I'd be reeeeeal curious as to how they define "AI". And no, a PHP class that uses interpolation of random numbers to create vectors is NOT AI in my book.
The real thing that irks me about this project is that IT'S NOT ART. There is much more to art than just crapping out random shapes, colors and patterns -- which it appears is all this thing does.
You could make more artistic shapes by giving a paintball gun to a monkey -- or for those on a budget, just by pissing a monkey off.
I'd suggest the developers take a course in Art101, study up on color theory and composition and then create code that takes aesthetics, design and ambient factors into account.
By calling their online mess maker "AI generated modern art" is a grave disservice to both Computer Science and the Fine Arts commmunities all in one.
In response to such heinous crimes against man, machine and nature, I hereby sentence the developes to be the recipient of 100,000 porno popups per annum and be given an AOL CD every month for the duration of their pitiful life... may the lord have mercy on their souls.
"It will be interesting to see if any other browser developers jump on board WHATWG."
I think "WTF" would be a more appropriate acronym. And we can all be safe to say that we wont be seeing IE join in on Opera and Mozilla's pillow casing party.
Personally, this entire little development sounds like a waste of resources that could be better spent on tuning and promoting their products. Seeing how widely adopted Mozilla's XUL architecture is, I think the Mozilla group would be better off getting Firefox up to speed and getting the rest of their projects in order before running about trying to cop some moves here.
That's not to say that I don't support Mozilla and Opera but, being a Web Developer for the last 6 years and a Internet Services Architect for the last 3, I can tell you right now that the last thing both Web Developers and Browser Developers need are more languages and competing standards. We are at a point of language saturation as never before and most these new languages are aimed at online services. While this may seem to be a great thing because choice is generally good, we have too many choices and most developers I know can only get 2-3 languages down to an expert level. So this development would most likely be ignored on a professional inplementation level while more standardized and familiar languages/feature sets would be used. In the end, it would most likely be a waste of time and resources for both Mozilla and Opera who should focus (IMO) on getting DOM Level 3/XSLT/CSS/SVG upto snuff and better integrated with the existing standards before going off on their own.
Case in point: Right now, I'm making a web service that has a native XML interface, which then gets (optionally) rendered via an XSLT interface with a 100% CSS defined GUI and the UI logic handled via DOM level 2 and Javascript. The applicational logic is handled via a PHP portal/middleware broker to the stored Postgres pgSQL database views/routines. Got all that? I argued strongly with my client against using soch a complex interface architecture, but it was writtten in stone and they held firm and were willibg to pay for it -- so they got it. But, I can't count all the possible points of failure on one hand. Does it break in the database? maybe the XML? The PHP? Maybe the XSLT or maybe it's just the CSS or the Javascript. The fact that Firefox requires a seperate CSS-stylesheet doesn't help matters, but I opted out of Firefox support to Support Gecko variants (safari) as well as Mozilla and IE -- but not Opera. Not proving support for certain browsers was a definite plus here -- since it's an intranet app meant to be used via VPN and not accesable to the public. But I shudder to think at the amount of CSS-stylesheets and JS includes that would be required to support this as a public service.
What we need right now is better integration/platform independence and the browser would be the common ground here. So instead of running off on their own and adding more languages/points of failure, maybe they could figure out a new means of getting everything to work together a bit better. A good start would be getting Opera/Mozilla/Firefox all on the same page in terms of CSS/DOM level 3 compatability, that would be a lot more meaningful to me than a competing standard.
"AMD's Athlon 64 and Opteron processors have had NX since their debut, though the extra bit won't do anything on a Windows XP system until you obtain and install Service Pack 2. Intel is expected to add NX (or XD) to the next generation of its 90-nanometer-process Pentium 4 "Prescott" CPUs -- bundling the security enhancement with a larger 2MB Level 2 cache and perhaps a faster 1066MHz front-side bus -- in the fourth quarter of this year."
