Trust No One. I went with an ATI All-In-Wonder 7500 when I bought my card even though most the features didn't work at the time. Why? I don't trust any company with my computer. Currently all my hardware works (including the remote that came with the 7500) and more bugs are being fixed all the time. How do I know what NVidia is doing codewise with thier drivers? Should I trust them?
Why not use some of the money and resources to further GOCR? Hell, you could probably even convince the CS department to make it an assignment to send a patch or implement a new feature into the app.
I'm for ditching cursive and teaching typing instead. I have never been asked once to submit something in cursive in my four years at college. All my papers have to be typed, but there is an occasional prof who will allow PRINTING. No cursive allowed. Cursive is an art, not a communication tool.
The only people I know that have a hard time printing are my mom and Grandma, yet cursive is still being taught in public schools instead of typing. What a waste.
The only thing I have ever liked that bears the MS seal is the original SideWinder 6-Button gamepad (plugs into gameport). Works like a charm under Linux and it totally rocks for an old Genesis fan playing games under XMAME.
I had a geography professor that used Linux. Totally surprised me too. All I did was tell him the margins of my paper were off a bit because of the Linux print driver. We then got into a discussion about Linux. There are more Penguins than you think.
Aside from the 25 hours a day in the post, I can't see how the fuck this is supposed to be funny. Are we supposed to be laughing at the idea of metric or something?
The episode you refer to is titled "Button, Button" and will be playing on TNT July 20th @ 5:30 AM Eastern time.
More info:
"Button, Button" (Season 1, Episode 51 (or 20 if you count two 15 min stories as one show))
o Writer: Logan Swanson (psuedonym of Richard Matheson)
o Teleplay: Logan Swanson
o Director: Peter Medak
o Cast: Mare Winningham, Basil Hoffman, Brad Davis
Even if one were to agree with Stallman on the BitKeeper issue, Linus using it is a good thing. As far as I see it Linus won't burn out and there is amazing incentive to create something better than BitKeeper. Can you imagine the bragging rights a group would have if they made a better product than BitKeeper?
Nerd1: I've been using Linux for my Perl programming. Nerd2: I helped make the software that Linus uses to make the kernel. Nerd3: I beat RMS in arm wrestling. Nerd1 && Nerd2: *frightened looks*
One of my geek friends got a Palm and would ask myself and his roommate (both fellow nerds) when we we're going to get one since they were so handy. His roommate finally got tired of it and caved in. He bought a memo pad, wrote "Nathan's PDA" on it with a Sharpie (a anticapitalist tool in this case), and began jotting down notes in it. I never heard about how great Palm Pilots were after that.
I use a memo pad on occasion myself, but I don't have enough pocket space (wallet, cigs, shades) or desire to carry anything more with me. I'll get a PDA + Keyboard for typing someday, but I'm not in a rush and there are other things I covet more (like a digital camera (OT: anybody know of decent cheap one compatible with Linux?)) at this time.
Why not just fine based on either money earned from the rip or cost of the item ripped, whichever is higher. That would discourage a lot of piracy and also keep large megacorps like MS from borrowing GPL code.
At least, that's the idea for how it's supposed to work.
Exactly. Except it won't help. If the DVD's are already being copied who's going to put an SID on them? If I were a content producer I'd be much more concerned about Asia than Europe.
Uh, no... I am talking about a lass who went to my Uni and did exactly what I said. Somewhere somebody is bound to have a copy of the flier we got after the event saying something to the effect of don't jump on your bed near a window.
I've heard some dumb things in my day (such as college students getting drunk only to bounce on their beds and fall out the window) but this is beyond my comprehension.
I am in full agreement with harsher penalties for mass producers, but this isn't what would happen if the MPA, BSA, or any other organization got what they wanted. Often times it is a large piracy ring the companies go after, but/.ers know very well they'd go after anyone they could. It's a cartel / monopoly. They don't have to worry how many customers they piss off at this point.
So basically it sounds like CD's and DVD's will becoming with a SID (Source ID) which will identify the factory that made it. How is this supposed to help prevent piracy? Suppose I'm churning out masses of DVD's in Germany. Ok... they know which plant the DVD came from. So fucking what? If the truth is being told they more than likely won't know which store I even bought the original disc from. Not to mention it wouldn't be hard to buy a disc from someplace like Norway, which isn't even a member of the EU, and have either a different SID or no SID.
