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http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2243 Pretty straight forward. Regular PC laptops with the dual/triple gpu's can use Nvidia's Hybrid SLI.

Too late, BTbroadband. I recently ended my 'unlimited' (which is actually limited) service with them and moved to a provider who doesn't think its OK to inspect and modify my traffic in order to make advertising revenue.

As a bonus, I get a truly unlimited connection which is over 3x faster than BT could offer, a one month rolling contract, no cancellation fee, no port blocking and a nice cPanel customer portal, all for about 3GBP more a month. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner.

"But if the CFL is not recycled and it ends up in a landfill, EPA estimates that about 11% of the mercury in the CFL is released into air or water, assuming the light bulb is broken. This is because most mercury vapor inside fluorescent light bulbs becomes bound to the inside of the light bulb. Therefore, if all 290 million CFLs sold in 2007 were sent to a landfill (versus recycled, as a worst case) - they would add only 0.13 metric tons, or 0.1 percent, to U.S. mercury emissions caused by humans."

From the source for the WP statement,
http://energystar.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/energystar.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5411&p_created=1220627774

They are saying emissions, not including that which stagnates in the landfill.

Drive Encryption (PGP) is but one option, and given the track record of PGP, I'd say a pretty damn good one.

Personally I don't like the concept of PGP's subscription model - at least not for FDE and NetShare is a bit worrying:

From: https://pgp.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/pgp.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=747

Whole Disk Encryption: Drives encrypted with PGP Whole Disk Encryption will decrypt 90 days after the subscription license has expired. If the license is Trialware, the drive will be decrypted after the 30 day evaluation period has ended.

PGP Netshare: PGP Netshare-encrypted files and folders will remain encrypted after the license has expired so the data will still be secured and accessible, however if new files or folders are moved to the PGP Netshare-encrypted folder no encryption will occur.

Obviously you'd have to enter your passphrase normally before FDE could decrypt your drive anyway. I hope you get adequate warning using an expired Netshare though.

For me TrueCrypt is the better alternative. You don't pay an arm and a leg for it, it's open-source, and it's never going to decrypt (or fail to encrypt) your data when you don't intend it to. It lacks centralized management, but if someone really needs that they can add it!

Bully for you. But you have to be aware that there are different types of dimmers and different types of CFLs. Some work fine with all dimmers, some work fine only with certain dimmers. Since I don't know (and he likely doesn't either) the exact type of dimmer he has, the best way to avoid problems is to either use a dimmer designed for CFLs or a CFL designed to be dimmable.

All of the following text is from the reference provided:

[1]Newer dimmers are actually semiconductor devices that turn the switch on and off very rapidly - 120 times per second in normal designs. Because CFLs have a finite start-up time, and because frequent switching shortens bulb lifetime, these switches prevent the CFL from working optimally, and cause it to burn out quickly.

Manufacturers compensate for these problems by designing the power electronics within the ballast to deal with these issues. This requires more complicated and more expensive parts. Alternatively, you can design a special dimming switch for CFLs that put those power electronics before the switch rather than after it. This is more expensive, however, and requires a bigger retrofit.

Even with this "fix" there are expectations for dimmable products that need to be addressed.

[2] Do CFLs work on dimmers? Most screw-base CFLs do not work with dimmers designed for use with incandescent lamps. These CFLs will have a label on the lamp and/or the packaging stating "not for use with dimmers. However, certain special screw-base CFLs are designed to work with standard incandescent lamp dimmers. These CFLs will be labeled "dimmable" or similar language on the lamp and/or the packaging. However, due to small differences between different brands of dimmers, not all dimmable CFLs work with all types of incandescent dimmers. Some dimmable CFLs, however, will work with all major brands of incandescent lamp dimmers.

[3]Historically, incandescent dimmers worked through resistance- they lowered the voltage and the dimmer switch got hot, and the light bulb became very inefficient as low voltage barely warmed the filament. The bulb lasted forever but it used as much electricity as if it was running full blast.

Then the electronic dimmer was invented, which work by turning the light bulb on and off faster than we can see it, 120 times a second. It is not 100% efficient, which is why dimming your lights 25% reduces your electricity consumption only 20%. And it is no wonder why it causes problems for compact fluorescents, which are not designed for this additional turning on and off of a switch 120 times per second.

Just FYI, CFLs lifespan is shortened when used in humid environments. Like bathrooms, for example.

