Combine this with a pda bacode scanner and you can print new barcodes at Walmart on the fly. Scan the crap model, put a blank label on the nice one,(still not illegal??) then print your new barcode. (ILLEGAL)
Good way to pick up chicks - wave your hand with the printer concealed in it over a bar napkin and hand her your magically appearing phone number and a dirty limerick (ok, no limerick)
Label everything you own - roomies will no longer be able to claim the beer/CD/toliet paper wasn't yours.
Print up fake parking tickets for random cars.
This would rock for labeling CDRs - I might actually do it with this thing.
Add mystery "ingredients" to grocery store items. "What the hell is lead sucrose doing in these hot dogs?"
Graffiti made easy! Free Mumia, Impeach Bush, Repeal the 1st Amendment - easy as a wave of your hand! No incriminating paint can or marker!
Print barcodes on unsuspecting foreheads - "Hold on, I think there's a bee in your hair..." - Just for fun. For now......
Add inappropriate menu items at your favorite resturant. "Baby Seal and Carrots?!! WAITER!!!"
Fake classifieds - "Dude, what's this about you selling the state's largest used children's undies collection? Your name, phone number and everything!!"
Hide small notes on the bathroom walls in strategic places - "If you can read this, you're poopin'"
Quick name tags for people - don't worry, it'll wash off!
Frankly, this thing is cool and sounds like fun - it may even be useful for labeling things, or handing out info. Of course, it will probably be priced too high for
most people who would actually use it. It will probably be good for manufacturing, labeling parts and other irregular things.
I'm looking at who I want to call, then suddenly I'm connected to some operator in Thailand. I try to hang up, but now I've ordered a pizza. I attempt to cancel the order, and great! I've just booked a flight to Squarenuts, Missouri.
Combine this with pre-emptive ordering, and I am a bankrupt movie star. I might even lose my house on Golden Pond.
I think not.
Re:What else do you expect?
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I agree with you 100%, Mr. Shit. I think you hit that nail on the head, Motherfucking. May I call you Motherfucking?
I would also add that someone like Bill would most likely be able to 'exclude' himself from such T.I.A. databases to some extent.
The status symbol of the future will be how *little* information can be found on you.
Sadly, every database is misused at some time or another. I don't expect that it will be much different with ones that contain the details of lives.
Can anyone here say that they would not be tempted to look through the T.I.A. database if they had a chance? You wont get caught, because good ol' boy Poindexter will build that in.
Keep up the good work, Motherfucking Shit. You are a credit to your post.
I was promised flying cars, why aren't they working on the flying cars?
IPv6 sounds great but I see that we will need more TLDs and a domain name will be absolutely necessary.
Frickin' Rainman will be the only one able to remember xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.
At least the giant corporations that are our new overlords will have to spend some serious $$$ to cover all the new 'name.new tld'. Perhaps after all this is done, they can work on flying cars. 'cause we are like 50+ years behind the times here, people.
But all that has to take a back seat to hard-to-remember IPv6.
Here's a plan, why don't we just take the internet away from all the AOLers, the Flash greeting card senders, the 'Great Story! Read this LOLRFLOLRLOL!!!!'ers, Zone Bejewled players and the cheaters at Counter Strike and we'll have enough IPs for all of the elitist bastards that are going to make my toaster talk to me.
Tell you what. I will trade all my IPs (192.168.x.x) for a friggin' flying car.
Let's make it happen. I'll even have a bumper sticker, "IPv6, but my doctor says I'll be fine!" with a smiley!
First off, isn't/. a bastion of people NOT working together?
How many/.ers are members of the EFF?
How many/.ers don't go out to buy RI/MP-AA products?
How many/.ers write a physical letter to their congresswhores?
How many/.ers actually use Linux? or contribute to it or other OSS?
How many/.ers live alone in their parent's basement, rather than with a helpful cult or commune?
How many/.ers use Office & save their files in.doc format?
Bob Dylan would say something about wind here.
BTW, I think the professor is trying to recruit/.ers for his own private army. Sure, SCO today, but tommorrow...the world?....
Now that the Army is so dependent on Windows, there will be no more noise made from the DOJ about monopoly. MS equals 'national security'.
MS has made the leap to cherished company, like MacDonnell-Douglas. Even if Linux or OS X was to smash Windows on the desktop, MS won't go down. They will recieve 'maintenence contracts' to stay afloat, so that in times of need, production of Windows CDs can be ramped up for wartime.
MS can now claim 'National Security' anytime there is call for opening up an API, or documentation on a Windows function.
There are probably millions out of the 45 (estimated) million filesharers out there that do not know that they are sharing their files. Are these people liable for problems that may be attributed to Windows or spyware?
