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I spoke up. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Not only did I get that speech, but I had nowhere to go. I was stranded with her. The fact that my best friend was around when this was all going down didn't make things any better.
I had spoken to her best friend several times about the issue before speaking up. Her best friend told me that she was into me and she had secretly been having feelings for me. Little did I know she was just lying to me to boost my confidence. I thought there was no way I could lose. How wrong I was...
First it was the blank stare. Then she buried her head in her arms sobbing. Then the speech. Gag.
I am (like most slashdotters) a man of logic and reason and I avoid any unnecessary risk. Logic and reason, my two greatest friends, told me it wasn't going to work. However, her best friend told me otherwise.
Seeing as how I attend the University of Florida and live in the dorms I can tell you that bandwidth is not a major problem. DHNet, the name of the service provided in the dorms, has rarely, if ever, experienced any major slowdowns from p2p usage. Icarus was implemented during the summer in response to multiple threats to the university by the recording industry about the illegal distribution of copyrighted materials. The university is simply covering its ass, as it doesn't want to deal with any lawsuit that the RIAA might feel like dealing out. Icarus simply starts to restrict access when it senses abnormal bandwidth usage, illegal or legit. Supposedly they have improved it to differentiate between illegal and legit uses, but I can testify to the contrary. Several of my friends have had their access cut off indefinitely from legit uses and are pending investigation. Icarus was also expanded to rid DHNet of viruses and worms after the wake of the MS Blaster Disaster. I haven't personally had any problems with it and I don't use p2p apps over DHNet. I simply transfered my music collection that I've amassed at home to my computer at school. Works for me.
Well, since MRAM is going to be used in cell phones, I would *hope* they would be smart enough to design it so that it doesn't become affected from interference by the product that uses it. I could be wrong though.
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IE flawed security is news? What is this, Slashdot?
Outfit? What outfit? There's nothing to pick out.
I had spoken to her best friend several times about the issue before speaking up. Her best friend told me that she was into me and she had secretly been having feelings for me. Little did I know she was just lying to me to boost my confidence. I thought there was no way I could lose. How wrong I was...
First it was the blank stare. Then she buried her head in her arms sobbing. Then the speech. Gag.
I am (like most slashdotters) a man of logic and reason and I avoid any unnecessary risk. Logic and reason, my two greatest friends, told me it wasn't going to work. However, her best friend told me otherwise.
Stupid, stupid stupid. I still regret it.
Seeing as how I attend the University of Florida and live in the dorms I can tell you that bandwidth is not a major problem. DHNet, the name of the service provided in the dorms, has rarely, if ever, experienced any major slowdowns from p2p usage. Icarus was implemented during the summer in response to multiple threats to the university by the recording industry about the illegal distribution of copyrighted materials. The university is simply covering its ass, as it doesn't want to deal with any lawsuit that the RIAA might feel like dealing out. Icarus simply starts to restrict access when it senses abnormal bandwidth usage, illegal or legit. Supposedly they have improved it to differentiate between illegal and legit uses, but I can testify to the contrary. Several of my friends have had their access cut off indefinitely from legit uses and are pending investigation. Icarus was also expanded to rid DHNet of viruses and worms after the wake of the MS Blaster Disaster. I haven't personally had any problems with it and I don't use p2p apps over DHNet. I simply transfered my music collection that I've amassed at home to my computer at school. Works for me.
Well, since MRAM is going to be used in cell phones, I would *hope* they would be smart enough to design it so that it doesn't become affected from interference by the product that uses it. I could be wrong though.