not lack of access to a designer. Where do you find a material with the compressive strength of bone and low density? How do you replace the tensional strength and flexiblity of muscle? If I had any of that $h17 I could build some HELLACIOUS ROBOTS and conquer...ummm, spread democracy throughout the world.
The second amendment is to provide for the populace to defend themselves from the government.
In Europe the kings and their officials held all of the weapons. When someone was knighted that person was granted the right "to bear arms". The general population was not granted that right. That meant that the serfs were forever dominated by Lords unless some rapscallion like Cromwell showed up.
The US has not been invaded because it is protected geographically. With the exception of Latin America and Canada, any country with visions of conquering the US would have to have an Army numbering in the tens of millions. Just think of what the Allies had to do to grab Normandy in June, 1944. Now remember, that was just across the English Channel. Now think about crossing the Atlantic Ocean, or the Pacific Ocean.
Now you know what atom bombs mounted on ICBMs are good for.:)
Social Security numbers were never intended to be identity numbers by the Federal Government.
State and local governments, businesses, and eventually the military decided that since everyone had a unique SS number, they could save themselves some money and effort by simply requiring everyone to use their SS number as an ID number.
This is an incredibly STOOPID idea that 2600 magazine has been preaching against for many years now.
In short, I'm sorry, but you are mistaken in blaming this on the government.
I don't know about you, but the only movies I have archived are not considered PR0N. OK, a few have some titties in them like "The Godfather" but that's not what we normally call PR0N.
As we all know in/., PR0N is what drives media; from the VCR, to DVDs, and soon to Blu-Ray or whatever wins the next-gen duel.
The question now becomes "will the PR0N guys buy this?
I don't think so because...well, who the hell would WANT to copy that stuff? I mean, nobody ever stops me on the street to sell me copies of "Girls Gone Dildo" or whatever. However, I have been approached by people selling whatever movie happens to be in the theatres on that day.
And as others have already stated, this will do nothing to stop the guys on the street.
This seems like a big waste of time to me if they can't sell to the PR0N industry.
I have Microsoft's anti spyware Beta running and it caught the attempted install. After scanning my system is caught the packages installed by Claria.
BTW, this is one piece of software from Microsoft that seems to work well. But then, they did write the OS software so they SHOULD know how to check it.
Do NOT click the parents link! It contains spyware; GAIN and Claria. You have been warned. If you have already clicked the link, run a spyware scan using updated profiles.
By the way; graphology is a legitimate science. I have studied it briefly in the past. My High School Journalism teacher was one of the few people qualified to testify in court based on her knowledge of graphology.
Graphologists typically want at least a full page of writing and/or doodles. They also want the writer to use a non-felt tip pen. This is so that they can judge the pressure applied. For instance someone under stress would apply greater pressure and indent the paper more than a calm person.
Graphologists are also very careful NOT to use just one trait to form an opinion of the writer. For instance someone who crosses their "T"'s with a long bar at the top are generally considered to be protective, but if the prevailing signs in the sample are agressive, the long bar might be taken as hostility.
I see a lot of posts ridiculing graphology. This is probably because it is in the realm of psychology; a science that probably does not get much respect among Engineers and programmers.
I have Beta recordings of the original airing of Star Trek: The Next Generation that look better than current VHS recordings. Keep in mind that back then I was using a Co-axial cable for sound and video, and that today I am using RCA plugs to separate sound from video.
I hated the idea of DVDs until I got my PS2. Then for kicks I rented a DVD. Later I rented a few more. I don't remember the last time I rented a tape.
Same goes for my sister who resisted DVDs just as I did. Say it again for my brother who was also converted by the presence of the PS2.
Duplicate as many times as you think necessary for all the PS2 owners out there who got twice the bang for the buck with the PS2.
Now think about all those extras such as deleted scenes which I LOVE to watch, and you can begin to appreciate why DVDs have conquered VHS tapes.
Oh, yeah, let's not forget the fact that you can now get a pretty good DVD player for about the same $60.00 US a VHS tape player would cost you.
This is cool though. I like how IBM put the fingerprint ID tech in front of Windows. That means Linux based OSs can also take advantage of this when these machines are being sold as refurbished in a few years.