This is not intended to be a troll, just an exploration of the situation. Some mental riffing, if you will.
Is it illegal to take things from a unlocked car? I am not asking if it is easy, dumb of me to leave it open, or expected. I am asking if it is legal.
If it *is* illegal, and my CDRs are taken without my permission, have I unwittingly broken the law by distributing copyrighted works? I, of course, still have the original, but the copies are now 'out there'. Just like my personal p2p network I mentioned in an earier post. Who is liable? Me - for failing to protect the copyrighted material (open server, unlocked door) or the person who grabs my CDR/mp3 file?
Do I have a resonable expectation of my belongings being safe by virtue of being in my car? What about my home? What about my computer? If not, is taking something from an unlocked house legal?
If the RIAA is to be believed, and ideas can be property, what is the difference between a pile of CDRs in a house, and a bunch of files on a server?
If you want to view this as a troll, fine. I just want some answers to how the RIAA wants to have its cake and eat it too.
I guess I should have: "This is for *my* personal use only, under the Fair Use Act. Unauthorized use or accessing of this site/service/downloads is strictly prohibited. All access is logged and archived. Blahblahblah."
I reserve the right to space and time shift my music in what way I like. If I leave my CD-R copies of my CDs on my carseat in my unlocked automobile and they are stolen, am I liable for copyright infrigement or distribution? Why is that any different from putting cd rips on p2p for *my exclusive* use (such as access from work or a pals house)? A EULA is all I need, right? That is more that what I agree to when I would buy a CD. And click-thru licences and TOS are fully enforcable, aren't they?
If *everyone* shares 25 songs, who are they going to sue then?
Plus, if I share 10,000 txt files renamed to 'song-artist.mp3', will I get some papers? Sounds like a good way to countersue.
Or, place a disclaimer on all your shares - "This is for personal use only under the Fair Use Act. Unauthorized use or download is strictly prohibited. Do not download if you are not the owner of these files." - perhaps this could also be a challenge to EULAs...
Last I checked, it's not illegal to have a PC open to the net - if it was, many Windows users would be rubbing sholders with drug offenders in prison.
Is the RIAA downloading these songs to check if they are real, correctly labeled and such? If so, they are breaking the law (IANAL). Do two wrongs make a (copy)right? If not, wouldn't this be considered barratry/harrasment?
It saves in a proprietary format.
It has imprecise layout options.
It second guesses your decisions.
It is ginormous for what it does.
It has encouraged use of Bold, Italics, and MS Comic Sans
It sucks CPU cycles like a 40-dollar whore.
It indexes every last damn file on your PC.
It saves information that you really don't want distributed in every file.
It has an annoying mascot.
It has been ported to mac.
It is used by mac users.
It gives you hell whenever you don't want to save as a.doc file.
It is far too expensive.
It has too many features.
It encourages use of MS Comic Sans
and...
Hmmm. Will these be like upgrading a G3 with a 3rd party card that is 3/4 the cost of a new machine, or will I be able to go to the Apple Store and pick up a 2ghz processor when I'd like to upgrade from my 1.6?
That is one thing that has always annoyed me about macs - it always seemed that the processor upgrades were based on the sentimental value of your old machine.
"Well, Binky, you old 8600. We've had some good times together. I remember when I first wrote that letter to Father O'Day while trying to copy a bunch of files. Now, I'm going to get the 400 mhz G4 upgrade card for you and be stuck with your old FSB and slow ass memory because I really don't want to have to move the stickers on your case that define my personality. And its 14 dollars cheaper than a new dual 800."
So will I need to get a stupid daughtercard, or will I be able to drop a new processor in? Or will I be stuck with a 1.6ghz until I buy a whole new box?
one of these will appear in every new Sci-Fi Pictures Original movie coming out in the next two years. With the quality/budget of the Sci-Fi channel movies, I'm guessing it will be the same one each time.
That is one sexy case...
Re:This will be another solid update
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...they never forced me to buy a new version of windows to get the latest web browser.
That's because their lastest web browser gives you the 'new' version of windows. Kind of like herpes: You can't get rid of it.
I'm trying to see who wants to buy my pc as we speak. Windows is so 1984.
In other news, Apple is going to ship these with a no-button mouse, simplfying the input device to ease new users into their new faster-than-thought systems, as well as pissing off/.ers everywhere.
With State deficits at an all time high, we can't afford to hire 'extra' Librarians to monitor what's going on - they can barely support the skeleton crew they have already.
This just sounds like another Pennsyvania solution to me.
I have always heard that the porn industry is for the most part self-regulating. Why not voluntarilly move to a.xxx tld? The porn-hounds can still find their 'panty-freaks homepage' and the remaining sites should be easier to block.
