Every time i go to Union Station in L.A., i look over to the empty bank teller section and a little part of me dies inside. Its such a huge symbol of a bygone era.
http://travelswithmaitaitom.co...
You can see what it looked like when it was in full-operation in Catch Me If You Can.
Edit: For some reason Slashdot wont make the link hot.
Physical discs have different laws and doctrines surrounding them. They have an intrinsic value that Microsoft was trying to move completely to their side of the table. It was about removing the physical value discs represent from the market. Further, they had NO DETAILS or proven implementations of the plans and wanted everyone to take it on faith. You are referencing something that was incredibly poorly conceived and had no tentpoles established of any kind. You are defending vaporware.
" The "PC gaming gods" that complain about this shit and want to "boycott" it are holding Windows as a whole back a decade."
Fuck you. Bill Gates PERSONALLY held back computing at least 2 decades and we are still paying for it and will continue to do so for a while.. you can shove this tripe up your ass.
If Microsoft has their way, it will be ALL OF US. This is why Steam OS exists, to try and help stave off this future where Microsoft controls the PC gaming market. You saw what plans they had at the Xbox One launch shitshow, they havent abandoned them, just delayed.
Valve is pulling away because they saw this coming a long time ago. THIS IS WHY STEAM OS EXISTS, Universal App games will be the end of PC gaming as we know it.
Try an Intel NUC. I use the latest 14nm version with OpenElec/XBMC installed as my everyday HTPC. I even used a 2 GB stick of ram to keep costs low. I boot mine off the SD card slot, because i dont have a lot of card access beside boot up. You have sata and m.2 inside if you want it.
This particular NUC http://www.amazon.com/Intel-NU...
is the dividing line between x86-64 and ARM at the low power end. Compared to the Pi, its expensive, but its robust feature set makes up for it. I use and recommend both NUCs and Pis. The NUC5 series even has GPIO.
And NONE of them have the community RPi does. Technical superiority is never a guarantee of success. The Rpis bigest fault is the internal busses are pretty weak, other than that its a solid SoC for the money. Nothing can touch the Pi Zero in performance per dollar, its fantastic. I have one with a 128 GB micro SD card capturing himawari-8 data every 10 minutes and displaying it on my living room TV.
Legal for the downloader, not legal for the uploader. Sony v Universal and subsequent rulings say a 'backup is a backup is a backup', it doesnt matter where it comes from. This has been tested quite thoroughly. MP3.com 'made available' copyrighted works without permission of the copyright holder, which is the legal tripwire. Downloading is not 'making available'.
I dont. I really dont care about the menus and such. You can get the extras and put them in the same folder as the main movie. If you label them properly most media software will include it in the library alongside the movie. To me, the main feature is the most important part, followed by subtitles, cover art, and then extras, trailers etc.
I just want to point out that DOWNLOADING the file is absolutely legal under Sony V Universal since you own a legal copy. Its the UPLOADING that gets you in trouble. If you DL directly from an HTTP/FTP site, no problem 100% legal., but if you use a torrent, that can be a problem unless you zero out your upload completely.
I went the same route as you giving up on optical, i wanted pristine disc rips, but its simply too much hassle when the scene people have it down cold.
While you are right, you miss the fact that this is an ENCRYPTION law problem, not a fair use/backup problem. Sony v. Universal is very clear that a backup is a backup is a backup, but it is trumped by the DMCA. You can copy unencrypted DVDs (they exist) for personal backups to your hearts content.
.isos are overkill. Just get the movie data any way you can and store it on a network share. A hell of a lot easier than dealing with optical burning. If you arent burning to optical, then you dont need isos.
Some ideas are timeless...... The government is demanding a society where its impossible to store anything private in a fixed form. Do you really want a world where the only privacy you have is in your own head? Do you think society has a right to read my diary? Do you think i have the right to try and stop you from reading it through technological measures?
I cant speak for all states, but in mine, refunds are not required EXCEPT in cases where items are sold that are unfit for purpose. We have roughly the same protections, just different ways of going about it. Also, those guaranteed 2 year warranties in europe end up baked into the final price one way or another. You are paying for that extra year no matter what. Dont get me wrong the EU has some good consumer protections, but its not all that different than the US.
