1. I think I read about this is in a Star Trek book. First communicators become cell phones and now this.
2. The problem with biometric security is that it biometric information never changes. What if somebody gets your DNA information or captures your keystrokes? You're pretty much screwed after that unless you get genetic resquencing or an alternate personality where you type differently.
One thing I have noticed about Quake vs Unreal in network mode is Unreal handles network latency a lot better. I can have much worse ping times in Unreal, but the experience is somehow better.
I am curious about the security issues in the Spike standard mentioned here a few days ago: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/22/001250 Anybody know how that will work? What's to stop your from accessing your friends system across the street? I know this is short range but the controller will still have to "log in" to the base station. How will this be accomplished? Imagine a Quakecon and everybody is using these things. Hopefully it won't be chaos.
At macintouch.com in the OS X special report, there is a discussion about how easily accessible the password file is in OS X. Apparantly, there is no shadow file.
Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email
address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my
permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will
result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for
repeats.
It has some annoying javascript/flash but it has a lot of useful information.
And if you find stuff that uses Flash instead of Boring Old HTML extremely irritating (I certainly do; I just want to read some text, not wait for some animated crap to pop up), you can get a Boring Old HTML version at http://www.spike-wireless.com/main.html.
Hmm and yet the HTML version is still full of frames and high bandwidth pictures.
This looks like a really cool idea for standardization. It has everything that bluetooth has and more. The only thing missing is a lot of financial backing. Imagine using the same game controller for your Dreamcast, Xbox, Nintendo, and PC. Imagine it being cost effective because the controllers are produced by many different vendors using inexpensive chipsets. And it's wireless! This is absolutely amazing. I hate how I can buy a logitech keyboard but can't use it with an Intel wireless station. Let's see a standard.
One question, I do have is: What's to stop you from accessing your friends system across the street? I know this is short range but the controller will still have to "log in" to the base station. How will this be accomplished? Imagine a Quakecon and everybody is using these things. Hopefully it won't be chaos.
The official web site is here: http://www.spike-wireless.com/ It has some annoying javascript/flash but it has a lot of useful information.
One of the things that I like about mice is they are very exact. My hand can control their movement to the pixel. I joystick is very inexact. You can shoot way by your target. It is easy to go in a general direction but it is difficult to stop where you want. The same is true for the nibble that is so popular on many notebooks.
What we need, of course, is a direct computer connection to our brains.
I had a credit card before I was 18. It was just for emergencies. Now they have special credit cards like Visa Buxx that are designed exclusively for kids. It is so easy to lie about your age on the net. Anonymity is what makes the internet, well, the internet. I would never want to take that freedom away from people. The law cannot be enforced, so it should be repealed.
The spirit of the law is good. But, you lose anonymity in the process. It should be the parents' job to monitor and teach the children, not the government.
One of the things that I like about mice is they are very exact. My hand can control their movement to the pixel. I joystick is very inexact. You can should way by your target. It is easy to go in a general direction but it is difficult to stop where you want. The same is true for the nibble that is so popular on many notebooks.
What we need, of course, is a direct computer connection to our brains.
This looks like a cool OS but a killer app for it would be some sort of emulator to run unix programs or something like WINE. Backwards compatibility is the key to any new technology. Of course, one might argue that it will bloat the code. An add on app would be the key.
Currently the new Mac OS X does not have very good networking support. It lacks Appletalk support except for printing. It also lacks Windows filesharing. It would be very simple for Apple to bundle Samba with Mac OS X. They could attach a neat GUI frontend and Mac OS X would instantly be a little more friendly to IT workers.
I have never read 2600 and could not find it at my local Borders. What is this "Fun at Costco"? It sounds, well, fun. The 2600 web site appears to be slashdotted. oh well
I am the webmaster for a high school and I've had a very hard time trying to register a new domain. Our existing web site has a really long url. This is much too long for anybody who is normal to remember. Thus we would like to reserve ourschool.edu. It is available, and I have tried to register online twice. It has been like I have never even tried; I received no mail whatsoever. When I called their 800 number, I was put on hold for an extended time and punted around to different numbers. Ultimately, I was told that high schools cannot register.edu domains when I know this to be false. I know of many schools much like my own which have this type of domain. They include but are not limited to stuy.edu, bxscience.edu, bhs.edu, mbhs.edu, tjhsst.edu, bths.edu, and damien.edu. http://www.wednet.edu/ and lane.edu aren't even real schools. It is completely unfair that elite schools like Stuyvesant and Bronx High School of Science get to be at the forefront of this technology revolution.