This year has truly been AMD's year to guide the microprocessor market. Remember not so far back when everything AMD did was a response to Intel? This year it's been Intel responding to AMD. I hope this trend continues as it shows that the so-called WIntel stranglehold is starting to crack and that it is possible for the competition to assume a leading role in the market. Now hopefully, IBM has something in the works for it's PPC/Power lines, as they've been working closely with AMD and this processor feature is something that every networked system could use.
The RIAA recently announced the addition of Mr. 3 of 5 to it's board of directors. In a statement Jack Valenti welcomed the newest addition to it's board and said his mission was to better integrate consumers and media while fighting music piracy. 3 of 5, according to industry insiders is advocating the discontinuance of MP3 and CD audio formats in favor of using of a DRM restricted biomechanical implant that would allow individuals to wirelessly download and play audio directly through the implants interface through neural pathways. The RIAA's own consumer audio download service "AudioCollective" is said to be in the works which will provide the online retail and DRM mechanism for this new device. Both Congress and the FDA are rumored to be strongly in support of this new technological development which they hope will prove a boon to the US economy and help stimulate a slowdown of growth in the research and technology sectors. In addition the FBI is said to be in talks with the RIAA in regards to extending the functionality to include law enforcement uses.
After reading their vacuous website it seems that they themselves are collecting donations by means of snail-mail only. Which seems completely laughable on the face of it.
And even if they emerge from vapor-mode and do indeed set up this system, it seems geared torwards institutions rather than individuals as you'd have to use a "gift-pool" ie: a centralized body and set aside fundage into that BEFORE you can assign a portion of those funds to a recipient. And that's not to mention the restrictions placed on those who may contribute their work by requiring contributers to license with a handfull of licenses.
Personally, I think PayPal already covers the online donation territory in a far less political and more trustworthy fashion. Anyone can set up a donation link for any reason whatsoever and collect fundage from the willing. No restrictions on what license is used, what type of media it is or anything else for that matter. And furthermore, you don't have to lock up funds in your paypal account to be able to donate, paypal will transfer from your bank account/credit card automagically.
I think the developers would be wise to reconsider their very niche-centric and restrictive objectives if they are to expect any real usage by both contributors and benefactors.
The fact is a woman died and the fact is the womans death was ruled "due to natural causes". So pardon me, but I do not see how a jury grand or not could be a better judge than a doctor trained to perform an autopsy and atoxicilogy lab. Perhaps if they ordered a few additional autopsies and toxicology tests... but a grand jury should not be concerned with a procedure so mundane as to have already been done by the police department.
That and the additional fact that no cultures have been found at said lab that pose any threat.
Overall, this does not add up. It seems once again those who have brains and initiative should bee feared. Why doesn't Ashcroft just come out and say it? "All people with higher education than a highschool degree are a potential threat and should be watched closely".
Next thing you know the DoJ will be demanding the banning of home chemistry sets currently available at Toys 'R' Us and Walmart due to a "A very present and significant threat by educated youngsters against the free people of the world."
" I'm not sure that the guy who directed "Timecop" and "Sudden Death" was the right choice for a replacement"
Yeah... and by applying that logic you could say that the guy that directed Bad Taste and Meet the Feelbes probably wasn't the best pick to direct LOTR...
I'd give the guy a chance... some people just make the pictures they can get signed on for, for all you know this guy's just been waiting for a decent screenplay with the right producers to make his "masterpiece".
Hopefully this movie will open in the US and will cause some people to open their eyes.
But even more than Moore's documentary, I hope more and more images and video keeps coming out of Iraq in regards to the abuse, torture, rape and slaughter of Iraqi citizens, most of whom are guilty of no crime. That more than anything is Bush's legacy, his mark upon the world and truly the images that best define our Fascist Leader and his doctrines.
To quote the LL Bean representative: "These advertisers are illegally poaching on L.L. Bean's trademark," Kelley said. "Using our trademarked name as a trigger to which you want to serve your ads causes customer confusion and crosses the line into trademark infringement."
Their greivance is about brand/trandmark infringement... that is competitors encroaching "their space" by placing ads on the users desktop. Essentially, LL Bean is trying to say that they own your desktop while you view their site.
