If iTunes sales for small labels are going too well, they might abandon eMusic, which would be a shame, since I like it better to d/l as many mp3s as I like for $10/month than paying $.99 per DRM-protected track. (Yes, Apple's DRM is pretty much acceptable, but no DRM is even better, and if you're downloading a substantial number of tracks each month, $10/month is better than $.99 per track.)
Personally, I thind PVRs are definitely worth hacking - if you don't prefer rolling your own with somethink like VDR, , or FreeVo.
TVs are still the most important medium to distribute information through (with the net gaining ground fast), and I, for one, would like to decide for myself what to do with the information I recorded from TV; I don't want some companies making these decisions for me.
Extraction isn't exactly a hack in ReplayTV, is it? I've never touched one of those boxes, but from what I've read, I thought that it's an actual feature. (Albeit one that might soon bite the dust due to the MPAA getting things their way.)
It's the source for SCO's brand of UNIX, not for Linux.
While SCO alleges that part of the Linux sources are copied from their OS, it's not like SCO's UNIX is Linux.
(It'll still be interesting to see SCO trying to prove that somehow someone copied the source of closed-source software to use it an a GPLd piece of SW. After all, they'd also have to disprove the far more likely alternative that one of their developers illegally copied Linux freely available GPLd code to use in their closed-source kernel.)
I hope it's just you - it's better if they figure it out than your neighborhood script kiddy, because this way, the hole might get plugged before the damage is done.
Unfortunately, those who've been drafting the DMCA would probably disagree with me here...
I think that there are so-called chords for most modifer keys, so you won't have to reach for the fn- or the shift key. (Not sure if that makes things better or worse...)
Personally, I'd go for the iGesture Pad. It might not be usable on a plane, but it's most probably easier to master gesture-mousing than gesture-typing.
The thing in question isn't as much the amount of evidence needed but rather what the claim would do to your view of the world should it turn out true.
In case of the mouse, it probably wouldn' matter much, unless you'd set your heart on building a mice-proof house. There've been mice in other houses, there are many established ways in which a mouse can enter a house, so the discovery wouldn't tell you anything fundamentally new. So you might be ready to accept that claim without much evidence.
In case of the elephant, it'd be very different: There aren't many stories of elephants in bedrooms, and there aren't any obvious ways for an elephant to get there. In fact, conventional wisdom would place this situation somewhewre close to impossible. Thus the existence of an elephant in your bedroom would clash with much of your experience and view of the world, therefore you'd probably have a harder time believing it without substantial proof.
Not meaning to troll, either, but my experience is just the opposite: Whenever I'm at a Windows laptop, I find myself constantly hitting the wrong button below the trackpad.
Well, I guess it's all just a matter of what you're used to.
I don't see it. Call me a pessimist, but I can't imagine the EU truly enforcing any anti-MS regulation.
After all, MS is a major player in the US economy, and I'm sure its sales are an important factor in US exports. If the EU would really pose some anti-MS sanctions, I bet that Bush'd try to strong-arm them into taking it back.
Looks like this can't be said often enough: If those people had political motivations, they would voice them, as well.
Even terrorists who commit far more serious offenses always offer a statement of their intentions, no matter how twisted those might be.
It's like somebody stealing a car and crashing it. If that person then steps up and says this action was in protest against such and such, then it's still a crime and punishable, but it can also be considered to be an act of protest. However, if that person just crashes the car and runs, we most likely have a "crash kiddie" who's just doing this for the kicks of it.
So unless someone speaks up and verifies that they're behind this deal, I would rule protest out.
Not that I would like the options that leaves us with.:(
True. Then again They also didn't have to cope with nearly as much data. Even keyword matching will be wothless if only enough people in Russia oice their signatures with spy bait.
Still, I agre that I would be a lot more comfortable, as well, if they didn't do stuff like that... (Even thouhg the only difference between the Russinas and other nations is probably that they actually admit this kind of eavesdropping.)
They might end up like the secret police in the old German Democratic Republic: They too had tons and tons of information, but that was exactly their problem: There was absolutely no way they could organize all that data to put it to use, so most of it just rotted away in their archives.
Anyone else thinking of the lost ark at the end of the first Indiana Jones movie?:)
Luckily not all the time: Civilization - Call to Power is one of the examples where the developers are actively trying to make the Linux version run on just about any flavor of Linux.
*sigh* Ist's just so touching to hear tech support actually say "We're working on a PPC version." instead of "Sorry, we only support x86.":)
Baumi
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Not sure about the Command-E, but the eject menu item in the specialmenu used to do a completely hideouzs thing by ejecting a disk but keaving a "ghost image" behind and later on promptin you to re.insert that disk. This was a legacy from the times when there was only one floppy drive and you needed some way to drag&drop-copy files.
Luckily Apple removed this confusing feature with Mac OS 8 (?), but programs that use the old-style open/save boxes still offer this Eject button with all its unintended side effects.:(
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If iTunes sales for small labels are going too well, they might abandon eMusic, which would be a shame, since I like it better to d/l as many mp3s as I like for $10/month than paying $.99 per DRM-protected track. (Yes, Apple's DRM is pretty much acceptable, but no DRM is even better, and if you're downloading a substantial number of tracks each month, $10/month is better than $.99 per track.)
Ah, that clears things up a bit. Thanks.
Personally, I thind PVRs are definitely worth hacking - if you don't prefer rolling your own with somethink like VDR, , or FreeVo.
TVs are still the most important medium to distribute information through (with the net gaining ground fast), and I, for one, would like to decide for myself what to do with the information I recorded from TV; I don't want some companies making these decisions for me.
