Sure its ok to post the source to DeCSS but now all of a sudden you don't like the SPAMMER-HOWTO?
If the spammer paid for my bandwidth costs and properly labelled all spam email and honoured their "opt out" schemes then I'd have no problems with the SPAMMER-HOWTO.
NTLM is good in that it extends the idea of how HTTP authentication works
NTLM is *not* good and it does *not* extend HTTP auth. In fact, NTLM completely *breaks* HTTP auth. Read the SQUID docs on nlanr.net for more details. The short and sweet summary is that NTLM makes assumptions about state between successive HTTP connections; that's a big no-no.
There are other nasties (IP addresses embedded in the challenge/response). Basically NTLM is a heaping pile of shit. It is better than BASIC but that's not saying much.
FF8 was awful. FF8 made me swear off the FF franchise.
FF8 was the first one I played and I thought it was the best of the PSX releases. Yes, I know this is an unpopular opinion: "FF8 better than FF7? You must be mad!"
I agree with your comments. I too have a home-built system: Paradigm + Denon receiver + Denon player + hand-built speaker cables. It sounds good but it consumes an entire cabinet and the cabling is a nightmare. Neither remote can control all the features despite them both being Denon. I'm happy with it but only in the sense that I'm getting decent sound for the relatively little money I spent.
A friend of my father's spent perhaps twice as much buying a Bose system. Lifestyle unit + satellite speakers + radio remote + expensive "ribbon" cables. I think he got robbed by the slimy salesman but it's hard to argue that his system is sexy. Remote works anywhere in the house. The Lifestyle unit looks gorgeous on his bookshelf. You can't see the speakers and the sound permeates the room. Was it good sound for the price? I don't think so. Was it a good choice for a non-enthusiast with bags of money who wants something that "Just Works"? I think so.
The magic marker? Some crazy audiophiles (that's a tautology) claim that using a green magic marker on the edges of your CD will make them sound better. These are possibly the same idiots who recommend freezing your CDs. Audiophiles are stupid. There is no other answer.
Looking through your list, share is for platform independent files not plugins, local is for unofficial "local" installations, opt is deprecated, and mozilla should not be using the netscape directory. The only options left are:
There are decades of wisdom behind Unix, most of which I have no desire to re-learn.
Well, to be honest, it's decades of tradition not wisdom. There's not a lot of wisdom in names like/usr and/etc. Wtf are they supposed to mean? Yes, *I* know what they mean, but I've been using UNIX for more than a decade. I'm not going to fool myself into thinking they're good names.
Not broke ? Don't fix.
Though that I can agree with. However the joy of Linux is that people can take it in a new and interesting ways. If this guy wants to do this then more power to him. I'd be interested to see if the idea becomes popular.
Though surely this would have been easier with a VFS view in GNOME or something.
It helps to be knowledgeable about hardware and software and authentication in general. I'm guessing there's not much (if anything) in the Xbox that isn't well documented by the past 30 years of computer textbooks. The trick is in knowing enough that you can pull something apart and go "that bit there is a foowhatzit defrobulator using a gharblizing codifrier". If you're not sure then make an educated guess.
It also helps to have the right tools. You can't just stare at a bus or a ROM and magically divine what they do. At one point you're going to need some tools hooked up to the right wires.
Once you've got those two obstacles out of the way you just need that special ingredient called "determination". That's the rarest ingredient on the planet.
Disclaimer: I've never hacked on the Xbox, though I've hacked on other things.
Now if that modchip contains code copyrighted by MS (which they always do as far as I know)
Nope. The first modchips contained code owned by Microsoft. There are new modchips which are Microsoft free. They are still illegal under the DMCA. Huzzah for America, the land of the free.
I find it amusing that the open source crowd shows such great interest in a closed piece of hardware,
Hi, this is just a reminder that a crowd is, by definition, more than one person. The concept of different people having different opinions must be new to you. Please learn more about this concept. Thank you.
"I'll copy it if I want, laws and copyright be damned!"
