true but you don't have to go through a background check to purchase fertilizer and diesel fuel.
a lot of farmers would be really pissed off if that were the case.
building requires consumption of raw materials which is what the grey goo scenario was refering to...
the self replicating machines need raw materials to replicate, and the point was that the machines would exponentially reproduce, (doubling at the rate it takes to build a new nanobot) they need material to produce that, they take that material out of whatever is nearby... turning the earth into grey goo...
you completely misunderstood his comment, he's nto saying "why should I care if i don't have anything to hide", he's saying, "how can they track me and everyone else at the same time and keep records of this. The states don't have that kind of money" he's commenting on the cost of such a monitoring system not that he has nothing to hide.
And you know what, due to the costs involved, I'm sure that the gov't wouldn't track everyone's every move unless they were suspected of being a criminal. and I can see them using it for ticketing, heck they use current licence plates for ticketing its called photo radar... RFID Radar. same diff different software, plus you don't have the trouble of which car was it speeding when there's 3 cars in the picture...
I'm going to assume for the moment they aren't stupid enough to include personal information in the data on the chip, (that would get privacy watchdogs pantys in a bunch big time) but think about it. seriously think about what you're saying, "the company or significant other can search in some pay for use database... " if they want to watch you that closely they can hire a private detective, and if the company does it how do they know it was you in the car at the time not said significant other. Fact is they could do this now. use OCR on licence plates. the technology is there already. the arguements you make go against the very concept of licence plates to begin with. I understand the concerns, but these concerns aren't new, and the draconian big brotherness you mention can already take place. big bold letters and numbers on the licence plates make it easy to read from cameras. if people wanted to do what you propose they can do it now, yet for some reason, they aren't. Maybe the world isn't as evil as you think?
I was going to recommend one of those myself... shame they don't make similar devices now... they'd definately fill this niche... make it small, cheap, and sturdy. i had one in school for taking notes, beautifully simple device.
the stuff that deletes ad-aware... I love that stuff. I've seen it on several machines when I had to re-clean it, (shared machines on our network... so people don't care, I try to get out and clean them every 2 weeks or so usually get 300-500 items each time) many times I find ad-aware deleted. gotta love it...
PC gaming and Console gaming are two completely different attitudes. It was best summed up in a recent review of the game "Mafia" for PS2, it was a pretty negative review, the some of the greatest gripes being the fact that the game is more story based than action based, and the cars "sucked". (its set in the 1930s... you're not going to have lamborghinis in the 1930s)
The truth is there is a distinct different attitudes towards games between the PC gamer crowd and the console gamer crowd there always has, there always will. does it make it wrong? no, it makes it different, and having the choice is necessary. Saying PC gaming is going to die is like saying movies are going to die out because of TV. hasn't happened yet, doubt it will ever happen. There are people who prefer the quick 30 minute entertainment of TV and those who prefer the longer more substantial entertainment of movies...
And who administers this process for free? whenever money is transfered there's a cost. Its got to be transfered through something, be it a credit card, etc. it will end up costing more than just the micropayment for an e-mail transfer. nobody would do that free of charge. where does the money go if the e-mail address is non existant?
not to mention the logistics of a large corporation to have people getting the money in and the money out... thats a cost, because CEOs aren't going to want to deal with making sure they're paid up... so thats more people, more money... its adding up to a huge cost. it also opens up new levels of fraud. someone says "Send me an e-mail and I'll e-mail you steps on how to become rich!" only he never responds. do you bitch at him through his only contact info? e-mail? he'll just ignore it and collect more and more money.
Seriously who gets the money?
