FTTP is not "being tested", it is already being deployed. My friend's house was fitted with the capacity to use it (though they didn't get a subscription) just the other day...
I think the point was, it is as likely to happen with software patents, which is, as you say, bullshit. It would be nice to avoid.
It would suck to write a program from scratch, only to be brought to court by eight different companies for infringing on some functionality or another... say... the ability to control player pianos...
How would that be any different than storing an mp3 on an IDE (or if you want to get really external, USB) hard drive and then playing it?
Does that mean that the only way someone can play an mp3 without it controlling an external device is by storing it in ram?
No. When you play mp3's off the iPod it is acting like an external USB hard drive. It's not a matter of clicking "Play" in iTunes and having the song stored on the iPod begin playing in the iPod headphones...
I get emails from ebay.com, but they're sent from hackers who want my ebay information. If I was to block the email, I wouldn't get anything else further from ebay when they sent legitamate emails.
Block the IP from hitting up your SMTP servers, not the specific email address. These are not hackers, these are scammers. Scammers (and anybody else) are able to send you an email with a link that says "ebay.com" but in html says "231.12.255.255/fakeebay.cgi". They depend on uneducated people believing that links are always what they say they are.
Luckily, so few people do it, that the FEDS could generally bust people by simply walking into the trap, then tracing the information.
The Feds do next to nothing about this because so few people do it.
The feds want to bust them, but they people they want to bust are foreign hackers, hired by the government.
As mentioned, the feds don't really do anything... and saying they're "hired by the government" is being a bit forward... there's no proof of this anywhere.
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So we should all move to California and Nevada, spilling over a little into Mexico?
FTTP is not "being tested", it is already being deployed. My friend's house was fitted with the capacity to use it (though they didn't get a subscription) just the other day...
I'm waiting for apartments to be in the loop...
I think the point was, it is as likely to happen with software patents, which is, as you say, bullshit. It would be nice to avoid.
It would suck to write a program from scratch, only to be brought to court by eight different companies for infringing on some functionality or another... say... the ability to control player pianos...
Frodo went against the Evil Empire? I could've sworn that was Luke Skywalker....
How would that be any different than storing an mp3 on an IDE (or if you want to get really external, USB) hard drive and then playing it?
Does that mean that the only way someone can play an mp3 without it controlling an external device is by storing it in ram?
No. When you play mp3's off the iPod it is acting like an external USB hard drive. It's not a matter of clicking "Play" in iTunes and having the song stored on the iPod begin playing in the iPod headphones...
It sends a stream, but it does not control the stereo.... aka, it does not make the stereo to turn on, nor to turn to AUX (as mentioned earlier).
the ability of the software to transfer music tracks to a portable music player
What about WMP/Napster/Winamp/etc?
Doesn't creative create a way to move music onto the Nomad?
Law suits galore!
I get emails from ebay.com, but they're sent from hackers who want my ebay information. If I was to block the email, I wouldn't get anything else further from ebay when they sent legitamate emails.
Block the IP from hitting up your SMTP servers, not the specific email address. These are not hackers, these are scammers. Scammers (and anybody else) are able to send you an email with a link that says "ebay.com" but in html says "231.12.255.255/fakeebay.cgi". They depend on uneducated people believing that links are always what they say they are.
Luckily, so few people do it, that the FEDS could generally bust people by simply walking into the trap, then tracing the information.
The Feds do next to nothing about this because so few people do it.
The feds want to bust them, but they people they want to bust are foreign hackers, hired by the government.
As mentioned, the feds don't really do anything... and saying they're "hired by the government" is being a bit forward... there's no proof of this anywhere.
They'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes...