My friend bought it when all it could do was the hardware-based encryption, just to say he had the fastest and sexiest NIC available. Even though he wasn't planing to ever use its encryption. So apparently the price isn't that big of a deal to some people.
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Microsoft uses this pretty effectively. People will jump on bandwagons without knowing all the details, so Microsoft spreads enough half-truths to encourage people to jump on their bandwagon instead of someone else's. After being on the bandwagon for a while, the users realize that microsoft's many bandwagons have rounded up millions of people and brought them back to the Microsoft ranch, and it's going to cost them extra if they want to get out.
Christians do not believe this tripe. Not even the fundamentalists or evangelicals. If all you know about christianity is what Hollywood and the MPAA tell you, then this guy sound genuine, but it most certainly is not. Distrust all stereotypes. A christian would be as likely to spout this blather as a geek would wear a pocket protector and taped glasses.
It didn't seem to be any different from what's in the Chick Tracts...
Objective Landover Baptist Shutdown aims to get religious parody (?) site Landover Baptist shut down, removed from the internet, basically because they disagree with their message... very little to no legal ground to stand on. They're just trying to use tactics like contacting the hosting ISP and talking to WIPO to reach their goals. They apparently don't even pretend to grasp the first amendment.
Agreed. Cell phones are a bit different from landline phones, in that a larger percentage of the phone's features require the cooperation of the cell tower, so much more configuration is involved. This situation is more akin to AT&T broadband only officialy supporting Windows (no linux) and MSIE (no mozzila) because the 10$/hour employees are only trained for their setup.
Take as an analogy the auto industry. Ford had legal suits brought against it due to its possible problems with their cars. This is good for the general safety of consumers, but it results in almost zero amateur cars. Individuals can build kit cars for themselves but can't sell newly manufactured ones, and smaller manufacturers can distort their cars so they fit into some exception of the laws. But generally, 99.9% of the cars in the US are made by a couple of manufacturers.
This is what will happen to software if similar laws are applied to software.
The problem is that consumers don't have a good way to gauge trust right now. The current standard is "which brand do you recognize the most?", which mostly means "which brand has the most money to spend on advertising?". We may eventually have a real web of trust. Until then, it's not about trust, it's about money. (ergo, the rich get richer)
Who decides what is illegal for minors to view? US federal laws, even though the sites are available from France? Should Alabama residents get to force their view of things on New Yorkers?
Who decides what is a business and what isn't? If Germany decides that the church of scientology is a business, do they get to forcibly remove scientology.org?
1. We want to be able to buy a lot more music. Price has to go down.
3. We want a much more innovative and competive industry.
Just a note-- #3 is good, #1 is not. There's a minimum price that a certain good costs to produce, and you can't sell a product under that price, no matter what the market may want. Put another way-- people may want to be able to fly everywhere, but it just isn't going to happen. #1 is only feasible if you can prove that it's possible to produce the desired quality of music for the desired price. Stating #3 by itself (should) allow the market to find that price.
Flash is definitely not compatible with text browsers, blind readers, cell phones, or many of the more obscure OS's. Do you really want to limit yourself that much?
Many environmentalists are pushing for renewable energy sources, not merely alternative ones. There's an inherent (albeit longer-term) problem with using a finite non-renewing source indefinitely.
Yes. There are many such things that the unix dinosaur tells me "used to be required" because they were running on circa 1970 machines, but which I've been getting away with without thinking about since I was born.
Also, from the XCam2 manual: "Refer to the setup and operating instructions that came with the 2.4 GHz Video Receiver, Model VR31A or VR36A (sold separately) to set up the Receiver.". In other words, one only needs to buy said on of the suggested receivers for $50-$90 and scan those four channels manually.
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(phththt, hi slordak :) )
Microsoft uses this pretty effectively. People will jump on bandwagons without knowing all the details, so Microsoft spreads enough half-truths to encourage people to jump on their bandwagon instead of someone else's. After being on the bandwagon for a while, the users realize that microsoft's many bandwagons have rounded up millions of people and brought them back to the Microsoft ranch, and it's going to cost them extra if they want to get out.