But when the GPL is violated there is a virtual nerd riot here on Slashdot.
First, it's pretty stupid to equate the "Linux crowd" with the copyright infringing crowd. We're not the freaking borg, you know. Your post proves the point all by itself.
Second, there is no double standard between fighting for free software and "stealing" music. Not that I condone it, but in both cases the person wants "information to be free". Right or wrong, at least it's consistent.
The boundary can be at fractional increases "pixel positions" from one scan line to the next, almost like a higher resolution display.
Or to be more precise, it's nothing like a higher resolution display. You're confusing the imprecision of an analog signal with higher resolution. The resolution doesn't get better simply because you don't where the beam is pointing!
I'll make this simple for you. Read this. Scroll down to the section on horizontal resolution. The horizontal resolution of NTSC is 442. Notice how they don't claim it's infinite?!
That's because
the resolution is *not* infinite. The resolution *is* determined by the bandwidth. Accept those as facts because that's what they are.
Geez, is that all you've got? I would have went for "go back to taking a double-dose of viagra and heart medication and wanking off to pictures of toothless old grannies while waiting on the john for your laxative to kick in, you fossilized old fart"
No, because that would have been stupid.
PS: You seem to think you've found somebody who doesn't understand the basics of analog theory. Guess again, buddy. Remember how I said I had 2 degrees. Try and guess what one of them was in.
Right, which is what I said and what you've agreed to.
in that their position can be moved; they aren't at a fixed location.
No shit. But what does this have to do with resolution? Answer: nothing, you're just blowing your own horn.
And infinite number of colors can be specified
No they can't. The number of colours you can *specify* is limited by the noise in your signal.
And I do hope you grow up someday and post in a mature manner. Now drink your milk and go to bed, sonny.
So is this what 20 years of ham radio gives you? A condescending attitude and less than half a clue of what you're talking about. Gee, I'm glad I never got into that particular hobby. Go back to your rosy-tinted ruminations of working with a soldering iron in a TV studio, old man.
Fair points. However, if it's generally accepted that making the browser an object of the OS is an expected evolutionary step, then what choice did MS have?
Microsoft always had the opportunity to bundle the browser without getting into trouble. It's when they threatened Compaq - who at that time wanted to *UNINSTALL* Internet Explorer 2 and bundle Netscape Navigator instead - that Microsoft crossed the line between improving the product and antitrust behaviour.
One could make the argument that KDE is doing the same thing with Konqueror. The reason that nobody's crying foul on that, though, is because there are better browsers out there and people will go find them.
Except KDE isn't a monopoly and the KDE team didn't threaten any OEMs into including Konqueror instead of another browser.
In other words, all you understand is "bundle" which means you'll never understand why Microsoft did something illegal.
Remember when Win95 was supposed to eliminate crashes forever because of its 32-bit memory protection (or something like that)?
I'm still waiting for Intellisense for Office. That one is over 10 years old and what do we have to show for it? Clippy. It's nothing like what they promised.
... blended stunning action with a subtle philosphical theme about how we percieve reality
Subtle? It was about as subtle as a foot long brown shit sitting in the middle of a white tablecloth. Philosophical content was borderline nil. The movie was kung fu, action, kung fu, babes and kung fu.
Another way to look at it, if I want to display alternating black and white in one horizontal sweep, the bandwidth does limit me to about the 450 pixels which you mentioned.
Right, end of story, that's the resolution.
However, on the next sweep, I could have all those black and white (which really would have some grey and bleeding color and other problems) moved over 0.1 "pixel widths" to the right or left, or 0.001 or 0.0001 pixel widths (bandwidth does NOT constrain such things).
Bandwidth *does* constrain such things. There is a *direct* relationship between resolution and bandwidth. Because you have trouble reading the links I provide, I'll cut-and-paste the relevant formula for your benefit.
resolution in tv lines = (2 * active horizontal period * bandwidth of signal) / aspect ratio
Oh, but how can reality compete with your explanation that those "black and white" can be "moved over... to the right"! How should I argue against you? I know, how about "NTSC smells more furry than digital". Am I speaking your language yet?