While your claim about Gator/Claria "decieving" it's users is an interesting one, it is not an issue LL Bean can raise since LL Bean does not own your desktop. The decision to catagorize spyware as malware is currently making it's way through Government and we should start hearing about some decisions in the future.
While I applaud LL Bean for taking an interesting tact here, I personally wish for their case to be dismissed.
There are a couple very important issues here... Gator is NOT rewritting the actual webpage, it's only providing additional "pop-ups" in seperate windows that are targeted towards their "users" browsing habits. Essentially, they can claim they are providing a service by saying "ohhh, hey there lil user-buddy, looks like you're trying to buy a parka at LL Bean, perhaps we can interest you in this other parka over at Nordstroms", there is nothing wrong with that! Google does it all the time, Amazon does it... hell name one internet portal that does not provide alternatives based upon your current browsing parameters.
While I might not care for Gator/Claria/Satan, I do respect that until laws are passed that clearly define their behavior as illegal or somehow restrict their behavior and they defy those laws/restrictions, there is very little the courts will be able to do.
The users desktop does not become the property of LL Bean when a user goes to their website. Whatever happens on the desktop in a seperate window MUST be considered the consent of the user and LL Bean's claims should be dismissed as baseless.
Any action barring the display of competitors ads would threaten to destroy the advertising models of practically every internet portal in the US. and even more threatening... allow sites such as Google and Amazon to be flooded by lawsuits.
Rating an addendum to my parent post as off-topic? Excuse me while I weep for both my lost karma and the sheer stupidity of the mod who wasted one of their precious points.
*sighs -- prepares for another mod down for typing this post*
And so now I must give the obligatory Animal House qoute: "Thank you sir, give me another!"
There is nothing wrong with what T-Mobile is doing. And that's entirely what's wrong with the picture.
And while this may indeed be Yet Another Reason to Bitch to Government with some requests for some regulation, keep in mind there WILL always be loopholes for accountants (just as crafty as lawyers, just not as loathed (ever seen an accountant on CNN defending high profile clients?), so all it would amount to is a finger in the dyke.
What you need here is full disclosure... and correct me if I'm wrong, is already mandated THAT IF YOU ASK THEY MUST GIVE. So next time ask the sales rep to outline all the surcharges and taxes BEFORE signing up for service and do the obligatory second opinion from a competing carrier. But chances are they will be roughly the same.
Though it says Linux is the standard OS, I'm hoping they plan on optimizing for Longhorn... so far this is the only system out that can meet Longhorns recommended disk capacity and RAM requirements....now if they could only find a way to fit all that into a mini-ATX tower.
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It's called "MOB RULE", so if you don't want to see your karma trashed by being modded a troll, I'd suggest you just keep quiet, go with the flow and try not to question too much....oh and be sure to click those links in the article, we have a rep to protect you know.
"... but project managers concede a full-size version won't be ready for more than a decade."
Considering they're already 20 years behind our shuttle, why copy from our old tech? Personally, I'd think they'd be better to look at Burt Rutans X-prize project and asking themselves if their old school Arian/Shuttle vehicle approach is really the right way to go, especially if it's going to be a 30 year old solution by the time it launches (if ever).
Seems to me the ESA is missing a great opportunity to innovate and relying on "tried and proven" rather than pushing the envelope of space exploration.
Ever noticed the amount of spam and worm traffic that comes out of Asia, Russia and South America? Do you have any idea how pervasive warez are in China, Thailand and other countries?
Maybe you haven't noticed all that spam and virii. I for one have firewalled, installed spam assassin, razor, run a second set bayesian filteres on my email client and STILL get spam in my inbox and see funky crap in my server logs.
Ohhh.... and I don't even RUN WINDOWS. All my machines are either OS X or RH 9.
The fact is, microsoft puts out a product and that product is flawed (no ones perfect). By not allowing ALL users of their product to correct those flaws, they harm EVERYONE regardless of OS used. If you're online in any way, shape or form YOU are effected.
