"about a burnt Intel Celeron(!!) after a cooling failure"
This is a Water cooled Celeron ?
Oh, an Overclocked Celeron...
Well, as long as you don't have redudant cooling systems (think SERVER) you should know that an OC CPU is a potential Frying Pan 8)
"Please shoot me when I start pumping water into my computer!"
You know, water cooled is only a term...
Die Hard (or is it Hot Die 8) Gamers with an OCed CPU are using Mineral Oil when serious about the whole deal...
Non Conductive, better heat dissipation ratio, only problem is viscosity...=> stronger pump.
So, Please reconsider. When Overclocking, "Waterr Cooled" is the only way to go above the natural limitations... And please remember some people use Nitrogen to Overcool their sysmes. It's not condensation they have, its Ice on the Mobo 8)))))
Vehicle computer system with open platform architecture
Abstract
A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform, multi-tasking operating system. The computer runs multiple applications on the operating system, including both vehicle-related applications (e.g., vehicle security application, vehicle diagnostics application, communications application, etc.) and non-vehicle-related applications (e.g., entertainment application, word processing, etc.). The applications may be supplied by the vehicle manufacturer and/or by the vehicle user.
Inventors: Beckert; Richard D. (Lake Stevens, WA); Moeller; Mark M. (Bellingtham, WA); Wong; William S. (Redmond, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Appl. No.: 394360
Filed: September 10, 1999
Well, I think the patent is not valid...
They say an OPEN platform...
and for MS that only means a cabriolet 8)
of an universal remote (the cool ones 8) you can tell yourself that for another $100 you buy a PDA...
On my table I now got 5 Remotes. I really only need 2, the rest only once or twice a week.
I was thinking buying an universal remote, but now I start looking at an old palmIII to see if I could use them as remote. But I think the LED is too weak.
Nevertheless, a 15feet remote is a cool trick, but a 15feet IR communication channel allows for much more mischief at exams 8)
I also read from my "manage your system" book that :
To do that, MS got to have access to your machine.
I also know how to setup a firewall to stop WMP to connect, download the patches and updates I want from an anon proxy, and also never read a movie from the net, prefering a local copy to a secure server and then I access....
I know MS can try to F)k my machine anytime they want, but then I don't give them free access to my machine. You know, F I R E W A L L...
Which is, I think, the point...
BTW (Offtopic, but I have ask somewhere) anyone knos if M3309 DVD card is recognized under Linux ?
If yes, then MS can go to hell, I won't need them anymore...
Re:This feature is built into the WIN XP license
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Well, Dimitry went to the state... and was a develloper signing his softs.
I'm just a surfer. My IP is 192.168... quite anon 8)
and I can always use an anon proxy to surf & serve...
Then maybe a webpage recording all IPs used by RIAA HaK33rz could be used with a small firewall so as to deny them access...you know, RIAA=> dev/null, or RIAA=>disney.com, matureandvulgar.com...
you know, user community defending themselves...
maybe even a tool such as NetBo, that automatically started countermeasures if somebody tried to root BO (mine was sending 15.000 tims the picture of the guy with his head stuffed in his arse... God, I woul love to get the same for all people accessing muy MP3z 8)
Also, as they seem to so much love shrink wrapped EULA, I could wrap one into all IP Header (if U RIAA, don't connect !)
BTW, all your MP3 are belong to you, not the RIAA
Re:This feature is built into the WIN XP license
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Strange, I thought this feature was included in all Windows OS...
+
3 questions...
If I infringed copyright for songs not belonging to RIAA Members, do they have the right to do anything ? for example, I have a large Reggae collection, and I'm sure Jamaican Producers from 1970 didn't belong to RIAA)
+
I happen to have only LEGIT MP3 (ripped from my own LP & CDs)... Can somebody tell me how to differentiate a legit MP3 from a fraudulent one if you only have access to my computer ?
For I have the right to make MP3s and backups (fair use...)
+
I'm a foreigner (Brit, french, German, whatever you want...)
If RIAA come to my pc and try to hack into it, this is illegal under my local law...no matter what (or they have to ask local police do do something)
which means I can sue them, even ban them If I want (can) (you know, you call ISP and tell him IP XXX.XXX.X.X just scanned all my ports, and flooded...)
Well, I don't know about you, but this is the sort of things I fear...
this is when, you americans having a broad sense of humor, that the guy @ police station reports you position to his superior, who calls the Navy to see if they have any Destroyer or sub in the location....
and then they nuke you out of sheer boredom. 8)
BTW a locator is good, but if you prank this way you should better also hide your caller ID, phone serial, chip code & serial, and call throught an unregistered network, for those track you too...
