You can't fast forward through the FBI warning and I have seen a few DVDs (Disney I think) that FORCE you to watch the previews by disabling FF during them.
It's nice to have a DVD player [nerd-out.com] that gives Hollyweird the finger...hit PBC a couple of times, hit Play, and you're taken straight to the movie.
Interesting. (It appears they were slashdotted, took a while to get to it.)
While that is a solution (perhaps not the easiest, but a solution) the real problem is the mindset of the movie industry. "You WILL watch this movie the way we say". They obviously feel we have no fair use rights either. Case in point.
I would get more offended by the absolute monopoly that they enjoy, and the lack of concern they show for consumers, but my anger is tempered by the fact that no matter how many millions they spend to secure access to their movies, there will always be plenty of underpaid geeks that will figure a crack, just because its fun to do it.
You can't fast forward through the FBI warning and I have seen a few DVDs (Disney I think) that FORCE you to watch the previews by disabling FF during them.
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I live well out into the country, where no DSL can reach, yet the cable company delivers digital cable and internet access with ease here. This is due to the difference in the technology, which allows cable to work at further distances than DSL.
America is more rural and suburban than Europe. We have considerably lower population densities, and higher urban sprawl. Millions of Americans live in the sticks, in the burbs, or just too far out of reach of DSL. In America, people who live in the sticks or burbs tend to be higher income than those who live downtown, thus more able to buy DSL or Cable modem.
In general, wealthier people live out where the only option is cable, and poorer people live where they can choose cable or DSL. Poorer people generally will not pay an extra $10 for DSL over Cable, which is reasonable.
A law is a law...and it's time corporations were held responsible.
I expect the Feds to start handing out stiff penalties to processor manufacturers who fail to meet the law's demands.
I say manufacturer's should quit building faster chips as a means of protest to this unfair law. You should also quit buying faster computers, as a means of supporting this effort. It is unreasonable to expect computers twice as fast every 18 months, and only thru Civil Disobedience will be ever get "them" to finally repeal this unrealistic and oppressive law. Viva La 386!
I _thought_ 8.3 was actually TWELVE bit, left over from the pure floppy days of older dos versions (pre 3.3). I thought it was left 8.3 to be backward compatible.
Besides, who needs more than 8 letters to describe a file?
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Hmm, a gray box with no content.
It appears that a LOT of readers either don't have or have disabled Flash, and I'm one of them. It might be worth waiting until the website repairs their site into something standards-conforming. HTML + PNG preferred.
Come on now, you can't be that simple. Since Flash is free, available, and in version 6, its pretty thick to not consider it a standard. There are even programs that produce Flash that are not owned by Macromedia. (ie: coffee cup)
i believe this is covered under the Fair Use Exception of the initial copyright laws, 17 USC 106, 106a, which allow personal use, parody, etc. (US only)
Donate them to Goodwill or the Salvation Army. Not only do you get a tax write off of rediculous value (they usually let you decide what its worth on the receipt) but someone will buy them.
I used to (many years ago) buy all I could find there for part for the BBS.
The good part is, the people that buy them, they can just throw away the parts they don't use:-)
Basically, as I understand it, it allows closer to 100% use of your CPU at any time.
I don't think I made myself klear in my comments:) Until I actually see them in the field, and hear slashdotters and others say "yea, they are reliable, and they perform better" I am going to be very skeptical. Also, since you don't get a 100% increase in performance with 2 cpus, I wonder what kind of overhead it produces.
Also, will I have to build an SMP kernel for the thing on a linux box? (just curious, the link you gave was dead:-/ )
And to the AC's who post "read the article", I did, from the Gamingpc site (well most of it, their site is slow as sin). I generally don't buy Xeons to play Counter Strike, I buy them to run servers. Since Intel has not manufactured Xeons for quite a while, I DO question reliability and performance of this unproven chip. At least you can use them in your old Xeon MB's.
USENET backbones have used this policy for many years, and it works. Pisses a few people off, including the ones that are trying to send legitimate email (or usenet msgs), but in the end, if the ISP doesn't take care of business, it looses it's good customers who want to send legit email to other ISP's.
