Actually Dish Network had intended to keep the networks separate for the foreseeable future. Their's and DirecTV's satelite systems are not compatible and it would cost BILLIONS to deobit and replace the DirecTV satelites. It would also cost Billions to replace all those recievers and I guarantee you consumers aren't going to buy new equipment. They would be more likely to get cable.
IMO, this isn't really a bad or good thing. Combining Dish Network and DirecTV would have provided a strong competitor to monopolistic AOLTIMEWARNER, ATT, Charter, and Cablevision. Dish Network had promised to give up some satelite slots to Cablevision too so that they could start a satelite competitor. On the other side of the coin, we will still have two satelite competitors and DirecTV will most likely become the property of NewsCorp (if their hacking doesn't kill it) pretty soon.
Now all I want is my NFL Sunday Ticket on Dish Network (coming next season).
I believe the FCC Chairman has a tie breaking vote.
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is this really gonna make a difference? Ok, they know you're connected, they know your IP address. So what? How are they going to actually track you down? Then what? Call 911?
Interesting article but the ramifications are still unclear.
I don't think the point is whether or not he committed a crime. He obviously did break the law, whether that law is right or not isn't the argument. The point is that a rapist would get less prison time. The sentence for his NON VIOLENT crime is not proportional to the crime committed. Prisons are overcrowded as it is without putting in non violent offenders. There are much more creative ways of punishing someone than throwing them to the anal rape factory that turns minor criminals into hard criminal.
Everything he just wrote was absolutely true. Until they make batteries that are practical for more than running a remote control or power tools all these engineering studies are a waste of time and resources.
If you want to make electric powered vehicles, then you need to put more funding into energy storage. Flywheel technology is a better storage medium than a battery and doesn't need the toxic chemical that a battery does. Chrysler has toyed with the concept for a while now but didn't go on to overcome the technological hurdles of the technology.
Fuel cells, as stated many times in this thread, have vastly better potential than any other technology out there for powering personal vehicles. The powerplant is now small enough to be practical. Now they just need to work out fuel storage or conversion to bring it to market.
You've been/.ed
Just get the name out there. Offer free MP3s on Usenet (I'd put a note at the end of the song asking for the person to buy a copy if they liked it).
All we need to do is send up all the Politicans. They are all airbags to being with. If that fails, we can send the lawyers and sue the damn thing into submission.
This move will be signified by historians as the start of the Great Hacker War. When RIAA and MPAA decided to DoS the WRONG person.
I've never done an illegal hack or crack in my life but if I were to discover that they DoS'd my network, I would seriously consider doing so.
There is no such thing as a Stupid Test Pilot. Those guys spend about 10 hours of planning their flight on the ground for every hour spent in the air. Nothing is done outside of "the plan" unless a situation arises.
I don't know, it looks kinda fake to me. There is a light glare on the screen that doesn't seem to translate over the case in the upper left corner. I'm no expert mind you but it doesn't look real to me.
That was my exact thought when I read the article. I watch the news at least 2 hours a day. I read Drudge, MSNBC, CNN, FoxNews, and of course/. on the internet. I've never once heard of this poor child.
John caught my attention because I was thinking the exact same thing as I watched the O'Reily Factor on Fox last night. O'Reily has had updates on the Start case since the poor kid was snatched. I was sitting there thinking, "I wonder how many black children were kidnapped this week that didn't make national news?" Only America's Most Wanted seems to truly cover child abductions across racial and economic lines.
John's comments about the Smart case and the news being about money is definitly something to think about. I was thinking along racial lines myself but, IMO, he has made a good point.
I only pray that both these kids are found ALIVE.
is the most OVERRULED court in the Federal judiciary. Very likely this will once again be overruled IMO. The Supreme Court is much more conservative than the very liberal 9th Circuit.
It's a headline meant to grab the attention of Nerdom. However the attention span of most of the people here seems to be as short as a cheap firecracker fuse.
People that cheat thousands of everyday people out of money that they invest in their 401k, IRA, or other investment vehicle should get life at hard labor. It is high time the Federal Government tightened up corporate law and DRASTICALLY increased penalties for offenders. No Club Fed for this guy or Ken Lay and his Enron cronies. No, they need to spend their lives in Lousisana's Angola Prison where deer and Aligators play and everyone stands upright in the shower.
