In the last 10 years I've lost 4 friends to AIDS. Two were gay. One had an unhealthy relationship with IV drugs. We still don't know how the last one contracted it.
Two close relatives have died, and one more is currently living with being HIV+.
I'm sorry if you don't believe me. Doesn't matter if you do or don't. Was just putting in my two cents.
Seems like every six months or so now, there's some new research promising new hope for AIDS.
I really hope that this turns into something, but until one of these new finds turns into a cure or at least a vaccine I'll still be seeing freinds die. I'm just sick of hearing of new breakthroughs and then not hearing another word about them.
Police are stunned to learn that people who look at child porn might use stolen credit card information to pay for it.
Seriously, because child porn is such an emotional issue, everyone tends to leap without looking. Sadly this results in a lot of false accusations and lives ruined. Because these charges are so serious, officials must take more time before jumping to conclusions over any accusation.
Most people will focus in on cheap, worthless crap because they don't want to spend the money or expensive over-hyped crap because they believe the four color glossies. This is true for almost every item on shelf, not just security items.
With security products, things become harder because there's no easy way to tell if it is working. If there's never an attempt to steal the data or hack the server, or if the attempt goes unnoticed, then it appears everything is working great.
If it weren't for OEM software being installed on machines before the sale, MS would have gone under already. I think it's likely that while pirate copies are hurting sales, most of the people buying pirated copies wouldn't have shelled out for the real thing.
Even if Vista's copy protection had been 100% bulletproof, sales would still be dismally low. XP is a fairly solid operating system, and Vista is failing to bring anything new to the table. The desire to upgrade simply isn't there.
Won't happen.
Credit card companies have money, which pays for a whole lot of lawyers, judges, and Senators.
Such a court battle would be far too expensive for the RIAA.
Making an online store a public place isn't really that far of a leap. It will be interesting to see how retailers react to this. Perhaps we'll see seperate pages now for the regular surfer vs. the blind surfers.
It would seem to me that the disabled, blind or otherwise would be more prone to use internet services to begin with. The fact that retailers haven't seen this and adapted already is interesting into itself.
I have to say I'm kind of torn on the issue of spyware.
It's a terrible practice and causes serious problems with people's computers every day.
At the same time, I've made my fair share of money cleaning it off PC's.:)
Seriously, it's about time that fines were imposed against the companies that propagate this. People who suffer actual damages from these programs should start bringing lawsuits against them.
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This is one place where paper is still called for. Even if the paper is generated by computer in the form of a reciept, there must be some way to account for every vote. Perception of the voting machines alone is enough reason not to use them without a paper trail.
OK, first of all if you want me to feel sorry for poor multi-billion dollar companies having to spend an extra $100 per year on a domain name you're barking up the wrong tree.
Secondly you miss the whole point of the domain. It wasn't to push the porn companies into their own little room and lock them in like a cell by mandating that all porn reside only there.
The objections raised to that domain were mainly that it would proliferate porn on the net which is absolutely silly. How many people are out there saying "Gee, I'd love to create a porn site, but I won't do it since there's not a domain just for that."
The.xxx domain was canned because of silly puritanical moral objections and nothing more. That alone should show how much this really has to do with free speech.
With things in the US going the way they are, I think the freedom of speech argument is moot. This seems to be more about maintaining control then preserving freedom. I'm guessing there will be tons of arguments on both sides, but in the end we will pressure them into leaving control right where it is now.
Personally I believe that the internet would be better served by the release of control, and I can't site any better evidence for this then the whole debate over the.xxx domain.
It's about time. It seems like every basic phone on the market right now is a cheap piece of junk with poor reception and no durability. It's good to see someone taking this niche of the market seriously. It looks like they've put some serious thought into this phone, making it not only useful but stylish.
It's a very cool looking product, and I'm sure there are some uses for it, but I don't see this becoming commonplace by any means. It just doesn't seem to be a really better way to interface with our machines then what already exists.
I thought so too at first. Now when I use a device with arrows I get annoyed holding down a button to move through menus.
Of course, it's all a personal preference thing.
And here in the US we are dangerously close to loosing what we have. "Free Speech Zones", talk of putting newspaper editors on trial for treason and a goverment which is more and more inclined to shroud itself in secrecy all threaten the rights to which we've become accustomed.
Sounds like they're not really doing away with the wheel, but rather just relocating it around the screeen. I love my 4G ipod and the click wheel interface has alot to do with that. Hopefully this new interface won't change things too much. The wheel has become iconic at this point and Apple may be making a critical mistake if they remove it.
If you enjoy FPS games, go download the demo for Prey. It is available for the PC. It's a refreshing change from all the Quake/Doom/HL2 clones I've played.
