I have an old Bell Expressvu dish kickin around (with the old hardware before the upgrade to the new satellite) anyone get it working with one of these? How about dishes from other vendors? For some reason I cannot load the link so maybe that info is on thier site?
This could be a good way for people in the country to get higher speed net access. If you can find a near-by friend with high-speed access that is.
Although I will not have DSL until October 2nd, my experience so far has not been great. I got a new phone number almost a month ago now and wanted to get DSL hooked up. Unfortunenlty Bell (my telco) said that DSL isn't avaliable on my phone line (even though I knew it was) so they said wait 5-7 days. I did that, still nothing after that time. Finally 3 weeks later they finally figured out we could get it, so like I said at the beginning of this post it's getting hooked up October 2nd. I hope it will be a better experience from this point on!
This sounds familiar. Like CD's from Microsoft and other vendors. I never could understand the purpose of this ID. If it's to stop pirating it doesn't work because all I have to do is give the ID to the next person. All this ID does it makes it a pain to enter every time and I usually mistype atleast one letter so then I have to either retype it again or search through the whole long ID just to find the wrong character. Warez actually makes this easier because all you have to do is copy and paste the ID in!
I just think the ID would be more of a hassel then it is worth but maybe I'm missing the point.
I don't know much about a Mac's networking ablities but isn't there a header that will allow you to access the outside through HTTP even if it's not a HTTP request? I forget what it was, maybe I'm thinking of something else even?
Failing that, how about PPP over HTTP? You could setup a server outside of the firewall and set PPP over POST requests. Could that not be done with a bit of hacking? If it cannot be done on the Mac could it be done in Linux? You could always install Linux on your computer.
Like I said I don't know much about the TCP/IP stack on the Mac or Linux, for that matter, so this might not even be possible.
Would ICQ's use of numbers to identify it's users conflict with AIM's use of screen names?
I'm sure AOL has some way around it. Maybe they will do something like Everybuddy to join the two services together? Or are they going to totally unify the service to it is transparent no matter what client you are using?
Nothing has changed, many will argue this is because it was done right in the first place and it doesn't need to change. Mind you, you could always modify the look of it if you wanted, since you have access to the source code.
Or if this Carnivore box only scans e-mail, then all that has to be done is use a different protocol. There are many other protocols that exchange information (like I don't know, all of them!). So really Carnivore would have to look through all of the traffic which includes web pages, etc. and if I understand this correctly the FBI says it will not do this.
I have not used ZeroKnowledge before so I could be wrong but doesn't ZeroKnowledge work by forwarding your data through thier servers? ZeroKnowledge is a Canadian company so I'm guessing that their servers are located in Canada . So wouldn't you have a Canadian IP once you go through their servers?
Like I said I haven't used it so I could be totally off here, but if I'm right it could be a good way to get past this.
How about creating a script before hand that will trash everything incriminating when you log in with a certain password that you supply to the authorities? They wont know that this is happening and anything they shouldn't see will be gone. Your collection will be gone, but it would be better than letting them see the data!
Yeah I would also like to know where the mirrors are.
I am dissapointed to see that descramble or decss are not found on Napster. Should I be searching for something else or does it simply not exist on Napster?
Here is the perfect legal use of Napster and I can't even find it.
What would have been really funny is if the DeCSS code was stenographed into the MP3. Then not only having the code in the song, it would also be there in text format, you'd just have to extract it.
Maybe we can still do this with another song. Metallica MP3 anyone?
Putting that many people on trial is not a practical means of stopping copyright violations.
No it's not practical at all, but if they aren't going to spend the money and time to do it right then maybe they shouldn't be doing it at all? Just by suing one company and putting them out of business isn't going to solve much of anything. Everyone else is going to move on to other means of transfering files. Mind you it's very nice for the priaters if they only sue napster because then they don't get blamed.
Actually I change my mind, sue Napster all you want, it's easy to change to a different service, it's not as easy getting sued. Keep up the good work RIAA!
Would Napster be okay if it could share anything? And you could just type *.mp3 if you wanted to just search for mp3's.
If it's not okay then we'd better get suing Microsoft now too because Windows file sharing does exactly the same thing!
