My girlfriend is a true Linux "user". She is is not very tech savvy, however, she loves Linux simply because she does not have to worry about things like viruses or spyware. She says she shouldn't have to worry about such things. With Linux, she doesn't. Needless to say, her Windows machine has a lot of spyware and a couple viruses on it every time I get her to let me clean it.
Just a note... the site above is the source of the origional article that spawned all this (that was part 1)... It is nothing super fancy, the author never thought so, but all sorts of news outlets who don't know much about technology saw "how to crack Napster's Music" and went nutso.
In other words, they are emulating a Mac for it. That is like me telling people I got my Xbox to play SNES Games when all I am really doing is pulling up an SNES emulator on my xbox with Linux.
You make some very good points. However, society has deemed that girls of this "grey" age are off limits. Mature men should restrict their viewing habits to girls who are over 18. I personally would not be repulsed by a 16 year old girl, (possibly because I am only 19), but I would not go seeking images of one, because it is against the law.
Man is by nature a polygamist, but U.S. law makes that illegal, so we don't do it. The purpose of laws is to bring structure to society, and we cannot ignore them because it may be against our nature. These laws are not meant to keep mature men (and women) from viewing whatever they want. They are to keep members of society who we do not deem responsible to make mature decisions (people under 18) from making mistakes that may scar them for the rest of their lives and to keep people from taking advantage of that social immaturity.
I am wholly against the idea of indiscriminately blocking a whole group of websites for a whole group of people. It is the proverbial first step on that slippery slope. However, we should be angry about the censorship itself, not about what it is censoring.
FCC - The FCC is not going to hunt you down for broadcasting 15 feet with an iTrip. If doing so was illegal, the device would be illegal.
RIAA - They don't care unless you are broadcasting their music, and unless they have recently copyrighted "silence", you are okay with them. If they HAVE copyrighted "silence", I'm moving to Canada.
DMCA - WTF? Where did you get that from? How is upping the range of your iTrip by 5 feet considered reverse engineering software?
I can imagine the day already where they will convince ISP's (or lobby the right people) to slow down network speeds in order to curb piracy (just like most cars have speed governors, eventho it is mostly for safety reasons).
Cop: Do you know how fast you were going back there? Me: I donno, 4 or 5 megabits?
Actually, if you read the page, you find the punp uses magnetic fields and ionization of the water with glass in order to draw the water through the channels. AKA, the pump has no moving parts. They suggest a fan for the radiator, but you could also probably use some other ionization process like those air filters that don't have fans to draw the air past the radiator.
No. I just put together a mythTV PVR for under 500 bucks. The same setup by the time the Xbox Next comes out would be under 400 I'm sure. Would I pay an extra 200 bucks just to put Windows on it and play Xbox games? I'd rather spend the 200 bucks on an Xbox. (plus no HDTV required)
There is no point to combining with others to get frames and whatnot, because there would be no audio. However, people have a point that the bandwidth involved would be big. However, It might be possible to have the Shrek@Home users take care of individual processes, such as ray tracing. Ray tracing is a massive part of rendering, and all the computer would have to do is take a "picture" of the current scene with lights and textures and whatnot and calculate the new textures. Then another computer could take that information and do the next level of ray tracing and so on. the information might be small enough to pass around. It would take a while, however.
If you got enough people involved, you could render the entire movie a couple times and compare the copies of the frames in order to make sure they are not corrupted.
I don't know, it sounds like it could work, if only on broadband-enabled computers.
"Yesterday, the crew observed another small piece of debris floating away from the ISS, apparently of Russian origin."
NOORAD: We have incomming, it appears to be of Russian orgin. Bush: We were at war with the Russians before, right? NOORAD: Yes, sir. Bush: What are we waiting for! Lets get that Stalin guy before he gets us!
The RIAA was using KaZaA Lite to access the KaZaA network? Do you think they installed the IP blocker software? They wouldn't want to end up sueing themselves on accident;-)
I think the artists are the ones that are getting screwed the most in this deal. Supposedly the RIAA is filing lawsuits to recover the lost income from people not buying CDs.... While the RIAA is getting its usual 90-something percent of that lost revenue, it is also getting the artists' share... I doubt they are giving a cent of these "settlements" to the artists, I doubt they have to. Little Brianna is sad that she hurt the artists, but is still giving 2000 bucks to the overlords taking all the artists' money.
If we find something, it cannot not be within our Universe, as we could not interact with it.
Actually, another universe does not need to be within our universe to interact with it. Modern theories of physics say that there are many universes that exist in parallel to ours. These universes can and DO interact with our own on the subatomic scale. For instance, photons have a tendency to collide or be interfered with by photons from other universes. See here for a more detailed explanation.
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My girlfriend is a true Linux "user". She is is not very tech savvy, however, she loves Linux simply because she does not have to worry about things like viruses or spyware. She says she shouldn't have to worry about such things. With Linux, she doesn't. Needless to say, her Windows machine has a lot of spyware and a couple viruses on it every time I get her to let me clean it.
Just a note... the site above is the source of the origional article that spawned all this (that was part 1)... It is nothing super fancy, the author never thought so, but all sorts of news outlets who don't know much about technology saw "how to crack Napster's Music" and went nutso.
