The point is, when you drive your car, you damage *my* air supply, *my* environment etc.. So you're infringing *my* property rights. I [should] have a right to stop you doing that, or at least a say.
Yes, and when you're buying a product that *I* want, you are increasing the demand for the product that *I* want, which causes the manufacturer to become more smug and increase the price on a product that *I* WANTED TO BE CHEAPER!
This is an interesting, but hardly revolutionary combination of a notebook and existing devices like Crosspad
If I had to choose whether to take my laptop, Crosspad, PDA, or Transnote, I would not choose Transnote It seems the bulkiest possible combination of the Crosspad + notebook.
Too many VHSs(tapes, players) have been sold already, it's too late into the game for another high performance option.
2000 bucks for the thing? The mainstream market isn't going to pay for that.
Just because the format is not sequential - access - only doesn't mean theat the average consumer still won't want to fast - forward through boring scenes / commercials. Look at the disney DVD's. They put previews and other ads on sequential tracks that you effectively can't speed through, and you can't skip. Just because other media companies aren't doing this, doesn't mean that they won't.
It's not tape, right? So there's no way to even record on the damn thing (ok, maybe in DVD Market 2.0, but not for consumers yet)! No bookmarks, and when you switch disks, you have to FF all the way to your place, even if you're 2 hours into the movie! They SAY random access, but it's only access to the preset bookmarks!
EVEN if this thing does by some miracle catch on, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out how to rig one of these suckers up to a VCR and just copy DVD to tape. Kinda defeats the DVD - is -protection thing.
I can't see why the average Joe Consumer would be enamored enough to go back to a medium that has no discernable recording capabilities whatsoever (at the consumer level). What I can't see to an even higher degree is the average Joe Consumer spending 2 grand on it.
I think this is another DBA (Dead Before Arrival).
With luck, there'll never be a M$ product ported to any version of Unix (OS X) or Linux or to any other platform than the x86.
Sorry, your luck ran out several years ago. If you want to, you can fine IE for UNIX. I don't think you want to, so I'll forgo the link. But it's there.
Of course we don't want the government to define software standards--if we did that, politics would get in the way, inevitably.
I agree. Governmental politics do not belong in the creation of standards, but that is not what scares me.
What I find most objectionable is a government agency taking on the premise that they (FBI,CIA,NSA) belong there, and thus are inherently endowed the right to define standards (PGP) along with the right to enforce them as governmental regulations (Since no "common man" would need open DVD standards, DE-CSS - ever).
Think about how much teeth this scenario could give to endeavors such as Carnivore, encryption craking statutes (DE-CSS) and encryption - prevention statutes (PGP would die)
Because we find the task of coordinating time, events, facilities, and people FAR too easy given the current calendar system. We want another de jure standard that everyone acknowledges, alters, and customizes. That way, we can create more work in unifying warring sects into common tribes.
Then we can certify Candar Engineers. If we name the Calendar Institution correctly, we can save certain computer engineers from changing their business cards!
I move that all future IP infrigement disputes be resolved in the Deathmatch ring, with the winner of the dispute being the survivor of the deathmatch. (greyfox)
What do you think a US C&D letter coupled with the threat of US Civil Litigation is?
Forgery is a stretch - if he'd made it look like official communication (IBM endorses this get - Super-rich - kwik solution), it would be forgery, but my impression of the article is that, once the user read the email it was obvious that the communication didn't come from IBM.
The ideal question would be:
"what seems to be the problem"
The clueful answer would be:
"I can ping my IP, can ping DNS, and can ping any $isp server, but I can't ping Microsoft, yahoo, or Google."
an optimal, but unclueful andswer would be: "th' internet is broke. You need to reboot it."