Yes Napster was probably made for copying copyrighted music, but it does have legitimate uses too. It's the users who are violating copyright law, Napster is just an index of song titles. If the music industry wants to use the defence that Napster having the titles on their servers is against the law they may have a case but that would make everything else that uses the song names also illegal (I'm thinking online CD stores)
Why not perform your creation yourself? That's how you would get paid. Music is suppost to be an expression of what you are feeling and if someone else is preforming it then all of that meaning is lost. That's my opinion anyway. Even if someone else is performing the work you could easily make money! You could sell the music to someone else or you could work out a deal to get a cut of the profits from each performance. The only one who might not get paid is the people who work for the recording companies. As unfortunate as this is it is how our capitolistic society works. Once a product or service is no longer needed to company with that product/service will have to adapt or go out of business. This applies for all businesses. In this case the recording industry is no longer needed to distribute music.
The cat is out of the bag now, there is no going back. Even if Napster is shut down other similar services will follow, Gnutella, Freenet, and newer technologies that don't even exist yet. I'm not saying that it is right or wrong to download music off of the internet but my point is that if people want to download the music they will, shutting down Napster wont solve the issue at all (well maybe for a week or two until everyone discovers a new file transfer system). Instead of fighting the new technology the recording industry will have to adapt or go out of business.
I remember seeing an old 486 that had a little plug that was plug into the AT keyboard adapter and it ran wires up to a front adapter. Could something like this be done for the other ports (USB, Serial, etc.?) you might have to run the from outside the case then back in, but no one sees the back anyways. You of course would have to cut holes in your case to fit the new connectors though.
As others have mentioned the Compaq computers do this, has anyone taken one of these computers apart to see how they did it?
most "Free" ISPs log your phone number from what I understand, so unless you are going to hook up to a pay phone to connect to it then you are pretty much out of luck.
Instead of initially transfering it over the net, why not print it out on say paper, or a t-shirt, something along those lines. It is much more difficult to track anolog items, just look at paper money for example. Once the code is distributed to enough people the cat will be out of the bag and the people who recieved to code can start putting it in digital form and on to the internet.
If you are real ambitious you could hide the code into a picture. Then if you could get this picture into a highly distributed magazine then everyone would have the code and all they'd have to do is scan it and run it through a program to decode it.
This picture method would also work if you want to still use the internet to distrubute it, atleast it would help a bit.
I would think if many people have the code before it is posted to the internet it would prove very difficult to prove who's code it is, and they would have to sue every single person who put it up which would take quite some time if they'd even bother.
I might add that the ear tags are starting to go the barcode route. Along with the number there is a little barcode on the tag that can be scanned to identify the animal.
Have you tried a DC-DC power supply? I haven't tried one before so I don't know how well they work, but if they do I think that's the route I would go. Info on one can be found at http://www.mp3car.com/dcdc916.html. I have seen others out there too, I'm sure a quick web search will turn up a bunch of them.
www.mp3car.com is a good resource for putting MP3 players in your car. If you want net access and you have lots of cash you could go the Megacar route.
My personal favorite MP3 player install is the MP3 Blazer. It's got lots of nice features like internet access, dvd movies, it's even got a cd burner in it! I wish it was mine! I also am planning on doing something similar, but I need to get me some money first!
I find it interesting how Windows keeps looking more and more like UNIX. What I mean by this is that Windows 2000 Server comes with a telnet server (does workstation? I haven't used it) a new telnet client that is much more like the telnet found on UNIX boxes. Other things like being able to mount partitions to directories rather than c:, d:, etc. too me just seem like they are trying to mimic UNIX functionality while still keeping the awkward administration interface. Maybe this is just their way to slowly change over to MicrosoftBSD? (I would have said Linux, but then they'd have to give away the source!)
I agree that Windows 2000 is vastly improved over it's predecessor, but it still should always boil down to what is the right tool for the job! If UNIX is what is right, use it. If Windows does a better job for something then use it.
I thought upgrades were sometimes necesary to fix bugs, etc. How can VOS magically fix bugs and add features to your current operating system?
What if I'm not using VOS? If I see no reason to upgrade my operating system then I wont! If I want to upgrade for a bug fix, or I want a new feature in the new system then I'll upgrade, but what does VOS have to do with any of this?
I'm confused at what they are getting at here, my guess is that they mean you don't have to re-install your operating system to change it, but I think they should be more clear on this, especially if they are trying to sell this! I can just see someone thinking that if they have this they no longer have to upgrade from say Windows 98 to Windows ME because VOS will do it for them.
