Get real, this is for backing up mp3s or videos to. Or if you're a profesional doing video editing that needs insane space you get two of these and RAID them together and poof, they're already faster than a single 7200 rpm HD.
Actually, I do my own VHS-->DVD video captures to this very drive. Capture is 720x480, 29.97fps using Huffyuv lossless compression (around 2:1)... and I get 0 frame loss. No raid or anything else... this drive delivers good performance as far as I am concerned. The only thing that gives me pause is the 1 year warranty. All the Western Digital drives I buy still offer 3 year warranties.
I backed up about 100GB of data a few months ago on DVD+R, and they worked fine for a few months. Now most of them are giving me CRC errors when trying to read them in any drive
I have only had a few problems like this. The last one was due to a smudge on the disk... a quick wipe with my finger and the disk read A-OK.
Alternatively, you might try reading the disk back in the original DVD-R/+R drive that wrote the disk. That worked at least once for me.
Thus far, I have not had a single DVD-R disk with data that I couldn't read back... however, I've only been burning DVD-Rs since February, so most of them aren't *that* old.
if emulator authors simply haven't written their ship explosion sound code correctly (likely the case, in this instance), you'll have to complain to the authors or download the appropriate sound samples
Okay... if I download the appropriate sound samples, am I still legal? Or is my ROM legal, and my sound sample not?
Anyone know where I can get the appropriate sound sample?
Actually, neither would I. My next question is... is this "Play at your own risk?" Does this fall under the same rules as any other software (CD/DVD, etc) that once you bought it, it's yours? What if the ROM has defects? Do you get your money back?
For instance, the copy of Galaga I have doesn't include the sound when your ship blows up. One could argue that it's a pretty minor point, but if I'm paying cold, hard cash, I'd want a *perfect* copy.
Do I have a right to complain about the bug, and for a measly $6, will anyone listen?
Wow, how weird, I could have sworn I saw them at Costco for $30-40 a season. Either way, it's a rip off even if they're not the only ones doing it.
Can't say I disagree with you there. I'll actually shell out the $500+ for all seven seasons of TNG on DVD at some point, just because I'm a big enough fan to want to do it. As for X-Files, I was never a *huge* fan of the show, and would never shell out $120 per season for the show. If it were more like $50 or even $60 a season, I'd probably do it a season at a time... because I can at least agree that it's a damn good show. At this price point, though, they've placed it out of my "want" reach.
Actually, not having a label would make the disk -less- prone to damage. The label side is the one that, if damaged, causes a loss of information. If you look at a CD/DVD, you'll notice that the 'shiney side' is a fairly thick slab of clear plastic; the reflective surface is just a thin foil layer on the label side, which is poorly protected (you may notice that video rental places have been putting thick stickers over the labels for extra protection).
This is true for CDs, but not for DVDs. DVDs have the data layer sandwiched between two clear polycarbonate layers. Here'safewlinks on the subject.
In other words, having a label or not having a label does not truly affect the "safety" of your data layer, when it comes to DVDs. Apparently, all it affects is your overall capacity.
I sure wish Paramount would stop abusing Star Trek fans with this overpriced shit, it's amazing how you can buy whole seasons of The X-Files for like $20-30 USD a season IIRC, but for Star Trek TNG? Oh, our price is $100 USD per season (or more!). So ridiculous.
No you can't. Any given full season of the X-Files on DVD runs $100 - $140, depending on where you buy. Amazon lists them at $134.98 (per season), DVDPlanet has 'em for $112.49 (per season) and Buy.com wants $134.97 per season.
If you can find any place selling real copies for $30/season, please provide a link...
Meaning - No 24 hour period is to exceed 2GB of data transfer.
However, no 30 day period is to exceed 30GB of data transfer.
Damn... I'm positive that I exceed both of these limits on a regular basis.:-)
Granted, a lot of my bandwidth comes directly from their NNTP server (presumably on their local network), which may ultimately be cheaper than if I was downloading off P2P or via some other website out on the 'net.
I wonder if using their News and/or Mail servers count in those totals?
IANAL, but I strongly suspect that there are. Viruses have been around long enough for them to include them in the list of computer crimes.
To carry on your SARS analogy.. if someone contracted SARS and were placed under quarantine, would they not be responsible as well? If Alice got SARS from Bob after Bob breaks quarantine, can Alice press charges on Bob? To me, Bob is really at fault for Alice getting SARS, not the original vector of SARS, who really couldn't have known.
