Why would a Wookie, an eight-foot tall Wookie, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does NOT MAKE SENSE! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does NOT MAKE SENSE! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does NOT MAKE SENSE! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
Looks like the google cache is running slowly, since it's trying to pull images from the slashdotted server, which slows stuff down. here's a link directly to the text of the article (no images).
I won't be getting a 360 til the end of it's lifecycle. It's clearly been rushed out for release to get a perceived edge over Sony (and to a lesser extent, Ninendo).
Not to mention, if you buy one later, it will come with an HD-DVD drive (so you don't have to buy that extra, or as an external unit, or whatever-other-bullshit-bandaid-way they'd offer to the launch purchasers). Also, you'll be able to get one in black, like god intended.
Sometimes I think they do it on purpose
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Sometimes, I really start to think that security is so poor in commercial operating systems, because they want to use protection from all these exploits as the bait to get us into the "trusted computing" cage.
Trusted computing is a farce, because the one thing that *isn't* trusted, is the user.
So damaging the datalayer of a DVD is equally easy (or difficult) from both sides of the disc.
So this means one of two things. Either the XBOX 360 discs are terribly flimsy, or the "scratching problem" means some of the consoles are terribly defective. terrific.
I seriously doubt that the scratching gets bad enough to penetrate to the data layer, so they shouldn't need to re-buy.
They didn't say whether the discs were getting scratched on the bottom, or the top. The bottom has a pretty thick clear layer, but the data layer is not protected as heavily on the top. Take a pair of scissors to the top of a DVD-R or CD-R and you'll see what I mean. it's easy to scrape the data layer right off.
They didn't mention bio-diesel that I could see. Though I have to admit, that's not really a technology I'm rooting for. I'm not sure if I could stomach a $50,000 mercedes that smells like french fries.
I completely agree it's not mine to copy, but it will become mine pretty damned quickly if I scratch it. And I bet I would be charged the full game price as a replacement. Maybe the rental company should have backups. Kind of makes me nervous about renting games now.
This kind of blows a big hole in the *AA's argument that all this copy protection BS is really about preventing piracy. It seems to me that more and more, it's about getting the customer to buy multiple copies of the same content.
This point is even more obvious when you look at the way the Blue-ray copy protection works. If you get even the tiniest scratch on the ROM MARK on the disc, the disc is UNUSABLE. Doesn't matter if the rest of the surface of the disc is pristine, your $30 movie is now worthless. (yes, $30, you know they're going to charge 2x or 3x what a normal DVD costs).
That spells it out pretty clearly. The future is downloaded movies. And music. and games. And no, I'm not talking about DRM'ed ones that you pay for.
whatever is great for web, streaming video and other reasonably lightweight tasks, but just try pushing a a few hundred gigs over a wireless link and see what happens.
I find the easiest way to transfer a few hundred gigs, wirelessly, to our other office, involves a Chevrolet.
This smells like some smart marketing suit yelling out requirements "we need this...and that!... and an Ipod connection!"
LOL. Yeah, it's either total marketing BS, or some vice president, ultimately in charge of the project, was reviewing the plans and said "yeah, ok, looks great. throw in an ipod connection, and you're done."
Each soundproof cabin will contain a sofa that converts into a double bed, a pull down desk, closet space, adjustable mood lighting, a shower, wireless Internet, an iPod connection and a flat-screen TV
That's huge compared to what they have in Japan. In Japan, they have what are called capsule hotels", which is basically like the sleeping tubes in the movie the 5th element.
Unfortunately, bureaucracies are just an extension of modern democracy and modern democracies are largely incapable of meaningful consensus or leadership.
Judging by your website, I'm suddenly not sure a society-wide consensus is a good thing.
Companies need to be held liable for the safety and security of their customer's data. The problem then will go away.
I'm hearing you. I think the way the SSN system works with the financial system is horribly inefficient, insecure, and pront to abuse. But you need to cover both ends. Security on the front end, and proper policing on the back end. Cutting the DHS budget certainly isn't going to help-- especially when hundreds of millions are allocated for projects like the bridge to nowhere.
With $105 billion in this type of crime in 2005, I'm glad the Department of Homeland Security has had their budget cut to $16 million. That should stop those crooks!
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Do they just want more money to fund the project, or are they actually in dire need?
They're not "in need". Jimmy Wales just wants to start drawing a huge salary, and continue traveling the world (at Wikimedia's expense, of course).
"13 things that do not make sense"
Why would a Wookie, an eight-foot tall Wookie, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does NOT MAKE SENSE! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does NOT MAKE SENSE! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does NOT MAKE SENSE! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
Looks like the google cache is running slowly, since it's trying to pull images from the slashdotted server, which slows stuff down. here's a link directly to the text of the article (no images).
Here's a link to the google cached version of the page. Google Cache.
