Likewise. I first heard of the Plaid-Tongued Devils when a friend sent me an MP3 of one of their songs. I then snagged more of their music off of Napster (the original Napster). I liked what I heard... since then I've bought all their albums. Never would have heard of them if some EVIL ANGEL-KILLING PIRACY hadn't taken place. At some point they realized that, too, since you can now download tracks from their CDs right off their web site.
"Nice of Zaphod to sell us those weapons. And at below market price!" "Yeah..." "How does he make any money selling them below cost?" "Oh, he sells a -lot- of them." "Ah."
Lost Magic is even worse about this. I very rarely even actually get a "win" in that game because so many people quit when the battle starts to go south. It's really hard to raise your ranking in that game because of it. Annoying.
As for myself I keep all my downloads on an external USB 2.0 drive, simply unplug it and poof, it's as if the data was never on the machine in the first place
Don't bet on it. Every filesharing (or browsing, or download manager) program out there creates temporary copies of the data while it performs the download. Unless you've specifically set temporary file location set to the USB drive as well, your files are probably being written to a temp location on the system drive. Sometimes (depending on the program) these files don't even get deleted.
If we're gonna use Sierra characters, toss in King Graham! He could use.. uh... I know! He could drop some random, impossible-to-see item early on, and if his opponent doesn't pick it up, they suddenly drop dead 2 seconds from the end of the fight!
If you can forward a port or are directly connected, try Wigiwigi. The program is flakey and very much "under development", but there is no chat app with better video quality out there, period.
DS connectivity is all well and good, but there's a new Crystal Chronicles coming out for the Wii. If they require multiple DSes for multiplayer mode, God and Nintendo will not be enough to save Square/Enix from my wrath...
Pretty soon the forces of justice will arrive to haul you and all your communist buddies off to eastern european jails where your anus will be subject to arbitrary photographing.
If that's all they do to your anus in an Eastern European prison, it sounds a damn sight better than an American one!
I think the point is that XP's user accounts are Admin accounts by default. Under Vista, I believe that accounts are -not- in the Admin group by default. So Starforce (and tons of other apps that require admin rights to run) will, to most people, suddenly "stop working" under Vista.
Most users don't know what administrative privileges mean, and couldn't care less about it. All they'll see is that Vista breaks stuff that used to work.
No, it isn't. That's the point. Where TPB is/was located, hosting torrent files is not illegal because torrents -contain no copyrighted data-. If these guys ever traveled to the USA, they'd probably be arrested (hell, they'd probably be called "enemy combatants" by the *AA and incarcerated for life without trial). But as long as they stayed where they are, and kept their servers where they are, they should have been fine, provided the local law did not change.
So this means that the Supreme Court, which was our last hope of defense against the insanity of this administration, is now firmly in the administration's pocket.
BushCo now owns all 3 branches of government. That whirring noise would be the founding fathers spinning in their graves.
A good antivirus (IMHO) should start, update and run on its own. Tell you when there is a threat/infection and tell you how to fix it. It isn't the Weather Channel, I don't need the constant updates.
FYI, all notifications from Avast can be turned off in the 32-bit edition, including the "spin-while-it-runs" system tray icon. The system tray icon can be removed entirely in the network-managed version, but I don't know of a way to get rid of it in the Home edition. Although, since Alwil is quite responsive to suggestions posted to their forum, you might suggest it to them if this is important to you.
Try Avast Antivirus. It's got a far more powerful and configurable network manager than Symantec's, costs about half as much (for 3 years!), and updates MUCH more frequently, using smaller updates. It also automatically uses a local mirroring system so that your clients don't hog the bandwidth trying to get updates from the internet. The client has a smaller memory footprint than Symantec's client.
The best part is you can download it and run it completely unrestricted for 60 days to see if it works for you.
Microsoft is a convicted monopolist, and thus is subject to a different set of rules. If Firefox had 90% of the browser market then things might be different. As it stands, however, Firefox can include or exclude whoever they want. Microsoft may not be able to.
