Try reading We by Evgeny Zamyatin. It was written before George Orwell wrote 1984, and is in my opinion a much better book. If you can read it in the original Russian, even better.
I tried using GSM here in Wisconsin, and I will say this for it... What good is not being locked in, if the damn phone doesn't work anywhere (yes, I know its fine around Milwaukee, that does me no good)? I am switching to Verizon soon, because even though they're policies are a bit worse than the competition, at least their damn network works!
Interesting...here in Wisconsin many gas stations have a big sticker on each pump itemizing each tax on the gasoline/diesel. It is published by the Petroleum Marketers Assocation, so I'm guessing these stickers are available in other states as well. So what exactly were you trying to say?
Anecdotal evidence I know, but here it goes:
I have a Sony-ericsson mobile phone, which happened to be in my pocket and turned on when I jumped into a pool (alcohol may have been involved:-)). I was in there for a good 5 minutes when I noticed the phone in my pocket, vibrating constantly and the screen dead. Of course, I immediately popped the battery out of the phone and got both pieces out of the water.
The fun part is, over the next three days, the phone progressed from completely dead, to able to turn on and make noise, to the screen coming on but being very washed out and discolored, and then finally the phone just started working perfectly again. So, I would not write off electronics just because they get wet. I had absolutely no problems with the battery (Lithium-Polymer) after this incident, even though the whole phone was soaked (and it definitely isn't waterproofed!)
If a business or other enterprise asks you for your SSN, you can refuse to give it. However, that may mean doing without the purchase or service for which your number was requested. For example, utility companies and other services ask for a Social Security number, but do not need it; they can do a credit check or identify the person in their records by alternative means.
So basically, they are allowed to deny you service if you don't give them your SSN, even though except for banks (who are legally required by the government to get your SSN), brokerages, etc, they don't need it.
Hmm...even disregarding the questionable legality of the allofmp3 music in the United States, I still couldn't bring myself to use their service. I get to the point where you have to type in your credit card number, and thats where I stop. I guess I know enough about Russia to NOT want my credit card number going there. But if it works for other people, all the better. They do have a big library of both american and russian music. Lots of good stuff.
Speak for yourself. Here in Wisconsin XM radio (my dad has it in his car) dies anytime there is any sort of obstruction above, and even sometimes on the sides of the car. I have no experience so I can't say anything about Sirius.
So...you're basically saying thin client is a great idea that has been hampered by poor implementations. Given a good implementation, backed by the Google name, I think its quite likely something like this could take off. It wouldn't be easy, but its possible. Its just as likely the Google implementation would suck too, and the idea would go away again for a few years.
Yeah get a small front wheel drive car, and PUT SOME WEIGHT IN THE TRUNK. I have a 94' Civic, with great tires I will add, that simply sucks in snow without a few hundred pounds in the trunk. It slides around because its so light, or maybe I'm just not fat enough.
To those who want an aquafied OpenOffice, please check out NeoOffice. They are working to make OpenOffice more MacOS native. Currently, they have removed the need for X11, put in Aquafied menus, and native printer and font support. Sure, its not perfect yet, but its getting there.
It's almost impossible to compete with EA in the arena of "real" sports games.
Right. Tell that to Sega who for the last several years has put out a great game (I'd say better than Madden this last year, and lots cheaper). The reason EA bought up the exclusive contract is because they were scared of the competition.
I checked out Skype's EULA as found on their website.
The only thing relating to third party software that I found was this:
2.4 Third Parties. You acknowledge and agree that the Skype Software may be incorporated into, and may incorporate itself, software and other technology owned and controlled by third parties. Skype emphasizes that it will only incorporate such third party software or technology for the purpose of (a) adding new or additional functionality or (b) improving the technical performance of the Skype Software. Any such third party software or technology that is incorporated in the Skype Software falls under the scope of this Agreement. Any and all other third party software or technology that may be distributed together with the Skype Software will be subject to you explicitly accepting a license agreement with that third party. You acknowledge and agree that you will not enter into a contractual relationship with Skype or its Affiliates regarding such third party software or technology and you will look solely to the applicable third party and not to Skype or its Affiliates to enforce any of your rights.
Basically, you have to explicitly accept a license agreement with the third party. They say nothing in here about installing and using 3rd party software on your computer without your consent.
It seems a lot of people, including the article author, confuse HDTV and DTV. The FCC is not mandating HDTV (that would be the high resolution TV that requires a nice TV to view), they are mandating DTV (just plain digital TV, which requires a TV that supports it or a small convertor box).
