It's a Trojan, that can be inserted by a "maliciously constructed website". Seems that you Windows geeks had better stop using IE for a while. Opera and Mozilla are nice alternatives...
I've noticed that with car parts lately too. All the same US parts company too, judging by the engine behind the pages that come up (with various retailers/front-ends tacked on). It's not the sort of thing that people want to find when looking for parts for an old non-US car, and it's not up to Googles usual standard. I'm beginning to suspect something is amiss....
If people want to pay for a non-advertising search service, they weren't looking at your ads anyway. If anything, you're getting a more targeted audience despite getting marginally less views, because people like me won't me ignoring your ads. Anyway, you're still getting your agreed deal on the main Google search pages, it's just that there's a new service you can't get in on.
I know you see it as users-views that you're missing out on, but again, that's the whole idea. Google doesn't necessarily make more money, users just pay for the usage rather than advertisers paying for it. And Google doesn't owe you anything more than it already gives you - advertising to people who want to use it's services for free.
Funny how the RIAA and friends can move heaven and earth in an attempt to get info on people trading bad music on P2P networks, and yet nobody can do same to cut down on kiddie porn. Where the fuck are the priorities???
Google is one of the few online tools I would consider paying for. If the paid-for version didn't include any ads/sponsored-placements at all, I'd probably do it.
There was a Tawanese movie along these lines, called "So Close". Basically, they could access any camera anywhere, and could use it to provide "eye-in-the-sky" support for hits and get-aways. Oh, and Qi Shu looks hot as usual.
Yes, but it's also common practice to not give the defective part back to the customer.
Scenario: Your car ECU is "diagnosed" defective (in quotes, because you'll never really know) and you get a "new" one (in quotes because it's probably a used, repaired one), pay $1000 and drive off happy. The dealer then returns it to GM, who resolders a cracked solder joint causing the intermittant fault you were having, and sells it again for $1000 to the next person.
Moral: If they replace a "defective" part, get it back and then sell it on Ebay!
Um, yes it is possible. Load encrypted boot code into a soldered, non-flashable ROM. While it could be reverse engineered pretty easily, doing so would be illegal under the DMCA. To work around it, you'd need to unsolder the chip and replace it with a clean-room developed BIOS to boot your OS of choice. And of course this is bad for field upgradability even if you do run Windows, but hey, you're a good consumer so you can just buy a new one right?
I have to disagree with this somewhat. I'd like to think games are all about fun, but much of online gaming has become more that that. It's become a community, and even an economy in some cases.
Example:
I (used to) do a little online drag racing, and the folks that run it treat it like a police state. No dissenting or complaints against the game are allowed on the forums. The published rules and conditions are not adheared to by the guys that run it. Cheating is widespread, but those who cheat and win also generally pay lots for "credits" in the game, so it's allowed by those with the funds to "justify" it.
OK, so what? Well, here's a community where a large number are mislead, and power is abused to turn a profit and maintain control. If this "game" were run in a fair, open, and democartic manner, we wouldn't have these problems. This isn't a big game either with only around 300 players online before the servers choke, but imagine a larger scale game with the same problems. Obviously it's in the best interests of everyone NOT to run a game this way, but what if UT or someone "turned to the dark side" after seeing it could make some more coin? It's not a good scene when you think about kiddies playing, or gaming junkies having to find significantly more funds to keep playing, etc.
So sure, it's just a game, but games can have very real real-world influences.
I saw this "Breaking the Silence" report on the telly the other night... very well worth watching, and rather disturbing. I just wish he'd do something with his hair.
I know about OpenMosix, but what I just wondered about was this...
Why not run a VPN for a worldwide network of "trusted" OpenMosix machines? OpenMosix is tunable, so you could tell it if you're on a slow-as dial-up link, so it only gives you long running jobs. You could use a chain of trust approach if required, or just sign up via the OpenMosix website for example.
Just for the record, I've been to SAP presentations and used plenty of similar products. Any business with more than about 5 employees can benefit a lot from some sort of system, and if it introduces better workflow then that's a bonus. Of course I wasn't thinking about SAP R/3 for the small shops, but rather something like SAP all-in-one or whatever it's called this week.
What the f***? How is that supposed to help reverse falling unemployment?
Most businesses are small businesses that can't afford (until very recently) SAP and similar software, so creating free systems that target their needs is a way of lowering the bar to increased effiency and productivity, therefore helping them grow.
Or it could be bollocks. I don't know, I'm just a clueless programmer.
All of the items listed have traditionally been expensive, and the poster was sarcastically pointing out that his parent poster was being immature and unreasonable in expecting things to be cheaper just because he wants them to be. However, in his rush to clever he took a service which is often perceived to be expensive as an example. He was incorrect in doing so, and I was pointing out to others who may have also thought that air travel was indeed expensive, that it is in fact already inexpensive. Oh, and yes, I get the intended joke. Do you understand now?
It cost me.02 Euro in airfares to fly to from The Netherlands to London, and then on to Venice. Total including all fees/taxes/etc was under 50 Euro. There are heaps of cut-price airlines, at least one of which will have super-cheap flights when you need one. If you pay a lot for air travel, you're flying with the wrong airlines.
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It's a Trojan, that can be inserted by a "maliciously constructed website". Seems that you Windows geeks had better stop using IE for a while. Opera and Mozilla are nice alternatives...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/33187.html
I've noticed that with car parts lately too. All the same US parts company too, judging by the engine behind the pages that come up (with various retailers/front-ends tacked on). It's not the sort of thing that people want to find when looking for parts for an old non-US car, and it's not up to Googles usual standard. I'm beginning to suspect something is amiss....
