Maybe if CmdrBush wouldn't say stupid things like, "stop animal-human hybrid research" and thus make scientific research a political issue he's against, then speaking up for scientists' rights wouldn't be an "anti-Bush left wing" thing.
Some suits have ended, but there's still at least two in Canada that I've not heard of a resolution. Sony still stands to lose in the courts or bargaining tables all around the world from their rootkit DRM crime in Texas and California [last I heard].
FairPlay goes bad all the time. Why just two days ago an MP3 Player owner contacted me and asked why they couldn't get ACC files they created with ITunes to work on their player. Turns out of course that ACC isn't supported on that player, and if the files have FairPlay built into them, then good luck converting to any other format [besides the lossy problem]. They have to start again from scratch ripping using CDex which I also showed has CDdb that means they don't have to type in artists and track names.
The broadcast flag is bad for consumers and business. It's bad for consumers because they are going to have to replace otherwise working radio equipment, right?
And it's bad for businesses, because when DRM goes wrong [and it almost always is wrong] then the maker gets slapped for it. Sony BMG is learning that the hard way. Music playing businesses, such as waiting offices, or ones that use music on their hold system might find themselves paying more too. The RIAA is not going to stop at screwing consumers, it will make sure businesses give them more money too.
The dark age has already happened several times. There are oodles of media formats from the 70's and on that are no longer readable today in the standard computer. Heck, new computers don't even come with floppy drives for 3.5" floppies. I hope they have a strategy to tackle media problems along with file format compatibility, because the medium is the message.
It might not shut down protection, but it does enact a DoS attack on your IRC client, so Norton actually introduces the flaw in security, hence it does disable natural protection from plain text in IRC. That's pretty damn bad.
I'm going to say you should ditch Norton. I've had it for only 2 years of 14 while computing and I've got a total of 1 javabyte minor virus which took only minutes to remove/repair.
Nearly every computer I've seen using Norton gets hosed by Norton itself. This new flaw is a good example. It's a DoS attack on your IRC client thanks only to Norton if you're a flawless Internet user [save for the fact that you made the mistake of installing Norton].
It might have something to do with that, but it is also because Windows is just sitting there as bait, and can be a larger target of attacks so it's more desirable. Once the bait is removed, the remaining OS will be the primary target.
Also, Windows is more popular at home where budding virus writers can work on it. Until the last ten years, it was much less likely that someone would download or buy a *nix OS for a home computer.
The whole article is about how IBOC [which is only allowed to broadcast digital in the daytime] is interfering by causing noises on neighbouring stations' band. If then non-digital station has their coverage area reduced by competitors, that seems like obvious infringement to me.
... Exepct that Unix like operating systems aren't immune to many virus attacks too. They just haven't been the focus of attack in any significant way, so the true virus potential isn't know.
I agree more people should be moving to Linux, but don't tell them they don't have to have a virus scanner.
In Saskatchewan anyway, MaxTV is a Digital Subscriber Line TV service offered by Sasktel. I don't know if caller display on the TV works for any Max customer who pays $4+$3.80 a month for name and number display on their phone bill, or if they charge another $3.80ish fee for that. I don't know if the on screen display of the phone number would be recorded on a VHS recording, I'd guess it would, so I'd like to have the ability to turn the feature off, or on at my command.
There's a touch of sarcasm, but also truth in it. Really the creativity has gone way down because it's harder to be universally funny and entertaining than just violent and gory.
It's my understanding the FCC is supposed to react when interference is caused by a device, and they aren't supposed to approve devices that interfere with other peoples' radio service. Since the digital simulcast does interfere, and they are allowing it, it seems neighbouring stations deserve compensation from the interfereres and the FCC.
I don't listen to FCC stations, I'm in Canada [CRTC stations instead]. I don't enjoy listening to a bunch of swearing or watered down crud, and my AM dial is pretty much just how I like it. It'd be nice to have a dozen more options like in most markets, but the ~10 AM stations cover most genres pretty well here. CBS and Crap Channel programming does make me wretch by the way.
540 is broadcast in Saskatoon and Regina, and possibly elsewhere. I could pick up Calgary country AM in the 900 range when in the Wood Mountain hills of SK, late at night only. It's about a 7 hour drive to Calgary.
