Yah, exactly. That's why even after 3 card swaps, hundreds of ECMs, mind boggling amounts of destroyed cards, DTV is still hacked by people. I mean, they just gave up giving up, right? Hacks will always exist, and you can save more money by giving up after being hacked the first time -- the people buying your tech to pirate your programming, or in this case games, are just not the customers you need to take care of. Consider selling your hardware at a profit to avoid being burned by pirates (what a concept!) Spend the money where it counts -- on paying customers!
Phone audio is only 300-3000 hz. With companding, and 4x sampling (which isn't necessary, remember nyquist) 11 khz @ 16 bits is the best you'll ever get from a phone line. That's assuming you're still on an analog exchange. If your exchange is digital, 8 khz @ 8-bits is more than enough.
HTH! I can provide references to these limitations, if you want them!:-)
>So you'd end up paying 40$ for a half full or one third full cartridge.
Yeah, but since they're colour you get two cartridges, which evens it all out to zero benefit; Except, you do get a new printer rather than a worn out printer, and free electronics crap (like a bonus power supply) which can be useful for projects.
Not to mention these printers are often rediculously low priced -- I bought a crappy Apollo printer for $10 6 months ago at Future Shop (and them's $CDN). I wish I had gotten 10 just for the free cartidges and power supplies!
You can squeeze some more life out of a worn out LJII/III feed roller by scoring it in a cross-hatch pattern with a sharp knife. Add some rubber renew and you might get another year out of it (I know I have).
I love these printers. I would swear they are the most sturdiest and reliable printers ever made. I've never had a jam that's required more effort than opening the lid. Too bad the new HP laser printers absolutely suck (when they jam badly you'll need to dissassemble much of the printer. BLECH! Not to mention the new abundance of plastic were plastic doesn't belong)
You can fit the guts of an LJIII into an LJII (which I've found seems to survive surplus joints a little bit better). As a bonus, the "online" LED flashes as the printer receives data (at least when using the TCP/IP ethernet adapter -- YES, I do have one of these rare expensive beasts and I love it). Using LJIII guts gives you a slight quality improvement and about 5x more speed.:-)
It beat anything I know of but a continuous ink system.
However, the series is really old (1992 or so?) and mine really needs a new pickup roller. 720 dpi if you can wait...
I remember tests showing 100% coverage of over 125 pages in colour before the cartridge ran out. Black was more. And at just $25-$30 a cartridge, the price is right.
Basically, what I'm saying is look for a printer with BIG cartridges, and check the price of 'em. This printer had the largest cartridges I've ever seen for under $40 and I was happy to buy it, even if it was $700 or so at the time!
For some reason (greed, I suppose) cartridges have gotten punier and punier over time. I expect eventually they'll be the size of coins and cost $100.:-(
>The ones I've used (genie) make the most anoying beeping noise made by a piezo thats surface mounted so u can't just cut the lines to it.
I feel linky today.
Try this. (Note: The tip isn't grounded, and this will annoy any of the EEs on slashdot, so I thought I'd mention it).
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>The problem is, how do I run video from the downstairs rack to my office (easily a 40' run)?
Depending on your length of run, RG-6 or RG-11 cable (3x or 5x your run -- depends on how much you care about the sync signals, or if you're lucky enough to be using a Sync-On-Green monitor:-). RG-6 is for shorter runs. TV coax is probably not good enough.
Serial mice will require a good quality, low gauge extension cable. PS/2 mice I wouldn't bother with. USB will not extend past 15 ft due to design flaws.
Hack yourself up a keyboard lengthener with your leftover cable (for the clock and data signals). Here's the pinout. Put together your long BNC VGA cable in whatever fashion suits you, making sure that the RGB signals and returns are going through their proper, separate, cables.
There ya go, home-made long video non-sucky cables made easy.:-)
>prices are in 1982 dollars, so let's say roughly double for 2002 dollars?
Don't worry, services were still charging exorbitant rates well into the 1990's...
I remember paying those rates just to enjoy access to their encyclopedia.:-) Fun calling up "page numbers" in Telix. It was like a giant interactive phone book!
No, a T1 is 1.544 Mbits. Or about 154.4 kilobytes per second (not megs). Feel free to google it. A T1 is equivalent to 23 1/3 phone lines. Here's a link that can describe it in far more detail.
Question: If there are so many people in a country willing to steal mobile phones that it is economical for many stores to be within easy reach to help commit a crime, is there not a much larger problem that needs to be solved instead?
In my opinion, if there's so many phones being stolen, an act to require mobile phone makers to make their phones less like candy to pirates (ie: Make the IMEI number "impossible" to change) would be in order instead.
This law just moves it out of the public's eye, and removes it from the long arm of the law. I assume its easier for a cop to question the owner of an IMEI shop for some help rather than find an underground phone stealing ring. But that's just my guess.
>This bill makes it illegal to assist criminals in this way.
AFAIK, in the UK is always been illegal to be an accomplis to a crime. I would assume changing an IMEI number for someone intent on a criminal act would make you a willing accomplis to the crime.
