I agree with the parent post. Maybe it felt nice to have the illusion of some semblance of privacy on the facebook before, but the simple fact is that this is just making the consequences of your actions on the site much much more clearly visible (to yourself as well as others). Frankly I think its good that people might (hopefully) think twice about what they share online.
(Plus, I am an avid facebook friend stalker. There, I admit it.)
It would seem as if that monolithic retailing juggernaut, Wal Mart, has decided to get on the iPod Shuffle gravy train. Somehow I thinnk it will sell just fine, even without a scree or a scroll wheel.
Hmmm, lets see. With OS X we already have a workable model available for purchase. With Windows, we have to rely on a guy 'working in his lab with spare parts.' Sounds like Apple 1, PC 0 to me... for now.
I refer you to my post just below in this thread. Even with all of the music that is already out there, lots of new music is still necessary to fuel such growth. Not everyone relys mainly on the major label music, but for now most people do.
I understand that there would still be lots of music out there, however, when we are discussing the VAST majority the people expected to drop a few hundred dollars on these MP3 players, the VAST majority of what they listen to IS commercial music. While it is possible that this could change, it is unlikely that it would happen quickly, if at all.
While you (and others) might be unaffected by the loss of commercial music, you are the exception, not the rule.
As long as people also remain willing to pay for music to support the music industry. If people fail to support the artists and music production slows down, people will have less need for a place to keep their music.
I know that 90% of the people here on slashdot wont agree with me, and will think im simply flaming, but this is exactly the type of thing which should be able to be patented. Perhaps Microsoft shouldnt be the company to hold the patent (the probably aren't, and I hope they aren't), but whoever it is that created the difference between these actions, which is NOW the standard way of doin things, should be recognized as such.
They are. As I understand it (and I am no expert) it is because when you broadcast at lower frequencies, the signals require less power to reach a greater area, and many of these stations broadcast at 1-10 watts, rather than 5000-10000.
I don't want to sound like some tin-foil hat wearing loony, but im sure that those comments will inevitably follow, but, do people really think this list is accurate? With our governments tendency to be very secretive about national security these days, it isn't unreasonable to assume that our most powerful computing resources are public knowledge. The government certainly doesn't want other nations to know even the theoretical limits of our weapons testing programs, etc.
While your line of thinking is definately reasonable, in fact I have found that whatever obstacle size might present, it simply isn't enough. Kids at my school (not denison anymore, despite the handle) are most certainlly actively pirating the game. Spcifically, one kid downloaded it off of the i2hub (yes the same one mentioned in yesterday's story) and then redistributed it on a DC++ hub run exclusively for students at Cornell.
Furthermore, while I always buy anything I really enjoy after pirating it, there is a large group of people who do no such thing. What people who have no ethical concerns about piracy don't understand is that MOST pirates have absolutely no intention of paying for anything they can pirate from the internet, be it music, movies or software, regardless of if they can afford it or not. Pirates would rather watch a shitty, free copy of a movie made with a digicam then shell out the 7-10 dollars to see it in the theatre, even if its a great movie with stunning visuals.
I have been using the neomodus client for some time now and as far as I can tell the only ads are simple Safari pop-up ads and with the safari pop-up blocker on I never have to see a single one of them.
All she said was that Linux would take the lead based on all new server shipments, which I think is very plausible. Not only does this not mean that there will be more Linux desktops than Windows, but in fact for a brief period there will still be more Windows servers in use.
Yes, it would preclude the first message, unless they continue the conversation. You can just phrase it, by continuing this conversation you are allowing this conversation to be recorded, including any messages sent before reciving this notification, unless you explicitly forbid it.
Or an acronym and a word if you want to get technical... PATRIOT ACT. With each succesive version passed the requirements for wiretap warrents wither away further. Somehow I see this being directly addressed in the PATRIOT Act 3.
If you just enable that message as an auto-reply of some sort (e.g. away message or idle message if you use AIM or MSN) then you accomplish the same thing.
If your entire living is dependant on your computer and you don't have at least 1 extra computer and all of your files backed up, then you are very very foolish indeed. You could easily and legitimatly write off an extra computer as a buisiness expense. Also, what took a month to be serviced for your computer? The one time I had a problem Apple paid to have my computer overnighted both ways and I had it back within 4 days (including sunday).
That reminds me of a little trick I learned in high school physics in the unit on holograms. Im not sure that it would be called a hologram, but you can produce a 3d image of something by placing it a t the center of the bottom of a fully mirrored bowl with a small aperture at the top (in our case a small toy pig). Does anyone know how this works?
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I agree with the parent post. Maybe it felt nice to have the illusion of some semblance of privacy on the facebook before, but the simple fact is that this is just making the consequences of your actions on the site much much more clearly visible (to yourself as well as others). Frankly I think its good that people might (hopefully) think twice about what they share online. (Plus, I am an avid facebook friend stalker. There, I admit it.)
word on the street is, there is a next gen Duck Hunt in the works, tentatively entitled: Duck Hunt - Dick Cheney edition...
