Everyone does wrist watches this way...meanwhile my pocket watch is twice the size, meaning all the size issues of a wrist watch are moot. But I can't even find one that's digital, much less one that has some cool features.
Isn't this the sort of system you can get around by taping a picture to the camera lens? Then anyone looking at the picture just sees something normal...
I'm find I'm pretty typical when it comes to music. When napster was in it's heyday I traded music like mad. And frankly, my CD buying doubled at a minimum. I kept experimenting, finding new bands, and buying their CDs. Then the RIAA sued Napster out of existance, is suing AudioGalaxy, and doing everything they can to make Gnutella unworkable. I've largely stopped trading MP3s, and recently I thought about it and realized that I had not bought a single CD since I stopped trading MP3s. Seriously. Not for a reason, not to make a point, but I just don't hear music I want to buy on the radio much and without being exposed to it through music trading I just don't buy it any more.
Then I started reading more, I read about the RIAA trying to pass a bill that will let them hack into computers and do things to file traders, I read about them trying to make it so that computers will be unable to play music CDs at all, and I get annoyed. I have about a thousand CDs, I finally burned them all to MP3 and use my computer as a jukebox. It works incredibly well - but the RIAA is trying to prevent me from doing that, even though I bought the CD and legally own it. Now I heard some clips from a new Tom Petty CD and would like to get it...but if I do, most of that money goes to the RIAA, who will use my "donation" to pursue these aims I detest. And I can't bring myself to buy it. I've gone from just not finding music I like to just being unable to bring myself to give these guys my money when I do.
On the flip side, when I first read about DSL I was authoritatively told that it couldn't be done, that 56K was the limits on what could be sent over the wires.
You don't know what this company is really trying to do, you just read some PR fluff and are all ready to say it's totally impossible. You don't have any more of a clue about that than I do. And I prefer to reserve judgement until they release something real or get disproved. I won't make an authoritative statement with no information to back me up.
What I remember about the game from the 80's was the hacked version that circulated called "Castle Smurfenstein"...instead of Nazis, Smurfs roamed the castle and you shot your way through them. Now THAT's a game I'd love to have updated.
I think there is just a joker at Microsoft that loves to get people up in arms. Smart tags are just a troll. Now he's sitting back and laughing at the fuss.
Well, I think the reason they were concerned is that all these files were in a computer that the students don't have access to. So the question becomes how did the clan get into that server to store the files? Without any other information, it sure sounds like they hacked into the server...thus the call to the police. I think they did the right thing. I'd sure be upset if someone hacked my server and started storing their files on it...what else did they do while they were in it, for starters? Is it all innocent? Should I just assume that it is without even checking it out?
Well, you're assuming he will have clearly defined enemies...what if the enemy just works behind the scenes? If he doesn't know who to kill he can't do anything to them...and there is still the "real" world in the future, where the machines are in full control and Neo is just a normal guy.
Personally, I want to use my home computer to program open sourced apps. I don't want to be a system administrator at home. I want to spend that time programming and learning new C++ ideas. I want to spend my time on the computer USING the computer, not just struggling to make it work. That's why I removed Linux from my computer and now use BeOS and Windows. I hope to have Linux back on the machine eventually, but not until it's easier to use.
Actually Gore has come out in favor of counting the military ballots. The democrats had nothing to do with discounting them, the Florida counties did. The ballots were not countable under current Florida law. That's not a partisan thing, so don't make it one.
I'm more worried about the hundreds of invalid Republican ballots that came in and got "corrected" to make them valid. You want to complain about mailin ballots, take a look at that instead.
Actually I thought Anderson's entries in the Star Wars series were so bad I don't think I have any more interest in any of his books. Flat characters, poor storylines, and not at all faithful to the characters as developed in previous books and movies.
You are missing two things...one is that the sample ballot was different from the ballot used. So if they familiarized themselves with it they'd vote wrong. Secondly, many of the voters were seniors with poor eyesight...which makes it difficult.
I added more weight to this when I heard two of the voters talk. One voted, and then realized she had voted for Buchanon. The person in charge refused to give her another ballot so she could vote correctly - even though it clearly says on the ballot to get another one if you make a mistake. The other person I heard interviewed actually asked one of the workers there which hole was for Gore...the worker couldn't figure it out either. If the person that works there can't figure it out, how are the voters going to figure it out?