Do in-store exchanges count towards my BLOCKBUSTER Online® membership plan?

On a linked page they have another answer that completely contradicts the answer linked in the article.

Do in-store exchanges count towards my BLOCKBUSTER Online® membership plan?

Free in-store movie rentals are in addition to the number of DVDs allowed out by your BLOCKBUSTER Online® membership plan.

one says they count against you, one says they dont and are an additional perk. They cant decide apparently. Im glad I have netflix instead.

Um, early (4 USB port) 80G model was software only, then (2 USB port) no PS2 backward compatibility.

Wikipedia(link below) lists the following PS2 compatibility on the PS3:
(PS1 seems to be software on all of them)

Hardware:
20 G NTSC
60 G NTSC

Software:
60 G PAL
80 G NTSC (4 USB port models)

None:
40 G PAL or NTSC
80 G PAL or NTSC (2 USB port models)
160 G PAL or NTSC

Looking at this chart, any 4 USB port model has some backwards compatibility with PS2 games, and the 2 ports have none. (Sony's FAQ page listing which ones are backwards compatible and what not(US NTSC list.)

Personally, I want a 60G NTSC model because: 4 USB ports, Flash card reader, 802.11b/g WiFi, hardware backwards compatibility (At least one title(according to the compatibility checker) I have seems to have problems when software emulated versus hardware, play with Sony's compatibiltiy checker). And you can always upgrade the hard drive yourself. (At least everything I've read seems to list that as a standard user option)

there have been many posts saying use truecrypt, it's free, ubuntu ftw, and so on. if we're talking about home use, then by all means. i use truecrypt at home myself.

however, if you are a company, org, edu, etc, you more than likely need accountability. with free software, written by volunteers, etc, you'll typically find support from the forums, and from the developers when they have the time. open source rocks, but this is a major limitation, especially for prospective business users.

here's an example, both support/contact pages from the 2 encryption products in question:

truecrypt forums and truecrypt contact. they have no true support, as far as i know.

pgp support and pgp partners.

truecrypt is awesome, but you'll never get from them what you get from pgp. and, to the people who said "what if pgp goes away, it's closed source and you're screwed", pgp will not go away; it may be bought, sold, merged, but until we reach some utopian society where encryption is no longer necessary, pgp is here to stay.

anyway, the above links are important because: with commercial products such as pgp, you have a company, with teams of technicians, engineers, etc, all ready and willing to work with you to put together a solution for your problem. the same goes for partners and major resellers. if your company has a preferred channel through which to buy its IT gear, use them. what you get here is assistance, accountability, support, collaboration, SLAs, and so on, all the things a business of any kind typically needs. unfortunately, you don't get that from truecrypt. if your hard drive failure rate goes from 1 per month per site to 50 per month per site, who do you think will be there to fix the situation, replace the disks, and so on?

my first question for you would be, have you engaged pgp directly (as a company), or indirectly throught a business partner? if so, who is represented in these discussions? any sort of management from your department, or is it just IT? if not, i would recommend working internally to find out who is doing this project, and make sure everyone has adequate representation during all the discussions, testing, r&d, etc for this project. maybe WDE isn't for you and people in similar positions. maybe encryption for DB transactions will be sufficient. maybe you don't need anything at all.

despite what many bitter slashdotters would have you believe, most companies realize that selling the wrong solution to a client is a horrible thing, so they are typically quite eager to work with you to make sure it's done right the first time around.

so, in the end, i'd say make sure you or a representative of you and similar co-workers communicates with the project team and pgp/reseller, and that your concerns are being addressed. i guarantee you're not the first person to feel this way, and i'm sure pgp and/or the reseller have tools and procedures in place to make sure this rolls out how it needs to.

one last note. some advice above and below said to make sure your reports prove that it would cost ungodly amounts of money to keep your current productivity levels after instituting WDE. i think this is a bad idea, and like any other science project, you should see what happens, and report the results. maybe WDE would ruin your productivity. maybe it wouldn't...

The new Macs aren't doing SLI at all and it seems the apple version of the "9400m" is just a 9100 with an apple sticker.

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2243

Looks like the reason they didn't upgrade the 17" MBP is because It already has a faster video card.

The point that everyone keeps bringing up is that while a consumer electronics device may have done this and if it had Qantas is looking at a more serious problem of properly shielding their critical control lines. Here is a link to the Qantas feed back page. http://qantas.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/qantas.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=I9yrAVfj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=

Do Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs) produce a hazardous amount of UV light?

