I recall a conversation I had with the digital cable installer awhile back. He had never heard of PVRs before, and as I was talking about them, he suggested that since the data for all the channels is coming in on the same line at the same time, it could be possible to modify a cable receiver to capture multiple channels at once. This wouldn't solve the problem of how to record them all, though I'm guessing a 8/16/(insert number of channels here) SCSI hard drive setup would work nicely.
Why is it that we keep hearing about these great newfangled technologies which will 'revolutionize the storage industry', but we have remained content on using basically the same technology for the last 40 years? Are we ever going to see real applications of holo-cube or ferroelectric storage, or are the current industry giants just going to keep producing slightly bigger and slightly better magnetic drives for the next 40 years?
I think approaches like this beckon the following questions:
Are we really naieve enough to complain about wasted bandwidth while downloading communism?
and
Do companies have a right to protect their digital wares?
I'm sure that ISPs can and do share IP lists of scanners and block them, when the financial incentive is high enough. Seriously though, we all secretly cheer when some hacker finds a new hole in (insert OS/software here) and knocks a few corporations' sites down with ping floods. The aggregate bandwidth from those is far more than from falsely labeled songs. Besides, havings lots of falsely labeled songs on your computer lets you gain points in kazaa without doing anything illegal:)
Someone please explain this to me: why is it that the states can accept this settlement, which costs Microsoft NOTHING (aside from lost sales, yadda yadda), and actually bolsters their position by spreading their law-breaking product around, but they won't allow tobacco companies to do the same and distribute a quarter billion packs around the table? I mean, which is a bigger cancer stick, seriously?
If these two articles, along with the promised third one came along a few months ago, I could have skipped even more architecture classes and still passed. Let's hope they keep popping these out.
Last time I checked the beta out, it lacked certain prerequisites for a good game environment, including the ability to walk. Seriously. The character models had no walk animation, and instead, just slid around. I have serious doubts about this game, mostly because it seems that more effort has gone into the complex systems (read: economy) than into the user experience. Just my 2 cents.
The demographics will save it from the dumpster. Look at OSDN. Then look at Firefly. Same demographic. Geeks with purchasing power, many of which buy high-quality goods. Notice that there are less car commercials and more circuit city-esque ads up, as well as less shampoo commercials, for that matter. Geeks, whether or not they are collective themselves, form a highly profitable segment of the population, which investors know they cannot simply ignore.
...that this was an escaped batch of terrorist-fighting spiders, specially bred to infest parcels of land which might be profiled as terrorist-breeding grounds. By eliminating the threat of open spaces, we can reduce terrorism!
Now, you see, this didn't happen through some random electrical spark or from some warez-eliminating conspiracy, the truth is that this building was just fine -- until it was slashdotted. Those pictures, well, those were posted later on. I mean, seriously, the link probably said "mad warez now!" for the first few minutes, then they changed it and put the fire story up.
Moral of this story: never underestimate the power of the slashdot effect.
I took a look at that gallery, and noticed that the first, second, and last pictures were viewed more frequently than all the rest. Could this kind of behaviour explain the prevalance of cowboyneal votes?
If you look real close on that image, a little to the left of the giant black spot, you can just about see the Old Navy crew in their cargo shorts. Glad to know that advertisement worked.
I have to say that this is totally wrong. Newspapers make more of their money off advertisements than subscriptions. In fact, market statistics show that published media can be given away to the correct demographic, and a profit can still be made.
I personally would rather have an opt-in registration, as would many other/.ers. Or a reg-bot for every news site, that'd be swell.
Slashdot Mirror
Was I the only one who read this as "on the wiring of Everquest"?
this is a new exploit
Speaking of new exploits, how about reposting a bad link to get uber karma? Or has this one been in the bag for awhile already?
I recall a conversation I had with the digital cable installer awhile back. He had never heard of PVRs before, and as I was talking about them, he suggested that since the data for all the channels is coming in on the same line at the same time, it could be possible to modify a cable receiver to capture multiple channels at once. This wouldn't solve the problem of how to record them all, though I'm guessing a 8/16/(insert number of channels here) SCSI hard drive setup would work nicely.
How do we know you're not paid to get us to use that ID, so Safeway can finally figure out what it is that the reclusive geek eats?
