--I guess like anything else you just have to back it up. It might not sound ideal, but if somebody breaks into your car and steals your CDs (or your house burns down) i don't think Old Man Geffen will ship you replacements for free.--
Yea, I don't know how many CD's that I've lost to ex girlfriends. We'll I'm off to the pawn shop to grt them back.
Complete BS. The reason this happens is simply so that the telco's can charge you for another service to take care of the problem. They sell the telemarketers a service to block your Caller ID and then sell you a service to take care of the block.
It's called double dipping pure and simple.
I get calls all of the time clear across the country, and my ID box shows it except for some cell phones. Out of area calls are generally telemarketers.
The poster saying there is some sort of technical reason for this, must work for a telco. Anyhow it is complete BS.
We'll Apple is trying to sell it's hardware and not Linux hardware. I suppose they have that right. Can't you burn that to an audio CD with Apple hardware and then enjoy how you like after that?
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I bet the ones at the top will not have to take any test. When is the last time you saw a judge or senator take one as a condition of employment.
--It allows the drive to burn up 1.4GB of data using a regular 700MB blank CD-R blank. The resulting HD-Burned CD-R can only be read by supporting DVD/DVD-ROM drives and CD-ROM drives.--
This sounds too propietary. I wonder if CD's burned in this drive can be used reliably on other machines? I think a wait and see would be best with this.
Most planes are metal, therefore metal blocks transmission from out side (except windows) but there is no metal between you cell phone and some of the equipment in the plane. You have to put your cell phone close to the window in the plane for it to work from inside also.
I think that you have to hold the phone to the window for this to work. I don't think the transmission would come in much past the window. I have not tried this, so someone who has may correct me.
Yes, but you are talking about transmission inside the plane vs. outside. Older planes probably didn't take this possibility into account whilst the metal on the outside of the plane probably shields the plane from outside interference.
I'm not a lawyer here, but I think if he was convicted, it would be public.
When you are accused of something like that, if there is no conviction the records are supposed to be sealed. It's a bunch of B.S. The person that leaked that should be tried and convicted.
What about fiber to a mirror in a different building? Let's say the distance a fire couldn't cover. That way you always have your data at 2 locations at the same time, fire seperated of course.
--the thing that always gets me, is when people get all hyped up about AI and the like, they never can figure out 'what's so great about it.'
i mean, at best we build a robot modelled to X hot chick that will screw you eight ways from sunday and whatnot. beyond sex and gaming AI, what the hell could it do that's so great?--
That's great. What more do you want. The danger here is, that this alone (a robot woman that had an off switch) could eradicate the human race. Nobody would want the real thing if the AI is too advanced. No reproduction. No humans. I suppose by then we grow humans in a clone farm.
"If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you"
In criminal cases, money is not a problem. It's in civil cases where you have to empty your wallet.--
Yes, in theory, but in reality complete B|S. Do you really want a court appointed lawyer to defend you when ther is jail time involved? In most states, court appointed lawyers get paid very little so they are not as willing to spend time defending you.
have that in some database somewhere for the rest of your life living in fear.
This is a problem for freedom of speech. If you are afraid to check out a book, you may never gain that knowledge. Knowledge is power. Governments and businesses tend to want to keep this knowledge to their selves.
You can't have complete safety in a free society. Pre-emptive tracking, striking, etc. moves us closer to what we are supposed to be against.
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When I was a kid, I almost never got up before Noon on Sat. mornings. Still yet, I managed to get in some Johny Quest, and Speed Racer, somehow.
Latency is bad with satellite. This would be unacceptable for gaming.
Do they have a firewire or USB 2 version? USB 1 is pretty damn slow file transfer. I like the ability to transfer any file I want though.
--when there's no real way of ensuring that the system is working reliably?--
What about a webcam on the watchers machine. Someone would be watching the wather to determine if they are doing there job.
Scary stuff. These things can't work in a free sociatey. Pol Pot would have loved this idea.
--I guess like anything else you just have to back it up. It might not sound ideal, but if somebody breaks into your car and steals your CDs (or your house burns down) i don't think Old Man Geffen will ship you replacements for free.--
Yea, I don't know how many CD's that I've lost to ex girlfriends. We'll I'm off to the pawn shop to grt them back.
