Welcome to Finland!
I guess you all know why we're here.
My name is Tommi, and I just sold out this year.
If you want to play a CD,
I've got you by the nards.
So put away your iPod,
Turn off your computer,
I'm holdin' all the cards!
Hey you, Mister Fair Use,
So sorry, I've got you mussed.
Hey, you, makin' backup copies,
You need my key of trust.
Hey, hung up old music listener,
You can't escape my thrust.
'Cos you are gonna swallow my
D R M,
The IFPI says you must!
You can't use Linux,
That priviledge has been repealed!
You can't use Macs either,
My plan is now revealed.
You can't use nothing,
When my restrictions do convene.
May I suggest a simple thought
Just shell out more
For a new CD machine!
Doctors have already succeeded in making this practice a reality with cadavers
Let me get this straight. Doctors have "succeeded" in attaching one dead guys face to another dead guys skull. No problems with rejection, I take it. And the recipient hardly looked any worse than before the transplant, I mean, considering the bastards were dead, I'm guessing the failure rate was not very low.
When reading TFA, I initially thought this guy may have a point. Then when he recommends a course on "Cleaning And Preparing An Ice Surface For Pleasure and Competitive Purposes", I'm like, WTF? Then it dawns on me. This man may actually be a Zamboni. Never trust a Zamboni.
It's the difference between power and energy. A light bulb has a power rating, but the time it is used takes energy, and it's energy that you pay for, not power.
Re:OT: where'd all the 4/5 comments go?
on
Xbox 360 for $300
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Moderation server went down. Apparently SCO does not accept credit cards anymore (I can't imagine why they would have trouble with credit agencies), so Linux licenses are on a cash-only basis. Taco's bank card limits daily cash withdrawals so it took a couple of days.
We have become aware of your active trafficking, talking, or planning to take ownership of "La Grange", a copyrighted work by RIAA artist ZZ Top. You do not have permission to use "La Grange" in any context other than those permitted by the RIAA, and are liable for $10,000 in damages for each infringement.
In addition, you are not permitted to deal in Cheap Sunglasses, Pearl Necklaces, and neither Velcro nor Flies. You are permitted to use Legs and Tush, limited to the extent that they are those you were born with.
Take the pod of durham and triticale, mill to fine white powder. Add bovine lactation, and yolk from flightless fowl. Reduce fruit of fig tree, fill earlier mixture and fire result for 15 minutes. Alas, it is not gold, but these Fig Newtons do sell rather well.
The claim is 'wireless online surfing as fast as DSL'.
Unlike the wires to your home for DSL, you share the cellular airwaves with lots of other users. While it may be true that the peak data rates provided on a cellular channel are in the order of DSL, an individual user is usually limited to a small fraction of that.
From TFA: the court ordered her to pay damages of $750 for each of 30 songs she was found to have downloaded illegally, for a total of $22,500.
If you get sued by the RIAA for downloading, why not buy the CDs and claim downloading was a convenient way to rip. Fair use of your CDs means no copyright broken. $600 is a helluva lot cheaper than $22K.
I don't know if they received orders of magnitude more hits to the website than expected, but man they did not handle it well. Performance was spotty at best, ranging from completely unresponsive to partly responsive, at least from the two high-speed ISPs I regularly use.
The lack of performance of their website reduces the accomplishment of flying, at least in my mind. This is where the Mars Rover folks got things right. It's easy for folks to feel like a part of the accomplishment there, IMHO partly because the website is accessable, responsive, and on "my" browser when it's wanted. Not so for the global flyer.
The company's solutions page is pretty devoid of detail. Especially since the link to their whitepaper is broken. If anyone knows a few details of how the MPS works, it would be interesting.
They claim platform independence. This seems pretty doubtful. Assume this was a boot-only solution, ie. no hot plugging into a running computer. Also assume its x86 only. Then only modern PCs could be used (older PCs cannot boot from USB). Apple machines could not be booted with the same boot image as an x86 so that rules them out, unless they can figure a way to detect the host CPU and supply a different image. Even so, there are other platforms out there with USB that would surely be missed. Beyond that, you basically need something as sophisticated as a Linux live distribution to handle the vast myriad of hardware you might encounter. And let's not forget that USB booting must be enabled in the BIOS and set to a higher priority than the normal boot media for the 'borrowed' PC.
