Watch Throne of Blood (Spider's Web Castle). Kurosawa does things with that full screen that you'd never think were possible. It made me totally rethink my widescreen bigotry. Roshomon destroyed it.
It's best to see the film however it was intended. However, the reason that directors all target widescreen is purely commercial.
Yeah. Everyone forgets the main reason this is cool:
Reflective lighting. No one cares about the brightness of a book (or how it looks in the sun) because it doesn't rely on backlighting/liquid crystal/whatever. The first time people use these devices, they'll be just as enthralled as the first time they played pong, and interacted with a television. It's that different.
1. Authors sign up 2. pay fee 3. books get formatted, listed on Amazon (and Books In Print) 4. folks order on Amazon (or their bookstore) 5. print on demand publisher creates the book 6. ships to store/customer 7. royalty goes to Author.
Authors get much higher royalties this way, but zero marketting, shelfspace, etc.
Also, with XLibris (unlike some competitors), Authors keep their copyright. They can unlist with XLibris at any time, and sell their book to someone else, whatever.
Well. The main reason that I said that is that from the screenshot you can tell it's a Sims clone, and I was never a big fan of the Sims. It's not the visual polish that seems bad, but rather the gameplay that would go along with it.
And, of course, it could play totally differently than I'm imagining. Still.
No, you can still whitelist/blacklist whomever you like.
I'm just suggesting that Earthlink maintains the "This is a human" information system-wide. However, on closer reading of the article, it is absolutely unclear whether I am correct or not. There's not enough information to tell.
I don't feel too bad, because most of the/. comments assume one way or the other.
Anyone who's gone through the challenge-response system once is whitelisted. For everyone on Earthlink. They could just try a bunch of harvested known-good email addys until one doesn't get bounced. Then they forge sender, and pour in the email.
The only problem I see is that now the spammers will just forge headers so they use a reply-to/forged headers from someone that's already authenticated.
If they've figured out how to avoid that problem, then this seems like a solid system.
Interesting term. "AI complete". You just made that up, admit it.
There's a pretty good automated Turing test package in use by Yahoo. Try getting a new account. Sure, given enough time, someone could write a program to defeat it, but it's going to be a while. By then, hopefully we'll have better automated Turing tests.
And not just between tracks. Depending on the orientation of the headphone cable, it doesn't just make popping noises... it's actually shocked me. It was kindof painful, due to the fact that it was shocking the inside of my ear.
It only seemed to happen when I had stuffed it into my pocket upside down and squashed the little rubber part on the back of the minijack. Perhaps people are having my problem? Perhaps my problem got a little worse?
I'm still dying to get a new iPod... So is that negative reinforcement?
If it's anything like their other machines, it's because they're morally opposed to USB 2.0: The hardware has support for USB 2.0, they just disable it in software. If you get drivers from the controller's manufacturer, you can get USB 2.0 on your powermac.
The reason most companies lock down machines has nothing to do with individual productivity. It's not like they block my access to/., now do they?
Instead, it is usually to enforce valuable policies. For example, it may be too expensive to back up each individual computer's hard drive continually. So, a corporate IT dept may lock down a machine to discourage users saving essential data to their local, un-backed-up drive.
Similarly, legal reasons may require a company to delete email after a certain amount of time. There are a million different real business needs for taking control away from users. It's not just because we enjoy stifling our coworkers.
Well, I have a number of "games" that make me feel really good and inspire great dreams, but they tend to come on DVD and they might not appreciate me discussing them on a family website like/.
Everyone is missing the point. You keep your wireless harddrive in your backpack/pocket/purse/briefcase/whatever. Now your handheld has access to 80GB storage at all times, at no size/weight/cost. Your phone, handheld, and computer can all use the same harddrive, so they could all use the same data.
You're right, it's not a handheld killer. It will make killer handhelds.
qttask is definitely not spyware, it just totally circumvents any standard installation procedure.
Gator is the only example that leaps to mind as something that should absolutely set off every security alarm, but doesn't. I agree that antivirus shouldn't block things that follow a standard installation procedure (like kazaa). And no, there are no honest-to-goodness trojans that don't set off NAV. I just feel like between MS and NAV, I should never have to worry about my users running Gator.
