What about kid-proof! These are for children, and I'd want to see it withstanding a child jumping on it and spilling juice on it before I'd declare it ready for use.
A dedicated DVD player is essentially a limited-function computer, and they are already designed to play what they expect to play. A PC can better adapt to new copy protections than any DVD player, so the RIAA is essentially doomed in trying to do something with current generation DVDs. And of course, as already pointed out the RIAA is also doomed if they restrict their player support to avoid PCs.
Yeah, free speech allows for expression of opinions but if you make up assertions/facts that are false that is not protected (and should not be). It's okay to write/say that "so and so is a jerk" but you are not allowed to say "so and so is a criminal" unless they have been actually convicted of a crime.
Firmware at the device level is just a way for device makers to more quickly create new devices. That firmware is critical to the product (and yes to its proprietariness) but should be looked at similar to the silicon gate design for the rest of the Marvell device -- there is no need at all for Marvell to expose that in any form, just as they do not have to post RTL schematics of the rest of the integrated circuit.
Unfortunately the tech savvy kid will be able to use an administrator "password recovery" tool, or can boot from alternate drive, or use a web-based portal into an instant messenger, etc.
Seriously, the military has indicated that the F-35 will likely be the last manned fighter jet ever developed. They expect all new fighters will be drones after that!
Well, the poster said "cracks and ridges", so I guess it is northern side of cracks and southern side of ridges, right? (All for northern hemisphere of course.)
My biggest encounter with cheaters was in simple online Chess. I was really getting into playing games online until I found out that there is a significant number of people who are simply entering in moves suggested by a computer program. I knew this was a possibility, was surprised by the number of people choosing to waste both their own time as well as others by cheating in such a way.
So most generic games (cards, chess, checkers, backgammon) are pretty much ruined online, as there is no way to prevent people from getting significant advantage from computer programs.
Proprietary games, such as new gaming title might have a better chance to preventing cheating, but even then it is simply yet another hacking exercise. Heck even the latest DRM schemes have been cracked quickly.
I think maybe one method of deterence is to make sure all online games have the ability to set player handicaps. If there is an official, explicit method of letting poor players have more fun, then perhaps there will be less effort expended on true cheating.
Yes, a "freshness" indicator by color coding would be easy to implement and easy to understand. I think that's a great idea. The whole point of wikipedia is that information that withstands is more likely to be correct.
For replacement of halogen lights, they are definitely worth it, in both power savings and safety, and halogens were already pretty harsh.
Also, people should try mixing the bulbs. Replace most of your bulbs with the CFLs, and use traditional bulbs where the color needs to be softened.
In any case, even changing the bulbs in your garage, outdoor fixtures, etc. is still considerable energy savings.
I think tailgating is much more dangerous. Speed in its own right is not necessarily risky, but having limited stopping distance is. The systems that warn when you're outdriving your stopping distance (by laser distancing objects in front) seem the way to go to really help people drive safely.
Product placement within shows is the only way that advertisers will be guaranteed viewers will see it. I hate product placement, but I guess someone has to fund my favorite shows. With modern computer editing techniques, they could in fact replace the in-show ads to keep up with changes in advertisers and localization.
>> Really? Havoc? C'mon! Yes, spam is a problem, but my email has never been close to a state
>> of "havoc" because of it, and filters came along pretty quickly. No, they don't work as
>> well as I would like, but they work.
You're just looking at it from end user point of view. Spam is indeed very costly to the Internet in general, and ISPs in particular. It consumes the lion's share of e-mail bandwidth, it requires every incoming e-mail to be parsed, and requires continually updating filters and filtering algorithms.
Banks and other organizations with shared computing requiring high security should consider thin clients rather than PCs. There should be no drives on bank teller computers to transfer data either onto or off of their system.
Not quite...
Companies like Sony are being out-innovated (iPod killing Walmans, XBox and Wii killing PS3, HD-DVD killing Blu-Ray, etc.)