If we assume that the MPS (also) supports hot plugging into a live computer, the OS now needs to be contended with. You need a reliable, easy way to have the 'borrowed' PC download and run the software from the MPS allowing it to take over the keyboard, video, mouse, and internet. Again this becomes an OS/CPU coverage issue not to mention a permissions thing.
Frankly, I just don't see how the claim of 'platform independence' can be substantiated, nor how this thing could be considered easy to use. No matter what computer you plug into, you're likely going to have to fool around with the BIOS or the the OS permissions.
Could someone with some detailed knowledge of this product please enlighten us?
While I commend the notion, Iceland has a unique feature not mentioned in the article -- an extremely small population. According to the CIA (spare the check-your-facts comments, thanks), it is currently less than 300,000 people.
To put that into perspective, there are over 1200 CITIES in the world with more that 300,000 people. Seriously, more people live in Toledo than all of Iceland. As far as the Hydrogen economy goes, it's a start, but such a very small start. By 2050 I sure hope we're further along worldwide.
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Google should make it a tick box, so the user can choose whether the map should show independent or not.
Here is a partial list of others:
One Laptop Per Child, is in discussions with ... China
Sounds like a platform for A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.
With that sort of cost, it would suck to cross the event Verizon and be pulled into a Cingular-ity.
That would certainly Sprint the charges it into the Nextel dimension.
With apologies to The Who
Welcome to Finland!I guess you all know why we're here.
My name is Tommi, and I just sold out this year.
If you want to play a CD,
I've got you by the nards.
So put away your iPod,
Turn off your computer,
I'm holdin' all the cards!
Hey you, Mister Fair Use,
So sorry, I've got you mussed.
Hey, you, makin' backup copies,
You need my key of trust.
Hey, hung up old music listener,
You can't escape my thrust.
'Cos you are gonna swallow my
D R M,
The IFPI says you must!
You can't use Linux,
That priviledge has been repealed!
You can't use Macs either,
My plan is now revealed.
You can't use nothing,
When my restrictions do convene.
May I suggest a simple thought
Just shell out more
For a new CD machine!
...said "Take a Walk man".
From TFA: q, u, x, y and z are not used
I, for one, welcome our new freak hurricanes, QueerAsAThreeDollarBill, Uvula, XenaWarriorPrincess, Yoohoo, and Zipadeedoodah.
Doctors have already succeeded in making this practice a reality with cadavers
Let me get this straight. Doctors have "succeeded" in attaching one dead guys face to another dead guys skull. No problems with rejection, I take it. And the recipient hardly looked any worse than before the transplant, I mean, considering the bastards were dead, I'm guessing the failure rate was not very low.
a new use for the cat detector van.
When reading TFA, I initially thought this guy may have a point. Then when he recommends a course on "Cleaning And Preparing An Ice Surface For Pleasure and Competitive Purposes", I'm like, WTF? Then it dawns on me. This man may actually be a Zamboni. Never trust a Zamboni.
just 5 or 6 cents per kilowatt
That would be 5 or 6 cents per kilowatt-hour.
It's the difference between power and energy. A light bulb has a power rating, but the time it is used takes energy, and it's energy that you pay for, not power.
Moderation server went down. Apparently SCO does not accept credit cards anymore (I can't imagine why they would have trouble with credit agencies), so Linux licenses are on a cash-only basis. Taco's bank card limits daily cash withdrawals so it took a couple of days.
Play a DVD from any world region.
$ mplayer dvd://1
In my experience, everyone who can't write worth a damn thinks they can.
nobody elected the UN, it's a treaty organization
Dear World Leader,
We have become aware of your active trafficking, talking, or planning to take ownership of "La Grange", a copyrighted work by RIAA artist ZZ Top. You do not have permission to use "La Grange" in any context other than those permitted by the RIAA, and are liable for $10,000 in damages for each infringement.
