to create a more secure computing environment, Otellini said. It will secure the physical pathways that transport data on a computer's motherboard, and will be available for both servers and desktops.
..and they had to mention the Palladium (in vain). In the future, we'll no doubt see technological improvements, only willing to improve the unimprovable (which is Palladium itself..). Who buys this kind of crap (mentally, not financially)?
I guess it'll only be a matter of seconds before the notorious "Search/*couch*Spam*couch*-King" or his minions will find a way to abuse this device aswell..
"The virus you're about to install is signed and endorsed by Microsoft. However, to get the full effect, you'll need to update some of your older, resident viruses.
The installation should take 3-5 minutes on modem connection, just frenetically click next until there's nothing left to click on..
- Come to think of it; Good 'ol clippy could be their crash-test dummy.
[clippy] (calm voice; he's used to crashes..) "It seems as if we're moving towards a brick wall at excessive speed. Do you want me to take credit for it, if we somehow prove stable, i.e. not crash?" (he always does if you write something novel-sized in Word, if it turns out to be a bestseller..)
[clippy] "We have now rammed into that wall, and as usual we've come to a halt." - "Please re-boot.."
Ok, the weirdest "phree-internet-now" incident I've encountered was when AOL shipped their "get online, free hours"-CDs to me who lives in Sweden (SE). As some of you might know; AOL can not be used within this country! This is a useless way to crap up their company budget..
I can understand that their CDs are not removed from the cover of U.S. computer magazines sold here (to avoid the hassle it produces for the magazine publishers), but the blatant snailmailing of unaccesible stuff to other countries is quite sad..
ps; If moderated at all, please file this post as "funny" and not "informative". Even though I was wrongly targeted for this AOL spam, I thought it was funny as hell at the same time..
..to simply make DVD discs with regular-CD (or 24bit) quality, WITH the music videos aswell. The subtitle tracks could be the lyrics, and any "special material" (which is bullshit IMHO) could be embedded like on movie-DVDs.
This would demand near-to-none upgrades for normal consumers; "most people" have a DVD player these days..
..we carried plastic boxens holding 200 pieces of 3.5" (HIGH density) floppies; each filled to the brim with delightful midi tracks..
..nowdays, people give me strange looks at superbowl, when I hum the national anthem the way the midi player that was bundled with Windows 3.x once taught me..
What if(tm) someone launced a satelite "dedicated" to high-quality radio broadcasts? Wouldn't that have conserved some of the "earthly" bandwidth apparently being wasted on this-and-dat(tm)? A "side-effect" would be that the channel(s) would be (potentially) available globally..
This is expensive and yada yada; move the rainforests to another planet, and so on.. It still should be possible to do this, technically.
- In space @ 96khz someone is bound to hear you scream..
Perhaps using laser technology, one could design a harddisk with vacuum, and use the laser to measure the range between platter/head? It's doubtlessly not a cost-effective procedure, but sometime in the future(tm) it might be just what we're looking for?
I don't know the precision of lasers in vacuum (don't know anything about lasers basically..), but would it be possible, at least in realworld theory?
This was yet another rant of theory, not practice..
So if it wasn't about the money, what was it about? Prestige is one option, but people in these groups need to keep hidden, so that doesn't fit. Was it for the ideals? If so, what ideals are there in ripping off software?
Most likely to be of service to the Joe sixpack users who needed those "appz" to do their tasks, but couldn't crack/find them..
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Why spend $15,000 when a left hook is just as effective?
"Left hook"!?, MWHEELUP; and you'll get the supershotgun.
"if you were trying to boot from a strange floppy."
"my floppy isn't that strange!?! As a matter of fact; I've just replied on one of those e-mails about enlargement.."
mah willie 1s s7uck uwndrer th3 spacebu7t0n..
1 wilL d0 any7hin6 t0 get i7 l0ose!
next t1m3, i wil1 bUy @ c0rdles$ lov3-to0l..
..why does it hurt when i type?
We cannot disclose what you did or who you hacked. Just jump into our jail.
.."you do not pass GO, and you will not be allowed to participate in the next 4 mayor DOS attacks"..
-now where's that darn "get out of jail free" card when you need it?
..and they had to mention the Palladium (in vain). In the future, we'll no doubt see technological improvements, only willing to improve the unimprovable (which is Palladium itself..). Who buys this kind of crap (mentally, not financially)?
