I would just like to know, what could the FBI do to make it's spy ware different from anything else out there in the wild? It would seem to me they would limited to the same techniques anyone can use on a computer, so really wouldn't it be just one more obnoxious program out there?
However I am sure there methods of getting it installed are probably a little more sophisticated than most users are used to dealing with...
But I'm sure they should be using this very lightly, as once the right person figured out it was on their computer and released details to the curious masses, how much good would it do then? As most criminals are well aware they are doing something illegal. All it would take is a little extra effort on the part of the person who fears they could be under surveillance to discover it with proper information/tool, etc..
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Netscape's dream of replacing the operating system with a browser is also coming true this year. They've been saying that for years, and frankly it won't happen. A vast amount of users relish the control that having software stored and run locally provides. Of course there will always be exceptions as web based e-mail has shown us.
As far as the future of XML... I can't seem to find anything in this article that states anything more than the obvious, it's on the same path it's been on for quite some time.
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Success or failure, XML was intended for publishing: books, manuals, and--most important--Web pages. Is that news to anyone? My understanding of XML is that it's intended use is to provide information, about the information.
It is my understanding the rewriting of the graphics subsystem was primarily to move the GUI onto the GPU and its local memory. I don't think the kernel updates necessary to facilitate DX10 on XP for gaming would be troublesome nor completely reshape XP. As using DX10 to facilitate the graphics for gaming could easily co-exist with the current audio subsystem in XP. Sure it probably wouldn't be as elegant solution for DX10 as it is Vista, but without the overhead of Vista anyways, would anyone notice? As for the other major changes to Vista, who the hell wants that tainting XP anyhow.
I'm by no means an expert on this, but it's fun to keep the thread going!
As far as the cost of getting one of those built, I'd like to know that myself... Reminds me when I was part of the crew dismantling the old fabs responsible for the Z80... Shoulda paid one of the drivers to deliver one of those Canon machines to my garage...
Thats a good idea, sometimes when I'm feeling froggy I'll answer 'em and say the most disturbing things that can come to mind... Some hang up, but every once in a while someone will just try and play it off and continue the discourse... F'ing hilarious.
I think this little snippet from the discussion page is a real gem...
"Oh, and here's another surprise (not!) reminiscent of the penis article..." He was pro removing the image.. but he was using "not!"... Was Borat muslim?
I can just hang up on a phone call. Or not answer it all... I realized long ago just because some contraption starts making noise, nothing is forcing me to address it. Same with the front door and annoying friends, just because they can make some noise by hitting their meat clubs against some wood, doesn't mean I'm forced to get out of my E-Z chair...
"I think there must be a lot of empty space in the 360 too" I'm not sure about current hardware revisions... but the 360 I have... not very much space to go around.
But with some hard work it appears you can thin it out a bit as demonstrated in the Xbox360 Laptop. My only question would be the failure rates on these things due to heat issues. As it's already been shown your standard store bought Xbox is affected by the excessive GPU heat causing motherboard warping and extra stress to solder points.
I seem to recall that is the case, the intended for 8 or whatever, found yields were dramatically lower than expectation, I wanna say 45% but I can't recall with much certainty, so they ran with 7... Caused a big hoopla in the gaming mags that were following the developments up to the PS3's release.
I couldn't agree with you more. MS should support the practice with, at the very least, proper documentation.
I was using nLite a while back, built a custom install of XP with driver support for my hardware. It installs significantly faster than a standard XP disc, due to the extraneous components being removed, and lets me get down to business mucho grande faster in the event of a reinstall.
I played around to see how far I could take it, I could get xp bootable on some fairly low end machines once it was striped to the core. However the further I stripped it down the more I realized there are alot of dependencies among the various components that would tend to limit functionality once you reached a certain point.
I think you are placing to much monetary value on art... A lot of people make art simply for the sake of creating something.
But you do have an interesting point about, "being ahead of your time". That is certainly a possibility. However, if someone is to make anything profound and truly meaningful being it book, music, poetry, etc., etc.. People who are interested in that work are generally going to seek out the truest version, the "Authorized" editions if you will. The editions the author is directly tied to, and public domain or not, you can still make money down the road. Or they will buy all the paraphernalia related to that artist or that artists work, once again the artist can make money with or without copyright. He would be able to make a living if his work justifies attention from the fans.
