There's no chance this will happen. A fast moving low power station will not cause a tower hand-off. Id be surprised if you could even connect to that thing trying with specialized equipment.
>Is there any way Sonic.net could sue these guys for backing out of an agreement for made-up reasons?
No, because in every industry except entertainment its suicide to ever sue your own customers. Who would want to do business with anyone like that? There are a lot of lawyers who never receive payment for their services who also never sue their customers. Once the word gets out that youre doing that then its time to close shop.
>Did Twitter just scour the internet for anti-Vista articles and throw them all into one stupid Slashdot submission?
Hi, you must be new here.
We have a few vista boxes at work and have been running sp1 since the RTM and I dont see the difference between this OS and XP, but if all you read is slashdot youd think its like digital arsenic. Of course if all you read is slashdot you would also think that NT is just a unix wannabe, 2000 an expensive upgrade for those who already have 95 and dont need it, and that XP is just 2000 with fisher price colors, so you'd be coming from a biased place anyway. Its hilarious to hear the love some people have for XP now, especially when it was thoroughly trashed here just a few years ago. Oh I almost forgot XP SP2 'broke everything' so should be avoided.
We can do it now with herion. I dont see the difference. It will also cause withdrawal and other nasties. Congress will step in and possession of that tech will be a serious felony. The drug war will expand to techies who use this shit. Not exactly Brave New World.
>but the reason Apple won't face any lawsuits for this is because they are breaking into the Windows browser market, not dominating it
That makes no sense. If a copy of Office 2008 for OSX installed Windows Media Player to fight off iTunes then slashdot would melt from the outrage. When Apple does it, slashdotters bend over bankwards to rationalize it.
Im so sick of this masturbation fantasy all geeks seem to share. Its been around for at least the 80s and it turns out that people, except perhaps Japanese teens, do not want to fuck machines.
>The hot chick from the flat above asking if you can come round and fix her BSOD'd Love Helm (tm).
In America? No self-respecting woman would admit to owning one let alone asking a stranger to fix one. When was the last time your neighbor asked you to fix her broken dildo?
Yeah, I know parent post is a joke, but I wouldnt be surprised if lots of nerds are just waiting for a day that will never come. Reading the identical teledildonics "the tech is just around the corner!!" article that is published by wired news and boingboing every 6 months isnt helping any either.
Bruce also know how to lock down his shares, build vlans, segment networks, build captive portals, monitor traffic, etc. Joe Shmoe doesnt. The best advice for non-techies is to use WPA on their wireless.
>Really, what this law is is an attempt to criminalize a culture of sharing.
Yeah, its a big conspiracy d00d! The other day I tried to give someone a hoho and a police man shot at me!
>Now myself I am religious, but when I'm dead. I'm dead.
Can I have your house and car when you die? How about your savings? The point is that your organs are part of your estate and have worth. Why should someone be able to steal them, make, say 10,000 dollars, and not give any to your kids and grandkids?
Lastly, this is the logical outcome of for-profit non-socialized healthcare.
>I'm glad my Mac isn't as "cheap" as a lot of the PCs I see.
Good for you rich guy. This is like listening to my boss talk about his Porsche. I honestly cant afford a mac, unless its a 4 year old beater, but I can afford a budget PC that's pretty powerful and can last until the new budget models are almost twice as fast.
Anything else you want to add? Your favorite caviar perhaps or what style of ascot is in? Im really sick of this 'money makes right' attitude so many people have, especially mac owners.
>since a lot of BitTorrent folks put their torrent clients to use ports 25 or 80
Sounds like they should be using their own ports, not abusing known ports for their file-sharing. The reason they dont do so is because ISPs cut them off. Now youre complaining about... ISPs cutting them off?
Also you should be using 587 for email submission not 25.
So when are they going to get the "Hey kids, text this number now!!" (small text flashes on the screen about subscribing to a service and being billed 20 dollars a month) Phone billing and fraud go hand in hand.
