Well, they could have HD content on a DVD+R for the demo to say "this is what HD looks like" but I doubt it. Not in DVD video format, in MP2 or whatever BluRay uses. I have a concert[0] DVD with 2 HD videos on it for use off a computer.
[0] Motorhead's Stage Fright. It will rock your world.
The Sony rep believes I should have come straight to him when I saw the DVD+R. Had I thought this was a momentous discovery, I would have. But the fact that I found no Blu-ray disc was, to me, humorous and not some indication of bait and switch.
The fact is, Mr. Ulanoff, you thought you had a scoop and ran off to stick it in your blog. You did seem to think this was a "momentous discovery", at least that's what your actions suggest.
I like this sort of tactic. I ran the MakeLoveNotSpam client at home when that project was up, I run OpenBSD's spamd which ties up spammer resources for hours in some cases, and I liked BlueSecurity's idea. If everyone actively fought against the spammers rather than being docile asswipes hiding behind their ISP's spam filters then the net would probably be a nicer place.
but anyone who's still getting spam in their inbox should install some nice filtering software.
That's not the point. If you run your own mail server or rely on filtering at your client end the spam uses up your bandwidth, your storage, your CPU resources to filter it, etc. Spammers like to use zombie machines around the net. Their operations cost them very little as they steal the capability from everyone else.
I'm a recent new Blue member. Spam to my work, gmail and home accounts has plummetted thanks to Blue Frog. And to whiners who moan about "vigilantism", blow me. Fight fire with fire.
I discovered a good play on that campaign slogan way back when I bought Venom's now classic Black Metal LP in 1982-83. In a corner on the back it says "Home Taping is Killing Music - So Are Venom"
It sounds like Lance Ulanoff from PC Magazine is jumping the gun.
According to
notebookreview.com:
The premium model comes bundled with one of the first
Blu-ray Disc (BD) movies, House of Flying Daggers, which Sony showed
side-by-side tonight, along with the DVD version. Contrary to what
some have said, the difference in quality is instantly noticeable
It sounds like Ulanoff was in too much of a rush for a scoop and didn't
realize this when he ejected what was very likely the comparison DVD.
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good Sony bashing,
though.
1) where is American flight 77?
Aliens stopped time, loaded the entire plane into a super-mothership, left Earth orbit and restarted time. Then they blew up the Pentagon.
2) where are all the people that were on board flight 77?
In the aliens' space ship, stupid!
3) why are the family members of all the people on board flight 77 not concerned that a plane is missing. The explosives used to blow up the Pentagon were loaded with material in quantities similar to what the plane was made from. You all think it was in pieces in and around the Pentagon.
That happens with some spyware/nagware. I've had users bring in their home machines wanting them cleaned because they clicked "OK" (or whatever) to a popup telling them they have spyware and they should click here to remove it...
Hmmm... would the various anti-virus companies do something like this to advertise the need for their products on people who lose gigs and gigs of files to a trojan?
I was thinking the same thing, however, the bug actively kills a lot of AV processes. Advertising "Our Version X was killed by that bug, but Version Y is unbreakable!" doesn't instill confidence in the user.
The government won't say boo about China. ~20% of the world's people live under a repressive regime and the leader dines with Bill Gates (a few weeks ago). Government doesn't give a rats ass so long as there's profit to be made. Just as good Ferengi should.
It's a concern because Yahoo is a US run corporation helping a communist government crack down and imprison people for things that are not crimes in a truly free nation.
Of course China is worth billions to the US so not much is said about it. If it were, say, Cuba, then politicians would be beating their chests and wanting to invade as Cuba has little financial impact on the US economy. China does.
I started to wonder how widespread this flaw was so I downloaded TightVNC, and UltraVNC. They are immune. Both of them reject my connection right away.
and that the time may come again when action is necessary.
With the bread & circuses being happily consumed by the masses, the most action the majority will take is signing their name to a useless online petition.
The only times I can recall game AI really impressing me was when I played Thief, Thief 2, System Shock 2 and Far Cry. Not all the games' AI have high 'wow factor' now but at the time they rocked.
Sadly this is just another example of some companies trying to nickel and dime people to death in order to maximize revenue at all costs.
Really, I don't view the cableco's ideas as being far off from "Hey Google... accidents happen... packets get lost... connections get unexpectedly closed... it'd be a shame for something to happen to your traffic..."
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Well, they could have HD content on a DVD+R for the demo to say "this is what HD looks like" but I doubt it. Not in DVD video format, in MP2 or whatever BluRay uses. I have a concert[0] DVD with 2 HD videos on it for use off a computer.
[0] Motorhead's Stage Fright. It will rock your world.
