Allowing backup media = allowing any copying = allowing bootleg copies = LOSS TO THE INDUSTRY (*rolls eyes*) = end of monopoly = end of price fixing = lower prices = consumers win = blackmarket disappears
"It's against consumers' interests to permit devices that make backup copies," he added, "because there is no way that a device can distinguish between a backup copy for personal use and making a copy for friends, family acquaintances or even selling on the street corner."
But clearer, sunnier days could mean bad news for global warming. Instead of cloudiness slowing rising temperatures, sunshine would be expected to accelerate the warming.
Not sure if that's the authors' idea or a scientist's, but it's something to consider.
I could be wrong but I believe the very thing that is preventing light from coming through (more ozone) is also insulating the earth to warm it up... and cause global warming.
Well i figured that if Exxon-Mobil actually did do something like this they wouldn't mind it being freely distributed. Though I doubt they would even put a copyright on it.... but hey, my sarcasm needed an outlet;-)
Rescuers prep for hybrid car accidents
The growing popularity of hybrid vehicles poses a new danger for rescuers at accident scenes: a network of high-voltage circuitry that may require some precise cutting to save a trapped victim ........
Copyright 2004 Exxon Mobile. All rights reserved. This material may be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
According to the article Intel still outsold AMD in the PC market with a 61% share. Of course this is helped by their 81% share in notebook sales a market that AMD has been unable to succeed. This is crucial because according to the article this market is the fastest growing segment of the PC market. It makes sense that desktops would be a better market for AMD's because user's can pick and choose more easily.
But critics point out that:
On the other hand, AMD may be seeing strong sales on account of Intel's own customers. With Grantsdale just around the corner this quarter, some have argued that Intel is currently experiencing a lull in product demand as customers wait for the juice to be let loose in the form of PCI-Express, DDR2, and improved wireless support.
Remember, the vocal minority gets more attention than the silent majority.
The technology will come even here in America and eventually all these paranoid fears will be laid to rest (even laughed at). It has happened many times before and it will happen again.
For those of us who have never heard of spintronics here is a quick summation from the article:
Designing electronics based on how electrons spin instead of how they transmit electrical charges could, in theory, lead to far smaller devices with much lower power requirements and fewer problems with heat buildup. Unlike standard electronics, which represent the ones and zeros of digital information by manipulating voltage and current, spintronics uses magnetic fields to manipulate electronic spin into one of two states called up and down.
This sounds like a great idea to me. It also seems to me that there has been a lot of talk about using magnetics in data transmision (not storage) for a long time without any real results. It seems very promising considering that a magnetic field moves at the speed of light once it's been created.
One final interesing quote from the artice:
One area of concentration will be exploration of Dr. Zhang's research on spin currents. He has reported theoretical support for the concept that spin states can flow from electron to electron just as a charge does, but without generating the resistance that causes energy to be lost every time a charge moves from one transistor to another over a short copper interconnect.
Oh right. I forgot about that super secret tracking mechanism they installed in my brain at birth. Better put my tin hat on to block the secret service.
Of course it will happen, but I don't think there are many parent's who are going to forgo supervision simply because they know the can get the location of their child. Every parent knows that a child can get into plenty of trouble and danger in any location. The degree of which increases without supervision. So do we ditch the technology because people might abuse it ??? See my sig for your answer.
Sounds like a great idea. I went to public high school for 9th grade and being that accoutability was nill and the school had a couple thousand kids in it, ditching class was easy. Then I went to a private school with a class of 26. In the three years I went there I only remember one incident of kids ditching class... and a teacher recognized their car driving away and they got in house suspension for a day. Let me tell you. I never even considered ditching.
Being accountable for where you are makes a big difference.
Eh?? Wouldn't a Paedophile follow their target around waiting for a moment of parent's in-attention? How would knowing the coordinates help this? Besides the parents could always register their cell phone numbers upon entry to the park. Not to mention only the parents are going to have their childId to lookup the location.
See my sig for why I think this kind of paranoia about technology is rediculous.
Wow, the FP is a tin hat poster.... what a surprise. Guess what, if you don't want to have your kids tracked you don't have to go to the amusment park. Wow, there is a shocking idea.
Wow, this sound like a great idea. The peace of mind for parents is great. Not to mention not having to use one of those horrible Child Leashes that make it look like you are taking your child for a walk.
Pepsi costs ~$1 per drink, where water is free. If you want to switch from Pepsi to water you have to get a new "nice" glass which will have a high overhead initial cost.
True the analogy is slightly flawed in that you don't have to buy a new glass, you could just wash it out, but you get the point.
In February 2003 Pew Internet conducted a survey, where they found out 60% of dial-up users weren't interested in switching, a year later in 2004 the percentage was roughly the same.
