Leaving the SSID default or Linksys, is just so... unimaginitive. Setting the SSID to Belkin when it is actually a Cisco is so much better. What is even better for corporations is to include their corporate name, division name, group name, floor number, and a contact phone number; all using only 32 characters.
If a company manufactures a vault that is easily broken into, the company who manufactured the lock damn sure should fix the problem. Vaults are sold with some sort of rating indicating it's resistance to manipulation. If vault has a rating that indicates that it should be resistant to manipulation for at least 15 minutes, it should not have a vulnerabilty that allows it to be opened with a Bic pen, a 9V battery, and two paperclips in 15 seconds.
It is the porn industry that is taking advantage of certain technology and making money from it -- and it is capitalism. The MPAA is deathly afraid of much of the new technology, and unless they can use the technology to control the purchaser's use of the the technology, wants to see technology squashed, this is also capitalism. Which of these two capitalist groups is doing more for advancing technology? Which of these two capitolist group is doing more to restrict user's ability to use the product that they purchased?
The porn industry uses technology that creates products that people want and are willing to purchase.
Spammers are leaches and try to take over your computer; spammers and the MPAA have much more in common than either have in common with the porn industry.
What does a video display device have to do with vegetables? Organically grown food being better than non-organically grown food (which I believe to be true) has nothing at all to do with whether LCD displays are safer than CRT's (which I don't think anybody really knows yet).
As CRTs have been in common use for like 70 years, there has been enough time to identify and remediate the hazards that can be associated with CRTs. People are still learning what hazards are associated with LCD video displays. You mentioned lead in CRT glass; the cold cathode lights used in most LCD video displays contain mercury -- the lead in CRTs is dissolved in the glass, the mercury in cold cathode lights is released into the environment when the tube is broken. How much water and VOC's are used in the production of LCDs? What chemicals and gases are used when producing an LCD? What chemicals are present in LCD production wastewater?
It very well may be that the production, use, and disposal of LCDs is kinder to the world than CRTs; my point is that it is too early to know the total impact of LCDs.
I prefer to use an LCD display as a computer monitor, HOWEVER; for television viewing I prefer the appearance of a flat screen CRT. Televisions are viewed from several feet away, computer monitors are viewed from several inches away. Any hazards that there may be from radiation emitted by a television CRT are greatly reduced by the increased viewing distance.
For some reason I just had a flash back to when women pre-rinsed cloth baby diapers in the toilet.
Actually, I think that a wall mounted toilet is a great idea. It would be much easier to clean the floor around the toilet and I suspect that the plumbing would be easier to install.
The article was about current vintage, direct view, flat screen CRTs, not a late '70's antique. I agree about the claimed 180 degree viewing angle, which I believe is just as bogus as the claimed viewing angle for other display technologies.
Now Microsoft is going to have to either figure out a patch for this WMA hole or find a way to show how this is really a feature. Fixing this security hole is going to break some things. This is just another example of how wonderful MS Windows integration is.
Just as I did for audio, I prefer to use separate components. Each component can be upgraded or replaced individually, and there are few single points of failure. I replaced the 80gb harddrive in my TiVo with no more hassle than replacing a harddrive in a computer. The Playstation 2 and the laptop that I keep near the couch work just fine for playing games. When relatives come to visit it is much easier to show them how to work the TiVo than it is to get them past the idea that they have to use what is obviously a computer just to record and play their soaps or whatever. Yeah, I know that a TiVo IS a computer, but my mom doesn't know that.
No, because Apple's OS is not a monopoly, Microsoft on the other hand is a convicted monopolist. Allowing MS to bundle Windows Media Player with the OS is bad for the same reason that there are web pages that refuse to work with any browser other than MSIE.
The problem is not so much with MS Media Player being bundled with the OS, the real problem is that the Windows Media Player format is a closed fomat and that it is fast becoming the defacto standard for media distribution (with the exception of iTunes).
The EU needs go even further and totally prohibit the distribution of Windows Media Player and the use of the Windows Media Player format in the EU.
