" One important thing to remember with electromagnetic radiation is that two good examples are visible light and radiated heat. This stuff isn't exactly uncommon in nature..."
Thats a good point. How much research has been put into the effects of ultraviolet light? How much has been put into wifi/cellphones/satellite/tv/radio/etc. signals. Lets not stop the progress, but the FCC should ensure some level of health awareness. We don't know, and we never will if we don't check.
" Going digital will massively reduce the amount of EM 'in the air'."
Cell phones are new, Satellite TV is new, Wifi is new, etc. Theres no reduction there. I dont have a problem with the signal being digital as opposed to analog.
AMDs designs are already 'fresh.' It looks like a good move, but I bet they could have done MUCH better promoting from within. But it wouldn't have been a news story then...
Video games feed information at a relatively accelerated rate. They contribute to low attention span, impatience, and quickness to boredom. Bad qualities to nurture.
Sometimes we need these things. If everyone could do what they wanted with their own property it wouldnt be much of a union. Thats why federal government takes control of certain things, to ensure consistency across the nation.
Othertimes there are discriminatory practices that the public has decided as a whole should not take place, but in general I think those were supported with existing clauses in the constitution/bill of rights.
Privitization is just a money grab for the friends of politicians. You can bet they already know who will own the thing.
If a government agency is doing a poor job, try doing what you would do in a private agency, fire somebody. Instead they 'fire' the whole agency.
Municipal broadband seems to be terribly great in USA. So much so that the private companies are paying their last dollar to get laws to forbid it. The idea that government run agencies are poor is an old tired excuse that really shouldn't work on the people anymore.
This does not mean I support what is going on in Russia either...
indeed. I started tae kwon do several years back. and one year i decided to watch it. Well it was not televised on any us channel at the time, and web casting was forbidden. So if its not covered by a big network, you simply cant see it. How stupid is that?
I dont watch or pay any attention to the olympics whatsoever. Fuck them.
So where are the free games? Because its inevitable...
I also have a special needs child. I wonder if the special olympics are soo idiotic!?
You dont need to be an obsessive gamer. Anything you put time and effort into has value. Someone stealing it has commited a true crime.
Yet in playing the game you must understand that everything within the game mechanics is fair play. Exploits are another story. And its even worse when you get exploited and the parent company does not admit the exploit exists and wont make you right. Or even worse when they deny it exists, then you see a fix in for it a month later, but no reimbursement.
I play eve-online.com and its a blast. But you can't forget its a game. But those unreimbursed exploits!
With basic odds you already are going to loose. Computerized odds is just in your face criminal.
But it takes a certain type of person to truly gamble anyway. This will just speed them to their doom.
Wasnt there a report and a website already out there that proved the casinos already have cheating software? Honestly, I don't even care. I wouldn't have gambled before, and this certainly wont entice me...
But you kind of proved the other point with your examples don't you think?
We keep saying that real criminals wouldn't do this, but somehow they seem to keep doing it. So I suppose we can catch the stupid criminals, and the ones we want to frame.
if they connect to any US numbers, there quality will suck without us servers. Plus most of the numbers connected to will be landlines and you can bet the local phone company will jump with joy when asked to find a way to disconnect the VOIP provider.
Interesting? That post has nothing to do with the topic. Notwithstanding, HP has little to do with what they are dicussing either.
On topic: Personally I have called for the same thing.
Fundamentally one must recognize the seperate ideologies. IBM has a team of lawyers and I don't think they are too concerned about going to court to enforce the CPL. Thus, they don't care if its not totally clear. Dare I say, being not totally clear benefits the one with the most lawyers.
On the contrary, the GPL/LGPL is created by people without a team of lawyers and that do not intend to dive into court with reckless abandon. It needs to stand on its own. If you read both licenses you will see that. CPL seems to think it can explain stuff in a FAQ. Many have pointed out that the FAQ is not legally relevant to the license. While GPL/LGPL explain a lot more in the license text.
If you got a team of lawyers, then any license is good enough as you are probably using patents to defend yourself anyway. One should consider the legal budget of companies that develop the license. Their needs/objectives may be affected by it.
It just means their accessories and games, etc. will all cost more. MS is stupid if they think this cost wont be passed to the customer, directly.
Yes MS makes more, but its paid by the customer. And when the customer sees the expense of the whole system its just going to put a sour taste in their mouth.
I find it always odd why companies don't seem to realize other companies do the same things they do.
it contains some quite preposterous statements as well
The myth is that researchers are always entitled to credit.
Then she goes on the state 'in so many words' the credit is given not based on it being deserved but based on how they feel about you personally.
In reality, when a researcher puts customers at risk by releasing exploit code for a vulnerability before the vendor has had a chance to fix...
