While I agree that it takes talent to do this, this is no more amazing than a typical DJ that mixes various tracks to make their own. The only difference here is that "kutiman" used tracks taken from YouTube that include video. The only bit of extra work put in here is a little bit of video editing, and only to the extent that he/she selected which video clip is displayed at any given point. Any DJ could do this as it is all synced by audio, not video.
A criminal hacked into *your* property and stole service from the phone company. Why should the phone company be the one left holding the bag?
This is slashdot, but try as I might, I can't come up with a car analogy. But, imagine a burglar busted into your house to order a bunch of pay-per-view movies. Do you think you're getting Comcast to reverse that bill? I doubt it.
Car phone. You left your doors unlocked and some jackass hopped in and started calling 900 numbers. Why should the phone service provider be responsible for your failure to secure your vehicle.
Why should the phone company be responsible for their customer's incompetence?
If they installed it... maybe... but they didn't.
Why are credit card companies responsible for their customers' incompetence? If I leave my credit card on a bench at the mall, and call to report it lost within a reasonable amount of time, I'm not liable for most of the charges. That's a legal limitation, too... not just customer service. The credit card company didn't leave my card lying around, or make it easier to lose in some way, but they still have to eat the charges.
Several years ago, our electric bill jumped suddenly. Our deadbeat tweaker roommate decided to run the AC 24/7 "Like they do in Hawaii." The (municipal) power department computers automatically detected the change in usage, flagged it, stopped our bill from being issued, and sent it to CS to contact us and find out if there was a physical problem. (Then something got dropped so they didn't contact us, and didn't send a bill... four months later they came knocking on our door, all apologies.)
So, yeah, I think it's reasonable for a utility company to auto-flag aberrant usage. Though true, the guy *should* have configured his phone system correctly too...
Pfff. Florida Power & Light happily and without any warning sent me a $500 bill the month after a neighbor in the triplex I lived in had been stealing power from an outside outlet via extension cord. My usual bill was about $125/mo.
Lucky for me my landlord was nice enough to eat the difference since it was his tenant. The guy was kicked out shortly after paying rent the following month. Needless to say, FPL didn't give a shit, like they typically never do.
Except that conformal coating would not be the greatest idea for use with immersion cooling. You would have to coat everything together, including memory modules, pci cards, power connectors, etc..., making them permanently attached and impossible to replace if/when necessary. Since it seems Bat Country's intention for this is so that a non-conductive coolant is not required for immersion, leading me to believe water or some other electrically conductive coolant is to be used, you add the risk that the coolant may enter through small holes and cracks that may develop at the places where the components are connected, immediately bringing everything to a halt.
For immersion, the only sensible means is to use a non-conductive coolant and not worry about having to protect your hardware from the coolant it will be immersed in. It might be more expensive than just cooling with water, but it will likely be cheaper than having to replace ALL of your hardware that you just fried.
From the summary: "What should the web look like? Should government authorities be the ones making that decision?"
Where the hell in the article does it even HINT at the possibility of government authorities making the decision of what constitutes what the web should look like? Oh, you're right, IT DOESN'T. This article is about a government agency, tasked with the job of policing advertising, doing its job. Nothing more, nothing less. Had timothy or Wills (story submitter) bothered to read the story, both would have seen that the second sentence perfectly sums up the entire issue.
"The Advertising Standards Authority said that a TV promotion had falsely suggested that iPhone users would have unfettered access to the entire internet over their mobile."
No, they're not. The file I have installed the full 3.0, and doesn't say anything about "release candidate" anywhere in the software. It's the full version.
Yes they are. Those are the final RC's that were posted on June 11.
Firefox Setup 3.0.exe - 7322 KB - 6/11/2008 9:18:00 AM
Wednesday June 11th, 2008 Mozilla Firefox 3 Release Date Announced for Tuesday 17th June
The Mozilla Developer News weblog is carrying an announcement that the final version of Mozilla Firefox 3 will be released on Tuesday 17th June.
"After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we're proud to announce that we're ready," the message says. "It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th."
It should be noted that there is still a small chance that a show-stopper bug could delay the release. However, barring any unforeseen disasters, Firefox fans can now circle next Tuesday in their calendars as Firefox Download Day when millions of users will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. Anyone planning to host a Mozilla Party on the actual Firefox 3 launch day now also knows which date to target.
The third and final release candidate of Firefox 3 was made available earlier today with a workaround for a Mac OS X bug.
