You could view it like antilock brakes. People didn't used to like those, because how they react when you skid and mash the brakes. (or try to pump them) Just another case of something getting changed without much notice. Doesn't affect the overall product, just changes one aspect. So probably legal. Especially if they go out of their way to tell you about it. (which they DID for antilock brakes, but evidently not for this linksys snafu)
Now obviously this is all to try to directly benefit Linksys (Cisco now isn't it?) so that pushes it more to the moral left, but still probably legal.
My favorite thing to hear on Fox was a discussion going on to do with the state of the economy, and how "we are only now seeing the full effects of the Clinton presidency". I about fell out of my chair.
I do realize that change cannot be immediate, but there are limits. Considering how long we've had a Bush for president, continuing to blame the past just flies in the face of all reason.
Now it still concerns me to stand by and watch just how much more damage the Lame Duck can do before the clean-up crew moves in.
Proprietary and compatible do not have to be linked.
ogg is not closed source/proprietary, but despite this it only works on what, 60% of players? hardly "compatible". Being open source does not maketh compatible.
But then WMV9 is closed/proprietary, and only works in maybe 1/3 of the players. Probably an intersection of where "proprietary" marries "profit".
Then there's the third alternative, mp3. Proprietary, yet universally (100% for all practical purposes) supported.
Can you find an audio player that does NOT support MP3 but DOES support ogg? Maybe you can find one or two. But I bet I can find a heck of a lot more that do MP3 and not ogg.
we actually went looking for the opposite of that awhile back. Took an IR source (LED) and a night vision camera (this was before everyone had a digital camera) to a glass store. Sorted through about 100 sheets of glass for anything that looked to be nearly or completely black glass.
Found ONE sheet that was 100% black, but you could see the IR light clearly through it with the camera. Took it home and cut it into circular sheets to replace the front glass on some spotlights. Turned them into heat/IR lights. Turn on a 1 mil candle light, and you see nothing, but will make your eyes water if it shines at you. And gets you warm, even from a distance. Lights stuff up like day to the night vision camera too.
Apple uses something similar for their apple logo on the front of the machine, passes IR but absorbs 100% of visible light. The dye they used in that sheet of glass is transparent to IR. You can also get ratin filters for black and white cameras, so you can take flash photos in places that you either aren't allowed a flash or don't want to be a distraction. Only takes black and white photos though since it's not passing color light. Those flash filters are expensive though. That sheet of glass we got cost a few bucks. Just one military grade filter for a spotlight costs about $35. (and they were equally effective) Also cut a small one for the maglight.
and I hope he got smarter than the first shots of him testing it, craning his arm up in the air and pointing in a window. Couldn't be much more obvious about what he was doing.
Looks like he was just using a universal remote and having to program it for each TV.
Most of the places with these sets in them though are not installed by professionals, and most of them wouldn't know where to find the IR sensor on the unit anyway.
Lets test you on something you are not familiar with, to level the playing field. Where would you put the tape to stop someone malicious from say, tampering with the IR remote on a 24" iMac doing a powerpoint presentation loop to a crowd or in front of the storefront window?
Something the tvbgone users need to realize... those are IR lights. When you press the button and look at the front you don't see anything, or will see a VERY faint dim red flicker, and think oh no one will see that!
But then take it into someplace like walmart with 200 security cameras all over the place. Think back, look at the youtube video, how bright the lights show up on the recording. It's like the white strobe on a fire alarm. Digital cameras are VERY sensitive to IR light, and it shows up bright white. As if that's not bad enough, it's strobing.
Same thing at wal-mart. Nobody on the floor will know you are doing it, but EVERY person in the security room will immediately see the TVBG light up like a white beacon on any camera pointed your way, of which at a wal mart is a good dozen or more at any given time. You'll have about 20 seconds before one of their security personnel to get a call on their radio from the security room and is standing beside you and in a bad mood. The guard may not know what to look for and won't see the light, so the people in the room will tell them to get rid of you. If the guard sees a camera in your hand, there's his excuse.
The field tester that ran into walmart problems was lucky that they didn't realize what he was doing, and kicked him out for filming. (the ppl in the room probably thought the camera was causing the flashing on their monitors) That won't last. They'll be a good deal more unfriendly if they realize there's actual malice intended rather than possibly innocent filming.
Most of the "welded plastic bubbles" are NOT shelf-friendly. They often have very little flatness on the bottom, are often approaching top-heavy, and if you view it from above you can see just how much space it wastes due to the front and/or back being rounded.
Though if you are using hooks, they are slightly more convenient to deal with but you can't stack as many of them on a hook as you sometimes can boxes on a shelf.
I personally can't stand needing to fight a package open. I wonder how many ER visits are due to someone trying to open said packaging with a steak knife or a scissors. I'm amazed I haven't managed to get myself at least once... some of those packages are even very hard to open with scissors. I have a tin snips I use now. MUCH better. But I shouldn't have to in the first place.
