"When the car senses a collision, a light flashes on the windscreen display along with an audible warning. If the driver doesn't act, the car will brake automatically."... and then you get rear-ended by the vehicle that was tailgating yours.
None of this "or worse" crap. We all know it's about the money. Fox won't do anything that doesn't make them money, and for them to make money, they need this movie to be released. With Fox as partners, of course.
Look, what he's saying is not that it shouldn't be tried, but rather that it should *not* be seen as the ultimate and only solution, or, as the blurb calls it, "Tech that will save our species."
"I want to believe that the internet will require everyone to be more responsible or lose. But the real question for me is at what point does total marketplace dominance trump that."...
"eBay is so dominant in their field, that there is no real alternative. "
Umm... ok, so I booted instantly into this thing... now what?
Don't get me wrong, the long boot times of XP annoy me (except when it's freshly installed), but I don't see how this helps, unless it provides for an instant boot INTO XP, I don't see how you'd get regular people interested or how it will help them.
Um... no, the old ATT WAS a GSM network (though they did have some parts of their network that were REALLY old and were analog). I should know. I worked for one of the big GSM Network makers... and ATT used a lot of our equipment in the Northeast, especially Seattle.
I know what you're talking about, but I'm not talking about that service. My service was definitely GSM, and my phone was also a GSM phone, just locked to the old ATT GSM network. Network incompatibility was not excuse for them
I couldn't even get a phone locked to the OLD ATT (ATT Blue, for those counting) unlocked by them to work on the NEW ATT (formerly called ATT Orange, or Cingular). It was a phone I bought FROM THEM, and that I'd been using for three years. I liked it. It had long battery life and was sturdy.
I just wanted to change my plan (I was LONG out of contract) and to use the same phone with the new plan. They refused, and even told me to go to "one of those stores at the mall" and pay to have it unlocked. I very kindly told them what they could do with themselves, and switched carriers.
Cuz it can be difficult, frustrating, and a pain in the ass? Whereas TV consisted once of only three channels and a power button? One of my great-uncles didn't even use the power button, he's just unplug the set.
Plus, TV is completely passive. You just have to turn it on, and it entertains you. Even when it's online, a PC is not that passive and easy to use.
Pretty much all phones have texting capabilities. Even an old Nokia phone (read: cheap) I have opens up to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, and with some cell phone plans you get unlimited SMS messages.
So what's the issue here? That it has a camera? Don't use it. That it has polyphonic ring tones? Don't use them. That it has an MP3 player? Don't use it.
The phone I just mentioned above (don't quite remember the model number) has both a camera and ring tones and a bunch of other junk that I never used. I just ignored it. If I wanted to send an SMS, I just flipped it open to its QWERTY keyboard and sent the SMS. Easy as lying.
Actually, the GSM standard DOES mandate the ability to tap cell phone conversations at the network provider level. I should know. I worked for 6 years for a GSM network equipment maker, and I was actually part of the team that tested the functionality of this "feature". It is called CALEA, and it will record not only every detail of the call, but even every button pressed during the call. And it was completely transparent to both ends of the call. That was one crucial aspect of this "feature" that was tested for.
When has M$ cared about it, unless it was to Embrace then expand? It only cares about interoperability if it's playing catchup in the market. If it isn't, then you're screwed trying to get this from M$.
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"When the car senses a collision, a light flashes on the windscreen display along with an audible warning. If the driver doesn't act, the car will brake automatically." ... and then you get rear-ended by the vehicle that was tailgating yours.
Yeah. What could possibly go wrong here?
I stand corrected. Thank you.
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I was hoping to see Pengo, the East German hacker, but it seems history has forgotten about him.
First quote:
"I love working with passionate people who want to help address climate change and poverty"
Second quote:
"it could take five years to commercialise the patented technology"
None of this "or worse" crap. We all know it's about the money. Fox won't do anything that doesn't make them money, and for them to make money, they need this movie to be released. With Fox as partners, of course.
Like using apostrophes and stuff.
Look, what he's saying is not that it shouldn't be tried, but rather that it should *not* be seen as the ultimate and only solution, or, as the blurb calls it, "Tech that will save our species."