Seems like a stastical lie to me. For argument's sake lets assume that the other 40% switched to Broadband after they were surveyed in 2003. Now if 60% of the remaining people have no interest in switching a year later then we have an increase in broadband interest.
sarcasm ( P ) Pronunciation Key (särkzm)
n.
1. A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.
2. A form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule.
Yes I know, my humor is so dry that quite often people don't even know I'm being sarcastic while they are looking at me. It gets worse when I'm dealing with people who don't know my politcal beliefs over an impersonal medium.... guess I'm paying the karma price now though;-)
Yes, of course I am. I just think it's rediculous that the religious right Lunatics is attacking things like gay marriage and pornography while T.V. is clearly far more dangerous and invasive. I mean if parents only spend 38.5 minutes having meaningful conversation with their children and yet use the T.V. to babysit our children, what does this say about our priorities?
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Allowing backup media = allowing any copying = allowing bootleg copies = LOSS TO THE INDUSTRY (*rolls eyes*) = end of monopoly = end of price fixing = lower prices = consumers win = blackmarket disappears
Oh yeah, that is definately against my interests.
I could be wrong but I believe the very thing that is preventing light from coming through (more ozone) is also insulating the earth to warm it up ... and cause global warming.
Actually I was trying to be funny, which doesn't get you any Karma anyway so calm down ... sheesh.
Well i figured that if Exxon-Mobil actually did do something like this they wouldn't mind it being freely distributed. Though I doubt they would even put a copyright on it .... but hey, my sarcasm needed an outlet ;-)
Yeah well ... appearently sarcasm is lost on the moderators.
But critics point out that:
Remember, the vocal minority gets more attention than the silent majority.
The technology will come even here in America and eventually all these paranoid fears will be laid to rest (even laughed at). It has happened many times before and it will happen again.
One final interesing quote from the artice:
Oh right. I forgot about that super secret tracking mechanism they installed in my brain at birth. Better put my tin hat on to block the secret service.
Get over it. Nobody is watching you.
Of course it will happen, but I don't think there are many parent's who are going to forgo supervision simply because they know the can get the location of their child. Every parent knows that a child can get into plenty of trouble and danger in any location. The degree of which increases without supervision. So do we ditch the technology because people might abuse it ??? See my sig for your answer.
Sounds like a great idea. I went to public high school for 9th grade and being that accoutability was nill and the school had a couple thousand kids in it, ditching class was easy. Then I went to a private school with a class of 26. In the three years I went there I only remember one incident of kids ditching class ... and a teacher recognized their car driving away and they got in house suspension for a day. Let me tell you. I never even considered ditching.
Being accountable for where you are makes a big difference.
It doesn't remove the need for supervision. It simply quells that heart renching fear of not knowing where your child has wandered off too.
Eh?? Wouldn't a Paedophile follow their target around waiting for a moment of parent's in-attention? How would knowing the coordinates help this? Besides the parents could always register their cell phone numbers upon entry to the park. Not to mention only the parents are going to have their childId to lookup the location.
See my sig for why I think this kind of paranoia about technology is rediculous.
Wow, the FP is a tin hat poster .... what a surprise. Guess what, if you don't want to have your kids tracked you don't have to go to the amusment park. Wow, there is a shocking idea.
Wow, this sound like a great idea. The peace of mind for parents is great. Not to mention not having to use one of those horrible Child Leashes that make it look like you are taking your child for a walk.
Pepsi costs ~$1 per drink, where water is free. If you want to switch from Pepsi to water you have to get a new "nice" glass which will have a high overhead initial cost.
True the analogy is slightly flawed in that you don't have to buy a new glass, you could just wash it out, but you get the point.
For argument's sake lets assume that the other 40% switched to Broadband after they were surveyed in 2003. Now if 60% of the remaining people have no interest in switching a year later then we have an increase in broadband interest.
sarcasm ( P ) Pronunciation Key (särkzm) n. 1. A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound. 2. A form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule.
I don't blame T.V. just like I don't blame guns for violence.
It's the obsession with watching T.V. and the criminal using the gun that I blame.
Yes I know, my humor is so dry that quite often people don't even know I'm being sarcastic while they are looking at me. It gets worse when I'm dealing with people who don't know my politcal beliefs over an impersonal medium .... guess I'm paying the karma price now though ;-)
Yes, of course I am. I just think it's rediculous that the religious right Lunatics is attacking things like gay marriage and pornography while T.V. is clearly far more dangerous and invasive. I mean if parents only spend 38.5 minutes having meaningful conversation with their children and yet use the T.V. to babysit our children, what does this say about our priorities?