There is human intervention, with EVERY letter - this time some employee just didn't follow the procedure. It's probably cause they're paid by the letter or some shit (like the stop light cameras that are run by companies who get a piece of each ticket) which only motivates them to do as little checking as possible to get their numbers up.
The American democracy??? 1. The article is talking about England.
2. America isn't a country - it's two continents (the US before the A in USA is how you show you're talkinb about a country instead of a region of the world).
3. the USA isn't a democracy, it's a republic (so minorities have rights and aren't just mowed over by the majority).
Geesh!
After I put all that aside... "...finally get a Libertarian president" Are you sure that's would represent a problem?:)
"Take Iran as a test case. The current government was put into place by a revolution of the people. That's the government they chose."
I think saying "revolution by the people" discredits you completely. There was a revolution, but it was by the extremeists.
It would be like saying the copy-protected CDs were "introduced by the people of the US" because the RIAA happens to employ a few US Citizens. Clue - the RIAA is not a valid representative of the US people, and the extermeists in Iran are not valid representatives of those people either.
Copyright used to be a civil matter (you could be sued by holder for infringement). Now we have the DMCA that makes it CRIMINAL.
We used to have terms of service (a contract) with our providers, now it's CRIMINAL to posess the ability to do things which only maybe would have been a violation of the TOS.
Seems that instead of letting companies and consumers come to agreements and settle things between themselves, the move is to, by default, set the bar really low for what is called a "crime" and do it in favor of the company (and not the consumer).
I'm finally at the point where I REALLY want a Mac, and they go and alienate me as a potential customer by hiring this fool.
Most will call me a troll or offtopic, but I'm serious. This could cause a lot of people to think again about that Mac they wanted (or at least have a bad taste in their mouth). Even if you like Gore you have to question this because he's such a political figure and you're mixing emotions and business by picking this guy up for your board.
I use VNC to admin my parent's computer, but it's a pain in the ass to call their cell phone (dial-up access take up their real phone number) and talk them through getting, and then giving to me, their IP address.
So, one time when I was connected to their computer I emailed my mom a dyndns.org client. Now whenever they dial up, the computer goes out to dyndns.org and updates it's IP address so they don't have to know it and get it to me.
They call me with a problem and all they hear is "turn on the computer, click the little phone icon that makes the computer dial and screen, sit back, and enjoy the show".
"I agree to some extend with your comment about labor although the one thing missing is that the US face reality that our debt is making the cost of our labor expenses by causing inflation"
My goodness man. I haven't had to re-read a sentence this many times probably ever. Try structuring your thoughts before they come out of your head and onto/..
I think you did point out a good thing in another post. They spend TONS of money on education and it still doesn't work. People need to understand that $$ is not the answer - it will not fix a broken system. We need a new system - maybe a voucher system.
Radar detectors are not under state jursidiction, it's a federal (fcc) thing. The federal government has only banned using them in VA and MD, because of their proximity to DC.
EVERY other state they are LEGAL to use. Period. States do not have the jurisdiction to restrict communications (tv, radio, radar, etc).
Now, some states have tried to make them hard to use by passing laws against having things attached to the inside of your windshield, but you can still use detectors if you mount them elsewhere (though I wonder what those states will do when they want to use transponders for toll road access).
As for the usefulness of them, you're right about the ones they sell at radio shack (and best buy and almost everywhere else). I got nailed by photo radar and real radar using those. I have yet to get a ticket using a Valentine1 (www.valentineone.com) and know I've been saved from both photo radar and real cops.
The usefulness of ever this best detector goes out the window, however, if the cop is using instant-on radar and doesn't have an itchy triger finger (I pick up most instant on several miles before I'm in range because he's gunning every 10th car, warning everyone behind them that he's there.)
They have all these problems with google, but don't even mention that google will not let online sporting stores (that also happen to sell guns) advertise on Google, even if they're just advertising tents, camping stoves, etc.
I thought/. didn't like companies using their huge market power to muck with other companies like this. They're taking their power as a good search engine (and good place to advertise) and descriminating against companies that just happen to sell something the owner of google disagrees with (despite it being legal).
Just stupid.
-- If I had a search engine I wouldn't let any place that sold mousetraps advertise cause I think mice are so cute. (Joking, just FYI for the clueless.)
