A Robot may not harm Humanity, or through inaction allow Humanity to come to harm.
The others are modified to place that one in front.
Re:The quarter is hard enough
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Just to say, as a person who's been on the other side of the cashier...
I hated that. You just pulled my brain out of 'move-customer' mode and put it into math mode. An extensive page out involved there, and then I'm going to have to switch back.
It's not that I can't do the math. It's that I'm not *expecting* to do the math. I'm expecting to make some idle chitchat, type it into the register (Which by the way has buttons for common payment amounts. $5 is one button for instance.) and hand what change it says over. No thought involved for the money itself. (Which probably helps the store.)
I see the only sane option is for MAC to go x86. Everything else seems just a temporary option as long as the world works how it does
And Apple/Mac has got exactly how far by being sane? They take chances. Big ones. Sometimes they fail. (Lisa, Newton) Sometimes they don't. (The orginial Mac, iPod, iMac, (actually, most of the i* stuff...)) The one sure thing is that if Apple stopped taking chances Apple would fail.
I would argee with you, except for one further fact: I occasionally turn off the auto-delete in my filters (just to double check), and my actual amount of spam I'm getting is going down. Apparently the fact that I A: never buy anything, and B: report the spam to razor and the like, is making my address (which is still publicly posted in places like/.) less and less attractive.
Good filters kill spam. They even stop it from getting sent. It surprises me too.
Would you change your e-mail system if it eliminated SPAM? Thats what I thought.
No, I wouldn't. The new system would have to offer other benifits also. My spam filters have had one false positive in the last two years, and have around 3-4 false negatives a week. That's solved as far as I'm concerned.
Why so many downloads? I thought Macs had Gnutella clients.
Actually, that's probably why: my first downloads were all songs I had previously downloaded from Gnutella. (Trying to support the artist, support the service, feel legal, all that.) Also included were some artists that I first found on Gnutella and was looking for more songs of...
As I said, that only applies to actual "MP3 CD's", which is a particular format that is playable in some CD players. Burning a Data disk that contains the files works just fine. (And will be a great backup.) They just don't play in MP3 CD players.
I assume this is because an MP3 CD can only contain MP3's, and you can't convert the protected files to MP3 format. (At least not directly with iTunes.) A data cd of course can contain any file.
They don't quite have that feature, but you can quite easily listen to any streaming mp3 station and browse the store at the same time... (Most stations will have the song playing as info in the stream, and the info will show in the standard place in iTunes.)
I gave up and from the reviews I won't bother again. I also can't say I feel very safe with Apple keeping my credit card numbers in their servers indefinately.
It worries me slightly too. I'll be keeping a close watch on my balance on that card. (Hmm, maybe I should get a card just for this?)
Does anyone happen to know if the transaction is even encrypted? What's to stop someone from snooping my account and ordering themself a ton of songs under my name?
It is listed as encryped, though I haven't actually run tcpdump or anything on it.
'Banner Blindeness' is there because banners are not part of the content of the site. They are additions, and obtrusive additions at that. Adds like the ones on Google don't have that problem: they are relevent to the content on the site and they don't try to make you ignore the rest of the site. Therefore you don't have to ignore them to see the rest of the site, and they will get used.
Re:3 words: Car Ogg Player
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No, definately incorporate first. Incorporation has two major benifits for this: it make it easier to raise funds (sell stock), and it insulates you from the business failing (the corporation goes bankrupt, you don't). Both of these are useless if you incorporate last.
Simple workaround: 'Stamp' your outgoing spam with three or four bogus relays, and a bogus orgination point.
Just make sure that one or two of the ones upstream from you actually have mailservers and it would be hard to say where the bogus trail stops and the real trail ends.
Oh, by the way: check your incoming mail headers. The stamps are there.
Re:3 words: Car Ogg Player
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This would be ideal. It has an LCD display, programmable keypad, and does floating point, so Ogg is possible.
Now all I need is a job and some $$$:(
Sounds like you've got one: incorporate, make, build, and sell. And yes, the next step is profit!
I mean, they are giving you a legal method of obtaining the file. If they insert something to track people who abuse that so what? That person has then broken the law. As long as it cannot be used to track your legal use/actions and invade your privacy good for them. (EMI)
I was aware of that concern early in OpenBSD's life, but AIUI those laws no longer apply? (You're still not allowed to export crypto to various "evil" countries, but that is a trade embargo: technically, you aren't allowed to export pens or bits of string there either!)
I believe you are correct that the orginal law has been repealed. I don't think that placates Theo. (I'll answer more in a moment.)
Are they still driving anything out? I was under the impression the crypto rules had gone. I know there's a lot of FUD regarding the DMCA - some might be accurate, most of it certainly isn't (just look at the/. posts: "this post double-ROT13ed: decryption illegal under the DMCA"!) - but not crypto any more.
The rules against exporting crypto are gone. The DMCA makes it difficult (at least) to research/develop crypto. And the laws in this area show no sign of lightening up. (In fact, they show the opposite.)
As for needing to employ non-US citizens: the NSA and GCHQ (their British counterpart) both manage pretty well, despite much stronger restrictions applying to their staff than to any university researcher. They also seem to have managed to produce SELinux without needing to export the work...
Sure, and that works for a while. Eventually though (with the way stuff is going) they will find themselves having to cut themselves off from the rest of the crypto community. Maybe they will have enough talent to keep it up then, maybe not. Regardless the crypto itself would end up only avalible to them and other government agencies. And that scares me.
Whatever the reasoning, the US government really isn't supposed to "export" work this way. We've seen enough outcry on Slashdot lately over outsourcing by private companies: if I were a US taxpayer, I'd be glad that at least the government has rules against doing this! Of course, Theo and co could probably have avoided the whole problem by being employed in the US by UPenn...
