How can ANYONE not understand the difference between reality (which is real, you experience it) and a game (which is on a computer screen)? I don't get it.
It's the same argument parents use when getting violent cartoons censored. "Kids can't tell the difference between reality and cartoons." BULL-SHIT. Kids can damn well tell the difference if parents teach them. My parents did when I was a kid, and it is the responsibility of every parent to teach their kids the difference between reality and fantasy.
Stop blaming the games, and stop expecting the government to solve the problem. Teach the kids "This is a game, it's not real", or "This is just a cartoon, if Tom and Jerry were real Tom would be dead", and leave the games and cartoons alone.
All depends on priorities. Some people aren't willing to spend $400 on an iPod even if they CAN afford it. They feel that $400 is too high a price for what they get.
heck, I generally refuse to pay more than $20 for a movie on DVD, just out of principle, even though I could afford it.
Why waste the built in CRT? I believe MacOSX can run dual-head. Put your main display on the 20" and drag status windows or stuff you don't need to use often to the CRT.
Or you can use the CRT for FPS gaming since LCD's don't have as good a response time...
Basically, a hard drive has built in error correction, so small bits of the disk surface can "fail" and the drive can continue operating.
What probably happened here is that the dust that got into the drives slowly started damaging the platters until enough bits were "damaged" such that the errors were uncorrectable. At that point the drives become doorstops.
It would be neat if drive manufacturers started selling drives with clear covers; I have actually SEEN such drives used for promotional purposes... I bet case mod geeks would pay a good percentage more for such a drive!
>If I look at your laptop and see "Plan for World Domination.rtf," I know you're planning something, even if I can't read the file.
If I looked at your laptop and saw a file named "Plan for World domination.rtf", I'd probably lose a lot of respect for you. Using such an obvious filename for your plan isn't very smart.
I'd probably call my plan for world domination file "ILikefluffyKittens.rtf" or something equally innocuous. Or better yet, "readme.txt", since nobody ever reads READMEs.
Perhaps they should instead try to make movies that are good enough that people will want to see them in the theaters, even after watching the rips in tiny windows on their PC's.
No, instead they market crap, hoping people will go see it in the theater, coughing up the nine bucks before they find out it sucks.
Sorry, I have no sympathy for them. If a movie is good, people WILL go to the theater to see it. I mean, I doubt anyone who watched and liked leaked copies of the original Matrix didn't go see it in the theater afterwards...
Since the software installs without my knowing and affects the functionality of the system, I consider this software a virus. It would be interesting if anti-virus software makers created a definition for it. Even more amusing would be if SunnComm tried to sue the anti-virus companies for selling a "circumvention device" because it removes the software.
This is all getting so incredibly silly sounding. I mean, if someone had told me ten years ago that these things would be happening, I probably would have thought it was a joke. It's downright scary that it's real!
I hope the DMCA gets repealed eventually. It never would have been passed if corporations didn't have so much influence over the government.
I very rarely ask store employees for help in making a buying decision. They are generally clueless in that department. They are sometimes helpful in finding things that I'm looking for, if I know exactly what to ask for, though.
I actually prefer it this way. I was wandering through Brandsmart the other day and employees were harassing me every frickin' four minutes. I much prefer the blissful peace of Best Buy, where I can browse in peace and only talk to an employee when *I* initiate the conversation.
Sorry, I will not buy into a format that requires that some central service authorize my media before I can watch the movie. That central service may go down (again, like DIVX) or suddenly decide.. "Hmm, we're going to re-release _The Lion King_. Let'd disable everyone's copies so they're forced to see it in the theater!"
No thanks. Once I buy media, I want to be able to watch it whenever I want. I urge everyone to avoid formats that require any sort of "authorization" for this reason. If no one buys it, it will fail.
I installed the Airport card into my TiBook G4 in about eight minutes. And that includes the time I spent digging for the torx screwdriver I needed.
The bottom of the machine came off easily after removing the screws. I had no problems getting the card into its slot or connecting the antenna cable. Re-assembling it was a snap. Either you have REALLY clumsy fingers, or the unit you received had a serious production problem of some sort. Removing the optical drive? Hard drive? I didn't have to do any of that!
My only real complaint was that Apple used Torx screws on the Powerbook; most people don't have screwdrivers for those lying around and it took me a while to dig up mine (which I don't need often).