This guy is from my state and is realy a godsend for Illinois. He took the place of Dennis Hastert who is pretty much George Bush jr. Bill is a democrat which means that the more rural parts of illinois are also fed up with what passes for conservtism today. I hope we see more democrats from my state and continue to produce politicians like Abe Lincoln, Barak Obama and Bill Foster. I cant say how happy this makes me. After pretty much writing off this part of illinois to the republicans for decades its good to see some change. His campaign was a crazy longshot too.
A few scientists on our science committees will be nice. I think even blue-collar America is seeing the problem with theocratic elements. I dont think his geek cred is the big story here, the big story is that we're getting some more moderates in office as opposed to loud-mouth far-right idealogues. Thats a win-win for all, well, except the ultra-right.
Can someone tell me if I can get there without a car? Last time I was in the DC area and had access to a car they decided to close because of the state funeral for Ford. Thanks guys. The little spyplane memorials were pretty neat.
Now I might be back soon to DC but really cant justify 100 dollars to rent a car to go there. I wonder if a cab will take me and take me back. Its a little out of the way.
>So my impression that Blu-ray rises just because people start to see reasonable displays to watch those HD discs with
I have a reasonably display (37") for HD and really dont have a need to jump to the format. DVDs from my old Sony 480p DVD player look amazing. What looks terrible is my SD directivo. Right now I'm motivated to buy a HD tivo and HD service from directv. The cost of this for 12 months is what a bluray player costs me today. I watch more TV than I do movies. I seriously doubt I'm unique in this regard.
That said, the first thing people are going to do when they get an HD set is pay for HD cable or satellite. They arent going to spend 600 dollars on some fancy player for movies. They might if it costs 200 dollars or less, but that wont happen for a long time if ever. Think of all the HD content Im going to get for only 10 dollars more than Im paying now.
That said I doubt the digital download revolution will ever happen but HD via cable and satellite is here. Toss in some on-demand services and theres very little incentive to get a bluray player. For film geeks and videophiles it'll be a must-have, but then again so was the laserdisc.
>An intel integrated graphics card still can't run Quake 3 well.
Hell they cant even run second life. Or the sims. Its incredible that pc OEMs think that 3d graphics should be a 100-200 dollar expense. A budget 3D chipset would add maybe 20 or 30 dollars to the price of the machine.
The problem is that no trade organization has come up with a "Game Ready" certification process. People would see this and know that their machine can at least play game x at medium settings. I think both groups (game publishers and OEMs) need to work together on this before the xbox and ps3 make pc gaming a relic of history.
Its elitism. "We have a license and you dont." It sounds like he truly loves the FCC. Its like people who went to elitist universities and how their schools and degrees as suddenly making them better than everyone else. I hate this kind of thing. Its just a license. Its just a degree. Nothing more.
>but because there aren't enough police to keep all the drug dealers and criminals in line.
Thats because the police cant look at a random black guy and say 'Drug dealer' but this guy can. In other words he just harasses people he thinks dont look right to him and justifies it with the war on drugs mindset. The police have a higher standard for assessing threats and acting on them. This guy isnt scaring off anyone other than minorities and undesirables who he sees as a threat to his white lifestyle and property value. This robot will soon be marketed for the fenced off community crowd soon enough.
What exactly do you think would happen if we just tossed those characters out of the UN. Do you think it might be a tad destabilizing and polarizing? Do you think it would be better if it was a club of the 'good guy' nations?
Its already a club of 'the good guy' nations. Your vote is symbolic unless you a permanent member of the security council.
>Maybe the same group they put on the Human Rights Committee a few years back, Syria, Lybia, etc. Yeah, this will work really well.
Not to mention this attitude is anti-democratic. Your counterpart just 100 or so years ago would have said "Let women, blacks, and mexicans vote? Yeah, that'll work." Today we might be looking at our first female or black president. Funny what happens to controled top-down societies when you let the undesirables get their say. Its not exactly doom and gloom.
