In that top picture, it looks like it's gonna jump off and do some serious Kung-fu. Imagine a Beowolf cluster of these, beating the hell out of Keanu Reeves...Matrix Style!
Um. What kind of guy would be able to break into eBay and then be so obviously incapable of defending himself? Back in younger days, I defended myself against a minor traffic ticket. What a mistake. I lost the 'big case'. The judge knew all my pals who were in mock trial, so I think he went easy on me. ( I didn't get the chair, just a big-ass fine.) Learned a bunch, though. Most importantly: IANAL!
I had a friend back in high school who could whoop ass in typing class (that's what we called it, in those Apple 2+ days) We did this on good ol' IBM Selectrics.
Anyhow, he could type 70+ word per minute. The next fastest were two people who maxed out at 50 +/- wpm. One of these people got an 'A' and the other got a 'B-'. The difference? The 'A' student made very few mistakes. The 'B-' student spelled like most Slashdotters.
My pal who could do 70 wpm? He made about one error per page. He was a machine!:)
Here is a story on slashdot not long ago about a computer that was stolen and then recovered.
With wireless being put on-chip, I don't think this will be a problem forever. There's too much marketing money at stake for companies not to know where you are all times.
Use a pencil and paper! The handwriting recognition is great!
On all the new g4 towers (I'm not sure about the others..) the power LED glows and fades. Why not adapt this to other LEDs? That would make it harder to scan, and also make your stuff more 'mod'. Who actually needs to see the LED blink for every bit that goes though your NC or modem? As long as I see there's something going on back there, I know its (usually) working..
Here is a link to a (very) summerized verion of the DMCA. This shows how the Senator is making no mention of the SSSCA on his own web site where he proudly lists the issues he has worked on. Lots of other gigantic conflicts of interest can be found here as well. I'd list more, but I have to go to work so I can make money to buy things that violate the DMCA..
at the Anti-DMCA,SSSCA,RIAA,MPAA rally! Why not give it to the Jamacan Bobsled team instead?
Be Rock(ed)s and why OpenBe will be 4 me
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I discovered BeOS about a year ago, just BeFore it died. I installed the Personal Edition on my overclocked Pentium 225:) and sat back amazed at what a huge speed gain it had over Winblows98. I could do a million things at once, with no ill effect. (Try scrolling a webpage while listening to a mp3 on w..i..n..d..o..w..s) Ugh.) Then I tried finding something similar to Acid (by Sonic Foundry) and was immediately dissapointed to find nothing that would work for me.:( I was so enamored by this OS I looked into writing my own software. I realized I could be either a programmer or a musician, and I chose musician. (I've had much more practice at that:)
I still have Beos installed on my machines and boot into it occasionally to see if BeAcid has suddenly appeared. It hasn't. I will definately look into OpenBeos when it gets more fleshed out, and look forward to the day I can stop using something I hate (windows) to make something I love (music)
I won't repeat the tired "Boycott the Music Industry!!" since the entire population of/. could to no ill effect. I believe a boycott could do some damage if the 12-18 age group was educated and organized. Every N*Stink and Britney Spears album that is purchased contributes to the Industry's cause. If you have a younger brother, sister, cousin, nephew or niece, please educate them! They'll listen if you take the time to explain. Something like the 'truth' campaign, but focused on the Industry. Don't buy music! (I could also use this opportunity to educate them on why the music sucks, but one battle at a time..;)
Ok, It's not really here, but that got your attention. I would love wireless power for things like laptops, Pilots, Digital cameras and their ilk. We've got so many radio waves shooting around everywhere already, why not use them? I am not a physics major or able to do simple sums in my head,;P but wouldn't microwaves or VLF be useful for this? What about regular radio waves? (wow. someone is going to school me quickly I'm sure..:)
Is this is the guy right here? (changed his middle initial..?) Read his 'specialties'. Sounds like someone should be hired by MS to write a letter. If it's not this guy, check out this one I'm not sure what this is about, but it's pretty obvious that money is in the mix. There's his ph #! Call him and ask.
