Where would one buy this "untaxed gas"? I don't see a Red Dye pump at my local gas station.
Try your local farmer's co-op, or a marina. Not sure about the marina. Some farms will have their own tanks and pumps, so they just get the tanker to pop by every now and then. Put in a call to your local refinery or distribution centre if you want to set things up that way.
Such a device would be a very cool homebrew project, though. Just intercept the DTMF for "1" and a user-configurable series of digits (you could program the device either with a keypad on the device, or you could program the device with DTMF tones).
They don't sell those at Radio Shack any more?
Hmmm, looks like they're end-of-life, "Long Distance Toll Call Restrictor". The web description is fairly vague, it might not be very programmable. But if it's any good at all (keep in mind, Radio Shack...), blocking international calls would be separate from North American ones.
People may have a legit reason to want a data connect with the given countries,
Have modern systems lost the ability to place a call manually, and then have the computer seize the line once the connection is established?
If you needed to place a data call, dial it by hand, confirm with the operator, and then have your modem go on-line and begin negotiation. Would work fine for fax too.
Though it would suck if you needed to redial regularly....
What ads are you talking about? I've had to fall back on the Official (and totally crap) Yahoo! client for Mac OS X, and I've never seen any ads in it.
I don't use a 3rd-party client to avoid ads, I use it because Yahoo!s code is terrible. It's ugly, the sounds are badly distorted and played at maximum volume, and it's ugly, and the user interface is clunky... like someone just ported the exact UI from a totally different environment. And on top of that, it's ugly.
One thing to keep in mind, where instant-on is important, is how long the light is going to be ON.
I did want to put CFLs in the bathroom fixture, but had the same problem you did; on the other hand, those lights aren't on for hours at a time in any case--so I stuck with the 8x25w G40s. (And finding 25w incandescent lamps isn't easy anymore.)
So I concentrated on the fixtures that I want to have on for long periods of time--living room, kitchen, dining room. The basement already had 4' tubes, so nothing to fix there.
I recently replaced a failing 300w halogen uplight with a tri-lite CFL (15/20/25w). Part of the reason the old light needed to be 300w was because it bounces everything off the ceiling--so the new fixture has a frosted-glass bowl that lets plenty of light through, while still hiding the twisty-tube.
And I can leave more lights on for lower power use (and therefore waste heat for the A/C), so its working out fine. Incandescent for short-term use lamps, CFLs for long-term, and eliminate some of the dimmers. (*sigh*)
But keep in mind, Apple sells no machine without an operating system. So all versions of Mac OS are really "upgrade" versions. All the $130 retail versions will work with a completely blank machine, which you only get by formatting, partitioning or replacing the drive--you don't get one from Apple like that.
The last parking meter I parked at was 25 cents for 10 minutes. That's just nuts. This will just enable them to have meters that take credit cards forcing even higher rates.
You don't already have meters which take credit cards? Toronto's had those for a few years now--but we have to put the paper ticket on the dash. It seems silly putting $2 or $3 on your credit card, but it sure beats putting a $20 or $40 ticket on that same card because you didn't have any change handy.
The real downside is that you can no longer use the 10-20 minutes left by the previous driver.
If they're using NIS (it's only slightly harder with the shadow map in NIS+), they've got no shadow security. And since Solaris is a part of their environment, they're almost certainly using NIS or some similar protocol that hands out the hashes to the client. (I'm pretty sure LDAP would have the same issue--if the client verifies the password, the client must get the hash.)
Well, I know a number of PS2 games support USB mice/trackballs; hook up a plain old Logitech Trackman and it works right away.
Haven't played any that support keyboards for game controls; but a number let you use the keyboard for data entry, so it's just a matter of the vendor realizing that keyboard support is the right thing to do. (And not everything that works with a keyboard mentioned it on the box.)
There are dual-sided DVD-Rs out there; they're 4x the price of the equivelent single-sided discs from the same manufacturer. I've been thinking of getting them for backing up two-disc or flipper movies for carrying around with the laptop.
I've only seen them at real computer stores, not the big box retailers.
Except, according to Sony's press release, Sony is using DVD+R DL for the dual-layer, and the drive is +/- for the single-layer formats.
To my knowledge, there is no dual-layer standard from the -R group. In fact, a lot of the claims of +R compatibility issues seem to be just FUD from the -R people, though my current drive is -R only (the +/- drives were much more expensive back then), the next will be +/- with dual-layer support.
It's the CSS decryption software in DVDXCopy that was declared illegal in the US.
So, if you were to find a way to... you know... somehow get a CSS-free.iso from the disc... maybe mount it with Daemon Tools... DVDXCopy would be happy to transcode it or trim down your movie for you.