If you can tell me an "ordinary system management" method to avoid allowing qttask.exe to load on my w2k box, I'm all ears. There are many other vendors that install spyware with no install process whatsoever.
There may be microphones that generate their own electricity from the sound source, but that's definitely not always the case. I guarantee that high-end mics need power, I just don't know how much.
They already decided not to protect against spyware, adware, and various other trojans. My company's LAN uses commercial virus protection, but has to use a second vendor for spyware protection. imho, our commercial virus protection software provider has dropped the ball.
I would be totally not surprised if the virus protection software doesn't do a thing about this, and the Adaware/Spybot people will pick up the slack. And the personal firewall folks.
The real question, though, is whether MS would use Palladium/TCPA to force us to run this sort of program, or to prevent this sort of malicious attack. They could, of course, do either one. I'm as suspicious of MS as most/.ers, but I think that their big corporate customers would be able to have system administrators prevent this sort of unsigned binary to wreak havoc on their machines. That's kindof neat.
They'll have to buffer audio in the 32MB RAM, compress it, and when the RAM fills up, spin the HD and write it down. If they've got decent MP3(AAC?) encoding hardware on it, then they might not need to buffer the incoming audio at all, in which case I imagine they could avoid spinning the disk more often than once every twenty minutes or so.
If they pull that off, you could get hours and hours and hours of recording time on a single charge. Er... but idunno about the power requirements of a decent mic. This might not be everything a bootlegger dreamed of, but close to it. They'll probably still need to carry around some kind of power source to drive their mic. Any audio folks out there to illuminate the issue?
But they'll be discouraged from updating their iPods due to the extremely slow transfer speeds, and they'll wind up using it less, and it will be less valuable to them.
For $20, you can get a firewire card for just about any mac/pc/whatever. Since it vastly improves the utility of a $200-$500 product, I'd say it's worth it.
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Watch Throne of Blood (Spider's Web Castle). Kurosawa does things with that full screen that you'd never think were possible. It made me totally rethink my widescreen bigotry. Roshomon destroyed it.
It's best to see the film however it was intended. However, the reason that directors all target widescreen is purely commercial.
Yeah. Everyone forgets the main reason this is cool:
Reflective lighting. No one cares about the brightness of a book (or how it looks in the sun) because it doesn't rely on backlighting/liquid crystal/whatever. The first time people use these devices, they'll be just as enthralled as the first time they played pong, and interacted with a television. It's that different.
Check out my former employer (as a temp):
XLibris
1. Authors sign up
2. pay fee
3. books get formatted, listed on Amazon (and Books In Print)
4. folks order on Amazon (or their bookstore)
5. print on demand publisher creates the book
6. ships to store/customer
7. royalty goes to Author.
Authors get much higher royalties this way, but zero marketting, shelfspace, etc.
Also, with XLibris (unlike some competitors), Authors keep their copyright. They can unlist with XLibris at any time, and sell their book to someone else, whatever.
Well. The main reason that I said that is that from the screenshot you can tell it's a Sims clone, and I was never a big fan of the Sims. It's not the visual polish that seems bad, but rather the gameplay that would go along with it.
And, of course, it could play totally differently than I'm imagining. Still.
That looks like a really lame Sims clone. $5 bargain bin software.
No, you can still whitelist/blacklist whomever you like.
/. comments assume one way or the other.
I'm just suggesting that Earthlink maintains the "This is a human" information system-wide. However, on closer reading of the article, it is absolutely unclear whether I am correct or not. There's not enough information to tell.
I don't feel too bad, because most of the
Anyone who's gone through the challenge-response system once is whitelisted. For everyone on Earthlink. They could just try a bunch of harvested known-good email addys until one doesn't get bounced. Then they forge sender, and pour in the email.
The only problem I see is that now the spammers will just forge headers so they use a reply-to/forged headers from someone that's already authenticated.
If they've figured out how to avoid that problem, then this seems like a solid system.
Interesting term. "AI complete". You just made that up, admit it.
There's a pretty good automated Turing test package in use by Yahoo. Try getting a new account. Sure, given enough time, someone could write a program to defeat it, but it's going to be a while. By then, hopefully we'll have better automated Turing tests.
Where should we shop for a "pro" capture card rather than a consumer one?
And not just between tracks. Depending on the orientation of the headphone cable, it doesn't just make popping noises... it's actually shocked me. It was kindof painful, due to the fact that it was shocking the inside of my ear.
