Wow... take it easy.
For what it is worth, i really like some of the low-energy bulbs. I can move my angle poise lamp without burning my hand now.
But I'll still be sad to see the end of incandescent bulbs.
After all, what am i going to do with my Lava Lamp?
In My opinion it was "the ONE Amiga", an amiga games mag from the early / mid 90's in the UK. They had pretty good demo discs (ahhh... those were the days...) but the best part was by far the comedy reviews... they never seemed to mince their words, as anybody who read the review of the CliffHanger game would know. In case you missed it, they scored it at 6%.
Anyone else out there read it? Perhaps it just appealed to my childish sense of humour...
he is indeed a lucky ***
he played doubles tennis against Reggie & Iwata, but had Miyamoto on his side... not a lot of people can say that...
i think the important question is, who won?
B.
I've always thought that at some point the iPod - clad non techie masses will run head first into the full force of someone's DRM. they don't want to know about prefixing things with $sys$, analogue extraction or using anything other than their favourite media player to load their tunes onto an MP3 player. and they want to know why their cd doesn't work. at this point, it might all hit the public domain and suddenly sony / any other label have a big problem on their hands as they get £1000's of pounds worth of free, bad, publicity. and so close to christmas too...
as an aside, i have a thought which many readers here might find horryfying. when MS / Apple release their new hardware / software, we have this all over again. who is MAKING you buy their new products? maybe if everyone votes with their respective unit of currency we can force them to not load all this crap onto us. you don't always have to have the latest stuff. and at what price?
this is all backwards - we pay them... so why do we take all the crap?
i will now return to the place where all this has already happened... my imaginary world. my imaginary world has no relation to the real world...
..I think we all know what the message is here: Encrypt your personal files, go to jail for 90 days.
i think there is confusion there... it's not that all who encrypt are criminals, but probably more that all criminals encrypt their data.
and as for prosecuting someone for not giving a password; remember - you have to prove they know the password in the first place. not as easy as it might sound.
Microsoft's new fascination with random text/image mixtures is often counterintuitive and leads to applications which are difficult to use
Difficult to use for who? remember whilst we geeks like to use one layout a lot of the rest of the computer users have slightly different requirements. it's like when someone complains that it's hard to do (x) in linux... someone always posts "no it isn't just quickly type [semi-random string of commands here] and it's done - see - easy!"
in terms of a good UI i think that you need to make it simple for the least experienced users to get the most out of it as quickly as possible. more advanced users will always want to customise the experience, so let them do it. but make it easy for the learners first.
People will die. The number who die in terrorist acts are extraordinarly small when compared to...
This is not the point... although the numbers are low it is seen as preventable. More to the point how would you feel if one of your loved ones was killed by a terrorist? You go to someone for support and they turn round to say "Well y'know more people died on the roads today."
Not really construstive is it?
As for this case, I feel sorry for the intrusion that the reporter suffered but we do not know the full facts of the case... perhaps he matched the description of someone else and they figured "better safe than sorry". What people are not thinking about is why they would arrest him if they did not have some reason. It's not as if they thought "Hey - lets' arrest that guy - his face will be a picture!"
I must confess that I am confused about the dates in the story - if it was 3 weeks after the July the 7th bombings, then it would also be around a week after this rather unpleasant person loitering on the tube. Police on edge? I should hope so.
Finally, one thing I agreed with the IRA on was this: (to the security services)
"We have to get lucky once. You have to get lucky everytime"
so Dell have launched a player which is basically the same as an iPod suhffle. The question is, will it automatically put in a selection of songs when i connect it to my PC?
As far as i am concerned, the iTunes software is one of the key reasons Apple have done so well. It's easy & effective, whereas I suspect Dell is not. But then I guess we knew that right?
yup - made with the most pure extract of duck, it works particularly well with Hoi-Sin glue...:-)
Joking aside, the reason I call it Duck tape is because I used to work in a DIY (hardware) store where they sold this stuff and I never got out of the habit.
Sony are announcing a 2TB DVD recorder, using a 4 500GB HDD's in a rack, a DVD player, a connection lead and a roll of duck tape.
we also have unconfirmed reports of someone reading an article on the news site slashdot before writing a comment about it... these reports remain unconfirmed...
This article makes a couple of interesting points - certainly with regard to virus writers targeting Microsoft. but at the same time the reason these viruses are such a problem is that Microsoft has such a monopoly. this is my main problem with them. as for the media player issue, i thought the point was that you couldn't uninstall it, not that you could install other programs on top.
but in my opinion, there is a definate problem with Microsoft... admitting that you like ANY of their stuff seems to be socially unacceptable - i mean it's not ALL bad. it's like saying ALL of Apple's stuff is the best, or indeed that ALL things Linux are the greatest. most things are a bit of both.
