and any good cameraman will tell you, its all about lenses, you cannot beat quality optics, its what makes the difference between a $20 telescope and $20,000 one
Beginning tomorrow, more than a dozen Web sites, including MSN, ESPN, Lycos and iVillage, will run full-motion video commercials from Pepsi, AT&T, Honda, Vonage and Warner Brothers, in a six-week test that some analysts and online executives say could herald the start of a new era of Internet advertising.
The new ad technology, from Unicast, an advertising company based in New York, invisibly loads the commercial while unwitting users read a Web page, then displays the ad across the entire browser area when users click to a new page. The resulting ad is identical to TV, whether the user has a high- or low-speed connection. The company says the technology evades pop-up blockers, but the person can skip the ad by clicking a box.
thanks, no need to remind me to add your servers to the Hostfile Project
yeah you could say that about MSIE with this "shop for music" just close MSIE right ? you have the choice right ?
but they had to include the facility to deactivate it (MSIE) because of anti-trust, there is no such facility to remove the media sidebar or the integrated callbacks
its all about default settings, not choice, unless you can talk joe schmoe or your grandma into finding,downloading,installing,configuring another media player, that will play.asx mms:// and all the other windows media player specific formats
if i click "premium services" or "subscriptions" or "media guide" it uses its embedded MSIE to take me to windowsmedia.com where i can purchase music (a bit like iTunes) or other music related products, i cannot navigate away from their site as r-click and url control has been disabled
are they going to remove that ? after all this is exactly like having a copy of iTunes and their own store on every windowsXP install in existence, if thats not unfair practice i dont know what is
also if i click on a movie/mp3 link in MSIE (on any site) it opens in a sidebar which also redirects to windowsmedia.com (without permission i might add and has a tracking code attached) where adverts/promotions are shown, there is no way anyone can compete with this as its built into the core of XP (i had to block go.microsoft.com and windowsmedia.com as this was the only way to stop this behaviour) of course the majority of non tech-savvy/aware people wont know how to do this and so are at the mercy of MS's redirects/media tracking and marketing power.
combined with windowsmedia player the whole operating system has multiple callbacks to MS where they redirect you to their choice of destination without permission , can anyone say anti-trust again ?
stopping the default browser is one thing , but they have designed the whole system to get you to commercial services they control so in reality this wont stop their consumer drive much, europe is already warming up the antitrust suits and when an official engineer (for the antitrust) inspects the system i think he will be suprised at the level of integration between MS commercial services and windowsXP
Re:is there a microphone on the Spirit Rover?
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· Score: 2, Interesting
not this mission but in 2007 their will be 4 of them, its a joint project between the Planetary Society and SSL berkley[project sites]
In 2007 the French NetLander mission is scheduled to deploy a network of 4 identical landers to study the atmosphere and interior structure of Mars. Onboard each NetLander craft will be upgraded versions of the Mars Microphone sensors placed on the panoramic camera head, enabling stereo recordings of the Martian sounds from a height of about 1 meter above the surface
uhm MS already has their search engine integrated into the OS yet everyone seems to forget
open IE and press the search button, see that page on the left ? thats MSN search (complete with encrypted scripts to prevent you from looking at whatever evil they are up to, why else would you encrypt your javascript even though Joe user isnt likly to view source on a page that prohibits right click ?)
Ok now open a folder in explorer and type a word in the address bar, and hey presto you are redirected again to MSN search (which cannot be switched off either even if you disable it)
so MS already have the monopoly on search in the OS and have done since win98 yet everyone seems to overlook it.
remember the REX pmcmia sized pda from back in '98 or so ?, had only 256kb memory but had basic pda functions/contact mem/phonebook/calc etc, (made by rex or franklin and was sold in those gadget mags) one side was a b&w screen with a simple nav if i recall it was only 100$ then, the cool bit was you could just put in a standard laptop without any adaptors and sync it
certainly not a new concept, just no one has ever pulled it off properly (probably because battery technology hasnt evolved anywhere significant)
absolutely MR Blunket has gone raving mad not only do we [as uk citizens) have this RIP bill to deal with again and private companies taking photos of its customers with RFID's but gems such as
so with some people having big brother to deal with in homes in our towns on our motorways on our streets making us the most spied upon people in the western world, all in the name of "reducing crime" we have to deal RIP bills as well ?
