Where have you been? HardOCP ceased being any kind of credible information source long, long ago. Most of the people who read it now are just Steve and Kyle fanboys.
I know that others have disagreed, but I had to add my ten cents. It is not worthless. A lot of people seem to forget that the vast majority of people do not have broadband yet. Until we were able to get it I used a single 56k line to share with my family. For web browsing and email it worked, though I'd usually disconnect everyone else when I wanted to play Quake.
No, it isn't very fast and the latency is rather high, but it isn't at all pointless. It works quite well actually.
There is a similar case going on in the States, I'm not sure what it's status is. In this case though, it's alleged that after the player asked to be banned, the casino agreed but continued to send him coupons and promotions to entice him back.
That being said, suits like that should be thrown out. People need to start taking some responsibility for their own actions rather than blaming others. There is help available for compulsive gamblers should they really want to stop.
If machines had to be rebuilt once a week then you people were really doing something very, very wrong. Most of the machines in the environment that my organization supports (20,000 Windoze desktops) go three years without a rebuild, then the user gets a new one.
The vast majority of scientific breakthroughs are done by younger, up-and-coming scientists, not by the graybeards.
There's a saying...if a graybeard old scientist tells you something is possible, however unlikely it sounds, listen to him. If the same man tells you something is impossible, he's probably wrong.
People tend to get hidebound as they age, and have an increasingly hard time thinking out of the box.
You have a good point there. I won't bother replying to the AC who told me to crawl back under the rock, though. At least you had an intelligent point to make.
Read up on 'Supersymmetry' (start with a Google Search). The best current candidate for dark matter is the LSP (Lightest Superpartner), which is expected to be discovered (may already have been in fact) at either CERN or Fermilab.
Supersymmetric particles do not interact with 'normal' matter, hence we can't detect them directly. The only exception to this is the Higgs Boson, which is believed to be what gives all particles their mass.
We'll never be able to study dark matter directly, only it's effects on the cosmic scale or in the bubble chamber of a particle accellerator.
Also, it's not really a hack, as it is now predicted by many models.
The primary vehicle for spreading this type of exploit, are all the MS clients of broadband users, many untechy PC owners will be to blame if this things hits hard. And yes, I think it could be worst then slammer/code red because its RPC. Pretty much all the MS client out there are going to have it running (versus an IIS exploit).
Perhaps ISP's should just block RPC at their routers that feed broadband users. I can't think of any good reason most people would want it to be exposed anyways, on a residential broadband account at least.
While I'm totally sure I agree with the way he was treated, you can't compare cochlear implants and pacemakers to Mann's 'enhancements'. I can't find anything that cites any reason for his gear other than his personal choice.
As with you, I'm not taking either side. All I'm pointing out is that you use a very flawed analogy in your arguement.
Insightful??? Gee...that's funny...I could have sworn I was using SLIP and PPP to dialin to my ISP from a Slackware box back in the early/mid-90's. I must have been hallucinating.
lack of AOL support != lack of dialup Internet connectivity.
The site he lists in his sig should be a poster child for junk science. Not only is it utter rubbish, but it's spread is totally irresponsible and COULD cost someone their life.
They aren't tracking people, they are tracking products. You'd have a problem with them putting sensors on ALL exits?
I think people are getting way too worked up about this stuff. Yes, there are some privacy concerns. Will they be addressed? Maybe, maybe not. However, there are far greater threats to privacy that we should be focused on (TIA, anyone?)
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Where have you been? HardOCP ceased being any kind of credible information source long, long ago. Most of the people who read it now are just Steve and Kyle fanboys.
I know that others have disagreed, but I had to add my ten cents. It is not worthless. A lot of people seem to forget that the vast majority of people do not have broadband yet. Until we were able to get it I used a single 56k line to share with my family. For web browsing and email it worked, though I'd usually disconnect everyone else when I wanted to play Quake.
No, it isn't very fast and the latency is rather high, but it isn't at all pointless. It works quite well actually.
