I'm reading the article, and look what comes into my Hotmail account:
Hey it is Andy and john the directors of MSN, sorry for the interruption
but msn is closing down. this is because too many inconsiderate people are
taking up all the name (eg making up lots of different accounts for just one
person), we only have 578 names left. If you would like to close your
account, DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE ON. If you would like to keep your
account, then SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. This is no
joke, we will be shutting down the servers. Send it on, thanks. WHO EVER
DOES NOT SEND THIS MESSEAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED AND YOU WILL COST
£10.00 A MONTH TO USE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR CONTACT LIST. NOW YOU
KNOW WHAT TO DO. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD THIS or REPLAY. COPY THE WHOLE
EMAIL.GO BACK TO YOUR INBOX AND CLICK ON NEW. AND PASTE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
Notice how the article says it's only in line for the purchase. It doesn't say they'll go through with it. It could just be an ugly rumor, which is possible considering the high price.
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That would make for an unusual a-life experiment: Design a program with some function, put in self-replicating capabilities, then give it some time in a sandbox to replicate and mutate. Depending on how fast it could replicate, it wouldn't have to mutate very fast; just change bits and peices of code. On a long enough time scale, you could engineer and grow a perfect program.
My mother isn't particularly technologically aware, but dad has got a nice setup, in my opinion: 50" Samsung DLP TV, Yamaha audio receiver with 5.1 surround sound, the only real downside is the lack of HD programming on our DirecTV package, which is compensated with lots of movies. House of Flying Daggers is absolutely spectacular in HD.
But, I'd wager that he is in 4:3 mode about 80% of the time, watching Trading Spaces, What Not To Wear and such.
My sister has Audio Galaxy, KaZaA (yes, the main, spyware-ridden one), WinMX and all manner of other file sharing programs. If the FBI busts down the door to arrest someone in the house for illegally downloading music, who's to say they won't think it's me instead of her?
The good thing is, she lives somewhere else now, so this shouldn't happen to me.
They do. An arguement FOR carding (or otherwise barring minors from M games and such) is that some parents aren't responsible enough to determine if their child will get fucked up over a game. The problem is not them; the problem is other people trying to speak for the former in making vendors enforce the policy. If you catch my drift.
On a side note, some people do have a policy of not selling M games to minors, but some places don't enforce it all that much. I'm pretty sure that when I was 16 I could've walked out with GTA3 from some places around here.
There's maybe about 5 different audio CD protection schemes, but they aren't very popular, mostly because they're either A) ineffective, or B) overly effective (i.e. they can't be read in some CD-ROM drives at all).
Hollywood Video (IIRC) used to run radio commercials, where they "try (unsuccessfully)" to pack a recent Hollywood blockbuster into 60 seconds. How's that for instant gratification?
Of course it wouldn't be targeted at places such as businesses - maybe at kiosks, but not on work computers. That just wouldn't make sense. If anything, if an Advertising Edition was made, it would more akin to Home Edition.
"Windows XP is now starting. Click here for a great home loan!"
I asked around in an IRC channel I frequent...you really shouldn't be using a 64-bit CPU unless you have programs specifically written to require 64-bit support, which is next to 0 on any ordinary desktop platform.
Just remember he has to have the money to fight it in the first place. Sony would probably offer him a settlement instead in order to keep things on the down low (which, it seems, they're not too good at).
You just wait. Radio will change EVERYTHING! If you thought the record companies had it bad now with the pirates, wait untill we can hear our songs free over the air! It'll be pandemonium!
Not to mention the fact that the Windows product is in beta (although you can arugue that some Linux stuff might be, you can roll back to older but stable software).
My desktop PC is a Pentium 4 at 1.5GHz, and even that thing is considerably slower compared to my 1.5GHz Celeron-M. A modern PC could crack it even faster.
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If my 'mech gets too hot, I can flush some of the coolant to get it cooled down quickly. Can I do that for my PC as well?
Isn't there a name for this? Due process? Or is due process only applicable in other cases?
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So where's Sony's rootkit on there?
Or even a Hot Coffee award?
Wh..wha? Graphical advertisements? Why, that will revolutionize world wide web advertising as we know it!
Notice how the article says it's only in line for the purchase. It doesn't say they'll go through with it. It could just be an ugly rumor, which is possible considering the high price.
That would make for an unusual a-life experiment: Design a program with some function, put in self-replicating capabilities, then give it some time in a sandbox to replicate and mutate. Depending on how fast it could replicate, it wouldn't have to mutate very fast; just change bits and peices of code. On a long enough time scale, you could engineer and grow a perfect program.
My mother isn't particularly technologically aware, but dad has got a nice setup, in my opinion: 50" Samsung DLP TV, Yamaha audio receiver with 5.1 surround sound, the only real downside is the lack of HD programming on our DirecTV package, which is compensated with lots of movies. House of Flying Daggers is absolutely spectacular in HD.
But, I'd wager that he is in 4:3 mode about 80% of the time, watching Trading Spaces, What Not To Wear and such.
Exactly.
My sister has Audio Galaxy, KaZaA (yes, the main, spyware-ridden one), WinMX and all manner of other file sharing programs. If the FBI busts down the door to arrest someone in the house for illegally downloading music, who's to say they won't think it's me instead of her?
The good thing is, she lives somewhere else now, so this shouldn't happen to me.
No one will ever need more than 640qubits of RAM.
I might as well have a sign on my chest that says "Too much money, and no standards"
Hummers come to mind.
They do. An arguement FOR carding (or otherwise barring minors from M games and such) is that some parents aren't responsible enough to determine if their child will get fucked up over a game. The problem is not them; the problem is other people trying to speak for the former in making vendors enforce the policy. If you catch my drift.
On a side note, some people do have a policy of not selling M games to minors, but some places don't enforce it all that much. I'm pretty sure that when I was 16 I could've walked out with GTA3 from some places around here.
Welcome to the internet. We control what you see.
Does this strike anyone as awfuly resemblent on what China wants to/is trying to do?
There's maybe about 5 different audio CD protection schemes, but they aren't very popular, mostly because they're either A) ineffective, or B) overly effective (i.e. they can't be read in some CD-ROM drives at all).
Hollywood Video (IIRC) used to run radio commercials, where they "try (unsuccessfully)" to pack a recent Hollywood blockbuster into 60 seconds. How's that for instant gratification?
Then everything from the previous generation sees a massive price slash. THAT's where the deals are.
I still wouldn't mind an AIW, though. It'd be like my current card, but with lots of video in video out options.
Of course it wouldn't be targeted at places such as businesses - maybe at kiosks, but not on work computers. That just wouldn't make sense. If anything, if an Advertising Edition was made, it would more akin to Home Edition.
"Windows XP is now starting. Click here for a great home loan!"
I asked around in an IRC channel I frequent...you really shouldn't be using a 64-bit CPU unless you have programs specifically written to require 64-bit support, which is next to 0 on any ordinary desktop platform.
Just remember he has to have the money to fight it in the first place. Sony would probably offer him a settlement instead in order to keep things on the down low (which, it seems, they're not too good at).
You just wait. Radio will change EVERYTHING! If you thought the record companies had it bad now with the pirates, wait untill we can hear our songs free over the air! It'll be pandemonium!
Not to mention the fact that the Windows product is in beta (although you can arugue that some Linux stuff might be, you can roll back to older but stable software).
My desktop PC is a Pentium 4 at 1.5GHz, and even that thing is considerably slower compared to my 1.5GHz Celeron-M. A modern PC could crack it even faster.
It makes me wonder if it's a worthwhile prospect to invest in RedHat stock. If they're just gonna keep growing, I should probably get in quick.