This would be the same as getting a player that can do all regions. Either way you are subverting a business model. How can the entertainment industry keep tight control of what you watch if you have the unsanctioned desire to watch a dvd not released in your area?
So if I have no right to privacy or anonimity in public then why should they? Maybe I'll leave my camera at home next time I go on vacation, a little freedom for "safety", right?
Yes, this is just what japan needs. Another reason for the parents not even to be around their children.
I still wouldn't like it but if it could be used to help parents spend more time with their children while still allowing them to have theur "safer" freedom maybe it could work
Yeah, like this idea doesnt have a huge potential for abuse/circumvention. In fact it would probably encourage crime because by altering the tag people could at least think they will get off without any repercussions.
And this is different from the "real" business world how? Look at why different techs are adopted, not always because they are the best engineering, etc... Many times it is because they got to the market first.
And I don't think anyone would try to make a business out of the prize money alone. Spaceship One is costing around $20million with a prize of only $10million. The investers know this, but what it does give them is (if they win) a bit of a coupon for some of their R&D but mostly they huge huge publicity that this type of thing will bring.
It's not really that new, i believe we have seen it on slashdot before. Unless this is somehow new (sorry couldn't get the bbc site to load for me)
What is the point of having the token paranoia tagged onto the end of the submission? For this to work there _has_ to be a sensor on the other side of the wall. How does this guy think this system works if there are only sensors on "inside" part of the wall. Sounds like the submitter just really wanted a front page slashdot.
Just to let you know, he actually is building more of them to sell, no price was listed that I could see. Although maybe its probably if you have to ask, its too much.
I think the reason is that there are still a lot of people that a led on by pure graphics quality. Look at any of the newer first person shooting games, the same basic gameplay, only a few innovations. I still play Q3 because it has good gameplay, many mods and a fairly easy way for me to make my own mods. I'll boot up FF7 or s/nes rpgs over most of the newer ones.
As for GTA though I feel that that is one of the few games that had a new style of gaming. I played that all the time until my PS2 was stolen:(
We are at the point in gaming however that the graphics are excellent and the computing power can and should be put toward more gameplay things like AI, advanced plot devices etc. Graphics get old fo me pretty quickly, but solid gameplay with open ended gameplay is what keeps me away from my homework and in from of my computer or tv.
This is right on the mark. I think that if this system was widely implemented then we would begin to see more email virus based spamming. Essentually using the infected people to do the spamming to all of the people in their address book. This would in a sense defeat the whitelist method.
In response to the quote aobut counting the stars, you could use a monte carlo method to count a few stars in random portions of the sky to get a fairly accurate count of all the visible stars.
It was nice having the compatibility on the PS2 so I could play games like FF7,FF9,MGS, etc even though I never bought a PS1. PC Emulation would work I guess, but that is not as good if you play games with more than one person.
Anyway if they don't do it, it will be interesting to see if it has any impact on there sales
The article wasn't too detailed on what the patent covered but if they do patent it doesn't that mean that they have to release the full spec for their format? And if that happens then other Word alternatives could be created giving people more alternatives.
Also would it be possible for me to "make" a file reader/convert for my own private use?
Well harddrives probably have the best storage to cost ratio (well tapes, etc but those aren't random access) so should they be used instead of on die caches? The point of using high quality conductors for the thermal paste is that you don't need very much of it to be effective, therefore you can use much higher cost components/materials.
However you can actually get an aluminum based thermal compound for about half the cost of a silver based compound. In fact because the paste has to only act as the link between the die and the heatsink as long as the compound is applied correctly and it has good thermal properties, only overclockers could probably tell the difference.
What I was saying was just supposed to be a very simple example, and I see exactly where you are coming from. However my main point was that people seem to believe that biometrics are the end all security scheme and like you said, if they only rely on that then it is a horrible false sense of security.
Uh dude, have you never seen a laser light show? This is cool because of the power of the laser but still, come out from under your rock. Or maybe I'm wrong and this 'laster beam' is something new.