Here is something to back that up:
My friend Emily:
36 ACT
1600 SAT
2nd place in the Intel Science Talent Search ($50000 scholarship)
Studies Mathematics at Harvard....
I would go so far as to say she is not genetically pre-disposed to being bad at mathematics.
Once Xebian is installed they compile PearPC
In other words, they are emulating a Mac for it. That is like me telling people I got my Xbox to play SNES Games when all I am really doing is pulling up an SNES emulator on my xbox with Linux.
The US is good at ignoring their side of the bargian
...
4. PROFIT!
You make some very good points. However, society has deemed that girls of this "grey" age are off limits. Mature men should restrict their viewing habits to girls who are over 18. I personally would not be repulsed by a 16 year old girl, (possibly because I am only 19), but I would not go seeking images of one, because it is against the law.
Man is by nature a polygamist, but U.S. law makes that illegal, so we don't do it. The purpose of laws is to bring structure to society, and we cannot ignore them because it may be against our nature. These laws are not meant to keep mature men (and women) from viewing whatever they want. They are to keep members of society who we do not deem responsible to make mature decisions (people under 18) from making mistakes that may scar them for the rest of their lives and to keep people from taking advantage of that social immaturity.
I am wholly against the idea of indiscriminately blocking a whole group of websites for a whole group of people. It is the proverbial first step on that slippery slope. However, we should be angry about the censorship itself, not about what it is censoring.
Well, if World Series Of Poker can be broacasted on ESPN, then I guess math is a sport.
Yeah, but so is Magic: the Gathering...
...
ME: Aw man, the Internet is "down" again...
(Mod this down, it's cheesiness deserves it)
FCC - The FCC is not going to hunt you down for broadcasting 15 feet with an iTrip. If doing so was illegal, the device would be illegal.
RIAA - They don't care unless you are broadcasting their music, and unless they have recently copyrighted "silence", you are okay with them. If they HAVE copyrighted "silence", I'm moving to Canada.
DMCA - WTF? Where did you get that from? How is upping the range of your iTrip by 5 feet considered reverse engineering software?
Cop: Do you know how fast you were going back there?
Me: I donno, 4 or 5 megabits?
Two words: Bottled Water...
Actually, if you read the page, you find the punp uses magnetic fields and ionization of the water with glass in order to draw the water through the channels. AKA, the pump has no moving parts. They suggest a fan for the radiator, but you could also probably use some other ionization process like those air filters that don't have fans to draw the air past the radiator.
Add in some electrokinetic water cooling, and you have yourself a full computer with no moving parts. :-)
Personally, I love the fact no one can set up their wireless security. Being a computer repair guy, I love to get paid to:
:-)
1: Install WEP for people because it is too confusing
2: Fix computers that have been hacked via an open wireless network
Either way, I get paid
I have been using the beta of SP2 for a while, and the good news is that WEP has gotten a bit more user-friendly using just the XP interface.
No. I just put together a mythTV PVR for under 500 bucks. The same setup by the time the Xbox Next comes out would be under 400 I'm sure. Would I pay an extra 200 bucks just to put Windows on it and play Xbox games? I'd rather spend the 200 bucks on an Xbox. (plus no HDTV required)
There is no point to combining with others to get frames and whatnot, because there would be no audio. However, people have a point that the bandwidth involved would be big. However, It might be possible to have the Shrek@Home users take care of individual processes, such as ray tracing. Ray tracing is a massive part of rendering, and all the computer would have to do is take a "picture" of the current scene with lights and textures and whatnot and calculate the new textures. Then another computer could take that information and do the next level of ray tracing and so on. the information might be small enough to pass around. It would take a while, however.
If you got enough people involved, you could render the entire movie a couple times and compare the copies of the frames in order to make sure they are not corrupted.
I don't know, it sounds like it could work, if only on broadband-enabled computers.
... Only to have your card number swiped by the clerk with his skimmer.
"Yesterday, the crew observed another small piece of debris floating away from the ISS, apparently of Russian origin."
NOORAD: We have incomming, it appears to be of Russian orgin.
Bush: We were at war with the Russians before, right?
NOORAD: Yes, sir.
Bush: What are we waiting for! Lets get that Stalin guy before he gets us!
The RIAA was using KaZaA Lite to access the KaZaA network? Do you think they installed the IP blocker software? They wouldn't want to end up sueing themselves on accident ;-)
IPs to sue:
145.34.75.2
216.45.35.43
192.168.1.45...
I think the artists are the ones that are getting screwed the most in this deal. Supposedly the RIAA is filing lawsuits to recover the lost income from people not buying CDs.... While the RIAA is getting its usual 90-something percent of that lost revenue, it is also getting the artists' share... I doubt they are giving a cent of these "settlements" to the artists, I doubt they have to. Little Brianna is sad that she hurt the artists, but is still giving 2000 bucks to the overlords taking all the artists' money.
Maybe if two planes held the coconut bewteen them on a string....
If we find something, it cannot not be within our Universe, as we could not interact with it.
Actually, another universe does not need to be within our universe to interact with it. Modern theories of physics say that there are many universes that exist in parallel to ours. These universes can and DO interact with our own on the subatomic scale. For instance, photons have a tendency to collide or be interfered with by photons from other universes. See here for a more detailed explanation.
Now if only they made a ringtone that repelled my parents :-)