Actually with the right combination of books found in a library or by using the library's public PC you can learn not only how to make the bomb, but also view the architectural diagrams of buildings to best determine where that bomb may be most effective. I do not totally agree with everything in the Patriot Act but the simple fact is that if there are mechanisms out there to help identify the possibility of a terrorist act before it occurs then I don't really see a problem with it. There is however a very thin line that the government needs to walk though with the Patriot Act and that is only using what they learn through the surveillance methods allowed by it for what it was developed for (and not to bust Johnny Doe for smoking pot or some other non-terrorist related crime...) That is the line in my opinion where I feel fine with the Patriot Act in general (some changes should be made but overall I understand the reasoning and accept it).
No because people use what they like and people like using a mouse with a wheel, especially for gaming... Of course since a recent article said that the PC Gaming industry is finished because of consoles I guess that gaming mice are gonna die too. I for one will not go to a scroll panel because as others have said I like the feel of the wheel.
TEMPEST based attacks have been proven as viable a long time ago and I'm not sure this would qualify as a TEMPEST issue as you are purposefully broadcasting a signal for reception... Now if you are only considering sending the signal to your TV set and only your TV set then TEMPEST would be a concern (but considering the cost of some TEMPEST equipment I don't think that is much of a worry for a home user trying to mod out their home equipment).
Instead of protesting the fact that EB is using specially engineered fibers that help protect you from the environment around you. Hey you can wear there UPF clothes that protect you from the sun so you don't get that nasty burn when you are out hiking and hugging trees. Seriously people that blindly protest something just tick me off. I heard the Eddie Bauer store had to purchase a special new set of security mechanisms to keep this from happening again. They put soap chips at all the entrances.
Hmm Project Sentinel... By chance the failed project wasn't named Wideawake was it. Geez pretty soon we will be reading about giant robots hunting down the mutants!
I am looking more forward to this technology if they ever get it working right... From an old Wired 2003 article: Researchers at Tokyo's Waseda University are perfecting an artificial gill designed to allow divers to stay submerged indefinitely. The device's exterior is woven from silicone strands, which protect a membrane filled with a concentrated hemoglobin solution. The brew draws oxygen through the membrane while keeping out the superfluous hydrogen. When heated, the hemoglobin releases its cargo, which then can be funneled into the swimmer's windpipe through a scuba mouthpiece.
The Waseda team has been working on the gill since the mid-1990s and only recently created a version compact enough for field tests. The trick now is to figure out how to get a breathable amount of oxygen out of the hemoglobin solution. Once that's ironed out, it shouldn't be too long before humans and fish swim side by side for hours on end - which should finally prod science into solving the age-old riddle of wrinkled fingertips.
Actually under DMCA it is illegal to distribute or USE tools that circumvent copy protection technologies... The DMCA is just a pain in the ass. It doesn't make it illegal to copy your DVDs but it makes it illegal to use a mechanism to break the encryption so you can copy your DVDs (which in essence makes it illegal to copy your DVDs). Unless they change the DMCA so that it works better with the Fair Use stipulations under Copyright Law (which isn't gonna happen anytime soon) they need to come up with a way for owners to make back-ups of their media. To me the only way would be to have a Neutral party have software that can be used to make copies of the DVDs and to stop ppl from illegally copying movies each DVD has a unique ID assigned to it that people enter to allow the copying. Something along those lines would work for both ends and slow down the ppl who want to say copy Netflix DVDs. (And yes I realize that 2 days after that software is developed they will have key generators out there and blah blah blah...)
I am guessing that the Auto Check for New Updates feature is done via an HTTP Get from the home user's box so my question is that since the site is going to be under control of company X now can and will they use that feature to identify home users? Also a possibility is putting a bogus update on the web site so home users download a broken "new" version that won't work anymore... Not to be all conspiracy theory, but I think those situations are plausible. I for one will be turning off that check for updates feature promptly just in case...
Scientists also recently discovered what a female T-Rex's mating call would sound like. It is basically: Cacaw Cacaw Tookie Tookie Tookie. Cacaw Cacaw Tookie Tookie Tookie.
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I have actually been a lazy bum and not burned a Knoppix disc yet so I am not sure how exactly it works. When you load up Knoppix do you have the capability of pulling files you stored via NTFS? I can't see it being really useful if it didn't. I think I can use Knoppix as a possible solution for some tools that won't run on Windows until I take the time to partition my drive and install VMWare (cuz I hate having to reboot between OS's!).
"The team wants to retrieve samples from the mantle, six miles down, to learn more about what triggers undersea earthquakes"
What they are going to learn is that Giant Drill ships that are punching a big ass hole in the Earth's crust trigger undersea earthquakes.