The bandwidth of just one dialup POP office is huge. Dialup providers have POPS in several cities and each POP can easily fill up hundreds of T3's. Trying to look at the contents of this amount of data is like trying to take a drink from Niagra Falls.
Without an RJ-11 connection it is currently very difficult (some might say impossible) to set up a new TiVo box. This restriction may not apply to DirectTV TiVo's, but I believe that DirectTV requires a phone line to work. TiVo works great using a network after it has been set up using a wired phone line. There are ways around this problem, such as setting your TiVo up at a friend's house with a land line. If you are in a small town without wired telephones it may be a long drive to a friend's house to set up your TiVo. It would be a Good Thing if TiVo fixes this feature very soon.
As an aside; I wonder, if in areas with no wired telephone service available, if it wouldn't be better to just install a cable TV/broadband system instead of investing in a wired telephone infrastructure.
Yes, and parents can then put chastity belts on their daughters, cut off their sons penis, and spike their food with brain numbing drugs so they don't have any free thought.
YIKES!!! Chastisy belts and surgical amputation are so messy. I don't believe in drugging children (although a dramamine before a long car trip can be a Good Thing).
I know about rain fade. Actually I would not even consider this system for my kids and I do not believe in electronic babysitters. I know that number one son goes a bit faster than he should, but not enough for me to get this sort of system. I also know that there are better ways to log the speed of automobiles.
Why do you say that you understand that Sprint ran out of funds? Have you checked Sprint's financials lately? Have you looked at the financials involved in the potential merger? Your understanding in this matter is very worthless.
Parents just have to inform their children that if there is a loss of GPS data for more than n seconds caused by turning the phone off, placing a prolonged call, turning the GPS off on the phone, etc., will result in punative actions. With escalating punishment for each occurance, up to and including prolonged grounding.
Dentro de poco, podremos decir 'me he comprado unos bluyins' para expresar 'unos blue jeans (pantalones vaqueros)'. Esto es lo que se desprende de esta noticia de un periódico vasco. La Real Academia de la Lengua está preparando un Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas con nuevas acepciones ortográficas de varios términos habituales en el idioma español.
I fully realize that there are free programs that don't come with spyware, the problem is that most people do not know the difference between good free programs and spyware. I believe that if more people would read EULAs and licenses that less software with spyware would be installed.
Until click through EULAs are definately judged to be unenforceable I consider it to be a realistic attitude. I do not believe that spyware is a good thing and find it reprehensible. I believe that if more people would read EULAs and realize that it is possible that the agreements could be enforced then there may be less spyware installed.
Why not? If the EULA that came with the program is valid, it is very likely that the user has agreed to the transfer of this data.
If people don't like the terms of an agreement then they should not have clicked on the I AGREE or OK button. In most cases people think that they are getting something for nothing and are greedy enough to not care to find out what they are giving up in exchange for the whatsit that came with the spyware. Agreeing to allow a stranger to add or remove programs from your computer or transmit data from your computer is not unreasonable, it is done all the time when people install commercial programs.
There seems to already be an incentive for web sites to become standards compatible and the incentive will grow as the market share for standards compliant browsers increases. Rather than trying to break their content, web sites need to be creative with their advertising and drop the intrusive advertising that they are now serving. I believe that most people block advertising because it has become intrusive, not simply because it is advertising. There are types of advertising that are difficult for Adblock to block, especially text or pictures that come from the host server. The Google revenue stream seems to do alright -- without annoying ads. The advertising on the Google results pages is effective, not intrusive and it would be difficult to block.
The electric companies, oil companies, and auto manufacturers have enough money to buy laws that will give them immunity from such lawsuits. The cigarette companies probably thought that large successful lawsuits were unlikely and didn't see the need to buy the laws that would have conferred proper immunity.
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Leaving the SSID default or Linksys, is just so ... unimaginitive. Setting the SSID to Belkin when it is actually a Cisco is so much better. What is even better for corporations is to include their corporate name, division name, group name, floor number, and a contact phone number; all using only 32 characters.
