Grow up yourself and stop telling people to grow up! You are trying to make the argument that companies selling consumer products should not try to please consumers? This makes no sense.
The fact is that any PDA without Wifi and BlueTooth is a day late and dollar short in Japan or in the US.
I think you should really grow up and stop acting like a two year old!
The system can be (and hopefully would be) designed the system to use encryption in such a manner to prevent the kind of casual replay attack you are describing.
It's an Apple I, not a Mac. The Apple I was not mass produced - they were created in Steve Job's parents garage pretty much by hand. And yes, it's worth more than $12,000 (assuming it is the real thing).
The Mac, on the other hand, was always mass produced and was created after Apple was already a successful and publicly traded company.
When anti-abortion groups post this information on doctors who perform abortions, it is considered a threat. Why is this any different?
The reason is that anti-abortion groups have a reputation for blowing up buildings, shooting doctors, and using other illegal and nefarious tactics. People are already afraid of these groups with good reason (i.e. their past history of violence.)
The FCC also recently mandated that consumer electronics devices come with a DVI connector. The justification is to make things work together better. If the broadcast flag is overstepping their authority, then forcing DVI would also exceed their authority (I would think.)
Criminals will just go indoors into private homes. I think the government should put cameras in private homes, businesses, and apartments. That's where most crime happens anyway.
For example, what happened when Stac beat them in court over their use of driver level compression in DOS 6? The court ruled that all the copies of DOS 6 had to be recalled. If the compression had been a critical feature that you needed for something, you were SOL. In that case, I can't think of any reason offhand that you would be screwed without driver level compression. However, Microsoft was powerless to protect its customers from the ramifications of their infringement of Stac's patent.
I agree with all the above things. In addition, it should also have:
Decent handwriting recognition - similar to the Newton 2100 (still my fav handheld ever).
Fast response time.
Excellent battery life
Excellent synchronization capabilities with MacOS X, Linux, and Windows. Should be able to sync with multiple machines without screwing up my address book and calendar.
Navigation software that uses the GPS well.
Lots of third party software. Good free development tools that I can use under MacOS X.
Should include a small hard drive (like the iPod) and have at least 40 gigabytes of storage.
Should be able to use with a blue tooth keyboard (and maybe mouse).
Should be able to use with a blue tooth or WiFi heads up display.
Text to speech and speech recognition that I can use with the navigation software.
Should be able to print documents. Therefore, should support Rendezvous discovery for printers and IP printing.
Should replace my cell phone, laptop, PDA, and iPod.
Should work with blue tooth or IP based scanners.
RTFA. When the officer came back, he wasn't connected to the library's WiFi - he had no internet connection. The officer still would not allow him to sit on the bench and use his computer without the internet connection. He was told to turn his computer off or leave.
Does the library have a policy about whether you can use a computer not involving WiFi on the bench outside? No, the officer just figured he might turn the WiFi back on after he left.
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Grow up?
Grow up yourself and stop telling people to grow up! You are trying to make the argument that companies selling consumer products should not try to please consumers? This makes no sense.
The fact is that any PDA without Wifi and BlueTooth is a day late and dollar short in Japan or in the US.
I think you should really grow up and stop acting like a two year old!
The Palm Tungsten C has Wifi, a small form factor, and excellent battery life.
I call bullshit on your assertion.
Because she discovered her child playing neopets, it seems to me like she was monitoring the child's internet usage.
The only thing worse than seeing grown men wearing helmets
Tell it to this guy.
1. He invested a lot of money in NeXT at a share price that was very disadvantageous to himself.
2. He exited the presidential race and then got back in, claiming the reason was that republicans had threatened to ruin his daughter's wedding.
3. Appearing on Larry King wearing the tin foil hat.
None of the 9/11 hijackers had fake IDs. They all had legitimate driver's licenses issued by some US state.
The system can be (and hopefully would be) designed the system to use encryption in such a manner to prevent the kind of casual replay attack you are describing.
Yup, that's exactly why I don't give my address out to Janet Reno.
Atari 7200..
Is that like an Atari 7800 with the crappy controller from the Atari 5200?
It's an Apple I, not a Mac. The Apple I was not mass produced - they were created in Steve Job's parents garage pretty much by hand. And yes, it's worth more than $12,000 (assuming it is the real thing).
The Mac, on the other hand, was always mass produced and was created after Apple was already a successful and publicly traded company.
When anti-abortion groups post this information on doctors who perform abortions, it is considered a threat. Why is this any different?
The reason is that anti-abortion groups have a reputation for blowing up buildings, shooting doctors, and using other illegal and nefarious tactics. People are already afraid of these groups with good reason (i.e. their past history of violence.)
The FCC also recently mandated that consumer electronics devices come with a DVI connector. The justification is to make things work together better. If the broadcast flag is overstepping their authority, then forcing DVI would also exceed their authority (I would think.)
Was it called Slashdot?
called "The Ewoks". Its a satire on modern ewok life.
802.11b interoperability is part of the 802.11g standard.
Amazing how such a stupidly simple game could be so captivating to a primitive audience. Are we smarter these days or just more jaded?
Smarter these days? It seems like several of us were captivated by this implementation of Pong (i.e. reading the article, posting about it, etc.)
Get a good job at a high tech company and be able to afford to move out of shithole neighborhoods like the one where your mom lives.
Criminals will just go indoors into private homes. I think the government should put cameras in private homes, businesses, and apartments. That's where most crime happens anyway.
For example, what happened when Stac beat them in court over their use of driver level compression in DOS 6? The court ruled that all the copies of DOS 6 had to be recalled. If the compression had been a critical feature that you needed for something, you were SOL. In that case, I can't think of any reason offhand that you would be screwed without driver level compression. However, Microsoft was powerless to protect its customers from the ramifications of their infringement of Stac's patent.
Trademarks have to be capitalized.
Yeah, like iPod.
No, its just an ad for online Via8ra.
I agree with all the above things. In addition, it should also have:
Decent handwriting recognition - similar to the Newton 2100 (still my fav handheld ever).
Fast response time.
Excellent battery life
Excellent synchronization capabilities with MacOS X, Linux, and Windows. Should be able to sync with multiple machines without screwing up my address book and calendar.
Navigation software that uses the GPS well.
Lots of third party software.
Good free development tools that I can use under MacOS X.
Should include a small hard drive (like the iPod) and have at least 40 gigabytes of storage.
Should be able to use with a blue tooth keyboard (and maybe mouse).
Should be able to use with a blue tooth or WiFi heads up display.
Text to speech and speech recognition that I can use with the navigation software.
Should be able to print documents. Therefore, should support Rendezvous discovery for printers and IP printing.
Should replace my cell phone, laptop, PDA, and iPod.
Should work with blue tooth or IP based scanners.
You are making an assumption that they put this condition on the WiFi service at this library. I don't think we know this for a fact.
What if he had said, "Officer, I asked for and received permission from the librarian to use the WiFi on this bench."?
The library is closed, what's the cop going to do? Call the librarian at home?
the only incentive beyond pure altruism I can see for becoming a cop is the power trip.
You are forgetting the lucrative bribes, protection money, ability to steal out of the evidence locker, and other perks of the job of policeman.
What does this job pay?
Nothing...
D'oh!
unless you're crooked.
Woo hoo!
RTFA. When the officer came back, he wasn't connected to the library's WiFi - he had no internet connection. The officer still would not allow him to sit on the bench and use his computer without the internet connection. He was told to turn his computer off or leave.
Does the library have a policy about whether you can use a computer not involving WiFi on the bench outside? No, the officer just figured he might turn the WiFi back on after he left.