You bring up a good point about the parallels of the orginal intention Web. This idea, while very cool, is practical only in the ivory towers of acadamia. One only has to look at the commerical consolidation of mass media that has eroded the 'net. The people with the Money(tm) have no interest in allowing something as socialistic as this see the light of day. In their eyes, they can't make a profit off of something that they don't own and control.
This is actually a brillant idea for a small company that sells gifts to do right before the holiday buying season -- attack a blatently wrong legal threat and get mondo support and priceless exposure.
I second the recommendation for PC Power and Cooling. I got tired of going through a PS every 6 months, having themburn-up or worse; the bushings would start to fail and it would sound like a turbine engine until it warmed up. As far a price goes; it's a matter of perspective. I think I paid around $200 for my high-perf 350W supply about 5 years ago. To date, it's the only piece that I haven't upgraded or replaced in my system (including the case). Spend twice that amount for the latest bleeding-edge graphics card and see if you still have it half for half as long.
If the studios were to lower their prices, theaters would pay their employees more. Why? They still wouldn't being doing any more work and hence would not be more valuable.
If an employee was paid more, they would be less likely to pirate films. Once again: why? I doubt that pirates are doing so for the money.
Interesting train of thought, but it's logically flawed.
If your NETBIOS ports are open, getting spam should be the least of your worries. You'll be too busy dodging winnuke attacks and fileshare scans/cracking. Close off ports 137 and 138 on any WAN connections. Of course, any competent windows network admin already knows this.
I can see how most people would think that the military getting involved is a bad thing and the ACLU is an overactive bunch of liberals. However, you have to understand that it's a slippery slope to tread on. US law enforcement agencies have vast resources available to them to deal with situations such as this. The military is a sledge hammer by comparison. Or to quote the movie, The Seige: "The United States military is a sword when what you need a scapel". The only thing these orginizations have in common are guns.
The ACLU is also challenging the involvement of the US military in the DC sniper case, as reported by CNN. The "depend the Constitution" ad campaign mentioned is $3.5M large, which includes a million dollars worth of TV ads in 10 markets
Just because it "burns fuel more completely" doesn't automatically make it safer for the enviroment. Nor did I see any more proof of this in the article. Jet fuel is some pretty nasty stuff, enviromentally speaking. Sounds like a market-droid speak to me.
I don't know about the new iMacs, but the older candy-colored ones had a standard power cord. They are translucent with multicolored wires (like the iMac they came with). I'm using one on my PC right now, in fact. Just another one of those little details that Apple is known for. How many PC vendors would bother with custom made power cords?
I agree, to a point, on the skinning trend. But really, what harm is there in having that option? I use Winamp with it's default interface. But hey, I've goofed around with a couple of the skins. If a person is willing to put up with a more sluggish response so they can have have more eye candy, more power to them.
I'm willing to bet money that a lot of the next generation interface break-throughs will be spun from a really cool skin created by a designer who otherwise never would have been involved with software development.
I agree. I bought Civ 3 two days after it came out. It's a great game -- I still play it. I paid around $50 for it if I recall correctly.
Why is it so evil of Yahoo to expect something in return for offering a $50 game for free? The last of the standing.coms are tripping over themselves to try to find innovative ways to stay afloat. To me, this is much more desirable than flogging visitors with yet another popunder.
Why do we need a law? I used to play Yahoo Poker on occasion; now I most certainly will not. Yahoo makes it's money by the number of eyeballs they can sell to advertisers (among other things). They have two less eyeballs now. We live in a capitalistic society; let the economics, not the courts, decide.
The guy your're talking bout is Ira Einhorn. France refused to extradite him because he could possibly face the death penalty in America. The circumstances are quite different than Skylarov's.
Yes, it would be illegal. Whether the actual technology is "passive" or "active" doesn't matter. If an establishment intentionally blocks cell signals, they're breaking the law.
What I would like to see is something that forces a phone to go into vibrate mode.
A bit OT, but an interesting bit of insight from legal minds into the world of tech., since you (and everyone else here) is looking at it from the other way around...
The LSAT is standardized test you take to get into law school. One of the sections of the test is to measure "critical reasoning". I recently took a practice LSAT and came across this question:
The senate candidate expressed outrage that few judges have any background in technology, yet they try to resolve cases involving high tech companies. He stated that not one federal judge has a degree or any experience in computer technology.
A promising response to this concern, arguing that things are not as bad as they might seem, could involve which of the following claims?
A) Most of the public policy questions in this area are really about the morality and the value of scientific and technological developments. They do not require much technical understanding beyond that of a layperson.
