The trick with Better Than Life was that it was designed to be that addictive, and to that end supposedly erased it's existence from your mind. Hard to exit a game you don't know you're in...
Which is why Kryten tries lasering messages into Lister's arms, and eventually entering the game himself...
I only noticed the problem the first time, after I *ahem* dumped a batch of 2,000 mp3s onto my box. First connection took minutes, after that it seems back to normal (a few seconds).
Is that for the DVD movie itself, or the "PC-Friendly" software that comes with it? I'll think you'll find tis the latter, the cheesy software with promo material, dodgy games.
I'd be pissed if I was "not allowed" to play a DVD in my standalone player, because it wasn't a Windows PC.
I have a CD sitting on my desk with a nice white label, marked Microsoft, Windows 2000 and Service Pack One, also marked CONFIDENTIAL.
I also have a close involvement with the company that Microsoft has contracted to do Windows 2000 compatibility testing in.AU. The only place in the world outside Redmond to be doing so, as yet...
Hardly Linux FUD, I have Win2000 on 2 PCs at home, Linux Mandrake 6.1 and OpenBSD 2.6, I couldn't be described as a zealot for any one of these.
Pacific Micro is one of the CEO's companies, supposedly the one that was to do the Linux-Mac stuff... Apparently even won a contract from "Steve Jobs" (quotes because wouldn't you win it from Apple??)
I (obviously) couldn't be sure, but I'd be 99.8% sure it wasn't legitimate. There are *very few* personal/home beta testers of W2K, as opposed to corporate.
From their court filings: "Nobody has approached the Association for a licence for a Linux player, which would be granted if it were" (or that message anyway)
... if you read any closer, you'll see that the licensing agreement would threaten said licencee (such as RH) with fines in excess of US$10M for anything done to 'weaken' the 'security' or 'openness', i.e. open sourcing it.
You obviously miss the news, which sees literally HUNDREDS of illegal immigrants arriving on Australia's shores every week. So many that we're running out of places to hold them while processing. Or that Australia has to knock back at least 80% of immigration applications?
Just that it makes general sense that if you assign specific rights to licensees and they sublicence it, they can't give those end users more rights than they themself have.
Like, this is stupid. Are foriegners the only ones that thing that the United States of America is the land of the free? It seems that at every opportunity, I see LOTS of bills that look like they'd be more suited towards Nazi Germany rather than Washington DC.
Actually, no. Most foreigners see "the land of the free" as the sham it is. I don't look at the USA as free, I see it just as restrictive, if not worse, than *MANY* other countries. (I'm in Australia btw)
On the cost issue... students pay a substantial portion of their Universities funding in fees. Some also in taxes. I think they should more likely be looked at as shareholders with rights to pick and choose.
... that most American's were screaming and mocking Australia's Internet Censorship efforts (which everyone has been deathly about quiet since it supposedly went into effect on Jan 1 - I haven't noticed), and how it couldn't compare to the US's 'constitutionally guaranteed' right to do 'whatever we want'...
Most of us in the US are not informed enough to select "leader of the free world"
I sincerely hope you are not referring to the US President as 'leader of the free world' because I can assure in 99.5% of the world's countries, people usually couldn't give two shits about the President, and his or her leadership skills don't really matter a lot here.
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Which is why Kryten tries lasering messages into Lister's arms, and eventually entering the game himself...
"Man this is some fucked up shit!"
:-)
He said that he had done so. He said that he "didn't have to, he could have chosen to have packet monitored", but he was using the client.
I only noticed the problem the first time, after I *ahem* dumped a batch of 2,000 mp3s onto my box. First connection took minutes, after that it seems back to normal (a few seconds).
Which, by no means, excuses this.
I'd be pissed if I was "not allowed" to play a DVD in my standalone player, because it wasn't a Windows PC.
"ChangeThisAfterInstall" (or something very similar)...
I also have a close involvement with the company that Microsoft has contracted to do Windows 2000 compatibility testing in .AU. The only place in the world outside Redmond to be doing so, as yet...
Hardly Linux FUD, I have Win2000 on 2 PCs at home, Linux Mandrake 6.1 and OpenBSD 2.6, I couldn't be described as a zealot for any one of these.
Pacific Micro is one of the CEO's companies, supposedly the one that was to do the Linux-Mac stuff... Apparently even won a contract from "Steve Jobs" (quotes because wouldn't you win it from Apple??)
Rather true. SP1 is ready to go for the public.
I stand corrected. This wasn't the case in Australia... :-)
I (obviously) couldn't be sure, but I'd be 99.8% sure it wasn't legitimate. There are *very few* personal/home beta testers of W2K, as opposed to corporate.
From their court filings: "Nobody has approached the Association for a licence for a Linux player, which would be granted if it were" (or that message anyway)
... if you read any closer, you'll see that the licensing agreement would threaten said licencee (such as RH) with fines in excess of US$10M for anything done to 'weaken' the 'security' or 'openness', i.e. open sourcing it.
I'm all for patting oneself on the back, but still... :P
half of the content of American Psycho.... fashio tips from the 80s... (not that Zegna is, but you get the point) :)
I've noticed Bill has an uncanny sense of timing with many of his military manoeuvres too :)
Was never disputing the amount of power he weilds, which is very considerable, just the 'leader of the free world' assertation :)
LOL. I'll pay that :)
But seriously, no ISP in Australia that puports to be a 'major player' has implemented filtering, not on the web, nor email, nor usenet.
My access is still as unfettered as it's always been :)
You obviously miss the news, which sees literally HUNDREDS of illegal immigrants arriving on Australia's shores every week. So many that we're running out of places to hold them while processing. Or that Australia has to knock back at least 80% of immigration applications?
Just that it makes general sense that if you assign specific rights to licensees and they sublicence it, they can't give those end users more rights than they themself have.
Actually, no. Most foreigners see "the land of the free" as the sham it is. I don't look at the USA as free, I see it just as restrictive, if not worse, than *MANY* other countries. (I'm in Australia btw)
On the cost issue... students pay a substantial portion of their Universities funding in fees. Some also in taxes. I think they should more likely be looked at as shareholders with rights to pick and choose.
I sincerely hope you are not referring to the US President as 'leader of the free world' because I can assure in 99.5% of the world's countries, people usually couldn't give two shits about the President, and his or her leadership skills don't really matter a lot here.
If you weren't, well... :-)
And in Win2000. You cannot write to the System32 directory any more, without going through a particular call, to prevent this.