She confuses the researcher with the company that released the flawed product.
The reality is that not all researchers are noble-minded, and not all vendors are indifferent slugs.
True, in fact many 'researchers' are criminals who never tell the vendor or the public about what they find...Do vendors tell the public about how many of their products were exploited to the detriment of their customers pre-patch? If vendors did then perhaps we could measure the level of noble-mindedness of 'researchers' vs. the level of indifferent-slugness of the vendors.
Well theres not much infrastructure involved in wifi. If its upgraded the client end and the access point end will have to be changed. But this is the same for wired networks too.
I still prefer wired networks because I am not pleased with the proliferation of electromagnetic radiation. We are going headstrong in a forward direction with our heads buried in the sand. I do not believe we spend much time investigating the effects of this stuff.
Perhaps I'm a nut. But I like the freedom of choice to be a nut. Such as not liking to fly and choosing not to. But things like cell phone signals, pager signals, FM/AM radio signals, TV signals, consumer frequency signals, etc. I have no choice in letting permeate my body.
Yes and no. First it does not seem to agree with intel strategy up to this point. They dont just sell CPUs, they sell TONS of electronic chips of all forms. So people shouldn't think of intel as a CPU company at all. So when intel pulls out of a segment and becomes less diverse, it seems to be a change of direction.
Second, your stock can be rated based on profit _margin_ not just profit amount. So intel could sell off lots of low end business units, make less profit overall, but increase their profit margin considerably. Stocks must be competitive with other stocks in their family. if intel looses the profit margin war, it can mean they take a hit in the stock price.
Its kind of stupid when you think about it. But its the truth nontheless.
His behaviour was immoral - obviously, it's fairly unlikely that anyone is purposely sharing their wireless network - but not illegal.
If he were to say 'yes I let him connect' then his ISP could probably sue him for breach of contract. So even if the neighbor didnt mind, he probably can't say so in court...
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" One important thing to remember with electromagnetic radiation is that two good examples are visible light and radiated heat. This stuff isn't exactly uncommon in nature..."
Thats a good point. How much research has been put into the effects of ultraviolet light? How much has been put into wifi/cellphones/satellite/tv/radio/etc. signals. Lets not stop the progress, but the FCC should ensure some level of health awareness. We don't know, and we never will if we don't check.
" Going digital will massively reduce the amount of EM 'in the air'."
Cell phones are new, Satellite TV is new, Wifi is new, etc. Theres no reduction there. I dont have a problem with the signal being digital as opposed to analog.
AMDs designs are already 'fresh.' It looks like a good move, but I bet they could have done MUCH better promoting from within. But it wouldn't have been a news story then...
LOL, yea...
If there exists a flaw, it does not matter that we are the only ones that know about it. Sooner or later one of US is going to sell it.
You scrap a design when your list of design improvements are incompatible with the present design foundation.
You don't scrap something then decide on how to make a new one. You'll just end up with the same thing, or something different for no good reason.
Video games feed information at a relatively accelerated rate. They contribute to low attention span, impatience, and quickness to boredom. Bad qualities to nurture.
But hey, theres always Ritalin.
Sometimes we need these things. If everyone could do what they wanted with their own property it wouldnt be much of a union. Thats why federal government takes control of certain things, to ensure consistency across the nation.
Othertimes there are discriminatory practices that the public has decided as a whole should not take place, but in general I think those were supported with existing clauses in the constitution/bill of rights.
Privitization is just a money grab for the friends of politicians. You can bet they already know who will own the thing.
If a government agency is doing a poor job, try doing what you would do in a private agency, fire somebody. Instead they 'fire' the whole agency.
Municipal broadband seems to be terribly great in USA. So much so that the private companies are paying their last dollar to get laws to forbid it. The idea that government run agencies are poor is an old tired excuse that really shouldn't work on the people anymore.
This does not mean I support what is going on in Russia either...
indeed. I started tae kwon do several years back. and one year i decided to watch it. Well it was not televised on any us channel at the time, and web casting was forbidden. So if its not covered by a big network, you simply cant see it. How stupid is that?
I dont watch or pay any attention to the olympics whatsoever. Fuck them.
So where are the free games? Because its inevitable...
I also have a special needs child. I wonder if the special olympics are soo idiotic!?
"Most people" believe everyone has the same desires they do.
You dont need to be an obsessive gamer. Anything you put time and effort into has value. Someone stealing it has commited a true crime.
Yet in playing the game you must understand that everything within the game mechanics is fair play. Exploits are another story. And its even worse when you get exploited and the parent company does not admit the exploit exists and wont make you right. Or even worse when they deny it exists, then you see a fix in for it a month later, but no reimbursement.