Also a PITA for the consumer and/or retailer, depending on the return policy. Either way, someone's getting shafted. The manufacturers that box things up that way are doing it to lower the return (to the manufacturer) rate. No way you're going to get that back in the packaging in resaleable condition, so either you can't return it, or the retailer accepts it back and then can't sell it. (or has to sell at an obviously-opened-box markdown)
good money says it'll be a bit like 64 bit support. Oh come on you had pick of 15 different versions of windows! You didn't pay for one of the higher end versions, next time read the fine print on the box.
Has the presidential pardon ever been used for anything besides the president shielding his friends after having been caught in patently illegal activity?
What was the original justification of the presidential pardon? I would assume it was a P.R./international relations thing somewhat like diplomatic immunity?
It looks like your admins are the type that if they stumble on a "neat idea", they start looking for ways to use it. Or finding ways to use it. Or inventing ways to use it.
Not a good thing. Sort of a colary to "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail". Only in this case, "when you find a shiny new hammer, you start looking for nails, or other things that could possibly use some hammering".
Here's hoping they don't continue to push this on you even if you show them it's not a good idea. It's their job to build a case for implementation, not your job to build a case for cancellation. Anyone that says "we're going to do this unless you can show us a very good reason not to" (without having demonstrated a need to press on) needs to be taken into a small private room for a quiet discussion, or a quick beating.
I used that exact model of pager in the article. Actually we shared a pager for whoever was on call.
Scott had the pager when he headed to the rest room. It had a small two line text display. We TM'd him Don't Forget To Wipe.
He was quite embarrassed when the pager went off in the bathroom. (pagers and cell phones ringing were total attention getters back then, no matter where, because almost nobody had them)
they really ARE references, but web browsers make them so much easier to follow by simply clicking. You have to be truly interested in a reference to go dig up the book/article/paper it refers to and read the content, where a hyperlink is just a quick click away in a new tab if you like. I think that's why they judged them to be more like footnotes.
Not so much saying what they are, but saying how they're used.
Slashdot Mirror
it's a feature
You could view it like antilock brakes. People didn't used to like those, because how they react when you skid and mash the brakes. (or try to pump them) Just another case of something getting changed without much notice. Doesn't affect the overall product, just changes one aspect. So probably legal. Especially if they go out of their way to tell you about it. (which they DID for antilock brakes, but evidently not for this linksys snafu)
Now obviously this is all to try to directly benefit Linksys (Cisco now isn't it?) so that pushes it more to the moral left, but still probably legal.
the problem only affects SOME, not all, units.
well lets ask /. ... anyone get C&C with the full 20?
My favorite thing to hear on Fox was a discussion going on to do with the state of the economy, and how "we are only now seeing the full effects of the Clinton presidency". I about fell out of my chair.
I do realize that change cannot be immediate, but there are limits. Considering how long we've had a Bush for president, continuing to blame the past just flies in the face of all reason.
Now it still concerns me to stand by and watch just how much more damage the Lame Duck can do before the clean-up crew moves in.
Proprietary and compatible do not have to be linked.
ogg is not closed source/proprietary, but despite this it only works on what, 60% of players? hardly "compatible". Being open source does not maketh compatible.
But then WMV9 is closed/proprietary, and only works in maybe 1/3 of the players. Probably an intersection of where "proprietary" marries "profit".
Then there's the third alternative, mp3. Proprietary, yet universally (100% for all practical purposes) supported.
Can you find an audio player that does NOT support MP3 but DOES support ogg? Maybe you can find one or two. But I bet I can find a heck of a lot more that do MP3 and not ogg.
Ah, but who runs the Catholics?
the old dude with the tall hat isn't it?
we actually went looking for the opposite of that awhile back. Took an IR source (LED) and a night vision camera (this was before everyone had a digital camera) to a glass store. Sorted through about 100 sheets of glass for anything that looked to be nearly or completely black glass.
Found ONE sheet that was 100% black, but you could see the IR light clearly through it with the camera. Took it home and cut it into circular sheets to replace the front glass on some spotlights. Turned them into heat/IR lights. Turn on a 1 mil candle light, and you see nothing, but will make your eyes water if it shines at you. And gets you warm, even from a distance. Lights stuff up like day to the night vision camera too.
Apple uses something similar for their apple logo on the front of the machine, passes IR but absorbs 100% of visible light. The dye they used in that sheet of glass is transparent to IR. You can also get ratin filters for black and white cameras, so you can take flash photos in places that you either aren't allowed a flash or don't want to be a distraction. Only takes black and white photos though since it's not passing color light. Those flash filters are expensive though. That sheet of glass we got cost a few bucks. Just one military grade filter for a spotlight costs about $35. (and they were equally effective) Also cut a small one for the maglight.
why can't they just ssh what they can, and make a nice ssh tunnel for VNC for what they need the GUI for?
and I hope he got smarter than the first shots of him testing it, craning his arm up in the air and pointing in a window. Couldn't be much more obvious about what he was doing.
Looks like he was just using a universal remote and having to program it for each TV.
Most of the places with these sets in them though are not installed by professionals, and most of them wouldn't know where to find the IR sensor on the unit anyway.
Lets test you on something you are not familiar with, to level the playing field. Where would you put the tape to stop someone malicious from say, tampering with the IR remote on a 24" iMac doing a powerpoint presentation loop to a crowd or in front of the storefront window?