These are just my thoughts on the issue, as I am struck by what happened to J.R.R. Tolkien when a edition of The Lord of The Rings was released in the states by an unauthorized publishing house. When Tolkien finally had a proper edition released stateside many of the book contained a warning about those unauthorized copies. I for one would of gladly bought a proper copy... Also his works were not as popular as they have since became after his life time. He also wasn't creating for profit, in fact he seemed at times rather annoyed with the constant upkeep the publishing of his works required. As well as the attention it brought from fans even during his life time.
I do not believe creativity (in the long term) would be harmed or diminished by a drastically shortened copyright life.
Here's something else we learned at GDC: We all know that the only way to get DirectX 10 is to buy Vista, but there's actually nothing about the new API that would prevent Microsoft from releasing a version for Windows XP, although that's unlikely to ever happen. "That wasn't just a business decision," said Donahue. "We wanted to make Vista a dividing point between DX9 and DX10, so we could leave the legacy content behind. And Vista offers a lot of benefits beyond DX10 games. I think there's enough value in the stability and performance it offers.""
Yeah the games are what worry me the most. Say what you will about the 360, there are some choice games out there... I'm currently playing Eternal Sonata. Fantastic game to say the least.
But I've put some thought into this, I've stopped playing any disc intensive games, so primarily I play DOA4. So I can ensure my collection will survive until I get the console fixed. I'm doing this by calling Microsoft periodically (they are very reluctant to do anything for you, especially if ya let slip, it can play games 'once in a while'). They went as far to tell me that my DVD-ROM was actually expanding due to heat, that was suppose to explain the odd grinding sound I hear when a game spins down, even after very short periods of play? I think not.
I now I have a support history built up over the course of the last few months. And with the information I have found here... http://consumerist.com/341815/how-to-mind-control-customer-service-reps I think I can get my console repaired/replaced.
Yes this is waaaay more effort than should be required. But I'm not have any RRoD issues... It's a tough call, get this one sent in and potentially get one back that will simply die... Argh...
Anyways thanks for the reply bro, I'll try the tape thing if it comes down to it... Or maybe some epoxy... Or straight up JB Weld... Hmmm
I'd love to see em get Vista in proper order, but damn it... All this wasted effort is damn funny... Slopping more junk isn't the answer... Maybe one of these service packs should start stripping away all the excess code. I mean c'mon, 27 minutes to install a collection of bug fixes? 3 reboots? Jesus... and that was on quad 6600. Ouch.
It should also be noted however he was testing the file transfer with a SD card, I would assume they behave similar to your standard USB flash drive and is generally either optimized for speedily transferring large files, or small files but rarely both...
One would think copying a Blue-Ray disc image across 2 hard drives would be more appropriate? Or at least using a standardized mix set of data, both files large and small. Word documents, mp3 files, disc images... But wait this is PC World... Not exactly at the forefront of reliable and unbiased testing...
-That- is (amongst other reasons) why Vista has a new driver model, which in turns needs kernel support. -That- is why it hasn't been backported to XP. -That- is why its not likely to ever get backported to XP. That is not correct, maximum pc had talked with a Microsoft developer that said there is no technical reason directx10 cannot be used with WinXP. The real reason is that Microsoft wants to use it as a dividing point separating Vista from XP.
Good job those rootkits are so well behaved and don't try to hide from the process list then, isn't it? Not quite sure what you mean by that, but I did go onto say that rootkits are about the only worry I have these days, and even that one is marginal.
I'm starting to understand now... I like this imaginary property thing, let's have it apply to other works as well... Like if I'm a house painter, I should still get paid for that house I painted 20 years ago... That would rock... Seriously tho the length a copyright can be held should be drastically shortened, it would keep the creative types pumping out new works.
Although I'm sure the ISP is more about protecting their bottom line as opposed to protecting freedom of speech. I'm still often left in awe at some of the actions European citizens and governments take to protect users rights as opposed to rolling over at the beck and call of the entertainment history or government here in the US. Kudos to them!
You probably need to leave it horizontal to let gravity help. I've tried it at every angle I can rig up. And the funny thing is, this all started occurring while I had it horizontal, in the stereo cabinet. I just can't imagine how the top of the discs are getting wear just around the top of the disc, around the hole. About half way through that little holographic ring... Oh well I think this weekend I'll set aside the 4 hours it takes to call in...
