>but even if it were true a slow moving blimp would not be very safe over foreign soil
Depends on the soil. It can be used for surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan without any fears of it being shot down. Its a post-invasion tool to support operations. If the US would move into Iran you could put it there once you've achieved air superiority, which will be trivial for the US. So thats three likely scenarios right there.
We're doing this with predators right now but they run out fuel and need to fly in circles. They also get shot down pretty easy. Ahmed with that AK47 in one hand and a RPG aimed at a girl's school in the other isnt hitting a target at 65k feet, but he'll be visible to our troops for a quick strike.
Probably. We already had things like compuserv, prodigy, BBS, fidonet, email, minitel, etc but it wasnt until Joe Sixpack could see photos, play music, and click with a mouse did it take off in the market. The command line, memorizing keyboards, etc is a real barrier to entry. A lot of FOSS people dont understand that.
Its equally, if not more likely, that someone would have just invented something web-like and leapfrogged over gopher like TBL did at CERN.
Not to mention PCs having multimedia capabilities was a novel idea at the time. Things like speakers, music & movie clips on the PC, and CD-ROMs were seen as revolutionary. They were already sick of text only interfaces and HTTP gave them what they wanted. Gopher never really had a chance.
I dont understand the craze much myself, because I cant stand those tiny keyboards and I dont want to work with a screen smaller than 12 inches. That said, most of users of netbooks Ive seen are women. Considering the netbook is too big for a pocket but just right for a purse, it makes sense. Dudes who carry bags around are in the same category, so you can chalk in people who take public trans and students.
If I still took public trans and carried a bag Id probably have one, but now I drive and really am well served by my smartphone. The Nokia N810 is tempting, but really overkill for me. Not to mention, Im surrounded by computers at work and home, so there's very little incentive for me to get yet another device.
That said, I think the hype of the netbook is overblown and wouldnt be surprised if the market for these things tanks this year. Everyone who wants one will have one. A real laptop thats just a tad larger with a 13" screen can be had for 600 dollars nowadays. I did see a Dell Mini 12 recently and its almost full laptop size but with the thinness of a netbook. It had a nice keyboard too. I could see myself with one of those, but not with a 7, 9, or even a 10" netbook.
Yes. The real problem here is lack of originality. Another "hot girls fight" show? Another X-files? The fans are practically in a cult and eat this shit up but the ratings dont match up so they cry "conspiracy!!!"
This is true. I had some samples from China of nice 1gb usb drives three years ago when 1gb was a big deal and sold them at cost (18 dollars?) to a non-profit a friend worked at. Previously they were sharing 2 or 3 128meg drives.
>Cities would seem to be the most viable option, but we'd kill millions of innocents along with the bad guys
Dont be silly. Once war is declared there are no "good guys." All civilian cities are legitimate targets. If we didnt do that then we'd probably all be speaking German now.
I hate this artificial distinction between civilian and soldier. If Hamas puts up a SAM in a neighborhood, guess what, that neighborhood is a legitimate target. If a city is an industrial center that produces weapons for the enemy, guess what, we firebomb the whole damn thing. We saw the russians pretty much destroy large parts of Georgia, many without any military assets, and in the world of warfare that's fair game. The US firebombed several cities in WWII and did not violate any war crimes for doing so.
There's no such thing as a smart bomb really or any other magic bullet. This should give many people pause before declaring war or wanting to go to war. Instead, people cheer war because they have this romaticised idea of it where only soldiers and, to use your words, "bad guys" get killed. In this context nuclear deterrents make sense. No nation has ever cared about civilians in warfare, ever. Nuclear war just suddenly makes people realize what warfare truly is and how laws & treaties surrounding warfare have little to do with protecting civilians even when they are followed.
No need to say that these Windows installations do not update via Windows update.
Automatic updates works on these machines, just not through the website.