The Scorpion was sunk by a battery malfunction in a Mark 37 electric torpedo. The battery got hot enough to set off the warhead or exploded and set it off. Then the rest of the torpedo warheads detonated.
This was proven not to be the cause, as the area where the torpedoes were stored was neither utterly destroyed nor even partially damaged. You can clearly see that part of the sub perfectly intact in photos. 1 torpedo exploding would cause significant damage - all the torpedoes exploding, whether all at once or in succession, would have completely obliterated the bow.
Something tells me Germany doesn't have anywhere near the population of just gangs alone that the US has. I'd like to see some statistics on deaths caused by legally owned guns in use by the legal owners. Strict gun laws is only going to keep the average law-abiding Joe from owning a gun, but it is certainly not going to affect the existing scumbag population toting guns obtained illegally.
Regardless, it's not my fault or problem that my Hentai torrents are slowing your SSH/FTP connections to a crawl, it is the fault of the ISP that you paid for bandwidth which you are not getting and your fault for continuing to pay them. Why should my Hentai torrents be faulted when I am merely using what I paid for?
The problem is not missing encryption between the merchant and bank, the problem is with missing encryption between the merchant and the card reader/pin entering pad. The same readers/pads are still unencrypted, even though the merchant may be encrypting the data for the transaction to/from the bank.
It's like entering your credit card information on a website for a purchase. The connection to the server may be encrypted, but the data sent from your keyboard to your pc is not, and this is the same as where the hack with the card readers/pads is occurring.
Not everybody can have a checking account, especially if they are unfortunate or irresponsible. And which would you rather have, cash or an electronic transaction that can be reversed or check that can bounce?
Nice to know it's no longer vaporware, but I think I'll have to wait until the price drops by about $1500. Hopefully enough early-adopters are insane enough to blow $1500+ on this thing to expose as many likely bugs as possible.
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So block/firewall everything that is .conn. Problem solved.
While I agree that it takes talent to do this, this is no more amazing than a typical DJ that mixes various tracks to make their own. The only difference here is that "kutiman" used tracks taken from YouTube that include video. The only bit of extra work put in here is a little bit of video editing, and only to the extent that he/she selected which video clip is displayed at any given point. Any DJ could do this as it is all synced by audio, not video.
A criminal hacked into *your* property and stole service from the phone company. Why should the phone company be the one left holding the bag?
This is slashdot, but try as I might, I can't come up with a car analogy. But, imagine a burglar busted into your house to order a bunch of pay-per-view movies. Do you think you're getting Comcast to reverse that bill? I doubt it.
Car phone. You left your doors unlocked and some jackass hopped in and started calling 900 numbers. Why should the phone service provider be responsible for your failure to secure your vehicle.
Why should the phone company be responsible for their customer's incompetence?
If they installed it... maybe... but they didn't.
Why are credit card companies responsible for their customers' incompetence? If I leave my credit card on a bench at the mall, and call to report it lost within a reasonable amount of time, I'm not liable for most of the charges. That's a legal limitation, too... not just customer service. The credit card company didn't leave my card lying around, or make it easier to lose in some way, but they still have to eat the charges.
Several years ago, our electric bill jumped suddenly. Our deadbeat tweaker roommate decided to run the AC 24/7 "Like they do in Hawaii." The (municipal) power department computers automatically detected the change in usage, flagged it, stopped our bill from being issued, and sent it to CS to contact us and find out if there was a physical problem. (Then something got dropped so they didn't contact us, and didn't send a bill... four months later they came knocking on our door, all apologies.)
So, yeah, I think it's reasonable for a utility company to auto-flag aberrant usage. Though true, the guy *should* have configured his phone system correctly too...
Pfff. Florida Power & Light happily and without any warning sent me a $500 bill the month after a neighbor in the triplex I lived in had been stealing power from an outside outlet via extension cord. My usual bill was about $125/mo.
Lucky for me my landlord was nice enough to eat the difference since it was his tenant. The guy was kicked out shortly after paying rent the following month. Needless to say, FPL didn't give a shit, like they typically never do.
This does not really have the same meaning as the others because giving yourself a haircut is more difficult than giving another person a haircut.
So is open heart surgery...
Instead of facing the fact that the economy of the entire world is swirling down the drain you, you fucking hypocrite, are here on Slashdot...
Yep, worked on Prostitution as well!
