Not sure about the software, but in the video I clearly saw they're using XBee modules for RF comm on some of their projects... peer-2-peer, mesh networking, yadda-yadda.
Yeah I think the call volume part is really the singular problem there. Like every other business, it seems they HATE taking phone calls.
Maybe a mutual arrangement that all ISP's could pay into, one call center where each ISP pays by subscriber count. They could all quarantine using similar techniques and the call center would give out the same advice to people.
Hell, my windows machines are well protected, and I have little fear my *nix machines will see many problems, but I wouldn't mind having an ISP profile for malware traffic off my line.
Good lord, just another example of the terrified, pushover nation we've turned in to.
I was just talking to a friend about how I got a slap on the wrist as a kid for making a draino "bomb". At the time we thought it was out of control that anyone even cared, where kids used to blow off far more explosive fireworks and never get in trouble.
Nowadays it seems like I got away with murder. Today the so-called department of homeland security or the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms would ship my ass off to Guantanamo.
Someday someone will figure out how to do untraceable swarm downloading that works at an acceptable speed, it will be easy to use, it will gain critical mass, and then it's all over.
I guess that's one point I definitely take issue with. We're all trying to mince words here so that we can avoid admitting that the sole purpose of their entire commercial enterprise was to help facilitate the distribution of illegal copies of digital media. Let's call it like it is for a second, eh?
Now I'm not sure I think that it should be as big a deal as it is to download a movie. That said, let's be honest, they were pretty obvious about their purpose. They're not equivalent to Google. They're in the business of assisting people "Pirate" media. I'm thinking the name and logo would have tipped most everyone off to that.
So can we have that ethical discussion from there-on-out and stop jerkin' each other off?
Leave limewire on in one room while you're Netflixing in another and set a third computer to Windows Update, the fourth uploading photos to Photobucket, and an Xbox playing online.
HAha, WOW... My XBL shits the bed if one other machine is downloading anything on my 8Mbit connection!
Yes people, it's censorship. You've just been conditioned to think that's a naughty word.
I think we can agree that censorship of your political speech is bad.
I think we can also agree that censoring your language around children isn't necessarily bad.
Now if a company decides they don't want their adult products to show up in search results, is that bad?
Anyway... that's the discussion at hand. Should people boycott Amazon because they hid their adult materials? Did they do a bad job of selecting what materials are deemed 'adult'? Those things we can discuss. The argument about whether or not it's censorship is silly.
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Watch the video, it's really wild looking, and not even remotely usable for military application.
Not sure about the software, but in the video I clearly saw they're using XBee modules for RF comm on some of their projects... peer-2-peer, mesh networking, yadda-yadda.
http://www.digi.com/products/wireless/point-multipoint/xbee-series1-module.jsp
All my usual politics aside, it seems to me that both parties are deep in the pocket of the **AA's.
I'd hope you could make the argument that it's more like making a thief's gun jam during a robbery, or disabling his getaway car.
Per your order of operations there, I'm pretty sure we'd stop them dead before they cut off our porn. ;)
Yeah I think the call volume part is really the singular problem there. Like every other business, it seems they HATE taking phone calls.
Maybe a mutual arrangement that all ISP's could pay into, one call center where each ISP pays by subscriber count. They could all quarantine using similar techniques and the call center would give out the same advice to people.
Hell, my windows machines are well protected, and I have little fear my *nix machines will see many problems, but I wouldn't mind having an ISP profile for malware traffic off my line.
Someone at Denon should go to jail for that.
I love that it has signal direction markings. Apparently this way the copper knows which way to send the data.
Were we talking about Audi or BMW?
Fuck, New York would be the next Saudi Arabia.
My Catholic masses did always leave it out. The priest would say it, not the congregation.
Sincerely, an altar boy that was never molested.
Really?!?
Good lord, just another example of the terrified, pushover nation we've turned in to.
I was just talking to a friend about how I got a slap on the wrist as a kid for making a draino "bomb". At the time we thought it was out of control that anyone even cared, where kids used to blow off far more explosive fireworks and never get in trouble.
Nowadays it seems like I got away with murder. Today the so-called department of homeland security or the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms would ship my ass off to Guantanamo.
Oh, and here's to hoping that it not need a tracker, port forwarding of any kind, and appears completely indistinguishable from regular web usage.
I swear, someone come up with something that meets all these criteria and I'll pay them outright.
Someday someone will figure out how to do untraceable swarm downloading that works at an acceptable speed, it will be easy to use, it will gain critical mass, and then it's all over.
That will be the deathblow.
I guess that's one point I definitely take issue with. We're all trying to mince words here so that we can avoid admitting that the sole purpose of their entire commercial enterprise was to help facilitate the distribution of illegal copies of digital media. Let's call it like it is for a second, eh?
Now I'm not sure I think that it should be as big a deal as it is to download a movie. That said, let's be honest, they were pretty obvious about their purpose. They're not equivalent to Google. They're in the business of assisting people "Pirate" media. I'm thinking the name and logo would have tipped most everyone off to that.
So can we have that ethical discussion from there-on-out and stop jerkin' each other off?
Debtors prison??
Sorry, even here that joke is too old.
Jesus. Sounds like you win the "most depressed" award in a thread about depression.
I have to ask, what are you doing with your phone to exceed 5GB without tethering?
Leave limewire on in one room while you're Netflixing in another and set a third computer to Windows Update, the fourth uploading photos to Photobucket, and an Xbox playing online.
HAha, WOW... My XBL shits the bed if one other machine is downloading anything on my 8Mbit connection!
His point is the same, regardless of the belt buckle.
Commercial entities usually love it for a number of reasons.
If my building burns down, they have a copy.
If I get infected with something that wipes out/corrupts my data, they have a copy.
They have a dedicated IT staff that specifically manages the security and integrity of my data. I do not.
They have facilities specifically designed to safely store my data. I may not.
There are lots of good reasons.
Thread closed, you win.
Yes people, it's censorship. You've just been conditioned to think that's a naughty word.
I think we can agree that censorship of your political speech is bad.
I think we can also agree that censoring your language around children isn't necessarily bad.
Now if a company decides they don't want their adult products to show up in search results, is that bad?
Anyway... that's the discussion at hand. Should people boycott Amazon because they hid their adult materials? Did they do a bad job of selecting what materials are deemed 'adult'? Those things we can discuss. The argument about whether or not it's censorship is silly.
You assume the pencil is reliable. It isn't.
You ever seen a graded stack of scantrons?