Of course, with dual-layer drives, all you'll really need is a CSS decrypter and DVD-format burner. No need to do any of the tricks DVDXCopy uses to reduce the disc size. Just like backing up a DVD5 with current hardware and software. (mkisofs -dvd-video and some sort of CSS decrypter.)
Ummm, we're not talking about consumer burners here. You can't make a bit-for-bit copy with a consumer burner anway, as they have the CSS key region pre-burned to all-zeros.
Not trying to imply that I like Windows Media, or enjoy using DRMed WMA streams or anything, but Windows Media does work on Macintosh.
In particular:
Support for Digital Rights Management Plays secure content protected with Microsoft Windows Media Rights Manager version 1.3.
Interestingly, there is no indication on the Windows Windows Media Player 9 pages as to which version of the Windows Media Rights Manager they are using.
If you're serving.iso files to Certain Versions of Windows, make sure you keep the files below about 1.5 GB in size, or it will not work. Then you get to deal with the joy of all the undocumented multi-file image formats that daemon tools supports -- making it very difficult to craft your own. (You'd be fine if you were ripping on Windows and just using Samba for storage, but if you've got an 8 gig.iso on Linux and you want to mount it on Windows 98... well, it's going to hurt.)
Alternately, get Windows NT 5.0 oops I mean 2000 or later and don't worry about it.
That being said, once you've dealt with the large file issue (either by using a version of Windows which handles large files on SMB, or by setting up the right magic file for daemon tools), mounting a virtual drive from Samba works nicely.
Are you really sure it only needs to be done once?
My experience with WindowsUpdate is that some of my paranoid settings are reset after each patch. So if you patch, you may get to do it more than once. And you'll never know when....
For example, it has been legal in Canada since 1998 to make a single copy of a recording for personal use
The article is misleading. It is legal to make all the copies you want for personal use. Your friends can copy your disks too; as long as you receive nothing in return (no trade, no dinner, no money).
(sometimes unfortunately, as I think byte should be byte for example, not the horrid octeto).
You need to read some Internet RFCs if that bothers you; they're always talking about "octets" instead of "bytes". For a good reason, back when the ARPANet got started, "byte" did not always mean "8 bits". And check the Jargon file for "nybble, "chawmp", "gawble".
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Try your local farmer's co-op, or a marina. Not sure about the marina. Some farms will have their own tanks and pumps, so they just get the tanker to pop by every now and then. Put in a call to your local refinery or distribution centre if you want to set things up that way.
They don't sell those at Radio Shack any more? Hmmm, looks like they're end-of-life, "Long Distance Toll Call Restrictor". The web description is fairly vague, it might not be very programmable. But if it's any good at all (keep in mind, Radio Shack...), blocking international calls would be separate from North American ones.
Have modern systems lost the ability to place a call manually, and then have the computer seize the line once the connection is established?
If you needed to place a data call, dial it by hand, confirm with the operator, and then have your modem go on-line and begin negotiation. Would work fine for fax too.
Though it would suck if you needed to redial regularly....
I don't know about movies, but it's certainly used in GTA3 and Vice City. Not just RC cars, but RC helicopters too. Whee! Kaboom!
On that logic, we'd better regulate baseball bats, cars (oh, I guess we do already), fists, and so on.
What ads are you talking about? I've had to fall back on the Official (and totally crap) Yahoo! client for Mac OS X, and I've never seen any ads in it.
I don't use a 3rd-party client to avoid ads, I use it because Yahoo!s code is terrible. It's ugly, the sounds are badly distorted and played at maximum volume, and it's ugly, and the user interface is clunky... like someone just ported the exact UI from a totally different environment. And on top of that, it's ugly.
One thing to keep in mind, where instant-on is important, is how long the light is going to be ON.
I did want to put CFLs in the bathroom fixture, but had the same problem you did; on the other hand, those lights aren't on for hours at a time in any case--so I stuck with the 8x25w G40s. (And finding 25w incandescent lamps isn't easy anymore.)
So I concentrated on the fixtures that I want to have on for long periods of time--living room, kitchen, dining room. The basement already had 4' tubes, so nothing to fix there.
I recently replaced a failing 300w halogen uplight with a tri-lite CFL (15/20/25w). Part of the reason the old light needed to be 300w was because it bounces everything off the ceiling--so the new fixture has a frosted-glass bowl that lets plenty of light through, while still hiding the twisty-tube.
And I can leave more lights on for lower power use (and therefore waste heat for the A/C), so its working out fine. Incandescent for short-term use lamps, CFLs for long-term, and eliminate some of the dimmers. (*sigh*)
Except "launch Terminal" is shorthand for "Open Applications folder, then Utilities folder, then Terminal."
It's about the same amount of work to get it from the Network control panel if the user doesn't have Terminal handy.
