Guess the BSA and all concerned learned a lesson from the RIAA, go to the source and change the laws, if they do not work for you. Sounds like the NET Act all over again.
What no one disagrees with is the riches that would come from the thaw creating a north-west passage. The centuries-old bane of Arctic explorers could become a reality thanks to global warming, cutting thousands of miles off the shipping routes between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and delivering a windfall to any country able to tax its users. Wars, have been started for less. Also it's nice to see Global Warming getting a good rap for something.
I can understand that, I guess. I am in a rural area, and the services, these phones offer, are not readily available here. I mean they say they are available, but to try and actually use them, is another story. Now I have a friend, that works for Charlotte City proper, and is 60 miles away,he has a Trio, and loves it to Death. There lies the difference to me...60 miles.. Might as well be 3000.
The problem is, that the town is dying. Every Textile Industry here, has left, and there isn't enough User base to get the Telco Motivated. Their Offices here are sattelites from another city, and it is marginally bigger than my town, and going through the same economic situation.
I live in a very rural part of the South, and my Telco is a Mom and Pop job, I am the Only guy in town, that has a High Speed Line, that is maxed. We are lucky to get Tivo. Seriously.
Why not pick up a Compaq 36xx for 50$, an AirCard for 40$, and GSM/GPRS Sleeve for $100. Total comes in a lot less, than a Treo.
"Performance
The Compaq iPAQ Wireless Pack enables impressive call and data functionality with a rechargeable 1000mAH integrated battery and Tri-band functionality. Users receive up to 180 hours of standby call time and four hours of talk time on a single charge. The Wireless Pack is a Multi-slot Class 10 data device that provides extensive, reliable, wireless data communication that is "always on" in GPRS-covered* areas and has packet-switched data at speeds of up to 144 Kbps in GPRS-covered areas. The GSM/GPRS network requires a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) to assure user authentication and enable private data transfers.
Isn't it nice they had a redirect set up already for the Story, and a But it (affiliate link) at the bottom.. Geeze if ya gonna advertise, at least be honest and up front about it.
Actually, it was very weird.I pulled into the parking lot, and cars where everywhere. I had been trying to tell my employers we were in for a shit storm, for a month. We (all the RMA Techs) kept tally sheets, specifically for RMA Complaints concerning those CPU's. We had taken one of them apart, to see what was going on under the hood, and they were Hotwired. Here's a quote from an Online Story, that we were involved in. "Even armed with knowledge of the re-marking problem, Brock again went shopping online for a CPU upgrade for another system. Thinking he was protected by the "clock locking" technology in the new generation of Pentium IIs, Brock ordered a PII-400 from Micro Source. "When I first got it, the [CPU's] case didn't fit properly, and I thought it didn't look right," says Brock. His research pointed him to Intel's CPUID utility (see " ID, Please" ) and another tool from a German computer magazine, both of which indicated that his chip might be overclocked. He e-mailed Intel for confirmation, but no one there could tell him for sure. After finding evidence of tampering inside the CPU's case, Brock realized he had another re-marked CPU. Fortunately, he was able to return it and get a refund. Micro Source President Eugene Braverman says, "We did have one or two instances where consumers ended up with CPUs we were suspicious about. Now we only buy from Intel-authorized dealers."http://tinyurl.com/6uqe5/[PCWorld.com] When the Feds' came they confiscated so much stuff, it was amazing. We had a lot of Customers Machines, that were built to order, they all were... Just Gone,we never saw them again, forged CPUs' or Not.
This just shows that AMD has reached a point Intel was at 5 or 6 years ago. I worked for a hardware reseller, that got burned by a lot of hotwired, Pentium II's. It was so bad that we were raided by the FEDs'. That freaked me out. Try coming to work one day, walk into the Shop and Agent Smith, flips a Badge and ask you to step into the Boss's Office, for an Interview.
Actually you demonstrate your ignorance my, name calling and throwing epithets. Just because a person is uninformed for every wrong that is perpetrated by a Politician, gives you the right to abuse someone. I think not. Why not act like you have a real education, and discuss the issues, instead of resorting to being a Verbal Bully. WTO, UN all agencies, like this are only as good as their weakest link. I think it all goes back to the League of Nations, the same fate is laying in wait for all, pseudo official world bodies, they have only the power that people allow them to have, and once it is discovered that they have no enforcement ability, then noone follows their treaties. The only thing that is absolute in Power, is the Sovereignity, of each individual nation and it's Governing Body, the rest is politics.