I also hold a B.S. in engineering physics specializing in EE.
Oh whoop de fucking do. I've got *2* degrees, and mine are more recent, and I can confidently say that by looking at classmates exam scores there's very little correlation between doing a degree and knowing wtf you're talking about.
And being a sparky for a television studio doesn't make you anymore authorative than if you were the janitor.
That 4.2 MHz figure is for luminance, the part that a B&W TV displays -- brightness.
And that's all that matters for figuring out the "horizontal resolution" of NTSC. Keep in mind that because there's no real resolution you need to consider the concept of "how many lines could I actually distinguish in the horizontal". That's how you work backwards to determine the apparent resolution.
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That's because the majority of Linux users are ex-Windows users. They don't want a UNIX system; they want a free version of Windows.
Only in the same sense that stale bread and water is "better" than a steak dinner and a nice durif.
If the spammer paid for my bandwidth costs and properly labelled all spam email and honoured their "opt out" schemes then I'd have no problems with the SPAMMER-HOWTO.
NTLM is *not* good and it does *not* extend HTTP auth. In fact, NTLM completely *breaks* HTTP auth. Read the SQUID docs on nlanr.net for more details. The short and sweet summary is that NTLM makes assumptions about state between successive HTTP connections; that's a big no-no.
There are other nasties (IP addresses embedded in the challenge/response). Basically NTLM is a heaping pile of shit. It is better than BASIC but that's not saying much.
Irruption is the correct word. If you were thinking "eruption" then that's a mistake.
FF8 was the first one I played and I thought it was the best of the PSX releases. Yes, I know this is an unpopular opinion: "FF8 better than FF7? You must be mad!"
I agree with your comments. I too have a home-built system: Paradigm + Denon receiver + Denon player + hand-built speaker cables. It sounds good but it consumes an entire cabinet and the cabling is a nightmare. Neither remote can control all the features despite them both being Denon. I'm happy with it but only in the sense that I'm getting decent sound for the relatively little money I spent.
A friend of my father's spent perhaps twice as much buying a Bose system. Lifestyle unit + satellite speakers + radio remote + expensive "ribbon" cables. I think he got robbed by the slimy salesman but it's hard to argue that his system is sexy. Remote works anywhere in the house. The Lifestyle unit looks gorgeous on his bookshelf. You can't see the speakers and the sound permeates the room. Was it good sound for the price? I don't think so. Was it a good choice for a non-enthusiast with bags of money who wants something that "Just Works"? I think so.
The magic marker? Some crazy audiophiles (that's a tautology) claim that using a green magic marker on the edges of your CD will make them sound better. These are possibly the same idiots who recommend freezing your CDs. Audiophiles are stupid. There is no other answer.
Looking through your list, share is for platform independent files not plugins, local is for unofficial "local" installations, opt is deprecated, and mozilla should not be using the netscape directory. The only options left are:
I honestly don't find that confusing.
Well, to be honest, it's decades of tradition not wisdom. There's not a lot of wisdom in names like /usr and /etc. Wtf are they supposed to mean? Yes, *I* know what they mean, but I've been using UNIX for more than a decade. I'm not going to fool myself into thinking they're good names.
Though that I can agree with. However the joy of Linux is that people can take it in a new and interesting ways. If this guy wants to do this then more power to him. I'd be interested to see if the idea becomes popular.
Though surely this would have been easier with a VFS view in GNOME or something.
Same way you figure out anything. Pull it apart.
It helps to be knowledgeable about hardware and software and authentication in general. I'm guessing there's not much (if anything) in the Xbox that isn't well documented by the past 30 years of computer textbooks. The trick is in knowing enough that you can pull something apart and go "that bit there is a foowhatzit defrobulator using a gharblizing codifrier". If you're not sure then make an educated guess.
It also helps to have the right tools. You can't just stare at a bus or a ROM and magically divine what they do. At one point you're going to need some tools hooked up to the right wires.