By the way, i like the way this article sprawls into a pro MS rant on the second page... makes me wonder if someone wanted to get their page hit rate up and submitted this to/.....
what a frustrating concept. so now content is "protected" all the way to the screen... what are they gonna do next... make you erase your memory of an event if you don't keep sending them royalty cheques?
"i'm sorry sir, you can't afford to remember that movie now... i know you paid to see it at the cinema, what right does that give you to remember it now? you only paid to see it once. after all you are still enjoying the memory of it - you must pay the actors and writers or else they will starve..."
All I'm doing is fairly reasonable, yet if you listen to what the record companies say, I am a villain...
so you listen to the music before you buy it? that is theft. no excuses.
for what it's worth, i aggree with you - and do the same. the fact that we wouldn't buy ANY cd's without listening to somehting first is irrelevant. if you listen & don't pay it is theft.
...and just to complete the email list why not CC Tessa Jowell onto the list.
sure, you'll probably be ignored, but this is a democracy after all.
and no, they didn't mention this a month ago when the people could have an opinion on these things.
it has been said before, but you need to keep buying REAL cd's (y'know - the ones with the logo)
if you get one telling you to install dodgy drm-ware, play stupid, take it back to the shop and mutter the immortal line "it doesn't work - i dunno why"
(note to anyone who has not worked in a shop: this is the reason that so much stuff gets sent back to the manufacturer - and 99% of the shop staff won't check it)
the first time, you will probably get a replacement, the second, you might end up with another cd. keep doing it until you get bored (personally, i am VERY patient) and soon the distributors will work it out. although the shop staff probably don't care what cds you bring back (they have other concerns, like lunch) i am sure that head office have people employed to keep an eye on such things...
don't accept this sort of crap and i'm afraid we have to tell them ourselves. yes, it might a little more time in HMV or MVC, but by and large, the staff are nice. and is it realy more hassle than the DRM? if it is, then go install the latest DRM & get your credit card...
As a mac and linux user, I don't have to worry about this.
lets live the dream for a minute shall we? imagine windows has 20% market share on the desktop, mac has 30% and linux has 50%.
do you really think that spyware coders will focus on windows, or would linux be a more interesting target?
it might be harder to do, but ultimately more rewarding
isn't it the linux community who always say that security through obscurity doesn't work? just because no-one is bothered to write spyware for mac/linux at the moment, doesn't mean this will always be the case... and where there is a will...
as much as i like the idea of a miracle cure such as this, i was under the impression that it was a fair way off yet... are there any more details on the story? the link seems to be:
inject cells
???
people walk!
just call me a cynic. having said that, i hope this work is verified and does give the results suggested here...
why the result of the election is decided before all the votes have been counted?
Call me old-fashioned, but don't you normally wait for the votes to be counted before declaring a winner? is it something to do with deciding whose votes to count?
i heard about this on the BBC which is kinda related - but it doesn't say if the data is stored in an RFID chip.
what i think i do remember hearing is that the chip does not contain your personal data, but a serial number. this is then cross - checked with the airport database. so all you would know, if you scanned for RFID chips was that this person (standing in front of you) is number zzxxyy123456789.
Slashdot Mirror
Wow... take it easy. For what it is worth, i really like some of the low-energy bulbs. I can move my angle poise lamp without burning my hand now. But I'll still be sad to see the end of incandescent bulbs. After all, what am i going to do with my Lava Lamp?
Anyone else out there read it? Perhaps it just appealed to my childish sense of humour...
he is indeed a lucky ***
he played doubles tennis against Reggie & Iwata, but had Miyamoto on his side... not a lot of people can say that...
i think the important question is, who won?
B.
as an aside, i have a thought which many readers here might find horryfying. when MS / Apple release their new hardware / software, we have this all over again. who is MAKING you buy their new products? maybe if everyone votes with their respective unit of currency we can force them to not load all this crap onto us. you don't always have to have the latest stuff. and at what price?
this is all backwards - we pay them... so why do we take all the crap?
i will now return to the place where all this has already happened... my imaginary world. my imaginary world has no relation to the real world...
i think there is confusion there... it's not that all who encrypt are criminals, but probably more that all criminals encrypt their data.
and as for prosecuting someone for not giving a password; remember - you have to prove they know the password in the first place. not as easy as it might sound.
in terms of a good UI i think that you need to make it simple for the least experienced users to get the most out of it as quickly as possible. more advanced users will always want to customise the experience, so let them do it. but make it easy for the learners first.