I'm a little disappointed that the encryption stuff may not transfer well to non-Windows OSs.
Now what happens when someones finger is damaged to due fire, electrical shock, or blunt trauma? I had this problem with an old Compaq laptop that had a system password at the BIOS level. It made the laptop permanently mine since I didn't want to disclose my password to anyone else.
I know there's room for 21 different fingerprints, but I wonder how many end users are going to think to register more than one of their fingers...just in case.
Exactly, and that's where the real problem lies. If people think it's going to be difficult to identify the same word spoken by people from different regions then they probably have not given much thought to the fact that many words with different meanings sound the same in English and also that there are phrases such as "fat-chance" and "slim-chance" that mean exactly the same thing.
They can continue until Micro$oft stops giving them money. SCO has been a cheap source of Linux Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt for over a year now. What's a couple million more dollars to a company that has billions in reserve?
It's not so much a question as to how Linux has innovated recently as a question of how Open Source has innovated recently. Once that is understood you can then look beyond individual packets such as FireFox and see the entire Open Source movement as an innovation.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the parent post was refering to Star Wars. You know, the movie in which Han Solo shoots first, and the Death Star blows up with a ridiculous fireworks explosion. I'm NOT refering to the fictitious "Episode IV: A New Hope". You know, the one where Greedo shoots first, and there are creatures never seen before, and the Death Star has all these pretty special FX.
Let's see if I can offer some insight. Consider the number of insects on the Earth as opposed to all the mammals and fish. The insects not only outnumber all other life forms by a huge factor but they also outweight all other life forms by a huge factor. This is because a crumb that would not tickle my taste-buds would sustain several insects. Insects are restrained by the fact that there are several predators that actively seek them and also that they must compete with other organisms for fuel and living space. Nano-bots would not have natural predators and would be stopped by lack of material only. By that time they would have reduced most material to the grey-goo.
Macro-bots would be stopped sooner than nano-bots by the need for large amounts of power and material. A macro-bot would have trouble manipulating material on the microscopic level, and thus would only be able to transform macro objects. Nano-bots would not have this limitation.
Macro-bots are made with kilograms of material and the subsequent waste is considerable. Nano-bots are made of molecules or individual atoms: very little waste.
What the above means is that nano-bots are terribly efficient. Combine that with miniscule power requirements and you have something that can easily be imagined to be unstopable.
Luke was originally a girl when Lucas was making a space version of True Grit. As he moved through many variations on his script Luke changed from a girl to a small boy and then an adolescent.
Telemarketers may have existed back then but if so they would have been a SMALL group focused on specialized targets. The reason? Very few credit cards. Also, in the US people were actually sent to JAIL for NOT PAYING their bills.
Most advertising was done in television, newspapers, and magazines. That's right, when you went to the movies the only ads you saw were for other movies. With the exception of 2001: a Space Odyssey you didn't see any product placement either. Altogether a very different time.
As for your comment about not worrying about anything; have you ever read a history book? Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. had been assasinated just the prior year. Vietnam had gotten WAY OUT OF HAND. Pollution was threatening the lives of people. The HUMAN rights of black people in the US was only just beginning to be recognized.
We had plenty to worry about.
We also had some nice things to help us through the troubling times. Most notably for me was the fact that I was growing up in Berkeley and I spent half my time on Telegraph avenue around all the hot babes from UC Berzerkely!
If you want to make backup copies of your legally purchased DVDs, look for DVD Decrypter, and IFOEdit. DVDShrink does not have any way of bypassing CSS which is why you should use DVD Decrypter to move the movie to your harddrive first. Then if the DVD is larger than a DVD-5 you can split the movie into two disks with IFOEdit or just shrink it with DVDShrink.
While you're at it, look into the TOOLS -- SETTINGS option in DVD Decrypter and turn off other restrictions. This way your backup will allow you to skip any commercials or other annoyances you don't want to bother with. This once secondary benefit of backups has become increasingly important to me as I have noticed a decided INCREASE in the number of DVDs that make it difficult to skip the commercials.
