A possible next step in this kind of foolishness is for the manufacturer to start selling you the door but only leasing you the remote.
Actually, they'd have to sell you the opener (in the garage) and lease you the remote. They don't manufacture garage doors, as far as I know.
Kind of similar to what MaBell used to do with phones. Remember when telephones were hard-wired to the box in your house? You paid a monthly fee for having this phone which basically equated to a couple of hundred $$ over the year.
And what a crappy phone it was too -- rotary, classic style, no caller ID, etc.
Easy. They're going after the manufacturer because they haven't the funds to sue Lowe's, Home Depot, Furrow's, etc.
If they win, I assue you that the products will be pulled fom the shelf by each location for fear of being targeted in a lawsuit.
All this will do is force us to buy openers from the manufacturer. Have you ever priced a remote for a Chamberlain garage door opener? They're something like $30.
Seems to me that the DMCA is being used to recoup profits for companies that have a seriously flawed business model or are generally greedy.
I can't wait for the backlash. It may take several more lawsuits and all the after-market stuff drying up before Joe Q. Public wakes up and sees how screwed we really are.
What's next? I'm going to be forced to buy only Genuine Dodge parts for my 2002 Durango? You mean I have to pay [insert insanely bloated OEM price here] for brake pads when I could've got after-markets for 1/2 that? I can only use Geniune Dodge oil and air filters (the latter of which is $30) when I could've gotten a FRAM filter for $9 at WalMart?
If thats going to be the case, I'll pay someone to total it and buy a 20 year old car that is
1. Easier to repair 2. Has a plethora of universal parts available 3. Gets really shitty gas mileage in order to thumb my nose at the tree-huggers 4. Is made of Pittsburgh steel and not fiberglass and tinfoil 5. Is so old that no one in their right mind would want to steal it or cut me off in traffic for fear of having me in their back seat
Eh, the truly paranoid would have trouble purchasing on the internet..
True. I should've picked up on that.
Not being overly paranoid, I hadn't thought of that (not that you are for bringing it up, mind you...)
Yeah, I supposed kiosks in the mall would be better..
I honestly don't see what the big deal on this is. Isn't this technology along the same lines as what they're using to ensure books (ever see a sticker in a book that looks like a PCB?) and DVDs (open the DVD package - see that white plastic rectangle stuck to the inside of the case?) and are rendered inactive by the salesdrone when you purchase said item (usually by running it over something at the register and then over a sensor to make sure its deactivated)?
Besides, with a failure rate of 10% (as someone else said) and a total distance of 15 feet? BFD.
Evil Mr.Whats-his-name (head of SD6) had a wedding ring fashioned to scramble bugs that would transmit ambient noise, tv signals, etc. to throw off anyone who was bugging him.
Gimme one of those, but with a boatload of different RFID transmitters built into it just to mess with anyone trying to track anything using RFID technology.
Sell 'em on the internet for $10 a pop. Effectively render the technology useless for tracking people.
.. if the Registrar screwed up (as in this case) why should the original name holder be punished? The registrar should be fined or at least be forced to reimburse the 2nd group (the one that "hijacked" the domain) and the original owner should be granted the name.
This may go towards pushing for a "grace period" before a domain name can be snatched up by another party.
It also goes to show that if you own a domain name an renewal is up, you better make sure your registrar gets it done - even if you've already paid.
Users are running firewalls and packet analyzers to check for any worm-like behavior
Any suggestions for a packet analyzer that's Windows-based and easy for a n00b (like me) to understand? Having never used one, I'm clueless about them..
Actually, those corrugated side-split looms are available for far less money (and in various diameters) from your local auto parts store - that's where I got mine:)
Thanks for the info. I guess I should've checked my local NAPA or other auto parts store. They were a little pricier than I would've hoped for at Rat Shack, but oh well!
Another thing you can do to help cooling is use round IDE cables
Or, do what I did: I took the IDE cables out, slit them between the wires (every 5 or so) and stuck them in looms and used electrical tape at the ends to keep them closed.
And not the looms like you see with the corkscrew cut. Rather the A/V type looms you see at Radio Shack. These are just to tide me over until I find round IDEs in my pricerange (that is, CHEAP).
10MB? Heck, my first IBM computer didn't even have a HDD. I farted around with a 286/6 with dual 3.5" floppies.
I didn't even own a mouse or run a GUI. I ran DOS3.3 and used Telix habitually.
The 1st HDD I ever purchased was when I "jumped up" to a 486/33 - a WD 1.2GB that cost me $240. I still have the 1.6GB WD sent me when the 1.2GB died 8 months later.
I also still have the $300 Diamond Viper Riva 16MB AGP video card I bought.
I still have my old Cyrix P166+. The WD 1.6GB is in my son's computer as the OS drive. It, alas, is about to die -- I can hear the drive power down while the PC is on.