I would agree with you here. If you are under quarrantine, then you should not be in contact with anyone outside of that quarrantine. Specifically breaking that quarrantine and infecting someone else should definately carry liability.
I think a lot of people are saying "it's all the skr1pt k1dd13s fault" and everyone else is saying "it's all the vendor's fault" but people are ignoring the end-user.
I'm not sure it's "all" anyone's fault. Microsoft certainly has the resources to sift through every line of code and fix the majority (if not all of these) sort of exploits, rather than reactively fixing them one-by-one, as they are discovered.
That said, I have no sympathy for a kid who plays any role in the creation of new viruses. Throw the book at him!!
It's not like any end user could not have heard about the viruses in the news or at work, Sobig and Blaster are HUGE. Should they not be accountable for their machines?
I think so... but keep in mind that the vast majority of the computer-using populous really don't know jack about their computers. You can give them a very specific set of steps (including keystrokes, filenames, etc.) and they will still request help on getting the patch installed.
Additionally, I work for a large corporation. I have three machines in my office alone (that I keep up to date). Some folks have been on vacation, and had their computers infected while they were away. We have literally 1000 computers in various labs scattered across the nation... someone's gotta keep ALL those machines up-to-date as well. Most of those are test machines, so every fresh OS install now requires a dozen extra steps to secure the box before connecting it to the 'net... and this assumes everyone gets it right 100% of the time.
True, end-users could be (should be) more proactive about patching their boxes. This might be a lot easier if Microsoft invented minor service releases (Service Pack 4.1?), instead of having a dual-patch identifier (MS03-026 and KB823980 are the same thing).
Lord knows I would be more prone to keeping up-to-date if I could easily tell that I was on the latest patch by glancing at the service release level. "Oh, I'm on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.19"... easy as pie.
By this, I assume you mean a computer virus. Suffice it to say (taking MSBlaster as an example), you have created a beast that caused widespread chaos, costing (literally) the world untold amounts of wasted time, effort, energy and money.
Why should this not be illegal?
Inciting a riot is also illegal. Whether or not you go looting during said riot, or indeed profit from it at all, it is still illegal... for all the same reasons as creating a computer virus.
Now lets take this a step further. Suppose you created a REAL virus, like SARS. If half of your family was sick for two months solid, quarrantiened (sp?) and unable to live their lives (lets assume nobody actually died)... would this not be worthy of being called a CRIME?
Sure, nobody died, but that's two months of lost salary, health and the freedom to live one's life. You could literally lose a year of your life if it sets you back far enough at school, or it could end up costing you a promotion, the house you wanted, or the girl you wanted (yeah I know, this is Slashdot... but still).
We already went through that here in California. A few years ago we were short on water, so water conservation became a huge issue for a while. Californian's cut back, water was saved, and everyone was happy... except the Water company. They discovered that with everyone conserving, they were selling a lot less water, so they moved to RAISE water prices.
In short, we ended up paying MORE for water by doing the RightThing(TM) by conserving.
I use NiCd and NiMH. The NiCd are old ones that are still good and I wont toss em till they die.
I used NiCd batteries in a camera I bought in the summer of 1994... it died not too long after that. NiCd rechargables have very low internal resistance... shorting the terminals on a 9 volt can literally cause a fire in a matter of seconds. You can probably do the same with a typical alkaline battery, but it would take a lot longer. I have no idea how the NiMH batteries react as far as internal resistance.
It's my guess that the poor camera couldn't handle the flow of energy coming from the NiCd batteries, which is a shame since I rather liked that camera.
Since then, I have been a little wary of using rechargables in delicate electronics... too bad, too since cameras are high-drain items which are nearly perfect for rechargeable batteries. My Sony DSC S-50 digital camera came with it's own rechargeable battery set, so I have no worries there.
If you don't want to spend all the time, you can download some pretty cool aerial maps from Terra Server USA. The pics are B&W and circa 1994 (at least, in Southern California), which makes them less current, but kinda cool to "look back in history".
Additionally, MapQuest has added aerial maps as an option (enter address, retreive regular map, then click the "Aerial Photo" tab... these are in color, and might be a year old.
but why, oh why does (almost) no-one make slot load cdrw's or dvdrw's?
