How many people change their own oil in their car? The truth is most people don't want to know the details of the equipment.
Even if the consumers learn how to lock down their AP, I'm willing to bet 80% of them will forget how to unlock it within 6 months.
In addition, many people won't pay for a trained professional (like most of us/.ers) to lock it down for them. They just don't see the point in securing it.
Fine by me if AP's are open. At least I know I can get on the 'net from practically any suburb.
The most significant display I've ever seen for the benefits of defragmentation was on a 386 box that had Win 3.11 in 1992. The boot time was cut from two minutes down to 40 seconds and response was very noticeable. I didn't defrag due to any outside encouragement; I happened to find the utility in some drawer on a job site and gave it a try.
Fragmentation is a performance killer for Win 9x on older machines... presuming that Win 9x actually performs.
And another thing, does that mean they now require admin rights to access advanced features of the ship... or do they just use it in safe mode all the time?
I've still got my QBASIC 4.5... I think the last time I used it was in '96 to crank out a custom text-parsing executable for a 386 to plow through 2mb file.
For all the sites that have been slashdotted into oblivion, it would neat to have Akamai cache the target site and have Slashdot link via Akamai.
Maybe I'm talkin' out of my arse and this isn't possible. It sounds plausible to me... or maybe it's a money issue. I dunno. Anyone able to confirm this?
Here at work when 'interweb thingee' access is granted, I put the fear of death into the user: "If I catch any spyware, adware, or virus on their machine then I'm reimaging the PC without making any attempt to backing up their files. I go on to tell them that doing such software is a violation of network security, that they could potentially lose their job... " blah blah blah.
They're a service provider that facilitates advertising from other companies. Their method of providing advertising space via customer acceptance of spyware may be on par with other similar services; deceptive at best. But the law is intended to make illegal any software "which monitors Internet activity and sends that information elsewhere". This by no means keeps WhenU from advertising or from continuing to provide advertising space.
WhenU may have certain rights as a result of historical court rulings, not from the Constitution per se. Companies can be restricted from advertising due to changes in state or federal law (eg liquor, tobacco, hopefully lawyers) as long as the law is applied to all companies that provide similar products or services.
I think Harley-Davidson already tried to trademark a sound (the typical Harley rumble) but was shot down... but it would be just wrong for Microsoft to have rights to any phonetic spelling of a particular sound.
Would that mean they could sue me if I made a song about killing a crow? "My Crow's Offed" coming to a record store near you.
It's the basic Geek Thrill (tm) of making something more than it should be and to satisfy one's curiosity. Overclocking isn't necessary. Modding a PC case to include Mr. Coffee isn't necessary. Painting Lego figures to look like the Simpsons isn't necessary (and if it hasn't been done yet, it will probably be reported here).
The question shouldn't be "Why would someone do that?"... the question should be which pill would you take? (Forgive my reference, but it simplified the question)
Make a movie from another point of view. The story of survival of some non-human species with the obligatory 5-minute meddlesom intervention from the Federation. Maybe splitting the Enterprise crew as they move on to other career paths within the Federation (or are these people committed to living with the same crew for their entire career?!?) Maybe an endearing story of a ship-cleaning bot falling in love with Data but contracting a worm-virus via an ancient protocol for database software. Anything but the straight-laced sanitized Enterprise surviving with the key crew-members intact and smiling at each other on the bridge.
Cell phone not integrated prolly 'cuz the cellphone technology could change faster than the expected life-cycle of the PDA. Either that or Sony realizes that integrating too many things in one device causes the device to become unbearable during use. Have you been on a cellphone and had to look up a saved number?
I've got the NR70 last week because the NX caused a price drop. wooohoo! Time to chuck the IIIc!
Someone took the time to walk around and let his/her (Chris?) data be recorded in a manner that the resulting image was a pigeon. I think that if I were to wear a tracking device, I'd be too tempted to spell out profanities.
I'm willing to bet you can summarize any long-running show in 5 plots or less:
McGyver: Hero in distress must fashion something miraculous out of seemingly disparate common items.
Soap Operas: Someone screws someone else either financially, emotionally, or physically.
Quantuum Leap: Hero must struggle with either emotional, logical, moral, or political belief to complete mission. Oh yeah, if target body is male then must get woman to in love again.
Slashdot Mirror
Flight Simulator for the Apple II and TRS-80 came out in 1980.
http://fshistory.simflightcom/fsh/index.htm (pops).
Battlezone was in the arcades in 1980.
I'm thinking that M$ will likely add ActiveX features to this program due to feature requests from customers and focus groups.
*cough* security hole *cough*
I can't think of a better example of prior art.
How many people change their own oil in their car? The truth is most people don't want to know the details of the equipment.
/.ers) to lock it down for them. They just don't see the point in securing it.
Even if the consumers learn how to lock down their AP, I'm willing to bet 80% of them will forget how to unlock it within 6 months.
In addition, many people won't pay for a trained professional (like most of us
Fine by me if AP's are open. At least I know I can get on the 'net from practically any suburb.