Apparently the glass is half empty...
If people want to pay for a non-advertising search service, they weren't looking at your ads anyway. If anything, you're getting a more targeted audience despite getting marginally less views, because people like me won't me ignoring your ads. Anyway, you're still getting your agreed deal on the main Google search pages, it's just that there's a new service you can't get in on.
I know you see it as users-views that you're missing out on, but again, that's the whole idea. Google doesn't necessarily make more money, users just pay for the usage rather than advertisers paying for it. And Google doesn't owe you anything more than it already gives you - advertising to people who want to use it's services for free.
Funny how the RIAA and friends can move heaven and earth in an attempt to get info on people trading bad music on P2P networks, and yet nobody can do same to cut down on kiddie porn. Where the fuck are the priorities???
Isn't he one of them?
Google is one of the few online tools I would consider paying for. If the paid-for version didn't include any ads/sponsored-placements at all, I'd probably do it.
There was a Tawanese movie along these lines, called "So Close". Basically, they could access any camera anywhere, and could use it to provide "eye-in-the-sky" support for hits and get-aways. Oh, and Qi Shu looks hot as usual.
Tab on == 1, tab off == 0. Yup, digital. Sorry bro, but you're violating the DMCA.
Yes, but it's also common practice to not give the defective part back to the customer.
Scenario: Your car ECU is "diagnosed" defective (in quotes, because you'll never really know) and you get a "new" one (in quotes because it's probably a used, repaired one), pay $1000 and drive off happy. The dealer then returns it to GM, who resolders a cracked solder joint causing the intermittant fault you were having, and sells it again for $1000 to the next person.
Moral: If they replace a "defective" part, get it back and then sell it on Ebay!
Or given the (ridiculous, unjustified) FUD currently surrounding Linux, it might push faster toward BSD adoption.
If I was American, I'd probably be upset by your condescending attitude... however, most of Slashdot is American, so it's worth posting that info.
There's a project to develop a free implementation of Open Firmware. It's at http://www.openbios.org/.
Um, yes it is possible. Load encrypted boot code into a soldered, non-flashable ROM. While it could be reverse engineered pretty easily, doing so would be illegal under the DMCA. To work around it, you'd need to unsolder the chip and replace it with a clean-room developed BIOS to boot your OS of choice. And of course this is bad for field upgradability even if you do run Windows, but hey, you're a good consumer so you can just buy a new one right?
I have to disagree with this somewhat. I'd like to think games are all about fun, but much of online gaming has become more that that. It's become a community, and even an economy in some cases.
Example:
I (used to) do a little online drag racing, and the folks that run it treat it like a police state. No dissenting or complaints against the game are allowed on the forums. The published rules and conditions are not adheared to by the guys that run it. Cheating is widespread, but those who cheat and win also generally pay lots for "credits" in the game, so it's allowed by those with the funds to "justify" it.
OK, so what? Well, here's a community where a large number are mislead, and power is abused to turn a profit and maintain control. If this "game" were run in a fair, open, and democartic manner, we wouldn't have these problems. This isn't a big game either with only around 300 players online before the servers choke, but imagine a larger scale game with the same problems. Obviously it's in the best interests of everyone NOT to run a game this way, but what if UT or someone "turned to the dark side" after seeing it could make some more coin? It's not a good scene when you think about kiddies playing, or gaming junkies having to find significantly more funds to keep playing, etc.
So sure, it's just a game, but games can have very real real-world influences.
I saw this "Breaking the Silence" report on the telly the other night... very well worth watching, and rather disturbing. I just wish he'd do something with his hair.
http://pilger.carlton.com/h tml 8 51.htm
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/09/272644.s
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4
Non consumer driver research? Hardly. Most academic research is little more than some other company's outsourced R&D.
I know about OpenMosix, but what I just wondered about was this...
Why not run a VPN for a worldwide network of "trusted" OpenMosix machines? OpenMosix is tunable, so you could tell it if you're on a slow-as dial-up link, so it only gives you long running jobs. You could use a chain of trust approach if required, or just sign up via the OpenMosix website for example.
That might even actually work.
Just for the record, I've been to SAP presentations and used plenty of similar products. Any business with more than about 5 employees can benefit a lot from some sort of system, and if it introduces better workflow then that's a bonus. Of course I wasn't thinking about SAP R/3 for the small shops, but rather something like SAP all-in-one or whatever it's called this week.
What the f***? How is that supposed to help reverse falling unemployment?
Most businesses are small businesses that can't afford (until very recently) SAP and similar software, so creating free systems that target their needs is a way of lowering the bar to increased effiency and productivity, therefore helping them grow.
Or it could be bollocks. I don't know, I'm just a clueless programmer.
Back in the day, we called that a "SneakerNet" network.
Or maybe it's Morse code over bongo drums?
From the Moon. Talk about loud...
I'm not sure about "out of the ordinary". It just made me wonder how long ago he did it...
All of the items listed have traditionally been expensive, and the poster was sarcastically pointing out that his parent poster was being immature and unreasonable in expecting things to be cheaper just because he wants them to be. However, in his rush to clever he took a service which is often perceived to be expensive as an example. He was incorrect in doing so, and I was pointing out to others who may have also thought that air travel was indeed expensive, that it is in fact already inexpensive. Oh, and yes, I get the intended joke. Do you understand now?
It cost me .02 Euro in airfares to fly to from The Netherlands to London, and then on to Venice. Total including all fees/taxes/etc was under 50 Euro. There are heaps of cut-price airlines, at least one of which will have super-cheap flights when you need one. If you pay a lot for air travel, you're flying with the wrong airlines.
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http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/systems/deta