Have you ever contemplated that when they tell you that organization X, Y or Z made a mistake that maybe it is an exercise in deception? The public in general is dumb (and that is for all nations). And how are dumb people led? Very easily. Before you go and try to make jokes about agencies/organizations you probably really know nothing about other than sensationalistic news stories you might want to brush up a little on your history of politics and warfare.
And back on topic. The story is total crap. Yes I'm sure they have an elite hacking crew of 4 people (2 of which remote in from Romania) and have access to all the greatest Tandy 2k technology. This is nothing more than typical NK we are super propaganda. Remember Total Destruction is Inevertibly Inevertible!
I heard that new information also shows that Botnets are responsible for the Kennedy assassination and the attempted assassination of the Pope. Damn you Botnet, Damn you straight to hell!
I wanted to reply to this specifically because HDTV was mentioned which is becoming more and more of a requirement to get the great visual quality from these new console systems/games. PC games are not going to get replaced by consoles anytime soon because of a number of reasons, but one reason is that people need to upgrade their TVs to something a hell of a lot more expensive (HDTV) to get the picture quality that you can get on a fairly cheap monitor...
You mean it wasn't Habib Marwan and his terrorist cell that stole the IOS code to reverse engineer it into a software chipset that could be used to simultaneously override a nuclear powerplant and a nuclear warhead! Man I was way off.
"What's wrong with it?" Well its a Dell namely... Maybe its just me but if you are gonna spend the money on a high end laptop you should go Alienware over Dell because its 1. A better product and 2. Usually significantly cheaper for a better mobo/chipset, cpu, vid card....
I see all these comments about how this is going to cause everyone to quit EQ II and how the rich will have the best equipment and blah, blah, blah... I used to buy and sell EQ gear for real money all the time and if you actually play the game you learn that the best gear in game can not be bought. They make the truly awesome gear that you get from raiding uber mobs NO DROP. This means that it cannot be traded, sold and etc... The key to getting great gear in a game like this is getting into a good guild and taking on the big mobs in the big zones. Of course spending time getting your character up in levels and experience is important too, but I don't think Sony will allow that on their sales site because you wouldn't be selling an item. They will probably disallow the powerleveling services that charge X amount to play your character for you and get levels. In any case unless EQ II has changed their item drops drastically I would have to say that this won't hurt the game at all. (It will hurt the kids who burn their paychecks on some goofy piece of virtual kit though. Sigh there goes that college fund.)
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Well of course I have done that and if you open up all of those links they are simply the standard sales pitch from companies selling those speakers and not actual reviews, which is what I am looking for...
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I am getting a new house built and I have the option of having a subcontractor install a in-ceiling or in-wall surround sound system. They of course are trying to sell their product so they say their stuff is the greatest of course, but I can't seem to find jack about the type of speakers they use. I can either get a 7.1 or a 5.1 surround package using Proficient Audio speakers, but there aren't any reviews that I can find of that kind of speaker. I am also indecisive about getting 5.1 or 7.1 (I have been told not to go with 7.1 because it hasn't really taken off yet, but I am not an audio guy so I really can't rebut anything they say) Anyone had any experience with Proficient Audio (good or bad)... I plan on buying a PRISMIQ media hub from good ol' Thinkgeek and running MP3s and other things through my TV and hence through my surround sound set-up, but I don't want to wind up buying crappy speakers that are prone to blowing up! What say ye?
Its about time they gave up on their science and facts and focused on the truth of Creationism -- Because a Talking Snake in a Tree is much more realistic then evolution! Or better yet Intelligent Design -- God or Aliens invented us. Pick one! I love April Fools Day:)
These really aren't nanobots. The definition of nanotechnology comprises any technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm. In my opinion I believe that when you say the word "nanotechnology" most people today would think of super tiny robots (thanks to tv and movies). With that said these are not tiny little robots, they are crystals. So there is no reason to be alarmed because the the nano-sized attack robots have not yet been made.
Why wouldn't a popular site keep logs? If someone were to attack that site I would imagine you would want a record/audit trail for use as possible evidence? Also there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. If someone has made viable threats on this web site (i.e. Someone saying they are going to kill person X or something of that nature) then I am fully for the FBI stepping in and getting the logs. Everytime the government steps in and requests logs/audit data there are people that always scream OMG Freedom of Speech violation. Freedom of Speech does not mean you can say whatever the hell you want to and there will be no consequences. Ever heard of Lible and Slander? If someone made a plausible threat here (or perhaps somewhere else and that person also posts to this site) then the FBI is in the right.
Just as FYI the process to gain citizenship is neither easy or quick unless you are seeking political asylum or some other unusual circumstance. Its like a 5 year process and due to the fact that they are here illegally (if that is true) then they probably won't even be eligible for citizenship because they didn't follow proper procedures for applying. Also the org that handles this is no longer INS it is called USCIS.