if this is what its like now can you imagine how much worse its going to get in the future ? i mean you have got nothing to hide so why worry right ?
for us 1984 is well and truly here and has no sign of going away, maybe the Labour goverment should change its "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" campaign slogan to "War on privacy, trust no one"
you say vote them out but do you think the conservatives can really be trusted as well ? maybe you dont remember they are the ones that made corporate and goverment corruption an art form, why do you think Labour have kept winning elections ? and they are still are promoting un-inspiring dead beat leaders without bringing in new fresh politicans and still touting their same old boy network who where voted out last time as a credible options !?! i wouldnt trust them as far as i could throw them either
how do they propose doing that with power limits already heavily regulated ? omni directional hi-gain antennas are incredibly difficult beasts especially when you get past 1 wavelength (as apposed to 1/4, 5/8th etc) sure they could go the yagi route but then its directional torch like beams which don't really help for walkabouts
Then we move onto the interference aspect, power levels and emitted radiation are heavily regulated for a reason (fire,medics,military,rds,taxis,radio,ham,tv) who pay heavy fees to use the band, will the FCC/DTI come down hard on this or relax the regs?, there is also tremendous scope for abuse if thats the case (think starbuks paid wifi jamming/overiding mr nice citizens free community wifi) what about differing countries regulations of airwaves frequencies (some countries the band that wifi is on is regulated and licensed (military/satellite)) is there a worldwide agreement that wifi bands are unlicensed ? this rush into wireless has plenty of legal complications (just like CB/walkie talkies) (ie: Italy can have 1000 watt+ cb's while the UK can only have 4W) all this talk of standards just seems a bit premature, anyone clear this up for us ?
Windows media player already has windowsmedia.com built into the player , in fact it has 8 major control buttons and 3 of those point straight at windowsmedia.com (using the IE activeX control (r-click is also conviently disabled), it also has a built in GUID that is enabled by default so they can identify you regardless of cookie settings, in fact the only way not to make WMP contact microsoft is to firewall it off
im waiting for more Euro Antitrust complaints , obviously a 10billion dollar fine isnt going to be enough
Maybe they are dropping it because users wont accept advertising in their email client (OE did for 1 version but was quickly dropped perhaps people complained?) but if its on the web (in a browser) they can advertise all they like (look at the mess that what they call hotmail now) then they can get advertisers to focus on associating users email accounts with user names and all that lovely personal information (courtesy of your "msn wallet(TM)" and "msn passport(TM)", tie that to your machines GUID and msn's cookiestealingexploits (notice hotmail.com does not exist anymore and is now a msn subdomain) and voila , you have WindowsXP 2004 marketing machine where you are not the customer any longer, you are the product and you will even hand over 299$ (cost of XP) for the privilege while assigning all your IP rights to them and their "partners".
Microsoft isnt a software company, its a marketing company that creates software.
not that it will affect me or you but you have to feel sorry for the sheep that have no idea whats going on.
The US Army seems to take it pretty seriously, in fact they are prepared to spend a few million of YOUR taxdollars on it and as a FPS game its pretty tame in violence compared to some.
Check it out and grab it here, (it's "free" because you have already paid for it:) (based on the Quake 3 Engine afaik).
Its up to you to decide wether its just a fun novelty recruiting tool in the shape of a video game , or a serious combat strategy training simulation tool for helping you kill (or eliminate the threat as they say) more effectivly in the "real" Army in "real" situations. i know red pixels on a screen isn't in reality very convincing but the strategy/planning/management etc of the game tasks can be the same as reality, presumably desired skills as far as the Army are concerned.
its a fine line.
with the blaming violence on games thing , i too cannot see it (possibly cos im an old skooler), but what i do know is crap in==crap out if you put shit gas in your car it runs wack if you eat crap food it makes you ill so i presume the brain is affected the same.
when your competion give away their software (and a good lot of free help too) is it fair that these firms should go out of buisness (the 1000 lobbying), i thought captitalism was supposed to work where the cheapest/most efficient solution wins , those that can't play , don't.