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Watchmen is like Star Wars. You must experience it at age 18 or younger to appreciate it. Youre just too old. To adults, the characters are unrealistic, the plot is uninteresting, the love story silly, the ending illogical, and the tough guy machismo boring. To kids and teens its nectar of the gods. Its firmly in the realm of nostalgic stuff.
Probably because its first in the list. Regardless, its a shame slashdot didnt get in on this. I'd love to see part of the ISS named Bender. Perhaps the Russians can store their vodka there.
Err thats why youre a semi-anonymous poster on a web board known for its biases and natalie portman jokes and not in law enforcement. Unlike Americans, Russians and Chinese hackers speak and read more than one language. The idea that this must be a white guy in the suburbs who was just laid off is naive. The possibilities are pretty huge. Not to mention the historic arrests for this kind of thing turns out to be non-americans. Anything is possible but if you profiled me, accused me of this, and had me questioned by police, embarassed me, or cost me my reupation because of your CSI-like hunch, well, youd be getting fucked by my lawyer right now.
Id also shave off 20 to 30 percent for the retail vs OEM price difference. OEMs dont need nor do they pay for the retail package with a box, manual, cables, etc. Not to mention if you were an OEM, Vista would cost 50 or 60 dollars via MS OEM pricing.
Sure, you dont get e-ink but you get a decent screen with color, a light-weight distribution, wifi, FBreader, mplayer, skype, ssh & rdp client, lots of apps, flash support, no lock down, etc. The 700 series go for a song on ebay.
Im planning on buying one of these soon. I feel that I dont need a netbook considering how many computers I have access to, dont really need a dedicated ereader, but would like a portable device thats more powerful than a pda phone and with a much larger screen.
Its rumored that Futurama's cost per epsiode is almost 1 million dollars. The shows youve listed probably float around 250k or less. Animation is expensive, especially good animation.
Secondly, animation is a gamble. Many, many animated shows have failed badly. There's a animation ghetto that keeps costs low and you get animation quality on par of the typical AquaTeen-esque shows. There's a higher level of this ghetto with kid's shows, but none of them come close to the quality of Futurama. It ain't cheap. I doubt Matt or Fox want a cheap poorly animated Futurama.
Lastly, this is business, not a religion. If USA or whomever could make a high quality cartoon that would sell, they would in a heartbeat. If any of these companies thought they could buy Futurama they would. I imagine the asking price from Matt and Fox is ridiculous and a gamble, thus the direct to DVD releases. They probably only need to sell 100k DVDs to break even. You can start to see some real cost-cutting on the quality of these DVDs, especially on the previous release. The fluid animation just isnt there anymore and the writing has obviously been hurt (I imagine they are hemorrhaging talent). I bet each DVD cost around 500k to make after all these cuts. To get back to the quality of the original series you'll have to pay out a bit more.
Thats great, but when? Im very hesistant to switch to t-mobile. Years ago I had the original sidekick and found their coverage to be lacking, at least here in Chicago. I also have a minute/data deal with Sprint that no other carrier can come close to. Its incredible what AT&T and TMobile want for data nowadays.
Im probably just going to wait it out and get the G2 on Sprint, but its a real shame the industry has moved so slowly on android. I understand that the product was released prematurely. Hopefully the G2 will be full featured and stable.
The patch stops the SMB vulnerability, but I believe the USB auto-run is just an executable. There's no vulnerability needed if the OS is going to run the autorun a file as administrator.
MS should just globally disable autorun. This is getting out of hand. Half of these infections is probably some low-paid tech inserting the same usb drive into his customers computers. That seriously would not surprise me.
Cable channels dont typically have the budget for something like Futurama. Its one thing to licence reruns and produce low-quality stuff like Aqua Force and another run a show like Futurama. Right now, its Fox or nothing. Has any of the major players expressed interest? Everyone seems to shy from animation except for Fox.
If dart can be compromised to serve up malicious files then chances are it can be compromised to disable this scan too.
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>is really a product of how cheap the hardware makes the connection and usage.