Unfortunately, you run the risk of hearing:
"I started connecting to the internet in December and everything was fine until My nephew Kevin used my computer. He's a Hacker. I could tell because he looked at www.hackers.com. Well, anyway, he changed everything on my computer. It used to be this really pretty blue color, but now it's just black and says lilo:. He gave me instructions, and I follow them. I type in "loosur" as my user name and "diebitchdie"
as my password. He said its inportant to give out this password to whoever I talk to. Anyway, I used to like Windows 95 but now I don't anymore because now when I load it - he said I could load it by typing startx - it gives me this big, ugly picture of a foot and I really don't like feet that much will you help me get rid of the foot? And also, I hate typing startx every day when I start my computer and can you help me get rid of the user name and password too because well, I can live with looser, but diebitchdie has got to go because its really vulgar and I think he deserves a spanking for using such language and I'm embarassed that I have to say my password is diebitchdie when my computer used to be so friendly. And also, what is a kernel? Also, Why do I have to take cookies when I don't want them and what is a static route? And don't you think he deserves a spanking? and how can I lock hackers like my nephew out of my computer and WHY AM I BEING CHARGED $19.99 A MONTH WHEN I HAVEN"T BEEN CONNECTING FOR 6 WEEKS?"
All you NEED to do word processing and check email is a 486, if we put an 18 micron 486 in a laptop with today's technology, you'd get what, five hours?;P </i> (Scot Seese)
Unless your megacorp requires you to use Outlook. Then you need a PIII 128 JUST to get Email...
The problem inherent to the use of any positive - identification technique, be it
smart cards,
Unique person IP's
geographically asigned IP's,
or eyeball / fingerprint / DNA recognition,
is that someone, on the other end knows who you are
Any company that we depend upon to design or implement this technique, will become (at least to some perspectives) a big-brother entity.
Who can be trusted to take on such a role? If it is an open - source solution, how would we keep the code from forking like the Windows Manager(s) of an OS that we all know and love? What happens when a company is trusted to implement this system by 51% of the "known good and decent computers of the world" and then mandates the use of an obscure field (MS-Kerberos)?
And why can we expect that this would be accepted by the computing public, given our reaction to cookies, the PIII Proc. ID, and any number of other percieved infringements on our privacy? I know Slashdot is not representative of the Computing Public as a Whole, but our sample reactions may not be too far off-base.
Where does the right to privacy give way to the right to be properly identified and trusted? and Vice Versa?
The problem here is that many Linux voters aren't voting for Linux; they're voting against Microsoft. "Linux isn't Windows" is a really weak platform, and I think it's amazing that Linux is doing as well as it is. If the Microsoft candidate wasn't as distasteful as it is, I bet at least a third of the today's Linux users would have stayed on Windows. *BSD probably would be stronger, though, since its supporters are really supporting the platform (and not trying to deny another OS.)
Legalities aside, Napster is a valuable service both to consumers and, potentially, to artists. If done correctly, this can be an excellent way to unite the two, cut out the middle-men, and make music-making more profitable while helping consumers avoid the expense of preprinted CD's.
Web pages pay for content with advertizing. Napster has no such model; if they were to attempt to create a browser-like interface that included advertizing space, consumers would insist on an open-source version, then alter it to remove said ads.
Is the open-source movement still about avoiding control by a megacorporation, or is it unethical to bring in revenues to pay your bills altogether?
Brook's careful handling will allow scientists to study matter that is virtually unchanged since the solar system formed some 4.6 billion years ago, said Peter G. Brown of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.
How can we possibly know that? Are these scientists so conceited that they don't believe rock can be shifted / altered / metamorposed/melted and reformed without them? These are meteorite fragments. They burned during entry. Isn't carbon supposed to be present in the majority of cases of burned material?
A few years ago, up until a few months ago, we were bombarded with Asteroid movies, and Discovery Channel Specials warning us of meteoric impacts to
End Interesting Life In Existance (E I LIE)(TM).
There were thinktank discussions about developing contingency plans and even,IIRC, Congressional discussions of the same.
Each of the evil mentioned meteors (asteroids, comets on collision paths, etc) were well under the 220 ton chunk that hit the atmosphere. (granted, it burned down as it entered the atmosphere)
And we're still alive. Doesn't this at least *partially* discredit the meteor-that-ended-the -thunderlizard theory?
Could it be that Life on Earth is more resilient than the paranoid expect?
An ISP I know must pay extra $$$ for burst traffic. I would assume (perhaps correctly) that many, if not most other ISP's do the same, because it makes sense.
