My 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid gets about 45 mpg average, quite often better. My dealer called the other day, and told me that even with 75k miles on it, he'd still give me $12k in trade on it. Not bad. (I turned him down, by the way; gas in Chicago is $4 a gallon right now...)
Bottom line - the more people use Firefox, the more people look for bugs and vulnerabilities, the more people find them. The same thing happened with IE.
Granted, I do think Firefox is far superior to other browsers on the market, but I don't think that this should surprise anyone. At least Firefox is being fixed quickly. I suspect other software companies may not have held back their release times on upgrades to fix additional bugs. ("Don't worry now, just get this new version out before the deadline, we'll fix it later...")
I have to ask, is there really a such thing as "rock solid" engineering in the consumer electronics world?
After all, the words "defect free" are often proven to be foolish ones, given the history of... well, anything.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Playstation platform, and I agree that the Wii is going to have big problems once the novelty is gone. It just that your comment sounds an awful lot like marketing, rather than true commentary. (The fact that it's anonymous makes it even more suspect.)
They're generally the ones that don't catch a lot of people anyway, or at least not anybody who doesn't deserve to be scammed.
You know, I hate hearing that anybody deserves the financial ruin that results from falling for one of these scams.
Remember, the more that geeks put on the "you're stupid so you deserve what you get" attitude, the fewer folks who are less-computer-savvy will buy computers for fear of being taken for a ride (and knowing no one will help them.)
This, in turn, results in less money floating around in the tech sector, which, in turn, results in less money being invested to develop convieniences upon which we have come to rely - such as online banking.
Which, of course, results in less money in the pocket of the geeks that were so callous to begin with. Remember - we NEED the end user just as much as the end user needs us.
Me: Doctor, it hurts when I go like this.
Doctor: Then don't do that.
Yeah, have to love that. I was told that as well. The problem I had was that, given my rather hefty performance schedule, rest (not playing my horn) simply wasn't an option. Instead, I went to a fantastic chiropractor who did a few adjustments of my back and arms as well as ultrasonic and electrostimulation. After about two months, I had all my feeling back, though as of late it's been acting up again, so I may make another trip in while my yearly deductible is still met.:)
Ultimately, I think most manufacturers of furniture, electronics, and musical instruments are completely out-of-touch with reality when it comes to ergonomics, even after all these years. Computer manufacturers have a much better excuse than instrument manufacturers, though - home computers have only been common in the last twenty-five years or so, while trombones are at least 400 years into their design cycle!:)
Over this last summer, the ridiculous amount of typing I was doing caused by ring finger and pinky to go numb. Thinking it was Carpal Tunnel, I went to the doctor, who confirmed to me that Carpal Tunnel is not usually caused by typing.
What she did tell me, however, was that I likely had Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome. Though this is also not caused by typing, it was the resting of my elbow on the desk which applied pressure on the Ulnar Nerve, causing numbness and pain.
Couple this with my career as a professional trombonist, and I had trouble.
The moral of the story is simple - it is not so much how much you type (or perform), it is the position of your hand and arm whilst doing it. Keeping a natural, "open" posture is ultimately the best way to prevent these problems.
There's an old saying in the music business - "You can't polish a turd, but the man who does will get the gig."
I suppose the same holds true here. Sun figures (correctly, I have to assume given the lack of any serious upheaval in market share in the tech and entertainment industries) that DRM is here to stay, and that if it is, they might as well do it right: Strong, secure, and built upon an open standard.
Sure, Microsoft is one of the the first companies to drop the proverbial deuce, though I suspect (just as in the case of operating systems) they won't be the ones to do it at the highest standard, for the lowest cost, or both.
Yes, I know that the crowd here is heavily anti-DRM, and I don't blame them. I suppose Sun getting into the DRM game and doing it right might actually cause DRM to actually succeed, so perhaps it would be best if there were no "turd polishing" going on, by Sun or anyone else.
OTOH, artists have the right to protect their content, and may cease producing content completely if they cannot. Why not give them a strong and reliable way to do so?
