I'm surprised that a network isn't covering this live or at least making an hour show out of it. They get free content and every geek in the world will be watching.
1. The FBI is only "asking" the FCC which, anyway, lacks jurisdiction to tell IRC programmers how to program
Not neccesarily. FCC can control anything going over a wire. Meaning, if you can push bits accross a wire, they can control how and when you send those bits. As the article states they will try do this under the jurisdiction of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
And if for some obscure reason the FCC can't do it, congress will gladly step in with an enhanced PATRIOT act that will accomplish the FBI's aim.
The problem is that the FBI may require "backdoors" in commercial software products.
This represents a HUGE hassle for anybody programming these things, not to mention all the open source implications (like does the open source become illegal if it reveals the FBI's backdoor?).
I'm with the earlier poster. If the FBI wants it, they can buy it. It shouldn't be anybody's burden to provide the FBI with free wiretapping services.
Notice the less than clean working area with metal particles from the dremeling everywhere. This is less than wise, as the probability that foreign material will get in the drive and act like sandpaper is high. I certainly wouldn't put a modded drive like this in a production machine.
I think modding is great, but this is where I draw the line.
Well, let's not forget that there are dweebs who will try this and lose all their data, so slashdot is providing a service by posting this. And it is interesting in a carnival sideshow kinda way.
This is really a nonsensical idea. Who wants to gamble with there data when hard drives are cheap and plentiful?
You learn how valuable your data is the first time you lose it.
Actually those missions did not use CCD devices, but a technology called a vidicon (vacuum tube) that was used in television cameras.
Needles to say Nasa has always been on the forefront of imaging technology, and the ones used in space imaging are quite different than the ones you find in your every day digital camera.
When you send a billion dollar probe somewhere, you can't afford not to have the very best in imaging technology.
Some amateur astromers have adapted the CCD technology found in digital cameras for their telescopes, but they pale in comparison to ones specifically made for this purpose. Decent ones are still quite expensive, and you can check the latest astronomy magazines for mor information on them.
I'm sorry to inform you, but your brake cables have been cut. They will go out on you at the most inopportune time, like when you go down that steep and narrow canyon road.
I don't do a lot of large file downloading. But the few times I did speed was consistent. And I don't need to run a server, so that's not a big deal for me.
They have upped our speed from when we first signed on. When we left qwest the dsl was 50 Kb/s. Cable is consistently 300 kb/s. Cable is about the same cost, so it's worth it. We dropped qwest when they switched to msn dsl and forced us into webmail. There are outages 1-2 times a month (and usually in the middle of the night). But DSL had them all the time. They have been polite when I have called them about it.
So all in all, cable here is a better deal than dsl. (I'm in Utah)
If you buy a $15 CD about $1 (or less) of that goes to the artist. Another $3 or less goes to the cost of reproducing the thing. Let's say cost of production is $5.
Most musicians do not get even $1. A few big names will.
When was the last time you bought a CDR? CD stamping costs less than a CDR. It costs pennies to stamp the things out, pennies on the little booklet, and pennies for the case. Remember, all the production facilities are in east asia - so that's pennies too. Because they deal in bulk, shipping it around in containers for ship/train is going to be pennies also.
I would be surprised that when that thing hits the distributor's doorstep if altogether it costs more than $1 to make.
Don't believe me? Then explain to me the profusion of "hits of the eighties" or "the best of old time country music" that you can find in supermarkets new for anywhere from $3 to $7 dollars. Clearly they have a production cost also, but they have gone through the entire chain of production to store and the price is $5 and the supermarket is making a fair profit off it. Evidently enough of a profit that they are willing to give precious floor space to it.
But yet when I go to buy an old Fleetwood Mac album (as another posted noted), I have to spend $17-$20?
Some will say at this point that it costs a lot of money to promote the music. Yes it does cost money to promote new music. It's the band that covers the cost of promotion anyway. So that can not be a part of the final music price.
But after this music has had it's day in the sun, then what? Fleetwood Mac is still not incurring a promotion cost. But twenty five years later the album is costing the same (or more) than newer music.