Extraction isn't exactly a hack in ReplayTV, is it? I've never touched one of those boxes, but from what I've read, I thought that it's an actual feature. (Albeit one that might soon bite the dust due to the MPAA getting things their way.)
Just look here.
You know a scammer needs some training when he get fooled into sending real gold to his "victim". :-)
It's the source for SCO's brand of UNIX, not for Linux.
While SCO alleges that part of the Linux sources are copied from their OS, it's not like SCO's UNIX is Linux.
(It'll still be interesting to see SCO trying to prove that somehow someone copied the source of closed-source software to use it an a GPLd piece of SW. After all, they'd also have to disprove the far more likely alternative that one of their developers illegally copied Linux freely available GPLd code to use in their closed-source kernel.)
I don't think so. Not sure, but IMHO you don't have to pay royalties on damages awarded to you.
Ah, well, maybe the fact that I'm an all brainy person with absolutely no talent for arts and crafts might influence my opinion a litte bit. :-)
I never understood what people like about case-modding anyway.
IMHO it's the IT equivalent of air-brushing your car with stripes and flashes - doesn't improve it in any way, but hey, it's expensive.
(That said I must admit that there certainly went a lot of work and love into this particular mod - however I still wouldn't want one.)
Not quite, but uControl offers similar functionality: You can scroll via trackpad by pressing the function key (configurable).
It's mainly a keyboard-remapping software - the trackpad stuff is just an added bonus.
I hope it's just you - it's better if they figure it out than your neighborhood script kiddy, because this way, the hole might get plugged before the damage is done.
:-(
Unfortunately, those who've been drafting the DMCA would probably disagree with me here...
Ignorance is power, I guess...
I think that there are so-called chords for most modifer keys, so you won't have to reach for the fn- or the shift key. (Not sure if that makes things better or worse...)
:-(
Personally, I'd go for the iGesture Pad. It might not be usable on a plane, but it's most probably easier to master gesture-mousing than gesture-typing.
Then again, the TouchStream ST has scored excellent reviews.
Considering my budget, however, I'll most probably never get my hands onto either one...
(No pun intended.)
The thing in question isn't as much the amount of evidence needed but rather what the claim would do to your view of the world should it turn out true.
In case of the mouse, it probably wouldn' matter much, unless you'd set your heart on building a mice-proof house. There've been mice in other houses, there are many established ways in which a mouse can enter a house, so the discovery wouldn't tell you anything fundamentally new. So you might be ready to accept that claim without much evidence.
In case of the elephant, it'd be very different: There aren't many stories of elephants in bedrooms, and there aren't any obvious ways for an elephant to get there. In fact, conventional wisdom would place this situation somewhewre close to impossible. Thus the existence of an elephant in your bedroom would clash with much of your experience and view of the world, therefore you'd probably have a harder time believing it without substantial proof.
Stem cells don't automatically grow into babies - if that were the case, this'd be the Easy Route to human cloning.
An in-depth look into what stem cells are, can be found here.
Not meaning to troll, either, but my experience is just the opposite: Whenever I'm at a Windows laptop, I find myself constantly hitting the wrong button below the trackpad.
Well, I guess it's all just a matter of what you're used to.
I don't see it. Call me a pessimist, but I can't imagine the EU truly enforcing any anti-MS regulation.
After all, MS is a major player in the US economy, and I'm sure its sales are an important factor in US exports. If the EU would really pose some anti-MS sanctions, I bet that Bush'd try to strong-arm them into taking it back.
Looks like this can't be said often enough: If those people had political motivations, they would voice them, as well.
:(
Even terrorists who commit far more serious offenses always offer a statement of their intentions, no matter how twisted those might be.
It's like somebody stealing a car and crashing it. If that person then steps up and says this action was in protest against such and such, then it's still a crime and punishable, but it can also be considered to be an act of protest.
However, if that person just crashes the car and runs, we most likely have a "crash kiddie" who's just doing this for the kicks of it.
So unless someone speaks up and verifies that they're behind this deal, I would rule protest out.
Not that I would like the options that leaves us with.
Baumi
True. Then again They also didn't have to cope with nearly as much data. Even keyword matching will be wothless if only enough people in Russia oice their signatures with spy bait.
Still, I agre that I would be a lot more comfortable, as well, if they didn't do stuff like that... (Even thouhg the only difference between the Russinas and other nations is probably that they actually admit this kind of eavesdropping.)
Baumi
They might end up like the secret police in the old German Democratic Republic: They too had tons and tons of information, but that was exactly their problem: There was absolutely no way they could organize all that data to put it to use, so most of it just rotted away in their archives.
:)
Anyone else thinking of the lost ark at the end of the first Indiana Jones movie?
Baumi
Luckily not all the time: Civilization - Call to Power is one of the examples where the developers are actively trying to make the Linux version run on just about any flavor of Linux.
:)
*sigh* Ist's just so touching to hear tech support actually say "We're working on a PPC version." instead of "Sorry, we only support x86."
Baumi
Not sure about the Command-E, but the eject menu item in the specialmenu used to do a completely hideouzs thing by ejecting a disk but keaving a "ghost image" behind and later on promptin you to re.insert that disk. This was a legacy from the times when there was only one floppy drive and you needed some way to drag&drop-copy files.
:(
Luckily Apple removed this confusing feature with Mac OS 8 (?), but programs that use the old-style open/save boxes still offer this Eject button with all its unintended side effects.
Baumi