Well, how big a market is out there for using 3" CDs and/or those nifty little business card-sized CDs that are given away at shows? A slot-loading CD drive won't work so well with those, will they?
I have an ASUS A7V333 with the C-Media chip on it. It seems to do a fine job, I honestly don't have many (any?) problems with it.
However... another system has an older Sound Blaster PCI 64 card in it. This card is considerably meatier. The C-Media chip records music well, but can't record it at as high a volume as the SB PCI64 does. Similarly, the C-Media chip can't drive the speakers anywhere near as loud as the SB PCI64 does.
Luckily, the C-Media chip's maximum capture volume is virtually perfect for VHS-->DVD captures (good sound level, no distortion), so I guess it will do. Any sound that I capture which is destined for an audio CD gets captured on the SB PCI64 though.
Most banks and stores that detect counterfeit bills do so using a special marker that leaves a particular mark/color on a true bill and nothing/or another special mark on fake. It's the reaction with the cloth-based real bill.
Unfortunately, this method isn't fool proof, either. Some counterfeiters will take a real $1 bill and bleach it till the ink is gone. Then they have a nice blank to run through the ink-jet printer, turning it into a $20, $50 or $100 (or whatever).
The feel of the paper is real, and it will indeed pass the "special marker" test. The stripe down the middle (assuming it has one) is still there, but probably reads the wrong information. Very, very few people squint long enough to read it anyway.
In short, you now have a largely passable counterfeit bill, and the "special marker" test won't help you to detect it.
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Get real, this is for backing up mp3s or videos to. Or if you're a profesional doing video editing that needs insane space you get two of these and RAID them together and poof, they're already faster than a single 7200 rpm HD.
... and I get 0 frame loss. No raid or anything else ... this drive delivers good performance as far as I am concerned. The only thing that gives me pause is the 1 year warranty. All the Western Digital drives I buy still offer 3 year warranties.
Actually, I do my own VHS-->DVD video captures to this very drive. Capture is 720x480, 29.97fps using Huffyuv lossless compression (around 2:1)
I backed up about 100GB of data a few months ago on DVD+R, and they worked fine for a few months. Now most of them are giving me CRC errors when trying to read them in any drive
... a quick wipe with my finger and the disk read A-OK.
... however, I've only been burning DVD-Rs since February, so most of them aren't *that* old.
I have only had a few problems like this. The last one was due to a smudge on the disk
Alternatively, you might try reading the disk back in the original DVD-R/+R drive that wrote the disk. That worked at least once for me.
Thus far, I have not had a single DVD-R disk with data that I couldn't read back
if emulator authors simply haven't written their ship explosion sound code correctly (likely the case, in this instance), you'll have to complain to the authors or download the appropriate sound samples
... if I download the appropriate sound samples, am I still legal? Or is my ROM legal, and my sound sample not?
Okay
Anyone know where I can get the appropriate sound sample?
I'd have no problem plunking down $6 for a game.
... is this "Play at your own risk?" Does this fall under the same rules as any other software (CD/DVD, etc) that once you bought it, it's yours? What if the ROM has defects? Do you get your money back?
Actually, neither would I. My next question is
For instance, the copy of Galaga I have doesn't include the sound when your ship blows up. One could argue that it's a pretty minor point, but if I'm paying cold, hard cash, I'd want a *perfect* copy.
Do I have a right to complain about the bug, and for a measly $6, will anyone listen?
Wow, how weird, I could have sworn I saw them at Costco for $30-40 a season. Either way, it's a rip off even if they're not the only ones doing it.
... because I can at least agree that it's a damn good show. At this price point, though, they've placed it out of my "want" reach.
Can't say I disagree with you there. I'll actually shell out the $500+ for all seven seasons of TNG on DVD at some point, just because I'm a big enough fan to want to do it. As for X-Files, I was never a *huge* fan of the show, and would never shell out $120 per season for the show. If it were more like $50 or even $60 a season, I'd probably do it a season at a time
Actually, not having a label would make the disk -less- prone to damage. The label side is the one that, if damaged, causes a loss of information. If you look at a CD/DVD, you'll notice that the 'shiney side' is a fairly thick slab of clear plastic; the reflective surface is just a thin foil layer on the label side, which is poorly protected (you may notice that video rental places have been putting thick stickers over the labels for extra protection).
