That's really a good idea. Technically, I don't think it would be that hard (digitize the audio as it comes in, burn a single master at the end of the show and then let the CD replicators churn), and I have a feeling that Clear Channel is paying the RIAA their piece, too, so there shouldn't be any legal problems.
Of course, after the $5 beers and $35 t-shirts, most concert-goers are dead broke by the end of the show...
This is a measure/countermeasure race, one that the RIAA/MPAA cannot win. Technology changes faster than litigation can be processed, so for every Kazaa that is shut down, the people who are going to develop the next generation of file-sharing utilities will learn from the mistakes made, both legal and technological, and create better tools. There's only so much that litigation can do to prop up a failing business model.
Yes, but the overall recruiting budget for the United States military is huge, and the total development costs for the game were a rather small part of it. Think about how many man hours it saves if even 0.1% of the people who play it come to the recruiter instead of making the recruiter come to them.
To enter Chinese (on the mainland at least... I don't have any experience with Taiwan or Hong Kong), you use an English keyboard to enter characters.
Chinese is romanized in the PRC using a system called pinyin. What Chinese users do is enter the pinyin for a character (i.e., 'tian' for the first character in TianAnMen Square), and a list of characters that are romanized that way appear (a short list, normally, of common characters, and good software will try to figure out what you are saying and present the most likely options), and then you choose press the number corresponding to which character you meant. To use the example above, the 'tian' you want would probably be the first or second option, so you would type 'tian1' and the character would appear.
It's rather cumbersome at first, but once you get used to it it's not too bad (and it sure beats those massive typewriter contraptions with thousands of characters to choose from that you may have seen from the pre-computer days). I've seen professional Chinese typists that match the speed of the best Indo-European language typists.
Not only mutiple layouts, but also multiple languages. There's nothing worse than being stuck in Moscow and having to use a Cyrillic keyboard, even if you touch-type it's distracting. With this you could, in theory, just switch right back to English.
As a few other posters have already said, it looks like this kid just straight-up stole information DirecTV. That's illegal in any country, and I'm going to say he'll probably be treated nicer than he would be had he gotten caught in a number of other countries.
What's funny is that Slashdot is reporting this as a YRO article... I'm pretty sure industrial espionage isn't on anyone's list of rights...
"Whether you're in New York or Nablus, the Strip or the Gaza Strip, the Victoria's Secret Naughty Protector (TM) spider-silk teddy is for you. It feels like silk to you and eighteen inches of steel plate to stray rifle rounds!"
How many more superheavy elements will be born only to die in their first milliseconds of life before we realize we CAN'T PLAY GOD?! Poor Ununoctium never even had a chance at a normal life.:)
People always try to make this point when arguing about technology export restrictions, and it doesn't hold even an ounce of water.
You see, if I give you a missile, all you have is a missile. I have control over your weapons inventory. If I give you the means to design and create your own missiles, then I have no control.
And the US Government is not a big fan of not having control over things.
Maybe it's just me, but doesn't it seem strange that it would be operated by FTP? I mean, one would think that being able to SSH to it and having a command prompt would be a lot more useful...
Unless it's actually a cover and NASA is creating the first orbiting pr0n server:)
Apollo 17 represents one of the largest missed chances in American scientific history. What would have been the "science" missions in the Apollo series (18-20) were scrapped because the American TV public didn't want to tune in anymore.
But, so to save the lives of otherwise innocent cosmonauts, let's just shove all of them in the capsule by themselves... AFAIK the Soyuz are rather automated, and it's not like they'd be going anywhere but back down!
If you think that all of the information that would be included on any sort of national ID isn't already easily avaiable, you're ignorant, stupid or both.
Besides, do you really think that the US government needs to issue you a card before they can invade your privacy and track your movements? It's the government, for God sakes!
If you're really cynical, ID cards might even be a good thing. If it makes it easier for the government to invade your privacy (remembering that they can do it at will already), than at least it'll be cheaper! You've already lost all semblence of privacy, at least you can get it at a discount.
Maybe that's how the Republicans plan to cut taxes...:)
Well, that is true statistically but unless we are willing to do away with "innocent until proven guilty" then the fact that certain demographics are more likely to commit crimes doesn't have any bearing.
I can see both sides of the argument. Yes, we have the technology, both to be able to profile individuals with a reasonably high degree of accuracy and to be able to store those profiles and mine them when needed. In this way, the whole idea seems a good one because it would, ostensibly, make everyone safer.
On the other hand, no profiling is completely neutral. There is always some bias built into the system because it is based on probabilities. And in a system where "all men are created equal" one cannot assume that certain individuals based on their race, religion, creed, whathaveyou are more likely to commit crimes, no matter how well the math may work.
Personally, I'd rather give up a little security for more freedom. I don't think that, unless you are a declared suspect for a crime, you should be the subject of investigation.
... is being able to walk about to your backyard and watch launches. It happened on our first not-rainy afternoon in quite a while and was beautiful. Not quite like the Shuttle beautiful, but beautiful nonetheless.
