It's not a matter of the "technology reaching U.S. shores"..becuase everyone knows we already have the technology for this. Existing fibre optic lines have the capacity for ALOT more than what we're currently utilizing. It's got more to do with the cost than anything..
Yes, but that won't do much if the power company is cheating you. The article's way, you'd be more able to catch the power company charging you for something you didn't use.
On a side note: Imagine trying to convince the customer service rep on the phone that you rewired your house with a homemade power monitoring system and your monthly audits of your electrical usage uncovered the error...me thinks you'd have better luck convincing a Slashdot reader to install the WeatherBug...
The incentive should be in educating your students the correct way. Teaching kids using industry standards rather than proprietary Microsoft crap is of much better educational value in the long run.
You don't let teachers use their "own" versions of English, you make them teach agreed upon standards (in terms of spelling and grammar); using open source software instead of proprietary software is comparable.
These are some of the same politicians that signed the DMCA into law. If it weren't for people like DVD Jon fighting for our rights as consumers, we would be on the end of the leash of politicians, who in turn are on the end of the leash of big business.
It's up to us to fight for our rights, they're not going to simply hand us over a "less strict" policy out of good will.
I'm curious as to why an ISP would even be compelled to do such a thing. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that the courts have ruled that ISP's are not responsible for the actions of their customers. It would seem that Comcast would have no interest either way...so why would Comcast bend customers over like this? Is it worth losing a $49 monthly fee from each customer who leaves because of this?
Well, at least this kid didn't get a JOB offer from Microsoft. Seems he wasn't quite as lucky as the kid who hacked into T-Mobile and monitored Secret Service messages, only to get a job offer from them once he was caught...
...maybe when he matures and is looking towards real work, he'll consider a lucrative career in hacking government agencies, seems like breaking the law is rewarded nowadays.
He's correct almost everything except the part about taking mathematics in college. If anyone is considering a degree in CS, be prepared to be inundated with courses involving Math. When he says "I don't think you need much more than high school math plus a few concepts from the theory of computation." -- it's misleading.
I go to a university in Portland, OR and I'm currently persuing a BS in Computer Science, and I can honestly say that you will be taking courses up through (and past) Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus, and Applied Statistics. I wouldn't say these are courses that require just "a few concepts" beyond high school mathematics, I think it's more accurate to recognize that the foundation of Computer Science in based upon mathematics.
Ummm, no, that was one soldiers question. Why did you have to take it as an opportunity to slam the military/intelligence community? The military has done a lot to advance the technological sophistication within the armed forces, comprised of people as bright as those on Slashdot.
That's not exactly true. I work for Hollywood video and we had to purchase all of our movies. That's why if someone loses the movie, they have to pay for it at the purchase price that Hollywood Video had to pay for it. Most people don't realize that the VHS tapes that are carried in the store cost $50+ dollars each. VHS tapes are rarely lost by customers (in comparison to DVD's), but DVD's do cost significantly less for Hollywood to purchase. The video rental places get DVD's for cheap becuase they're the largest purchaser of movies in the country, but they do purchase the DVD's from the movie studios.
One of Google's long-running beta services is the Google News site. It's been in Beta for years now, but there's a reason for it. Google can't switch to a subscription service, or even try to put advertisements up on the site. If they do, they face the legal hurdles that come from making money off other news organizations' work. There exist very few bugs still left in the service, but yet it still remains in beta. On a side note -- ironically, Google has been sending out cease-and-desist letters to people creating RSS feeds that scour and present the results of Google News.
In Germany, Google has already been found guilty of copyright infringement as a result of providing other websites' images in their Google image search. The potential legal obstacles could be multiplied exponentially if the American news services got a whiff of Google making money as a result of providing their hard work.
If you want to talk quantity, the coalition for this war included more countries than the first Gulf War.
If you want to talk bodies, the United States supplied around 90% of the coalition soldiers for the Korean War. I don't hear people complaining about that...
Just though I'd inform you of those key points.
So much for the rest of this college semester. Between this and Halo2, I'll be lucky if I even come in contact with a female during the next 3 months...
I'm willing to bet that Microsoft has a team of people dedicated to just searching the internet for published keys on every crack/warez/serial site they can find. This is most likely a huge source of blacklisted serials.
Microsoft isn't going to blacklist the serial key of a corporation which they know is licensed legally, but then again -- those corporations are using Windows XP corporate edition, which doesn't require activation aynways. The previous poster was correct, I'm sure that Microsoft has an enormous database of published keys and their corresponding customers.
the target for WW3 will be China. I give it, say, 30-50 years. Of course, if your Chineese, the target will be the U.S.