Most domain querys at netsol are just the top tier , a lot of registrars create a second tier (this helps cut down spam from crawlers that spam whois email records) so you often need to whois the registras servers to get the real owners details.
so thesedays to identify the owner you need to use netsol first then query the server that that returns (in this case whois.godaddy.com)
$ whois msnbot.com -h whois.godaddy.com
and that returns..........
Registrant: None 400 N University Ave. Apt. 505 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 United States
Registered through: Go Daddy Software (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: MSNBOT.COM Created on: 12-Apr-02 Expires on: 12-Apr-04 Last Updated on: 29-Jan-03
Administrative Contact: Ferguson, Jerryferguson_jerry@hotmail.com None 400 N University Ave. Apt. 505 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 United States (501)-666-0626Fax -- Technical Contact: Ferguson, Jerryferguson_jerry@hotmail.com None 400 N University Ave. Apt. 505 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 United States (501)-666-0626Fax --
Domain servers in listed order: PARK3.SECURESERVER.NET PARK4.SECURESERVER .NET
don't get me wrong im all for using mp3 as a backup for the vinyl but doesn't software like this does encourage the user to replace the wax for the mp3 ?, in some peoples eyes if i have a digi copy there is no need for me to keep the vinyl any longer therefore discarding a potentially more reliable medium for a less reliable one (if CD rot,magnetic reliability) etc is
using both ie backing up the vinyl onto mp3 so i do not need to wear out the vinyl is a great idea but alas i fear people will choose to replace rather than backup
interestingly enough the BBC have had trouble with videodiscs where the technology has become so old they cannot read them, lets hope the same doesnt happen to MP3
At least my vinyl will be playable in 100 years, can we say the same about harddrives and compact discs ?
personally when i buy music it will always be on vinyl, i get a fairly robust product,no DRM, great artwork and will last with good care forever (having already 20,000 from 20years of dj'ing might sway my opinion somewhat;)
As Kazaa comes bundled with multiple spyware programs this also gives you an idea of how many computers are infected with its programs, mind boggling really
remember Kazaa is just a vehicle for this software as their revenue model is based on the user installing it, i feel sorry for all the support desks that are going to have to deal with all the problems it brings and the security implications when someone/thing exploits it, imagine how many corporate systems are infected and the implications that could bring for security in the workplace now that other private companies have direct access to their data bypassing firewalls etc (by using http port 80 to communicate) i mean Windows isnt exactly the most secure system around but these applications have made this so much worse and it can only be a matter of time until someone develops a *nix port of spyware.
The sooner they are out of buisness the better for the user, but these numbers prove that it isnt going to happen unless virus companies decide to pull their fingers out and target these applications which are probably more destructive and intrusive than most viruses.
According to the virus scanner companies stance , if you release a worm,virus etc with an EULA you are exempt from detection and are free to extract any information you like from the users/hosts system for financial gain (regardless of what laws exist to protect the users data in his/her country)
luckily a few good people have addressed this problem but as their software isn't as widely known as the big boys (Symantec,Mcafee,Sophos etc) and doesn't come bundled as standard by pc manufacters (as a lot of virus protection does) i fear this situation can only get worse until the users computer becomes an un-usable device
yeah mod me down for not checking my facts, i did a search as BBCTV (news24) mentioned that EMI was feeling the pinch and its sales where down due to piracy
some sources are even quoting a 13% drop in Q1 alone at that rate of decline sales could fall 52% for the year (ouch)
more bad news is they still want to promote pro kareoke singers like robbie williams (who? says the USA people) and still no sign of new inspiring acts on the horizon, oh except those that win/bid for these
of course this has nothing to do with the fact that the public is tired of being ripped off and taken for idiots and now is not interested in their products.
so instead of creating products that people actually want or investing in talent instead of boy bands and the like, they blame their outdated buisness model on piracy, sounds like sense to me.
wrong, its a hardware and driver standard, hence why it is also present in a Macintosh Both platforms running Logic Audio or Cubase use ASIO if the hardware supports it.
