Re:Relax. Europa's not going anywhere.
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Melting Europa
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There must have been life for there to be oil, you insensitive clod! Oh wait, maybe that is why they're so desparate to find evidence of life elsewhere!
Evidence! Evidence! Since when did that stop Bush on his quest for more oil! *grunt-grunt*
They've layed this in a few places here in the UK and it really is quite amazing stuff. It's kinda spooky when you roll onto it off the "normal" road and suddenly there's silence. Well, not silence...but there is a very big difference in the amount of noise.
I remember seeing a show about this being done in a high end car a few years ago (not sure who it was)...anyway, it was really sucessful and the car was v.quiet. Then they went on to do further testing only to find that people didn't really like it. Instead of ripping out the system they came up with the novel solution of some kind of sampled engine sound played through the car's audio system. I don't know whether the car ever made it to production.
Ah...I didn't know that. I'm in the UK and here they have quite a lot of cameras. Nothing special, just very cheap low-level consumer sort of things...I guess I thought they had a similar product line in the US.
Kodak recently announced that next year it was abandoning traditional film cameras in (at least) north america in favour of digital & disposable film cameras. How can this not be taking the market seriously?
I'm probably going to get slaughtered for saying something positive about Microsoft, but I love the Microsoft mouse. IMO They know how to build quality hardware, shame they can't apply that skill to other areas.
The question is where would this put you legally? Say I discover something pretty juicy, say Bill Gate's email password in an excel file as a lame example. It's not exactly that I breached the company's security to get it, is it? But then if I was searching for say "bill gates username password.xls" then clearly I had intent.
Why not create an online currency and tie it to something like paypal? You pay 0.99 'nets (or whatever) for the song which is billed to your account...then you pay your account at the end of the month in your own currency.
...that a big company such as Dell could be stupid enough to assume that word's password system would be secure. I mean, anyone who's used a computer for a few years knows that password protection like this is very rarely secure...look at the laughable "protection" on zip files for another example. If you want something to be secure you encrypt it...obvious, painless and free.
Go for a laptop (with a mobile processor). Far and away it's going to consume less power. I don't think the problem of expandability is that much of an issue anymore. You've got USB2 and firewire for future storage options...you can get virtually anything with a USB cable on it nowadays. Aside from the extra cost (surely offset by the power savings) all you're likely to lose out on is the graphics side...even then that's only likely to be an issue if you're gamer.
I don't know that he came up with some spectacular idea...it's something many people have been throwing around for years...it's just that Jobs had the balls to actually go out and do it properly rather than sitting around talking about it or putting out some half-arsed effort.
To do that they have to acknowledge responsibility that they're actions are part of the problem...it's much easier to place the blame on someone else than take responsibility of it yourself...every toddler soon learns that lesson.
I've been working as a volunteer at my local volunteer bureau doing bits of web-design, leaflets, forms & stationary that kind of thing for the local charities and voluntary organisations the bureau's in contact with.
The way I understand it is that they're not downloading files, just going off the list of your shared files. It's dubious "proof" if you ask me.
How can they label files incorrectly to pollute p2p networks, but then sue on the basis of the assumed legitimacy of those filenames? Surely there's some very fucked up logic that's working in their favour there. But then, I'm in the UK so (for now at least)...the RIAA AND IT'S ILK CAN KISS MY HAIRY WHITE ARSE:-)
I wouldn't think teens would listen to that much radio.
It surprised me a little - the only explanation I could think of is that they're listening to it in the car/bus/whatever to and from school/work/whatever
From what I can see, it doesn't do handwritten input...so what's the point? Without decent handwriting recognition or some accessible form of easy on the move input these sort of devices are going to fall flat on their faces.
What's the point of lugging around something so big, then having to resort to typing using the on-screen keyboard with one finger (tiny on-screen keyboard+the hand your holding it in)? You may as well have some form of PDA or even...just a good old pad and paper. At least Microsoft is making an *effort* with the handwriting thing. *evil grin*
IMO, there's no market for these as a general web-browsing consumer type device where the touch-screen idea would work. I like the idea in principle but see it more as something I'd drag around with me the office with me taking notes in meetings etc. For that an on screen keyboard/touchscreen isn't gonna cut it.
I don't know that the method is that flawed. Most businesses follow aimlessly. "If Bob's widget's down the road has Windows 2003 then we must have it! Hurry, before we go bankrupt!" (this is businesses we're talking about, not individuals)
Following that sort of logic, it's probably fairly easy to guess at a theoretical sort of sales figure. Plus there's fairly specialist software that companies in certain sectors simply cannot do without today.
Then again, real world statistics would be nice for a change.
the fact that he had never heard of the plaintiff, does not necessarily imply that he can not harm it;
I took it as they were implying he was intentionally harming the plaintiff, if he'd never heard of them he couldn't possibly be intentionally harming them.
*shrug*
Maybe it could have been worded better.
There's quite a lot of technical info on it here. I dunno about the signal strengh but the data rate was running at a scorching 16bps (compared to around 2kbps near jupiter) at it last encounter, easily rivaling that of a slashdotted site.
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There must have been life for there to be oil, you insensitive clod! Oh wait, maybe that is why they're so desparate to find evidence of life elsewhere!
Evidence! Evidence! Since when did that stop Bush on his quest for more oil! *grunt-grunt*
They've layed this in a few places here in the UK and it really is quite amazing stuff. It's kinda spooky when you roll onto it off the "normal" road and suddenly there's silence. Well, not silence...but there is a very big difference in the amount of noise.
