A good amount of incredulity is necessary here. Remember that Lithium Ion batteries themselves were once supposedly capable of eliminating the "memory" effect and providing almost infinite battery lives. Then, of course, they were released, and the hyperbole was proven incorrect.
From the article: 'Most websites have no idea how many people view their content.
They don't employ a unique ID stored within a lightly encrypted cookie, then? Of course, those merely provide a statistic related to the amount of individual computers viewing the Web site, not the amount of people. They obviously fail to account for computers with multiple users, such as household machines and public terminals.
Oh, but that's all right! None of the prevalent vendors permit CDs that have been opened to be returned. You could've duplicated it, after all, or extracted the tracks.
Furthermore, if the average eleven-year-old girl (who isn't at all interested in copy protection) fails to purchase the most recent pop CD, she could very well be committing "social suicide."
What is more important to an eleven-year-old girl, DRM or her social status?
1:1 "And the Anonymous Coward, whose attempts to inspire many trolls had failed, ventured to the dark land of the savages. 'Why,' the dark savages questioned, 'has the nerd ventured so far from his Homeland?'"
1:2 "'Perhaps he is feeling adventurous.'"
1:3 "After the savages' intrusive physical examinations, the Anonymous Coward could only drink. And for seven days, he did."
1:4 "On the seventh day, he awoke to the unpleasant sensation of an RFID. To his dismay, the object had been installed in the forbidden cavity."
It's not. This is an obvious Al Qaeda attack against the free world's communications infrastructure. We need to invade Iran NOW and capture the terrorists operating out of there before it gets worse. Today it's wired telephone service, tomorrow millions of Finnish teenagers could be without cellular phone service. We must all band together to stop the terrorists.
The government(s) want you to believe that it is merely a coincidence. Coincidentally, I'm currently offering virtual tinfoil hats at a 20% discount. Therein lies the difference between a fortunate and unfortunate coincidence!
All docters should have their computers transcribe their dictations like my father does.
I'm a little incredulous. Yes, voice transcription software is becoming impressively accurate. In a scenario where just one discrepancy can potentially endanger a patient, however, should physicians be applying the current technology?
On the other hand, one could argue that a traditional transcriptionist is also capable of committing mistakes, and that argument is completely valid. However, there exists one difference: The transcriptionist is more likely to be held accountable than a software vendor, even if outsourced.;-)
Verizon began taking steps yesterday to better protect New York City's 911 emergency line after a data error by an employee brought down the system in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island for about two hours on Friday night, city and Verizon officials said.
Now imagine what a genuinely malevolent person could accomplish. Perhaps a single individual shouldn't be capable of disabling such a critical system.
The Wal-Mart customers that are sufficiently technical already possess iPods. The Wal-Mart customers that aren't sufficiently technical are "wondering what this newfangled MP3 thing is."
Oh, and do remember that the governmentusually wouldn't be interested in what you are purchasing, but rather the location and time at which the transaction is being conducted. A hypothetical nefarious entity would be interested in patterns, not single transactions. For instance:
12/01 - 8:30 AM - Starbucks (Visa) 12/02 - 9:47 AM - Starbucks (Visa) 12/03 - 8:49 AM - Starbucks (Visa)
Now, where would you likely be between 8:00 and 10:00 AM on 12/04?;-)
Imagine that you're purchasing groceries. You step into a booth (which is, for purposes of customer security, sufficiently shielded). An RFID transceiver extracts (encrypted?) purchase information from your items. A monitor summarizes your purchase. You remove a small device from your wallet: an RFID-enabled credit card. The kiosk requests your PIN, and then completes the transaction instantaneously. You exit the store.
Instead, the merchants themselves (Wal-Mart, for instance, as covered by Slashdot) are currently mandating less convenient, but similar "automated self-checkout" technology. Cashiers cannot be outsourced to India, after all; thus, the merchants are simply outsourcing that labor to their customers. Automation is indeed the way of the future...
Obviously, he has been reading Slashdot in an attempt to aggregate intelligence (oops!;-)). If thousands of <stereotype>sweaty, unwashed three-hundred-pound nerds</stereotype> were threatening to eviscerate you, you would be paranoid, too.
Slashdot Mirror
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If computer viruses are released by a well-funded, "reputable" organization, then they become recognized as benevolent anti-piracy software.
Interesting.
A good amount of incredulity is necessary here. Remember that Lithium Ion batteries themselves were once supposedly capable of eliminating the "memory" effect and providing almost infinite battery lives. Then, of course, they were released, and the hyperbole was proven incorrect.
From the article: 'Most websites have no idea how many people view their content.
They don't employ a unique ID stored within a lightly encrypted cookie, then? Of course, those merely provide a statistic related to the amount of individual computers viewing the Web site, not the amount of people. They obviously fail to account for computers with multiple users, such as household machines and public terminals.
The anger will come soon...
