"What about a Star Trek film which details the birth/genesis of The Borg - how they came to be?"
The most interesting part about the Borg is that we *don't* know how they came to be. We've been given subtle hints about it(in First Contact, for instance), but never any real answers.
Introducing the Borg queen was probably the biggest mistake the writers made, because it put a face on the Borg and gave them a sense of humanity. The Borg queen spends more time bickering with Janeway than she does trying to destroy her ship. The Borg were supposed to be brutal conquerors with only one purpose. Now they spend time chatting it up with people they're trying to kill. Any mystique or intrigue about the Borg were lost when Voyager ran into them.
Not knowing about the Borg made them a hell of a lot more interesting, that's for sure.
Not to mention their opposition to the upcoming liberation of the Iraqi people and promotion of Corporate Western ideals is blatantly cowardly and unAmerican.;p~
Fancy? Not really, no. You plug them in and they work. There are no device drivers or computer components to upgrade. You don't have to worry about hardware/software conflicts. You just plug it in and play. At the most, you have to make sure the batteries in your pedals are good.
As far as sound goes, listen to a rack-mounted FX unit and you can get an idea where the "all digital" theme is headed. I've used $1000 rack units that still sound unnatural compared to a good amp. That's not to say this won't be improved somewhere down the line. But I guess I'm a purist at heart. {=)
The less electronics in my guitar, the better.
...is frantically setting up his equipment before a gig in a fit of nervousness and adrenaline, the last thing he needs to worry about is a lot of fancy technology.
I'm sure the geek culture thinks this is cool, but most musicians will probably shrug and think, "So what?"
And there are the audiophile types who will condemn the ditigal format as sounding too processed and impersonal. There are some things you can do with analog that digital will never be able to touch.
Don't expect this to take off like the next revolution. It will likely be a nifty toy to play with and nothing more. I know that after playing guitar for over 10 years, I could really care less about cat5 in my guitar. It is more complication than I need when I'm on stage troubleshooting minor problems.
Allow me to play devil's advocate here for a second.
"Since when does the record corporation own a music file that I PAID FOR? Its my stuff, it was when i payed for it and left the store."
Ahh, but you did not pay for a file. You paid for a CD. You also did not pay for the right to distribute the work from that CD to people around the world.
And before you mention fair use rights, note that fair use allows you to make a backup of your own disk for your own private use. It does not allow you to download that backup from someone else. You have to make it yourself.
Unless you are downloading music from filesharing apps, this whole "well poisoning" tactic doesn't affect your rights in the least.
"So, it shouldn't be taken lightly that many master key systems are vulnerable to attack."
A lifelong friend of mine is a locksmith. He taught me how to pick a lock in under three minutes. You have no idea just how vulnerable these locks really are to someone who even remotely knows what he's doing. The locks you see in schools, offices and places like car dealerships are the easiest to pick, believe it or not.
"Boy, if that isn't a case for Open Source, I really do not know what it."
The only benefit I can see to using Open source in embedded components such as your car interface is that you can modify it to your liking, and even distribute those changes.
That being said, if you think supporting a 10 year old OS is bad, just try getting support for custom software which you may or may not have modified well beyond the scope of the original vendor's intent.
And if you decide to use the vendor's default config, then you might as well be using proprietary software.
Part of the reason these hybrid cars aren't taking off in some circles is because, quite frankly, they look retarded. People don't want a car that looks like a bubble with three wheels or controls in places they're not accustomed to. People just want a car! Plain and simple. Most people don't care what is under the hood as long as the car is familiar(controls where they should be, etc..) and they can fuel up anywhere. Cars are meant for convenience as far as most people are concerned. Despite what really bad Sci-fi movies would have you believe, the 21st century just isn't ready for some of these new radical concept designs.
C-Dilla(which was recently acquired by Macrovision) is a software copy protection mechanism for various 3D and CAD packages. 3D Studio Max is one example.
...who will receive this $5,500? The lawyers and State, or the person who has been inconvenienced? If it is the former, then this do-not-call list scheme is nothing but a money grab.
If the states really want to make a difference, they can make all phone solicitation opt-in only. This means no phone number mining, or buying databases full of numbers. people must CHOOSE to opt-in, period. Only in a perfect world, right?
"I would say it's unlikely that anybody remembers anything from around age 3"
This isn't necessarily true. My earliest memory is of myself looking up from a crib toward the same mirror that hangs on my bedroom wall to this day. I remember a feeling of terror from looking up toward the mirror. All I could see in it was the ceiling. I also remember my door being closed.