Disclaimer: I am a member of the Chicago Federation of Musicians/American Federation of Musicians Union Local 10-208.
...of the Slashdot effect? Sure, we now use bittorrent to distribute software over a vast, distributed network. Why not adapt it to HTTP or the like? Yeah, it would make updating news sites a bit of a problem, but more static sites could brace for a large DDoS-type-hit (intentional or unintentional) by this method.
Thats one of the more overlooked commercial applications I can think of. Not only quite legal, but useful as well.
I can see it now - a web site describing who's recently been slashdotted or fark-ed. Hell, why not even include email updates with automatic mirrordot links?
Yeah, I know, I know, not exactly security related per se, but nothing would help me out more sometimes than to know which direction the world's largest, legal, unintentional DDoS attack is pointing.:)
Any word on which browsers are vulnerable? Is this the sort of thing to be, once again, filed under "Switch to FireFox"? The author leaves a lot of unanswered questions.
Or is this the child of something that must be user-run first?
I know the FCC regulates communications, so there is some authority for them here, but...
Isn't this sort of anti-competetive practice (and I do believe that is what the FCC's ruling stopped here, which is good) something more properly regulated by other federal/state entities? Maybe the SEC (for publicly held companies), or in civil courts under antitrust laws?
I just wonder why the FCC took care of this... and if having the FCC - the same entity that seems to arbitrarily deem TV and radio shows "obscene" and/or "profane" and impose heavy fines as a result - regulate these matters is a good idea.
As a computer geek - especially one who has played damn near every Finaly Fantasy game - I'm thrilled as it is by the opportunity to hear these great soundtracks in a medium other than MIDI. I don't care how far the technology develops, nothing beats a live orchestra in a real concert hall, period.
As a trained classical musician living and [trying to] freelance in Chicago, I'm thrilled even more (and would get a nice early Christmas by being called to play said gig... ahh, one can only dream...)
Too bad the article says nothing of who actually arraanged these works for orchestra... (To the Slashdot crowd who may not know what I mean - I ask who actually transcribed the full orchestral score and individual parts from the MIDI original.) Was it Nobuo Uematsu himself? Being a great composer (and in his genre, he certainly is, IMHO) is one thing, while being a great arranger/orchestrator is an entirely different matter. His stock would go waaaaay up in my book if he did both....
Because of this, it is now meaningless to say that spam itself originates in any given place - it is truly a cyber-product.
No, I think the source has remained unchanged - the pocketbooks of those willing to actually pay for the schwag sold via SPAM email. As long as people are willing to pay for herbal Viagra, cheap mortgages, etc. based on spam, so too will spam annoy the rest of us.
As a kid that spent the few remaining hours that I WASN'T in front of the Commodore 64 digging through his boxes of Legos for juuuuust the right part... I gotta give this guy some serious credit.
Now I have a feeling that this guy's wife/girlfriend is probably quite worried about him..... or angry at him... (and no, I will NOT be one of those that insists the guy must have no life simply because he has some rather intense hobbies.)
Any chance he can post a howto, schematics, etc? The next generation of Lego enthusiasts is waiting to be inspired! (oh yeah, and I'd like to know how he did it myself:) )
On that note, anyone know of any good websites featuring fun Lego projects such as this?
Those who would do good don't need laws to force them; those who would do evil will do so regardless of the law.
That being said, I hope to make it clear that I feel software piracy is wrong. However, Steam/Valve is doing itself a great disservice, seeing as how people who want to pirate their software will find a way to no matter what they do to enforce their licensing. Windows XP should stand as a good example - how long was it before the activation was cracked? Answer: days at most. When pirate keys were banned, we had SP1 cracks.
So what happens when the activation software shuts down the OS/game/whatever on a non cracked version? It often shuts down a legit user who simply changed hardware or the like.
So, we have a situation which puts the old wine of my original quote into the new modern wineskin - those who pay for software don't need activation to make them do so, and those who don't pay for software will circumvent any activation schemes in place.
And, as is the case in both examples, only the law -abiding citizen is left restricted by the laws/copy protections intended for the non-law-abiding sort.
