University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers...
Good thing these fine young scholars are boldly venturing forth into the areas of meteorology most crucially important to the Midwestern region of the United States.
The bigger problem is that certain aspects of our modern technology allow young people these days do less to develop their minds than in past generations. It's like the Perfect Storm of humanity's brain evolution conflicting with our technology.
...neuroscientist Ian Robertson polled 3,000 people and found that the younger ones were less able than their elders to recall standard personal info. When Robertson asked his subjects to tell them a relative's birth date, 87 percent of respondents over age 50 could recite it, while less than 40 percent of those under 30 could do so. And when he asked them their own phone number, fully one-third of the youngsters drew a blank. They had to whip out their handsets to look it up.
This DRM trojan horse issue isn't the only reason to call up the militia! Sony has been sh*tting all over its customers for years. Take their EULA, for example:
Sony's End User License Agreement requires the following things of all consumers who purchase this "content protected" music:
1. If your house gets burgled, you have to delete all your music from your laptop when you get home. That's because the EULA says that your rights to any copies terminate as soon as you no longer possess the original CD.
2. You can't keep your music on any computers at work. The EULA only gives you the right to put copies on a "personal home computer system owned by you."
3. If you move out of the country, you have to delete all your music. The EULA specifically forbids "export" outside the country where you reside.
4. You must install any and all updates, or else lose the music on your computer. The EULA immediately terminates if you fail to install any update. No more holding out on those hobble-ware downgrades masquerading as updates.
5. Sony-BMG can install and use backdoors in the copy protection software or media player to "enforce their rights" against you, at any time, without notice. And Sony-BMG disclaims any liability if this "self help" crashes your computer, exposes you to security risks, or any other harm.
6. The EULA says Sony-BMG will never be liable to you for more than $5.00. That's right, no matter what happens, you can't even get back what you paid for the CD.
7. If you file for bankruptcy, you have to delete all the music on your computer. Seriously.
8. You have no right to transfer the music on your computer, even along with the original CD.
9. Forget about using the music as a soundtrack for your latest family photo slideshow, or mash-ups, or sampling. The EULA forbids changing, altering, or make derivative works from the music on your computer.
> "One point that few people, whatever their viewpoint, could disagree with is that the key to a financially successful open source project rests with the community, rather than just the technology"
What a vacuous tautology!
The technology of open-source projects are the direct result of the efforts of its community.
This is like saying "the key to a successful private R&D firm rests with its researchers, rather than with its research!"
In the first place, I didn't know videogames (GTA, Mortal Kombat, Unreal Tournament), Television (skinimax, Baywatch, America's funniest home videos), and the Internet (goatse.cx, bestialcumsluts.com) were good for us.
And I can't think of ANYONE (except extreme fundamentalists) who thinks that ALL videogames, ALL Television and ALL the internet are good for us.
(btw, I'm not refuting the parent, I'm just making a tangential point.)
Actually, at that rate, Microsoft would still be able to function indefinately. (ceteris paribus, of course)
Microsoft has an average daily global sales revenue of $100 million. $5 million is about 5% of their global sales. Their profit margins far exceed 5%, therefore they could continue to pay their daily fine to the E.U. and still make a profit every day.
Also, the E.U. already fined them about $600 million in addition to the prospective daily fine. Thats the same as about four months worth of the daily $5 million fine.
All that... Delicious... Spam... Squandered...
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"They may as well. They're the only ones with any influence other than organized religions"
There are many political figures and organizations at least trying to have an influence on this issue. I wouldn't necessarily say that any of these entities have significant political power unto themselves (except the Republican party, I guess), but that taken as a whole, they may persuade some politicians up on Capitol Hill to reconsider their position. E.g.:
I have had one (512MB USB 2.0) for about 6 months now. No problems whatsoever. The driver built into XP work seamlessly. Mac OS X 10.3.x also recognizes it out of the box. I don't know about 2K, but in 98 I just downloaded the driver from the website, installed, and it worked flawlessly. Never had a problem. The credit card size plastic carrying case is a great way to transport it, too.
I have been recommending it to others and have yet to hear a complaint.
As I recall, Sony did advertise it as an MP3 player. They just didn't explain you had to convert it to Sony's proprietary format using their special software first. They could have owned the market had they not done this (and continued to do it until very recently).
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I hate to break it to you, but your packaged food products are already 100% comprised of chemicals. https://youtu.be/xV_4EA-wrPc?t...
It's in the ice cave just west of Crescent Lake. (But first, you'll need the Canoe from Lukahn.)
*ducks*
But seriously, wasn't it almost exactly 100 years ago that humanity learned an important lesson about mixing helium and airships?
Doesn't helium have the unfortunate property of being, oh I don't know... extremely flammable?
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers...
Good thing these fine young scholars are boldly venturing forth into the areas of meteorology most crucially important to the Midwestern region of the United States.