If you continue to rave, then you will be only further the belief that you are loud, and annoying.
1 : COMPLACENCE; especially : self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. http://tinyurl.com/5rkdw/[Webster.com]
I think this is a wake up call for the Chip Giant. One would think that after coasting for so long, that they would have something in the works, or up their sleeve. I really hate to think that Intel had everything out in the open, and nothing ground breaking in the labs. When you have to spend 2 Billion Dollars to play catch up, there is a problem. If the multicore Processor do not take off, then Intel is a goner. I guess it was a lucky break for them that Microsoft, decided to not charge additional licensing fees, for Multicore CPUs'. http://tinyurl.com/6rkm7/ [pcWorld.com] Coincidence, I wonder sometimes, or partner strategy?
Not to mention, that they encapsulate her in an all, black, uniform. It is so similar to the Peace Keeper, garb as to not even be funny. Also she gets to open a can, of Major whoop Ass, on Daniel Jackson.
HAAHA!!!! I guess not. Good, I'd like to think I have some kind of life. Seriously though, I usually find, that alot of the stuff I read here, previously on Fark.com.I imagine, there are a finite amount of sources for good material,though.
"If only they had spent some of that money on improving the security of their users by, say, purchasing a VeriSign code signing certificate." He states. What about expired Certificates or Certificates given out in error? It has happened before. http://amug.org/~glguerin/opinion/revocat ion.html http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/securit y/0,390203 75,39118994,00.htm This Gentlemans Story starts off on a bad foot initially and just stumbles along.
Looks like the Ad, sponsered by Firefox group, stirred up the great MS Blog Machine, and MS is doing some damage control. Not to mention this is on the heels of the MSN Search tool, AP story debacle where Firefox was shown being used instead of IE.
I am getting used to the modular type of PC, nowadays. I have moved all my devices to external USB 2.0 and Firewire cases. I find it easier to move them between machines throughout the house, and also when I am away performing some help for friends and family. I think what needs to be considered, is the cost. Is it going to be inline with the Normal Upgraded hardware cost? Usually we end up spending a couple of hundred, for the newest move to a standard, is this going to cost additionaly for the Combo feature, or will it simply reflect the new standard, with backwards compatibility, thrown in as a feature?
Not really, when you walk into a PressShop and the Interface is Photoshop. I mean get real, jobs are dictated by statndards of what you know, and where GiMP might get you familiar with Computer Graphics Manipulation, it will not prepare you for the REAL World, and REAL World shops run Adobe. That is a cold hard fact. So no matter how Open Source Evangelistic you want to be, you still have to bring home the Bacon. Evangelism is for time off from work, and as a hobby, whilst providing for your family is what comes first. In order to do this you must accept that until GiMP is majorly over hauled, and the Big Boys are knocked out of the Box, Adobe is the Defacto Standard.
Unfortunately the Industry Dictates the Standard..
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The photography field, Graphics, and PrePress statndards are ruled by Adobe, AGFa and the like, which is the Mainstream Bread and Butter to Adobe. GiMP is nice and Open and Free, but the Paradigm will not change until the Old Gaurd Changes, this means all the Older Mac Heads, and Windows proponants that evolved with Photoshop. If ease of use and cost were simply a factor, then Paintshop Pro would be the logical alternative, as to cost, Corel would be a contender as towards quality, and Macromedia would be extensibility. Unfortunately in the Graphics field Adobe has been around for a long, time and this equates with Quality, not to mention the fact that most users have grown with it, have all of it's shortcuts and process's (sp?) ingrained, and are comfortable with its interface. Where GiMP is nice, free and open source, it is still a new kid on the block, and if you are short on $$$ and want something free go for GiMP, but do not expect to land a Graphics Job were it plays a major factor on your Resume, where being proficient in Photoshop or any of the others mentioned are a definate Resume Boost.
I read this book last weekend and found it a light read, and somewhat disappointing. More detail could have been added to "Wans'" Vastening, in that I wished that we could have seen further into his hastily done procedure and also more into his adaptation and development of his surroundings, instead of jumping into the Kill the Heechee, right off the bat scenario. I dunno, it seemed to be more of a get-er-done than a really good wrap up, like all of the other books. I mean I have read the other Heechee books several times, and they were page turners all the way through, and the stories made you want to jump right into the next novel in the series. I didn't getthe feeling with this one.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnIn quiry.asp?isbn=0380975092&itm=22 Rudy Rucker is one of the Unsung Cyber-Type authors, and is a genuine Techie, to boot.