>Hell of a coincidence that they're all pro-Microsoft.
Maybe he's just a contrarian. The lowest common denominator (or Friends Sitcom View) of technology is OMG MS IS EVIL AND BAD AND THIS IS THE YEAR OF TEH LINUX DESKTOP.
People are sick of the bias and predictable kiddies. Reality is never this simple and polarized. I like seeing things mixed up. Hell, I also get accused for being an MS ad executive around here. This bullshit "burn the witch" attitude isnt helping.
Consiering this guy just posted a piece about how silverlight isnt doing so well and all his entries are approved by slashdot editors, well what exactly are you saying? Perhaps you saying that your little reality tunnel cant take any criticism so you lash out and scream 'Conspiracy! Burn the witch?'
>Took me ages to find the bloody slide show button. In every other Powerpoint it was a nice simple button in the corner of the window.
I support quite a few users and made the mistake of using a laptop with office 2007 for one of our large presentations with multiple presenters. This became a social experiment to see how my low-tech users would react. Hell, I almost fainted when two or three of them just found the play button in under 5 seconds and only one of them asked. So if these people can find it while doing a presentation in front of 150 people and you cant, well, you have no business posting on slashdot.
Yeah, if Im sitting at it I can boot from USB, wipe the administrator password, reboot and log in. No need for a fireware card, cable, etc. I can do the same with OSX but I have to use the install disc instead of the USB keychain in my pocket.
Yes this is all very "shocking." This is the slashdot equivalant of CNN playing that lock-pick video over and over again.
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There's no chance this will happen. A fast moving low power station will not cause a tower hand-off. Id be surprised if you could even connect to that thing trying with specialized equipment.
>Is there any way Sonic.net could sue these guys for backing out of an agreement for made-up reasons?
No, because in every industry except entertainment its suicide to ever sue your own customers. Who would want to do business with anyone like that? There are a lot of lawyers who never receive payment for their services who also never sue their customers. Once the word gets out that youre doing that then its time to close shop.
>"What's the point? Why would anyone want Vista? A more fancy UI and some nifty media enhancements? Sorry, it just doesn't make sense".
That's what they said about XP on this very board. Just 2000 with fisher price colors, now everyone is in admiration of it. Funny how that works.
>Did Twitter just scour the internet for anti-Vista articles and throw them all into one stupid Slashdot submission?
Hi, you must be new here.
We have a few vista boxes at work and have been running sp1 since the RTM and I dont see the difference between this OS and XP, but if all you read is slashdot youd think its like digital arsenic. Of course if all you read is slashdot you would also think that NT is just a unix wannabe, 2000 an expensive upgrade for those who already have 95 and dont need it, and that XP is just 2000 with fisher price colors, so you'd be coming from a biased place anyway. Its hilarious to hear the love some people have for XP now, especially when it was thoroughly trashed here just a few years ago. Oh I almost forgot XP SP2 'broke everything' so should be avoided.
We can do it now with herion. I dont see the difference. It will also cause withdrawal and other nasties. Congress will step in and possession of that tech will be a serious felony. The drug war will expand to techies who use this shit. Not exactly Brave New World.
>but the reason Apple won't face any lawsuits for this is because they are breaking into the Windows browser market, not dominating it
That makes no sense. If a copy of Office 2008 for OSX installed Windows Media Player to fight off iTunes then slashdot would melt from the outrage. When Apple does it, slashdotters bend over bankwards to rationalize it.
The enemy of your enemy is not your friend.
Im so sick of this masturbation fantasy all geeks seem to share. Its been around for at least the 80s and it turns out that people, except perhaps Japanese teens, do not want to fuck machines.
>The hot chick from the flat above asking if you can come round and fix her BSOD'd Love Helm (tm).
In America? No self-respecting woman would admit to owning one let alone asking a stranger to fix one. When was the last time your neighbor asked you to fix her broken dildo?