I haven't had any real heat problems with the 360, but then mine's in an open shelf with plenty of open air all around it. My Panny HT equipment gets hotter then it does.
I wasn't going to buy the 360 as soon as I did, but Oblivion was the driving factor for me. I certainly don't claim it's for everybody, but I've gotten my money's woth out of it.
Halo 3 will likely be released on the same day as the PS3. There are plenty of good solid 360 games out right now, including Oblivion, Kameo, PGR3 and Prey.
They may not be exclusives, but then not everyone enjoys PC gaming.
I stopped playing games on the pc years ago because:
1. I got sick of having to buy video cards that cost twice what I paid to build the rest of the box.
2. I was tired of dealing with driver issues with new game releases.
3. I now prefer to play games on my 52" TV as opposed to my 19" PC screen. And yes, I know I can hook a PC up to my TV as well, but a keyboard and mouse simply don't work well on a sofa.
As for the PS3, it's major downsides for me are size and price, both of which are oddly close to a compact car.
PC gaming is great for some, but most folks just don't want those kinds of headaces.
Most of these are things I'd never use, with the exception of Notebook.
I'm looking forward to that app, as I'm constantly scribbling notes when doing research on the web. As long as the implementation is decent then it's something I'll use nearly every day. It's probably the only app that most people would find any use for. The others are cool in a geeky kind of way, but nothing I'd probably ever even look at.
This isn't unexpected. Anytime a really new MS OS comes out it tends to break apps from older versions. Security apps are no exception.
This may be true of other OS's as well, though I'm not familiar enough with them to say.
I would certainly agree with that if the robotics could be made to truly emulate the natural, but most of the time, it's a poor reflection at best.
Now once we're able to graft a real octopus tentacle on a robot we'll have something!
Clever, though it seems to operate more like an elephant trunk or a prehensile tail rather then a tentacle. I would think it would perform it's job more effectively by using a vacuum system with selectable ports to help hold onto objects.
It does raise the interesting question about using design found in nature for robotics.
Personally I'm not sure if that's the right way to go, or if we could find better ways to perform these tasks using alternative designs that don't have a natural influence.
Certain industries, certainly lend themselves better to free software use then others.
Apart from software availability, regulatory issues prevent many companies from going to 100% free software, even if a product was available.
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In the last 10 years I've lost 4 friends to AIDS. Two were gay. One had an unhealthy relationship with IV drugs. We still don't know how the last one contracted it.
Two close relatives have died, and one more is currently living with being HIV+.
I'm sorry if you don't believe me. Doesn't matter if you do or don't. Was just putting in my two cents.
Seems like every six months or so now, there's some new research promising new hope for AIDS.
I really hope that this turns into something, but until one of these new finds turns into a cure or at least a vaccine I'll still be seeing freinds die.
I'm just sick of hearing of new breakthroughs and then not hearing another word about them.
Police are stunned to learn that people who look at child porn might use stolen credit card information to pay for it.
Seriously, because child porn is such an emotional issue, everyone tends to leap without looking. Sadly this results in a lot of false accusations and lives ruined. Because these charges are so serious, officials must take more time before jumping to conclusions over any accusation.
Most people will focus in on cheap, worthless crap because they don't want to spend the money or expensive over-hyped crap because they believe the four color glossies. This is true for almost every item on shelf, not just security items.
With security products, things become harder because there's no easy way to tell if it is working. If there's never an attempt to steal the data or hack the server, or if the attempt goes unnoticed, then it appears everything is working great.
No one wants an online video service unless it's filled up with whiney emo kids complaining about how badly their lives suck.
Seriously, while it sounds like a good idea, implementation is everything. It'll be interesting to see how they do.
If it weren't for OEM software being installed on machines before the sale, MS would have gone under already. I think it's likely that while pirate copies are hurting sales, most of the people buying pirated copies wouldn't have shelled out for the real thing. Even if Vista's copy protection had been 100% bulletproof, sales would still be dismally low. XP is a fairly solid operating system, and Vista is failing to bring anything new to the table. The desire to upgrade simply isn't there.
Won't happen. Credit card companies have money, which pays for a whole lot of lawyers, judges, and Senators. Such a court battle would be far too expensive for the RIAA.
Making an online store a public place isn't really that far of a leap. It will be interesting to see how retailers react to this. Perhaps we'll see seperate pages now for the regular surfer vs. the blind surfers.
It would seem to me that the disabled, blind or otherwise would be more prone to use internet services to begin with. The fact that retailers haven't seen this and adapted already is interesting into itself.
I have to say I'm kind of torn on the issue of spyware. It's a terrible practice and causes serious problems with people's computers every day.
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At the same time, I've made my fair share of money cleaning it off PC's.
