What worries me is that there could easily be many more employees doing this - not just at AOL, but at other ISPs as well. However, I'm willing to bet that AOL isn't going to hunt for any other people like this doing it. Unless they're made aware of other inside jobs of this, they'll probably stay happily oblivious to anyone else wanting to make a fast buck.
But when Sony released the PS2, they weren't taking massive losses - they had the largest installed base of systems. Sony were not struggling to pull a profit.
Microsoft, on the other hand, have been relegated to third place in the market, and are losing hideous amounts of money. They're in the difficult position of having to decide whether to plug on with the Xbox and lose even more, or try to push a newer system. Sony can simply release the next PlayStation whenever its most convienient.
I've been using iTunes for Windows since release, and although I can't actually buy from the iTMS, I've found it an excellent tool for finding music I like - being able to listen to the samples directly from iTunes is a godsend. Personally, I don't see the problem with the DRM Apple use - sure, it's restrictive, but it's not as bad as some - and I can certainly see myself buying from the store upon opening.
All we need now is for Pepsi to offer free songs too...
Perhaps fan-inspired efforts like this will convince Lucasarts to resume development of the cancelled Sam & Max sequel they were making? Apart from Monkey Island, Lucasarts appear not to care for the genre they brought so much to in the early Nineties.
...but officially, the Gran Turismo 4: Prologue demo is not to be released over here in Europe; at least, not here in the UK. So, looks like you guys arent alone in missing out...
I'm more enclined to perceive an encrypted email as a letter or parcel sent by recorded delivery. If one, for instance, receives an email that's been misaddressed but sent via PGP, it is impossible for them to read it without the key. Likewise, without the correct signiture, one cannot receive a parcel or letter that requires it.
In the UK for Sky television, a viewing card is distributed to subscribers which is then placed into the set-top box. Essentially it contains a blacklist of channels that a viewer hasn't paid to receive (hence, if you point the dish in a different direction, you can pick up foreign channels - they're not on the list). A replacement card is sent every new and then, and it's simply a matter of swapping out.
It eventually will replace what is today only a Usenet archive.
For me, the ability to search through the massive archive of messages - and occaisonally post - is one of the reasons I love Google. If they remove the archive, I'll be more than a little upset.
Since DeJa went under (with Google buying up the Usenet end), it's been my favoured place for a quick browse of usenet (It's easier than having to wait for Thunderbird to load, connect, etc), not to mention that I can browse it from school computers.
The BBC Domesday project used Laserdiscs (remember them?) to store the data on, requiring a special (and costly) LV-ROM drive to play them (which was connected by SCSI to a BBC Micro Master 128). There are still a few original LV-ROM equipped BBC Micros, but virtually all are in the hands of private collectors - so emulation it is.
Surely every science student learns that to be able to draw a conclusion, one should always repeat tests in order to reduce errors? Just proving that one soundcard doesn't work does not prove that Linux has a problem with sound overall; I could just as easily say that as my soundcard works with Mandrake, support is 'obviously' equal.
If a trojan was written that contained the ID number of its author to exploit in this way, then surely one can just poke around the trojan, find out his ID number, and report him? The spam-merchants would be glad to be rid of a fraudster like that, and I'm sure the feds would like to have one or two 'words' with him themselves...
People need to learn that this is not necessarily the case. One only needs to look at the fact that Apache, while being dominant over Microsoft's webserver (the abbreviation eludes me), suffers far fewer exploits than the latter, to know that it is not the case.
I'm not entirely sure it'll be too easy to not be 'camera shy' with the knowledge that the Powers That Be could very easily be on the other end of those cameras, being the ones who record us "everywhere we go in public". I, for one, wouldn't be too comfortable with that.
Packard Bell still lives on as a brand here in the UK, sold through the PC World/Dixons/Currys chain of stores. Usually whenever one walks into their stores, all you can see are their cheap, low-quality Mac rip-offs. (Seriously - about a month after the G4 iMacs were released here, Packard Bell machines with a knock-off case were available)
*sigh* My first Wintel PC was a Packard Bell. Never again...
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I managed to sign up for a Passport with a GMail address yesterday. They hide the option, but it's definately still possible.
What worries me is that there could easily be many more employees doing this - not just at AOL, but at other ISPs as well. However, I'm willing to bet that AOL isn't going to hunt for any other people like this doing it. Unless they're made aware of other inside jobs of this, they'll probably stay happily oblivious to anyone else wanting to make a fast buck.