(I am pleased to remind you that your phone broadcasts your location every 30 seconds to cinfirm the relays you are at this location, and this is done throught many codes and auto ID...
So nowaday, if you want to prank, you just steal somebodys phone, use it, return it, and then smile when he/she gets busted by the feds.
"Read the Position Location disclaimer by using the Up & Down arrows"
Hem,
This asks for a disclaimer ?
like in EULA ?
such as "this device cannot be used to track you except if somebody really wants to track you he'll just have to dial your phone number and reprogram your locator if needs be" ?
I would like to have a look at this disclaimer beforehand, oplease...
THEN, I was willing to buy a Palm Vx just for the cheap GPS, but if this does GPS and phone, when will they add PDA ?
1/NT is not "solid"
NT only has so many patches you could remove the OS and the patchs will hold the machine running.
2 / Multiple login exists since Win3.11 (sigh, best MS OS ever 8)
3 / Linux isn't meant to be easy to use. It is meant to be set up and forgot for a few years (or until HDD suicides)and still work the same.
To mix different supposition you approched, may I remind you that the longuest standing NT station lasts for 180 jours before self collapsing (a server with Nt on it, no connections, wait 6 month and it dies of sheer boredom 8)
4 / Firewalling the Nics. Ohh, you mean hiding the Mac Adress? Gosh, what will they invent next.
XP IS a great backdoor to my HDD, a very good introduction to.NET and the best way Bill has to F*$k a few billion people at the same time (so maybe next version will be called "PendOver" or "MS Gang with a Bang" 8p )
Yes I want to play MP3 and No I don't want to use Media Player
Yes I want to play DivX and No, I don't want WMP to tell me about bad (unofficial) codec, or lose sound synchro)
Yes I want to still use my PII 350. So I stick to 98 and wait for a driver for my M3309 DvD card under Linux.
Then I will swat 98 and be a happy Linuxer !
Yeahhh !! Slashdotted...
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You guys were fast...
Is it a new thing in Slashdot, people reading the article and browsing the link before writing a pun ?
8)
First stamp ever used was Chinese, a 3 part stamp : one for the sender, one for the office and one for the taker (no Goatse joke !)
Payment was due by the recipient.
Funny thing : People had to write the adress and a commentary on the stamp, to identify themselves...
After some times, people started to "code" the important news on the stamps, allowing the recipient to read the message and refuse the letter, not paying the fee and still having the news 8)..
=> the system got abandonned and they had to wait till 1853 to have another post office 8)
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"about a burnt Intel Celeron(!!) after a cooling failure"
This is a Water cooled Celeron ?
Oh, an Overclocked Celeron...
Well, as long as you don't have redudant cooling systems (think SERVER) you should know that an OC CPU is a potential Frying Pan 8)
"Please shoot me when I start pumping water into my computer!"
You know, water cooled is only a term...
Die Hard (or is it Hot Die 8) Gamers with an OCed CPU are using Mineral Oil when serious about the whole deal...
Non Conductive, better heat dissipation ratio, only problem is viscosity...=> stronger pump.
So, Please reconsider. When Overclocking, "Waterr Cooled" is the only way to go above the natural limitations... And please remember some people use Nitrogen to Overcool their sysmes. It's not condensation they have, its Ice on the Mobo 8)))))
Maybe they could start reimbursing the project by finishing Rc5 from distributed.net...
They should be able to wrap it under 7 days, and 10K$ is always a good start 8)
People Can't Manage Computer Industry Acronyms 8)
all you have to do is create a vapourmail on yahoo or something and register.
then you will be nice enough to keep thet cookie on your computer, Et Voila !
So, this is free a in "please place your email here"
If you cannot spare a few electrons, please be nice enough not to say it aloud....
Being a bad boy !
Because if not, I'll that Word Assistant come to you a make you fill Message Box after Massage boxs of " I will only use proper langage" 8)
BTW MS is your babysitter in terms of computing : anything you do is throught their own acceptance 8|
Vehicle computer system with open platform architecture
Abstract
A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform, multi-tasking operating system. The computer runs multiple applications on the operating system, including both vehicle-related applications (e.g., vehicle security application, vehicle diagnostics application, communications application, etc.) and non-vehicle-related applications (e.g., entertainment application, word processing, etc.). The applications may be supplied by the vehicle manufacturer and/or by the vehicle user.
Inventors: Beckert; Richard D. (Lake Stevens, WA); Moeller; Mark M. (Bellingtham, WA); Wong; William S. (Redmond, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Appl. No.: 394360
Filed: September 10, 1999
Well, I think the patent is not valid...