As someone who carried a WinMO phone for almost half a decade, I say you are full of it. Amazon makes slim batteries that when attached, simply feel like you have a backpack battery. I use it ALL the time. I carried backup batteries for over 1200 days straight, now i just leave a few usb backup batteries in key locations.
I have a version of this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/i... for my Moto G, custom made by Motorola and the two work together perfectly. I can still use the phone no problem without it being a hassle or wires everywhere. You simply hold it in your hand normally, its jsut slightly thicker. My option also also omits the shutdown/startup cycle completely.
You have no idea the options that are available now, open your eyes.
There are reasons for wanting a removable battery, you havent put forward any.
Buy a damn portable usb backup battery for $10 on Amazon (made by Amazon) and lay down that torch you are carrying. Hell Motorola makes a backup battery specifically for my phone (moto G). Removable battery is a nice thing to have, dont get me wrong, but its not that big of a problem either. I say this as someone who carried a XV6700 Winphone for 4 years with a backup battery the entire time. Its just not that important anymore when so many options are available now.
To piggyback on this, buy a USB voltmeter/ammeter. They are stupid cheap and will tell you exactly what is going on with your wires. I use this because i needed a way to find a right angle USB connector that wouldnt drop below 4.75 volts (still looking btw) when running a Raspberry Pi + touchscreen.
http://www.amazon.com/DROK-Mul...
"Correct. And they shouldn't give a fuck how she makes that happen because her bad financial decisions are not the employer's problem."
I remember a time when businesses were considered SYMBIOTIC relationships between capital and labor. You are just an amoral person who doesn't understand this concept at all. Im not saying you are wrong, im saying you are an asshole, and the world would be better off if there were less people like you.
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Every time i go to Union Station in L.A., i look over to the empty bank teller section and a little part of me dies inside. Its such a huge symbol of a bygone era.
http://travelswithmaitaitom.co...
You can see what it looked like when it was in full-operation in Catch Me If You Can. Edit: For some reason Slashdot wont make the link hot.
Valve is not for sale, it is privately held.
Physical discs have REAL WORLD VALUE to the bearer. Microsofts plan was to move the entirety of that value to their side of the table.
Physical discs have different laws and doctrines surrounding them. They have an intrinsic value that Microsoft was trying to move completely to their side of the table. It was about removing the physical value discs represent from the market. Further, they had NO DETAILS or proven implementations of the plans and wanted everyone to take it on faith. You are referencing something that was incredibly poorly conceived and had no tentpoles established of any kind. You are defending vaporware.
" The "PC gaming gods" that complain about this shit and want to "boycott" it are holding Windows as a whole back a decade."
Fuck you. Bill Gates PERSONALLY held back computing at least 2 decades and we are still paying for it and will continue to do so for a while.. you can shove this tripe up your ass.
If Microsoft has their way, it will be ALL OF US. This is why Steam OS exists, to try and help stave off this future where Microsoft controls the PC gaming market. You saw what plans they had at the Xbox One launch shitshow, they havent abandoned them, just delayed.
Valve is pulling away because they saw this coming a long time ago. THIS IS WHY STEAM OS EXISTS, Universal App games will be the end of PC gaming as we know it.
Try an Intel NUC. I use the latest 14nm version with OpenElec/XBMC installed as my everyday HTPC. I even used a 2 GB stick of ram to keep costs low. I boot mine off the SD card slot, because i dont have a lot of card access beside boot up. You have sata and m.2 inside if you want it.
This particular NUC
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-NU...
is the dividing line between x86-64 and ARM at the low power end. Compared to the Pi, its expensive, but its robust feature set makes up for it. I use and recommend both NUCs and Pis. The NUC5 series even has GPIO.
http://www.intel.com/content/w...
If you are going the ESP8266 route, go to Adafruit, they have it mounted on some interesting breakout boards that make life easy.
Blu-Rays are a bloated format, especially with H.265 on the scene now.
And NONE of them have the community RPi does. Technical superiority is never a guarantee of success. The Rpis bigest fault is the internal busses are pretty weak, other than that its a solid SoC for the money. Nothing can touch the Pi Zero in performance per dollar, its fantastic. I have one with a 128 GB micro SD card capturing himawari-8 data every 10 minutes and displaying it on my living room TV.