I see the digital broadcast can be simul-cast with analogue, but that it still interferes with neighbouring analogue signals. They can't even transmit digital at night legally.
Not everyone wants to shell out money to upgrade their car radio to satellite. Out here in Sask. AM stations rule because of our vast geographical distances. The AM dial is not crowded, and some nights you can pick up stations that are more than 400 miles away.
I wonder though, is this digital signal the stuff that identifies a radio station for new car radio displays?
I'm all for taking violence out of video games. There's no reason games can't be modified to have non-violent outcomes. But then Jack Thompson would whine that realistic consequences aren't being depicted which will train cold blooded killers.
Think of Super Mario jumped on mushrooms and they turned into happy angels instead of dead pancakes? Or in Unreal Tournament you fire paintballs, or tickle people at close range? Or in Mortal Kombat you have a tickle fight, and instead of ripping out a heart, you read the woozy opponent a bedside story. I think it would sell just as well. A game doesn't have to be violent, it can be funny and still be as fun.
If you'd read the FSummary you'd see that it doesn't guess it has pretranslated selections. So the doctor picks the word for PENIS SORE from his list, and the computer knows the best way to phrase PENIS SORE in Cantonese or whatever. It takes out the babelfish aspect errors in most cases except where dialects come in.
"Remove your gitch and show me your trouser trout" might not be in the list for the doctor to choose though.
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Maybe if CmdrBush wouldn't say stupid things like, "stop animal-human hybrid research" and thus make scientific research a political issue he's against, then speaking up for scientists' rights wouldn't be an "anti-Bush left wing" thing.
Some suits have ended, but there's still at least two in Canada that I've not heard of a resolution. Sony still stands to lose in the courts or bargaining tables all around the world from their rootkit DRM crime in Texas and California [last I heard].
http://www.sonysuit.com/
FairPlay goes bad all the time. Why just two days ago an MP3 Player owner contacted me and asked why they couldn't get ACC files they created with ITunes to work on their player. Turns out of course that ACC isn't supported on that player, and if the files have FairPlay built into them, then good luck converting to any other format [besides the lossy problem]. They have to start again from scratch ripping using CDex which I also showed has CDdb that means they don't have to type in artists and track names.
The broadcast flag is bad for consumers and business. It's bad for consumers because they are going to have to replace otherwise working radio equipment, right?
And it's bad for businesses, because when DRM goes wrong [and it almost always is wrong] then the maker gets slapped for it. Sony BMG is learning that the hard way. Music playing businesses, such as waiting offices, or ones that use music on their hold system might find themselves paying more too. The RIAA is not going to stop at screwing consumers, it will make sure businesses give them more money too.
"In a quote that could only be labeled short and sweet"
"GO FUCK YOURSELF AOL" is also short and to the point, but far from sweet.
The dark age has already happened several times. There are oodles of media formats from the 70's and on that are no longer readable today in the standard computer. Heck, new computers don't even come with floppy drives for 3.5" floppies. I hope they have a strategy to tackle media problems along with file format compatibility, because the medium is the message.
It's sad to hear that the ".con" boom is still going on. Let's hope their market bottoms out like the .com did in the '90s.
It might not shut down protection, but it does enact a DoS attack on your IRC client, so Norton actually introduces the flaw in security, hence it does disable natural protection from plain text in IRC. That's pretty damn bad.
I'm going to say you should ditch Norton. I've had it for only 2 years of 14 while computing and I've got a total of 1 javabyte minor virus which took only minutes to remove/repair.
Nearly every computer I've seen using Norton gets hosed by Norton itself. This new flaw is a good example. It's a DoS attack on your IRC client thanks only to Norton if you're a flawless Internet user [save for the fact that you made the mistake of installing Norton].
It might have something to do with that, but it is also because Windows is just sitting there as bait, and can be a larger target of attacks so it's more desirable. Once the bait is removed, the remaining OS will be the primary target.
Also, Windows is more popular at home where budding virus writers can work on it. Until the last ten years, it was much less likely that someone would download or buy a *nix OS for a home computer.