I don't mind so much, but my co-workers were wandering around trying to find the "strange noise".
A quick hdparm -E8 /dev/cdrom quieted it way down.
Just have to remember to speed it back up when I'm not listening to MP3s....
That's not the disk you pay $130 for.
But keep in mind, Apple sells no machine without an operating system. So all versions of Mac OS are really "upgrade" versions. All the $130 retail versions will work with a completely blank machine, which you only get by formatting, partitioning or replacing the drive--you don't get one from Apple like that.
You don't already have meters which take credit cards? Toronto's had those for a few years now--but we have to put the paper ticket on the dash. It seems silly putting $2 or $3 on your credit card, but it sure beats putting a $20 or $40 ticket on that same card because you didn't have any change handy.
The real downside is that you can no longer use the 10-20 minutes left by the previous driver.
% ypcat passwd
Oooh, looky looky, password hashes!
If they're using NIS (it's only slightly harder with the shadow map in NIS+), they've got no shadow security. And since Solaris is a part of their environment, they're almost certainly using NIS or some similar protocol that hands out the hashes to the client. (I'm pretty sure LDAP would have the same issue--if the client verifies the password, the client must get the hash.)
Well, I know a number of PS2 games support USB mice/trackballs; hook up a plain old Logitech Trackman and it works right away.
Haven't played any that support keyboards for game controls; but a number let you use the keyboard for data entry, so it's just a matter of the vendor realizing that keyboard support is the right thing to do. (And not everything that works with a keyboard mentioned it on the box.)
There are dual-sided DVD-Rs out there; they're 4x the price of the equivelent single-sided discs from the same manufacturer. I've been thinking of getting them for backing up two-disc or flipper movies for carrying around with the laptop.
I've only seen them at real computer stores, not the big box retailers.
Except, according to Sony's press release, Sony is using DVD+R DL for the dual-layer, and the drive is +/- for the single-layer formats.
To my knowledge, there is no dual-layer standard from the -R group. In fact, a lot of the claims of +R compatibility issues seem to be just FUD from the -R people, though my current drive is -R only (the +/- drives were much more expensive back then), the next will be +/- with dual-layer support.
Just have to choose, Sony or Phillips....
It's the CSS decryption software in DVDXCopy that was declared illegal in the US.
.iso from the disc... maybe mount it with Daemon Tools... DVDXCopy would be happy to transcode it or trim down your movie for you.
So, if you were to find a way to... you know... somehow get a CSS-free
Of course, with dual-layer drives, all you'll really need is a CSS decrypter and DVD-format burner. No need to do any of the tricks DVDXCopy uses to reduce the disc size. Just like backing up a DVD5 with current hardware and software. (mkisofs -dvd-video and some sort of CSS decrypter.)
Same way you access any Exchange server from a non-Outlook client: use IMAP; in Pine, set your inbox to "{servername}INBOX".
It's entirely possible that IMAP isn't turned on by default.
Ummm, we're not talking about consumer burners here. You can't make a bit-for-bit copy with a consumer burner anway, as they have the CSS key region pre-burned to all-zeros.
The levy is paid by the manufacturer or importer.
So if the retailer imports the media, then the retailer gets to pay. Otherwise, the wholesale importer gets to do it.
Well, obviously the replacement will be WebDAV, over HTTP. That's much better than SMB.
In particular:
Interestingly, there is no indication on the Windows Windows Media Player 9 pages as to which version of the Windows Media Rights Manager they are using.
If you're serving .iso files to Certain Versions of Windows, make sure you keep the files below about 1.5 GB in size, or it will not work. Then you get to deal with the joy of all the undocumented multi-file image formats that daemon tools supports -- making it very difficult to craft your own. (You'd be fine if you were ripping on Windows and just using Samba for storage, but if you've got an 8 gig .iso on Linux and you want to mount it on Windows 98... well, it's going to hurt.)
Alternately, get Windows NT 5.0 oops I mean 2000 or later and don't worry about it.
That being said, once you've dealt with the large file issue (either by using a version of Windows which handles large files on SMB, or by setting up the right magic file for daemon tools), mounting a virtual drive from Samba works nicely.
Are you really sure it only needs to be done once?
My experience with WindowsUpdate is that some of my paranoid settings are reset after each patch. So if you patch, you may get to do it more than once. And you'll never know when....
The article is misleading. It is legal to make all the copies you want for personal use. Your friends can copy your disks too; as long as you receive nothing in return (no trade, no dinner, no money).
The law does not say "only one copy".
You need to read some Internet RFCs if that bothers you; they're always talking about "octets" instead of "bytes". For a good reason, back when the ARPANet got started, "byte" did not always mean "8 bits". And check the Jargon file for "nybble, "chawmp", "gawble".