I'm sure, if Sony had wanted to, they could've spent many millions on new facilities and ramped production up to the point where a million units would've been available. But that would've been a risk, considering the high price of the unit (which might've gone higher because of the additional production expense) and the potential competition from HD-DVD. Given that, I would've wussed out too, and taken the confidence hit rather than risk having to liquidate a huge glut of expensive machines.
Sounds like these microbes might already be able to live on Mars. Further, the organic material they create could be used to fuel the "hotter" life Mr. Botch is so enamored of.
I'm going to personally recommend a codec pack called CCCP, or the Combined Community Codec Pack. It's primarily meant for viewing anime, but I've never come across any video it couldn't play (aside from MOV and RM). It claims to be free of any sort of malware, and there are a lot of good people vouching for it.
If anyone has any information about malware being present in this codec pack, please respond to this post; since I have this installed on my system I'd be very interested in hearing it.:-)
Considering the price of the PS3, I'm not surprised Sony expected a lower turn-out, and I'm not surprised MS is holding on the price of the Xbox. What I am surprised at is that anyone else is.
The man affirmed that he created the page, the FBI had plenty of grounds to charge him. Why search his premises? Looking for other dirt to kick up in case the judge disagrees with the prosecutor?
Give them documentation for the credit card charge and for your prior ownership; hopefully they'll restore your ownership and yank that registrar's license.
(Q1) Yes, but I don't think the seek mechanism normally uses much power, so 3X very little is still very little.
(Q2) They mentioned a 60 gig drive, so I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have it yet. If the tech proves out I'm sure the major manufacturers will adopt it and use it in their higher-capacity drives.
As much as I agree with your sentiment, I'm afraid you have your reasoning backwards. That specifies the general purpose of copyright legislation, but is not a reason for pleading that the copyright laws don't apply to him.
Otherwise, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" can indeed be infringed upon, since we no longer have militias.
And yes, lots of lawyers believe as you do, but I think you'll find the reasoning to be accepted intermittently.
There are many many sub-disciplines of computer science out there, and the "next level" you're looking for probably involves some degree of specialization. Data mining? 3D in gaming, or photorealism? UI concepts? P2P? I think you're looking for a focus.
I recently purchased a new computer with Windows Vista installed, and I'm having problems switching over to Debian Linux. I've opened up the case and looked everywhere, even inside the power supply, but I can't find any black boxes inside. I know it's there, Microsoft keeps talking about it, but I'm having the darnedest time locating it. Where is it and how do I disconnect it?
Yes, I suppose I'm proposing RAM on a separate bus. Wouldn't matter if it were slower than main system memory, since it'd be taking the place of disk access even the slowest RAM would speed things up. HD emulation would be somewhat silly, so yes, I'd advocate a DMA-capable bus interface.
Even if it's not being used by that person, if the RFID portion hasn't been hard-disabled, it's potentially detectable. Even if the chip has been set not to respond, reflections from the antenna can be detected.
I have no problem with smart IDs themselves; but if they're RFIDs there's going to be trouble. Hopefully a few exploits will be tried while the system is being rolled out so our wonderful government regulators will realize there's a problem.
What's the alternative to RFIDs? Well, the alternative to contactless is non-contactless. You may remember the original American Express Blue cards with the little copper pads on one side. Similar "smartcard" technology has been used by other card makers, especially in Europe.
So what's the difference? The difference is that RFIDs can be accessed without one's notice, and it's difficult to determine whether or not you're safe. The RFIDs in US passports, meant to be accessed at a distance of no more than a few inches, has been read at distances of a few feet and detected from dozens of feet away. Do you want to advertise you're carrying around your valuable passport? I don't.
Boosting system memory is one good way to mitigate the problems of FDE. Eliminating the need for swap space and buffering commonly accessed files helps reduce the amount of disk throughput needed. Sticking browser caches and other temporary file space in a virtual drive would also greatly improve performance. It might even be worthwhile looking to produce slow but inexpensive RAM just so you could make volatile RAM drives for this purpose.
When these people posted the videos, they affirmed that they had the right to do so. That certainly opens them up to legal trouble if they did not. I don't know how long the concept of intellectual property will hold out, but until that point everyone needs to be careful about what they upload.
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I'm sure, if Sony had wanted to, they could've spent many millions on new facilities and ramped production up to the point where a million units would've been available. But that would've been a risk, considering the high price of the unit (which might've gone higher because of the additional production expense) and the potential competition from HD-DVD. Given that, I would've wussed out too, and taken the confidence hit rather than risk having to liquidate a huge glut of expensive machines.