I don't think the EU will support giving MS or any american organization the money. personally, I think the best place to send the money would be to the UN, have the proceeds go to Unicef or something. But like that'll happen. I don't see micropayments working. besides, what happens when the spammers steal credit card numbers and have people pay for their own spam?
obviously you've never worked in a shared environment... my desk at the big evil corporate outsourcer where I grew bitter, was the cleanest in the place, thats only because I sterlized the bloody thing with rubbing alcohol daily. (this after being sick 5 times in 3 months.) I kept up the routine until I left that deadly place.
you should have seen how dirty the disposable cloths I used were after one wipe. nasty.
if linux were to become more mainstream, the majority of users would be running their systems as root for the sole reason you stated. Windows XP allows you to have restricted access, yet hardly anybody uses the feature. If Linux gets adopted as a mainstream OS, Spyware, Viruses, and all kinds of goodies will follow. There are few viruses now because if they can hit.1% of a userbase, they'll go after the largest userbase.
"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be available exclusively for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system" was said word for word (take San Andreas and replace it with Vice City) when Vice City was announced. the exclusivity is that the only console it will come out for is the PS2 it will come out for PC probabaly 6-8 months later. they always put updates in the pc version... so to whine about no PC version is like saying theres going to be no pc version of Vice City.
I take the PS2 exclusive phrase to mean the exact same thing it meant back when GTA 3 was released... the platform exclusive was that it was only to be released on the PS2 console, PCs were still allowed. Sony does help fund the projects to ensure exclusivity of titles, but only in respect to the other consoles. PC games are an entirely different beast as far as they're concerned. which is why the final fantasy games are usually released on PC, etc. all of the console manufacturers have similar deals. Microsoft "helped fund" Knights of the old Republic to ensure that the x-box was the only console it was available for. and so forth... PCs are generally not included in the "platform exclusive" also note that the exclusive is generally time limited, thus after so many months they can release it on others... hence the X-box release of gta3 and vice city... I'd expect 6 months after the PS2 version of GTA S.A. a PC version will be completed. with some extras, better graphics etc...
The microsoft (symantec rebrand) anti-virus software in Dos 6 didn't kill it... in fact it sucked... i expect the new anti-virus to suffer the same fate...
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i'm sure they have you sign waivers and disclaimers that you don't care about that...
Fact, Lucas has made it evident that "he" will NEVER make a sequel trilogy to the original trilogy. maybe, just maybe, he's realizing that he's not the guy the fans want making the movies... and is having somebody else make the sequel trilogy, and he will have executive producer credits and little else with no real power or creative input.
Crosses fingers
i mean San Andreas is the third city from the original GTA. which started you off in Liberty City, moved you on to San Andreas finishing you off in Vice City. It makes perfect sense for them to re-create San Andreas. why this move is a surprise to anyone who considers themselves a "GTA Fan" I don't know. I suppose it has to do with a lot of "GTA Fans" not realizing there were two complete (and excelent imo) games before GTA 3.
by what he said anyway. if he downloads from the internet yes he's stealing, but he stated that he merely copies the dvd movies to his computer. that isn't stealing, at least in canada here you are allowed to make copies from one medium to another for back-up purposes. copying is not stealing. now, if he rents the movie, copies it to his computer and returns the dvd, thats stealing. but just buying the dvd, copying the dvd to his computer, isn't stealing.
Did you read his post? no. who looks like the moron? You...
Read what he's saying before you attack him for what he said. making a personal copy is fair use, and not illegal, and definately not theft. HE OWNS A COPY OF THE MOVIE.
If he shares that copy to the world, that's illegal, but simply having the copy for his personal use isn't theft, isn't illegal.
Yes its widespread, but have you tried reading PDFs on a PDA? PDF is good for maintaining the formatting and layout, but for ease of reading, I'd prefer a straight ascii format, or one that resizes the pages to be readable yet not so you have to move around left to right or have the text unreadably small.
give MacOS even 50% of the market share and see what changes... The viruses will always be written for the most damage. thats the reason there aren't many Mac viruses or Linux Viruses, they do exist, and they can be just as devastating as the viruses on pc. sure there's no "blaster" worm for macs (yet) that doesn't mean there won't be in the future. remember the blaster worm's vulnerability was patched long before the virus came out. I was protected because A. I had a firewall blocking those ports already and B. I kept my windows up to date. same with my work, it was all locked up tight.