Regular fluorescent light bulbs used in your home and office, including CFLs, do not produce a hazardous amount of ultraviolet light (UV). Ultraviolet light rays are the light wavelengths that can cause sunburn and skin damage. Most light sources, including fluorescent bulbs, emit a small amount of UV light, but the UV light produced by fluorescent light bulbs is far less than the amount produced by natural daylight. The amount of UV given off by regular fluorescent light bulbs used in your home and office are not hazardous. A recent report from E Source indicates a level of UV radiation from CFLs at a range of 50-140 microwatts/lumen. In comparison, this report also sites that some incandescent products have been found to have UV levels exceeding 100 microwatts/ lumen.

Hello, Your online version of scrabble is horribly done. It takes as long as a couple minutes to load a game and doesn't have the features that Scrabulous did such as a notepad and even the SOWPODS word list. I can understand wanting to protect your intellectual property, but Scrabulous revived Scrabble in the hearts of many people (some of which I'm sure purchased the board game due solely to their efforts). Instead of working with them to create a truly great official online Scrabble, you've sued them off the net and tried to take their place with a shoddy 2nd rate alternative. That shows a greedy, broken business model that values lawyers over ingenuity. I will be boycotting Scrabble and Hasbro over this fiasco. I truly hope that Hasbro's image suffers because of this. Regards, Dan L

It's available here.

The boycott may not actually do anything, but I try to talk with my wallet in situations like this where I'm disappointed in a company. The lawyers over common sense theme seems to come up more and more often these days and I'm sick of it.

I rather have more driver hardware support from vendors in Linux first. Apps will follow soon after.

I rather have more driver hardware support from vendors in Linux first. Apps will follow soon after.

Do you write to them and tell them that? Here are some addresses, write to one or two:

Creative (Webcams) http://asia.creative.com/contactus/presales/

Logitech (Webcams) http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php

Lexmark (Printers) http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/sequentialem/home/0,6959,204816596_689444666_0_en,00.html

Nokia (PIM sync software with OpenSync) http://www.nokia.com/A4126575

Epson (Printers) http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/AboutContactUs.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes

Gigabyte (New motherboards should ship with Linux drivers) http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Company/ContactUs.aspx?CompanyWebPageID=6

Linksys (Networking equipment) http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1114037291276&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

SIS http://www.sis.com/support/support_tech.htm

ASUS http://usa.asus.com/aboutasus.aspx?show=3

The firmware has been officially pulled by Sony for review. Even though it affected a minority of users, it must be pretty bad for Sony to do that.

See the KB link.

I recommend staying away from the Western Digital My Book. It has many bad reviews online. Also, refer to Western Digital's list of files types that you cannot share online. This is a big turn off for many users. They claim "Due to unverifiable media license authentication" you cannot share files with certain file extensions including AAC, MP3, MPG, OGG, WMA, WMV, and even TMP.

Write to the hardware vendors and let them know that we want to buy and use their products on Linux. Here are the addresses of some other hardware vendors. Copy the list and write to one every week:

Creative (Webcams) http://asia.creative.com/contactus/presales/

Logitech (Webcams) http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php

Nokia (PIM sync software with OpenSync) http://www.nokia.com/A4126575

Epson (Printers) http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/AboutContactUs.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes

Gigabyte (New motherboards should ship with Linux drivers) http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Company/ContactUs.aspx?CompanyWebPageID=6

Linksys (Networking equipment) http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1114037291276&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

• CFLs do contain mercury, but it is only a problem if the bulbs are broken or disposed of improperly. The amount of mercury in an average CFL is about 1/100 the amount contained in one of those old mercury thermometers. Also, the largest man-made source of mercury pollution is coal-fired power plants, which CFL usage will reduce. In addition, newer CFLs are being released that contain much less mercury than current ones (source [pdf]).
• It is true that some CFLs don't live up to their rated life. All Energy Star compliant bulbs are required to include at least a two-year manufacturer warranty (source).
• CFLs are available in all sorts of variants, including candle (regular and candelabra base), globe, reflector, three-way, etc.
• CFLs are available in a wide range of color temperatures, from 2700K ("warm" incandescent) to 5100K ("daylight"). Many CFLs are indistinguishable from their incandescent equivalents (that is, until you touch them and don't get burned).
• Dimmable CFLs, which work on standard dimmer switches, exist. While they do not have exactly the same dimming behaviors as incandescents, I've found them to be more than adequate.
• While most CFLs do not tolerate colder temperatures, there are many that do, all the way down below 0 degrees F
• While older CFLs didn't come on instantly, newer ones, with electric ballasts, do. They do not start at full brightness, but are plenty bright to see when entering a room, and reach full brightness quickly, often in under a minute.
• CFLs with electric ballasts don't "hum" like the old ones did.

