Why did the officer shoot his/her gun to start with? And why the wild shot? Aren't officiers suppose to err on the side of caution, and if there are any civilians around that could even POSSIBLY be harmed, they aren't allowed to shoot??
Oh, and just thought i'd add that everyone's favorite mod chips for PS2 and Lik Sang are in HK, and many of the "cable descramblers" are made in HK... it is surprising that HK have quite a lot of talented reverse engineers.
The authorities don't really care... this is just an exercise so they can say they "do care"... right.
A quick walk along many of the backstreets reveals Polo shirts, LV bags, and more copy VCD/DVDs than Blockbuster has.
They even have police that are designated to patrol these areas to reduce crime... so you can't possibly tell me that they "don't know" or "can't see" this... in fact that actively acknowledge it. If they REALLY wanted to shut it all down, they could do it in 1 day. Simple fact is that this stuff is all USA copyright, and China couldn't really care less about USA stuff... in fact they'd probably just tell the USA to shove it if it weren't for international relations and all that. You really think communist/socialist China cares al about the RIAA? Ha.
By the way... I just realized... perhaps it is the moderator that allowed the post that should be blamed... maybe the moderator is on the take or gets a commission for posting up the link the way it was?
I went to the URL http://www.pcpro.co.uk/ then clicked on http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/66959, and I see NOTHING comparing the printers, only a message to get the latest edition of PCPro.
What is this? Some kind of marketing scam by Slashdot and PCPro, a way to "entice" people to purchase the magazine or something to get the real article?
This almost makes me wonder... why does Slashdot allow links to registration-only sites, sites where the content needs to be purchased, etc. when most times, a free version of the article is available elsewhere? What is going on lately?!
Please mod parent up... this needs to be corrected, as many people were laughing that it ONLY has a 100Mbps network.
The test is:
Cyberport's Internal Private Network (IPN) provides 'bandwidth freeway' for all IT applications at Cyberport. With a transmission rate of up to 10 Gbps (within campus) and 1 Gbps (external), your demand in high-speed communications can be fully satisfied. All office floors are provided with Cyberport Optical Network and UTP Cat 6 cables, through which you can enjoy voice and data network services at your convenience.
Since the USA is part of the UN, now that the treaty has been passed by the UN, does the USA have to comply? Or are they exempt since they withdrew in the first place?
Placing the servers offshore gives you that extra protection you need especially from big brother monitoring and being able to shut down your site. Of course, you have to do your homework to see which ones are REALLY offshore. Any "offshore" company with a US address or US telephone number or any ties to the US simply isn't 100% offshore. Also find one with 24 hour support, as when we at midday they are at midnight, so it becomes crucial they are around to assist you. Try emailing them or calling them before you sign up and see how responsive they are.
And remember to choose one that has been around a while and is stable, as there seem to be many fly-by-night offshore providers, and many that keep getting disconnected and with flaky connections and crap bandwidth. Got burned once... so be careful which one you choose.
Offshore Hosting (on Google) sounds exactly what you would be looking for. Put the data in a diverse location with entirely different laws and physical location (if an earthquate hits us in the US and in the offshore location at the same time, it'd be a good time to say your prayers;) ).
Plus your data would be untouchable in almost every sense, since any US based company would need to hand over your data or have it destroyed locally, and offshore location (check with them first) does not need to comply with US law enforcement or other such requests. Not to say you should be going around putting kiddie pr0n around though. Remember that with power comes great responsibility.
Sony may also be doing this for anti-piracy purposes, as the pirates will probably need to get new Blue-Ray burning hardware as well to make duplicates (and no doubt that will cost plenty of $$$ as well).
It seems that with many recent NASA missions they greatly underestimate the capabilities and timelines , then act like something is a great big bonus if it actually outlasts or outperforms the underestimated goal.
Sure... this is one way to make sure people are not disappointed, because if you always tell people the lowest goal then they'll only be overjoyed if it does any better... but is this the new way forwards?
Note that some websites show "special" versions for people in different countries. So the CNN website you are viewing may not be the same CNN website a US citizen would view.
Keep in mind it is USA spammers/scammers taking advantage and hacking/cracking other people's/countries computers.
The ROOT of the problem still exists, and that is USA spammers.
So if China makes some headway to reduce the number of trojaned computers, open relays, etc. thats good but the core spammers still need to be caught and dealt with.
