How can you download 3GB of data to your cell phone?
RE this comment and the other reply, Sprint's TOS specifically disallows use of their handheld phones as modems. I've used mine as a modem on and off for years, but make sure to keep the transfers down to a minimum. I know one person who got slammed by Sprint for downloading almost 1GB in a month with his cell phone.
If we were talking about.com and.net TLD's, then I would be pretty pissed.
However, it's hard to justify not giving control of a COUNTRY'S TLD to said country's government.
Another poster posted ICANN's guidelines for the country code TLD's and they clearly state that the government's wishes with regards to it's TLD management are of paramount importance.
The problem is that in 2004 we thought it was going to revolutionize email.
2005 came and went with no significant advances in gmail, and it's still in beta mode with some annoying issues. It's basically just another webmail service now.
It was hyped to high heaven in the beginning of the year and ended up being virtually irrelevant. Hence, it's a failed, overhyped technology trend.
I essentially leave the site for a couple years, then come back to find nothing at all has changed! Even the "slashdot is dying.. are you listening, Taco?" comments are essentially copied and pasted anew to every single article!
"If I buy sugar am I allowed to then offer people sugar in their tea to my hearts content? If I buy a car can I offer rides to hitchhikers as much as I want?"
Sure you can. Just the same way as you can lend out or sell your entire CD collection to your heart's content.
However, you are not allowed to set up a manufacturing plant and produce identical copies of that car that you bought. Nor are you allowed to buy an Aeron chair and sell an identical copy of it, or buy that brand new John Grishma novel and print and sell your own copies of it.
Allowing the absolutely unrestricted distribution of music is the exact same thing as allowing people to print and sell as many copies of any book they wish. The fact that one is via computer has nothing to do with it. You can't set up your own print house and produce and distribute copies of bestsellers just because you feel like it.
If you're replicating then reselling the newest, most expensive microprocessor on the market, then yes it should be illegal.
The existence of a replicator has nothing to do with it. AMD cannot manufacture and market exact copies of Intel chips, whether they have replicators or not.
This is a terrible thing. Sure those crazy French citizens would be able to download music to their heart's content for free, but, uh...... do you simply not believe in copyright?
Regardless of law, is it perfectly OK to buy a CD then proceed to redistribute it ad infinitum?
That's cool and all, but they were trying to use Media Center, which you can't get in a store, and with which they had serious trouble trying to obtain from Dell.
2) The rumors, which would make "this CrossFire graphics subsystem would arguably stand alone at the top of the graphics benchmarking mountain" a true statement are the rumors that the 7800GTX 512 is going to be out of production shortly. As it is now, they're almost impossible to find already.
"Just imagine how much cheaper servers could be if companies didn't have to pay a huge processor cost"
Not that much, really. A quick quote on a Dell PowerEdge 2850 with a pair of dual-core Xeons, 4GB of RAM, a pair of 73GB 10K SCSI drives, and SUSE presinstalled, reveals that the processors only represent approximately 8% of the up-front system cost, and that's at retail prices for the processors, obviously ignoring whatever sweetheart deal Dell has with Intel.
Cutting the cost of the processors from $250/each to $100/each saves you $300 off a $6,000 system. Hardly meaningful in any way.
Well hopefully any institution that has gone through the trouble of disabling removeable media in Windows has also gone through the trouble of finishing the job.
This can include removal of floppy and CD drives, locking of the BIOS setup, removing CD, floppy, and USB drives from the boot order, etc.
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How can you download 3GB of data to your cell phone?
RE this comment and the other reply, Sprint's TOS specifically disallows use of their handheld phones as modems. I've used mine as a modem on and off for years, but make sure to keep the transfers down to a minimum. I know one person who got slammed by Sprint for downloading almost 1GB in a month with his cell phone.
Sprint PCS' Vision service is unlimited use of the web on your handheld.
My guess is that Roland is an alter ego of a /. staffer, or a /. staffer's buddy, and that /. staffer is getting kickbacks.
Historical signifigance.
$700 gets you a 5-pound Compaq that's 1.3" thick and has a 14" widescreen.
If I ran Microsoft
:)
That's the funnies thing I've read all week!
Karma whore extraordinaire.
Your posts are seriously full of ridiculous drivel, and I'm not afraid to say it using my name.
You are a clueless whelp and you make up uninformed bullshit as you go along. The saddest part is that you believe it all.
