Me, for one. My StarTAC through Verizon does pretty much everything I could ask from a phone--text pager, good signal strength, CDMA/AMPS, never drops calls, tells me within 5 mins of voicemail/page...
No ring tones, no color display, no data. But who needs that crap anyway? It's really kinda moot when compared to the grail of reliability.
It occours to me that enough people are complaining about service, coverage, etc, that maybe US cellular companies ought work on getting the basics of a reliable cellphone right before they go charging off into 3G/data/fancy tones and camera phones land.
I have to wholly agree with the StarTAC props... My 7654 is fantastically robust, goes a week on a charge while constantly on, and nearly always manages to find a signal no matter where I go with it.
In answer to at least part of your statement, the people downloading the top 40 and only the top 40 are essentially solving the "I hate buying cds with 1-2 good songs and 10 tracks of filler".
Me, I don't buy CDs that are less than 40min of play time unless they're heavily discounted. That's MY personal beef. But I don't download either. =P
Good luck guessing the authorized addresses for a port, since authorized addresses can be mapped one per switch port. MAC addresses are a large space to search.
I suppose you could still spoof it if you were actually employed there and had a legal box.
Yes, you most certainly can, you just need to find a buyer willing to pay for the dagger in US currency. The Gov't props up the value of some things (like green paper). The value of EVERYTHING is only what people think it is. Witness the valuelessness of the currency of countries with high inflation--the gov't saying the ruble is acceptable currency doesn't make it valuable.
Sorta like those green sheets of clothy paper in my wallet are worth about ten cents. I wonder why they say "$100" and "$20" on them.
Oh, yeah. Those black lotus cards might be worth ten cents to YOU, but to some people they're worth several hundred dollars apiece.
Sorta like how my green paper with the fancy printing is worth anywhere from $1-$100...my god, they're the same paper, with the same ink, just different designs! Why the disparity in value?
Reality Alert The 'approx. total value' of ANY object is equivalent to what someone is willing to pay for it, not what you personally feel about it.
That's the point of a cryptographic hash, indeed, and why you'll see a lot more trivially different songfiles if the RIAA is using that method. However, if songs are going to be mass distributed, that necessarily cuts down the number of individualized copies--adding even the small amount of work necessary to clip off a fractional second of silence from each track will likely drop trading a good deal until/unless it's automated.
Hashes are also good because they're pretty unequivocal proof that you had a file matching the hash--they're not so good for searching, but they're GREAT for convicting.
I dunno if the RIAA is smart enough, but the easiest way for them to search for songfiles that are unequivocally theirs is to search by cryptographic hashes.
I'd imagine they're speaking in terms the puny humans would understand. If they said "take us to sector 34-21332-xx-342d", Riker would be like "say what?"
Hrm. I find that more modern BIOSes (at least on the motherboards I buy =P) have protection against being written by userland programs. Granted, nothing's impossible, but a kiosk computer should end up pretty safe.
Proper BIOS security WILL prevent use of a bootdisk, though. Hard drive = 1st boot device, no other boot devices, secure password to get into BIOS to change that.
1. I can envision it working like mechanics/electricians do now--one tech services several buisinesses, depending on frequency of breakdowns.
2. Have you ever seen the ordering mechanism at a Sheetz convenience store? You get pages of pictures of toppings. You push the ones you want, and (currently) you get what the drone behind the counter decides to throw on your sub. But a machine taking that order can't screw it up.
3. If you believe the article writer, he posits flexible, general-purpose humanoid machinery. If not, a system that keeps the tables clean is much less complex (and far different) in requirements than the order-takers, but I could design a robotic table cleaner NOW for what I'd consider a fairly cheap price (given tables have known dimensions and known accessories, and everything else is junk--combine with pressure sensors to determine if the table is in use, and BAM--tables cleaned after being unoccupied for five minutes--much more efficient than now.)
As a blindingly annoying counterpoint, I had to get my PA driver's license renewed, and the DMV office nearest me unequivocally did NOT accept cash. I was tempted to ask them what they thought "legal tender" meant. =P
There are live-action roleplaying games (mostly the higher-end fee-based ones) that do this as well. NERO in particular practically required you to play an NPC for a weekend before getting a real character, and volunteering to play NPCs earned you XP and sometimes discounts on the cost of a weekend.
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Me, for one. My StarTAC through Verizon does pretty much everything I could ask from a phone--text pager, good signal strength, CDMA/AMPS, never drops calls, tells me within 5 mins of voicemail/page...
No ring tones, no color display, no data. But who needs that crap anyway? It's really kinda moot when compared to the grail of reliability.
It occours to me that enough people are complaining about service, coverage, etc, that maybe US cellular companies ought work on getting the basics of a reliable cellphone right before they go charging off into 3G/data/fancy tones and camera phones land.
I have to wholly agree with the StarTAC props... My 7654 is fantastically robust, goes a week on a charge while constantly on, and nearly always manages to find a signal no matter where I go with it.
