Oh, but I almost forgot: an MP3 player is just that... a player . Not a recorder. So what happens when you want a digital copy of a concert? Or want to record a lecture? Or want to copy a friend's new CD? You're shit out of luck. With an MP3 player, you're constantly tethered to a computer if you want to expand your music collection.
Nice try.
Wrong tho.
Analog/Optical Line-In for direct high quality recording from external audio devices
There are MP3 players which record, and I believe the Nomad even encodes to mp3 on the fly, so you're not constantly tethered to your computer in any way.
Mr Blunkett has the power to make the code mandatory. In the Guardian last month, John Abbott, director general of the national criminal intelligence service, said all communications companies should be compelled to stockpile customer logs.
So, while it's nice that the ISP's showed some common sense and backbone, it's not really going to get them very far.
Just to confuse things a bit more;) - would it surprise you lot to hear that the first powered plane flew in England in 1848? (see this page)
The Wright brothers may have been the first to manage MANNED flight on a powered plane, and that's a huge achievement, but it does bug me a little when people claim they produced the first powered plane.
"We've had a severe violation of the separation of church and state in the handling of what to do about this emerging technology,"
and
"There are religious groups - the Jehovah's Witnesses, I believe - who think it's a sin to have a blood transfusion. Well, what if the president for some reason decided to listen to them, instead of to the Catholics, which is the group he really listens to in making his decisions about embryonic stem cell research?" Reeve says. "Where would we be with blood transfusions?"
Just watch out for the Confederation Navy, they're not big fans of antimatter stations - if you're really lucky you might get a life sentence if they want to refuel the Lady Macbeth there, otherwise they'll just blow you up.:)
It's not exactly turning your PS2 into a Tivo though, they've had software out for a while to allow you to use a PC to record programs, this is merely using the new network adapter for the PS2 to get that content from your PC to your TV screen.
Agree completely, and when this sort of stuff starts happening the public lose all their faith in scientific results, which can only be a bad thing.
Case in point (i'm in the UK) - because of the way government scientists dealt with BSE / Foot & Mouth disease, and several other topics in the last few years, no-one believes anything they say about the MMR (Measles/Mumps/Rubella) single vaccine at the moment.
Don't you have jury nullification over there in the states? That nice law that says that if you're on a jury you can rule the defendant innocent if you don't agree with the law??
Funny you should say that, as i've heard of schizophrenics who's doctors have recommended that they carry a mobile phone with them so that when they need to argue with the voices in their heads they can look as if they're on the phone and not feel so self-conscious:)
Again, IANAL, but I don't think it needs to have been built, just described accurately enough that it's not a new insight for the person actually building it
IIRC nobody could patent geostationary satellites when they were first built because a certain well known sci-fi author had described the concepts previously.
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So in a way what you're saying is "it didn't work, so please ignore the fact that we really shouldn't be doing it" ??
Nice try.
Wrong tho.
Nomad Jukebox
There are MP3 players which record, and I believe the Nomad even encodes to mp3 on the fly, so you're not constantly tethered to your computer in any way.
And is it African or European??
I dunno, he might just have a REALLY good throwing arm ???
On second thoughts, you're probably right.
So, while it's nice that the ISP's showed some common sense and backbone, it's not really going to get them very far.
It's fairly safe, as long as you don't swallow it.
If you're stupid enough to do that, like this guy , then you're well on your way to qualifying for a Darwin Award.
I'd take a wild guess that you're both right :)
The ethanol is denatured so that it is too toxic to drink, thus avoiding the taxes on alcohol intended for human consumption.
This leash demeans us both.
Joe Public might get the impression Parliament (or Congress, or the Dail, or whatever) wasn't efficient.
Um, you mean there are members of the public out there who don't already think that?
I'm an amendment to be,
Yes an amendment to be
And i'm hoping that they'll ratify me
There's a lot of flag burners who have too many freedoms,
I'd like to make it legal for policemen to beat 'em
And as soon as privacy concerns get chucked out the window in a knee jerk reaction the terrorists have already won.
Just to confuse things a bit more ;) - would it surprise you lot to hear that the first powered plane flew in England in 1848? (see this page)
The Wright brothers may have been the first to manage MANNED flight on a powered plane, and that's a huge achievement, but it does bug me a little when people claim they produced the first powered plane.
we slashdot the site, here's a link to the google cache. :)
I think he summed this up very well when he said
"We've had a severe violation of the separation of church and state in the handling of what to do about this emerging technology,"
and
"There are religious groups - the Jehovah's Witnesses, I believe - who think it's a sin to have a blood transfusion. Well, what if the president for some reason decided to listen to them, instead of to the Catholics, which is the group he really listens to in making his decisions about embryonic stem cell research?" Reeve says. "Where would we be with blood transfusions?"
from The Guardian
No, but the +1 funny really refers to "laughing at the point" , not "laughing at the poster" :)
Just watch out for the Confederation Navy, they're not big fans of antimatter stations - if you're really lucky you might get a life sentence if they want to refuel the Lady Macbeth there, otherwise they'll just blow you up. :)
anti-microsoft
Surely then it wouldn't explode, it would just keep working for a very long time?
It's not exactly turning your PS2 into a Tivo though, they've had software out for a while to allow you to use a PC to record programs, this is merely using the new network adapter for the PS2 to get that content from your PC to your TV screen.
Why not just buy a gfx card with a TV out?
Agree completely, and when this sort of stuff starts happening the public lose all their faith in scientific results, which can only be a bad thing.
Case in point (i'm in the UK) - because of the way government scientists dealt with BSE / Foot & Mouth disease, and several other topics in the last few years, no-one believes anything they say about the MMR (Measles/Mumps/Rubella) single vaccine at the moment.
but to have politicians you trust
:)
And the chances of that happening are inversely proportional to the numbers of the worlds problems it would solve.
lol
:)
When this was posted here it got modded down to -1, why's it funnier this time round?
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Don't believe what the judge told you, as far as I can tell.
Oh look, another IANAL comment on slashdot :)
Don't you have jury nullification over there in the states? That nice law that says that if you're on a jury you can rule the defendant innocent if you don't agree with the law??
Funny you should say that, as i've heard of schizophrenics who's doctors have recommended that they carry a mobile phone with them so that when they need to argue with the voices in their heads they can look as if they're on the phone and not feel so self-conscious :)
Again, IANAL, but I don't think it needs to have been built, just described accurately enough that it's not a new insight for the person actually building it
IIRC nobody could patent geostationary satellites when they were first built because a certain well known sci-fi author had described the concepts previously.
Or I could be talking crap, that happens too.