From Gearlogs "retraction" The fact is, Mr. Ulanoff, you thought you had a scoop and ran off to stick it in your blog. You did seem to think this was a "momentous discovery", at least that's what your actions suggest.
Be a man, admit you screwed up and move on.
A lot of it comes down to picking the right people.
That leaves Uwe Boll out of the picture...
I like this sort of tactic. I ran the MakeLoveNotSpam client at home when that project was up, I run OpenBSD's spamd which ties up spammer resources for hours in some cases, and I liked BlueSecurity's idea. If everyone actively fought against the spammers rather than being docile asswipes hiding behind their ISP's spam filters then the net would probably be a nicer place.
but anyone who's still getting spam in their inbox should install some nice filtering software.
That's not the point. If you run your own mail server or rely on filtering at your client end the spam uses up your bandwidth, your storage, your CPU resources to filter it, etc. Spammers like to use zombie machines around the net. Their operations cost them very little as they steal the capability from everyone else.
I'm a recent new Blue member. Spam to my work, gmail and home accounts has plummetted thanks to Blue Frog. And to whiners who moan about "vigilantism", blow me. Fight fire with fire.
I discovered a good play on that campaign slogan way back when I bought Venom's now classic Black Metal LP in 1982-83. In a corner on the back it says "Home Taping is Killing Music - So Are Venom"
It sounds like Lance Ulanoff from PC Magazine is jumping the gun. According to notebookreview.com: It sounds like Ulanoff was in too much of a rush for a scoop and didn't realize this when he ejected what was very likely the comparison DVD. Don't let the facts get in the way of a good Sony bashing, though.
Other than WW 2 simulations I really don't like the idea of making a game based off of a real tragedy.
WW2 games are OK? I'll start work on SimAuschwitz(tm) tonight!
1) where is American flight 77?
Aliens stopped time, loaded the entire plane into a super-mothership, left Earth orbit and restarted time. Then they blew up the Pentagon.
2) where are all the people that were on board flight 77?
In the aliens' space ship, stupid!
3) why are the family members of all the people on board flight 77 not concerned that a plane is missing.
The explosives used to blow up the Pentagon were loaded with material in quantities similar to what the plane was made from. You all think it was in pieces in and around the Pentagon.
Who's the crazy one?!
That happens with some spyware/nagware. I've had users bring in their home machines wanting them cleaned because they clicked "OK" (or whatever) to a popup telling them they have spyware and they should click here to remove it...
Hmmm... would the various anti-virus companies do something like this to advertise the need for their products on people who lose gigs and gigs of files to a trojan?
I was thinking the same thing, however, the bug actively kills a lot of AV processes. Advertising "Our Version X was killed by that bug, but Version Y is unbreakable!" doesn't instill confidence in the user.
Every time a Marine babykiller is wasted in Iraq, Allah's cock goes just a little deeper up Jesus' ass.
So you'd rather that Watergate never happened because Deep Throat was thrown in jail?
Send all these freedom-hating reporters who seek the so-called "truth" to Gitmo!
The government won't say boo about China. ~20% of the world's people live under a repressive regime and the leader dines with Bill Gates (a few weeks ago). Government doesn't give a rats ass so long as there's profit to be made. Just as good Ferengi should.
It's a concern because Yahoo is a US run corporation helping a communist government crack down and imprison people for things that are not crimes in a truly free nation.
Of course China is worth billions to the US so not much is said about it. If it were, say, Cuba, then politicians would be beating their chests and wanting to invade as Cuba has little financial impact on the US economy. China does.
It's all about the almight fucking dollar.
Answering my own question, from this link:
TFA says the flaw is in RealVNC 4.1.1 not just VNC. VNC is a pretty broad term nowadays, does it also affect TightVNC, etc?
and that the time may come again when action is necessary.
With the bread & circuses being happily consumed by the masses, the most action the majority will take is signing their name to a useless online petition.
... at least allow us to img src the goatse guy in this story. It's for Taco, dammit!
... A CHALLENGE!
The only times I can recall game AI really impressing me was when I played Thief, Thief 2, System Shock 2 and Far Cry. Not all the games' AI have high 'wow factor' now but at the time they rocked.
And you thought the latency on calls to Dell's help desk was bad now...
Sadly this is just another example of some companies trying to nickel and dime people to death in order to maximize revenue at all costs.
Really, I don't view the cableco's ideas as being far off from "Hey Google... accidents happen... packets get lost... connections get unexpectedly closed... it'd be a shame for something to happen to your traffic..."
Google, et al. already pay for their bandwidth! This is just extortion to get their traffic in a higher priority QoS queue.