Wow.../. must be reading my mind.
This afternoon I disassembled, resurrected, and reassembled my Palm IIIc with no problems at all, after it sat in a drawer for three years.
Excellent design that the product can be opened and closed, including battery replacement, with no problem at all and using standard screws. Glad to have my IIIc back, and must admit that I should have never dropped in 2meters onto concrete.
offers to re-run most programs in Compatibility Mode if they didn't work... 5 clicks of the mouse to set compatibility mode to XP
Five clicks to set compatibility mode is five too many. If the program needs to run in compatibility, Vista should be able to make the determination and run any necessary compatibility by itself, without bothering me and without causing me the delay of the five clicks.
If you need to set a compatibility mode by hand, a Meta-key(+letter)+Click would be an acceptable solution to automatically select XP xompatibility mode.
While it does seem unlikely that the bookstore is protecting its IP, considering that the publisher (if anyone) owns an ISBN, this practice is not beneficial in a market economy.
Basically, there are three outcomes in this method of comparison shopping:
1. Student writes down price and determines that it is the best price. Buys the book from the store.
2. Student writes down price, finds a lower price. Does not buy the book from the store.
3. Student asked to leave store. Buys book at other location.
In the 3rd case, the person will just buy the book elsewhere. In the first cases, the local bookstore has the possibility that the person will buy from them, but by asking them to leave the store, it is impossible that the store would have any chance of making any profit. So, by preventing people from comparison shopping, they are effectively reducing their sales
Gateway and Compaq have a tendency to suffer from poor quality, but I can only be expected from such bargain products.
I must admit that I have used several Gateway desktops and notebooks (including the MA6 Centrino Duo 15" notebook I am using now), but only because they are provided by the state university system, which is bound by law to purchase the computer with the lowest feasible price.
People who want a computer that doesn't need to be replaced every year are advised to seek a different manufacturer. My 7-month old MA6 already suffers from severe case discoloration and a degrading keyboard.
The line between mobile telephones and 'video recording devices' is blurring.
Is my mobile designed with the intention of recording video in a theater? Not really. Can it? Sure, and with decent quality too. However, I find it likely that movie theaters would have a difficult, if not impossible time attempting to remove all mobile devices from the theater.
The only place where I do not carry my mobile is in the county courthouse, as it is explicitly prohibited and every person is subject to search my metal detector, visual, and property search.
Well, it is a bit of a big deal...
It is the long-anticipated conclusion to an internationally-acclaimed series. While I believe that this will not affect sales, considering that not many people will bother with reading the images before Saturday and most followers would buy a book anyway.
The difference, however, between these images and previous PDFs is that this is quite obviously directly from the book, and therefore accurate, and not simple text PDF of unknown origin. BTW: most (if not all) of the previous PDF were well-crafted fan versions, but fake. Just a note...
Granted, there may be 'accidental' property loss or damage, and yes, the police might arrest you.
Considering that 'arresting' does not even mean anything other than being detained for any period of time, you may very likely be arrested. Arrested does not in any way mean charged or convicted of anything.
If you are arrested, there is nothing you can be successfully convicted of, and it just opens the police department to liability.
IANAL- but I am a photographer and a law student.
While your concept could be implemented to move pictures to a server while you continue to shoot an ongoing event, your exact scenario is quite unlikely (at least in the US)
Considering that it is legal in the US to photograph virtually any police activity, as well as the lack of expectation of privacy on a public street, you have two options:
Blatantly refuse to surrender your property. If the police officer would arrest you in any way, he has no standing because no criminal or civil offense has been committed.
Surrender your property, while calmly stating that you do not wish to surrender the property, but will do so involuntarily at the behest of the police officer. Immediately contact a police official to file appropriate actions, which may include the return of your property including images, disciplinary action, and court action against the officer, department, and/or other suitable entity.
Also, the wireless connectivity could be a lifesaver when you must continue shooting and ongoing event immediately, but have lost the USB cable or other adapter.
AFAIK: Any ICANN-registered domain registrar can sell under the general.com.org.net TLDs.
The use of government-based TLDs is highly restricted and some registrars might not be able to sell TLDs for specific countries.
I disagree, as it is quite important to have an indicator to know whether your network is running at the best possible speeds. I, however, would prefer a 100Mbps/Gigabit light instead of a 10Mbps/100Mbps light.