They must find a way to recoup that expense.
Some ISP's may have tried, or may try, to meter calls and charge higher $/minute rates during these peak times. This would make perfect sense, but breaks the goodwill between ISP and customer. A number of consumers would feel offended that the ISP is 'gouging' them a la long-distance companies.
Wise ISPs would continue on with flat-rate charges. If I had to choose between an extra $6 / months flat rate and metered usage, I would probably choose flat rate, even at a higher price.
During recent hearings on space in the Duma, Yuri Semenov, warned that unless federal funds were allocated to Mir, the station can reenter the atmosphere uncontrollably and crash anywhere, including populated areas.
Quick! Check your Homeowner Policies now! Are you protected against uncontrolled re-entrance by manmade satellites?
Could you claim this under "Acts of God?" (common in homeowner policies) or could that claim be refuted because Mir is man-made?
Since Mir is government-sponsored item, you effectively are barred from filing a liability suit against them, but what about the Iridium sattelites?
I'm tempted to become an insurance rep, just for the 1 in 9,000,000,000,000 chance that I might process the claim form.
"Microsoft is a monopolist whose policies and procedures are written to one purpose: Maintain power and make money, users be damned."
I addressed it to my friends, family, and casual business associates and hit the "send" button.
The message that they recieved was thus:
"I love Microsoft. I love Bill Gates. Microsoft is my friend. Let's all use MSN and drink milk and eat warm toasty cookies.
The e-mail you received was an invitation from MSN Explorer, sent on behalf of an existing user who changed their e-mail address and wants you to try MSN Explorer."
I agree that it's unethical for employers to pay people less just because they can. I also agree that it's not very cool of the United States to send these people home. But what's unfair about it?
Sorry, come again?
Define FAIR and define ETHICAL. Does one not entail the other?
I challenge you to provide an example of an act where
ACT is FAIR and UNETHICAL or
ACT is ETHICAL and UNFAIR
I recommend we rename it cockroach - after the disgusting creature that has existed and persisted, relatively unchanged, for millions of years, despite all mankind's efforts to stomp, poison, burn, and (yes) eat it into nonexistence.
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The point is, when you drive your car, you damage *my* air supply, *my* environment etc.. So you're infringing *my* property rights. I [should] have a right to stop you doing that, or at least a say.
Yes, and when you're buying a product that *I* want, you are increasing the demand for the product that *I* want, which causes the manufacturer to become more smug and increase the price on a product that *I* WANTED TO BE CHEAPER!
Microsoft wins dismissal of 38 private antitrust suits
This does not mean that Jackson's ruling is removed, but it is not insignificant.
This is an interesting, but hardly revolutionary combination of a notebook and existing devices like Crosspad
If I had to choose whether to take my laptop, Crosspad, PDA, or Transnote, I would not choose Transnote It seems the bulkiest possible combination of the Crosspad + notebook.
Suppose we apply this analogy to books. Is it possible I would have the right to read a book at home, but not anywhere else ?
You must use it in your house;
You must use it with a mouse;
You must not make it dual-boot boxen;
But may install our DB foxen;
Should you find a purpose
that's useful at all,
it voids the EULA
You've got some GALL!
I would like to have read your post, but my internet censorware picked up about 12 lewd words in your post, so my browser closed.
What kind of site is this, anyway?
Beth, you should be ashamed of yourself!
I think this is another DBA (Dead Before Arrival).
With luck, there'll never be a M$ product ported to any version of Unix (OS X) or Linux or to any other platform than the x86.
Sorry, your luck ran out several years ago. If you want to, you can fine IE for UNIX. I don't think you want to, so I'll forgo the link. But it's there.
I agree. Governmental politics do not belong in the creation of standards, but that is not what scares me.
What I find most objectionable is a government agency taking on the premise that they (FBI,CIA,NSA) belong there, and thus are inherently endowed the right to define standards (PGP) along with the right to enforce them as governmental regulations (Since no "common man" would need open DVD standards, DE-CSS - ever).