This book covers the very topic, to an n-th degree and is very cleverly done. I would also recommend "White Light" and all the other "Ware" books.
what conversation? @ 12:45 in the middle of the night? I did get the voice mail, and made my choice known, and the Senator was Fritz Holling, SC. I paid for the call, and was shunted to the voice mail, whadda ya expect. I am sure it was a crap shoot, getting through anyways, but I did my part as soon as I read the issue, and the call to arms was needed. The sad part is not being able to wade through all the crap myself, and be aware of the issues before the call, but I guess the layers of obfuscation and rig-ma-role is the Washington way.
Why sit and bitch about it? "Oh, duh! This is/.!" Promptly pick up the phone and call your Senator. I did. Took all of 2 minutes and I footed the bill for the call, elapsed time 1:11. Seriously, If your Senator read Slash, we'd never have these problems, but they more than likely do not do so, so exercise something other than your modems and make the effort, the same time it takes to type a reply to my message is more then enough for 99% of you to Google, your Senator http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/ senators_cfm.cfm and making the needed call. It may do some good, and it may not but the one thing you will be able to say is that you made the call. If ya don't then STFU, and bitch to someone else. I do not listen to Non Participants. If your not old enough, then make your voice heard to your parents, participation comes in many forms, but bitching is just a waste of time, and has led us to the point we are at now.
What is going to happen when the DBases from the Frequent User Programs, RFiD's and Locator Combine? It's just a matter of time. All that Data available, and when someone figures out it is Sellable, crosslinkable and updatable (via RFiD detection.) You think they are going to Turn those little suckers off after purchase? You think they will not develop its' range ability and storage capacity to it maximum abilites. It will become the greatest marketing and tracking, and profiling tool since targeted marketing was developed. Then to top it all off the data that the GOV. has and swore would never be used inappropriately, why that's just sitting there to be tapped. If they cannot keep track of simple floppies, and Top Secret Data what makes you think they are going to be able to maintain Non Secret Databases.
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Guess the BSA and all concerned learned a lesson from the RIAA, go to the source and change the laws, if they do not work for you. Sounds like the NET Act all over again.
What no one disagrees with is the riches that would come from the thaw creating a north-west passage. The centuries-old bane of Arctic explorers could become a reality thanks to global warming, cutting thousands of miles off the shipping routes between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and delivering a windfall to any country able to tax its users.
Wars, have been started for less. Also it's nice to see Global Warming getting a good rap for something.
I can understand that, I guess. I am in a rural area, and the services, these phones offer, are not readily available here. I mean they say they are available, but to try and actually use them, is another story. Now I have a friend, that works for Charlotte City proper, and is 60 miles away,he has a Trio, and loves it to Death. There lies the difference to me ...60 miles.. Might as well be 3000.
The problem is, that the town is dying. Every Textile Industry here, has left, and there isn't enough User base to get the Telco Motivated. Their Offices here are sattelites from another city, and it is marginally bigger than my town, and going through the same economic situation.
I live in a very rural part of the South, and my Telco is a Mom and Pop job, I am the Only guy in town, that has a High Speed Line, that is maxed. We are lucky to get Tivo. Seriously.
Why not pick up a Compaq 36xx for 50$, an AirCard for 40$, and GSM/GPRS Sleeve for $100. Total comes in a lot less, than a Treo. "Performance The Compaq iPAQ Wireless Pack enables impressive call and data functionality with a rechargeable 1000mAH integrated battery and Tri-band functionality. Users receive up to 180 hours of standby call time and four hours of talk time on a single charge. The Wireless Pack is a Multi-slot Class 10 data device that provides extensive, reliable, wireless data communication that is "always on" in GPRS-covered* areas and has packet-switched data at speeds of up to 144 Kbps in GPRS-covered areas. The GSM/GPRS network requires a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) to assure user authentication and enable private data transfers.
Crap, "Buy It" link I meant to say.
Isn't it nice they had a redirect set up already for the Story, and a But it (affiliate link) at the bottom.. Geeze if ya gonna advertise, at least be honest and up front about it.
Actually, it was very weird.I pulled into the parking lot, and cars where everywhere. I had been trying to tell my employers we were in for a shit storm, for a month. We (all the RMA Techs) kept tally sheets, specifically for RMA Complaints concerning those CPU's. We had taken one of them apart, to see what was going on under the hood, and they were Hotwired. Here's a quote from an Online Story, that we were involved in.