Yeah, I know parent post is a joke, but I wouldnt be surprised if lots of nerds are just waiting for a day that will never come. Reading the identical teledildonics "the tech is just around the corner!!" article that is published by wired news and boingboing every 6 months isnt helping any either.
Bruce also know how to lock down his shares, build vlans, segment networks, build captive portals, monitor traffic, etc. Joe Shmoe doesnt. The best advice for non-techies is to use WPA on their wireless.
>Really, what this law is is an attempt to criminalize a culture of sharing.
Yeah, its a big conspiracy d00d! The other day I tried to give someone a hoho and a police man shot at me!
>Now myself I am religious, but when I'm dead. I'm dead.
Can I have your house and car when you die? How about your savings? The point is that your organs are part of your estate and have worth. Why should someone be able to steal them, make, say 10,000 dollars, and not give any to your kids and grandkids?
Lastly, this is the logical outcome of for-profit non-socialized healthcare.
>I'm glad my Mac isn't as "cheap" as a lot of the PCs I see.
Good for you rich guy. This is like listening to my boss talk about his Porsche. I honestly cant afford a mac, unless its a 4 year old beater, but I can afford a budget PC that's pretty powerful and can last until the new budget models are almost twice as fast.
Anything else you want to add? Your favorite caviar perhaps or what style of ascot is in? Im really sick of this 'money makes right' attitude so many people have, especially mac owners.
>since a lot of BitTorrent folks put their torrent clients to use ports 25 or 80
Sounds like they should be using their own ports, not abusing known ports for their file-sharing. The reason they dont do so is because ISPs cut them off. Now youre complaining about... ISPs cutting them off?
Also you should be using 587 for email submission not 25.
I hope Linguo participes. "No. Its 'You will blend me.'"
So when are they going to get the "Hey kids, text this number now!!" (small text flashes on the screen about subscribing to a service and being billed 20 dollars a month) Phone billing and fraud go hand in hand.
This guy is from my state and is realy a godsend for Illinois. He took the place of Dennis Hastert who is pretty much George Bush jr. Bill is a democrat which means that the more rural parts of illinois are also fed up with what passes for conservtism today. I hope we see more democrats from my state and continue to produce politicians like Abe Lincoln, Barak Obama and Bill Foster. I cant say how happy this makes me. After pretty much writing off this part of illinois to the republicans for decades its good to see some change. His campaign was a crazy longshot too.
A few scientists on our science committees will be nice. I think even blue-collar America is seeing the problem with theocratic elements. I dont think his geek cred is the big story here, the big story is that we're getting some more moderates in office as opposed to loud-mouth far-right idealogues. Thats a win-win for all, well, except the ultra-right.
Can someone tell me if I can get there without a car? Last time I was in the DC area and had access to a car they decided to close because of the state funeral for Ford. Thanks guys. The little spyplane memorials were pretty neat.
Now I might be back soon to DC but really cant justify 100 dollars to rent a car to go there. I wonder if a cab will take me and take me back. Its a little out of the way.
Yes i know. I meant the DVR directv sells. Tivo is like the word Xerox now.
>So my impression that Blu-ray rises just because people start to see reasonable displays to watch those HD discs with
I have a reasonably display (37") for HD and really dont have a need to jump to the format. DVDs from my old Sony 480p DVD player look amazing. What looks terrible is my SD directivo. Right now I'm motivated to buy a HD tivo and HD service from directv. The cost of this for 12 months is what a bluray player costs me today. I watch more TV than I do movies. I seriously doubt I'm unique in this regard.
That said, the first thing people are going to do when they get an HD set is pay for HD cable or satellite. They arent going to spend 600 dollars on some fancy player for movies. They might if it costs 200 dollars or less, but that wont happen for a long time if ever. Think of all the HD content Im going to get for only 10 dollars more than Im paying now.
