The satillite is how you get to see spiderman on TV.
Damn, I thought I watched Spiderman on cable TV... I'll call my cable operator and ask them to rename their service to satellite TV. Maybe I can sue them for lying to me all these years?
I'm sure Leonardo would have been happy to see his family name trademarked... Well, there's a difference... this company spells it with a lower case 'd'... Thank goodness we got innovative marketing people nowadays!
Slight difference. On Saturday, it was the Japan Times, a leftist paper that very few people actually read. This time, it's a respected news source, the Associated Press, even if it is in the guise of yahoo.
Well, the leftist paper was citing a big Japanese newspaper. The only difference now is that it's the Associated Press reporting the same thing.
Tens of thousands of USD is blown up in the air and converted into a couple of movies which can be shown on Slashdot so that we can make insightful comments like this?
Microsoft spends billions of dollars in producing software that makes computers insecure, just so that we can comment it here at Slashdot... The founder of Xircom and his brother just found a cheaper way of keeping us glued to Slashdot...;)
Next up bannings for using foul language on Xbox live service?? Be careful what you say.. you may be playing with an Xbox Live admin...
Microsoft will soon announce that they've signed up Jerry Falwell as moderator for Xbox Live. Prepare yourself for a life in eternal hell if you use foul language on Xbox Live, son!
Aston Martin is owned by Ford... so it's not much of a British car anymore... But hey, maybe you call Toyota "a British car", since they got a plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire.;)
When a government spies upon its own citizens, and begins to view them as the enemy, then it no longer deserves the power that we have entrusted it with.
Could you name a couple of countries that does NOT spy upon their own citizens. Maybe you would prefer anarchy, since no government now (or in the past) has clean hands.
I empathize with Bobby Fischer and I respect the man all the more for what he has said. The true worth of a man is not blind faith in his nation of birth, nor a terrible sangunity. It is the ability to speak your mind desptie an overwhelmingly large opposition.
And you post as Anonymous Coward... Well, I guess your dog still respects you.;o)
I wouldn't want clippy asking me, "Are you breaking up with your girlfriend? I can help!"...while the intelligent MS Smartphone sends your data to all.NET enabled dating services, who in turn pays MS a referral bonus.
It's not hard to find exploitable servers of any OS, be it Linux, BSD, Solaris or even Windows in Japan - the Far East's insecurity is legendary.
The point is, you can't expect any OS to be secure if you don't keep up with the latest security patches.
Probably true, but standardizing on Linux has its advantages in the long run. They can build up their own Linux development and support, and thereby tailor the security themselves instead of relying on someone else to do it for them.
They would be better off using the money to train their admins to some degree of competence.
They'll come up to speed... trust me. People laughed at the Japanese doing cars in the 60s and 70s... who's making some of the best cars around nowadays?
I was laid off on a Thursday, and the HR person at Nortel told me that I wasn't required to do any more work. Despite this, my manager called me the next day and told me to help them out with one of their online tools. Just like you, I'm sometimes a little bit too kind and helped her out anyway, because I felt that I needed the reference from them in order to get another job. Looking back, I regret helping her... after all, she was the one to put me on the hit list. Anyway, she got laid off three months after me, and I'm running my own business now.
They wanted to make some tiny portable field power unit.
15 years ago, I read an article about how East German (during the cold war) scientists had tried to build a nuclear car. The scientists failed because they couldn't isolate the nuclear reactor without the car being too heavy. Maybe it was for the best that they never managed to get these rolling nukes out on the streets.:)
Could this be used to solve that nasty space junk problem? As I understand it, there is no known way to clean this stuff up.
From the link above: The oldest debris still on orbit is the second US satellite, the Vanguard I, launched on 1958, March, the 17th, which worked only for 6 years.
NASA should take it down with one of the shuttles and sell it on Ebay... I bet some billionaire would buy it.
EMI Recorded Music - the world's largest independent record company - today announced its enhanced digital download distribution program for the U.S. in which the company will give consumers - through leading distributors - the ability to download tracks permanently, the technical capability to burn a limited number of personal copies and the flexibility to import recordings to portable devices.