I asked my mother about this, and even gave her some specifics about the bedroom(colour of paint, for instance) and the layout of the furniture(position of the crib in the room), and she confirmed it.
I guess I had a thing against mirrors back then. But I also remember a sense of not wanting to be alone in the room.
"If you try to just restore memories you are more than likely making them up (not that you realise you are making them up)."
In my own case, I might believe that if I were someone else listening to this story(not to mention my stupid name;p).. But since my own mother confirmed my "memory" right down to the colour of paint on the walls at the time, I'm not so inclined to believe that 100%.
...to explore the package and write your own set of documentation, which you can distribute freely?
There shouldn't be any legal trouble. I've seen plenty of how-to's online.
"We recieve a list of copyright materials that were sucessfully downloaded from the individual."
Successfully downloaded by whom? You, the person verifying this claim? Or the person making the claim(presumably the copyright holder)?
If it is the latter, then you're not verifying a damn thing. Anyone can make up a list and submit it. Hell, I could have a barrel of laughs forging E-mail addresses and submitting fake lists of downloaded songs to various ISP abuse deptartments.
How about going back to Mr. Ralsky's neighbourhood and looking for the black Jaguar? Hell, take a few more pictures. That should get his attention. Only this time, bring a baseball bat with you incase he tries something. Follow HIM home and get HIS address. And for crying out loud, bring a pen and paper with you so you can get his plate numbers this time.
"When we were all kids growing up, we were taught that we were the greatest nation because we had certain freedoms, that the government had limited power over watching us etc"
Here is an article written by someone who feels much the same way, and how the events of the past year have made him think twice about what he was taught in school.
It isn't completely on-topic with your comment, but it is still an interesting read nontheless. {=)
Remember that episode of The Simpsons where they showed Quickie Mart camera footage of Apu buzzing by like an insect?
Imagine that, only replace Apu with Ballmer.
*shudder*
It works fine for me in Opera 7 beta 1. {=)
Although it is lacking in a lot of ways(Like missing features. It's beta, duh! =D), the Opera team seems to have fixed a lot of incompatibilities that existed in Opera 6. DHTML menus seem to work now, for instance.
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The most interesting part about the Borg is that we *don't* know how they came to be. We've been given subtle hints about it(in First Contact, for instance), but never any real answers.
Introducing the Borg queen was probably the biggest mistake the writers made, because it put a face on the Borg and gave them a sense of humanity. The Borg queen spends more time bickering with Janeway than she does trying to destroy her ship. The Borg were supposed to be brutal conquerors with only one purpose. Now they spend time chatting it up with people they're trying to kill. Any mystique or intrigue about the Borg were lost when Voyager ran into them.
Not knowing about the Borg made them a hell of a lot more interesting, that's for sure.
Actually, that is the sound of George W. Bush raiding Social Security. ;p~
Not to mention their opposition to the upcoming liberation of the Iraqi people and promotion of Corporate Western ideals is blatantly cowardly and unAmerican. ;p~
Fancy? Not really, no. You plug them in and they work. There are no device drivers or computer components to upgrade. You don't have to worry about hardware/software conflicts. You just plug it in and play. At the most, you have to make sure the batteries in your pedals are good.
As far as sound goes, listen to a rack-mounted FX unit and you can get an idea where the "all digital" theme is headed. I've used $1000 rack units that still sound unnatural compared to a good amp. That's not to say this won't be improved somewhere down the line.
But I guess I'm a purist at heart. {=)
The less electronics in my guitar, the better.
I'm sure the geek culture thinks this is cool, but most musicians will probably shrug and think, "So what?"
And there are the audiophile types who will condemn the ditigal format as sounding too processed and impersonal. There are some things you can do with analog that digital will never be able to touch.
Don't expect this to take off like the next revolution. It will likely be a nifty toy to play with and nothing more.
I know that after playing guitar for over 10 years, I could really care less about cat5 in my guitar. It is more complication than I need when I'm on stage troubleshooting minor problems.
"Since when does the record corporation own a music file that I PAID FOR? Its my stuff, it was when i payed for it and left the store."
Ahh, but you did not pay for a file. You paid for a CD. You also did not pay for the right to distribute the work from that CD to people around the world.
