At least it's not lying. Since it requires user intervention to download it's a TROJAN, not a VIRUS! An advanced and automated trojan, but still a trojan nonetheless.
You click a phone icon next to the ad, enter your phone number, and Google calls you and connects you for free to the advertiser
... and then they have your number in the database which they can sell to the vendor, and the Do-Not-Call list won't help you since they have an established business relationship with you (you called them once).
You are correct grahams, not sure what I was thinking, I could swear I've seen a download as MP3 option on Audible before... My bad, sorry. Audible is still a great service though:)
It's been possible to download in MP3 format from Audible.com for a while now. They aren't DRM restricted but I believe they are watermarked so if they're distributed they can be traced back. You can also download and burn to ordinary audio CDs, which I've never done but obviously can't be copy protected.
Anyone else worried about marketers getting ahold of this info? I can see it now: I go to make a purchase at the store, use my debit card, they ask to see my ID with it. It's swiped, they log my name, address, phone number, e-mail, whatever and *poof* I'm on their marketing list for life (to be sold to who knows). Worse yet, they've now got an "existing business relationship" with me and can bypass the do-not-call list.
Yee gads! I wonder if I can patent this as a business methodology?
1. Open my own "collection agency"
2. Find name/address of random broadband user,
preferably one with under-18 children. Maybe I can find some random comcast IPs and then ask them for the personal info.
3. Send them a bill from the "collection agency" for the "settlement" for the copyrighted material they have downloaded (I challenge you to find a household fitting step #2 that can prove they haven't downloaded anything copyrighted, ever) under threat of lawsuit.
4. Profit!
Oh, come on. This election was recounted twice already (Republicans won the first two counts), at the request of the whining Democrats who put forth arguments very similar to the ones that are on the plate now.
It's like dealing with my kid. He'll ask Dad, then Mom, then Grandpa, then Dad again until he gets an answer he likes at which point he'll stop whining.
Basically what I'm saying is the Democrats are just as bad, if not worse...
In addition to being easier on the eyes (the refresh rate is a big plus), LCDs save power. I have heard of companies replacing CRTs with LCDs to lower the total cost of ownership. In addition to taking less power every day, there's less heat generated requiring less air conditioning which in turn takes even less power.
Since the universe is expanding, objects farther away from us are retreating at a faster pace. The "edge" of the universe for us is when you get far enough away that the universe is retreating at the speed of light. We can't see beyond that.
All that will happen is that there will be a legal notice on the software, or when you download it that you have to certify that you're not in CA. Sort of like when you download a dvd-rip utility and you have to acknowledge that you're not using this in the US. Which I'm sure that everyone here completely abides by;)
And while they're at it, ban guns because we *might* shoot someone (oh, wait, this is CA.. they've already done that)
Ban talking because I *might* shout "FIRE!" in a crowded theater
Ban cars because I *might* use one as a getaway vehicle in a robbery, or run someone over.
Ban fists because I *might* assault someone with them
Ban penises (penisi?) because....
"Has anyone worked with this chip, and is possible to build your own device that uses the Intel Trusted Wireless Platform to protect your secrets (like your software, perhaps)?"
Yeah, I had all of that info you're looking for... but I forgot the password on that system;)
And heck a heck of a nice guy and interesting to talk to also. I met him a few years ago at a friend's holday party--he's their landlord and neighbor. We had a mini geek-fest in the corner comparing our ipaqs.
When I heard (from someone else in the room) that he invented the CD, I was just in awe. Very cool.
He's into many other things also. He may not be rich like he deserves to be, but I can say he's living comfortably (he owns at least 2 properties that I know of) and is happy.
For those of us who aren't up on our RF TLAs, can someone describe, in english, WTF this thing does?
Neither of the links provided are much help.
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Okay, so 35% of net traffic is Bittorrent. 53% of P2P traffic is Bittorrent, that means 66% of all net traffic is P2P, right?
Last I heard, 66% of all net traffic was spam. Therefore, 132% of all net traffic is P2P and spam and nobody is using the net for anything else (which means you're not really reading this).
The kind with the steel girders, nuts and bolts, pulleys, gears, motors, etc.
Lots of fun playing with that when I was a kid.
The other big toy in the house (besides Legos, already mentioned) was electric slot cars (Tyco, AFX, etc). We had enough track to run all around the basement, and even up the walls:)
It failed badly. For one, consumers didn't like it. Two, it was deemed a drug delivery system and not a cigarette. That not only complicated sales from a legal distribution POV, but it meant the tobacco companies were admitting that nicotine was addictive and that they were addicting their clients, thus opening them up for lawsuits.
Some good suggestions so far. From my experience I can add:
Consoles will be popular, especially among the young-teen crowd. Keep it to "group" games like DDR, you can play the single player games at home. The console gamers are louder (can't use headphones for the most part, so put them off by themselves somewhere) and MESSY which is the biggest problem for us.
