DivX;-) is constantly changing, though, so it'd be quite difficult to implement in a set-top setting. I understand that you could merely flash an update to it every so often, but think about it from the aspect of the Tivo being a device. How many consumers would want to upgrade the codec on their DVD player every so often?
I would have personally opted for a less Scooby Doo-esque method, like the previously mentioned video cameras or the newly discovered "Security Guard," but, whatever gets ya goin.
If you really wanted to get crafty you could have used TOXIC glow in the dark paint, then, when someone died in their cubicle, WHAM! Hit em with the black light to determine if it was natural causes or theivery.
I don't see "accreditation" listed as one of Kensington's plusses.:/ In fact, a google search brings up the following:
"In Bear's Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally, it notes of Kensington International University -
Kensington University had been a California-approved school, but their reapproval was denied in 1995, leading to the establishment of this institution (i.e., Kensignton International University), using a business service address in Hawaii; the school is still run from southern California, offering degrees at all levels by independent study.
Note that if you are concerned about regional accreditation, this institution is not regionally accredited."
As well as...
"Neither Kensington or Newport University are listed in the International Handbook of Universities.
This usually suggests that they are not accredited by any of the 6 regional agencies of the US. Or, if these institutions are outside the US, this means they are not recognised institutions."
It's also listed in the diploma mill section of the alt.education.distance FAQ.
It's illegal to use a diploma from Kensington in Oregon: http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.html
More:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22kensington+ un iversity%22&hl=en&scoring=d&rnum=1&selm=wQQw7.4949 5%24kf1.16425083%40news1.rdc1.ne.home.com
Hey, I wasn't saying it was spectacular, or easy to acces, or even good, I was merely replying to this:
"And i have _no_ idea how many times i have hit tab in a dos box to have it try to finish the c:\windows directory\with lots\of\sub-folders\ that bash provides... i know of no registry hacks under windows that do that sort of thing."
If you're stuck using 98, you've got bigger problems to deal with than not being able to use TAB to autocomplete from the command line.
"Maybe find a way to traingulate the exact location of the incomming signal through some ip mapping program. LOL"
Someone's been watching too much Hackers.
There are these awesome h4x0r tools called traceroute and whois that you can use to "triangulate" the "incoming signal.":p
Does the RIAA have the "Get Smart" team ...
on
RIAA to DoS Pirates?
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· Score: 3, Funny
... developing their wacky plans?
This plan was deemed only slighty better than the "PC GPS/Abandoned Star
Wars defense laser" and the "Anti-MP3 MP3" plans, the latter failing because
of the obvious development of an Anti-Anti-MP3 MP3.
Well, in America, two members of the Screen Actors Guild cannot have the same professional name. See Vanessa Williams (lousy actress formerly on the first season or two of Melrose Place) and Vanessa L. Williams (lousy actress/former Miss America who has graced the pages of Penthouse and currently appears in Radio Shack commercials).
So, if Dick Smith were an American actor, yes, any future theoretical Dick Smiths would have to register professionally under a different name.
"with high end motherboards having onboard LAN, sound, etc..."
Maybe it's just me, but I've always thought that the integrated boards were the low-end, since the onboard components are invariably of a lesser quality than what you can purchase and install seperately.
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I mean, at least they didn't get google.
DivX;-) is constantly changing, though, so it'd be quite difficult to implement in a set-top setting. I understand that you could merely flash an update to it every so often, but think about it from the aspect of the Tivo being a device. How many consumers would want to upgrade the codec on their DVD player every so often?
Let me point out my superfluous "now" before someone else gets a chance to make a joke about it. :p
"I get the same wuality music"
;)
I like the Wu-Tang as much as the next pasty suburbanite, but I didn't realize that they were now the benchmark for good music now.
Then when the head goes out on the DVD player (moving parts and what not) and you send it in for repair, you're up shit creek.
1) No DVDs
2) No Games
3) No Cable Box
4) No MP3s
5) No watching recorded TV shows
I hate convergence. I like all my devices seperate, so when the one with the most moving parts dies first, I've still got all the rest.
... but if someone has local access to the satellite, watch out!
