Royalties have to be paid anyways. The $30 DVD remote for the Xbox is a $10 remote (retail price) with $20 royalties to the DVD group.
The amount that Microsoft would get paid (if any) would be pennies. I would probably bet that Microsoft would make a deal so they don't have to pay the licensing fee on the Xbox 2 to play DVDs.
knowing that an extra few pounds means _nothing_ when you're rolling it down the concourse.
Unless of course you travel on terrain where you can't roll a laptop bag, then suddenly size makes a difference.
I had a Dell Inspirion 8100, fantastic computer but just too damn big unless you can roll it around constantly.
I have since purchased an imported Toshiba 12.1" mini-laptop that does everything that my Dell did (except play 3D games) and more (DVD-RW) for about the same cost. At a much lower weight that doesn't break my back.
It's sad that NASA won't simply release the code into the public domain.
Because there are those that see it as a security risk. In particular the software for calculating launch windows.
After 9/11 NASA only gave the public a one day launch windows, and only announced the exact time 24 hours before launch. But the problem is that IRL the actual launch windows for most missions is about 15 minutes long, and based on orbital mechanics.
Now anyone with that software will be able to announce the possible launch windows for that day to reach the ISS or only other mission like that.
So I can see why they wouldn't want the software out, though because of terrorist attacks, though one wonders how they would attach the shuttle since there is a day long 10 miles TFR around it while on the ground, and one it start climbing I highly doubt any ground based missile can catch up to it.
I have always said that a pair of binoculars with all theses features plus a wireless modem or some sort would be an effective utility for the military. It would make it easier for combat controls to send target information to strike aircraft.
Heck you make it better you can give the average solider a 2000 lb hand grenade.
I could create a brand new, non-obvious email address on one of my domain accounts and put it in as the Admin Contact for a record I own, and use that email address absolutely nowhere else, and I bet that within three months that email address would be getting buckets full of spam.
Not only bet, it's a fact, I use whois@*mydomain*.com for the admin contact for my domains, after not receiving anything worthwhile for a year, I deleted that e-mail address.
I renew my domain through the control panel (date marked in my Outlook Calender), have a descent working relationship with my various host's abuse departments (to deal with abuse claims from our newsletters,) on top of that my address is three years old.
Congress can kiss my butt, I am writing my senators that they either need to really crack down on scammers or spam; or else leave the whois records alone.
Yes users are dumb enough to run the executables themselves. Look at how many users run Kaaza Media Desktop, Weather bug and other fine spy ware programs.
Outlook 2003 by default doesn't allow the user to run executable files, and there is a patch coming out soon to fix the file type hiding problem.
But you are neglecting what many users are looking for when they purchase a new system, they want something that when it comes out of the box does all of the basic functions expected of it.
Among them is browse the web, watch movies, write papers, et al. But they most of all don't want to spend their first week downloading software, particularly if they are on a dial up.
So if Windows XP was just an OS nothing else, you would need to download/buy a browser, file decompresser, media player, text editor, calculator, personal firewall, back-up utility, the list goes on. Poor old grandma would be spending several weeks downloading programs, assuming they including a basic ftp program, which the first week would be grandma learning how to use the put command.
In the end though the end-user is going to expect the computer to come pre-installed with these things, since the margins are so low on the system builders end, that only really leaves the OS manufacturer to add these in, so it's only natural that it's including with Windows. Besides that fact, I do remember a version of Media player came with Windows 95, it was real basic, but it has been in there since then.
I don't know about anyone else, but even for myself, it's still rather annoying setting up a new computer from a CD install, installing all the apps that I have on the other computer, even if I have the install executables available, it still takes time.
Actually almost all applications under the Microsoft Business Solutions Brand (Axapta is one of them), have been around for quite a few years and are used in all sectors of industry. Also most of them weren't devloped by Microsoft.
EA is entitled to it's own opinion, but Xbox live is one of the best online gaming services I have used since Kali.
Myself I think most of the attempts on the other consoles seem hap-hazard, and not as well implemented, by having a dedicated system, it allows Microsoft to worry about buddy features, and chat, while the game developers can worry about the game balance.
Still don't know why I am responding to you, since it seems like a troll post, yet it's getting MODed Interesting, oh wait it's anti-MS which means that it's instantly MODed up.
I beg to differ, I have worked at an ISP, who basically was permanently black listed by SPEWs because of spammers on our network, when I was hired I cleaned up the joint, and had the spammers off the network within the first month, even with proof (ie no spammers on our network) SPEWs wouldn't take us off. I decided to get around SPEWs (like I said easy to do), figuring that they would take us off the list based on no spam reports from our network. 6 Months later we were still black listed, didn't matter since we were fine with our work around.
