I think his point is that the RIAA is trying to stop people from ripping perfect digital copies of the CD's. What you're pointing out is that they're only slowing them down, and not by much either. On a high-end computer, it probably takes about 10-20 minutes to rip and encode an entire CD to MP3 format (complete with ID3 tags). With this method, it might take an hour to an hour and a half.
Sure, if you want to sit down and go crazy on a 100-CD ripping binge, it's going to take forever, but "time consuming" != "impossible."
It's a shame that you can't post on an article in which you moderate, because I'd really like to know what the assclown that modded me down to troll was thinking when he did that, or, on the more probable side of things, why he wasn't thinking at all.
I wonder how long it will take for people to start hacking the crap out of their XBoxen, and then start bitching and moaning about how much MS sucks because all their games start crashing.
Nearly all of the control panel options disappeared, replaced with the ever-crappy, crashing pile of MMC.
Hmm...oddly enough, my MMC never crashes. My co-worker (whom I have nick-named George), on the other hand, experiences many problems with many aspects of his system. Of course, this is the same guy who (as an IT "professional") had to ask for help installing a sound card, of all things.
Furthermore, my MMC is far from crappy. It does what I want, when I want. "George's" MMC, on the other hand, doesn't seem to like doing much of anything at all.
Are you a George?
Complete retraining for all the sysadmins who have to use these tools daily and aren't sharp enough to pick it up on their own.
I'll echo what others have said...if you've got a sysadmin that can't pick up any one of ActiveDirectory administraive tools and run with it in under five minutes, then perhaps that person shouldn't be an admin.
The problem is that you don't remember how painful the Win2K upgrade was because it happened two years ago.
Actually, Win2K was RELEASED two years ago. Many companies are JUST STARTING to migrate. Mine is one of them.
The migration went without a hitch in Boston and London, and we expect it to go without a hitch in Minneapolis, Brussels, and Tokyo. Orchestrating the migration to Win2K was one of the least painful, and quite frankly, one of the most fun things I've done in a business envrionment.
When your company does the upgrade, go hang out with the user support folks for a couple days. Feel their pain.
A carefully planned and executed migration is virtually painless. You can practically predict the issues that arise, and be ready for them when they do. If you run into your migration (of ANY type, not just to Win2K or XP) with "guns-a-blazin'," you not only deserve whatever "pain" you experience, but you deserve to have some inflicted on you with a clue-by-four.
Go to GRC.com to read the rantings of Steve "The Internet Is Falling" Gibson? Thanks, but no thanks.
The guy has no idea what he's talking about (it was especially entertaining to watch John Dvorak rip him apart regarding his stance on XP and raw sockets on "Silicon Spin" =).
The Reg published this article the other day about how Gibson's very own ShieldsUP was unable to even DETECT a WinXP box. If that article doesn't burst your "Gibson is God" bubble, then there may truly be no hope for you.
Oh, and just for your own edification, I'm well aware of the differences in Microsoft's operating systems. I was just pointing out that from an ISP's standpoint, there's no true difference, except perhaps the PRECISE location of certain network settings (and even that's a stretch).
Under Windows, Internet Exporer eats up far more memory than Netscape, Mozilla, or any other web browser could ever DREAM us using. The trick there is that most of the stuff IE needs to run is loaded when Windows starts up. Don't feel bad, though... many a devout IE user have fallen prey to Microsoft's ruse.
As far as speed goes, in my experience, IE can't hold a candle to Netscape. IE may seem to load faster, but that's because most of its baggage is already in the cargo hold, so to speak. When it comes to loading web pages, Netscape wins every time (with the notable exceptions of pages that don't load in Netscape at all due to piss-poor programming "skills" on the behalf of the site's "webmaster").
If you're running Windows, you can edit your hosts file to redirect search.yahoo.com to google.yahoo.com. I did this about a week ago (a few days after I started experiencing problems with Yahoo! and NS6.1), and it's been fine ever since.
Well, we could run an extension cord up to the top of the telephone pole, but it might be risky...don't want to get electrocuted by the power lines at the top.
The WQV3D-8BNDL can store up to 80 images and can become a Visual Databank that stores not only the images but you can names and numbers.
This is the greatest product in history! You have no idea how long I've been waiting for a prouct that will let me names and numbers. I've always wanted to, but no one ever made a product that made it possible.
