Gee, and they're just now realizing the AOL/TimeWarner alliance was a bad idea... I feel so sorry for all you Tivo owners. "Now there's a new way to spam Tivo users! It's AOL 7.0!" You don't think so? It's coming...
The web is a "highway". Your browser is a "car". A page is a giant "billboard". Ok, lets break it down- They are now saying it's illegle for you to look at a "billboard" they posted on the "highway" from your "car". Not only that; it's "illegle" to "tell" your friend "about" the billboard on the highway so "he" can go see it himself. I agree with the other "people" here. If they didn't want people to "view" their "crap", they should have found a different way to presnt it.
Gee, a password would work. Imagine that. But then, it sounds like they don't want to enforce the copyright on everybody, just some people. Uh huh.
...Like nintendo, like sega, like sony itself? Is that what you meant? It's not just the MS who's getting "a taste of it's own medicine". Common, face the fact and realize that every one of these companies want to be a monopoly and stab one another in the back on a regular basis. MS isn't the only whipping boy here.
Hopefully the PS3 has as much innovation as it will technology... This shortened console lifespan trend is beginning to worry me. You could blame it on technology and you'd be partially right, but systems like the Gameboy, SNES and PS1 went kicking and screaming into the night even as better/more powerful technology eclipsed it. These platforms were innovative and lately, it seems the industry is geared more towards "updating" instead of looking to the long term. "Oh shucks, the X-Box came out. Time to make a PS3." Wasn't your box built for the long haul? Guess not... I hope the PS3 isn't simply another update...
(I like the PS2. It's a decent system. Comments thinking that I'm flaming Sony will be severely laughed at.)
What is it with all the "duh" articals involving MS and why are they even being posted? Yes, it's no surprise Gates lied and we know Linux isn't Piracy. Would any more Slash editors like to post the obvious? "MS admits to using point and click interface!" Mod me down, bay-bee!
If your security as as lax as my company's, the artical is easy to believe. I work on PCs in my depatment while the company itself handles thousands of consumer electronic components list above per day. Sure, you go through a metal detector and the guard wands you, but I swear i could sneak out with a full desktop stashed in my pants and still get away with it. It's for show. Then when they actually find something missing, security gets intense for about a month with people removing everything from their pockets, jackets, etc. After a month, it goes back to being business as usual. If these other companies are as irresponsible as mine, I could easily see the trend. Hmf. Must be desperate for when this post makes for slashdot news but the cool planetary alignment doesn't? Mod me down, bay-bay!
And for cryin' out loud, You with anal ascii pic, grow up. How many sites do you visit with that pic anyway? "hehe! Hehe! *snort* It's the highlight of my day! *snort* hehe!" Get a life.
There's a certain amount of betrayal involved here. It was free now it's not? Huh? Has their information changed? I now have to pay for, say, videos now? Bluemountain pulled the same crap. Their core service was free for the longest time, but now you have to pay for the same e-card and the same service. Call the guy a leecher but I tend to agree with him. Don't expect to pull the ol' bait and switch tactic and expect people to be happy about it. Sure they have a right to make money, but it's tough when you've already set the value of your service as "free". At least you paid for cable from the outset.
My view is why would I pay Gamespot when I can get virtually the same info from another site for free? It remindes me of IGN.com, and they bitchslap you with ads, even as a subscriber.
Gee, I wish the Rock would run for president. Or maybe Mr.T... Yeah.
"I Pity the foo who messes with Isreal! I pity em!
"I've come for the biological weapons... And your HEAD."
Ronald Regan turned out to be a pretty good president, but I just can't see Ventura as presidential material... And as much maligned as Bush is, the Texas Governship is no picnic. The governer actucal has to sign off on the execution of inmates.. I don't care what you say; That can't be an easy thing to do.
First, segways and pedestrians don't mix. A 12 mph hit is harder than any WWF or football tackle you've ever seen. And don't tell me it can't/won't happen. The state will be lucky if they don't get their asses sued off for such a dumb decision. Somebody made a good point-- Bikes are treated as vehicals (albeit differently), the segway should likewise.
The only solution I can think of... Is take lane space away from cars gradually in areas you want to convert to segway only use. This would have the short to long term issue of massive traffic congestion as everybody has a car. Expanding a roadway would serve only to increase taxes to support the project. Both solutions will draw heavy critism from motorist (a large majority of the population who have already shelled out $10,000-50,000 on a mode of transportation.)