Best thing we've done for advertising was to alert the local media about our "family" event that gives kids and the whole family a thing to do. Might not work for your one-time party, but for a recurring party, getting an article in the paper is great! Another good place is taking out a small ad in the local college newsletter, and in the program book for your local sci-fi con. You can also hand out flyers at other LAN parties (if they're cool with that), trade ads on their web sites, and offer to "sponsor" the tiny gaming room at your local sci-fi con (which works really well for us and is fun to boot)
As for what games, I would suggest having several servers going at once. People will move themselves back and forth to whatever game they want to play and whatever has the most people in it. We usually have UT2K4 (running a map mixer that alternates all styles of game play), one or more flavors of BF1942/BF:V, and sometimes a CS server.
Gamers seem to come in two types: The serious ones who probably play CS and to them winning is everything--they'll probably want a tournament maybe even with cash prizes. We generally stay away from that and try to keep it more light-hearted games with silly themes and prizes. For me that very much keeps the "fun level" up.
I don't think we have liability insurance, just a waiver to sign. But one way to keep prices down is to get more sponsors. We've got a local specialty-soda place that provides us with Jolt, etc. The bakery gives us day-old bagels for breakfast. The pizza company gives us a heck of a discount. Let them have advertising and hang a banner if they want. We also get a lot of hardware donated from various vendors for door and tournament prizes.
I'd like to dispel some of the other rumors and replies that have already been posted. A representative from liftport was at the last Norwescon in Seatac and gave an extensive presentation.
The "elevator" falling down is less dangerous than a sheet of newspaper falling down. It's that thin. It's not going to hurt anyone. They said it will likely break up and shred into small pieces as it falls. If it breaks anywhere within the atmosphere (due to weather, terrorism, plane crash, etc) only a few miles fall down and they simply lower some more down and reattach it. The few miles you lose in the atmosphere is a pittance.
It will be in international waters, off of South America (I want to say Peru?). So the buyoff of any government for land, airspace, etc is not required.
There are a LOT of hurdles left. Not only can the nanotube fibers not be made in sufficient length and quantity, but they have not even looked at what happens to a model of a few-meter wide ribbon in the atmosphere. We also don't have a lift vehicle capable of getting the big spool and counterweight they need up just past geosync orbit.
A used laptop might do what you want. You don't need an awful lot of power. If a laptop HDD is large enough for your storage needs, then look for a cheap used laptop on e-bay.
Laptops are generally very efficient on power. And they come with their own screen too. In fact, I heard of one company that replaced all of it's desktops with Thinkpads and used power as the single justification (the computer takes less, the monitor takes less, and less heat generated requires less AC).
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At least it's not lying. Since it requires user intervention to download it's a TROJAN, not a VIRUS! An advanced and automated trojan, but still a trojan nonetheless.
You are correct grahams, not sure what I was thinking, I could swear I've seen a download as MP3 option on Audible before... My bad, sorry. Audible is still a great service though :)
It's been possible to download in MP3 format from Audible.com for a while now. They aren't DRM restricted but I believe they are watermarked so if they're distributed they can be traced back. You can also download and burn to ordinary audio CDs, which I've never done but obviously can't be copy protected.
Way to spread the FUD there guys. Scream the sky (or pillow) is falling and NOT give us any recommendations on how to mitigate the circumstances.
Funny, I tell visitors to go away and just e-mail me. :)
Anyone else worried about marketers getting ahold of this info? I can see it now: I go to make a purchase at the store, use my debit card, they ask to see my ID with it. It's swiped, they log my name, address, phone number, e-mail, whatever and *poof* I'm on their marketing list for life (to be sold to who knows). Worse yet, they've now got an "existing business relationship" with me and can bypass the do-not-call list.
1. Open my own "collection agency"
2. Find name/address of random broadband user, preferably one with under-18 children. Maybe I can find some random comcast IPs and then ask them for the personal info.
3. Send them a bill from the "collection agency" for the "settlement" for the copyrighted material they have downloaded (I challenge you to find a household fitting step #2 that can prove they haven't downloaded anything copyrighted, ever) under threat of lawsuit.
4. Profit!
Oh, come on. This election was recounted twice already (Republicans won the first two counts), at the request of the whining Democrats who put forth arguments very similar to the ones that are on the plate now.
It's like dealing with my kid. He'll ask Dad, then Mom, then Grandpa, then Dad again until he gets an answer he likes at which point he'll stop whining.
Basically what I'm saying is the Democrats are just as bad, if not worse...
In addition to being easier on the eyes (the refresh rate is a big plus), LCDs save power. I have heard of companies replacing CRTs with LCDs to lower the total cost of ownership. In addition to taking less power every day, there's less heat generated requiring less air conditioning which in turn takes even less power.