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I think his point is that the RIAA is trying to stop people from ripping perfect digital copies of the CD's. What you're pointing out is that they're only slowing them down, and not by much either. On a high-end computer, it probably takes about 10-20 minutes to rip and encode an entire CD to MP3 format (complete with ID3 tags). With this method, it might take an hour to an hour and a half.
Sure, if you want to sit down and go crazy on a 100-CD ripping binge, it's going to take forever, but "time consuming" != "impossible."
Internet traffic dropped to a three-month low tonight as millions of Code Red infected web servers suddenly went offline.
=)
I believe that's called "hypocrisy."
Wow..."Flamebait"?
We've got some real winners modding around here as of late... *sigh*
It's called respect.
I submitted this story a full 7 hours before jaime did, and it was rejected.
*walks away shaking his head*
It's a shame that you can't post on an article in which you moderate, because I'd really like to know what the assclown that modded me down to troll was thinking when he did that, or, on the more probable side of things, why he wasn't thinking at all.
I wonder how long it will take for people to start hacking the crap out of their XBoxen, and then start bitching and moaning about how much MS sucks because all their games start crashing.
That link was supposed to be http://chroniclesofgeorge.nanc.com/
/. doesn't like the TARGET="_blank" =)
Guess
Furthermore, my MMC is far from crappy. It does what I want, when I want. "George's" MMC, on the other hand, doesn't seem to like doing much of anything at all.
Are you a George?I'll echo what others have said...if you've got a sysadmin that can't pick up any one of ActiveDirectory administraive tools and run with it in under five minutes, then perhaps that person shouldn't be an admin.Actually, Win2K was RELEASED two years ago. Many companies are JUST STARTING to migrate. Mine is one of them.
The migration went without a hitch in Boston and London, and we expect it to go without a hitch in Minneapolis, Brussels, and Tokyo. Orchestrating the migration to Win2K was one of the least painful, and quite frankly, one of the most fun things I've done in a business envrionment.A carefully planned and executed migration is virtually painless. You can practically predict the issues that arise, and be ready for them when they do. If you run into your migration (of ANY type, not just to Win2K or XP) with "guns-a-blazin'," you not only deserve whatever "pain" you experience, but you deserve to have some inflicted on you with a clue-by-four.
Go to GRC.com to read the rantings of Steve "The Internet Is Falling" Gibson? Thanks, but no thanks.
The guy has no idea what he's talking about (it was especially entertaining to watch John Dvorak rip him apart regarding his stance on XP and raw sockets on "Silicon Spin" =).
The Reg published this article the other day about how Gibson's very own ShieldsUP was unable to even DETECT a WinXP box. If that article doesn't burst your "Gibson is God" bubble, then there may truly be no hope for you.
Oh, and just for your own edification, I'm well aware of the differences in Microsoft's operating systems. I was just pointing out that from an ISP's standpoint, there's no true difference, except perhaps the PRECISE location of certain network settings (and even that's a stretch).
But, ignoring the obvious there, why wouldn't it have any business on a consumer's PC? What makes XP special versus Windows 98 or ME?
Under Windows, Internet Exporer eats up far more memory than Netscape, Mozilla, or any other web browser could ever DREAM us using. The trick there is that most of the stuff IE needs to run is loaded when Windows starts up. Don't feel bad, though... many a devout IE user have fallen prey to Microsoft's ruse.
As far as speed goes, in my experience, IE can't hold a candle to Netscape. IE may seem to load faster, but that's because most of its baggage is already in the cargo hold, so to speak. When it comes to loading web pages, Netscape wins every time (with the notable exceptions of pages that don't load in Netscape at all due to piss-poor programming "skills" on the behalf of the site's "webmaster").
IE is bloated, buggy, and slow.
Where do I sign up?! </sarcasm>
Probably not half as annoying as making a decent-looking web site only to find out that your IE users see garbage.
The pendulum swings both ways, my friend.
If you're running Windows, you can edit your hosts file to redirect search.yahoo.com to google.yahoo.com. I did this about a week ago (a few days after I started experiencing problems with Yahoo! and NS6.1), and it's been fine ever since.
Well, we could run an extension cord up to the top of the telephone pole, but it might be risky...don't want to get electrocuted by the power lines at the top.
Sounds like you're already doing wireless networking. You used RJ-45 connectors, but made no mention of the CAT5 cabling that would go between them =)
*wipes a tear from his eye*
I'm not defending MS here, but if you'll notice, it says "...with best-of-breed MSN content," not "...service." There's a big difference.
Actually, he was bulleting the myths, and then countering them. The myth was that the fire wasn't a factor, then he went on to debunk the myth.