If a company manufactures a vault that is easily broken into, the company who manufactured the lock damn sure should fix the problem. Vaults are sold with some sort of rating indicating it's resistance to manipulation. If vault has a rating that indicates that it should be resistant to manipulation for at least 15 minutes, it should not have a vulnerabilty that allows it to be opened with a Bic pen, a 9V battery, and two paperclips in 15 seconds.
It is the porn industry that is taking advantage of certain technology and making money from it -- and it is capitalism. The MPAA is deathly afraid of much of the new technology, and unless they can use the technology to control the purchaser's use of the the technology, wants to see technology squashed, this is also capitalism. Which of these two capitalist groups is doing more for advancing technology? Which of these two capitolist group is doing more to restrict user's ability to use the product that they purchased? The porn industry uses technology that creates products that people want and are willing to purchase. Spammers are leaches and try to take over your computer; spammers and the MPAA have much more in common than either have in common with the porn industry.
What does a video display device have to do with vegetables? Organically grown food being better than non-organically grown food (which I believe to be true) has nothing at all to do with whether LCD displays are safer than CRT's (which I don't think anybody really knows yet).
As CRTs have been in common use for like 70 years, there has been enough time to identify and remediate the hazards that can be associated with CRTs. People are still learning what hazards are associated with LCD video displays. You mentioned lead in CRT glass; the cold cathode lights used in most LCD video displays contain mercury -- the lead in CRTs is dissolved in the glass, the mercury in cold cathode lights is released into the environment when the tube is broken. How much water and VOC's are used in the production of LCDs? What chemicals and gases are used when producing an LCD? What chemicals are present in LCD production wastewater?
It very well may be that the production, use, and disposal of LCDs is kinder to the world than CRTs; my point is that it is too early to know the total impact of LCDs.
I prefer to use an LCD display as a computer monitor, HOWEVER; for television viewing I prefer the appearance of a flat screen CRT. Televisions are viewed from several feet away, computer monitors are viewed from several inches away. Any hazards that there may be from radiation emitted by a television CRT are greatly reduced by the increased viewing distance.
For some reason I just had a flash back to when women pre-rinsed cloth baby diapers in the toilet. Actually, I think that a wall mounted toilet is a great idea. It would be much easier to clean the floor around the toilet and I suspect that the plumbing would be easier to install.
The article was about current vintage, direct view, flat screen CRTs, not a late '70's antique. I agree about the claimed 180 degree viewing angle, which I believe is just as bogus as the claimed viewing angle for other display technologies.
You can get wall hung toilets: http://www.terrylove.com/wc/crane_rexmont.htm
Sorry, I can't help you with the wall hung washing machine (although I suspect that a Japanese or Korean company makes one).
Just be glad that the EBS hasn't needed to go off.
Now Microsoft is going to have to either figure out a patch for this WMA hole or find a way to show how this is really a feature. Fixing this security hole is going to break some things. This is just another example of how wonderful MS Windows integration is.
Just as I did for audio, I prefer to use separate components. Each component can be upgraded or replaced individually, and there are few single points of failure. I replaced the 80gb harddrive in my TiVo with no more hassle than replacing a harddrive in a computer. The Playstation 2 and the laptop that I keep near the couch work just fine for playing games. When relatives come to visit it is much easier to show them how to work the TiVo than it is to get them past the idea that they have to use what is obviously a computer just to record and play their soaps or whatever. Yeah, I know that a TiVo IS a computer, but my mom doesn't know that.
No, because Apple's OS is not a monopoly, Microsoft on the other hand is a convicted monopolist. Allowing MS to bundle Windows Media Player with the OS is bad for the same reason that there are web pages that refuse to work with any browser other than MSIE. The problem is not so much with MS Media Player being bundled with the OS, the real problem is that the Windows Media Player format is a closed fomat and that it is fast becoming the defacto standard for media distribution (with the exception of iTunes). The EU needs go even further and totally prohibit the distribution of Windows Media Player and the use of the Windows Media Player format in the EU.