If Ford had such flaws that would cause a car to veer off course defying it's owners control, a recall would be issued and ALL owners would be elligible. Mind you, regardless if they were the 1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th owner or whether or not they had a Ford service plan or were covered under warranty.
An OS vuln is no different. And by simply ignoring 100,000 pirated copies of windows XP in China they allow for 100,000 virii hosts to spewn spam worldwide.
Those 100,000 machines then infect your licensed machine, spam my LAN, and cause a fortune 500 tens if not hundreds of thousands in costs per year in associated cost.
But hey... as long as those damn pirates don't get anything for free I guess it's ok right?
You could say that the pirates get what they pay for. You could also say that Microsoft has no obligation to support those who steal.
Fact is, these pirated systems are effecting all of us. Just because someone is "savvy" enough to lay hands on a pirated windows cd or download a crack/keygen does not mean they are savvy enough to patch their system through those same channels.
Look at Thailand or China. You can walk down the street and buy CD's full of all the hot warez from the street vendors who sell them from carts in plain view. You think they sell Windows XP SP1?
And do you think it's a mere coincidence that Asia, South America and Ex Soviet Block countries have such huge traffic in spam?
With the inherent security holes and rampant worm situation, I think Microsoft is being criminally negligent by NOT providing patches to anyone and everyone who runs their product, regardless of how that copy was acquired. Their negligence does nothing to correct the pirating situation and harms everyone that uses MS Windows by allowing these worms to spread unchecked. Additionally it hurts the the remainder of the net who has to deal with DoS attacks and the overwhelming amount of spam caused by unpatched Windows machines.
OK, this is a must have. All the episodes, nicely packaged and if current trends hold, should be reasonably priced.
Reading some of the other posters comments, it looks like there's some agony about re-releases of DVD's. I've only been buying DVD's for three years now, but from day 1, I always held off for the SE/Box set. If you're big into a given movie or series you'll have less frustration, plus you usually get more bang for the buck. Sure, you have to wait, but when you pick up things like the Alien Quadrillogy (9 DVD Box set) or the Indiana Jones Trillogy for ~70$ US, you definitely see the advantages.
At least those who do it for "publicities" sake, you can't argue that this investment is a boon to the cause.
And to risk venturing off-topic for a second, I think Ansari X prize should consider expanding there efforts at not just the tech to get us there, but to provide a prize for the think tank that can invent a corporate (manufacturing?) incentive to go there. Basically, show practical applications in space and provide due dilligence. Or maybe more on the mark... provide a multimilllion dollar reward for the company that can first create an operable facility in space.
Yeah... wishfull thinking, but the more efforts put towards extra-terrastial expansion the better I say.
You sir are an ass and would do quite well to kindly STFU!
Apple releases security updates at least once a month. Moreover, they have excellent response time to vulns. And considering OS X is based on openBSD for it's BSDness, I don't see how you think linux or BSD will be greatly better.
And as for your comparison of OS X being as insecure as XP, All I have to say is OPEN PORTS! How many unnecessary and vulnerable services does MS enable by default with open TCP/IP ports on any given XP/ME/NT/2000/98/95 OS install? By default most everything is *disabled* in OS X and the few items that are enabled (Rendezvous, iTunes sharing) can be quickly turned off through the User Preferences control panel.
I for one feel much safer knowing Microsoft is protecting me from media.
"or even block data pathways potentially deemed 'unsafe,' such as the traditional analog outputs on a high-definition TV set"
I assume that refers to the very dangerously analog visual display. Ohhh and be sure to make sure such dangerously analog outputs as speakers are disabled as well.
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I'd be reeeeeal curious as to how they define "AI". And no, a PHP class that uses interpolation of random numbers to create vectors is NOT AI in my book.
The real thing that irks me about this project is that IT'S NOT ART. There is much more to art than just crapping out random shapes, colors and patterns -- which it appears is all this thing does.
You could make more artistic shapes by giving a paintball gun to a monkey -- or for those on a budget, just by pissing a monkey off.
I'd suggest the developers take a course in Art101, study up on color theory and composition and then create code that takes aesthetics, design and ambient factors into account.