Since the universe is expanding, objects farther away from us are retreating at a faster pace. The "edge" of the universe for us is when you get far enough away that the universe is retreating at the speed of light. We can't see beyond that.
And while they're at it, ban guns because we *might* shoot someone (oh, wait, this is CA.. they've already done that)
Ban talking because I *might* shout "FIRE!" in a crowded theater
Ban cars because I *might* use one as a getaway vehicle in a robbery, or run someone over.
Ban fists because I *might* assault someone with them
Ban penises (penisi?) because....
Yeah, I had all of that info you're looking for... but I forgot the password on that system ;)
And heck a heck of a nice guy and interesting to talk to also. I met him a few years ago at a friend's holday party--he's their landlord and neighbor. We had a mini geek-fest in the corner comparing our ipaqs.
When I heard (from someone else in the room) that he invented the CD, I was just in awe. Very cool.
He's into many other things also. He may not be rich like he deserves to be, but I can say he's living comfortably (he owns at least 2 properties that I know of) and is happy.
Neither of the links provided are much help.
Okay, so 35% of net traffic is Bittorrent. 53% of P2P traffic is Bittorrent, that means 66% of all net traffic is P2P, right? Last I heard, 66% of all net traffic was spam. Therefore, 132% of all net traffic is P2P and spam and nobody is using the net for anything else (which means you're not really reading this).
I defy you to deliver channels to me *without* the content.
Lots of fun playing with that when I was a kid.
The other big toy in the house (besides Legos, already mentioned) was electric slot cars (Tyco, AFX, etc). We had enough track to run all around the basement, and even up the walls :)
There's now an herbacide-resistant Cocaine plant. So what. This is "News for nerds, stuff that matters"???
2) Do we have enough fissionable fuel to accomplish this?
I know #1 is a problem, I honestly don't know the answer to #2. Either way, these need to be addressed *before* we build more reactors.
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It failed badly. For one, consumers didn't like it. Two, it was deemed a drug delivery system and not a cigarette. That not only complicated sales from a legal distribution POV, but it meant the tobacco companies were admitting that nicotine was addictive and that they were addicting their clients, thus opening them up for lawsuits.
Consoles will be popular, especially among the young-teen crowd. Keep it to "group" games like DDR, you can play the single player games at home. The console gamers are louder (can't use headphones for the most part, so put them off by themselves somewhere) and MESSY which is the biggest problem for us.
Best thing we've done for advertising was to alert the local media about our "family" event that gives kids and the whole family a thing to do. Might not work for your one-time party, but for a recurring party, getting an article in the paper is great! Another good place is taking out a small ad in the local college newsletter, and in the program book for your local sci-fi con. You can also hand out flyers at other LAN parties (if they're cool with that), trade ads on their web sites, and offer to "sponsor" the tiny gaming room at your local sci-fi con (which works really well for us and is fun to boot)
As for what games, I would suggest having several servers going at once. People will move themselves back and forth to whatever game they want to play and whatever has the most people in it. We usually have UT2K4 (running a map mixer that alternates all styles of game play), one or more flavors of BF1942/BF:V, and sometimes a CS server.
Gamers seem to come in two types: The serious ones who probably play CS and to them winning is everything--they'll probably want a tournament maybe even with cash prizes. We generally stay away from that and try to keep it more light-hearted games with silly themes and prizes. For me that very much keeps the "fun level" up.
I don't think we have liability insurance, just a waiver to sign. But one way to keep prices down is to get more sponsors. We've got a local specialty-soda place that provides us with Jolt, etc. The bakery gives us day-old bagels for breakfast. The pizza company gives us a heck of a discount. Let them have advertising and hang a banner if they want. We also get a lot of hardware donated from various vendors for door and tournament prizes.
The "elevator" falling down is less dangerous than a sheet of newspaper falling down. It's that thin. It's not going to hurt anyone. They said it will likely break up and shred into small pieces as it falls. If it breaks anywhere within the atmosphere (due to weather, terrorism, plane crash, etc) only a few miles fall down and they simply lower some more down and reattach it. The few miles you lose in the atmosphere is a pittance.
It will be in international waters, off of South America (I want to say Peru?). So the buyoff of any government for land, airspace, etc is not required.
There are a LOT of hurdles left. Not only can the nanotube fibers not be made in sufficient length and quantity, but they have not even looked at what happens to a model of a few-meter wide ribbon in the atmosphere. We also don't have a lift vehicle capable of getting the big spool and counterweight they need up just past geosync orbit.
Laptops are generally very efficient on power. And they come with their own screen too. In fact, I heard of one company that replaced all of it's desktops with Thinkpads and used power as the single justification (the computer takes less, the monitor takes less, and less heat generated requires less AC).