iTunes is interesting. It's network streaming music feature has been cracked over and over again, as any college student knows. I'm not surprised that someone figured out how to do more malicious things.
Well, maybe if they aren't comfortable about being tracked down then they shouldn't donate them in the first place and get a regular job instead of looking to make an easy buck by tossing off?
The donors are assured that they will never be found. Therefore they don't consider that as a risk.
I am a reporter for the George Washington University Hatchet. In every issue we run several ads for sperm banks and egg donations. a recent article by a fellow writer addressed this. I know that some people may not want to meet their offspring in 15 years, after they've settled down with a spuse and started a family of their own.
I still think social engineering is an easier way to get someone's personal information. My point is that criminals will often take the easiest path.
Honest question: can a D battery heat blood to nearly 100 deg. F like the human body can? You'd think it would take more than 4.5 volts, but I'm probably wrong.
I use the Palm LifeDrive and find that it does everything that a PDA can do as well as act as an mp3 player. I wonder why Palm seems to be moving away from the hard drive based uber tool paradigm.
There have been companies that have produced such good products that they killed their demand. Some durable goods manufacturers have sold people products that almost never needed to be replaced, thus preventing the need to buy another. By keeping things in a constant state of "Beta" development, companies ensure their survival.
That reminds me of the team of lawyers on The Simpsons who tell Homer he can only write his own music if he avoids using the note of C (it's copyrighted).
That would only be true if you spent many hours each day within a very cose proximity of the device. I doubt that most people would do that, even if there were a chance of cancer.
You also assume that high-tension power lines contribute to cancer, which is up in the air.
I don't want to start a debate here, but there are arguements for and against high tension lines contributing to cancer rates.
I really don't see how this could cause an increased cancer risk, however. I mean, this does not emit as much energy as an unshielded wire, which is never cited as a cause of cancer.
I wodner why they didn't include any games. I got my mother to start using FireFox by showing her Blockfall (Tetris clone). If they had included a few game extenstions, it would take up very little space and would show off the power and flexibility of FireFox.
Wasn't this kind of the 'dream' of many? That someday you could just take a stripped down cheap computer with only a web browser and do everything that you can do on a powerful computer today?
If I stole someone's personal information or credit card, I could simply walk into a store with my arm in a sling or bandages on my fingers. I could then proceed to talk the compassionate clerk into letting me avoid the finger scanner. I think this is a horrible idea that has many fatal errors.
This is a pretty bad case of the RIAA being lazy. I'm sure that they could have provided a list of specific activities, but that would require many more man-hours of work per case. The RIAA is trying to scare people en masse and it appears that they care more about quantity than quality of cases.
I coded a decent sized app (20 pages source code) in Java, but the hassles of getting it to work on people's computers makes me wish I had written it in C++. Creating a Windows.exe file is idiot-proof in C++ (and even in QBASIC), but the "Write once run anywhere" nature of Java makes this a huge hassle.
Why didn't the original article link to the TechReport review?
To be fair, it looks like the drive really is impressive. From the review: In the world of enterprise-ready 7,200-RPM Serial ATA drives, the Caviar RE2 has few competitors and no equals.
I am sure that many people only know about this application because of Lego's allowing people to hack it. I had not heard of it until I read this thread. Regardless of how many units they might lose from this hack, they will make money from increased awareness. How many people do you think read this/. thread and tried the program for the first time?
I worked back office sales for a pharmaceutical company over the summer. Even though we have a digital system for doctors' signatures for drug samples, I processed thousands of requests for paper receipts. Many people, including these doctors, prefer having paper copies of things.
I would have killed to have had a printer like this. Also useful for debate teams.
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iTunes is interesting. It's network streaming music feature has been cracked over and over again, as any college student knows. I'm not surprised that someone figured out how to do more malicious things.
Maybe the mechanism of addiction is similar, but there is no physical dependancy, as there is with many drugs.