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Actually with the right combination of books found in a library or by using the library's public PC you can learn not only how to make the bomb, but also view the architectural diagrams of buildings to best determine where that bomb may be most effective. I do not totally agree with everything in the Patriot Act but the simple fact is that if there are mechanisms out there to help identify the possibility of a terrorist act before it occurs then I don't really see a problem with it. There is however a very thin line that the government needs to walk though with the Patriot Act and that is only using what they learn through the surveillance methods allowed by it for what it was developed for (and not to bust Johnny Doe for smoking pot or some other non-terrorist related crime...) That is the line in my opinion where I feel fine with the Patriot Act in general (some changes should be made but overall I understand the reasoning and accept it).
No because people use what they like and people like using a mouse with a wheel, especially for gaming... Of course since a recent article said that the PC Gaming industry is finished because of consoles I guess that gaming mice are gonna die too. I for one will not go to a scroll panel because as others have said I like the feel of the wheel.
TEMPEST based attacks have been proven as viable a long time ago and I'm not sure this would qualify as a TEMPEST issue as you are purposefully broadcasting a signal for reception... Now if you are only considering sending the signal to your TV set and only your TV set then TEMPEST would be a concern (but considering the cost of some TEMPEST equipment I don't think that is much of a worry for a home user trying to mod out their home equipment).
Instead of protesting the fact that EB is using specially engineered fibers that help protect you from the environment around you. Hey you can wear there UPF clothes that protect you from the sun so you don't get that nasty burn when you are out hiking and hugging trees. Seriously people that blindly protest something just tick me off. I heard the Eddie Bauer store had to purchase a special new set of security mechanisms to keep this from happening again. They put soap chips at all the entrances.
Who is gonna play the part of OJ?
Hmm Project Sentinel... By chance the failed project wasn't named Wideawake was it. Geez pretty soon we will be reading about giant robots hunting down the mutants!
I am looking more forward to this technology if they ever get it working right... From an old Wired 2003 article: Researchers at Tokyo's Waseda University are perfecting an artificial gill designed to allow divers to stay submerged indefinitely. The device's exterior is woven from silicone strands, which protect a membrane filled with a concentrated hemoglobin solution. The brew draws oxygen through the membrane while keeping out the superfluous hydrogen. When heated, the hemoglobin releases its cargo, which then can be funneled into the swimmer's windpipe through a scuba mouthpiece. The Waseda team has been working on the gill since the mid-1990s and only recently created a version compact enough for field tests. The trick now is to figure out how to get a breathable amount of oxygen out of the hemoglobin solution. Once that's ironed out, it shouldn't be too long before humans and fish swim side by side for hours on end - which should finally prod science into solving the age-old riddle of wrinkled fingertips.
Actually under DMCA it is illegal to distribute or USE tools that circumvent copy protection technologies... The DMCA is just a pain in the ass. It doesn't make it illegal to copy your DVDs but it makes it illegal to use a mechanism to break the encryption so you can copy your DVDs (which in essence makes it illegal to copy your DVDs). Unless they change the DMCA so that it works better with the Fair Use stipulations under Copyright Law (which isn't gonna happen anytime soon) they need to come up with a way for owners to make back-ups of their media. To me the only way would be to have a Neutral party have software that can be used to make copies of the DVDs and to stop ppl from illegally copying movies each DVD has a unique ID assigned to it that people enter to allow the copying. Something along those lines would work for both ends and slow down the ppl who want to say copy Netflix DVDs. (And yes I realize that 2 days after that software is developed they will have key generators out there and blah blah blah...)
I am guessing that the Auto Check for New Updates feature is done via an HTTP Get from the home user's box so my question is that since the site is going to be under control of company X now can and will they use that feature to identify home users? Also a possibility is putting a bogus update on the web site so home users download a broken "new" version that won't work anymore... Not to be all conspiracy theory, but I think those situations are plausible. I for one will be turning off that check for updates feature promptly just in case...
Earth Microbes placed on Mars appear to be stuck in a sand dune.
Scientists also recently discovered what a female T-Rex's mating call would sound like. It is basically: Cacaw Cacaw Tookie Tookie Tookie. Cacaw Cacaw Tookie Tookie Tookie.
I have actually been a lazy bum and not burned a Knoppix disc yet so I am not sure how exactly it works. When you load up Knoppix do you have the capability of pulling files you stored via NTFS? I can't see it being really useful if it didn't. I think I can use Knoppix as a possible solution for some tools that won't run on Windows until I take the time to partition my drive and install VMWare (cuz I hate having to reboot between OS's!).
"The team wants to retrieve samples from the mantle, six miles down, to learn more about what triggers undersea earthquakes" What they are going to learn is that Giant Drill ships that are punching a big ass hole in the Earth's crust trigger undersea earthquakes.
