I suspect this happens quite a bit. From what I have heard from a guy I know down there, pirates software is as plentiful as stink on shit, and really really cheap. He also said it was definately buyer beware, cause you never know what you're gonna get. Even Microsoft has released infected CD's, imagine the piraters - they are just after the almighty dollar (or yen in this case) - they don't have near all the checks companies go through before they release a product, and they are often not "Exact" duplicates because much of the software has been cracked (and therefore edited).
I know it looks more like an rc truck, but with a name like "Timbot", I just picture a wheel-chair-looking robot bumping into walls all the time shouting "Timmay!... Timmay!"
I did not know that you could get a lifetime (of the company) subscription. Still, that is a bit much (for me). I hasten to get one, because if I did, I am afrad it would be too hard to get rid of (like broadband). I must not let myself get drawn into the trap!
Right. I'd venture to say if you buy a Tivo, it is because you want/need one, and you know how to use it. They're target market it not (right now) your grandma, but probably the slightly tech-inclined average joe who likes to watch tv without all the cruft. I don't think they are hard to setup for most people, certainly not those who know what they are and want one.
The only thing that keeps my from buying a TiVo is the reoccuring fees. I understand that it is how they make money, but I just don't want or need another monthly bill to continually drain my income. If I just had to buy the device and that was it, I would buy one in a second.
Of course, I don't watch a lot of TV (more of a movie guy), and when I usually do it's usually the history channel or the learning channel. I guess it just isn't important enough in my case to make the jump from progrogrammable VCR to Tivo.
No, they really are cameras. I am aware of what you are talking about, but where I am there are cameras in addition to the light-changing devices. It's for the transportation department somehow or another... but they are cameras.
I hate to reference 1984, but it seems like the whole identity tracking thing sparks a lot of fear in a lot of people. It's not so much that we are all doing bad things and just don't want to be tracked, it's that the potential for abuse is high.
And it's not just on computers, by any means. More and more I have noticed cameras on nearly every stop light, cameras in every parking lot, etc. I know what their intended purpose, but they can potentially be abused.
I think most of us are pro-privacy, and I will sacrifice a bit of safety for personal freedoms. I just know how bad people abuse good things all too well.
So by your rationale (and I'm not saying you're incorrect), is there an assload of spam because that's what people are interested in? Or is it just because a few "bad apples" use it to sell stuff by blanketing huge populations with advertisements and reaping the profits from the very small percentage that buys the stuff?
I am sure spam must be profitable, but I don't think the majority of the internet users are interested in it. Rather, I think it is so easy to do, that it only takes a small percentage of people to respond to make a profit. Just my thoughts.
"Spam, pornographic and hate web sites, the collision of domain names with trademarks, the desire of some authorities to engage in censorship are all examples of aspects of the Internet that I find disappointing."
It is too sad that this is what MOST of the internet is. There is a lot of good content, but there is 30 metric assloads of pr0n and spam. It is too bad we have to be weary about what we click on, especially at work.
(on an unrelated side note: has anyone else noticed that Google has been pretty slow the last two days? Anyone know why?)
You are right. They will pay because they eventually will be forced to. At some point, it is cheaper to pay the man than to get something that brings a lot of downtime and expense. We all know corporations just want someone to blaim, and they are willing to pay for that.
I am not saying that you can't edit configs with windows in a CLI, but, everyone must admit that the default windows shell sucks doneky balls. It is not even in the same league as *nix shells.
I hope, for admins' sake everywhere, that MS is working on a really good shell as a nice option for the future generations of their OS.
That was his real name? wow. I had never heard it before i said it. Interestingly enough, the name dildatron came from a receiver remote. It was so ergonomically shaped, rounded, and sculpted, that my friends said it looked like a dildo. It was a pioneer universal receiver remote.
So, the remote is affectionately called "the Dildatron", because it controls the whole entertainment system.
i figured if it was good enough for a remote, it was good enough for me and hence it became my nick.
the kernel is at version 2.x. An O/S is much more than the kernel. Does thou not rememberest what RMS has taught thee? Thy kernel a complete system does not make!
I think you have done something wrong, or it is Qwest's fault. I have setup RH and Mandrake with DSL and cable modems, and both detected everything perfect.
Unless you have a Win/DSLmodem. Do those even exist? I hope not...
I am so sick of trolls like you saying that BSD is still alive! Don't spread all this FUD about GNU/Linux when everyone and their dog knows that BSD has died 2 or maybe even 3 years ago.
You trolls need to face reality, and just admit that BSD is dead.:)
What kind of crazy company has a business model where they actually sell things? Don't they know that the first step to profit is to give your product away?
Slashdot Mirror
I suspect this happens quite a bit. From what I have heard from a guy I know down there, pirates software is as plentiful as stink on shit, and really really cheap. He also said it was definately buyer beware, cause you never know what you're gonna get. Even Microsoft has released infected CD's, imagine the piraters - they are just after the almighty dollar (or yen in this case) - they don't have near all the checks companies go through before they release a product, and they are often not "Exact" duplicates because much of the software has been cracked (and therefore edited).
reminds me of AIDS in Africa. No end in sight.
