What kind of 'precisely targeted ads' ate The Colonel going to deliver to those poor people who receive tons of spam in their mail? As if they didn't already get enough proposals for money laundering, viagra, penis enlargement and stock scams...
The GSM protocol is already using encryption between the phone and the tranciever mast. The main issue as far as I can tell is that that encryption has been cracked, and that the equipment needed to tap GSM have become affordable.
So the question really is, why haven't the GSM protocol been updated to a stronger encryption yet ? Just as the WEP was replaced with the WPA on Wireless networks.
So far I haven't seen anyone mention the bloated clipart references in the MS OfficeXML spec. Last I recall some 200 or more clip-art images that are specific to MS Office are referenced, but the graphics never included in the xml, meaning that anyone wanting to faithfully reproduce MS office interpretation of OfficeXML must either copy or otherwise reproduce these images. Is even clear if MS is releasing the licensing for that clip-art set as well ?
Intel and AMD; The perfect example on why competition is good, and de facto monopolies aren't.
Until AMD came up with their Athlon line Intel chips were overpriced and underperforming, and all of a sudden when competition came along, they managed to push towards he GHz barriar surprisingly fast...
I'm not much for killing sprees. 1) They leave such a terrible mess. 2) The cleaning bill is absolute atrocious. 3) The authorities take such an annoyingly dim view on it.
And In the case of these characters
4) They are not worth the price of the bullets.
I'm much more interested in trying out some of those EMP devices...
Look, the guys at radio shack already look at me like they're about to call the FBI when I go in to purchase 10 resistors and a few capacitors, along with a couple DB9 connectors to make an RS232 terminator. That's on top of the fact that the guy didn't even know he carried that stuff. He says to me, "looks like someone's building a HAM radio". Ya, no kidding. What he's really wondering is if I'm building a bomb to take out a few city blocks.
Correcting him by telling him that you were just making a terminator probably wouldn't have gone down too well then...
"The system have detected un authorized access to the engine compartment and under the DMCA the vehicle have been disabled until it have been serviced by an authorized GM representative to ensure it's safety. Sorry for any inconvinience GM OnStar"
Oh, yeah, put ANY commercials in it and I won't bother.
I could accept a 3-5 second "Sponsored by" message before or after the show, but that's it. If I have to pay for it, I don't want to be bothered by commercial breaks. I's no different that with the DVD's. Some distributors uses the menu intro for a few trailers, which I can accept, but imagine peoples reactions if the DVD's they purchased had commercial breaks on them...
People outside the US download these shows because it is often the only way to get them, unless we want to wait for several months or years for the DVD boxes to be released, sometimes even longer if we have to wait for the Region 2 releases. Especially in the EU, with the Infosoc directive that effectively prohibits retailers to sell Region 1 DVD's, the users have to order them directly from a US retailer adding tens of $$ to the cost. There are ways around this limitation, but it still adds cost.
We want the shows, and the studios should be flattered, and create a useful solution to the problem, rather than throw a fit.
Possible solution idea:
The Downloadable shows will not be DVD quality, simply because of bandwidth limitations. If people pay for a download, the studio must create an incentive for people to continue buying the DVD's by rewarding such a purchase.
The price to download a full season must not exceed 50% of the total cost of the DVD box once it is released. People are on a budget, and having to pay for the same product twice, doesn't sit well with most people.
The DVD box sets must then contain a coupon with a key which once entered into your download account will give you a half point per downloaded episode of that season, where one point gives you one 'free' episode download of that show, often that would be from the next season. Effectively giving those that downloaded the season and bought the DVD a 50% discount on the downloads without ever having to pay out a penny. Perhaps the 'earned points' shouldn't be tied to the show itself, people might want to use some of them to try out other shows from that studio/distributor.
Or the easier solution: Each DVD box set contains a cupon with half a point per episode in it, and the buyer are free to use those those points on any download on the distributors download site...
Any solution MUST be available outside the US, as it seems that we are the ones wanting this the most.
When dealing with older versions: End of support, I can accept End of updates (free or paid for), I can accept Disabeling features in an otherwise legally purchaced and paid for version to force an update ? That I have problems with...
How would people react if MS disabled all networking, the ability to display resolutions above VGA or printing on Windows versions older than W2K instead of just stopping support on them ?