I work at a gas station and our policy (and the policy of just about every other station in the state) is once the gas leaves the nozzle, it's yours whether it gets into your tank or not. No one in their right mind would give a refund on something they could neither quantify or reclaim. Well that's all fine and dandy, but there is something called customer service. If I got a little old lady who had probs out there, I'll probably refund her out of my own pocket (within reason). With the density of gas stations where I live, everyones price is usually the same. The only way to ensure repeat business is to go above and beyond... Also hot chicks, they get refunds too!
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I would just like to know, what could the FBI do to make it's spy ware different from anything else out there in the wild? It would seem to me they would limited to the same techniques anyone can use on a computer, so really wouldn't it be just one more obnoxious program out there?
However I am sure there methods of getting it installed are probably a little more sophisticated than most users are used to dealing with...
But I'm sure they should be using this very lightly, as once the right person figured out it was on their computer and released details to the curious masses, how much good would it do then? As most criminals are well aware they are doing something illegal. All it would take is a little extra effort on the part of the person who fears they could be under surveillance to discover it with proper information/tool, etc..
Netscape's dream of replacing the operating system with a browser is also coming true this year.
They've been saying that for years, and frankly it won't happen. A vast amount of users relish the control that having software stored and run locally provides. Of course there will always be exceptions as web based e-mail has shown us.
As far as the future of XML... I can't seem to find anything in this article that states anything more than the obvious, it's on the same path it's been on for quite some time.
FTA:
Success or failure, XML was intended for publishing: books, manuals, and--most important--Web pages.
Is that news to anyone? My understanding of XML is that it's intended use is to provide information, about the information.
ohhh dude... that was hilarious!
XP Display Model
Longhorn Display Model
It is my understanding the rewriting of the graphics subsystem was primarily to move the GUI onto the GPU and its local memory. I don't think the kernel updates necessary to facilitate DX10 on XP for gaming would be troublesome nor completely reshape XP. As using DX10 to facilitate the graphics for gaming could easily co-exist with the current audio subsystem in XP. Sure it probably wouldn't be as elegant solution for DX10 as it is Vista, but without the overhead of Vista anyways, would anyone notice? As for the other major changes to Vista, who the hell wants that tainting XP anyhow.
I'm by no means an expert on this, but it's fun to keep the thread going!
http://www.opencores.org/
As far as the cost of getting one of those built, I'd like to know that myself... Reminds me when I was part of the crew dismantling the old fabs responsible for the Z80... Shoulda paid one of the drivers to deliver one of those Canon machines to my garage...
Thats a good idea, sometimes when I'm feeling froggy I'll answer 'em and say the most disturbing things that can come to mind... Some hang up, but every once in a while someone will just try and play it off and continue the discourse... F'ing hilarious.
"Oh, and here's another surprise (not!) reminiscent of the penis article..."
He was pro removing the image.. but he was using "not!"... Was Borat muslim?
Or not answer it all... I realized long ago just because some contraption starts making noise, nothing is forcing me to address it. Same with the front door and annoying friends, just because they can make some noise by hitting their meat clubs against some wood, doesn't mean I'm forced to get out of my E-Z chair...
I'm not sure about current hardware revisions... but the 360 I have... not very much space to go around.
But with some hard work it appears you can thin it out a bit as demonstrated in the Xbox360 Laptop. My only question would be the failure rates on these things due to heat issues. As it's already been shown your standard store bought Xbox is affected by the excessive GPU heat causing motherboard warping and extra stress to solder points.
I seem to recall that is the case, the intended for 8 or whatever, found yields were dramatically lower than expectation, I wanna say 45% but I can't recall with much certainty, so they ran with 7... Caused a big hoopla in the gaming mags that were following the developments up to the PS3's release.
I couldn't agree with you more. MS should support the practice with, at the very least, proper documentation.
I was using nLite a while back, built a custom install of XP with driver support for my hardware. It installs significantly faster than a standard XP disc, due to the extraneous components being removed, and lets me get down to business mucho grande faster in the event of a reinstall.
I played around to see how far I could take it, I could get xp bootable on some fairly low end machines once it was striped to the core. However the further I stripped it down the more I realized there are alot of dependencies among the various components that would tend to limit functionality once you reached a certain point.
I think you are placing to much monetary value on art... A lot of people make art simply for the sake of creating something.
But you do have an interesting point about, "being ahead of your time". That is certainly a possibility. However, if someone is to make anything profound and truly meaningful being it book, music, poetry, etc., etc.. People who are interested in that work are generally going to seek out the truest version, the "Authorized" editions if you will. The editions the author is directly tied to, and public domain or not, you can still make money down the road. Or they will buy all the paraphernalia related to that artist or that artists work, once again the artist can make money with or without copyright. He would be able to make a living if his work justifies attention from the fans.
