Actually, the data was encrypted. The thing is, this computer was not exacly sitting out in the open. To get to where this computer was stolen, one needs about 3 passwords, and a code card; in other words, this was an inside job. The person who stole the computer probably has the key to decrypt the data.
Actually the rest of the world is in the same situation as this Military guy. I come from Canada, and while we get to watch the superbowl, we get none of the comercials. We get to watch the local car radiator shop ad once every frickin hour instead of these multimillion dollar ads.
This is a problem with copyright. The nfl has complete copyright over the game, and sells the right to forgien countries. The forgien stations then must show the game exactly how the nfl broadcasts it, but the commercials are not. In order to play the commercials, these stations must pay a royalty, however, to play ads locally, they get paid. So I get to watch local ads for the upcoming elementary school fundraiser, instead of matrix sequels.
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Generally, we got drunk after making the crop circles. (speaking from experience, oh the joys of a small rural town)
Oh man, I do all my word processing, CS, and web surfing on a P2 400. My secondary computer, in case this one crashes, is a 4x86 50 mhz. My church has over 2 ghz on my best computer.
That is one of the big points that I justify burnig music with. I pay an extra charge for every CD-R that I buy. Supposedly this was set up to reimburse the musicians that I was supposedly ripping off. Now that my media is supposedly sending part of the money to the artists, I feel that I can burn their work because I am paying for it. If I pay for something I want to have it. In this case, I am paying for the right to burn music, so I will burn music.
We legalized weed!! I just heard about it now on slashdot, so it must be true. Seriously, my government had not legalized the reefer, I would know as a university student at one of Canada's prestigious universities.// weed central
It is no big deal what the government has passed, we are not allowed to broadcast tv signals via the web. However, there is nothing stopping us from downloading a mpg from the web. This has put a serious resriction on streaming webcasts, but not on physical downloading of shows. In all my years on the web, I have only watched one show streaming, but I have well over 1000 hours of TV shows downloaded.
My computer is the only source of media I use anymore. I use it to listen to music, play dvds, watch tv, radio, games, etc. Luckily, my computer is a P4 so it can handle all the extra data. However, my other computer can do almost all of it and it is only a P2 400mhz.
My question is, according to the article we want an open source program that does it all. I have several programs that do this but are from microsoft (WMP etc) and not a one can do all that I want. This leads to a fundamental question about computer design: we don't want to know how to do it we just want it done. Like a telephone, we want the computer to do what it is supposed to do without any question. To use a telephone, you pick it up and dial, but we have become so used to it that we don't even realize that this piece of technology hasn't been around for centurys.
The goal of creating an open source all in one PVR program is to make computers less like a computer and more like a tool that everyone knows how to use. I love open source, but I don't mind not knowing how it works if it works. We pay for phones, so why shouldn't we pay for software that provides an entertainment package for us.
I remeber back in the late 90's when I first heard about this thing. I said to my self, oh man I want one, but how much will it cost. I did some research, and all I could find was about the price of a good sports car. Right now it is over 800,000, and for that kind of money you can get better than a good sports car, but the best sports car and a new server at the same time. The best car on the market (Ferrari Enzo) right now costs only $652,000. I was hoping it would be cheaper at about the price for a good sports car (Mustang ~ 30,000) or a great sports car (BMW M5 ~ 75,000).
My computer that I am typing on is in my bedroom and I love it. My room is on the north west corner of the building and so the wind just tears through it, making it colder then usual. We have a water heater that puts warm water through pipes, and my room is last on the line so I get very little heat from that. It used to be that in winter my bed sheets would freeze to the wall, and the ambient temp was about 15 celcius. Now I got a P4 computer and that made my room a nice cool tolerable temp. Even now I run seti to keep the computer cycling and creating heat.
Back in the day, when the pentiums were just comining out, I distinctly remember getting a cyrix processor from a company that wasn't intel. That thing was painted right on the the chip P160. If I remember properly it was a different architecture than the 5x86 at the time, it called itself a 6x86. It ran at 133 mhz at 6x86 and at 160 base 5x86. I am looking at the chip right now, I tore all the pins out and it makes a lovely coaster//don't think it'll ever work again though
First of all, the wristband of the watch turned from white to blue. A dark blue meant death. The wristwatch, unlike the one in the article would have the band react with the alpha particles of radioactive decay, when the chemical was activated it would change blue. The band was permenent because a set amount of radiation would kill a person over the course of a life time.