"Even armed with knowledge of the re-marking problem, Brock again went shopping online for a CPU upgrade for another system. Thinking he was protected by the "clock locking" technology in the new generation of Pentium IIs, Brock ordered a PII-400 from Micro Source. "When I first got it, the [CPU's] case didn't fit properly, and I thought it didn't look right," says Brock. His research pointed him to Intel's CPUID utility (see " ID, Please" ) and another tool from a German computer magazine, both of which indicated that his chip might be overclocked. He e-mailed Intel for confirmation, but no one there could tell him for sure. After finding evidence of tampering inside the CPU's case, Brock realized he had another re-marked CPU. Fortunately, he was able to return it and get a refund. Micro Source President Eugene Braverman says, "We did have one or two instances where consumers ended up with CPUs we were suspicious about. Now we only buy from Intel-authorized dealers." http://tinyurl.com/6uqe5/ [PCWorld.com] When the Feds' came they confiscated so much stuff, it was amazing. We had a lot of Customers Machines, that were built to order, they all were... Just Gone,we never saw them again, forged CPUs' or Not.
This just shows that AMD has reached a point Intel was at 5 or 6 years ago. I worked for a hardware reseller, that got burned by a lot of hotwired, Pentium II's. It was so bad that we were raided by the FEDs'. That freaked me out. Try coming to work one day, walk into the Shop and Agent Smith, flips a Badge and ask you to step into the Boss's Office, for an Interview.
Actually you demonstrate your ignorance my, name calling and throwing epithets. Just because a person is uninformed for every wrong that is perpetrated by a Politician, gives you the right to abuse someone. I think not. Why not act like you have a real education, and discuss the issues, instead of resorting to being a Verbal Bully. WTO, UN all agencies, like this are only as good as their weakest link. I think it all goes back to the League of Nations, the same fate is laying in wait for all, pseudo official world bodies, they have only the power that people allow them to have, and once it is discovered that they have no enforcement ability, then noone follows their treaties. The only thing that is absolute in Power, is the Sovereignity, of each individual nation and it's Governing Body, the rest is politics.
If you continue to rave, then you will be only further the belief that you are loud, and annoying.
1 : COMPLACENCE; especially : self-satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies. http://tinyurl.com/5rkdw/[Webster.com]
I think this is a wake up call for the Chip Giant.
One would think that after coasting for so long, that they would have something in the works, or up their sleeve. I really hate to think that Intel had everything out in the open, and nothing ground breaking in the labs. When you have to spend 2 Billion Dollars to play catch up, there is a problem. If the multicore Processor do not take off, then Intel is a goner. I guess it was a lucky break for them that Microsoft, decided to not charge additional licensing fees, for Multicore CPUs'. http://tinyurl.com/6rkm7/ [pcWorld.com]
Coincidence, I wonder sometimes, or partner strategy?
Not to mention, that they encapsulate her in an all, black, uniform. It is so similar to the Peace Keeper, garb as to not even be funny. Also she gets to open a can, of Major whoop Ass, on Daniel Jackson.
HAAHA!!!! I guess not. Good, I'd like to think I have some kind of life. Seriously though, I usually find, that alot of the stuff I read here, previously on Fark.com.I imagine, there are a finite amount of sources for good material,though.
Ok, so this is way cool, and all that, but must we mirror, FARK, quite so quickly?
"If only they had spent some of that money on improving the security of their users by, say, purchasing a VeriSign code signing certificate."t ion.htmlt y/0,390203 75,39118994,00.htm
He states.
What about expired Certificates or Certificates given out in error?
It has happened before.
http://amug.org/~glguerin/opinion/revoca
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/securi
This Gentlemans Story starts off on a bad foot initially and just stumbles along.
Looks like the Ad, sponsered by Firefox group, stirred up the great MS Blog Machine, and MS is doing some damage control. Not to mention this is on the heels of the MSN Search tool, AP story debacle where Firefox was shown being used instead of IE.
I for one, would like to Welcome or Half Height Overlords!
I am getting used to the modular type of PC, nowadays. I have moved all my devices to external USB 2.0 and Firewire cases. I find it easier to move them between machines throughout the house, and also when I am away performing some help for friends and family. I think what needs to be considered, is the cost. Is it going to be inline with the Normal Upgraded hardware cost? Usually we end up spending a couple of hundred, for the newest move to a standard, is this going to cost additionaly for the Combo feature, or will it simply reflect the new standard, with backwards compatibility, thrown in as a feature?
