Touche Salesman. Ironically, look at the Wikipedia Link "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazmania". I was in such a tizzy to post I got confused. Now I'm glad I refrained from commenting on the Parent's spelling mistake ("Austalia").
My big fear is that the Revolution is going to over-popularize shallow physical gaming such that everyone starts doing it and suddenly cooking simulators and orchestra-conducting games are going to be popping up on all formats.
So what's next? I think Simpson's nailed it! Bart: I want to go to the Yard Work Simulator. Marge: But when I ask you to do yard work... *sigh*
Will I have to argue with my co-worker to get them away from their "Work Simulator"?
Orson Scott Card's books were fantastic. The movie is currently expected to be released in 2008; according to imdb. It will be very interesting to see the final product, if it is ever released.
Could something like this be used to gain privileged access? While I realize that it is in effect making different content, could a bug in the watermark application potentially create content so different that it would crash a media application?
At the least, a bug in the watermark application could cause degradation of the media. In a worse case scenario, it could cause media players to crash.
From another point of view, targeting MP3 files seems a bit odd and targeting DRM'd files would be useless. This technology appears to be out of date before it is used.
I remember convincing my grade school administration to buy and use "Colonization" and "Civilization I" as teaching applications. Then I sat down with my Grade 7 teacher and proceeded to play the game. Of course, this was back when the school's new allotment of 386's were the top of the line.
I think you're right. There are a lot of people within the slashdot community which probably would loose their jobs if their Resource Use Agreement was enforced. I know I could end up in hot water one day for it. Thankfully I have an excuse, albeit weak, that I am monitoring IT trends - which loosely couples with my position.
I would personally like to see a study on how many people are compliant with their agreements. From a survey of my cube-buddies; I know we would all fail. At the same time, I don't usually stop for lunch, so I don't see the harm in taking a thought-break - without which, I am sure my productivity would drop.
That is where the major problem with open source lies. Corporate Lawyers will not allow the use of Open Source software because of the un-known factor. What happens when someone tries to claim this? The developers usually aren't hurt as much as the deployers. Spread an Open Source application across 50,000 workstations and then find out they infringe on a patent. You'll be paying more then you would have buying some lock-in technology.
While I know these are the risks of software such as this, I am even more disturbed by the bait-and-switch like methods AT&T are using. What would be the most profitable way of claiming on a patent? Wait until you have as many people as possible using it and let the Lawyers go.
NTP, SCO, and ATT; whats with the three letter companies doing this?
I don't mean to be troll, but there will be a certain amount of frustration shared by the early purchases of the original ("fake"?) video iPod. Now, I suppose Apple can learn a lot of lessons from a beta version of their video device and will probably generate a lot of excitement. If I had just bought a new device a week ago, I would be upset with the new iteration being released so close to the first. Way to reward beta testers!
From Apple's perspective the issue, as I see it, is the timing of the announcement. If they are truely going to be selling this starting April 1st, then they have potentially lost a few months of video iPod sales while people wait - much like they did with the switch to the x86 architecture. Maybe this is their method of "cooking" their accounting books. 'Lets look like we have a huge loss this Quarter, and then blow away our investors with an amazing quarter when everyone purchases the new technology.'
I am one of the Furious customers who has the $50 "Rogers Super Ultra High-Speed Extreme Speedy Mega" narrowband, or whatever the hell its called. I have noticed a lot of throttling in BT and other applications. I would switch to Bell's DSL option if they would offer a NakedDSL configuration - I am not going to pay for the privilege of having their phoneline too.
In the past couple of Days, I have noticed that my http(s) and other game performances have been hit to an extreme - and while it seems trivial, my 5Mb/s connection is providing wonderful lag in a few online applications and horrible VoIP performance. MOST (not all) of my BT traffic is legal - Linux Distros and the like. Blanket bans for technology is BAD for the net. While I know most people will not agree with me, bans on pirated and illegal content is fine, but don't throw the babies with the bath water.
If they are blocking this traffic, how far are they from implementing the same content filters that we see in China. OR the payed tier services those in the States are looking at.