I had ONE fantastic cable provider...it was in Newnan, Georgia. The city decided that the best way to go was to treat fiber as a public utility, and the city goverment wired up the city (see http://www.gmanet.com/news/1999/0128.newnan.shtml for details.)
The end result? I had the highest access speed, best service, and lowest cost ($25 for a dedicated line and a permanent IP address) I've ever found. Makes me wish a few more cities would try this out...although I wonder if many cities could actually do it as well?
I keep reading posts claiming that all crooks will use 128bit RSA encryption etc. However, if you actually read police reports and pay attention to who is getting arrested, I would say 99% of crooks have no idea what encryption is and no clue that email is logged and traceable. Yes, international terrorists and some smarter organizations will figure it out, but most criminals are not computer guys. Yes, they could easily be trained in all this stuff - but they have to know that it exists first. And Bob in his basement emailing plans for a heist or trying to pick up a minor is usually NOT thinking about that sort of thing.
Hell, how often do you read about computer companies that should know better getting caught this way? (ie, Microsoft.) Why the attitude that Microsoft isn't smart enough to encrypt, but Joe Criminal IS smart enough to encrypt?
Note that I'm not claiming that Carnivore is or is not a good idea here, just that it will actually have results if used.
According to the article, he called the Observer, he called the cops and he called the FBI...why didn't he bother to tell the bank? Why announce this publicly, telling hackers how easy it is to steal from this bank, BEFORE telling the bank it needs to patch the hole?
This sounds like what airlines and hotels do constantly to maximize revenue. You don't even expect to pay what anyone else on your flight or in your hotel paid anymore. It's the same idea applied to a new area. I would expect to see a lot more of this kind of thing in the future, actually. Setting your prices to your target audience is really a good idea for the companies doing the selling - and as a buyer, if you don't like it, remember how easy it is to comparison shop on the web!
Well, you show the need for the viewer to worry less about the methods used and just enjoy the film. If you watch R2D2 and don't concentrate on the fact that he's CGI, you probably won't notice. You complain about the disconnect between real and effects; but the crowd of rebels in your example were all effects - cardboard cutouts and a small group that were replicated several times. You just didn't concentrate on the fact that they were effects and ruin it for yourself. Watch the widescreen intro - it's really obvious that the first guards when the doors open are cardboard. But it works...unless you are determined to make it fail for yourself.
I have to say that Tom's article is one of the most biased things I've ever read. Usually the bias is a bit more subtle, but Tom starts out saying that IBM's "incomprehensible" choice of intel's chip leaves him certain that IBM's execs constatly wish for a time machine so that they could go back and use a motorola chip, goes on to give a relatively reasonable explanation for the existence of microcode, then complains because his boards from before this chip came out don't already have this new "mystical" microcode (what's mystical about it?) and finishes up referring to Satan Clara.
I ended up thinking that his problems may have been real, but it seems like he was determined to maximize his issues rather than try to really resolve them. I ended up disregarding all of his conclusions as he seems just too biased to take his word on this. Would you believe Microsoft if they benchmarked Linux? Why believe every work of this guy if he tests a chip he obviously hates before he opens the box?
Speaking as someone who uses and loves a Timex Datalink, you can do a whole lot in a watch besides tell time. Don't limit what my watch can do just because you don't have the foresight to imagine it.
Right now I keep phone numbers, appointments, and reminders in my watch. It interfaces with my computer to get them so I can enter them easily. That means there has to be some sort of OS running in the watch. Add to that the Timex watch that has a built in pager or the built in telephone, and you can see that there could be a lot of uses for the thing on your wrist besides telling time.
That's why "safe mode" exists...on top of that, going into safe mode will let you repair the damage pretty easily. Try it next time. Just hit F2 or F8 when booting up (I forget which...)
Actually I worked for a music store at the time longboxes went away. Environmentalists were protesting the waste from the longboxes. We later found out that the environmentalists had been stirred up by the music industry. The music industry then gave in and looked good, saved money on each CD in packaging costs, and didn't lower the costs for the CD. So they made quite a tidy profit over it. Everyone else liked the long boxes, this was about the only way the music industry could drop them and come out smelling like a rose.