At least, that's the excuse Google can use. Frankly I'm inclined to think it's "just business".
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I am so confused by your sig that I find myself incapable of responding to your post....but if it's true, then it must be false... but it can't be true which means... *HEAD A SPLODE*
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Oh there's a latency, and you probably have experienced it, too. Think on the last time you stubbed your toe. You know that "oh shit" moment, the moment between when you know you've stubbed your toe, and the moment when the blinding pain makes you start hopping about and swearing? That moment begins when your sense of balance and motion tells you that your foot has stopped moving and ends when the nerve impulses from your toe reach your brain and are processed. It's not long, but it's plenty long enough to perceive conciously.
Now if the brain were in the chest cavity and the eyes were in the head, there would be a delay, and probably a lot more blind or one-eyed individuals. Ever see something like a tree branch or a rock speeding toward your eye, and blinked or ducked to save your vision? The increased delay would make that sort of reaction time impossible, and *pow* you just put your eye out!
I've always wondered if Niven's Puppeteers had this problem, and perhaps that's why they started to hide all the time.
Actually this is less of a problem now, since the Windows OEM license requires the sticker with the product key to be put on the computer case. If you're a computer service shop, you'll still have to find a version of XP that will work with that key (HP keys only work with Windows OEM CDs distributed by HP, etc) but for a place that is only responsible for a couple of brands (like Best Buy) it should be fairly simple to reload a machine using a key.
Alternatively, if it's really a wipe-and-reload scenario, the OEM install (I believe) makes the user enter the key in at first boot, so it's really not Best Buy's problem.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm sure they'll be interested.
Likewise. I first heard of the Plaid-Tongued Devils when a friend sent me an MP3 of one of their songs. I then snagged more of their music off of Napster (the original Napster). I liked what I heard... since then I've bought all their albums. Never would have heard of them if some EVIL ANGEL-KILLING PIRACY hadn't taken place. At some point they realized that, too, since you can now download tracks from their CDs right off their web site.
"Nice of Zaphod to sell us those weapons. And at below market price!"
"Yeah..."
"How does he make any money selling them below cost?"
"Oh, he sells a -lot- of them."
"Ah."
No, that's Spiderman.
Lost Magic is even worse about this. I very rarely even actually get a "win" in that game because so many people quit when the battle starts to go south. It's really hard to raise your ranking in that game because of it. Annoying.
As for myself I keep all my downloads on an external USB 2.0 drive, simply unplug it and poof, it's as if the data was never on the machine in the first place
Don't bet on it. Every filesharing (or browsing, or download manager) program out there creates temporary copies of the data while it performs the download. Unless you've specifically set temporary file location set to the USB drive as well, your files are probably being written to a temp location on the system drive. Sometimes (depending on the program) these files don't even get deleted.
Why not?
If we're gonna use Sierra characters, toss in King Graham! He could use.. uh... I know! He could drop some random, impossible-to-see item early on, and if his opponent doesn't pick it up, they suddenly drop dead 2 seconds from the end of the fight!
Or include Rather Dashing.
Nah, put in Megaman as playable, and Zero as an unlockable.
If you can forward a port or are directly connected, try Wigiwigi. The program is flakey and very much "under development", but there is no chat app with better video quality out there, period.
http://www.wigiwigi.com/
The specific app you want is WigiHQ.
He's not a lizard, he's a turtle dragon. I bet Islam has very little to say about turtle dragons, huh? HUH?
Lizard... pfah...
DS connectivity is all well and good, but there's a new Crystal Chronicles coming out for the Wii. If they require multiple DSes for multiplayer mode, God and Nintendo will not be enough to save Square/Enix from my wrath...
Pretty soon the forces of justice will arrive to haul you and all your communist buddies off to eastern european jails where your anus will be subject to arbitrary photographing.
