Why the fuck would anyone need a 'stripped down' cheap version of microsoft office for linux when there are already free (and open) versions that are much better? Thats like offering a cheap stripped down aid package when the red cross is giving theirs away free? WTF is this guy smoking, and no of course i didnt RTFM, i barely even ready any posts!
The Degree Confluence Project's goal is to visit every latitude and logitude degree integer intersection in the world and get laid! An excerpt: 'The project is a crazy pub-crawl road-trip of the bars and clubs of the world. There is a party within 49 miles (79 km) of you if you're on the surface of Earth. We've discounted anything in the oceans unless its some hot mermaid chicks, but there are still 12,889 buds to down!' A fucking bitching project, indeed." As Timothy noted, I've been smoking something strong lately.
Wow i thought that was just for a rebate or something. Ok, how can we hack it and replace the software and break the need for their service? - or just get a cheap HD and capture card out of it...
Yeah it can look ugly but people put up with some pretty terrible compression these days, even 'broadcast quality' tv can look appauling especially on dodgy fades and fields of wavy grass because its all about how many channels you can absolutely possibly fit down the medium without x% of people complaining. if its dct'd both times then it wont suffer that much more the second time aslong as the blocks line up and you use a reasonable setting, it'll be better than some of the absolutely sickening things those be-heading groups keep releasing, wma!? they're animals! Broadcast flags are gonna be what kills off the closed-box PVRs because they will be forced to play by the rules. As is shown time and time again, anything connected to a computer is certain to get cracked and hopefully that means video in/out cards with apropriate digital connections, unlike P2P theres no way jonny RIAA is going to know you have an "illigal" video device so they can shove it right up their ass. One day the RIAA will over-step the mark and people will rise up in total anger and mass-storm their headquaters and lynch whichever shit is in charge and i'll be there taping it ready to stick it on the net in wmv format of course;)
Its preety much IBM Deathstar coming in last and Seagate in the lead. I've had an IBM fail after 2 months but 3 seagates run everyday (and spun up and down) with no trouble for about 5 years, i know thats not a conclusive review but go on any forum and you'll get roughly the same.
thats some dope shit right there checkin them screenshots. All you need now is a bootable CD automatic dummy-proof setup that can turn any suitable PC into a crazy station!
It'll be hacked though surely? even if it means going to analog and back. PCs might be more expensive but its not uncommon for people to have an extra one gathering dust thats not too old to be a PVR, Dont forget you dont need a monitor and you have all the advantages of everything Tivo doesnt have - including no-DRM(tm), built-in region-free DVD, games, networking, mp3s, web, and maybe voip/video phone.
How much longer 'til you can get a cheap PC & software solution that doesnt screw around and lets you do anything with the recordings? Once some relatively cheap (or free/oss) software comes out that will let you turn any cheap PC into a PVR, Tivo is gonna be screwed - big players will have to stick to the rules (broadcast flag, no sharing, and maybe abit of spying on what you watch) while all the cheapo/free solutions, (including your local store that will bundle some software) will get away with letting you do anything and wont screw you around with dailing home, bugs, and expensive upgrades. Does Tivo even have a DVD burner or ethernet export yet??
Im in Guantanamo bay. After my daily stress position, slop in a a bowl on the floor, and denied request for a lawyer they let me look out of my cage and i can just make out slashdot on one of the security guards terminals 20 feet away.
(i just escaped yesterday so thats how im on here now).
I'd be interested to see some stats of how many iPods get music from iTunes and how many dont (i.e just use mp3s etc.. instead). Im sure it would be as easy as counting the number of units sold and the number of iTunes accounts that have bought atleast 1 song.
Usually its the other way around though - you sell the hardware at a loss (eg XBox) and charge lots for the wares. So i guess you're right and apple just wants to sell hardware...of course they could have just designed the iPod as a totally locked down device that played only their DRM'd format and nothing else, who knows, maybe its a bait and switch and in 2005 they will all stop playing mp3s.
Thats not true, the DPA has come in handy many times. Just ask Mark Thomas. Ok so many companies arnt even registered, but if they give you any hassle grass the bitches up!
Ok lets limit it to London, i bet its less than 45% You can see even the queen grows tired of his BS, (and just watching Bush standing next to her like a little boy was worth putting up with his army for a week!)