By calling their online mess maker "AI generated modern art" is a grave disservice to both Computer Science and the Fine Arts commmunities all in one.
In response to such heinous crimes against man, machine and nature, I hereby sentence the developes to be the recipient of 100,000 porno popups per annum and be given an AOL CD every month for the duration of their pitiful life... may the lord have mercy on their souls.
"It will be interesting to see if any other browser developers jump on board WHATWG."
I think "WTF" would be a more appropriate acronym.
And we can all be safe to say that we wont be seeing IE join in on Opera and Mozilla's pillow casing party.
Personally, this entire little development sounds like a waste of resources that could be better spent on tuning and promoting their products. Seeing how widely adopted Mozilla's XUL architecture is, I think the Mozilla group would be better off getting Firefox up to speed and getting the rest of their projects in order before running about trying to cop some moves here.
That's not to say that I don't support Mozilla and Opera but, being a Web Developer for the last 6 years and a Internet Services Architect for the last 3, I can tell you right now that the last thing both Web Developers and Browser Developers need are more languages and competing standards. We are at a point of language saturation as never before and most these new languages are aimed at online services. While this may seem to be a great thing because choice is generally good, we have too many choices and most developers I know can only get 2-3 languages down to an expert level. So this development would most likely be ignored on a professional inplementation level while more standardized and familiar languages/feature sets would be used. In the end, it would most likely be a waste of time and resources for both Mozilla and Opera who should focus (IMO) on getting DOM Level 3/XSLT/CSS/SVG upto snuff and better integrated with the existing standards before going off on their own.
Case in point: Right now, I'm making a web service that has a native XML interface, which then gets (optionally) rendered via an XSLT interface with a 100% CSS defined GUI and the UI logic handled via DOM level 2 and Javascript. The applicational logic is handled via a PHP portal/middleware broker to the stored Postgres pgSQL database views/routines.
Got all that? I argued strongly with my client against using soch a complex interface architecture, but it was writtten in stone and they held firm and were willibg to pay for it -- so they got it. But, I can't count all the possible points of failure on one hand. Does it break in the database? maybe the XML? The PHP? Maybe the XSLT or maybe it's just the CSS or the Javascript.
The fact that Firefox requires a seperate CSS-stylesheet doesn't help matters, but I opted out of Firefox support to Support Gecko variants (safari) as well as Mozilla and IE -- but not Opera. Not proving support for certain browsers was a definite plus here -- since it's an intranet app meant to be used via VPN and not accesable to the public. But I shudder to think at the amount of CSS-stylesheets and JS includes that would be required to support this as a public service.
What we need right now is better integration/platform independence and the browser would be the common ground here. So instead of running off on their own and adding more languages/points of failure, maybe they could figure out a new means of getting everything to work together a bit better.
A good start would be getting Opera/Mozilla/Firefox all on the same page in terms of CSS/DOM level 3 compatability, that would be a lot more meaningful to me than a competing standard.
And thus ends my rant.
"AMD's Athlon 64 and Opteron processors have had NX since their debut, though the extra bit won't do anything on a Windows XP system until you obtain and install Service Pack 2. Intel is expected to add NX (or XD) to the next generation of its 90-nanometer-process Pentium 4 "Prescott" CPUs -- bundling the security enhancement with a larger 2MB Level 2 cache and perhaps a faster 1066MHz front-side bus -- in the fourth quarter of this year."
This year has truly been AMD's year to guide the microprocessor market. Remember not so far back when everything AMD did was a response to Intel? This year it's been Intel responding to AMD. I hope this trend continues as it shows that the so-called WIntel stranglehold is starting to crack and that it is possible for the competition to assume a leading role in the market. Now hopefully, IBM has something in the works for it's PPC/Power lines, as they've been working closely with AMD and this processor feature is something that every networked system could use.