AMD is beating Intel in a more unusual way -- simply better operations and product decisions. This is not really innovative, but just means doing the same things better.
It is usually tough to beat a big company operationally, because the economies of scale, the ability to weather downturns, and the customer relationships are all strongly in favor of the incumbant.
The combination of print server and file server makes a lot of sense. However, the difficulty is in supporting the compatibility lists. The compatibility lists for drives, and the compatibility lists for printers can get very extensive. Business-wise it therefore makes more sense to force the consumer to pay for extra unit to cover the costs.
I design both types of servers, and in our initial proposals we always list the combined features, but the end customers always ask us to dedocument one or the other.
So, ultimately it is a business reason, not a technical reason.
Yeah, now when you go to buy a cell phone the salesperson will ask: "what are you planning to use it for?" Duh! Maybe I want to phone people with it...
Just because someone takes your tape and publishes it does not make it public domain. The Kid owns the copyright to any film he makes, especially one he makes of himself. Pretty clear cut case, except for the age of the people involved.
The key is to understand that each type of VoIP service has different amounts of control of network bandwidth/latency. For instance Skype has to traverse the Internet without much assurance of quality, but if your cable company is providing a VoIP service then it is likely to be much more reliable as they can secure the quality. I would not get rid of a landline for Skype, but will when my cable company rolls out VoIP.
The comment about trust is interesting. When you're buying something do you want a slick salesperson or a down-to-earth one? The lesson is use a flashy web site to sell to flashy people, but use a plain one for the rest of us.
Another thing people forget is that D&D players ultimately had to find ways to forego some of the repetition. For example, many people would not start at Level 1 because face it, only having a "read magic" spell was pretty boring. Also, if your best character "died" you'd likely still use it again anyway.
So I suggest that anything that was "true" to D&D might seem tedious if you have to start from Level 1, wait through the multiple misses in combat, stop every 10 feet to search for traps and hidden doors, etc.
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What about kid-proof! These are for children, and I'd want to see it withstanding a child jumping on it and spilling juice on it before I'd declare it ready for use.
A dedicated DVD player is essentially a limited-function computer, and they are already designed to play what they expect to play. A PC can better adapt to new copy protections than any DVD player, so the RIAA is essentially doomed in trying to do something with current generation DVDs. And of course, as already pointed out the RIAA is also doomed if they restrict their player support to avoid PCs.
Yeah, free speech allows for expression of opinions but if you make up assertions/facts that are false that is not protected (and should not be). It's okay to write/say that "so and so is a jerk" but you are not allowed to say "so and so is a criminal" unless they have been actually convicted of a crime.
Firmware at the device level is just a way for device makers to more quickly create new devices. That firmware is critical to the product (and yes to its proprietariness) but should be looked at similar to the silicon gate design for the rest of the Marvell device -- there is no need at all for Marvell to expose that in any form, just as they do not have to post RTL schematics of the rest of the integrated circuit.
Unfortunately the tech savvy kid will be able to use an administrator "password recovery" tool, or can boot from alternate drive, or use a web-based portal into an instant messenger, etc.
Seriously, the military has indicated that the F-35 will likely be the last manned fighter jet ever developed. They expect all new fighters will be drones after that!
That's why I'm not afraid of conspiracies. Conspiracy theories require a group of smart people, and what's the chance of that?
Well, the poster said "cracks and ridges", so I guess it is northern side of cracks and southern side of ridges, right? (All for northern hemisphere of course.)
My biggest encounter with cheaters was in simple online Chess. I was really getting into playing games online until I found out that there is a significant number of people who are simply entering in moves suggested by a computer program. I knew this was a possibility, was surprised by the number of people choosing to waste both their own time as well as others by cheating in such a way. So most generic games (cards, chess, checkers, backgammon) are pretty much ruined online, as there is no way to prevent people from getting significant advantage from computer programs. Proprietary games, such as new gaming title might have a better chance to preventing cheating, but even then it is simply yet another hacking exercise. Heck even the latest DRM schemes have been cracked quickly. I think maybe one method of deterence is to make sure all online games have the ability to set player handicaps. If there is an official, explicit method of letting poor players have more fun, then perhaps there will be less effort expended on true cheating.
