How is this any different than putting cameras outside of buildings or putting those cameras at intersections to keep people from running red lights? It's not like they're buzzing these things through your house. Are any rights really being violated here? It's no different than a cop driving by and taking a look.
If you get caught playing games on the clock, you can expect these things. This is NOT news. When I worked at a small software company years ago, I was instructed to remove ALL games from ALL computers in the building. Anyone caught playing games would be removed. Of course they were all hypocrites since they (management) let me play Tribes and StarCraft with them for my entire shift some days... I guess it's good to have friend in higher positions.
You may all hate the RIAA, but you have to admit that putting Kelly Clarkson's new single in your shared folder is different than putting your own jpg's on the web.
What kind of hardware would this require? There have to be billions of terabytes of data flowing back and forth across the internet. How would a group store all of this data? How long would it be held? Would tax money even remotely begin to cover all of this? Just my $0.02US...
and for the super-paranoid: how says they aren't already doing this?
Ok, people are spoofing everything already.... IP's.... MAC addresses..... why not this too? This is something that I see being hacked in under 24 hours if it ever gets put into you.
Wouldn't your OS have to have support/drivers for this chip to function at all? Would this mean that the OSS community would easily be able to disable and enable it at will? It's like DRM being pwned by a sharpie: pointless.
I've worked for Intel in the past (I was running cable for an engineering lab) and talking with the engineers, it's not mystery why they have to sell their CPUs for so much. They have setup "dark facilities" across the country that are totally automated to produce these processors. The facilities alone cost tens of millions. Let's not forget teams of engineers that spend years developing new lines of processors. Then there are the marketing gurus that have to promote the processors. I really wonder how much profit they're actually making even with such high prices.
Now I realize that things won't degrade the same in space as they do on Earth but... CD's generally don't last more than 7-10 years here. Would one really last 50,000 years in space?
A couple of articles before this told of how strong emotion could cause temporary blindness. I guess if the surgeon experienced strong emotion, the patient could experience permanent blindness?
On a serious note, if the Indian doctor made someone go blind in USA... who is accountable? I can see all kinds of legal problems stemming from this already.
There are a few towns here in South Carolina that their sole source of revenue is speeding tickets. Springdale, South Congaree, Elgin, and several others WILL give you a ticket for as little as 2mph over the speed limit. The judges will NOT reduce the fine either. I wish we could argue the authenticity of a camera photo. Unfortunately, judges usually take the word of cops over civilians.
It was about some foreign person in a subway... he dropped his iPod and put it back together with electrical tape... and got shot in the head for failing to stop when police ran after him. As it turns out, he couldn't hear them because he was listening to some legally downloaded Spice Girls music... I'm afraid to go back to sleep after that.
"Linux is cheaper [for the desktop]!" Yeah that's true for people that actually buy their software. How many Windows users hear about a piece of software (Office, Photoshop, even Windows itself) and ask their friend "hey, could you burn me a copy of that?" To a lot (majority probably) of Windows users, Windows is just as cheap as Linux. Combine that with the "idiot-friendly" mentality of Windows, and there is a great reason for not using Linux.
Another problem is uniformity. In Windows, every program has a "setup.exe" or "install.exe" that will install a program and put icons on your desktop and start menu. I've tinkered with Linux/FreeBSD for years and have gotten entirely too frustrated with RPM files, TAR files, CVS, and god knows what else, only to find that after installing (if it installed) that I couldn't find the program anywhere to use it.
Maybe there needs to be ONE standard for installation of software?
My company has deployed various thin clients across several states that are all running off of an NT cluster at the corporate office. I couldn't count the number of thin clients that we've had to replace for being so cheaply manufactured/defects/whatever. Has anyone had any experience with a thin client manufacturer whose products last more than 6 months in an industrial environment?
In my state, South Carolina, having a video screen (tv, dvd, etc) is illegal to have in your car if you can see it from the driver seat. Would this make talking on cellphones illegal while driving? I know there are enough idiots around here driving while talking on TWO cell phones. Yes, there are a lot of lawfirms around here.
I work for a major freight company in the Southeast US. One day the power in our corporate office went out unexpectedly. Our backup generator didn't keep our power on, and we couldn't figure out what had happened... until we found a chunk of power cable outside that had the insulation chewed though by squirrels. Needless to say there was no squirrel to be found, but we named him Sparky anyway.
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How is this any different than putting cameras outside of buildings or putting those cameras at intersections to keep people from running red lights? It's not like they're buzzing these things through your house. Are any rights really being violated here? It's no different than a cop driving by and taking a look.
If and when RFID implants are compulsory... I'm guessing ferriday cages will become compulsory too. Anyone remember that movie "Enemy of the State"?
If you get caught playing games on the clock, you can expect these things. This is NOT news. When I worked at a small software company years ago, I was instructed to remove ALL games from ALL computers in the building. Anyone caught playing games would be removed. Of course they were all hypocrites since they (management) let me play Tribes and StarCraft with them for my entire shift some days... I guess it's good to have friend in higher positions.