1X for DVD is 10 Mbps, the maximum transfer rate possible in the DVD-Video specification. A movie will generally be encoded using variable bit-rate encoding, with the bitrate ranging from 1-10Mbps depending on the transfer and how complex the scene is. Thus, when copying the raw data stream, 1X actually ends up being faster than real-time for a movie, 2X ends up being faster than 2X real-time, etc. The lower the bitrate of the transfer, the faster the copying will be compared to real time.
The reason the designation "1X" is used is because 10Mbps is the slowest speed a DVD-ROM reader can be and still be able to play any DVD-Video stream successfully.
I'm actually surprised; this is YAHOO we're talking about. You'd think they have the muscle to handle it and not give users such piss-poort bandwidth quotas. }:)
I suspect cooling issues are the reason. There's less room in the 12" and 15" models for good cooling for the CPU. I remember the bottom of the 12" gets hot as hell as it is.
Finally a LEGITIMATE reason to have a window on your computer's case!
I want to see more stuff like this; if people are going to put windows in their machines, it'll actually be useful now instead of just "ricing out" the machine...
I'm not sure why it needs to be taxed at all. Taxes were already paid on the money when it was earned (presumably) and sales tax is paid on the service where applicable.
Why the need to tax it above and beyond anything else just because it's communication? I understand gas tax, as that pays for roads.. But isn't the telecom infratructure mostly privately owned?
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But uhh, gee.. We're not COPYING anything.
I fail to see how buying an import DVD from Hong Kong is copying.
Personally, I detest artificial market restrictions. It's just as bad as DVD region coding.
-Z
Interesting hierarchy.
As a furry, that puts me near the bottom. I'm a SUPER-GEEK!! Whoohooo! BOW BEFORE ME!
Err, I'll go back to configuring a local YUM server now...
-Z
I'm considering getting a Digital Rebel, and I must wonder...
How is getting one "joining the dark side"? It looks like a nice camera all around, and the reviews I've seen so far have been pretty favorable...
How can ANYONE not understand the difference between reality (which is real, you experience it) and a game (which is on a computer screen)? I don't get it.
It's the same argument parents use when getting violent cartoons censored. "Kids can't tell the difference between reality and cartoons." BULL-SHIT. Kids can damn well tell the difference if parents teach them. My parents did when I was a kid, and it is the responsibility of every parent to teach their kids the difference between reality and fantasy.
Stop blaming the games, and stop expecting the government to solve the problem. Teach the kids "This is a game, it's not real", or "This is just a cartoon, if Tom and Jerry were real Tom would be dead", and leave the games and cartoons alone.
I wonder why they'd turn off that feature on a machine that benefits so immensely from it. Sheesh.
Apple's behavior is weird sometimes. I love their hardware, but sheesh, stop putting in silly restrictions like this.
All depends on priorities. Some people aren't willing to spend $400 on an iPod even if they CAN afford it. They feel that $400 is too high a price for what they get.
heck, I generally refuse to pay more than $20 for a movie on DVD, just out of principle, even though I could afford it.
Why waste the built in CRT? I believe MacOSX can run dual-head. Put your main display on the 20" and drag status windows or stuff you don't need to use often to the CRT.
Or you can use the CRT for FPS gaming since LCD's don't have as good a response time...
-Z
Basically, a hard drive has built in error correction, so small bits of the disk surface can "fail" and the drive can continue operating.
What probably happened here is that the dust that got into the drives slowly started damaging the platters until enough bits were "damaged" such that the errors were uncorrectable. At that point the drives become doorstops.
It would be neat if drive manufacturers started selling drives with clear covers; I have actually SEEN such drives used for promotional purposes... I bet case mod geeks would pay a good percentage more for such a drive!
SCO: "So how about we convert your servers over to something that isn't Linux, and we'll make it worth your while?"
.. ... and use Linux for even MORE great things!"
IBM: "How about I give you the FINGER..
SCO: "How can you give me the finger when you... have... no.. hands?"
Err, whatever. }:) Carry on...
>If I look at your laptop and see "Plan for World Domination.rtf," I know you're planning something, even if I can't read the file.
If I looked at your laptop and saw a file named "Plan for World domination.rtf", I'd probably lose a lot of respect for you. Using such an obvious filename for your plan isn't very smart.
I'd probably call my plan for world domination file "ILikefluffyKittens.rtf" or something equally innocuous. Or better yet, "readme.txt", since nobody ever reads READMEs.
CBS threatens to stop all HDTV broadcasts if they don't get their way?
Sheesh, LET THEM! When they find themselves losing viewers maybe they'll reconsider their idiotic decision.
The FCC needs to stop pandering to whiny media companies and start listening to viewers.
It's not a good announcement for people like me who dislike Microsoft, and will never again run Windows on a personal machine.