Yes, a "freshness" indicator by color coding would be easy to implement and easy to understand. I think that's a great idea. The whole point of wikipedia is that information that withstands is more likely to be correct.
For replacement of halogen lights, they are definitely worth it, in both power savings and safety, and halogens were already pretty harsh. Also, people should try mixing the bulbs. Replace most of your bulbs with the CFLs, and use traditional bulbs where the color needs to be softened. In any case, even changing the bulbs in your garage, outdoor fixtures, etc. is still considerable energy savings.
Articles that have a persisting controversy, like the creation of Earth, already do have sections devoted to each point of view.
I think tailgating is much more dangerous. Speed in its own right is not necessarily risky, but having limited stopping distance is. The systems that warn when you're outdriving your stopping distance (by laser distancing objects in front) seem the way to go to really help people drive safely.
But is it edible?
Product placement within shows is the only way that advertisers will be guaranteed viewers will see it. I hate product placement, but I guess someone has to fund my favorite shows. With modern computer editing techniques, they could in fact replace the in-show ads to keep up with changes in advertisers and localization.
>> Really? Havoc? C'mon! Yes, spam is a problem, but my email has never been close to a state >> of "havoc" because of it, and filters came along pretty quickly. No, they don't work as >> well as I would like, but they work. You're just looking at it from end user point of view. Spam is indeed very costly to the Internet in general, and ISPs in particular. It consumes the lion's share of e-mail bandwidth, it requires every incoming e-mail to be parsed, and requires continually updating filters and filtering algorithms.
Banks and other organizations with shared computing requiring high security should consider thin clients rather than PCs. There should be no drives on bank teller computers to transfer data either onto or off of their system.
Not quite ...
Companies like Sony are being out-innovated (iPod killing Walmans, XBox and Wii killing PS3, HD-DVD killing Blu-Ray, etc.)
AMD is beating Intel in a more unusual way -- simply better operations and product decisions. This is not really innovative, but just means doing the same things better.
It is usually tough to beat a big company operationally, because the economies of scale, the ability to weather downturns, and the customer relationships are all strongly in favor of the incumbant.
The combination of print server and file server makes a lot of sense. However, the difficulty is in supporting the compatibility lists. The compatibility lists for drives, and the compatibility lists for printers can get very extensive. Business-wise it therefore makes more sense to force the consumer to pay for extra unit to cover the costs. I design both types of servers, and in our initial proposals we always list the combined features, but the end customers always ask us to dedocument one or the other. So, ultimately it is a business reason, not a technical reason.
Yeah, now when you go to buy a cell phone the salesperson will ask: "what are you planning to use it for?" Duh! Maybe I want to phone people with it ...
Or strap a tiny camera on a real fly!
Just because someone takes your tape and publishes it does not make it public domain. The Kid owns the copyright to any film he makes, especially one he makes of himself. Pretty clear cut case, except for the age of the people involved.
The key is to understand that each type of VoIP service has different amounts of control of network bandwidth/latency. For instance Skype has to traverse the Internet without much assurance of quality, but if your cable company is providing a VoIP service then it is likely to be much more reliable as they can secure the quality. I would not get rid of a landline for Skype, but will when my cable company rolls out VoIP.
The comment about trust is interesting. When you're buying something do you want a slick salesperson or a down-to-earth one? The lesson is use a flashy web site to sell to flashy people, but use a plain one for the rest of us.
Another thing people forget is that D&D players ultimately had to find ways to forego some of the repetition. For example, many people would not start at Level 1 because face it, only having a "read magic" spell was pretty boring. Also, if your best character "died" you'd likely still use it again anyway. So I suggest that anything that was "true" to D&D might seem tedious if you have to start from Level 1, wait through the multiple misses in combat, stop every 10 feet to search for traps and hidden doors, etc.