All You Need To Know About ASIO As computers become more commonplace in recording and home project studios, so does the demand for faster, more responsive sound cards to work in these systems. A sound card is expected to enhance the recording process by handling many jobs at once. At any given time it's expected to be recording audio from a single or multiple inputs, playing back audio from multiple sources such as audio from the hard drive or virtual synthesizer instruments, and doing it all in a synchronous manner keeping in step with MIDI or other time dependent devices. These requirements are steep and often leave an ill-equipped system at a grinding halt.
In order to create a more direct path to the hardware, and also make the hardware more responsive to the software's needs, Steinberg of Germany (developer of the popular Cubase digital sequencer and Nuendo digital audio workstation) developed Audio Stream In/Out (ASIO) technology. ASIO has made its mark as the driver standard for delivering low-latency transfer of digital audio. This means that hardware supporting an ASIO driver is able to deliver low-latency recording and monitoring to hard disk.
Iam sure Verisign are thanking Office depot and Microsoft for the 400$ they earn each time a developer wants a digital certificate in order to even apply for a logo application,
Why Do I need a VeriSign Certificate?
A VeriSign certificate provides security for product submissions (if your product contains kernel-mode drivers) A VeriSign certificate is required to open an account for the Windows logo program A VeriSign certificate enables secure access to error-reporting data for your product as part of the Windows logo program
how many small developers and shareware authors are going to pony up the cash for their application ? so only those who can afford to play the game can ? sounds fair to me
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and any good cameraman will tell you, its all about lenses, you cannot beat quality optics, its what makes the difference between a $20 telescope and $20,000 one
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/19/technology/19eco m.html?ex=1389934800&en=5b1cf221151d8850&ei=5007&p artner=GOOGLE">its gonna get much worse
Beginning tomorrow, more than a dozen Web sites, including MSN, ESPN, Lycos and iVillage, will run full-motion video commercials from Pepsi, AT&T, Honda, Vonage and Warner Brothers, in a six-week test that some analysts and online executives say could herald the start of a new era of Internet advertising.
The new ad technology, from Unicast, an advertising company based in New York, invisibly loads the commercial while unwitting users read a Web page, then displays the ad across the entire browser area when users click to a new page. The resulting ad is identical to TV, whether the user has a high- or low-speed connection. The company says the technology evades pop-up blockers, but the person can skip the ad by clicking a box.
thanks, no need to remind me to add your servers to the Hostfile Project
yeah you could say that about MSIE with this "shop for music" just close MSIE right ? you have the choice right ?
but they had to include the facility to deactivate it (MSIE) because of anti-trust, there is no such facility to remove the media sidebar or the integrated callbacks
its all about default settings, not choice, unless you can talk joe schmoe or your grandma into finding,downloading,installing,configuring another media player, that will play
but you have a choice right ?
if i click "premium services" or "subscriptions" or "media guide" it uses its embedded MSIE to take me to windowsmedia.com where i can purchase music (a bit like iTunes) or other music related products, i cannot navigate away from their site as r-click and url control has been disabled
are they going to remove that ? after all this is exactly like having a copy of iTunes and their own store on every windowsXP install in existence, if thats not unfair practice i dont know what is
also if i click on a movie/mp3 link in MSIE (on any site) it opens in a sidebar which also redirects to windowsmedia.com (without permission i might add and has a tracking code attached) where adverts/promotions are shown, there is no way anyone can compete with this as its built into the core of XP (i had to block go.microsoft.com and windowsmedia.com as this was the only way to stop this behaviour) of course the majority of non tech-savvy/aware people wont know how to do this and so are at the mercy of MS's redirects/media tracking and marketing power.
combined with windowsmedia player the whole operating system has multiple callbacks to MS where they redirect you to their choice of destination without permission , can anyone say anti-trust again ?