Until they use open formats like MPEG-Layer III or OGG, I'm not buying into it.
SORRY! They can take their Windows Media and shove it.
Perhaps they should instead try to make movies that are good enough that people will want to see them in the theaters, even after watching the rips in tiny windows on their PC's.
No, instead they market crap, hoping people will go see it in the theater, coughing up the nine bucks before they find out it sucks.
Sorry, I have no sympathy for them. If a movie is good, people WILL go to the theater to see it. I mean, I doubt anyone who watched and liked leaked copies of the original Matrix didn't go see it in the theater afterwards...
Since the software installs without my knowing and affects the functionality of the system, I consider this software a virus. It would be interesting if anti-virus software makers created a definition for it. Even more amusing would be if SunnComm tried to sue the anti-virus companies for selling a "circumvention device" because it removes the software.
This is all getting so incredibly silly sounding. I mean, if someone had told me ten years ago that these things would be happening, I probably would have thought it was a joke. It's downright scary that it's real!
I hope the DMCA gets repealed eventually. It never would have been passed if corporations didn't have so much influence over the government.
Yes, but even this is unacceptable. I shouldn't have to ask "permission" to reinstall my operating system.
It really, REALLY bothers me that people put up with this bullshit. If no one did, MS wouldn't be able to pull it off.
Why aren't people as upset about XP's activation as they were about Intuit's?
I very rarely ask store employees for help in making a buying decision. They are generally clueless in that department. They are sometimes helpful in finding things that I'm looking for, if I know exactly what to ask for, though.
I actually prefer it this way. I was wandering through Brandsmart the other day and employees were harassing me every frickin' four minutes. I much prefer the blissful peace of Best Buy, where I can browse in peace and only talk to an employee when *I* initiate the conversation.
Remember DIVX? It was the same idea.
Sorry, I will not buy into a format that requires that some central service authorize my media before I can watch the movie. That central service may go down (again, like DIVX) or suddenly decide.. "Hmm, we're going to re-release _The Lion King_. Let'd disable everyone's copies so they're forced to see it in the theater!"
No thanks. Once I buy media, I want to be able to watch it whenever I want. I urge everyone to avoid formats that require any sort of "authorization" for this reason. If no one buys it, it will fail.
I installed the Airport card into my TiBook G4 in about eight minutes. And that includes the time I spent digging for the torx screwdriver I needed.
The bottom of the machine came off easily after removing the screws. I had no problems getting the card into its slot or connecting the antenna cable. Re-assembling it was a snap. Either you have REALLY clumsy fingers, or the unit you received had a serious production problem of some sort. Removing the optical drive? Hard drive? I didn't have to do any of that!
My only real complaint was that Apple used Torx screws on the Powerbook; most people don't have screwdrivers for those lying around and it took me a while to dig up mine (which I don't need often).
1X for DVD is 10 Mbps, the maximum transfer rate possible in the DVD-Video specification. A movie will generally be encoded using variable bit-rate encoding, with the bitrate ranging from 1-10Mbps depending on the transfer and how complex the scene is. Thus, when copying the raw data stream, 1X actually ends up being faster than real-time for a movie, 2X ends up being faster than 2X real-time, etc. The lower the bitrate of the transfer, the faster the copying will be compared to real time.
The reason the designation "1X" is used is because 10Mbps is the slowest speed a DVD-ROM reader can be and still be able to play any DVD-Video stream successfully.
I'm actually surprised; this is YAHOO we're talking about. You'd think they have the muscle to handle it and not give users such piss-poort bandwidth quotas. }:)
Another solution would be for the ISP to "accidentally lose" their logs for the period of time involved.
"Oops! We lost the logs due to an administrative error. Sorry, cant help you RIAA!"
-Z
I suspect cooling issues are the reason. There's less room in the 12" and 15" models for good cooling for the CPU. I remember the bottom of the 12" gets hot as hell as it is.
Finally a LEGITIMATE reason to have a window on your computer's case!
I want to see more stuff like this; if people are going to put windows in their machines, it'll actually be useful now instead of just "ricing out" the machine...
I love the site, but it seems all the timestamps on the files have unfortunately been destroyed. {:(
Everything is dated rather recently.
I should drop them an email; maybe they can still fix this...
I'm not sure why it needs to be taxed at all. Taxes were already paid on the money when it was earned (presumably) and sales tax is paid on the service where applicable.
Why the need to tax it above and beyond anything else just because it's communication? I understand gas tax, as that pays for roads.. But isn't the telecom infratructure mostly privately owned?