China can't compete militarily with the United States. Even 30 years from now, our technology is so much more sophisticated than theirs, it would be suicidal. They outnumber us in manpower by a huge ratio, but then so did Iraq, and so does North Korea. Both of which have (or soon will) get their asses buried in the dirt. You can be assured that both the Chinese and North Korean leaders were watching every second of our "shock and awe" campaign with a cold nervousness.
Unless China wanted to take it nuclear in a war against us (which is not really a viable option if they want their country to survive), China's only weapon against us is their economy. However, economically, China is just as dependent on the United States as the US is on them, so an economic threat could be vitally damaging to them as well.
China realizes that their only hope at progressing as a country is to stay on the track they're on. This is why they're not risking alienation by siding with the North Koreans. As cliche as it is to hate the United States in this era, smart countries realize that it's entirely more beneficial to be on America's good side.
Or do they just like cellphones more than 'we' do?
The US is traditionally slow in accepting new technologies. Whereas other countries are using cellphones for their normal household phones, Americans have not made that transition yet. I mean, c'mon, just recently they let you keep your number when switching phones.
This trend can be likened to other fields as well. Look at South Korea's broadband infrastructure for example. Their country is one of the most sophisticated in the world, and the bandwidth that is available is eye-popping. Across the ocean, however, millions of Americans are still using dial-up to connect to AOL. It's quite pitiful, and although there are some legitimate reasons for it; as the biggest superpower in the world, we should be leading the pack in these technologies.
Hmmm, I'll have to try that one with my girlfriend when she catches me watching the pr0n...
...but honey! They just digitally enhanced the signal to communicate gloss, depth and texture...i'm just evaluating this in the name of technology! Honest!
The only way that Microsoft can successfully market their Windows OS in China is to stop piracy first. The only way to stop piracy is to strategically align themselves with the government of China.
Microsoft can't defeat the 90% piracy by themselves, that's insane. They have to encourage (or entice) government enforcement if they want to successful transform a nation that only knows theft into a nation that is a legal consumer.
A restrictive operating system is a pitiful attempt at making in-roads into China. Microsoft's approach is completely misguided.
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It's not a matter of the "technology reaching U.S. shores"..becuase everyone knows we already have the technology for this. Existing fibre optic lines have the capacity for ALOT more than what we're currently utilizing. It's got more to do with the cost than anything..
Has anyone hacked it yet so we can play on our PSP...using that amazingly useful full size keyboard.
Yes, but that won't do much if the power company is cheating you. The article's way, you'd be more able to catch the power company charging you for something you didn't use.
On a side note: Imagine trying to convince the customer service rep on the phone that you rewired your house with a homemade power monitoring system and your monthly audits of your electrical usage uncovered the error...me thinks you'd have better luck convincing a Slashdot reader to install the WeatherBug...
Damnit.
:)
Just after I bought a bunch of AMD stock.
When will those damn execs at Apple stop thinking different!?
The incentive should be in educating your students the correct way. Teaching kids using industry standards rather than proprietary Microsoft crap is of much better educational value in the long run.
You don't let teachers use their "own" versions of English, you make them teach agreed upon standards (in terms of spelling and grammar); using open source software instead of proprietary software is comparable.
Haha, them giving us more freedom? What a joke.
These are some of the same politicians that signed the DMCA into law. If it weren't for people like DVD Jon fighting for our rights as consumers, we would be on the end of the leash of politicians, who in turn are on the end of the leash of big business.
It's up to us to fight for our rights, they're not going to simply hand us over a "less strict" policy out of good will.
I'm curious as to why an ISP would even be compelled to do such a thing. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that the courts have ruled that ISP's are not responsible for the actions of their customers. It would seem that Comcast would have no interest either way...so why would Comcast bend customers over like this? Is it worth losing a $49 monthly fee from each customer who leaves because of this?
Try filing a complaint with ICANN
Well, at least this kid didn't get a JOB offer from Microsoft. Seems he wasn't quite as lucky as the kid who hacked into T-Mobile and monitored Secret Service messages, only to get a job offer from them once he was caught...
...maybe when he matures and is looking towards real work, he'll consider a lucrative career in hacking government agencies, seems like breaking the law is rewarded nowadays.
Microsoft has an Indigo/Avalon release for the general public that is now available, if you're running either XP or 2003:
Avalon and Indigo Community Technology Preview - March 2005
He's correct almost everything except the part about taking mathematics in college. If anyone is considering a degree in CS, be prepared to be inundated with courses involving Math. When he says "I don't think you need much more than high school math plus a few concepts from the theory of computation." -- it's misleading.
I go to a university in Portland, OR and I'm currently persuing a BS in Computer Science, and I can honestly say that you will be taking courses up through (and past) Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus, and Applied Statistics. I wouldn't say these are courses that require just "a few concepts" beyond high school mathematics, I think it's more accurate to recognize that the foundation of Computer Science in based upon mathematics.