stopping the default browser is one thing , but they have designed the whole system to get you to commercial services they control so in reality this wont stop their consumer drive much, europe is already warming up the antitrust suits and when an official engineer (for the antitrust) inspects the system i think he will be suprised at the level of integration between MS commercial services and windowsXP
not this mission but in 2007 their will be 4 of them, its a joint project between the Planetary Society and SSL berkley[project sites]
In 2007 the French NetLander mission is scheduled to deploy a network of 4 identical landers to study the atmosphere and interior structure of Mars. Onboard each NetLander craft will be upgraded versions of the Mars Microphone sensors placed on the panoramic camera head, enabling stereo recordings of the Martian sounds from a height of about 1 meter above the surface
We like taking pictures. We sell them
are you "selling" the photographs though ? or are you selling a license to use them ?
which are two different things
is your "product" the photograph or the license ?
uhm MS already has their search engine integrated into the OS yet everyone seems to forget
open IE and press the search button, see that page on the left ? thats MSN search (complete with encrypted scripts to prevent you from looking at whatever evil they are up to, why else would you encrypt your javascript even though Joe user isnt likly to view source on a page that prohibits right click ?)
Ok now open a folder in explorer and type a word in the address bar, and hey presto you are redirected again to MSN search (which cannot be switched off either even if you disable it)
so MS already have the monopoly on search in the OS and have done since win98 yet everyone seems to overlook it.
remember the REX pmcmia sized pda from back in '98 or so ?, had only 256kb memory but had basic pda functions/contact mem/phonebook/calc etc, (made by rex or franklin and was sold in those gadget mags) one side was a b&w screen with a simple nav if i recall it was only 100$ then, the cool bit was you could just put in a standard laptop without any adaptors and sync it
certainly not a new concept, just no one has ever pulled it off properly (probably because battery technology hasnt evolved anywhere significant)
absolutely MR Blunket has gone raving mad not only do we [as uk citizens) have this RIP bill to deal with again and private companies taking photos of its customers with RFID's but gems such as
Police seek DNA database of every citizen
GPS to track cars for road tax
Police fit spy cameras in homes to catch burglars
so with some people having big brother to deal with in homes in our towns on our motorways on our streets making us the most spied upon people in the western world, all in the name of "reducing crime" we have to deal RIP bills as well ?
if this is what its like now can you imagine how much worse its going to get in the future ? i mean you have got nothing to hide so why worry right ?
for us 1984 is well and truly here and has no sign of going away, maybe the Labour goverment should change its "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime" campaign slogan to "War on privacy, trust no one"
you say vote them out but do you think the conservatives can really be trusted as well ? maybe you dont remember they are the ones that made corporate and goverment corruption an art form, why do you think Labour have kept winning elections ? and they are still are promoting un-inspiring dead beat leaders without bringing in new fresh politicans and still touting their same old boy network who where voted out last time as a credible options !?! i wouldnt trust them as far as i could throw them either
UK goverment is a mess and we are paying for it
How to brew the perfect cup of tea as specified by the Royal Society of Chemistry
link to the paper here [pdf]
who said this isn't news for nerds egh ?
how do they propose doing that with power limits already heavily regulated ? omni directional hi-gain antennas are incredibly difficult beasts especially when you get past 1 wavelength (as apposed to 1/4, 5/8th etc) sure they could go the yagi route but then its directional torch like beams which don't really help for walkabouts
Then we move onto the interference aspect, power levels and emitted radiation are heavily regulated for a reason (fire,medics,military,rds,taxis,radio,ham,tv) who pay heavy fees to use the band, will the FCC/DTI come down hard on this or relax the regs?, there is also tremendous scope for abuse if thats the case (think starbuks paid wifi jamming/overiding mr nice citizens free community wifi)
what about differing countries regulations of airwaves frequencies (some countries the band that wifi is on is regulated and licensed (military/satellite)) is there a worldwide agreement that wifi bands are unlicensed ?
this rush into wireless has plenty of legal complications (just like CB/walkie talkies) (ie: Italy can have 1000 watt+ cb's while the UK can only have 4W) all this talk of standards just seems a bit premature, anyone clear this up for us ?