Oh come on this is such a joke. Im not scared for a second that this would ever happen. There are always wackos around who come up with totally fundamentalist/totalitarian/insane ideas that you never hear about again. This country isnt as big-brother as you think, we might not have a bill of rights (but we do have the data protection act and drinking at 18), but the people here have a common sense (usually) attitude, and its always ok to dislike the government (ive yet to see a patriotic flag-waving person who thinks Blair is the greatest and we should back him all the way). One thing we do have allot of is mad scientists: Professor David Nutt, speaks for itself really.
Their bad stock management is not our problem. They've had 20 years to perfect the process of making CDs cheaply and predict what the market wants. 10,000 copies of whitney is probably not even worth the cost of having it dumped in a land-fill so dumping it in a library really helps them out.
The hole thing is a farse, companies shouldnt be able to make settlements by giving away products that have low physical value but high retail value. How much is this really costing them? They should be giving away money and lots of it. To me..
It just goes on and on about DVDs, t-shirts, masters and evil and crap. I don't give a shit, all I want to know about is Natalie Portman, and maybe some wet t-shirts. Can anyone fill me in?
Yeah but it would be good excitement, kinda like a dodge-car but they would pay:P Also the system could react to ice and get people to slow down by showing red and then changing to green before they have to stop.
Can you do a freedom of information request and get the minutes to the meeting where that was decided? that would be a great scandle! "State Endangers Lives For Advertising" (ok i know thats not true but that would be the line, or maybe "Cars Forced to Waste Gas for Corporate Interests"
What about mixing traffic lights with a reservation system? as you get near you signal the computer your intentions early (left/right/straight) and it starts giving you a speed to match, the speed would be tuned to try and prevent you needing to stop or slow down too much which makes everything quicker for everyone, if you did break or you didnt have the system installed (or it malfunctioned) you would just drive like normal and obviously stop if there was a car infront of you or a red light. Technically this already exists - its called 'figuring out how fast you should go' but people either dont bother or get it wrong and end up stopping - the advantage would be that the computer _knows_ exactly when the lights are going to change because its the one doing the changing, there would be no safety issues and the whole thing would be optional? It would be like automated air-traffic-control for cars with the backup feature that cars can stop if needed.
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Why the fuck would anyone need a 'stripped down' cheap version of microsoft office for linux when there are already free (and open) versions that are much better? Thats like offering a cheap stripped down aid package when the red cross is giving theirs away free? WTF is this guy smoking, and no of course i didnt RTFM, i barely even ready any posts!
Fuck! can it do the cleaning too?
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The Degree Confluence Project's goal is to visit every latitude and logitude degree integer intersection in the world and get laid! An excerpt: 'The project is a crazy pub-crawl road-trip of the bars and clubs of the world. There is a party within 49 miles (79 km) of you if you're on the surface of Earth. We've discounted anything in the oceans unless its some hot mermaid chicks, but there are still 12,889 buds to down!' A fucking bitching project, indeed." As Timothy noted, I've been smoking something strong lately.
Wow i thought that was just for a rebate or something. Ok, how can we hack it and replace the software and break the need for their service? - or just get a cheap HD and capture card out of it...
Yeah it can look ugly but people put up with some pretty terrible compression these days, even 'broadcast quality' tv can look appauling especially on dodgy fades and fields of wavy grass because its all about how many channels you can absolutely possibly fit down the medium without x% of people complaining. if its dct'd both times then it wont suffer that much more the second time aslong as the blocks line up and you use a reasonable setting, it'll be better than some of the absolutely sickening things those be-heading groups keep releasing, wma!? they're animals! Broadcast flags are gonna be what kills off the closed-box PVRs because they will be forced to play by the rules. As is shown time and time again, anything connected to a computer is certain to get cracked and hopefully that means video in/out cards with apropriate digital connections, unlike P2P theres no way jonny RIAA is going to know you have an "illigal" video device so they can shove it right up their ass. One day the RIAA will over-step the mark and people will rise up in total anger and mass-storm their headquaters and lynch whichever shit is in charge and i'll be there taping it ready to stick it on the net in wmv format of course ;)
Its preety much IBM Deathstar coming in last and Seagate in the lead. I've had an IBM fail after 2 months but 3 seagates run everyday (and spun up and down) with no trouble for about 5 years, i know thats not a conclusive review but go on any forum and you'll get roughly the same.
thats some dope shit right there checkin them screenshots. All you need now is a bootable CD automatic dummy-proof setup that can turn any suitable PC into a crazy station!
It'll be hacked though surely? even if it means going to analog and back. PCs might be more expensive but its not uncommon for people to have an extra one gathering dust thats not too old to be a PVR, Dont forget you dont need a monitor and you have all the advantages of everything Tivo doesnt have - including no-DRM(tm), built-in region-free DVD, games, networking, mp3s, web, and maybe voip/video phone.