To me, air flight doesn't seem very special anymore because it is so common... but I don't think I'll stop watching the rockets, even if it does become an everyday occurence...
"The buddyscript suite of tools is the best that's available. We're confident they are the best choice (for users) who are building interactive agents. The subject of enforcing the patent shouldn't even come up. Anyone wanting to build a very good interactive agent will find that our tools are the very best," Kay added.
It's like a presidential campaign in the old Soviet Union...
"The subject of voting shouldn't even come up. We're obviously the best party around..."
I work at a university and we have a huge computer contract with Dell, so pretty much every PC we have comes from them. We don't have much trouble with them, and when we do, the service has been excellent. Of course, we don't call the home user line, either, but if you're a corporate user I'd recommend them wholeheartedly.
Now, as for Gateway... when I was in high school, I worked for a company that had an outsourced tech support contract with Gateway. I was on hand when Windows 98 rolled out and all the poor Windows 95 users screwed things up when upgrading... I can honestly say that they hired anyone that could effectively grip a mouse. It was sad, but maybe things have changed.
So Boeing spends a few million, finds the guys research is bunk and discards the project? No problem, they're a multi-billion dollar company.
But... if on the off chance that it really works and could be used in commercial projects and could bring billions (trillions?) in sales and licensing royalties...
The reflected energy typically will cover large amounts of real estate..."
Now, I might be wrong, but the explosion from a missile/bomb covers a rather large amount of area, and does a whole lot more than blind. Personally, I'd rather take my chances with reflected laser light than with shrapnel (though I'd like to not be in the flight path of either, thank you very much!)
This kind of stuff has been around for years in the military. Sure, it's a nice compact little civilian package now, but it's not exactly revolutionary.
If you're a privacy zealot, I don't see this as nearly as concerning as tracking through credit card transactions, etc. And honestly, I don't have any problem with my picture being taken when I'm walking around outside. I'm not doing anything illegal, I'm not going anywhere shameful, and if someone wants to spend thousands of dollars on technology to enable them to watch my fat ass stroll from place to place then more power to them. And hey, they might even catch a criminal or two.
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That's really a good idea. Technically, I don't think it would be that hard (digitize the audio as it comes in, burn a single master at the end of the show and then let the CD replicators churn), and I have a feeling that Clear Channel is paying the RIAA their piece, too, so there shouldn't be any legal problems.
Of course, after the $5 beers and $35 t-shirts, most concert-goers are dead broke by the end of the show...
This is a measure/countermeasure race, one that the RIAA/MPAA cannot win. Technology changes faster than litigation can be processed, so for every Kazaa that is shut down, the people who are going to develop the next generation of file-sharing utilities will learn from the mistakes made, both legal and technological, and create better tools. There's only so much that litigation can do to prop up a failing business model.
You've got to admit that Titans - Rams was about the best Super Bowl ever. I've never, ever, been on the edge of my seat at the end of the big game.
Wow, talking about football on Slashdot. *tilt*
Yes, but the overall recruiting budget for the United States military is huge, and the total development costs for the game were a rather small part of it. Think about how many man hours it saves if even 0.1% of the people who play it come to the recruiter instead of making the recruiter come to them.
To enter Chinese (on the mainland at least... I don't have any experience with Taiwan or Hong Kong), you use an English keyboard to enter characters.
Chinese is romanized in the PRC using a system called pinyin. What Chinese users do is enter the pinyin for a character (i.e., 'tian' for the first character in TianAnMen Square), and a list of characters that are romanized that way appear (a short list, normally, of common characters, and good software will try to figure out what you are saying and present the most likely options), and then you choose press the number corresponding to which character you meant. To use the example above, the 'tian' you want would probably be the first or second option, so you would type 'tian1' and the character would appear.
It's rather cumbersome at first, but once you get used to it it's not too bad (and it sure beats those massive typewriter contraptions with thousands of characters to choose from that you may have seen from the pre-computer days). I've seen professional Chinese typists that match the speed of the best Indo-European language typists.
Not only mutiple layouts, but also multiple languages. There's nothing worse than being stuck in Moscow and having to use a Cyrillic keyboard, even if you touch-type it's distracting. With this you could, in theory, just switch right back to English.
As a few other posters have already said, it looks like this kid just straight-up stole information DirecTV. That's illegal in any country, and I'm going to say he'll probably be treated nicer than he would be had he gotten caught in a number of other countries.
What's funny is that Slashdot is reporting this as a YRO article... I'm pretty sure industrial espionage isn't on anyone's list of rights...
I can see it now...
"Whether you're in New York or Nablus, the Strip or the Gaza Strip, the Victoria's Secret Naughty Protector (TM) spider-silk teddy is for you. It feels like silk to you and eighteen inches of steel plate to stray rifle rounds!"
How many more superheavy elements will be born only to die in their first milliseconds of life before we realize we CAN'T PLAY GOD?! Poor Ununoctium never even had a chance at a normal life. :)
People always try to make this point when arguing about technology export restrictions, and it doesn't hold even an ounce of water.