One word of warning, I have NOT been able to play my backup movies on my PS2 or my set-top DVD player if I use DVD Shrink. If this is important to you then you should use the DVD Decrypter to IFOEdit process. There are guides published on the net so just search if you need instructions. Then be patient and recognise that you WILL make a few coasters. The process is very simple if you have the patience to read, study and apply what you learn. Good luck.:)
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not lack of access to a designer. Where do you find a material with the compressive strength of bone and low density? How do you replace the tensional strength and flexiblity of muscle?
If I had any of that $h17 I could build some HELLACIOUS ROBOTS and conquer...ummm, spread democracy throughout the world.
In Europe the kings and their officials held all of the weapons. When someone was knighted that person was granted the right "to bear arms". The general population was not granted that right. That meant that the serfs were forever dominated by Lords unless some rapscallion like Cromwell showed up.
The US has not been invaded because it is protected geographically. With the exception of Latin America and Canada, any country with visions of conquering the US would have to have an Army numbering in the tens of millions. Just think of what the Allies had to do to grab Normandy in June, 1944. Now remember, that was just across the English Channel. Now think about crossing the Atlantic Ocean, or the Pacific Ocean.
Now you know what atom bombs mounted on ICBMs are good for. :)
State and local governments, businesses, and eventually the military decided that since everyone had a unique SS number, they could save themselves some money and effort by simply requiring everyone to use their SS number as an ID number.
This is an incredibly STOOPID idea that 2600 magazine has been preaching against for many years now.
In short, I'm sorry, but you are mistaken in blaming this on the government.
As we all know in /., PR0N is what drives media; from the VCR, to DVDs, and soon to Blu-Ray or whatever wins the next-gen duel.
The question now becomes "will the PR0N guys buy this?
I don't think so because...well, who the hell would WANT to copy that stuff? I mean, nobody ever stops me on the street to sell me copies of "Girls Gone Dildo" or whatever. However, I have been approached by people selling whatever movie happens to be in the theatres on that day. And as others have already stated, this will do nothing to stop the guys on the street.
This seems like a big waste of time to me if they can't sell to the PR0N industry.
http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template =Aids&slug=New+HIV+strain+found+in+NY&id=68437&cal lid=1
implies that HIV is becoming stronger at a time when we want to spread it by calling it a cure. I guess if you die early of the new more virulent HIV then you don't have to worry about cancer.
BTW, this is one piece of software from Microsoft that seems to work well. But then, they did write the OS software so they SHOULD know how to check it.
Do NOT click the parents link! It contains spyware; GAIN and Claria. You have been warned. If you have already clicked the link, run a spyware scan using updated profiles.
Graphologists typically want at least a full page of writing and/or doodles. They also want the writer to use a non-felt tip pen. This is so that they can judge the pressure applied. For instance someone under stress would apply greater pressure and indent the paper more than a calm person.
Graphologists are also very careful NOT to use just one trait to form an opinion of the writer. For instance someone who crosses their "T"'s with a long bar at the top are generally considered to be protective, but if the prevailing signs in the sample are agressive, the long bar might be taken as hostility.
I see a lot of posts ridiculing graphology. This is probably because it is in the realm of psychology; a science that probably does not get much respect among Engineers and programmers.
In HD Beta looks even better.
http://www.2600.com/covers/covers.html
I hated the idea of DVDs until I got my PS2. Then for kicks I rented a DVD. Later I rented a few more. I don't remember the last time I rented a tape. Same goes for my sister who resisted DVDs just as I did. Say it again for my brother who was also converted by the presence of the PS2. Duplicate as many times as you think necessary for all the PS2 owners out there who got twice the bang for the buck with the PS2.
Now think about all those extras such as deleted scenes which I LOVE to watch, and you can begin to appreciate why DVDs have conquered VHS tapes.
Oh, yeah, let's not forget the fact that you can now get a pretty good DVD player for about the same $60.00 US a VHS tape player would cost you.
I'm a little disappointed that the encryption stuff may not transfer well to non-Windows OSs.
Now what happens when someones finger is damaged to due fire, electrical shock, or blunt trauma? I had this problem with an old Compaq laptop that had a system password at the BIOS level. It made the laptop permanently mine since I didn't want to disclose my password to anyone else.
I know there's room for 21 different fingerprints, but I wonder how many end users are going to think to register more than one of their fingers...just in case.
Good Morning, Dave. I am an HAL 9000 computer.
