While they may not like hearing that their modem would make a good door stop or some such, it needs to be told if that's whats causing their problem...
I own an ISP in Pennsylvania... Most of the lines in this area are 60 year old copper or worse... Most new computers ship with a horrible software modem... What's worse, is the companies trying to make a buck by selling these cheap modems in their systems don't even use "decent" horrible modems... I don't know how many of our customers have called with a 56K PCI JoeBlow Modem... At least they could buy something that works part of the time....
In any case, while it may be painful to tell them their modems a PoS, it needs to be told... Otherwise, they ditch your service, and go around town talking about your "defective servers" that made them not get connected...
The difference between recording to cassettes and recording to CD's is that cassettes suffer from generational quality drops... Each generation introduces more hiss and pops.... Usually within 4 or 5 generations, the recording sounds like poo.
CD's (as well as DAT tapes, MiniDisc, etc) are perfect digital copies... No more quality drops between generations... So copying could go on forever.
Most digital media now has SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) encoded in the data which basically either allows or disallows recording when trying to record to a consumer deck. The SCMS bits get set when it's digitally copied between decks, and thus you can have one of the following:
00 No copy restrictions
10 Copy can be copied one more time
11 Prohibit copying
Okay, so because *gasp* people are burning MP3's onto CD-R's, it means that they should outlaw them?
Heck! While there at it, lets outlaw hard drives... After all, 99% of people download MP3's onto hard drives at some point! And hey! Lets kill Zip and Jaz disks too (well, iomega is already doing a good job of that themselves)... And RAM. Gotta get rid of ram because what if an MP3 gets cached in RAM?! Floppies... Gotta destroy them too. Granted, it would take a few floppies per song, but you could do it!
Sorry for the rant, but this just infuriates me.
If the RIAA didnt charge $20.00 for a CD that costs $0.05 to make, then maybe they wouldnt be having this problem.
why would you want to reverse engineer this beyond just being able to access this service when they absolutely must? Would anyone here actually want to use this? I don't. I like owning my own files and I like my privacy. I also appreciate the hack value of having my own intricate operating system and computer.
I was actually wondering the same thing... Now, before anyone gets around to flaming me, let me tell you that I am not the most educated guy about.NET... I know some of the basic ideas that it stands for, but thats about it...
I too wonder why anyone would actually TRUST Microsoft (Yes the same company that steals ideas, code, and whatever else they can get their hands on) with their personal data... And by personal, I mean personal... With the possibilities of.NET, they could find out just about anything about you... Not even from direct information... Analyzing site viewing habits, keyword analysis, whatever... Bad bad bad...
I wouldnt trust Microsoft as far as I could throw them, and last time I checked, their campus is too big for me to pick up, and Im not Mr. Muscle. In other words, I trust them a NEGATIVE amount... As in I am suspicious of them.
The whole idea of.NET smells quite bad...
I for one don't want to use.NET... I don't want to program using it. I don't want to learn it. I dont want.NET period...
Yeah, yeah... I know "But we HAVE to interoperate" blah blah... "Just look at Samba!" etc etc...
Well, there's a difference between interoperating using third party but compatible systems, and actually having this.NET stuff forced down our throats...
.NET is going to be bad... Evidentally a lot of people can't see that...
*Breaks out his Clockwork Orange book and settles into bed with a nice calming story*... In comparison with the possibilities of.NET to invade our privacy and everyday lives, A Clockwork Orange may in fact be like a bedtime story...
Call me paranoid... Call me stupid... I do NOT like people and companies looking over my shoulder at my EVERY MOVE. Maybe you do, but I sure as heck dont...
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While they may not like hearing that their modem would make a good door stop or some such, it needs to be told if that's whats causing their problem...
I own an ISP in Pennsylvania... Most of the lines in this area are 60 year old copper or worse... Most new computers ship with a horrible software modem... What's worse, is the companies trying to make a buck by selling these cheap modems in their systems don't even use "decent" horrible modems... I don't know how many of our customers have called with a 56K PCI JoeBlow Modem... At least they could buy something that works part of the time....
In any case, while it may be painful to tell them their modems a PoS, it needs to be told... Otherwise, they ditch your service, and go around town talking about your "defective servers" that made them not get connected...
The difference between recording to cassettes and recording to CD's is that cassettes suffer from generational quality drops... Each generation introduces more hiss and pops.... Usually within 4 or 5 generations, the recording sounds like poo.
CD's (as well as DAT tapes, MiniDisc, etc) are perfect digital copies... No more quality drops between generations... So copying could go on forever.
Most digital media now has SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) encoded in the data which basically either allows or disallows recording when trying to record to a consumer deck. The SCMS bits get set when it's digitally copied between decks, and thus you can have one of the following:
00 No copy restrictions
10 Copy can be copied one more time
11 Prohibit copying
Okay, so because *gasp* people are burning MP3's onto CD-R's, it means that they should outlaw them?
Heck! While there at it, lets outlaw hard drives... After all, 99% of people download MP3's onto hard drives at some point! And hey! Lets kill Zip and Jaz disks too (well, iomega is already doing a good job of that themselves)... And RAM. Gotta get rid of ram because what if an MP3 gets cached in RAM?! Floppies... Gotta destroy them too. Granted, it would take a few floppies per song, but you could do it!
Sorry for the rant, but this just infuriates me.
If the RIAA didnt charge $20.00 for a CD that costs $0.05 to make, then maybe they wouldnt be having this problem.
why would you want to reverse engineer this beyond just being able to access this service when they absolutely must? Would anyone here actually want to use this? I don't. I like owning my own files and I like my privacy. I also appreciate the hack value of having my own intricate operating system and computer.
.NET... I know some of the basic ideas that it stands for, but thats about it...
.NET, they could find out just about anything about you... Not even from direct information... Analyzing site viewing habits, keyword analysis, whatever... Bad bad bad...
.NET smells quite bad...
.NET... I don't want to program using it. I don't want to learn it. I dont want .NET period...
.NET stuff forced down our throats...
.NET is going to be bad... Evidentally a lot of people can't see that...
.NET to invade our privacy and everyday lives, A Clockwork Orange may in fact be like a bedtime story...
I was actually wondering the same thing... Now, before anyone gets around to flaming me, let me tell you that I am not the most educated guy about
I too wonder why anyone would actually TRUST Microsoft (Yes the same company that steals ideas, code, and whatever else they can get their hands on) with their personal data... And by personal, I mean personal... With the possibilities of
I wouldnt trust Microsoft as far as I could throw them, and last time I checked, their campus is too big for me to pick up, and Im not Mr. Muscle. In other words, I trust them a NEGATIVE amount... As in I am suspicious of them.
The whole idea of
I for one don't want to use
Yeah, yeah... I know "But we HAVE to interoperate" blah blah... "Just look at Samba!" etc etc...
Well, there's a difference between interoperating using third party but compatible systems, and actually having this
*Breaks out his Clockwork Orange book and settles into bed with a nice calming story*... In comparison with the possibilities of
Call me paranoid... Call me stupid... I do NOT like people and companies looking over my shoulder at my EVERY MOVE. Maybe you do, but I sure as heck dont...
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