I remember seeing a show about this being done in a high end car a few years ago (not sure who it was)...anyway, it was really sucessful and the car was v.quiet. Then they went on to do further testing only to find that people didn't really like it. Instead of ripping out the system they came up with the novel solution of some kind of sampled engine sound played through the car's audio system. I don't know whether the car ever made it to production.
Ah...I didn't know that. I'm in the UK and here they have quite a lot of cameras. Nothing special, just very cheap low-level consumer sort of things...I guess I thought they had a similar product line in the US.
Kodak recently announced that next year it was abandoning traditional film cameras in (at least) north america in favour of digital & disposable film cameras. How can this not be taking the market seriously?
I'm probably going to get slaughtered for saying something positive about Microsoft, but I love the Microsoft mouse. IMO They know how to build quality hardware, shame they can't apply that skill to other areas.
It wasn't actually a swastika though, it's a buddhist symbol that looks like a swastika rotated through 45 degrees.
The question is where would this put you legally? Say I discover something pretty juicy, say Bill Gate's email password in an excel file as a lame example. It's not exactly that I breached the company's security to get it, is it? But then if I was searching for say "bill gates username password .xls" then clearly I had intent.
Will that be an appropriate thing to sell?
:-)
Since when did "appropriate" matter on eBay?
Why not create an online currency and tie it to something like paypal? You pay 0.99 'nets (or whatever) for the song which is billed to your account...then you pay your account at the end of the month in your own currency.
It's the evolution of advertising.
1) Advertising pays for content
2) You pay for content (and receive advertising anyway)
3) You pay for advertising.
4) ???
5) Profit!!!
...that a big company such as Dell could be stupid enough to assume that word's password system would be secure. I mean, anyone who's used a computer for a few years knows that password protection like this is very rarely secure...look at the laughable "protection" on zip files for another example. If you want something to be secure you encrypt it...obvious, painless and free.
Exactly, it's evolved to what it is without a direct plan...anything that begins to imply ownership and control is likely to lead to its downfall.
Go for a laptop (with a mobile processor). Far and away it's going to consume less power. I don't think the problem of expandability is that much of an issue anymore. You've got USB2 and firewire for future storage options...you can get virtually anything with a USB cable on it nowadays. Aside from the extra cost (surely offset by the power savings) all you're likely to lose out on is the graphics side...even then that's only likely to be an issue if you're gamer.
I don't know that he came up with some spectacular idea...it's something many people have been throwing around for years...it's just that Jobs had the balls to actually go out and do it properly rather than sitting around talking about it or putting out some half-arsed effort.
To do that they have to acknowledge responsibility that they're actions are part of the problem...it's much easier to place the blame on someone else than take responsibility of it yourself...every toddler soon learns that lesson.
I've been working as a volunteer at my local volunteer bureau doing bits of web-design, leaflets, forms & stationary that kind of thing for the local charities and voluntary organisations the bureau's in contact with.
True, but then you could also make the point that we still have the freedom to choose to fight back. At least for now anyway... :-)
The way I understand it is that they're not downloading files, just going off the list of your shared files. It's dubious "proof" if you ask me.
:-)
How can they label files incorrectly to pollute p2p networks, but then sue on the basis of the assumed legitimacy of those filenames? Surely there's some very fucked up logic that's working in their favour there. But then, I'm in the UK so (for now at least)...the RIAA AND IT'S ILK CAN KISS MY HAIRY WHITE ARSE
I wouldn't think teens would listen to that much radio.
It surprised me a little - the only explanation I could think of is that they're listening to it in the car/bus/whatever to and from school/work/whatever
From what I can see, it doesn't do handwritten input...so what's the point? Without decent handwriting recognition or some accessible form of easy on the move input these sort of devices are going to fall flat on their faces.
What's the point of lugging around something so big, then having to resort to typing using the on-screen keyboard with one finger (tiny on-screen keyboard+the hand your holding it in)? You may as well have some form of PDA or even...just a good old pad and paper. At least Microsoft is making an *effort* with the handwriting thing. *evil grin*
IMO, there's no market for these as a general web-browsing consumer type device where the touch-screen idea would work. I like the idea in principle but see it more as something I'd drag around with me the office with me taking notes in meetings etc. For that an on screen keyboard/touchscreen isn't gonna cut it.
I don't know that the method is that flawed. Most businesses follow aimlessly. "If Bob's widget's down the road has Windows 2003 then we must have it! Hurry, before we go bankrupt!" (this is businesses we're talking about, not individuals)
Following that sort of logic, it's probably fairly easy to guess at a theoretical sort of sales figure. Plus there's fairly specialist software that companies in certain sectors simply cannot do without today.
Then again, real world statistics would be nice for a change.
They day will come when every motoring offence on any major road is recorded and dealt with automatically.
...and this is a bad thing? If you drive like an arse on a public road then you deserve to be punished for it.
the fact that he had never heard of the plaintiff, does not necessarily imply that he can not harm it; I took it as they were implying he was intentionally harming the plaintiff, if he'd never heard of them he couldn't possibly be intentionally harming them. *shrug* Maybe it could have been worded better.
There's quite a lot of technical info on it here . I dunno about the signal strengh but the data rate was running at a scorching 16bps (compared to around 2kbps near jupiter) at it last encounter, easily rivaling that of a slashdotted site.