...but is it strong enough to process all SETI requests ever in about 20 minutes?
Here's another article on the same topic.
Same thing happened to me and the garage door when I was 14 years old backing my dad's Buick out of the driveway.
He didn't let me drive it again until I was 18.
Sony's End User License Agreement requires the following things of all consumers who purchase this "content protected" music:
1. If your house gets burgled, you have to delete all your music from your laptop when you get home. That's because the EULA says that your rights to any copies terminate as soon as you no longer possess the original CD.
2. You can't keep your music on any computers at work. The EULA only gives you the right to put copies on a "personal home computer system owned by you."
3. If you move out of the country, you have to delete all your music. The EULA specifically forbids "export" outside the country where you reside.
4. You must install any and all updates, or else lose the music on your computer. The EULA immediately terminates if you fail to install any update. No more holding out on those hobble-ware downgrades masquerading as updates.
5. Sony-BMG can install and use backdoors in the copy protection software or media player to "enforce their rights" against you, at any time, without notice. And Sony-BMG disclaims any liability if this "self help" crashes your computer, exposes you to security risks, or any other harm.
6. The EULA says Sony-BMG will never be liable to you for more than $5.00. That's right, no matter what happens, you can't even get back what you paid for the CD.
7. If you file for bankruptcy, you have to delete all the music on your computer. Seriously.
8. You have no right to transfer the music on your computer, even along with the original CD.
9. Forget about using the music as a soundtrack for your latest family photo slideshow, or mash-ups, or sampling. The EULA forbids changing, altering, or make derivative works from the music on your computer.
Refer to the following for details:
- List of Affected CDs
- EULA analysis
- Rootkit analysis
- Continued rootkit analysis
(From a Brendan Ribera, Amazon Post)Anyone else misread this as "what to do if you suspect you've got a case of the bad clap"?
Sheesh, I've got to start reading the headline first (although on /. that doesn't always clarify things either).
What a vacuous tautology!
The technology of open-source projects are the direct result of the efforts of its community.
This is like saying "the key to a successful private R&D firm rests with its researchers, rather than with its research!"
The subliminal association would undoubtedly boost sales.
I got excited for a second there...
In the first place, I didn't know videogames (GTA, Mortal Kombat, Unreal Tournament), Television (skinimax, Baywatch, America's funniest home videos), and the Internet (goatse.cx, bestialcumsluts.com) were good for us.
And I can't think of ANYONE (except extreme fundamentalists) who thinks that ALL videogames, ALL Television and ALL the internet are good for us.
(btw, I'm not refuting the parent, I'm just making a tangential point.)
On behalf of all the talented people of slashdot, I recommend implementing a grammar-check function into those new-fangled clickers. :-)
This led to the coolest desktop picture ever (2400x2400, about 1 meg, be sure to wear sunglasses).
Cool quote FTA: "Luckily, the flare was not aimed directly towards Earth!"
You are forgetting tactile.
Do blind people not have fingers? Can they not type just like you or I?
Same goes for output: I have a blind friend who can read braille faster than a voice synthesizer can speak text.
Hammers and mirrors... bad mix.
So, the big question is whether this supercomputer will have the whopping ability to check spelling and grammar.
Gee, I don't think I've ever seen that incredibly hilarious pun anywhere else...
Microsoft has an average daily global sales revenue of $100 million. $5 million is about 5% of their global sales. Their profit margins far exceed 5%, therefore they could continue to pay their daily fine to the E.U. and still make a profit every day.
Also, the E.U. already fined them about $600 million in addition to the prospective daily fine. Thats the same as about four months worth of the daily $5 million fine.
All that... Delicious... Spam... Squandered... All the spam in florida? That would be enough spam to feed the populations of Africa and India for, like, decades.
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"This has the makings of a train wreck."
Shouldn't that say plane wreck now that Microsoft is using black boxes?
There are many political figures and organizations at least trying to have an influence on this issue. I wouldn't necessarily say that any of these entities have significant political power unto themselves (except the Republican party, I guess), but that taken as a whole, they may persuade some politicians up on Capitol Hill to reconsider their position. E.g.:
National Organization of Women's petition.
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy's petition.
Cheney's position regarding the senate filibuster.
And, finally, the Republican party's plans for ending the filibuster.
I have had one (512MB USB 2.0) for about 6 months now. No problems whatsoever. The driver built into XP work seamlessly. Mac OS X 10.3.x also recognizes it out of the box. I don't know about 2K, but in 98 I just downloaded the driver from the website, installed, and it worked flawlessly. Never had a problem. The credit card size plastic carrying case is a great way to transport it, too.
I have been recommending it to others and have yet to hear a complaint.
As I recall, Sony did advertise it as an MP3 player. They just didn't explain you had to convert it to Sony's proprietary format using their special software first. They could have owned the market had they not done this (and continued to do it until very recently).