Didn't Val Kilmer et al. visit Mars just a few years ago? As I recall, they found that Mars has a breathable atmosphere and little bug thingies living there. Why don't we explore other uncharted areas, like the Gamma quadrant?
To anyone who has followed MS's track record (as highlighted so vociferously here on/. over the past few years), this should come as no surprise at all.
Even if it may result in more use and sales of their product, the name of the game is control and MS values that, it seems, more than potential profits. In fact, it probably costs them more dollars for their lawyers to draft various emails and notices than it would if a few Linux nerds run MS software. In fact, the latter probably costs them zip.
Thinking about this a bit more, it seems that control is the name of the game in most of industry --MPAA and RIAA certainly included!
It's no surprise that they've had problems. "Canterwood" just has a bad sound to it. The working name will probably doom the product to failure. Next thing you know, we'll all be hearing about the "Canterwood" effect of hardware failure...
Remember that kids (aka "minors;" those under the age of 18) have, with a few examples that are far afield of this issue, virtually no right to privacy where their parents are concerned.
If a school system can post grades, homework, progress, etc. on the web and the parents want that, then this may be a good thing. However, it is important to recognize that families and parents have a right to privacy from outside sources and the "security" scheme for this system seems sorely lacking.
"...and the general population for our current leadership..."
Excuse me! Didn't the "general population" ask for a different leader of the free world??
The dope currently at the head of the US was appointed by the Supreme Court. Don't blame the rest of us for any messes him and his fascist puppetmasters have gotten us into.
When I first read this article, thoughts started swimming through my head about what the warnings might look like. Perhaps something that resembled the warnings on cigarette packages, or something boldly civil libertarian, like, "By purchasing this product, you are advancing the agenda of fascists who want to control your every move in the name of profit, sucker!"
But then it occurred to me, this law could require that a symbol that equates to the wrong-headedness of technology-restricting copy protection schemes. My proposal: print a bold black swastika on the case and on the disc for all media that has been corrupted by such schemes.
Bypass all of this half-assed warning language and cut to the chase of what this sort of thing really means.
Of course Google has the right, as a for-profit business, to do as it pleases (within the bounds of the law). I don't believe that this is the point of this article.
Since Google is perhaps the world's most heavily-used search engine, it is critical for the public to understand how it works, what it does, and what it does not do.
The argument that, "Google is private, so who cares," is tantamount to McDonald's making their burgers out of tofu and not publicizing it. While it may not be illegal and it may be the right of the company, it sure as hell is news and I, as a McDonald's customer, definitely want to know what lies between the buns.
Everything funds terrorism. The fascists that are currently in power would very much like for us to see things in black and white, just as they do. There are only the evil terrorists (with whom the French are now being lumped; "freedom fries," give me a f ucking break!) and then there are good conservative Americans --nobody else. Similarly, we are expected to believe that individuals in our very small world are not connected and ignore the fact that any individual activity can have a miniscule global impact. I pass gas in front of my computer and the average annual temperature over Israel increases one trillionth of a degree...
The fact is that if my contribution to terrorism (and we ALL contribute to terrorism in some small way) would be probably greater by driving 50 miles a week than if I smoked an ounce a day. Moreover, seeing as the US Government likes to regularly engage in such nefarous activities such as providing Israel with 3 billion a year or giving Saddam Hussein anthrax and other Weapons of Mass Destruction (another loathsome buzzword), all of us, despite the mass of drugs we might each use, probably contribute the most to terrorism through paying US taxes.
Geek perspective: If you let me dl your music (something I want), I'll let you have my unused cycles (something that is surely valuable).
Evaluation: Fair trade
RIAA perspective: You want to drive to my house, take my stuff, and drive away. In exchange for me allowing you to rob me blind (yes, this is the way the RIAA thinks, despite absence of evidence), you're offering to let me borrow your shitty old car while you're not using it??
Evaluation: You're still a god damned thief, geek boy. Go to hell!