C3d should play powerball...it's their last chance.:) $300M would probably help them out, even the lump sum after tax would be good enough to get them out of debt. Guess you could say they already spent the jackpot.
It will be sad to see them go.
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Yah, I once owned stock in that company and later (after losing my ass) I tried to keep up with what was going on there. They had working prototypes and were supposed to have already released the first driver (read and write, what a concept to release both at the same time). Their prototypes were verified to be able to read 24MB/s or something like that (over the rate for HDTV 1080i regardless).
They had deals with WAMO (warner advanced media operations) who helped make DVD happen, deals with high-volume makers of CD/DVD media (to make the FMD media in bulk).
It was truly looking promising a while ago. I would LOVE to know what happened to them...they just stopped putting out press releases, etc. They were having some cash problems...but it appeared to me they were getting the additional backing they needed.
I only know two people who frequently use a PDA. One is an independent lawer (he is the only employee at his "firm"), and the other is a minister.
I think part of what makes it useable for them is that their "home" and "work" e-mail systems, calendar, contact list, etc are one and the same. That seems to me to be the best use case.
I know I used a PDA until I hit the corporate world. I'm religious about keeping work and personal mail separate, same with contacts...so there is no way for me to keep everything in sync. When I was in college, my PDA was great...now it just sits in a box unused for many years now.
I backup onto an external HD weekly. I keep it in a fireproof safe/filing cabinet. The REALLY irreplacable stuff (digital pictures) I burn to CDs and bring a set to work in case the filing cabinet doesn't hold up.
I highly recommend the "Turtle" cabinets you can get at Office Depot. They're around $360 for a 2-drawer (and weigh about 260lbs), but they are far superior to those Sentry safes and most other brands. In the future I plan to get one of those huge fireproof gun safes so I can keep my data and valuables REALLY well protected.
This all just for a normal geek, I don't have any really sensitive data or anything...I just hate losing what I have.
I had the same experience. More recently I was thinking about setting up a linux machine for my new wife to use, to see if a non-techie person could use it (I'm techie, so that's not fair). I tried RH7.3 with Ximian's Gnome Desktop..and that was almost there...but I trashed it cause it was too much.
I recently installed RH8.0, and so far I like it a lot better. They've made a lot of things easier to do w/o command line (not everything though...not sure we'll ever get there...but that's what you need for regular folk).
You can have it install GIMP (like photoshop) on the initial installation (since you mentioned Photoshop). But really, it's not going to work for you, yet. I think it will, and truly believe there is good progress in that direction after seeing RH8.0.
I might be able to get RH8.0 setup where my wife can use it (comes with open office). Most of what she does is web and word processing...and that's covered FOR FREE. I, on the other hand, liking linux more, have to keep using WIN cause there just isn't the same level of digital video support...at least that I know of.
My new policy will be something like this: The most powerful computer at home will get W2K, and all the others will get linux. If you need to do something you can't do in linux...use the WIN machine. I need the win machine to be the most powerful since I'll mostly be using it for photo and video stuff.
At certain sizes (terabyte?) future capabilities were being stated at something like 8 hours (or was it 24 hours) of HDTV content being stored on one of these puppies. I'm sure the market would have settled on like 2.5-3 hours max...but that would be sweet.
Oh, Yah...they would have been just as cheap to make as today's CDs/DVDs...and they were CLEAR.
-- I want my, I want my, I want my FMD.
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The FIRST version of FMD from c-3d would have been 100G...they were thinking 20 layers (200Gig+...I think I read somewhere they were hoping for a terabyte) would easily be possible..and they had tested throughput at rates high enough for 1080i HDTV (full-resolution) reads.
I think the company (which I once owned stock in) is now dead. Their site is not working. Here's a a couple interesting links to info...
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~roidy23/technology s. htm
If they couldn't make it with this killer technology (TONS of storage) how does this other company expect to fare any better with technology that is only 1/10th the product.
C-3D was doing pretty well with agreements for disc makers, agreements with WAMO (who pushed DVD), etc.
Sucks ass when something this promising doesn't ever come to fruition. I remember last year this time they had working RW drives.
Oh, just to make sure it's clear... The acts of hatrid stemming from speech will be illegal according to other non-hate-related laws like battery, murder, etc. I'm not saying (people are going to hurt, so let them)...I'm saying "people are going to say all kinds of things...and that is their right, until they infringe upon another persons's rights (by actually DOING something).
