This is highly unlikely. While exposure to radioactivity promotes mutation, nearly all of it is fatal or detrimental to the mutant. Remember that the radiation is causing mutation by creating breaks in the DNA strands, basically causing irreparable damage.
According to that article, the U.S. does not generally recognize protection of the designation of origin, unless it is for products made within the U.S. Apparently you can have American champagne, but vidalia onions can only come the Vidalia, Georgia region.
However, I'm pretty sure protection of designation of origin is not covered under copywrite laws.
I thought that was because of Silverlight on Mac, still a Microsoft product. So still no linux option for Netflix. Honestly, the dedicated players (Xbox 360, Roku, etc.) seem to have better quality than using the Silverlight player, but that just might be my experience, YMMV.
I'm planning on doing the same with OTA upstairs and OTA + computer downstairs. I barely get FOX (static might be preferable) though when balancing a standard antenna on the door of our closet upstairs, so there is no hope in hell to get anything downstairs(brick apartment building). Any suggestions on a good wall-mountable amplified antenna? Also, would 1 amplified antenna with a splitter and a cable running downstairs cut it, or would I need 2 amplified antennas? I've already got a drop from upstairs to downstairs, as that is how Comcast had run the cable previously.
Doing so would bring me from Cable Internet + TV (no landline phone) at around $130 down to DSL + OTA TV + landline phone at $65 a month. Thats $780 a year, screw Comcast.
It's involved with malware distribution and DNS hijacking, which leads to credit card fraud.
I did find it funny that they say this; just because it's *possible* doesn't mean they'd do such. Surprisingly Comcast and other ISP's have been starting to do dns hijacking, so does it mean they are doing credit card fraud?
Comcast and other ISPs have been doing NX-record hijacking, not straight-up DNS hijacking. While NX-record hijacking is a bad practice because of problems it causes with other networking practices, it is not malicious. NX-record hijacking is where an address cannot be found, so they reply with a search site to help the user. DNS hijacking normally refers to hijacking requests for valid domains and pointing them to their own servers. This can lead to phishing sites that appear to be a valid domain.
AFAIK, PAE is required for DEP, not just for expanded memory. Also, I think PAE on Windows desktops allows to use the full 4 GB of RAM when PCI devices are occupying space in the 3-4 GB address range.
Sorry, my mind went off to server land for a little while. The more expensive versions (Advanced and Datacenter) of Server 2003 and 2008 32-bit allow you to use more memory. All of Microsoft's 32-bit desktop OSes are stuck with 4 GB.
Yes, but both "Vista Home Crippled" and "Vista L337 OMG" editions have the same artificial limitation. In the 64-bit editions, it does as you say and limits based on the edition (4 GB for Home Basic, 16 GB for Home Premium, and 128 GB for the other editions), but all 32-bit Vista editions include PAE and yet are still limited to 4 GB of RAM.
Perhaps someone could make an application that patches the kernel and other system files to allow full 64 GB of PAE addressable space, but would you risk running such a patch?
Well, good job for me not reading the entire summary, let alone the article. For those that have not yet read the article, there are details in there on how he patched 32bit vista to use more than 4 GB of RAM. I still think I wouldn't bother, because I'm sure an update will either hose the hack or the OS.
Looks like Microsoft will force upgrades to Windows 7 to get over the 4G RAM limits?
I doubt 32-bit Win7 will drop this limitation. Also, you can already use more than 4GB RAM in 64-bit editions of XP and Vista.
Ah for the days of the AST Rampage card that got over the 640M RAM limits using EMM/EMS memory standards. Can't someone just write a RAM extender driver for 32 bit Windows for XP and Vista to get over the 4G RAM limit?
Not likely, NT-based OSes (WinNT, 2000,XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, and 7) are not DOS, and the methods of accessing memory are not the same. EMM386 was designed to access higher areas of memory in 16-bit and 16/32 hybrid operating systems(DOS, Win9x + ME). NT is an actual 32-bit OS with flat memory addressing.
Besides, this isn't a technical limitation, this is an imposed limit by Microsoft. They want you to purchase a more expensive version to use more memory. Perhaps someone could make an application that patches the kernel and other system files to allow full 64 GB of PAE addressable space, but would you risk running such a patch? Also, a lot of consumer-level hardware does not support PAE, and so even 4 GB is not addressable in XP or Vista 32-bit. This is because PCI devices use address space, and if the motherboard doesn't support PAE, you will notice that you only have something like 3.4 GB of physical RAM available to use.
My local theaters went up from around $8 five years ago to between $10 and $12 now, this is purely anecdotal. Besides, most of ticket sales do not benefit the theater, they mainly profit from concession sales and advertisements (if they are the ones selling them, some distributors fine theaters for putting additional advertisements before the film and then put several on themselves). I worked for a theater chain for about 4 years, you'd be surprised at the amount of bullshit expenses. For example, many union projectionists make more than theater managers, who are also required to run and maintain projectors and build film reels in addition to running the rest of the operations.