Windows media player already has windowsmedia.com built into the player , in fact it has 8 major control buttons and 3 of those point straight at windowsmedia.com (using the IE activeX control (r-click is also conviently disabled), it also has a built in GUID that is enabled by default so they can identify you regardless of cookie settings, in fact the only way not to make WMP contact microsoft is to firewall it off
im waiting for more Euro Antitrust complaints , obviously a 10billion dollar fine isnt going to be enough
Maybe they are dropping it because users wont accept advertising in their email client (OE did for 1 version but was quickly dropped perhaps people complained?) but if its on the web (in a browser) they can advertise all they like (look at the mess that what they call hotmail now)
then they can get advertisers to focus on associating users email accounts with user names and all that lovely personal information (courtesy of your "msn wallet(TM)" and "msn passport(TM)", tie that to your machines GUID and msn's cookie stealing exploits (notice hotmail.com does not exist anymore and is now a msn subdomain) and voila , you have WindowsXP 2004 marketing machine where you are not the customer any longer, you are the product and you will even hand over 299$ (cost of XP) for the privilege while assigning all your IP rights to them and their "partners".
Microsoft isnt a software company, its a marketing company that creates software.
not that it will affect me or you but you have to feel sorry for the sheep that have no idea whats going on.
cheers
The US Army seems to take it pretty seriously, in fact they are prepared to spend a few million of YOUR taxdollars on it and as a FPS game its pretty tame in violence compared to some.
Check it out and grab it here, (it's "free" because you have already paid for it:) (based on the Quake 3 Engine afaik).
Its up to you to decide wether its just a fun novelty recruiting tool in the shape of a video game , or a serious combat strategy training simulation tool for helping you kill (or eliminate the threat as they say) more effectivly in the "real" Army in "real" situations.
i know red pixels on a screen isn't in reality very convincing but the strategy/planning/management etc of the game tasks can be the same as reality, presumably desired skills as far as the Army are concerned.
its a fine line.
with the blaming violence on games thing , i too cannot see it (possibly cos im an old skooler), but what i do know is
crap in==crap out
if you put shit gas in your car it runs wack
if you eat crap food it makes you ill
so i presume the brain is affected the same.
when your competion give away their software (and a good lot of free help too) is it fair that these firms should go out of buisness (the 1000 lobbying), i thought captitalism was supposed to work where the cheapest/most efficient solution wins , those that can't play , don't.
interesting times indeed
Most domain querys at netsol are just the top tier , a lot of registrars create a second tier (this helps cut down spam from crawlers that spam whois email records)
R .NET
so you often need to whois the registras servers to get the real owners details.
so thesedays to identify the owner you need to use netsol first then query the server that that returns (in this case whois.godaddy.com)
$ whois msnbot.com -h whois.godaddy.com
and that returns..........
Registrant:
None
400 N University Ave.
Apt. 505
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
United States
Registered through: Go Daddy Software (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: MSNBOT.COM
Created on: 12-Apr-02
Expires on: 12-Apr-04
Last Updated on: 29-Jan-03
Administrative Contact:
Ferguson, Jerryferguson_jerry@hotmail.com
None
400 N University Ave.
Apt. 505
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
United States
(501)-666-0626Fax --
Technical Contact:
Ferguson, Jerryferguson_jerry@hotmail.com
None
400 N University Ave.
Apt. 505
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
United States
(501)-666-0626Fax --
Domain servers in listed order:
PARK3.SECURESERVER.NET
PARK4.SECURESERVE
which seems to be a private individual
don't get me wrong im all for using mp3 as a backup for the vinyl but doesn't software like this does encourage the user to replace the wax for the mp3 ?, in some peoples eyes if i have a digi copy there is no need for me to keep the vinyl any longer therefore discarding a potentially more reliable medium for a less reliable one (if CD rot ,magnetic reliability) etc is
using both ie backing up the vinyl onto mp3 so i do not need to wear out the vinyl is a great idea but alas i fear people will choose to replace rather than backup
interestingly enough the BBC have had trouble with videodiscs where the technology has become so old they cannot read them, lets hope the same doesnt happen to MP3
At least my vinyl will be playable in 100 years, can we say the same about harddrives and compact discs ?
personally when i buy music it will always be on vinyl, i get a fairly robust product,no DRM, great artwork and will last with good care forever
(having already 20,000 from 20years of dj'ing might sway my opinion somewhat
As Kazaa comes bundled with multiple spyware programs this also gives you an idea of how many computers are infected with its programs, mind boggling really
remember Kazaa is just a vehicle for this software as their revenue model is based on the user installing it, i feel sorry for all the support desks that are going to have to deal with all the problems it brings and the security implications when someone/thing exploits it, imagine how many corporate systems are infected and the implications that could bring for security in the workplace now that other private companies have direct access to their data bypassing firewalls etc (by using http port 80 to communicate) i mean Windows isnt exactly the most secure system around but these applications have made this so much worse and it can only be a matter of time until someone develops a *nix port of spyware.