Of course, this was tried with com, net and org, and didn't work so well, so YMMV.
The problem is that there is *no* filter that can do this job. Unless some baeysian (sp?) filter could be adapted.
eh. Well, excuse me. I've got to get back to my job, wiping monitors off on floor 2.
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Good way to pick up chicks - wave your hand with the printer concealed in it over a bar napkin and hand her your magically appearing phone number and a dirty limerick (ok, no limerick)
Label everything you own - roomies will no longer be able to claim the beer/CD/toliet paper wasn't yours.
Print up fake parking tickets for random cars.
This would rock for labeling CDRs - I might actually do it with this thing.
Add mystery "ingredients" to grocery store items. "What the hell is lead sucrose doing in these hot dogs?"
Graffiti made easy! Free Mumia, Impeach Bush, Repeal the 1st Amendment - easy as a wave of your hand! No incriminating paint can or marker!
Print barcodes on unsuspecting foreheads - "Hold on, I think there's a bee in your hair..." - Just for fun. For now......
Add inappropriate menu items at your favorite resturant. "Baby Seal and Carrots?!! WAITER!!!"
Fake classifieds - "Dude, what's this about you selling the state's largest used children's undies collection? Your name, phone number and everything!!"
Hide small notes on the bathroom walls in strategic places - "If you can read this, you're poopin'"
Quick name tags for people - don't worry, it'll wash off! Frankly, this thing is cool and sounds like fun - it may even be useful for labeling things, or handing out info. Of course, it will probably be priced too high for most people who would actually use it. It will probably be good for manufacturing, labeling parts and other irregular things.
Just remember, you read it on K5.
I'm looking at who I want to call, then suddenly I'm connected to some operator in Thailand. I try to hang up, but now I've ordered a pizza. I attempt to cancel the order, and great! I've just booked a flight to Squarenuts, Missouri.
Combine this with pre-emptive ordering, and I am a bankrupt movie star. I might even lose my house on Golden Pond.
I think not.
I would also add that someone like Bill would most likely be able to 'exclude' himself from such T.I.A. databases to some extent.
The status symbol of the future will be how *little* information can be found on you.
Sadly, every database is misused at some time or another. I don't expect that it will be much different with ones that contain the details of lives.
Can anyone here say that they would not be tempted to look through the T.I.A. database if they had a chance? You wont get caught, because good ol' boy Poindexter will build that in.
Keep up the good work, Motherfucking Shit. You are a credit to your post.
IPv6 sounds great but I see that we will need more TLDs and a domain name will be absolutely necessary.
Frickin' Rainman will be the only one able to remember xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.
At least the giant corporations that are our new overlords will have to spend some serious $$$ to cover all the new 'name.new tld'. Perhaps after all this is done, they can work on flying cars. 'cause we are like 50+ years behind the times here, people.
But all that has to take a back seat to hard-to-remember IPv6.
Here's a plan, why don't we just take the internet away from all the AOLers, the Flash greeting card senders, the 'Great Story! Read this LOLRFLOLRLOL!!!!'ers, Zone Bejewled players and the cheaters at Counter Strike and we'll have enough IPs for all of the elitist bastards that are going to make my toaster talk to me.
Tell you what. I will trade all my IPs (192.168.x.x) for a friggin' flying car.
Let's make it happen. I'll even have a bumper sticker, "IPv6, but my doctor says I'll be fine!" with a smiley!
Gimme my flying car.
in your pocket, or are you just trying to Slashdot me?
However, these reviewers need to stop hosting on the devices they review.
BTW, anything more than an Intellivision running IntyOS on a dual cassette drive is completely overkill.
As SCO is now requesting open source code to ensure it does not contain SCO's property, please send your ISOs and uncompressed images of Redhat, Suse, Lindows, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, Mandrake, Yellow Dog, and Knoppix to investorrelations@sco.com
robertb@sco.com
kmartens@sco.com
darlm@sco.com
chriss@sco.com
shitheads@sco.com
How many /.ers are members of the EFF? /.ers don't go out to buy RI/MP-AA products? /.ers write a physical letter to their congresswhores? /.ers actually use Linux? or contribute to it or other OSS? /.ers live alone in their parent's basement, rather than with a helpful cult or commune? /.ers use Office & save their files in .doc format?
How many
How many
How many
How many
How many
Bob Dylan would say something about wind here.
BTW, I think the professor is trying to recruit /.ers for his own private army. Sure, SCO today, but tommorrow...the world?....
MS has made the leap to cherished company, like MacDonnell-Douglas. Even if Linux or OS X was to smash Windows on the desktop, MS won't go down. They will recieve 'maintenence contracts' to stay afloat, so that in times of need, production of Windows CDs can be ramped up for wartime.