DTV does not increase the resolution of the TV signal, but it does allow a lot more efficient use of the TV spectrum. I don't know the exact numbers, but I think 6 or more digital channels fit in the same spectrum as one analog channel. So, the switch to DTV is a _good_ thing if you want more spectrum for other purposes.
In case anyone here is wondering, you can get the basic amateur radio license without having any knowledge of Morse code. You need the 5WPM morse code for the more advanced licenses that open up more frequencies and higher power, especially the HF ones.
The problem is that they placed a GPS locator on his car. Sure you can't expect privacy on the road, but you should be able to expect police not to be placing things on your car without a court order. If they were just watching the roads and taking note of where you went, or if they got a court order, this would not be a problem.
Surprisingly perhaps, the US government doesn't have a nationwide (if you can call T-Mobile nationwide) wireless network available. If they did, I'm sure they wouldn't use T-Mobile to send messages. I'm also pretty sure that they encrypt anything sensitive. These are just your standard bureaucratic e-mails going back and forth.
Do you really think the US Government should build up a cellular-like network for its own use? Now, I wouldn't mind if they would put up some towers in the middle of nowhere so my reception was a bit better:-)
Lots of things are illegal. By your logic, we could install video cameras everywhere (normally private areas too). Because, after all, why should the law not crack down on these illegal activities?
The point is, there should be a presumption of innocence. Right now, they have to go file a John Doe lawsuit to be able to subpeona the records from your ISP. This cuts back on the number of frivolous claims, because there is cost involved with filing the lawsuit.
Yes we do have RDS on our FM radio, at least limited parts of it. I can see the name of the station on my radio when I tune to it, and also do the searching based on genre. I think you can also get the name of the song playing on some stations.
It doesn't really affect me because I use satelite radio or CDs most of the time anyway. But we do have it available.
Yeah, but these "Orson Scott" cards are made out of paper, so they're really cheap to produce. I bet you could pick one up online for $5 at most! Hell, you might even need a specialized shelf to store all of these special cards on, since you can afford so many!
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Try reading We by Evgeny Zamyatin. It was written before George Orwell wrote 1984, and is in my opinion a much better book. If you can read it in the original Russian, even better.
Duh...that's not a question! Try something like "go fuck yourself?" and then it will go through fine.
I tried using GSM here in Wisconsin, and I will say this for it... What good is not being locked in, if the damn phone doesn't work anywhere (yes, I know its fine around Milwaukee, that does me no good)? I am switching to Verizon soon, because even though they're policies are a bit worse than the competition, at least their damn network works!
Interesting...here in Wisconsin many gas stations have a big sticker on each pump itemizing each tax on the gasoline/diesel. It is published by the Petroleum Marketers Assocation, so I'm guessing these stickers are available in other states as well. So what exactly were you trying to say?
Shouldn't this headline be: "World's First Google Maps Hack Takedown"
Anecdotal evidence I know, but here it goes: I have a Sony-ericsson mobile phone, which happened to be in my pocket and turned on when I jumped into a pool (alcohol may have been involved :-)). I was in there for a good 5 minutes when I noticed the phone in my pocket, vibrating constantly and the screen dead. Of course, I immediately popped the battery out of the phone and got both pieces out of the water.
The fun part is, over the next three days, the phone progressed from completely dead, to able to turn on and make noise, to the screen coming on but being very washed out and discolored, and then finally the phone just started working perfectly again. So, I would not write off electronics just because they get wet. I had absolutely no problems with the battery (Lithium-Polymer) after this incident, even though the whole phone was soaked (and it definitely isn't waterproofed!)
Tell that to the people who work (and pay taxes) under the age of 18.
It says:
If a business or other enterprise asks you for your SSN, you can refuse to give it. However, that may mean doing without the purchase or service for which your number was requested. For example, utility companies and other services ask for a Social Security number, but do not need it; they can do a credit check or identify the person in their records by alternative means.
So basically, they are allowed to deny you service if you don't give them your SSN, even though except for banks (who are legally required by the government to get your SSN), brokerages, etc, they don't need it.
Hmm...even disregarding the questionable legality of the allofmp3 music in the United States, I still couldn't bring myself to use their service. I get to the point where you have to type in your credit card number, and thats where I stop. I guess I know enough about Russia to NOT want my credit card number going there. But if it works for other people, all the better. They do have a big library of both american and russian music. Lots of good stuff.
