You can get a DirecTivo for about $99 now. Circuit City, Best Buy are selling the Hughes model for dirt cheap. The wife wanted me to get another receiver so we could put a tv in the living room, and I was shocked to find out that for $50 more I could get a Tivo:)
I've had since Friday night, and I love it. Still just playing with it though. It's great to be able to pause a movie on HBO to get up and take a leak.
The thing is, with an appropriate key length, you can't generate an identical message. Even better, you can tell if there is someone in the middle listening in.
You really should read the book, it's extremely interesting.
I've got a reason: Software companies don't fix fuck all. If Microsoft was mailing out a copy of Win 98SE to everyone who legally bought Win 95 and Win 98, then you might have a point. Instead of fixing the software though, you get an "update", which means that you pay through the nose one more time to possibly get something that may work a bit better than the old stuff you were using.
Good point. At least those motorized scooters the kids tool around on here in California make a loud, annoying buzzing sound. If they sell enough of these things to stay in business, the first lawsuit is going to clean them out.
It's one of those goddamned scooters with an electric engine. Now instead of just dodging kids riding those things on the street, I'm going to have to dodge adults tooling around on these. I hope this revolutionary new device doesn't stick to the front of a Honda, or I'm going to be pissed!
Another example... I'm in the car with my brother in law at a McDonald's drive through. We ordered, and the guy at the window asks us to pull to the side and wait for our order. We both wondered why, it wasn't busy, and there was only one car behind us. The guy in the window tells us it was because the fries weren't ready. My brother in law says, "Did the guy behind us order fries?" The dude in the windows says he did. The car goes into park, and my brother in law says, "Since he's getting fries too, we'll wait for them here". Mysteriously, they appeared about 5 seconds later.
Most stores will take almost anything back if you raise your voice enough. Just make enough noise to start disturbing the other customers, and they will usually bend over backward to make you happy.
If a corporation accused me of murder? I'd fight that. If they accuse me of piracy, and trot out a bunch of laws that most people haven't heard of, with letters from lawyers who make more in a week than I do in a year? That might be different.
It hasn't happened to me, but I can certainly understand why people do. Just look at Macfixit story from yesterday. Should they have taken that down? No, but I can understand why they did. It's easy to be brave if it hasn't happened to you, I guess.
Right now, it's like playing poker with a shitty hand when you know that the other guy has a royal flush. You'd be an idiot not to fold. I'd love to see the EFF cause the deck to be shuffled a bit.
No, what would happen is that the little guy that stood up will be paying off laywer bills for the rest of his life or going bankrupt. Then there is the worst case, getting convicted for "piracy" and getting thrown in the clink for a few years.
I'm hoping that will start to change now with the EFF acting a bit like the ACLU does, but it might be too late to make a difference. Keep your fingers crossed that it's not.
It's sick, but it's perfectly legal. These days, there isn't much difference between a guy named Vito with a Louisville slugger and a lawyer. They both serve the same purpose, intimidation. So the little guy gets to pick: Does he want it in the knees or the ass?
Of course "implicit permission" is enough. After all, we are fighting terroists here. They use the internet to communicate. Those filthy bastards are even using porno to communicate, and we can't see it! Every red blooded American should be proud of the FBI.
There, I've just taken care of the stupid argument. Can everyone else please refrain from saying, "If you've got nothing to hide, what are you worried about?" This system will be abused by the FBI. It's just a matter of time.
He lives in London. Now, I'm not a brit, but I'm pretty sure he can't walk down to his corner gun store and pick up a nice shiny pistol. And I'm pretty sure that the muggers know that too...
Yes, really. How about Jerry Falwell, with his attacks on gays and lesbians and feminists and everyone who didn't give money to the "Buy Jerry Falwell a Rolls Royce foundation"? According to him, they were to blame for Sept 11 because God got pissed and sent a bunch of Muslims after us.
If you really think that free speech and democracy come out of the bible, you better read it again. You missed a bunch of parts.
I moved to California this year and had my mom ship out my ice hockey gear. The box it came in looked exactly the same as this guy's box. Thank god it was all stuff meant to take impact.
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Actually, codeine would probably be the opiate of the masses. I guzzled that stuff in cough syrup when I was a kid. Nice dreams, but the constipation the next day sucked.
It's not the full version of the game. Yeah, it would be nice if they put 5 new maps in this one...oh wait, then you'd be whining that the release of the game keeps getting pushed back, wouldn't you?
Upgrade you wife....unfortuantely, there is no cheap way to do this, so you might be stuck with your current system:)
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You know what pisses me off about NAFTA? GM can pump cars back and forth across the border, but I can't send a birthday gift to my mother in Canada without being charged duties on it. Can someone explain to me how that works?
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I've had since Friday night, and I love it. Still just playing with it though. It's great to be able to pause a movie on HBO to get up and take a leak.
You really should read the book, it's extremely interesting.
If I had mod points, I'd have modded you up as funny though...
"methane is for many people, now on tap, being the main component of natural gas."
If you can come up with one that burns methane...I've got a friend who could keep the thing running indefinitely on 1 serving of Mexican food a day.
It hasn't happened to me, but I can certainly understand why people do. Just look at Macfixit story from yesterday. Should they have taken that down? No, but I can understand why they did. It's easy to be brave if it hasn't happened to you, I guess.
Right now, it's like playing poker with a shitty hand when you know that the other guy has a royal flush. You'd be an idiot not to fold. I'd love to see the EFF cause the deck to be shuffled a bit.
I'm hoping that will start to change now with the EFF acting a bit like the ACLU does, but it might be too late to make a difference. Keep your fingers crossed that it's not.
There, I've just taken care of the stupid argument. Can everyone else please refrain from saying, "If you've got nothing to hide, what are you worried about?" This system will be abused by the FBI. It's just a matter of time.
If you really think that free speech and democracy come out of the bible, you better read it again. You missed a bunch of parts.