Well admittedly I'm on cable rather than ADSL, but I get my full advertised speed of 10mbps (Sometimes up to 12Mbps when it's quiet) with just over the advertised 384kbps upstream (yes, it's a ludicrous ratio). ADSL in the UK can be a bit flaky, especially with some of the cheapo providers, so you often end up getting crappy speeds during busy periods.
It'll just prevent people from upgrading to Vista without purchasing all-new hardware - or without being able to view any kind of protected HD content (which, let's be honest, will be all of it).
I suspect the MPAA will refuse to licence the HDCP decoding tech to anyone that doesn't go to extreme lengths to "protect" their content.
This, combined with needing a new 3D card and new monitor - or a new TV - and having to splash out £500 for a player seems like just another nail in HD/Blu Ray's coffin before it's even started.
The media companies asked us to do this and said they don't want any of their high definition content to play in x32 at all, because of all of the unsigned malware that runs in kernel mode can get around content protection, so we had to do this.
Because if Microsoft had said no, then the Media Companies would all have just jumped ship to Linux, thus destroying Microsoft's monopoly once and for all.
Seriously, in Microsoft's position they don't have to do *anything* they don't want to - I suspect large amount of money or other "incentives" changed hands here.
To be fair, the BBC isn't government run, just taxpayer funded. In fact, the BBC has often been attacked in recent years for "unfairly" criticising the government.
Until your batteries die, or your devices start to interfere with eachother, or you realise that your "Blazingly fast" wireless internet is actually pretty slow and becomes very slow as soon as anything gets between you and your access point.
Wireless "everything" is hugely overhyped. Yes, a wireless mouse is nice because it doesn't snag, but why do I need a wireless printer? Or a wireless monitor? Or anything else that's largely static for its lifetime?
I'm actually looking forward to the NIR (National Identity Register) because it will be a phenomenal disaster. Personal data will be leaked left right and centre, hundreds of arrests will be made based on innaccurate information, nobody will be able to do anything useful after losing their ID card (which they will do with alarming regularity) and all of this will be done without putting a dent in organised crime, illegal immigrants or terrorism. The IT infrastructure supporting the system will be down more often than up and the costs will spiral in the tens of billions.
In short, it will be a typical government IT project and will never see the light of day in any meaningful, functional form.
I just renewed my passport, hoping to get in before the "biometric" passports became mandatory in the UK (Not that there's actually *any* biometric data on them), but sadly I've ended up with a RFID chip embedded in the back page of my new one.
The booklet that comes with it helpfully suggests ways to damage the chip, such as microwaving it, but doing so will render the passport useless, unfortunately. Anyone know where I can get a good tinfoil wallet from?
I think I must be the only person left on this planet who thinks that BSG is massively overrated. That's not to say it's not good, but I just really can't see why everyone sees it as some kind of Sci-fi messiah.
I'll put in another vote for Blueyonder. While I was at uni we had 6 of us on a 2Mbit connection averaging around 175Gb/month for the best part of a year and we never had any problems. Very good tech support too, should you ever need it - it's always nice to come across people on 1st line who are smart enough *not* to force you to disconnect your router to diagnose every single problem.
The best part is that this content will be made available by subscription.
Let me guess, it'll be in WMV format, you won't be allowed to burn it to DVD and if you terminate your subscription you'll lose access to any movies you've downloaded so far (Assuming, that is, that you're actually allowed to keep them for longer than 24 hours).
So Google's motives for this move may not be entirely altrusitic, but find me a company whose motives are. The important thing is that they're fighting on our corner.
If only they put this much time and effort into finding cures for human conditions instead of wasting it all on rodents. Bloody mice get all the breaks.
People who like to drum up a bit of publicity for themselves by fearmongering every time anything happens that might result in a bit more net traffic than usual.
Personally, I'll be watching all the 2pm-kickoff matches from work courtesy of the BBC and I suspect that somehow both the NHS.net connection and the BBC site will stand up to the strain.
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I want a good box, with good games.
And you're buying a PS3?
Well admittedly I'm on cable rather than ADSL, but I get my full advertised speed of 10mbps (Sometimes up to 12Mbps when it's quiet) with just over the advertised 384kbps upstream (yes, it's a ludicrous ratio). ADSL in the UK can be a bit flaky, especially with some of the cheapo providers, so you often end up getting crappy speeds during busy periods.