Now, does this necessarily make laws/copyguards unnecessary? No, I'm not that naive. These are generally designed as a method of discouraging people from casually "changing camps," on top of providing recourse against those who do break the rules.
I suppose my real point here is that the only losers here are those in the right; those in the wrong have nothing to lose. Therefore, I don't see how such draconian methods will help Valve in the long run.
Mass transit also suffers from another big problem: Because of decreased ridership, it is at times less efficient than cars.
This brings up the most important (IMHO) hurdle to overcome with any mass transit system - getting the American public to give up their cars in favor of cleaner, cheaper, more efficient travel.
It would SEEM like a no-brainer on paper... but we have a long history with the automobile and its representation of freedom. I mean, regardless of which side you fall on, you must admit that nothing feels greater than riding on a highway in the summertime in a convertable with the top down.:)
Need proof? Look at how much Americans are continually willing to spend on cars, car insurance, and fuel - all of which are getting more expensive by the day. (Here in Chicago this morning, gas was almost $2.40 per gallon for the cheap stuff.)
Anyway, my point is that, while this is a great idea, there is going to have to be a revolutionary change in our feelings about the "freedom of the open road" before any mass transit ideas really take hold. (The exception, of course, being major metro areas, which have redefined said "freedom" to mean traffic jams resulting in 1.5 hour commutes.)
Bottom line - beware any mass transit system that claims it can "break even" - that's not including the marketing costs that will have to go with it. (Again, Chicago Transit Authority, for example, spends A LOT on advertising alone, while jacking up rates almost yearly.)
Couple the cost factor with the endless compatibility issues involved in making even half of these - admittedly impressive - game-grade video cards work with said games, and you have the reasons for the decline of PC gaming.
I know that programming platforms such as DirectX, etc... were designed to unify SOMETHING among these cards, it just didn't work very well. (Insert M$ bashing here.)
Furthermore, with all of the endless patches being required to even get a game to work, it simply becomes easier to pick up an XBox, PS2, or Gamecube for $100 or so that you KNOW will work once you get it hooked up.
To put it another way - if you had to choose, sight unseen, between playing the latest game on a PC or a XBox, and the XBox ran you $150 plus the cost of the game, but the PC ran you $600, plus a souped up NVidia Video card for $200, plus another trip back to the store for more RAM for another $100, plus waiting three months for the patch to come out so your video card would work with it... need I go on? The choice seems clear...
Yes, I know that those of us reading/. aren't as inclined to running into these problems, but to the average end-user, it's a no-brainer.
Ode to the Netscape/Firefox family tree...
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Netscape Reborn?
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It sounds funny, I know,
But it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
It sounds funny, I know,
But it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.
Now many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three,
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life,
My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
And everytime I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!
I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.
And exactly HOW do they plan on enforcing this (other than by draconian DRM-esque hardware locks) ?? Are they going to send the marketing police over to my house if i fast forward through the previews?
Mrs. Claus likes to drive fast: in real-life and on her PC.
I know what the target audience is for these sorts of things, but wow, I had really hoped that Tom's Hardware could do better than that.
Of course, considering the/. -ing the server is now receiving, maybe they don't need to. Gotta sell those massive displays SOMEHOW...
More seriously, I gotta say that I'd love to put in my order for one of those Swiss Army knives with the 128MB USB drives in it. That, for me anyway, would be a great place to keep day-to-day info (Quicken data, Palm Desktop, etc...) that I tend to always wish I hadn't left on the home PC, or the work PC, or the latop, or.... you get the idea.
....and it involves needing a lot more storage for pr0n.
Re:Smells like bullshit
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The Music Man
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If this guy was real and as rich as he's made out to be, why wouldn't he have just bought an Xserve with an Xserve RAID?
I've got a better idea - if he was that rich, why not buy (at least most) of those CDs? Probably would've been more cost effective, especially after his legal bills kick in....
Slashdot Mirror
I miss the man already.
I tip my hat to you; I haven't laughed that hard at a movie reference in a long time.