Something the tvbgone users need to realize... those are IR lights. When you press the button and look at the front you don't see anything, or will see a VERY faint dim red flicker, and think oh no one will see that!
But then take it into someplace like walmart with 200 security cameras all over the place. Think back, look at the youtube video, how bright the lights show up on the recording. It's like the white strobe on a fire alarm. Digital cameras are VERY sensitive to IR light, and it shows up bright white. As if that's not bad enough, it's strobing.
Same thing at wal-mart. Nobody on the floor will know you are doing it, but EVERY person in the security room will immediately see the TVBG light up like a white beacon on any camera pointed your way, of which at a wal mart is a good dozen or more at any given time. You'll have about 20 seconds before one of their security personnel to get a call on their radio from the security room and is standing beside you and in a bad mood. The guard may not know what to look for and won't see the light, so the people in the room will tell them to get rid of you. If the guard sees a camera in your hand, there's his excuse.
The field tester that ran into walmart problems was lucky that they didn't realize what he was doing, and kicked him out for filming. (the ppl in the room probably thought the camera was causing the flashing on their monitors) That won't last. They'll be a good deal more unfriendly if they realize there's actual malice intended rather than possibly innocent filming.
Most of the "welded plastic bubbles" are NOT shelf-friendly. They often have very little flatness on the bottom, are often approaching top-heavy, and if you view it from above you can see just how much space it wastes due to the front and/or back being rounded.
Though if you are using hooks, they are slightly more convenient to deal with but you can't stack as many of them on a hook as you sometimes can boxes on a shelf.
I personally can't stand needing to fight a package open. I wonder how many ER visits are due to someone trying to open said packaging with a steak knife or a scissors. I'm amazed I haven't managed to get myself at least once... some of those packages are even very hard to open with scissors. I have a tin snips I use now. MUCH better. But I shouldn't have to in the first place.
Also a PITA for the consumer and/or retailer, depending on the return policy. Either way, someone's getting shafted. The manufacturers that box things up that way are doing it to lower the return (to the manufacturer) rate. No way you're going to get that back in the packaging in resaleable condition, so either you can't return it, or the retailer accepts it back and then can't sell it. (or has to sell at an obviously-opened-box markdown)
good money says it'll be a bit like 64 bit support. Oh come on you had pick of 15 different versions of windows! You didn't pay for one of the higher end versions, next time read the fine print on the box.
Has the presidential pardon ever been used for anything besides the president shielding his friends after having been caught in patently illegal activity?
What was the original justification of the presidential pardon? I would assume it was a P.R./international relations thing somewhat like diplomatic immunity?
we've already seen what happens when you subpoena evidence like that. "accidents happen".
Coors Light?
that's quite possibly the most common analogy used with "cat piss". I've seen it a good 1/2 dozen times now. must be something there.
Or it has something to do with the relation between those that have tried both.
I have heard of a person who said that it tasted like catpiss
I don't know anyone that knows what cat piss tastes like. Do you?
if he had posted the checks in binary and the clerk didn't notice the difference...
yes that was quite an interesting registration. We've all been through it... taken, taken, taken. No different here.
virtual1 - taken
virtualone - taken
virt1 - taken
virtual1one - taken
virt1one - taken
and many others
finally in disgust, not even seriously,
v1
please select a password.
whaaaaaaaa?
There are less than 2000 of us with the shortest-possible 2 character nicks.
It looks like your admins are the type that if they stumble on a "neat idea", they start looking for ways to use it. Or finding ways to use it. Or inventing ways to use it.
Not a good thing. Sort of a colary to "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail". Only in this case, "when you find a shiny new hammer, you start looking for nails, or other things that could possibly use some hammering".
Here's hoping they don't continue to push this on you even if you show them it's not a good idea. It's their job to build a case for implementation, not your job to build a case for cancellation. Anyone that says "we're going to do this unless you can show us a very good reason not to" (without having demonstrated a need to press on) needs to be taken into a small private room for a quiet discussion, or a quick beating.
I think I like the /. article pumpkin better. I can't imagine how you'd carve that thing... I mean, even the spikes... how? incredible.
who says you can't still get a short username?
I used that exact model of pager in the article. Actually we shared a pager for whoever was on call.
Scott had the pager when he headed to the rest room. It had a small two line text display. We TM'd him Don't Forget To Wipe.
He was quite embarrassed when the pager went off in the bathroom. (pagers and cell phones ringing were total attention getters back then, no matter where, because almost nobody had them)
is another man's "available".
I'd love to be able to go somewhere around here and find more open access points, instead of a dozen, all with passwords.
...and remember Wine is not an Emulator.
WINE. WINdows Emulator.
It is an emulator. Not an application emulator, an OS emulator. Maybe that's what you meant?
they really ARE references, but web browsers make them so much easier to follow by simply clicking. You have to be truly interested in a reference to go dig up the book/article/paper it refers to and read the content, where a hyperlink is just a quick click away in a new tab if you like. I think that's why they judged them to be more like footnotes.
Not so much saying what they are, but saying how they're used.