Sure it's just a magnetic field and everything works with induction but at some point those fields get dangerous. And I sure won't install such a device unless the magnetic field's strength isn't as low as the one of my cellphone.
That said, I have only read the news briefly but I didn't see that it was mentioned exactly how strong the field is. And I'm worried about that.
Yeah, that Schäuble really IS absolutely paranoid. He even called the Internet an "university for terrorists" and wants ANY data transfer to be logged.
Maybe he shouldn't have read 1984...
If THAT guy's actions aren't anti-constitutional, then I don't know WHOSE are!
Even those jerks from the NPD (the "nazis") are more freedom-and-democracy-loving!
and in its current iteration doesn't work with Firefox 1.5.
Well, I use the 1.5 Beta 2 and AdBlock at least works half.
If you activate it (I installed the extension "Nightly Tester Tools") it will not show the "AdBlock"-Image unter e.g. Flash-objects and it will not show anything useable when clicking on the word "AdBlock" in the lower right corner.
BUT if you go to "Tools -> AdBlock -> Preferences" you can still add new blockable elements which WILL be blocked. It has just gotten a bit more difficult to block objects, since you have to che the source code to know where a specific page gets its advertisement-banners from.
Sure they have an internet connection, but this CD offers a few more advantages:
1. Some ppl just don't find the things that they're looking for - that's not a problem anymore
2. You definetely won't have any problems with the copatibility of the extensions and themes
3. Some ppl who never used Firefox or Thunderbird before may try them out now, since they have everything they want on the CD
I think this is a great Idea. It's especially easier for ppl who were unable to find all needed extensions on the Mozilla-homepage or just had stress with incompatibilities.
A geran computer magazine (c't) has built some kind of scanner which can determine if the scanned product in the supermarket has a RFID-chip "implanted".
AFAIK were they trying to disable the chip with that device, too, but I don't know if they succeeded with this:)
I don't think, that there are any 'big' animals. Even these crappy Mars-robots would have found them long ago.:)
Either that, or these "animals" are too big and clever to let someone see them;)
I guess it's just the pure curiosity that the scientists search for any bacterias - just to see under which conditions they can survive. But I too think, that there must be any other lifeforms somewhere out there. Okay, maybe we all will never see them, but that's better than building an intergalactic beltway through earth...
"[..]researchers discovered life tucked deep inside a frozen Norwegian volcano, a test region said to have geology similar to that of Mars."
Do I get this right? They found little lifeforms in an area that is geologically similar to Mars.
I mean: Good work ppl, for finding out something absolutely irrelevant (IMHO).
I don't think that there is any air on Mars and also not really much water. These lifeforms don't eat rocks to survive, do they?
They'd probably die in an instant when being set out on Mars:)
When they're ready, I'll buy 6 (or 8?) of them and put them into my Sega Game Gear! Finally, it will last longer than an hour without changing batteries!! ^^
Most people who do filesharing have tried a number of networks
dito
I think so, too. With eDonkey you have a much bigger variety of files, because everyone who is on the network has to trade something (if he doesn't have one of these F***ING leecher-clients), but the speed is really crappy.
With BitTorrent you have mostly higher speed coz everyone's downloading the same file(s), and aren't uploading anything besides the parts of a file they already have. So I wouldn't say that BT is a filesharing-client, because you do NOT share anything in the beginning and never anything you haven't downloaded before!
And before anyone bleats about "civil rights", this is the same as those car trackers that get activated when a car is stolen. If you don't steal something then it doesn't inform, if you break the seal it then informs.
The problem is: 2 meters of air are a perfect firewall to prevent it from informing anyone in the case of DRM.
And why should anyone care about cracking DRM on audio files when he can just use programs that can record audio-streams.
Sure there are other file types, but do you think the difference is THAT big? Audio and video can be streamripped, texts can be printed and scanned again and programs can be substituted for OS-programs which definetely NEVER will be protected with DRM.
At least I don't see any sense in cracking it, which again doesn't activate the "call home" functions;)
Dunno how the laws handle it where you live, but in Germany it's absolutely legal to make copies this way (as long as you do NOT give it to others).
We have a right to make a private copy as long as we do not BREAK a copy-protection.
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Sure it's just a magnetic field and everything works with induction but at some point those fields get dangerous. And I sure won't install such a device unless the magnetic field's strength isn't as low as the one of my cellphone.
That said, I have only read the news briefly but I didn't see that it was mentioned exactly how strong the field is.