It seems to me that forging the headers of email would be in violation of the DMCA: IANALTG (I am not a lawyer, thank god!)
(b) ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS- (1) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that--
A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof;
B) has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof; or
C) is marketed by that person or another acting in concert with that person with that person's knowledge for use in circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof.
2) As used in this subsection--
A) to `circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure' means avoiding, bypassing, removing, deactivating, or otherwise impairing a technological measure; and
B) a technological measure `effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title' if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, prevents, restricts, or otherwise limits the exercise of a right of a copyright owner under this title.
Of course the DMCA covers everything, otherwise there might be someone somewhere that hasn't broken a law...
Do the people who have had their moderating privileges revoked get them back if they subscribe?
Re:Personal Copyrights and personal freedoms.
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As a musican, I am seeing this as the beginning of the end of individual creation of content.
You want to write software? Fine. Be sure to register with Software Industry Association of America and get your idea approved. Then after 4-6 weeks you'll be sent an "Individual Coder's Package." This will allow you to write your software with all the copy protection and watermarks built in (not editable by you, of course.) and run your software on your DRM compliant machine, only. This will not allow you to distribute your software; distribution will be decided by the SIAA after a lengthy review process. After 4-6 months, the SIAA decides that your software performs a similar function as a program by AOL/TimeWarner/Microsoft. A form letter arrives letting you know that you are in suspected violation of the DMCA. Your rights to create are suspended, pending an investigation. (4-6 years.)
If you are a writer, replace software with story.
If you are a musician, replace software with song.
If you are an artist, replace software with art.
If you are a filmaker, replace software with film.
If you are frightened, disgusted, and alarmed, you should be.
This will be the future if people do not educate others, and sit idly while Industry decides how best to control what you see, hear, use, and buy.
My first RC car was a brown Bronco from the Sears Wish Book. It was $40+ bucks and ran for about 10-15 min on 5 C Nicads. It had two gears, switchable on the car, high speed and a torque setting (low). I took it apart to put a Lego body on it, and don't remember what happened to it. (It rocked.) When I grew up (ha), I bought an RC 10 (far too expensive - $250+ ow.) and that was fun! Got rid of it later, though - you run into a tree at 35 mph, and something's got to give (not the tree;) Parts for the thing were crazy $$$, but at least you could fix anything that went wrong.
Toys that actually defended themselves would be altogether too damn cool! Now if I could only rig something to attack the cats on the kitchen counter...
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if governments would listen to scientists who are interested in preserving the human race, instead of businesses that are interested in enslaving it.
hack his way out of jail with a Pringles can!
eww.
In that top picture, it looks like it's gonna jump off and do some serious Kung-fu. Imagine a Beowolf cluster of these, beating the hell out of Keanu Reeves...Matrix Style!
They must have 'Intel Inside'.
George Lucas, Fear Me!
I wish I had a tape of that day. *cringe*
Anyhow, he could type 70+ word per minute. The next fastest were two people who maxed out at 50 +/- wpm. One of these people got an 'A' and the other got a 'B-'. The difference? The 'A' student made very few mistakes. The 'B-' student spelled like most Slashdotters.
My pal who could do 70 wpm? He made about one error per page. He was a machine! :)
Me? It took me 3 days to type this. :P
With wireless being put on-chip, I don't think this will be a problem forever. There's too much marketing money at stake for companies not to know where you are all times.
Use a pencil and paper! The handwriting recognition is great!
Now my Window$ machine can flash a "Service Engine Soon" light at me. I'll have to put some black tape over it to fix it...
Wasn't that the ad line for Applesoft Basic?
Cheaper looking!... no self respecting rubberband terrorist would deny themselves an obviously superior product!
Unfortunately, this has been proven otherwise.