This CUNT happen here!?!?! *ROFL* *ROFL*
(AOL is now shipping free keyboards..)
-Spank Zlappah
Actually, I got your point, continuing to abuse the matter to my full extent..
I guess it'll only be a matter of seconds before the notorious "Search/*couch*Spam*couch*-King" or his minions will find a way to abuse this device aswell..
don't be cheap on the sarcasm; it's free (as in "stolen car")..
"The virus you're about to install is signed and endorsed by Microsoft. However, to get the full effect, you'll need to update some of your older, resident viruses.
The installation should take 3-5 minutes on modem connection, just frenetically click next until there's nothing left to click on..
used Windows, as it is more prone to crash?
- Come to think of it; Good 'ol clippy could be their crash-test dummy.
[clippy] (calm voice; he's used to crashes..)
"It seems as if we're moving towards a brick wall at excessive speed. Do you want me to take credit for it, if we somehow prove stable, i.e. not crash?" (he always does if you write something novel-sized in Word, if it turns out to be a bestseller..)
[clippy]
"We have now rammed into that wall, and as usual we've come to a halt."
- "Please re-boot.."
http://sed.free.fr/624/
32mbps!?!
connections @ 640 baud-rate should be enough for everybody..
Ok, the weirdest "phree-internet-now" incident I've encountered was when AOL shipped their "get online, free hours"-CDs to me who lives in Sweden (SE). As some of you might know; AOL can not be used within this country! This is a useless way to crap up their company budget..
I can understand that their CDs are not removed from the cover of U.S. computer magazines sold here (to avoid the hassle it produces for the magazine publishers), but the blatant snailmailing of unaccesible stuff to other countries is quite sad..
ps; If moderated at all, please file this post as "funny" and not "informative". Even though I was wrongly targeted for this AOL spam, I thought it was funny as hell at the same time..
..to simply make DVD discs with regular-CD (or 24bit) quality, WITH the music videos aswell. The subtitle tracks could be the lyrics, and any "special material" (which is bullshit IMHO) could be embedded like on movie-DVDs.
This would demand near-to-none upgrades for normal consumers; "most people" have a DVD player these days..
http://www.attrition.org/gallery/computing/aol_l ol.jpg
..well..
..we carried plastic boxens holding 200 pieces of 3.5" (HIGH density) floppies; each filled to the brim with delightful midi tracks..
..nowdays, people give me strange looks at superbowl, when I hum the national anthem the way the midi player that was bundled with Windows 3.x once taught me..
kids these days..
What if(tm) someone launced a satelite "dedicated" to high-quality radio broadcasts? Wouldn't that have conserved some of the "earthly" bandwidth apparently being wasted on this-and-dat(tm)? A "side-effect" would be that the channel(s) would be (potentially) available globally..
This is expensive and yada yada; move the rainforests to another planet, and so on.. It still should be possible to do this, technically.
- In space @ 96khz someone is bound to hear you scream..
500,000$ !?!
Can someone send me the rip?
(no Nero *.nrg 's please!)
J/K =)
in my helpless situation, it translates to:
"Must Use Dialup.."they need to upgrade these lines for DSL soon!
/me cooks another egg on the hot modem
it's quite possible that I've associated the D with Dungeon automatically. You're abbrev seems more logical, actually.. =)
..been ages since I fiddled with mud, so excuse my ignorance..
I read this as M.U.D. at first (Multi User Dungeon).
"While you drill for oil, you see a vibrant pixie nearby".
"Something is scribbled in the mud here.."
The message in the mud reads: /."
"high-speed network via M.U.D. is under construction; announce it on
Possible exits: Down, Up, Home
In tribute to this perhaps happening, I'll copy this article!! =)
Perhaps using laser technology, one could design a harddisk with vacuum, and use the laser to measure the range between platter/head? It's doubtlessly not a cost-effective procedure, but sometime in the future(tm) it might be just what we're looking for?
I don't know the precision of lasers in vacuum (don't know anything about lasers basically..), but would it be possible, at least in realworld theory?
This was yet another rant of theory, not practice..
heh I hope
So if it wasn't about the money, what was it about? Prestige is one option, but people in these groups need to keep hidden, so that doesn't fit. Was it for the ideals? If so, what ideals are there in ripping off software?
Most likely to be of service to the Joe sixpack users who needed those "appz" to do their tasks, but couldn't crack/find them..