And if I have one red 'not working' light, how exactly would that work? It would be impossible to know which part of the device was malfunctioning, in contrast to individual diagnostic lights. Also, how would the device define or report a malfunction (As in, what is worthy to be reported)? I have a feeling the cost to implement this would exceed the cost of the existing LED lights.
First off, I am a student tech at a local school. Agreed, the use of a proxy is not creative, but circumventing the rules is justified when it is for legitimate education. Myspace, YouTube, pornography, whatever are not school appropriate, and thus my school runs all network traffic through an internal proxy. Problem is, the filters are far too sensitive, often restricting access to legitimate information sources or gateways such as Google, the online version of the biology textbook, Wikipedia, Fox News, CNN, and other sites quite useful for the spread of educational information.
Popular ways to access this valid content include using an alternative browser installed on a USB drive, or disabling the use of the proxy in the standard browser.
Should students be punished for circumventing unusual regulations in order to access educational data?
True, just wait for the talking cameras and lip-reading cameras to pair up...
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."
Talk about surrealism... but why do you care if your are doing nothing illegal?
I doubt that the amount of damage caused by such an incident would cause much damage.
First, there is a much lower chance of corrupted data when the drive heads are parked, as they would be as you hand the bare drive to someone.
Second, it would take several heard crashes to cause data loss, as there would have to be significant damage to the platters.
Third, professional date recovery companies can recover much of data from non-working drive, up until the point where a large majority of the physical platters are destroyed.
Hard drives are resilient units... my experience:
1. Running notebook dropped 1.5m onto concrete. Result = no data loss
2. 80gb SATA drive carried for two weeks in an external pocket of a messenger bag. Result = MD5 hash same as previous hash
3. Hard drive recovered from structure fire. Result = successful professional data recovery.
4. Running notebook with remote ignition trigger for Thermite. Result = 2204 degreeC fire, platters physically destroyed, no data recovered. (See it at The Broken
Fact: There is not a great deal of skill involved in hacking an Apple TV to run OS X
Fact: The Apple TV contains a 1GHz Pentium M processor, which does not support SSE3
Speculation: OS X 10.5 may require SSE3 instructions, requiring SSE3 emulation on the Apple TV.
Any thoughts on this (esp. developers)?
I fail to see how modifying hardware you own is hacking though.
Way to go! Thank you for applying the stereotype that hacking is always the malicious modification of someone else's hardware or software.
There is also a legitimate reason for hacking on your own system, which is used to add functionality to an existing product for experimentation or functional use.
These statistics seem about right....
After 2.5 years, a Windows box has reached the end of its life as a workstation. In my house, it then becomes a cheap NAS server.
However, the Macs at the TV studio where I work stay functional for 5 years, on average.
Our production editing systems include 4 dual-core PowerMacs G5, 1 dual-core PowerMac G4, 1 Mac Pro quad@2.66, 1 Performa ~5400, and soon, 1 Mac Pro dual-quad@3.00.
We expect this life from our high-end hardware.
By contrast, our server running NewTek VT[4] is three years old and has reached the end of its useful life.
Yes, Windows will autorun a USB device.
Solution #0: run Linux or Mac OS X
Solution #1: override Windows autorun by holding Shift as the device is inserted.
(Hold it until the device is shown in My Computer)
Apologies, but this is covered in the discussion already.
The problem is that users entered a contract for an "unlimited" service, which has a limit which is not advertised.
While there is a capitalist economy, users are probably in a contract for a certain time period, up to two years, for this restrictive service.
It is not a matter of YOU liking that music... ...the point is having your customers like that music.
I can only assume that several of the people posting in this topic do DJ work, where having every audio file a customer could possibly want is a huge plus. My friend, an amateur DJ, and I worked an 80-person party this weekend, and it was still pretty decent working out of a 50GB library. It goes a long way to keeping the music interesting and the guests satisfied. ...I wish I had 750GB of music... (only 12GB now)
If I may attempt the equation....
c = 0.999... (to infinite precision)
10c = 9.999...
Subtract 1c
9c = 9.000
c = 1.000
Not sure if it proves that 4.999 = 5, but a better representation of the first equation.
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Wow... /. must be reading my mind.
This afternoon I disassembled, resurrected, and reassembled my Palm IIIc with no problems at all, after it sat in a drawer for three years.
