I can. It is simply taking nothing and making it in to something. I don't know why people always make such a big deal out of creating something. Sheesh.
Forgive me for using the colloquial term in my prior statement regarding the "generation" of power. I should know by now that it is an unforgivable error here on/.:)
This is a very bland and non-revolutionary article. I was expecting something new and exciting, but it was not delivered.
The whole area of cooling for home PC's is very lacking in innovation. Most of the heatsinks are horribly flawed in the way in which they function. Very disappointing overall. There are plenty of changes I'd like to see made. I'll have to call up some heatsink companies and get them to give me some money for my ideas.
Well what mental midget out there believes all the penis enlargement propaganda out there and actually gives them money? I guess more than anything it just amazes me that anyone would ever even blink twice at half the stuff they're trying to sell you. And out of principle, knowning that you buying more is just encouraging them, would still buy anything anyways?
If I got a tele-marketer call telling me that they had the perfect device to me that was a fully functional, IPAQ, Phone, Pager, and did absolutely everything I wanted, ever. I still wouldn't buy it simply for the fact that it was a tele-marketer.
Would someone please explain SPAM to me? I've never quite understood this whole concept. It is in the same bucket as tele-marketing for me.
I, and everyone I talk to absolutely loathe telemarketers and SPAM. No one I talked to has ever BOUGHT anything from a tele-marketer or from a SPAM email.
These have to be making them SOME kind of money for them to keep sending it out? Who the hell is buying all this crap? I understand name recognition, but I also understand pissing people off. I used to buy X10 stuff, after I've seen 8,000 of their ads I now refuse to shop there ever again.
I saw an ad on CNET that ate the text and I had to click a little close button before I could read an article. I no longer read CNET for anything.
The bottom line is that someone must be buying stuff from tele-marketers and giving money to sites that SPAM them. If we kill those people off, do you think these companies will eventually realize they're just wasting resources?
I mean are you going to continue to shop in a store where the salesman continually nags you and gets in your face? Not me, I'll crack him in the jaw and walk out.
Who are these people buying this crap? Why does this cycle continue?!
Hehehehe.... I'm glad you're with me on this one. hehehe. Quite possibly the worst interface one could come up with if one was attempting to make the worst interface possible.
No, it's not because I'm used to using outlook. It's because they haven't taken the time to design a good UI. They haven't done testing to get feedback. It may be a solid product, but having a non-intuitive interface is killer.
Anyone who uses Legato for backups knows exactly what I mean. It's a solid backup system, seems to work well, but god it's a horrendous interface. I claw my eyes out whenever I know I have to go and restore something or re-index some tapes. If all the Notes developers would head on out to a local community college and take a class or two on Human Computer Interaction, then they might have a product that fits with the intuitive nature that we all possess and human beings.
It is also #1 in the user interface hall of shame, is horrendous on server and space requirement and from everyone I talked to who runs one, it goes down more than a prostitute with an inner ear problem.
I understand that in what they are doing they are providing a "buffer zone" for you so to speak. They guarentee what you get as you stated above. I think I was just venting on the sad sad need for that buffer in the first place.
The realistic part of me(20%) says they're doing everyone a favour. The unrealistic part of me (80%) says that by preventing and buffering us against dishonesty and other evils, they're only helping the problem along by perhaps making it appear more evident than it really is.
I'm not saying just don't pay attention to something it'll go away, but I'm saying that if the hoover damn springs a leak and you shove a wedge in there, sure, you're stopping most of the leak, but you're only allowing that crack to grow and expand more.
I know I'm being completely unreasonable, but wouldn't it be grand to stop dealing with so much legal mumbo-jumbo and lining the pockets of scores of lawyers who end up making bucks off of licensing disputes?
Is human and corporate morality so lacking that we REALLY need this stuff? I don't do much with licensing myself and if I start to I hope to god it isn't as bad as it seems. If someone is only asking for credit, and not giving them a bad name, is it really violated that often? I mean, I present my source code, and just say "Use it, if you change it or want to distribute it let me know." I think that should be more than sufficient. This licensing crap just seems like it is merely a leading indicator of our complete inability to regulate ourselves on a personal and ethical level.
Perhaps it's just me dreaming about a non-defunct human race, but step back for a second and take a moment to realize how pitiful this truly is.
The most important and significant problem is not putting the proper resources into getting that security. Upper level management are not technically minded folk, and they don't view computers and true tools. They don't understand the costs when you try to explain it to them. "I'd like to get around $200k so that I can physically seperate out infastructure and give us added security."
