I know at least on the PS1 you had to install a mod chip to play Japanese games. I think it had something to do with a DVD-like region control system, or maybe the consoles were just made to different specs in the states.
Some of the best stuff comes from the land of the rising sun, and never gets imported. What if I want to play too?
'Course now, this is probably a DMCA violation in relation to circumventing the intended use or some other such tripe.
I think that if Christians cannot be allowed to openly practice most of their beliefs on public property, and if Christian ideals such as "don't kill" and "don't commit adultery" can't be present in publicly sponsored schools.
Look. No one said that you can't practice your beliefs openly or on public grounds. (See you at the pole Christian rallies before school?) The court ruling simply stated that no one can be forced into your orthodoxy. And no matter what your belief, you can't deny that being made to say, over and over again, ad nauseum, something that you don't believe is true, or having the vast majority of people in your classroom ostricise you because you didn't repeat something you don't believe in isn't infringing upon someone's rights.
Don't hide behind the now popular "What happened to the rights of the middle aged white-man" theology that permiates through the Christian Right and resounds through the halls of Washington because of the people that have been put into place by the current leadership.
And as far as "don't kill and don't commit adultury" being Christian ideals go, you've got to be kidding me. Cultures 3 times older than Christianity were executing their own for killing their own, and punishing people for breaking the union of marriage.
Grow up. It's not poor pitiful you, you're the fucking majority.
I knew that someone would finally get the sack to do this. The DMCA is in direct violation of space-shifting and fair use (anyone remember the Betamax case??), which have both been declared constitutional by the supreme court. Why can't people see that you can't (or at least shouldn't be able to) pass laws that are in direct opposition with existing laws without strinking the earlier ones down?
It's like passing a law saying that you can't kill people, then passing one that says you can 20 years down the road!
Then, we've got to have class action lawsuits like the one in court now to clear it up..
"After six years of work the Zurich-based researchers say they can fit 1 terabit of data -- effectively the contents of a 100-gigabyte computer hard drive --"
The whole reason that Farenheit is better is because it is designed with the livability of humans in mind. A human can't survive below 0 degrees F for very long, nor over 100 degrees F. I'd rather have a temperature systems designed around my living conditions than the physical state of fucking water.
It's funny how games can be deserving of their OWN FUCKING SHOW AT A MUSEUM, but the wise judge, whom a mojority of people somewhere voted for can say "he [Limbaugh] reviewed four different video games and found "no conveyance of ideas, expression, or anything else that could possibly amount to speech. The court finds that video games have more in common with board games and sports than they do with motion pictures."
[dictionary.com] "all-right adj : (informal) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay" "
syn: all right(p), all-right(a), fine, ok, o.k., okay
alright Pronunciation Key (ôl-rt) adv. Nonstandard All right. See Usage Note at all right.
"A lot more credit card numbers are stolen than ever used, but you should assume that right now, in your wallet, there's a credit card number that has been stolen off the Net."WHAT IS THIS FUD??!
Can we get a statistic to back any of this up?
Why doesn't CNN fact-check tech stories?..
If you had read the article, you'd see that the "concrete fixation" comes from using a very resiliant, very cheap material that could revolutionize the make-up of what we use for objects that are shot into space (i.e. vs. graphite & epoxy)
Sounds like an Audrey to me.
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Sheesh - just get one of these and a wireless card. Save yourself $100's...plus it runs Linux, use it as a wireless remote, mp3 player, etc..
I can't help but think of this as selling out hardcore. Before I get blasted with the usual "if you like slashdot, you should be willing to pay for it", I'm used to *NOT * having to pay for it. I don't like paying for things that used to be free. I understand the state of the net economy, etc. etc - that doesn't mean that this won't suck.
The answer is (and this is coming from someone who used to work in support..) is because of the second word of the acronym you refer to. Internet Service Provider. Lest you forget, the U.S. is a service based economy -- which means that whoever provides the best service *along with* the best network gets the customers.
OK, you're J(ohn/ane) Q. User. Are you going to pick the ISP that says: OK! Your 1FB is run, you have 2 way ATM cell traffic. Hook up/configure your router...or, are you going to pick the one who will have your router configured and set up at your house, and provide support at a later date for the same price as the former one? The choice is obvious, if you don't know anything about the subject. All markets -- especially the ISP market -- are competitive.