The RIAA recently announced the addition of Mr. 3 of 5 to it's board of directors. In a statement Jack Valenti welcomed the newest addition to it's board and said his mission was to better integrate consumers and media while fighting music piracy. 3 of 5, according to industry insiders is advocating the discontinuance of MP3 and CD audio formats in favor of using of a DRM restricted biomechanical implant that would allow individuals to wirelessly download and play audio directly through the implants interface through neural pathways. The RIAA's own consumer audio download service "AudioCollective" is said to be in the works which will provide the online retail and DRM mechanism for this new device. Both Congress and the FDA are rumored to be strongly in support of this new technological development which they hope will prove a boon to the US economy and help stimulate a slowdown of growth in the research and technology sectors. In addition the FBI is said to be in talks with the RIAA in regards to extending the functionality to include law enforcement uses.
After reading their vacuous website it seems that they themselves are collecting donations by means of snail-mail only. Which seems completely laughable on the face of it.
And even if they emerge from vapor-mode and do indeed set up this system, it seems geared torwards institutions rather than individuals as you'd have to use a "gift-pool" ie: a centralized body and set aside fundage into that BEFORE you can assign a portion of those funds to a recipient. And that's not to mention the restrictions placed on those who may contribute their work by requiring contributers to license with a handfull of licenses.
Personally, I think PayPal already covers the online donation territory in a far less political and more trustworthy fashion. Anyone can set up a donation link for any reason whatsoever and collect fundage from the willing. No restrictions on what license is used, what type of media it is or anything else for that matter. And furthermore, you don't have to lock up funds in your paypal account to be able to donate, paypal will transfer from your bank account/credit card automagically.
I think the developers would be wise to reconsider their very niche-centric and restrictive objectives if they are to expect any real usage by both contributors and benefactors.
This is up there with FBI's alert about people with maps and or almanacs.
And the FBIs' investigation of a book that contained 100yr old smallpox scabs and launched an investigation as to whether or not it was bioterrorism.
The fact is a woman died and the fact is the womans death was ruled "due to natural causes". So pardon me, but I do not see how a jury grand or not could be a better judge than a doctor trained to perform an autopsy and atoxicilogy lab. Perhaps if they ordered a few additional autopsies and toxicology tests... but a grand jury should not be concerned with a procedure so mundane as to have already been done by the police department.
That and the additional fact that no cultures have been found at said lab that pose any threat.
Overall, this does not add up.
It seems once again those who have brains and initiative should bee feared. Why doesn't Ashcroft just come out and say it? "All people with higher education than a highschool degree are a potential threat and should be watched closely".
Next thing you know the DoJ will be demanding the banning of home chemistry sets currently available at Toys 'R' Us and Walmart due to a "A very present and significant threat by educated youngsters against the free people of the world."
"I'd like to know what mental midget suggested that we shouldn't send humans into space in the shuttle any more, since it's "risky"."
Blame Carly!!!!!!
Blame George!!!!
Blame the laywers!!!
And blame the fact that an outsourced droid doesn't have family that can sue if it goes out in a blaze of glory.
Slashdotting yourself and posting a 65Mb AVI?
...which I'm sure you'll be getting by morning.
You must be new around here.
Or just really needing your ISPs love and attention
Anyway, it was nice knowing you and all.
" I'm not sure that the guy who directed "Timecop" and "Sudden Death" was the right choice for a replacement"
Yeah... and by applying that logic you could say that the guy that directed Bad Taste and Meet the Feelbes probably wasn't the best pick to direct LOTR...
I'd give the guy a chance... some people just make the pictures they can get signed on for, for all you know this guy's just been waiting for a decent screenplay with the right producers to make his "masterpiece".
Hopefully this movie will open in the US and will cause some people to open their eyes.
But even more than Moore's documentary, I hope more and more images and video keeps coming out of Iraq in regards to the abuse, torture, rape and slaughter of Iraqi citizens, most of whom are guilty of no crime. That more than anything is Bush's legacy, his mark upon the world and truly the images that best define our Fascist Leader and his doctrines.
No, actually that's not the point here.
... that is competitors encroaching "their space" by placing ads on the users desktop. Essentially, LL Bean is trying to say that they own your desktop while you view their site.