Speak for yourself. Here in Wisconsin XM radio (my dad has it in his car) dies anytime there is any sort of obstruction above, and even sometimes on the sides of the car. I have no experience so I can't say anything about Sirius.
So...you're basically saying thin client is a great idea that has been hampered by poor implementations. Given a good implementation, backed by the Google name, I think its quite likely something like this could take off. It wouldn't be easy, but its possible. Its just as likely the Google implementation would suck too, and the idea would go away again for a few years.
No. Verizon Communications is currently bigger than SBC, and if SBC bought AT&T they would be about the same size. Hardly a monopoly.
Yeah get a small front wheel drive car, and PUT SOME WEIGHT IN THE TRUNK. I have a 94' Civic, with great tires I will add, that simply sucks in snow without a few hundred pounds in the trunk. It slides around because its so light, or maybe I'm just not fat enough.
To those who want an aquafied OpenOffice, please check out NeoOffice. They are working to make OpenOffice more MacOS native. Currently, they have removed the need for X11, put in Aquafied menus, and native printer and font support. Sure, its not perfect yet, but its getting there.
It's almost impossible to compete with EA in the arena of "real" sports games.
Right. Tell that to Sega who for the last several years has put out a great game (I'd say better than Madden this last year, and lots cheaper). The reason EA bought up the exclusive contract is because they were scared of the competition.
I checked out Skype's EULA as found on their website.
The only thing relating to third party software that I found was this:
2.4 Third Parties. You acknowledge and agree that the Skype Software may be incorporated into, and may incorporate itself, software and other technology owned and controlled by third parties. Skype emphasizes that it will only incorporate such third party software or technology for the purpose of (a) adding new or additional functionality or (b) improving the technical performance of the Skype Software. Any such third party software or technology that is incorporated in the Skype Software falls under the scope of this Agreement. Any and all other third party software or technology that may be distributed together with the Skype Software will be subject to you explicitly accepting a license agreement with that third party. You acknowledge and agree that you will not enter into a contractual relationship with Skype or its Affiliates regarding such third party software or technology and you will look solely to the applicable third party and not to Skype or its Affiliates to enforce any of your rights.
Basically, you have to explicitly accept a license agreement with the third party. They say nothing in here about installing and using 3rd party software on your computer without your consent.
It seems a lot of people, including the article author, confuse HDTV and DTV. The FCC is not mandating HDTV (that would be the high resolution TV that requires a nice TV to view), they are mandating DTV (just plain digital TV, which requires a TV that supports it or a small convertor box). DTV does not increase the resolution of the TV signal, but it does allow a lot more efficient use of the TV spectrum. I don't know the exact numbers, but I think 6 or more digital channels fit in the same spectrum as one analog channel. So, the switch to DTV is a _good_ thing if you want more spectrum for other purposes.
In case anyone here is wondering, you can get the basic amateur radio license without having any knowledge of Morse code. You need the 5WPM morse code for the more advanced licenses that open up more frequencies and higher power, especially the HF ones.
The problem is that they placed a GPS locator on his car. Sure you can't expect privacy on the road, but you should be able to expect police not to be placing things on your car without a court order. If they were just watching the roads and taking note of where you went, or if they got a court order, this would not be a problem.
Do you really think the US Government should build up a cellular-like network for its own use? Now, I wouldn't mind if they would put up some towers in the middle of nowhere so my reception was a bit better :-)
Lots of things are illegal. By your logic, we could install video cameras everywhere (normally private areas too). Because, after all, why should the law not crack down on these illegal activities? The point is, there should be a presumption of innocence. Right now, they have to go file a John Doe lawsuit to be able to subpeona the records from your ISP. This cuts back on the number of frivolous claims, because there is cost involved with filing the lawsuit.
Yes we do have RDS on our FM radio, at least limited parts of it. I can see the name of the station on my radio when I tune to it, and also do the searching based on genre. I think you can also get the name of the song playing on some stations.
It doesn't really affect me because I use satelite radio or CDs most of the time anyway. But we do have it available.
No, and I wouldn't run Linux, Mac OS, FreeBSD, or any other general purpose operating system in a nuclear plant or an airplane either.
...says a newspaper based in New Zealand. :-)
Yeah, but these "Orson Scott" cards are made out of paper, so they're really cheap to produce. I bet you could pick one up online for $5 at most! Hell, you might even need a specialized shelf to store all of these special cards on, since you can afford so many!