The problem with tracing the money is that it makes joejobs extremely effective.
If I'm pissed of at ABC, all I have to do is hire a spammer to spam ABC's actual website and actual services, wait until I get the spam, then bitch to the FCC or FBI or whatever alphabetsoup is tracking tracing the spammer.
ABC has done nothing wrong, and obviously cannot prove a negative, they cannot prove that they didn't hire the spammer.
This is true, except for the fact that it eventually negates the need for traditional telephone switching services.
It's a possibility, although personally I think it's further off then many people seem to think. However, you'd think telcos would jump on this as an opportunity to have some of their regulation reduced by saying "Hey look, there's competition now"
However, it's likely more complex then any of us can easily see.
Much of the PSTN and IP traffic is transported along the same physical lines already.
Assuming there is a proportional drop in PSTN calls, that much more bandwidth can be shifted to IP (and the major transit providers still get their cut)
One of the arguments for regulating telco service is that it's effectively a natural monopoly. Barring any bullshit from broadband providers, VoIP is not a monopoly because the barrier to entry doesn't include tearing up the country's infrastructure.
If you were to invent faster then light travel, you could grab one of the US' satellites with the lasers that can scratch your ass, drag it out of orbit, travel a third a light year away and spy on yourself losing the phone.
Presumably if they can scratch your ass from space, they must be able to see your ass from space, so it sounds reasonable that it could see your ass from further away. If not, bring binoculars.
No, nothing Windows-specific about spyware, other then the fact that the vast majority of idiots who are willing to install spyware happen to use Windows.
If you're willing to download and install Bonzai Buddy or anything similar, you'll do it in your operating system of choice.
If Linux ever gets a foothold into the desktop market place, you'll see spyware popping up there too
In BitTorrent's case, it doesn't actually allocate the file all at once. All the "preallocate" option does is incrementally increase the file by small chunks over and over until it's reached the correct size.
You could have made more if you sold it all, then bought the same number of shares back after it tanked (before it recovered) -- In general, this is fairly safe when you have reason to believe a stock is about to tank, since you're only risking a small portion of your winnings on the boundback.
According to TigerDirect.ca $104.99 CAD Gigafast - EE2400-SV - 10/100Mbps 24-Port Switch $132.99 Cables Unlimited - Cable Network Kit with 1000' CAT5 Grey UTP, RJ45 Micron Connectors and Crimp Tool $83.99 Cables To Go - 1000' Roll Cat5e Grey UTP
If you don't have NICs already (most PCs do these days), add another $11/NIC, or another $500ish.
So we're only talking 2*104.99+132.99+2*83.99, or $510.95CAD or about $534.88AUD. Up to around $1000 if you need NICs too.
Now assuming you plan ahead a little, you can get stuff shipped reasonably inexpensively if you're willing to wait a few weeks... IIRC a friend of mine was looking at moving a bunch of his junk for under $400, although that's completely unsubstantiated because I can't find the chat log to verify the details.
In short, if you're talking about losing $44000, it shouldn't be a big deal to shell out $10000 to make it happen. That gives you $9000 in labour to make it happen.
Now admittedly things never work that easily in the business world, but still, it's feasible.
Think of this in a corporate sense. For them, time and data are money. If I was paying a development team $AU40+ an hour, how much would it cost if my 20 people had to spend another 5 hours, another 2 days, or a week.
Less then the cost of some cheap 24port switches and a few thousand feed of ethernet to manually wire everything.
Maybe I've just lucked out, but I fly from Calgary to Texas and back again a few times a year, and I've always had room to open my laptop up, get some work done, watch a movie, whatever.
Truthfully the edge of the laptop is resting against me, but that's because I'm fat (No, not big boned, not a glandular problem, not an eating disorder).
Sure... At least until you sue them for violating your privacy. I'm not sure about the US, but in Canada and most of Europe we have privacy laws that forbid this (In Canada it applies to telecommunications companies, but I'm fairly confident it would apply to an airline if they offered a telecommunications service)
Worst case, I block port 80, put up a caching proxy with an ad-blocker feature, and block my credit card number.
With the exception of my dad's Compaq, I've never seen a laptop that doesn't have a type 3 PCMCIA slot other then some mini laptops (that are closer to large PDAs in size)
Incidentally, a type 3 slot can be used for 2 type 2 cards.
Beyond that, most laptops these days have Mini-PCI, or wireless onboard.
Since this is time spent out of the office you have no obligation to be available. Same as if you were telecommuting and got a phonecall after business hours--you're free to tell them to call you tomorrow.
When I fly on business, I count the hours as hours worked -- At least, the hours actually on the plane.
Last time my girlfriend flew, per company policy her hours started the moment the cab arrived in the front door, and ended when she arrived at the hotel. On the reverse trip, the reverse was true.
Personally, I think it's reasonably fair -- If a company wants to fly me somewhere, I can't use the flight time to my personal benefit, so it's reasonable to get paid for the time. However, I also spent the time working, until I ran out of work -- then I watched a movie.
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The problem with tracing the money is that it makes joejobs extremely effective.
If I'm pissed of at ABC, all I have to do is hire a spammer to spam ABC's actual website and actual services, wait until I get the spam, then bitch to the FCC or FBI or whatever alphabetsoup is tracking tracing the spammer.
ABC has done nothing wrong, and obviously cannot prove a negative, they cannot prove that they didn't hire the spammer.
This is true, except for the fact that it eventually negates the need for traditional telephone switching services.
It's a possibility, although personally I think it's further off then many people seem to think. However, you'd think telcos would jump on this as an opportunity to have some of their regulation reduced by saying "Hey look, there's competition now"
However, it's likely more complex then any of us can easily see.