The proverbial "voting with your dollars": If the ISP can't connect because its spam policies suck, then it's customers "vote" them off by changing ISP's.
That would explain why they cost twice as much as they should:-)
I am not as concerned with how it "tricks" the OS as much as I am about performance and reliability. Tell me how this actually makes the chip BETTER and I might get excited.
Now there highest paying customers are shown first.
Yes, we are using this service. What we have paid to be in the top 3 has varied from 90 cents to 33 cents, in one week.
The key to saving money is to check up each day, and adjust your bid. We check daily and bid just enough to be 1 or 2. I have not noticed much difference in hits when we are 1,2 or 2, just being up there helps.
While I understand people's problems with this new system, I have to admit, i can tell from day to day what I am spending, and then just drop my bid down for that day if I need to save a few bucks. Compared to advertising with others, such as AOL, this is easy, and cost effective.
And I like Google. If this is what it takes for them to stay in business, more power to them.
Yes. Yes I do. I still have 4 servers (IBM Personal Server 325) that each have two of the Pentium Pro 200's in them. One is running Win2k, the others are running Linux (rh6.2). They each have 4 SCSI drives (ufw/40mbps/2.1gb). They each have around 35000+ hours on them (4 years x 24/7). I have not replaced them because I have only had one go bad (now is spare parts).
I kept them because the quality of the ppro is UNREAL. I have not replaced them because the quality of PIIs and PIIIs are, well, OK at best, and Xeon's are simply overpriced for what they are.
Yes, I am just strengthening your point, to make a point. Those of us in the "smaller" world of serving will take durability over speed, reliability over clock ticks. What will get me to switch to AMD or Itaniums is that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you go to sleep, and don't have to worry about driving into town (30 minutes away) at 3am to reboot (or switch over) a server.
I did just order a Dell dual p3/1000, but it wont replace any of those machines until I have 90 days with it in place. (average uptime on the Linux IBM's is over 6 months)
- abolish all software patents
- abolish all business process patents
- repeal the DMCA
- make using copy protection a Federal felony
- publish the DeCSS code on a scrolling marquee in Times Square
- ban the RIAA and MPAA
Sig Heil! No thanks, I prefer to stay here in the U.S., where its not a crime to be an idiot, just an inconvenience. (although I do agree with the DMCA part, since it appears to be obviously unconstitutional on its face)
Keep in mind that you can't compare "bug for bug" in Linux and Windows. Most people use them for different purposes, and linux users are much less likely to use "default" installs. Linux is used more often for servers than clients, for example.
Another for instance: I have a couple boxes that are only used for web servers, with everything else cut off (no telnet, no ftpd, etc.) and one box that is dns only (no other services, except identd, etc.)
You don't see as much of this in the windows world, where you pay for each license, and dedication is expensive. I use older machines (ppro 200, etc) for lesser, smaller tasks, and I know I am not the only one.
So, while the fact may be true that there are more POTENTIAL security holes in Linux, it does not equal lower security. You can't just compare them like "apples to apples" this way.
I have noticed a direct correlation between the unemployment rates in the tech sector, and these type of creative (although of limited practical use) technical devices.
After two years of research, crunching numbers on dozens of computers using parallel processing, I have discovered the reason for this phenomena.
Sigh. The fact is the 4th amendment covers ureasonable search and seizures, and gives us the right to be secure in our possessions. This means the feds can't come in our house unless they have a warrant (generally)
What you do OUTSIDE your home, however, is a different story. You can't expect the same privacy in an airport, period. Flying is not a RIGHT, per se. Just like driving is not a per se right. The privelege is limited and restricted in a way that benefits the common good, using the method least obstrusive to your personal rights.
Flying presents new dangers to the public, and as such, you can't expect the same level of privacy. Privacy is, and always has been, weighed against the public good. Examples are: Warrants for any reason (when suspicion outweights your right to be left alone) and the govt.'s right to search your garbage without a warrant (once you throw it away, you throw away your right to its privacy)
If they start collecting information on people who DON'T fly, then I will join the chorus, but until then, I have to support the feds for investigating people who are exercising their privelege of using airports.
the seti@home client uses its *.sah files to save the state of a calculation. of course, this is program dependent, not OS dependent. I guess if you have the source files for the program doing the counting.....