we keep our wireless router open, default passwords, broadcast ssid, no encryption, 50 leases, no MAC filtering, nothing. I know it sounds bad, but we figure that if we ever got a notice from one of these organizations that we could simply say that there's no way to know who downloaded these things, our wireless is open! We have neighbors and other people in our DHCP client list and it actually makes me feel more secure (I manage my actual security at my computer, not at the gateway) since I feel like it would make for a good defense.

You can add a second wireless router, locked down, cascaded through the open router. Your own machines (i.e. your own home network) can then remain secure, yet your internet connection is still anonymously shared. Details here.

From a link in the article (well, I removed some arguments from the URL) on "What files cannot be shared by WD Anywhere Access?"
"If these file types are on a share on the WD My Book World Edition system and another user accesses the share, these file will not be displayed for sharing. Any other file types can be shared using WD Anywhere Access.

File Extension File Description
AAC Advanced Audio Coding
AIF Audio Interchange File
AIFC Audio Interchange File
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format
AMF DSMIA/Asylum Module File
ASF Advanced Streaming Format
ASX Advanced Stream Redirector
AVI Audio Video Interleave
CDA CD Audio
DVI DivX AVI
DIVX DivX AVI
FAR Farandoyle Tracker Music Module
IT Impulse Tracker
ITZ Impulse Tracker
KAR Karaoke MIDI
MDZ Cubic Player/Cross-View Music Module Description
MOV QuickTime Video
MP1 MPEG Layer 1 (Audio)
MP2 MPEG Layer 2 (Audio)
MP3 MPEG Layer 3 (Audio)
MP4 MPEG Layer 4 (Video)
MPA MPEG Audio Stream, Layer I, II or III
MPE MPEG Video
MPEG MPEG Video
MPG MPEG Video
MPGA MPEG Layer 3 (Audio Stream)
MPV2 MPEG Audio Stream, Layer II
OGG OGG Bitstream
OKT Oktalyzer Tracker Module
PTM PTM - Poly Tracker Module (Audio)
QT QuickTime Video
QT1 QuickTime Video
VOB Video Object (DVD Video)
VOC Creative Labs Sound
WM Windows Media Audio or Video
WMA Windows Media Audio
WMV Windows Media Video"

What? They disallow that, but you can use vaguely similar formats, eh? They disallow IT, ITZ, FAR, AMF, OKT, PTM, but you can use S3M, XM, MOD, MTM, 669, PSM.. BMX, PSY.. etc. apparently?
They disallow OGG, MP3, AIF, VOC, but I don't see FLAC, WV, WAV, and AU in the list.
If they're going to block files on that service/whatever, they should block every last format under the sun.

"The following types of files are not supported by WD Anywhere Access (cannot be moved to a share):

File Extension File Description
TMP Windows temporary files"

Let's hope nobody needs to share any file with a TMP extension for some legitimate reason.

Partial restrictions some people can get around are no less odious. The intent is the same and they are designed to get you used to a restricted world.

It's clear that WD was advertising the device people want but delivering something else. This WD page promisses:

WD Anywhere Access - This storage system and all the files on it are always accessible when you need them, even when your local computer is turned off.

It even has pictures of music on the beach and images flowing to multiple houses, but this page lets you know that you can't share anything with "unverifiable media license authentication" and lists every media type but text and still images. Copyright warriors want to know why WD hates poets, the press and photographers. Normal people are feel ripped off because getting around this dissapointment is beyond the average user. Other people have voiced their anger at the restrictions as described and described in detail how they suck beyond the description.

Anyone who thinks restrictions like this are OK needs to take a step back and ask themselves why a hard disk should not give you back your media on demand. If it does less than that, it's defective. Media propaganda continues to market restrictions as necessary and enabling. They are nothing of the sort. Digital media and networks are enabling. Restrictions just suck.

