.
Before his company closed, I think he was only able to sell about 20 units over a 1 year period.
Personally, I think Toshiba has known for a while Blue Tooth tanked and was trying to cut their losses.
Does AOL have any idea how difficult the naming scheme they're using is going to be for the customer support areas of companies?
I mean, we deal with a lot of customers where I work and browser compatibility is a big issue. Now we'll have to ask 'Are you using Netscape the browser, or Netscape the internet service'.
It'd be like Honda renaming the 'Civic' to 'Toyota':
COMING SOON FROM HONDA, THE 2005 TOYOTA*!
* not actual Toyota automobile
I think it's interesting how ICANN is coming at this situation. I think you have to realize how much money VeriSign makes ICANN. I'd dare to say that over 70% of all of ICANNs revenue is generated from VeriSign.
So It's sort of the same situation that we are in with Middle Eastern Oil. We're trying to tell them, 'Hey, make it cheaper and give us more' but we cant strong arm them. 'cause if they up and leave we're left high and dry.
If VeriSign were to be revoked their registrar status, ICANN would stand to lose millions.
Here's a mirror of the dead link:
mirror
Perhaps I'm confused here, but I remember TomsHardware doing an article on the new Barton processors with double the cache (512k) didnt produce really noticable performance increases in most 'high end user' applications (gaming/video encoding.
Could Intel be planning a compiler that would utilize this cache??
if raeding tihs txet would voilate the DMCA ;-)
Actually, we do offer a service that is targetted at small to medium size companies looking to implement a prescreening and job success preditction system.
;-)
QuickSelex is much cheaper than a custom system. If THAT is what you're looking for
ask and ye shall receive :-D
I work for a company that does candidate selection and succes prediction work for Fortune 50 companies.
This really isn't anything new, it's been used in the work force for many years now. Surveys my company cranks out, based on validated information can predict sales performance, turnover, likelihood of theft and other tid-bits of information about possibly employees.
It's all based on statistics and (in my field) I/O Psychology (Industrial/Organizational). The whole idea of reading habits in students and predicting their likelihood of drop out is no difference than what companies like ours use to predict turnover.
I'm just surprised it's taken this long to be put into use in other fields.
Here is a link for information regarding Biodata use and how it all works, for those who are interested.
I only hope that these commercials have the same dramatic impact that the "Dont copy that floppy" Anti-Software Piracy Campaign had ;-)
Finally, a stand up human being who's not looking for the easy way out, who's not looking for a quick fix, but someone who's willing to put some time and effort into his weight loss and make a change in lifestyle to be more fit and healthy.
Someone who's not affraid to....
~RIDE THE SNAKE~
I think people really have their thumbs up their butts when it comes to NAT in the home.
;-)
I mean think about it, so some people need to recieve files and go all other 'special incoming packet' activity, well fine. Put your computer on the NATs DMZ. Problem Solved.
I mean, if you think about it and all the issues brought up in this story come true, why would your washing machine need any access from the outside? If anything, keeping non-routable IPs on applications outside of your desktop PC should be welcomed! I'd be pissed if someone put my silk sheets on high insted of delicate!
My point is, I think people are making a mountain out of a mole hill when it comes to NAT in the home. If you want extra IPs, pay for them. If not, Proxy and help save an IP for someone else.
I hope this "WOZNET" revolutionizes the way I live!
Lord knows where I'd be today without my tablet PC's tied into my Blue Tooth enabled home!
This will be a GREAT addition!
If my car has 200HP at 6,800RPM on the sticker, I usually donâ(TM)t take the stickers word for it, but trust that I would get around those numbers on average.
There are those people who want to know if those numbers are EXACT 101% of the time, so they go bust out their dynamometer and begin writing complaint letters when their engine only hits 195HP.
I think benchmarks these days are no longer a science that they used to be. There are far, far, FAR too many hardware and software variables to do an accurate cross-platform analysis and comparison.
I mean, is it really logical to compare Apples (har har har) to Oranges? I mean, most all applications that will be running on the G5 will be optimized for the G5. So does it matter how a 'comparable' application will run on x86? No, because the x86 Application might have a few more optimizations which would make the comparison pointless.
These days people should take benchmarks with a grain of salt. Just another selling point they'll put on the big list of bulleted marketing jargon on the back of the box to try and rope in first time buyers who are turned on by big acronyms and high-tech sounding words.
So yeah, I think people just need to cool their heels and take this for what it is, just marketing propaganda. Does QuantiSpeed really make your CDs burn faster? No. Does the P4 make âthe internetâ(TM) faster? No. Just take it for what it is and let it go.
The fact that people are COMPLAINING that there is a 0.7%(!!) margin between the accuracy of machines to humans is insane! I'd be congratulating my umpires for being so accurate!
If anything, I think it'd be an argument on why to KEEP umpires.