You see, if I give you a missile, all you have is a missile. I have control over your weapons inventory. If I give you the means to design and create your own missiles, then I have no control.
And the US Government is not a big fan of not having control over things.
Maybe it's just me, but doesn't it seem strange that it would be operated by FTP? I mean, one would think that being able to SSH to it and having a command prompt would be a lot more useful...
:)
Unless it's actually a cover and NASA is creating the first orbiting pr0n server
I'm not sure about the last man on the moon, but Neil Armstrong was a US Navy pilot according to this NASA bio page.
Apollo 17 represents one of the largest missed chances in American scientific history. What would have been the "science" missions in the Apollo series (18-20) were scrapped because the American TV public didn't want to tune in anymore.
Ugh. It burns me up every time I think about it.
But, so to save the lives of otherwise innocent cosmonauts, let's just shove all of them in the capsule by themselves... AFAIK the Soyuz are rather automated, and it's not like they'd be going anywhere but back down!
The only way you'll ever convince these people is to take them to the moon and let them touch the stuff.
And then leave them there, because we've got enough wackos planetside.
Now we can have computers that screw things up at a rate that rivals our own! Because seriously, we needed the competition.
If you think that all of the information that would be included on any sort of national ID isn't already easily avaiable, you're ignorant, stupid or both.
:)
Besides, do you really think that the US government needs to issue you a card before they can invade your privacy and track your movements? It's the government, for God sakes!
If you're really cynical, ID cards might even be a good thing. If it makes it easier for the government to invade your privacy (remembering that they can do it at will already), than at least it'll be cheaper! You've already lost all semblence of privacy, at least you can get it at a discount.
Maybe that's how the Republicans plan to cut taxes...
Well, yeah. I will officially give up computing when I need a two gigahertz P4 and a $500 video card to do a Word mail-merge...
Well, that is true statistically but unless we are willing to do away with "innocent until proven guilty" then the fact that certain demographics are more likely to commit crimes doesn't have any bearing.
I can see both sides of the argument. Yes, we have the technology, both to be able to profile individuals with a reasonably high degree of accuracy and to be able to store those profiles and mine them when needed. In this way, the whole idea seems a good one because it would, ostensibly, make everyone safer.
On the other hand, no profiling is completely neutral. There is always some bias built into the system because it is based on probabilities. And in a system where "all men are created equal" one cannot assume that certain individuals based on their race, religion, creed, whathaveyou are more likely to commit crimes, no matter how well the math may work.
Personally, I'd rather give up a little security for more freedom. I don't think that, unless you are a declared suspect for a crime, you should be the subject of investigation.
... is being able to walk about to your backyard and watch launches. It happened on our first not-rainy afternoon in quite a while and was beautiful. Not quite like the Shuttle beautiful, but beautiful nonetheless.
To me, air flight doesn't seem very special anymore because it is so common... but I don't think I'll stop watching the rockets, even if it does become an everyday occurence...
"The buddyscript suite of tools is the best that's available. We're confident they are the best choice (for users) who are building interactive agents. The subject of enforcing the patent shouldn't even come up. Anyone wanting to build a very good interactive agent will find that our tools are the very best," Kay added.
It's like a presidential campaign in the old Soviet Union...
"The subject of voting shouldn't even come up. We're obviously the best party around..."
I work at a university and we have a huge computer contract with Dell, so pretty much every PC we have comes from them. We don't have much trouble with them, and when we do, the service has been excellent. Of course, we don't call the home user line, either, but if you're a corporate user I'd recommend them wholeheartedly.
Now, as for Gateway... when I was in high school, I worked for a company that had an outsourced tech support contract with Gateway. I was on hand when Windows 98 rolled out and all the poor Windows 95 users screwed things up when upgrading... I can honestly say that they hired anyone that could effectively grip a mouse. It was sad, but maybe things have changed.
So Boeing spends a few million, finds the guys research is bunk and discards the project? No problem, they're a multi-billion dollar company.
But... if on the off chance that it really works and could be used in commercial projects and could bring billions (trillions?) in sales and licensing royalties...
Seems like a worthwhile risk to me.
The reflected energy typically will cover large amounts of real estate..."
Now, I might be wrong, but the explosion from a missile/bomb covers a rather large amount of area, and does a whole lot more than blind. Personally, I'd rather take my chances with reflected laser light than with shrapnel (though I'd like to not be in the flight path of either, thank you very much!)
This kind of stuff has been around for years in the military. Sure, it's a nice compact little civilian package now, but it's not exactly revolutionary.
If you're a privacy zealot, I don't see this as nearly as concerning as tracking through credit card transactions, etc. And honestly, I don't have any problem with my picture being taken when I'm walking around outside. I'm not doing anything illegal, I'm not going anywhere shameful, and if someone wants to spend thousands of dollars on technology to enable them to watch my fat ass stroll from place to place then more power to them. And hey, they might even catch a criminal or two.