This is true for CDs, but not for DVDs. DVDs have the data layer sandwiched between two clear polycarbonate layers. Here's a few links on the subject.
In other words, having a label or not having a label does not truly affect the "safety" of your data layer, when it comes to DVDs. Apparently, all it affects is your overall capacity.
I sure wish Paramount would stop abusing Star Trek fans with this overpriced shit, it's amazing how you can buy whole seasons of The X-Files for like $20-30 USD a season IIRC, but for Star Trek TNG? Oh, our price is $100 USD per season (or more!). So ridiculous.
No you can't. Any given full season of the X-Files on DVD runs $100 - $140, depending on where you buy. Amazon lists them at $134.98 (per season), DVDPlanet has 'em for $112.49 (per season) and Buy.com wants $134.97 per season.
If you can find any place selling real copies for $30/season, please provide a link...
Meaning - No 24 hour period is to exceed 2GB of data transfer.
... I'm positive that I exceed both of these limits on a regular basis. :-)
However, no 30 day period is to exceed 30GB of data transfer.
Damn
Granted, a lot of my bandwidth comes directly from their NNTP server (presumably on their local network), which may ultimately be cheaper than if I was downloading off P2P or via some other website out on the 'net.
I wonder if using their News and/or Mail servers count in those totals?
When they get to TTX I'm sure there's a monitor manufacturer that will have something to say.
Why wait for TTX? There's already a company called CTX that makes monitors.
Hmmmm ... gives new meaning to the term, "Moldy Oldies".
Beer, is there anything it can't do?
So God I'd think you much more wise
(and me much less a jerk)
If only once, you might provide
Some Penguin wings that work
(more or less from memory)
Is there a law covering virii?
.. if someone contracted SARS and were placed under quarantine, would they not be responsible as well? If Alice got SARS from Bob after Bob breaks quarantine, can Alice press charges on Bob? To me, Bob is really at fault for Alice getting SARS, not the original vector of SARS, who really couldn't have known.
... but keep in mind that the vast majority of the computer-using populous really don't know jack about their computers. You can give them a very specific set of steps (including keystrokes, filenames, etc.) and they will still request help on getting the patch installed.
... someone's gotta keep ALL those machines up-to-date as well. Most of those are test machines, so every fresh OS install now requires a dozen extra steps to secure the box before connecting it to the 'net ... and this assumes everyone gets it right 100% of the time.
... easy as pie.
IANAL, but I strongly suspect that there are. Viruses have been around long enough for them to include them in the list of computer crimes.
To carry on your SARS analogy
I would agree with you here. If you are under quarrantine, then you should not be in contact with anyone outside of that quarrantine. Specifically breaking that quarrantine and infecting someone else should definately carry liability.
I think a lot of people are saying "it's all the skr1pt k1dd13s fault" and everyone else is saying "it's all the vendor's fault" but people are ignoring the end-user.
I'm not sure it's "all" anyone's fault. Microsoft certainly has the resources to sift through every line of code and fix the majority (if not all of these) sort of exploits, rather than reactively fixing them one-by-one, as they are discovered.
That said, I have no sympathy for a kid who plays any role in the creation of new viruses. Throw the book at him!!
It's not like any end user could not have heard about the viruses in the news or at work, Sobig and Blaster are HUGE. Should they not be accountable for their machines?
I think so
Additionally, I work for a large corporation. I have three machines in my office alone (that I keep up to date). Some folks have been on vacation, and had their computers infected while they were away. We have literally 1000 computers in various labs scattered across the nation
True, end-users could be (should be) more proactive about patching their boxes. This might be a lot easier if Microsoft invented minor service releases (Service Pack 4.1?), instead of having a dual-patch identifier (MS03-026 and KB823980 are the same thing).
Lord knows I would be more prone to keeping up-to-date if I could easily tell that I was on the latest patch by glancing at the service release level. "Oh, I'm on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.19"
What crime is committed by writing a virus?
... for all the same reasons as creating a computer virus.
... would this not be worthy of being called a CRIME?
... but still).
By this, I assume you mean a computer virus. Suffice it to say (taking MSBlaster as an example), you have created a beast that caused widespread chaos, costing (literally) the world untold amounts of wasted time, effort, energy and money.
Why should this not be illegal?