I wondered why they were teaming up with Google... now it makes sense...
This is not the point... although the numbers are low it is seen as preventable. More to the point how would you feel if one of your loved ones was killed by a terrorist? You go to someone for support and they turn round to say "Well y'know more people died on the roads today."
Not really construstive is it?
As for this case, I feel sorry for the intrusion that the reporter suffered but we do not know the full facts of the case... perhaps he matched the description of someone else and they figured "better safe than sorry". What people are not thinking about is why they would arrest him if they did not have some reason. It's not as if they thought "Hey - lets' arrest that guy - his face will be a picture!"
I must confess that I am confused about the dates in the story - if it was 3 weeks after the July the 7th bombings, then it would also be around a week after this rather unpleasant person loitering on the tube. Police on edge? I should hope so.
Finally, one thing I agreed with the IRA on was this: (to the security services)
"We have to get lucky once. You have to get lucky everytime"
As far as i am concerned, the iTunes software is one of the key reasons Apple have done so well. It's easy & effective, whereas I suspect Dell is not. But then I guess we knew that right?
yup - made with the most pure extract of duck, it works particularly well with Hoi-Sin glue... :-)
Joking aside, the reason I call it Duck tape is because I used to work in a DIY (hardware) store where they sold this stuff and I never got out of the habit.
It has been known as Duck Tape elsewhere too.
we also have unconfirmed reports of someone reading an article on the news site slashdot before writing a comment about it... these reports remain unconfirmed...
but in my opinion, there is a definate problem with Microsoft... admitting that you like ANY of their stuff seems to be socially unacceptable - i mean it's not ALL bad. it's like saying ALL of Apple's stuff is the best, or indeed that ALL things Linux are the greatest. most things are a bit of both.
By the way, i like the way this article sprawls into a pro MS rant on the second page... makes me wonder if someone wanted to get their page hit rate up and submitted this to /. ....
"i'm sorry sir, you can't afford to remember that movie now... i know you paid to see it at the cinema, what right does that give you to remember it now? you only paid to see it once. after all you are still enjoying the memory of it - you must pay the actors and writers or else they will starve..."
for what it's worth, i aggree with you - and do the same. the fact that we wouldn't buy ANY cd's without listening to somehting first is irrelevant. if you listen & don't pay it is theft.
much like Darlings announcements the other day...
if you get one telling you to install dodgy drm-ware, play stupid, take it back to the shop and mutter the immortal line "it doesn't work - i dunno why"
(note to anyone who has not worked in a shop: this is the reason that so much stuff gets sent back to the manufacturer - and 99% of the shop staff won't check it)
the first time, you will probably get a replacement, the second, you might end up with another cd. keep doing it until you get bored (personally, i am VERY patient) and soon the distributors will work it out. although the shop staff probably don't care what cds you bring back (they have other concerns, like lunch) i am sure that head office have people employed to keep an eye on such things...
don't accept this sort of crap and i'm afraid we have to tell them ourselves. yes, it might a little more time in HMV or MVC, but by and large, the staff are nice. and is it realy more hassle than the DRM? if it is, then go install the latest DRM & get your credit card...
did you open this link thinking it was to a new news story? didn't we go over this last week sometime?
lets live the dream for a minute shall we? imagine windows has 20% market share on the desktop, mac has 30% and linux has 50%.
do you really think that spyware coders will focus on windows, or would linux be a more interesting target?
it might be harder to do, but ultimately more rewarding
isn't it the linux community who always say that security through obscurity doesn't work? just because no-one is bothered to write spyware for mac/linux at the moment, doesn't mean this will always be the case... and where there is a will...
(oh, and i suspect you mean REAP...)
- inject cells
- ???
- people walk!
just call me a cynic. having said that, i hope this work is verified and does give the results suggested here...Call me old-fashioned, but don't you normally wait for the votes to be counted before declaring a winner? is it something to do with deciding whose votes to count?
thanks
it just looks like that because they left Norway out.
just don't mention it to a finn or sweede...
maybe i should just study electronic engineering or something...
can anyone tell me (in a moderately short paragraph) why this is so important, or what it means...
thanks
(P.S. answers of "no, not even in a long paragraph" or "because" are welcome)
what i think i do remember hearing is that the chip does not contain your personal data, but a serial number. this is then cross - checked with the airport database. so all you would know, if you scanned for RFID chips was that this person (standing in front of you) is number zzxxyy123456789.
not alot of use
does that make anyone feel better?