He voted "nay" on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and you say that he's not as in favor of consumer rights as one might expect. I suggest you review that act and its impact again. I think you'll find that he's actually more willing to protect the rights of the little guy.
While packages and belongings may not develop self-sustaining radiation, I'm sure all the radiation does not instantly dissipate. I'm sure there's some draining out over time,meaning that it is possible to receive a package that is effectively radioactive for a while.
Actually, what has kept people alive is modern medical science. Look at the researchers at the Mayo Clinic who developed the 1-hour test for anthrax. They can tell you in almost no time at all whether you have anthrax or not. That sort of thing saves lives, not the mass nuking of everything that the USPS gets its hands on.
The laser pointer they used has a 650 nm laser...hmmm.
Wonder what a hologram of a DVD would look like, given that 4.7 GB DVD-R discs use 650 nm lasers in the recording process?
There will come a day when everyone has implants, including but not limited to tracking devices like this.
On the day they're forced to receive implants, the last holdouts probably will hear something akin to
"We are Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own." as the implanters show up at their door.
I know this is a chilling claim to make about humanity's future, but it's the way I see things going based on ideas and trends now present in society.
Actually, under a law passed in 1991 by Congress, spam faxes are illegal. If they fail to include a phone number on the fax, you've got them onm 2 counts. Complain to your phone company and mabye that'll get you call logs and caller ID-style information.
I am not a lawyer though, so do check with qualified legal personnel in your area before attempting anything.
NT4: Terminal Server Edition / Telnet Server (all other editions)
2000: Advanced Server (Terminal Services / Telnet Server)
.NET Server 1.0/ XP Server / whatever it's called: Server (Terminal Services / Fast User Switching / Telnet Server)
As far as I'm concerned, Windows DOES have a multiuser core.
Has anyone noticed that this patent is almost 3 years old? It seems that freedom-lovers are about 2 steps behind the forces of evi...um, MSFT.
They developed Windows NT completely from scratch in 4 years. In this case, it wouldn't be anywhere near as hard for them to modify the NT Kernel to have DRM in it as it would be to write a new kernel from scratch (which, given Windows's history, would be the right thing to do; therefore MSFT hasn't done it).
In short, it may be too late. There may already be a working build of DRM-enabled Windows {Longhorn or Blackcomb or (insert codename of other Windows beta here)}.
Actually, in response to the comment about 73.4 GB HDDs being the largest available, I remember a PCMag review many, many issues ago of a 181.6 GB SCSI HDD (it may have been a Seagate Barracuda, but I'm not 100% sure). So, 73.4 GB HDDs aren't the largest SCSI HDD available to those willing to pay.
I agree.
This means it wouldn't be such a pain in the @$$ to get a download on new Star Wars trailers (no matter what platform you're on).
I wasted several days trying to compile a copy of 'Mystery' (the DVD special) on my HDD (my connection sucks and I didn't want to download it each time I wanted to see it - yes, I am one of those fans who would watch the trailer several times).
Well, remember that a significant number of CLEC DSL providers are now bankrupt. The same may happen if cable was open too.
I also want to add that the second comment of mine can be disregarded. I found out where my time was messed up and fixed it.
No Outlook Viruses. I have to think that's a good thing, though most end-users may eventually want them supported too just so they feel more at home as they migrate off Outlook.
I have 2 things to say.
First, now that it appears that each cable company will take the responsibility for providing high speed internet over its backbone, perhaps cable internet will grow faster because the ISP side will hopefully have much less of a bankruptcy fear with the TV side helping fund them.
Second, and slightly off topic, someone needs to check Slashdot's clock. It's still stuck in Eastern Daylight Time, not Eastern Standard Time. Seeing stories with a time an hour ahead is kinda confusing, considering that the same times were accurate in early October.
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http://starwars.apple.com/ep2/clone_war/media/640/ clone_war_ctp_lp640.mov Another broken link.
http://starwars.apple.com/ep2/clone_war/media/640/ clone_war_ctp_lp640.mov -- try that in QT 5 player itself. I can't guarantee that it works though.
He voted "nay" on the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and you say that he's not as in favor of consumer rights as one might expect. I suggest you review that act and its impact again. I think you'll find that he's actually more willing to protect the rights of the little guy.
Mandrake
Whoever modded the parent 'offtopic' has never heard of the concept of a parody. Shame on them.
Should be modded 'funny.'