This sounds good, except that mirrors of my massive pr0n collection could threaten the stability of the internet...nevermind the threat of uploading mine and the millions of other pervs out there!
I doubt you could run anything significant off the power output, but I'm sure there could be some use for it, rather than simply letting that extra energy go to waste.
This is a great point, since the heat that is posing such a problem with computer innards really represents resistance and ultimately energy loss. The bottom line is that the heat that your lap absorbs is really inefficiency--all the energy expended to create that rectangular burn across both legs would ideally be saved in the form of extra battery life!
Converting this now small amount of energy loss through heat back into usable energy may seem trivial right now. However, as we move towards more heavily populated chips and higher-end technology, the energy loss and potential recovery could become highly significant. In fact, now may be the time to start tackling the issue of converting this presently trivial energy loss back into usable form.
Maybe Microsoft would have better luck in their campaign against Linux if they systematically vandalized the whole of NYC with Pro-MS/Anti-Linux stickers.
They've never that before, right? It's bound to work and probably won't cost them more than $50 or $60 in fines.
I wonder what Microsoft's market strategy is in India. Perhaps they're targeting more southerly regions, where it's warmer.
Once they have a foothold in the south, then they can consider attacking the mountainous northern parts of India, where penguins (ergo Linux) are more apt to make their stronghold.
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Didn't Val Kilmer et al. visit Mars just a few years ago? As I recall, they found that Mars has a breathable atmosphere and little bug thingies living there. Why don't we explore other uncharted areas, like the Gamma quadrant?
Wall Street Meat = SPAM??
One well-placed North Korean nuke and South Korea's broadband capacity won't look quite as attractive to business.
Is this high performance hardware described in French???
No no, I don't think so. This is Freedom hardware!
Hang on, isn't the shoe phone supposed to precede the wrist phone in the psuedo-spy tech tree??
The added benefit of washing would be that the labs would empty out once some of these poor saps finally smelled clean enough to get a date!
Again, dust problem: GONE.
The new Matrix films, awesome...
The new Matrix films in IMAX... whoa... oooh... ahh...
Uh oh.. underwear check.
To anyone who has followed MS's track record (as highlighted so vociferously here on
Even if it may result in more use and sales of their product, the name of the game is control and MS values that, it seems, more than potential profits. In fact, it probably costs them more dollars for their lawyers to draft various emails and notices than it would if a few Linux nerds run MS software. In fact, the latter probably costs them zip.
Thinking about this a bit more, it seems that control is the name of the game in most of industry --MPAA and RIAA certainly included!
The mass of unwashed humanity reminds me of another festive event
A computer on every desk does indeed sound like somebody has warped priorities.
Let's look into getting the infant mortality below 20% first.
It's no surprise that they've had problems. "Canterwood" just has a bad sound to it. The working name will probably doom the product to failure. Next thing you know, we'll all be hearing about the "Canterwood" effect of hardware failure...
Remember that kids (aka "minors;" those under the age of 18) have, with a few examples that are far afield of this issue, virtually no right to privacy where their parents are concerned.
If a school system can post grades, homework, progress, etc. on the web and the parents want that, then this may be a good thing. However, it is important to recognize that families and parents have a right to privacy from outside sources and the "security" scheme for this system seems sorely lacking.
"...and the general population for our current leadership..."
Excuse me! Didn't the "general population" ask for a different leader of the free world??
The dope currently at the head of the US was appointed by the Supreme Court. Don't blame the rest of us for any messes him and his fascist puppetmasters have gotten us into.
This media is just the right size for my needs. I just have one pressing question:
Will this new DVD drive turn all of my pr0n blue?
When I first read this article, thoughts started swimming through my head about what the warnings might look like. Perhaps something that resembled the warnings on cigarette packages, or something boldly civil libertarian, like, "By purchasing this product, you are advancing the agenda of fascists who want to control your every move in the name of profit, sucker!"