Excellent design that the product can be opened and closed, including battery replacement, with no problem at all and using standard screws. Glad to have my IIIc back, and must admit that I should have never dropped in 2meters onto concrete.
Five clicks to set compatibility mode is five too many. If the program needs to run in compatibility, Vista should be able to make the determination and run any necessary compatibility by itself, without bothering me and without causing me the delay of the five clicks.
If you need to set a compatibility mode by hand, a Meta-key(+letter)+Click would be an acceptable solution to automatically select XP xompatibility mode.
Five. Sorry to be so late...
While it does seem unlikely that the bookstore is protecting its IP, considering that the publisher (if anyone) owns an ISBN, this practice is not beneficial in a market economy.
Basically, there are three outcomes in this method of comparison shopping:
1. Student writes down price and determines that it is the best price. Buys the book from the store.
2. Student writes down price, finds a lower price. Does not buy the book from the store.
3. Student asked to leave store. Buys book at other location.
In the 3rd case, the person will just buy the book elsewhere. In the first cases, the local bookstore has the possibility that the person will buy from them, but by asking them to leave the store, it is impossible that the store would have any chance of making any profit. So, by preventing people from comparison shopping, they are effectively reducing their sales
Apologies- Slip of the mouse. Didn't quite mean to mod this redundant.
Gateway and Compaq have a tendency to suffer from poor quality, but I can only be expected from such bargain products.
I must admit that I have used several Gateway desktops and notebooks (including the MA6 Centrino Duo 15" notebook I am using now), but only because they are provided by the state university system, which is bound by law to purchase the computer with the lowest feasible price.
People who want a computer that doesn't need to be replaced every year are advised to seek a different manufacturer. My 7-month old MA6 already suffers from severe case discoloration and a degrading keyboard.
The line between mobile telephones and 'video recording devices' is blurring.
Is my mobile designed with the intention of recording video in a theater? Not really. Can it? Sure, and with decent quality too. However, I find it likely that movie theaters would have a difficult, if not impossible time attempting to remove all mobile devices from the theater.
The only place where I do not carry my mobile is in the county courthouse, as it is explicitly prohibited and every person is subject to search my metal detector, visual, and property search.
Well, it is a bit of a big deal...
It is the long-anticipated conclusion to an internationally-acclaimed series. While I believe that this will not affect sales, considering that not many people will bother with reading the images before Saturday and most followers would buy a book anyway.
The difference, however, between these images and previous PDFs is that this is quite obviously directly from the book, and therefore accurate, and not simple text PDF of unknown origin. BTW: most (if not all) of the previous PDF were well-crafted fan versions, but fake. Just a note...
Granted, there may be 'accidental' property loss or damage, and yes, the police might arrest you.
Considering that 'arresting' does not even mean anything other than being detained for any period of time, you may very likely be arrested. Arrested does not in any way mean charged or convicted of anything.
If you are arrested, there is nothing you can be successfully convicted of, and it just opens the police department to liability.
IANAL- but I am a photographer and a law student. While your concept could be implemented to move pictures to a server while you continue to shoot an ongoing event, your exact scenario is quite unlikely (at least in the US)
Considering that it is legal in the US to photograph virtually any police activity, as well as the lack of expectation of privacy on a public street, you have two options:
Blatantly refuse to surrender your property. If the police officer would arrest you in any way, he has no standing because no criminal or civil offense has been committed.
Surrender your property, while calmly stating that you do not wish to surrender the property, but will do so involuntarily at the behest of the police officer. Immediately contact a police official to file appropriate actions, which may include the return of your property including images, disciplinary action, and court action against the officer, department, and/or other suitable entity.
Also, the wireless connectivity could be a lifesaver when you must continue shooting and ongoing event immediately, but have lost the USB cable or other adapter.
AFAIK: Any ICANN-registered domain registrar can sell under the general .com .org .net TLDs.
The use of government-based TLDs is highly restricted and some registrars might not be able to sell TLDs for specific countries.
I disagree, as it is quite important to have an indicator to know whether your network is running at the best possible speeds. I, however, would prefer a 100Mbps/Gigabit light instead of a 10Mbps/100Mbps light.