In addition, you are not permitted to deal in Cheap Sunglasses, Pearl Necklaces, and neither Velcro nor Flies. You are permitted to use Legs and Tush, limited to the extent that they are those you were born with.
Best,
Cary Sherman
Incantation 229
Take the pod of durham and triticale, mill to fine white powder. Add bovine lactation, and yolk from flightless fowl. Reduce fruit of fig tree, fill earlier mixture and fire result for 15 minutes. Alas, it is not gold, but these Fig Newtons do sell rather well.
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The claim is 'wireless online surfing as fast as DSL'.
Unlike the wires to your home for DSL, you share the cellular airwaves with lots of other users. While it may be true that the peak data rates provided on a cellular channel are in the order of DSL, an individual user is usually limited to a small fraction of that.
the court ordered her to pay damages of $750 for each of 30 songs she was found to have downloaded illegally, for a total of $22,500.
If you get sued by the RIAA for downloading, why not buy the CDs and claim downloading was a convenient way to rip. Fair use of your CDs means no copyright broken. $600 is a helluva lot cheaper than $22K.
Advertising and product placement.
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I don't know if they received orders of magnitude more hits to the website than expected, but man they did not handle it well. Performance was spotty at best, ranging from completely unresponsive to partly responsive, at least from the two high-speed ISPs I regularly use.
The lack of performance of their website reduces the accomplishment of flying, at least in my mind. This is where the Mars Rover folks got things right. It's easy for folks to feel like a part of the accomplishment there, IMHO partly because the website is accessable, responsive, and on "my" browser when it's wanted. Not so for the global flyer.
I'm thinking of writing a how-to for "penetration testers". It'll be titled "Locating Unprotected Backdoor Entrances" or more aptly, "Lube"
Don't forget a section on avoiding Trojans. Although they sometimes help with L.U.B.E., they can often get in the way of a successful test.
The company's solutions page is pretty devoid of detail. Especially since the link to their whitepaper is broken. If anyone knows a few details of how the MPS works, it would be interesting.
They claim platform independence. This seems pretty doubtful. Assume this was a boot-only solution, ie. no hot plugging into a running computer. Also assume its x86 only. Then only modern PCs could be used (older PCs cannot boot from USB). Apple machines could not be booted with the same boot image as an x86 so that rules them out, unless they can figure a way to detect the host CPU and supply a different image. Even so, there are other platforms out there with USB that would surely be missed. Beyond that, you basically need something as sophisticated as a Linux live distribution to handle the vast myriad of hardware you might encounter. And let's not forget that USB booting must be enabled in the BIOS and set to a higher priority than the normal boot media for the 'borrowed' PC.
If we assume that the MPS (also) supports hot plugging into a live computer, the OS now needs to be contended with. You need a reliable, easy way to have the 'borrowed' PC download and run the software from the MPS allowing it to take over the keyboard, video, mouse, and internet. Again this becomes an OS/CPU coverage issue not to mention a permissions thing.
Frankly, I just don't see how the claim of 'platform independence' can be substantiated, nor how this thing could be considered easy to use. No matter what computer you plug into, you're likely going to have to fool around with the BIOS or the the OS permissions.
Could someone with some detailed knowledge of this product please enlighten us?
Once I get one of these and put Java 1.5 on it, I'll have some sweet Tiger-on-Tiger action.
And then use JMF to watch Discovery Channel online: Tiger-on-Tiger action on Tiger-on-Tiger action.
While I commend the notion, Iceland has a unique feature not mentioned in the article -- an extremely small population. According to the CIA (spare the check-your-facts comments, thanks), it is currently less than 300,000 people.
To put that into perspective, there are over 1200 CITIES in the world with more that 300,000 people. Seriously, more people live in Toledo than all of Iceland. As far as the Hydrogen economy goes, it's a start, but such a very small start. By 2050 I sure hope we're further along worldwide.