If the rockets are very similar in power output, how do you determine who wins? Is it the only guys that doesn't black out and crash in a huge ball of flames?
The article states that the CDs will contain some sofrt of software that will stop the data (read: music) on the discs being copied.
For this to happen, the software must be executed. I am assuming that the software on the disc will be windows-only, as well. This also means that the user will have to have auto-run enabled on their computer. Otherwise, you can just insert the disc and the CD is not read until the playing/ripping software is run.
This will not stop a user of another operating system with CD drivers that allow raw access (Linux, *BSD, whatever) mounting the disc and just doing a raw sector copy.
I can't really see why they would spend so much time developing this sort of copy 'control' when it could (at face value) be so easily bypassed.
I remember discussing this with my physics teacher at high school (i.e. my knowledge of physics is not perfect).
He believed that under an exteremtly intense magnetic field, objects that are not normally magnetic can be induced to emit a field. I guess by alternating this super-conductors field against the non-megnetic objects, they are repulsed?
So, they want an internet that 'obeys basic economic laws' eh?
Has anyone ever quoted Einstein as saying 'Why doesn't the universe obey Newton's basic laws?'
Hey, they make sense so why doesn't the universe use them?
I'd like to see these commerce types get off their arses and figure out a new bunch of laws.
If there was / is a demand for strange alloys that can only be formed in zero-G, NASA could ship the raw materials up there and then just drop batches of the stuff back to earth (properly heat-shielded of course). Depending upon the demand for the alloys and the cost of getting the raw materials up there, they could cut a profit from it.
The linked-to article discusses alternatives to photosynthesis as an energy source for life in these moons.
Not one of the alternatives mentions undersea volcanoes. There are many species here on earth (both unicellular and multicellular) that rely on volcanoes on the ocean floor ('black smokers') as an energy source. This seems a lot more likely than some strange radioactive phosphorous (or was it potassium) isotope.
It has been proven that other bodies in the solar system are volcanically active like the earth, so how did they miss this possibility?
This is a good move by MidWay. Most people must have figured out by now that paying $2 for 5 minutes of fun is worse than paying $100 for tens-of-hours of fun.
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What would be really good is to use a fingerprint as the key to decrypting an encrypted file system.
Leaving a fingerprint is faster than typing in a long key string, too.
I'm not sure just how much data you can reliably pull out of a fingerprint though. It must be enough to tell everyone apart...
Just one molecule thick?
What size molecule are they talking about? Water? Long-chain hydrocarbons?
Meccano (= Erector) is going strong in Australia.
As a kid, I used to build plenty of neat stuff with my grandfather's meccano. He even had a couple of chunky clockwork motors to run the contraptions.
If the rockets are very similar in power output, how do you determine who wins? Is it the only guys that doesn't black out and crash in a huge ball of flames?
Now you can really 'use the force' in star wars games!
mmmmm Darth Vader's strangling gesture....
The article states that the CDs will contain some sofrt of software that will stop the data (read: music) on the discs being copied.
For this to happen, the software must be executed. I am assuming that the software on the disc will be windows-only, as well. This also means that the user will have to have auto-run enabled on their computer. Otherwise, you can just insert the disc and the CD is not read until the playing/ripping software is run.
This will not stop a user of another operating system with CD drivers that allow raw access (Linux, *BSD, whatever) mounting the disc and just doing a raw sector copy.
I can't really see why they would spend so much time developing this sort of copy 'control' when it could (at face value) be so easily bypassed.
If only the law extended to spam as well...
It's easy to make a CD that doesn't conform to the Red Book standard:
1. Remove CD from case.
2. Open microwave oven.
3. Insert CD into microwave.
4. Start microwave.
Now the cannot be played in a CDROM. Admittedly, NO CD player can read it, but at least it's easy!
I guess a lot of Aussie geeks (as I am) would like an ad-hoc modification of our natioanl anthem:
Australians all let us rejoice,
For we aren't getting crypto restrictions shoved down our throats.
On the other hand, our laws say that any piece of information on an Australian web site that anyone complains (as being 'offsensive') must be removed.
Is there any place other that Sealand that doesn't have complete tools for lawmakers?
How's this: Cosmic Golf.
The Russians sned up a whole lot of satellites that have some maneuvrability, then let people control their descent back to Earth.
There would have to be limits on this, or otherwise private school playgrounds could get nasty.
e.g. "My Dad can drop an asteroid on your Dad, so nyah!"
Finally a 'good' use for a distributed denial of service attack!
This reminds me of the polymorph from Red Dwarf (BBC TV) series.
At one point, the shape-changer flips through different object shapes until it settles on a basketball and goes bouncing down a corridor.
Now all we need are robots that can mimic shrinking boxer shorts and we're set!
If the software is 'free as in beer', send them some free beer!
Got to watch those 's guys.
Gee, slashdot's tandards are slipping. Next thing you know, they'll be using XP's smart tags. Or not.
I remember discussing this with my physics teacher at high school (i.e. my knowledge of physics is not perfect).
He believed that under an exteremtly intense magnetic field, objects that are not normally magnetic can be induced to emit a field. I guess by alternating this super-conductors field against the non-megnetic objects, they are repulsed?
So, line up if you want to discredit this theory!
So, they want an internet that 'obeys basic economic laws' eh?
Has anyone ever quoted Einstein as saying 'Why doesn't the universe obey Newton's basic laws?'
Hey, they make sense so why doesn't the universe use them?
I'd like to see these commerce types get off their arses and figure out a new bunch of laws.
If there was / is a demand for strange alloys that can only be formed in zero-G, NASA could ship the raw materials up there and then just drop batches of the stuff back to earth (properly heat-shielded of course). Depending upon the demand for the alloys and the cost of getting the raw materials up there, they could cut a profit from it.
Don't tell them that you fool!
Oh well, there goes the ANZUS treaty and here comes the US pacific fleet...
If google also used the ALT field of the IMG tag, it could be really handy.
It would also encourage people to propagate their web pages with meaningful descriptions.
The linked-to article discusses alternatives to photosynthesis as an energy source for life in these moons.
Not one of the alternatives mentions undersea volcanoes. There are many species here on earth (both unicellular and multicellular) that rely on volcanoes on the ocean floor ('black smokers') as an energy source. This seems a lot more likely than some strange radioactive phosphorous (or was it potassium) isotope.
It has been proven that other bodies in the solar system are volcanically active like the earth, so how did they miss this possibility?
This is a good move by MidWay. Most people must have figured out by now that paying $2 for 5 minutes of fun is worse than paying $100 for tens-of-hours of fun.
(btw, that's Australian dollars)
I can't wait until kids with rich parents get into this. We'll end up with things like:
www.davisisapoopoohead.com
www.kennyhasgirlgerms.net
Would anyone in the US mind shipping any of these cue:felines to Australia?
We haven't seen any of these nice electronic freebies. Is that a good thing?
Something might have been lost in the translation here.
The employees are free to go and find better pay / different work. Although the head-hunting climate there might be rather ruthless.
I guess the company doesn't want their people being excessively spammed or harassed by 'talent scouts'
What's got me worried is the intense gamma ray burst that is (allegedly) emitted from a matter / antimatter reaction.
With a bit of shielding, you could get some astronauts there, but they'd end up with Funny Looking Kids (tm).