To quote the LL Bean representative:
"These advertisers are illegally poaching on L.L. Bean's trademark," Kelley said. "Using our trademarked name as a trigger to which you want to serve your ads causes customer confusion and crosses the line into trademark infringement."
Their greivance is about brand/trandmark infringement
While your claim about Gator/Claria "decieving" it's users is an interesting one, it is not an issue LL Bean can raise since LL Bean does not own your desktop. The decision to catagorize spyware as malware is currently making it's way through Government and we should start hearing about some decisions in the future.
While I applaud LL Bean for taking an interesting tact here, I personally wish for their case to be dismissed.
There are a couple very important issues here...
Gator is NOT rewritting the actual webpage, it's only providing additional "pop-ups" in seperate windows that are targeted towards their "users" browsing habits. Essentially, they can claim they are providing a service by saying "ohhh, hey there lil user-buddy, looks like you're trying to buy a parka at LL Bean, perhaps we can interest you in this other parka over at Nordstroms", there is nothing wrong with that! Google does it all the time, Amazon does it... hell name one internet portal that does not provide alternatives based upon your current browsing parameters.
While I might not care for Gator/Claria/Satan, I do respect that until laws are passed that clearly define their behavior as illegal or somehow restrict their behavior and they defy those laws/restrictions, there is very little the courts will be able to do.
The users desktop does not become the property of LL Bean when a user goes to their website. Whatever happens on the desktop in a seperate window MUST be considered the consent of the user and LL Bean's claims should be dismissed as baseless.
Any action barring the display of competitors ads would threaten to destroy the advertising models of practically every internet portal in the US. and even more threatening... allow sites such as Google and Amazon to be flooded by lawsuits.
Rating an addendum to my parent post as off-topic?
Excuse me while I weep for both my lost karma and the sheer stupidity of the mod who wasted one of their precious points.
*sighs -- prepares for another mod down for typing this post*
And so now I must give the obligatory Animal House qoute:
"Thank you sir, give me another!"
Had one thing in mind when I started typing and while thinking it through changed tact. So the subject line is in fact bogus
There is nothing wrong with what T-Mobile is doing.
And that's entirely what's wrong with the picture.
And while this may indeed be Yet Another Reason to Bitch to Government with some requests for some regulation, keep in mind there WILL always be loopholes for accountants (just as crafty as lawyers, just not as loathed (ever seen an accountant on CNN defending high profile clients?), so all it would amount to is a finger in the dyke.
What you need here is full disclosure... and correct me if I'm wrong, is already mandated THAT IF YOU ASK THEY MUST GIVE. So next time ask the sales rep to outline all the surcharges and taxes BEFORE signing up for service and do the obligatory second opinion from a competing carrier. But chances are they will be roughly the same.
Though it says Linux is the standard OS, I'm hoping they plan on optimizing for Longhorn... so far this is the only system out that can meet Longhorns recommended disk capacity and RAM requirements. ...now if they could only find a way to fit all that into a mini-ATX tower.
You must be new here.
...oh and be sure to click those links in the article, we have a rep to protect you know.
It's called "MOB RULE", so if you don't want to see your karma trashed by being modded a troll, I'd suggest you just keep quiet, go with the flow and try not to question too much.
"... but project managers concede a full-size version won't be ready for more than a decade."
Considering they're already 20 years behind our shuttle,
why copy from our old tech? Personally, I'd think they'd be better to look at Burt Rutans X-prize project and asking themselves if their old school Arian/Shuttle vehicle approach is really the right way to go, especially if it's going to be a 30 year old solution by the time it launches (if ever).
Seems to me the ESA is missing a great opportunity to innovate and relying on "tried and proven" rather than pushing the envelope of space exploration.
You don't get out much do you?
Ever noticed the amount of spam and worm traffic that comes out of Asia, Russia and South America?
Do you have any idea how pervasive warez are in China, Thailand and other countries?
Maybe you haven't noticed all that spam and virii.
I for one have firewalled, installed spam assassin, razor, run a second set bayesian filteres on my email client and STILL get spam in my inbox and see funky crap in my server logs.
