Is it possible this is the result of plate tectonics? How much elasticity do these cables have? Is it possible that the shifting continents are causing these cable breaks, or is there something more sinister afoot.
Just when I thought the RIAA couldn't get anymore retarded they come up with this insane demand. Listen, RIAA, GO FUCK YOURSELF! Whether I record or rip a CD is none of your fucking business, I am simply exercising my FAIR USE RIGHTS. I am not selling copies or even giving your shit away, I am doing so for my personal use. And while your at it, please pass the pipe. Because what you're smoking has got to be some good shit.
So how do we know this wasn't perpetrated by our own government? It's the perfect excuse to force some new ultra draconian cyber laws on all of us. I trust the CIA, FBI and now the FCC about as far as I can throw them. Even if it were true, what the hell are these systems doing online without extra hardened security in place? And let me guess, they're probably running some flavor of 'Windows' that some Johnny Numb Nuts could obviously hack into.
I came here to make a comment, but was greeted with Bluray adds.... I hate format wars, it does nothing but to stifle acceptance. Just like the bajillion different HDTV standards during the development phase; manufactures need to accept just ONE standard and quit locking us into a standard with the sole intent to license it just to generate revenue. I might be tempted to buy a new player if it didn't become obsolete the moment I paid for it.
I have the Lenovo T61p with the WUXGA (1920x1200) screen and I'm running openSuSE 10.3 (64_bit version). There were some initial problems with the video (blank video after install) but it has been working fine. Mine has the NVIDIA 570M video card and the Atheros wireless chipset. Once I got the NVIDIA driver and Atheros WiFi drivers installed everything "just worked". The only other thing not working at the moment is the phone modem. I have since then stripped the 'Windows XP' sticker off and completely wiped the hard drive of the previous OS. It's refreshing to see another OS option except Windows XP or Windows Vista as the list of shipped OS's.
Lenovo T61p 2GB RAM 100GB 7200 RPM HD Intel 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 15.4" WUXGA (1920x1200) openSuSE 10.3 x86_64
"Wouldn't the driver's BAC be the "smoking gun" in most DUI cases?"
Pfft... Yeah, OK, you just keep on believing that. Just so you know, under the best of conditions the registered BAC is only accurate to 20% of it's real value. If a breathalyser suggests you are over the legal limit of.08% you should be taken to the hospital to have blood drawn for a blood test. But since this is too much of a pain in the ass for law enforcement, the legal system decided to give these machines the power to determine your guilt or innocence.
This is just another attempt to infringe upon your liberties and other hysterical and unconstitutional laws passed in the name of DUI. As far as the constitution, president Bush thinks "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"
When IBM sold their laptop division to Lenovo I was apprehensive as to how this was going to affect the quality of the Thinkpad line. I currently own a Thinkpad 600E, A31p and a recently purchased Thinkpad T61p. The T61p seems to have all the quality that what you'd expect from the original IBM Thinkpad line. While I haven't seen any new Ideapads but I'm assuming they're just less expensive versions of the Thinkpad line. Not many Jane and Joe consumers would dish out $2100+ for a decked out T61p when a Ideapad would be half the cost.
You're not the only relic here, I more or less agree with what you stated here. I still like to buy a physical product. I have no intention of selling copies of copyrighted works (real piracy). When I rip my CD and DVD's to the computer I consider that to be FAIR USE and expect it to apply the same as if I recorded my CD onto a cassette, Hi-Fi VCR, mini-disk or even 8-track tape. When I rip these products, I do so for convince, not to make these works available to every Tom, Dick and Harry on the Intertubes.
"and the operating system looks like something Fisher Price might have designed"
No, this distinction is the sole domain of a default Windows XP installation. I have seen the Asus subnotebook, it's not a bad little PC. It doesn't run Windows, and has just about everything you need for daily Internet life. It's bigger than my Nokia 770, runs the same screen resolution (800x480) and has a real keyboard. Aside from it's obvious limitations, it's destined to fill the gap between the keyboardless tablets and notebook PC's.
Just when I thought the human race had slid about as far down on the absurdity scale as they could, something like this comes along and proves me wrong. This is along the lines as someone claiming IP on breathing.