Overall, that drive has lasted about 9 years. Too bad none of the drives on the market today will last that long..
I don't know why I still have all this old crap lying around...
The way I remember it, an errant OS/2 process would often take out the entire PM.
My point exactly. Had PMThreadKill been bundled with the OS (I got it off an internal software repository when I worked at IBM) you would've been able to kill the errant thread without taking out the OS.
As for the IE/shell issue -- This makes complete sense. While it looks pretty, it sure isn't the most stable way to do things. While I'm no programmer (no, really!) it would make more sense to separate the two to prevent such a thing from happening.
That was one nice thing about OS/2 -- the ability to kill off errant threads. Unlike Windows, OS/2 had a program (albeit, not included) called PMThreadKill that allowed you to terminate a process thread without hosing up the entire system.
Windows has TaskManager, but even using this I have to reboot when I hit a pr0n site with my popup killer disabled (it blocks Fark.com story pop ups) and IE takes my system out. Wouldn't happen under OS/2.
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A possible next step in this kind of foolishness is for the manufacturer to start selling you the door but only leasing you the remote.
Actually, they'd have to sell you the opener (in the garage) and lease you the remote. They don't manufacture garage doors, as far as I know.
Kind of similar to what MaBell used to do with phones. Remember when telephones were hard-wired to the box in your house? You paid a monthly fee for having this phone which basically equated to a couple of hundred $$ over the year.
And what a crappy phone it was too -- rotary, classic style, no caller ID, etc.
Sounds like a nice step backwards in progress.
Easy. They're going after the manufacturer because they haven't the funds to sue Lowe's, Home Depot, Furrow's, etc.
If they win, I assue you that the products will be pulled fom the shelf by each location for fear of being targeted in a lawsuit.
All this will do is force us to buy openers from the manufacturer. Have you ever priced a remote for a Chamberlain garage door opener? They're something like $30.
Seems to me that the DMCA is being used to recoup profits for companies that have a seriously flawed business model or are generally greedy.
I can't wait for the backlash. It may take several more lawsuits and all the after-market stuff drying up before Joe Q. Public wakes up and sees how screwed we really are.
What's next? I'm going to be forced to buy only Genuine Dodge parts for my 2002 Durango? You mean I have to pay [insert insanely bloated OEM price here] for brake pads when I could've got after-markets for 1/2 that? I can only use Geniune Dodge oil and air filters (the latter of which is $30) when I could've gotten a FRAM filter for $9 at WalMart?
If thats going to be the case, I'll pay someone to total it and buy a 20 year old car that is
1. Easier to repair
2. Has a plethora of universal parts available
3. Gets really shitty gas mileage in order to thumb my nose at the tree-huggers
4. Is made of Pittsburgh steel and not fiberglass and tinfoil
5. Is so old that no one in their right mind would want to steal it or cut me off in traffic for fear of having me in their back seat
Isn't it ridiculous how people can have lethal weapons without reprecussions, and some company gets sued above garage door openers...
i on.billofrights.html#amendmentii.
It's called the Constitution. See http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitut
According to the founding fathers, I have a right to own lethal weapons.
..when I read "asexually" I was reminded of an old school chum's brother who used to torture my favorite science teacher in highschool.
It usually went something like:
teacher: "Who can tell me what organisms reproduce asexually?"
Kyle: "Uhm, your wife?"
Other such interactions usually went like:
Kyle: "So, Mr. Cronshy. How's your wife and my kids?"
Kyle even managed to lock him and a female teacher in a closet during class once.
Needless to say, Kyle was kicked out of that class.
Like I said, OT but funny (to me at least) and I've got karma points to burn, so..
Well, seeing as how my job never depended upon having to use a packet analyser..
Here's something else to make your day:
STFU
Eh, the truly paranoid would have trouble purchasing on the internet..
True. I should've picked up on that.
Not being overly paranoid, I hadn't thought of that (not that you are for bringing it up, mind you...)
Yeah, I supposed kiosks in the mall would be better..
I honestly don't see what the big deal on this is. Isn't this technology along the same lines as what they're using to ensure books (ever see a sticker in a book that looks like a PCB?) and DVDs (open the DVD package - see that white plastic rectangle stuck to the inside of the case?) and are rendered inactive by the salesdrone when you purchase said item (usually by running it over something at the register and then over a sensor to make sure its deactivated)?
Besides, with a failure rate of 10% (as someone else said) and a total distance of 15 feet? BFD.
I'd like a nice RFID-enabled ring.
Anyone see Sunday's "Alias"?
Evil Mr.Whats-his-name (head of SD6) had a wedding ring fashioned to scramble bugs that would transmit ambient noise, tv signals, etc. to throw off anyone who was bugging him.
Gimme one of those, but with a boatload of different RFID transmitters built into it just to mess with anyone trying to track anything using RFID technology.