Since when is this an acceptable and objective way of writing an article? Frankly, you may as well, use pointed four-letter words you may get your point across better. This person needs to revisit a dictionary to improve their vocabulary. Or at very least write an article that doesn't sound like it was written by a 10 year old. I do like the credibility of 10 years of experience but: Like um, I'll never visit your site again, Dude.
Fill the bottles to different levels, form a band, and recreate Windows theme sounds.
While your at it, rebrand Windows Vista:
"Windows Redneck" with the slogan "You ain't ever seed Windows this clean(tm)"
"Windows Whiskey" with the slogan "Computing, soo you cann drinnk at the sssspeed of your buss, busi, work.(tm)"
This sounds like it is becoming Microsoft's new patching practice. First patch Tuesday, which works great until a zero day issue occurs. Now we have blackhole patches; these suck functionality out of your product (both with the Xbox 360 and now office). I for one would like to thank Microsoft for removing functionality I use - as opposed to the other 90% of functions in your Office software which are bloatware and are rarely used.
For some reason this is seaming to be a popular activity. I remember hearing a few years back in school about a sysadmin bringing the tapes home for offsite backup. There actually was an incident where he needed to get information off the tapes. Each tape he tried was corrupted. After doing some investigation, it turned out that the magnetic field from his car's seat heater was corrupting them. Bottom Line: Secure transport and storage plans are required no matter how sensitive or mission critical your information is.
Roseanne "Ambergris. Noun. A grease-like product of the sperm whale's digestive tract that is used as a base in the finest perfumes. This has been Roseanne, your guide to the world of facts." - Thanks Futurama
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Touche Salesman. Ironically, look at the Wikipedia Link "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazmania". I was in such a tizzy to post I got confused. Now I'm glad I refrained from commenting on the Parent's spelling mistake ("Austalia").
My big fear is that the Revolution is going to over-popularize shallow physical gaming such that everyone starts doing it and suddenly cooking simulators and orchestra-conducting games are going to be popping up on all formats.
So what's next? I think Simpson's nailed it!
Bart: I want to go to the Yard Work Simulator.
Marge: But when I ask you to do yard work... *sigh*
Will I have to argue with my co-worker to get them away from their "Work Simulator"?
Tazmania is an Island State to the south of Australia.
Orson Scott Card's books were fantastic. The movie is currently expected to be released in 2008; according to imdb. It will be very interesting to see the final product, if it is ever released.
.. Mario's been at those mushrooms again.
.. and it looks great. What's this antenna sticking out of it?
Could something like this be used to gain privileged access? While I realize that it is in effect making different content, could a bug in the watermark application potentially create content so different that it would crash a media application?
At the least, a bug in the watermark application could cause degradation of the media. In a worse case scenario, it could cause media players to crash.
From another point of view, targeting MP3 files seems a bit odd and targeting DRM'd files would be useless. This technology appears to be out of date before it is used.
I remember convincing my grade school administration to buy and use "Colonization" and "Civilization I" as teaching applications. Then I sat down with my Grade 7 teacher and proceeded to play the game. Of course, this was back when the school's new allotment of 386's were the top of the line.
If your song gets a rating of 42, you can expect to hear only that song while you ponder the meaning of life.
I think you're right. There are a lot of people within the slashdot community which probably would loose their jobs if their Resource Use Agreement was enforced. I know I could end up in hot water one day for it. Thankfully I have an excuse, albeit weak, that I am monitoring IT trends - which loosely couples with my position.
I would personally like to see a study on how many people are compliant with their agreements. From a survey of my cube-buddies; I know we would all fail. At the same time, I don't usually stop for lunch, so I don't see the harm in taking a thought-break - without which, I am sure my productivity would drop.
That is where the major problem with open source lies. Corporate Lawyers will not allow the use of Open Source software because of the un-known factor. What happens when someone tries to claim this? The developers usually aren't hurt as much as the deployers. Spread an Open Source application across 50,000 workstations and then find out they infringe on a patent. You'll be paying more then you would have buying some lock-in technology.
While I know these are the risks of software such as this, I am even more disturbed by the bait-and-switch like methods AT&T are using. What would be the most profitable way of claiming on a patent? Wait until you have as many people as possible using it and let the Lawyers go.