Do you see that LiIon battery you've got? The warning on it to "not add water" is rather important. Please don't try it.
Hmm, when will they stop allowing water to be given or carried onto planes because someone might mix it with their laptop battery?
The whole article is about how IBOC [which is only allowed to broadcast digital in the daytime] is interfering by causing noises on neighbouring stations' band. If then non-digital station has their coverage area reduced by competitors, that seems like obvious infringement to me.
... Exepct that Unix like operating systems aren't immune to many virus attacks too. They just haven't been the focus of attack in any significant way, so the true virus potential isn't know.
I agree more people should be moving to Linux, but don't tell them they don't have to have a virus scanner.
In Saskatchewan anyway, MaxTV is a Digital Subscriber Line TV service offered by Sasktel. I don't know if caller display on the TV works for any Max customer who pays $4+$3.80 a month for name and number display on their phone bill, or if they charge another $3.80ish fee for that. I don't know if the on screen display of the phone number would be recorded on a VHS recording, I'd guess it would, so I'd like to have the ability to turn the feature off, or on at my command.
http://www.sasktel.com/ will tell you more about the service.
There's a touch of sarcasm, but also truth in it. Really the creativity has gone way down because it's harder to be universally funny and entertaining than just violent and gory.
It's my understanding the FCC is supposed to react when interference is caused by a device, and they aren't supposed to approve devices that interfere with other peoples' radio service. Since the digital simulcast does interfere, and they are allowing it, it seems neighbouring stations deserve compensation from the interfereres and the FCC.
I don't listen to FCC stations, I'm in Canada [CRTC stations instead]. I don't enjoy listening to a bunch of swearing or watered down crud, and my AM dial is pretty much just how I like it. It'd be nice to have a dozen more options like in most markets, but the ~10 AM stations cover most genres pretty well here. CBS and Crap Channel programming does make me wretch by the way.
540 is broadcast in Saskatoon and Regina, and possibly elsewhere. I could pick up Calgary country AM in the 900 range when in the Wood Mountain hills of SK, late at night only. It's about a 7 hour drive to Calgary.
I see the digital broadcast can be simul-cast with analogue, but that it still interferes with neighbouring analogue signals. They can't even transmit digital at night legally.
A simple 4 step process:
1. Buy radio station neighbouring a competitor's band.
2. Broadcast FCC legal digital interference.
3. ???
4. Profit!
Major lawsuits coming? Anyone?
Not everyone wants to shell out money to upgrade their car radio to satellite. Out here in Sask. AM stations rule because of our vast geographical distances. The AM dial is not crowded, and some nights you can pick up stations that are more than 400 miles away.
I wonder though, is this digital signal the stuff that identifies a radio station for new car radio displays?
I'm all for taking violence out of video games. There's no reason games can't be modified to have non-violent outcomes. But then Jack Thompson would whine that realistic consequences aren't being depicted which will train cold blooded killers.
Think of Super Mario jumped on mushrooms and they turned into happy angels instead of dead pancakes? Or in Unreal Tournament you fire paintballs, or tickle people at close range? Or in Mortal Kombat you have a tickle fight, and instead of ripping out a heart, you read the woozy opponent a bedside story. I think it would sell just as well. A game doesn't have to be violent, it can be funny and still be as fun.
If you'd read the FSummary you'd see that it doesn't guess it has pretranslated selections. So the doctor picks the word for PENIS SORE from his list, and the computer knows the best way to phrase PENIS SORE in Cantonese or whatever. It takes out the babelfish aspect errors in most cases except where dialects come in.
"Remove your gitch and show me your trouser trout" might not be in the list for the doctor to choose though.
So you're saying Diamonds are going to have a DRM broadcast flag? Diamond Restrictions Managment?
Don't be concerned. I may have changed my signature, but the PFHT is still available:
http://sask.sasktelwebsite.net/petfoilhat.html
I've not yet tested the foil hat on sharks, but it is good underwater, so I see no reason it can't work on large fish.
"from the friggin-laser-beams-not-included dept."
No fair, the editor got in the stealth shark with friggin laser beams on head first post!
In Post Austin Powers Slashdot, Lasers frig up Stealth Sharks.