I play eve-online.com and its a blast. But you can't forget its a game. But those unreimbursed exploits!
With basic odds you already are going to loose. Computerized odds is just in your face criminal.
But it takes a certain type of person to truly gamble anyway. This will just speed them to their doom.
Wasnt there a report and a website already out there that proved the casinos already have cheating software? Honestly, I don't even care. I wouldn't have gambled before, and this certainly wont entice me...
What about the restriction that it won't play in RealPlayer?
But you kind of proved the other point with your examples don't you think?
We keep saying that real criminals wouldn't do this, but somehow they seem to keep doing it. So I suppose we can catch the stupid criminals, and the ones we want to frame.
if they connect to any US numbers, there quality will suck without us servers. Plus most of the numbers connected to will be landlines and you can bet the local phone company will jump with joy when asked to find a way to disconnect the VOIP provider.
That whole post is pure FUD. The GPL is not about freedom, its about sharing.
Interesting? That post has nothing to do with the topic. Notwithstanding, HP has little to do with what they are dicussing either.
On topic: Personally I have called for the same thing.
Fundamentally one must recognize the seperate ideologies. IBM has a team of lawyers and I don't think they are too concerned about going to court to enforce the CPL. Thus, they don't care if its not totally clear. Dare I say, being not totally clear benefits the one with the most lawyers.
On the contrary, the GPL/LGPL is created by people without a team of lawyers and that do not intend to dive into court with reckless abandon. It needs to stand on its own. If you read both licenses you will see that. CPL seems to think it can explain stuff in a FAQ. Many have pointed out that the FAQ is not legally relevant to the license. While GPL/LGPL explain a lot more in the license text.
If you got a team of lawyers, then any license is good enough as you are probably using patents to defend yourself anyway. One should consider the legal budget of companies that develop the license. Their needs/objectives may be affected by it.
This is wrong on so many levels. Google uses linux because they don't give a shit about having to give back modifications to the OS.
Google does not have to.
And making it even harder for 3rd parties to turn a profit will increase quality!?
counterintuitive at best.
It just means their accessories and games, etc. will all cost more. MS is stupid if they think this cost wont be passed to the customer, directly.
Yes MS makes more, but its paid by the customer. And when the customer sees the expense of the whole system its just going to put a sour taste in their mouth.
I find it always odd why companies don't seem to realize other companies do the same things they do.
it contains some quite preposterous statements as well
The myth is that researchers are always entitled to credit.
Then she goes on the state 'in so many words' the credit is given not based on it being deserved but based on how they feel about you personally.
In reality, when a researcher puts customers at risk by releasing exploit code for a vulnerability before the vendor has had a chance to fix...
She confuses the researcher with the company that released the flawed product.
The reality is that not all researchers are noble-minded, and not all vendors are indifferent slugs.
True, in fact many 'researchers' are criminals who never tell the vendor or the public about what they find...Do vendors tell the public about how many of their products were exploited to the detriment of their customers pre-patch? If vendors did then perhaps we could measure the level of noble-mindedness of 'researchers' vs. the level of indifferent-slugness of the vendors.
Well theres not much infrastructure involved in wifi. If its upgraded the client end and the access point end will have to be changed. But this is the same for wired networks too.
I still prefer wired networks because I am not pleased with the proliferation of electromagnetic radiation. We are going headstrong in a forward direction with our heads buried in the sand. I do not believe we spend much time investigating the effects of this stuff.
Perhaps I'm a nut. But I like the freedom of choice to be a nut. Such as not liking to fly and choosing not to. But things like cell phone signals, pager signals, FM/AM radio signals, TV signals, consumer frequency signals, etc. I have no choice in letting permeate my body.
Right, but once manufacturers are forced to publicly admit there are backdoors, companies will find other manufacturers.
Or companies will plug those holes. Its stupid. The only one that would ever fall for this is the ones with nothing to hide...
Yes and no. First it does not seem to agree with intel strategy up to this point. They dont just sell CPUs, they sell TONS of electronic chips of all forms. So people shouldn't think of intel as a CPU company at all. So when intel pulls out of a segment and becomes less diverse, it seems to be a change of direction.
Second, your stock can be rated based on profit _margin_ not just profit amount. So intel could sell off lots of low end business units, make less profit overall, but increase their profit margin considerably. Stocks must be competitive with other stocks in their family. if intel looses the profit margin war, it can mean they take a hit in the stock price.
Its kind of stupid when you think about it. But its the truth nontheless.
His behaviour was immoral - obviously, it's fairly unlikely that anyone is purposely sharing their wireless network - but not illegal.
If he were to say 'yes I let him connect' then his ISP could probably sue him for breach of contract. So even if the neighbor didnt mind, he probably can't say so in court...