If that's all they do to your anus in an Eastern European prison, it sounds a damn sight better than an American one!
I think the point is that XP's user accounts are Admin accounts by default. Under Vista, I believe that accounts are -not- in the Admin group by default. So Starforce (and tons of other apps that require admin rights to run) will, to most people, suddenly "stop working" under Vista.
Most users don't know what administrative privileges mean, and couldn't care less about it. All they'll see is that Vista breaks stuff that used to work.
No, it isn't. That's the point. Where TPB is/was located, hosting torrent files is not illegal because torrents -contain no copyrighted data-. If these guys ever traveled to the USA, they'd probably be arrested (hell, they'd probably be called "enemy combatants" by the *AA and incarcerated for life without trial). But as long as they stayed where they are, and kept their servers where they are, they should have been fine, provided the local law did not change.
So this means that the Supreme Court, which was our last hope of defense against the insanity of this administration, is now firmly in the administration's pocket.
BushCo now owns all 3 branches of government. That whirring noise would be the founding fathers spinning in their graves.
Roosta: "But there aren't any REAL people in here at all!"
Zaphod: "So what's new?"
A good antivirus (IMHO) should start, update and run on its own. Tell you when there is a threat/infection and tell you how to fix it. It isn't the Weather Channel, I don't need the constant updates.
FYI, all notifications from Avast can be turned off in the 32-bit edition, including the "spin-while-it-runs" system tray icon. The system tray icon can be removed entirely in the network-managed version, but I don't know of a way to get rid of it in the Home edition. Although, since Alwil is quite responsive to suggestions posted to their forum, you might suggest it to them if this is important to you.
I see no need to repeat myself, so I'll just link to my previous post on this subject.
Try Avast Antivirus. It's got a far more powerful and configurable network manager than Symantec's, costs about half as much (for 3 years!), and updates MUCH more frequently, using smaller updates. It also automatically uses a local mirroring system so that your clients don't hog the bandwidth trying to get updates from the internet. The client has a smaller memory footprint than Symantec's client.
The best part is you can download it and run it completely unrestricted for 60 days to see if it works for you.
If anyone had bothered to tell -me- that I might have passed calculus.
Microsoft is a convicted monopolist, and thus is subject to a different set of rules. If Firefox had 90% of the browser market then things might be different. As it stands, however, Firefox can include or exclude whoever they want. Microsoft may not be able to.
At least, that's the excuse Google can use. Frankly I'm inclined to think it's "just business".
I am so confused by your sig that I find myself incapable of responding to your post. ...but if it's true, then it must be false... but it can't be true which means... *HEAD A SPLODE*
Oh there's a latency, and you probably have experienced it, too. Think on the last time you stubbed your toe. You know that "oh shit" moment, the moment between when you know you've stubbed your toe, and the moment when the blinding pain makes you start hopping about and swearing? That moment begins when your sense of balance and motion tells you that your foot has stopped moving and ends when the nerve impulses from your toe reach your brain and are processed. It's not long, but it's plenty long enough to perceive conciously.
Now if the brain were in the chest cavity and the eyes were in the head, there would be a delay, and probably a lot more blind or one-eyed individuals. Ever see something like a tree branch or a rock speeding toward your eye, and blinked or ducked to save your vision? The increased delay would make that sort of reaction time impossible, and *pow* you just put your eye out!
I've always wondered if Niven's Puppeteers had this problem, and perhaps that's why they started to hide all the time.
Actually this is less of a problem now, since the Windows OEM license requires the sticker with the product key to be put on the computer case. If you're a computer service shop, you'll still have to find a version of XP that will work with that key (HP keys only work with Windows OEM CDs distributed by HP, etc) but for a place that is only responsible for a couple of brands (like Best Buy) it should be fairly simple to reload a machine using a key.
Alternatively, if it's really a wipe-and-reload scenario, the OEM install (I believe) makes the user enter the key in at first boot, so it's really not Best Buy's problem.