But then it occurred to me, this law could require that a symbol that equates to the wrong-headedness of technology-restricting copy protection schemes. My proposal: print a bold black swastika on the case and on the disc for all media that has been corrupted by such schemes.
Bypass all of this half-assed warning language and cut to the chase of what this sort of thing really means.
Let's hope they don't get George Clooney to stick us with the ultra-generic superhero...
"I'm Dr. Doug Ross.. whoops, no.. I meant to say, 'I'm Spiderman'"
Of course Google has the right, as a for-profit business, to do as it pleases (within the bounds of the law). I don't believe that this is the point of this article.
Since Google is perhaps the world's most heavily-used search engine, it is critical for the public to understand how it works, what it does, and what it does not do.
The argument that, "Google is private, so who cares," is tantamount to McDonald's making their burgers out of tofu and not publicizing it. While it may not be illegal and it may be the right of the company, it sure as hell is news and I, as a McDonald's customer, definitely want to know what lies between the buns.
Everything funds terrorism. The fascists that are currently in power would very much like for us to see things in black and white, just as they do. There are only the evil terrorists (with whom the French are now being lumped; "freedom fries," give me a f ucking break!) and then there are good conservative Americans --nobody else. Similarly, we are expected to believe that individuals in our very small world are not connected and ignore the fact that any individual activity can have a miniscule global impact. I pass gas in front of my computer and the average annual temperature over Israel increases one trillionth of a degree...
The fact is that if my contribution to terrorism (and we ALL contribute to terrorism in some small way) would be probably greater by driving 50 miles a week than if I smoked an ounce a day. Moreover, seeing as the US Government likes to regularly engage in such nefarous activities such as providing Israel with 3 billion a year or giving Saddam Hussein anthrax and other Weapons of Mass Destruction (another loathsome buzzword), all of us, despite the mass of drugs we might each use, probably contribute the most to terrorism through paying US taxes.
I've gotten into the bad habit of emailing with co-workers to arrange lunch gatherings...
Now, unfortunately, every time time that little new email chime rings on my computer, I begin to drool uncontrollably!
Geek perspective: If you let me dl your music (something I want), I'll let you have my unused cycles (something that is surely valuable).
Evaluation: Fair trade
RIAA perspective: You want to drive to my house, take my stuff, and drive away. In exchange for me allowing you to rob me blind (yes, this is the way the RIAA thinks, despite absence of evidence), you're offering to let me borrow your shitty old car while you're not using it??
Evaluation: You're still a god damned thief, geek boy. Go to hell!
This sounds good, except that mirrors of my massive pr0n collection could threaten the stability of the internet...nevermind the threat of uploading mine and the millions of other pervs out there!
I doubt you could run anything significant off the power output, but I'm sure there could be some use for it, rather than simply letting that extra energy go to waste.
This is a great point, since the heat that is posing such a problem with computer innards really represents resistance and ultimately energy loss. The bottom line is that the heat that your lap absorbs is really inefficiency--all the energy expended to create that rectangular burn across both legs would ideally be saved in the form of extra battery life!
Converting this now small amount of energy loss through heat back into usable energy may seem trivial right now. However, as we move towards more heavily populated chips and higher-end technology, the energy loss and potential recovery could become highly significant. In fact, now may be the time to start tackling the issue of converting this presently trivial energy loss back into usable form.
Maybe Microsoft would have better luck in their campaign against Linux if they systematically vandalized the whole of NYC with Pro-MS/Anti-Linux stickers.
They've never that before, right? It's bound to work and probably won't cost them more than $50 or $60 in fines.
I just can't believe that Microsoft would target Indians.
Really, when have you ever seen a teepee with Windows??
I wonder what Microsoft's market strategy is in India. Perhaps they're targeting more southerly regions, where it's warmer.
Once they have a foothold in the south, then they can consider attacking the mountainous northern parts of India, where penguins (ergo Linux) are more apt to make their stronghold.