I sent an email to them and never actually got a response either. Maybe this new initiative will allow other schools to get domains.
Disclaimer: I work at Circuit City in the Computer Department.
Circuit City also has this deal with Comcast. You buy a $230 kit which includes the modem and a "welcome kit" with software. Then there is a $230 rebate. I think this only applies to new subscribers however. I believe with the rebates, you have to submit your first month's bill.
This is exactly what I thought would happen when I first found webtld.com, the location of the.web tld. I had the opportunity to get an actual common word.web but decided against it because of this. Nobody really knows what's going on!
I am a senior in high school and a few days ago the entire senior class was told to go to the auditorium for an "important senior announcement." I have several friends who are class officers and asked them what was happening. They had no idea. I thought this was quite odd. A man there proceded to tell us how important it was to send cards to friends and family that announced our graduation. He also told us how we could buy mugs with our school's logo on it. He said that he went to over 100 schools per year (and that was just him!) I absolutely could not believe it. I missed Chemistry so that I could hear a speech about buying greeting cards and mugs!
Now, everyday on announcements we hear how we should buy these things. There are posters advertising this company all over the place. The school even dedicated an entire display case to house demos of this company's wares.
There is obviously something wrong that is happening to our public schools. Commercialism has gone too far. We can even buy Domino's pizza in the cafeteria. I believe that it should either be all or nothing. If one company can be invited to sell greeting cards, all of them should.
With this MP3 support, this calculator will be banned from all collegeboard tests including the AP Calc and AP Stat tests. This is because one of the rules is that a calculator can not have the capacity to make noise. In addition, i believe penbased calculators are not alowed either
The other thing that they could do is just make a really advanced palm calculator and sell it for $50-$100. I sent this message a while back to Texas instruments:
I really love my TI-89 calculator and, as
I am a true nerd, would like to buy a
Palm device. I have looked everywhere
and cannot seem to find any sort of
advanced math software for palm
devices. This seems like an untapped
market. Is it possible that you might
consider porting the TI-89 OS or Derive
to Palm OS? I would much rather have
one device than both a calculator and
handheld palmtop.
I got this response back::
Thank you for your recent correspondence.
We are forwarding your suggestions to our Product Development Team for
further review. Customers such as yourself are extremely important to us in
helping to design and evaluate our products and service.
If you have further questions or comments please feel free to contact me at
your convenience. Please copy this message in your response and send
directly to ti-cares@ti.com.
Anyway, I'm sticking with my Ti-89 and still haven't gotten a PDA because I really see it as an expensive toy. If i could use it to do math, it would be a real incentive to buy one. Since somebody recently released a Ti-85 emulator for Psion, a palm version is hopefully coming.
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1. I think I read about this is in a Star Trek book. First communicators become cell phones and now this.
2. The problem with biometric security is that it biometric information never changes. What if somebody gets your DNA information or captures your keystrokes? You're pretty much screwed after that unless you get genetic resquencing or an alternate personality where you type differently.
Grr I'm reading/viewing too much Star Trek.
One thing I have noticed about Quake vs Unreal in network mode is Unreal handles network latency a lot better. I can have much worse ping times in Unreal, but the experience is somehow better.
I am curious about the security issues in the Spike standard mentioned here a few days ago: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/22/001250 Anybody know how that will work? What's to stop your from accessing your friends system across the street? I know this is short range but the controller will still have to "log in" to the base station. How will this be accomplished? Imagine a Quakecon and everybody is using these things. Hopefully it won't be chaos.
At macintouch.com in the OS X special report, there is a discussion about how easily accessible the password file is in OS X. Apparantly, there is no shadow file.
Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email
address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my
permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will
result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for
repeats.
One question, I do have is: What's to stop you from accessing your friends system across the street? I know this is short range but the controller will still have to "log in" to the base station. How will this be accomplished? Imagine a Quakecon and everybody is using these things. Hopefully it won't be chaos.
The official web site is here: http://www.spike-wireless.com/ It has some annoying javascript/flash but it has a lot of useful information.
One of the things that I like about mice is they are very exact. My hand can control their movement to the pixel. I joystick is very inexact. You can shoot way by your target. It is easy to go in a general direction but it is difficult to stop where you want. The same is true for the nibble that is so popular on many notebooks.