My 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid gets about 45 mpg average, quite often better. My dealer called the other day, and told me that even with 75k miles on it, he'd still give me $12k in trade on it. Not bad. (I turned him down, by the way; gas in Chicago is $4 a gallon right now...)
Bottom line - the more people use Firefox, the more people look for bugs and vulnerabilities, the more people find them. The same thing happened with IE.
Granted, I do think Firefox is far superior to other browsers on the market, but I don't think that this should surprise anyone. At least Firefox is being fixed quickly. I suspect other software companies may not have held back their release times on upgrades to fix additional bugs. ("Don't worry now, just get this new version out before the deadline, we'll fix it later...")
I have to ask, is there really a such thing as "rock solid" engineering in the consumer electronics world?
After all, the words "defect free" are often proven to be foolish ones, given the history of... well, anything.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Playstation platform, and I agree that the Wii is going to have big problems once the novelty is gone. It just that your comment sounds an awful lot like marketing, rather than true commentary. (The fact that it's anonymous makes it even more suspect.)
They're generally the ones that don't catch a lot of people anyway, or at least not anybody who doesn't deserve to be scammed.
You know, I hate hearing that anybody deserves the financial ruin that results from falling for one of these scams.
Remember, the more that geeks put on the "you're stupid so you deserve what you get" attitude, the fewer folks who are less-computer-savvy will buy computers for fear of being taken for a ride (and knowing no one will help them.)
This, in turn, results in less money floating around in the tech sector, which, in turn, results in less money being invested to develop convieniences upon which we have come to rely - such as online banking.
Which, of course, results in less money in the pocket of the geeks that were so callous to begin with. Remember - we NEED the end user just as much as the end user needs us.
From one of his captions:
"I just love how they used to include the schematics when you bought electronics. Kinda open-source...they encouraged DIY repairs back then."
Aaaaah, the days before "Intellectual Property" became synonymous with "classified."
Me: Doctor, it hurts when I go like this.
:)
:)
Doctor: Then don't do that.
Yeah, have to love that. I was told that as well. The problem I had was that, given my rather hefty performance schedule, rest (not playing my horn) simply wasn't an option. Instead, I went to a fantastic chiropractor who did a few adjustments of my back and arms as well as ultrasonic and electrostimulation. After about two months, I had all my feeling back, though as of late it's been acting up again, so I may make another trip in while my yearly deductible is still met.
Ultimately, I think most manufacturers of furniture, electronics, and musical instruments are completely out-of-touch with reality when it comes to ergonomics, even after all these years. Computer manufacturers have a much better excuse than instrument manufacturers, though - home computers have only been common in the last twenty-five years or so, while trombones are at least 400 years into their design cycle!
Over this last summer, the ridiculous amount of typing I was doing caused by ring finger and pinky to go numb. Thinking it was Carpal Tunnel, I went to the doctor, who confirmed to me that Carpal Tunnel is not usually caused by typing.
What she did tell me, however, was that I likely had Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome. Though this is also not caused by typing, it was the resting of my elbow on the desk which applied pressure on the Ulnar Nerve, causing numbness and pain.
Couple this with my career as a professional trombonist, and I had trouble.
The moral of the story is simple - it is not so much how much you type (or perform), it is the position of your hand and arm whilst doing it. Keeping a natural, "open" posture is ultimately the best way to prevent these problems.
There's an old saying in the music business - "You can't polish a turd, but the man who does will get the gig."
I suppose the same holds true here. Sun figures (correctly, I have to assume given the lack of any serious upheaval in market share in the tech and entertainment industries) that DRM is here to stay, and that if it is, they might as well do it right: Strong, secure, and built upon an open standard.
Sure, Microsoft is one of the the first companies to drop the proverbial deuce, though I suspect (just as in the case of operating systems) they won't be the ones to do it at the highest standard, for the lowest cost, or both.
Yes, I know that the crowd here is heavily anti-DRM, and I don't blame them. I suppose Sun getting into the DRM game and doing it right might actually cause DRM to actually succeed, so perhaps it would be best if there were no "turd polishing" going on, by Sun or anyone else.
