Sure you can... You just pay a $15 premium for the privelage of having service without a voice line. Thus defeating the purpose since basic service is $18...
Bell was losing hundreds of subscribers a day due to their bandwidth capping earlier this year, and now they have to provide ADSL service to really small markets where it will cost them more to upgrade the infrastructure to support ADSL than they could possibly make in revenues from customers?
Drug dealer gives away free samples at street corner. News at 11.
But drugs are addictive, a constantly crashing IM client, that gives Microsoft all rights to any data transmitted over it's network using said client, is far from addictive.
Do I have to use their client? Or will Trillian still suffice?;)
Seriously though, what the hell is with giving away money for using their network? I mean they already get to keep ANY and ALL IP that is transmitted over MSN Messenger, why would they need to get people to use their servers instead of.... Oh shit... now I get it... [ Frantically uninstalls MSN from system ]
Well, herein lies the problem. Compression on modems (now the V.90 and V.92 standards) must satisfy three things: a) low-latency; b) low-processor demand; c) linear. A modem can only look at a very little snippet of data (usually what's in the FIFO buffer) and compress that. Even when it compresses it, it has to do so quickly and serially. The reason compression schemes like RAR work way better is because they aren't real-time. The challenge in communications is always how much compression you can get away with and still satisfy linearity of data flow and time-constraints.
You make a very valid point, but why limit yourself to only using the modem? If we have an ISP at one end, and an end user with a PC (using a modem) at the other, could you not simply grab the data from the web at the ISP side, compress the entire file (be it html, jpeg, gif, zip) and then send the compressed version over the phone lines to the end user where the PC does the decompression (not the modem)??? Sure some things compress better than others, and streaming media such as audio and video could not use this technique, but the speed at which modem users could browse the web could be vastly improved.
Why has this not been done? What key peice of the puzzle am I missing?
We do have higher bandwidth on phone lines. It's called DSL.
SHHH!!! Don't tell... I was planning on making millions! You damn near let the cat outta the bag... now how much do I have to pay you to keep you quiet?;)
Let them sell our identities... I for one hope that we use P2P networks like Kazaa to only grab.torrent files...
Track my IP all you want, I was simply looking for a torrent file... I didn't download "The Matrix Reloaded.mpg", I downloaded "The Matrix Reloaded.torrent", not to mention the fact that by the time they could get your ass to court, the torrent would be dead, and they would have no evidence, (other than a torrent that has nowhere near enough data to reconstruct the video), and no leg to stand on...
American Express pulled out of Hungary a few years ago due to credit card fraud. They only recently returned. I understand our own F.B.I. sent a team over to Hungary to help train the rendõrség (police).
They trained them? On what? How NOT to take bribes to look the other way?
Take over the plane (sure it's hard, but it can be done)... now, jam the GPS receivers... The plane switches to backup beacon positioning? No problem, have a buddy start broadcasting spoofed beacons from the ground (or possible on the plane)... best of luck writing software that won't all of a sudden think that the plane is 200 miles from where it really is, if you give it a few signals that match it's database... Now you have no more 'soft walls'... without even disabling the soft-wall software on the plane.
Now can someone convince me that my logic is flawed???
Nothing like generalized is there. What morons modded the parent up?
It's an opinion, if you disagree with it, why don't you cite some examples to disprove, or at least support your reasoning? Look at the productivity of Japan, and the US in a field (any field where the two compete), and then look at the average hours worked, and number of workers, per unit delivered. I'll tell you this much, they ain't 1:1...
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I know I'm going to get flamed big time for this, but it has to be said...
The reason Americans have to work more than the rest of the world is because they are less productive. If you were in Japan, I doubt you could sit at a desk for 8 hours and really only be coding for 5. In North America most companies let you get away with that, and then try and make up for the lack of productivity by forcing people to work longer hours... So 8 hours in the US = about 5 hours in the rest of the world.
I much rather work for 12 hours a day, than work hard for 8. You guys just don't know when to quit complaining!
90% of the stuff you would want to record you can buy on CD... and therefor, according to the RIAA, you're cutting into their CD sales, by not buying music from them, but recording what is being broadcast over the airwaves for free...
Shame on you all...
Oh, and don't even think about using it to skip commercials...