I'll give you SNES games though, I recall some games selling for upwards of $80. However, I would not say that inline advertisements are purely responsible for that. It is much more likely that the drastic increase in sales in the past 15 years for video games has drastically reduced prices. Also, increased competition and the move to much cheaper optical media (ROM carts are freaking expensive) likely played a big role. I recall reading that during the Playstation and Nintendo 64 generation of consoles, N64 carts cost manufacturers around $30 each and the Playstation CDs cost around $5 each. Someone please correct me if I am mistaken here.
So then bust the people distributing pirated games (TFA doesn't say but this guy may have been including games along with the mod, which if he did he should be punished for) and maybe even the people downloading pirated games. However, modding in and of itself should not be punishable, just the act of pirating media and games. Baseball bats are often used to kill or hurt people, should we ban those as well?
Pretty sure the MAFIAA had nothing to do with that one, unless you lump ESA and BSA in with them. And the difference is that when you illegally possess explosives, you are very likely going to use them to kill many people. I also would not be surprised if the punishment for possession of explosives is less than the 10 years this guy might be facing. Pirated software does no direct harm to anyone, while it very likely does indirect harm. Punishing someone for doing an act that may allow someone else to pirate software is a pretty weak argument for the need for that law. Busting the distributors of pirated software would go much further toward stopping piracy than busting some guy getting paid to mod consoles.
I'm pretty much on the side of gun control, but it is does turn into a vicious cycle. It seems that it far easier to illegally purchase guns than it is to legally do so. As long as that is the case, gun control will not work.
These devices function just fine without the services offered (i.e. Nintendo Store, Playstation Network, and Xbox Live), otherwise they would not be able to sell these consoles to the tons of people without broadband internet access. I am fine with these services banning modded consoles, and in many cases it would be best if they did so. However, protecting a bad business model is not a legal right. Stopping copyright infringement is good, but go after the people doing the copyright infringement, not the modders and the homebrew scene.
That is different, you would then be violating FCC regulations. However, if you modified your FM transmitter so you could plug your iPod shuffle into it (I believe that does not have a standard headphone jack), then you would be fine. I bought the hardware from the store and never signed a contract, so I should be able to do as I please with the hardware as long as I do not violate laws. When you modify a console, you are opening it to run software other than what it normally runs. The problem is that this is the basis for a lot of copy protection on these systems. Instead of protecting the media or using keys like they do with computer software, they prevent the console from playing software other than licensed software. Since this is considered circumventing copyright protection under the DMCA, it violates this law. This is another example of how the DMCA violates your rights to lawfully use and repair/improve the things you own.
Ah, but it is only illegal to "operate on public roads" or to "sell" vehicles after these modifications. I cannot be arrested for having a car in my garage with no seat belts, a rolled-back odometer, and missing muffler. That is because those actions affect other people. When you hack a console, you are not affecting other people unless you use it to violate the terms of service for their network service or to steal games. The mod does not do this, you need to make a conscious decision to damage others by stealing games or cheating online.
For example, I hacked my Wii to run homebrew (Mplayer for the Wii is pretty nice) and to run my games that I purchased off of a USB hard drive to speed load times and to reduce wear on the DVD drive, which is a common issue with Wiis. This does not affect others using their Wiis and I do not pirate games. Why should this be illegal?
I am fine with, for example, Xbox Live banning modded consoles. That is a service and using a modded console may violate the terms of that service. Same thing with the Wii Store and the Playstation Network. However, your console is machine that you purchase without signing any contract, and the same for the games you buy. Therefore, you have a right to modify it as you please and as long as you do not break laws or violate FCC rules, etc. Technically this violates the DMCA, as it defeats copyright protection mechanisms, but that is an effect of the DMCA being absolute shit.
Cable, phone service, internet service, etc, are things that you sign into a contract for. I would assume that modification of supplied equipment would violate terms in said contract.
Exactly. It is a machine, just like a vacuum. If I want to modify my vacuum to have double the suction power, I can do so. Modifying can make it easier to pirate games, but the modification of the console itself does not pirate games. I can use Internet Explorer to download pirated games, should we outlaw that as well? Granted, there may be some problems if you advertised your modification as allowing you to do so, as it would be like a gun shop advertising that you can use it to kill your boss.
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I was going to remark that this is a forum, and not all forums need to use BBCode syntax.
Then I realized I was being pedantic.
Then I remembered this is /.
So:
Forum != BBCode
This is highly unlikely. While exposure to radioactivity promotes mutation, nearly all of it is fatal or detrimental to the mutant. Remember that the radiation is causing mutation by creating breaks in the DNA strands, basically causing irreparable damage.