EXPRESSION should be open, cause it ensures someone hears all sides of things...ACTION is what we should punish as it, not speech, infringes on others.
"I would like them to put forth some kind of proof that doing this [restricting, with laws, hate speech] will not help, it will only make things worse."
It will not help: Hate speech is illegal in places like Germany, but there are still plenty of anit-jew (nazi) organizations, feelings, people. People are still (although it is morally wrong) going to have these beliefs and feelings...and some are going to act on it. You cannot legislate away immorality.
Will make things worse: Tyrrany is the word. There are a few in power and they may wish to use laws like this to push their agenda. You can classify almost anything as "hate speech", and then make that illegal. (I.e. Just reporting the news could "insight hatrid", or maybe just reporting about certain events will be illegal.). This restricts people's ability to have full, uncensored information about events...and it also can and will eventually restrict people's ability to speak against the actions of said government. I could easily categorize speech against this hate-speech-ban as hate speech...because anyone against this move by the council is supporting hate speech.
It would be MAYBE debatable to take away rights if that offered protection...but you gain nothing and lose rights.
There is an oft-wuoted saying by Jefferson? I'll paraphrase here: "Those who are willing to give up freedom for temporary secutiry deserve neither."
In other words, the COE is trying to obtain safety from hate by infringing on the freedom of speech...which will result in neither. This is exactly what I outlined above: It won't solve the problem, and it will be used to infringe on more and more forms of speech.
Sad to see this many countries trying to do something like this to themselves.
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There is human intervention, with EVERY letter - this time some employee just didn't follow the procedure. It's probably cause they're paid by the letter or some shit (like the stop light cameras that are run by companies who get a piece of each ticket) which only motivates them to do as little checking as possible to get their numbers up.
Now I know why Outlook was running so slow. Stupid MS.
The American democracy???
1. The article is talking about England.
2. America isn't a country - it's two continents (the US before the A in USA is how you show you're talkinb about a country instead of a region of the world).
3. the USA isn't a democracy, it's a republic (so minorities have rights and aren't just mowed over by the majority).
Geesh!
After I put all that aside...
"...finally get a Libertarian president"
Are you sure that's would represent a problem?
"Take Iran as a test case. The current government was put into place by a revolution of the people. That's the government they chose."
I think saying "revolution by the people" discredits you completely. There was a revolution, but it was by the extremeists.
It would be like saying the copy-protected CDs were "introduced by the people of the US" because the RIAA happens to employ a few US Citizens. Clue - the RIAA is not a valid representative of the US people, and the extermeists in Iran are not valid representatives of those people either.
Copyright used to be a civil matter (you could be sued by holder for infringement). Now we have the DMCA that makes it CRIMINAL.
We used to have terms of service (a contract) with our providers, now it's CRIMINAL to posess the ability to do things which only maybe would have been a violation of the TOS.
Seems that instead of letting companies and consumers come to agreements and settle things between themselves, the move is to, by default, set the bar really low for what is called a "crime" and do it in favor of the company (and not the consumer).
So does this mean it would be illegal for me to own a TV if I cancelled my cable subscription (since a TV is able to recieve cable signals)?
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Buying stock in Comcast today.
I'm finally at the point where I REALLY want a Mac, and they go and alienate me as a potential customer by hiring this fool.
Most will call me a troll or offtopic, but I'm serious. This could cause a lot of people to think again about that Mac they wanted (or at least have a bad taste in their mouth). Even if you like Gore you have to question this because he's such a political figure and you're mixing emotions and business by picking this guy up for your board.
I use VNC to admin my parent's computer, but it's a pain in the ass to call their cell phone (dial-up access take up their real phone number) and talk them through getting, and then giving to me, their IP address.
So, one time when I was connected to their computer I emailed my mom a dyndns.org client. Now whenever they dial up, the computer goes out to dyndns.org and updates it's IP address so they don't have to know it and get it to me.
They call me with a problem and all they hear is "turn on the computer, click the little phone icon that makes the computer dial and screen, sit back, and enjoy the show".