Sell 'em on the internet for $10 a pop. Effectively render the technology useless for tracking people.
Just a thought..
.... a repeat?
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See http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/17/03272
.. if the Registrar screwed up (as in this case) why should the original name holder be punished? The registrar should be fined or at least be forced to reimburse the 2nd group (the one that "hijacked" the domain) and the original owner should be granted the name.
This may go towards pushing for a "grace period" before a domain name can be snatched up by another party.
It also goes to show that if you own a domain name an renewal is up, you better make sure your registrar gets it done - even if you've already paid.
Users are running firewalls and packet analyzers to check for any worm-like behavior
Any suggestions for a packet analyzer that's Windows-based and easy for a n00b (like me) to understand? Having never used one, I'm clueless about them..
Now all we need is someone to build a scanner to check and see if my *LEGAL* MP3s I've created (read: legal = I own the CDs) are infected.
What kind of backlash can we expect from the tech sector on this?
Will this increase the amount of hacks against the RIAA's webpage?
What do I need to look for on my outbound log of my LinkSys NAT firewall?
This article may have more info that the one linked in the article.
Actually, those corrugated side-split looms are available for far less money (and in various diameters) from your local auto parts store - that's where I got mine :)
Thanks for the info. I guess I should've checked my local NAPA or other auto parts store. They were a little pricier than I would've hoped for at Rat Shack, but oh well!
Another thing you can do to help cooling is use round IDE cables
Or, do what I did: I took the IDE cables out, slit them between the wires (every 5 or so) and stuck them in looms and used electrical tape at the ends to keep them closed.
And not the looms like you see with the corkscrew cut. Rather the A/V type looms you see at Radio Shack. These are just to tide me over until I find round IDEs in my pricerange (that is, CHEAP).
You and me both. I'd love to get my hands on a G4 case.
I just don't want to pay an arm and a leg for it.
And they won't see you just the case. The bastards!
2003-01-10 20:01:54 Military working on transdermal food for soldiers (articles,science) (rejected)
Fuck you, Timmy. You're on my shitlist with that retard, Michael.
Where I'm at, they'd get laughed at for asking that much for such a dinosaur of a computer.
In a perfect world, the RIAA would care. Hell, in a perfect world the RIAA wouldn't exist.
Either way, the RIAA isn't going to give a damn about what the consumer wants.
Wasn't Dark Angel cancelled last year?
Unless I'm thinking of a different show -- It was on Fox, had this chick who was some genetically engineered soldier working as a bike messenger.
All I remember about the show was her b00bies..
Does your city have a Goodwill computer center?
Mine does. A literal plethora of outdated and cheap junk.
I've never looked at the drive prices, but imagine they're pennies on the dollar.
Check here to get a listing of Goodwill stores (not specifically computer stores) in your zipcode.
10MB? Heck, my first IBM computer didn't even have a HDD. I farted around with a 286/6 with dual 3.5" floppies.
I didn't even own a mouse or run a GUI. I ran DOS3.3 and used Telix habitually.
The 1st HDD I ever purchased was when I "jumped up" to a 486/33 - a WD 1.2GB that cost me $240. I still have the 1.6GB WD sent me when the 1.2GB died 8 months later.
I also still have the $300 Diamond Viper Riva 16MB AGP video card I bought.
I still have my old Cyrix P166+. The WD 1.6GB is in my son's computer as the OS drive. It, alas, is about to die -- I can hear the drive power down while the PC is on.
Overall, that drive has lasted about 9 years. Too bad none of the drives on the market today will last that long..
I don't know why I still have all this old crap lying around...
Nowadays, anything less than 40gb isn't worth looking at.
I'll gladly take those 40GB drives off your hands. I've got a fileserver (for the house) that I sure could use them for.
Since they're "not worth looking at" I'll assume you'll simply want to throw them away. Allow me to dispose of those for you.
Thanks.
Yeah, I know about the swapfile trick. Didn't realize about putting IE in its own memory space. Will definitely do this.
The way I remember it, an errant OS/2 process would often take out the entire PM.
My point exactly. Had PMThreadKill been bundled with the OS (I got it off an internal software repository when I worked at IBM) you would've been able to kill the errant thread without taking out the OS.
As for the IE/shell issue -- This makes complete sense. While it looks pretty, it sure isn't the most stable way to do things. While I'm no programmer (no, really!) it would make more sense to separate the two to prevent such a thing from happening.
That was one nice thing about OS/2 -- the ability to kill off errant threads. Unlike Windows, OS/2 had a program (albeit, not included) called PMThreadKill that allowed you to terminate a process thread without hosing up the entire system.
Windows has TaskManager, but even using this I have to reboot when I hit a pr0n site with my popup killer disabled (it blocks Fark.com story pop ups) and IE takes my system out. Wouldn't happen under OS/2.