If it is a leak I wonder if they'll get the lawyers involved - a la Apple.
If this was an article, including picture, leaking info/specs about a new piece of Apple hardware, their lawyers would go ballistic. They've done this many times in the past, forcing the removal of the article/pictures from the offending website.
I haven't even seen an XBox in the flesh yet. Surely advertising it's predecessor won't do XBox sales any good. There are bound to be people who'll be thinking "Hmmmm......I don't think I'll but that XBox now, I'll wait for the next one."
On a side note: What is going on with/.? This is the first time I've been able to log in for the last 24 hours. Why doesn't someone just post an article explaining the problem instead of seemingly pretending that nothing is wrong?
narrow-minded twits who were/are in charge of Britian
That'll be Winston Churchill you're referring to. One of the greatest Prime Ministers of recent times.
FYI: The whole world (including the good old US of A) had a very narrow-minded view of homosexuality at this time (early 1950's), not just Britain. Turin would have been persecuted in whatever country he lived in.
Heh....have seen some similar rantings today following Hawking's recent remarks.
Why is there always so much FUD when scientists mention genetics and the like? I personally have a hereditory skin disorder (psoriasis) - so I am very much looking forward to the day when my genes can be modified to get rid of it!
I know it's nothing special, but probably worth knowing - In my frustration at having to log-in to the NYTimes to read articles, I just tried guessing my way in, and guess what? I was successful on the 2nd attempt:
I agree, but there is more to this than meets the eye. Like every other major public company in the world, BT are interested in one thing and one thing only: their shareholders.
They are going to do everything that is humanly possible to drag their heels over the LLU, because for BT, time == money - that is, the slower they roll out ADSL, the less money they stand to lose. I think the problem lies with, a) the government for being clueless about these issues, and b) OFTEL for being......umm.....about as much use as a chocolate tea pot.
What we need is a governing body to govern the governing body that is OFTEL.
British Telecom has a pretty strong grip on the market
Actually, they have the monopoly on the infrastructure (local loop). OFTEL have been limp-wristedly attempting to unbundle the local loop for what seems like eons, but other telcos are still unable to access BT's exchanges.
This has resulted in an very slow and patchy roll-out of DSL
True, however, there are much more attractive looking services available/soon to become available. For example, NTL/Telewest's £25 ($35US) / month cable modem offering looks pretty good. Later this year, when the local loop is finally unbundled, you can expect to see prices dropping as the telcos start to compete for our custom.
I've been waiting for affordable broadband internet in the UK since 1997. Four years later it's just starting to become available.
Are brilliant 15-year-old computer geeks running the world, upending existing institutions?
Where I live, the average 15 year old's past-times would include:
* Bunking off school.
* Smoking skunk (strong marajuana). * Stealing/petrol-bombing cars. * Etching their names into bus windows using glass-cutters. * Hanging around outside McDonalds. * Mugging old ladies.
It's a beautiful place.
Re:of bit rates and band widths
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The title of this article 'HDTV over IP' is a bit misleading:
20Mbps over IP is no mean feat. 270MBps (yes, Mega Bytes) over IP, OTOH, is the bandwidth that would be required for full res HDTV. You would need a pipe that gives you roughly the same bandwidth as an OC24!
You could also achieve these speeds if you used a different protocol, such as HIPPI, for example.
mailing strongly worded letters to thousands of individuals and families suspected of pirating DirecTV signals, the report said.
Let me get this straight....they're gonna mail people suspected of pirating their signals? So there is a possibility that perfectly innocent people will receive strongly worded letters from DirecTV?
If any innocent parties receive said letter please use my handy reply template below:
Dear Sir/Madam
FUCK OFF !!!
Yours Sincerely
Re:NYC summer is in Finland
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but what can you do when the heat's killing you...
Go sit in the server room......mmmmmmmmmmm.....cooooool breeeeeeze
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Re:The "Joy Of Sex" pun will be lost of most of us
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for the average IT guy, the "joy of sex" consists of a few self-administered minutes of looking at the SI swimsuit issue in their parents' bathroom.
Surely this tired old stereotype is dead now? I know lots of IT guys - most of them are married + kids, etc. Anyway, if I was a teenage IT geek who still lived with my parents I'd be taking the laptop into the bathroom, not the SI swimsuit issue !
Slashdot Mirror
Coming to a sig file near you:
/. .sigs would reduce the above to the following:
;)
Actually, the 120 character limitation of
You end up exchanging dozens of e-mails, where you say, "That's bad because of this and this," and they say, "Oh no, thi
Doesn't have quite the same impact does it?
This just in.
...or this one:
;-)
Username: password
Password: password
Guessed after two attempts - can you guess what the first attempt was?
If it is a leak I wonder if they'll get the lawyers involved - a la Apple.
If this was an article, including picture, leaking info/specs about a new piece of Apple hardware, their lawyers would go ballistic. They've done this many times in the past, forcing the removal of the article/pictures from the offending website.
