That's strange, its gone from the current page now but it can be seen on the google cached version at the bottom of the piece, right before the comments start.
Unfortunately everybody seems to be adopting the MS tactic of taking a punch to throw a punch. When you're as large and wealthy as MS or Intel, the thump you take doesn't hurt so much but there is a chance you can kill the smaller guy with your shot. It's sad that current legislation allows for this acceptable risk "it's against the law but we can take it" business practice.
So the court will decide, but if they find against Intel it won't bother them that much. A couple of million in fines is nothing compared to what they could achieve if they win. It's totally worth it. If the courts had the power to impose fines of 20 billion dollars, or some figure that would really hurt, it might stop this odious practice and things like this would never get to court in the first place.
I don't think you should even be telling people there is a classified computer, never mind sharing it. I don't understand why you need to share the same machine, why can't you just get two? Let the ordinary bods think the second one is the classified one and keep the first one 'need to know' only.
Yes they do. Most criminals play the odds, and if they think there is a high likelihood of being caught then they don't do it. Cameras, ID, Jail etc. are a *deterrent*. Unfortunately there can be no figures for the amount of times cameras have prevented crime, but if it were possible I'd bet the figure would be pretty high.
I know you meant directly prevent crime, but tell me, what in the world can do that? Banks have guards and vaults, but they still get robbed.
Dixons is the first place most ordinary consumers in the UK think of when buying cameras and electronic goods so it's a good benchmark to see the adoption level of new technology by the masses. Recently, Dixons stopped selling VCR's and so videotape was declared officially dead.
When a new technology enters the market the general public always follow these three rules:
1. Rejection
2. Interest
3. Adoption
So we can clearly see from the Dixons example that digital photography has hit the third stage.
But it's yet another step down the road to totalitarianism, a small thing here, another small un-noticed thing there and before you know it you live in a police state. Yes, people say that if you haven't done anything wrong then there's nothing to worry about, but who knows how giving up our liberty and privacy now will impact the future? What if 10 or 20 years from now they move the goal posts (which they undoubtedly will) and suddenly you're dragged off screaming in the night because you once looked at a dodgy website, and sent to jail with no trial? What if they read this post in 10 years time and mark me down as a troublemaker? Sounds crazy? It's happened before. We need to nip this in the bud. We need to learn the lessons from the past and stop this now, while we still can. Sorry for the dramatics but it's important.
Not attempting to defent the RIAA/MPAA, but they have to sell stuff to live
I wouldn't deny anybody the right to earn a living, but those guys would be more honest if they just stuck a shotgun in your face and demanded all your money. What happened to just being reasonable? Greed is what happens when you just see art as a product, and the product ceases to be art. All the BBC want is a contribution for their trouble, they're not trying to be a mega rich supercompany. Also don't forget the BBC is a UK based station at the end of the day, they have no remit to provide services for the rest of the world (although they do anyway.. ).
Nathan Barley was well jackson. A lot of people didn't like it because they thought it was a comedy, when in fact it was a documentary. It's a hell of a lot funnier if you've actually met some of those media wankers, although I must admit I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't more like NB in TV Go Home.
The adware executables are normally renamed keygen.exe, so be very suspicious of apps that come bundled with keygens, especially if there is a serial in the readme or.nfo file.
I can only find vague references to "Wireless Technology". I too would love to know what is so special about the system RIM uses. A lot of ordinary GSM phones these days can send and receive email via GPRS, I always thought a Blackberry was just a phone with a qwerty keyboard.
Seriously, all the non-geeks I know have changed to cheapo LCD and if they were honest it's because they just look cool and modern in the house, something to beat the Joneses with. The cheap ones are just furniture, you'd be better off using the money for a nice watercolour if all you want to do is improve your decor.
I think on most headsets the PIN is preset and the number is in the manual or on a separate piece of paper. As for auto negotiation, on some phones you can turn off the PIN request.
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So the court will decide, but if they find against Intel it won't bother them that much. A couple of million in fines is nothing compared to what they could achieve if they win. It's totally worth it. If the courts had the power to impose fines of 20 billion dollars, or some figure that would really hurt, it might stop this odious practice and things like this would never get to court in the first place.
