How can the window both let the light trough and get energy from it? I really want to see the technology behind that bit of genious. I understand how a dam uses the movement of the water for energy but to suck the energy out of light is blowing my mind.
I think winter would be a bigger problem, many places get weeks and even months without significant lighting at some point in the year. The power grids would still have to be able to handle full usage.
IF I get HL2, and I'm not sure I'm willing to fork up $50-$60 for it, it better run well on my system. I've got a nvidia card, and it's not the newest one either. Why nvidia? Simple, I like linux. I'll still run games under windows if I have to but when I go back to linux I want my card to work. So if HL2 or any other game doesn't work on my 32mb nvidia card then I won't buy it. And if paying $50+ for the game is in question then a new card isn't gunna happen.
You're confusing the subject a bit. You're right but we aren't talking about harassing people. Where talking about an affective way of keeping child pornography out of the US.
This is a call the the field of AI and supercomputers. Let me explain: A computer is fast and super computers are faster. Computers know nothing until you tell them. AI aims to (and in many cases does) change this so that a computer can 'learn' and make decisions like humans do. Therefor using an AI enable super computer one could accomplish anything a human could but much faster. Math is simple. 1/2=0.5 anyone can do it and a computer is slightly faster at it. But what about less linear situations. Here the computer is clueless and a human can solve the problem faster, if at all. This changes only when computer can act like humans. If we apply this to the porn problem then we might just see a solution that doesn't harm the rest of the internet.
Good to see an effort to stop child porn Bad implementation is a little dissapointing So, who's gunna make the next filter for the ISPs to block the sites without hurting others sharing the IP?
I think something like this is just waiting for the proper implementation to really get it going and then other states (countries?) might follow suit. Keep up the good work.
Filtering words would require more care because a perfectly legit page could use the word sex or porn or game or anything filtered and that isn't acceptable. Therefore in the interest of lazy programmers like me word filtering isn't used.
I like that view, not that I know it's true but if it is then I'll start to d/l anything I can find. In fact my school has unused fiber lines at night, so using my laptop and ethernet I could get an entire store of music in a week. Then I'll sell hard drives with all this music to everyone for the price of the hard drive. Then RIAA will go away. And then the artists will have to make new songs to make any money because everyone would already have the old ones. Now I just have to get passed that district firewall...
[To the distric: Don't worry] [To RIAA: Bite me! See what we can do.]
WOW, less that a day from when the public noticed that RIAA was sueing a 12 year-old to the settlement. I'd say it almost looks like they didn't like being seen as the heartless [insert favorite four letter word]s they are. I like their peer2porn push more, it's true and not quite as heartless on the outside.
When they come knocking at my door I'll go down guns blazing. Then I'll pay the fines by selling the music that I've just been fined for having, which I will of course have to download because I don't actually have it. And if they come back we can keep playing the game untill someone accidentally deletes my case.:D
Yes, it's BS. No I won't buy any more compact discs (I haven't yet because I prefer my shoutcast tech streams) And Yes I think RIAA is getting pretty pathetic.
My school district uses WebSense to block out 'inappropriate' sites which includes porn, and instructions on making bombs as well as gaming and chat sites. It's pretty damned easy to bypass. Just find the google cache OR if pictures/files are needed find the foriegn version of the site. The de extension seems to be really good for downloads. Another idea would be to setup your own web server which had a form so that you could give it the URL of the site you wanted and it would then dl everything and serve it up under http://yourip/website_ext/ Something like this would require replacing all the hyperlinks but that's not too difficult. Can anyone tell me if their filters check port 81? 45? etc?
I'm having trouble believing that they'll sue millions of people for using file sharing clients. Just identifying them would be hell. To then track down and bring them to court. Yeah right.
Let's see here, say 5 million U.S. file swappers (probably more but who really knows) and if they all drag it out in court we we see atleast 2 days per person and then say we use 5 judges in each state (is that possible, 250 lawyers each side and then the judges and juries) so that's 175 cases a day and say 5 days a week so... we'll all be dead before this is through. I didn't really research these numbers so they may not be quite right but still.
well buying a tickets is good and all but when can someone buy their own, then they can pretend they're one of the captains of a ship on Star Trek, hey maybe we can have intergalactive shootouts and 'reality TV' in space.
Agreed. But the company makes no false assumptions that this technology will make stealing their content easier and more wide spread. It's the way they operate, smash anything that threatens their $$ and while you're at it try to get a little more of the green stuff because you certainly don't have enough if all you can afford is a giant teams of fulltime lawyers, congress, and well, the government in general.