The sooner they are out of buisness the better for the user, but these numbers prove that it isnt going to happen unless virus companies decide to pull their fingers out and target these applications which are probably more destructive and intrusive than most viruses.
According to the virus scanner companies stance , if you release a worm,virus etc with an EULA you are exempt from detection and are free to extract any information you like from the users/hosts system for financial gain
(regardless of what laws exist to protect the users data in his/her country)
luckily a few good people have addressed this problem but as their software isn't as widely known as the big boys (Symantec,Mcafee,Sophos etc) and doesn't come bundled as standard by pc manufacters (as a lot of virus protection does) i fear this situation can only get worse until the users computer becomes an un-usable device
yeah mod me down for not checking my facts, i did a search as BBCTV (news24) mentioned that EMI was feeling the pinch and its sales where down due to piracy
some sources are even quoting a 13% drop in Q1 alone at that rate of decline sales could fall 52% for the year (ouch)
more bad news is they still want to promote pro kareoke singers like robbie williams (who? says the USA people) and still no sign of new inspiring acts on the horizon, oh except those that win/bid for these
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1999556.stm
of course this has nothing to do with the fact that the public is tired of being ripped off and taken for idiots and now is not interested in their products.
so instead of creating products that people actually want or investing in talent instead of boy bands and the like, they blame their outdated buisness model on piracy, sounds like sense to me.
are you smiling yet ?
wrong, its a hardware and driver standard, hence why it is also present in a Macintosh
Both platforms running Logic Audio or Cubase use ASIO if the hardware supports it.
All You Need To Know About ASIO
As computers become more commonplace in recording and home project studios, so does the demand for faster, more responsive sound cards to work in these systems. A sound card is expected to enhance the recording process by handling many jobs at once. At any given time it's expected to be recording audio from a single or multiple inputs, playing back audio from multiple sources such as audio from the hard drive or virtual synthesizer instruments, and doing it all in a synchronous manner keeping in step with MIDI or other time dependent devices. These requirements are steep and often leave an ill-equipped system at a grinding halt.
In order to create a more direct path to the hardware, and also make the hardware more responsive to the software's needs, Steinberg of Germany (developer of the popular Cubase digital sequencer and Nuendo digital audio workstation) developed Audio Stream In/Out (ASIO) technology. ASIO has made its mark as the driver standard for delivering low-latency transfer of digital audio. This means that hardware supporting an ASIO driver is able to deliver low-latency recording and monitoring to hard disk.
http://www.soundblaster.com/resources/read.asp?ar
you can grab the Steinberg ASIO SDK or jump on the mail lists here
A custom binary like seti@home perhaps?
that didnt stop the cheaters of seti
disassembling/RE gets a lot more serious when cash is involved.
Iam sure Verisign are thanking Office depot and Microsoft for the 400$ they earn each time a developer wants a digital certificate in order to even apply for a logo application,
Why Do I need a VeriSign Certificate?
A VeriSign certificate provides security for product submissions (if your product contains kernel-mode drivers)
A VeriSign certificate is required to open an account for the Windows logo program
A VeriSign certificate enables secure access to error-reporting data for your product as part of the Windows logo program
how many small developers and shareware authors are going to pony up the cash for their application ? so only those who can afford to play the game can ? sounds fair to me
someone earlier said scam, i say they are right
Pro's:
- Small form factor
- More power efficient
Cons:- poor color support
- poor resolution
- poor refresh rates
- easily damage
- blown pixels irreparable
- additive color model
- poor viewing angle
- expensive
so why should i want to buy one again, because it seems LCD hasnt got much going for it on the desktop