My parents still live in West Virginia so I have been getting all sorts of neat articles related to this scientific wonder. Seems like yesterday when the old one fell down.
One of the reasons this thing is located in West Virginia is because of the location. It is surrounded by some very large mountains on all sides that shield it from radio interference.
Everybody in the surrounding area drives a diesel engine because anything with a spark plug generates a huge amount of radio waves that overwhelm the sensitive instruments.
I read an article about a woman in the town that had a short in her electric blanket that was driving the scientists nuts. It took them about a month to track down the source of radio wave interference.
My parents have taken the tour and they said the thing is impressive. Every time I see it, it reminds me of the shield generator that got blown up in Return of the Jedi.
Has anybody else noticed the different way disclosed security holes and new virus warnings are treated? Crackers and viruses are capable of similar damage to systems and both enter a system in some disguised manner. Yet, when a security patch is made available there are few takers and little fanfare, but when a new 'Love Bug' variant crops up, it makes national news. There are companies that make a fortune selling software to combat viruses. When was the last time you saw somebody run a Norton Live Update to fix a Microsoft security hole in Outlook?
When in a store, who can evaluate systems for noise with everything else going on around them?
When building a computer from components, how do you know whether or not the noise will be excessive when it is all together?
I would love to see the manufacturers of systems and components start publishing noise levels so that consumers can make better purchase decisions. Of course, since everybody looks at the price, the silent systems will probably never get sold.
I have played with the Mavica and consider it one of the best consumer products to come out in years. I don't own one because I have been pondering the alternatives.
One of the more interesting alternatives (for geeks only) is to buy a Sony digital Hi-8 camcorder and a Fire Wire card. It is hard to believe that a good Sony digital camcorder costs as much as a Mavica, but it is true. I have seen still shots captured from this type of system and they are of similar quality to the Mavica. If you don't mind the Mavica quality, why not get two devices in one? I would personally find a camcorder more flexible in most situations.
The other possibility is they are suing to generate publicity. I don't pay attention to the rumor factories, so I didn't know a new version was coming out. Now that they have sued, everybody knows about the new version.
If the screenshots suck, they can claim that the program is in pre-beta and we should not have seen them anyway. Besides, screenshots taken by somebody other than the company PR department will always look a little weird.
Read a little further into the ICQ logs such as this one and you will find bank account numbers and social security numbers.
If this is all made up, the guy sure is taking a risk by publishing (what appears to be) real information.
Damn all that spam, I hope it becomes unprofitable someday, although I don't see how that would happen. I logged into my unused HotMail account the other day and had over 110 e-mails in three weeks, all of it spam.
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My parents still live in West Virginia so I have been getting all sorts of neat articles related to this scientific wonder. Seems like yesterday when the old one fell down.
One of the reasons this thing is located in West Virginia is because of the location. It is surrounded by some very large mountains on all sides that shield it from radio interference.
Everybody in the surrounding area drives a diesel engine because anything with a spark plug generates a huge amount of radio waves that overwhelm the sensitive instruments.
I read an article about a woman in the town that had a short in her electric blanket that was driving the scientists nuts. It took them about a month to track down the source of radio wave interference.
My parents have taken the tour and they said the thing is impressive. Every time I see it, it reminds me of the shield generator that got blown up in Return of the Jedi.
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According to the NetCaptor website, they are already working on a Mozilla based version.
I would bet it will be available before Mozilla 1.0
http://www.netcaptor.com/article.php?id= 56
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Has anybody else noticed the different way disclosed security holes and new virus warnings are treated? Crackers and viruses are capable of similar damage to systems and both enter a system in some disguised manner. Yet, when a security patch is made available there are few takers and little fanfare, but when a new 'Love Bug' variant crops up, it makes national news. There are companies that make a fortune selling software to combat viruses. When was the last time you saw somebody run a Norton Live Update to fix a Microsoft security hole in Outlook?
When in a store, who can evaluate systems for noise with everything else going on around them?
When building a computer from components, how do you know whether or not the noise will be excessive when it is all together?
I would love to see the manufacturers of systems and components start publishing noise levels so that consumers can make better purchase decisions. Of course, since everybody looks at the price, the silent systems will probably never get sold.
I have played with the Mavica and consider it one of the best consumer products to come out in years. I don't own one because I have been pondering the alternatives.
One of the more interesting alternatives (for geeks only) is to buy a Sony digital Hi-8 camcorder and a Fire Wire card. It is hard to believe that a good Sony digital camcorder costs as much as a Mavica, but it is true. I have seen still shots captured from this type of system and they are of similar quality to the Mavica. If you don't mind the Mavica quality, why not get two devices in one? I would personally find a camcorder more flexible in most situations.
Does anybody have thoughts on this type of setup?
The other possibility is they are suing to generate publicity. I don't pay attention to the rumor factories, so I didn't know a new version was coming out. Now that they have sued, everybody knows about the new version.
If the screenshots suck, they can claim that the program is in pre-beta and we should not have seen them anyway. Besides, screenshots taken by somebody other than the company PR department will always look a little weird.
Read a little further into the ICQ logs such as this one and you will find bank account numbers and social security numbers.
If this is all made up, the guy sure is taking a risk by publishing (what appears to be) real information.
Damn all that spam, I hope it becomes unprofitable someday, although I don't see how that would happen. I logged into my unused HotMail account the other day and had over 110 e-mails in three weeks, all of it spam.
*sigh*
Thought everybody should know that there is a MTV News Now Special on tonight about Napster and the effect it is having on the music industry.
./ tomorrow so that the show can be ripped to pieces in a nice civilized manner.
I like the title, 'Napster: Grand Theft Audio'
Hopefully, there will be a story posted on