Well, I guess that's one way to ensure a bit more privacy...
Your warez stash being raided? Eat the evidence!!
I wonder how this new disc would deal with heat, though. Since most reading devices--and just being inside a closed space--produces heat. Heat and paper aren't necessarily a Good Thing.
Closed source is held to a higher standard? Security through obscurity may actually work?
If this is the case...Windows must be the most secure OS in the world!
Systems will only be as secure as their administrators no matter what software is running on it. I'd even argue that open source may be more secure. Sure, exploits can be exploited by having access to the source...but at least in this case others reviewing the code may 1) Patch the problem before it's exploited or 2) Patch the problem much faster than if it were closed source.
But, in the end...as I've already said...a system is only as secure as the administrators behind it...
Yea, the only way I'd buy this stock is if my static ip address is blacklisted by their crapware so that it won't/can't install itself on my systems. Surely an incentive like that would entice people to buy into this IPO.
Of course, then they'll have their money for development except by that time every person with a computer will have purchased a share of stock to keep that crap off their system...in which case there would be no reason for them to continue development of the software, and really have no reason for them to continue to exist as a company.
Heck, where do I sign up for that?
I remember seeing a comment earlier about how Microsoft buys up companies and shuts them down or kills off the technology. Maybe MSFT could do us all a favor, buy them out, and shut them down? It's probably one of the few humane things to do...
Have we *really* run out of space on Earth to pollute and feel the need to throw our useless junk on the moon before we even colonize it?
I'm all for scientific missions and even some sight-seeing by probes, but I can't help but wonder how throwing our junk at the moon would impact possible future plans to establish a human presence there.
But hey, maybe those moon creatures living in the craters could use a few old Playboys or some worn-out shoes.
I can think of several ways of controlling such grass.
1) Pour gas, light match 2) Use barriers that most people already use to stop plant growth. 3) Shovel.
In all seriousness, sounds like those afraid of controlling it are just spreading FUD. If we can modify grass to resist weed killer, who says we can't also make it vulnerable to something environmentally friendly like cooking oil?
I found this interesting; so here's the full article just in case
Tokyo, Japan, Apr 2, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Pioneer Corporation and its subsidiary, Pioneer FA Corporation, announced today that they have jointly developed a high-precision electron beam recorder (EBR) by utilizing their fine-processing technology and equipment technology, which will make it easier to manufacture master discs for next-generation optical discs such as Blu-ray Discs. Pioneer FA will start selling the new high-precision EBR in early April, 2004.
In the conventional optical-disc mastering process, many disc manufacturers have been using laser beam recorders (LBR), which utilize ultraviolet (UV) lasers or deep-ultraviolet (Deep-UV) lasers as light source. Pioneer's high-precision EBR employs an electron beam as a recording beam to sharply narrow the beam diameter, which can realize even finer pattern processing in the mastering process, compared with LBRs.
The high-precision EBR also achieves high levels of record-positioning accuracy, thanks to the high-precision recording position control technology, which the Pioneer group developed when it started with production of Laser Discs. Pioneer's EBR can manufacture master discs for high-density optical discs including Blu-ray discs, as well as Discrete Track Media and Patterned Media - higher-density hard disks regarded as highly promising future technologies.
Since Pioneer's Corporate R&D Laboratories began basic research on a high-precision EBR in 1993, its results have been presented at academic conferences and study groups. In the meantime, Pioneer's high-precision EBR technology has been highly evaluated as a key technology indispensable for the development of next-generation discs. In addition to that, the demand for such technology has been growing. Accordingly, Pioneer has decided to launch this high-precision EBR.
Pioneer FA expects that the market will expand and plans on promoting the development of next generation EBRs to realize even higher-density recording together with Pioneer.
Main Features: 1) Stable electron beam emission with a large current by utilizing a thermal/field type emitter. 2) Large, high-density recording capacity of 50GB or more on one side of a 12 cm disc. 3) High track-pitch accuracy. 4) High productivity with a load-lock chamber
[Main Specifications]
Electron beam emitter: Thermal/field emission type Acceleration voltage: 50kV Modulation speed: 6ns or lower (10% to 90%) Beam deflector: 2-stage, bi-directional, 10ns or lower (10% to 90%) Objective lens aperture: 4 positions selectable Beam diameter/Beam current: 80nm/90nA or more Spindle motor: Vacuum seal air spindle motor Rotation speed 60rpm - 2,400rpm Substrate: Silicone wafer (max. 8 inches) Focus control: Optical height sensor (range: +/-250micon) Stage position sensor: Laser interferometer (resolution ability: 0.6nm)
I walk around with my digital camera very often as a matter of fact.
I have a Canon S400 that fits very easily into my inner jacket pocket or a cargo pocket. In fact, it has a smaller profile than my wallet in all aspects.
There *ARE* high quality digital cameras that are practical for carrying around.
Well, that's great and all...seeing technology advance like this.