Now I had a completely opposite experience with Spam Haus, after I submitted proof of the spammers removal, we were removed from the Spam Haus black list, after about 90 days they removed us from the ROSKO. Very pleasant and professional experience, in fact they are now one of the legions of mail that use Spam Haus as part of it's mail filter.
The company and I have parted ways, but they are still on SPEWs, but their work around is still humming along fine.
Ensuring that routers drop invalid packets will only stop DOS issues. Routers only check IP headers, not SMTP headers.
So why would someone spend all that money and influence to get the routers to check the headers, and not have SMTP servers, also check that the SMTP headers match the IP packet headers.
As a mentioned you would still need black lists, but it will make the job easier, this wouldn't be the end-all be all to stop spam and DOS attacks but it sure would help.
*Probably going to get modded down for this, but what the heck*
If you actually read the law, or at least a good honest description of the law it's not at all ambiguous, it's because of the FUD that is thrown around about it that most people don't know what it really says.
Yes it's a powerful law, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it has to ambiguous, in some states drunken driving laws (and related penalties) are very powerful (and can basically ruin your life if caught), but no one complains, at least not nearly as much as the Patriot Act.
ensuring that all routers drop invalid packets: packets with impossible (from a subnet stance) source or destination addresses. The latter will prevent most forged headers.
I am advocating this not just to stop spam, but to stem the DOS attack problem. Yes I know that it won't stop DOS attacks, but we can at least identify the offending computers and catch them (if they are actually doing to attack), or fix them if they are nothing more than a bot.
This would of course greatly help spam since you can't forge the headers, you can more accurately target the spammers with anti-spam lists.
A. It's 12 miles up. that's well above commercial air traffic, and i suspect (although i'm too lazy to check) most weather problems.
No not really above most weather, the thing to remember is that there are three things that actually affect air traffic when it comes to weather, ice, thunder storms and low level fog, both ice and thunder storms can routinely reach about FL600+ where this blimp would be flying.
/Patiently waiting for the first one to crash so I can be right again
is they are just as bad as the SPAM ISP that they are trying to stop. They don't respond at all, there is no contact information, so for many business their is only two choices, get past SPEWs (very easy to do), or go out of business.
Personally I use a spam filter on my e-mail server, but I use Spamhaus, as my primary, which is a much more professionally run list, they remove listing automatically after 90 days without spam complaints (SPEWs generally only removes you after you beg in the newsgroup), actually have e-mail addresses that you can contact them at, and actually target the spammers nets, not blocking class B networks.
I believe that any admin of an ISP that uses SPEWs is really doing a disservice to their customers, who will have a number of e-mail problems from some very large hosting companies.
In 1961 Kennedy said we'd make it to the moon by the end of the decade. They seem to have stuck through that plan.
Yes, but after Apollo 11 there was talk in the congressional community for scrapping the program before Apollo 12. If it weren't for the fact that they had enough Saturn V boosters already built I doubt it would have continued.
Though it may $300 more, I like the look, I have both an iPod and a Pocket PC and my biggest compliant that the Pocket PC is too small to play video, and my $400 iPod, just can't, it will be nice to be able to take my videos with me. In particular to show other people (as I have a massive legal video archive on the web).
Seriously I for one can't wait, a even bigger bonus if they make it do normal Pocket PC tasks, and play Pocket PC games.
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Oscar 7 was fixed by aliens. Sort of like the Spirit Rover. http://klydemorris.com/strips.cfm?strip_ID=1240
The amount that Microsoft would get paid (if any) would be pennies. I would probably bet that Microsoft would make a deal so they don't have to pay the licensing fee on the Xbox 2 to play DVDs.
Still wondering what it is made out of.
When he was hitting a wrench on a Space Shuttle panel to get it to start he said:"This is how we fix things on Russian Space Station!"
Unless of course you travel on terrain where you can't roll a laptop bag, then suddenly size makes a difference.
I had a Dell Inspirion 8100, fantastic computer but just too damn big unless you can roll it around constantly.
I have since purchased an imported Toshiba 12.1" mini-laptop that does everything that my Dell did (except play 3D games) and more (DVD-RW) for about the same cost. At a much lower weight that doesn't break my back.
Because there are those that see it as a security risk. In particular the software for calculating launch windows.
After 9/11 NASA only gave the public a one day launch windows, and only announced the exact time 24 hours before launch. But the problem is that IRL the actual launch windows for most missions is about 15 minutes long, and based on orbital mechanics.
Now anyone with that software will be able to announce the possible launch windows for that day to reach the ISS or only other mission like that.
So I can see why they wouldn't want the software out, though because of terrorist attacks, though one wonders how they would attach the shuttle since there is a day long 10 miles TFR around it while on the ground, and one it start climbing I highly doubt any ground based missile can catch up to it.
I already have my tin foil hat on, so no worries about the black helicopters they can't find me.
Heck you make it better you can give the average solider a 2000 lb hand grenade.