They say an OPEN platform...
and for MS that only means a cabriolet 8)
I use an "old" TNT2 Ultra with TV Out 8)
Easy, simple, and when no monitor is connected, it switch itself to TV Out mode 8)
the only problem is that you only get a 800*600*16bits output, but this is more than enough for TV.
under W98, you should use TV Tools for fine tuning (size, flicker...)
I heard ATI All in one Wonder Pro (8Mo) works fine also, and seems to be Linux compatible 8)
Also, if you are interested in a multimedia box, but are locked with 98, try using Xwindows 1.0
It'll allow you a specialized frontend (for instance separating your screen in 4 parts with specific access to music / Filmz / Internet and System)
BTW, If somebody has data for ALI M3309 under Linux, I'm still interested 8)
Hoping this has been of some help,
This is one of the best PC mods I've seen since Cdr Taco Arcade Machine 8)
Well, this computer is a PII350 / 256 Ram / 30 Go
It contains a few MP3, a DVD ROM and is connected to Hifi and TV (no monitor)
It cannot play a DVD with PII350... even if it IS perfect for DiVX.
I've seem Xine is a (quite) good DVD player, and now I would like to achienve a Multimedia Box under Linux, just for the fun of it.
And once It's working, Ghost the HDD and keep running till the hardware rots 8)
I just dream of a nice DVD / DiVX / ASF / RM / MP3 / Ogg standalone player 8)
used with Cordless mouse / Keyboard, it makes quite a convenient Internet access on TV, + music and films 8))
of an universal remote (the cool ones 8) you can tell yourself that for another $100 you buy a PDA...
On my table I now got 5 Remotes. I really only need 2, the rest only once or twice a week.
I was thinking buying an universal remote, but now I start looking at an old palmIII to see if I could use them as remote. But I think the LED is too weak.
Nevertheless, a 15feet remote is a cool trick, but a 15feet IR communication channel allows for much more mischief at exams 8)
Well, as long as this article is full of Linux Geeks 8)
I have an M3309 DVD card, from ALI.
Right now on a W98 8| because no other OS has the drivers...
But I've seen it in the driver list from 2.3.5...
does anyone have any experience of this card under Linux ? (=> does it work ? not perform, just work will do 8)
Hoping to read from you,
I also read from my "manage your system" book that :
To do that, MS got to have access to your machine.
I also know how to setup a firewall to stop WMP to connect, download the patches and updates I want from an anon proxy, and also never read a movie from the net, prefering a local copy to a secure server and then I access....
I know MS can try to F)k my machine anytime they want, but then I don't give them free access to my machine. You know, F I R E W A L L...
Which is, I think, the point...
BTW (Offtopic, but I have ask somewhere) anyone knos if M3309 DVD card is recognized under Linux ?
If yes, then MS can go to hell, I won't need them anymore...
Well, Dimitry went to the state... and was a develloper signing his softs. ...
I'm just a surfer. My IP is 192.168... quite anon 8)
and I can always use an anon proxy to surf & serve
Then maybe a webpage recording all IPs used by RIAA HaK33rz could be used with a small firewall so as to deny them access...you know, RIAA=> dev/null, or RIAA=>disney.com, matureandvulgar.com...
you know, user community defending themselves...
maybe even a tool such as NetBo, that automatically started countermeasures if somebody tried to root BO (mine was sending 15.000 tims the picture of the guy with his head stuffed in his arse... God, I woul love to get the same for all people accessing muy MP3z 8)
Also, as they seem to so much love shrink wrapped EULA, I could wrap one into all IP Header (if U RIAA, don't connect !)
BTW, all your MP3 are belong to you, not the RIAA
Strange, I thought this feature was included in all Windows OS...
+
3 questions...
If I infringed copyright for songs not belonging to RIAA Members, do they have the right to do anything ? for example, I have a large Reggae collection, and I'm sure Jamaican Producers from 1970 didn't belong to RIAA)
+
I happen to have only LEGIT MP3 (ripped from my own LP & CDs)... Can somebody tell me how to differentiate a legit MP3 from a fraudulent one if you only have access to my computer ?
For I have the right to make MP3s and backups (fair use...)
+
I'm a foreigner (Brit, french, German, whatever you want...)
If RIAA come to my pc and try to hack into it, this is illegal under my local law...no matter what (or they have to ask local police do do something)
which means I can sue them, even ban them If I want (can) (you know, you call ISP and tell him IP XXX.XXX.X.X just scanned all my ports, and flooded...)
