You seem to misunderstand. Guns have a constructive purpose in society, in terms of sporting and self defense. Murder, by definition, lacks any constructive purpose. Outlawing murder is sensible and obvious. Outlawing guns is a little like outlawing knives or CD-RW's; society would compel people to forego a useful tool, for the sake of social order. That goes against the philosophy of many Americans.
Apparently, if you call after hours (5PM Eastern time) they will put you on hold. If everyone called after hours, and left the phone off hook all night, they might feel it in their next long distance bill.
TFA isn't very clear, but it sounds like the only thing unique about Billy Goat is that it detects port scans. I can't believe it would take a bunch of PhD computer scientists to figure out how to do that. Anyone else know what makes this thing special?
... as you would one from a politician or lawyer. "No current plans" simply means that they are not writing up any complaints at this time. In no way should you be lulled into a sense of security. This wording is designed to allow them to later sue anybody they want, without having to admit they were lying.
You may recall that recently SCO declared the GPL invalid. I believe the real reason why they did that is not, as many believe, because they continued to distribute Linux after they announced their lawsuit, but instead because they have actual Linux code inside their own SCO Unix. So far, this is just a hypothesis, but I think it best explains their action.
If in fact they have copied BSD code in violation of the BSD, then it's very plausible that they have copied GNU/Linux code in violation of the GPL.
You mean lazy sysadmins who, after installing the hotfix necessary to protect from MSBlaster, found that their applications stopped working? The ones who had to spend hours examining trace files to determine the exact root cause, and download several more hotfixes, with a cascade of errors, to get everything working again? Those lazy sysadmins?
You don't get it. If all the major email clients and/or all the major ISP's had effective spam filters, there would be little response from spam. Therefore, there would be little reason to send spam.
Your analogy is a terribly poor one. A closer analogy would be if shops stopped keeping supplies of cash on hand, then people would stop robbing them.
This post was modded to 5? We will not have enough storage until we can habitually archive video in a format that exceeds the capability of the human eye. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 5000x3000x32@60fps, with 2 channels for 3D vision, ought to do it. Uncompressed, this would require 6.6 GB/sec. A lifetime of video, assuming only 1 video stream, would require 1.8 x 10^22 bytes of storage. And multiply that by the number of distinct video sources that you want to record.
Your 250GB hard drive would only last about 38 seconds with this application. Even if you use 1000:1 compression, you would need far more storage than you could possibly buy today.
Hello... if they put them behind the counter, then the customers aren't exposed to the shiny packaging and promises of greatness. The companies that make these products pay grocers for good shelf placement. That, I guess, is part of the reason they cost so damn much.
Duh, Sony doesn't _have_ a monopoly position in any of its markets. They have healthy competition in consumer electronics, personal computers, and media -- each of its largest business segments. You can't be seen as a monopoly if you aren't one.
Some of the posters don't think these black boxes should exist, but there is at least one very legitimate reason for its continued existence. In the 1980's, there were claims that the Audi 5000 sometimes accelerated on its own, with no input to the gas pedal, and despite hard braking. Some injuries were involved. Unfortunately, IIRC, nobody could pinpoint the exact reason for these claims. Some suggested that the real problem was that the design and placement of the gas and brake pedals were causing drivers to erroneously accelerate when they intended to decelerate.
Audi US sales plunged to oblivion. Audi was forced to discontinue the 5000, and it took several years for the public relations nightmare to subside. If the black box were available then, we could easily have determined the true cause of the problem. If it were indeed a legitimate defect in the car, it could have been resolved very quickly, thereby preventing further injuries. If it were driver error, Audi could have been spared the tremendous losses they suffered. Both the manufacturer and the consumer would have benefited from this technology.
Come to think of it, based on the timing, I wonder if this isn't what motivated the development of automobile black boxes in the first place?
I know you're being sarcastic, but if I'm not mistaken, MSN subscribers also sign in with Passport. This would mean that anyone who happened to use MSN as their ISP can have their personal information stolen. It's not so unreasonable for a person to expect their private, personal emails to remain private.
According to the article, Inktomi provides search results that are "every bit as good as those of Google". I tried a comparison, and got a strange result when searching for "bling bling" on HotBot, using the Inktomi index. Try it for yourself, and see if you can explain the #1 result.
Oops, like the guy below me said. The focus of the earthquake was below the surface. He's up to speed on geology. I was merely attempting to use the English language.
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Well, if they offshored their people to the same place where the Dell technicians are located, then there's no problem. Same language, no barrier. :-P
You seem to misunderstand. Guns have a constructive purpose in society, in terms of sporting and self defense. Murder, by definition, lacks any constructive purpose. Outlawing murder is sensible and obvious. Outlawing guns is a little like outlawing knives or CD-RW's; society would compel people to forego a useful tool, for the sake of social order. That goes against the philosophy of many Americans.