Something tells me this whole SID thing is not to prevent or track piracy, but to keep small DVD / CD producers from being a threat with even more rules and regulations.
From the article:
The software and media groups also want the process of being granted civil search orders (known as Anton Piller orders in the UK) to be made easier and cheaper throughout the EU. Some countries already make the process relatively easy, said Peets, but not all. "In some member states it costs 100,000 euros to obtain a search order, and in others it can take months to process the request, by which time there could be a leak," she said.
What is wrong with that? It seems like Peets wants to be able to barge into any house he or his cronies choose to look for pirated material. The US would do good to have a large fee to obtain a search warrant. Maybe the government / police / corporations would think twice before applying for a warrant.
Also from the article:
"Pirates are using the Internet to download illegal copies of movies and then burning them onto CD-ROMs or DVD Recordables,..."
Jesus Christ in a furnace! What if somebody used bi-pedal motion to smuggle a DVD across the street for a neighbor to copy! We must act quickly against this "walking" lest piracy run rampant! Quickly, start putting the plant ID on all shoes made so we can stop piracy and make sure nobody makes their own shoes!
but who would be Valiant, the company with the best stories but mediocre graphics?
Maybe I'm just a nutcase (as time goes on I feel more and more that way), but I'll take engaging story / gameplay over FX / graphics any day. I get a lot of heat because I don't play games like Soldier of Fortune. Give me an Atari 2600 over a GameCube anyday.
It is bad in the states as far as the media goes. The brainwashing is so complete and ingrained it's amazing. I had no clue of the depth of deception until I stopped paying attention to TV News and its affiliates.
Too many people do use TV as an evening filler, and I can't blame them. Anything to numb a full day of work.
I don't. We are supposed to have digital soon, but I am unsure what I would do. I love Football games, but all the other stuff I can live without. It's those accursed Sunday Night games they have.
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I trust no one corporation. Howsabout that?
read the title as Kroutware... something tells me the Germans wouldn't fund such a program...
Trust No One. I went with an ATI All-In-Wonder 7500 when I bought my card even though most the features didn't work at the time. Why? I don't trust any company with my computer. Currently all my hardware works (including the remote that came with the 7500) and more bugs are being fixed all the time. How do I know what NVidia is doing codewise with thier drivers? Should I trust them?
Why not use some of the money and resources to further GOCR? Hell, you could probably even convince the CS department to make it an assignment to send a patch or implement a new feature into the app.
If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will misunderstand.
I'm for ditching cursive and teaching typing instead. I have never been asked once to submit something in cursive in my four years at college. All my papers have to be typed, but there is an occasional prof who will allow PRINTING. No cursive allowed. Cursive is an art, not a communication tool.
The only people I know that have a hard time printing are my mom and Grandma, yet cursive is still being taught in public schools instead of typing. What a waste.
The only thing I have ever liked that bears the MS seal is the original SideWinder 6-Button gamepad (plugs into gameport). Works like a charm under Linux and it totally rocks for an old Genesis fan playing games under XMAME.
I had a geography professor that used Linux. Totally surprised me too. All I did was tell him the margins of my paper were off a bit because of the Linux print driver. We then got into a discussion about Linux. There are more Penguins than you think.
Aside from the 25 hours a day in the post, I can't see how the fuck this is supposed to be funny. Are we supposed to be laughing at the idea of metric or something?
I have to wonder if this sudden interest in Math is do to recent drug use like LSD.
The episode you refer to is titled "Button, Button" and will be playing on TNT July 20th @ 5:30 AM Eastern time.
More info:
"Button, Button" (Season 1, Episode 51 (or 20 if you count two 15 min stories as one show))
o Writer: Logan Swanson (psuedonym of Richard Matheson)
o Teleplay: Logan Swanson
o Director: Peter Medak
o Cast: Mare Winningham, Basil Hoffman, Brad Davis
The episode first aired on March 7, 1986.
That makes three of us. I also saw condoms in the title. Course, with all the spelling errors it wouldn't surprise me.
I don't blame you at all. Hell, it is an eye-catcher. Just bothers me that the editors get baited by such things.
So the story basically had no valid data. Talk about a troll post.
Remember, we're talking about a 10 year old Alpha project.
Never you mind the fact that Windows is a 20 year old alpha product...
I agree. PDA's aren't for everbody, but when used correctly they are very useful. Like I said, I'll get one eventually, but I'm in no real rush.