If we were talking about .com and .net TLD's, then I would be pretty pissed.
However, it's hard to justify not giving control of a COUNTRY'S TLD to said country's government.
Another poster posted ICANN's guidelines for the country code TLD's and they clearly state that the government's wishes with regards to it's TLD management are of paramount importance.
That's just how it should be.
Today you can proudly announce your gmail address and be regarded as the power user and as an expert in your own field.
Unless it's "hot_pants@gmail.com" that is.
The problem is that in 2004 we thought it was going to revolutionize email.
2005 came and went with no significant advances in gmail, and it's still in beta mode with some annoying issues. It's basically just another webmail service now.
It was hyped to high heaven in the beginning of the year and ended up being virtually irrelevant. Hence, it's a failed, overhyped technology trend.
That's the point.
In 2004, we thought it was going to revolutionize email.
2005 came and went, and it's still in beta with lots of annoying issues.
GMail is cool, but it hasn't lived up to the hype at all.
I essentially leave the site for a couple years, then come back to find nothing at all has changed! Even the "slashdot is dying.. are you listening, Taco?" comments are essentially copied and pasted anew to every single article!
Never tried to use an 802.11x device at an airport, have you?
They make you pay before allowing access on port 80. They simply redirect any port 80 traffic to their registration site until you pay.
I think that someone should be able to make a living producing creative works that people enjoy, such as books and music.
Rejecting copyright law outright will basically result in that not being possible.
The Framers agree with me, and that's why copyright is in the Constitution.
Under 5 pounds with a 14" screen is not a desktop replacement, it is a thin and light laptop.
A 7 or 8 pound beast with a 17" screen is a desktop replacement.
"If I buy sugar am I allowed to then offer people sugar in their tea to my hearts content? If I buy a car can I offer rides to hitchhikers as much as I want?"
Sure you can. Just the same way as you can lend out or sell your entire CD collection to your heart's content.
However, you are not allowed to set up a manufacturing plant and produce identical copies of that car that you bought. Nor are you allowed to buy an Aeron chair and sell an identical copy of it, or buy that brand new John Grishma novel and print and sell your own copies of it.
Allowing the absolutely unrestricted distribution of music is the exact same thing as allowing people to print and sell as many copies of any book they wish. The fact that one is via computer has nothing to do with it. You can't set up your own print house and produce and distribute copies of bestsellers just because you feel like it.
If you're replicating then reselling the newest, most expensive microprocessor on the market, then yes it should be illegal.
The existence of a replicator has nothing to do with it. AMD cannot manufacture and market exact copies of Intel chips, whether they have replicators or not.
Hug them?
Why would you hug them?
This is a terrible thing. Sure those crazy French citizens would be able to download music to their heart's content for free, but, uh...... do you simply not believe in copyright?
Regardless of law, is it perfectly OK to buy a CD then proceed to redistribute it ad infinitum?
That's cool and all, but they were trying to use Media Center, which you can't get in a store, and with which they had serious trouble trying to obtain from Dell.
They were even charged for it.
Is that true?
Microsoft is essentially guaranteeing a vast network of comprimised machines by denying security updates to pirated copies.
Wow.
1) That quote was for Doom 3 and Doom 3 alone.
2) The rumors, which would make "this CrossFire graphics subsystem would arguably stand alone at the top of the graphics benchmarking mountain" a true statement are the rumors that the 7800GTX 512 is going to be out of production shortly. As it is now, they're almost impossible to find already.
"Just imagine how much cheaper servers could be if companies didn't have to pay a huge processor cost"
Not that much, really. A quick quote on a Dell PowerEdge 2850 with a pair of dual-core Xeons, 4GB of RAM, a pair of 73GB 10K SCSI drives, and SUSE presinstalled, reveals that the processors only represent approximately 8% of the up-front system cost, and that's at retail prices for the processors, obviously ignoring whatever sweetheart deal Dell has with Intel.
Cutting the cost of the processors from $250/each to $100/each saves you $300 off a $6,000 system. Hardly meaningful in any way.
61 Wildwood Ave?
If progress is made, government should reward it by......... letting the person make money off of it without everyone else directly ripping him off!
Well hopefully any institution that has gone through the trouble of disabling removeable media in Windows has also gone through the trouble of finishing the job.
This can include removal of floppy and CD drives, locking of the BIOS setup, removing CD, floppy, and USB drives from the boot order, etc.