Apparently, if you call after hours (5PM Eastern time) they will put you on hold. If everyone called after hours, and left the phone off hook all night, they might feel it in their next long distance bill.
And then you'd have to pay for the service for 14 DirecTivo's. Ouch!
TFA isn't very clear, but it sounds like the only thing unique about Billy Goat is that it detects port scans. I can't believe it would take a bunch of PhD computer scientists to figure out how to do that. Anyone else know what makes this thing special?
... as you would one from a politician or lawyer. "No current plans" simply means that they are not writing up any complaints at this time. In no way should you be lulled into a sense of security. This wording is designed to allow them to later sue anybody they want, without having to admit they were lying.
Parethetically, I might add:
You may recall that recently SCO declared the GPL invalid. I believe the real reason why they did that is not, as many believe, because they continued to distribute Linux after they announced their lawsuit, but instead because they have actual Linux code inside their own SCO Unix. So far, this is just a hypothesis, but I think it best explains their action.
If in fact they have copied BSD code in violation of the BSD, then it's very plausible that they have copied GNU/Linux code in violation of the GPL.
In some states, it is required by law to post notice whenever a police checkpoint is in place.
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You mean lazy sysadmins who, after installing the hotfix necessary to protect from MSBlaster, found that their applications stopped working? The ones who had to spend hours examining trace files to determine the exact root cause, and download several more hotfixes, with a cascade of errors, to get everything working again? Those lazy sysadmins?
You don't get it. If all the major email clients and/or all the major ISP's had effective spam filters, there would be little response from spam. Therefore, there would be little reason to send spam.
Your analogy is a terribly poor one. A closer analogy would be if shops stopped keeping supplies of cash on hand, then people would stop robbing them.
This post was modded to 5? We will not have enough storage until we can habitually archive video in a format that exceeds the capability of the human eye. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 5000x3000x32@60fps, with 2 channels for 3D vision, ought to do it. Uncompressed, this would require 6.6 GB/sec. A lifetime of video, assuming only 1 video stream, would require 1.8 x 10^22 bytes of storage. And multiply that by the number of distinct video sources that you want to record.
Your 250GB hard drive would only last about 38 seconds with this application. Even if you use 1000:1 compression, you would need far more storage than you could possibly buy today.
And your girlfriend will love you for it.
Have you noticed how much razor blades cost now? At $16 per 8-pack, it won't be long before you can attach a tiny digital camera to the damn things.
the brand "Gillette Sensor".
Hello... if they put them behind the counter, then the customers aren't exposed to the shiny packaging and promises of greatness. The companies that make these products pay grocers for good shelf placement. That, I guess, is part of the reason they cost so damn much.
What is it for? The part of the supply chain you don't see. Unpack the products, put them on the shelves, and your inventory is automatically updated.
RTFA, all of you. One of the 7 bits was not base-2, but base-24. 2^6 * 24 = 1536.
Duh, Sony doesn't _have_ a monopoly position in any of its markets. They have healthy competition in consumer electronics, personal computers, and media -- each of its largest business segments. You can't be seen as a monopoly if you aren't one.
You wouldn't need to send the entire cable signal through wireless, only the channels being used at the time.
Some of the posters don't think these black boxes should exist, but there is at least one very legitimate reason for its continued existence. In the 1980's, there were claims that the Audi 5000 sometimes accelerated on its own, with no input to the gas pedal, and despite hard braking. Some injuries were involved. Unfortunately, IIRC, nobody could pinpoint the exact reason for these claims. Some suggested that the real problem was that the design and placement of the gas and brake pedals were causing drivers to erroneously accelerate when they intended to decelerate.
Audi US sales plunged to oblivion. Audi was forced to discontinue the 5000, and it took several years for the public relations nightmare to subside. If the black box were available then, we could easily have determined the true cause of the problem. If it were indeed a legitimate defect in the car, it could have been resolved very quickly, thereby preventing further injuries. If it were driver error, Audi could have been spared the tremendous losses they suffered. Both the manufacturer and the consumer would have benefited from this technology.
Come to think of it, based on the timing, I wonder if this isn't what motivated the development of automobile black boxes in the first place?
I know you're being sarcastic, but if I'm not mistaken, MSN subscribers also sign in with Passport. This would mean that anyone who happened to use MSN as their ISP can have their personal information stolen. It's not so unreasonable for a person to expect their private, personal emails to remain private.
According to the article, Inktomi provides search results that are "every bit as good as those of Google". I tried a comparison, and got a strange result when searching for "bling bling" on HotBot, using the Inktomi index. Try it for yourself, and see if you can explain the #1 result.
Oops, like the guy below me said. The focus of the earthquake was below the surface. He's up to speed on geology. I was merely attempting to use the English language.