It is not about the taxes collected from the sales of alcohol, but about our freedom...I'm certainly not willing to give away my rights just because you're a moron.
The first time you (or a loved one) get hit by a drunk driver, you'll realize that this limits the freedoms of a drunk driver, but increases the freedom of innocent people like you and I.
With so many drunk driving accidents, you really have no business being on the roads at 2:30am on the weekends (holidays, etc). I would consider this a restriction of my freedoms. I don't feel safe going anywhere because of all the drunks on the roads. I may even be willing to submit to this if it will assure me that no drunks are out on the roadways.
I'm not saying I support this. That is a whole different issue. It sounds more expensive cars and ignition systems that are even more of a bitch to work on. If Mexico wants to give it a try, maybe we can watch and learn and decide whether or not it's effective and should be used elsewhere.
Virtually all software should be designed and tested better than it is.
Companies attempt to find the optimal amount of time and testing to spend on their products, software included. If you spend no time testing, it may not work at all, which is bad. If you spend 1,000 years testing something for the power grid, it will be useless by the time you're done testing it.
The software is only so valuable to the customer. If it costs too much or takes too long, it's not in the customers best interest to purchase it. Therefore all of these software companies have to make an educated guess as to how much testing they should do.
The only way to change this is for customers to change their demands. I don't know of too many people who are willing to pay twice as much for a product because it was tested under a few more circumstances. If they were, some company would undoubtedly spend the extra time and make the extra profit.
We need improvements in battery technologies before these improvements in storage technologies will even help us.
CompactFlash is meant to be portable. I don't know of a portable battery on the market today that could allow a machine to fill up (or read all of) this 8GB memory card before the battery dies.
I replace/charge my batteries much more often than the memory card. How would this ever help me?
Then why do people generally complain more about cable slowing down than DSL slowing down?
Is it just because more people use cable? Or do the cable companies think they'll make more money with their current structure, while the DSL companies think they should upgrade bandwidth to meet the customers needs?
It seems that with so many different cable/DSL companies, if the problem was company policy, then you would see it in both cable and DSL connections. It seems that it's only visible in cable connections as of right now...
This isn't that expensive. If someone could move my site to #1 for relevant searches, I could easily generate much more than $5,000 in revenue as a result.
An acquantaince was having trouble with a DVD player. She said she put the DVD in, but it wouldn't play.
Upon ejecting the DVD tray, I found it to be empty, but she said she put the DVD in. I shook the player to find that the DVD was actually inside the player.
Yes, she opened the tray, jammed the DVD in the small opening between the tray and the case, and then closed the tray.
Traffic caps can be measured at the router, they do not have to be done at the cable-modem end.
Bandwidth caps can be measured at the router too. That's how they're catching people that uncap their modem.
It makes a lot more sense to do it at the cable modem. If they do it at the router, you basically end up with dropped packets. If people keep relentlessly uncapping their modems, they'll start capping it at the router as well, but it will make life more difficult for everyone involved.
But DSL providers, for the most part, have enough bandwidth at the shared level to meet everyone's individual needs.
For example, if I have 10 customers with 768 down, I start with 2304 (768*3) total. If the customes overload that on a regular basis, I can increase it until they don't. Problem solved.
Cable providers have 1 line going to a number of people. There's a max speed on that line. Whatever they do, short of running another wire on the poles, they can't increase the bandwidth.
It's certainly not as easy for a cable provider to increase the "shared bandwidth" as it is for a DSL provider.
There is still the possibility of people stealing bandwidth, but if the network is set up properly, stealing would be a lot more complicated than just running a wire.
I can steal Cable Internet or DSL by simply running a wire right now. Who cares?
The large electrical current flowing in the medium voltage lines cause so much RF interference that the interference due to the data transmission will be negligible.
The WiFi transmitters could cause a problem. I'm sure they've analyzed this. Let's hope they publicly release a report on it before we implement this in the US.
They are using the medium voltage lines for transmitting the data. I'd guess that both the WiFi boxes and the Internet->Power Grid box are both on medium voltage lines.
Sending the data to the transformers (and onto the low-voltage line that enters your house) is probably very difficult and problematic because of the effect of the transformer on the signal. If the data could easily pass through the transformer, you'd think the modem would just plug into a wall socket rather than using WiFi.
Thus, if you had the technology, you could send data through the medium voltage lines if you climbed the pole and hooked it up, but it's very unlikely that the current technology is able to send data through the transformer.
Let's say this allows us to explore more of the universe. If we find a cleaner energy source elsewhere in the universe (like Helium-3, previously mentioned on Slashdot), and we can reasonably transport this back to Earth.
players to make relatively complex split-second decisions
You said if this happens than do this. If something else happens, then do something else.
I can tell a computer to do that. That's not intellect, and it's not complex split-second decisions. It's a matter of recognizing what's happening, and doing what you've been told to do.
I'm not saying football players aren't intellectual; I'm saying that your argument is not valid.
When the behaviour is obviously annoying others and very likely to end up hurting you, you're saying that you should keep doing it until it actually does hurt you?
If it's obviously annoying others and very likely to end up hurting you, then it's already hurting your reputation and you need to decide whether or not it's worth it to continue. They'll make an educated guess as to what benefits them most, and do it.
I opened the zip. What's the big deal? Don't execute the file in the zip and you're fine. It's not a WinZip exploit. The only thing it exploits is people.
do they really want to be THAT effective to really stop viruses
Companies are here to make money. If they think marginal benefit will exceed marginal cost, they'll do it. That's exactly what these AV companies are doing.
Until someone sets a precedent to show that activities like this will end up hurting you, everyone will (and SHOULD) keep doing it.