These are just my thoughts on the issue, as I am struck by what happened to J.R.R. Tolkien when a edition of The Lord of The Rings was released in the states by an unauthorized publishing house. When Tolkien finally had a proper edition released stateside many of the book contained a warning about those unauthorized copies. I for one would of gladly bought a proper copy... Also his works were not as popular as they have since became after his life time. He also wasn't creating for profit, in fact he seemed at times rather annoyed with the constant upkeep the publishing of his works required. As well as the attention it brought from fans even during his life time.
I do not believe creativity (in the long term) would be harmed or diminished by a drastically shortened copyright life.
Yeah the games are what worry me the most. Say what you will about the 360, there are some choice games out there... I'm currently playing Eternal Sonata. Fantastic game to say the least.
But I've put some thought into this, I've stopped playing any disc intensive games, so primarily I play DOA4. So I can ensure my collection will survive until I get the console fixed. I'm doing this by calling Microsoft periodically (they are very reluctant to do anything for you, especially if ya let slip, it can play games 'once in a while'). They went as far to tell me that my DVD-ROM was actually expanding due to heat, that was suppose to explain the odd grinding sound I hear when a game spins down, even after very short periods of play? I think not.
I now I have a support history built up over the course of the last few months. And with the information I have found here...
http://consumerist.com/341815/how-to-mind-control-customer-service-reps
I think I can get my console repaired/replaced.
Yes this is waaaay more effort than should be required. But I'm not have any RRoD issues... It's a tough call, get this one sent in and potentially get one back that will simply die... Argh...
Anyways thanks for the reply bro, I'll try the tape thing if it comes down to it... Or maybe some epoxy... Or straight up JB Weld... Hmmm
I'd love to see em get Vista in proper order, but damn it... All this wasted effort is damn funny... Slopping more junk isn't the answer... Maybe one of these service packs should start stripping away all the excess code. I mean c'mon, 27 minutes to install a collection of bug fixes? 3 reboots? Jesus... and that was on quad 6600. Ouch.
It should also be noted however he was testing the file transfer with a SD card, I would assume they behave similar to your standard USB flash drive and is generally either optimized for speedily transferring large files, or small files but rarely both...
One would think copying a Blue-Ray disc image across 2 hard drives would be more appropriate? Or at least using a standardized mix set of data, both files large and small. Word documents, mp3 files, disc images... But wait this is PC World... Not exactly at the forefront of reliable and unbiased testing...
That is not correct, maximum pc had talked with a Microsoft developer that said there is no technical reason directx10 cannot be used with WinXP. The real reason is that Microsoft wants to use it as a dividing point separating Vista from XP.
True that, plus as Humvees have shown us relatively simple explosives would probably be used against them with effective results.
I'm totally on board for the mech, it's time to make these military conflicts entertaining enough for pay per view to help off set the costs of war.
I'm starting to understand now... I like this imaginary property thing, let's have it apply to other works as well... Like if I'm a house painter, I should still get paid for that house I painted 20 years ago... That would rock... Seriously tho the length a copyright can be held should be drastically shortened, it would keep the creative types pumping out new works.
I'm not sure where CNET gets there data pertaining to Idaho... As it was the 2nd state to pass legislation (after Maine), Opposing the RealID act.
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/28942prs20070308.html
The Governor's statement:
http://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/press/pr2007/prmay07/pr_039.html
I've been looking for information that says that has since changed, I have not found it. Please correct me if I'm wrong...
the one time i don't use preview... history=industry
Although I'm sure the ISP is more about protecting their bottom line as opposed to protecting freedom of speech. I'm still often left in awe at some of the actions European citizens and governments take to protect users rights as opposed to rolling over at the beck and call of the entertainment history or government here in the US. Kudos to them!
I've tried it at every angle I can rig up. And the funny thing is, this all started occurring while I had it horizontal, in the stereo cabinet. I just can't imagine how the top of the discs are getting wear just around the top of the disc, around the hole. About half way through that little holographic ring... Oh well I think this weekend I'll set aside the 4 hours it takes to call in...
Wish me luck!
Well that's all fine and dandy, but there is something called customer service. If I got a little old lady who had probs out there, I'll probably refund her out of my own pocket (within reason). With the density of gas stations where I live, everyones price is usually the same. The only way to ensure repeat business is to go above and beyond... Also hot chicks, they get refunds too!