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I have an old Bell Expressvu dish kickin around (with the old hardware before the upgrade to the new satellite) anyone get it working with one of these? How about dishes from other vendors? For some reason I cannot load the link so maybe that info is on thier site?
This could be a good way for people in the country to get higher speed net access. If you can find a near-by friend with high-speed access that is.
Although I will not have DSL until October 2nd, my experience so far has not been great. I got a new phone number almost a month ago now and wanted to get DSL hooked up. Unfortunenlty Bell (my telco) said that DSL isn't avaliable on my phone line (even though I knew it was) so they said wait 5-7 days. I did that, still nothing after that time. Finally 3 weeks later they finally figured out we could get it, so like I said at the beginning of this post it's getting hooked up October 2nd. I hope it will be a better experience from this point on!
This sounds familiar. Like CD's from Microsoft and other vendors. I never could understand the purpose of this ID. If it's to stop pirating it doesn't work because all I have to do is give the ID to the next person. All this ID does it makes it a pain to enter every time and I usually mistype atleast one letter so then I have to either retype it again or search through the whole long ID just to find the wrong character. Warez actually makes this easier because all you have to do is copy and paste the ID in!
I just think the ID would be more of a hassel then it is worth but maybe I'm missing the point.
The Offspring are also going to be releasing their next album in MP3 format before it is avaliable on CD.
Finally some bands are starting to use the power of the internet instead of just complaining about it!
What if you try and boot Windows from LILO?
Maybe your computer doesn't like Window's MBR?
It may not help but it's worth a try.
I don't know much about a Mac's networking ablities but isn't there a header that will allow you to access the outside through HTTP even if it's not a HTTP request? I forget what it was, maybe I'm thinking of something else even?
Failing that, how about PPP over HTTP? You could setup a server outside of the firewall and set PPP over POST requests. Could that not be done with a bit of hacking? If it cannot be done on the Mac could it be done in Linux? You could always install Linux on your computer.
Like I said I don't know much about the TCP/IP stack on the Mac or Linux, for that matter, so this might not even be possible.
Would ICQ's use of numbers to identify it's users conflict with AIM's use of screen names?
I'm sure AOL has some way around it. Maybe they will do something like Everybuddy to join the two services together? Or are they going to totally unify the service to it is transparent no matter what client you are using?
Nothing has changed, many will argue this is because it was done right in the first place and it doesn't need to change. Mind you, you could always modify the look of it if you wanted, since you have access to the source code.
Or if this Carnivore box only scans e-mail, then all that has to be done is use a different protocol. There are many other protocols that exchange information (like I don't know, all of them!). So really Carnivore would have to look through all of the traffic which includes web pages, etc. and if I understand this correctly the FBI says it will not do this.
I have not used ZeroKnowledge before so I could be wrong but doesn't ZeroKnowledge work by forwarding your data through thier servers? ZeroKnowledge is a Canadian company so I'm guessing that their servers are located in Canada . So wouldn't you have a Canadian IP once you go through their servers?
Like I said I haven't used it so I could be totally off here, but if I'm right it could be a good way to get past this.
This might just give new meaning to the old saying "my dog ate my homework."
How about creating a script before hand that will trash everything incriminating when you log in with a certain password that you supply to the authorities? They wont know that this is happening and anything they shouldn't see will be gone. Your collection will be gone, but it would be better than letting them see the data!
Just a thought, but I'm sure it could be done.
Yeah I would also like to know where the mirrors are.
I am dissapointed to see that descramble or decss are not found on Napster. Should I be searching for something else or does it simply not exist on Napster?
Here is the perfect legal use of Napster and I can't even find it.
What would have been really funny is if the DeCSS code was stenographed into the MP3. Then not only having the code in the song, it would also be there in text format, you'd just have to extract it.
Maybe we can still do this with another song. Metallica MP3 anyone?
Actually I change my mind, sue Napster all you want, it's easy to change to a different service, it's not as easy getting sued. Keep up the good work RIAA!
Would Napster be okay if it could share anything? And you could just type *.mp3 if you wanted to just search for mp3's. If it's not okay then we'd better get suing Microsoft now too because Windows file sharing does exactly the same thing!