You answered your own question in the blurb:
...
"I want to believe that the internet will require everyone to be more responsible or lose. But the real question for me is at what point does total marketplace dominance trump that."
"eBay is so dominant in their field, that there is no real alternative. "
I have no problem with the article. It's the summary that uses the non-sensical words.
Sorry, that should've been half-truths and non-statements. I should've taken Slashdot's advice and used the "Preview" button.
I apologize.
Non-truths and half-statements?
What the hell is that??
If you're going to chide a company for putting out a shitty document, at least have the balls to use some real language when you do it.
Is it a lie? then call it a lie! "half truths" my ass.
And what's a "half-statement"??? An incomplete sentence? A run-on sentence?
You're foolishly assuming that Slashdot cares about accuracy.
Umm... ok, so I booted instantly into this thing... now what?
Don't get me wrong, the long boot times of XP annoy me (except when it's freshly installed), but I don't see how this helps, unless it provides for an instant boot INTO XP, I don't see how you'd get regular people interested or how it will help them.
yeah, but can it do pretty graphs? Everyone knows that's what people are looking for: pretty 3D graphs.
Um... no, the old ATT WAS a GSM network (though they did have some parts of their network that were REALLY old and were analog). I should know. I worked for one of the big GSM Network makers... and ATT used a lot of our equipment in the Northeast, especially Seattle.
I know what you're talking about, but I'm not talking about that service. My service was definitely GSM, and my phone was also a GSM phone, just locked to the old ATT GSM network. Network incompatibility was not excuse for them
By the way, this experience happened a scant two months ago.
I couldn't even get a phone locked to the OLD ATT (ATT Blue, for those counting) unlocked by them to work on the NEW ATT (formerly called ATT Orange, or Cingular). It was a phone I bought FROM THEM, and that I'd been using for three years. I liked it. It had long battery life and was sturdy.
I just wanted to change my plan (I was LONG out of contract) and to use the same phone with the new plan. They refused, and even told me to go to "one of those stores at the mall" and pay to have it unlocked. I very kindly told them what they could do with themselves, and switched carriers.
Open my foot.
"most carriers say they have no plans to allow voice communications."
and how could they limit that? wouldn't it all be packets at that point?
So, how quickly would you run afoul of Intellectual Property laws doing this?
Cuz it can be difficult, frustrating, and a pain in the ass? Whereas TV consisted once of only three channels and a power button? One of my great-uncles didn't even use the power button, he's just unplug the set.
Plus, TV is completely passive. You just have to turn it on, and it entertains you. Even when it's online, a PC is not that passive and easy to use.
Pretty much all phones have texting capabilities. Even an old Nokia phone (read: cheap) I have opens up to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, and with some cell phone plans you get unlimited SMS messages.
So what's the issue here? That it has a camera? Don't use it. That it has polyphonic ring tones? Don't use them. That it has an MP3 player? Don't use it.
The phone I just mentioned above (don't quite remember the model number) has both a camera and ring tones and a bunch of other junk that I never used. I just ignored it. If I wanted to send an SMS, I just flipped it open to its QWERTY keyboard and sent the SMS. Easy as lying.
Actually, the GSM standard DOES mandate the ability to tap cell phone conversations at the network provider level. I should know. I worked for 6 years for a GSM network equipment maker, and I was actually part of the team that tested the functionality of this "feature". It is called CALEA, and it will record not only every detail of the call, but even every button pressed during the call. And it was completely transparent to both ends of the call. That was one crucial aspect of this "feature" that was tested for.
Quite simply, one of two things would prevent encrypted cell phones from becoming successful in the US:
1. The government would simply make it illegal (don't want to give the terrorists any new tools).
2. The government would require a backdoor be built in by manufacturers, defeating the purpose.
Interoperability.
When has M$ cared about it, unless it was to Embrace then expand? It only cares about interoperability if it's playing catchup in the market. If it isn't, then you're screwed trying to get this from M$.
Nice Lone Gunmen-ing the title there, Sherlocks. So much for me being surprised now when I read it.