I won't be getting a 360 til the end of it's lifecycle. It's clearly been rushed out for release to get a perceived edge over Sony (and to a lesser extent, Ninendo).
Not to mention, if you buy one later, it will come with an HD-DVD drive (so you don't have to buy that extra, or as an external unit, or whatever-other-bullshit-bandaid-way they'd offer to the launch purchasers). Also, you'll be able to get one in black, like god intended.
Sometimes, I really start to think that security is so poor in commercial operating systems, because they want to use protection from all these exploits as the bait to get us into the "trusted computing" cage.
Trusted computing is a farce, because the one thing that *isn't* trusted, is the user.
So damaging the datalayer of a DVD is equally easy (or difficult) from both sides of the disc.
So this means one of two things. Either the XBOX 360 discs are terribly flimsy, or the "scratching problem" means some of the consoles are terribly defective. terrific.
LOL. comedy gold. (why don't you bitches mod this one down, too? I've got karma to burn, motherfuckers)
that depends. what kind of truck stop are we talking about?
I seriously doubt that the scratching gets bad enough to penetrate to the data layer, so they shouldn't need to re-buy.
They didn't say whether the discs were getting scratched on the bottom, or the top. The bottom has a pretty thick clear layer, but the data layer is not protected as heavily on the top. Take a pair of scissors to the top of a DVD-R or CD-R and you'll see what I mean. it's easy to scrape the data layer right off.
They didn't mention bio-diesel that I could see. Though I have to admit, that's not really a technology I'm rooting for. I'm not sure if I could stomach a $50,000 mercedes that smells like french fries.
I completely agree it's not mine to copy, but it will become mine pretty damned quickly if I scratch it. And I bet I would be charged the full game price as a replacement. Maybe the rental company should have backups. Kind of makes me nervous about renting games now.
This kind of blows a big hole in the *AA's argument that all this copy protection BS is really about preventing piracy. It seems to me that more and more, it's about getting the customer to buy multiple copies of the same content.
This point is even more obvious when you look at the way the Blue-ray copy protection works. If you get even the tiniest scratch on the ROM MARK on the disc, the disc is UNUSABLE. Doesn't matter if the rest of the surface of the disc is pristine, your $30 movie is now worthless. (yes, $30, you know they're going to charge 2x or 3x what a normal DVD costs).
That spells it out pretty clearly. The future is downloaded movies. And music. and games. And no, I'm not talking about DRM'ed ones that you pay for.
whatever is great for web, streaming video and other reasonably lightweight tasks, but just try pushing a a few hundred gigs over a wireless link and see what happens.
I find the easiest way to transfer a few hundred gigs, wirelessly, to our other office, involves a Chevrolet.
Don't be silly. Sorority girls don't screw in lightbulbs. They screw in pools of their own vomit.
That reminds me:
What does a sorority girl put behind her ears to make her more attractive?
Her ankles.
Nobody saw this one coming. The invention of blogging.
Whould you really want to sleep in the same room you just took a dump in?
After a night of partying, many college students are already quite comfortable with this idea.
This smells like some smart marketing suit yelling out requirements "we need this...and that!... and an Ipod connection!"
LOL. Yeah, it's either total marketing BS, or some vice president, ultimately in charge of the project, was reviewing the plans and said "yeah, ok, looks great. throw in an ipod connection, and you're done."
And lo, it happened.
"an iPod connection" - You insensitive clod! What about my Creative Zen?
It's probably just a powered USB port. To most of the world, that is "an ipod connection."
Each soundproof cabin will contain a sofa that converts into a double bed, a pull down desk, closet space, adjustable mood lighting, a shower, wireless Internet, an iPod connection and a flat-screen TV
That's huge compared to what they have in Japan. In Japan, they have what are called capsule hotels", which is basically like the sleeping tubes in the movie the 5th element.
Unfortunately, bureaucracies are just an extension of modern democracy and modern democracies are largely incapable of meaningful consensus or leadership.
Judging by your website, I'm suddenly not sure a society-wide consensus is a good thing.
Companies need to be held liable for the safety and security of their customer's data. The problem then will go away.
I'm hearing you. I think the way the SSN system works with the financial system is horribly inefficient, insecure, and pront to abuse. But you need to cover both ends. Security on the front end, and proper policing on the back end. Cutting the DHS budget certainly isn't going to help-- especially when hundreds of millions are allocated for projects like the bridge to nowhere.
Time-share owners, maybe, employees definately, but customers? Why?
Look, they're just making sure you don't steal any towels. Towel theft is a big deal.
With $105 billion in this type of crime in 2005, I'm glad the Department of Homeland Security has had their budget cut to $16 million. That should stop those crooks!
Nah, we're all waiting for a company to get the AJAX ticker symbol...
Word on the street is that AJAX is the new DrKoop.com.
(eggs, meet basket)
What, that's it? No more?