Have you ever contemplated that when they tell you that organization X, Y or Z made a mistake that maybe it is an exercise in deception? The public in general is dumb (and that is for all nations). And how are dumb people led? Very easily. Before you go and try to make jokes about agencies/organizations you probably really know nothing about other than sensationalistic news stories you might want to brush up a little on your history of politics and warfare.
And back on topic. The story is total crap. Yes I'm sure they have an elite hacking crew of 4 people (2 of which remote in from Romania) and have access to all the greatest Tandy 2k technology. This is nothing more than typical NK we are super propaganda. Remember Total Destruction is Inevertibly Inevertible!
I heard that new information also shows that Botnets are responsible for the Kennedy assassination and the attempted assassination of the Pope. Damn you Botnet, Damn you straight to hell!
I wanted to reply to this specifically because HDTV was mentioned which is becoming more and more of a requirement to get the great visual quality from these new console systems/games. PC games are not going to get replaced by consoles anytime soon because of a number of reasons, but one reason is that people need to upgrade their TVs to something a hell of a lot more expensive (HDTV) to get the picture quality that you can get on a fairly cheap monitor...
You mean it wasn't Habib Marwan and his terrorist cell that stole the IOS code to reverse engineer it into a software chipset that could be used to simultaneously override a nuclear powerplant and a nuclear warhead! Man I was way off.
"What's wrong with it?" Well its a Dell namely... Maybe its just me but if you are gonna spend the money on a high end laptop you should go Alienware over Dell because its 1. A better product and 2. Usually significantly cheaper for a better mobo/chipset, cpu, vid card....
I see all these comments about how this is going to cause everyone to quit EQ II and how the rich will have the best equipment and blah, blah, blah... I used to buy and sell EQ gear for real money all the time and if you actually play the game you learn that the best gear in game can not be bought. They make the truly awesome gear that you get from raiding uber mobs NO DROP. This means that it cannot be traded, sold and etc... The key to getting great gear in a game like this is getting into a good guild and taking on the big mobs in the big zones. Of course spending time getting your character up in levels and experience is important too, but I don't think Sony will allow that on their sales site because you wouldn't be selling an item. They will probably disallow the powerleveling services that charge X amount to play your character for you and get levels. In any case unless EQ II has changed their item drops drastically I would have to say that this won't hurt the game at all. (It will hurt the kids who burn their paychecks on some goofy piece of virtual kit though. Sigh there goes that college fund.)
Well of course I have done that and if you open up all of those links they are simply the standard sales pitch from companies selling those speakers and not actual reviews, which is what I am looking for...
I am getting a new house built and I have the option of having a subcontractor install a in-ceiling or in-wall surround sound system. They of course are trying to sell their product so they say their stuff is the greatest of course, but I can't seem to find jack about the type of speakers they use. I can either get a 7.1 or a 5.1 surround package using Proficient Audio speakers, but there aren't any reviews that I can find of that kind of speaker. I am also indecisive about getting 5.1 or 7.1 (I have been told not to go with 7.1 because it hasn't really taken off yet, but I am not an audio guy so I really can't rebut anything they say) Anyone had any experience with Proficient Audio (good or bad)... I plan on buying a PRISMIQ media hub from good ol' Thinkgeek and running MP3s and other things through my TV and hence through my surround sound set-up, but I don't want to wind up buying crappy speakers that are prone to blowing up! What say ye?
Its about time they gave up on their science and facts and focused on the truth of Creationism -- Because a Talking Snake in a Tree is much more realistic then evolution! Or better yet Intelligent Design -- God or Aliens invented us. Pick one! I love April Fools Day :)
These really aren't nanobots. The definition of nanotechnology comprises any technological developments on the nanometer scale, usually 0.1 to 100 nm. In my opinion I believe that when you say the word "nanotechnology" most people today would think of super tiny robots (thanks to tv and movies). With that said these are not tiny little robots, they are crystals. So there is no reason to be alarmed because the the nano-sized attack robots have not yet been made.
Why wouldn't a popular site keep logs? If someone were to attack that site I would imagine you would want a record/audit trail for use as possible evidence? Also there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. If someone has made viable threats on this web site (i.e. Someone saying they are going to kill person X or something of that nature) then I am fully for the FBI stepping in and getting the logs. Everytime the government steps in and requests logs/audit data there are people that always scream OMG Freedom of Speech violation. Freedom of Speech does not mean you can say whatever the hell you want to and there will be no consequences. Ever heard of Lible and Slander? If someone made a plausible threat here (or perhaps somewhere else and that person also posts to this site) then the FBI is in the right.
Just as FYI the process to gain citizenship is neither easy or quick unless you are seeking political asylum or some other unusual circumstance. Its like a 5 year process and due to the fact that they are here illegally (if that is true) then they probably won't even be eligible for citizenship because they didn't follow proper procedures for applying. Also the org that handles this is no longer INS it is called USCIS.