And what about all the off-mainstream music (like instrumental, new age, jazz, etc.) that never gets promoted widely in the first place?
Clearly this music sells, or it would not be given shelf space in the first place. While it may not generate a flash in the pan like a top-40 might, it still sells steadily.
But yet you walk in a store, and all music is priced the same $17 - $20
One of the things I regret is taking the $13 settlement check. Because by doing so I relinquished all my rights to sue concerning this matter.
I was recently thinking that it would be an interesting project to get a group of friends together and sue them over the same issue, as much of the legal groundwork has already been done by these lawyers.
Not having received the check, I was tempted to send them a letter stating the fact that they have not settled with me and remove myself off the list.
Then I hear that they are mailing checks.
What gets me is that CDs are still as expensive as ever, so can somebody please tell me what has changed?
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I propose it be called "Phoenix" ;)
Except that their is a company that writes BIOS code that would probably object to other software being called Phoenix.
Everyone's a critic or a comedian. I wouldn't hire anyone of you BIGTHINKERS!
What if I'm a SMALLTHINKER? Hire me? Please?
but I can already see that it will be a horrible movie.
I don't think so. I found Westworld pretty entertaining when I first saw it.
True, it may not have philosophical depth, but it's all about selling popcorn.
Maybe they could hook him up to a generator so he could supply electricity.
I think he would approve.
The title sounds like a new NBC reality show
I'm surprised that a network isn't covering this live or at least making an hour show out of it. They get free content and every geek in the world will be watching.
1. The FBI is only "asking" the FCC which, anyway, lacks jurisdiction to tell IRC programmers how to program
Not neccesarily. FCC can control anything going over a wire. Meaning, if you can push bits accross a wire, they can control how and when you send those bits. As the article states they will try do this under the jurisdiction of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
And if for some obscure reason the FCC can't do it, congress will gladly step in with an enhanced PATRIOT act that will accomplish the FBI's aim.
This is my 666 post.
The problem is that the FBI may require "backdoors" in commercial software products.
This represents a HUGE hassle for anybody programming these things, not to mention all the open source implications (like does the open source become illegal if it reveals the FBI's backdoor?).
I'm with the earlier poster. If the FBI wants it, they can buy it. It shouldn't be anybody's burden to provide the FBI with free wiretapping services.
from what I heard hitachi/ibm fixed there death stars by getting rid of the glass platters
They moved over to bubblegum.
Well, if every clown represented one GB, it would roughly take one hour for all the clowns to get out of the volkswagon (9 sec per clown).
Because of the "deathstar problem" they are outsourcing inspection and final testing of the drives to a different company now.
Case modder - okay
CPU overclocker - okay
Grapic card overclocker - okay
HD modder - ???
Actually there are guys that mod their harddrives.
Notice the less than clean working area with metal particles from the dremeling everywhere. This is less than wise, as the probability that foreign material will get in the drive and act like sandpaper is high. I certainly wouldn't put a modded drive like this in a production machine.
I think modding is great, but this is where I draw the line.
Well, let's not forget that there are dweebs who will try this and lose all their data, so slashdot is providing a service by posting this. And it is interesting in a carnival sideshow kinda way.
This is really a nonsensical idea. Who wants to gamble with there data when hard drives are cheap and plentiful?
You learn how valuable your data is the first time you lose it.
Actually those missions did not use CCD devices, but a technology called a vidicon (vacuum tube) that was used in television cameras.
Needles to say Nasa has always been on the forefront of imaging technology, and the ones used in space imaging are quite different than the ones you find in your every day digital camera.
When you send a billion dollar probe somewhere, you can't afford not to have the very best in imaging technology.
Some amateur astromers have adapted the CCD technology found in digital cameras for their telescopes, but they pale in comparison to ones specifically made for this purpose. Decent ones are still quite expensive, and you can check the latest astronomy magazines for mor information on them.
In my area we are seeing a lot of natural gas fired plants being built that are pretty clean.
Hopefully the public is starting to wise up and we can build new nuclear plants again
Because of three mile island and chernobyl, I doubt if people would.