The bandwidth of just one dialup POP office is huge. Dialup providers have POPS in several cities and each POP can easily fill up hundreds of T3's. Trying to look at the contents of this amount of data is like trying to take a drink from Niagra Falls.
Without an RJ-11 connection it is currently very difficult (some might say impossible) to set up a new TiVo box. This restriction may not apply to DirectTV TiVo's, but I believe that DirectTV requires a phone line to work. TiVo works great using a network after it has been set up using a wired phone line. There are ways around this problem, such as setting your TiVo up at a friend's house with a land line. If you are in a small town without wired telephones it may be a long drive to a friend's house to set up your TiVo. It would be a Good Thing if TiVo fixes this feature very soon.
As an aside; I wonder, if in areas with no wired telephone service available, if it wouldn't be better to just install a cable TV/broadband system instead of investing in a wired telephone infrastructure.
They already own one.
Yes, and parents can then put chastity belts on their daughters, cut off their sons penis, and spike their food with brain numbing drugs so they don't have any free thought.
YIKES!!! Chastisy belts and surgical amputation are so messy. I don't believe in drugging children (although a dramamine before a long car trip can be a Good Thing).
I know about rain fade. Actually I would not even consider this system for my kids and I do not believe in electronic babysitters. I know that number one son goes a bit faster than he should, but not enough for me to get this sort of system. I also know that there are better ways to log the speed of automobiles.
Why do you say that you understand that Sprint ran out of funds? Have you checked Sprint's financials lately? Have you looked at the financials involved in the potential merger? Your understanding in this matter is very worthless.
Parents just have to inform their children that if there is a loss of GPS data for more than n seconds caused by turning the phone off, placing a prolonged call, turning the GPS off on the phone, etc., will result in punative actions. With escalating punishment for each occurance, up to and including prolonged grounding.
From being stapled to copies of traffic tickets, and you got your license back when you went to traffic court? Georgia does this.
According to http://barrapunto.com/article.pl?sid=03/01/11/0729 244/ "bluyins" will be added to a dictionary.
Dentro de poco, podremos decir 'me he comprado unos bluyins' para expresar 'unos blue jeans (pantalones vaqueros)'. Esto es lo que se desprende de esta noticia de un periódico vasco. La Real Academia de la Lengua está preparando un Diccionario Panhispánico de Dudas con nuevas acepciones ortográficas de varios términos habituales en el idioma español.
I fully realize that there are free programs that don't come with spyware, the problem is that most people do not know the difference between good free programs and spyware. I believe that if more people would read EULAs and licenses that less software with spyware would be installed.
Until click through EULAs are definately judged to be unenforceable I consider it to be a realistic attitude. I do not believe that spyware is a good thing and find it reprehensible. I believe that if more people would read EULAs and realize that it is possible that the agreements could be enforced then there may be less spyware installed.
Why not? If the EULA that came with the program is valid, it is very likely that the user has agreed to the transfer of this data.
If people don't like the terms of an agreement then they should not have clicked on the I AGREE or OK button. In most cases people think that they are getting something for nothing and are greedy enough to not care to find out what they are giving up in exchange for the whatsit that came with the spyware. Agreeing to allow a stranger to add or remove programs from your computer or transmit data from your computer is not unreasonable, it is done all the time when people install commercial programs.
There seems to already be an incentive for web sites to become standards compatible and the incentive will grow as the market share for standards compliant browsers increases. Rather than trying to break their content, web sites need to be creative with their advertising and drop the intrusive advertising that they are now serving. I believe that most people block advertising because it has become intrusive, not simply because it is advertising. There are types of advertising that are difficult for Adblock to block, especially text or pictures that come from the host server. The Google revenue stream seems to do alright -- without annoying ads. The advertising on the Google results pages is effective, not intrusive and it would be difficult to block.
The electric companies, oil companies, and auto manufacturers have enough money to buy laws that will give them immunity from such lawsuits. The cigarette companies probably thought that large successful lawsuits were unlikely and didn't see the need to buy the laws that would have conferred proper immunity.