Seriously, it's about time that fines were imposed against the companies that propagate this. People who suffer actual damages from these programs should start bringing lawsuits against them.
This is one place where paper is still called for. Even if the paper is generated by computer in the form of a reciept, there must be some way to account for every vote. Perception of the voting machines alone is enough reason not to use them without a paper trail.
They should have had something like this years ago. The goverment takes far too long to adopt new technology in vital areas.
OK, first of all if you want me to feel sorry for poor multi-billion dollar companies having to spend an extra $100 per year on a domain name you're barking up the wrong tree. .xxx domain was canned because of silly puritanical moral objections and nothing more. That alone should show how much this really has to do with free speech.
Secondly you miss the whole point of the domain. It wasn't to push the porn companies into their own little room and lock them in like a cell by mandating that all porn reside only there.
The objections raised to that domain were mainly that it would proliferate porn on the net which is absolutely silly. How many people are out there saying "Gee, I'd love to create a porn site, but I won't do it since there's not a domain just for that."
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With things in the US going the way they are, I think the freedom of speech argument is moot. This seems to be more about maintaining control then preserving freedom. I'm guessing there will be tons of arguments on both sides, but in the end we will pressure them into leaving control right where it is now. .xxx domain.
Personally I believe that the internet would be better served by the release of control, and I can't site any better evidence for this then the whole debate over the
It's about time. It seems like every basic phone on the market right now is a cheap piece of junk with poor reception and no durability. It's good to see someone taking this niche of the market seriously. It looks like they've put some serious thought into this phone, making it not only useful but stylish.
It's a very cool looking product, and I'm sure there are some uses for it, but I don't see this becoming commonplace by any means. It just doesn't seem to be a really better way to interface with our machines then what already exists.
I thought so too at first. Now when I use a device with arrows I get annoyed holding down a button to move through menus. Of course, it's all a personal preference thing.
And here in the US we are dangerously close to loosing what we have. "Free Speech Zones", talk of putting newspaper editors on trial for treason and a goverment which is more and more inclined to shroud itself in secrecy all threaten the rights to which we've become accustomed.
Sounds like they're not really doing away with the wheel, but rather just relocating it around the screeen. I love my 4G ipod and the click wheel interface has alot to do with that. Hopefully this new interface won't change things too much. The wheel has become iconic at this point and Apple may be making a critical mistake if they remove it.
If you enjoy FPS games, go download the demo for Prey. It is available for the PC. It's a refreshing change from all the Quake/Doom/HL2 clones I've played.
I haven't had any real heat problems with the 360, but then mine's in an open shelf with plenty of open air all around it. My Panny HT equipment gets hotter then it does.
I wasn't going to buy the 360 as soon as I did, but Oblivion was the driving factor for me. I certainly don't claim it's for everybody, but I've gotten my money's woth out of it.
Halo 3 will likely be released on the same day as the PS3. There are plenty of good solid 360 games out right now, including Oblivion, Kameo, PGR3 and Prey.
They may not be exclusives, but then not everyone enjoys PC gaming.
I stopped playing games on the pc years ago because:
1. I got sick of having to buy video cards that cost twice what I paid to build the rest of the box.
2. I was tired of dealing with driver issues with new game releases.
3. I now prefer to play games on my 52" TV as opposed to my 19" PC screen. And yes, I know I can hook a PC up to my TV as well, but a keyboard and mouse simply don't work well on a sofa.
As for the PS3, it's major downsides for me are size and price, both of which are oddly close to a compact car.
PC gaming is great for some, but most folks just don't want those kinds of headaces.
Most of these are things I'd never use, with the exception of Notebook.
I'm looking forward to that app, as I'm constantly scribbling notes when doing research on the web. As long as the implementation is decent then it's something I'll use nearly every day. It's probably the only app that most people would find any use for. The others are cool in a geeky kind of way, but nothing I'd probably ever even look at.
This isn't unexpected. Anytime a really new MS OS comes out it tends to break apps from older versions. Security apps are no exception.
This may be true of other OS's as well, though I'm not familiar enough with them to say.
I would certainly agree with that if the robotics could be made to truly emulate the natural, but most of the time, it's a poor reflection at best.
Now once we're able to graft a real octopus tentacle on a robot we'll have something!
Clever, though it seems to operate more like an elephant trunk or a prehensile tail rather then a tentacle. I would think it would perform it's job more effectively by using a vacuum system with selectable ports to help hold onto objects.
It does raise the interesting question about using design found in nature for robotics.
Personally I'm not sure if that's the right way to go, or if we could find better ways to perform these tasks using alternative designs that don't have a natural influence.
Certain industries, certainly lend themselves better to free software use then others.
Apart from software availability, regulatory issues prevent many companies from going to 100% free software, even if a product was available.