It only seemed to happen when I had stuffed it into my pocket upside down and squashed the little rubber part on the back of the minijack. Perhaps people are having my problem? Perhaps my problem got a little worse?
I'm still dying to get a new iPod... So is that negative reinforcement?
Uh... we're talking about windows machines here?
a >, pal.
/. back when Google implemented the Google Cache.
Click <a href="//MyComputer/My Documents/Porn/Mature/FallLinesMother.mpg">here</
And if you think Google has never been the gatekeeper to the data itself, go check the discussion on
If it makes you feel any better, I guarantee that he was also thinking of porn when he made this search engine.
If it's anything like their other machines, it's because they're morally opposed to USB 2.0: The hardware has support for USB 2.0, they just disable it in software. If you get drivers from the controller's manufacturer, you can get USB 2.0 on your powermac.
The reason most companies lock down machines has nothing to do with individual productivity. It's not like they block my access to /., now do they?
Instead, it is usually to enforce valuable policies. For example, it may be too expensive to back up each individual computer's hard drive continually. So, a corporate IT dept may lock down a machine to discourage users saving essential data to their local, un-backed-up drive.
Similarly, legal reasons may require a company to delete email after a certain amount of time. There are a million different real business needs for taking control away from users. It's not just because we enjoy stifling our coworkers.
They were also first with pictures of the mirrored drive door enclosure.
They are historically erratic. Lord only knows if this is even vaguely realistic.
Well, I have a number of "games" that make me feel really good and inspire great dreams, but they tend to come on DVD and they might not appreciate me discussing them on a family website like /.
why would anyone want to become a master in anything but rifles?
Because of the stealth pistol.
Everyone is missing the point. You keep your wireless harddrive in your backpack/pocket/purse/briefcase/whatever. Now your handheld has access to 80GB storage at all times, at no size/weight/cost. Your phone, handheld, and computer can all use the same harddrive, so they could all use the same data.
You're right, it's not a handheld killer. It will make killer handhelds.
qttask is definitely not spyware, it just totally circumvents any standard installation procedure.
Gator is the only example that leaps to mind as something that should absolutely set off every security alarm, but doesn't. I agree that antivirus shouldn't block things that follow a standard installation procedure (like kazaa). And no, there are no honest-to-goodness trojans that don't set off NAV. I just feel like between MS and NAV, I should never have to worry about my users running Gator.
If you can tell me an "ordinary system management" method to avoid allowing qttask.exe to load on my w2k box, I'm all ears. There are many other vendors that install spyware with no install process whatsoever.
There may be microphones that generate their own electricity from the sound source, but that's definitely not always the case. I guarantee that high-end mics need power, I just don't know how much.
They already decided not to protect against spyware, adware, and various other trojans. My company's LAN uses commercial virus protection, but has to use a second vendor for spyware protection. imho, our commercial virus protection software provider has dropped the ball.
/.ers, but I think that their big corporate customers would be able to have system administrators prevent this sort of unsigned binary to wreak havoc on their machines. That's kindof neat.
I would be totally not surprised if the virus protection software doesn't do a thing about this, and the Adaware/Spybot people will pick up the slack. And the personal firewall folks.
The real question, though, is whether MS would use Palladium/TCPA to force us to run this sort of program, or to prevent this sort of malicious attack. They could, of course, do either one. I'm as suspicious of MS as most
They'll have to buffer audio in the 32MB RAM, compress it, and when the RAM fills up, spin the HD and write it down. If they've got decent MP3(AAC?) encoding hardware on it, then they might not need to buffer the incoming audio at all, in which case I imagine they could avoid spinning the disk more often than once every twenty minutes or so.
If they pull that off, you could get hours and hours and hours of recording time on a single charge. Er... but idunno about the power requirements of a decent mic. This might not be everything a bootlegger dreamed of, but close to it. They'll probably still need to carry around some kind of power source to drive their mic. Any audio folks out there to illuminate the issue?
But they'll be discouraged from updating their iPods due to the extremely slow transfer speeds, and they'll wind up using it less, and it will be less valuable to them.
For $20, you can get a firewire card for just about any mac/pc/whatever. Since it vastly improves the utility of a $200-$500 product, I'd say it's worth it.