Or, send them an email to let them know how much they suck: http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php

For one thing, it seems as if though the system only works with Windoze. The easiest way to make it do what you want is to take the drives out and put them into a free computer. It is better and possible to unlock it (this reference) but it's a pain in the neck and clearly against the intentions of the maker.

More importantly, ESR's prediction of M$ behavior is something you should generalize to the entire non free software ecosystem. He predicted collusion with the MAFIAA to force hardware based restrictions and he predicted attacks on freedom based on freedom being a "terrorist" asset. That they are doing it with free software is a double ding. Having free software won't do any good if WD, M$ and friends push bad laws that require all files to have "verifiable media license authentication" or other digital restrictions controlled by others. That's the direction ESR predicted we would be heading and the World Book is both physical and ideological proof that he was right.

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php

Contact their service and support line and politely let them know you will no longer purchase any WD products which are defective by design. Especially let them know if you have purchasing authority for IT departments. If a few hundred do this, or better yet a few thousand then they might just get the message.

Dammit! It looks like they won't let me share my .oog files...

How on earth are they going to block these formats when they can't even spell them?

I hope the device genuinely blocks the extensions 'dvix' and 'oog' instead of 'divx' and 'ogg', that would be too funny.

Seriously. There's no way in hell I would buy this thing. The last thing in the world I need is my hard drive deciding what files are and aren't okay to store. Are they on drugs, or what?

Here is a complete list of file types it cripples the functionality for.

The funniest part is the "What it holds" section at the bottom:

• Up to 571,000 digital photos
• Up to 500,000 songs (MP3)
• Up to 50,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
• Up to 100 hours of Digital Video (DV)
• Up to 800 hours of DVD quality video
• Up to 200 hours of HD video

Or just never install MioNET in the first place. Either way, here's how.

Western Digital in regards to YS series drives and raid sets:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1493

If the link breaks (slashcode made me shorten it for post fud check)
look for 'WD5000ABYS raid' on their FAQ site or alternately answer faq id 1493.

Infrant in regards to the same, look at the bottom of the HDD compat list, it calls out WD series drives, the YS series and raid drops.

A couple more weeks on these drives and I am still happy with 0 errors, serving HD content to my PS3 has never been easier.

I know this thread is old, but it bugs me every time somebody drags out the old "NVIDIA knew about it for 2 years" line. Rapid7 didn't do their homework and mistook a similar bug in the X server (which, I might add, is open source). See http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/ enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971

Intuit added Vista support to Quicken 2007 last October with R2. See this for their support of Quicken on Vista.

And, in case anyone wants a reference:

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/ enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971

Now can we please stop with the BS complaints that nVidia allowed a known security hole to exist in their drivers for two years.

There's a way to avoid this at least on Blockbuster. I'm not signed up anymore and I don't remember exactly how to do it, but I remember that whenever I wanted a whole series/season I used an option to add them all at once, then it would only send the next disc in the series when you returned the current one, so you'd always get them in order.

here

though I'm not positive it works for seperate seasons, it may only work for multiple discs within a season/series.

Well, I'm sorry that the truth is too inconvienent for you to accept as reality.

It's not my responcibility to massage your ego for you. You are not entitled to only face facts you like.

You'd think someone could read the f'ing websites I link to.

Why is Dr. Dobson objecting to a video featuring characters such as SpongeBob?

From his own website.

"From the outset, let's be clear that this issue is not about objections to any specific cartoon characters. Instead, Dr. Dobson is concerned that these popular animated personalities are being exploited by an organization that's determined to promote the acceptance of homosexuality among our nation's youth."

It reads that a cartoon charactor is being used part of a conspiracy to turn kids gay by making it acceptable. Notice I did not post the oversimplified "Spongebob is gay" line for a reason. But, of course thinking before speaking would be too hard on you.

- The online support is poor. There is nothing at the logitech web site. I was looking for an online (or downloadable) manual of some sort. There is none.

Try http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logite ch_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/fattach_get.php?p_sid=lL vOW37i&p_tbl=9&p_id=2880&p_created=1125077672&p_ol h=0

It is. The headset emits a lot less power.

http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logite ch_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=845

Yes, that's why my bluetooth headset always kept me warm.