The primary problem as I see it is that we need a working alternate energy plan. This Segway conversion project would be a whole lot easier if we did. Sadly, we have only piecemeal. Regardless; nobody wants to give up their cars because in the long term, simply because they are all around more useful than a segway. I can go cross country AND commute within a city in mine. I can travel in nearly any weather. Transverse moderately rough terrain. I can only use a Segway in a city for it to be useful. Yes, you could put parking lots outside a city, but then you'd have to clear massive space to support the sheer number of commuters coming into the city and getting on their segway. Who's suburb is that going to be? Yours?
People are focusing on the problems because the solutions are even more unwieldy that what we have going on now...
Excellent idea. This artical ranks right up there with the "We want to fund NASA by taxing SciFi media" I want to see a massive grass roots revolt against this sort of idiocy. How many people downloaded Napster? if even half those people were to organize and hit the suggested links Rot26 suggests, the RIAA would be so ass out of luck and maybe, just maybe the labels would realize just how deep of shit their digging themselves into...
I don't have a segway and don't plan on buying one. I have a bike for that. That said (catagorize me with the "have not's") I have to disagree. You are banking on people using these things intelligently and i think $8,000 is a good way to keep it in mostly intelligent hands. But when the price drops (a lot), it will fall into the hands of idiots. You and I have both seen them before. You may be careful with it, and $8,000 is a hell of an incentive to be so, but it can and will be abused once the masses can easily afford it.
My point is that as soon as you bump into somebody at 5-12 mph on one of these things because some idiot was talking on his cell or just playing around on a street full of pedestrians and seways, you just won't "back up from your reaction". Try careen out of control into other people. Ever fallen from rollerblading at 12 mph? You'll bruise, bleed and even break stuff.
You maybe safe. The seway maybe neato. But you're making a mistake assuming that everybody else is.
Neato little devices, and yet I find it interesting how quickly laws were passed in favor of the little boogers on sidewalks and other places. Why do I have a feeling it's a case of "money talks"? After all, while I'm sure it's safe and yadda, but 12 mph is a bit fast for a human clogged sidewalk and we haven't even seen the effects of mass usage... I wanna see how well these these rapid fire laws hold up when these things become affordable and more irresponsible people get a hold of them...
Totally agreement here. Nobody should be surprised that he lied and he should be held accountable for said breach under oath just like Clinton should have. Money and politics.. yeesh.
Just a thought... I'd imagine they could easily be powered off of any EM field, either generated by the body itself or ambient energy passing through the body. Heck, standing under high voltage power lines is enough to independently ligh a florecent light bulb. Considering the amount of ambient energy our bodies are subjected to on a regular basis, I don't see a power shortage. All you need is the tech.
And the people have a right to be concerned about nanotech viruses, but they should keep in mind there will be options to defend against them as well- A anti-nanotech viral injection or just a pulsing EMP field to fry the little boogers.
Yep, there are biological benefits and consequences, but when you get nanotech down to an art, you have the ability for it to start reproducing themselves, in effect building a product from the ground up without any fabrication equipment. You think the MP3 revolution is hard on the record industry at large? Try thinking about the same effect on a global scale with nearly any product imaginable... Granted, this is the far furture, but the implications are staggering.
We already pay a NASA space tax. It's paid out at every store cash register and on April 15th of each year. This Senator should give us 1% of the GNP for suggesting such an assnine idea.
Dammit, that means Ford can sue to make Toyota use it's parts, right? Total BS. It's his business practices not the OS itself. Just because it can be modular doesn't mean he should have to.
I think it's because there'd be pure chaos if they tried switching over to another platform the way things are now. While depriving MS of all those licences would definitly strike a blow, it'd be sheer hell converting to the OS of your choice... Imagine the logistics involved of backing up every machine and database the government has... OMG...
Still, the government subsidies to MS competitors is a decent idea, but one you'd really have to think about before implimenting, simply because there is so many things we subsidise that have gone horribly wrong...
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Gee, and they're just now realizing the AOL/TimeWarner alliance was a bad idea... I feel so sorry for all you Tivo owners. "Now there's a new way to spam Tivo users! It's AOL 7.0!" You don't think so? It's coming...