OTOH, artists have the right to protect their content, and may cease producing content completely if they cannot. Why not give them a strong and reliable way to do so?
Disclaimer: I am a member of the Chicago Federation of Musicians/American Federation of Musicians Union Local 10-208.
...of the Slashdot effect? Sure, we now use bittorrent to distribute software over a vast, distributed network. Why not adapt it to HTTP or the like? Yeah, it would make updating news sites a bit of a problem, but more static sites could brace for a large DDoS-type-hit (intentional or unintentional) by this method.
Thats one of the more overlooked commercial applications I can think of. Not only quite legal, but useful as well.
Can we get a web site traffic report?
:)
I can see it now - a web site describing who's recently been slashdotted or fark-ed. Hell, why not even include email updates with automatic mirrordot links?
Yeah, I know, I know, not exactly security related per se, but nothing would help me out more sometimes than to know which direction the world's largest, legal, unintentional DDoS attack is pointing.
Any word on which browsers are vulnerable? Is this the sort of thing to be, once again, filed under "Switch to FireFox"? The author leaves a lot of unanswered questions.
Or is this the child of something that must be user-run first?
I know the FCC regulates communications, so there is some authority for them here, but...
... and if having the FCC - the same entity that seems to arbitrarily deem TV and radio shows "obscene" and/or "profane" and impose heavy fines as a result - regulate these matters is a good idea.
Isn't this sort of anti-competetive practice (and I do believe that is what the FCC's ruling stopped here, which is good) something more properly regulated by other federal/state entities? Maybe the SEC (for publicly held companies), or in civil courts under antitrust laws?
I just wonder why the FCC took care of this
As a computer geek - especially one who has played damn near every Finaly Fantasy game - I'm thrilled as it is by the opportunity to hear these great soundtracks in a medium other than MIDI. I don't care how far the technology develops, nothing beats a live orchestra in a real concert hall, period.
As a trained classical musician living and [trying to] freelance in Chicago, I'm thrilled even more (and would get a nice early Christmas by being called to play said gig... ahh, one can only dream...)
Too bad the article says nothing of who actually arraanged these works for orchestra... (To the Slashdot crowd who may not know what I mean - I ask who actually transcribed the full orchestral score and individual parts from the MIDI original.) Was it Nobuo Uematsu himself? Being a great composer (and in his genre, he certainly is, IMHO) is one thing, while being a great arranger/orchestrator is an entirely different matter. His stock would go waaaaay up in my book if he did both....
Because of this, it is now meaningless to say that spam itself originates in any given place - it is truly a cyber-product.
No, I think the source has remained unchanged - the pocketbooks of those willing to actually pay for the schwag sold via SPAM email. As long as people are willing to pay for herbal Viagra, cheap mortgages, etc. based on spam, so too will spam annoy the rest of us.
As a kid that spent the few remaining hours that I WASN'T in front of the Commodore 64 digging through his boxes of Legos for juuuuust the right part... I gotta give this guy some serious credit.
:) )
Now I have a feeling that this guy's wife/girlfriend is probably quite worried about him..... or angry at him... (and no, I will NOT be one of those that insists the guy must have no life simply because he has some rather intense hobbies.)
Any chance he can post a howto, schematics, etc? The next generation of Lego enthusiasts is waiting to be inspired! (oh yeah, and I'd like to know how he did it myself
On that note, anyone know of any good websites featuring fun Lego projects such as this?
Those who would do good don't need laws to force them; those who would do evil will do so regardless of the law.
That being said, I hope to make it clear that I feel software piracy is wrong. However, Steam/Valve is doing itself a great disservice, seeing as how people who want to pirate their software will find a way to no matter what they do to enforce their licensing. Windows XP should stand as a good example - how long was it before the activation was cracked? Answer: days at most. When pirate keys were banned, we had SP1 cracks.
So what happens when the activation software shuts down the OS/game/whatever on a non cracked version? It often shuts down a legit user who simply changed hardware or the like.