Strangely I've never seen one bit of spam on my abuse@ account...
Maybe that could be a solution, use a sub domain as the actual mail address, and just prepend abuse@ as the address, so instead of spam-me-not@domain.com you'd use abuse@spam-me-not.domain.com. Those buggers won't be able to figure out which addresses are 'safe' to spam, and which ones may quite likely bring down hell upon their little minds.
Well, I have a few problems with the firmware upgrade and alleged recovery...
One, my PC crashees during POST when the LG drive is attached, and as such refuese to boot...anything. That could make it fairly hard to flash the drive again. Two, I have no MS Windows... Three, there are no 'recovery' instructions...
Is my only solution to scream "LG Sucks!" and defestrate the drive, or are there less primitive ways to do this ? Such as an organized refund/replacement campaign ?
A company called E-pass Technologies Inc. ( http://www.e-pass.com/ )have just filled a lawsuit against 3COM over their PalmPilots. They claim to have a patent (dated 1994) "for a multifunction, credit card-sized computer that allows users to securely store a multitude of account numbers, PIN codes, access information and other data from multiple credit cards, check cards, identification cards and similar personal documents." Quote taken from the E-pass website !
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What kind of 'precisely targeted ads' ate The Colonel going to deliver to those poor people who receive tons of spam in their mail?
As if they didn't already get enough proposals for money laundering, viagra, penis enlargement and stock scams...
The GSM protocol is already using encryption between the phone and the tranciever mast.
The main issue as far as I can tell is that that encryption has been cracked, and that the equipment needed to tap GSM have become affordable.
So the question really is, why haven't the GSM protocol been updated to a stronger encryption yet ?
Just as the WEP was replaced with the WPA on Wireless networks.
Gibson have a "Who Did It First?" text regarding sub-pixel rendering as well:
http://www.grc.com/ctwho.htm
I'd think the best thing Gates can hope for is to NOT be able to convince the Russians to upgrade to windows before lift-off...
So far I haven't seen anyone mention the bloated clipart references in the MS OfficeXML spec. Last I recall some 200 or more clip-art images that are specific to MS Office are referenced, but the graphics never included in the xml, meaning that anyone wanting to faithfully reproduce MS office interpretation of OfficeXML must either copy or otherwise reproduce these images. Is even clear if MS is releasing the licensing for that clip-art set as well ?
Easy, they didn't, the Americans did.
Intel and AMD; The perfect example on why competition is good, and de facto monopolies aren't.
Until AMD came up with their Athlon line Intel chips were overpriced and underperforming, and all of a sudden when competition came along, they managed to push towards he GHz barriar surprisingly fast...
It is indeed bad news when the above comment can get modded to 3: Informative...
Why can't Hollywood just let sleeping corpses rest in pease, and start inventing something new ?
> "What am I missing"
:-)
Probably not much. It seems to me that the SpyMon EULA don't ask if the user agree to the text, just if they understand it...
It is entirely possible to understand a text and still disagree with it
Ant that was supposed to be a bad joke.
I don't kill people. I don't want to either.
Teaching someone a lesson by killing them makes very little - if any - sense.
I'd rather see someone turn the tables on the bastards, and sue them into oblivion.
I'm not much for killing sprees.
1) They leave such a terrible mess.
2) The cleaning bill is absolute atrocious.
3) The authorities take such an annoyingly dim view on it.
And In the case of these characters
4) They are not worth the price of the bullets.
I'm much more interested in trying out some of those EMP devices...
Ain't that just the typical MS-FUD running rampant ?
Afaik using OpenDocument doesn't require the implementing application to be open as well.
Look, the guys at radio shack already look at me like they're about to call the FBI when I go in to purchase 10 resistors and a few capacitors, along with a couple DB9 connectors to make an RS232 terminator. That's on top of the fact that the guy didn't even know he carried that stuff. He says to me, "looks like someone's building a HAM radio". Ya, no kidding. What he's really wondering is if I'm building a bomb to take out a few city blocks.
Correcting him by telling him that you were just making a terminator probably wouldn't have gone down too well then...
It just means that they found the boot sector.
Wether it is able to bring the whole system up and running successfully might take a few more weeks.