The concept of 'Pay TV' has been lost since the early 70's. When you subscribed to cable (aka pay TV) you weren't bombarded with shit loads of commercials. You will NEVER get me to pay to watch commercials, I have lived without cable or rabbit ear TV for the past 13 years. Now there are just as many if not more commercials or scrolling tickers on the screen that make watching TV more or less useless.
What? Isn't this like the pot calling the kettle black? China, you have the worst piracy / animal / human rights record on the fucking planet. So, I recommend you take one step back, look at yourself and shut the fuck up.
It's bad enough your "leader" has declared himself an Internet expert. And when he visited the US some time ago, played a round of golf, and then declared to his people he made 18 holes-in one I will never take your country, let alone your judicial system seriously while you spew stupid bullshit like this.
processors with more than eight cores, possible as soon as 2010 -- will transform the world of personal computing....
Translation:
Code will get even more inefficient / bloated and require faster hardware to do the same thing you are doing now. While I'm all for better / faster computer hardware, most if not all Jane and Joe Sixpack users never need Super Computer power to surf the net, read e-mail and watch videos.
What part of Go Fuck Yourself are you having a problem understanding? What part of Fair Use has sailed over your head? When I rip MY CD's on MY computer be it mp3, ogg or flac it's to do so for convenience. It would not be any different if I recorded my CD's to a Hi-Fi VCR or cassette deck. You can take your unauthorized copy bullshit and jam it squarely up your ASS.
What they want to do here is NO different than what is already being done in DUI law http://duiblog.com/. Ever hear of 'DUI Roadblocks'? They clearly violate your right against unwarranted search and seizure but are done anyway. I guess our government is looking for yet another source of revenue and are taking DUI law's lead in throwing out your constitutional rights in copyright infringement law.
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Can I STILL play it on a DOS box?
Is it possible this is the result of plate tectonics? How much elasticity do these cables have? Is it possible that the shifting continents are causing these cable breaks, or is there something more sinister afoot.
Now this means I have to endure more TV commercials about that "not so fresh" feeling.
So if YAHOO says "Thanks, but NO thanks" Microsoft could use that money to replace chairs.
What? Paris Hilton made an album? News to me....
Just when I thought the RIAA couldn't get anymore retarded they come up with this insane demand. Listen, RIAA, GO FUCK YOURSELF! Whether I record or rip a CD is none of your fucking business, I am simply exercising my FAIR USE RIGHTS. I am not selling copies or even giving your shit away, I am doing so for my personal use. And while your at it, please pass the pipe. Because what you're smoking has got to be some good shit.
So I guess we can look forward to Ted (series of tubes) Stevens describe the Internet as a "series of PVC tubes". :P
So how do we know this wasn't perpetrated by our own government? It's the perfect excuse to force some new ultra draconian cyber laws on all of us. I trust the CIA, FBI and now the FCC about as far as I can throw them. Even if it were true, what the hell are these systems doing online without extra hardened security in place? And let me guess, they're probably running some flavor of 'Windows' that some Johnny Numb Nuts could obviously hack into.
I came here to make a comment, but was greeted with Bluray adds.... I hate format wars, it does nothing but to stifle acceptance. Just like the bajillion different HDTV standards during the development phase; manufactures need to accept just ONE standard and quit locking us into a standard with the sole intent to license it just to generate revenue. I might be tempted to buy a new player if it didn't become obsolete the moment I paid for it.
I have the Lenovo T61p with the WUXGA (1920x1200) screen and I'm running openSuSE 10.3 (64_bit version). There were some initial problems with the video (blank video after install) but it has been working fine. Mine has the NVIDIA 570M video card and the Atheros wireless chipset. Once I got the NVIDIA driver and Atheros WiFi drivers installed everything "just worked". The only other thing not working at the moment is the phone modem. I have since then stripped the 'Windows XP' sticker off and completely wiped the hard drive of the previous OS. It's refreshing to see another OS option except Windows XP or Windows Vista as the list of shipped OS's.
Lenovo T61p
2GB RAM
100GB 7200 RPM HD
Intel 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo
15.4" WUXGA (1920x1200)
openSuSE 10.3 x86_64
"Wouldn't the driver's BAC be the "smoking gun" in most DUI cases?"
