Then offer to buy the code outright for a large amount of money. Then it would be just like buying another piece of software, which would make it fair.
What a great idea! Not the condoms bit, but poking holes in the packaging of the discs. Just imagine the calls to customer service... This is entirely on topic.
First of all, this is NOT cap code (an anti-piracy method that is VERY difficult to see, even if you are looking for it. Developed by Kodak and the FBI in 1982). It probably works in a similar (but not as well thought out) way, and is done only on prints from Delux.
You are right that this doesn't do anything to prevent a movie from being compressed/encoded/copied, just makes it easier to track down where it came from. Cap code, however, does this very effectively, is a proven technology and is about as invisible as something like this can be. Why the switch?
The Holocaust was horrible. That so many people and countries sat by and watched it happen really upsets me. Watching people and countries sit by and watch our rights being stripped away upsets me too.
"Until then, please accept our gratitude for your submission,"
This can be taken in at least three ways. First is the obvious - submission of hte letter. Second (and hilarious to me) would be a submission of code for the kernel. Third is, as the parent poster said, submissing (if that's a word).
Aparently you didn't bother reading. The US was probably the biggest factor in Al Qaeda coming to power. All I have to say is that we've deserved far worse for far longer.
Also, the scale of the WTC attacks was puny compared to Pearl Harbor. PH was well planned and executed by a large military force, not some nuts in stolen jets.
First of all, we are NOT at war with anyone but ourselves. And an interesting note, since you seem to not remember (or research) any history related to current events - the United States has played major roles in Afghan politics and especially in their civil war starting in the late 1970s, where we did some not-exactly-ethical things in the name of democracy.
I have a friend in the US Army. He recieved a CD of (unclassified/non-confidential/etc) stuff (I think the most interesting thing on it was Adobe Acrobat Reader). On the package were explicit instructions to send the CD to the NSA when finished with it. It even went so far as to dictate packaging to use. Kind of makes you wonder...
Close. Usually (at least simulators) provide 28 VDC on-hook, 7 VDC off-hook and 70-90 VAC@20hz to ring.
If you grab the wrong wire while your phone is being rung it hurts. I wouldn't recommend trying it in your mouth.
A related story - I was installing some track lighting in an office and discovered that where the paint was scratched on the metal suspended ceiling grid I would get a nice DC shock. Turns out a phone line was running along the top of the ceiling and had shorted to it.
I'm the proud owner of a Sony Minidisc recorder and a recording/sound engineer. While I haven't sat down to do any real testing, I can safely say that the LP2 mode of ATRAC3 is far superior to 128kb/s mp3 encoding.
For more info on ATRAC and minidiscs, check out minidisc.org. They have several good whitepapers, some with pretty graphs!
Actually, most people who purchase DVD players and DVDs do not know about the restrictions they are purchasing. Every person I discuss my issues with the MPAA, DVD Consortium, etc is shocked to learn what they cannot legally do.
The issue is that it pops up ads *without* the permission of either the owner of the site's content or the person browsing (unless you consider that really really fine print when it's installed to be permission). If you go to a site that puts popups over another window, it's *your* fault for those popups since you went to that site and explicitly caused it.
It seems more common these days to see examples of companies believing they own the "right" to anything that could remotely have anything to do with the name of their business or their type of business. Hopefully they will learn some day.
One idea (that I haven't tried:) is to add a power converter to allow it to use standard household outlets. Then the only trick is to get it to figure out where the outlets are, and with a legged robot, getting it lined up just right coule be difficult.
It is very common to specify an expiration date in the past for cookies that you want destroyed after this session (actually, when the browser exits). This would explain the date info in the cookie.
I'm actually working on a small program to work sort of like the Active Desktop. Basically it will download images, and possibly HTML at specified intervals and display them on your root window. Unfortunately my computer is offline for a while until I can get a cable modem or something better, but if you're interested in helping, let me know.
Another off topic thing - Anyone think Microsoft would be just a little upset if Dell (or anyone else) shipped Windows this way, running under another operating system? hmm...
How about doing something like xscreensaver, which basically creates a window the size of your display, maps it, and lets other programs draw to it. Now suck the rendering engine out of Mozilla and a few other little things, and dig the code out of xscreensaver to make a full screen window, tie it all together somehow, and there ya go. Full screen Mozilla.
Maybe I'll work on that in June-July. I'm busy until then...
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I just want it to be fair.
Then offer to buy the code outright for a large amount of money. Then it would be just like buying another piece of software, which would make it fair.
What a great idea! Not the condoms bit, but poking holes in the packaging of the discs. Just imagine the calls to customer service... This is entirely on topic.