NTP, SCO, and ATT; whats with the three letter companies doing this?
I don't mean to be troll, but there will be a certain amount of frustration shared by the early purchases of the original ("fake"?) video iPod. Now, I suppose Apple can learn a lot of lessons from a beta version of their video device and will probably generate a lot of excitement. If I had just bought a new device a week ago, I would be upset with the new iteration being released so close to the first. Way to reward beta testers!
From Apple's perspective the issue, as I see it, is the timing of the announcement. If they are truely going to be selling this starting April 1st, then they have potentially lost a few months of video iPod sales while people wait - much like they did with the switch to the x86 architecture. Maybe this is their method of "cooking" their accounting books. 'Lets look like we have a huge loss this Quarter, and then blow away our investors with an amazing quarter when everyone purchases the new technology.'
Just when you thought you were safe, another patent was approved:
Patent 6666666:
Title: WEW (Wireless Email Workaround)
Abstract: A method of using wireless email in another fashion different than the original infringing one.
What is claimed:
1. Send Email Differently
2. The method of claim (1) used to "workaround" another method.
This one is so generic it must be airtight.
"A knot is a method for fastening or securing linear material such as string by tying or interweaving."
So obviously, if the knot test succeeds we can assume the string theory holds together.
A turing test will need to be completed of course. Please compare with a control sample..
I am one of the Furious customers who has the $50 "Rogers Super Ultra High-Speed Extreme Speedy Mega" narrowband, or whatever the hell its called. I have noticed a lot of throttling in BT and other applications. I would switch to Bell's DSL option if they would offer a NakedDSL configuration - I am not going to pay for the privilege of having their phoneline too.
In the past couple of Days, I have noticed that my http(s) and other game performances have been hit to an extreme - and while it seems trivial, my 5Mb/s connection is providing wonderful lag in a few online applications and horrible VoIP performance. MOST (not all) of my BT traffic is legal - Linux Distros and the like. Blanket bans for technology is BAD for the net. While I know most people will not agree with me, bans on pirated and illegal content is fine, but don't throw the babies with the bath water.
If they are blocking this traffic, how far are they from implementing the same content filters that we see in China. OR the payed tier services those in the States are looking at.
That sucks, but: UNIX rocks,
Since when is this an acceptable and objective way of writing an article? Frankly, you may as well, use pointed four-letter words you may get your point across better. This person needs to revisit a dictionary to improve their vocabulary. Or at very least write an article that doesn't sound like it was written by a 10 year old. I do like the credibility of 10 years of experience but:
Like um, I'll never visit your site again, Dude.
Fill the bottles to different levels, form a band, and recreate Windows theme sounds.
While your at it, rebrand Windows Vista:
"Windows Redneck" with the slogan "You ain't ever seed Windows this clean(tm)"
"Windows Whiskey" with the slogan "Computing, soo you cann drinnk at the sssspeed of your buss, busi, work.(tm)"
"Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks."
The Deere looked long and hard into Microsoft's headlights and decided to wander off the road and avoid a crash.
and never will, unless they can effectively divide by 0.
In other news, Steve Balmer threw a chair at the IRS computer so he could also claim they needed a new "special" one for him too.
This sounds like it is becoming Microsoft's new patching practice. First patch Tuesday, which works great until a zero day issue occurs. Now we have blackhole patches; these suck functionality out of your product (both with the Xbox 360 and now office). I for one would like to thank Microsoft for removing functionality I use - as opposed to the other 90% of functions in your Office software which are bloatware and are rarely used.
For some reason this is seaming to be a popular activity. I remember hearing a few years back in school about a sysadmin bringing the tapes home for offsite backup. There actually was an incident where he needed to get information off the tapes. Each tape he tried was corrupted. After doing some investigation, it turned out that the magnetic field from his car's seat heater was corrupting them.
Bottom Line: Secure transport and storage plans are required no matter how sensitive or mission critical your information is.
I was expecting a few GOTO commands.
For Example:
IF browser="IE" GOTO Spyware
Roseanne "Ambergris. Noun. A grease-like product of the sperm whale's digestive tract that is used as a base in the finest perfumes. This has been Roseanne, your guide to the world of facts." - Thanks Futurama