Even if one were to agree with Stallman on the BitKeeper issue, Linus using it is a good thing. As far as I see it Linus won't burn out and there is amazing incentive to create something better than BitKeeper. Can you imagine the bragging rights a group would have if they made a better product than BitKeeper?
Nerd1: I've been using Linux for my Perl programming.
Nerd2: I helped make the software that Linus uses to make the kernel.
Nerd3: I beat RMS in arm wrestling.
Nerd1 && Nerd2: *frightened looks*
One of my geek friends got a Palm and would ask myself and his roommate (both fellow nerds) when we we're going to get one since they were so handy. His roommate finally got tired of it and caved in. He bought a memo pad, wrote "Nathan's PDA" on it with a Sharpie (a anticapitalist tool in this case), and began jotting down notes in it. I never heard about how great Palm Pilots were after that.
I use a memo pad on occasion myself, but I don't have enough pocket space (wallet, cigs, shades) or desire to carry anything more with me. I'll get a PDA + Keyboard for typing someday, but I'm not in a rush and there are other things I covet more (like a digital camera (OT: anybody know of decent cheap one compatible with Linux?)) at this time.
Why not just fine based on either money earned from the rip or cost of the item ripped, whichever is higher. That would discourage a lot of piracy and also keep large megacorps like MS from borrowing GPL code.
At least, that's the idea for how it's supposed to work.
Exactly. Except it won't help. If the DVD's are already being copied who's going to put an SID on them? If I were a content producer I'd be much more concerned about Asia than Europe.
Uh, no... I am talking about a lass who went to my Uni and did exactly what I said. Somewhere somebody is bound to have a copy of the flier we got after the event saying something to the effect of don't jump on your bed near a window.
I've heard some dumb things in my day (such as college students getting drunk only to bounce on their beds and fall out the window) but this is beyond my comprehension.
/.ers know very well they'd go after anyone they could. It's a cartel / monopoly. They don't have to worry how many customers they piss off at this point.
..."
I am in full agreement with harsher penalties for mass producers, but this isn't what would happen if the MPA, BSA, or any other organization got what they wanted. Often times it is a large piracy ring the companies go after, but
So basically it sounds like CD's and DVD's will becoming with a SID (Source ID) which will identify the factory that made it. How is this supposed to help prevent piracy? Suppose I'm churning out masses of DVD's in Germany. Ok... they know which plant the DVD came from. So fucking what? If the truth is being told they more than likely won't know which store I even bought the original disc from. Not to mention it wouldn't be hard to buy a disc from someplace like Norway, which isn't even a member of the EU, and have either a different SID or no SID.
Something tells me this whole SID thing is not to prevent or track piracy, but to keep small DVD / CD producers from being a threat with even more rules and regulations.
From the article:
The software and media groups also want the process of being granted civil search orders (known as Anton Piller orders in the UK) to be made easier and cheaper throughout the EU. Some countries already make the process relatively easy, said Peets, but not all. "In some member states it costs 100,000 euros to obtain a search order, and in others it can take months to process the request, by which time there could be a leak," she said.
What is wrong with that? It seems like Peets wants to be able to barge into any house he or his cronies choose to look for pirated material. The US would do good to have a large fee to obtain a search warrant. Maybe the government / police / corporations would think twice before applying for a warrant.
Also from the article:
"Pirates are using the Internet to download illegal copies of movies and then burning them onto CD-ROMs or DVD Recordables,
Jesus Christ in a furnace! What if somebody used bi-pedal motion to smuggle a DVD across the street for a neighbor to copy! We must act quickly against this "walking" lest piracy run rampant! Quickly, start putting the plant ID on all shoes made so we can stop piracy and make sure nobody makes their own shoes!
but who would be Valiant, the company with the best stories but mediocre graphics?
Maybe I'm just a nutcase (as time goes on I feel more and more that way), but I'll take engaging story / gameplay over FX / graphics any day. I get a lot of heat because I don't play games like Soldier of Fortune. Give me an Atari 2600 over a GameCube anyday.
It is bad in the states as far as the media goes. The brainwashing is so complete and ingrained it's amazing. I had no clue of the depth of deception until I stopped paying attention to TV News and its affiliates.
Too many people do use TV as an evening filler, and I can't blame them. Anything to numb a full day of work.
I don't. We are supposed to have digital soon, but I am unsure what I would do. I love Football games, but all the other stuff I can live without. It's those accursed Sunday Night games they have.