Their system is supposed to be distributed in such a way that any major outage in a section of the internet would not affect their overall ability to deliver the content, so presuambly any outage an ISP would not hit their too hard.
Well, I guess it comes down to how nice people are. If every person you passed asked for your identification, your papers, what you're doing here... hum... sounds like Germany back when...
But seriously, you can get to the point of having people anal and trusting no one. Everyone is suspicious of the other, and while I suppose that is a good way to reduce theft, it also makes the place not very nice to work and shop or be around.
While people are "locked in" to using Windows software, they have no choice but to continue using Windows.
Remember, most people are "goal orientated" in that they want to get the job done... send an email, do online banking, search on Google, etc. If they can do exactly the same thing on Linux, *BSD, Windows, etc. they most likely do not care which platform they run on.
Same goes for the games platforms... XBOX, PS2, etc. People don't particularly care who makes the box, as long as the best games they want to play are available for that platform.
In the case of Openoffice, if it is available on Linux, *BSD, Windows, then the app is platform independent and people will choose whichever is probably cheapest or most stable. And if the other apps they use like Outlook are also available on other platforms (or a very similar app in functionality) then they will ditch it much easier than if they have to learn a new set of tools to get the same job done.
Yes... i can see how easy it would be to translate a DOS prompt or Linux prompt text into braille... but i just can't see how Windows, etc. can be translated.
I wonder how those XXX popups are translated... hehe... can you imagine "feeling" on of those big, round... *grin*
If you are both blind and deaf, how do you navigate around the screen, move the mouse pointer, etc.? You wouldn't even be able to use voice commands properly (especially those who were unfortunate enough to be born this way), as the pronunciation would be off/different compared with most other people.
I imagine this would work on a text-only interface, but with graphics, windows, etc. how does one navigate in such a way?
I have wondered why there are no P4 or AMD mini-ITX mbs around myself.
I can imagine lots of uses for those, as they would basically be full-fledged systems apart from the limited expansion capabilities (but not everyone wants that anyway).
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Why did the officer shoot his/her gun to start with? And why the wild shot? Aren't officiers suppose to err on the side of caution, and if there are any civilians around that could even POSSIBLY be harmed, they aren't allowed to shoot??
Oh, and just thought i'd add that everyone's favorite mod chips for PS2 and Lik Sang are in HK, and many of the "cable descramblers" are made in HK... it is surprising that HK have quite a lot of talented reverse engineers.
The authorities don't really care... this is just an exercise so they can say they "do care"... right.
A quick walk along many of the backstreets reveals Polo shirts, LV bags, and more copy VCD/DVDs than Blockbuster has.
They even have police that are designated to patrol these areas to reduce crime... so you can't possibly tell me that they "don't know" or "can't see" this... in fact that actively acknowledge it. If they REALLY wanted to shut it all down, they could do it in 1 day. Simple fact is that this stuff is all USA copyright, and China couldn't really care less about USA stuff... in fact they'd probably just tell the USA to shove it if it weren't for international relations and all that. You really think communist/socialist China cares al about the RIAA? Ha.
By the way... I just realized... perhaps it is the moderator that allowed the post that should be blamed... maybe the moderator is on the take or gets a commission for posting up the link the way it was?
I went to the URL http://www.pcpro.co.uk/ then clicked on http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/66959, and I see NOTHING comparing the printers, only a message to get the latest edition of PCPro.
What is this? Some kind of marketing scam by Slashdot and PCPro, a way to "entice" people to purchase the magazine or something to get the real article?
This almost makes me wonder... why does Slashdot allow links to registration-only sites, sites where the content needs to be purchased, etc. when most times, a free version of the article is available elsewhere? What is going on lately?!
Please mod parent up... this needs to be corrected, as many people were laughing that it ONLY has a 100Mbps network.
The test is:
Cyberport's Internal Private Network (IPN) provides 'bandwidth freeway' for all IT applications at Cyberport. With a transmission rate of up to 10 Gbps (within campus) and 1 Gbps (external), your demand in high-speed communications can be fully satisfied. All office floors are provided with Cyberport Optical Network and UTP Cat 6 cables, through which you can enjoy voice and data network services at your convenience.
Since the USA is part of the UN, now that the treaty has been passed by the UN, does the USA have to comply? Or are they exempt since they withdrew in the first place?
