If some malicious coder could upload manipulated software, do you not think they could also spoof the MD5 sum also? From what I've seen, the checksum is usually just stored in a text file in the same directory.
i would hate to be developping on one of their supercomputers, only to find out that one of my overnight batch processes got stuck in an infinite loop...
there goes my pension... and only three days to retirement!
"The SAIC CCTL took on a complex challenge, and we were successful in completing the evaluation of the Windows 2000 operation system," said Tammy Compton
I wonder of the "complex challenge" she speaks of is referring to cashing that big cheque (or 'check', for those who spell American)...
If you ask me, New York wasn't even going to consider fining Microsoft for the infraction... but I bet Big Bill got nervous and offered everyone free MSN access for the next year.
Guliani responds via the regular l33+ h4X0r speak, saying "GUL14N1 15 2 L33+ 4 Ur M$ $H1+3! U cuddn't $$$ m3!"
Gates' response? "Oh yeah?"... and there you have it.
I believe his point is that there are troves of WMA content available online. However, I personally find the WMA _format_ inferior to many other formats, but the ability to listen to your favourite radio station might be important enough to you to ignore the fact that the format they're using is terrible.
Therefore, you have a tool to play the content, but you might prefer to encode your own audio or video in a different format, as the poster suggests.
I'm sorry you think I'm speaking FUD. Let me rephrase a little bit.
My opinion is that it is impossible to give everyone unlimited access for such a low fee, and avoid abuse of the system. I don't use all that much bandwidth. Some users complain that 5gb a month is far too little... those users are TYPICALLY (but not always, i understand of course) are pirating software or infringing copyrights by downloading music or movies. Others are running large public FTP servers, which is a breach of the more-often-than-not sensible EULA.
My argument is that with such high demands for bandwidth by the minority of users, it is not profitable to provide everybody a flat rate, unlimited use high-speed Internet service. It comes down to the ISP having to upgrade their expensive backbone every so often to fill in the demand, and I would not be surprised if they are starting to lose the majority of their profits.
I would like it if my ISP would improve my internet experience, which consists of some email, a bit of ICQ, casual web browsing, and the occasional shareware/freeware/OSS download. I think that this represents the majority of high-speed subscribers. Teens and college students are notorious for going a bit overboard with the downloads. I think it is perfectly fair for an ISP to change their service to cater well to both the majority of its subscribers with more reliable, fast response, and low(er) monthly bandwidth limitations... as well as catering to their demanding minority with high bandwidth, but at a cost. Those users paying for the extra bandwidth will help the ISPs to upgrade more often, thus improving everyone's experience.
it's been said again and again that around 10% of the users are taking up 90% of the bandwidth. i can't say whether or not this is true, but i believe it to be a reasonable statistic.
I'm currently subscribed to Rogers cable internet here in Toronto. Lately, speeds have been great, but we commonly go through weeks of terrible service which disappears after another big upgrade for bandwidth. I don't care what people do online, but it's a real pain in the ass to find out that people are downloading gigabytes of movies, music, and general warez over file sharing programs. Sure, they have a great concept, and I've used them in the past, but I truly think that users who abuse these services by downloading many many gigabytes a month should be required to pay more in order to compensate. Bandwidth costs a ton of money for large ISPs, and they're handing it out to us for a flat rate for unlimited usage.
I would rather spend my money at the local $7 theatre or buy a good CD for $10-15 once in a while than download tonnes of stuff which might push my monthly service fee to a higher tier. When it comes down to it, I want the 'net to respond fast when I want to look up show times instead of waiting for some kids a few blocks away to finish downloading a leaked copy of Two Towers over Kazaa.
I have a friend who lived in Slovakia, a Communist state. He moved to Canada not too long ago, and he misses it there. I was surprised to hear this.
Apparently, your idea that we're flaunting all our nice toys to the world breaks down. My Slovakian friend told me that people there were happy with what they had. If you wanted a car, there was one Slovakian company that made basically one sedan, and that's what most people drove. If you needed a truck, then there was a company that made trucks. Nobody drove around in clean BMWs, blasting P-Diddy over their CD players.
