It is also available as Open Source, where it's free as in software.
"free as in software"? Well, that's as clear as mud!
I think someone needs to brush up on Free vs free. For the sake of those that read your comments!
(And, no, not all "Open Source" software is free (gratis), though it is all Free (libre) for varying definitions of Free. Unfortunately, even saying "Open Source" isn't enough to imply that software is really "Free", which is why there are terms like FOSS and FLOSS.)
> Yes, for instance the "Passion of the Jew" episode was aired very shortly after the Passion of the Christ movie > was released in theaters, and its controversy as being allegedly anti-semitic and unnecessarily graphic was very, > very fresh in people's minds.
Sure, but that's a terrible example. The Passion of the Christ was known to be coming out for months before it was actually released, and any show could easily have scheduled their parody to air within days of it's release.
See elsewhere in this thread for relevant examples.
However, the problem the blogger is concerned about is not the abuse you're thinking of.
The problem is that a nefarious user could put click the "Call" link on a Business listing, but put in someone else's phone number. The "Caller-ID spoofing" part comes in here: Google's service calls the phone number entered, but the Caller-ID shows the number of the business that the "attacker" chose.
If, when the person picks up the phone, they are immediately connected to the business, they would assume that the business called them. The blogger is apparently envisioning something of a "Joe job" style attack.
However, this is easily protected against. Instead of connecting to the business directly, all Google has to do is play a recording along the lines of: "This is Google, calling since you entered your phone number on the "Click to Call" service, please press 1 to connect to the business you selected. If you did not initiate this, please hang up or press 2 to disable this service for this phone number."
> Can someone PLEASE tell me how do I get a copy of
> this CD? So I can send it back to sony.
If you promise to play the Viewtiful Joe 2 demo with 2 memory cards inserted in your PS2, I'll send you one of my copies of the disc.
(Alternatively, you can post a picture of your memory card smashed with the heavy object of your choice...)
I was thinking of doing the same thing, except I don't have a TV Tuner card for my PC yet so it would cost me a bit more to get started. The only thing I'm not sure about is how elegantly the BroadQ software would be able to access my saved TV shows. If I had to interact with my PC at all to get the PS2 to be able to access my saved shows, it would be too much of a hassle to be worth it. But if I could set it up, for example, to save the TV shows to a folder that the QCast scans automatically, that would be good!
On a side note - What are some good TV Tuner cards, and PVR software options for the PC?
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No, he didn't. That was point #5, the one that was bold...
"free as in software"? Well, that's as clear as mud!
I think someone needs to brush up on Free vs free. For the sake of those that read your comments!
(And, no, not all "Open Source" software is free (gratis), though it is all Free (libre) for varying definitions of Free. Unfortunately, even saying "Open Source" isn't enough to imply that software is really "Free", which is why there are terms like FOSS and FLOSS.)
Come on... that's implying that people actually read TFA!
I know I haven't!
Not only that, but the title says "all metals", while the blurb says "almost any metal".
Editor? Editor? Bueller? Anyone?
> waah. Read a book. By the time you're done there'll be more PS3's on the shelves and you can get one at retail prices.
How long does it take you to read a book? I finish most in a few days...
> Yes, for instance the "Passion of the Jew" episode was aired very shortly after the Passion of the Christ movie
> was released in theaters, and its controversy as being allegedly anti-semitic and unnecessarily graphic was very,
> very fresh in people's minds.
Sure, but that's a terrible example. The Passion of the Christ was known to be coming out for months before it was actually released, and any show could easily have scheduled their parody to air within days of it's release.
See elsewhere in this thread for relevant examples.
However, the problem the blogger is concerned about is not the abuse you're thinking of. The problem is that a nefarious user could put click the "Call" link on a Business listing, but put in someone else's phone number. The "Caller-ID spoofing" part comes in here: Google's service calls the phone number entered, but the Caller-ID shows the number of the business that the "attacker" chose.
If, when the person picks up the phone, they are immediately connected to the business, they would assume that the business called them. The blogger is apparently envisioning something of a "Joe job" style attack.
However, this is easily protected against. Instead of connecting to the business directly, all Google has to do is play a recording along the lines of: "This is Google, calling since you entered your phone number on the "Click to Call" service, please press 1 to connect to the business you selected. If you did not initiate this, please hang up or press 2 to disable this service for this phone number."
> Can someone PLEASE tell me how do I get a copy of > this CD? So I can send it back to sony. If you promise to play the Viewtiful Joe 2 demo with 2 memory cards inserted in your PS2, I'll send you one of my copies of the disc. (Alternatively, you can post a picture of your memory card smashed with the heavy object of your choice...)
when talking about computers he'd like to have donated. Now you can run a web server from a Dreamcast, or in a shoebox (not literally).
I was thinking of doing the same thing, except I don't have a TV Tuner card for my PC yet so it would cost me a bit more to get started. The only thing I'm not sure about is how elegantly the BroadQ software would be able to access my saved TV shows. If I had to interact with my PC at all to get the PS2 to be able to access my saved shows, it would be too much of a hassle to be worth it. But if I could set it up, for example, to save the TV shows to a folder that the QCast scans automatically, that would be good! On a side note - What are some good TV Tuner cards, and PVR software options for the PC?