Why is it that we keep hearing about these great newfangled technologies which will 'revolutionize the storage industry', but we have remained content on using basically the same technology for the last 40 years? Are we ever going to see real applications of holo-cube or ferroelectric storage, or are the current industry giants just going to keep producing slightly bigger and slightly better magnetic drives for the next 40 years?
I think approaches like this beckon the following questions:
:)
Are we really naieve enough to complain about wasted bandwidth while downloading communism?
and
Do companies have a right to protect their digital wares?
I'm sure that ISPs can and do share IP lists of scanners and block them, when the financial incentive is high enough. Seriously though, we all secretly cheer when some hacker finds a new hole in (insert OS/software here) and knocks a few corporations' sites down with ping floods. The aggregate bandwidth from those is far more than from falsely labeled songs. Besides, havings lots of falsely labeled songs on your computer lets you gain points in kazaa without doing anything illegal
Give it another 2 years, and you'll realize that this is no laughing matter. If you don't like it, move along, no need to start a flame war.
If they cave though, then bullying becomes a legal and effective way of getting your way, and we're all screwed
Umm, isn't this the basis of the legal system (as seen from big corporations)? Nothing new here, move along.
Well, I suppose when Bush wins in 2004 and we all move to Australia, we'll have to run our file-sharing apps via carrier pidgeon.
Someone please explain this to me: why is it that the states can accept this settlement, which costs Microsoft NOTHING (aside from lost sales, yadda yadda), and actually bolsters their position by spreading their law-breaking product around, but they won't allow tobacco companies to do the same and distribute a quarter billion packs around the table? I mean, which is a bigger cancer stick, seriously?
1. Set up a blog
2. ???
3. Find women!
It only seems to do that with msn.
Someone suggested this:
[root@morgoth:/usr/src/linux]# egrep -ir "( fuck)|( shit)" *
The best thing that came out was:
arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace.c:/* Fuck me gently with a chainsaw... */
Information.. on the internet? Who would have thought...
Personally, I'd just call that H20/IP over IPoP, pronounced "hip-hop".
If these two articles, along with the promised third one came along a few months ago, I could have skipped even more architecture classes and still passed. Let's hope they keep popping these out.
Last time I checked the beta out, it lacked certain prerequisites for a good game environment, including the ability to walk. Seriously. The character models had no walk animation, and instead, just slid around. I have serious doubts about this game, mostly because it seems that more effort has gone into the complex systems (read: economy) than into the user experience. Just my 2 cents.
The demographics will save it from the dumpster. Look at OSDN. Then look at Firefly. Same demographic. Geeks with purchasing power, many of which buy high-quality goods. Notice that there are less car commercials and more circuit city-esque ads up, as well as less shampoo commercials, for that matter. Geeks, whether or not they are collective themselves, form a highly profitable segment of the population, which investors know they cannot simply ignore.
...that this was an escaped batch of terrorist-fighting spiders, specially bred to infest parcels of land which might be profiled as terrorist-breeding grounds. By eliminating the threat of open spaces, we can reduce terrorism!
Modding me down only makes you a terrorist.
That said, I get the feeling that those plumes of smoke really are millions of dollars floating away in the wind...
Well, it was mostly a bunch of warez anyways. Warez in the wind.. could be a catch song title.
Now, you see, this didn't happen through some random electrical spark or from some warez-eliminating conspiracy, the truth is that this building was just fine -- until it was slashdotted. Those pictures, well, those were posted later on. I mean, seriously, the link probably said "mad warez now!" for the first few minutes, then they changed it and put the fire story up.
Moral of this story: never underestimate the power of the slashdot effect.
I took a look at that gallery, and noticed that the first, second, and last pictures were viewed more frequently than all the rest. Could this kind of behaviour explain the prevalance of cowboyneal votes?
Because it's an apple!
(yea i read the post about the other laptop having the same problem, sue me)
If you look real close on that image, a little to the left of the giant black spot, you can just about see the Old Navy crew in their cargo shorts. Glad to know that advertisement worked.
I have to say that this is totally wrong. Newspapers make more of their money off advertisements than subscriptions. In fact, market statistics show that published media can be given away to the correct demographic, and a profit can still be made.
/.ers. Or a reg-bot for every news site, that'd be swell.
I personally would rather have an opt-in registration, as would many other