MS can now claim 'National Security' anytime there is call for opening up an API, or documentation on a Windows function.
Am I being sarcastic, or amazingly phophetic?
For that kind of money, they could have bought a new G5!
Oh god. That's really bad.
This is not intended to be a troll, just an exploration of the situation. Some mental riffing, if you will.
Is it illegal to take things from a unlocked car? I am not asking if it is easy, dumb of me to leave it open, or expected. I am asking if it is legal.
If it *is* illegal, and my CDRs are taken without my permission, have I unwittingly broken the law by distributing copyrighted works? I, of course, still have the original, but the copies are now 'out there'. Just like my personal p2p network I mentioned in an earier post. Who is liable? Me - for failing to protect the copyrighted material (open server, unlocked door) or the person who grabs my CDR/mp3 file?
Do I have a resonable expectation of my belongings being safe by virtue of being in my car? What about my home? What about my computer? If not, is taking something from an unlocked house legal?
If the RIAA is to be believed, and ideas can be property, what is the difference between a pile of CDRs in a house, and a bunch of files on a server? If you want to view this as a troll, fine. I just want some answers to how the RIAA wants to have its cake and eat it too.
I reserve the right to space and time shift my music in what way I like. If I leave my CD-R copies of my CDs on my carseat in my unlocked automobile and they are stolen, am I liable for copyright infrigement or distribution? Why is that any different from putting cd rips on p2p for *my exclusive* use (such as access from work or a pals house)? A EULA is all I need, right? That is more that what I agree to when I would buy a CD. And click-thru licences and TOS are fully enforcable, aren't they?
Aren't they?
Plus, if I share 10,000 txt files renamed to 'song-artist.mp3', will I get some papers? Sounds like a good way to countersue.
Or, place a disclaimer on all your shares - "This is for personal use only under the Fair Use Act. Unauthorized use or download is strictly prohibited. Do not download if you are not the owner of these files." - perhaps this could also be a challenge to EULAs...
Last I checked, it's not illegal to have a PC open to the net - if it was, many Windows users would be rubbing sholders with drug offenders in prison.
Is the RIAA downloading these songs to check if they are real, correctly labeled and such? If so, they are breaking the law (IANAL). Do two wrongs make a (copy)right? If not, wouldn't this be considered barratry/harrasment?
Will FLAC work with my Britney and Justin HitClips player?
It has imprecise layout options.
It second guesses your decisions.
It is ginormous for what it does.
It has encouraged use of Bold, Italics, and MS Comic Sans
It sucks CPU cycles like a 40-dollar whore.
It indexes every last damn file on your PC.
It saves information that you really don't want distributed in every file.
It has an annoying mascot.
It has been ported to mac.
It is used by mac users.
It gives you hell whenever you don't want to save as a
It is far too expensive.
It has too many features.
It encourages use of MS Comic Sans
and...
It encourages use of MS Comic Sans.
Thanks.
That is one thing that has always annoyed me about macs - it always seemed that the processor upgrades were based on the sentimental value of your old machine.
"Well, Binky, you old 8600. We've had some good times together. I remember when I first wrote that letter to Father O'Day while trying to copy a bunch of files. Now, I'm going to get the 400 mhz G4 upgrade card for you and be stuck with your old FSB and slow ass memory because I really don't want to have to move the stickers on your case that define my personality. And its 14 dollars cheaper than a new dual 800."
So will I need to get a stupid daughtercard, or will I be able to drop a new processor in? Or will I be stuck with a 1.6ghz until I buy a whole new box?
That is one sexy case...
That's because their lastest web browser gives you the 'new' version of windows. Kind of like herpes: You can't get rid of it.
I'm trying to see who wants to buy my pc as we speak. Windows is so 1984.
In other news, Apple is going to ship these with a no-button mouse, simplfying the input device to ease new users into their new faster-than-thought systems, as well as pissing off /.ers everywhere.
No book should be larger than the hardware it is about.
This just sounds like another Pennsyvania solution to me.
I have always heard that the porn industry is for the most part self-regulating. Why not voluntarilly move to a .xxx tld? The porn-hounds can still find their 'panty-freaks homepage' and the remaining sites should be easier to block.
Of course, this was tried with com, net and org, and didn't work so well, so YMMV.
The problem is that there is *no* filter that can do this job. Unless some baeysian (sp?) filter could be adapted.
eh. Well, excuse me. I've got to get back to my job, wiping monitors off on floor 2.
*I can say this, for I too am in desperate need of a shower. :P
One more example of how real life follows early 80s Satuday morning Sid and Marty Kroft shows.