No.
Much of the PSTN and IP traffic is transported along the same physical lines already.
Assuming there is a proportional drop in PSTN calls, that much more bandwidth can be shifted to IP (and the major transit providers still get their cut)
One of the arguments for regulating telco service is that it's effectively a natural monopoly. Barring any bullshit from broadband providers, VoIP is not a monopoly because the barrier to entry doesn't include tearing up the country's infrastructure.
If you were to invent faster then light travel, you could grab one of the US' satellites with the lasers that can scratch your ass, drag it out of orbit, travel a third a light year away and spy on yourself losing the phone.
Presumably if they can scratch your ass from space, they must be able to see your ass from space, so it sounds reasonable that it could see your ass from further away. If not, bring binoculars.
No, nothing Windows-specific about spyware, other then the fact that the vast majority of idiots who are willing to install spyware happen to use Windows.
If you're willing to download and install Bonzai Buddy or anything similar, you'll do it in your operating system of choice.
If Linux ever gets a foothold into the desktop market place, you'll see spyware popping up there too
It's funny because it's true!
In BitTorrent's case, it doesn't actually allocate the file all at once. All the "preallocate" option does is incrementally increase the file by small chunks over and over until it's reached the correct size.
It's amazingly braindead.
Is Mountain Dew "fruit derived"?
You could have made more if you sold it all, then bought the same number of shares back after it tanked (before it recovered) -- In general, this is fairly safe when you have reason to believe a stock is about to tank, since you're only risking a small portion of your winnings on the boundback.
Ummm... Damn!
According to XE.COM, 1 AUD = 0.955264 CAD
According to TigerDirect.ca
$104.99 CAD Gigafast - EE2400-SV - 10/100Mbps 24-Port Switch
$132.99 Cables Unlimited - Cable Network Kit with 1000' CAT5 Grey UTP, RJ45 Micron Connectors and Crimp Tool
$83.99 Cables To Go - 1000' Roll Cat5e Grey UTP
If you don't have NICs already (most PCs do these days), add another $11/NIC, or another $500ish.
So we're only talking 2*104.99+132.99+2*83.99, or $510.95CAD or about $534.88AUD. Up to around $1000 if you need NICs too.
Now assuming you plan ahead a little, you can get stuff shipped reasonably inexpensively if you're willing to wait a few weeks... IIRC a friend of mine was looking at moving a bunch of his junk for under $400, although that's completely unsubstantiated because I can't find the chat log to verify the details.
In short, if you're talking about losing $44000, it shouldn't be a big deal to shell out $10000 to make it happen. That gives you $9000 in labour to make it happen.
Now admittedly things never work that easily in the business world, but still, it's feasible.
I'm pretty sure factual knowledge is, by definition, off topic for /. so I'm going to have to ask you to take it elsewhere.
And yet, so disturbing.
At least until the crack FCC shows up and makes you promise to not do it or else they'll get serious and make you REALLY promise next time.
Think of this in a corporate sense. For them, time and data are money. If I was paying a development team $AU40+ an hour, how much would it cost if my 20 people had to spend another 5 hours, another 2 days, or a week.
Less then the cost of some cheap 24port switches and a few thousand feed of ethernet to manually wire everything.
requires special hardware
Like a cheap 2.4GHz cordless phone. Includes a mobile power source (battery) and everything for $25.
From a Truth In Advertising (ha!) standpoint, it certainly stinks
Lets see. If I can sum up this story in two words "marketing lied" -- The rest is just the what/where/proof.
Big deal.
Maybe I've just lucked out, but I fly from Calgary to Texas and back again a few times a year, and I've always had room to open my laptop up, get some work done, watch a movie, whatever.
Truthfully the edge of the laptop is resting against me, but that's because I'm fat (No, not big boned, not a glandular problem, not an eating disorder).
Well, since nobody reads articles on /. the post is informative... It gives me an excuse for not reading the article
Do you need to IM or email faster then 128K?
If you're really desperate, download your pron before you leave...
Sure... At least until you sue them for violating your privacy. I'm not sure about the US, but in Canada and most of Europe we have privacy laws that forbid this (In Canada it applies to telecommunications companies, but I'm fairly confident it would apply to an airline if they offered a telecommunications service)
Worst case, I block port 80, put up a caching proxy with an ad-blocker feature, and block my credit card number.
You haven't seen many, have you?
With the exception of my dad's Compaq, I've never seen a laptop that doesn't have a type 3 PCMCIA slot other then some mini laptops (that are closer to large PDAs in size)
Incidentally, a type 3 slot can be used for 2 type 2 cards.
Beyond that, most laptops these days have Mini-PCI, or wireless onboard.
Worst case, use USB.
but more seriously: $30 bucks for the flight is
outrageous
How much do you think the infrastructure costs?
Since this is time spent out of the office you have no obligation to be available. Same as if you were telecommuting and got a phonecall after business hours--you're free to tell them to call you tomorrow.
When I fly on business, I count the hours as hours worked -- At least, the hours actually on the plane.
Last time my girlfriend flew, per company policy her hours started the moment the cab arrived in the front door, and ended when she arrived at the hotel. On the reverse trip, the reverse was true.
Personally, I think it's reasonably fair -- If a company wants to fly me somewhere, I can't use the flight time to my personal benefit, so it's reasonable to get paid for the time. However, I also spent the time working, until I ran out of work -- then I watched a movie.
Either lose weight, or get a smaller laptop.
I'm overweight (Okay, I'm posting on slashdot, that's redundant) and I have a 15.7" display on a Gateway 600XLb...
That's one bigass laptop (desktop replacement), and I managed to watch movines on my last couple flights.
That being said, I don't think I could game without more elbow room.