Management: "I'll give you 2 un-trained contractors, a spool of thread, and a tin can."
They just don't understand, or appreciate what computers provide, but yet they get irate when something happens. Therefor the largest hurdle to overcome is getting the senior people up to snuff, or willing to to dish out the resources for what needs to be done above and beyond a simply reactionary level. To them, pro-active computer security is like flushing money down the toilet.
This all needs to be more like MadMax in my opinion. Forget courts and "litigation". If I want to take your domain, trademark or not, we fight to the death and winner takes the domain. If we both lose then it is up for grabs, just like my gold teeth.
Seriously though, one of the largest problems with litigations surrounding these technological items is that the people in power DO NOT UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY. This has been proven time and time again by the US patent office (not that other countries are immune), and time after time. The judge telling Kazaa that it must stop people from transferring files. Does the judge not understand a word in the phrase "Peer to peer"? Now I'm not saying that in this case ICANN is technologically illiterate, they're just a corporate whore who refuses to stand up for the little man. I just wanted to rant on the other subject.;)
Definately agree. This is like the shadow governement conspiracy theory. I'm sorry but I know plenty of people that work in government and there is NO ONE even remotely close to being that well organized to be secretly planning everything.
I don't think people realize the scope of tracking everyone. It is just not possible or feasible. If you don't pop up on the screen as a convicted felon, you're just going to fade away into the ether.
Who CARES? People watch other people when they are in PUBLIC places. Who cares if they're watching them in person or on VCR. Someone taping me walking down the street doesn't bother me a lick. Someone taping me in the shower does. It's a simple public space/private space issue.
But then you say...Oh but they could all get together and track you and keep track of everyplace you go! OH NO! Someone is going to keep a log of my dreary day to day activities. I don't even remember stuff I do on a day to day basis, if someone else wants to, go for it.
And this face recognition stuff. This *ALL* hinges on the software working correctly. If it can be proven that it works, and that innocents aren't being persecuted why the hell would you NOT want criminals picked up? If you don't like what we've defined as 'criminal' then by a democratic process (in most nations) you go through the process of changing those laws. That is all there is to it.
Everyone gets on this freedom schtick and doesn't take the time to think about the problems logically.
This is exactly what the niche market for solid state drives is. You have gigs of data you need to get there FAST...then you can worry about picking it apart afterwards. After you have it on the solid state drive, then as long as you don't lose power and your UPS power, you can leisurely use however many computers you want to nit pick it without having to worry about missing data.
Truly...this was just horrendous. I come here for "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." Not phony crap emails about some afghani hooking up his TRS-80 to download DIVX movies of bouncing breasts in wonderful 80x20 resolution at 10hz with 2 colours. You should be able to mod posts down so I don't even have to see this junk.
Globalism in its pure form is us realizing what and who we are. It is overcoming the petty squabbles between cultures and nation states. It is realizing that we are one race, and realizing the commonality of that one race. Common problems, common solutions. It is not about business. Business is simply a tag-a-long. When we all realize we are of one race... shouldn't businesses work on a global level? That is just common sense.
Just like everything else that is a good and pure ideal though, globalism has been convoluted. Companies look over the positive aspects and future ramifications of it and use it as a means to get cheap labour in Indonesia for making their Mickey Mouse (TM) wallets, and their Kobe Bryant (TM) shoes.
It is another great idea, and incredible concept that has been derailed by our non-evolved sense of humanity.
People say Globalism is bad. I say people are bad.
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As far as the litigation is concerned are they going after the individual companies that make the wrappers for the Fastrak engine or Fastrak itself? Are the other engines used being pursued as well? Stuff like WinMX and all the other sharing programs use a similiar if not the same engine.
I never heard that. Sounds a bit more farfetched than seeing an ancient symbol and saying "Oooo that looks neato.";) And yes it was called the "Iron Cross" at that point in time.
I think I may have just found most verbose man ever. I'm awed by the miniscule size of my scrollbar, and there are hardly any comments! This is ridiculously incredible.
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Am I still OK if the comment references any other basic laws of physics/nature/ or anything else?
I can. It is simply taking nothing and making it in to something. I don't know why people always make such a big deal out of creating something. Sheesh.
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Forgive me for using the colloquial term in my prior statement regarding the "generation" of power. I should know by now that it is an unforgivable error here on
hehehehe..... I think he MEANT to say that it would take less of our GENERATED power to make it than to use it.
;)
I didn't think anyone else would notice that.