Humanity needed to wear the watches because the uranium on earth was spontianiously undergoing nuclear reaction (caused by R Daneel/Giskard in one of the robot novels).
The novel this was from was "The Stars, Like Dust-- ", nestled deeply between the foundation world (far far future, after the empire falls) and the robot world (soon). It delt with the galactic empire and earth.
I think that this type of watch is a better way of looking at the radation problem than Asimov's, because his didn't tell you the numbers or the amount of radiation, all he said was how much you got and how much more until death.
A few comments on the "Paper"
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I've had a number of experiences with this stuff over the years. Really cool stuff, but it doesn't act the way one thinks it should.
One can't use pencils to write on it, it needs to be carved into from a pen. This means that inkjet printers do not work with this. It is made entirely of plastic, so photocopying/laser printing is impossible.
The material is actually wicked strong, very high tensile strength and very ductile, but it is not impossible to tear. When it is torn, one can see multiple layers of material. The top layer is somewhat like a white powder, more of a matting that is anti-gloss that is used to repel the water. The next layer down is a glossy plastic. This is where the writing is adhered to, as well this layer is very thin. The final layer is a thick layer of plastic, used to make this paper very hard to tear and waterproof.
A few interesting uses of this paper, if written on and covered in water, then let to dry on something the ink will bleed onto the other item. This allows photocoping of items onto objects around the house. This is not a good thing at most times, when the book is drying out, it had better not be touching anything or the other pages because the pages could swap ink.
Kids love this stuff. They don't care what is on the paper, if you give them a sheet they will play with is for hours on end. (And if you have ever tried to keep a kid entertained for more than 8 minutes, yoou know how great this is) They love to get it wet, and see it dry in seconds. They like to try and tear it, since their fingers are not strong enough or smart enough to try a small tear and build on it, they just bend the plastic.
This stuff is great, but does has its drawbacks. It is an awful lot like paper, but is hard to print on using normal printing techinques. Doesn't fold well, and is quite expensive. The ink tends to bleed if not stored properly, and due to the nature of the paper people love to try and break it either by soaking it or by tearing it. A few good points on the paper: very strong, waterproof, great entertainment, and one can't discount the wow factor of being able to dunk paper under water.
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Actually, the data was encrypted. The thing is, this computer was not exacly sitting out in the open. To get to where this computer was stolen, one needs about 3 passwords, and a code card; in other words, this was an inside job. The person who stole the computer probably has the key to decrypt the data.
Actually the rest of the world is in the same situation as this Military guy. I come from Canada, and while we get to watch the superbowl, we get none of the comercials. We get to watch the local car radiator shop ad once every frickin hour instead of these multimillion dollar ads.
This is a problem with copyright. The nfl has complete copyright over the game, and sells the right to forgien countries. The forgien stations then must show the game exactly how the nfl broadcasts it, but the commercials are not. In order to play the commercials, these stations must pay a royalty, however, to play ads locally, they get paid. So I get to watch local ads for the upcoming elementary school fundraiser, instead of matrix sequels.
Generally, we got drunk after making the crop circles. (speaking from experience, oh the joys of a small rural town)
Oh man, I do all my word processing, CS, and web surfing on a P2 400. My secondary computer, in case this one crashes, is a 4x86 50 mhz. My church has over 2 ghz on my best computer.
Thats it, no more tithes from me.
That is one of the big points that I justify burnig music with. I pay an extra charge for every CD-R that I buy. Supposedly this was set up to reimburse the musicians that I was supposedly ripping off. Now that my media is supposedly sending part of the money to the artists, I feel that I can burn their work because I am paying for it. If I pay for something I want to have it. In this case, I am paying for the right to burn music, so I will burn music.
Holy christ!
// weed central
We legalized weed!! I just heard about it now on slashdot, so it must be true. Seriously, my government had not legalized the reefer, I would know as a university student at one of Canada's prestigious universities.
It is no big deal what the government has passed, we are not allowed to broadcast tv signals via the web. However, there is nothing stopping us from downloading a mpg from the web. This has put a serious resriction on streaming webcasts, but not on physical downloading of shows. In all my years on the web, I have only watched one show streaming, but I have well over 1000 hours of TV shows downloaded.
My computer is the only source of media I use anymore. I use it to listen to music, play dvds, watch tv, radio, games, etc. Luckily, my computer is a P4 so it can handle all the extra data. However, my other computer can do almost all of it and it is only a P2 400mhz.
