Hmm...well we use SpamAssassin at my company and while it catches a lot, I still get roughly 20-30 spams a day that the filter doesn't catch. Of those, my personally-trained Mozilla Baysean filter catches another 75%, and the rest I have to delete by hand. And, both SpamAssassin and Mozilla still give me false positives, mostly from legitimate emails originating in Asia, but also from companies in the US such as when I get notifications of 3rd-party software security updates, etc.
So all-in-all I'd say there's still a lot of work to be done in this area.
Just because you can find an obscure use for a tool that has a prominent list of evil uses doesn't mean the tool should be released to the public.
How ironic. The *exact* same argument has been used successfully against P2P and DeCSS. Personally, I'd rather place the blame on the person or entity who misuses a tool, rather than the tool itself. But maybe that's just me.
Niether company makes their own games, and has NOTHING to maintain brand loyalty.
Since when did Microsoft stop making games? They've been publishing games made in-house (by subsidiaries) and through developer agreements for a very long time. Halo, for example, was made by Bungie, who was conveniently purchased by MS before the release of the X-Box. Of course, you don't want to bring that up with the Mac crowd because they're still pretty bitter over that whole fiasco.
So, using their words, unfair competition is defined as any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice. Well, we already know that unlawful and fraudulent practices are illegal, and covered elsewhere; there are whole sections of the code devoted to them. So that leaves us with unfair == unfair. No shit. Really?
This is why I hate legislators. They can't even make a law that isn't recursively defined.
Wow, I was thinking that South Park predicted it. Only, you don't operate the controls with your mouth.
One of the things I noticed was that they say you'd use the left handle to control acceleration, and the right handle to control braking. This thing otherwise operates similar to a motorcycle. Why on Earth would they go and make the handles directly opposite from how a motorcyle functions? Seems like it's just begging to cause an accident.
The original post to which I replied did not address these concerns. But I'll go ahead an reply to your snide comments anyway.
So far as the cost of the mission is concerned, there is a huge backlog of stuff that the astronauts can do in addition to retrieving the Hubble that would make the trip worthwhile. Hell, even the stuff they were supposed to do on the last mission would be fine. It's not like retrieving the satellite would be the ONLY reason they'd go up.
And, if we're not going to use the shuttles because we're afraid of losing them, what's the point of having them at all? There is an inherent risk in launching ANYTHING into space. We've already gone to the trouble of building this fleet at phenomenal cost. We might as well use them while we can.
Actually, that was the initial plan. Including hanging it from the ceiling in the Smithsonian. But now with the Columbia accident, no one wants to put astronauts' lives on the line just to retreive a museum piece.
I'd say if the astronauts in question are willing to do it (as I'm sure they are, they are all aware of the risks every time they go up) then it's a moot point.
And there are alternatives for people who need a phone for a short period: Renting.
Have you actually looked at rental rates? The phone itself is usually fairly cheap, but the service is ridiculously expensive. It's cheaper to buy one of these and pay $0.10-$0.25 per minute than it is to rent a cellphone and pay $2-$4 per minute if you plan to use the phone at all.
I haven't seen too many companies that have tripled the value of their stock over the previous 12 months of a recession called "dead" before. Is this a new usage of the term?
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Why not a little Java thrown in? Or DRM? or TCPA?
I'd we willing to wager that TPCA (and indirectly DRM) will be fully supported by this new filesystem. However, they have to introduce it in such a way that consumers don't realize they made a new file system just so they could more fully control the contents of people's hard drives. So, instead they tell you how fast and efficient it is.
Never trust a corporation with anything you value or at least with proper constraints over that corporation.
I use Yahoo! Messenger and haven't experienced any problems whatsoever related to this. In fact there are a couple of new features with this newest version that I'm eager to try out. Why should I be concerned if some unendorsed 3rd party application no longer works because Yahoo decided to change the way their network or protocol functions? My client still works fine; it's just too bad if Trillian (whose newest beta version still works, BTW) or some other 3rd party meta-IM client gets borked along with all the spammers.
Serves people right for trusting closed systems.
It serves who right, exactly? Yahoo customers didn't experience any problems. You must mean the 3rd-party clients and spambots leeching on Yahoo's networks, because they are the only ones affected AFAIK.
You obviously don't own a laptop. I support a company who has a large percentage (70%) of users who work from home/ have laptops. While in the office, everyone has a desktop. The idea that the dock goes with you, and can be set up anywhere, is the ideal situation. No more craning/aching while on the road, but the ability to set up in small places as well (airplanes).
Gee, I work at home and have been more than happy working from a laptop exclusively for the past 3-4 years. I honestly don't have a need for IBM's design. What's the point of detaching the keyboard, or tilting the screen from side to side? Even if I'm at a desktop, the screen is going to be pointed towards my body, as is the keyboard, so the ability to move them around a little bit in relation to one another buys me nothing at all except a higher price tag.