It's true and I agree that laws and regulations shouldn't limit what is in the games we chose to play, but on the other hand one could argue that this behaviour on the computer can trigger it in reality. I would argue then that horror movies, porno films, war movies, books, etc. should be regulated the same way and most people can see how that would be wrong. I'm fine with putting ratings on stuff like they do but to say you can't do that because we don't like it is wrong, it's freedom of speech if you ask me. Also, if a game is bad the market should keep it out of homes, not the government.
That's kinda what I was saying, if they assume I've done it and charge me for it them what more can they do to me if I then deside to actually do it, if the sue me then what's the point of the fee when they are going to attack those who break the law for real anyways, and if I can do it without being sued then everyone could be recording their TV 24/7 and then cut their subscription when their favorite show stop getting new material, or better, just one person on the block has a subscription and everyone just gets the tapes from them and pays for the subscription.
Some (maybe all) people have to pay a small fee every time the get their cable bill which claims to be a 'copyright infringement' fee. The idea here is that some people will copy/record what they watch and therefore the producers of that material must be paid for this infringement. So this assumes that everyone that has cable is breaking the law and so they must pay. So does this mean that if I'm already guilty of the crime I might as well do it, what about innocence before guilt? Does this seam backwards to anyone else?
That may be true but you must realize that not everyone has sensitive information sitting unprotected on whatever wireless devices they use. Even if someone were to target me and spend the time to get close enough to intercept my wireless communications (highly unlikely because I'm of little importance and so, little value) they would find that I have no data that they could use for personal gain and that if they try to attack my system I can easily restore it and any lost data. I can see where corperate execs and others might need to worry about this but most of us simply aren't worth the time.
for some lazy eletrical engineering types (or just lazy) that want to control the lights, cook diner, turn on the tv, open the garage, start the car, lock the doors, change the enviroment settings (AC, heating, sound), and much much more without ever leaving the computer . Americans could become even fatter and if we could just embed this into your glasses and finally figure out a powered chair that can handle stairs we wouldn't even have to worry about moving anything more than our fingers.
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How can the window both let the light trough and get energy from it? I really want to see the technology behind that bit of genious. I understand how a dam uses the movement of the water for energy but to suck the energy out of light is blowing my mind.
I think winter would be a bigger problem, many places get weeks and even months without significant lighting at some point in the year. The power grids would still have to be able to handle full usage.
uh, so how much do I need to power 5 desktops, 3 laptops, and a server? I hope I have enough windows.
IF I get HL2, and I'm not sure I'm willing to fork up $50-$60 for it, it better run well on my system. I've got a nvidia card, and it's not the newest one either. Why nvidia? Simple, I like linux. I'll still run games under windows if I have to but when I go back to linux I want my card to work. So if HL2 or any other game doesn't work on my 32mb nvidia card then I won't buy it. And if paying $50+ for the game is in question then a new card isn't gunna happen.
Um, I haven't research it yet but how many linux to windows servers were on the internet? Do we get any percentage of servers hacked stats?
I'm a programmer myself so I know how hard this is. But AI and faster computers have the potential to do such things as they continue to improve.
Well, they were bound to try it sooner or later.
You're confusing the subject a bit. You're right but we aren't talking about harassing people. Where talking about an affective way of keeping child pornography out of the US.
This is a call the the field of AI and supercomputers. Let me explain:
A computer is fast and super computers are faster.
Computers know nothing until you tell them.
AI aims to (and in many cases does) change this so that a computer can 'learn' and make decisions like humans do.
Therefor using an AI enable super computer one could accomplish anything a human could but much faster. Math is simple. 1/2=0.5 anyone can do it and a computer is slightly faster at it. But what about less linear situations. Here the computer is clueless and a human can solve the problem faster, if at all. This changes only when computer can act like humans.
If we apply this to the porn problem then we might just see a solution that doesn't harm the rest of the internet.
I'd doubt it very much if any of the creeps are stupid enough to locate in the US, those that were are already in prison.
Good to see an effort to stop child porn
Bad implementation is a little dissapointing
So, who's gunna make the next filter for the ISPs to block the sites without hurting others sharing the IP?
I think something like this is just waiting for the proper implementation to really get it going and then other states (countries?) might follow suit.
Keep up the good work.
That's much better stated than my post right before yours but exactly how I feel.
Filtering words would require more care because a perfectly legit page could use the word sex or porn or game or anything filtered and that isn't acceptable. Therefore in the interest of lazy programmers like me word filtering isn't used.