You can't really get out of Active Sync, but if you use a helper application you can get it to sync with other Application such as Notes, Act, et al.
Not only bet, it's a fact, I use whois@*mydomain*.com for the admin contact for my domains, after not receiving anything worthwhile for a year, I deleted that e-mail address.
I renew my domain through the control panel (date marked in my Outlook Calender), have a descent working relationship with my various host's abuse departments (to deal with abuse claims from our newsletters,) on top of that my address is three years old.
Congress can kiss my butt, I am writing my senators that they either need to really crack down on scammers or spam; or else leave the whois records alone.
Don't know for sure since I haven't used OE for quite a while now.
Yes users are dumb enough to run the executables themselves. Look at how many users run Kaaza Media Desktop, Weather bug and other fine spy ware programs. Outlook 2003 by default doesn't allow the user to run executable files, and there is a patch coming out soon to fix the file type hiding problem.
Among them is browse the web, watch movies, write papers, et al. But they most of all don't want to spend their first week downloading software, particularly if they are on a dial up.
So if Windows XP was just an OS nothing else, you would need to download/buy a browser, file decompresser, media player, text editor, calculator, personal firewall, back-up utility, the list goes on. Poor old grandma would be spending several weeks downloading programs, assuming they including a basic ftp program, which the first week would be grandma learning how to use the put command.
In the end though the end-user is going to expect the computer to come pre-installed with these things, since the margins are so low on the system builders end, that only really leaves the OS manufacturer to add these in, so it's only natural that it's including with Windows. Besides that fact, I do remember a version of Media player came with Windows 95, it was real basic, but it has been in there since then.
I don't know about anyone else, but even for myself, it's still rather annoying setting up a new computer from a CD install, installing all the apps that I have on the other computer, even if I have the install executables available, it still takes time.
Actually almost all applications under the Microsoft Business Solutions Brand (Axapta is one of them), have been around for quite a few years and are used in all sectors of industry. Also most of them weren't devloped by Microsoft.
Remember playing Descent on it.
Myself I think most of the attempts on the other consoles seem hap-hazard, and not as well implemented, by having a dedicated system, it allows Microsoft to worry about buddy features, and chat, while the game developers can worry about the game balance.
Still don't know why I am responding to you, since it seems like a troll post, yet it's getting MODed Interesting, oh wait it's anti-MS which means that it's instantly MODed up.
Now I had a completely opposite experience with Spam Haus, after I submitted proof of the spammers removal, we were removed from the Spam Haus black list, after about 90 days they removed us from the ROSKO. Very pleasant and professional experience, in fact they are now one of the legions of mail that use Spam Haus as part of it's mail filter.
The company and I have parted ways, but they are still on SPEWs, but their work around is still humming along fine.
So why would someone spend all that money and influence to get the routers to check the headers, and not have SMTP servers, also check that the SMTP headers match the IP packet headers.
As a mentioned you would still need black lists, but it will make the job easier, this wouldn't be the end-all be all to stop spam and DOS attacks but it sure would help.
If you actually read the law, or at least a good honest description of the law it's not at all ambiguous, it's because of the FUD that is thrown around about it that most people don't know what it really says.
Yes it's a powerful law, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it has to ambiguous, in some states drunken driving laws (and related penalties) are very powerful (and can basically ruin your life if caught), but no one complains, at least not nearly as much as the Patriot Act.
I am advocating this not just to stop spam, but to stem the DOS attack problem. Yes I know that it won't stop DOS attacks, but we can at least identify the offending computers and catch them (if they are actually doing to attack), or fix them if they are nothing more than a bot.
This would of course greatly help spam since you can't forge the headers, you can more accurately target the spammers with anti-spam lists.
No not really above most weather, the thing to remember is that there are three things that actually affect air traffic when it comes to weather, ice, thunder storms and low level fog, both ice and thunder storms can routinely reach about FL600+ where this blimp would be flying.
Anything can happen when your in the air.
Well if you want IPv6, in the states, it's going to be the military that pushes forward toward it, based on previous /. articles.
Personally I use a spam filter on my e-mail server, but I use Spamhaus, as my primary, which is a much more professionally run list, they remove listing automatically after 90 days without spam complaints (SPEWs generally only removes you after you beg in the newsgroup), actually have e-mail addresses that you can contact them at, and actually target the spammers nets, not blocking class B networks.
I believe that any admin of an ISP that uses SPEWs is really doing a disservice to their customers, who will have a number of e-mail problems from some very large hosting companies.
Yes, but after Apollo 11 there was talk in the congressional community for scrapping the program before Apollo 12. If it weren't for the fact that they had enough Saturn V boosters already built I doubt it would have continued.
Seriously I for one can't wait, a even bigger bonus if they make it do normal Pocket PC tasks, and play Pocket PC games.