Legal for the downloader, not legal for the uploader. Sony v Universal and subsequent rulings say a 'backup is a backup is a backup', it doesnt matter where it comes from. This has been tested quite thoroughly. MP3.com 'made available' copyrighted works without permission of the copyright holder, which is the legal tripwire. Downloading is not 'making available'.
My company has that stuff, i always find a way out of it.
'Sorry gotta go, the server is down.".
"I'm sorry, i cant make that training date, we have scheduled mainframe maintenance that day"
"NO, im not doing that, i have actual real work to do."
I dont. I really dont care about the menus and such. You can get the extras and put them in the same folder as the main movie. If you label them properly most media software will include it in the library alongside the movie. To me, the main feature is the most important part, followed by subtitles, cover art, and then extras, trailers etc.
I just want to point out that DOWNLOADING the file is absolutely legal under Sony V Universal since you own a legal copy. Its the UPLOADING that gets you in trouble. If you DL directly from an HTTP/FTP site, no problem 100% legal., but if you use a torrent, that can be a problem unless you zero out your upload completely.
I went the same route as you giving up on optical, i wanted pristine disc rips, but its simply too much hassle when the scene people have it down cold.
While you are right, you miss the fact that this is an ENCRYPTION law problem, not a fair use/backup problem. Sony v. Universal is very clear that a backup is a backup is a backup, but it is trumped by the DMCA. You can copy unencrypted DVDs (they exist) for personal backups to your hearts content.
.isos are overkill. Just get the movie data any way you can and store it on a network share. A hell of a lot easier than dealing with optical burning. If you arent burning to optical, then you dont need isos.
I'll just add Wired to my router's block list. I love it, these sites make it so easy for me to say, 'well im never going there again'.
Some ideas are timeless...... The government is demanding a society where its impossible to store anything private in a fixed form. Do you really want a world where the only privacy you have is in your own head? Do you think society has a right to read my diary? Do you think i have the right to try and stop you from reading it through technological measures?
I cant speak for all states, but in mine, refunds are not required EXCEPT in cases where items are sold that are unfit for purpose. We have roughly the same protections, just different ways of going about it. Also, those guaranteed 2 year warranties in europe end up baked into the final price one way or another. You are paying for that extra year no matter what. Dont get me wrong the EU has some good consumer protections, but its not all that different than the US.
Most people with a cause on their sleeve are myopic fools.
As someone who carried a WinMO phone for almost half a decade, I say you are full of it. Amazon makes slim batteries that when attached, simply feel like you have a backpack battery. I use it ALL the time. I carried backup batteries for over 1200 days straight, now i just leave a few usb backup batteries in key locations.
I have a version of this http://ecx.images-amazon.com/i... for my Moto G, custom made by Motorola and the two work together perfectly. I can still use the phone no problem without it being a hassle or wires everywhere. You simply hold it in your hand normally, its jsut slightly thicker. My option also also omits the shutdown/startup cycle completely.
You have no idea the options that are available now, open your eyes. There are reasons for wanting a removable battery, you havent put forward any.
Buy a damn portable usb backup battery for $10 on Amazon (made by Amazon) and lay down that torch you are carrying. Hell Motorola makes a backup battery specifically for my phone (moto G). Removable battery is a nice thing to have, dont get me wrong, but its not that big of a problem either. I say this as someone who carried a XV6700 Winphone for 4 years with a backup battery the entire time. Its just not that important anymore when so many options are available now.
To piggyback on this, buy a USB voltmeter/ammeter. They are stupid cheap and will tell you exactly what is going on with your wires. I use this because i needed a way to find a right angle USB connector that wouldnt drop below 4.75 volts (still looking btw) when running a Raspberry Pi + touchscreen. http://www.amazon.com/DROK-Mul...
"Correct. And they shouldn't give a fuck how she makes that happen because her bad financial decisions are not the employer's problem."
I remember a time when businesses were considered SYMBIOTIC relationships between capital and labor. You are just an amoral person who doesn't understand this concept at all. Im not saying you are wrong, im saying you are an asshole, and the world would be better off if there were less people like you.