Slashdot Mirror
Your little link has already slashdotted it :)
Actually Dish Network had intended to keep the networks separate for the foreseeable future. Their's and DirecTV's satelite systems are not compatible and it would cost BILLIONS to deobit and replace the DirecTV satelites. It would also cost Billions to replace all those recievers and I guarantee you consumers aren't going to buy new equipment. They would be more likely to get cable. IMO, this isn't really a bad or good thing. Combining Dish Network and DirecTV would have provided a strong competitor to monopolistic AOLTIMEWARNER, ATT, Charter, and Cablevision. Dish Network had promised to give up some satelite slots to Cablevision too so that they could start a satelite competitor. On the other side of the coin, we will still have two satelite competitors and DirecTV will most likely become the property of NewsCorp (if their hacking doesn't kill it) pretty soon. Now all I want is my NFL Sunday Ticket on Dish Network (coming next season).
I believe the FCC Chairman has a tie breaking vote.
is this really gonna make a difference? Ok, they know you're connected, they know your IP address. So what? How are they going to actually track you down? Then what? Call 911? Interesting article but the ramifications are still unclear.
How many people out there didn't get squat.
The Slashdot community. Y'all some evil sonuvagun vigilantes.
I don't think the point is whether or not he committed a crime. He obviously did break the law, whether that law is right or not isn't the argument. The point is that a rapist would get less prison time. The sentence for his NON VIOLENT crime is not proportional to the crime committed. Prisons are overcrowded as it is without putting in non violent offenders. There are much more creative ways of punishing someone than throwing them to the anal rape factory that turns minor criminals into hard criminal.
Everything he just wrote was absolutely true. Until they make batteries that are practical for more than running a remote control or power tools all these engineering studies are a waste of time and resources. If you want to make electric powered vehicles, then you need to put more funding into energy storage. Flywheel technology is a better storage medium than a battery and doesn't need the toxic chemical that a battery does. Chrysler has toyed with the concept for a while now but didn't go on to overcome the technological hurdles of the technology. Fuel cells, as stated many times in this thread, have vastly better potential than any other technology out there for powering personal vehicles. The powerplant is now small enough to be practical. Now they just need to work out fuel storage or conversion to bring it to market.
You've been /.ed
Just get the name out there. Offer free MP3s on Usenet (I'd put a note at the end of the song asking for the person to buy a copy if they liked it).
All we need to do is send up all the Politicans. They are all airbags to being with. If that fails, we can send the lawyers and sue the damn thing into submission.
one of the funnier lines I've read today.
It's CDMA. It will start with only about 50kbps but will move up in speed throughout 2003 to the kind of bandwidth you see in Japan.
I'll start working on a script. Maybe I can sell it to the studios, make a movie and be able to DoS people with immunity. ;)
This move will be signified by historians as the start of the Great Hacker War. When RIAA and MPAA decided to DoS the WRONG person. I've never done an illegal hack or crack in my life but if I were to discover that they DoS'd my network, I would seriously consider doing so.
Ok that's fine. Let's just wait until after Austin Powers: Goldmember has been out a week or two :D
There is no such thing as a Stupid Test Pilot. Those guys spend about 10 hours of planning their flight on the ground for every hour spent in the air. Nothing is done outside of "the plan" unless a situation arises.
All he needs to do is use SU at the shell.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3 opps, I'm not that smart. I use Linux
I think This sez it all.
I don't know, it looks kinda fake to me. There is a light glare on the screen that doesn't seem to translate over the case in the upper left corner. I'm no expert mind you but it doesn't look real to me.
That was my exact thought when I read the article. I watch the news at least 2 hours a day. I read Drudge, MSNBC, CNN, FoxNews, and of course /. on the internet. I've never once heard of this poor child.
John caught my attention because I was thinking the exact same thing as I watched the O'Reily Factor on Fox last night. O'Reily has had updates on the Start case since the poor kid was snatched. I was sitting there thinking, "I wonder how many black children were kidnapped this week that didn't make national news?" Only America's Most Wanted seems to truly cover child abductions across racial and economic lines.
John's comments about the Smart case and the news being about money is definitly something to think about. I was thinking along racial lines myself but, IMO, he has made a good point.
I only pray that both these kids are found ALIVE.
the love to Alexander Hamilton and the rest of the Federalist Papers authors for that one.
is the most OVERRULED court in the Federal judiciary. Very likely this will once again be overruled IMO. The Supreme Court is much more conservative than the very liberal 9th Circuit.
Exactly,
It's a headline meant to grab the attention of Nerdom. However the attention span of most of the people here seems to be as short as a cheap firecracker fuse.
I got out of the Stock Market in 2000.
People that cheat thousands of everyday people out of money that they invest in their 401k, IRA, or other investment vehicle should get life at hard labor. It is high time the Federal Government tightened up corporate law and DRASTICALLY increased penalties for offenders. No Club Fed for this guy or Ken Lay and his Enron cronies. No, they need to spend their lives in Lousisana's Angola Prison where deer and Aligators play and everyone stands upright in the shower.