This is one of the few peices of computer technology that needs to have a better upgrade path... I mean, I get a new video card every year or two... and a complete new system at least once every 4 years... the damn keyboard hasn't changed much in at least the last 10... The MS Natural keyboard was the last 'major' update to the keyboard design, and it wasn't much more than simply splitting it in two... Barely qualifing as an evolution on the design
When are we going to have some real changes? I want something that allows me to enter data as fast as I can think... Why can't we come up with a better general input device??? Keyboards SUCK!
Is it just me, or do companies seem to do this too often... Oh, here's a new version that fixes the bugs that you've complained about, but we snuck in a few restrictions too... (think MS and XP SP1...)
This feels like the OJ trial... boring, pointless, everyone knows the verdict... unless we put too much media coverage on it... then we'll all of a sudden have a surprise twist at the end of the trial... for ratings... it's all about the ratings...
I wonder why this driver cheat was discovered by Extremetech
Simply put, if ATI brings it to light, many people would claim it was planted, biased, etc... if Extremetech (or another source not directly attached to ATI) brings it to light, then ATI still gets the benefit of burning Nvidia, but without the negative PR they might generate. I wouldn't be surprised if ATI tipped off the people over at Extremetech...;)
Why are we wasting valuable time? Couldn't this time be better spent innovating? If Microsoft gets wind of this method of screwing opensource, there will be no more innovation.
Come on, everyone knows SCO is no longer innovating, but rather using lawyers to gain revenue... This reminds me of another company, Research in motion, recently renamed to Lawsuits in motion, as they no longer create new products, they just sue people for copying their generic designs...
I'll be real interested to find out what code IBM stole. Look! They push their stack parameters the same way during a task switch!!! OMG!
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Sure you can... You just pay a $15 premium for the privelage of having service without a voice line. Thus defeating the purpose since basic service is $18...
Bell was losing hundreds of subscribers a day due to their bandwidth capping earlier this year, and now they have to provide ADSL service to really small markets where it will cost them more to upgrade the infrastructure to support ADSL than they could possibly make in revenues from customers?
;)
Sell your Bell stock!
Drug dealer gives away free samples at street corner. News at 11.
But drugs are addictive, a constantly crashing IM client, that gives Microsoft all rights to any data transmitted over it's network using said client, is far from addictive.
Oh wait, Microsoft must be testing out a new business plan:
;)
10 Spam
20 Collect more email addresses
30 Spam some more!
40 ?
50 GOTO 40
60 Profit!
No, it can't be, it's flawed... 60 Profit! can never be reached!
Do I have to use their client? Or will Trillian still suffice? ;)
.... Oh shit... now I get it... [ Frantically uninstalls MSN from system ]
Seriously though, what the hell is with giving away money for using their network? I mean they already get to keep ANY and ALL IP that is transmitted over MSN Messenger, why would they need to get people to use their servers instead of
Well, herein lies the problem. Compression on modems (now the V.90 and V.92 standards) must satisfy three things: a) low-latency; b) low-processor demand; c) linear. A modem can only look at a very little snippet of data (usually what's in the FIFO buffer) and compress that. Even when it compresses it, it has to do so quickly and serially. The reason compression schemes like RAR work way better is because they aren't real-time. The challenge in communications is always how much compression you can get away with and still satisfy linearity of data flow and time-constraints.
You make a very valid point, but why limit yourself to only using the modem? If we have an ISP at one end, and an end user with a PC (using a modem) at the other, could you not simply grab the data from the web at the ISP side, compress the entire file (be it html, jpeg, gif, zip) and then send the compressed version over the phone lines to the end user where the PC does the decompression (not the modem)??? Sure some things compress better than others, and streaming media such as audio and video could not use this technique, but the speed at which modem users could browse the web could be vastly improved.
Why has this not been done? What key peice of the puzzle am I missing?
We do have higher bandwidth on phone lines. It's called DSL.
;)
SHHH!!! Don't tell... I was planning on making millions! You damn near let the cat outta the bag... now how much do I have to pay you to keep you quiet?
MIT guys! Why don't you put your brain into better compression technology? So we can deliver higher bandwidth to those still on crappy 56K lines?
And don't say it isn't doable... If I had the time, I could do it, and I'm a mere highschool graduate...
Let them sell our identities... I for one hope that we use P2P networks like Kazaa to only grab .torrent files...
;)
Track my IP all you want, I was simply looking for a torrent file... I didn't download "The Matrix Reloaded.mpg", I downloaded "The Matrix Reloaded.torrent", not to mention the fact that by the time they could get your ass to court, the torrent would be dead, and they would have no evidence, (other than a torrent that has nowhere near enough data to reconstruct the video), and no leg to stand on...