Except for the fact that they are worried about US law on the issues of encryption research.
Seriously, good point, but the US is driving security researchers out of the country. If the government wants to stay in the game they (will soon) either have to employ non-US citizens or change the laws back. I know which one I'm betting on...
Slashdot Mirror
You know, one of my best cities was like that. It was a collection of islands, all connected by subways...
Sure building it was expensive, but it worked well. (Including the completely wind-based power grid.)
They have an IR pack listed on the site, and pics (in one of the galleries) of a still under development set of ultrasonic sensors.
A Robot may not harm Humanity, or through inaction allow Humanity to come to harm.
The others are modified to place that one in front.
Just to say, as a person who's been on the other side of the cashier...
I hated that. You just pulled my brain out of 'move-customer' mode and put it into math mode. An extensive page out involved there, and then I'm going to have to switch back.
It's not that I can't do the math. It's that I'm not *expecting* to do the math. I'm expecting to make some idle chitchat, type it into the register (Which by the way has buttons for common payment amounts. $5 is one button for instance.) and hand what change it says over. No thought involved for the money itself. (Which probably helps the store.)
And Apple/Mac has got exactly how far by being sane? They take chances. Big ones. Sometimes they fail. (Lisa, Newton) Sometimes they don't. (The orginial Mac, iPod, iMac, (actually, most of the i* stuff...)) The one sure thing is that if Apple stopped taking chances Apple would fail.
In theory IP and TCP were seperate at one time... In practice, they are one standard (including UDP) at the moment.
Mosly, I'd just say you are confused.
I would argee with you, except for one further fact: I occasionally turn off the auto-delete in my filters (just to double check), and my actual amount of spam I'm getting is going down. Apparently the fact that I A: never buy anything, and B: report the spam to razor and the like, is making my address (which is still publicly posted in places like /.) less and less attractive.
Good filters kill spam. They even stop it from getting sent. It surprises me too.
No, I wouldn't. The new system would have to offer other benifits also. My spam filters have had one false positive in the last two years, and have around 3-4 false negatives a week. That's solved as far as I'm concerned.
Actually, that's probably why: my first downloads were all songs I had previously downloaded from Gnutella. (Trying to support the artist, support the service, feel legal, all that.) Also included were some artists that I first found on Gnutella and was looking for more songs of...
Never underestimate the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field(TM).
As I said, that only applies to actual "MP3 CD's", which is a particular format that is playable in some CD players. Burning a Data disk that contains the files works just fine. (And will be a great backup.) They just don't play in MP3 CD players.
I assume this is because an MP3 CD can only contain MP3's, and you can't convert the protected files to MP3 format. (At least not directly with iTunes.) A data cd of course can contain any file.
They don't quite have that feature, but you can quite easily listen to any streaming mp3 station and browse the store at the same time... (Most stations will have the song playing as info in the stream, and the info will show in the standard place in iTunes.)
I actually covered that: it does skip the AAC files when you try to make a MP3 CD.
Of course, you can just use the Finder to burn a CD that has the AAC's... (Though it will be a data CD not an MP3 CD.)
Actually, I believe it does a check for volume levels at file import. (Then it uses that info for future playback.)
Hmm... Of course, I had two uses the first day, so that might get a little inconvient. Otherwise nice.
Of course, I've had other troubles with AMEX, but that's between me and them.
The (excellent) preview. (They do a good job of finding a representative (and good-sounding of course) section of the song in my experience.)
It worries me slightly too. I'll be keeping a close watch on my balance on that card. (Hmm, maybe I should get a card just for this?)
It is listed as encryped, though I haven't actually run tcpdump or anything on it.
'Banner Blindeness' is there because banners are not part of the content of the site. They are additions, and obtrusive additions at that. Adds like the ones on Google don't have that problem: they are relevent to the content on the site and they don't try to make you ignore the rest of the site. Therefore you don't have to ignore them to see the rest of the site, and they will get used.
No, definately incorporate first. Incorporation has two major benifits for this: it make it easier to raise funds (sell stock), and it insulates you from the business failing (the corporation goes bankrupt, you don't). Both of these are useless if you incorporate last.
Simple workaround: 'Stamp' your outgoing spam with three or four bogus relays, and a bogus orgination point.
Just make sure that one or two of the ones upstream from you actually have mailservers and it would be hard to say where the bogus trail stops and the real trail ends.
Oh, by the way: check your incoming mail headers. The stamps are there.
Sounds like you've got one: incorporate, make, build, and sell. And yes, the next step is profit!
Yeah, but why is that a conspiracy?
I mean, they are giving you a legal method of obtaining the file. If they insert something to track people who abuse that so what? That person has then broken the law. As long as it cannot be used to track your legal use/actions and invade your privacy good for them. (EMI)
Announcement to be made on the 28th. See you then.
I believe you are correct that the orginal law has been repealed. I don't think that placates Theo. (I'll answer more in a moment.)
The rules against exporting crypto are gone. The DMCA makes it difficult (at least) to research/develop crypto. And the laws in this area show no sign of lightening up. (In fact, they show the opposite.)
Sure, and that works for a while. Eventually though (with the way stuff is going) they will find themselves having to cut themselves off from the rest of the crypto community. Maybe they will have enough talent to keep it up then, maybe not. Regardless the crypto itself would end up only avalible to them and other government agencies. And that scares me.
Except for the fact that they are worried about US law on the issues of encryption research.
Seriously, good point, but the US is driving security researchers out of the country. If the government wants to stay in the game they (will soon) either have to employ non-US citizens or change the laws back. I know which one I'm betting on...