This is a very bland and non-revolutionary article. I was expecting something new and exciting, but it was not delivered.
The whole area of cooling for home PC's is very lacking in innovation. Most of the heatsinks are horribly flawed in the way in which they function. Very disappointing overall. There are plenty of changes I'd like to see made. I'll have to call up some heatsink companies and get them to give me some money for my ideas.
Hey any philly 215 old BBS'ers out there respond and we can reminisce....
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Man I miss these days....
I miss Asgard, Diabolical Laughter, Armageddon (HPAVC!), Boot Hill, River Styx,
I miss that $800 phone bill I had because I didn't quite grasp the concept that something in my own area code could be long distance. Hmmmm.
Does anyone have a good telnet version of Renegade that I could run? I'd love that to no end.
Well what mental midget out there believes all the penis enlargement propaganda out there and actually gives them money? I guess more than anything it just amazes me that anyone would ever even blink twice at half the stuff they're trying to sell you. And out of principle, knowning that you buying more is just encouraging them, would still buy anything anyways?
If I got a tele-marketer call telling me that they had the perfect device to me that was a fully functional, IPAQ, Phone, Pager, and did absolutely everything I wanted, ever. I still wouldn't buy it simply for the fact that it was a tele-marketer.
It's like feeding pigeons.
Would someone please explain SPAM to me? I've never quite understood this whole concept. It is in the same bucket as tele-marketing for me.
I, and everyone I talk to absolutely loathe telemarketers and SPAM. No one I talked to has ever BOUGHT anything from a tele-marketer or from a SPAM email.
These have to be making them SOME kind of money for them to keep sending it out? Who the hell is buying all this crap? I understand name recognition, but I also understand pissing people off. I used to buy X10 stuff, after I've seen 8,000 of their ads I now refuse to shop there ever again.
I saw an ad on CNET that ate the text and I had to click a little close button before I could read an article. I no longer read CNET for anything.
The bottom line is that someone must be buying stuff from tele-marketers and giving money to sites that SPAM them. If we kill those people off, do you think these companies will eventually realize they're just wasting resources?
I mean are you going to continue to shop in a store where the salesman continually nags you and gets in your face? Not me, I'll crack him in the jaw and walk out.
Who are these people buying this crap? Why does this cycle continue?!
Hehehehe.... I'm glad you're with me on this one. hehehe. Quite possibly the worst interface one could come up with if one was attempting to make the worst interface possible.
No, it's not because I'm used to using outlook. It's because they haven't taken the time to design a good UI. They haven't done testing to get feedback. It may be a solid product, but having a non-intuitive interface is killer.
Anyone who uses Legato for backups knows exactly what I mean. It's a solid backup system, seems to work well, but god it's a horrendous interface. I claw my eyes out whenever I know I have to go and restore something or re-index some tapes. If all the Notes developers would head on out to a local community college and take a class or two on Human Computer Interaction, then they might have a product that fits with the intuitive nature that we all possess and human beings.
It is also #1 in the user interface hall of shame, is horrendous on server and space requirement and from everyone I talked to who runs one, it goes down more than a prostitute with an inner ear problem.
I understand that in what they are doing they are providing a "buffer zone" for you so to speak. They guarentee what you get as you stated above. I think I was just venting on the sad sad need for that buffer in the first place.
The realistic part of me(20%) says they're doing everyone a favour. The unrealistic part of me (80%) says that by preventing and buffering us against dishonesty and other evils, they're only helping the problem along by perhaps making it appear more evident than it really is.
I'm not saying just don't pay attention to something it'll go away, but I'm saying that if the hoover damn springs a leak and you shove a wedge in there, sure, you're stopping most of the leak, but you're only allowing that crack to grow and expand more.
I know I'm being completely unreasonable, but wouldn't it be grand to stop dealing with so much legal mumbo-jumbo and lining the pockets of scores of lawyers who end up making bucks off of licensing disputes?
Is human and corporate morality so lacking that we REALLY need this stuff? I don't do much with licensing myself and if I start to I hope to god it isn't as bad as it seems. If someone is only asking for credit, and not giving them a bad name, is it really violated that often? I mean, I present my source code, and just say "Use it, if you change it or want to distribute it let me know." I think that should be more than sufficient. This licensing crap just seems like it is merely a leading indicator of our complete inability to regulate ourselves on a personal and ethical level.
Perhaps it's just me dreaming about a non-defunct human race, but step back for a second and take a moment to realize how pitiful this truly is.