One of the fundamentals of a fair vote is that no one can know how you voted and you can't prove to someone how you voted.
It's really not that difficult. As long as the system protects the vote it's not possible for someone to pressure you into voting a particular way.
A competent programmer? I can barely spell pearl^H^H^H^H^H Perl and I could do it.
For that matter, even Microsoft Notepad has a find function (maybe even find & replace).
First of all, this is NOT cap code (an anti-piracy method that is VERY difficult to see, even if you are looking for it. Developed by Kodak and the FBI in 1982). It probably works in a similar (but not as well thought out) way, and is done only on prints from Delux.
You are right that this doesn't do anything to prevent a movie from being compressed/encoded/copied, just makes it easier to track down where it came from. Cap code, however, does this very effectively, is a proven technology and is about as invisible as something like this can be. Why the switch?
The Holocaust was horrible. That so many people and countries sat by and watched it happen really upsets me. Watching people and countries sit by and watch our rights being stripped away upsets me too.
And if you don't want to support the Nazis, then don't. They'll go away. Seems to me the US tried that once...
"Until then, please accept our gratitude for your submission,"
This can be taken in at least three ways. First is the obvious - submission of hte letter. Second (and hilarious to me) would be a submission of code for the kernel. Third is, as the parent poster said, submissing (if that's a word).
Any other meanings out there?
Aparently you didn't bother reading. The US was probably the biggest factor in Al Qaeda coming to power. All I have to say is that we've deserved far worse for far longer.
Also, the scale of the WTC attacks was puny compared to Pearl Harbor. PH was well planned and executed by a large military force, not some nuts in stolen jets.
Ryan
http://www.mediamonitors.net/mosaddeq2.html provides some basic information, if you should care to look farther before posting YOUR knee-jerk reaction.
Ryan
PS: They're my rights and I'm going to defend them. Too many have been taken away in just the past year. Do the research.
I have a friend in the US Army. He recieved a CD of (unclassified/non-confidential/etc) stuff (I think the most interesting thing on it was Adobe Acrobat Reader). On the package were explicit instructions to send the CD to the NSA when finished with it. It even went so far as to dictate packaging to use. Kind of makes you wonder...
A great wise person once said, "If you have to ask why, you don't understand."
'Nuff said.
Ryan
Close. Usually (at least simulators) provide 28 VDC on-hook, 7 VDC off-hook and 70-90 VAC@20hz to ring.
If you grab the wrong wire while your phone is being rung it hurts. I wouldn't recommend trying it in your mouth.
A related story - I was installing some track lighting in an office and discovered that where the paint was scratched on the metal suspended ceiling grid I would get a nice DC shock. Turns out a phone line was running along the top of the ceiling and had shorted to it.
Just to clear up any confision, I don't *own* a recording/sound engineer, I *am* one. :-)
For more info on ATRAC and minidiscs, check out minidisc.org. They have several good whitepapers, some with pretty graphs!
Actually, most people who purchase DVD players and DVDs do not know about the restrictions they are purchasing. Every person I discuss my issues with the MPAA, DVD Consortium, etc is shocked to learn what they cannot legally do.
The issue is that it pops up ads *without* the permission of either the owner of the site's content or the person browsing (unless you consider that really really fine print when it's installed to be permission). If you go to a site that puts popups over another window, it's *your* fault for those popups since you went to that site and explicitly caused it.
I know several people who work for Walmart and they do just that. Stretches, etc, then sing the Walmart song.
Communism at work.
And I wanted to be an engineer because of the free cookies!
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It seems more common these days to see examples of companies believing they own the "right" to anything that could remotely have anything to do with the name of their business or their type of business. Hopefully they will learn some day.
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One idea (that I haven't tried :) is to add a power converter to allow it to use standard household outlets. Then the only trick is to get it to figure out where the outlets are, and with a legged robot, getting it lined up just right coule be difficult.
jsdkl
I'm actually working on a small program to work sort of like the Active Desktop. Basically it will download images, and possibly HTML at specified intervals and display them on your root window. Unfortunately my computer is offline for a while until I can get a cable modem or something better, but if you're interested in helping, let me know.
Another off topic thing - Anyone think Microsoft would be just a little upset if Dell (or anyone else) shipped Windows this way, running under another operating system? hmm...
How about doing something like xscreensaver, which basically creates a window the size of your display, maps it, and lets other programs draw to it. Now suck the rendering engine out of Mozilla and a few other little things, and dig the code out of xscreensaver to make a full screen window, tie it all together somehow, and there ya go. Full screen Mozilla.
Maybe I'll work on that in June-July. I'm busy until then...