"I agree to some extend with your comment about labor although the one thing missing is that the US face reality that our debt is making the cost of our labor expenses by causing inflation"
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My goodness man. I haven't had to re-read a sentence this many times probably ever. Try structuring your thoughts before they come out of your head and onto
I think you did point out a good thing in another post. They spend TONS of money on education and it still doesn't work. People need to understand that $$ is not the answer - it will not fix a broken system. We need a new system - maybe a voucher system.
Radar detectors are not under state jursidiction, it's a federal (fcc) thing. The federal government has only banned using them in VA and MD, because of their proximity to DC.
EVERY other state they are LEGAL to use. Period. States do not have the jurisdiction to restrict communications (tv, radio, radar, etc).
Now, some states have tried to make them hard to use by passing laws against having things attached to the inside of your windshield, but you can still use detectors if you mount them elsewhere (though I wonder what those states will do when they want to use transponders for toll road access).
As for the usefulness of them, you're right about the ones they sell at radio shack (and best buy and almost everywhere else). I got nailed by photo radar and real radar using those. I have yet to get a ticket using a Valentine1 (www.valentineone.com) and know I've been saved from both photo radar and real cops.
The usefulness of ever this best detector goes out the window, however, if the cop is using instant-on radar and doesn't have an itchy triger finger (I pick up most instant on several miles before I'm in range because he's gunning every 10th car, warning everyone behind them that he's there.)
They have all these problems with google, but don't even mention that google will not let online sporting stores (that also happen to sell guns) advertise on Google, even if they're just advertising tents, camping stoves, etc.
/. didn't like companies using their huge market power to muck with other companies like this. They're taking their power as a good search engine (and good place to advertise) and descriminating against companies that just happen to sell something the owner of google disagrees with (despite it being legal).
I thought
Just stupid.
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If I had a search engine I wouldn't let any place that sold mousetraps advertise cause I think mice are so cute. (Joking, just FYI for the clueless.)
I have a use, but I don't see a problem with restricting it to "internal" addresses at first, and then you can change it if you want remote access.
1234 - I declare a thumb war.
Link isn't working...and that IP address is not accepting direct requests. Please post a URL with the domain name.
Thanks.
http://www.abiworld.org/headlines/02Dec17.html
:) $300M would probably help them out, even the lump sum after tax would be good enough to get them out of debt. Guess you could say they already spent the jackpot.
Seems they filed for Chapter 11 this past week.
C3d should play powerball...it's their last chance.
It will be sad to see them go.
Yah, I once owned stock in that company and later (after losing my ass) I tried to keep up with what was going on there. They had working prototypes and were supposed to have already released the first driver (read and write, what a concept to release both at the same time). Their prototypes were verified to be able to read 24MB/s or something like that (over the rate for HDTV 1080i regardless).
They had deals with WAMO (warner advanced media operations) who helped make DVD happen, deals with high-volume makers of CD/DVD media (to make the FMD media in bulk).
It was truly looking promising a while ago. I would LOVE to know what happened to them...they just stopped putting out press releases, etc. They were having some cash problems...but it appeared to me they were getting the additional backing they needed.
What a shame.
I only know two people who frequently use a PDA. One is an independent lawer (he is the only employee at his "firm"), and the other is a minister.
I think part of what makes it useable for them is that their "home" and "work" e-mail systems, calendar, contact list, etc are one and the same. That seems to me to be the best use case.
I know I used a PDA until I hit the corporate world. I'm religious about keeping work and personal mail separate, same with contacts...so there is no way for me to keep everything in sync. When I was in college, my PDA was great...now it just sits in a box unused for many years now.
I backup onto an external HD weekly. I keep it in a fireproof safe/filing cabinet. The REALLY irreplacable stuff (digital pictures) I burn to CDs and bring a set to work in case the filing cabinet doesn't hold up.
I highly recommend the "Turtle" cabinets you can get at Office Depot. They're around $360 for a 2-drawer (and weigh about 260lbs), but they are far superior to those Sentry safes and most other brands. In the future I plan to get one of those huge fireproof gun safes so I can keep my data and valuables REALLY well protected.
This all just for a normal geek, I don't have any really sensitive data or anything...I just hate losing what I have.
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I wish I could backup my brain.
I had the same experience. More recently I was thinking about setting up a linux machine for my new wife to use, to see if a non-techie person could use it (I'm techie, so that's not fair). I tried RH7.3 with Ximian's Gnome Desktop..and that was almost there...but I trashed it cause it was too much.