Ohhh.... and I don't even RUN WINDOWS.
All my machines are either OS X or RH 9.
The fact is, microsoft puts out a product and that product is flawed (no ones perfect). By not allowing ALL users of their product to correct those flaws, they harm EVERYONE regardless of OS used. If you're online in any way, shape or form YOU are effected.
If Ford had such flaws that would cause a car to veer off course defying it's owners control, a recall would be issued and ALL owners would be elligible. Mind you, regardless if they were the 1st, 2nd 3rd or 4th owner or whether or not they had a Ford service plan or were covered under warranty.
An OS vuln is no different. And by simply ignoring 100,000 pirated copies of windows XP in China they allow for 100,000 virii hosts to spewn spam worldwide.
Those 100,000 machines then infect your licensed machine, spam my LAN, and cause a fortune 500 tens if not hundreds of thousands in costs per year in associated cost.
But hey... as long as those damn pirates don't get anything for free I guess it's ok right?
You could say that the pirates get what they pay for.
You could also say that Microsoft has no obligation to support those who steal.
Fact is, these pirated systems are effecting all of us.
Just because someone is "savvy" enough to lay hands on a pirated windows cd or download a crack/keygen does not mean they are savvy enough to patch their system through those same channels.
Look at Thailand or China. You can walk down the street and buy CD's full of all the hot warez from the street vendors who sell them from carts in plain view.
You think they sell Windows XP SP1?
And do you think it's a mere coincidence that Asia, South America and Ex Soviet Block countries have such huge traffic in spam?
With the inherent security holes and rampant worm situation, I think Microsoft is being criminally negligent by NOT providing patches to anyone and everyone who runs their product, regardless of how that copy was acquired.
Their negligence does nothing to correct the pirating situation and harms everyone that uses MS Windows by allowing these worms to spread unchecked. Additionally it hurts the the remainder of the net who has to deal with DoS attacks and the overwhelming amount of spam caused by unpatched Windows machines.
OK, this is a must have.
All the episodes, nicely packaged and if current trends hold, should be reasonably priced.
Reading some of the other posters comments, it looks like there's some agony about re-releases of DVD's.
I've only been buying DVD's for three years now, but from day 1, I always held off for the SE/Box set. If you're big into a given movie or series you'll have less frustration, plus you usually get more bang for the buck. Sure, you have to wait, but when you pick up things like the Alien Quadrillogy (9 DVD Box set) or the Indiana Jones Trillogy for ~70$ US, you definitely see the advantages.
At least those who do it for "publicities" sake, you can't argue that this investment is a boon to the cause.
And to risk venturing off-topic for a second,
I think Ansari X prize should consider expanding there efforts at not just the tech to get us there, but to provide a prize for the think tank that can invent a corporate (manufacturing?) incentive to go there. Basically, show practical applications in space and provide due dilligence.
Or maybe more on the mark... provide a multimilllion dollar reward for the company that can first create an operable facility in space.
Yeah... wishfull thinking, but the more efforts put towards extra-terrastial expansion the better I say.
You sir are an ass and would do quite well to kindly STFU!
Apple releases security updates at least once a month.
Moreover, they have excellent response time to vulns.
And considering OS X is based on openBSD for it's BSDness, I don't see how you think linux or BSD will be greatly better.
And as for your comparison of OS X being as insecure as XP,
All I have to say is OPEN PORTS! How many unnecessary and vulnerable services does MS enable by default with open TCP/IP ports on any given XP/ME/NT/2000/98/95 OS install? By default most everything is *disabled* in OS X and the few items that are enabled (Rendezvous, iTunes sharing) can be quickly turned off through the User Preferences control panel.
or is the wifi coming out his ass!?!?
Icecream indeed.
I for one feel much safer knowing Microsoft is protecting me from media.
"or even block data pathways potentially deemed 'unsafe,' such as the traditional analog outputs on a high-definition TV set"
I assume that refers to the very dangerously analog visual display. Ohhh and be sure to make sure such dangerously analog outputs as speakers are disabled as well.