B) Computer scientists, by and large, have little interest in politics and public policy. It would be difficult to find scientists with the degree of commitment required for a serious contribution to the judicial system.
C) There is a lack of people who are qualified in both technical and legal areas of expertise.
D) There is very little opportunity for, and indeed little need for, technical expertise in the judicial branch. There is therefore almost no way for a technical specialist to rise through the ranks to a top-level position in government.
E) The rewards of a life as a judge, in terms of both money and prestige, are not high enough to attract top-flight technical experts to this area.
I know this is +1 Funny put since you've mentioned it; state bar associations generally dictate how attorneys may and may not advertise their services. Most other professionals (doctors, real estate brokers, financial advisors, etc.) are kept on a similarly short leash.
I got one from www.rcmicroracers.com a couple of weeks ago. They're actually pretty cool to play with -- and a lot cheaper than the full size RC stuff I used to tinker with as a teen. But, sigh, I do miss those gasoline powered racers.
HTTP_REFFER is technically optional -- the browser doesn't have to pass that value. Also, if you manage a web site or two, scan the referrers in your logs on occasion. It can be somewhat humorous; I've seen some pretty funky referrals. Sometimes, it seems, IE randomly appends a URL from the user's cache onto that value. Of course too, the value can also be easily spoofed.
Granted, 99% of the time this method wold work, but it's not foolproof. I never use that method for tracking clickthroughs or for a serious method of security.
Yup, yup... Like "The Wall", WYWH was a personally motivated by Roger Waters. The album is about making it to the top and missing the old days with Sid Barrett. Sid was the original guitarist and the intial creative leader before he kinda lost it, mentally. Check out "Saucer Full Of Secrets" to hear some Sid stuff. Then in the mid-80's Waters split with the rest of the members in a nasty battle. Today PF is a mere shadow of what they used to be, in my opinion (listen to the lyrics of the newer stuff -- they're meaningless). They've been making music for over 40 years. Sadly, I think it's time for them to let go.
:: sigh:: I think the PF story would make an awesome movie, if done right.
A troll (or I sure as hell hope you are), but I'll bite.
I hate spam as much you do, however, I would cheerfully delete an email about penis enlargement if it meant, somewhere, a rape victim received the justice that they deserve. If you're not a troll, you really should read up on debate and logically constucting an arguement. Statements such as this tend to scuttle your point before you even complete it.
Very well put. The popularity of Google's interface further backs your claim. However, I pay the bills and keep a roof over my head with my design and development skills. Most of the people who are signing my checks live in the corporate "ooooh... look... shiny things" world. They like cute, million dollar Superbowl commercials and they want to hang their name on a website that dazzles them. You have to remember, marketing is about packaging, not content. Call me (and the legions like me) a sellout, but man... Ramen noodles every night for dinner ain't the life I want.
Much of your cited data seems to be conducted during the reign of first gen cellphones -- the analog variety. These older phones operate on different frequencies (obviously) and also require a much higher power output than the digital models used by 85% American cell phone owners today. How valid are these stats?
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You bring up a good point about the parallels of the orginal intention Web. This idea, while very cool, is practical only in the ivory towers of acadamia. One only has to look at the commerical consolidation of mass media that has eroded the 'net. The people with the Money(tm) have no interest in allowing something as socialistic as this see the light of day. In their eyes, they can't make a profit off of something that they don't own and control.
This is actually a brillant idea for a small company that sells gifts to do right before the holiday buying season -- attack a blatently wrong legal threat and get mondo support and priceless exposure.
I second the recommendation for PC Power and Cooling. I got tired of going through a PS every 6 months, having themburn-up or worse; the bushings would start to fail and it would sound like a turbine engine until it warmed up. As far a price goes; it's a matter of perspective. I think I paid around $200 for my high-perf 350W supply about 5 years ago. To date, it's the only piece that I haven't upgraded or replaced in my system (including the case). Spend twice that amount for the latest bleeding-edge graphics card and see if you still have it half for half as long.
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You are making a couple major assumptions here.
Interesting train of thought, but it's logically flawed.
If your NETBIOS ports are open, getting spam should be the least of your worries. You'll be too busy dodging winnuke attacks and fileshare scans/cracking. Close off ports 137 and 138 on any WAN connections. Of course, any competent windows network admin already knows this.
I can see how most people would think that the military getting involved is a bad thing and the ACLU is an overactive bunch of liberals. However, you have to understand that it's a slippery slope to tread on. US law enforcement agencies have vast resources available to them to deal with situations such as this. The military is a sledge hammer by comparison. Or to quote the movie, The Seige: "The United States military is a sword when what you need a scapel". The only thing these orginizations have in common are guns.