It would seem as if that monolithic retailing juggernaut, Wal Mart, has decided to get on the iPod Shuffle gravy train. Somehow I thinnk it will sell just fine, even without a scree or a scroll wheel.
Hmmm, lets see. With OS X we already have a workable model available for purchase. With Windows, we have to rely on a guy 'working in his lab with spare parts.' Sounds like Apple 1, PC 0 to me... for now.
I refer you to my post just below in this thread. Even with all of the music that is already out there, lots of new music is still necessary to fuel such growth. Not everyone relys mainly on the major label music, but for now most people do.
I understand that there would still be lots of music out there, however, when we are discussing the VAST majority the people expected to drop a few hundred dollars on these MP3 players, the VAST majority of what they listen to IS commercial music. While it is possible that this could change, it is unlikely that it would happen quickly, if at all.
While you (and others) might be unaffected by the loss of commercial music, you are the exception, not the rule.
As long as people also remain willing to pay for music to support the music industry. If people fail to support the artists and music production slows down, people will have less need for a place to keep their music.
Does anyone on slashdot ever tire of this EXACT same joke being played out EVERY time someone refersto their girlfriend?
You think the G5s make use of tacky colors? Have you even looked at them, they are white and metallic.
I know that 90% of the people here on slashdot wont agree with me, and will think im simply flaming, but this is exactly the type of thing which should be able to be patented. Perhaps Microsoft shouldnt be the company to hold the patent (the probably aren't, and I hope they aren't), but whoever it is that created the difference between these actions, which is NOW the standard way of doin things, should be recognized as such.
They are. As I understand it (and I am no expert) it is because when you broadcast at lower frequencies, the signals require less power to reach a greater area, and many of these stations broadcast at 1-10 watts, rather than 5000-10000.
what country is that?
Don't worry, I've read the book and there is plenty that has gone unspoiled. I thought this was a rather good, and appropriate, review.
I don't want to sound like some tin-foil hat wearing loony, but im sure that those comments will inevitably follow, but, do people really think this list is accurate? With our governments tendency to be very secretive about national security these days, it isn't unreasonable to assume that our most powerful computing resources are public knowledge. The government certainly doesn't want other nations to know even the theoretical limits of our weapons testing programs, etc.
While your line of thinking is definately reasonable, in fact I have found that whatever obstacle size might present, it simply isn't enough. Kids at my school (not denison anymore, despite the handle) are most certainlly actively pirating the game. Spcifically, one kid downloaded it off of the i2hub (yes the same one mentioned in yesterday's story) and then redistributed it on a DC++ hub run exclusively for students at Cornell.
Furthermore, while I always buy anything I really enjoy after pirating it, there is a large group of people who do no such thing. What people who have no ethical concerns about piracy don't understand is that MOST pirates have absolutely no intention of paying for anything they can pirate from the internet, be it music, movies or software, regardless of if they can afford it or not. Pirates would rather watch a shitty, free copy of a movie made with a digicam then shell out the 7-10 dollars to see it in the theatre, even if its a great movie with stunning visuals.
I have been using the neomodus client for some time now and as far as I can tell the only ads are simple Safari pop-up ads and with the safari pop-up blocker on I never have to see a single one of them.
All she said was that Linux would take the lead based on all new server shipments, which I think is very plausible. Not only does this not mean that there will be more Linux desktops than Windows, but in fact for a brief period there will still be more Windows servers in use.
In a word: No. He took 4 or 5 years to write them and was slowed by the fact that he wrote them entirely with a fountain pen (No, Really).
Yes, it would preclude the first message, unless they continue the conversation. You can just phrase it, by continuing this conversation you are allowing this conversation to be recorded, including any messages sent before reciving this notification, unless you explicitly forbid it.
Or an acronym and a word if you want to get technical... PATRIOT ACT. With each succesive version passed the requirements for wiretap warrents wither away further. Somehow I see this being directly addressed in the PATRIOT Act 3.
If you just enable that message as an auto-reply of some sort (e.g. away message or idle message if you use AIM or MSN) then you accomplish the same thing.
Three Full 3U Rack Units.
If your entire living is dependant on your computer and you don't have at least 1 extra computer and all of your files backed up, then you are very very foolish indeed. You could easily and legitimatly write off an extra computer as a buisiness expense. Also, what took a month to be serviced for your computer? The one time I had a problem Apple paid to have my computer overnighted both ways and I had it back within 4 days (including sunday).
That reminds me of a little trick I learned in high school physics in the unit on holograms. Im not sure that it would be called a hologram, but you can produce a 3d image of something by placing it a t the center of the bottom of a fully mirrored bowl with a small aperture at the top (in our case a small toy pig). Does anyone know how this works?
Mos Def is playing Ford Prefect.