my cable company (time warner, who privides road runner) already has an option for "business lines", cable lines that download twice as fast and upload several times faster, for about double the cost per month.
Luxury. Mediacom Cable offers "business lines" for twice the cost a month, for the exact same bandwidth as a residential account. The sole difference seems to be that with a "business" account, they don't actively portscan you, and you have a static (but still assigned through DHCP) IP address.
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A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar.
The bartender says, "What is this, some sort of joke?"
... I think I'm going to have to say "fat chance". I don't believe that MS will reverse its stance on security-through-obscurity... not even at the request of a nation.
No provision of the agreement forces MS to disclose anything that might hurt the OS security.
I just finished reading the decision myself, and as you say I think that this is the biggest problem. This loophole, in fact, may be big enough for MS to dodge nearly all of the other provisions in this decision (specifically the release of protocols and APIs needed for communication with MS servers) for the sake of "security".
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Actually, it might not be that bad. Just drain it and put it in a box. Looks like most of the components are plastic, so it'll be pretty light. When you get to where you're going, just fill it from the tap.
It's a variation on the Orc song from the cartoon version of Return of the King. The original song goes
Where there's a whip there's a way Where there's a whip there's a way We don't wanna go to war today but the Lords of the Lash say nay, nay, nay! We're gonna fight all day all day all daaayy Where there's a whip, there's a way Left, right, left, right...
This is how you make horrible things happen: propose something truly nasty, and let users and techies make a huge fuss about it. Then back down from the worst practice due to "customer input" and simply go forward without the top 5% of the bad stuff. Now MS has implemented 95% of their bad stuff, but techies and consumers don't mind because they've now Made a Difference.
I've had excellent luck with Antec PSUs. I've got the 420W one in my system with 5 IDE HDDs, 2 cd-roms and a zip drive. One of the things I really like about it is that it comes with two special extra connectors for fans. Any fan hooked up to them will be speed-regulated like the units internal exhaust fans. This can really make your whole system a lot quieter. Antec costs a little more than average, but they are constructed well and come with excellent documentation.
Anyone who's watched the actions of the RIAA over the past few years can see this. Everything they've done to "squash piracy" has also, incidentally, made it more difficult to distribute music. We've yet to see a single sign that they might be trying to adapt to a changing world; every move has been to stomp, stomp, STOMP out new distribution methods and technologies.
The only good thing to come out of all this is that if they continue their currect practises, they'll render themselves irrelevant...
You answered it in your question. The laser goes through the transparent outer balloon. It's absorbed by the colored one inside. Thus, you're heating it, rubber melts, and *pop*.
The Linux version of Return to Castle Wolfenstien is both faster and smoother than the Windows version. Same resolution, detail level, etc. Sorry, try again.
Think about it, if Joe Consumer walks into Best Buy, sees two systems set up, and one has a big yellow sticker that says "PALLADIUM ENABLED to protect your system against viruses!", what do you think he's going to do?
If that's not enough, then talk about how Palladium will help reduce software piracy and thus lower the cost of software to the consumer. It doesn't matter whether or not any of this is true. If it turns out that Palladium doesn't accomplish any of these things, then Hey! Microsoft released a new service pack that fixes Palladium! And they're only charging $20 for it...
The difference is that they CAN tell it's you from your IP address. Now unless someone has developed a method for identifying women (and Scottish men) by their genitalia and/or underclothing, your analogy is completely irrelevant.
It's not entirely NASA's fault. Their budget gets cut more every year. It was Congress that decided not to fund the planned further development of the space station. In doing so, they crippled the station. Fixing this problem involves bitching at congresscritters, not bitching at NASA...
And is it just me, or do most of CNN's stories not display properly under Mozilla?
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my cable company (time warner, who privides road runner) already has an option for "business lines", cable lines that download twice as fast and upload several times faster, for about double the cost per month.
Luxury. Mediacom Cable offers "business lines" for twice the cost a month, for the exact same bandwidth as a residential account. The sole difference seems to be that with a "business" account, they don't actively portscan you, and you have a static (but still assigned through DHCP) IP address.
A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar.
The bartender says, "What is this, some sort of joke?"
PG, you've gotta be one of the best, most believable trolls I've ever seen. I respect that, but you're still a troll.
Everyone else: This is pure BS, just so everyone knows. Another troll from the masterful PhysicsGenius.
