You're very correct -- it makes senses for fedex to buy planes instead of making them. The difference is that there is a multitude of plane makers and buyers. This keeps costs low and manufacturers honest. If FedEx was the only company buying cargo planes, then there's no reason for them to buy the planes... they should buy the plane-making company and bring it all in house! Then they'd get the same product cheaper, and can have better oversight.
Why in the world does NASA contract out the construction of its vehicles to begin with??!
When there is a world where there is a fluid market of space agencies and vehicle makers, then yeah, let the free market decide. Until then though, let's let the governments "waste" their money by developing them themselves, ok?
A government institution (the FBI) sets precedent by getting away with logging keystrokes. + The prosecution of a man for illegally wiretapping a keyboard fails because the government had gotten away from it before. = An unexpected turn / irony
You're incorrect spelling of precedent, however, is not unexpected turn, and therefore not ironic.
It's not the people i know that i worry about... it's the random people who send wav audio files to listservs that give me a headache. Some days, i wish i could actually shrink the size of my mailbox so those things would be bounced back to them
It may be true that you can already play backed-up games on an xbox (i don't know and am too lazy to check). Certainly, the xbox would also have to be hacked to run the emulator. After doing all of that, though, we would end up with greater control over the xbox itself. FreeCraft for the Xbox? Maybe we could play it online through a possible open Xbox Live-style server.
Run on the xbox itself.... it could serve as a nice piece of game backup software - you could back up your games and play with the back up copy using the emulator on your box!
The Razorpoint website doesn't help either. The only mention of the word "ethic" is applicants need a good work ethic...
"Razorpoint is always interested in the best and brightest in the technology security field. If you have five to ten years of hands-on, real world experience, we may have a place for you.
Smart, skilled and self-motivated professionals are desired in the following areas: Security Auditing, Sales/CRM, Firewalls & Intrusion Detection Systems, Application Development, Systems & Network Administration (heterogeneous environments only, no "one OS wonders" please).
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or already have a green card, have excellent communication skills (written and presentation) and provide a track record and references that illustrate an outstanding work ethic and past career successes."
It just goes to show that as long as the companies make having a legit product MORE difficult to maintain and use than a stolen one, people will continue to steal!
Apex makes a DVD player that not only plays CD-R's, but also has built in MP3 support: ie, burn a bunch of mp3s to a cdr NOT in CD format and the player will recognize this and will play the mp3s with a nice little UI to go with it. Also plays video cds. Its one of the most impressive dvd players i've ever seen
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You're very correct -- it makes senses for fedex to buy planes instead of making them. The difference is that there is a multitude of plane makers and buyers. This keeps costs low and manufacturers honest. If FedEx was the only company buying cargo planes, then there's no reason for them to buy the planes... they should buy the plane-making company and bring it all in house! Then they'd get the same product cheaper, and can have better oversight.
Why in the world does NASA contract out the construction of its vehicles to begin with??!
When there is a world where there is a fluid market of space agencies and vehicle makers, then yeah, let the free market decide. Until then though, let's let the governments "waste" their money by developing them themselves, ok?
A government institution (the FBI) sets precedent by getting away with logging keystrokes.
+
The prosecution of a man for illegally wiretapping a keyboard fails because the government had gotten away from it before.
=
An unexpected turn / irony
You're incorrect spelling of precedent, however, is not unexpected turn, and therefore not ironic.
It's not the people i know that i worry about... it's the random people who send wav audio files to listservs that give me a headache. Some days, i wish i could actually shrink the size of my mailbox so those things would be bounced back to them
Sometimes, i check my mail via pop3 on a dial-up connection. If I start getting 30 MB attatchments, I'll be in trouble.
What happened to e-mail ettiquete??
It may be true that you can already play backed-up games on an xbox (i don't know and am too lazy to check). Certainly, the xbox would also have to be hacked to run the emulator. After doing all of that, though, we would end up with greater control over the xbox itself. FreeCraft for the Xbox? Maybe we could play it online through a possible open Xbox Live-style server.
Run on the xbox itself.... it could serve as a nice piece of game backup software - you could back up your games and play with the back up copy using the emulator on your box!
"Razorpoint is always interested in the best and brightest in the technology security field. If you have five to ten years of hands-on, real world experience, we may have a place for you.
Smart, skilled and self-motivated professionals are desired in the following areas: Security Auditing, Sales/CRM, Firewalls & Intrusion Detection Systems, Application Development, Systems & Network Administration (heterogeneous environments only, no "one OS wonders" please).
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or already have a green card, have excellent communication skills (written and presentation) and provide a track record and references that illustrate an outstanding work ethic and past career successes."
It just goes to show that as long as the companies make having a legit product MORE difficult to maintain and use than a stolen one, people will continue to steal!
Apex makes a DVD player that not only plays CD-R's, but also has built in MP3 support: ie, burn a bunch of mp3s to a cdr NOT in CD format and the player will recognize this and will play the mp3s with a nice little UI to go with it. Also plays video cds. Its one of the most impressive dvd players i've ever seen