Uhh, directv sent letters to over 100,000 Americans telling them not to illegally modify their smartcards to pirate TV. They estimate (quite rightly) that there are over 1 million directv receivers in America that are hacked illegally. That's almost 10% of all satellite receivers.
Considering this, why doesn't the UK look at the stats and realise that just because its illegal doesn't mean people won't do it. Not to mention that theft of mobile phones is already illegal anyways.
It doesn't matter wether there are legitimate reasons for chaging the IMEI number or not. The fact is that changing it because you have a stolen cell phone is the reason for this bill. It therefore in and of itself is redundant. What a waste of taxpayers money, and another reason why I don't like visiting the UK (number two would be because the law there can strongarm me into giving away keys to any data they wish, and number three because I find the virtual panopticon the UK has become quite distasteful).
>It is not like changing your Phone #, it is more like changing the VIN number of your car. Which is very illegal.
I thought that it was only illegal to change the VIN on your car and drive it on public roads.
If you're some wacko who owns 10 sq. mi. of desert and you want to change your VIN, and never plan to drive outside of your land, I don't think that would be particularly illegal, but IANAL.
>You know you can go and get updates for the software that fixes this problem?
Yes, but everyone knows that those are simply band-aids to a problem so deeply engrained in the software that the problems rear their ugly head shortly after band-aid application.
Without a completely new application (no, not a rewrite) I doubt the execution of attachments problem will ever go away permanently.
>but it's a hell of a lot easier to click on "Windows Update" then it is to download a whole new browser, learn how to use it, deal with it's bugs, deal with it's rendering differences, etc.
I don't think so.
The basic features of mozilla are no different than IE. You click links once. Right click for special menus. Click the menus to open them.
Advanced features are elsewhere, but that's true of any program. Anyone using advanced features should be experienced enough that relearning those few features is not a big deal.
What is a big deal is when the windows update control doesn't download properly and you can't enter windows update without spending ungodly amounts of time fixing it. Not to mention the IE6 download times, and that it wants you to have all kinds of unreleated stuff, like a Media Player and Email program. Oh, and lets not forget having to return and reboot to windows update many times until you have all the weird security patches downloaded.
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Yah, exactly.
That's why even after 3 card swaps, hundreds of ECMs, mind boggling amounts of destroyed cards, DTV is still hacked by people. I mean, they just gave up giving up, right?
Hacks will always exist, and you can save more money by giving up after being hacked the first time -- the people buying your tech to pirate your programming, or in this case games, are just not the customers you need to take care of. Consider selling your hardware at a profit to avoid being burned by pirates (what a concept!)
Spend the money where it counts -- on paying customers!
No kidding.
I have two hotmail accounts (both of which are only used to fill out junk forms at websites).
One is uzer@hotmail.com, the other realuzer@hotmail.com.
Guess which one receives 100x the volume of spam?
I like to keep them alive just to waste M$s money dealing with spam. Heh.
Phone audio is only 300-3000 hz. With companding, and 4x sampling (which isn't necessary, remember nyquist) 11 khz @ 16 bits is the best you'll ever get from a phone line. That's assuming you're still on an analog exchange.
:-)
If your exchange is digital, 8 khz @ 8-bits is more than enough.
HTH! I can provide references to these limitations, if you want them!
in pieces...
That movie rocked!
>So you'd end up paying 40$ for a half full or one third full cartridge.
Yeah, but since they're colour you get two cartridges, which evens it all out to zero benefit; Except, you do get a new printer rather than a worn out printer, and free electronics crap (like a bonus power supply) which can be useful for projects.
Not to mention these printers are often rediculously low priced -- I bought a crappy Apollo printer for $10 6 months ago at Future Shop (and them's $CDN). I wish I had gotten 10 just for the free cartidges and power supplies!
>It does need a new paper feed roller
You can squeeze some more life out of a worn out LJII/III feed roller by scoring it in a cross-hatch pattern with a sharp knife. Add some rubber renew and you might get another year out of it (I know I have).
I love these printers. I would swear they are the most sturdiest and reliable printers ever made. I've never had a jam that's required more effort than opening the lid. Too bad the new HP laser printers absolutely suck (when they jam badly you'll need to dissassemble much of the printer. BLECH! Not to mention the new abundance of plastic were plastic doesn't belong)
Know what's even cooler?
:-)
You can fit the guts of an LJIII into an LJII (which I've found seems to survive surplus joints a little bit better). As a bonus, the "online" LED flashes as the printer receives data (at least when using the TCP/IP ethernet adapter -- YES, I do have one of these rare expensive beasts and I love it). Using LJIII guts gives you a slight quality improvement and about 5x more speed.
It beat anything I know of but a continuous ink system.
:-(
However, the series is really old (1992 or so?) and mine really needs a new pickup roller. 720 dpi if you can wait...
I remember tests showing 100% coverage of over 125 pages in colour before the cartridge ran out. Black was more. And at just $25-$30 a cartridge, the price is right.