My question is, according to the article we want an open source program that does it all. I have several programs that do this but are from microsoft (WMP etc) and not a one can do all that I want. This leads to a fundamental question about computer design: we don't want to know how to do it we just want it done. Like a telephone, we want the computer to do what it is supposed to do without any question. To use a telephone, you pick it up and dial, but we have become so used to it that we don't even realize that this piece of technology hasn't been around for centurys.
The goal of creating an open source all in one PVR program is to make computers less like a computer and more like a tool that everyone knows how to use. I love open source, but I don't mind not knowing how it works if it works. We pay for phones, so why shouldn't we pay for software that provides an entertainment package for us.
I remeber back in the late 90's when I first heard about this thing. I said to my self, oh man I want one, but how much will it cost. I did some research, and all I could find was about the price of a good sports car. Right now it is over 800,000, and for that kind of money you can get better than a good sports car, but the best sports car and a new server at the same time. The best car on the market (Ferrari Enzo) right now costs only $652,000. I was hoping it would be cheaper at about the price for a good sports car (Mustang ~ 30,000) or a great sports car (BMW M5 ~ 75,000).
My computer that I am typing on is in my bedroom and I love it. My room is on the north west corner of the building and so the wind just tears through it, making it colder then usual. We have a water heater that puts warm water through pipes, and my room is last on the line so I get very little heat from that. It used to be that in winter my bed sheets would freeze to the wall, and the ambient temp was about 15 celcius. Now I got a P4 computer and that made my room a nice cool tolerable temp. Even now I run seti to keep the computer cycling and creating heat.
Back in the day, when the pentiums were just comining out, I distinctly remember getting a cyrix processor from a company that wasn't intel. That thing was painted right on the the chip P160. If I remember properly it was a different architecture than the 5x86 at the time, it called itself a 6x86. It ran at 133 mhz at 6x86 and at 160 base 5x86. I am looking at the chip right now, I tore all the pins out and it makes a lovely coaster //don't think it'll ever work again though
First of all, the wristband of the watch turned from white to blue. A dark blue meant death. The wristwatch, unlike the one in the article would have the band react with the alpha particles of radioactive decay, when the chemical was activated it would change blue. The band was permenent because a set amount of radiation would kill a person over the course of a life time. Humanity needed to wear the watches because the uranium on earth was spontianiously undergoing nuclear reaction (caused by R Daneel/Giskard in one of the robot novels). The novel this was from was "The Stars, Like Dust-- ", nestled deeply between the foundation world (far far future, after the empire falls) and the robot world (soon). It delt with the galactic empire and earth. I think that this type of watch is a better way of looking at the radation problem than Asimov's, because his didn't tell you the numbers or the amount of radiation, all he said was how much you got and how much more until death.
I've had a number of experiences with this stuff over the years. Really cool stuff, but it doesn't act the way one thinks it should.
One can't use pencils to write on it, it needs to be carved into from a pen. This means that inkjet printers do not work with this. It is made entirely of plastic, so photocopying/laser printing is impossible.
The material is actually wicked strong, very high tensile strength and very ductile, but it is not impossible to tear. When it is torn, one can see multiple layers of material. The top layer is somewhat like a white powder, more of a matting that is anti-gloss that is used to repel the water. The next layer down is a glossy plastic. This is where the writing is adhered to, as well this layer is very thin. The final layer is a thick layer of plastic, used to make this paper very hard to tear and waterproof.
A few interesting uses of this paper, if written on and covered in water, then let to dry on something the ink will bleed onto the other item. This allows photocoping of items onto objects around the house. This is not a good thing at most times, when the book is drying out, it had better not be touching anything or the other pages because the pages could swap ink.
Kids love this stuff. They don't care what is on the paper, if you give them a sheet they will play with is for hours on end. (And if you have ever tried to keep a kid entertained for more than 8 minutes, yoou know how great this is) They love to get it wet, and see it dry in seconds. They like to try and tear it, since their fingers are not strong enough or smart enough to try a small tear and build on it, they just bend the plastic.
This stuff is great, but does has its drawbacks. It is an awful lot like paper, but is hard to print on using normal printing techinques. Doesn't fold well, and is quite expensive. The ink tends to bleed if not stored properly, and due to the nature of the paper people love to try and break it either by soaking it or by tearing it. A few good points on the paper: very strong, waterproof, great entertainment, and one can't discount the wow factor of being able to dunk paper under water.