While I agree with you, we ought not to forget that finding Torrents and trackers often requires visting websites LOADED with banner ads, and often, automatic spyware/malware installers.
Yes, we already use FireFox and have our security patches installed, so adware, spyware, malware aren't a big issue. (insert snickering here)
Yeah, Kazaa and the like install a metric shitload of adware/spyware as it is. However, the migration to bittorrent could offer a much more dubious alternative, especially when many of the trackers I see nowadays are based in Russia and the Ukraine.
Of course, one MIGHT argue that P2P copyright violators deserve what they get... but that's another arguement for another time....
Wow, I fondly remember the days when I, as a wide-eyed six year old, typed in a Mandlebrot-graphics generation program from Compute! magazine into my Commodore 64.
My friends didn't get it. But I loved it. It made a great backdrop to leave on the screen while I did other, more "normal" kid things. (Legos, drawing, etc.)
Now that I appreciate the mathematics behind it, I must give my respect to the man. Thanks for the childhood brain food, Mandlebrot, even if I didn't get it at the time.
Come to think of it, I don't think that that is a attribute unique to AOL users.
I mean, how many men out there (I won't even restrict this to/. readers) find it more convenient to stay with the complaining, annoying girlfriend than to take the old "companion" out of the closet and reinflate "her" again?
Could it be that Intel has learned the hard lesson - "One must break a few eggs to make an omelette?"
They probably recognized that the product would likely be sub-par, low in supply (and thus, impossible to put into competition with current flat panel designs), or some other design flaw. Rather than release an inferior product anyway for the sake of a few Christmas dollars (ahem... Microsoft - are you listening?!?), they cut their losses and are moving on.
I would expect a much improved version of similar designs in the not-too-distant future, perhaps with the kinks worked out.
Here in Chicago, we have RCN. On one bill, I get my Digital Cable, a 7Mbit/sec Cable Modem, and a VoIP Phone Line. They were even kind enough to throw in a free UPS unit designed for the cable modem so your phone service wouldn't be out even if the power was. And we even have things such as Video on Demand.
I expect (hope?!?) Cable Companies trump SBC on this one - not only do many already have the infrastructure in place, but many also have customer service that doesn't involve performing a root canal (you ever call SBC technical support? We don't refer to them as "Sucks Big Cock" here in Illinois for nothing...)
Ok, if these two candidates violated the law by crashing the barricade and were subsequently arrested, isn't violating a show cause order grounds for a contempt of court citation, which in turn is grounds for aresst? It would certainly be interesting to see all four of these guys debating from an Arizona prison.
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While I agree with you, we ought not to forget that finding Torrents and trackers often requires visting websites LOADED with banner ads, and often, automatic spyware/malware installers.
Yes, we already use FireFox and have our security patches installed, so adware, spyware, malware aren't a big issue. (insert snickering here)
Yeah, Kazaa and the like install a metric shitload of adware/spyware as it is. However, the migration to bittorrent could offer a much more dubious alternative, especially when many of the trackers I see nowadays are based in Russia and the Ukraine.
Of course, one MIGHT argue that P2P copyright violators deserve what they get... but that's another arguement for another time....
Wow, I fondly remember the days when I, as a wide-eyed six year old, typed in a Mandlebrot-graphics generation program from Compute! magazine into my Commodore 64.
My friends didn't get it. But I loved it. It made a great backdrop to leave on the screen while I did other, more "normal" kid things. (Legos, drawing, etc.)
Now that I appreciate the mathematics behind it, I must give my respect to the man. Thanks for the childhood brain food, Mandlebrot, even if I didn't get it at the time.
Come to think of it, I don't think that that is a attribute unique to AOL users.
/. readers) find it more convenient to stay with the complaining, annoying girlfriend than to take the old "companion" out of the closet and reinflate "her" again?
I mean, how many men out there (I won't even restrict this to
Granted, it's not MY situation....
What do you mean, you don't believe me....?
ba-dum-dum-dum
Could it be that Intel has learned the hard lesson - "One must break a few eggs to make an omelette?"
They probably recognized that the product would likely be sub-par, low in supply (and thus, impossible to put into competition with current flat panel designs), or some other design flaw. Rather than release an inferior product anyway for the sake of a few Christmas dollars (ahem... Microsoft - are you listening?!?), they cut their losses and are moving on.
I would expect a much improved version of similar designs in the not-too-distant future, perhaps with the kinks worked out.
Some do already.
Here in Chicago, we have RCN. On one bill, I get my Digital Cable, a 7Mbit/sec Cable Modem, and a VoIP Phone Line. They were even kind enough to throw in a free UPS unit designed for the cable modem so your phone service wouldn't be out even if the power was. And we even have things such as Video on Demand.
I expect (hope?!?) Cable Companies trump SBC on this one - not only do many already have the infrastructure in place, but many also have customer service that doesn't involve performing a root canal (you ever call SBC technical support? We don't refer to them as "Sucks Big Cock" here in Illinois for nothing...)
Ok, if these two candidates violated the law by crashing the barricade and were subsequently arrested, isn't violating a show cause order grounds for a contempt of court citation, which in turn is grounds for aresst? It would certainly be interesting to see all four of these guys debating from an Arizona prison.
Step 1 - Construct complex private spacecraft. Step 2 - Fly to altitude over 328,000 feet. Step 3 - ?????? Step 4 - Profit!
Shit, 640k should be enough for anybody!