... I think I'm going to have to say "fat chance". I don't believe that MS will reverse its stance on security-through-obscurity... not even at the request of a nation.
My IBM optical has that as well; the tracking LED is red, but the mousewheel glows a bright, even blue. I've never had a better mouse than this one.
No provision of the agreement forces MS to disclose anything that might hurt the OS security.
I just finished reading the decision myself, and as you say I think that this is the biggest problem. This loophole, in fact, may be big enough for MS to dodge nearly all of the other provisions in this decision (specifically the release of protocols and APIs needed for communication with MS servers) for the sake of "security".
Sure as hell shows where the interests lie :P
Actually, it might not be that bad. Just drain it and put it in a box. Looks like most of the components are plastic, so it'll be pretty light. When you get to where you're going, just fill it from the tap.
Instant computer... just add water!
It's a variation on the Orc song from the cartoon version of Return of the King. The original song goes
Where there's a whip
there's a way
Where there's a whip
there's a way
We don't wanna go to war today
but the Lords of the Lash say nay, nay, nay!
We're gonna fight all day all day all daaayy
Where there's a whip, there's a way
Left, right, left, right...
etc etc.
Try this.
This is how you make horrible things happen: propose something truly nasty, and let users and techies make a huge fuss about it. Then back down from the worst practice due to "customer input" and simply go forward without the top 5% of the bad stuff. Now MS has implemented 95% of their bad stuff, but techies and consumers don't mind because they've now Made a Difference.
Lather, rinse, repeat...
I've had excellent luck with Antec PSUs. I've got the 420W one in my system with 5 IDE HDDs, 2 cd-roms and a zip drive. One of the things I really like about it is that it comes with two special extra connectors for fans. Any fan hooked up to them will be speed-regulated like the units internal exhaust fans. This can really make your whole system a lot quieter. Antec costs a little more than average, but they are constructed well and come with excellent documentation.
Anyone who's watched the actions of the RIAA over the past few years can see this. Everything they've done to "squash piracy" has also, incidentally, made it more difficult to distribute music. We've yet to see a single sign that they might be trying to adapt to a changing world; every move has been to stomp, stomp, STOMP out new distribution methods and technologies.
The only good thing to come out of all this is that if they continue their currect practises, they'll render themselves irrelevant...
One of my favorite errors was one I got on a Mac Classic II...
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"Cannot open `' because
Black hole? Geez, where have these people been? Everyone knows that the galaxy's core exploded years ago!
That is a pun or play on words, and you should be sentenced to public flogging for that. Mute point.. arggg...
Only if the newspaper decides to press charges; they have more money than you (probably) so you will (probably) lose.
If AOL goes away then it's going to get a lot harder to filter illiterate cretins out of e-mail, websites, IRC, etc.
Note: I'm not saying that all AOL users are cretins, just that most cretins on the internet seem to get there through AOL.
You answered it in your question. The laser goes through the transparent outer balloon. It's absorbed by the colored one inside. Thus, you're heating it, rubber melts, and *pop*.
The Linux version of Return to Castle Wolfenstien is both faster and smoother than the Windows version. Same resolution, detail level, etc. Sorry, try again.
How will they sell Palladium hardware? Easy.
Market it to consumers as virus prevention.
Think about it, if Joe Consumer walks into Best Buy, sees two systems set up, and one has a big yellow sticker that says "PALLADIUM ENABLED to protect your system against viruses!", what do you think he's going to do?
If that's not enough, then talk about how Palladium will help reduce software piracy and thus lower the cost of software to the consumer. It doesn't matter whether or not any of this is true. If it turns out that Palladium doesn't accomplish any of these things, then Hey! Microsoft released a new service pack that fixes Palladium! And they're only charging $20 for it...
And certainly at least since 1991. Whistler is reading one in the movie "Sneakers".
The difference is that they CAN tell it's you from your IP address. Now unless someone has developed a method for identifying women (and Scottish men) by their genitalia and/or underclothing, your analogy is completely irrelevant.
It's not entirely NASA's fault. Their budget gets cut more every year. It was Congress that decided not to fund the planned further development of the space station. In doing so, they crippled the station. Fixing this problem involves bitching at congresscritters, not bitching at NASA...
And is it just me, or do most of CNN's stories not display properly under Mozilla?
I read this headline on Google News. Didn't know slashdot was getting read by it!