I did a lot of similiar things back then as i do today. I played a MUD via telnet. This was over a college dial-up. I was using gopher and the early web (in the computer lab only). I was using unix talk to chat with buddies. I was using email.
Infrastructure sometimes doesnt really matter. Instead of a MUD we have graphical MMOs. talk is just chat. Email is email. More capacity usually translates into GUIs as to attract non-techies.
Heck, in the 80s the BBSs I visited had all sorts of games, many networked or simultaneous (tradewars ftw), fidonet, email, file sharing, chat, etc.
Powerline ethernet isnt very popular, its buggy, and its also expensive. It would double the price of this thing and make it get 10x hotter. What it needs is wifi.
Well, obviously, Apple isn't in a monopoly position
70% or more of the mp3 market is ipod locked into itunes. The EU should force them to sell it with the rockbox firmware with winamp too.
Oh wait, let me guess, slashdotters dont really care of freedom or justice or markets or end users or developers. They just want to stick it to MS, per usual.
I hate the fact that your post has been up for an hour and is only at +3 instead of +5. What is wrong with slashdot mods? I guess they prefer conspiracy theories to fact as long as those theories validate their biases, namely that the RIAA has infiltrated all these music sites and that everyone is giving away their names and IP addresses. The conspiratorial anti-corporatism here is worse than usual.
Making grand predictions is how people like Uri Geller and Sylvia Brown operate. Its designed to maximize attention and bring readership, thus dollars to their ventures. Doctorow is just another hukster of the same kind with the same MO. Its a shame this is not obvious to the slashdot editors.
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>but even if it were true a slow moving blimp would not be very safe over foreign soil
Depends on the soil. It can be used for surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan without any fears of it being shot down. Its a post-invasion tool to support operations. If the US would move into Iran you could put it there once you've achieved air superiority, which will be trivial for the US. So thats three likely scenarios right there.
We're doing this with predators right now but they run out fuel and need to fly in circles. They also get shot down pretty easy. Ahmed with that AK47 in one hand and a RPG aimed at a girl's school in the other isnt hitting a target at 65k feet, but he'll be visible to our troops for a quick strike.
Probably. We already had things like compuserv, prodigy, BBS, fidonet, email, minitel, etc but it wasnt until Joe Sixpack could see photos, play music, and click with a mouse did it take off in the market. The command line, memorizing keyboards, etc is a real barrier to entry. A lot of FOSS people dont understand that.
Its equally, if not more likely, that someone would have just invented something web-like and leapfrogged over gopher like TBL did at CERN.
Not to mention PCs having multimedia capabilities was a novel idea at the time. Things like speakers, music & movie clips on the PC, and CD-ROMs were seen as revolutionary. They were already sick of text only interfaces and HTTP gave them what they wanted. Gopher never really had a chance.
I dont understand the craze much myself, because I cant stand those tiny keyboards and I dont want to work with a screen smaller than 12 inches. That said, most of users of netbooks Ive seen are women. Considering the netbook is too big for a pocket but just right for a purse, it makes sense. Dudes who carry bags around are in the same category, so you can chalk in people who take public trans and students.
If I still took public trans and carried a bag Id probably have one, but now I drive and really am well served by my smartphone. The Nokia N810 is tempting, but really overkill for me. Not to mention, Im surrounded by computers at work and home, so there's very little incentive for me to get yet another device.
That said, I think the hype of the netbook is overblown and wouldnt be surprised if the market for these things tanks this year. Everyone who wants one will have one. A real laptop thats just a tad larger with a 13" screen can be had for 600 dollars nowadays. I did see a Dell Mini 12 recently and its almost full laptop size but with the thinness of a netbook. It had a nice keyboard too. I could see myself with one of those, but not with a 7, 9, or even a 10" netbook.
Yes. The real problem here is lack of originality. Another "hot girls fight" show? Another X-files? The fans are practically in a cult and eat this shit up but the ratings dont match up so they cry "conspiracy!!!"