The most important and significant problem is not putting the proper resources into getting that security. Upper level management are not technically minded folk, and they don't view computers and true tools. They don't understand the costs when you try to explain it to them. "I'd like to get around $200k so that I can physically seperate out infastructure and give us added security."
Management: "I'll give you 2 un-trained contractors, a spool of thread, and a tin can."
They just don't understand, or appreciate what computers provide, but yet they get irate when something happens. Therefor the largest hurdle to overcome is getting the senior people up to snuff, or willing to to dish out the resources for what needs to be done above and beyond a simply reactionary level. To them, pro-active computer security is like flushing money down the toilet.
This all needs to be more like MadMax in my opinion. Forget courts and "litigation". If I want to take your domain, trademark or not, we fight to the death and winner takes the domain. If we both lose then it is up for grabs, just like my gold teeth.
;)
Seriously though, one of the largest problems with litigations surrounding these technological items is that the people in power DO NOT UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY. This has been proven time and time again by the US patent office (not that other countries are immune), and time after time. The judge telling Kazaa that it must stop people from transferring files. Does the judge not understand a word in the phrase "Peer to peer"? Now I'm not saying that in this case ICANN is technologically illiterate, they're just a corporate whore who refuses to stand up for the little man. I just wanted to rant on the other subject.
=Cesaro
Definately agree. This is like the shadow governement conspiracy theory. I'm sorry but I know plenty of people that work in government and there is NO ONE even remotely close to being that well organized to be secretly planning everything.
;)
I don't think people realize the scope of tracking everyone. It is just not possible or feasible. If you don't pop up on the screen as a convicted felon, you're just going to fade away into the ether.
I believe we are agreed.
Who CARES? People watch other people when they are in PUBLIC places. Who cares if they're watching them in person or on VCR. Someone taping me walking down the street doesn't bother me a lick. Someone taping me in the shower does. It's a simple public space/private space issue.
But then you say...Oh but they could all get together and track you and keep track of everyplace you go! OH NO! Someone is going to keep a log of my dreary day to day activities. I don't even remember stuff I do on a day to day basis, if someone else wants to, go for it.
And this face recognition stuff. This *ALL* hinges on the software working correctly. If it can be proven that it works, and that innocents aren't being persecuted why the hell would you NOT want criminals picked up? If you don't like what we've defined as 'criminal' then by a democratic process (in most nations) you go through the process of changing those laws. That is all there is to it.
Everyone gets on this freedom schtick and doesn't take the time to think about the problems logically.
This is exactly what the niche market for solid state drives is. You have gigs of data you need to get there FAST...then you can worry about picking it apart afterwards. After you have it on the solid state drive, then as long as you don't lose power and your UPS power, you can leisurely use however many computers you want to nit pick it without having to worry about missing data.
Truly...this was just horrendous. I come here for "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." Not phony crap emails about some afghani hooking up his TRS-80 to download DIVX movies of bouncing breasts in wonderful 80x20 resolution at 10hz with 2 colours. You should be able to mod posts down so I don't even have to see this junk.
Wouldn't you choose the language that is most dominant? Or the language that provides the best means of communications for business?
Globalism in its pure form is us realizing what and who we are. It is overcoming the petty squabbles between cultures and nation states. It is realizing that we are one race, and realizing the commonality of that one race. Common problems, common solutions. It is not about business. Business is simply a tag-a-long. When we all realize we are of one race... shouldn't businesses work on a global level? That is just common sense.
Just like everything else that is a good and pure ideal though, globalism has been convoluted. Companies look over the positive aspects and future ramifications of it and use it as a means to get cheap labour in Indonesia for making their Mickey Mouse (TM) wallets, and their Kobe Bryant (TM) shoes.
It is another great idea, and incredible concept that has been derailed by our non-evolved sense of humanity.
People say Globalism is bad. I say people are bad.
Oi.... get is straight people:
"Religion is the opiate of the masses."
That is the most absolutely abyssmal outlook on appreciate of life I have ever read. How very sad.
As far as the litigation is concerned are they going after the individual companies that make the wrappers for the Fastrak engine or Fastrak itself? Are the other engines used being pursued as well? Stuff like WinMX and all the other sharing programs use a similiar if not the same engine.
I never heard that. Sounds a bit more farfetched than seeing an ancient symbol and saying "Oooo that looks neato." ;) And yes it was called the "Iron Cross" at that point in time.
I think I may have just found most verbose man ever. I'm awed by the miniscule size of my scrollbar, and there are hardly any comments! This is ridiculously incredible.