Really simple here:
The web is a "highway". Your browser is a "car". A page is a giant "billboard". Ok, lets break it down- They are now saying it's illegle for you to look at a "billboard" they posted on the "highway" from your "car". Not only that; it's "illegle" to "tell" your friend "about" the billboard on the highway so "he" can go see it himself. I agree with the other "people" here. If they didn't want people to "view" their "crap", they should have found a different way to presnt it.
Gee, a password would work. Imagine that. But then, it sounds like they don't want to enforce the copyright on everybody, just some people. Uh huh.
...Like nintendo, like sega, like sony itself? Is that what you meant? It's not just the MS who's getting "a taste of it's own medicine". Common, face the fact and realize that every one of these companies want to be a monopoly and stab one another in the back on a regular basis. MS isn't the only whipping boy here.
Or emulation of all the other consoles on an XBox? The dang thing is a PC after all. It's my secret wish for the console, as unlikely as it may be...
Hopefully the PS3 has as much innovation as it will technology... This shortened console lifespan trend is beginning to worry me. You could blame it on technology and you'd be partially right, but systems like the Gameboy, SNES and PS1 went kicking and screaming into the night even as better/more powerful technology eclipsed it. These platforms were innovative and lately, it seems the industry is geared more towards "updating" instead of looking to the long term. "Oh shucks, the X-Box came out. Time to make a PS3." Wasn't your box built for the long haul? Guess not... I hope the PS3 isn't simply another update...
(I like the PS2. It's a decent system. Comments thinking that I'm flaming Sony will be severely laughed at.)
What is it with all the "duh" articals involving MS and why are they even being posted? Yes, it's no surprise Gates lied and we know Linux isn't Piracy. Would any more Slash editors like to post the obvious? "MS admits to using point and click interface!" Mod me down, bay-bee!
If your security as as lax as my company's, the artical is easy to believe. I work on PCs in my depatment while the company itself handles thousands of consumer electronic components list above per day. Sure, you go through a metal detector and the guard wands you, but I swear i could sneak out with a full desktop stashed in my pants and still get away with it. It's for show. Then when they actually find something missing, security gets intense for about a month with people removing everything from their pockets, jackets, etc. After a month, it goes back to being business as usual. If these other companies are as irresponsible as mine, I could easily see the trend. Hmf. Must be desperate for when this post makes for slashdot news but the cool planetary alignment doesn't? Mod me down, bay-bay!
And for cryin' out loud, You with anal ascii pic, grow up. How many sites do you visit with that pic anyway? "hehe! Hehe! *snort* It's the highlight of my day! *snort* hehe!" Get a life.
There's a certain amount of betrayal involved here. It was free now it's not? Huh? Has their information changed? I now have to pay for, say, videos now? Bluemountain pulled the same crap. Their core service was free for the longest time, but now you have to pay for the same e-card and the same service. Call the guy a leecher but I tend to agree with him. Don't expect to pull the ol' bait and switch tactic and expect people to be happy about it. Sure they have a right to make money, but it's tough when you've already set the value of your service as "free". At least you paid for cable from the outset.
My view is why would I pay Gamespot when I can get virtually the same info from another site for free? It remindes me of IGN.com, and they bitchslap you with ads, even as a subscriber.
Gee, I wish the Rock would run for president. Or maybe Mr.T... Yeah.
"I Pity the foo who messes with Isreal! I pity em!
"I've come for the biological weapons... And your HEAD."
Ronald Regan turned out to be a pretty good president, but I just can't see Ventura as presidential material... And as much maligned as Bush is, the Texas Governship is no picnic. The governer actucal has to sign off on the execution of inmates.. I don't care what you say; That can't be an easy thing to do.
No wheelchair i've ever heard of can do that speed. So yeah, that's "all" that seperates it.
First, segways and pedestrians don't mix. A 12 mph hit is harder than any WWF or football tackle you've ever seen. And don't tell me it can't/won't happen. The state will be lucky if they don't get their asses sued off for such a dumb decision. Somebody made a good point-- Bikes are treated as vehicals (albeit differently), the segway should likewise.
The only solution I can think of... Is take lane space away from cars gradually in areas you want to convert to segway only use. This would have the short to long term issue of massive traffic congestion as everybody has a car. Expanding a roadway would serve only to increase taxes to support the project. Both solutions will draw heavy critism from motorist (a large majority of the population who have already shelled out $10,000-50,000 on a mode of transportation.)