Not really, when you walk into a PressShop and the Interface is Photoshop. I mean get real, jobs are dictated by statndards of what you know, and where GiMP might get you familiar with Computer Graphics Manipulation, it will not prepare you for the REAL World, and REAL World shops run Adobe. That is a cold hard fact. So no matter how Open Source Evangelistic you want to be, you still have to bring home the Bacon. Evangelism is for time off from work, and as a hobby, whilst providing for your family is what comes first. In order to do this you must accept that until GiMP is majorly over hauled, and the Big Boys are knocked out of the Box, Adobe is the Defacto Standard.
The photography field, Graphics, and PrePress statndards are ruled by Adobe, AGFa and the like, which is the Mainstream Bread and Butter to Adobe. GiMP is nice and Open and Free, but the Paradigm will not change until the Old Gaurd Changes, this means all the Older Mac Heads, and Windows proponants that evolved with Photoshop. If ease of use and cost were simply a factor, then Paintshop Pro would be the logical alternative, as to cost, Corel would be a contender as towards quality, and Macromedia would be extensibility. Unfortunately in the Graphics field Adobe has been around for a long, time and this equates with Quality, not to mention the fact that most users have grown with it, have all of it's shortcuts and process's (sp?) ingrained, and are comfortable with its interface. Where GiMP is nice, free and open source, it is still a new kid on the block, and if you are short on $$$ and want something free go for GiMP, but do not expect to land a Graphics Job were it plays a major factor on your Resume, where being proficient in Photoshop or any of the others mentioned are a definate Resume Boost.
I read this book last weekend and found it a light read, and somewhat disappointing. More detail could have been added to "Wans'" Vastening, in that I wished that we could have seen further into his hastily done procedure and also more into his adaptation and development of his surroundings, instead of jumping into the Kill the Heechee, right off the bat scenario. I dunno, it seemed to be more of a get-er-done than a really good wrap up, like all of the other books. I mean I have read the other Heechee books several times, and they were page turners all the way through, and the stories made you want to jump right into the next novel in the series. I didn't getthe feeling with this one.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnIn quiry.asp?isbn=0380975092&itm=22
Rudy Rucker is one of the Unsung Cyber-Type authors, and is a genuine Techie, to boot.
This book covers the very topic, to an n-th degree and is very cleverly done.
I would also recommend "White Light" and all the other "Ware" books.
what conversation? @ 12:45 in the middle of the night? I did get the voice mail, and made my choice known, and the Senator was Fritz Holling, SC.
I paid for the call, and was shunted to the voice mail, whadda ya expect. I am sure it was a crap shoot, getting through anyways, but I did my part as soon as I read the issue, and the call to arms was needed. The sad part is not being able to wade through all the crap myself, and be aware of the issues before the call, but I guess the layers of obfuscation and rig-ma-role is the Washington way.
Why sit and bitch about it? "Oh, duh! This is /.!"/ senators_cfm.cfm
Promptly pick up the phone and call your Senator. I did. Took all of 2 minutes and I footed the bill for the call, elapsed time 1:11. Seriously, If your Senator read Slash, we'd never have these problems, but they more than likely do not do so, so exercise something other than your modems and make the effort, the same time it takes to type a reply to my message is more then enough for 99% of you to Google, your Senator http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information
and making the needed call. It may do some good, and it may not but the one thing you will be able to say is that you made the call. If ya don't then STFU, and bitch to someone else. I do not listen to Non Participants. If your not old enough, then make your voice heard to your parents, participation comes in many forms, but bitching is just a waste of time, and has led us to the point we are at now.
What is going to happen when the DBases from the Frequent User Programs, RFiD's and Locator Combine?
It's just a matter of time. All that Data available, and when someone figures out it is Sellable, crosslinkable and updatable (via RFiD detection.) You think they are going to Turn those little suckers off after purchase? You think they will not develop its' range ability and storage capacity to it maximum abilites. It will become the greatest marketing and tracking, and profiling tool since targeted marketing was developed. Then to top it all off the data that the GOV. has and swore would never be used inappropriately, why that's just sitting there to be tapped. If they cannot keep track of simple floppies, and Top Secret Data what makes you think they are going to be able to maintain Non Secret Databases.