In China, a bicycle is the only PRACTICAL way to travel, as the streets are small and crowded. Those who feel the need to drive fancy cars and live in ranches can move to a Western country -- and many do. As long as they can be productive (and they need to be to afford those things anyway) then the doors are open to them.
A. We are capable of being prosperous, and have taken the opportunity.
and
B. China should take its own responsibility on their own overpopulation problem?
Why is it a North American responsibility all of a sudden to provide for those in the Far East? Is it something that I did that put them in this position? Is it something my government did even? Is there something that I or my government did to keep them in that situation?
I, as a Canadian, believe I can answer "No" to all of those questions. Perhaps an American would have to answer differently, but that is not my point. Nations exist to help themselves, and Globalization exists for those nations to assist eachother when possible. Overpopulation in China is a Chinese affair, NOT a world affair in my opinion.
by far, the most useful music database i have come accross is AllMusic.com.
They have tonnes of artists I have never heard of, nice descriptions and histories of musical genres, etc... it's a great resource for finding new bands. They also rate and review albums. My only beef is that they seem to focus too much on US releases only, whereas I would love more Canadian content.
If all Wi-Fi cards had a mandatory GPS system reporting their location, then an office with a large access area could cordon off their building by walking around with a device that will trace a GPS line around the network, and not allow access to anybody outside.
The one thing this doesn't solve is if a company residing in a suite doesn't want to share their network with ABC Corp upstairs. In that case, they may be able to string copper wire in the ceiling as a "shield".
What I took from the article is that their goal is to get it to work with regular food instead of refined sugar cubes, which they call refined fuel. Their next step is to work with carrots.
I don't know about you, but I could have sworn I saw a fuzzy little alien toss the SRB from the shuttle. I knew this technology was too good to be ours...
I know this is supposed to be the entire point of the product, but I say ditch the video camera, and this would be a really nice product. Also, who needs a CD Writer in such a tiny system?
Without the camera, this might be considered an anorexic sub-notebook. I'm sure the screen looks extremely sharp. With a built-in 8x DVD-ROM drive and a nicer battery, this would be a really nice tool for computing on the road. The 30gb hard drive is far more than any PDA will provide for the next year or so, at least.
Right now, all the features which I consider to make this product impractical (camera, external optical drive, fact that it's a Sony) also contribute to making the product more expensive. A system this size, with the modifications I have suggested, and maybe with a smaller hard drive to even things out, would be nice to have for around $999.
Who's with me?
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If some malicious coder could upload manipulated software, do you not think they could also spoof the MD5 sum also? From what I've seen, the checksum is usually just stored in a text file in the same directory.
That would be the Bay of Fundy, IIRC. It has the largest tides in the world. I'm about to head off to bed, otherwise I'd look up some numbers for ya.
heh Couldn't resist, sorry :>
and 95% of callers will be instructed to reformat their Microsoft Puppy.
there goes my pension... and only three days to retirement!
I wonder of the "complex challenge" she speaks of is referring to cashing that big cheque (or 'check', for those who spell American)...
It's funny. Laugh.
Guliani responds via the regular l33+ h4X0r speak, saying "GUL14N1 15 2 L33+ 4 Ur M$ $H1+3! U cuddn't $$$ m3!"
Gates' response? "Oh yeah?" ... and there you have it.
Therefore, you have a tool to play the content, but you might prefer to encode your own audio or video in a different format, as the poster suggests.
My opinion is that it is impossible to give everyone unlimited access for such a low fee, and avoid abuse of the system. I don't use all that much bandwidth. Some users complain that 5gb a month is far too little... those users are TYPICALLY (but not always, i understand of course) are pirating software or infringing copyrights by downloading music or movies. Others are running large public FTP servers, which is a breach of the more-often-than-not sensible EULA.
My argument is that with such high demands for bandwidth by the minority of users, it is not profitable to provide everybody a flat rate, unlimited use high-speed Internet service. It comes down to the ISP having to upgrade their expensive backbone every so often to fill in the demand, and I would not be surprised if they are starting to lose the majority of their profits.