Sounds like these microbes might already be able to live on Mars. Further, the organic material they create could be used to fuel the "hotter" life Mr. Botch is so enamored of.
I'm going to personally recommend a codec pack called CCCP, or the Combined Community Codec Pack. It's primarily meant for viewing anime, but I've never come across any video it couldn't play (aside from MOV and RM). It claims to be free of any sort of malware, and there are a lot of good people vouching for it.
:-)
If anyone has any information about malware being present in this codec pack, please respond to this post; since I have this installed on my system I'd be very interested in hearing it.
Considering the price of the PS3, I'm not surprised Sony expected a lower turn-out, and I'm not surprised MS is holding on the price of the Xbox. What I am surprised at is that anyone else is.
The man affirmed that he created the page, the FBI had plenty of grounds to charge him. Why search his premises? Looking for other dirt to kick up in case the judge disagrees with the prosecutor?
That's what edit histories are for.
Give them documentation for the credit card charge and for your prior ownership; hopefully they'll restore your ownership and yank that registrar's license.
(Q1) Yes, but I don't think the seek mechanism normally uses much power, so 3X very little is still very little.
(Q2) They mentioned a 60 gig drive, so I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have it yet. If the tech proves out I'm sure the major manufacturers will adopt it and use it in their higher-capacity drives.
Actually, there is if you log in at the same time as posting.
As much as I agree with your sentiment, I'm afraid you have your reasoning backwards. That specifies the general purpose of copyright legislation, but is not a reason for pleading that the copyright laws don't apply to him.
Otherwise, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" can indeed be infringed upon, since we no longer have militias.
And yes, lots of lawyers believe as you do, but I think you'll find the reasoning to be accepted intermittently.
Yeah, but after that he gets locked IN his parent's basement for 5 months.
...Though that may not be a change from today...
There are already razors out there with eighteen blades.
There are many many sub-disciplines of computer science out there, and the "next level" you're looking for probably involves some degree of specialization. Data mining? 3D in gaming, or photorealism? UI concepts? P2P? I think you're looking for a focus.
Dear Slashdot:
I recently purchased a new computer with Windows Vista installed, and I'm having problems switching over to Debian Linux. I've opened up the case and looked everywhere, even inside the power supply, but I can't find any black boxes inside. I know it's there, Microsoft keeps talking about it, but I'm having the darnedest time locating it. Where is it and how do I disconnect it?
o/^ Write for us a trilogy, a four- or five-book trilogy... o/^
I wonder how many people might get drawn into reading sequels if the first book in a series or trilogy were made available for free?
Yes, I suppose I'm proposing RAM on a separate bus. Wouldn't matter if it were slower than main system memory, since it'd be taking the place of disk access even the slowest RAM would speed things up. HD emulation would be somewhat silly, so yes, I'd advocate a DMA-capable bus interface.
Even if it's not being used by that person, if the RFID portion hasn't been hard-disabled, it's potentially detectable. Even if the chip has been set not to respond, reflections from the antenna can be detected.
I have no problem with smart IDs themselves; but if they're RFIDs there's going to be trouble. Hopefully a few exploits will be tried while the system is being rolled out so our wonderful government regulators will realize there's a problem.
What's the alternative to RFIDs? Well, the alternative to contactless is non-contactless. You may remember the original American Express Blue cards with the little copper pads on one side. Similar "smartcard" technology has been used by other card makers, especially in Europe.
So what's the difference? The difference is that RFIDs can be accessed without one's notice, and it's difficult to determine whether or not you're safe. The RFIDs in US passports, meant to be accessed at a distance of no more than a few inches, has been read at distances of a few feet and detected from dozens of feet away. Do you want to advertise you're carrying around your valuable passport? I don't.
Boosting system memory is one good way to mitigate the problems of FDE. Eliminating the need for swap space and buffering commonly accessed files helps reduce the amount of disk throughput needed. Sticking browser caches and other temporary file space in a virtual drive would also greatly improve performance. It might even be worthwhile looking to produce slow but inexpensive RAM just so you could make volatile RAM drives for this purpose.
I guess nobody remembers this.
When these people posted the videos, they affirmed that they had the right to do so. That certainly opens them up to legal trouble if they did not. I don't know how long the concept of intellectual property will hold out, but until that point everyone needs to be careful about what they upload.
Turns out the end of the Wired article had it.
Going off-topic: What ever happened with that? Did the people get their cars back? Is the garage back in operation?
o/^ It's the new Zune review, coming right at you! o/^
Sorry, just had a flashback...
I hope by "well rounded" you don't mean your belly...