I like that view, not that I know it's true but if it is then I'll start to d/l anything I can find. In fact my school has unused fiber lines at night, so using my laptop and ethernet I could get an entire store of music in a week. Then I'll sell hard drives with all this music to everyone for the price of the hard drive. Then RIAA will go away. And then the artists will have to make new songs to make any money because everyone would already have the old ones. Now I just have to get passed that district firewall...
[To the distric: Don't worry]
[To RIAA: Bite me! See what we can do.]
WOW, less that a day from when the public noticed that RIAA was sueing a 12 year-old to the settlement. I'd say it almost looks like they didn't like being seen as the heartless [insert favorite four letter word]s they are. I like their peer2porn push more, it's true and not quite as heartless on the outside.
:D
When they come knocking at my door I'll go down guns blazing. Then I'll pay the fines by selling the music that I've just been fined for having, which I will of course have to download because I don't actually have it. And if they come back we can keep playing the game untill someone accidentally deletes my case.
Yes, it's BS.
No I won't buy any more compact discs (I haven't yet because I prefer my shoutcast tech streams)
And Yes I think RIAA is getting pretty pathetic.
My school district uses WebSense to block out 'inappropriate' sites which includes porn, and instructions on making bombs as well as gaming and chat sites. It's pretty damned easy to bypass. Just find the google cache OR if pictures/files are needed find the foriegn version of the site. The de extension seems to be really good for downloads. Another idea would be to setup your own web server which had a form so that you could give it the URL of the site you wanted and it would then dl everything and serve it up under http://yourip/website_ext/
Something like this would require replacing all the hyperlinks but that's not too difficult.
Can anyone tell me if their filters check port 81? 45? etc?
GOOD LUCK
I'm having trouble believing that they'll sue millions of people for using file sharing clients. Just identifying them would be hell. To then track down and bring them to court. Yeah right.
Let's see here, say 5 million U.S. file swappers (probably more but who really knows) and if they all drag it out in court we we see atleast 2 days per person and then say we use 5 judges in each state (is that possible, 250 lawyers each side and then the judges and juries) so that's 175 cases a day and say 5 days a week so... we'll all be dead before this is through.
I didn't really research these numbers so they may not be quite right but still.
well buying a tickets is good and all but when can someone buy their own, then they can pretend they're one of the captains of a ship on Star Trek, hey maybe we can have intergalactive shootouts and 'reality TV' in space.
Agreed. But the company makes no false assumptions that this technology will make stealing their content easier and more wide spread. It's the way they operate, smash anything that threatens their $$ and while you're at it try to get a little more of the green stuff because you certainly don't have enough if all you can afford is a giant teams of fulltime lawyers, congress, and well, the government in general.
It's true and I agree that laws and regulations shouldn't limit what is in the games we chose to play, but on the other hand one could argue that this behaviour on the computer can trigger it in reality. I would argue then that horror movies, porno films, war movies, books, etc. should be regulated the same way and most people can see how that would be wrong. I'm fine with putting ratings on stuff like they do but to say you can't do that because we don't like it is wrong, it's freedom of speech if you ask me. Also, if a game is bad the market should keep it out of homes, not the government.
That's kinda what I was saying, if they assume I've done it and charge me for it them what more can they do to me if I then deside to actually do it, if the sue me then what's the point of the fee when they are going to attack those who break the law for real anyways, and if I can do it without being sued then everyone could be recording their TV 24/7 and then cut their subscription when their favorite show stop getting new material, or better, just one person on the block has a subscription and everyone just gets the tapes from them and pays for the subscription.
Some (maybe all) people have to pay a small fee every time the get their cable bill which claims to be a 'copyright infringement' fee. The idea here is that some people will copy/record what they watch and therefore the producers of that material must be paid for this infringement. So this assumes that everyone that has cable is breaking the law and so they must pay. So does this mean that if I'm already guilty of the crime I might as well do it, what about innocence before guilt? Does this seam backwards to anyone else?
That may be true but you must realize that not everyone has sensitive information sitting unprotected on whatever wireless devices they use. Even if someone were to target me and spend the time to get close enough to intercept my wireless communications (highly unlikely because I'm of little importance and so, little value) they would find that I have no data that they could use for personal gain and that if they try to attack my system I can easily restore it and any lost data. I can see where corperate execs and others might need to worry about this but most of us simply aren't worth the time.
for some lazy eletrical engineering types (or just lazy) that want to control the lights, cook diner, turn on the tv, open the garage, start the car, lock the doors, change the enviroment settings (AC, heating, sound), and much much more without ever leaving the computer . Americans could become even fatter and if we could just embed this into your glasses and finally figure out a powered chair that can handle stairs we wouldn't even have to worry about moving anything more than our fingers.