The donors are assured that they will never be found. Therefore they don't consider that as a risk.
I am a reporter for the George Washington University Hatchet. In every issue we run several ads for sperm banks and egg donations. a recent article by a fellow writer addressed this. I know that some people may not want to meet their offspring in 15 years, after they've settled down with a spuse and started a family of their own.
Honest question: can a D battery heat blood to nearly 100 deg. F like the human body can? You'd think it would take more than 4.5 volts, but I'm probably wrong.
Actually, since a severed hand will not have any blood flowing through it, cutting it off will do a thief no good.
I use the Palm LifeDrive and find that it does everything that a PDA can do as well as act as an mp3 player. I wonder why Palm seems to be moving away from the hard drive based uber tool paradigm.
I beg to differ. To me, OOo 1.0 hardly even resembles this release. I consider the original only a poorly designed Beta test for this fantastic work.
There have been companies that have produced such good products that they killed their demand. Some durable goods manufacturers have sold people products that almost never needed to be replaced, thus preventing the need to buy another. By keeping things in a constant state of "Beta" development, companies ensure their survival.
That reminds me of the team of lawyers on The Simpsons who tell Homer he can only write his own music if he avoids using the note of C (it's copyrighted).
That would only be true if you spent many hours each day within a very cose proximity of the device. I doubt that most people would do that, even if there were a chance of cancer.
You also assume that high-tension power lines contribute to cancer, which is up in the air.
I don't want to start a debate here, but there are arguements for and against high tension lines contributing to cancer rates.
I really don't see how this could cause an increased cancer risk, however. I mean, this does not emit as much energy as an unshielded wire, which is never cited as a cause of cancer.
I wonder if some scientists might already be so invested in theories of dark matter that they will refuse to accept this position.
I wodner why they didn't include any games. I got my mother to start using FireFox by showing her Blockfall (Tetris clone). If they had included a few game extenstions, it would take up very little space and would show off the power and flexibility of FireFox.
Wasn't this kind of the 'dream' of many? That someday you could just take a stripped down cheap computer with only a web browser and do everything that you can do on a powerful computer today?
Dream for some, a nightmare for Microsoft.
an ad for Microsoft on /.
If I stole someone's personal information or credit card, I could simply walk into a store with my arm in a sling or bandages on my fingers. I could then proceed to talk the compassionate clerk into letting me avoid the finger scanner. I think this is a horrible idea that has many fatal errors.
StarOffice has a free 90 day trial. I figure by the time my trial expires, OOo2.0 will be available.
This is a pretty bad case of the RIAA being lazy. I'm sure that they could have provided a list of specific activities, but that would require many more man-hours of work per case. The RIAA is trying to scare people en masse and it appears that they care more about quantity than quality of cases.
I use a Palm(One) LifeDrive and am very happy with it. I think people are too quick to dismis any PDA that doesn't have a cell phont built in.
I coded a decent sized app (20 pages source code) in Java, but the hassles of getting it to work on people's computers makes me wish I had written it in C++. Creating a Windows .exe file is idiot-proof in C++ (and even in QBASIC), but the "Write once run anywhere" nature of Java makes this a huge hassle.
Why didn't the original article link to the TechReport review?
To be fair, it looks like the drive really is impressive. From the review: In the world of enterprise-ready 7,200-RPM Serial ATA drives, the Caviar RE2 has few competitors and no equals.
Does anyone have any benchmarks to back up this claim? This seems very vague.
I am sure that many people only know about this application because of Lego's allowing people to hack it. I had not heard of it until I read this thread. Regardless of how many units they might lose from this hack, they will make money from increased awareness. How many people do you think read this /. thread and tried the program for the first time?
I worked back office sales for a pharmaceutical company over the summer. Even though we have a digital system for doctors' signatures for drug samples, I processed thousands of requests for paper receipts. Many people, including these doctors, prefer having paper copies of things.
I would have killed to have had a printer like this. Also useful for debate teams.