Re: /. [Intel Adds DRM to New Chips]

2005-05-31 Thread Tyler Durden
Eugen Leitl wrote... Online activation of software is already quite widespread, so it seems customers are willing to accept restriction to ownership and use. Well, that's an interesting phenomenon. In industrialized nations where the price of software is fairly low compared to the wages,

Re: /. [Intel Adds DRM to New Chips]

2005-05-31 Thread Justin
On 2005-05-28T21:53:52+0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/28/1718200 Posted by: Zonk, on 2005-05-28 17:37:00 from the get-you-where-you-live dept. Badluck writes Microsoft and the entertainment industry's holy grail of controlling copyright

Re: /. [Intel Adds DRM to New Chips]

2005-05-31 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 11:26:28PM -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: (Continued) Contrary to expectations, however, sales of the chip have been suprisingly low, with zero interest shown by major PC manufacturers. One major PC industry executive, who wished to remain anonymous sated: There are 100s

Re: /. [GPS-tracked Clothing]

2005-05-31 Thread Justin
On 2005-05-29T18:46:43+0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/29/1547234 Posted by: CmdrTaco, on 2005-05-29 16:07:00 from the finally-i-have-to-ask-why dept. [1]Anil Kandangath writes A Japanese firm has shown off new technology that enables GPS

Re: [wearables] /. [GPS-tracked Clothing]

2005-05-31 Thread Lucy Dunne
a but check out the parent website, contagious media (http://contagiousmedia.org/). the site is a hoax :) --lucy On 5/29/05, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/29/1547234 Posted by: CmdrTaco, on 2005-05-29 16:07:00 from the

RE: /. [Intel Adds DRM to New Chips]

2005-05-31 Thread Tyler Durden
Eugen Leitl wrote... from the get-you-where-you-live dept. Badluck writes Microsoft and the entertainment industry's holy grail of controlling copyright through the motherboard has moved a step closer with Intel Corp. now embedding [1]digital rights management within in its

google maps and latitude, longitude

2005-05-31 Thread Justin
For anyone who doesn't already know, there are several ways to get google maps to display a latitude/longitude. You can enter them in the query box like so: 35.5N 115.5W or 35.5,-115.5 (I think they added those within the last week or two.) Or you can use the original method, a GET-style form

Re: Trojan horse attack involving many major Israeli companies, executives

2005-05-31 Thread J.A. Terranson
John Saylor wrote: hi ( 05.05.30 15:34 +0200 ) Amir Herzberg: See more info e.g. at http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/581790.html an excellent tale [still unfolding]- no doubt coming to a bookstore or movie theatre near you real soon. of course, it was never mentioned in

e-gold exchange

2005-05-31 Thread Tyler Durden
OK...what;s the best exchange service for transferring dollars (perhaps via paypal or credit cards) into egold? -TD