Even John Siedlarz, who co-founded the International Biometrics Industry Association to promote the sale and use of the technology, says that "recent congressional requirements are premature in my view." Despite this concern from industry experts, politicians are keen to push onwards, and not only in America. Otto Schily, Germany's interior minister, recently declared his support for increased use of biometrics...
So let me get this straight, an industry expert whose job is to sell these things, thinks its premature, and we (americans as a whole) and our political representatives want to make these requirements? What happens when we found out there are errors, or exploits, its not like you can just reissue 100,000 visas, or maybe you can?
We already have a fairly reliable biometric system set up. Its called a security guard (or cop) looking at a stored picture of you and your weight/height and looking at you.
Whether you consider this a good thing or not, if and when it is implemented we need to remember that just like anyother form of security, the weak link will still be the human factor.
Even if you have the best biometric system, but it is not monitored for tampering (and its database) regularly, who is to say a malicious person didn't add or change a users information. And because biometrics are supposed to be so good, who will the people in charge believe, someone saying they are john smith the computer tech, or the computer that reported them being as being some criminal?
"If one extrapolates from the score of NetworX's Xeon 2.4 cluster (2304 CPUs at 7623 Tflops/s), a G5 2.0 would be as fast as a Xeon 3.28 GHz."
I want to know where I can get one of these Xeon2.4s that run at 3.3 Tflops each.
This seems a bit ridiculous seeing as how I can purchase or buy other devices that with little modification broadcasts over illegal frequencies. Even if they do hide the specs, the people that would want to access the frequency programming interface for "evil" purposes probably will anyway and the people who need to for legitimate purposes will just be pissed off.
If this does go to a legal battle it could have much more consequences than just for the GPL and other open source licenses. It would seem to define what a valid electronic contract is. So if the GPL isn't valid as it is, what about other software EULAs, or even contracts that are signed electronically like online purchases.
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Yeah you know those asian people, they aren't that bright so we better dumb down and cripple our software so they wont be "confused"
/sarcasm>
This would be the same as getting a player that can do all regions. Either way you are subverting a business model. How can the entertainment industry keep tight control of what you watch if you have the unsanctioned desire to watch a dvd not released in your area?
Just remember that if you get this surgery then you won't be able to go into space. It would kinda suck for you're eyeballs to explode :)
Seriously though, it is one of the requirements for becoming an astronaut. I wonder if this would affect low/sub orbital commercial flights?
jubei
So if I have no right to privacy or anonimity in public then why should they? Maybe I'll leave my camera at home next time I go on vacation, a little freedom for "safety", right?
Yes, this is just what japan needs. Another reason for the parents not even to be around their children.
I still wouldn't like it but if it could be used to help parents spend more time with their children while still allowing them to have theur "safer" freedom maybe it could work
Yeah, like this idea doesnt have a huge potential for abuse/circumvention. In fact it would probably encourage crime because by altering the tag people could at least think they will get off without any repercussions.
And this is different from the "real" business world how? Look at why different techs are adopted, not always because they are the best engineering, etc... Many times it is because they got to the market first.
And I don't think anyone would try to make a business out of the prize money alone. Spaceship One is costing around $20million with a prize of only $10million. The investers know this, but what it does give them is (if they win) a bit of a coupon for some of their R&D but mostly they huge huge publicity that this type of thing will bring.
It's not really that new, i believe we have seen it on slashdot before. Unless this is somehow new (sorry couldn't get the bbc site to load for me)
What is the point of having the token paranoia tagged onto the end of the submission? For this to work there _has_ to be a sensor on the other side of the wall. How does this guy think this system works if there are only sensors on "inside" part of the wall. Sounds like the submitter just really wanted a front page slashdot.
Previously on slashdot, for only 150,000 pounds
Just to let you know, he actually is building more of them to sell, no price was listed that I could see. Although maybe its probably if you have to ask, its too much.
Of course not, but should police be giving tickets to j-walkers when there is domestic violence and shootings down the street?