Fuck, I need more caffeine, "copyright". Wheres the damn edit button?
According to that article, the U.S. does not generally recognize protection of the designation of origin, unless it is for products made within the U.S. Apparently you can have American champagne, but vidalia onions can only come the Vidalia, Georgia region.
However, I'm pretty sure protection of designation of origin is not covered under copywrite laws.
The person doing the recording is not necessarily a party to the conversation.
I thought that was because of Silverlight on Mac, still a Microsoft product. So still no linux option for Netflix. Honestly, the dedicated players (Xbox 360, Roku, etc.) seem to have better quality than using the Silverlight player, but that just might be my experience, YMMV.
I'm planning on doing the same with OTA upstairs and OTA + computer downstairs. I barely get FOX (static might be preferable) though when balancing a standard antenna on the door of our closet upstairs, so there is no hope in hell to get anything downstairs(brick apartment building). Any suggestions on a good wall-mountable amplified antenna? Also, would 1 amplified antenna with a splitter and a cable running downstairs cut it, or would I need 2 amplified antennas? I've already got a drop from upstairs to downstairs, as that is how Comcast had run the cable previously.
Doing so would bring me from Cable Internet + TV (no landline phone) at around $130 down to DSL + OTA TV + landline phone at $65 a month. Thats $780 a year, screw Comcast.
It's involved with malware distribution and DNS hijacking, which leads to credit card fraud.
I did find it funny that they say this; just because it's *possible* doesn't mean they'd do such. Surprisingly Comcast and other ISP's have been starting to do dns hijacking, so does it mean they are doing credit card fraud?
Comcast and other ISPs have been doing NX-record hijacking, not straight-up DNS hijacking. While NX-record hijacking is a bad practice because of problems it causes with other networking practices, it is not malicious. NX-record hijacking is where an address cannot be found, so they reply with a search site to help the user. DNS hijacking normally refers to hijacking requests for valid domains and pointing them to their own servers. This can lead to phishing sites that appear to be a valid domain.
AFAIK, PAE is required for DEP, not just for expanded memory. Also, I think PAE on Windows desktops allows to use the full 4 GB of RAM when PCI devices are occupying space in the 3-4 GB address range.
Hah, I read that as
The Linux foundation regrets distributing McAfee which is a rootkit...
and thought that sounded about right.
Sorry, I was referring to the more expensive versions of the 32-bit server OSes. I should have specified.
Sorry, my mind went off to server land for a little while. The more expensive versions (Advanced and Datacenter) of Server 2003 and 2008 32-bit allow you to use more memory. All of Microsoft's 32-bit desktop OSes are stuck with 4 GB.
Yes, but both "Vista Home Crippled" and "Vista L337 OMG" editions have the same artificial limitation. In the 64-bit editions, it does as you say and limits based on the edition (4 GB for Home Basic, 16 GB for Home Premium, and 128 GB for the other editions), but all 32-bit Vista editions include PAE and yet are still limited to 4 GB of RAM.
Perhaps someone could make an application that patches the kernel and other system files to allow full 64 GB of PAE addressable space, but would you risk running such a patch?
Well, good job for me not reading the entire summary, let alone the article. For those that have not yet read the article, there are details in there on how he patched 32bit vista to use more than 4 GB of RAM. I still think I wouldn't bother, because I'm sure an update will either hose the hack or the OS.
Looks like Microsoft will force upgrades to Windows 7 to get over the 4G RAM limits?
I doubt 32-bit Win7 will drop this limitation. Also, you can already use more than 4GB RAM in 64-bit editions of XP and Vista.
Ah for the days of the AST Rampage card that got over the 640M RAM limits using EMM/EMS memory standards. Can't someone just write a RAM extender driver for 32 bit Windows for XP and Vista to get over the 4G RAM limit?
Not likely, NT-based OSes (WinNT, 2000,XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, and 7) are not DOS, and the methods of accessing memory are not the same. EMM386 was designed to access higher areas of memory in 16-bit and 16/32 hybrid operating systems(DOS, Win9x + ME). NT is an actual 32-bit OS with flat memory addressing.
Besides, this isn't a technical limitation, this is an imposed limit by Microsoft. They want you to purchase a more expensive version to use more memory. Perhaps someone could make an application that patches the kernel and other system files to allow full 64 GB of PAE addressable space, but would you risk running such a patch? Also, a lot of consumer-level hardware does not support PAE, and so even 4 GB is not addressable in XP or Vista 32-bit. This is because PCI devices use address space, and if the motherboard doesn't support PAE, you will notice that you only have something like 3.4 GB of physical RAM available to use.
Mine doesn't confuse visually, though... it's more of an olfactory experience.
That's for the benefit of the deaf.