And I'm worried about that.
Yeah, that Schäuble really IS absolutely paranoid. He even called the Internet an "university for terrorists" and wants ANY data transfer to be logged.
Maybe he shouldn't have read 1984...
If THAT guy's actions aren't anti-constitutional, then I don't know WHOSE are!
Even those jerks from the NPD (the "nazis") are more freedom-and-democracy-loving!
I believe that anybody hanging around here should be able to find it at Wikipedia.org ;)
Posting the Link MAY cause bad karma y'know?
and in its current iteration doesn't work with Firefox 1.5.
Well, I use the 1.5 Beta 2 and AdBlock at least works half. If you activate it (I installed the extension "Nightly Tester Tools") it will not show the "AdBlock"-Image unter e.g. Flash-objects and it will not show anything useable when clicking on the word "AdBlock" in the lower right corner.
BUT if you go to "Tools -> AdBlock -> Preferences" you can still add new blockable elements which WILL be blocked. It has just gotten a bit more difficult to block objects, since you have to che the source code to know where a specific page gets its advertisement-banners from.
Have fun!
Sure they have an internet connection, but this CD offers a few more advantages:
1. Some ppl just don't find the things that they're looking for - that's not a problem anymore
2. You definetely won't have any problems with the copatibility of the extensions and themes
3. Some ppl who never used Firefox or Thunderbird before may try them out now, since they have everything they want on the CD
I think this is a great Idea. It's especially easier for ppl who were unable to find all needed extensions on the Mozilla-homepage or just had stress with incompatibilities.
A geran computer magazine (c't) has built some kind of scanner which can determine if the scanned product in the supermarket has a RFID-chip "implanted". :)
AFAIK were they trying to disable the chip with that device, too, but I don't know if they succeeded with this
I don't think, that there are any 'big' animals. Even these crappy Mars-robots would have found them long ago. :) ;)
Either that, or these "animals" are too big and clever to let someone see them
I guess it's just the pure curiosity that the scientists search for any bacterias - just to see under which conditions they can survive. But I too think, that there must be any other lifeforms somewhere out there. Okay, maybe we all will never see them, but that's better than building an intergalactic beltway through earth...
"[..]researchers discovered life tucked deep inside a frozen Norwegian volcano, a test region said to have geology similar to that of Mars."
:)
Do I get this right? They found little lifeforms in an area that is geologically similar to Mars.
I mean: Good work ppl, for finding out something absolutely irrelevant (IMHO).
I don't think that there is any air on Mars and also not really much water. These lifeforms don't eat rocks to survive, do they?
They'd probably die in an instant when being set out on Mars
When they're ready, I'll buy 6 (or 8?) of them and put them into my Sega Game Gear!
Finally, it will last longer than an hour without changing batteries!!
^^
Most people who do filesharing have tried a number of networks
dito
I think so, too. With eDonkey you have a much bigger variety of files, because everyone who is on the network has to trade something (if he doesn't have one of these F***ING leecher-clients), but the speed is really crappy.
With BitTorrent you have mostly higher speed coz everyone's downloading the same file(s), and aren't uploading anything besides the parts of a file they already have. So I wouldn't say that BT is a filesharing-client, because you do NOT share anything in the beginning and never anything you haven't downloaded before!
TEN DOLLARS?! YOU WANT TEN DOLLARS FOR A DVD [...]
:/
Just ten dollars? Where do you live?
I have to pay AT LEAST 25 euros for a movie. The more popular one sometimes even cost 30 euros!
Somehow I can understand why some ppl always download movies...
And before anyone bleats about "civil rights", this is the same as those car trackers that get activated when a car is stolen. If you don't steal something then it doesn't inform, if you break the seal it then informs.
;)
The problem is: 2 meters of air are a perfect firewall to prevent it from informing anyone in the case of DRM.
And why should anyone care about cracking DRM on audio files when he can just use programs that can record audio-streams.
Sure there are other file types, but do you think the difference is THAT big? Audio and video can be streamripped, texts can be printed and scanned again and programs can be substituted for OS-programs which definetely NEVER will be protected with DRM.
At least I don't see any sense in cracking it, which again doesn't activate the "call home" functions
Dunno how the laws handle it where you live, but in Germany it's absolutely legal to make copies this way (as long as you do NOT give it to others).
:)
We have a right to make a private copy as long as we do not BREAK a copy-protection.
Lucky us