Well, I don't know about you, but this is the sort of things I fear...
this is when, you americans having a broad sense of humor, that the guy @ police station reports you position to his superior, who calls the Navy to see if they have any Destroyer or sub in the location....
and then they nuke you out of sheer boredom. 8)
BTW a locator is good, but if you prank this way you should better also hide your caller ID, phone serial, chip code & serial, and call throught an unregistered network, for those track you too...
(I am pleased to remind you that your phone broadcasts your location every 30 seconds to cinfirm the relays you are at this location, and this is done throught many codes and auto ID...
So nowaday, if you want to prank, you just steal somebodys phone, use it, return it, and then smile when he/she gets busted by the feds.
Hoping to hear from you 8)
"Read the Position Location disclaimer by using the Up & Down arrows"
Hem,
This asks for a disclaimer ?
like in EULA ?
such as "this device cannot be used to track you except if somebody really wants to track you he'll just have to dial your phone number and reprogram your locator if needs be" ?
I would like to have a look at this disclaimer beforehand, oplease...
THEN, I was willing to buy a Palm Vx just for the cheap GPS, but if this does GPS and phone, when will they add PDA ?
When I was a student , only 2 things impeded my progression :
..
1 - Getting there on time (late riser / late Quake player, pick your choice 8)
2 - Finding the course I missed from a friend, or fiend, or anybody who got it, AND/OR reading this filthy writing (mostly mine 8)
Now I don't know about you, but... this would have been a life saver
Hummm,
Since when does a "Slashdotted site" get -1 Offtopic ?
When I moderate I lut 1 and write "Informative..."
Well, different standards.
Could you please repeat that one ?
/NT is not "solid"
.NET and the best way Bill has to F*$k a few billion people at the same time (so maybe next version will be called "PendOver" or "MS Gang with a Bang" 8p )
1
NT only has so many patches you could remove the OS and the patchs will hold the machine running.
2 / Multiple login exists since Win3.11 (sigh, best MS OS ever 8)
3 / Linux isn't meant to be easy to use. It is meant to be set up and forgot for a few years (or until HDD suicides)and still work the same.
To mix different supposition you approched, may I remind you that the longuest standing NT station lasts for 180 jours before self collapsing (a server with Nt on it, no connections, wait 6 month and it dies of sheer boredom 8)
4 / Firewalling the Nics. Ohh, you mean hiding the Mac Adress? Gosh, what will they invent next.
XP IS a great backdoor to my HDD, a very good introduction to
Yes I want to play MP3 and No I don't want to use Media Player
Yes I want to play DivX and No, I don't want WMP to tell me about bad (unofficial) codec, or lose sound synchro)
Yes I want to still use my PII 350. So I stick to 98 and wait for a driver for my M3309 DvD card under Linux.
Then I will swat 98 and be a happy Linuxer !
You guys were fast...
Is it a new thing in Slashdot, people reading the article and browsing the link before writing a pun ?
8)
Now, "a website whose content is of real interest to at most a few thousand people worldwide" is exactly what we try to find here @ Slashdot.
A nice little Website with interesting, fresh data for open minded geeks (yes this IS humor 8)
Then you get a nice 18.000 hits within 6 hours.
And you clog the whole Uni network...
+ If you put a Freenet node on an uni net :
1 / You won't have access, as all the students will try to connect to it to get Pr0n or Movies
2/ Within 3 days, the FBI will come and bust the server 'caus it "could" be holding "sensible data"...
8|
For years people had problem publishing.
Now they say they want to remove an editor from the chain...
Good, but the editor at first was the one separating good studies from stupid ones...
Maybe the Internet will help with a peer review system, but this asks for organisation and good practice...
Will Scientists be able to apply this instead of the usual bickering ?
Except of course if it became the main depository for MP3 / DivX / Pr0n ans the RIAA gets a liking in them...
... have they firewalled their internet access, or is everybody responsible for its own sec... ?
But what I would lile to know is
Well, next time I have a Neighbours meeting, I know what to propose... 8)
From what I know (please go and cress me 8) :
First stamp ever used was Chinese, a 3 part stamp : one for the sender, one for the office and one for the taker (no Goatse joke !)
Payment was due by the recipient.
Funny thing : People had to write the adress and a commentary on the stamp, to identify themselves...
After some times, people started to "code" the important news on the stamps, allowing the recipient to read the message and refuse the letter, not paying the fee and still having the news 8)..
=> the system got abandonned and they had to wait till 1853 to have another post office 8)
Or do will we send them the EFF in addition to the Marines ?
8)