This is why I always recommend to my customers to include in the fine print: "Prices are subject to change without notice."
At that point, I would hope the company is no longer liable for a customer's stupidity.
Ummm, no, that was one soldiers question. Why did you have to take it as an opportunity to slam the military/intelligence community? The military has done a lot to advance the technological sophistication within the armed forces, comprised of people as bright as those on Slashdot.
That's not exactly true. I work for Hollywood video and we had to purchase all of our movies. That's why if someone loses the movie, they have to pay for it at the purchase price that Hollywood Video had to pay for it. Most people don't realize that the VHS tapes that are carried in the store cost $50+ dollars each. VHS tapes are rarely lost by customers (in comparison to DVD's), but DVD's do cost significantly less for Hollywood to purchase. The video rental places get DVD's for cheap becuase they're the largest purchaser of movies in the country, but they do purchase the DVD's from the movie studios.
One of Google's long-running beta services is the Google News site. It's been in Beta for years now, but there's a reason for it. Google can't switch to a subscription service, or even try to put advertisements up on the site. If they do, they face the legal hurdles that come from making money off other news organizations' work. There exist very few bugs still left in the service, but yet it still remains in beta. On a side note -- ironically, Google has been sending out cease-and-desist letters to people creating RSS feeds that scour and present the results of Google News.
In Germany, Google has already been found guilty of copyright infringement as a result of providing other websites' images in their Google image search. The potential legal obstacles could be multiplied exponentially if the American news services got a whiff of Google making money as a result of providing their hard work.
If you want to talk quantity, the coalition for this war included more countries than the first Gulf War. If you want to talk bodies, the United States supplied around 90% of the coalition soldiers for the Korean War. I don't hear people complaining about that... Just though I'd inform you of those key points.
The beta got posted here, download it: http://www.p2psecure.com/v1/index.php
Yeeeeeehaaaaaa!
So much for the rest of this college semester. Between this and Halo2, I'll be lucky if I even come in contact with a female during the next 3 months...
So we all knew this was coming... TERRORISTS WIN!
I'm willing to bet that Microsoft has a team of people dedicated to just searching the internet for published keys on every crack/warez/serial site they can find. This is most likely a huge source of blacklisted serials.
Microsoft isn't going to blacklist the serial key of a corporation which they know is licensed legally, but then again -- those corporations are using Windows XP corporate edition, which doesn't require activation aynways. The previous poster was correct, I'm sure that Microsoft has an enormous database of published keys and their corresponding customers.
And in related news, 304 programmers will be going to bed without a woman tonight...
the target for WW3 will be China. I give it, say, 30-50 years. Of course, if your Chineese, the target will be the U.S.
China can't compete militarily with the United States. Even 30 years from now, our technology is so much more sophisticated than theirs, it would be suicidal. They outnumber us in manpower by a huge ratio, but then so did Iraq, and so does North Korea. Both of which have (or soon will) get their asses buried in the dirt. You can be assured that both the Chinese and North Korean leaders were watching every second of our "shock and awe" campaign with a cold nervousness.
Unless China wanted to take it nuclear in a war against us (which is not really a viable option if they want their country to survive), China's only weapon against us is their economy. However, economically, China is just as dependent on the United States as the US is on them, so an economic threat could be vitally damaging to them as well.
China realizes that their only hope at progressing as a country is to stay on the track they're on. This is why they're not risking alienation by siding with the North Koreans. As cliche as it is to hate the United States in this era, smart countries realize that it's entirely more beneficial to be on America's good side.
Or do they just like cellphones more than 'we' do? The US is traditionally slow in accepting new technologies. Whereas other countries are using cellphones for their normal household phones, Americans have not made that transition yet. I mean, c'mon, just recently they let you keep your number when switching phones. This trend can be likened to other fields as well. Look at South Korea's broadband infrastructure for example. Their country is one of the most sophisticated in the world, and the bandwidth that is available is eye-popping. Across the ocean, however, millions of Americans are still using dial-up to connect to AOL. It's quite pitiful, and although there are some legitimate reasons for it; as the biggest superpower in the world, we should be leading the pack in these technologies.
Hmmm, I'll have to try that one with my girlfriend when she catches me watching the pr0n...
...but honey! They just digitally enhanced the signal to communicate gloss, depth and texture...i'm just evaluating this in the name of technology! Honest!
The only way that Microsoft can successfully market their Windows OS in China is to stop piracy first. The only way to stop piracy is to strategically align themselves with the government of China.
Microsoft can't defeat the 90% piracy by themselves, that's insane. They have to encourage (or entice) government enforcement if they want to successful transform a nation that only knows theft into a nation that is a legal consumer.
A restrictive operating system is a pitiful attempt at making in-roads into China. Microsoft's approach is completely misguided.