Free trip to Kauai to work on sister's PC. Spent the weekend there and did the tourist thing.
The most significant display I've ever seen for the benefits of defragmentation was on a 386 box that had Win 3.11 in 1992. The boot time was cut from two minutes down to 40 seconds and response was very noticeable. I didn't defrag due to any outside encouragement; I happened to find the utility in some drawer on a job site and gave it a try.
... presuming that Win 9x actually performs.
Fragmentation is a performance killer for Win 9x on older machines
"wOOt! I jammed their wi-fi!! 1!11! LOL The peeps at Fartbucks internet cafe can't get on line!!11! !"
Big whoop-de-doo. Where's the fun in doing that? I could get more Evil-Thrills-per-Minute(tm) by making prank calls.
with Windows NT's swap file usage.
... or do they just use it in safe mode all the time?
And another thing, does that mean they now require admin rights to access advanced features of the ship
I've still got my QBASIC 4.5 ... I think the last time I used it was in '96 to crank out a custom text-parsing executable for a 386 to plow through 2mb file.
.. good times, good times ...
Ahhhhh
For all the sites that have been slashdotted into oblivion, it would neat to have Akamai cache the target site and have Slashdot link via Akamai.
... or maybe it's a money issue. I dunno. Anyone able to confirm this?
Maybe I'm talkin' out of my arse and this isn't possible. It sounds plausible to me
Here at work when 'interweb thingee' access is granted, I put the fear of death into the user: "If I catch any spyware, adware, or virus on their machine then I'm reimaging the PC without making any attempt to backing up their files. I go on to tell them that doing such software is a violation of network security, that they could potentially lose their job ... " blah blah blah.
It makes me happy inside.
They're a service provider that facilitates advertising from other companies. Their method of providing advertising space via customer acceptance of spyware may be on par with other similar services; deceptive at best. But the law is intended to make illegal any software "which monitors Internet activity and sends that information elsewhere". This by no means keeps WhenU from advertising or from continuing to provide advertising space.
WhenU may have certain rights as a result of historical court rulings, not from the Constitution per se. Companies can be restricted from advertising due to changes in state or federal law (eg liquor, tobacco, hopefully lawyers) as long as the law is applied to all companies that provide similar products or services.
These people simply have an immature idea of what's cool.
Even though these people make me sick, they're simply a nuisance to be tolerated when considering the industry/jobs their activity supports.
http://www.bustpatents.com/
From what I read, the article was describing a service and not a particular technology or solution that provides the service.
Feh, but who am I. IANAL.
I think Harley-Davidson already tried to trademark a sound (the typical Harley rumble) but was shot down ... but it would be just wrong for Microsoft to have rights to any phonetic spelling of a particular sound.
Would that mean they could sue me if I made a song about killing a crow? "My Crow's Offed" coming to a record store near you.
It's the basic Geek Thrill (tm) of making something more than it should be and to satisfy one's curiosity. Overclocking isn't necessary. Modding a PC case to include Mr. Coffee isn't necessary. Painting Lego figures to look like the Simpsons isn't necessary (and if it hasn't been done yet, it will probably be reported here).
The question shouldn't be "Why would someone do that?" ... the question should be which pill would you take? (Forgive my reference, but it simplified the question)
Off-topic but ...
Does this whole damn-the-French fashion mean we can't like the Coneheads either?
Make a movie from another point of view. The story of survival of some non-human species with the obligatory 5-minute meddlesom intervention from the Federation. Maybe splitting the Enterprise crew as they move on to other career paths within the Federation (or are these people committed to living with the same crew for their entire career?!?) Maybe an endearing story of a ship-cleaning bot falling in love with Data but contracting a worm-virus via an ancient protocol for database software. Anything but the straight-laced sanitized Enterprise surviving with the key crew-members intact and smiling at each other on the bridge.
Cell phone not integrated prolly 'cuz the cellphone technology could change faster than the expected life-cycle of the PDA. Either that or Sony realizes that integrating too many things in one device causes the device to become unbearable during use. Have you been on a cellphone and had to look up a saved number?
I've got the NR70 last week because the NX caused a price drop. wooohoo! Time to chuck the IIIc!
Someone took the time to walk around and let his/her (Chris?) data be recorded in a manner that the resulting image was a pigeon. I think that if I were to wear a tracking device, I'd be too tempted to spell out profanities.
You just gotta get a former sports-star-turned-grinning-nitwit to promote it to (blah)-mart, and you've got yerself a winnah!
Moderators: Their plot is simple -- Give inconsistent karma points. See my post vs the subsequent posts. WTF?!?
McGyver: Hero in distress must fashion something miraculous out of seemingly disparate common items.
Soap Operas: Someone screws someone else either financially, emotionally, or physically.
Quantuum Leap: Hero must struggle with either emotional, logical, moral, or political belief to complete mission. Oh yeah, if target body is male then must get woman to in love again.
Wouldn't P be an infinitely large set?