It's not exactly the same frequency. Microwave ovens operate at 2.45 GHz. Bluetooth operates at 2.4GHz. Power output is also different. Microwave ovens put out 700-1100W (from what I've seen). Bluetooth headsets output much less. Logitech (who made the headset I used) addresses this online (headset vs cell phone):
http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logite ch_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=845

But could do with a sleep_ms(50+rand(200)) instruction. Also, if he got it working in wine he could have used more sophisticated macros using xte (usually found in an X automation package)

I guess this is moot as others here have hinted a GM will likely "whisper" you in game at the time, which you must respond. It seems unclear if that happened in this case.

Because it IS a troll. Either that or you're too stupid and lazy to to the most basic of fact checking. Either way it's not worth anyone's time to read and should be modded into oblivion.P> Well, first off it is a matter of fact. Feel free to contact blockbuster at your leisure.

Ok. I did.

Question
Does BLOCKBUSTER edit its movies?
Answer
No, BLOCKBUSTER does not edit the content of its films. We offer all movies for rental or sale the way we receive them from the studios.

Question
Does BLOCKBUSTER censor its movies?
Answer
We do not edit or otherwise alter movies ourselves. We leave the methodology as to how ratings are applied specifically and completely to the studios involved. We are retailers and not members of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), so we take no position on individual scenes or the overall artistic merits of a film. We are not in the content business. We are in the business of exceeding the expectations of our members and customers, and thus our goal is to offer the widest possible selection within our broad parameters of our "no NC-17 or X" standards.

Blockbuster has always tried to provide our customers with a variety of choices while maintaining our family orientation. As you know, we will not carry "X" rated or "NC-17" rated films. However, there are unrated film titles we feel may contain content unsuitable for children, and we designate these titles with a "YRV" designation, for "Youth Restricted Viewing". Although not pornographic, only members older than 17 are allowed to select these films.

Because it IS a troll. Either that or you're too stupid and lazy to to the most basic of fact checking. Either way it's not worth anyone's time to read and should be modded into oblivion.P> Well, first off it is a matter of fact. Feel free to contact blockbuster at your leisure.

Ok. I did.

Question
Does BLOCKBUSTER edit its movies?
Answer
No, BLOCKBUSTER does not edit the content of its films. We offer all movies for rental or sale the way we receive them from the studios.

Question
Does BLOCKBUSTER censor its movies?
Answer
We do not edit or otherwise alter movies ourselves. We leave the methodology as to how ratings are applied specifically and completely to the studios involved. We are retailers and not members of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), so we take no position on individual scenes or the overall artistic merits of a film. We are not in the content business. We are in the business of exceeding the expectations of our members and customers, and thus our goal is to offer the widest possible selection within our broad parameters of our "no NC-17 or X" standards.

Blockbuster has always tried to provide our customers with a variety of choices while maintaining our family orientation. As you know, we will not carry "X" rated or "NC-17" rated films. However, there are unrated film titles we feel may contain content unsuitable for children, and we designate these titles with a "YRV" designation, for "Youth Restricted Viewing". Although not pornographic, only members older than 17 are allowed to select these films.

They don't, nor have they ever, edited movies.

Check here to see rogers statement.

Here is my letter to rogers..

If you take away part of the service, shouldn’t I get a discount?

I checked your FAQ and do not agree with your reasonings. We deserve a discount. Because I'll need to pay CAD$26.5 more to get back the same service.

If I get the same service from giganews, it costs US$25 or ~CAD$30, the yahoo service you offered doesn't cover that value.

Here are the comments to your reason why 'I shouldn't get a discount':

--There was no charge for this service.

We paid for it obviously, nothing is free.

--Rogers has introduced many new high-value services free for Rogers Yahoo customers. For example,
--RY Photos with unlimited storage,

The unlimited storage is free for everyone, not just RY subscribers.

--commercial-free Internet radio (Launchcast),

It costs $2.99(USD) per month or $3.5(CAD)

--a special Rogers Yahoo browser with premium features such as tabbed browsing,

Available free using FireFox and Opera

--free premium personal web space

Available free from yahoo geocity. RY's version are getting the same ADs embedded on webpages hosted on geocity.

--and free blogs.

Free blogs are everywhere..

--As the Internet changes, it is reasonable to expect that new services will displace older.

It is also reasonable to expect that old services stay because we use it.

--On balance, the total package for Rogers Yahoo customers continues to improve in both scope and depth.

You just decreased it by taking out USENET

The cost for getting a usenet service from giganews is $30CAD minus the cost for launchcast $3.5CAD is 26.5CAD.