;-p
Actually, "they" did. Those who live in ignorant houses shouldn't... well, shouldn't do much of anything. :D
I would have personally opted for a less Scooby Doo-esque method, like the previously mentioned video cameras or the newly discovered "Security Guard," but, whatever gets ya goin.
If you really wanted to get crafty you could have used TOXIC glow in the dark paint, then, when someone died in their cubicle, WHAM! Hit em with the black light to determine if it was natural causes or theivery.
Fixed links!
:-/
Sorry
I don't see "accreditation" listed as one of Kensington's plusses. :/ In fact, a google search brings up the following:
+ un iversity%22&hl=en&scoring=d&rnum=1&selm=wQQw7.4949 5%24kf1.16425083%40news1.rdc1.ne.home.com
0 ,4 028,1191514^6203,00.html
"In Bear's Guide to Earning Degrees Nontraditionally, it notes of Kensington International University -
Kensington University had been a California-approved school, but their reapproval was denied in 1995, leading to the establishment of this institution (i.e., Kensignton International University), using a business service address in Hawaii; the school is still run from southern California, offering degrees at all levels by independent study.
Note that if you are concerned about regional accreditation, this institution is not regionally accredited."
As well as...
"Neither Kensington or Newport University are listed in the International Handbook of Universities.
This usually suggests that they are not accredited by any of the 6 regional agencies of the US. Or, if these institutions are outside the US, this means they are not recognised institutions."
It's also listed in the diploma mill section of the alt.education.distance FAQ.
It's illegal to use a diploma from Kensington in Oregon: http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/unaccredited.html
More:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22kensington
http://highered.theoz.com.au/common/story_page/
"The biggest problem in the first case is going to be dependancies -- CS 302 requires CS 301, CS 303 requires CS 302, etc."
apt-get install cs_degree
;)
The Game Boy Advance doesn't have an infrared link. You're thinking of the Game Boy Color.
Not very lone if they're plural, are they? ;)
Scary? It sounds like an excellent idea to me...
Hey, I wasn't saying it was spectacular, or easy to acces, or even good, I was merely replying to this:
... i know of no registry hacks under windows that do that sort of thing."
"And i have _no_ idea how many times i have hit tab in a dos box to have it try to finish the c:\windows directory\with lots\of\sub-folders\ that bash provides
If you're stuck using 98, you've got bigger problems to deal with than not being able to use TAB to autocomplete from the command line.
How much are you making off of that affiliate link, thitcho?
Command-line autocompletion under 2k:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\CompletionChar = 9
"Maybe find a way to traingulate the exact location of the incomming signal through some ip mapping program. LOL"
:p
Someone's been watching too much Hackers.
There are these awesome h4x0r tools called traceroute and whois that you can use to "triangulate" the "incoming signal."
... developing their wacky plans?
This plan was deemed only slighty better than the "PC GPS/Abandoned Star
Wars defense laser" and the "Anti-MP3 MP3" plans, the latter failing because
of the obvious development of an Anti-Anti-MP3 MP3.
Well, in America, two members of the Screen Actors Guild cannot have the same professional name. See Vanessa Williams (lousy actress formerly on the first season or two of Melrose Place) and Vanessa L. Williams (lousy actress/former Miss America who has graced the pages of Penthouse and currently appears in Radio Shack commercials).
So, if Dick Smith were an American actor, yes, any future theoretical Dick Smiths would have to register professionally under a different name.
I honestly didn't intend for that to come out as flamebait. My apologies if it did. :-/
"with high end motherboards having onboard LAN, sound, etc..."
Maybe it's just me, but I've always thought that the integrated boards were the low-end, since the onboard components are invariably of a lesser quality than what you can purchase and install seperately.
The main thing that will most likely prevent planes from being used as cheap bombs is the fact the four planes were already used as cheap bombs.
I don't see the recent security clampdown going away anytime soon.
Just my opinion.
Someone will always find a way to get around any sort of copy protection.
"I may not be a expert in particle physics"
Heavens! I find this statement absolutely shocking from someone named after a Dragon Ball Z character... I never would have guessed.
;-p