I don't own a Mac, nor do I want to really. I have enough to spend my money on thank you. I find it funny though Mac users tend to push themselves as superior, and maybe macs are superior, their users aren't, they're equal, maybe a bit more arrogant when the next biggest worm comes out for windows. but if Apple was in Microsofts shoes, with a huge share of the marketplace, and windows was relegated to MacOS levels, roles would be reversed, the viruses would be written for MacOS, the vulnerabilities would be found more readily for MacOS, and there would be millions of Mac bashers here on Slashdot...
When you think about it, which system should you write a virus for? Mac? nah, they don't have enough of a userbase, Linux, nah, again they have too small a userbase, and they're technical, they'd find me... Windows, wow, there's millions and millions of them, and most are too stupid to know better... There's the target...
What happened if you got the gold edition, ie paid for the full movie it cost around $5 more than a standard dvd. or you could buy the other kinds, where you paid per viewing. I dunno, it never came across as that good, I could already do that, rent a dvd, or buy a full dvd for less than a divx disc. Yes for some people it would have been better, i for one am glad it died. It was essentially extreme DRM. They also wouldn't guarantee if you bought the full version that you wouldn't be charged in the future. they left that wide open in the licencing. also they wouldn't guarantee that you could watch them if they went out of business.
I never said they were bad, or good, merely greedy. as are individuals. research is always necessary, but it only takes one time for you to get screwed out of a lot of money. yes they won't be able to do it again, but, as i said they're greedy, if they steal an idea, they only have to do it once to screw over an inventor. and without patent law, the inventor could be played as a screwball trying to extort money out of the corporation... laying claim to something he didn't invent. who would joe six-pack believe? some guy off the street screaming he created gadget "A" and that corporation B stole it from him? while corporation B claims they invented it instead and this guy is trying to get rich quick off of their work. who would you believe? i'm sure a lot of people would side with the corporation.
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we've had ~5 Sony Stores here (edmonton) for a long time... they seem to be doing pretty well for themselves. more keep popping up
true but you don't have to go through a background check to purchase fertilizer and diesel fuel. a lot of farmers would be really pissed off if that were the case.
I'd carve "Slartibartfast" into a glacier, pretend its Norway, and take a picture of it. afterall Slartibartfast won an award for Norway...
building requires consumption of raw materials which is what the grey goo scenario was refering to... the self replicating machines need raw materials to replicate, and the point was that the machines would exponentially reproduce, (doubling at the rate it takes to build a new nanobot) they need material to produce that, they take that material out of whatever is nearby... turning the earth into grey goo...
you completely misunderstood his comment, he's nto saying "why should I care if i don't have anything to hide", he's saying, "how can they track me and everyone else at the same time and keep records of this. The states don't have that kind of money" he's commenting on the cost of such a monitoring system not that he has nothing to hide. And you know what, due to the costs involved, I'm sure that the gov't wouldn't track everyone's every move unless they were suspected of being a criminal. and I can see them using it for ticketing, heck they use current licence plates for ticketing its called photo radar... RFID Radar. same diff different software, plus you don't have the trouble of which car was it speeding when there's 3 cars in the picture...
I'm going to assume for the moment they aren't stupid enough to include personal information in the data on the chip, (that would get privacy watchdogs pantys in a bunch big time) but think about it. seriously think about what you're saying, "the company or significant other can search in some pay for use database... " if they want to watch you that closely they can hire a private detective, and if the company does it how do they know it was you in the car at the time not said significant other. Fact is they could do this now. use OCR on licence plates. the technology is there already. the arguements you make go against the very concept of licence plates to begin with. I understand the concerns, but these concerns aren't new, and the draconian big brotherness you mention can already take place. big bold letters and numbers on the licence plates make it easy to read from cameras. if people wanted to do what you propose they can do it now, yet for some reason, they aren't. Maybe the world isn't as evil as you think?