I haven't even seen an XBox in the flesh yet. Surely advertising it's predecessor won't do XBox sales any good. There are bound to be people who'll be thinking "Hmmmm......I don't think I'll but that XBox now, I'll wait for the next one."
/.? This is the first time I've been able to log in for the last 24 hours. Why doesn't someone just post an article explaining the problem instead of seemingly pretending that nothing is wrong?
On a side note: What is going on with
A man goes into his doctors with a sore throat.
Man: "Doctor, I've got a really sore throat".
Doctor: "OK, say 'Ahhh'"
Man: "Why?"
Doctor: "My dog died last night."
My take on the DMCA?
Well, I don't really like the fonts they've used....I don't think the government will care much about it though.
narrow-minded twits who were/are in charge of Britian
That'll be Winston Churchill you're referring to. One of the greatest Prime Ministers of recent times.
FYI: The whole world (including the good old US of A) had a very narrow-minded view of homosexuality at this time (early 1950's), not just Britain. Turin would have been persecuted in whatever country he lived in.
In England, a public school is private
Correct.
and a private school is public.
Incorrect.
A 'Public School', as in 'Public Shoolboy' is private (e.g. Eton). A high-school, secondary school or comprehensive school is public.
Heh....have seen some similar rantings today following Hawking's recent remarks.
Why is there always so much FUD when scientists mention genetics and the like? I personally have a hereditory skin disorder (psoriasis) - so I am very much looking forward to the day when my genes can be modified to get rid of it!
I know it's nothing special, but probably worth knowing - In my frustration at having to log-in to the NYTimes to read articles, I just tried guessing my way in, and guess what? I was successful on the 2nd attempt:
Login: password
Password: password
I agree, but there is more to this than meets the eye. Like every other major public company in the world, BT are interested in one thing and one thing only: their shareholders.
They are going to do everything that is humanly possible to drag their heels over the LLU, because for BT, time == money - that is, the slower they roll out ADSL, the less money they stand to lose. I think the problem lies with, a) the government for being clueless about these issues, and b) OFTEL for being......umm.....about as much use as a chocolate tea pot.
What we need is a governing body to govern the governing body that is OFTEL.
British Telecom has a pretty strong grip on the market
Actually, they have the monopoly on the infrastructure (local loop). OFTEL have been limp-wristedly attempting to unbundle the local loop for what seems like eons, but other telcos are still unable to access BT's exchanges.
This has resulted in an very slow and patchy roll-out of DSL
True, however, there are much more attractive looking services available/soon to become available. For example, NTL/Telewest's £25 ($35US) / month cable modem offering looks pretty good. Later this year, when the local loop is finally unbundled, you can expect to see prices dropping as the telcos start to compete for our custom.
I've been waiting for affordable broadband internet in the UK since 1997. Four years later it's just starting to become available.
It really can be *your* bush.
Go here and get your very own W, then put him in your pocket or attach some srings and pull them.
How did you guess? The good old SE of London.
Where I live, the average 15 year old's past-times would include:
- * Bunking off school.
It's a beautiful place.* Smoking skunk (strong marajuana).
* Stealing/petrol-bombing cars.
* Etching their names into bus windows using glass-cutters.
* Hanging around outside McDonalds.
* Mugging old ladies.
The title of this article 'HDTV over IP' is a bit misleading:
20Mbps over IP is no mean feat. 270MBps (yes, Mega Bytes) over IP, OTOH, is the bandwidth that would be required for full res HDTV. You would need a pipe that gives you roughly the same bandwidth as an OC24!
You could also achieve these speeds if you used a different protocol, such as HIPPI, for example.
OK, surprise, surprise, the 'visual comparison' link has been /.'ed.
Can anyone mirror?
...how can the DMCA have anything to do with this case?
(on a side-note: is it me or did
Was it anything to do with this?
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I've heard that RAID does it by storing the same data on two different disks and verify the results.
Depends which type of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) you opt for.
Doing something like this just decrease your disk space in half...
Wrong! See the above link for RAID 5.
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mailing strongly worded letters to thousands of individuals and families suspected of pirating DirecTV signals, the report said.
Let me get this straight....they're gonna mail people suspected of pirating their signals? So there is a possibility that perfectly innocent people will receive strongly worded letters from DirecTV?
If any innocent parties receive said letter please use my handy reply template below:
Dear Sir/Madam
FUCK OFF !!!
Yours Sincerely
but what can you do when the heat's killing you...
Go sit in the server room......mmmmmmmmmmm.....cooooool breeeeeeze
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for the average IT guy, the "joy of sex" consists of a few self-administered minutes of looking at the SI swimsuit issue in their parents' bathroom.
Surely this tired old stereotype is dead now? I know lots of IT guys - most of them are married + kids, etc. Anyway, if I was a teenage IT geek who still lived with my parents I'd be taking the laptop into the bathroom, not the SI swimsuit issue !
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Well, I beat him away from the traffic lights the other day so he can't be that good.
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