So, we have a situation which puts the old wine of my original quote into the new modern wineskin - those who pay for software don't need activation to make them do so, and those who don't pay for software will circumvent any activation schemes in place.
And, as is the case in both examples, only the law -abiding citizen is left restricted by the laws/copy protections intended for the non-law-abiding sort.
Now, does this necessarily make laws/copyguards unnecessary? No, I'm not that naive. These are generally designed as a method of discouraging people from casually "changing camps," on top of providing recourse against those who do break the rules.
I suppose my real point here is that the only losers here are those in the right; those in the wrong have nothing to lose. Therefore, I don't see how such draconian methods will help Valve in the long run.
Mass transit also suffers from another big problem: Because of decreased ridership, it is at times less efficient than cars.
:)
This brings up the most important (IMHO) hurdle to overcome with any mass transit system - getting the American public to give up their cars in favor of cleaner, cheaper, more efficient travel.
It would SEEM like a no-brainer on paper... but we have a long history with the automobile and its representation of freedom. I mean, regardless of which side you fall on, you must admit that nothing feels greater than riding on a highway in the summertime in a convertable with the top down.
Need proof? Look at how much Americans are continually willing to spend on cars, car insurance, and fuel - all of which are getting more expensive by the day. (Here in Chicago this morning, gas was almost $2.40 per gallon for the cheap stuff.)
Anyway, my point is that, while this is a great idea, there is going to have to be a revolutionary change in our feelings about the "freedom of the open road" before any mass transit ideas really take hold. (The exception, of course, being major metro areas, which have redefined said "freedom" to mean traffic jams resulting in 1.5 hour commutes.)
Bottom line - beware any mass transit system that claims it can "break even" - that's not including the marketing costs that will have to go with it. (Again, Chicago Transit Authority, for example, spends A LOT on advertising alone, while jacking up rates almost yearly.)
Couple the cost factor with the endless compatibility issues involved in making even half of these - admittedly impressive - game-grade video cards work with said games, and you have the reasons for the decline of PC gaming.
/. aren't as inclined to running into these problems, but to the average end-user, it's a no-brainer.
I know that programming platforms such as DirectX, etc... were designed to unify SOMETHING among these cards, it just didn't work very well. (Insert M$ bashing here.)
Furthermore, with all of the endless patches being required to even get a game to work, it simply becomes easier to pick up an XBox, PS2, or Gamecube for $100 or so that you KNOW will work once you get it hooked up.
To put it another way - if you had to choose, sight unseen, between playing the latest game on a PC or a XBox, and the XBox ran you $150 plus the cost of the game, but the PC ran you $600, plus a souped up NVidia Video card for $200, plus another trip back to the store for more RAM for another $100, plus waiting three months for the patch to come out so your video card would work with it... need I go on? The choice seems clear...
Yes, I know that those of us reading
It sounds funny, I know,
But it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
It sounds funny, I know,
But it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.
Now many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three,
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life,
My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
And everytime I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!
I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa.
It sounds funny, I know, but it really is so,
Oh, I'm my own grandpa.
And exactly HOW do they plan on enforcing this (other than by draconian DRM-esque hardware locks) ?? Are they going to send the marketing police over to my house if i fast forward through the previews?
Mrs. Claus likes to drive fast: in real-life and on her PC.
/. -ing the server is now receiving, maybe they don't need to. Gotta sell those massive displays SOMEHOW...
I know what the target audience is for these sorts of things, but wow, I had really hoped that Tom's Hardware could do better than that.
Of course, considering the
More seriously, I gotta say that I'd love to put in my order for one of those Swiss Army knives with the 128MB USB drives in it. That, for me anyway, would be a great place to keep day-to-day info (Quicken data, Palm Desktop, etc...) that I tend to always wish I hadn't left on the home PC, or the work PC, or the latop, or.... you get the idea.
....and it involves needing a lot more storage for pr0n.
If this guy was real and as rich as he's made out to be, why wouldn't he have just bought an Xserve with an Xserve RAID?
I've got a better idea - if he was that rich, why not buy (at least most) of those CDs? Probably would've been more cost effective, especially after his legal bills kick in....