Blind deaf people?
My local theaters went up from around $8 five years ago to between $10 and $12 now, this is purely anecdotal. Besides, most of ticket sales do not benefit the theater, they mainly profit from concession sales and advertisements (if they are the ones selling them, some distributors fine theaters for putting additional advertisements before the film and then put several on themselves). I worked for a theater chain for about 4 years, you'd be surprised at the amount of bullshit expenses. For example, many union projectionists make more than theater managers, who are also required to run and maintain projectors and build film reels in addition to running the rest of the operations.
I'll give you SNES games though, I recall some games selling for upwards of $80. However, I would not say that inline advertisements are purely responsible for that. It is much more likely that the drastic increase in sales in the past 15 years for video games has drastically reduced prices. Also, increased competition and the move to much cheaper optical media (ROM carts are freaking expensive) likely played a big role. I recall reading that during the Playstation and Nintendo 64 generation of consoles, N64 carts cost manufacturers around $30 each and the Playstation CDs cost around $5 each. Someone please correct me if I am mistaken here.
So then bust the people distributing pirated games (TFA doesn't say but this guy may have been including games along with the mod, which if he did he should be punished for) and maybe even the people downloading pirated games. However, modding in and of itself should not be punishable, just the act of pirating media and games. Baseball bats are often used to kill or hurt people, should we ban those as well?
Pretty sure the MAFIAA had nothing to do with that one, unless you lump ESA and BSA in with them. And the difference is that when you illegally possess explosives, you are very likely going to use them to kill many people. I also would not be surprised if the punishment for possession of explosives is less than the 10 years this guy might be facing. Pirated software does no direct harm to anyone, while it very likely does indirect harm. Punishing someone for doing an act that may allow someone else to pirate software is a pretty weak argument for the need for that law. Busting the distributors of pirated software would go much further toward stopping piracy than busting some guy getting paid to mod consoles.
I'm pretty much on the side of gun control, but it is does turn into a vicious cycle. It seems that it far easier to illegally purchase guns than it is to legally do so. As long as that is the case, gun control will not work.
These devices function just fine without the services offered (i.e. Nintendo Store, Playstation Network, and Xbox Live), otherwise they would not be able to sell these consoles to the tons of people without broadband internet access. I am fine with these services banning modded consoles, and in many cases it would be best if they did so. However, protecting a bad business model is not a legal right. Stopping copyright infringement is good, but go after the people doing the copyright infringement, not the modders and the homebrew scene.
That is different, you would then be violating FCC regulations. However, if you modified your FM transmitter so you could plug your iPod shuffle into it (I believe that does not have a standard headphone jack), then you would be fine. I bought the hardware from the store and never signed a contract, so I should be able to do as I please with the hardware as long as I do not violate laws. When you modify a console, you are opening it to run software other than what it normally runs. The problem is that this is the basis for a lot of copy protection on these systems. Instead of protecting the media or using keys like they do with computer software, they prevent the console from playing software other than licensed software. Since this is considered circumventing copyright protection under the DMCA, it violates this law. This is another example of how the DMCA violates your rights to lawfully use and repair/improve the things you own.
Ah, but it is only illegal to "operate on public roads" or to "sell" vehicles after these modifications. I cannot be arrested for having a car in my garage with no seat belts, a rolled-back odometer, and missing muffler. That is because those actions affect other people. When you hack a console, you are not affecting other people unless you use it to violate the terms of service for their network service or to steal games. The mod does not do this, you need to make a conscious decision to damage others by stealing games or cheating online.
For example, I hacked my Wii to run homebrew (Mplayer for the Wii is pretty nice) and to run my games that I purchased off of a USB hard drive to speed load times and to reduce wear on the DVD drive, which is a common issue with Wiis. This does not affect others using their Wiis and I do not pirate games. Why should this be illegal?
I am fine with, for example, Xbox Live banning modded consoles. That is a service and using a modded console may violate the terms of that service. Same thing with the Wii Store and the Playstation Network. However, your console is machine that you purchase without signing any contract, and the same for the games you buy. Therefore, you have a right to modify it as you please and as long as you do not break laws or violate FCC rules, etc. Technically this violates the DMCA, as it defeats copyright protection mechanisms, but that is an effect of the DMCA being absolute shit.
Cable, phone service, internet service, etc, are things that you sign into a contract for. I would assume that modification of supplied equipment would violate terms in said contract.
Exactly. It is a machine, just like a vacuum. If I want to modify my vacuum to have double the suction power, I can do so. Modifying can make it easier to pirate games, but the modification of the console itself does not pirate games. I can use Internet Explorer to download pirated games, should we outlaw that as well? Granted, there may be some problems if you advertised your modification as allowing you to do so, as it would be like a gun shop advertising that you can use it to kill your boss.