The primary problem as I see it is that we need a working alternate energy plan. This Segway conversion project would be a whole lot easier if we did. Sadly, we have only piecemeal. Regardless; nobody wants to give up their cars because in the long term, simply because they are all around more useful than a segway. I can go cross country AND commute within a city in mine. I can travel in nearly any weather. Transverse moderately rough terrain. I can only use a Segway in a city for it to be useful. Yes, you could put parking lots outside a city, but then you'd have to clear massive space to support the sheer number of commuters coming into the city and getting on their segway. Who's suburb is that going to be? Yours?
People are focusing on the problems because the solutions are even more unwieldy that what we have going on now...
Excellent idea. This artical ranks right up there with the "We want to fund NASA by taxing SciFi media" I want to see a massive grass roots revolt against this sort of idiocy. How many people downloaded Napster? if even half those people were to organize and hit the suggested links Rot26 suggests, the RIAA would be so ass out of luck and maybe, just maybe the labels would realize just how deep of shit their digging themselves into...
I don't have a segway and don't plan on buying one. I have a bike for that. That said (catagorize me with the "have not's") I have to disagree. You are banking on people using these things intelligently and i think $8,000 is a good way to keep it in mostly intelligent hands. But when the price drops (a lot), it will fall into the hands of idiots. You and I have both seen them before. You may be careful with it, and $8,000 is a hell of an incentive to be so, but it can and will be abused once the masses can easily afford it.
My point is that as soon as you bump into somebody at 5-12 mph on one of these things because some idiot was talking on his cell or just playing around on a street full of pedestrians and seways, you just won't "back up from your reaction". Try careen out of control into other people. Ever fallen from rollerblading at 12 mph? You'll bruise, bleed and even break stuff.
You maybe safe. The seway maybe neato. But you're making a mistake assuming that everybody else is.
Neato little devices, and yet I find it interesting how quickly laws were passed in favor of the little boogers on sidewalks and other places. Why do I have a feeling it's a case of "money talks"? After all, while I'm sure it's safe and yadda, but 12 mph is a bit fast for a human clogged sidewalk and we haven't even seen the effects of mass usage... I wanna see how well these these rapid fire laws hold up when these things become affordable and more irresponsible people get a hold of them...
Totally agreement here. Nobody should be surprised that he lied and he should be held accountable for said breach under oath just like Clinton should have. Money and politics.. yeesh.
There's enough EM to power floating around in the world to power these guys. The body's electrical energy is also an option.
Just a thought... I'd imagine they could easily be powered off of any EM field, either generated by the body itself or ambient energy passing through the body. Heck, standing under high voltage power lines is enough to independently ligh a florecent light bulb. Considering the amount of ambient energy our bodies are subjected to on a regular basis, I don't see a power shortage. All you need is the tech.
And the people have a right to be concerned about nanotech viruses, but they should keep in mind there will be options to defend against them as well- A anti-nanotech viral injection or just a pulsing EMP field to fry the little boogers.
Yep, there are biological benefits and consequences, but when you get nanotech down to an art, you have the ability for it to start reproducing themselves, in effect building a product from the ground up without any fabrication equipment. You think the MP3 revolution is hard on the record industry at large? Try thinking about the same effect on a global scale with nearly any product imaginable... Granted, this is the far furture, but the implications are staggering.
Nice... Mod this man up further.
We already pay a NASA space tax. It's paid out at every store cash register and on April 15th of each year. This Senator should give us 1% of the GNP for suggesting such an assnine idea.
Yep. With funky animations to boot. Oh, wait.. It'd have to be a 3rd party solitaire...
Dammit, that means Ford can sue to make Toyota use it's parts, right? Total BS. It's his business practices not the OS itself. Just because it can be modular doesn't mean he should have to.
Because we're all communist. Equality for all. Just some are a bit mor equal than others. ;)
Seriously, though, you hit the nail on the head. This whole excercise in modular ability is a huge waste of tax-payer money.
I think it's because there'd be pure chaos if they tried switching over to another platform the way things are now. While depriving MS of all those licences would definitly strike a blow, it'd be sheer hell converting to the OS of your choice... Imagine the logistics involved of backing up every machine and database the government has... OMG...
Still, the government subsidies to MS competitors is a decent idea, but one you'd really have to think about before implimenting, simply because there is so many things we subsidise that have gone horribly wrong...