It is confounding how entrepreneurs can be lured into an opportunity and then the government takes the leverage they once had - and the whole reason for embarking on the endeavour - out of the picture and expects them to be able to continue to do business. What kind of message is that sending? How much innovation has been stamped out because of this type of big business protection policy?
If you were unable to keep up with population growth, they'd sound a little charge and run en masse off the cliff into the ocean, ending the game.
I believe this game-borne misinformation is what prevented me from becoming a zoologist. So don't tell me games don't affect people's lives.
Prevented you from becoming a zoologist? Sounds like you're passing the buck just a little. You have to make the decisions that guide your life's direction. If you really were serious about becoming a Zoologist, this non-fact would have peaked your curiosity and you would have did some research. At least, that's what I think I would have done.
the peer-to-peer networks for swapping files like KaZaA and Morpheus -- are used not only to trade songs but also pornographic images, including child pornography.the peer-to-peer networks for swapping files like KaZaA and Morpheus -- are used not only to trade songs but also pornographic images, including child pornography.
Wow, somebody is using the P2P technology for something illegal. That goes for HTTP, FTP, IRC, and so on.
As a guy in the record industry and as a parent, I am shocked that these services are being used to lure children to stuff that is really ugly
I never saw any advertising on any P2P services saying "Here kids! Look at this disgusting porn!"
The entertainment companies have engaged in a deliberate and despicable campaign of lies to smear peer-to-peer technology for political purposes
Companies only do things through motivation. What are the entertainment companies' motivation for smearing P2P? Obviously, because their music is being traded on P2P.
They are trying to associate us unfairly with the most vile element in society, child pornography.
If some people are using the technology for trading child porn, law enforcement agencies have many ways to track those people down and send them to jail. Why is the entertainment biz trying to get involved? Are they really concerned citizens? Hardly. Every one of us is a number to them. They want to "monetize" us all using any means necessary, even to the detriment of society's values. They are the last people who should be trying to uphold what is right.
A bill has been introduced into the House, with the endorsement of the recording industry, that would require children to get parental consent before using sharing software.
Sure, okay. If you read between the lines, what they want is everyone to either be of legal age on P2P, or make the parents knowingly allow their children to use the services. That way, it's a sure bet they can either sue who's using the service, or that person's parents. No more fruitless crackdowns on 12 year olds.
But in perhaps the most extreme sign of the industry's desperation, it is trying to focus the attention of lawmakers and others on how the peer-to-peer, or p2p, services can connect users with a range of ills including computer viruses, software that steals personal information and unwanted pornography.
Wow, lawmakers need to know stuff like how viruses are spread. Better talk to them REALLY LOUD so they can hear you over the Microsoft Windows vulnerability reports.
"P2p stands for piracy to pornography," quipped Mr. Lack.
Better brush up on your acronyms, Lackey.
The file-sharing companies respond that the risk of children seeing pornography inadvertently on their systems is being overstated and that their software is no different from Web browsers and e-mail programs that can be used to find all sorts of material.
Only those without a basic understanding of how the Internet works would dispute that.
"We are not trying to stop people from expressing themselves," he said. "We say you should do what we do and give notice and disclosure" as in the labels warning of explicit lyrics on compact disc packages.
Here's a good one. So, if you're sharing child porn on your P2P node, you should disclose that fact? Uh. It's highly illegal already, what the hell is a label going to do? It's not like the labels on an album cover say "WARNING: This package contains cocaine."
"Our artists' names are being used to lure kids and defraud them into finding pornography," said Mr. Glazier of the R.I.A.A.
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I find it amazing how some of the spacecraft humans have launched have gone beyond the call of duty and provided us with enormous amounts of information, while some have been smashed to bits due to miscalculations before their journey really began.
What can we learn from this? Maybe that we should keep sending crafts into outer space and, overall, things still work out to the benefit of mankind?
They can deduct $45 million in profits, since they donated 46 million dollars worth of software. This will save them probably 10-20 million in taxes.
I hardly think going through all this effort is a covert attempt at saving 10-20 million dollars. That's pocket change for them. In some form, I think this is strategic, maybe a testing ground. Sort of like how Walmart and others use test markets to see how something will sell. Microsoft can use the high school as "proof" that whatever they are doing works.
Clearly it's a standard photo on some public domain CD or something, there are loads like him.
Not news for nerds, not stuff that matters. Maybe it's a new form of commercial... time to go take a leak and when I come back, I'm heading right for the Reload button to see if I missed anything.
Intel tried this with their CPUID's. They failed. I'm guessing, and hoping, that the same thing will happen to Phoenix. This is total bullsh-t. Perfect timing for OpenBIOS project.
I was involved in a similar project at one time, and the problem with it - although it saves a lot of work - is when you have to make changes to your database schema. If you've hand-tweaked the generated code, you're in trouble. You then have to decide whether to scrap the hand-tweaked code and regenerate everything, or hand-tweak all the code to accomodate the database changes.