In answer to at least part of your statement, the people downloading the top 40 and only the top 40 are essentially solving the "I hate buying cds with 1-2 good songs and 10 tracks of filler".
Me, I don't buy CDs that are less than 40min of play time unless they're heavily discounted. That's MY personal beef.
But I don't download either. =P
Y'know, except for the per-song downloading fees.
Good luck guessing the authorized addresses for a port, since authorized addresses can be mapped one per switch port. MAC addresses are a large space to search.
I suppose you could still spoof it if you were actually employed there and had a legal box.
Yes, you most certainly can, you just need to find a buyer willing to pay for the dagger in US currency. The Gov't props up the value of some things (like green paper). The value of EVERYTHING is only what people think it is. Witness the valuelessness of the currency of countries with high inflation--the gov't saying the ruble is acceptable currency doesn't make it valuable.
Sorta like those green sheets of clothy paper in my wallet are worth about ten cents. I wonder why they say "$100" and "$20" on them.
Oh, yeah. Those black lotus cards might be worth ten cents to YOU, but to some people they're worth several hundred dollars apiece.
Sorta like how my green paper with the fancy printing is worth anywhere from $1-$100...my god, they're the same paper, with the same ink, just different designs! Why the disparity in value?
Reality Alert
The 'approx. total value' of ANY object is equivalent to what someone is willing to pay for it, not what you personally feel about it.
That's the point of a cryptographic hash, indeed, and why you'll see a lot more trivially different songfiles if the RIAA is using that method. However, if songs are going to be mass distributed, that necessarily cuts down the number of individualized copies--adding even the small amount of work necessary to clip off a fractional second of silence from each track will likely drop trading a good deal until/unless it's automated.
Hashes are also good because they're pretty unequivocal proof that you had a file matching the hash--they're not so good for searching, but they're GREAT for convicting.
One word. Hash.
I dunno if the RIAA is smart enough, but the easiest way for them to search for songfiles that are unequivocally theirs is to search by cryptographic hashes.
I think your cow needs a vet, there. She looks a bit skewed.
I'd imagine they're speaking in terms the puny humans would understand. If they said "take us to sector 34-21332-xx-342d", Riker would be like "say what?"
I'm a dork. I admit it.
Hrm. I find that more modern BIOSes (at least on the motherboards I buy =P) have protection against being written by userland programs. Granted, nothing's impossible, but a kiosk computer should end up pretty safe.
Proper BIOS security WILL prevent use of a bootdisk, though. Hard drive = 1st boot device, no other boot devices, secure password to get into BIOS to change that.
1. I can envision it working like mechanics/electricians do now--one tech services several buisinesses, depending on frequency of breakdowns.
2. Have you ever seen the ordering mechanism at a Sheetz convenience store? You get pages of pictures of toppings. You push the ones you want, and (currently) you get what the drone behind the counter decides to throw on your sub. But a machine taking that order can't screw it up.
3. If you believe the article writer, he posits flexible, general-purpose humanoid machinery. If not, a system that keeps the tables clean is much less complex (and far different) in requirements than the order-takers, but I could design a robotic table cleaner NOW for what I'd consider a fairly cheap price (given tables have known dimensions and known accessories, and everything else is junk--combine with pressure sensors to determine if the table is in use, and BAM--tables cleaned after being unoccupied for five minutes--much more efficient than now.)
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. IIRCAnyone who claims GC games are not complex has never played Metroid Prime. Arguably the single best console game EVAR, IMHO.
My tastes may not agree with yours. Don't mod me down for that. =P
*wordlessly passes the valium*
Umm...you're a troll, maybe, but did you check the links on the left sidebar?
You're right. Most of the numbers generated for video card benchmarks assume a 2.5Ghz or equiv, fastest FSB (400/800), and most importantly 8x AGP.
Your 1.4Ghz Athlon board probably doesn't have any of that (probably 200Mhz bus/4x AGP)
As a blindingly annoying counterpoint, I had to get my PA driver's license renewed, and the DMV office nearest me unequivocally did NOT accept cash. I was tempted to ask them what they thought "legal tender" meant. =P
Which takes longer, and (for many) is less intuitive.
There are live-action roleplaying games (mostly the higher-end fee-based ones) that do this as well. NERO in particular practically required you to play an NPC for a weekend before getting a real character, and volunteering to play NPCs earned you XP and sometimes discounts on the cost of a weekend.
Actually, skilled cat users know that they CAN indeed be taught to fetch.
I call user error on all cat/dog bashing posts. As a seasoned veteran of both cats and dogs, I should know.
Okay, this is getting dumber by the sentence.
But my cat DOES fetch.
Did you miss the "have not broken the law" part?
When companies lie to {states|consumers} it's called "fraud". Which is a crime. And should be regulated.
When ClearChannel regurgitates the same spew on 1400 stations, it's not a crime (except against good taste), so why punish it?
With all this crap about the shuttle program and interference with commercial spaceflight, it's always refreshing to see new exploratory spaceflights.