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Is this what the makers of Doom have been waiting for?
It's nice to have a DVD player [nerd-out.com] that gives Hollyweird the finger...hit PBC a couple of times, hit Play, and you're taken straight to the movie.
Interesting. (It appears they were slashdotted, took a while to get to it.)
While that is a solution (perhaps not the easiest, but a solution) the real problem is the mindset of the movie industry. "You WILL watch this movie the way we say". They obviously feel we have no fair use rights either. Case in point.
I would get more offended by the absolute monopoly that they enjoy, and the lack of concern they show for consumers, but my anger is tempered by the fact that no matter how many millions they spend to secure access to their movies, there will always be plenty of underpaid geeks that will figure a crack, just because its fun to do it.
More information on Tourette Syndrome can be found at WebMD
They already have.
You can't fast forward through the FBI warning and I have seen a few DVDs (Disney I think) that FORCE you to watch the previews by disabling FF during them.
I live well out into the country, where no DSL can reach, yet the cable company delivers digital cable and internet access with ease here. This is due to the difference in the technology, which allows cable to work at further distances than DSL.
America is more rural and suburban than Europe. We have considerably lower population densities, and higher urban sprawl. Millions of Americans live in the sticks, in the burbs, or just too far out of reach of DSL. In America, people who live in the sticks or burbs tend to be higher income than those who live downtown, thus more able to buy DSL or Cable modem.
In general, wealthier people live out where the only option is cable, and poorer people live where they can choose cable or DSL. Poorer people generally will not pay an extra $10 for DSL over Cable, which is reasonable.
Its different here, because its different here.
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OMG I about peed in my undies. I wonder how many others actually get it. SP rules.
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A law is a law...and it's time corporations were held responsible.
I expect the Feds to start handing out stiff penalties to processor manufacturers who fail to meet the law's demands.
I say manufacturer's should quit building faster chips as a means of protest to this unfair law. You should also quit buying faster computers, as a means of supporting this effort. It is unreasonable to expect computers twice as fast every 18 months, and only thru Civil Disobedience will be ever get "them" to finally repeal this unrealistic and oppressive law. Viva La 386!
Thank you.
Besides, who needs more than 8 letters to describe a file?
Hmm, a gray box with no content.
It appears that a LOT of readers either don't have or have disabled Flash, and I'm one of them. It might be worth waiting until the website repairs their site into something standards-conforming. HTML + PNG preferred.
Come on now, you can't be that simple. Since Flash is free, available, and in version 6, its pretty thick to not consider it a standard. There are even programs that produce Flash that are not owned by Macromedia. (ie: coffee cup)
Think before you press the SUBMIT button.
i believe this is covered under the Fair Use Exception of the initial copyright laws, 17 USC 106, 106a, which allow personal use, parody, etc. (US only)
Not that interesting, but in case anyone cares.
I used to (many years ago) buy all I could find there for part for the BBS.
The good part is, the people that buy them, they can just throw away the parts they don't use :-)
When I have a computer I don't want anymore, I leave it on the sidewalk with a sign that says "FREE".
:-)
It's always gone within 24 hours. I can only assume that some techno-geek takes them and uses them for spare parts.
I did the same thing to my comic book collection.
Somewhere, there is a trash picker who probably sold one of those comic books for $100,000 laughing his ass off at some idiot who threw it away
Sorry. It was one of the most adolescent, superficial, testosterone-laden movies I have ever seen.
WAS NOT, WAS NOT, WAS NOT!
Sorry, just couldn't help myself. But who cares, it still rocks. Don't bother moderating this one:)
I don't think I made myself klear in my comments:) Until I actually see them in the field, and hear slashdotters and others say "yea, they are reliable, and they perform better" I am going to be very skeptical. Also, since you don't get a 100% increase in performance with 2 cpus, I wonder what kind of overhead it produces.