"This is the next step in our plan to give consumers our music in the formats they are demanding today, and to give our distributors maximum flexibility to offer a wider range of options and a deep selection of music," said David Munns, Chairman and CEO of EMI Recorded Music North America.
MP3 is the format that is in most demand (actually used) today... keeping this in mind, the top quote doesn't rhyme with the bottom one. Of what I know, MP3 doesn't have a limit for how many copies you can make. We can assume this being yet another blow the whistle to get some attention by EMI. It seems EMI is going to use Microsoft's format.
"Philips said the companies would start an open licensing program and would encourage content providers to use the technology, which can protect all digital formats, including CDs, MP3 and DVD."
"Some analysts say Microsoft may lose if Philips and Sony are successful at promoting the InterTrust technology throughout the entertainment industry because Microsoft's technology, called "Palladium," would have a tougher time making inroads."
The above says it all. It's all about battling Microsoft's Palladium. Of what I know, Philips and Sony haven't signed up for Palladium, and since they're big time players on the entertainment hardware market, they can afford to develop their own standard without having Microsoft involved in the equation.
"All the major music labels, in particular BMG, Sony Music and Universal Music have been investing heavily in copy-proof technologies to protect their artists."
It's not so much about protecting the artists as it is about protecting their companies. The music industry has been used to having a steady monetary growth each year until P2P was made popular among the general public. Now they won't make as much profit as they used to. What the artists actually gets is peanuts compared to what the record companies gets. The artists sell all their rights to the record companies, and these companies can continue to make money on their music even after the artist has disappeared from the charts. (eg. collection albums)
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The satillite is how you get to see spiderman on TV.
Damn, I thought I watched Spiderman on cable TV... I'll call my cable operator and ask them to rename their service to satellite TV. Maybe I can sue them for lying to me all these years?
I'm sure Leonardo would have been happy to see his family name trademarked... Well, there's a difference... this company spells it with a lower case 'd'... Thank goodness we got innovative marketing people nowadays!
Slight difference. On Saturday, it was the Japan Times, a leftist paper that very few people actually read. This time, it's a respected news source, the Associated Press, even if it is in the guise of yahoo.
Well, the leftist paper was citing a big Japanese newspaper. The only difference now is that it's the Associated Press reporting the same thing.
the transfer rate was something akin (no exaggeration!) to 300Bps.
:)
I guess they'll have to survive by watching good old VHS tapes or DVD then...
Tens of thousands of USD is blown up in the air and converted into a couple of movies which can be shown on Slashdot so that we can make insightful comments like this?
;)
Microsoft spends billions of dollars in producing software that makes computers insecure, just so that we can comment it here at Slashdot... The founder of Xircom and his brother just found a cheaper way of keeping us glued to Slashdot...
and the site haven't been /.ed yet... :)
Anyone tried it yet?
MP3s from IBM's OC-192s?! Sign me up!
MP3s?.. Movies!
Next up bannings for using foul language on Xbox live service?? Be careful what you say.. you may be playing with an Xbox Live admin...
Microsoft will soon announce that they've signed up Jerry Falwell as moderator for Xbox Live.
Prepare yourself for a life in eternal hell if you use foul language on Xbox Live, son!
mmmm Aston Martin.
;)
I'm so glad they got rid of the BMWs
Aston Martin is owned by Ford... so it's not much of a British car anymore... But hey, maybe
you call Toyota "a British car", since they got a plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire.
Yea right, and I can beat Stephen Hawking in the 100 yard dash.
;)
Not if Stephen Hawking drives a rocket powered wheelchair...
So because other countries are dirty, that makes us clean? I think not.
No country is clean. That's my bottom line. All governments spy more or less on their own citizens... it's a matter of keeping their country stable.
When a government spies upon its own citizens, and begins to view them as the enemy, then it no longer deserves the power that we have entrusted it with.
;o)
Could you name a couple of countries that does NOT spy upon their own citizens. Maybe you would prefer anarchy, since no government now (or in the past) has clean hands.
I empathize with Bobby Fischer and I respect the man all the more for what he has said. The true worth of a man is not blind faith in his nation of birth, nor a terrible sangunity. It is the ability to speak your mind desptie an overwhelmingly large opposition.
And you post as Anonymous Coward... Well, I guess your dog still respects you.