The ACLU is also challenging the involvement of the US military in the DC sniper case, as reported by CNN. The "depend the Constitution" ad campaign mentioned is $3.5M large, which includes a million dollars worth of TV ads in 10 markets
Whoot! Keep it up guys!
Just because it "burns fuel more completely" doesn't automatically make it safer for the enviroment. Nor did I see any more proof of this in the article. Jet fuel is some pretty nasty stuff, enviromentally speaking. Sounds like a market-droid speak to me.
I don't know about the new iMacs, but the older candy-colored ones had a standard power cord. They are translucent with multicolored wires (like the iMac they came with). I'm using one on my PC right now, in fact. Just another one of those little details that Apple is known for. How many PC vendors would bother with custom made power cords?
I agree, to a point, on the skinning trend. But really, what harm is there in having that option? I use Winamp with it's default interface. But hey, I've goofed around with a couple of the skins. If a person is willing to put up with a more sluggish response so they can have have more eye candy, more power to them.
I'm willing to bet money that a lot of the next generation interface break-throughs will be spun from a really cool skin created by a designer who otherwise never would have been involved with software development.
I agree. I bought Civ 3 two days after it came out. It's a great game -- I still play it. I paid around $50 for it if I recall correctly.
Why is it so evil of Yahoo to expect something in return for offering a $50 game for free? The last of the standing
Why do we need a law? I used to play Yahoo Poker on occasion; now I most certainly will not. Yahoo makes it's money by the number of eyeballs they can sell to advertisers (among other things). They have two less eyeballs now. We live in a capitalistic society; let the economics, not the courts, decide.
The guy your're talking bout is Ira Einhorn. France refused to extradite him because he could possibly face the death penalty in America. The circumstances are quite different than Skylarov's.
Yes, it would be illegal. Whether the actual technology is "passive" or "active" doesn't matter. If an establishment intentionally blocks cell signals, they're breaking the law.
What I would like to see is something that forces a phone to go into vibrate mode.
The LSAT is standardized test you take to get into law school. One of the sections of the test is to measure "critical reasoning". I recently took a practice LSAT and came across this question:
Care to guess the correct answer?
I know this is +1 Funny put since you've mentioned it; state bar associations generally dictate how attorneys may and may not advertise their services. Most other professionals (doctors, real estate brokers, financial advisors, etc.) are kept on a similarly short leash.
Thanks.
Someone please mod this stooge down? Thanks.
I got one from www.rcmicroracers.com a couple of weeks ago. They're actually pretty cool to play with -- and a lot cheaper than the full size RC stuff I used to tinker with as a teen. But, sigh, I do miss those gasoline powered racers.
HTTP_REFFER is technically optional -- the browser doesn't have to pass that value. Also, if you manage a web site or two, scan the referrers in your logs on occasion. It can be somewhat humorous; I've seen some pretty funky referrals. Sometimes, it seems, IE randomly appends a URL from the user's cache onto that value. Of course too, the value can also be easily spoofed.
Granted, 99% of the time this method wold work, but it's not foolproof. I never use that method for tracking clickthroughs or for a serious method of security.
Yup, yup... Like "The Wall", WYWH was a personally motivated by Roger Waters. The album is about making it to the top and missing the old days with Sid Barrett. Sid was the original guitarist and the intial creative leader before he kinda lost it, mentally. Check out "Saucer Full Of Secrets" to hear some Sid stuff. Then in the mid-80's Waters split with the rest of the members in a nasty battle. Today PF is a mere shadow of what they used to be, in my opinion (listen to the lyrics of the newer stuff -- they're meaningless). They've been making music for over 40 years. Sadly, I think it's time for them to let go.
A troll (or I sure as hell hope you are), but I'll bite.
I hate spam as much you do, however, I would cheerfully delete an email about penis enlargement if it meant, somewhere, a rape victim received the justice that they deserve. If you're not a troll, you really should read up on debate and logically constucting an arguement. Statements such as this tend to scuttle your point before you even complete it.
Very well put. The popularity of Google's interface further backs your claim. However, I pay the bills and keep a roof over my head with my design and development skills. Most of the people who are signing my checks live in the corporate "ooooh... look... shiny things" world. They like cute, million dollar Superbowl commercials and they want to hang their name on a website that dazzles them. You have to remember, marketing is about packaging, not content. Call me (and the legions like me) a sellout, but man... Ramen noodles every night for dinner ain't the life I want.
Much of your cited data seems to be conducted during the reign of first gen cellphones -- the analog variety. These older phones operate on different frequencies (obviously) and also require a much higher power output than the digital models used by 85% American cell phone owners today. How valid are these stats?