Once you've got those two obstacles out of the way you just need that special ingredient called "determination". That's the rarest ingredient on the planet.
Disclaimer: I've never hacked on the Xbox, though I've hacked on other things.
Nope. The first modchips contained code owned by Microsoft. There are new modchips which are Microsoft free. They are still illegal under the DMCA. Huzzah for America, the land of the free.
Hi, this is just a reminder that a crowd is, by definition, more than one person. The concept of different people having different opinions must be new to you. Please learn more about this concept. Thank you.
First, it's pretty stupid to equate the "Linux crowd" with the copyright infringing crowd. We're not the freaking borg, you know. Your post proves the point all by itself.
Second, there is no double standard between fighting for free software and "stealing" music. Not that I condone it, but in both cases the person wants "information to be free". Right or wrong, at least it's consistent.
Oh wow, you have trouble grasping the difference between "most" and "all" and "part". You're going to be impossible to talk to.
Not that it's a problem, because as an anonymous coward you probably will never read this.
Or to be more precise, it's nothing like a higher resolution display. You're confusing the imprecision of an analog signal with higher resolution. The resolution doesn't get better simply because you don't where the beam is pointing!
I'll make this simple for you. Read this. Scroll down to the section on horizontal resolution. The horizontal resolution of NTSC is 442. Notice how they don't claim it's infinite?!
That's because the resolution is *not* infinite. The resolution *is* determined by the bandwidth. Accept those as facts because that's what they are.
No, because that would have been stupid.
PS: You seem to think you've found somebody who doesn't understand the basics of analog theory. Guess again, buddy. Remember how I said I had 2 degrees. Try and guess what one of them was in.
Right, which is what I said and what you've agreed to.
No shit. But what does this have to do with resolution? Answer: nothing, you're just blowing your own horn.
No they can't. The number of colours you can *specify* is limited by the noise in your signal.
So is this what 20 years of ham radio gives you? A condescending attitude and less than half a clue of what you're talking about. Gee, I'm glad I never got into that particular hobby. Go back to your rosy-tinted ruminations of working with a soldering iron in a TV studio, old man.
Microsoft always had the opportunity to bundle the browser without getting into trouble. It's when they threatened Compaq - who at that time wanted to *UNINSTALL* Internet Explorer 2 and bundle Netscape Navigator instead - that Microsoft crossed the line between improving the product and antitrust behaviour.
Except KDE isn't a monopoly and the KDE team didn't threaten any OEMs into including Konqueror instead of another browser.
In other words, all you understand is "bundle" which means you'll never understand why Microsoft did something illegal.
I'm still waiting for Intellisense for Office. That one is over 10 years old and what do we have to show for it? Clippy. It's nothing like what they promised.
Microsoft are the masters of vapourware.
Subtle? It was about as subtle as a foot long brown shit sitting in the middle of a white tablecloth. Philosophical content was borderline nil. The movie was kung fu, action, kung fu, babes and kung fu.
Also it's "i" before "e" except after "c".
Right, end of story, that's the resolution.
Bandwidth *does* constrain such things. There is a *direct* relationship between resolution and bandwidth. Because you have trouble reading the links I provide, I'll cut-and-paste the relevant formula for your benefit.
Oh, but how can reality compete with your explanation that those "black and white" can be "moved over... to the right"! How should I argue against you? I know, how about "NTSC smells more furry than digital". Am I speaking your language yet?
Oh whoop de fucking do. I've got *2* degrees, and mine are more recent, and I can confidently say that by looking at classmates exam scores there's very little correlation between doing a degree and knowing wtf you're talking about.
And being a sparky for a television studio doesn't make you anymore authorative than if you were the janitor.
And that's all that matters for figuring out the "horizontal resolution" of NTSC. Keep in mind that because there's no real resolution you need to consider the concept of "how many lines could I actually distinguish in the horizontal". That's how you work backwards to determine the apparent resolution.
No it fucking can't. You guys are unbelievable. Do you even bother to read the books before you spout this inane crap?
I believe the modernspeak is "evil terrorists".