I recently installed RH8.0, and so far I like it a lot better. They've made a lot of things easier to do w/o command line (not everything though...not sure we'll ever get there...but that's what you need for regular folk).
You can have it install GIMP (like photoshop) on the initial installation (since you mentioned Photoshop). But really, it's not going to work for you, yet. I think it will, and truly believe there is good progress in that direction after seeing RH8.0.
I might be able to get RH8.0 setup where my wife can use it (comes with open office). Most of what she does is web and word processing...and that's covered FOR FREE. I, on the other hand, liking linux more, have to keep using WIN cause there just isn't the same level of digital video support...at least that I know of.
My new policy will be something like this: The most powerful computer at home will get W2K, and all the others will get linux. If you need to do something you can't do in linux...use the WIN machine. I need the win machine to be the most powerful since I'll mostly be using it for photo and video stuff.
100GB/layer * 20 layers = 2 terabytes
(and I was ripping someone else's post for math errors)
Now that will hold a useful number of Simpson episodes.
Uuh, do the math moron...that's 1MB per book...not 87.
/. ers poor at spelling, they can't divide either.
87,000,000,000 / 87,000 =! 87,000,000
87,000,000,000 / 87,000 = 1,000,000
Not only are
Sorry, way over-excited/over-stimulated...
At certain sizes (terabyte?) future capabilities were being stated at something like 8 hours (or was it 24 hours) of HDTV content being stored on one of these puppies. I'm sure the market would have settled on like 2.5-3 hours max...but that would be sweet.
Oh, Yah...they would have been just as cheap to make as today's CDs/DVDs...and they were CLEAR.
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The FIRST version of FMD from c-3d would have been 100G...they were thinking 20 layers (200Gig+...I think I read somewhere they were hoping for a terabyte) would easily be possible..and they had tested throughput at rates high enough for 1080i HDTV (full-resolution) reads.
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I think the company (which I once owned stock in) is now dead. Their site is not working. Here's a a couple interesting links to info...
http://www.filmandvideomagazine.com/Htm/2000/10
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~roidy23/technolog
If they couldn't make it with this killer technology (TONS of storage) how does this other company expect to fare any better with technology that is only 1/10th the product.
C-3D was doing pretty well with agreements for disc makers, agreements with WAMO (who pushed DVD), etc.
Sucks ass when something this promising doesn't ever come to fruition. I remember last year this time they had working RW drives.
Damn it, I want FMD...not this wussy 80GB crap.
Oh, just to make sure it's clear... The acts of hatrid stemming from speech will be illegal according to other non-hate-related laws like battery, murder, etc. I'm not saying (people are going to hurt, so let them)...I'm saying "people are going to say all kinds of things...and that is their right, until they infringe upon another persons's rights (by actually DOING something).
EXPRESSION should be open, cause it ensures someone hears all sides of things...ACTION is what we should punish as it, not speech, infringes on others.
"I would like them to put forth some kind of proof that doing this [restricting, with laws, hate speech] will not help, it will only make things worse."
It will not help:
Hate speech is illegal in places like Germany, but there are still plenty of anit-jew (nazi) organizations, feelings, people. People are still (although it is morally wrong) going to have these beliefs and feelings...and some are going to act on it. You cannot legislate away immorality.
Will make things worse:
Tyrrany is the word. There are a few in power and they may wish to use laws like this to push their agenda. You can classify almost anything as "hate speech", and then make that illegal. (I.e. Just reporting the news could "insight hatrid", or maybe just reporting about certain events will be illegal.). This restricts people's ability to have full, uncensored information about events...and it also can and will eventually restrict people's ability to speak against the actions of said government. I could easily categorize speech against this hate-speech-ban as hate speech...because anyone against this move by the council is supporting hate speech.
It would be MAYBE debatable to take away rights if that offered protection...but you gain nothing and lose rights.
There is an oft-wuoted saying by Jefferson?
I'll paraphrase here: "Those who are willing to give up freedom for temporary secutiry deserve neither."
In other words, the COE is trying to obtain safety from hate by infringing on the freedom of speech...which will result in neither. This is exactly what I outlined above: It won't solve the problem, and it will be used to infringe on more and more forms of speech.
Sad to see this many countries trying to do something like this to themselves.