.08% you should be taken to the hospital to have blood drawn for a blood test. But since this is too much of a pain in the ass for law enforcement, the legal system decided to give these machines the power to determine your guilt or innocence.
Pfft... Yeah, OK, you just keep on believing that. Just so you know, under the best of conditions the registered BAC is only accurate to 20% of it's real value. If a breathalyser suggests you are over the legal limit of
This is just another attempt to infringe upon your liberties and other hysterical and unconstitutional laws passed in the name of DUI. As far as the constitution, president Bush thinks "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"
Get rid of the TSA! They're a drain on resources and violate my constitutional rights in the name of 'security'. Now, may I have my 500 grand please?
"but doesn't it run linux?"
I'm just guessing here, but wouldn't Benders preferred OS is Olde Fortran.
I hate it when I hit the 'submit' button too early!!!!
When IBM sold their laptop division to Lenovo I was apprehensive as to how this was going to affect the quality of the Thinkpad line. I currently own a Thinkpad 600E, A31p and a recently purchased Thinkpad T61p. The T61p seems to have all the quality that what you'd expect from the original IBM Thinkpad line. While I haven't seen any new Ideapads but I'm assuming they're just less expensive versions of the Thinkpad line. Not many Jane and Joe consumers would dish out $2100+ for a decked out T61p when a Ideapad would be half the cost.
You're not the only relic here, I more or less agree with what you stated here. I still like to buy a physical product. I have no intention of selling copies of copyrighted works (real piracy). When I rip my CD and DVD's to the computer I consider that to be FAIR USE and expect it to apply the same as if I recorded my CD onto a cassette, Hi-Fi VCR, mini-disk or even 8-track tape. When I rip these products, I do so for convince, not to make these works available to every Tom, Dick and Harry on the Intertubes.
"and the operating system looks like something Fisher Price might have designed"
No, this distinction is the sole domain of a default Windows XP installation. I have seen the Asus subnotebook, it's not a bad little PC. It doesn't run Windows, and has just about everything you need for daily Internet life. It's bigger than my Nokia 770, runs the same screen resolution (800x480) and has a real keyboard. Aside from it's obvious limitations, it's destined to fill the gap between the keyboardless tablets and notebook PC's.
Just when I thought the human race had slid about as far down on the absurdity scale as they could, something like this comes along and proves me wrong. This is along the lines as someone claiming IP on breathing.
The concept of 'Pay TV' has been lost since the early 70's. When you subscribed to cable (aka pay TV) you weren't bombarded with shit loads of commercials. You will NEVER get me to pay to watch commercials, I have lived without cable or rabbit ear TV for the past 13 years. Now there are just as many if not more commercials or scrolling tickers on the screen that make watching TV more or less useless.
Thanks for the correction, boy is my face red...
What? Isn't this like the pot calling the kettle black? China, you have the worst piracy / animal / human rights record on the fucking planet. So, I recommend you take one step back, look at yourself and shut the fuck up.
It's bad enough your "leader" has declared himself an Internet expert. And when he visited the US some time ago, played a round of golf, and then declared to his people he made 18 holes-in one I will never take your country, let alone your judicial system seriously while you spew stupid bullshit like this.
So, I guess now most slogans will be "30 minutes of solid comercials". Or all stations will become talk / news.
processors with more than eight cores, possible as soon as 2010 -- will transform the world of personal computing....
Translation:
Code will get even more inefficient / bloated and require faster hardware to do the same thing you are doing now. While I'm all for better / faster computer hardware, most if not all Jane and Joe Sixpack users never need Super Computer power to surf the net, read e-mail and watch videos.
Attention RIAA:
What part of Go Fuck Yourself are you having a problem understanding? What part of Fair Use has sailed over your head? When I rip MY CD's on MY computer be it mp3, ogg or flac it's to do so for convenience. It would not be any different if I recorded my CD's to a Hi-Fi VCR or cassette deck. You can take your unauthorized copy bullshit and jam it squarely up your ASS.
What they want to do here is NO different than what is already being done in DUI law http://duiblog.com/. Ever hear of 'DUI Roadblocks'? They clearly violate your right against unwarranted search and seizure but are done anyway. I guess our government is looking for yet another source of revenue and are taking DUI law's lead in throwing out your constitutional rights in copyright infringement law.