I think the reason is that there are still a lot of people that a led on by pure graphics quality. Look at any of the newer first person shooting games, the same basic gameplay, only a few innovations. I still play Q3 because it has good gameplay, many mods and a fairly easy way for me to make my own mods. I'll boot up FF7 or s/nes rpgs over most of the newer ones.
:(
As for GTA though I feel that that is one of the few games that had a new style of gaming. I played that all the time until my PS2 was stolen
We are at the point in gaming however that the graphics are excellent and the computing power can and should be put toward more gameplay things like AI, advanced plot devices etc. Graphics get old fo me pretty quickly, but solid gameplay with open ended gameplay is what keeps me away from my homework and in from of my computer or tv.
This is right on the mark. I think that if this system was widely implemented then we would begin to see more email virus based spamming. Essentually using the infected people to do the spamming to all of the people in their address book. This would in a sense defeat the whitelist method.
In response to the quote aobut counting the stars, you could use a monte carlo method to count a few stars in random portions of the sky to get a fairly accurate count of all the visible stars.
It was nice having the compatibility on the PS2 so I could play games like FF7,FF9,MGS, etc even though I never bought a PS1. PC Emulation would work I guess, but that is not as good if you play games with more than one person.
Anyway if they don't do it, it will be interesting to see if it has any impact on there sales
XBox Try?
The article wasn't too detailed on what the patent covered but if they do patent it doesn't that mean that they have to release the full spec for their format? And if that happens then other Word alternatives could be created giving people more alternatives.
Also would it be possible for me to "make" a file reader/convert for my own private use?
Well harddrives probably have the best storage to cost ratio (well tapes, etc but those aren't random access) so should they be used instead of on die caches? The point of using high quality conductors for the thermal paste is that you don't need very much of it to be effective, therefore you can use much higher cost components/materials.
However you can actually get an aluminum based thermal compound for about half the cost of a silver based compound. In fact because the paste has to only act as the link between the die and the heatsink as long as the compound is applied correctly and it has good thermal properties, only overclockers could probably tell the difference.
What I was saying was just supposed to be a very simple example, and I see exactly where you are coming from. However my main point was that people seem to believe that biometrics are the end all security scheme and like you said, if they only rely on that then it is a horrible false sense of security.
Uh dude, have you never seen a laser light show? This is cool because of the power of the laser but still, come out from under your rock. Or maybe I'm wrong and this 'laster beam' is something new.
So let me get this straight, an industry expert whose job is to sell these things, thinks its premature, and we (americans as a whole) and our political representatives want to make these requirements? What happens when we found out there are errors, or exploits, its not like you can just reissue 100,000 visas, or maybe you can?
We already have a fairly reliable biometric system set up. Its called a security guard (or cop) looking at a stored picture of you and your weight/height and looking at you.
Whether you consider this a good thing or not, if and when it is implemented we need to remember that just like anyother form of security, the weak link will still be the human factor.
Even if you have the best biometric system, but it is not monitored for tampering (and its database) regularly, who is to say a malicious person didn't add or change a users information. And because biometrics are supposed to be so good, who will the people in charge believe, someone saying they are john smith the computer tech, or the computer that reported them being as being some criminal?
"If one extrapolates from the score of NetworX's Xeon 2.4 cluster (2304 CPUs at 7623 Tflops/s), a G5 2.0 would be as fast as a Xeon 3.28 GHz." I want to know where I can get one of these Xeon2.4s that run at 3.3 Tflops each.
This seems a bit ridiculous seeing as how I can purchase or buy other devices that with little modification broadcasts over illegal frequencies. Even if they do hide the specs, the people that would want to access the frequency programming interface for "evil" purposes probably will anyway and the people who need to for legitimate purposes will just be pissed off.
If this does go to a legal battle it could have much more consequences than just for the GPL and other open source licenses. It would seem to define what a valid electronic contract is. So if the GPL isn't valid as it is, what about other software EULAs, or even contracts that are signed electronically like online purchases.