But when Sony released the PS2, they weren't taking massive losses - they had the largest installed base of systems. Sony were not struggling to pull a profit.
Microsoft, on the other hand, have been relegated to third place in the market, and are losing hideous amounts of money. They're in the difficult position of having to decide whether to plug on with the Xbox and lose even more, or try to push a newer system. Sony can simply release the next PlayStation whenever its most convienient.
In other news, Hell dropped to a nippy -5 degrees Celcius. Wrap up warm kiddies.
I've been using iTunes for Windows since release, and although I can't actually buy from the iTMS, I've found it an excellent tool for finding music I like - being able to listen to the samples directly from iTunes is a godsend. Personally, I don't see the problem with the DRM Apple use - sure, it's restrictive, but it's not as bad as some - and I can certainly see myself buying from the store upon opening.
All we need now is for Pepsi to offer free songs too...
Perhaps fan-inspired efforts like this will convince Lucasarts to resume development of the cancelled Sam & Max sequel they were making? Apart from Monkey Island, Lucasarts appear not to care for the genre they brought so much to in the early Nineties.
...but officially, the Gran Turismo 4: Prologue demo is not to be released over here in Europe; at least, not here in the UK. So, looks like you guys arent alone in missing out...
I'm more enclined to perceive an encrypted email as a letter or parcel sent by recorded delivery. If one, for instance, receives an email that's been misaddressed but sent via PGP, it is impossible for them to read it without the key. Likewise, without the correct signiture, one cannot receive a parcel or letter that requires it.
In the UK for Sky television, a viewing card is distributed to subscribers which is then placed into the set-top box. Essentially it contains a blacklist of channels that a viewer hasn't paid to receive (hence, if you point the dish in a different direction, you can pick up foreign channels - they're not on the list). A replacement card is sent every new and then, and it's simply a matter of swapping out.
Blatently copying and pasting, leaving in the Slashdot auto-inserted URLs where links were (but are no longer)... tut, tut...
Funny way you have of deciding something's over, when there are millions of active users and more by the day...
It eventually will replace what is today only a Usenet archive.
For me, the ability to search through the massive archive of messages - and occaisonally post - is one of the reasons I love Google. If they remove the archive, I'll be more than a little upset.
Since DeJa went under (with Google buying up the Usenet end), it's been my favoured place for a quick browse of usenet (It's easier than having to wait for Thunderbird to load, connect, etc), not to mention that I can browse it from school computers.
The BBC Domesday project used Laserdiscs (remember them?) to store the data on, requiring a special (and costly) LV-ROM drive to play them (which was connected by SCSI to a BBC Micro Master 128). There are still a few original LV-ROM equipped BBC Micros, but virtually all are in the hands of private collectors - so emulation it is.
...won't have an accompanying Google Doodle?
Surely every science student learns that to be able to draw a conclusion, one should always repeat tests in order to reduce errors? Just proving that one soundcard doesn't work does not prove that Linux has a problem with sound overall; I could just as easily say that as my soundcard works with Mandrake, support is 'obviously' equal.
It's just most of the porn spam is labelled as 'P.()R_|\|' or the like...
I guess it will take them a while to implement the actual name change.
Indeed it will, as said on their website (or more specifically, here:
Thereafter, you'll see a "morphing" to Linspire on our web site and throughout our product line over the next several weeks.
If a trojan was written that contained the ID number of its author to exploit in this way, then surely one can just poke around the trojan, find out his ID number, and report him? The spam-merchants would be glad to be rid of a fraudster like that, and I'm sure the feds would like to have one or two 'words' with him themselves...
People need to learn that this is not necessarily the case. One only needs to look at the fact that Apache, while being dominant over Microsoft's webserver (the abbreviation eludes me), suffers far fewer exploits than the latter, to know that it is not the case.
I built mine years ago in SimCity. Get with the times, man.
I'm not entirely sure it'll be too easy to not be 'camera shy' with the knowledge that the Powers That Be could very easily be on the other end of those cameras, being the ones who record us "everywhere we go in public". I, for one, wouldn't be too comfortable with that.
He never said they didn't. But that doesn't make cheating on one's partner okay.
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Packard Bell still lives on as a brand here in the UK, sold through the PC World/Dixons/Currys chain of stores. Usually whenever one walks into their stores, all you can see are their cheap, low-quality Mac rip-offs. (Seriously - about a month after the G4 iMacs were released here, Packard Bell machines with a knock-off case were available)
*sigh* My first Wintel PC was a Packard Bell. Never again...