I wonder if I can start up an escort service named FreshMeatDirect without being sued...
I wouldn't want clippy asking me, "Are you breaking up with your girlfriend? I can help!" ...while the intelligent MS Smartphone sends your data to all .NET enabled dating services, who in turn pays MS a referral bonus.
It's not hard to find exploitable servers of any OS, be it Linux, BSD, Solaris or even Windows in Japan - the Far East's insecurity is legendary.
The point is, you can't expect any OS to be secure if you don't keep up with the latest security patches.
Probably true, but standardizing on Linux has its advantages in the long run. They can build up their own Linux development and support, and thereby tailor the security themselves instead of relying on someone else to do it for them.
They would be better off using the money to train their admins to some degree of competence.
They'll come up to speed... trust me. People laughed at the Japanese doing cars in the 60s and 70s... who's making some of the best cars around nowadays?
I was laid off on a Thursday, and the HR person at Nortel told me that I wasn't required to do any more work. Despite this, my manager called me the next day and told me to help them out with one of their online tools. Just like you, I'm sometimes a little bit too kind and helped her out anyway, because I felt that I needed the reference from them in order to get another job. Looking back, I regret helping her... after all, she was the one to put me on the hit list. Anyway, she got laid off three months after me, and I'm running my own business now.
Here's a great page that compares SVG vs. Flash.
Here's two good reasons why you want to implement SVG instead of Flash:
SVG is a standard, Flash is proprietary.
SVG can be indexed and searched, Flash can't.
They wanted to make some tiny portable field power unit. 15 years ago, I read an article about how East German (during the cold war) scientists had tried to build a nuclear car. The scientists failed because they couldn't isolate the nuclear reactor without the car being too heavy. Maybe it was for the best that they never managed to get these rolling nukes out on the streets. :)
Could this be used to solve that nasty space junk problem? As I understand it, there is no known way to clean this stuff up.
From the link above: The oldest debris still on orbit is the second US satellite, the Vanguard I, launched on 1958, March, the 17th, which worked only for 6 years.
NASA should take it down with one of the shuttles and sell it on Ebay... I bet some billionaire would buy it.
EMI Recorded Music - the world's largest independent record company - today announced its enhanced digital download distribution program for the U.S. in which the company will give consumers - through leading distributors - the ability to download tracks permanently, the technical capability to burn a limited number of personal copies and the flexibility to import recordings to portable devices.
"This is the next step in our plan to give consumers our music in the formats they are demanding today, and to give our distributors maximum flexibility to offer a wider range of options and a deep selection of music," said David Munns, Chairman and CEO of EMI Recorded Music North America.
MP3 is the format that is in most demand (actually used) today... keeping this in mind, the top quote doesn't rhyme with the bottom one. Of what I know, MP3 doesn't have a limit for how many copies you can make. We can assume this being yet another blow the whistle to get some attention by EMI. It seems EMI is going to use Microsoft's format.
Not to forget the Casino owners... well, it's time to roll in some more busloads of senior citizens.
Enjoy the spam. :)
(sorry for the double post... I forgot to switch on cookies...)
"Philips said the companies would start an open licensing program and would encourage content providers to use the technology, which can protect all digital formats, including CDs, MP3 and DVD."
"Some analysts say Microsoft may lose if Philips and Sony are successful at promoting the InterTrust technology throughout the entertainment industry because Microsoft's technology, called "Palladium," would have a tougher time making inroads."
The above says it all. It's all about battling Microsoft's Palladium. Of what I know, Philips and Sony haven't signed up for Palladium, and since they're big time players on the entertainment hardware market, they can afford to develop their own standard without having Microsoft involved in the equation.
"All the major music labels, in particular BMG, Sony Music and Universal Music have been investing heavily in copy-proof technologies to protect their artists."
It's not so much about protecting the artists as it is about protecting their companies. The music industry has been used to having a steady monetary growth each year until P2P was made popular among the general public. Now they won't make as much profit as they used to. What the artists actually gets is peanuts compared to what the record companies gets. The artists sell all their rights to the record companies, and these companies can continue to make money on their music even after the artist has disappeared from the charts. (eg. collection albums)
Maybe the military would be interested if you just add a bomb under it and have a longer wire.