That said I doubt the digital download revolution will ever happen but HD via cable and satellite is here. Toss in some on-demand services and theres very little incentive to get a bluray player. For film geeks and videophiles it'll be a must-have, but then again so was the laserdisc.
>An intel integrated graphics card still can't run Quake 3 well.
Hell they cant even run second life. Or the sims. Its incredible that pc OEMs think that 3d graphics should be a 100-200 dollar expense. A budget 3D chipset would add maybe 20 or 30 dollars to the price of the machine.
The problem is that no trade organization has come up with a "Game Ready" certification process. People would see this and know that their machine can at least play game x at medium settings. I think both groups (game publishers and OEMs) need to work together on this before the xbox and ps3 make pc gaming a relic of history.
Its elitism. "We have a license and you dont." It sounds like he truly loves the FCC. Its like people who went to elitist universities and how their schools and degrees as suddenly making them better than everyone else. I hate this kind of thing. Its just a license. Its just a degree. Nothing more.
>but because there aren't enough police to keep all the drug dealers and criminals in line.
Thats because the police cant look at a random black guy and say 'Drug dealer' but this guy can. In other words he just harasses people he thinks dont look right to him and justifies it with the war on drugs mindset. The police have a higher standard for assessing threats and acting on them. This guy isnt scaring off anyone other than minorities and undesirables who he sees as a threat to his white lifestyle and property value. This robot will soon be marketed for the fenced off community crowd soon enough.
Typical vigilantism.
I hate this criticism because its just so lazy.
What exactly do you think would happen if we just tossed those characters out of the UN. Do you think it might be a tad destabilizing and polarizing? Do you think it would be better if it was a club of the 'good guy' nations?
Its already a club of 'the good guy' nations. Your vote is symbolic unless you a permanent member of the security council.
>Maybe the same group they put on the Human Rights Committee a few years back, Syria, Lybia, etc. Yeah, this will work really well.
Not to mention this attitude is anti-democratic. Your counterpart just 100 or so years ago would have said "Let women, blacks, and mexicans vote? Yeah, that'll work." Today we might be looking at our first female or black president. Funny what happens to controled top-down societies when you let the undesirables get their say. Its not exactly doom and gloom.
>Hell of a coincidence that they're all pro-Microsoft.
Maybe he's just a contrarian. The lowest common denominator (or Friends Sitcom View) of technology is OMG MS IS EVIL AND BAD AND THIS IS THE YEAR OF TEH LINUX DESKTOP.
People are sick of the bias and predictable kiddies. Reality is never this simple and polarized. I like seeing things mixed up. Hell, I also get accused for being an MS ad executive around here. This bullshit "burn the witch" attitude isnt helping.
Consiering this guy just posted a piece about how silverlight isnt doing so well and all his entries are approved by slashdot editors, well what exactly are you saying? Perhaps you saying that your little reality tunnel cant take any criticism so you lash out and scream 'Conspiracy! Burn the witch?'
>Took me ages to find the bloody slide show button.
In every other Powerpoint it was a nice simple button in the corner of the window.
I support quite a few users and made the mistake of using a laptop with office 2007 for one of our large presentations with multiple presenters. This became a social experiment to see how my low-tech users would react. Hell, I almost fainted when two or three of them just found the play button in under 5 seconds and only one of them asked. So if these people can find it while doing a presentation in front of 150 people and you cant, well, you have no business posting on slashdot.
Me too. My Sony receiver is at least 10 years old and I just put my old 27" trinitron on craigslist, only to help pay off my hdtv.
>to later fall under the weight of plasma and LCD technologies."
Considering my trinitron weighs 100 lbs in a compact package then any falling will result in a hole in my floor.
Yeah, if Im sitting at it I can boot from USB, wipe the administrator password, reboot and log in. No need for a fireware card, cable, etc. I can do the same with OSX but I have to use the install disc instead of the USB keychain in my pocket.
Yes this is all very "shocking." This is the slashdot equivalant of CNN playing that lock-pick video over and over again.