On all the new g4 towers (I'm not sure about the others..) the power LED glows and fades. Why not adapt this to other LEDs? That would make it harder to scan, and also make your stuff more 'mod'. Who actually needs to see the LED blink for every bit that goes though your NC or modem? As long as I see there's something going on back there, I know its (usually) working..
Here is a link to a (very) summerized verion of the DMCA. This shows how the Senator is making no mention of the SSSCA on his own web site where he proudly lists the issues he has worked on. Lots of other gigantic conflicts of interest can be found here as well. I'd list more, but I have to go to work so I can make money to buy things that violate the DMCA..
at the Anti-DMCA,SSSCA,RIAA,MPAA rally! Why not give it to the Jamacan Bobsled team instead?
I still have Beos installed on my machines and boot into it occasionally to see if BeAcid has suddenly appeared. It hasn't. I will definately look into OpenBeos when it gets more fleshed out, and look forward to the day I can stop using something I hate (windows) to make something I love (music)
Just a shot in the dark...
Proudly creating 'Theft' on a Macintosh, MoFo.
Ok, It's not really here, but that got your attention. I would love wireless power for things like laptops, Pilots, Digital cameras and their ilk. We've got so many radio waves shooting around everywhere already, why not use them? I am not a physics major or able to do simple sums in my head, ;P but wouldn't microwaves or VLF be useful for this? What about regular radio waves? (wow. someone is going to school me quickly I'm sure.. :)
Is this is the guy right here? (changed his middle initial..?) Read his 'specialties'. Sounds like someone should be hired by MS to write a letter. If it's not this guy, check out this one I'm not sure what this is about, but it's pretty obvious that money is in the mix. There's his ph #! Call him and ask.
(b) ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS- (1) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that--
A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof;
B) has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof; or
C) is marketed by that person or another acting in concert with that person with that person's knowledge for use in circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof.
2) As used in this subsection--
A) to `circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure' means avoiding, bypassing, removing, deactivating, or otherwise impairing a technological measure; and
B) a technological measure `effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title' if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, prevents, restricts, or otherwise limits the exercise of a right of a copyright owner under this title.
Of course the DMCA covers everything, otherwise there might be someone somewhere that hasn't broken a law...
Do the people who have had their moderating privileges revoked get them back if they subscribe?
You want to write software? Fine. Be sure to register with Software Industry Association of America and get your idea approved. Then after 4-6 weeks you'll be sent an "Individual Coder's Package." This will allow you to write your software with all the copy protection and watermarks built in (not editable by you, of course.) and run your software on your DRM compliant machine, only. This will not allow you to distribute your software; distribution will be decided by the SIAA after a lengthy review process. After 4-6 months, the SIAA decides that your software performs a similar function as a program by AOL/TimeWarner/Microsoft. A form letter arrives letting you know that you are in suspected violation of the DMCA. Your rights to create are suspended, pending an investigation. (4-6 years.)
If you are a writer, replace software with story.
If you are a musician, replace software with song.
If you are an artist, replace software with art.
If you are a filmaker, replace software with film.
If you are frightened, disgusted, and alarmed, you should be.
This will be the future if people do not educate others, and sit idly while Industry decides how best to control what you see, hear, use, and buy.
Have a great day.
My first RC car was a brown Bronco from the Sears Wish Book. It was $40+ bucks and ran for about 10-15 min on 5 C Nicads. It had two gears, switchable on the car, high speed and a torque setting (low). I took it apart to put a Lego body on it, and don't remember what happened to it. (It rocked.) When I grew up (ha), I bought an RC 10 (far too expensive - $250+ ow.) and that was fun! Got rid of it later, though - you run into a tree at 35 mph, and something's got to give (not the tree ;) Parts for the thing were crazy $$$, but at least you could fix anything that went wrong.
Toys that actually defended themselves would be altogether too damn cool! Now if I could only rig something to attack the cats on the kitchen counter...