I was going to recommend one of those myself... shame they don't make similar devices now... they'd definately fill this niche... make it small, cheap, and sturdy. i had one in school for taking notes, beautifully simple device.
the stuff that deletes ad-aware... I love that stuff. I've seen it on several machines when I had to re-clean it, (shared machines on our network... so people don't care, I try to get out and clean them every 2 weeks or so usually get 300-500 items each time) many times I find ad-aware deleted. gotta love it...
PC gaming and Console gaming are two completely different attitudes. It was best summed up in a recent review of the game "Mafia" for PS2, it was a pretty negative review, the some of the greatest gripes being the fact that the game is more story based than action based, and the cars "sucked". (its set in the 1930s... you're not going to have lamborghinis in the 1930s) The truth is there is a distinct different attitudes towards games between the PC gamer crowd and the console gamer crowd there always has, there always will. does it make it wrong? no, it makes it different, and having the choice is necessary. Saying PC gaming is going to die is like saying movies are going to die out because of TV. hasn't happened yet, doubt it will ever happen. There are people who prefer the quick 30 minute entertainment of TV and those who prefer the longer more substantial entertainment of movies...
And who administers this process for free? whenever money is transfered there's a cost. Its got to be transfered through something, be it a credit card, etc. it will end up costing more than just the micropayment for an e-mail transfer. nobody would do that free of charge. where does the money go if the e-mail address is non existant? not to mention the logistics of a large corporation to have people getting the money in and the money out... thats a cost, because CEOs aren't going to want to deal with making sure they're paid up... so thats more people, more money... its adding up to a huge cost. it also opens up new levels of fraud. someone says "Send me an e-mail and I'll e-mail you steps on how to become rich!" only he never responds. do you bitch at him through his only contact info? e-mail? he'll just ignore it and collect more and more money.
Seriously who gets the money? I don't think the EU will support giving MS or any american organization the money. personally, I think the best place to send the money would be to the UN, have the proceeds go to Unicef or something. But like that'll happen. I don't see micropayments working. besides, what happens when the spammers steal credit card numbers and have people pay for their own spam?
obviously you've never worked in a shared environment... my desk at the big evil corporate outsourcer where I grew bitter, was the cleanest in the place, thats only because I sterlized the bloody thing with rubbing alcohol daily. (this after being sick 5 times in 3 months.) I kept up the routine until I left that deadly place. you should have seen how dirty the disposable cloths I used were after one wipe. nasty.
if linux were to become more mainstream, the majority of users would be running their systems as root for the sole reason you stated. Windows XP allows you to have restricted access, yet hardly anybody uses the feature. If Linux gets adopted as a mainstream OS, Spyware, Viruses, and all kinds of goodies will follow. There are few viruses now because if they can hit .1% of a userbase, they'll go after the largest userbase.
"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be available exclusively for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system" was said word for word (take San Andreas and replace it with Vice City) when Vice City was announced. the exclusivity is that the only console it will come out for is the PS2 it will come out for PC probabaly 6-8 months later. they always put updates in the pc version... so to whine about no PC version is like saying theres going to be no pc version of Vice City.
I take the PS2 exclusive phrase to mean the exact same thing it meant back when GTA 3 was released... the platform exclusive was that it was only to be released on the PS2 console, PCs were still allowed. Sony does help fund the projects to ensure exclusivity of titles, but only in respect to the other consoles. PC games are an entirely different beast as far as they're concerned. which is why the final fantasy games are usually released on PC, etc. all of the console manufacturers have similar deals. Microsoft "helped fund" Knights of the old Republic to ensure that the x-box was the only console it was available for. and so forth... PCs are generally not included in the "platform exclusive" also note that the exclusive is generally time limited, thus after so many months they can release it on others... hence the X-box release of gta3 and vice city... I'd expect 6 months after the PS2 version of GTA S.A. a PC version will be completed. with some extras, better graphics etc...
The microsoft (symantec rebrand) anti-virus software in Dos 6 didn't kill it... in fact it sucked... i expect the new anti-virus to suffer the same fate...
i'm sure they have you sign waivers and disclaimers that you don't care about that...