That's the nature of capitalism and I, for one, think the system works very well.
And tell your friendly sysadmins that if they would adopt SPF (Sender Permitted From), mentioned on Slashdot quite a fewtimesnow, that we would no longer have the problem of From addresses not patching the "postmark."
How about type something other than what's in the box? I seriously doubt you have to sit there waiting while it verifies that what you entered is actually correct. They're probably just assuming most people will type it correctly.
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The first time you (or a loved one) get hit by a drunk driver, you'll realize that this limits the freedoms of a drunk driver, but increases the freedom of innocent people like you and I.
With so many drunk driving accidents, you really have no business being on the roads at 2:30am on the weekends (holidays, etc). I would consider this a restriction of my freedoms. I don't feel safe going anywhere because of all the drunks on the roads. I may even be willing to submit to this if it will assure me that no drunks are out on the roadways.
I'm not saying I support this. That is a whole different issue. It sounds more expensive cars and ignition systems that are even more of a bitch to work on. If Mexico wants to give it a try, maybe we can watch and learn and decide whether or not it's effective and should be used elsewhere.
Companies attempt to find the optimal amount of time and testing to spend on their products, software included. If you spend no time testing, it may not work at all, which is bad. If you spend 1,000 years testing something for the power grid, it will be useless by the time you're done testing it.
The software is only so valuable to the customer. If it costs too much or takes too long, it's not in the customers best interest to purchase it. Therefore all of these software companies have to make an educated guess as to how much testing they should do.
The only way to change this is for customers to change their demands. I don't know of too many people who are willing to pay twice as much for a product because it was tested under a few more circumstances. If they were, some company would undoubtedly spend the extra time and make the extra profit.
CompactFlash is meant to be portable. I don't know of a portable battery on the market today that could allow a machine to fill up (or read all of) this 8GB memory card before the battery dies.
I replace/charge my batteries much more often than the memory card. How would this ever help me?
Where are the release notes for Firefox 0.8 hiding?
What's the current bid?
Is it just because more people use cable? Or do the cable companies think they'll make more money with their current structure, while the DSL companies think they should upgrade bandwidth to meet the customers needs?
It seems that with so many different cable/DSL companies, if the problem was company policy, then you would see it in both cable and DSL connections. It seems that it's only visible in cable connections as of right now...
Go Google!
Upon ejecting the DVD tray, I found it to be empty, but she said she put the DVD in. I shook the player to find that the DVD was actually inside the player.
Yes, she opened the tray, jammed the DVD in the small opening between the tray and the case, and then closed the tray.
I haven't talked to her since...
I've learned much more by aimlessly pressing buttons than I have doing anything else.
I'll be damned if I'm going to spend my whole life reading an instruction book and doing what other people tell me I'm supposed to do.
Bandwidth caps can be measured at the router too. That's how they're catching people that uncap their modem.
It makes a lot more sense to do it at the cable modem. If they do it at the router, you basically end up with dropped packets. If people keep relentlessly uncapping their modems, they'll start capping it at the router as well, but it will make life more difficult for everyone involved.
Actually, it's probably not more bandwidth for you, because it sounds like yours is capped!
Might be useful for the few geeks they don't leave their machines on 24x7.
For example, if I have 10 customers with 768 down, I start with 2304 (768*3) total. If the customes overload that on a regular basis, I can increase it until they don't. Problem solved.
Cable providers have 1 line going to a number of people. There's a max speed on that line. Whatever they do, short of running another wire on the poles, they can't increase the bandwidth.
It's certainly not as easy for a cable provider to increase the "shared bandwidth" as it is for a DSL provider.
I can steal Cable Internet or DSL by simply running a wire right now. Who cares?
The WiFi transmitters could cause a problem. I'm sure they've analyzed this. Let's hope they publicly release a report on it before we implement this in the US.
I still see many large corporations doing this today... Are they considering the same security problems?
Sending the data to the transformers (and onto the low-voltage line that enters your house) is probably very difficult and problematic because of the effect of the transformer on the signal. If the data could easily pass through the transformer, you'd think the modem would just plug into a wall socket rather than using WiFi.
Thus, if you had the technology, you could send data through the medium voltage lines if you climbed the pole and hooked it up, but it's very unlikely that the current technology is able to send data through the transformer.
Is that helping us?
I think so.
You said if this happens than do this. If something else happens, then do something else.
I can tell a computer to do that. That's not intellect, and it's not complex split-second decisions. It's a matter of recognizing what's happening, and doing what you've been told to do.
I'm not saying football players aren't intellectual; I'm saying that your argument is not valid.
If it's obviously annoying others and very likely to end up hurting you, then it's already hurting your reputation and you need to decide whether or not it's worth it to continue. They'll make an educated guess as to what benefits them most, and do it.
I opened the zip. What's the big deal? Don't execute the file in the zip and you're fine. It's not a WinZip exploit. The only thing it exploits is people.
I STILL CAN'T FIND A LINUX DRIVER!
Companies are here to make money. If they think marginal benefit will exceed marginal cost, they'll do it. That's exactly what these AV companies are doing.
Until someone sets a precedent to show that activities like this will end up hurting you, everyone will (and SHOULD) keep doing it.
That's the nature of capitalism and I, for one, think the system works very well.
And tell your friendly sysadmins that if they would adopt SPF (Sender Permitted From), mentioned on Slashdot quite a few times now, that we would no longer have the problem of From addresses not patching the "postmark."
How about type something other than what's in the box? I seriously doubt you have to sit there waiting while it verifies that what you entered is actually correct. They're probably just assuming most people will type it correctly.