Christians do not believe this tripe. Not even the fundamentalists or evangelicals. If all you know about christianity is what Hollywood and the MPAA tell you, then this guy sound genuine, but it most certainly is not. Distrust all stereotypes. A christian would be as likely to spout this blather as a geek would wear a pocket protector and taped glasses.
It didn't seem to be any different from what's in the Chick Tracts...
I guess I don't even pretend to grasp a parody of an anti-parody site. Sheesh.
Objective Landover Baptist Shutdown aims to get religious parody (?) site Landover Baptist shut down, removed from the internet, basically because they disagree with their message... very little to no legal ground to stand on. They're just trying to use tactics like contacting the hosting ISP and talking to WIPO to reach their goals. They apparently don't even pretend to grasp the first amendment.
Agreed. Cell phones are a bit different from landline phones, in that a larger percentage of the phone's features require the cooperation of the cell tower, so much more configuration is involved. This situation is more akin to AT&T broadband only officialy supporting Windows (no linux) and MSIE (no mozzila) because the 10$/hour employees are only trained for their setup.
Because they too are interested in accumulating Intellectual Property and selling it, and presumably RA assists in that more than MP3's would.
Nope. I'm unix and windows person only, sorry. All I know is my friend's G4 powerbook has a cool taskbar thing.
Specifically, if your WinXP advanced DNS settings look like this, then just uncheck that box.
This is what will happen to software if similar laws are applied to software.
- That the many vague, undefined terms in the USAPA will be defined in favor of protecting civil liberties and privacy of Americans. These include:
eg. it's not clear that the deluge of requests are only looking for the From: and To: information when arriving without a warrant.the definition of "content" of e-mails which cannot be retrieved without a warrant.
The problem is that consumers don't have a good way to gauge trust right now. The current standard is "which brand do you recognize the most?", which mostly means "which brand has the most money to spend on advertising?". We may eventually have a real web of trust. Until then, it's not about trust, it's about money. (ergo, the rich get richer)
Who decides what is a business and what isn't? If Germany decides that the church of scientology is a business, do they get to forcibly remove scientology.org?
- 1. We want to be able to buy a lot more music. Price has to go down.
Just a note-- #3 is good, #1 is not. There's a minimum price that a certain good costs to produce, and you can't sell a product under that price, no matter what the market may want. Put another way-- people may want to be able to fly everywhere, but it just isn't going to happen. #1 is only feasible if you can prove that it's possible to produce the desired quality of music for the desired price. Stating #3 by itself (should) allow the market to find that price.3. We want a much more innovative and competive industry.
Can you say "chilling effect"?
Just curious... who else has taxes due today?
Flash is definitely not compatible with text browsers, blind readers, cell phones, or many of the more obscure OS's. Do you really want to limit yourself that much?
Many environmentalists are pushing for renewable energy sources, not merely alternative ones. There's an inherent (albeit longer-term) problem with using a finite non-renewing source indefinitely.
And peer-review by people who know what they're doing? We could just use Slashdot! *smirk*
Yes. There are many such things that the unix dinosaur tells me "used to be required" because they were running on circa 1970 machines, but which I've been getting away with without thinking about since I was born.
will screw off on the internet if they think they can get away with it.
But yeah, there seems to be an overlap. Digging around a bit, I found these old slashdot posts: I can wipe you out, licensed use trumps unlicensed use, and we were there first.
Here's How XCam2 Works, and
X10 cameras and Video Senders use the following frequencies: 2.411GHz, 2.434GHz, 2.453GHz, 2.473GHz. So something like this (the Icom IC-R3) might work, as it can quickly scan the frequencies you're looking for and lock on one once a signal is found.
Also, from the XCam2 manual: "Refer to the setup and operating instructions that came with the 2.4 GHz Video Receiver, Model VR31A or
VR36A (sold separately) to set up the Receiver.". In other words, one only needs to buy said on of the suggested receivers for $50-$90 and scan those four channels manually.
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