That's a good idea in theory, but -- ever used norton antivirus? The newer ones come with an email cleaning feature. It tries to redirect your mail to a norton server, or put slashes in your username, etc, etc...and in the process hoses up your pop3 settings horrendously.
I'd say that about 30% of the calls I get that are email problems (when I'm forced into working phones) are related to this. Especially since I work for a business ISP.
So, now I've got a whole office full of people that can't get their email ever since the local admin decided to push down an automatic install of norton to all the active directory lusers.
I don't think that virus scanning software is a bad idea, but Christ, can someone clue norton in?
Also, until now, the fastest (theoretically) that a drive could muster was 133MB/sec. Serial ATA is supposed to have a (theoretical) transfer speed of up to 800MB/s.
and now for something that's not slashdotted..
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Serial ATA Coming
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The difference lies in how the tariffs are applied. Hopefully this will set the standard for another ruling coming up soon -- on whether or not DSL is considered telecom or data. (I don't really see how it can be judged as purely telecom)
--The ramifications for this are huge, though; if DSL is deemed a purely telecom service, the Bells can set whatever price they want -- they won't be obligated to give price breaks for 1FB's (the physical ciruit that you run DSL over) to CLECs & ILECs, which means that the price of their shi**y data service will be as high as they like.
What does all this mean for the way that SMB works with the windows FS? It seems like with all the hubub that was raised about Samba (court filings, etc.) that this would be a move to lock out certain free inter-os file sharing programs..
You would tax the manufacture of a whole machine, but not separately tax the solid state boards that did the "thinking" for that machine.. how is software different?
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Have a look at this!
I work for an ISP. RIAA or not, if you try and DoS or DDoS a host on any of my ranges - I don't give a shit who you are - I'll block that ass.
I'm paid to make sure nothing happens to this network.
So - who gets to hack microsoft looking for the source to their TCP/IP implementation in all builds of windows?
I know at least on the PS1 you had to install a mod chip to play Japanese games. I think it had something to do with a DVD-like region control system, or maybe the consoles were just made to different specs in the states.
Some of the best stuff comes from the land of the rising sun, and never gets imported. What if I want to play too?
'Course now, this is probably a DMCA violation in relation to circumventing the intended use or some other such tripe.
I think that if Christians cannot be allowed to openly practice most of their beliefs on public property, and if Christian ideals such as "don't kill" and "don't commit adultery" can't be present in publicly sponsored schools.
Look. No one said that you can't practice your beliefs openly or on public grounds. (See you at the pole Christian rallies before school?) The court ruling simply stated that no one can be forced into your orthodoxy. And no matter what your belief, you can't deny that being made to say, over and over again, ad nauseum, something that you don't believe is true, or having the vast majority of people in your classroom ostricise you because you didn't repeat something you don't believe in isn't infringing upon someone's rights.
Don't hide behind the now popular "What happened to the rights of the middle aged white-man" theology that permiates through the Christian Right and resounds through the halls of Washington because of the people that have been put into place by the current leadership.
And as far as "don't kill and don't commit adultury" being Christian ideals go, you've got to be kidding me. Cultures 3 times older than Christianity were executing their own for killing their own, and punishing people for breaking the union of marriage.
Grow up. It's not poor pitiful you, you're the fucking majority.
I knew that someone would finally get the sack to do this. The DMCA is in direct violation of space-shifting and fair use (anyone remember the Betamax case??), which have both been declared constitutional by the supreme court. Why can't people see that you can't (or at least shouldn't be able to) pass laws that are in direct opposition with existing laws without strinking the earlier ones down?
It's like passing a law saying that you can't kill people, then passing one that says you can 20 years down the road!
Then, we've got to have class action lawsuits like the one in court now to clear it up..
Why is this allowed to happen?
"After six years of work the Zurich-based researchers say they can fit 1 terabit of data -- effectively the contents of a 100 -gigabyte computer hard drive --"
(emphasis is mine...)
shouldn't that be 1000?