There is a group working on VMWare like software, search for BeUnited, which is coordinating the work of several groups. BeOS is free. The idea was for software companies to distribute it with their software, which is starting to happen. Gobe (www.gobe.com) has a complete MSOffice replacement package, that can read from and write to office formats. You can get it, bundled with BeOS, for $70 - less than your requested price! It's pretty small and quick, as well. Gobe already ported Gimp - it was included in their version 1, but to be honest I didn't look to see if it was in version 2. So go to www.be.com, get Be for free, get an eval version of Gobe for free, and try it! You can install it onto your system as a regular windows app, no partitioning needed - just about 500 megs so it can create it's own file space - and if you don't like it, just uninstall it from your Windows control panel. If you do like it, you can just launch it from a desktop icon. It boots windows out of memory, and loads Be. It's a beauty. Evan Reynolds evan@evan.org
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Everyone does wrist watches this way...meanwhile my pocket watch is twice the size, meaning all the size issues of a wrist watch are moot. But I can't even find one that's digital, much less one that has some cool features.
Very frustrating.
Isn't this the sort of system you can get around by taping a picture to the camera lens? Then anyone looking at the picture just sees something normal...
I'm find I'm pretty typical when it comes to music. When napster was in it's heyday I traded music like mad. And frankly, my CD buying doubled at a minimum. I kept experimenting, finding new bands, and buying their CDs. Then the RIAA sued Napster out of existance, is suing AudioGalaxy, and doing everything they can to make Gnutella unworkable. I've largely stopped trading MP3s, and recently I thought about it and realized that I had not bought a single CD since I stopped trading MP3s. Seriously. Not for a reason, not to make a point, but I just don't hear music I want to buy on the radio much and without being exposed to it through music trading I just don't buy it any more.
Then I started reading more, I read about the RIAA trying to pass a bill that will let them hack into computers and do things to file traders, I read about them trying to make it so that computers will be unable to play music CDs at all, and I get annoyed. I have about a thousand CDs, I finally burned them all to MP3 and use my computer as a jukebox. It works incredibly well - but the RIAA is trying to prevent me from doing that, even though I bought the CD and legally own it. Now I heard some clips from a new Tom Petty CD and would like to get it...but if I do, most of that money goes to the RIAA, who will use my "donation" to pursue these aims I detest. And I can't bring myself to buy it. I've gone from just not finding music I like to just being unable to bring myself to give these guys my money when I do.
On the flip side, when I first read about DSL I was authoritatively told that it couldn't be done, that 56K was the limits on what could be sent over the wires.
You don't know what this company is really trying to do, you just read some PR fluff and are all ready to say it's totally impossible. You don't have any more of a clue about that than I do. And I prefer to reserve judgement until they release something real or get disproved. I won't make an authoritative statement with no information to back me up.
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I'm more worried about the hundreds of invalid Republican ballots that came in and got "corrected" to make them valid. You want to complain about mailin ballots, take a look at that instead.
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I added more weight to this when I heard two of the voters talk. One voted, and then realized she had voted for Buchanon. The person in charge refused to give her another ballot so she could vote correctly - even though it clearly says on the ballot to get another one if you make a mistake. The other person I heard interviewed actually asked one of the workers there which hole was for Gore...the worker couldn't figure it out either. If the person that works there can't figure it out, how are the voters going to figure it out?
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The end result? I had the highest access speed, best service, and lowest cost ($25 for a dedicated line and a permanent IP address) I've ever found. Makes me wish a few more cities would try this out...although I wonder if many cities could actually do it as well?
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I keep reading posts claiming that all crooks will use 128bit RSA encryption etc. However, if you actually read police reports and pay attention to who is getting arrested, I would say 99% of crooks have no idea what encryption is and no clue that email is logged and traceable. Yes, international terrorists and some smarter organizations will figure it out, but most criminals are not computer guys. Yes, they could easily be trained in all this stuff - but they have to know that it exists first. And Bob in his basement emailing plans for a heist or trying to pick up a minor is usually NOT thinking about that sort of thing.
Hell, how often do you read about computer companies that should know better getting caught this way? (ie, Microsoft.) Why the attitude that Microsoft isn't smart enough to encrypt, but Joe Criminal IS smart enough to encrypt?
Note that I'm not claiming that Carnivore is or is not a good idea here, just that it will actually have results if used.
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Quite clever in a sneaky underhanded way.
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