But, honestly who buys a phone for the CAMERA? Now we're packing in video editing software and whatnot. Is this really necessary? The quality is usually so poor that it's not worth the small size...
Yea, I own an LG-VX6000, and I tell you this...I bought it for the actual features it has as a phone and not the camera. I've taken a few pictures with the camera, and put simply...there can be no replacement for film and digital cameras anytime in the near future.
If you want to take pictures..buy a camera! It will be a better investment of your money.
Great; as if those full-motion flash ads and other flash ads with the hidden "Close" button weren't annoying enough...now I can watch banners/ads in their full 30fps glory!
They need none of the above; all that is required is a drive duplicator that makes copies of disk drives. From there, they can mount the drives and snoop around as they please.
I really don't see the need for this kind of technology.
Why, why why!? Can a computer REALLY extrapolate my dimensions from a simple photograph? Is the computer also going to tell me if I will like the feel of the fabric on my skin?
Are we, as humans, getting so lazy that we can no longer spare a minute or two to dress ourselves so that we may be better informed before purchasing clothing?
What exactly happens if a store has a strict return policy, the computer tells you it will fit...but you get home to find it doesn't? Will the manager/cashier simply say "I guess you should have tried it on!" ?
While I may not fully understand your rambling, and ignoring all possible sarcasm...
Exactly how much more money would you like to spend on the "war on terrorism" and the "war on drugs" You reach a point of diminishing returns where money spent doesn't get you anywhere in the end.
This aside, science is science; it shouldn't be tied to politics. Proof of water on mars obviously has no impact on politics; but it still has scientific value...especially if we intend to locate life elsewhere.
Besides, what if we're really martians and don't know it yet?
I must ask....why would anyone WANT to pirate such a movie? If you're going to risk being exposed for leaking a movie...at least leak a movie worth downloading.
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Well, I guess that's one way to ensure a bit more privacy...
Your warez stash being raided? Eat the evidence!!
I wonder how this new disc would deal with heat, though. Since most reading devices--and just being inside a closed space--produces heat. Heat and paper aren't necessarily a Good Thing.
So let me get this straight...
Closed source is held to a higher standard? Security through obscurity may actually work?
If this is the case...Windows must be the most secure OS in the world!
Systems will only be as secure as their administrators no matter what software is running on it. I'd even argue that open source may be more secure. Sure, exploits can be exploited by having access to the source...but at least in this case others reviewing the code may 1) Patch the problem before it's exploited or 2) Patch the problem much faster than if it were closed source.
But, in the end...as I've already said...a system is only as secure as the administrators behind it...
Yea, the only way I'd buy this stock is if my static ip address is blacklisted by their crapware so that it won't/can't install itself on my systems. Surely an incentive like that would entice people to buy into this IPO.
Of course, then they'll have their money for development except by that time every person with a computer will have purchased a share of stock to keep that crap off their system...in which case there would be no reason for them to continue development of the software, and really have no reason for them to continue to exist as a company.
Heck, where do I sign up for that?
I remember seeing a comment earlier about how Microsoft buys up companies and shuts them down or kills off the technology. Maybe MSFT could do us all a favor, buy them out, and shut them down? It's probably one of the few humane things to do...
Have we *really* run out of space on Earth to pollute and feel the need to throw our useless junk on the moon before we even colonize it?
I'm all for scientific missions and even some sight-seeing by probes, but I can't help but wonder how throwing our junk at the moon would impact possible future plans to establish a human presence there.
But hey, maybe those moon creatures living in the craters could use a few old Playboys or some worn-out shoes.
I can think of several ways of controlling such grass.
1) Pour gas, light match
2) Use barriers that most people already use to stop plant growth.
3) Shovel.
In all seriousness, sounds like those afraid of controlling it are just spreading FUD. If we can modify grass to resist weed killer, who says we can't also make it vulnerable to something environmentally friendly like cooking oil?
Would be to have a new company come along and actually produce something new rather than recycle old and existing ideas.
Rather than try to bring Microsoft to its knees so that others can compete, why don't we put more effort into actually creating competition?
I think Bill Gates himself has proven that it only takes someone in a garage with a damn good idea...
Mod me down if you wish, just an honest opinion from someone sick of hearing about Microsoft's monopoly.
Clearly you are new here...
I found this interesting; so here's the full article just in case
Tokyo, Japan, Apr 2, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Pioneer Corporation and its subsidiary, Pioneer FA Corporation, announced today that they have jointly developed a high-precision electron beam recorder (EBR) by utilizing their fine-processing technology and equipment technology, which will make it easier to manufacture master discs for next-generation optical discs such as Blu-ray Discs. Pioneer FA will start selling the new high-precision EBR in early April, 2004.
In the conventional optical-disc mastering process, many disc manufacturers have been using laser beam recorders (LBR), which utilize ultraviolet (UV) lasers or deep-ultraviolet (Deep-UV) lasers as light source. Pioneer's high-precision EBR employs an electron beam as a recording beam to sharply narrow the beam diameter, which can realize even finer pattern processing in the mastering process, compared with LBRs.