Fuel cells work by converting hydrogen found in methanol into electricity through an electro-chemical reaction. No recharging is needed, just a refill of fuel.
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"After about 10 hours of operation, you will pop out a fuel cell cartridge about the size of a Bic lighter or inkjet cartridge" and put in a fresh one.
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Prices are expected to run about $200 initially for a fuel-cell battery, compared with anywhere from $120 to $180 for traditional laptop batteries used in the most powerful notebooks
I'm confused: are they refillable, or disposable? At 200 bucks a pop, you know what I'm hoping for.:)
Interesting, but there's a big problem with using a mouse to write a signature: moving from machine to machine. The ergonomics are totally different between machines, for one thing. Plus, different brands of mouse. What about mice with the thumb-rollerball? Or notebook touchpads? Or optical mice vs. crappy old mice with crud stuck in the rollers?
Internet Explorer cannot hold a candle to Mozilla 1.4/1.5.
I totally agree. But you know, Microsoft could have added Mozilla's features into IE with no significant technical problems. Why they haven't added advanced features into IE, in part, is because of their corporate agenda. This goes especially for ad blocking. Microsoft is the ad agency's friend. Mozilla is the user's friend. Microsoft pretend's to be the user's friend, but the veneer is wearing off.
Microsoft aren't regular 'deadline'-missers - opting to release sub-par software instead just to reach the deadline.
I'm guessing hardware and licensing deals myself.
Maybe, but I don't think Microsoft has too many troubles in the area of getting others in the hardware/software biz to cooperate with it. Money talks.
My guess is their delay is more the result of the social climate. Maybe people just aren't "ready" for Microsoft's next generation Windows platform. Maybe it asks users to give up too many of their rights, and people aren't used to that yet. See How to Boil a Frog.
The other thing you can do is - if you can set up an intranet for this - make people enter a request to have work done. Have them assign a priority to it. You then can juggle the relative priorities, or have people escalate "critical" issues which need immediate resolution. Escalation could mean having their boss talk to your boss.
One benefit of this system is that it keeps an accurate and easily accessible log of what is in the cue, and what you have accomplished.
What ever happened to HP's super huge cluster of machines sitting in their stores? I thought that was going to be leveraged into some kind of grid? Speaking of grid, any news from IBM on their grid technology? Or has it faded away as I predicted? Heh.
Wait, you're telling me that a business is trying to get stupid people to click on ads through a little deception? Wtf is this world coming to. If you can't trust a business to not mislead you with ads, who can you trust?
This kind of advertising causes me to have a low opinion of people who get paid to "act" on commercials. You know that they know you are being misled, and that they just want to make a quick buck as well. And because my opinions are swayed mostly by people I trust, the ones on the commercials might as well be talking to the wall. What a waste of money. The odd time I watch TV, the commercials are muted.
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'I am sorry for what I have done. I love music and don't want to hurt the artists I love.'
Did they throw in a free brainwashing session? Or was that quote a pre-fab'd one they told her to say?
To add to your list...
Pro:
- doesn't require an X connection
Con:
- What's the deal wtih [esc]-:-q! to back out of the editor? That seems to be everyone's first command to learn, and a bad first experience.
Awesome post.
It is confounding how entrepreneurs can be lured into an opportunity and then the government takes the leverage they once had - and the whole reason for embarking on the endeavour - out of the picture and expects them to be able to continue to do business. What kind of message is that sending? How much innovation has been stamped out because of this type of big business protection policy?
The network has been described as Chile's Internet.
Just wait till Al Gore hears about this! The shit's gonna hit the fan.
Holy sh-t, and here I thought your link pointed to satire. What a sad, sad state the music industry is in.
Play some infrasound just before Steve Monkeyman Balmer gallops out on stage, just to see how long it takes for him to notice everyone is crying.
While nuclear weapons haven't made war unthinkable they certainly have made major wars much less thinkable.
Sure, till there's only one country left that possesses nuclear capability. Then you've got a problem.
I also think this is a great idea, but the key thought here is control over what gets filtered. Defaults are good, but control over them is necessary.
If you were unable to keep up with population growth, they'd sound a little charge and run en masse off the cliff into the ocean, ending the game.
I believe this game-borne misinformation is what prevented me from becoming a zoologist. So don't tell me games don't affect people's lives.
Prevented you from becoming a zoologist? Sounds like you're passing the buck just a little. You have to make the decisions that guide your life's direction. If you really were serious about becoming a Zoologist, this non-fact would have peaked your curiosity and you would have did some research. At least, that's what I think I would have done.
Wow, somebody is using the P2P technology for something illegal. That goes for HTTP, FTP, IRC, and so on.
I never saw any advertising on any P2P services saying "Here kids! Look at this disgusting porn!"
Companies only do things through motivation. What are the entertainment companies' motivation for smearing P2P? Obviously, because their music is being traded on P2P.