Basically, what I'm saying is look for a printer with BIG cartridges, and check the price of 'em. This printer had the largest cartridges I've ever seen for under $40 and I was happy to buy it, even if it was $700 or so at the time!
For some reason (greed, I suppose) cartridges have gotten punier and punier over time. I expect eventually they'll be the size of coins and cost $100.
>The ones I've used (genie) make the most anoying beeping noise made by a piezo thats surface mounted so u can't just cut the lines to it.
I feel linky today.
Try this. (Note: The tip isn't grounded, and this will annoy any of the EEs on slashdot, so I thought I'd mention it).
There ya go, home-made long video non-sucky cables made easy.
>Surely, the factory is stationary?
Don't call me Shirley!
>prices are in 1982 dollars, so let's say roughly double for 2002 dollars?
:-) Fun calling up "page numbers" in Telix. It was like a giant interactive phone book!
Don't worry, services were still charging exorbitant rates well into the 1990's...
I remember paying those rates just to enjoy access to their encyclopedia.
No, a T1 is 1.544 Mbits. Or about 154.4 kilobytes per second (not megs). Feel free to google it. A T1 is equivalent to 23 1/3 phone lines. Here's a link that can describe it in far more detail.
HTH.
>Ok is this a improvement ?
;-)
Maybe, but I rather this:
0.66 cubits vs. 0.67 cubits.
Q: What's the sound of one hand clapping?
A: The half of the US gov't cheering for Richard Clarke.
"While companies like Intel Corp. and Samsung Electronic Co. already manufacture 12-inch wafers..."
"...will be the first IBM chips to be made on 300mm wafers of silicon"
Don't mix metric and imperial measuring systems.
Doing this is like SHOUTING. Well, maybe not. Its more like a cellphone ringing in a theater.
Question: If there are so many people in a country willing to steal mobile phones that it is economical for many stores to be within easy reach to help commit a crime, is there not a much larger problem that needs to be solved instead?
In my opinion, if there's so many phones being stolen, an act to require mobile phone makers to make their phones less like candy to pirates (ie: Make the IMEI number "impossible" to change) would be in order instead.
This law just moves it out of the public's eye, and removes it from the long arm of the law. I assume its easier for a cop to question the owner of an IMEI shop for some help rather than find an underground phone stealing ring. But that's just my guess.
>This bill makes it illegal to assist criminals in this way.
AFAIK, in the UK is always been illegal to be an accomplis to a crime. I would assume changing an IMEI number for someone intent on a criminal act would make you a willing accomplis to the crime.
Uhh, directv sent letters to over 100,000 Americans telling them not to illegally modify their smartcards to pirate TV. They estimate (quite rightly) that there are over 1 million directv receivers in America that are hacked illegally. That's almost 10% of all satellite receivers.
Considering this, why doesn't the UK look at the stats and realise that just because its illegal doesn't mean people won't do it. Not to mention that theft of mobile phones is already illegal anyways.
It doesn't matter wether there are legitimate reasons for chaging the IMEI number or not. The fact is that changing it because you have a stolen cell phone is the reason for this bill. It therefore in and of itself is redundant. What a waste of taxpayers money, and another reason why I don't like visiting the UK (number two would be because the law there can strongarm me into giving away keys to any data they wish, and number three because I find the virtual panopticon the UK has become quite distasteful).
Just my 2 cents.
>It is not like changing your Phone #, it is more like changing the VIN number of your car. Which is very illegal.
I thought that it was only illegal to change the VIN on your car and drive it on public roads.
If you're some wacko who owns 10 sq. mi. of desert and you want to change your VIN, and never plan to drive outside of your land, I don't think that would be particularly illegal, but IANAL.
You take a week's break and look what happens. :-)
>Can you make a backup? no
:-)
Yes
>You know you can go and get updates for the software that fixes this problem?
Yes, but everyone knows that those are simply band-aids to a problem so deeply engrained in the software that the problems rear their ugly head shortly after band-aid application.
Without a completely new application (no, not a rewrite) I doubt the execution of attachments problem will ever go away permanently.
> whoops!
> s/IE6/Mozilla/
I suppose, AC, you haven't updated IE lately, have you?
I'm betting 2 to 1 that you're actually posting using lynx on your 386.
Get a real machine, loser.
>but it's a hell of a lot easier to click on "Windows Update" then it is to download a whole new browser, learn how to use it, deal with it's bugs, deal with it's rendering differences, etc.
I don't think so.
The basic features of mozilla are no different than IE. You click links once. Right click for special menus. Click the menus to open them.
Advanced features are elsewhere, but that's true of any program. Anyone using advanced features should be experienced enough that relearning those few features is not a big deal.
What is a big deal is when the windows update control doesn't download properly and you can't enter windows update without spending ungodly amounts of time fixing it. Not to mention the IE6 download times, and that it wants you to have all kinds of unreleated stuff, like a Media Player and Email program. Oh, and lets not forget having to return and reboot to windows update many times until you have all the weird security patches downloaded.
BLECH! Only I can bust the 'doze from my life!