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Ever heard of Palladium? It's a way of "securing" your computer, which Microsoft
wants to implement to basically make it impossible to have any fair use rights
on digital media that the MPAA/RIAA/etc don't want you to have. It would let
those companies do whatever they want to your computer, including uninstalling
"bad" software and possibly deleting anything "bad" you downloaded. There's a
great FAQ on the whole subject here which I highly
recommend reading to get an idea of what Microsoft and Intel have in mind and
what's possible if they do eventually impliment it.
I was thinking the other day (dangerous, I know) about how pessimists really
should be the happiest people on Earth. They expect everything to go wrong, so
hence they can't be disappointed when they do. And if things happen to go right,
then it's just a nice bonus. It's like the (old?) saying: If at first you dont'
succeed, lower your expectations.
Quite possibly the coolest thing
ever. It not only bounces and streches like other putty's, it can even
shatter! Must...... buy...... (Psst... I accept donations *hint* *hint*)
Pioneer 10 is still going strong, even after 30
years in space. I've even talked about how it was "dead" before on here, only to
come back to "life" a few months later. Quite an interesting article about where
our deepest space probes are at nowdays.
August 2001 is good to go.
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