How much longer 'til you can get a cheap PC & software solution that doesnt screw around and lets you do anything with the recordings? Once some relatively cheap (or free/oss) software comes out that will let you turn any cheap PC into a PVR, Tivo is gonna be screwed - big players will have to stick to the rules (broadcast flag, no sharing, and maybe abit of spying on what you watch) while all the cheapo/free solutions, (including your local store that will bundle some software) will get away with letting you do anything and wont screw you around with dailing home, bugs, and expensive upgrades. Does Tivo even have a DVD burner or ethernet export yet??
uhuh, uhuh, yeah, thats great.
how about.. you bend over, and Mosssad can spank you.
As a car is stuck at the lights the eyes will slowly follow some girl crossing the road, and then the hood will pop open..
Im in Guantanamo bay. After my daily stress position, slop in a a bowl on the floor, and denied request for a lawyer they let me look out of my cage and i can just make out slashdot on one of the security guards terminals 20 feet away.
(i just escaped yesterday so thats how im on here now).
That probably wouldnt be a good idea judging from where most people say they read it from...
I'd be interested to see some stats of how many iPods get music from iTunes and how many dont (i.e just use mp3s etc.. instead). Im sure it would be as easy as counting the number of units sold and the number of iTunes accounts that have bought atleast 1 song.
..of course they could have just designed the iPod as a totally locked down device that played only their DRM'd format and nothing else, who knows, maybe its a bait and switch and in 2005 they will all stop playing mp3s.
Usually its the other way around though - you sell the hardware at a loss (eg XBox) and charge lots for the wares. So i guess you're right and apple just wants to sell hardware.
Cant you just read-only the files?
Thats not true, the DPA has come in handy many times. Just ask Mark Thomas. Ok so many companies arnt even registered, but if they give you any hassle grass the bitches up!
Ok lets limit it to London, i bet its less than 45% You can see even the queen grows tired of his BS, (and just watching Bush standing next to her like a little boy was worth putting up with his army for a week!)
We do? sweet! did we ever get rid of that law legalising killing welsh people with a bow and arrow on a wednesday in a cemetry?
Oh come on this is such a joke. Im not scared for a second that this would ever happen. There are always wackos around who come up with totally fundamentalist/totalitarian/insane ideas that you never hear about again. This country isnt as big-brother as you think, we might not have a bill of rights (but we do have the data protection act and drinking at 18), but the people here have a common sense (usually) attitude, and its always ok to dislike the government (ive yet to see a patriotic flag-waving person who thinks Blair is the greatest and we should back him all the way). One thing we do have allot of is mad scientists: Professor David Nutt, speaks for itself really.
Their bad stock management is not our problem. They've had 20 years to perfect the process of making CDs cheaply and predict what the market wants. 10,000 copies of whitney is probably not even worth the cost of having it dumped in a land-fill so dumping it in a library really helps them out.
The hole thing is a farse, companies shouldnt be able to make settlements by giving away products that have low physical value but high retail value. How much is this really costing them? They should be giving away money and lots of it. To me..
It just goes on and on about DVDs, t-shirts, masters and evil and crap. I don't give a shit, all I want to know about is Natalie Portman, and maybe some wet t-shirts. Can anyone fill me in?
Yeah but it would be good excitement, kinda like a dodge-car but they would pay :P Also the system could react to ice and get people to slow down by showing red and then changing to green before they have to stop.
Can you do a freedom of information request and get the minutes to the meeting where that was decided? that would be a great scandle! "State Endangers Lives For Advertising" (ok i know thats not true but that would be the line, or maybe "Cars Forced to Waste Gas for Corporate Interests"
What about mixing traffic lights with a reservation system? as you get near you signal the computer your intentions early (left/right/straight) and it starts giving you a speed to match, the speed would be tuned to try and prevent you needing to stop or slow down too much which makes everything quicker for everyone, if you did break or you didnt have the system installed (or it malfunctioned) you would just drive like normal and obviously stop if there was a car infront of you or a red light. Technically this already exists - its called 'figuring out how fast you should go' but people either dont bother or get it wrong and end up stopping - the advantage would be that the computer _knows_ exactly when the lights are going to change because its the one doing the changing, there would be no safety issues and the whole thing would be optional? It would be like automated air-traffic-control for cars with the backup feature that cars can stop if needed.