Sadly, television is still a wasteland.
This is true. I had some samples from China of nice 1gb usb drives three years ago when 1gb was a big deal and sold them at cost (18 dollars?) to a non-profit a friend worked at. Previously they were sharing 2 or 3 128meg drives.
>Cities would seem to be the most viable option, but we'd kill millions of innocents along with the bad guys
Dont be silly. Once war is declared there are no "good guys." All civilian cities are legitimate targets. If we didnt do that then we'd probably all be speaking German now.
I hate this artificial distinction between civilian and soldier. If Hamas puts up a SAM in a neighborhood, guess what, that neighborhood is a legitimate target. If a city is an industrial center that produces weapons for the enemy, guess what, we firebomb the whole damn thing. We saw the russians pretty much destroy large parts of Georgia, many without any military assets, and in the world of warfare that's fair game. The US firebombed several cities in WWII and did not violate any war crimes for doing so.
There's no such thing as a smart bomb really or any other magic bullet. This should give many people pause before declaring war or wanting to go to war. Instead, people cheer war because they have this romaticised idea of it where only soldiers and, to use your words, "bad guys" get killed. In this context nuclear deterrents make sense. No nation has ever cared about civilians in warfare, ever. Nuclear war just suddenly makes people realize what warfare truly is and how laws & treaties surrounding warfare have little to do with protecting civilians even when they are followed.
No need to say that these Windows installations do not update via Windows update.
Automatic updates works on these machines, just not through the website.
Watchmen is like Star Wars. You must experience it at age 18 or younger to appreciate it. Youre just too old. To adults, the characters are unrealistic, the plot is uninteresting, the love story silly, the ending illogical, and the tough guy machismo boring. To kids and teens its nectar of the gods. Its firmly in the realm of nostalgic stuff.
Growing up sucks, eh?
Probably because its first in the list. Regardless, its a shame slashdot didnt get in on this. I'd love to see part of the ISS named Bender. Perhaps the Russians can store their vodka there.
Maybe its not too late. I just voted for Bender.
Take a picture from a camera. convert it to greyscale. Shrink it down to 8x8. Then expand it to fill your entire field of vision.
So if you see this then he see this.
Perhaps its a blessing afterall.
At least, that's how I'd investigate.
Err thats why youre a semi-anonymous poster on a web board known for its biases and natalie portman jokes and not in law enforcement. Unlike Americans, Russians and Chinese hackers speak and read more than one language. The idea that this must be a white guy in the suburbs who was just laid off is naive. The possibilities are pretty huge. Not to mention the historic arrests for this kind of thing turns out to be non-americans. Anything is possible but if you profiled me, accused me of this, and had me questioned by police, embarassed me, or cost me my reupation because of your CSI-like hunch, well, youd be getting fucked by my lawyer right now.
Id also shave off 20 to 30 percent for the retail vs OEM price difference. OEMs dont need nor do they pay for the retail package with a box, manual, cables, etc. Not to mention if you were an OEM, Vista would cost 50 or 60 dollars via MS OEM pricing.
Its been out for years: Nokia Internet Tablet.
Sure, you dont get e-ink but you get a decent screen with color, a light-weight distribution, wifi, FBreader, mplayer, skype, ssh & rdp client, lots of apps, flash support, no lock down, etc. The 700 series go for a song on ebay.
Im planning on buying one of these soon. I feel that I dont need a netbook considering how many computers I have access to, dont really need a dedicated ereader, but would like a portable device thats more powerful than a pda phone and with a much larger screen.
Its rumored that Futurama's cost per epsiode is almost 1 million dollars. The shows youve listed probably float around 250k or less. Animation is expensive, especially good animation.
Secondly, animation is a gamble. Many, many animated shows have failed badly. There's a animation ghetto that keeps costs low and you get animation quality on par of the typical AquaTeen-esque shows. There's a higher level of this ghetto with kid's shows, but none of them come close to the quality of Futurama. It ain't cheap. I doubt Matt or Fox want a cheap poorly animated Futurama.