Inciting a riot is also illegal. Whether or not you go looting during said riot, or indeed profit from it at all, it is still illegal
Now lets take this a step further. Suppose you created a REAL virus, like SARS. If half of your family was sick for two months solid, quarrantiened (sp?) and unable to live their lives (lets assume nobody actually died)
Sure, nobody died, but that's two months of lost salary, health and the freedom to live one's life. You could literally lose a year of your life if it sets you back far enough at school, or it could end up costing you a promotion, the house you wanted, or the girl you wanted (yeah I know, this is Slashdot
Does this answer your question?
We already went through that here in California. A few years ago we were short on water, so water conservation became a huge issue for a while. Californian's cut back, water was saved, and everyone was happy ... except the Water company. They discovered that with everyone conserving, they were selling a lot less water, so they moved to RAISE water prices.
In short, we ended up paying MORE for water by doing the RightThing(TM) by conserving.
I guess we have short memories, since something similar happened on the West Coast in the mid 90s.
... though I don't recall hearing any sort of explanation for the power outage.
I believe it was either 1995 or 1996, IIRC.
Power was out for hours throughout California and parts of Oregon and Washington (I believe parts of Arizona and Nevada were affected as well).
I remember that
Was there one?
I use NiCd and NiMH. The NiCd are old ones that are still good and I wont toss em till they die.
... it died not too long after that. NiCd rechargables have very low internal resistance ... shorting the terminals on a 9 volt can literally cause a fire in a matter of seconds. You can probably do the same with a typical alkaline battery, but it would take a lot longer. I have no idea how the NiMH batteries react as far as internal resistance.
... too bad, too since cameras are high-drain items which are nearly perfect for rechargeable batteries. My Sony DSC S-50 digital camera came with it's own rechargeable battery set, so I have no worries there.
I used NiCd batteries in a camera I bought in the summer of 1994
It's my guess that the poor camera couldn't handle the flow of energy coming from the NiCd batteries, which is a shame since I rather liked that camera.
Since then, I have been a little wary of using rechargables in delicate electronics
YMMV
If you don't want to spend all the time, you can download some pretty cool aerial maps from Terra Server USA. The pics are B&W and circa 1994 (at least, in Southern California), which makes them less current, but kinda cool to "look back in history".
... these are in color, and might be a year old.
Additionally, MapQuest has added aerial maps as an option (enter address, retreive regular map, then click the "Aerial Photo" tab
but why, oh why does (almost) no-one make slot load cdrw's or dvdrw's?
Well, how big a market is out there for using 3" CDs and/or those nifty little business card-sized CDs that are given away at shows? A slot-loading CD drive won't work so well with those, will they?
Lowest-common denominator is my guess...
Number Five is Alive!!
I have an ASUS A7V333 with the C-Media chip on it. It seems to do a fine job, I honestly don't have many (any?) problems with it.
... another system has an older Sound Blaster PCI 64 card in it. This card is considerably meatier. The C-Media chip records music well, but can't record it at as high a volume as the SB PCI64 does. Similarly, the C-Media chip can't drive the speakers anywhere near as loud as the SB PCI64 does.
However
Luckily, the C-Media chip's maximum capture volume is virtually perfect for VHS-->DVD captures (good sound level, no distortion), so I guess it will do. Any sound that I capture which is destined for an audio CD gets captured on the SB PCI64 though.
Most banks and stores that detect counterfeit bills do so using a special marker that leaves a particular mark/color on a true bill and nothing/or another special mark on fake. It's the reaction with the cloth-based real bill.
Unfortunately, this method isn't fool proof, either. Some counterfeiters will take a real $1 bill and bleach it till the ink is gone. Then they have a nice blank to run through the ink-jet printer, turning it into a $20, $50 or $100 (or whatever).
The feel of the paper is real, and it will indeed pass the "special marker" test. The stripe down the middle (assuming it has one) is still there, but probably reads the wrong information. Very, very few people squint long enough to read it anyway.
In short, you now have a largely passable counterfeit bill, and the "special marker" test won't help you to detect it.
The Bugaloos rocked!!
The secret is to use the Hong Kong warehouse. You can store 10,000 units of stuff there and wait until the prices go up in Hong Kong to sell it.
Bad news, the Comparador reports that your warehouse has been robbed.
True, those were good, but Word Munchers was so gay!
Maybe so, but Disk Muncher rocked!!