I wonder how far back the logs go. With data like that the RIAA/MPAA could have a field day suing users.
This is true but up until now, the RIAA/MPAA has been focusing on those which are serving the files. If they decide to start a precident and going after users on both ends of the TCP connection, wow. I dunno about you guys, but Canada is looking PRETTY nice righta about now.
Most people do not speak at all, or very limited on planes because they are not sat next to someone they wish to speak to. Your phone is full of people you wish to speak to, and therefore you are more likely to spend time on a flight talking to a friend you already have on the phone, then the smelly old "wanker" randomly chosen to sit next to you.
When did/. start doing movie reviews too? We are computer geeks, we come to this site to see tech issues argued about over a simple and easy to use medium. Quick wasting the/. space with crap that we could go to E! Online for. Quick wasting our time!
Wow, for only 1,000 bucks I can get something that plays mp3s and also burns cds? OR, i could just use the pc I built for 300 bucks and hook up a cheap sound card to be patched through a reciever. There has to be at least an 800 dollar markup on this and should definately be given the award for Sucker-Christmas-Gift for this coming holliday season.
As an employee in the software dept of the sprint BWG (Broadband Wireless Group), I can also tell you that our devision has been hit by massive layoffs and we are expected to bring a halt to our over 50,000 customers within the next 6 months. Installations and future marketing plans have already been canceled.
This is definately an important issue for all slashdotters. If the federal government can step in an enforce this kind of ruling, the domino's will fall my friends. These types of steps are simply Uncle Sam dangling his feet in the waters of intrusive actions, and if allowed to go forth, he will dive right in.
I personally use the 802.11b spectrum in my office along with many of my co-workers. That 300 foot range can be more then tripled by the many different optional and affordable antennae arleady offered by companies like Logitec. My only worries are security, but it seems like the new 802.11a protocol is facing those and is giving hope to the inevitable one day turn to a completely wireless internet world.
Reports are now rolling in updating the total to 4 planes, United and American Flights, were hi jacked. One is still in flight. Also a carbomb has gone off just outside of the State Building in Washington D.C. All total, more then 50,000 people work within the twin tower / twin zip-coded towers of the World Trade center, the guesstimation of fatalities is immense. There are also reports of another plane in the vacinity of Washington still in the air, with Air Force guard surrounding it ready to shoot it down.
There have now been reports of a car bomb being exploded outside of the state building in Washington D.C. Also, another large aircraft, of unknown origin, crashing somewhere in summerset, PA.
This is so unbelievable, what does this say about our country's so-called "Iron Clad" defense that two planes could fly, into extremely "Protected" Air space and do something so amazing. I cannot even begin to fathom the headcount and the ability of more people to do the same.
Quake in it's grandest form has become the epitamy of 1st person RPG experience. Though it may have taken an idea established in even Wolfenstein 3d, it did it any a way that only Id Software could have done it. I believe that quake has been, and will continue to be the precedence for 1st person shoot-em-ups.
From what I have seen in the past from the flattened speaker market, I am not going to hold my breath on this. It would be cool to think of one day having a flat plasma tv surrounded by a room of DTS capable flat speakers, but again, I think it is too soon to say when or whether this will happen
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I wonder how far back the logs go. With data like that the RIAA/MPAA could have a field day suing users.
This is true but up until now, the RIAA/MPAA has been focusing on those which are serving the files. If they decide to start a precident and going after users on both ends of the TCP connection, wow. I dunno about you guys, but Canada is looking PRETTY nice righta about now.
Most people do not speak at all, or very limited on planes because they are not sat next to someone they wish to speak to. Your phone is full of people you wish to speak to, and therefore you are more likely to spend time on a flight talking to a friend you already have on the phone, then the smelly old "wanker" randomly chosen to sit next to you.
I think i have been doing this, like forever, in what is that thing called, ummm, MO-FREAKIN-ZILLA? Stick with open source!
When did /. start doing movie reviews too? We are computer geeks, we come to this site to see tech issues argued about over a simple and easy to use medium. Quick wasting the /. space with crap that we could go to E! Online for. Quick wasting our time!
I think Ryan Wager summed this whole arguement up when he gave his Thesis at yale. If you would like to read it check it out Here .
I just wanted to say that Steve D. Rules
Wow, for only 1,000 bucks I can get something that plays mp3s and also burns cds? OR, i could just use the pc I built for 300 bucks and hook up a cheap sound card to be patched through a reciever. There has to be at least an 800 dollar markup on this and should definately be given the award for Sucker-Christmas-Gift for this coming holliday season.
As an employee in the software dept of the sprint BWG (Broadband Wireless Group), I can also tell you that our devision has been hit by massive layoffs and we are expected to bring a halt to our over 50,000 customers within the next 6 months. Installations and future marketing plans have already been canceled.
This is definately an important issue for all slashdotters. If the federal government can step in an enforce this kind of ruling, the domino's will fall my friends. These types of steps are simply Uncle Sam dangling his feet in the waters of intrusive actions, and if allowed to go forth, he will dive right in.
I personally use the 802.11b spectrum in my office along with many of my co-workers. That 300 foot range can be more then tripled by the many different optional and affordable antennae arleady offered by companies like Logitec. My only worries are security, but it seems like the new 802.11a protocol is facing those and is giving hope to the inevitable one day turn to a completely wireless internet world.
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Reports are now rolling in updating the total to 4 planes, United and American Flights, were hi jacked. One is still in flight. Also a carbomb has gone off just outside of the State Building in Washington D.C. All total, more then 50,000 people work within the twin tower / twin zip-coded towers of the World Trade center, the guesstimation of fatalities is immense. There are also reports of another plane in the vacinity of Washington still in the air, with Air Force guard surrounding it ready to shoot it down.
There have now been reports of a car bomb being exploded outside of the state building in Washington D.C. Also, another large aircraft, of unknown origin, crashing somewhere in summerset, PA.
This is so unbelievable, what does this say about our country's so-called "Iron Clad" defense that two planes could fly, into extremely "Protected" Air space and do something so amazing. I cannot even begin to fathom the headcount and the ability of more people to do the same.
Quake in it's grandest form has become the epitamy of 1st person RPG experience. Though it may have taken an idea established in even Wolfenstein 3d, it did it any a way that only Id Software could have done it. I believe that quake has been, and will continue to be the precedence for 1st person shoot-em-ups.
From what I have seen in the past from the flattened speaker market, I am not going to hold my breath on this. It would be cool to think of one day having a flat plasma tv surrounded by a room of DTS capable flat speakers, but again, I think it is too soon to say when or whether this will happen