Where do you live?
Can I send you several 50-gallon drums? Please?
No it isn't. There are Linux and (I think) even Mac OS versions.
DHCP? The same protocol that gives me an IP address on my LAN provides video to my TV screen? Cool. I didn't know that TV over IP was already out.
They didn't create Windows out of the blue. They created the blue (screen of death) out of Windows.
While packages and belongings may not develop self-sustaining radiation, I'm sure all the radiation does not instantly dissipate. I'm sure there's some draining out over time,meaning that it is possible to receive a package that is effectively radioactive for a while.
Actually, what has kept people alive is modern medical science. Look at the researchers at the Mayo Clinic who developed the 1-hour test for anthrax. They can tell you in almost no time at all whether you have anthrax or not. That sort of thing saves lives, not the mass nuking of everything that the USPS gets its hands on.
2 out of 3. MIPS, PowerPC, and Alpha were all supported for some version of NT between 3.1 and 4.0.
The laser pointer they used has a 650 nm laser...hmmm.
Wonder what a hologram of a DVD would look like, given that 4.7 GB DVD-R discs use 650 nm lasers in the recording process?
Use PowerPC processors with Windows NT 3.51/4, Mac OS, AIX, or Linux instead. Unless you have issues with Motorola.
There will come a day when everyone has implants, including but not limited to tracking devices like this.
On the day they're forced to receive implants, the last holdouts probably will hear something akin to
"We are Borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own."
as the implanters show up at their door.
I know this is a chilling claim to make about humanity's future, but it's the way I see things going based on ideas and trends now present in society.
Is the new ATTbi bandwidth cap 1.5 Megabits or 1.5 Mebibits? I really want to know.
Actually, under a law passed in 1991 by Congress, spam faxes are illegal. If they fail to include a phone number on the fax, you've got them onm 2 counts. Complain to your phone company and mabye that'll get you call logs and caller ID-style information.
I am not a lawyer though, so do check with qualified legal personnel in your area before attempting anything.
They attempted to plant trap doors. Only if they succeed can they then be called a real programmer.
NT4: Terminal Server Edition / Telnet Server (all other editions)
2000: Advanced Server (Terminal Services / Telnet Server)
.NET Server 1.0/ XP Server / whatever it's called: Server (Terminal Services / Fast User Switching / Telnet Server)
As far as I'm concerned, Windows DOES have a multiuser core.
Has anyone noticed that this patent is almost 3 years old? It seems that freedom-lovers are about 2 steps behind the forces of evi...um, MSFT.
They developed Windows NT completely from scratch in 4 years. In this case, it wouldn't be anywhere near as hard for them to modify the NT Kernel to have DRM in it as it would be to write a new kernel from scratch (which, given Windows's history, would be the right thing to do; therefore MSFT hasn't done it).
In short, it may be too late. There may already be a working build of DRM-enabled Windows {Longhorn or Blackcomb or (insert codename of other Windows beta here)}.
Actually, in response to the comment about 73.4 GB HDDs being the largest available, I remember a PCMag review many, many issues ago of a 181.6 GB SCSI HDD (it may have been a Seagate Barracuda, but I'm not 100% sure). So, 73.4 GB HDDs aren't the largest SCSI HDD available to those willing to pay.
I agree.
This means it wouldn't be such a pain in the @$$ to get a download on new Star Wars trailers (no matter what platform you're on).
I wasted several days trying to compile a copy of 'Mystery' (the DVD special) on my HDD (my connection sucks and I didn't want to download it each time I wanted to see it - yes, I am one of those fans who would watch the trailer several times).
Well, remember that a significant number of CLEC DSL providers are now bankrupt. The same may happen if cable was open too.
I also want to add that the second comment of mine can be disregarded. I found out where my time was messed up and fixed it.
No Outlook Viruses. I have to think that's a good thing, though most end-users may eventually want them supported too just so they feel more at home as they migrate off Outlook.
I have 2 things to say.
First, now that it appears that each cable company will take the responsibility for providing high speed internet over its backbone, perhaps cable internet will grow faster because the ISP side will hopefully have much less of a bankruptcy fear with the TV side helping fund them.
Second, and slightly off topic, someone needs to check Slashdot's clock. It's still stuck in Eastern Daylight Time, not Eastern Standard Time. Seeing stories with a time an hour ahead is kinda confusing, considering that the same times were accurate in early October.