Yes Napster was probably made for copying copyrighted music, but it does have legitimate uses too. It's the users who are violating copyright law, Napster is just an index of song titles. If the music industry wants to use the defence that Napster having the titles on their servers is against the law they may have a case but that would make everything else that uses the song names also illegal (I'm thinking online CD stores)
Why not perform your creation yourself? That's how you would get paid. Music is suppost to be an expression of what you are feeling and if someone else is preforming it then all of that meaning is lost. That's my opinion anyway. Even if someone else is performing the work you could easily make money! You could sell the music to someone else or you could work out a deal to get a cut of the profits from each performance. The only one who might not get paid is the people who work for the recording companies. As unfortunate as this is it is how our capitolistic society works. Once a product or service is no longer needed to company with that product/service will have to adapt or go out of business. This applies for all businesses. In this case the recording industry is no longer needed to distribute music.
The cat is out of the bag now, there is no going back. Even if Napster is shut down other similar services will follow, Gnutella, Freenet, and newer technologies that don't even exist yet. I'm not saying that it is right or wrong to download music off of the internet but my point is that if people want to download the music they will, shutting down Napster wont solve the issue at all (well maybe for a week or two until everyone discovers a new file transfer system). Instead of fighting the new technology the recording industry will have to adapt or go out of business.
I remember seeing an old 486 that had a little plug that was plug into the AT keyboard adapter and it ran wires up to a front adapter. Could something like this be done for the other ports (USB, Serial, etc.?) you might have to run the from outside the case then back in, but no one sees the back anyways. You of course would have to cut holes in your case to fit the new connectors though.
As others have mentioned the Compaq computers do this, has anyone taken one of these computers apart to see how they did it?
most "Free" ISPs log your phone number from what I understand, so unless you are going to hook up to a pay phone to connect to it then you are pretty much out of luck.
Instead of initially transfering it over the net, why not print it out on say paper, or a t-shirt, something along those lines. It is much more difficult to track anolog items, just look at paper money for example. Once the code is distributed to enough people the cat will be out of the bag and the people who recieved to code can start putting it in digital form and on to the internet.
If you are real ambitious you could hide the code into a picture. Then if you could get this picture into a highly distributed magazine then everyone would have the code and all they'd have to do is scan it and run it through a program to decode it. This picture method would also work if you want to still use the internet to distrubute it, atleast it would help a bit.
I would think if many people have the code before it is posted to the internet it would prove very difficult to prove who's code it is, and they would have to sue every single person who put it up which would take quite some time if they'd even bother.
I might add that the ear tags are starting to go the barcode route. Along with the number there is a little barcode on the tag that can be scanned to identify the animal.
Have you tried a DC-DC power supply? I haven't tried one before so I don't know how well they work, but if they do I think that's the route I would go. Info on one can be found at http://www.mp3car.com/dcdc916.html. I have seen others out there too, I'm sure a quick web search will turn up a bunch of them.
www.mp3car.com is a good resource for putting MP3 players in your car. If you want net access and you have lots of cash you could go the Megacar route. My personal favorite MP3 player install is the MP3 Blazer. It's got lots of nice features like internet access, dvd movies, it's even got a cd burner in it! I wish it was mine! I also am planning on doing something similar, but I need to get me some money first!
I find it interesting how Windows keeps looking more and more like UNIX. What I mean by this is that Windows 2000 Server comes with a telnet server (does workstation? I haven't used it) a new telnet client that is much more like the telnet found on UNIX boxes. Other things like being able to mount partitions to directories rather than c:, d:, etc. too me just seem like they are trying to mimic UNIX functionality while still keeping the awkward administration interface. Maybe this is just their way to slowly change over to MicrosoftBSD? (I would have said Linux, but then they'd have to give away the source!)
I agree that Windows 2000 is vastly improved over it's predecessor, but it still should always boil down to what is the right tool for the job! If UNIX is what is right, use it. If Windows does a better job for something then use it.
What if I'm not using VOS? If I see no reason to upgrade my operating system then I wont! If I want to upgrade for a bug fix, or I want a new feature in the new system then I'll upgrade, but what does VOS have to do with any of this?
I'm confused at what they are getting at here, my guess is that they mean you don't have to re-install your operating system to change it, but I think they should be more clear on this, especially if they are trying to sell this! I can just see someone thinking that if they have this they no longer have to upgrade from say Windows 98 to Windows ME because VOS will do it for them.