Oh, but that's all right! None of the prevalent vendors permit CDs that have been opened to be returned. You could've duplicated it, after all, or extracted the tracks.
Furthermore, if the average eleven-year-old girl (who isn't at all interested in copy protection) fails to purchase the most recent pop CD, she could very well be committing "social suicide."
What is more important to an eleven-year-old girl, DRM or her social status?
it may not be necessary to pay SCO $699 to keep using Linux
It's not over until the fat lady sings, you bastards.
Sincerely,
D. McBride
playing good cop...
That makes sense.
After all, many Slashdot subscribers have often alleged that Bill Gates currently does "own" the police.
I'll start.
1:1 "And the Anonymous Coward, whose attempts to inspire many trolls had failed, ventured to the dark land of the savages. 'Why,' the dark savages questioned, 'has the nerd ventured so far from his Homeland?'"
1:2 "'Perhaps he is feeling adventurous.'"
1:3 "After the savages' intrusive physical examinations, the Anonymous Coward could only drink. And for seven days, he did."
1:4 "On the seventh day, he awoke to the unpleasant sensation of an RFID. To his dismay, the object had been installed in the forbidden cavity."
In other news, the United States has also adopted the metric system!
Still, don't rush to the store to buy one for your old folks. It costs more than $100,000 and is not entirely ready for mass production.
;-)
But I'd hire an assistant for that price.
A similar product is available here.
It's not. This is an obvious Al Qaeda attack against the free world's communications infrastructure. We need to invade Iran NOW and capture the terrorists operating out of there before it gets worse. Today it's wired telephone service, tomorrow millions of Finnish teenagers could be without cellular phone service. We must all band together to stop the terrorists.
Who authored this message, Bush or Dick?
you'd think it wasn't a coincidence
The government(s) want you to believe that it is merely a coincidence. Coincidentally, I'm currently offering virtual tinfoil hats at a 20% discount. Therein lies the difference between a fortunate and unfortunate coincidence!
All docters should have their computers transcribe their dictations like my father does.
;-)
I'm a little incredulous. Yes, voice transcription software is becoming impressively accurate. In a scenario where just one discrepancy can potentially endanger a patient, however, should physicians be applying the current technology?
On the other hand, one could argue that a traditional transcriptionist is also capable of committing mistakes, and that argument is completely valid. However, there exists one difference: The transcriptionist is more likely to be held accountable than a software vendor, even if outsourced.
Verizon began taking steps yesterday to better protect New York City's 911 emergency line after a data error by an employee brought down the system in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island for about two hours on Friday night, city and Verizon officials said.
Now imagine what a genuinely malevolent person could accomplish. Perhaps a single individual shouldn't be capable of disabling such a critical system.
I'd "call the wahmbulance," but 911 isn't currently available.
(Are you new here?)
The Wal-Mart customers that are sufficiently technical already possess iPods. The Wal-Mart customers that aren't sufficiently technical are "wondering what this newfangled MP3 thing is."
What a niche!
Don't care, then.
;-)
Oh, and do remember that the government usually wouldn't be interested in what you are purchasing, but rather the location and time at which the transaction is being conducted. A hypothetical nefarious entity would be interested in patterns, not single transactions. For instance:
12/01 - 8:30 AM - Starbucks (Visa)
12/02 - 9:47 AM - Starbucks (Visa)
12/03 - 8:49 AM - Starbucks (Visa)
Now, where would you likely be between 8:00 and 10:00 AM on 12/04?
Imagine that you're purchasing groceries. You step into a booth (which is, for purposes of customer security, sufficiently shielded). An RFID transceiver extracts (encrypted?) purchase information from your items. A monitor summarizes your purchase. You remove a small device from your wallet: an RFID-enabled credit card. The kiosk requests your PIN, and then completes the transaction instantaneously. You exit the store.
Instead, the merchants themselves (Wal-Mart, for instance, as covered by Slashdot) are currently mandating less convenient, but similar "automated self-checkout" technology. Cashiers cannot be outsourced to India, after all; thus, the merchants are simply outsourcing that labor to their customers. Automation is indeed the way of the future...
but I think your jumping the gun a bit.
;-)
Well, you obviously aren't a modern journalist.
Darl is now a paranoid litigous bastard
;-)). If thousands of <stereotype>sweaty, unwashed three-hundred-pound nerds</stereotype> were threatening to eviscerate you, you would be paranoid, too.
Obviously, he has been reading Slashdot in an attempt to aggregate intelligence (oops!
"5, Flamebait" is the pinnacle of trolling on Slashdot. The moderators must be having an _enormous_ crisis...
No, Wesley. Now rub my bald head.
Additional target practice for the (fictional?) Martian military!
'Defending Intellectual Property Rights in a Digital Age'
"Rather than go out and just say, 'Let's go sue everybody now,' we're coming out with a well-thought-out program." - excerpted from WLTSIM