Sure...it's not like the Army does anything to earn the tax dollar spent on it NOW, is it? Think before you post ;-)
There is a similar case going on in the States, I'm not sure what it's status is. In this case though, it's alleged that after the player asked to be banned, the casino agreed but continued to send him coupons and promotions to entice him back.
That being said, suits like that should be thrown out. People need to start taking some responsibility for their own actions rather than blaming others. There is help available for compulsive gamblers should they really want to stop.
If machines had to be rebuilt once a week then you people were really doing something very, very wrong. Most of the machines in the environment that my organization supports (20,000 Windoze desktops) go three years without a rebuild, then the user gets a new one.
The vast majority of scientific breakthroughs are done by younger, up-and-coming scientists, not by the graybeards.
There's a saying...if a graybeard old scientist tells you something is possible, however unlikely it sounds, listen to him. If the same man tells you something is impossible, he's probably wrong.
People tend to get hidebound as they age, and have an increasingly hard time thinking out of the box.
Get a clue, some class, and learn how to take a slashdot style joke...i.e. grow up a little.
It's amazing how bravely vulgar AC's can get. The Coward part of AC is often appropriate...
Which I freely admit, we are all wrong from time to time. That doesn't excuse childish flaming...oh wait....this is slashdot..nevermind...
You have a good point there. I won't bother replying to the AC who told me to crawl back under the rock, though. At least you had an intelligent point to make.
Why is it bashing to point out that QT is not free software? If people are looking for a free cross platform toolkit, QT isn't it.
Read up on 'Supersymmetry' (start with a Google Search). The best current candidate for dark matter is the LSP (Lightest Superpartner), which is expected to be discovered (may already have been in fact) at either CERN or Fermilab.
Supersymmetric particles do not interact with 'normal' matter, hence we can't detect them directly. The only exception to this is the Higgs Boson, which is believed to be what gives all particles their mass.
We'll never be able to study dark matter directly, only it's effects on the cosmic scale or in the bubble chamber of a particle accellerator.
Also, it's not really a hack, as it is now predicted by many models.
It had better not be, or SCO will be sueing Sun next!
Perhaps ISP's should just block RPC at their routers that feed broadband users. I can't think of any good reason most people would want it to be exposed anyways, on a residential broadband account at least.
Whether or not it was anti-semetic (I didn't see it as such), his point was that it was off topic.
We'll have to agree to disagree then. There is no comparison between a life saving implant and a wearable computer.
Where did I say it was ok? I simply illustrated that a better analogy, perhaps even the ones you cite, could have been used.
I meant to say, "While I am NOT totally sure..."
I really should proofread better. Maybe I need a cybernetic post-checker...
While I'm totally sure I agree with the way he was treated, you can't compare cochlear implants and pacemakers to Mann's 'enhancements'. I can't find anything that cites any reason for his gear other than his personal choice.
As with you, I'm not taking either side. All I'm pointing out is that you use a very flawed analogy in your arguement.
Insightful??? Gee...that's funny...I could have sworn I was using SLIP and PPP to dialin to my ISP from a Slackware box back in the early/mid-90's. I must have been hallucinating.
lack of AOL support != lack of dialup Internet connectivity.
That's what his girlfriend keeps telling him. Oh, wait, he's on Slashdot...all his girlfriend tells him is her %download status ;)
I for one welcome our new robot Overlords!
Once again a crack smoking moderator. Mod this as Funny!
The site he lists in his sig should be a poster child for junk science. Not only is it utter rubbish, but it's spread is totally irresponsible and COULD cost someone their life.
That makes me think of the robot version(s) of Harry Mudd's wife..."Harcourt Fenton Mudd! Have you been drinking again" ad nauseum...
They aren't tracking people, they are tracking products. You'd have a problem with them putting sensors on ALL exits?
I think people are getting way too worked up about this stuff. Yes, there are some privacy concerns. Will they be addressed? Maybe, maybe not. However, there are far greater threats to privacy that we should be focused on (TIA, anyone?)