Bring it on Boys!
American Express pulled out of Hungary a few years ago due to credit card fraud. They only recently returned. I understand our own F.B.I. sent a team over to Hungary to help train the rendõrség (police).
They trained them? On what? How NOT to take bribes to look the other way?
Why 2???
Suicide is always an option
;)
For any slashdotter that has to post that anonymously, it should be the ONLY option.
The point is that most are MALE... It's still anti-social if all you do is hang around guys...
Take over the plane (sure it's hard, but it can be done)... now, jam the GPS receivers... The plane switches to backup beacon positioning? No problem, have a buddy start broadcasting spoofed beacons from the ground (or possible on the plane)... best of luck writing software that won't all of a sudden think that the plane is 200 miles from where it really is, if you give it a few signals that match it's database... Now you have no more 'soft walls'... without even disabling the soft-wall software on the plane.
Now can someone convince me that my logic is flawed???
Didn't they try this in the dark ages? Huge rivers that flowed around a castle? Are we now doing the modern equivalent? Huge wall around a city?
[Sarcasm]My what an evolution! [/sarcasm]
Nothing like generalized is there. What morons modded the parent up?
It's an opinion, if you disagree with it, why don't you cite some examples to disprove, or at least support your reasoning? Look at the productivity of Japan, and the US in a field (any field where the two compete), and then look at the average hours worked, and number of workers, per unit delivered. I'll tell you this much, they ain't 1:1...
I know I'm going to get flamed big time for this, but it has to be said...
The reason Americans have to work more than the rest of the world is because they are less productive. If you were in Japan, I doubt you could sit at a desk for 8 hours and really only be coding for 5. In North America most companies let you get away with that, and then try and make up for the lack of productivity by forcing people to work longer hours... So 8 hours in the US = about 5 hours in the rest of the world.
I much rather work for 12 hours a day, than work hard for 8. You guys just don't know when to quit complaining!
90% of the stuff you would want to record you can buy on CD... and therefor, according to the RIAA, you're cutting into their CD sales, by not buying music from them, but recording what is being broadcast over the airwaves for free...
Shame on you all...
Oh, and don't even think about using it to skip commercials...
This is one of the few peices of computer technology that needs to have a better upgrade path... I mean, I get a new video card every year or two... and a complete new system at least once every 4 years... the damn keyboard hasn't changed much in at least the last 10... The MS Natural keyboard was the last 'major' update to the keyboard design, and it wasn't much more than simply splitting it in two... Barely qualifing as an evolution on the design
When are we going to have some real changes? I want something that allows me to enter data as fast as I can think... Why can't we come up with a better general input device??? Keyboards SUCK!
Is it just me, or do companies seem to do this too often... Oh, here's a new version that fixes the bugs that you've complained about, but we snuck in a few restrictions too... (think MS and XP SP1...)
This feels like the OJ trial... boring, pointless, everyone knows the verdict... unless we put too much media coverage on it... then we'll all of a sudden have a surprise twist at the end of the trial... for ratings... it's all about the ratings...
I wonder why this driver cheat was discovered by Extremetech
;)
Simply put, if ATI brings it to light, many people would claim it was planted, biased, etc... if Extremetech (or another source not directly attached to ATI) brings it to light, then ATI still gets the benefit of burning Nvidia, but without the negative PR they might generate. I wouldn't be surprised if ATI tipped off the people over at Extremetech...
I bet this is the stolen code:
for (i=0; i
Dirty, stinking thieves!
I claim prior art on that... Dec 12, 1988... Not to mention the similiar, but slightly different:
for(x=0;x
from back on Feb 27, 1987...
Why are we wasting valuable time? Couldn't this time be better spent innovating? If Microsoft gets wind of this method of screwing opensource, there will be no more innovation.
Come on, everyone knows SCO is no longer innovating, but rather using lawyers to gain revenue... This reminds me of another company, Research in motion, recently renamed to Lawsuits in motion, as they no longer create new products, they just sue people for copying their generic designs...
I'll be real interested to find out what code IBM stole. Look! They push their stack parameters the same way during a task switch!!! OMG!
So that's how the neuro-gel packs work in Star Trek... and all this time I thought it was crap!
Seriously though... what's the delay on these things? Comparable to silica versions?