If some people are using the technology for trading child porn, law enforcement agencies have many ways to track those people down and send them to jail. Why is the entertainment biz trying to get involved? Are they really concerned citizens? Hardly. Every one of us is a number to them. They want to "monetize" us all using any means necessary, even to the detriment of society's values. They are the last people who should be trying to uphold what is right.
Sure, okay. If you read between the lines, what they want is everyone to either be of legal age on P2P, or make the parents knowingly allow their children to use the services. That way, it's a sure bet they can either sue who's using the service, or that person's parents. No more fruitless crackdowns on 12 year olds.
Wow, lawmakers need to know stuff like how viruses are spread. Better talk to them REALLY LOUD so they can hear you over the Microsoft Windows vulnerability reports.
Better brush up on your acronyms, Lackey.
Only those without a basic understanding of how the Internet works would dispute that.
Here's a good one. So, if you're sharing child porn on your P2P node, you should disclose that fact? Uh. It's highly illegal already, what the hell is a label going to do? It's not like the labels on an album cover say "WARNING: This package contains cocaine."
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I find it amazing how some of the spacecraft humans have launched have gone beyond the call of duty and provided us with enormous amounts of information, while some have been smashed to bits due to miscalculations before their journey really began.
What can we learn from this? Maybe that we should keep sending crafts into outer space and, overall, things still work out to the benefit of mankind?
They can deduct $45 million in profits, since they donated 46 million dollars worth of software. This will save them probably 10-20 million in taxes.
I hardly think going through all this effort is a covert attempt at saving 10-20 million dollars. That's pocket change for them. In some form, I think this is strategic, maybe a testing ground. Sort of like how Walmart and others use test markets to see how something will sell. Microsoft can use the high school as "proof" that whatever they are doing works.
Clearly it's a standard photo on some public domain CD or something, there are loads like him.
Not news for nerds, not stuff that matters. Maybe it's a new form of commercial... time to go take a leak and when I come back, I'm heading right for the Reload button to see if I missed anything.
Intel tried this with their CPUID's. They failed. I'm guessing, and hoping, that the same thing will happen to Phoenix. This is total bullsh-t. Perfect timing for OpenBIOS project.
I was involved in a similar project at one time, and the problem with it - although it saves a lot of work - is when you have to make changes to your database schema. If you've hand-tweaked the generated code, you're in trouble. You then have to decide whether to scrap the hand-tweaked code and regenerate everything, or hand-tweak all the code to accomodate the database changes.
There are a *lot* of fish in there and plenty of wildlife..
The fact that the fish have three eyes and the wildlife is floating upside down is beside the point...
I'm confused: are they refillable, or disposable? At 200 bucks a pop, you know what I'm hoping for.
Interesting, but there's a big problem with using a mouse to write a signature: moving from machine to machine. The ergonomics are totally different between machines, for one thing. Plus, different brands of mouse. What about mice with the thumb-rollerball? Or notebook touchpads? Or optical mice vs. crappy old mice with crud stuck in the rollers?
Internet Explorer cannot hold a candle to Mozilla 1.4/1.5.
I totally agree. But you know, Microsoft could have added Mozilla's features into IE with no significant technical problems. Why they haven't added advanced features into IE, in part, is because of their corporate agenda. This goes especially for ad blocking. Microsoft is the ad agency's friend. Mozilla is the user's friend. Microsoft pretend's to be the user's friend, but the veneer is wearing off.
Microsoft aren't regular 'deadline'-missers - opting to release sub-par software instead just to reach the deadline.
I'm guessing hardware and licensing deals myself.
Maybe, but I don't think Microsoft has too many troubles in the area of getting others in the hardware/software biz to cooperate with it. Money talks.
My guess is their delay is more the result of the social climate. Maybe people just aren't "ready" for Microsoft's next generation Windows platform. Maybe it asks users to give up too many of their rights, and people aren't used to that yet. See How to Boil a Frog.
The other thing you can do is - if you can set up an intranet for this - make people enter a request to have work done. Have them assign a priority to it. You then can juggle the relative priorities, or have people escalate "critical" issues which need immediate resolution. Escalation could mean having their boss talk to your boss.
One benefit of this system is that it keeps an accurate and easily accessible log of what is in the cue, and what you have accomplished.
What ever happened to HP's super huge cluster of machines sitting in their stores? I thought that was going to be leveraged into some kind of grid? Speaking of grid, any news from IBM on their grid technology? Or has it faded away as I predicted? Heh.
It's no mystery why water spiders can walk on water. All the engineers had to do was ask these 3rd graders a question.
This song might make them at least think:
"Stripped" by Rammstein
Fuckin' cool song.
Wait, you're telling me that a business is trying to get stupid people to click on ads through a little deception? Wtf is this world coming to. If you can't trust a business to not mislead you with ads, who can you trust?
This kind of advertising causes me to have a low opinion of people who get paid to "act" on commercials. You know that they know you are being misled, and that they just want to make a quick buck as well. And because my opinions are swayed mostly by people I trust, the ones on the commercials might as well be talking to the wall. What a waste of money. The odd time I watch TV, the commercials are muted.