Think about how much teeth this scenario could give to endeavors such as Carnivore, encryption craking statutes (DE-CSS) and encryption - prevention statutes (PGP would die)
Because we find the task of coordinating time, events, facilities, and people FAR too easy given the current calendar system. We want another de jure standard that everyone acknowledges, alters, and customizes. That way, we can create more work in unifying warring sects into common tribes.
Then we can certify Candar Engineers. If we name the Calendar Institution correctly, we can save certain computer engineers from changing their business cards!
I move that all future IP infrigement disputes be resolved in the Deathmatch ring, with the winner of the dispute being the survivor of the deathmatch. (greyfox)
What do you think a US C&D letter coupled with the threat of US Civil Litigation is?
Granted, what he done was bad. (he plead guilty)
Forgery is a stretch - if he'd made it look like official communication (IBM endorses this get - Super-rich - kwik solution), it would be forgery, but my impression of the article is that, once the user read the email it was obvious that the communication didn't come from IBM.
The ideal question would be:
"what seems to be the problem"
The clueful answer would be:
"I can ping my IP, can ping DNS, and can ping any $isp server, but I can't ping Microsoft, yahoo, or Google."
an optimal, but unclueful andswer would be: "th' internet is broke. You need to reboot it."
Unfortunately, you run the risk of hearing:
"I started connecting to the internet in December and everything was fine until My nephew Kevin used my computer. He's a Hacker. I could tell because he looked at www.hackers.com. Well, anyway, he changed everything on my computer. It used to be this really pretty blue color, but now it's just black and says lilo:. He gave me instructions, and I follow them. I type in "loosur" as my user name and "diebitchdie"
as my password. He said its inportant to give out this password to whoever I talk to. Anyway, I used to like Windows 95 but now I don't anymore because now when I load it - he said I could load it by typing startx - it gives me this big, ugly picture of a foot and I really don't like feet that much will you help me get rid of the foot? And also, I hate typing startx every day when I start my computer and can you help me get rid of the user name and password too because well, I can live with looser, but diebitchdie has got to go because its really vulgar and I think he deserves a spanking for using such language and I'm embarassed that I have to say my password is diebitchdie when my computer used to be so friendly. And also, what is a kernel? Also, Why do I have to take cookies when I don't want them and what is a static route? And don't you think he deserves a spanking? and how can I lock hackers like my nephew out of my computer and WHY AM I BEING CHARGED $19.99 A MONTH WHEN I HAVEN"T BEEN CONNECTING FOR 6 WEEKS?"
All you NEED to do word processing and check email is a 486, if we put an 18 micron 486 in a laptop with today's technology, you'd get what, five hours? ;P </i> (Scot Seese)
Unless your megacorp requires you to use Outlook. Then you need a PIII 128 JUST to get Email...
- smart cards,
- Unique person IP's
- geographically asigned IP's,
- or eyeball / fingerprint / DNA recognition,
is that someone, on the other end knows who you areAny company that we depend upon to design or implement this technique, will become (at least to some perspectives) a big-brother entity.
Who can be trusted to take on such a role? If it is an open - source solution, how would we keep the code from forking like the Windows Manager(s) of an OS that we all know and love? What happens when a company is trusted to implement this system by 51% of the "known good and decent computers of the world" and then mandates the use of an obscure field (MS-Kerberos)?
And why can we expect that this would be accepted by the computing public, given our reaction to cookies, the PIII Proc. ID, and any number of other percieved infringements on our privacy? I know Slashdot is not representative of the Computing Public as a Whole, but our sample reactions may not be too far off-base.
Where does the right to privacy give way to the right to be properly identified and trusted? and Vice Versa?
The problem here is that many Linux voters aren't voting for Linux; they're voting against Microsoft. "Linux isn't Windows" is a really weak platform, and I think it's amazing that Linux is doing as well as it is. If the Microsoft candidate wasn't as distasteful as it is, I bet at least a third of the today's Linux users would have stayed on Windows. *BSD probably would be stronger, though, since its supporters are really supporting the platform (and not trying to deny another OS.)
Read the subject.
Legalities aside, Napster is a valuable service both to consumers and, potentially, to artists. If done correctly, this can be an excellent way to unite the two, cut out the middle-men, and make music-making more profitable while helping consumers avoid the expense of preprinted CD's.