It'll just prevent people from upgrading to Vista without purchasing all-new hardware - or without being able to view any kind of protected HD content (which, let's be honest, will be all of it).
I suspect the MPAA will refuse to licence the HDCP decoding tech to anyone that doesn't go to extreme lengths to "protect" their content.
This, combined with needing a new 3D card and new monitor - or a new TV - and having to splash out £500 for a player seems like just another nail in HD/Blu Ray's coffin before it's even started.
The media companies asked us to do this and said they don't want any of their high definition content to play in x32 at all, because of all of the unsigned malware that runs in kernel mode can get around content protection, so we had to do this.
Because if Microsoft had said no, then the Media Companies would all have just jumped ship to Linux, thus destroying Microsoft's monopoly once and for all.
Seriously, in Microsoft's position they don't have to do *anything* they don't want to - I suspect large amount of money or other "incentives" changed hands here.
Parents set limit to 5mph - track kids everywhere they go.
To be fair, the BBC isn't government run, just taxpayer funded. In fact, the BBC has often been attacked in recent years for "unfairly" criticising the government.
"Doctor with vested interest makes sensational statement to support business model" shocker.
Until your batteries die, or your devices start to interfere with eachother, or you realise that your "Blazingly fast" wireless internet is actually pretty slow and becomes very slow as soon as anything gets between you and your access point.
Wireless "everything" is hugely overhyped. Yes, a wireless mouse is nice because it doesn't snag, but why do I need a wireless printer? Or a wireless monitor? Or anything else that's largely static for its lifetime?
Point 2 is spot on.
I'm actually looking forward to the NIR (National Identity Register) because it will be a phenomenal disaster. Personal data will be leaked left right and centre, hundreds of arrests will be made based on innaccurate information, nobody will be able to do anything useful after losing their ID card (which they will do with alarming regularity) and all of this will be done without putting a dent in organised crime, illegal immigrants or terrorism. The IT infrastructure supporting the system will be down more often than up and the costs will spiral in the tens of billions.
In short, it will be a typical government IT project and will never see the light of day in any meaningful, functional form.
1.5 billion more, in fact.
Step 1: Figure out how to clone Passport
Step 2: Figure out how to alter clone
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!
Get it done anyway - come October the price of a renewal goes up to cover the costs of the RFID system.
According to TFA, in order to read the data from the passport you have to enter a key printed in the passport itself.
Well that's fucking secure - chalk up another one for security through stupidity.
I just renewed my passport, hoping to get in before the "biometric" passports became mandatory in the UK (Not that there's actually *any* biometric data on them), but sadly I've ended up with a RFID chip embedded in the back page of my new one.
The booklet that comes with it helpfully suggests ways to damage the chip, such as microwaving it, but doing so will render the passport useless, unfortunately. Anyone know where I can get a good tinfoil wallet from?
Sorry, but here in Europe, where the current calendar system was invented, we put the day first, so today is 2/8/6!
I think I must be the only person left on this planet who thinks that BSG is massively overrated. That's not to say it's not good, but I just really can't see why everyone sees it as some kind of Sci-fi messiah.
I'll put in another vote for Blueyonder. While I was at uni we had 6 of us on a 2Mbit connection averaging around 175Gb/month for the best part of a year and we never had any problems. Very good tech support too, should you ever need it - it's always nice to come across people on 1st line who are smart enough *not* to force you to disconnect your router to diagnose every single problem.
The best part is that this content will be made available by subscription.
Let me guess, it'll be in WMV format, you won't be allowed to burn it to DVD and if you terminate your subscription you'll lose access to any movies you've downloaded so far (Assuming, that is, that you're actually allowed to keep them for longer than 24 hours).
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
So Google's motives for this move may not be entirely altrusitic, but find me a company whose motives are. The important thing is that they're fighting on our corner.
Of course not, if she were a spammer she'd be making far more than $100/month
If only they put this much time and effort into finding cures for human conditions instead of wasting it all on rodents. Bloody mice get all the breaks.
Windows Millenium can barely be considered as an Operating System.
The question is, just what does the modified tcpip.sys file actually do?
People who like to drum up a bit of publicity for themselves by fearmongering every time anything happens that might result in a bit more net traffic than usual.
Personally, I'll be watching all the 2pm-kickoff matches from work courtesy of the BBC and I suspect that somehow both the NHS.net connection and the BBC site will stand up to the strain.