Fact, Lucas has made it evident that "he" will NEVER make a sequel trilogy to the original trilogy. maybe, just maybe, he's realizing that he's not the guy the fans want making the movies... and is having somebody else make the sequel trilogy, and he will have executive producer credits and little else with no real power or creative input. Crosses fingers
the little prince...
i mean San Andreas is the third city from the original GTA. which started you off in Liberty City, moved you on to San Andreas finishing you off in Vice City. It makes perfect sense for them to re-create San Andreas. why this move is a surprise to anyone who considers themselves a "GTA Fan" I don't know. I suppose it has to do with a lot of "GTA Fans" not realizing there were two complete (and excelent imo) games before GTA 3.
by what he said anyway. if he downloads from the internet yes he's stealing, but he stated that he merely copies the dvd movies to his computer. that isn't stealing, at least in canada here you are allowed to make copies from one medium to another for back-up purposes. copying is not stealing. now, if he rents the movie, copies it to his computer and returns the dvd, thats stealing. but just buying the dvd, copying the dvd to his computer, isn't stealing. Did you read his post? no. who looks like the moron? You... Read what he's saying before you attack him for what he said. making a personal copy is fair use, and not illegal, and definately not theft. HE OWNS A COPY OF THE MOVIE. If he shares that copy to the world, that's illegal, but simply having the copy for his personal use isn't theft, isn't illegal.
Yes its widespread, but have you tried reading PDFs on a PDA? PDF is good for maintaining the formatting and layout, but for ease of reading, I'd prefer a straight ascii format, or one that resizes the pages to be readable yet not so you have to move around left to right or have the text unreadably small.
give MacOS even 50% of the market share and see what changes... The viruses will always be written for the most damage. thats the reason there aren't many Mac viruses or Linux Viruses, they do exist, and they can be just as devastating as the viruses on pc. sure there's no "blaster" worm for macs (yet) that doesn't mean there won't be in the future. remember the blaster worm's vulnerability was patched long before the virus came out. I was protected because A. I had a firewall blocking those ports already and B. I kept my windows up to date. same with my work, it was all locked up tight.
I don't own a Mac, nor do I want to really. I have enough to spend my money on thank you. I find it funny though Mac users tend to push themselves as superior, and maybe macs are superior, their users aren't, they're equal, maybe a bit more arrogant when the next biggest worm comes out for windows. but if Apple was in Microsofts shoes, with a huge share of the marketplace, and windows was relegated to MacOS levels, roles would be reversed, the viruses would be written for MacOS, the vulnerabilities would be found more readily for MacOS, and there would be millions of Mac bashers here on Slashdot...
When you think about it, which system should you write a virus for? Mac? nah, they don't have enough of a userbase, Linux, nah, again they have too small a userbase, and they're technical, they'd find me... Windows, wow, there's millions and millions of them, and most are too stupid to know better... There's the target...
What happened if you got the gold edition, ie paid for the full movie it cost around $5 more than a standard dvd. or you could buy the other kinds, where you paid per viewing. I dunno, it never came across as that good, I could already do that, rent a dvd, or buy a full dvd for less than a divx disc. Yes for some people it would have been better, i for one am glad it died. It was essentially extreme DRM. They also wouldn't guarantee if you bought the full version that you wouldn't be charged in the future. they left that wide open in the licencing. also they wouldn't guarantee that you could watch them if they went out of business.
I never said they were bad, or good, merely greedy. as are individuals. research is always necessary, but it only takes one time for you to get screwed out of a lot of money. yes they won't be able to do it again, but, as i said they're greedy, if they steal an idea, they only have to do it once to screw over an inventor. and without patent law, the inventor could be played as a screwball trying to extort money out of the corporation... laying claim to something he didn't invent. who would joe six-pack believe? some guy off the street screaming he created gadget "A" and that corporation B stole it from him? while corporation B claims they invented it instead and this guy is trying to get rich quick off of their work. who would you believe? i'm sure a lot of people would side with the corporation.