Exactly, and that's where the real problem lies. If people think it's going to be difficult to identify the same word spoken by people from different regions then they probably have not given much thought to the fact that many words with different meanings sound the same in English and also that there are phrases such as "fat-chance" and "slim-chance" that mean exactly the same thing.
This is very good but English is not a good language for voice to text translations. There are far too many homonyms (sp).
They can continue until Micro$oft stops giving them money. SCO has been a cheap source of Linux Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt for over a year now. What's a couple million more dollars to a company that has billions in reserve?
It's not so much a question as to how Linux has innovated recently as a question of how Open Source has innovated recently. Once that is understood you can then look beyond individual packets such as FireFox and see the entire Open Source movement as an innovation.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the parent post was refering to Star Wars. You know, the movie in which Han Solo shoots first, and the Death Star blows up with a ridiculous fireworks explosion. I'm NOT refering to the fictitious "Episode IV: A New Hope". You know, the one where Greedo shoots first, and there are creatures never seen before, and the Death Star has all these pretty special FX.
Let's see if I can offer some insight. Consider the number of insects on the Earth as opposed to all the mammals and fish. The insects not only outnumber all other life forms by a huge factor but they also outweight all other life forms by a huge factor. This is because a crumb that would not tickle my taste-buds would sustain several insects. Insects are restrained by the fact that there are several predators that actively seek them and also that they must compete with other organisms for fuel and living space. Nano-bots would not have natural predators and would be stopped by lack of material only. By that time they would have reduced most material to the grey-goo. Macro-bots would be stopped sooner than nano-bots by the need for large amounts of power and material. A macro-bot would have trouble manipulating material on the microscopic level, and thus would only be able to transform macro objects. Nano-bots would not have this limitation.
Macro-bots are made with kilograms of material and the subsequent waste is considerable. Nano-bots are made of molecules or individual atoms: very little waste. What the above means is that nano-bots are terribly efficient. Combine that with miniscule power requirements and you have something that can easily be imagined to be unstopable.
Luke was originally a girl when Lucas was making a space version of True Grit. As he moved through many variations on his script Luke changed from a girl to a small boy and then an adolescent.
Sharpies should be OK as they are alchohol based. Beware of any "oil" based permanent markers as they will degrade the surface plastic.
Telemarketers may have existed back then but if so they would have been a SMALL group focused on specialized targets. The reason? Very few credit cards. Also, in the US people were actually sent to JAIL for NOT PAYING their bills. Most advertising was done in television, newspapers, and magazines. That's right, when you went to the movies the only ads you saw were for other movies. With the exception of 2001: a Space Odyssey you didn't see any product placement either. Altogether a very different time. As for your comment about not worrying about anything; have you ever read a history book? Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. had been assasinated just the prior year. Vietnam had gotten WAY OUT OF HAND. Pollution was threatening the lives of people. The HUMAN rights of black people in the US was only just beginning to be recognized. We had plenty to worry about. We also had some nice things to help us through the troubling times. Most notably for me was the fact that I was growing up in Berkeley and I spent half my time on Telegraph avenue around all the hot babes from UC Berzerkely!
If you want to make backup copies of your legally purchased DVDs, look for DVD Decrypter, and IFOEdit. DVDShrink does not have any way of bypassing CSS which is why you should use DVD Decrypter to move the movie to your harddrive first. Then if the DVD is larger than a DVD-5 you can split the movie into two disks with IFOEdit or just shrink it with DVDShrink. While you're at it, look into the TOOLS -- SETTINGS option in DVD Decrypter and turn off other restrictions. This way your backup will allow you to skip any commercials or other annoyances you don't want to bother with. This once secondary benefit of backups has become increasingly important to me as I have noticed a decided INCREASE in the number of DVDs that make it difficult to skip the commercials. One word of warning, I have NOT been able to play my backup movies on my PS2 or my set-top DVD player if I use DVD Shrink. If this is important to you then you should use the DVD Decrypter to IFOEdit process. There are guides published on the net so just search if you need instructions. Then be patient and recognise that you WILL make a few coasters. The process is very simple if you have the patience to read, study and apply what you learn. Good luck. :)
Way back in the Seventies Frederick Pohl succintly stated your entire post: Ninety percent of everything is shit.