Also, will I have to build an SMP kernel for the thing on a linux box? (just curious, the link you gave was dead :-/ )
And to the AC's who post "read the article", I did, from the Gamingpc site (well most of it, their site is slow as sin). I generally don't buy Xeons to play Counter Strike, I buy them to run servers. Since Intel has not manufactured Xeons for quite a while, I DO question reliability and performance of this unproven chip. At least you can use them in your old Xeon MB's.
The proverbial "voting with your dollars": If the ISP can't connect because its spam policies suck, then it's customers "vote" them off by changing ISP's.
More power to them!
I am not as concerned with how it "tricks" the OS as much as I am about performance and reliability. Tell me how this actually makes the chip BETTER and I might get excited.
Yes, we are using this service. What we have paid to be in the top 3 has varied from 90 cents to 33 cents, in one week.
The key to saving money is to check up each day, and adjust your bid. We check daily and bid just enough to be 1 or 2. I have not noticed much difference in hits when we are 1,2 or 2, just being up there helps.
While I understand people's problems with this new system, I have to admit, i can tell from day to day what I am spending, and then just drop my bid down for that day if I need to save a few bucks. Compared to advertising with others, such as AOL, this is easy, and cost effective.
And I like Google. If this is what it takes for them to stay in business, more power to them.
Yes. Yes I do. I still have 4 servers (IBM Personal Server 325) that each have two of the Pentium Pro 200's in them. One is running Win2k, the others are running Linux (rh6.2). They each have 4 SCSI drives (ufw/40mbps/2.1gb). They each have around 35000+ hours on them (4 years x 24/7). I have not replaced them because I have only had one go bad (now is spare parts).
I kept them because the quality of the ppro is UNREAL. I have not replaced them because the quality of PIIs and PIIIs are, well, OK at best, and Xeon's are simply overpriced for what they are.
Yes, I am just strengthening your point, to make a point. Those of us in the "smaller" world of serving will take durability over speed, reliability over clock ticks. What will get me to switch to AMD or Itaniums is that warm fuzzy feeling you get when you go to sleep, and don't have to worry about driving into town (30 minutes away) at 3am to reboot (or switch over) a server.
I did just order a Dell dual p3/1000, but it wont replace any of those machines until I have 90 days with it in place. (average uptime on the Linux IBM's is over 6 months)
Make offer.
- abolish all business process patents
- repeal the DMCA
- make using copy protection a Federal felony
- publish the DeCSS code on a scrolling marquee in Times Square
- ban the RIAA and MPAA
Sig Heil! No thanks, I prefer to stay here in the U.S., where its not a crime to be an idiot, just an inconvenience. (although I do agree with the DMCA part, since it appears to be obviously unconstitutional on its face)
Another for instance: I have a couple boxes that are only used for web servers, with everything else cut off (no telnet, no ftpd, etc.) and one box that is dns only (no other services, except identd, etc.)
You don't see as much of this in the windows world, where you pay for each license, and dedication is expensive. I use older machines (ppro 200, etc) for lesser, smaller tasks, and I know I am not the only one.
So, while the fact may be true that there are more POTENTIAL security holes in Linux, it does not equal lower security. You can't just compare them like "apples to apples" this way.
After two years of research, crunching numbers on dozens of computers using parallel processing, I have discovered the reason for this phenomena.
Result: They have too much time on their hands.
What you do OUTSIDE your home, however, is a different story. You can't expect the same privacy in an airport, period. Flying is not a RIGHT, per se. Just like driving is not a per se right. The privelege is limited and restricted in a way that benefits the common good, using the method least obstrusive to your personal rights.
Flying presents new dangers to the public, and as such, you can't expect the same level of privacy. Privacy is, and always has been, weighed against the public good. Examples are: Warrants for any reason (when suspicion outweights your right to be left alone) and the govt.'s right to search your garbage without a warrant (once you throw it away, you throw away your right to its privacy)
If they start collecting information on people who DON'T fly, then I will join the chorus, but until then, I have to support the feds for investigating people who are exercising their privelege of using airports.
Pardon me, as someone who uses linux, but is not a guru...isn't this the whole idea of "posix compatible"? seems redundant to me.
the seti@home client uses its *.sah files to save the state of a calculation. of course, this is program dependent, not OS dependent. I guess if you have the source files for the program doing the counting.....