I would like it if my ISP would improve my internet experience, which consists of some email, a bit of ICQ, casual web browsing, and the occasional shareware/freeware/OSS download. I think that this represents the majority of high-speed subscribers. Teens and college students are notorious for going a bit overboard with the downloads. I think it is perfectly fair for an ISP to change their service to cater well to both the majority of its subscribers with more reliable, fast response, and low(er) monthly bandwidth limitations ... as well as catering to their demanding minority with high bandwidth, but at a cost. Those users paying for the extra bandwidth will help the ISPs to upgrade more often, thus improving everyone's experience.
I'm currently subscribed to Rogers cable internet here in Toronto. Lately, speeds have been great, but we commonly go through weeks of terrible service which disappears after another big upgrade for bandwidth. I don't care what people do online, but it's a real pain in the ass to find out that people are downloading gigabytes of movies, music, and general warez over file sharing programs. Sure, they have a great concept, and I've used them in the past, but I truly think that users who abuse these services by downloading many many gigabytes a month should be required to pay more in order to compensate. Bandwidth costs a ton of money for large ISPs, and they're handing it out to us for a flat rate for unlimited usage.
I would rather spend my money at the local $7 theatre or buy a good CD for $10-15 once in a while than download tonnes of stuff which might push my monthly service fee to a higher tier. When it comes down to it, I want the 'net to respond fast when I want to look up show times instead of waiting for some kids a few blocks away to finish downloading a leaked copy of Two Towers over Kazaa.
Apparently, your idea that we're flaunting all our nice toys to the world breaks down. My Slovakian friend told me that people there were happy with what they had. If you wanted a car, there was one Slovakian company that made basically one sedan, and that's what most people drove. If you needed a truck, then there was a company that made trucks. Nobody drove around in clean BMWs, blasting P-Diddy over their CD players.
In China, a bicycle is the only PRACTICAL way to travel, as the streets are small and crowded. Those who feel the need to drive fancy cars and live in ranches can move to a Western country -- and many do. As long as they can be productive (and they need to be to afford those things anyway) then the doors are open to them.
A. We are capable of being prosperous, and have taken the opportunity.
and
B. China should take its own responsibility on their own overpopulation problem?
Why is it a North American responsibility all of a sudden to provide for those in the Far East? Is it something that I did that put them in this position? Is it something my government did even? Is there something that I or my government did to keep them in that situation?
I, as a Canadian, believe I can answer "No" to all of those questions. Perhaps an American would have to answer differently, but that is not my point. Nations exist to help themselves, and Globalization exists for those nations to assist eachother when possible. Overpopulation in China is a Chinese affair, NOT a world affair in my opinion.
They have tonnes of artists I have never heard of, nice descriptions and histories of musical genres, etc... it's a great resource for finding new bands. They also rate and review albums. My only beef is that they seem to focus too much on US releases only, whereas I would love more Canadian content.
The one thing this doesn't solve is if a company residing in a suite doesn't want to share their network with ABC Corp upstairs. In that case, they may be able to string copper wire in the ceiling as a "shield".
What I took from the article is that their goal is to get it to work with regular food instead of refined sugar cubes, which they call refined fuel. Their next step is to work with carrots.
they have an Audi TT and Subaru Impreza WRX... much faster than the ones reviewed here - 10mph!
certainly, a larger r/c car is much more fun to play with, but it's been a long while for me.
now imagine a Beowulf cluster of ISS. All your Lance Bass are belong to us. (yay!)
I don't know about you, but I could have sworn I saw a fuzzy little alien toss the SRB from the shuttle. I knew this technology was too good to be ours...
I know this is supposed to be the entire point of the product, but I say ditch the video camera, and this would be a really nice product. Also, who needs a CD Writer in such a tiny system? Without the camera, this might be considered an anorexic sub-notebook. I'm sure the screen looks extremely sharp. With a built-in 8x DVD-ROM drive and a nicer battery, this would be a really nice tool for computing on the road. The 30gb hard drive is far more than any PDA will provide for the next year or so, at least. Right now, all the features which I consider to make this product impractical (camera, external optical drive, fact that it's a Sony) also contribute to making the product more expensive. A system this size, with the modifications I have suggested, and maybe with a smaller hard drive to even things out, would be nice to have for around $999. Who's with me?