But the punishment here (incarceration, inevitable loss of job and possibly male rape) hardly fits the crime. It will turn some geeks into "real" criminals - burglars, fraudsters and robbers - by the time they get out, you can guarantee that.
This is a case of the tail wagging the dog, I think. if you want to stop them, do something appropriate like confiscate their computers and ban them from using the Net for 5 years (like Kevin Mitnick). It's not as if any individual P2P user has much impact on the level of "piracy" - there are plenty of big gangs and under-utilised CD pressing plants to take care of that.
Probably not. Digital zoom is useless because it just magnifies part of the picture without increasing resolution. It may be useful for video (especially if the CCD has a higher resolution than TV) but it's essentially a "marketing feature" for still photography.
Anyway, with 500MP you're going to be severely limited by the resolving power of the lens. It's quite difficult to get even 100 line pairs per mm with the best 35mm photographic lenses (lenses for larger formats tend to be much worse because it's harder to maintain accuracy over a large glass area, plus it's not as necessary with lower enlargement factors). A 500MP sensor needs a pretty exceptional telescope in front of it.
I'd be interested in a password cracking study comparing passwords where this DLL was turned on (for Windoze domains) and where users are given a free choice. The DLL enforces stronger passwords, but IME few companies use it.
I still find it incredible that oil is used for power generation. Isn't it far too useful to be used for this purpose? At least coal and gas aren't as useful for chemical feedstocks and road fuel, so you might as well burn *them* for heat.
I was also 8 in 1977. I thought seeing SW was one of the best experiences of my life. The audience even applauded when the first "Star Wars" caption appeared on the screen at the beginning.
My father, however, slept from about 10 minutes in until the end of the film - and he was only 4 years older then than I am now. I still feel this was some kind of treason.
In response to the original article, I think Ep III can only be saved if:
the set designers manage to achieve convergence between the shiny Ep I-II stuff and the beaten-up OT stuff (why did Amidala's Naboo ship look more modern than than anything in the OT?)
Palpatine is made to look increasingly like the monster from Ep III
the droid memory-wiping is handled so it doesn't look like an afterthought and
the film actually closes with the opening chase from Ep IV. Now that would send a shiver down my spine, like in Ep II when you see the original moisture farm with that orange and black ceiling.
Too late - Lucas used "All Summer Long" in the closing titles of American Graffiti. I suppose he could reprise it for BOTE...
Sittin' in my landspeeder outside your gate Remember when you spilt lava all over your cape? Helmet, black mask and a pair of boots We'll be havin' fun 'til Greedo shoots
So you have a Mac, I assume? Well, the x86 architecture *is* a crock, but modern chips only emulate it. They're RISC, superscalar and all kinds of other things I don't fully understand, but certainly weren't featured in the Intel 8086 you might be thinking of;-)
What percentage of the UK public do you think actually turn their mobile off completely when entering a filling station? I'd wager it is less than 10%. Now, when was the last time you heard of a major fire at one? I heard of one in the last year, but that was because a car crashed into the pumps at 50mph.
I'm sure there is a remote theoretical risk, but think of all the petrol that gets spilled on the ground giving off vapour, and all the cars with "leaky" ignition (try lifting the bonnet of an old car with dirty HT leads in the dark, and see the sparks fly). That must be a much higher risk.
Why didn't the guy in the story just install ZoneAlarm from a CD-R? That's what I do if I have to install Win2K on someone's PC (SP4, the latest, came out just before the anti-Blaster patch, so an SP4 machine will still get infected within minutes of being connected to Windows Update).
Now that's an even more evil-sounding name than Cardinal de Richelieu, Marquis de Sade, Tomas de Torquemada or even Ming The Merciless. So the article must be wrong.
This getting way [OT], but bin Laden's original aim was simply to get the US military out of Saudi. This is happening anyway because the Saudis no longer wanted the US there - it's not like Iraq is going to invade neighbouring Kuwait again - not as a direct result of 9/11.
Unfortunately, reducing Afghanistan from a Third World country to worse, and invading Iraq for no clear strategic reason other than GWB's dad never managed it, means bin Laden isn't going to go into retirement just yet.
To use an old West Country proverb, the Middle East is like an old turd drying in the sun. The more you mess with it, the worse it stinks.
This really seems to resonate with the attitude of the Catholic Church in the Fifteenth Century. "We have learned from our brave adventurers and scientists that people, or what we would roughly call people, exist on a place unbelievably far away. Let's convert them!"
I can imagine the reaction if someone had actually suggested there might be "people" on other planets. Guys were spit-roasted for suggesting that the Earth might go round the sun.
$465, it only plays ATRAC 3 format and the looks...well, I'm not sure Apple have too much to worry about. I don't think the Sony brand has all that much cachet these days - they just churn out mass-produced stuff built down to a price, same as most other manufacturers. Shame - they used to be a bit of a Japanese icon in the days of the first Walkmans, when Trinitron was by far the best TV tube you could get.