The whole reason that Farenheit is better is because it is designed with the livability of humans in mind. A human can't survive below 0 degrees F for very long, nor over 100 degrees F. I'd rather have a temperature systems designed around my living conditions than the physical state of fucking water.
sorry.
here.
eh? I don't think I get your point.
When something is art, and recognized to that degree, doesn't it transcend international borders?
It's funny how games can be deserving of their OWN FUCKING SHOW AT A MUSEUM, but the wise judge, whom a mojority of people somewhere voted for can say "he [Limbaugh] reviewed four different video games and found "no conveyance of ideas, expression, or anything else that could possibly amount to speech. The court finds that video games have more in common with board games and sports than they do with motion pictures."
WHAT THE FUCK.
Sorry...can't...help...myself...
it's alright or all-right - not allright.
[dictionary.com] "all-right adj : (informal) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay" "
syn: all right(p), all-right(a), fine, ok, o.k., okay
alright Pronunciation Key (ôl-rt)
adv. Nonstandard
All right. See Usage Note at all right.
"A lot more credit card numbers are stolen than ever used, but you should assume that right now, in your wallet, there's a credit card number that has been stolen off the Net." WHAT IS THIS FUD??! Can we get a statistic to back any of this up? Why doesn't CNN fact-check tech stories? ..
If you had read the article, you'd see that the "concrete fixation" comes from using a very resiliant, very cheap material that could revolutionize the make-up of what we use for objects that are shot into space (i.e. vs. graphite & epoxy)
Sheesh - just get one of these and a wireless card. Save yourself $100's. ..plus it runs Linux, use it as a wireless remote, mp3 player, etc..
This has got to be the most slippery slope I've ever fucking seen. Please, *please* learn how to argue.
Don't like the Skeptic? Well, then try this, or this, or maybe even that.
that this is redundant, but..
I can't help but think of this as selling out hardcore. Before I get blasted with the usual "if you like slashdot, you should be willing to pay for it", I'm used to *NOT * having to pay for it. I don't like paying for things that used to be free. I understand the state of the net economy, etc. etc - that doesn't mean that this won't suck.
BTW, if this is an AFD thing, then, good job.
The answer is (and this is coming from someone who used to work in support..) is because of the second word of the acronym you refer to. Internet Service Provider. Lest you forget, the U.S. is a service based economy -- which means that whoever provides the best service *along with* the best network gets the customers.
OK, you're J(ohn/ane) Q. User. Are you going to pick the ISP that says: OK! Your 1FB is run, you have 2 way ATM cell traffic. Hook up/configure your router...or, are you going to pick the one who will have your router configured and set up at your house, and provide support at a later date for the same price as the former one? The choice is obvious, if you don't know anything about the subject. All markets -- especially the ISP market -- are competitive.
That's a good idea in theory, but -- ever used norton antivirus? The newer ones come with an email cleaning feature. It tries to redirect your mail to a norton server, or put slashes in your username, etc, etc...and in the process hoses up your pop3 settings horrendously.
I'd say that about 30% of the calls I get that are email problems (when I'm forced into working phones) are related to this. Especially since I work for a business ISP.
So, now I've got a whole office full of people that can't get their email ever since the local admin decided to push down an automatic install of norton to all the active directory lusers.
I don't think that virus scanning software is a bad idea, but Christ, can someone clue norton in?
Also, until now, the fastest (theoretically) that a drive could muster was 133MB/sec. Serial ATA is supposed to have a (theoretical) transfer speed of up to 800MB/s.
and way more informative... want specs? go here
The difference lies in how the tariffs are applied. Hopefully this will set the standard for another ruling coming up soon -- on whether or not DSL is considered telecom or data. (I don't really see how it can be judged as purely telecom)
--The ramifications for this are huge, though; if DSL is deemed a purely telecom service, the Bells can set whatever price they want -- they won't be obligated to give price breaks for 1FB's (the physical ciruit that you run DSL over) to CLECs & ILECs, which means that the price of their shi**y data service will be as high as they like.
What does all this mean for the way that SMB works with the windows FS? It seems like with all the hubub that was raised about Samba (court filings, etc.) that this would be a move to lock out certain free inter-os file sharing programs..
Why not? They did it to OS2..
You would tax the manufacture of a whole machine, but not separately tax the solid state boards that did the "thinking" for that machine.. how is software different?