I demand a $26.5CAD discount

A.C.
Rogers customer

This was about the only advantage Rogers had over Bell (our major DSL provider). They both have about the same speed at any given price point (although Bell has twice the upload speed for regular high speed), but Bell acts more like a full duplex line (u/l speed does not affect d/l's while on Rogers u/l'ing at 50KB/s can limit your d/l's to single digits) and while Rogers is capped (60GB for regular and now 100GB for 'Extreme') Bell is unlimited.

The fact that Rogers still has newsgroup (although they've limited dl speeds to 30KB/s) was about the only reason I was thinking about moving back. Bells groups have retention times that can be measured in minutes, not days and it almost impossible to get a full post on a Bell server even if it's only text, let alone a binary.

Since this will most likely only really upset heavy downloaders (which Rogers is more than happy to get rid of anyway) the average user who is paying $50/month to check their email will be almost completely unaffected. Probably a good business decision for Rogers but that still doesn't mean we have to like it.

I have had nothing but trouble trying to get this game to run properly on any of my different PC's.
First off, it requires Pixel shader 1.1 support on your video card chipset, which many Nvidia cards do not support(I know many of them do, just not some of mine)
List if Un-supported Nvidia cards
Secondly, you are going to need a newer generation video card with 256 Mb minimum.
My first PC has 128mb geforce MX, 512Mb ram,2.6Ghz intel , and the game will not start due to the pixel shader 1.1 issue.
My other pc is 128mb quadro Fx,1Gb ram, 3.0 ghz intel, and the framerate makes it unplayable even at the lowest quality settings.
These are both PC's that have done fine with Doom3, HL2, and many other games. I now own a $50 game I won't be able to play without dropping another $200-$300 dollars for a top-notch video card.

Automatic head parking has been around for a LONG time - Here's the data sheet from the 120 MEGAbyte drive that I had years ago. It came in my 386. Note the following line, about half-way down:
"Turning the system power off causes the WD Caviar to perform an automatic head park operation."

It wasn't a high-end drive at the time, (just a consumer-level IDE drive), and was utterly obsolete years ago, yet it still had the technology to park the heads out of the way when power is disconnected. There's no way that turning off power to a new drive is going to physically damage it. You just might lose the data on it.

I could not find an emailaddress, but here is a nice commentform: http://mta-nyc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/mta_nyc.cfg/ph p/enduser/ask.php Why do not we all give to them some feedback?

At least, I did not see an OpenGL option, and the popular game does require DirectX 7.

You rented the R-rated DVD release of Y Tu Mama Tambien and not the Un-rated version.

So by your definition Amazon, and just about all the other DVD resellers "pull this shit too." Not only that, but Blockbuster rents both the R-rated and unrated versions of Y Tu Mama Tambien, I've seen them both on the shelf at more than a few corporate-owned stores.

Now straight from the horse's mouth:

Question: Does BLOCKBUSTER censor its movies?

Answer:
We do not edit or otherwise alter movies ourselves. We leave the methodology as to how ratings are applied specifically and completely to the studios involved. We are retailers and not members of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), so we take no position on individual scenes or the overall artistic merits of a film. We are not in the content business. We are in the business of exceeding the expectations of our members and customers, and thus our goal is to offer the widest possible selection.

BLOCKBUSTER has always tried to provide our customers with a variety of choices while maintaining our family orientation. As you know, we will not generally carry "X" rated or "NC-17" rated films. However, there are unrated film titles we feel may contain content unsuitable for children, and we designate these titles with a "YRV" designation, for "Youth Restricted Viewing". Although not pornographic, only members older than 17 are allowed to select these films.

We do not edit or otherwise alter movies ourselves. We leave the methodology as to how ratings are applied specifically and completely to the studios involved. We are retailers and not members of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), so we take no position on individual scenes or the overall artistic merits of a film. We are not in the content business. We are in the business of exceeding the expectations of our members and customers, and thus our goal is to offer the widest possible selection.

BLOCKBUSTER has always tried to provide our customers with a variety of choices while maintaining our family orientation. As you know, we will not generally carry "X" rated or "NC-17" rated films. However, there are unrated film titles we feel may contain content unsuitable for children, and we designate these titles with a "YRV" designation, for "Youth Restricted Viewing". Although not pornographic, only members older than 17 are allowed to select these films.

http://blockbuster.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/blockbuste r.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=239