Nationwide Building Society in the UK tried iris scanning for ATMs a few years ago, and it was 100% successful. The technology wasn't rolled out further because of (a) cost and (b) it was fairly useless as a fraud prevention measure unless all other banks did it too - you could just use a non-iris ATM if you only had a card and PIN.
Rather gruesomely, the system checked for a pulse in the iris to ensure that you hadn't got a life-size photograph...or cut off the account owner's head.
Remember the story about PS2's being used in Iraqi WMDs? No doubt the next "outlaw state" will be accused of using GeForce Ti4600's to manage fast breeder reactors.
I don't think they can. MS claim pirated copies can't use Windows Update. In fact, they can provided they're not running one of two commonly used pirate keys. The keygen that came out in late 2001 blew WPA wide open, and they know it.
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But the punishment here (incarceration, inevitable loss of job and possibly male rape) hardly fits the crime. It will turn some geeks into "real" criminals - burglars, fraudsters and robbers - by the time they get out, you can guarantee that.
This is a case of the tail wagging the dog, I think. if you want to stop them, do something appropriate like confiscate their computers and ban them from using the Net for 5 years (like Kevin Mitnick). It's not as if any individual P2P user has much impact on the level of "piracy" - there are plenty of big gangs and under-utilised CD pressing plants to take care of that.
In that case CmdrTaco and Hemos are dead men. Just think of all the hours that are wasted reading /.
Anyway, with 500MP you're going to be severely limited by the resolving power of the lens. It's quite difficult to get even 100 line pairs per mm with the best 35mm photographic lenses (lenses for larger formats tend to be much worse because it's harder to maintain accuracy over a large glass area, plus it's not as necessary with lower enlargement factors). A 500MP sensor needs a pretty exceptional telescope in front of it.
No, I can't post any pictures, but it will be ready in the fall, honest.
These aren't the SUVs we're looking for. He can go about his business. Move along.
I'd be interested in a password cracking study comparing passwords where this DLL was turned on (for Windoze domains) and where users are given a free choice. The DLL enforces stronger passwords, but IME few companies use it.
You're absolutely right. Of course, the CD version is also uncompressed and sounds better, so you're being doubly screwed.
I still find it incredible that oil is used for power generation. Isn't it far too useful to be used for this purpose? At least coal and gas aren't as useful for chemical feedstocks and road fuel, so you might as well burn *them* for heat.
My father, however, slept from about 10 minutes in until the end of the film - and he was only 4 years older then than I am now. I still feel this was some kind of treason.
In response to the original article, I think Ep III can only be saved if:
One day Hubble will find the Death Star - after all, it was long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Sittin' in my landspeeder outside your gate
Remember when you spilt lava all over your cape?
Helmet, black mask and a pair of boots
We'll be havin' fun 'til Greedo shoots
So you have a Mac, I assume? Well, the x86 architecture *is* a crock, but modern chips only emulate it. They're RISC, superscalar and all kinds of other things I don't fully understand, but certainly weren't featured in the Intel 8086 you might be thinking of ;-)
I'm sure there is a remote theoretical risk, but think of all the petrol that gets spilled on the ground giving off vapour, and all the cars with "leaky" ignition (try lifting the bonnet of an old car with dirty HT leads in the dark, and see the sparks fly). That must be a much higher risk.
Why didn't the guy in the story just install ZoneAlarm from a CD-R? That's what I do if I have to install Win2K on someone's PC (SP4, the latest, came out just before the anti-Blaster patch, so an SP4 machine will still get infected within minutes of being connected to Windows Update).
Now that's an even more evil-sounding name than Cardinal de Richelieu, Marquis de Sade, Tomas de Torquemada or even Ming The Merciless. So the article must be wrong.
Unfortunately, reducing Afghanistan from a Third World country to worse, and invading Iraq for no clear strategic reason other than GWB's dad never managed it, means bin Laden isn't going to go into retirement just yet.
To use an old West Country proverb, the Middle East is like an old turd drying in the sun. The more you mess with it, the worse it stinks.
I can imagine the reaction if someone had actually suggested there might be "people" on other planets. Guys were spit-roasted for suggesting that the Earth might go round the sun.
I hope this "ad" wasn't a spam e-mail ;-)
$465, it only plays ATRAC 3 format and the looks...well, I'm not sure Apple have too much to worry about. I don't think the Sony brand has all that much cachet these days - they just churn out mass-produced stuff built down to a price, same as most other manufacturers. Shame - they used to be a bit of a Japanese icon in the days of the first Walkmans, when Trinitron was by far the best TV tube you could get.
Rather gruesomely, the system checked for a pulse in the iris to ensure that you hadn't got a life-size photograph...or cut off the account owner's head.
Isn't it a bit late for April 1st?
Remember the story about PS2's being used in Iraqi WMDs? No doubt the next "outlaw state" will be accused of using GeForce Ti4600's to manage fast breeder reactors.
I don't think they can. MS claim pirated copies can't use Windows Update. In fact, they can provided they're not running one of two commonly used pirate keys. The keygen that came out in late 2001 blew WPA wide open, and they know it.
Dear me, the mods were really on the sauce last night. Was it the ninth anniversary of Duke Nukem Forever's first press release or something?