Except that conformal coating would not be the greatest idea for use with immersion cooling. You would have to coat everything together, including memory modules, pci cards, power connectors, etc..., making them permanently attached and impossible to replace if/when necessary. Since it seems Bat Country's intention for this is so that a non-conductive coolant is not required for immersion, leading me to believe water or some other electrically conductive coolant is to be used, you add the risk that the coolant may enter through small holes and cracks that may develop at the places where the components are connected, immediately bringing everything to a halt.
For immersion, the only sensible means is to use a non-conductive coolant and not worry about having to protect your hardware from the coolant it will be immersed in. It might be more expensive than just cooling with water, but it will likely be cheaper than having to replace ALL of your hardware that you just fried.
Something tells me the Chinese government would love nothing more than for that to happen.
From the summary: "What should the web look like? Should government authorities be the ones making that decision?"
Where the hell in the article does it even HINT at the possibility of government authorities making the decision of what constitutes what the web should look like? Oh, you're right, IT DOESN'T. This article is about a government agency, tasked with the job of policing advertising, doing its job. Nothing more, nothing less. Had timothy or Wills (story submitter) bothered to read the story, both would have seen that the second sentence perfectly sums up the entire issue.
"The Advertising Standards Authority said that a TV promotion had falsely suggested that iPhone users would have unfettered access to the entire internet over their mobile."
Yes those are:
Firefox Setup 3.0.exe 2008-Jun-11 09:18:23 7.1M application/octet-stream
So 24 hours is calculated differently in the rest of the world?
That is the final release candidate posted on June 11th. Look at the date on the files. 6/11/2008 9:18:00 AM
Yes they are. Those are the final RC's that were posted on June 11.Firefox Setup 3.0.exe - 7322 KB - 6/11/2008 9:18:00 AM
Just look at their news from June 11th on MozillaZine.org:
Wednesday June 11th, 2008
Mozilla Firefox 3 Release Date Announced for Tuesday 17th June
The Mozilla Developer News weblog is carrying an announcement that the final version of Mozilla Firefox 3 will be released on Tuesday 17th June.
"After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we're proud to announce that we're ready," the message says. "It is our expectation to ship Firefox 3 this upcoming Tuesday, June 17th."
It should be noted that there is still a small chance that a show-stopper bug could delay the release. However, barring any unforeseen disasters, Firefox fans can now circle next Tuesday in their calendars as Firefox Download Day when millions of users will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. Anyone planning to host a Mozilla Party on the actual Firefox 3 launch day now also knows which date to target.
The third and final release candidate of Firefox 3 was made available earlier today with a workaround for a Mac OS X bug.
Skynet started March 2007.
I was able to zoom in fine, but once I zoomed in as far as it would let me, I was quickly reminded of some good shrooms from back in the day...
This was proven not to be the cause, as the area where the torpedoes were stored was neither utterly destroyed nor even partially damaged. You can clearly see that part of the sub perfectly intact in photos. 1 torpedo exploding would cause significant damage - all the torpedoes exploding, whether all at once or in succession, would have completely obliterated the bow.
Except today's date is May 26, 2008, not May 28.
Actually, it was 2 years, and even the link in the summary goes to that 2 year old story. -
The 3 modules spend all that time trying to reassemble after being kicked apart, only to stand up, fall over, and break apart again. Brilliant!
Something tells me Germany doesn't have anywhere near the population of just gangs alone that the US has. I'd like to see some statistics on deaths caused by legally owned guns in use by the legal owners. Strict gun laws is only going to keep the average law-abiding Joe from owning a gun, but it is certainly not going to affect the existing scumbag population toting guns obtained illegally.
Regardless, it's not my fault or problem that my Hentai torrents are slowing your SSH/FTP connections to a crawl, it is the fault of the ISP that you paid for bandwidth which you are not getting and your fault for continuing to pay them. Why should my Hentai torrents be faulted when I am merely using what I paid for?
The problem is not missing encryption between the merchant and bank, the problem is with missing encryption between the merchant and the card reader/pin entering pad. The same readers/pads are still unencrypted, even though the merchant may be encrypting the data for the transaction to/from the bank.
It's like entering your credit card information on a website for a purchase. The connection to the server may be encrypted, but the data sent from your keyboard to your pc is not, and this is the same as where the hack with the card readers/pads is occurring.
Not everybody can have a checking account, especially if they are unfortunate or irresponsible. And which would you rather have, cash or an electronic transaction that can be reversed or check that can bounce?
Nice to know it's no longer vaporware, but I think I'll have to wait until the price drops by about $1500. Hopefully enough early-adopters are insane enough to blow $1500+ on this thing to expose as many likely bugs as possible.