Unfortunantly, as long there is greed in the world, there will always be problems with government legalization. In addition, fear is often also a driving factor. Just look at the large amount of products out there to protect users from cell phonce radiation. People are always scared of new things. Especially if it has the oppurtunity to relive them of some of the money that they have been earning(drug war anyone?).
I'd be down for this. Where I live I've been having all sorts of cable line problems with att broadband. Not in my house, but the cable they have running to the neighborhood. So if I could get 802.11b, I'd probobly go for it.
I'd say this could be a good thing. Hell, I don't even have a land line anymore! When I did, the costs of the fees and taxes simply made a cell phone much more affordable. If there's a fee on cell's now, that might not be true anymore.
While I admire cnet for removing kazaa, it's not all that relevent. Here on my college campus(it's a school devoted to only sci/eng majors), most people didn't care about brilliant, much less know what a trojan was. John Q. Public needs more education before this will really be stopped.
I dunno what the big deal is about lcd vs. crt. As far as power, the average desktop user(including me) doesn't care. The desk space, perhaps. But I've already adapted to my 21" monitor taking up most of the space, so what's the big change gonna be. I guess just a few more square inches for me to fill up with trash!
but what happenes when the software stops being updated. Then your current software which is working fine stops working, and you can't upgrade it because it doesn't exist anymore.
While this may be a little off-topic, competition definitly could improve customer service. I'm getting at&t cable internet hooked up, and it's amazing the way at&t operates. Most of their web site doesn't even work correctly, and the tech support leaves much to be desired. One didn't know what NAT was, and if at&t considered it acceptable use. There's no mention of it on their web site. Not to mention the worst automated telephone menu system i've heard in a while. Hopefully the competition will bring prices down as well, as 50 bucks a month is a little steep. Unfortunatly there's not many other options. I suspect it will come down to the fees that other companys will have to pay to use the infrastructure. Otherwise it'll never be a fair competition.
While it's nice that more people in the public eye are speaking out against copy protection, it's not bound to help much. Money makes the world go round, as long as the RIAA and MPAA see money "lost" that could be theirs, they're not gonna stop. Well, at least not til the money spent on copy protection > the amount of money lost from sales.
Most sites already have the info, plus most people use a fake email address anyhow, so most email marketing is useless. In addition, I know most people I know don't even use their real information, and fake info is useless.
I bet the only reason they did this research is they didn't have enough time between sutdying and partying to mess around with multiple p2p progs. They gotta get their fill of divx movies somehow!
I agree, competition will be very good for the US. For quite a long time, we've been able to tout many space acheivements, namely going to the moon, while at the same time completly ignoring the fact that the rest of the world has space travel as well. I just talked to some friends, most of them didn't even know anyone BESIDES russia and the us had space programs. And most of them thought russias space prog was non existent. Congress still at least slightly follows the will of the people, and until people get more knowledgeable and vocal about space travel, nothing will happen. And more to the topic, the us is now gonna have to fight a little bit more to be #1, as we all know we can't rest until we are.
For some reason, it kinda reminds me of Fantastic Voyage. Nevertheless it is quite cool. I guess the next logical step would be to build a robot to actually do the repairs as well.
True, true. But you gotta remeber it's hella cold out there. So you gotta build circuts that work in very low temperatures. and yes, there is stuff out there. Plus all sorts of radiation, etc to deal with.
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Two hundred g's??? if only i could afford the 200 hundred bucks for an xbox.....damn college. :)
from the hammer-time-joke-goes-here dept.
Followed by a press release from AMD and mandrake saying "can't touch this!"
This is why I only handle any sort of computer with latex gloves. Oh wait, not THAT kinda virus....
I think that could be very useful. Of course, it won't compare with this.
Can't wait until this stuff is declassified.
Unfortunantly, as long there is greed in the world, there will always be problems with government legalization. In addition, fear is often also a driving factor. Just look at the large amount of products out there to protect users from cell phonce radiation. People are always scared of new things. Especially if it has the oppurtunity to relive them of some of the money that they have been earning(drug war anyone?).
I'd be down for this. Where I live I've been having all sorts of cable line problems with att broadband. Not in my house, but the cable they have running to the neighborhood. So if I could get 802.11b, I'd probobly go for it.
I'd say this could be a good thing. Hell, I don't even have a land line anymore! When I did, the costs of the fees and taxes simply made a cell phone much more affordable. If there's a fee on cell's now, that might not be true anymore.
Now I can have phone sex while my porno videos are being recorded!
Couldn't I just get a cheaper old ass pentium and put linux on it, and do the same thing?? 600 seems like a lot.
While I admire cnet for removing kazaa, it's not all that relevent. Here on my college campus(it's a school devoted to only sci/eng majors), most people didn't care about brilliant, much less know what a trojan was. John Q. Public needs more education before this will really be stopped.
I dunno what the big deal is about lcd vs. crt. As far as power, the average desktop user(including me) doesn't care. The desk space, perhaps. But I've already adapted to my 21" monitor taking up most of the space, so what's the big change gonna be. I guess just a few more square inches for me to fill up with trash!
but what happenes when the software stops being updated. Then your current software which is working fine stops working, and you can't upgrade it because it doesn't exist anymore.
While this may be a little off-topic, competition definitly could improve customer service. I'm getting at&t cable internet hooked up, and it's amazing the way at&t operates. Most of their web site doesn't even work correctly, and the tech support leaves much to be desired. One didn't know what NAT was, and if at&t considered it acceptable use. There's no mention of it on their web site. Not to mention the worst automated telephone menu system i've heard in a while. Hopefully the competition will bring prices down as well, as 50 bucks a month is a little steep. Unfortunatly there's not many other options. I suspect it will come down to the fees that other companys will have to pay to use the infrastructure. Otherwise it'll never be a fair competition.
While it's nice that more people in the public eye are speaking out against copy protection, it's not bound to help much. Money makes the world go round, as long as the RIAA and MPAA see money "lost" that could be theirs, they're not gonna stop. Well, at least not til the money spent on copy protection > the amount of money lost from sales.
Most sites already have the info, plus most people use a fake email address anyhow, so most email marketing is useless. In addition, I know most people I know don't even use their real information, and fake info is useless.
Not really an anthem, but I was always partial to the oscar meyer song. My bologna has a first name, it's o-s-c-a-r.
But I still think I'll just reply with mp3s of John Tesh attached. That's show them spammers!!!!
I bet the only reason they did this research is they didn't have enough time between sutdying and partying to mess around with multiple p2p progs. They gotta get their fill of divx movies somehow!
I agree, competition will be very good for the US. For quite a long time, we've been able to tout many space acheivements, namely going to the moon, while at the same time completly ignoring the fact that the rest of the world has space travel as well. I just talked to some friends, most of them didn't even know anyone BESIDES russia and the us had space programs. And most of them thought russias space prog was non existent. Congress still at least slightly follows the will of the people, and until people get more knowledgeable and vocal about space travel, nothing will happen. And more to the topic, the us is now gonna have to fight a little bit more to be #1, as we all know we can't rest until we are.
Hmmmm...with the worlds highest score maybe they should have enlisted him to star in Armageddon.
For some reason, it kinda reminds me of Fantastic Voyage. Nevertheless it is quite cool. I guess the next logical step would be to build a robot to actually do the repairs as well.
True, true. But you gotta remeber it's hella cold out there. So you gotta build circuts that work in very low temperatures. and yes, there is stuff out there. Plus all sorts of radiation, etc to deal with.
I'm impressed that something built in 1972 is still functioning. Especially when you consider the rigors of space travel, that's quite a feat!