And before you mention fair use rights, note that fair use allows you to make a backup of your own disk for your own private use. It does not allow you to download that backup from someone else. You have to make it yourself.
Unless you are downloading music from filesharing apps, this whole "well poisoning" tactic doesn't affect your rights in the least.
A lifelong friend of mine is a locksmith. He taught me how to pick a lock in under three minutes.
You have no idea just how vulnerable these locks really are to someone who even remotely knows what he's doing. The locks you see in schools, offices and places like car dealerships are the easiest to pick, believe it or not.
*ducks*
The only benefit I can see to using Open source in embedded components such as your car interface is that you can modify it to your liking, and even distribute those changes.
That being said, if you think supporting a 10 year old OS is bad, just try getting support for custom software which you may or may not have modified well beyond the scope of the original vendor's intent.
And if you decide to use the vendor's default config, then you might as well be using proprietary software.
Part of the reason these hybrid cars aren't taking off in some circles is because, quite frankly, they look retarded.
People don't want a car that looks like a bubble with three wheels or controls in places they're not accustomed to.
People just want a car! Plain and simple. Most people don't care what is under the hood as long as the car is familiar(controls where they should be, etc..) and they can fuel up anywhere. Cars are meant for convenience as far as most people are concerned. Despite what really bad Sci-fi movies would have you believe, the 21st century just isn't ready for some of these new radical concept designs.
C-Dilla(which was recently acquired by Macrovision) is a software copy protection mechanism for various 3D and CAD packages.
3D Studio Max is one example.
If it is the former, then this do-not-call list scheme is nothing but a money grab.
If the states really want to make a difference, they can make all phone solicitation opt-in only. This means no phone number mining, or buying databases full of numbers. people must CHOOSE to opt-in, period. Only in a perfect world, right?
Moore's Law was a true American icon. It will be missed. ;P
This isn't necessarily true. My earliest memory is of myself looking up from a crib toward the same mirror that hangs on my bedroom wall to this day. I remember a feeling of terror from looking up toward the mirror. All I could see in it was the ceiling. I also remember my door being closed.
I asked my mother about this, and even gave her some specifics about the bedroom(colour of paint, for instance) and the layout of the furniture(position of the crib in the room), and she confirmed it.
I guess I had a thing against mirrors back then. But I also remember a sense of not wanting to be alone in the room.
"If you try to just restore memories you are more than likely making them up (not that you realise you are making them up)."
In my own case, I might believe that if I were someone else listening to this story(not to mention my stupid name ;p).. But since my own mother confirmed my "memory" right down to the colour of paint on the walls at the time, I'm not so inclined to believe that 100%.
But, that is just me. {=)
...to explore the package and write your own set of documentation, which you can distribute freely?
There shouldn't be any legal trouble. I've seen plenty of how-to's online.
Successfully downloaded by whom? You, the person verifying this claim? Or the person making the claim(presumably the copyright holder)?
If it is the latter, then you're not verifying a damn thing. Anyone can make up a list and submit it. Hell, I could have a barrel of laughs forging E-mail addresses and submitting fake lists of downloaded songs to various ISP abuse deptartments.
How about going back to Mr. Ralsky's neighbourhood and looking for the black Jaguar? Hell, take a few more pictures. That should get his attention. Only this time, bring a baseball bat with you incase he tries something. Follow HIM home and get HIS address. And for crying out loud, bring a pen and paper with you so you can get his plate numbers this time.
They shouldn't have to cover their ass.
"Innovations" this obvious should not be patentable in the first place.
Does this mean SETI was a waste?
With regard to send a message into deep space, I mean.
Here is an article written by someone who feels much the same way, and how the events of the past year have made him think twice about what he was taught in school.
It isn't completely on-topic with your comment, but it is still an interesting read nontheless. {=)
You're either new to the intarweb or you're a complete fucking idiot.
That protest page was a joke. YHBT!
Remember that episode of The Simpsons where they showed Quickie Mart camera footage of Apu buzzing by like an insect?
Imagine that, only replace Apu with Ballmer.
*shudder*
It works fine for me in Opera 7 beta 1. {=)
Although it is lacking in a lot of ways(Like missing features. It's beta, duh! =D), the Opera team seems to have fixed a lot of incompatibilities that existed in Opera 6. DHTML menus seem to work now, for instance.
Shhh, no they don't. ;)
...to put a stop to George Bush's deforestation initiative. ;p~