That is a sweet robot. I hope it recovers from the slashdotting it seems to be getting. Very cool.
snagged a mirror of the video, too. (11.2MB, Mpeg format).
shoot. looks like there site is gettings slashdotted. Here is a mirror of the picture.
I know it looks more like an rc truck, but with a name like "Timbot", I just picture a wheel-chair-looking robot bumping into walls all the time shouting "Timmay! ... Timmay!"
must.....not.....listenn...... must....not...buy....wanted.....gadget..... must.....not.....listen...
I did not know that you could get a lifetime (of the company) subscription. Still, that is a bit much (for me). I hasten to get one, because if I did, I am afrad it would be too hard to get rid of (like broadband). I must not let myself get drawn into the trap!
Right. I'd venture to say if you buy a Tivo, it is because you want/need one, and you know how to use it. They're target market it not (right now) your grandma, but probably the slightly tech-inclined average joe who likes to watch tv without all the cruft. I don't think they are hard to setup for most people, certainly not those who know what they are and want one.
The only thing that keeps my from buying a TiVo is the reoccuring fees. I understand that it is how they make money, but I just don't want or need another monthly bill to continually drain my income. If I just had to buy the device and that was it, I would buy one in a second.
Of course, I don't watch a lot of TV (more of a movie guy), and when I usually do it's usually the history channel or the learning channel. I guess it just isn't important enough in my case to make the jump from progrogrammable VCR to Tivo.
No, they really are cameras. I am aware of what you are talking about, but where I am there are cameras in addition to the light-changing devices. It's for the transportation department somehow or another... but they are cameras.
While I think you are right about it, there is not a big demand for spam, but there is a huge supply. That sucks.
I meant to specify metric assload. Try to picture it as 7.l6 libraries of congress, and you should get a beter visualization.
I hate to reference 1984, but it seems like the whole identity tracking thing sparks a lot of fear in a lot of people. It's not so much that we are all doing bad things and just don't want to be tracked, it's that the potential for abuse is high.
And it's not just on computers, by any means. More and more I have noticed cameras on nearly every stop light, cameras in every parking lot, etc. I know what their intended purpose, but they can potentially be abused.
I think most of us are pro-privacy, and I will sacrifice a bit of safety for personal freedoms. I just know how bad people abuse good things all too well.
So by your rationale (and I'm not saying you're incorrect), is there an assload of spam because that's what people are interested in? Or is it just because a few "bad apples" use it to sell stuff by blanketing huge populations with advertisements and reaping the profits from the very small percentage that buys the stuff?
I am sure spam must be profitable, but I don't think the majority of the internet users are interested in it. Rather, I think it is so easy to do, that it only takes a small percentage of people to respond to make a profit. Just my thoughts.
"Spam, pornographic and hate web sites, the collision of domain names with trademarks, the desire of some authorities to engage in censorship are all examples of aspects of the Internet that I find disappointing."
It is too sad that this is what MOST of the internet is. There is a lot of good content, but there is 30 metric assloads of pr0n and spam. It is too bad we have to be weary about what we click on, especially at work.
(on an unrelated side note: has anyone else noticed that Google has been pretty slow the last two days? Anyone know why?)
You are right. They will pay because they eventually will be forced to. At some point, it is cheaper to pay the man than to get something that brings a lot of downtime and expense. We all know corporations just want someone to blaim, and they are willing to pay for that.
Good call. This may not be a biggie now, but as viruses and worms get more common on Linux in the next couple of years, it will be important.
I am not saying that you can't edit configs with windows in a CLI, but, everyone must admit that the default windows shell sucks doneky balls. It is not even in the same league as *nix shells.
I hope, for admins' sake everywhere, that MS is working on a really good shell as a nice option for the future generations of their OS.
and i quote:
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2002 jointly to
Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz and John E. Sulston
for their discoveries concerning
"genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death"
Proof positive that they should have gone into marketing rather than genetics...
That was his real name? wow. I had never heard it before i said it. Interestingly enough, the name dildatron came from a receiver remote. It was so ergonomically shaped, rounded, and sculpted, that my friends said it looked like a dildo. It was a pioneer universal receiver remote.
So, the remote is affectionately called "the Dildatron", because it controls the whole entertainment system.
i figured if it was good enough for a remote, it was good enough for me and hence it became my nick.
the kernel is at version 2.x. An O/S is much more than the kernel. Does thou not rememberest what RMS has taught thee? Thy kernel a complete system does not make!
I think you have done something wrong, or it is Qwest's fault. I have setup RH and Mandrake with DSL and cable modems, and both detected everything perfect.
Unless you have a Win/DSLmodem. Do those even exist? I hope not...
I am so sick of trolls like you saying that BSD is still alive! Don't spread all this FUD about GNU/Linux when everyone and their dog knows that BSD has died 2 or maybe even 3 years ago.
:)
You trolls need to face reality, and just admit that BSD is dead.
What kind of crazy company has a business model where they actually sell things? Don't they know that the first step to profit is to give your product away?
Another vote for Qwerty. So easy to type, no wonder it's #1!