"The system have detected un authorized access to the engine compartment and under the DMCA the vehicle have been disabled until it have been serviced by an authorized GM representative to ensure it's safety.
Sorry for any inconvinience
GM OnStar"
I actually like part of your suggestion. Dumping the error screen to a file would be really useful.
We can always get into a discussion about the ethics of giving MS good ideas towards being less embarrasing when their products fail...:-)
So, in essence when someone claims that (Faith == Fact), it's fundamentalism.
Some people are just too dense. When fact is is contradicting faith, it might be a hint that reexamining and redefining said faith is a good idea.
Telling people to keep fact to themselves in order to remain blissfully ignorant about it is insane.
Have anyone checcked their TOS for their other products ?
I wonder if they'd dare slipping this one into their regular mail/online services...
Oh, yeah, put ANY commercials in it and I won't bother.
I could accept a 3-5 second "Sponsored by" message before or after the show, but that's it.
If I have to pay for it, I don't want to be bothered by commercial breaks.
I's no different that with the DVD's. Some distributors uses the menu intro for a few trailers, which I can accept, but imagine peoples reactions if the DVD's they purchased had commercial breaks on them...
People outside the US download these shows because it is often the only way to get them, unless we want to wait for several months or years for the DVD boxes to be released, sometimes even longer if we have to wait for the Region 2 releases. Especially in the EU, with the Infosoc directive that effectively prohibits retailers to sell Region 1 DVD's, the users have to order them directly from a US retailer adding tens of $$ to the cost. There are ways around this limitation, but it still adds cost.
:
We want the shows, and the studios should be flattered, and create a useful solution to the problem, rather than throw a fit.
Possible solution idea
The Downloadable shows will not be DVD quality, simply because of bandwidth limitations.
If people pay for a download, the studio must create an incentive for people to continue buying the DVD's by rewarding such a purchase.
The price to download a full season must not exceed 50% of the total cost of the DVD box once it is released. People are on a budget, and having to pay for the same product twice, doesn't sit well with most people.
The DVD box sets must then contain a coupon with a key which once entered into your download account will give you a half point per downloaded episode of that season, where one point gives you one 'free' episode download of that show, often that would be from the next season. Effectively giving those that downloaded the season and bought the DVD a 50% discount on the downloads without ever having to pay out a penny.
Perhaps the 'earned points' shouldn't be tied to the show itself, people might want to use some of them to try out other shows from that studio/distributor.
Or the easier solution: Each DVD box set contains a cupon with half a point per episode in it, and the buyer are free to use those those points on any download on the distributors download site...
Any solution MUST be available outside the US, as it seems that we are the ones wanting this the most.
Just an idea.
When dealing with older versions:
End of support, I can accept
End of updates (free or paid for), I can accept
Disabeling features in an otherwise legally purchaced and paid for version to force an update ?
That I have problems with...
How would people react if MS disabled all networking, the ability to display resolutions above VGA or printing on Windows versions older than W2K instead of just stopping support on them ?
Not very well I suppose !
I think _this_ is my sixth post on Slashdot, so you may be right :-)
Strangely I've never seen one bit of spam on my abuse@ account...
Maybe that could be a solution, use a sub domain as the actual mail address, and just prepend abuse@ as the address, so instead of spam-me-not@domain.com you'd use abuse@spam-me-not.domain.com.
Those buggers won't be able to figure out which addresses are 'safe' to spam, and which ones may quite likely bring down hell upon their little minds.
Well, I have a few problems with the firmware upgrade and alleged recovery...
One, my PC crashees during POST when the LG drive is attached, and as such refuese to boot...anything.
That could make it fairly hard to flash the drive again.
Two, I have no MS Windows...
Three, there are no 'recovery' instructions...
Is my only solution to scream "LG Sucks!" and defestrate the drive, or are there less primitive ways to do this ?
Such as an organized refund/replacement campaign ?
A company called E-pass Technologies Inc. ( http://www.e-pass.com/ )have just filled a lawsuit against 3COM over their PalmPilots.
:-)
They claim to have a patent (dated 1994) "for a multifunction, credit card-sized computer that allows users to securely store a multitude of account numbers, PIN codes, access information and other data from multiple credit cards, check cards, identification cards and similar personal documents."
Quote taken from the E-pass website !
Afaik, that idea is older that my HP48