And if I have one red 'not working' light, how exactly would that work? It would be impossible to know which part of the device was malfunctioning, in contrast to individual diagnostic lights. Also, how would the device define or report a malfunction (As in, what is worthy to be reported)? I have a feeling the cost to implement this would exceed the cost of the existing LED lights.
First off, I am a student tech at a local school. Agreed, the use of a proxy is not creative, but circumventing the rules is justified when it is for legitimate education. Myspace, YouTube, pornography, whatever are not school appropriate, and thus my school runs all network traffic through an internal proxy.
Problem is, the filters are far too sensitive, often restricting access to legitimate information sources or gateways such as Google, the online version of the biology textbook, Wikipedia, Fox News, CNN, and other sites quite useful for the spread of educational information.
Popular ways to access this valid content include using an alternative browser installed on a USB drive, or disabling the use of the proxy in the standard browser.
Should students be punished for circumventing unusual regulations in order to access educational data?
True, just wait for the talking cameras and lip-reading cameras to pair up...
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."
Talk about surrealism... but why do you care if your are doing nothing illegal?
I doubt that the amount of damage caused by such an incident would cause much damage.
First, there is a much lower chance of corrupted data when the drive heads are parked, as they would be as you hand the bare drive to someone.
Second, it would take several heard crashes to cause data loss, as there would have to be significant damage to the platters.
Third, professional date recovery companies can recover much of data from non-working drive, up until the point where a large majority of the physical platters are destroyed.
Hard drives are resilient units... my experience:
1. Running notebook dropped 1.5m onto concrete. Result = no data loss
2. 80gb SATA drive carried for two weeks in an external pocket of a messenger bag. Result = MD5 hash same as previous hash
3. Hard drive recovered from structure fire. Result = successful professional data recovery.
4. Running notebook with remote ignition trigger for Thermite. Result = 2204 degreeC fire, platters physically destroyed, no data recovered. (See it at The Broken
Oklahoma's tie has a governor?
yeah, yeah, I know...
Fact: There is not a great deal of skill involved in hacking an Apple TV to run OS X
Fact: The Apple TV contains a 1GHz Pentium M processor, which does not support SSE3
Speculation: OS X 10.5 may require SSE3 instructions, requiring SSE3 emulation on the Apple TV.
Any thoughts on this (esp. developers)?
Interesting concept... to control information for the protection of the people.
1984 anyone?
I fail to see how modifying hardware you own is hacking though.
Way to go! Thank you for applying the stereotype that hacking is always the malicious modification of someone else's hardware or software.
There is also a legitimate reason for hacking on your own system, which is used to add functionality to an existing product for experimentation or functional use.
These statistics seem about right....
After 2.5 years, a Windows box has reached the end of its life as a workstation. In my house, it then becomes a cheap NAS server.
However, the Macs at the TV studio where I work stay functional for 5 years, on average.
Our production editing systems include 4 dual-core PowerMacs G5, 1 dual-core PowerMac G4, 1 Mac Pro quad@2.66, 1 Performa ~5400, and soon, 1 Mac Pro dual-quad@3.00.
We expect this life from our high-end hardware.
By contrast, our server running NewTek VT[4] is three years old and has reached the end of its useful life.
In the US: I have not received my Solaris 10 DVD either. At last check (month ago) they claimed they had to get their supplier to make more DVDs.
Yes, Windows will autorun a USB device.
Solution #0: run Linux or Mac OS X
Solution #1: override Windows autorun by holding Shift as the device is inserted.
(Hold it until the device is shown in My Computer)
Apologies, but this is covered in the discussion already.
The problem is that users entered a contract for an "unlimited" service, which has a limit which is not advertised.
While there is a capitalist economy, users are probably in a contract for a certain time period, up to two years, for this restrictive service.
It is not a matter of YOU liking that music...
...the point is having your customers like that music.
...I wish I had 750GB of music... (only 12GB now)
I can only assume that several of the people posting in this topic do DJ work, where having every audio file a customer could possibly want is a huge plus. My friend, an amateur DJ, and I worked an 80-person party this weekend, and it was still pretty decent working out of a 50GB library. It goes a long way to keeping the music interesting and the guests satisfied.
If I may attempt the equation.... c = 0.999... (to infinite precision) 10c = 9.999... Subtract 1c 9c = 9.000 c = 1.000 Not sure if it proves that 4.999 = 5, but a better representation of the first equation.