The high-precision EBR also achieves high levels of record-positioning accuracy, thanks to the high-precision recording position control technology, which the Pioneer group developed when it started with production of Laser Discs. Pioneer's EBR can manufacture master discs for high-density optical discs including Blu-ray discs, as well as Discrete Track Media and Patterned Media - higher-density hard disks regarded as highly promising future technologies.
Since Pioneer's Corporate R&D Laboratories began basic research on a high-precision EBR in 1993, its results have been presented at academic conferences and study groups. In the meantime, Pioneer's high-precision EBR technology has been highly evaluated as a key technology indispensable for the development of next-generation discs. In addition to that, the demand for such technology has been growing. Accordingly, Pioneer has decided to launch this high-precision EBR.
Pioneer FA expects that the market will expand and plans on promoting the development of next generation EBRs to realize even higher-density recording together with Pioneer.
Main Features:
1) Stable electron beam emission with a large current by utilizing a thermal/field type emitter.
2) Large, high-density recording capacity of 50GB or more on one side of a 12 cm disc.
3) High track-pitch accuracy.
4) High productivity with a load-lock chamber
[Main Specifications]
Electron beam emitter: Thermal/field emission type
Acceleration voltage: 50kV
Modulation speed: 6ns or lower (10% to 90%)
Beam deflector: 2-stage, bi-directional, 10ns or lower (10% to 90%)
Objective lens aperture: 4 positions selectable
Beam diameter/Beam current: 80nm/90nA or more
Spindle motor: Vacuum seal air spindle motor
Rotation speed 60rpm - 2,400rpm
Substrate: Silicone wafer (max. 8 inches)
Focus control: Optical height sensor (range: +/-250micon)
Stage position sensor: Laser interferometer (resolution ability: 0.6nm)
In Soviet Russia, time clocks delete minute from you!!
A story from the mysterious future.
If you would have RTFA you'd have noticed that the baby was one year old. Last time I checked 12 month old babies don't sleep in their mother's womb.
I walk around with my digital camera very often as a matter of fact.
I have a Canon S400 that fits very easily into my inner jacket pocket or a cargo pocket. In fact, it has a smaller profile than my wallet in all aspects.
There *ARE* high quality digital cameras that are practical for carrying around.
Well, that's great and all...seeing technology advance like this.
But, honestly who buys a phone for the CAMERA? Now we're packing in video editing software and whatnot. Is this really necessary? The quality is usually so poor that it's not worth the small size...
Yea, I own an LG-VX6000, and I tell you this...I bought it for the actual features it has as a phone and not the camera. I've taken a few pictures with the camera, and put simply...there can be no replacement for film and digital cameras anytime in the near future.
If you want to take pictures..buy a camera! It will be a better investment of your money.
Great; as if those full-motion flash ads and other flash ads with the hidden "Close" button weren't annoying enough...now I can watch banners/ads in their full 30fps glory!
They need none of the above; all that is required is a drive duplicator that makes copies of disk drives. From there, they can mount the drives and snoop around as they please.
Apparently you don't live in LA...
I really don't see the need for this kind of technology.
Why, why why!? Can a computer REALLY extrapolate my dimensions from a simple photograph? Is the computer also going to tell me if I will like the feel of the fabric on my skin?
Are we, as humans, getting so lazy that we can no longer spare a minute or two to dress ourselves so that we may be better informed before purchasing clothing?
What exactly happens if a store has a strict return policy, the computer tells you it will fit...but you get home to find it doesn't? Will the manager/cashier simply say "I guess you should have tried it on!" ?
While I may not fully understand your rambling, and ignoring all possible sarcasm...
Exactly how much more money would you like to spend on the "war on terrorism" and the "war on drugs" You reach a point of diminishing returns where money spent doesn't get you anywhere in the end.
This aside, science is science; it shouldn't be tied to politics. Proof of water on mars obviously has no impact on politics; but it still has scientific value...especially if we intend to locate life elsewhere.
Besides, what if we're really martians and don't know it yet?
Who cares who's selling what? The TRUE geek makes his own from a brick of silver.
In my day we had to make thermal paste by grinding it down with stones.
Of course I'm talking out my ass; I figure my opinion may as well come from the same place the movie did.
(It's just not my type of movie...)
I must ask....why would anyone WANT to pirate such a movie? If you're going to risk being exposed for leaking a movie...at least leak a movie worth downloading.
Well, not everyone is perfect at typing...especially realizing the difference between /. and ./
It could have been worse...I could have typed c:/.
The ./ community has released an update to patch this "issue."
Simply wear the provided tinfoil hat to nullroute this new service.
I know some college students that still can't remember pi in the format of x.xx ...let's not confuse them any further by searching for more digits!
Or just take the Bush approach and bomb everything into oblivion hoping you hit something...