Google for offshore dedicated servers
Placing the servers offshore gives you that extra protection you need especially from big brother monitoring and being able to shut down your site. Of course, you have to do your homework to see which ones are REALLY offshore. Any "offshore" company with a US address or US telephone number or any ties to the US simply isn't 100% offshore. Also find one with 24 hour support, as when we at midday they are at midnight, so it becomes crucial they are around to assist you. Try emailing them or calling them before you sign up and see how responsive they are.
And remember to choose one that has been around a while and is stable, as there seem to be many fly-by-night offshore providers, and many that keep getting disconnected and with flaky connections and crap bandwidth. Got burned once... so be careful which one you choose.
Hear hear! All countries versus the USA... uh... wait... how is that different from RL (real life)?
Plus your data would be untouchable in almost every sense, since any US based company would need to hand over your data or have it destroyed locally, and offshore location (check with them first) does not need to comply with US law enforcement or other such requests. Not to say you should be going around putting kiddie pr0n around though. Remember that with power comes great responsibility.
Sony may also be doing this for anti-piracy purposes, as the pirates will probably need to get new Blue-Ray burning hardware as well to make duplicates (and no doubt that will cost plenty of $$$ as well).
I was reading all along why he thought the Russians were cheating... now you have explained it.
Mod up!
It seems that with many recent NASA missions they greatly underestimate the capabilities and timelines , then act like something is a great big bonus if it actually outlasts or outperforms the underestimated goal.
Sure... this is one way to make sure people are not disappointed, because if you always tell people the lowest goal then they'll only be overjoyed if it does any better... but is this the new way forwards?
Can someone enlighten me as to what the hell this crap is? Is it generated by software or something?
Note that some websites show "special" versions for people in different countries. So the CNN website you are viewing may not be the same CNN website a US citizen would view.
Keep in mind it is USA spammers/scammers taking advantage and hacking/cracking other people's/countries computers.
The ROOT of the problem still exists, and that is USA spammers.
So if China makes some headway to reduce the number of trojaned computers, open relays, etc. thats good but the core spammers still need to be caught and dealt with.
Their system is supposed to be distributed in such a way that any major outage in a section of the internet would not affect their overall ability to deliver the content, so presuambly any outage an ISP would not hit their too hard.
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BTW something interesting:
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Well, I guess it comes down to how nice people are. If every person you passed asked for your identification, your papers, what you're doing here... hum... sounds like Germany back when...
But seriously, you can get to the point of having people anal and trusting no one. Everyone is suspicious of the other, and while I suppose that is a good way to reduce theft, it also makes the place not very nice to work and shop or be around.
This is very true.
While people are "locked in" to using Windows software, they have no choice but to continue using Windows.
Remember, most people are "goal orientated" in that they want to get the job done... send an email, do online banking, search on Google, etc. If they can do exactly the same thing on Linux, *BSD, Windows, etc. they most likely do not care which platform they run on.
Same goes for the games platforms... XBOX, PS2, etc. People don't particularly care who makes the box, as long as the best games they want to play are available for that platform.
In the case of Openoffice, if it is available on Linux, *BSD, Windows, then the app is platform independent and people will choose whichever is probably cheapest or most stable. And if the other apps they use like Outlook are also available on other platforms (or a very similar app in functionality) then they will ditch it much easier than if they have to learn a new set of tools to get the same job done.
Its not like people buy weird stuff off Ebay anyway... aaaaaaaaaye?
Yes... i can see how easy it would be to translate a DOS prompt or Linux prompt text into braille... but i just can't see how Windows, etc. can be translated.
I wonder how those XXX popups are translated... hehe... can you imagine "feeling" on of those big, round... *grin*
If you are both blind and deaf, how do you navigate around the screen, move the mouse pointer, etc.? You wouldn't even be able to use voice commands properly (especially those who were unfortunate enough to be born this way), as the pronunciation would be off/different compared with most other people.
I imagine this would work on a text-only interface, but with graphics, windows, etc. how does one navigate in such a way?
I have wondered why there are no P4 or AMD mini-ITX mbs around myself.
I can imagine lots of uses for those, as they would basically be full-fledged systems apart from the limited expansion capabilities (but not everyone wants that anyway).
But you wouldn't need to emigrate there... just put your website/data there?
Doesn't this mean you need to get an offshore server or offshore web hosting to be safe?
I hate to say it, but more things seem to be going offshore than they are onshore. Oh well.