I think the pebble-bed reactor is a great design that would work. It is meltdown-proof.
That leaves all the waste that would be generated from the plants, and nobody wants in their backyard.
So, good idea, but society is still gun-shy over it.
I'm sorry to inform you, but your brake cables have been cut. They will go out on you at the most inopportune time, like when you go down that steep and narrow canyon road.
I'm just the messenger.
I don't do a lot of large file downloading. But the few times I did speed was consistent. And I don't need to run a server, so that's not a big deal for me.
They have upped our speed from when we first signed on. When we left qwest the dsl was 50 Kb/s. Cable is consistently 300 kb/s. Cable is about the same cost, so it's worth it. We dropped qwest when they switched to msn dsl and forced us into webmail. There are outages 1-2 times a month (and usually in the middle of the night). But DSL had them all the time. They have been polite when I have called them about it.
So all in all, cable here is a better deal than dsl. (I'm in Utah)
thanks troll. it happens three times in a row as I _carefully_ redial it.
It stills happen when i have the phone do last number redial. it goes through 4th or fifth time.
You buy the DSL, and you have to also buy an "ISP". You end up spending as much as a faster cable modem.
The Qwest phone line I have is useless. Whenever I go to make a call I get a female voice telling me "We can not process your custom calling request."
In another words, they don't have a dialtone. This happens a lot.
Does anybody want to join me in a class action lawsuit?
I'm sure the first thing on the minds of the people building this is whether they should buy client or server licenses from SCO
No, the first thing on their minds is the question "why aren't there any girls here?"
Ok then. But if it doesn't work then we go over and nuke venus, alright?
If you buy a $15 CD about $1 (or less) of that goes to the artist. Another $3 or less goes to the cost of reproducing the thing. Let's say cost of production is $5.
Most musicians do not get even $1. A few big names will.
When was the last time you bought a CDR? CD stamping costs less than a CDR. It costs pennies to stamp the things out, pennies on the little booklet, and pennies for the case. Remember, all the production facilities are in east asia - so that's pennies too. Because they deal in bulk, shipping it around in containers for ship/train is going to be pennies also.
I would be surprised that when that thing hits the distributor's doorstep if altogether it costs more than $1 to make.
Don't believe me? Then explain to me the profusion of "hits of the eighties" or "the best of old time country music" that you can find in supermarkets new for anywhere from $3 to $7 dollars. Clearly they have a production cost also, but they have gone through the entire chain of production to store and the price is $5 and the supermarket is making a fair profit off it. Evidently enough of a profit that they are willing to give precious floor space to it.
But yet when I go to buy an old Fleetwood Mac album (as another posted noted), I have to spend $17-$20?
Some will say at this point that it costs a lot of money to promote the music. Yes it does cost money to promote new music. It's the band that covers the cost of promotion anyway. So that can not be a part of the final music price.
But after this music has had it's day in the sun, then what? Fleetwood Mac is still not incurring a promotion cost. But twenty five years later the album is costing the same (or more) than newer music.
And what about all the off-mainstream music (like instrumental, new age, jazz, etc.) that never gets promoted widely in the first place?
Clearly this music sells, or it would not be given shelf space in the first place. While it may not generate a flash in the pan like a top-40 might, it still sells steadily.
But yet you walk in a store, and all music is priced the same $17 - $20
The math just does not work out.
I know that the continual 1200 F sulfuric acid rain is a bummer.
Maybe we could nuke the planet into a nuclear winter to cool it down?
I think I'm going to patent it.
You have a point.
One of the things I regret is taking the $13 settlement check. Because by doing so I relinquished all my rights to sue concerning this matter.
I was recently thinking that it would be an interesting project to get a group of friends together and sue them over the same issue, as much of the legal groundwork has already been done by these lawyers.
Not having received the check, I was tempted to send them a letter stating the fact that they have not settled with me and remove myself off the list.
Then I hear that they are mailing checks.
What gets me is that CDs are still as expensive as ever, so can somebody please tell me what has changed?