Lastly, this is business, not a religion. If USA or whomever could make a high quality cartoon that would sell, they would in a heartbeat. If any of these companies thought they could buy Futurama they would. I imagine the asking price from Matt and Fox is ridiculous and a gamble, thus the direct to DVD releases. They probably only need to sell 100k DVDs to break even. You can start to see some real cost-cutting on the quality of these DVDs, especially on the previous release. The fluid animation just isnt there anymore and the writing has obviously been hurt (I imagine they are hemorrhaging talent). I bet each DVD cost around 500k to make after all these cuts. To get back to the quality of the original series you'll have to pay out a bit more.
Thats great, but when? Im very hesistant to switch to t-mobile. Years ago I had the original sidekick and found their coverage to be lacking, at least here in Chicago. I also have a minute/data deal with Sprint that no other carrier can come close to. Its incredible what AT&T and TMobile want for data nowadays.
Im probably just going to wait it out and get the G2 on Sprint, but its a real shame the industry has moved so slowly on android. I understand that the product was released prematurely. Hopefully the G2 will be full featured and stable.
The patch stops the SMB vulnerability, but I believe the USB auto-run is just an executable. There's no vulnerability needed if the OS is going to run the autorun a file as administrator.
MS should just globally disable autorun. This is getting out of hand. Half of these infections is probably some low-paid tech inserting the same usb drive into his customers computers. That seriously would not surprise me.
Cable channels dont typically have the budget for something like Futurama. Its one thing to licence reruns and produce low-quality stuff like Aqua Force and another run a show like Futurama. Right now, its Fox or nothing. Has any of the major players expressed interest? Everyone seems to shy from animation except for Fox.
If dart can be compromised to serve up malicious files then chances are it can be compromised to disable this scan too.
>is really a product of how cheap the hardware makes the connection and usage.
I did a lot of similiar things back then as i do today. I played a MUD via telnet. This was over a college dial-up. I was using gopher and the early web (in the computer lab only). I was using unix talk to chat with buddies. I was using email.
Infrastructure sometimes doesnt really matter. Instead of a MUD we have graphical MMOs. talk is just chat. Email is email. More capacity usually translates into GUIs as to attract non-techies.
Heck, in the 80s the BBSs I visited had all sorts of games, many networked or simultaneous (tradewars ftw), fidonet, email, file sharing, chat, etc.
Powerline ethernet isnt very popular, its buggy, and its also expensive. It would double the price of this thing and make it get 10x hotter. What it needs is wifi.
Well, obviously, Apple isn't in a monopoly position
70% or more of the mp3 market is ipod locked into itunes. The EU should force them to sell it with the rockbox firmware with winamp too.
Oh wait, let me guess, slashdotters dont really care of freedom or justice or markets or end users or developers. They just want to stick it to MS, per usual.
It may be the best thing ever for Windows on Windows
Steve Balmer and Bill Gates check into a hotel...
*boom-chicka-chicka-bow-wow-boom-chicka-chicka*
I hate the fact that your post has been up for an hour and is only at +3 instead of +5. What is wrong with slashdot mods? I guess they prefer conspiracy theories to fact as long as those theories validate their biases, namely that the RIAA has infiltrated all these music sites and that everyone is giving away their names and IP addresses. The conspiratorial anti-corporatism here is worse than usual.
"Tesla" MMOs in the future?
You are a long-haired early 1990s rocker standing in studio. What do you want to do?
> sing signs
You are now singing a protest song about trespassing and signage. Stupid people think its "deep."
Making grand predictions is how people like Uri Geller and Sylvia Brown operate. Its designed to maximize attention and bring readership, thus dollars to their ventures. Doctorow is just another hukster of the same kind with the same MO. Its a shame this is not obvious to the slashdot editors.