Web pages pay for content with advertizing. Napster has no such model; if they were to attempt to create a browser-like interface that included advertizing space, consumers would insist on an open-source version, then alter it to remove said ads.
Is the open-source movement still about avoiding control by a megacorporation, or is it unethical to bring in revenues to pay your bills altogether?
Brook's careful handling will allow scientists to study matter that is virtually unchanged since the solar system formed some 4.6 billion years ago, said Peter G. Brown of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.
/melted and reformed without them? These are meteorite fragments. They burned during entry. Isn't carbon supposed to be present in the majority of cases of burned material?
How can we possibly know that? Are these scientists so conceited that they don't believe rock can be shifted / altered / metamorposed
A few years ago, up until a few months ago, we were bombarded with Asteroid movies, and Discovery Channel Specials warning us of meteoric impacts to
,IIRC, Congressional discussions of the same.
End Interesting Life In Existance (E I LIE)(TM).
There were thinktank discussions about developing contingency plans and even
Each of the evil mentioned meteors (asteroids, comets on collision paths, etc) were well under the 220 ton chunk that hit the atmosphere. (granted, it burned down as it entered the atmosphere)
And we're still alive. Doesn't this at least *partially* discredit the meteor-that-ended-the -thunderlizard theory?
Could it be that Life on Earth is more resilient than the paranoid expect?
An ISP I know must pay extra $$$ for burst traffic. I would assume (perhaps correctly) that many, if not most other ISP's do the same, because it makes sense.
They must find a way to recoup that expense.
Some ISP's may have tried, or may try, to meter calls and charge higher $/minute rates during these peak times. This would make perfect sense, but breaks the goodwill between ISP and customer. A number of consumers would feel offended that the ISP is 'gouging' them a la long-distance companies.
Wise ISPs would continue on with flat-rate charges. If I had to choose between an extra $6 / months flat rate and metered usage, I would probably choose flat rate, even at a higher price.
During recent hearings on space in the Duma, Yuri Semenov, warned that unless federal funds were allocated to Mir, the station can reenter the atmosphere uncontrollably and crash anywhere, including populated areas.
Quick! Check your Homeowner Policies now! Are you protected against uncontrolled re-entrance by manmade satellites?
Could you claim this under "Acts of God?" (common in homeowner policies) or could that claim be refuted because Mir is man-made?
Since Mir is government-sponsored item, you effectively are barred from filing a liability suit against them, but what about the Iridium sattelites?
I'm tempted to become an insurance rep, just for the 1 in 9,000,000,000,000 chance that I might process the claim form.
Microsofts newest feature corrects inadvertently mistyped anti-microsoft comments.
I typed in the following message:
"Microsoft is a monopolist whose policies and procedures are written to one purpose: Maintain power and make money, users be damned."
I addressed it to my friends, family, and casual business associates and hit the "send" button.
The message that they recieved was thus:
"I love Microsoft. I love Bill Gates. Microsoft is my friend. Let's all use MSN and drink milk and eat warm toasty cookies.
The e-mail you received was an invitation from MSN Explorer, sent on behalf of an existing user who changed their e-mail address and wants you to try MSN Explorer."
Microsoft is abusing its power to extend its reach. Users be damned.
This is new and different?
If you believe the Bush (sr) Comp, this is what kept him out of office in 1992.
Pea-rot was on the farther-than-Bush right and so the votes that would have helped Bush win the presidency were steered away.
I agree that it's unethical for employers to pay people less just because they can. I also agree that it's not very cool of the United States to send these people home. But what's unfair about it?
Sorry, come again?
Define FAIR and define ETHICAL. Does one not entail the other?
I challenge you to provide an example of an act where
ACT is FAIR and UNETHICAL or
ACT is ETHICAL and UNFAIR
carnivore, the program that won't go away.
I recommend we rename it cockroach - after the disgusting creature that has existed and persisted, relatively unchanged, for millions of years, despite all mankind's efforts to stomp, poison, burn, and (yes) eat it into nonexistence.