BS
Complete BS. The reason this happens is simply so that the telco's can charge you for another service to take care of the problem. They sell the telemarketers a service to block your Caller ID and then sell you a service to take care of the block.
It's called double dipping pure and simple.
I get calls all of the time clear across the country, and my ID box shows it except for some cell phones. Out of area calls are generally telemarketers.
The poster saying there is some sort of technical reason for this, must work for a telco. Anyhow it is complete BS.
The files "distribute" themselves.
We'll Apple is trying to sell it's hardware and not Linux hardware. I suppose they have that right. Can't you burn that to an audio CD with Apple hardware and then enjoy how you like after that?
I bet the ones at the top will not have to take any test. When is the last time you saw a judge or senator take one as a condition of employment.
Drug testing first, Brain and Genetic tests next.
--It allows the drive to burn up 1.4GB of data using a regular 700MB blank CD-R blank. The resulting HD-Burned CD-R can only be read by supporting DVD/DVD-ROM drives and CD-ROM drives.--
This sounds too propietary. I wonder if CD's burned in this drive can be used reliably on other machines? I think a wait and see would be best with this.
We'll yes and no, It's still going to be pretty fast.
Yea,
IRC
Why,
Most planes are metal, therefore metal blocks transmission from out side (except windows) but there is no metal between you cell phone and some of the equipment in the plane. You have to put your cell phone close to the window in the plane for it to work from inside also.
I think that you have to hold the phone to the window for this to work. I don't think the transmission would come in much past the window. I have not tried this, so someone who has may correct me.
Yes, but you are talking about transmission inside the plane vs. outside. Older planes probably didn't take this possibility into account whilst the metal on the outside of the plane probably shields the plane from outside interference.
I'm not a lawyer here, but I think if he was convicted, it would be public.
When you are accused of something like that, if there is no conviction the records are supposed to be sealed. It's a bunch of B.S. The person that leaked that should be tried and convicted.
Bunkers can be made to resist tornados. I guess the question is HOW valuble is your data? Purging it might not be a bad thing.
What about fiber to a mirror in a different building? Let's say the distance a fire couldn't cover. That way you always have your data at 2 locations at the same time, fire seperated of course.
I have heard that Round-UP has the same chemicals in it as agent orange. Is this fact or fiction?
--the thing that always gets me, is when people get all hyped up about AI and the like, they never can figure out 'what's so great about it.'
i mean, at best we build a robot modelled to X hot chick that will screw you eight ways from sunday and whatnot. beyond sex and gaming AI, what the hell could it do that's so great?--
That's great. What more do you want. The danger here is, that this alone (a robot woman that had an off switch) could eradicate the human race. Nobody would want the real thing if the AI is too advanced. No reproduction. No humans. I suppose by then we grow humans in a clone farm.
I know. I know.
but it's true and I'm not hip, however, if enough people like you keep telling me I'm hip, I guess that I might start believeing it.
BTW
VisiCALC rocks! I'm now hip.
FYI
WinXP cracks have been available now for some time. I.E. you don't need an activation code, but who wants to use XP legal or not?
Not me.
It's a royal PITA. Hell at work we still have NT.
--Except that every copy protection scheme requires trusting SOME component of the computer.--
True.
That is the reason that the big corps want to legislate it into being.
DMCA??
--The same goes for many other product groups, including wacum cleaner bags.--
Who sells them wac-um cleaner bags?
Sorry, just couldn't resist.
--Ever heard of Miranda rights?
"If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you"
In criminal cases, money is not a problem. It's in civil cases where you have to empty your wallet.--
Yes, in theory, but in reality complete B|S. Do you really want a court appointed lawyer to defend you when ther is jail time involved? In most states, court appointed lawyers get paid very little so they are not as willing to spend time defending you.
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have that in some database somewhere for the rest of your life living in fear.
This is a problem for freedom of speech. If you are afraid to check out a book, you may never gain that knowledge. Knowledge is power. Governments and businesses tend to want to keep this knowledge to their selves.
You can't have complete safety in a free society. Pre-emptive tracking, striking, etc. moves us closer to what we are supposed to be against.
Dictatorship!