(this is satire. don't believe anything you read on the internet)
I've been trying out Tugzip. Free, no nag screens, supports almost any format including rar, pretty nice.
..you can still get it from www.download.com
I don't think you should even be telling people there is a classified computer, never mind sharing it. I don't understand why you need to share the same machine, why can't you just get two? Let the ordinary bods think the second one is the classified one and keep the first one 'need to know' only.
Yes they do. Most criminals play the odds, and if they think there is a high likelihood of being caught then they don't do it. Cameras, ID, Jail etc. are a *deterrent*. Unfortunately there can be no figures for the amount of times cameras have prevented crime, but if it were possible I'd bet the figure would be pretty high.
I know you meant directly prevent crime, but tell me, what in the world can do that? Banks have guards and vaults, but they still get robbed.
When a new technology enters the market the general public always follow these three rules:
1. Rejection
2. Interest
3. Adoption
So we can clearly see from the Dixons example that digital photography has hit the third stage.
Microsoft have been doing that for years..
But it's yet another step down the road to totalitarianism, a small thing here, another small un-noticed thing there and before you know it you live in a police state. Yes, people say that if you haven't done anything wrong then there's nothing to worry about, but who knows how giving up our liberty and privacy now will impact the future? What if 10 or 20 years from now they move the goal posts (which they undoubtedly will) and suddenly you're dragged off screaming in the night because you once looked at a dodgy website, and sent to jail with no trial? What if they read this post in 10 years time and mark me down as a troublemaker? Sounds crazy? It's happened before. We need to nip this in the bud. We need to learn the lessons from the past and stop this now, while we still can. Sorry for the dramatics but it's important.
Yes, they had no problem getting Housing benefit.
According to the latest issue of SFX magazine Alan Moore has already disowned it and wants his name taken off the credits, so it doesn't look good.
If you could devise a way to send a slightly different image to each screen I bet you could get some wicked cool 3D images..
I wouldn't deny anybody the right to earn a living, but those guys would be more honest if they just stuck a shotgun in your face and demanded all your money. What happened to just being reasonable? Greed is what happens when you just see art as a product, and the product ceases to be art. All the BBC want is a contribution for their trouble, they're not trying to be a mega rich supercompany. Also don't forget the BBC is a UK based station at the end of the day, they have no remit to provide services for the rest of the world (although they do anyway.. ).
Nathan Barley was well jackson. A lot of people didn't like it because they thought it was a comedy, when in fact it was a documentary. It's a hell of a lot funnier if you've actually met some of those media wankers, although I must admit I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't more like NB in TV Go Home.
Or you can use a nifty little freeware app called Active Ports.
Because they're cowardly bastards and they knew security would be pretty high. There was a fair amount of police around yesterday.
The adware executables are normally renamed keygen.exe, so be very suspicious of apps that come bundled with keygens, especially if there is a serial in the readme or .nfo file.
I presume that clause doesn't prevent Fox themselves from bringing it back though, if they wanted to?
I can only find vague references to "Wireless Technology". I too would love to know what is so special about the system RIM uses. A lot of ordinary GSM phones these days can send and receive email via GPRS, I always thought a Blackberry was just a phone with a qwerty keyboard.
Like somebody else once said about cartoons, not once have I ever had the urge to hit someone with an anvil..
What makes me laugh is these people who get LCD panels and then stand them on a desktop form factor box. What's the point of that?
Seriously, all the non-geeks I know have changed to cheapo LCD and if they were honest it's because they just look cool and modern in the house, something to beat the Joneses with. The cheap ones are just furniture, you'd be better off using the money for a nice watercolour if all you want to do is improve your decor.
I think on most headsets the PIN is preset and the number is in the manual or on a separate piece of paper. As for auto negotiation, on some phones you can turn off the PIN request.
Yeah I remember reading that too. I think the "canned motorcycle sounds" were to stop pedestrians from being run over though...