What we need, of course, is a direct computer connection to our brains.
The spirit of the law is good. But, you lose anonymity in the process. It should be the parents' job to monitor and teach the children, not the government.
What we need, of course, is a direct computer connection to our brains.
This looks like a cool OS but a killer app for it would be some sort of emulator to run unix programs or something like WINE. Backwards compatibility is the key to any new technology. Of course, one might argue that it will bloat the code. An add on app would be the key.
Also I love this color scheme.
Currently the new Mac OS X does not have very good networking support. It lacks Appletalk support except for printing. It also lacks Windows filesharing. It would be very simple for Apple to bundle Samba with Mac OS X. They could attach a neat GUI frontend and Mac OS X would instantly be a little more friendly to IT workers.
Interestingly and ironically, there was a series of "howto" articles a couple of weeks ago in the NY Times Magazine and one of them was about how to rob a bank. The article is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/magazine/08ROBBE RY.html. The reader response is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/29/magazine/29LETTE RS.html (need free registration)
I have never read 2600 and could not find it at my local Borders. What is this "Fun at Costco"? It sounds, well, fun. The 2600 web site appears to be slashdotted. oh well
$4,000,000 AUD = 1,825,312.02 USD Got it from the xe.com currency converter.
What about Apple buying Eazel? Their Aqua gui for Mac OS X needs a lot of UI work. They should buy their old head programmer back.
I am the webmaster for a high school and I've had a very hard time trying to register a new domain. Our existing web site has a really long url. This is much too long for anybody who is normal to remember. Thus we would like to reserve ourschool.edu. It is available, and I have tried to register online twice. It has been like I have never even tried; I received no mail whatsoever. When I called their 800 number, I was put on hold for an extended time and punted around to different numbers. Ultimately, I was told that high schools cannot register .edu domains when I know this to be false. I know of many schools much like my own which have this type of domain. They include but are not limited to stuy.edu, bxscience.edu, bhs.edu, mbhs.edu, tjhsst.edu, bths.edu, and damien.edu. http://www.wednet.edu/ and lane.edu aren't even real schools. It is completely unfair that elite schools like Stuyvesant and Bronx High School of Science get to be at the forefront of this technology revolution.
I sent an email to them and never actually got a response either. Maybe this new initiative will allow other schools to get domains.
Does this mean I could grow horns on the top of my head?
Disclaimer: I work at Circuit City in the Computer Department.
Circuit City also has this deal with Comcast. You buy a $230 kit which includes the modem and a "welcome kit" with software. Then there is a $230 rebate. I think this only applies to new subscribers however. I believe with the rebates, you have to submit your first month's bill.
Obligatory link: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/11/29/ 001129hnbestbuy.xml?p=br&s=1
I hate when we they do that.
This is exactly what I thought would happen when I first found webtld.com, the location of the .web tld. I had the opportunity to get an actual common word.web but decided against it because of this. Nobody really knows what's going on!
I am a senior in high school and a few days ago the entire senior class was told to go to the auditorium for an "important senior announcement." I have several friends who are class officers and asked them what was happening. They had no idea. I thought this was quite odd. A man there proceded to tell us how important it was to send cards to friends and family that announced our graduation. He also told us how we could buy mugs with our school's logo on it. He said that he went to over 100 schools per year (and that was just him!) I absolutely could not believe it. I missed Chemistry so that I could hear a speech about buying greeting cards and mugs!
Now, everyday on announcements we hear how we should buy these things. There are posters advertising this company all over the place. The school even dedicated an entire display case to house demos of this company's wares.
There is obviously something wrong that is happening to our public schools. Commercialism has gone too far. We can even buy Domino's pizza in the cafeteria. I believe that it should either be all or nothing. If one company can be invited to sell greeting cards, all of them should.
I'd put the DeCSS source code.
For more information about just about every kind of router available (including linux routers), check out the access routers report at macintouch.com
The other thing that they could do is just make a really advanced palm calculator and sell it for $50-$100. I sent this message a while back to Texas instruments:
I got this response back::
Anyway, I'm sticking with my Ti-89 and still haven't gotten a PDA because I really see it as an expensive toy. If i could use it to do math, it would be a real incentive to buy one. Since somebody recently released a Ti-85 emulator for Psion, a palm version is hopefully coming.