What's to stop companies for putting bogus ads up for other companies to get those companies on everyones' shit-lists?
You may all hate the RIAA, but you have to admit that putting Kelly Clarkson's new single in your shared folder is different than putting your own jpg's on the web.
Yeah, but just as embarassing to be caught with.
How many RIAA lawyers use Windows NT/2000/XP/whatever? They can sue themselves!
So now owning Windows is illegal due to the default shares enabled! I hope the slashdotters are happy about this one!
What kind of hardware would this require? There have to be billions of terabytes of data flowing back and forth across the internet. How would a group store all of this data? How long would it be held? Would tax money even remotely begin to cover all of this? Just my $0.02US... and for the super-paranoid: how says they aren't already doing this?
Ok, people are spoofing everything already.... IP's.... MAC addresses..... why not this too? This is something that I see being hacked in under 24 hours if it ever gets put into you. Wouldn't your OS have to have support/drivers for this chip to function at all? Would this mean that the OSS community would easily be able to disable and enable it at will? It's like DRM being pwned by a sharpie: pointless.
I've worked for Intel in the past (I was running cable for an engineering lab) and talking with the engineers, it's not mystery why they have to sell their CPUs for so much. They have setup "dark facilities" across the country that are totally automated to produce these processors. The facilities alone cost tens of millions. Let's not forget teams of engineers that spend years developing new lines of processors. Then there are the marketing gurus that have to promote the processors. I really wonder how much profit they're actually making even with such high prices.
It's not Microsoft... it's IBM, and it's known to millions as Big Blue.
Until a /.ing is considered a natural disaster?
Now I realize that things won't degrade the same in space as they do on Earth but... CD's generally don't last more than 7-10 years here. Would one really last 50,000 years in space?
I'm sure 90% of the WoW crowd knows all about the infamous battle cry "LEEROYYYY JEEEEEEEEEENKINNNNNNNNS!" over teamspeak.
That video was probably staged, but it was still hilarious.
but won't people just start putting mirrors or other highly reflective surfaces on their missiles?
A couple of articles before this told of how strong emotion could cause temporary blindness. I guess if the surgeon experienced strong emotion, the patient could experience permanent blindness?
On a serious note, if the Indian doctor made someone go blind in USA... who is accountable? I can see all kinds of legal problems stemming from this already.
There are a few towns here in South Carolina that their sole source of revenue is speeding tickets. Springdale, South Congaree, Elgin, and several others WILL give you a ticket for as little as 2mph over the speed limit. The judges will NOT reduce the fine either. I wish we could argue the authenticity of a camera photo. Unfortunately, judges usually take the word of cops over civilians.
It was about some foreign person in a subway... he dropped his iPod and put it back together with electrical tape... and got shot in the head for failing to stop when police ran after him. As it turns out, he couldn't hear them because he was listening to some legally downloaded Spice Girls music... I'm afraid to go back to sleep after that.
Why would students want to major in CS when HP just laid off _14,000_?
"Linux is cheaper [for the desktop]!" Yeah that's true for people that actually buy their software. How many Windows users hear about a piece of software (Office, Photoshop, even Windows itself) and ask their friend "hey, could you burn me a copy of that?" To a lot (majority probably) of Windows users, Windows is just as cheap as Linux. Combine that with the "idiot-friendly" mentality of Windows, and there is a great reason for not using Linux.
Another problem is uniformity. In Windows, every program has a "setup.exe" or "install.exe" that will install a program and put icons on your desktop and start menu. I've tinkered with Linux/FreeBSD for years and have gotten entirely too frustrated with RPM files, TAR files, CVS, and god knows what else, only to find that after installing (if it installed) that I couldn't find the program anywhere to use it.
Maybe there needs to be ONE standard for installation of software?
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My company has deployed various thin clients across several states that are all running off of an NT cluster at the corporate office. I couldn't count the number of thin clients that we've had to replace for being so cheaply manufactured/defects/whatever. Has anyone had any experience with a thin client manufacturer whose products last more than 6 months in an industrial environment?
Why not make everyone sign a waiver before buying the plane ticket that says wireless communications may be monitored at any time?
In my state, South Carolina, having a video screen (tv, dvd, etc) is illegal to have in your car if you can see it from the driver seat. Would this make talking on cellphones illegal while driving? I know there are enough idiots around here driving while talking on TWO cell phones. Yes, there are a lot of lawfirms around here.
Implants say 'no' to you.
I work for a major freight company in the Southeast US. One day the power in our corporate office went out unexpectedly. Our backup generator didn't keep our power on, and we couldn't figure out what had happened... until we found a chunk of power cable outside that had the insulation chewed though by squirrels. Needless to say there was no squirrel to be found, but we named him Sparky anyway.