That being said, I am planning on buying a new desktop soon so I can play Half-Life 2 in all its glory, but if my current laptop had the graphics capabilities of a Radeon 9800 I certainly wouldn't bother.
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This man is luckier than he realizes. He might have actually installed a Microsoft product instead of a mere trojan horse!
Hmm...well we use SpamAssassin at my company and while it catches a lot, I still get roughly 20-30 spams a day that the filter doesn't catch. Of those, my personally-trained Mozilla Baysean filter catches another 75%, and the rest I have to delete by hand. And, both SpamAssassin and Mozilla still give me false positives, mostly from legitimate emails originating in Asia, but also from companies in the US such as when I get notifications of 3rd-party software security updates, etc.
So all-in-all I'd say there's still a lot of work to be done in this area.
Can you hold auto manufacturers responsible for drunk driving?
How ironic. The *exact* same argument has been used successfully against P2P and DeCSS. Personally, I'd rather place the blame on the person or entity who misuses a tool, rather than the tool itself. But maybe that's just me.
Wanna bet? Fly any Singapore Airlines international flight. They have a SNES/GB emulator built into every seat's console. And yes, they have Zelda.
Of course thats beside the fact that your post had nothing to do with the rest of the conversation.
Since when did Microsoft stop making games? They've been publishing games made in-house (by subsidiaries) and through developer agreements for a very long time. Halo, for example, was made by Bungie, who was conveniently purchased by MS before the release of the X-Box. Of course, you don't want to bring that up with the Mac crowd because they're still pretty bitter over that whole fiasco.
So, using their words, unfair competition is defined as any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice. Well, we already know that unlawful and fraudulent practices are illegal, and covered elsewhere; there are whole sections of the code devoted to them. So that leaves us with unfair == unfair. No shit. Really? This is why I hate legislators. They can't even make a law that isn't recursively defined.
Wow, I was thinking that South Park predicted it. Only, you don't operate the controls with your mouth.
One of the things I noticed was that they say you'd use the left handle to control acceleration, and the right handle to control braking. This thing otherwise operates similar to a motorcycle. Why on Earth would they go and make the handles directly opposite from how a motorcyle functions? Seems like it's just begging to cause an accident.
No, but he does have a foolproof test for witchery.
You are aware that MS has a services group, right? They do *exactly* this kind of stuff for large companies.
The original post to which I replied did not address these concerns. But I'll go ahead an reply to your snide comments anyway.
So far as the cost of the mission is concerned, there is a huge backlog of stuff that the astronauts can do in addition to retrieving the Hubble that would make the trip worthwhile. Hell, even the stuff they were supposed to do on the last mission would be fine. It's not like retrieving the satellite would be the ONLY reason they'd go up.
And, if we're not going to use the shuttles because we're afraid of losing them, what's the point of having them at all? There is an inherent risk in launching ANYTHING into space. We've already gone to the trouble of building this fleet at phenomenal cost. We might as well use them while we can.
I'd say if the astronauts in question are willing to do it (as I'm sure they are, they are all aware of the risks every time they go up) then it's a moot point.
No, no, no! It's if you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
Well, that didn't keep them from putting camera phones in there, which have been around much longer than the Segway, at least in Japan.
Have you actually looked at rental rates? The phone itself is usually fairly cheap, but the service is ridiculously expensive. It's cheaper to buy one of these and pay $0.10-$0.25 per minute than it is to rent a cellphone and pay $2-$4 per minute if you plan to use the phone at all.
How could you pass up a name like hotmail for a gay porn site?
I saw Miss Crack Whore 2003 on Fox last week. Or maybe that was Joe Millionaire?
Same reason you need a PDA to remember your appointments.
If you had bothered to RTFA you would know that the Asus can emulate SNES at full speed. Meaning it is already possible to do just what you describe.
It also has a really kick-ass Real-Time Strategy game available that totally blows away anything you could get for a GBA.
Polymer Drug Sandwich. *drool*
I haven't seen too many companies that have tripled the value of their stock over the previous 12 months of a recession called "dead" before. Is this a new usage of the term?
I'd we willing to wager that TPCA (and indirectly DRM) will be fully supported by this new filesystem. However, they have to introduce it in such a way that consumers don't realize they made a new file system just so they could more fully control the contents of people's hard drives. So, instead they tell you how fast and efficient it is.
I use Yahoo! Messenger and haven't experienced any problems whatsoever related to this. In fact there are a couple of new features with this newest version that I'm eager to try out. Why should I be concerned if some unendorsed 3rd party application no longer works because Yahoo decided to change the way their network or protocol functions? My client still works fine; it's just too bad if Trillian (whose newest beta version still works, BTW) or some other 3rd party meta-IM client gets borked along with all the spammers.
It serves who right, exactly? Yahoo customers didn't experience any problems. You must mean the 3rd-party clients and spambots leeching on Yahoo's networks, because they are the only ones affected AFAIK.
BTW I'm thinking about getting car painted "terror alert red". It just sounds sexy.