Is there any legitimate program that uses the ADS? I can see maybe some 68k Macintosh emulators using it, but most of the time those guys just create a virtual drive (a big single file that doesn't use the ADS) instead.
I've known about it for a long time now, but have yet to ever use it myself. I really wish you could disable it entirely if nothing legitmate is going to bother. As it is now, it's just a poor security-by-obscurity mechanism that really has no place in the base OS.
Wait, I take back what I said before. I did find one shareware program that hid it's "I've been installed for this long" counter file in the ADS. Deleting the file reset the counter.:)
Most standalone CD duplication devices (good luck finding them in stores these days however) require you to buy the "music" CDrs which are in fact just regular CDrs with a few special bits pressed into the header. These devices have been rather unpopular with users because they require you to buy the expensive "music" blanks and offer absolutely nothing over a comptuer with a bog standard CD burner installed.
I think the industry was hoping that people would eschew their computer based CD burning systems in favor of the "easier to use" stereo boxes and finally allow them to charge over the media price for blanks, but apparently customers weren't interested. Go figure.
If it dosn't now, I'm sure it will. It's an x86 based system so the only likely stumbling blocks are the oddball display device and perhaps the bootloader.
The problem is that MRAM always seems to be 20 years behind SRAM in the cost/mb department. The problem is that these guys are shooting at a moving target, and they're barely keeping up. As a SRAM killer I don't expect to hear much from these guys for awhile, however in specalized roles (especially for stuff that's currrently handled with SRAM and a backup battery) I can see some value in this technology.
I don't think it's pulling the ship like a traditional sailboat, rather I think it's more of an assist to save on fuel costs. It makes sense if they can keep the system automated (and light!) enough to not interfere too badly with existing ship systems. Unfortunatly, it looks rather complex in the picture and if it requires an extra crewman or two to operate the concept is dead in the water. Crewmen are expensive and fuel isn't bad enough yet to make people receptive to expensive complex doodads.
If the certificate is not enough proof of your ownership of a license to run a particular piece of software, what is? The original recipt? I mean if the BSA raids my office and the certificates are not good enough, then we're totally boned, since it's the only thing Microsoft has ever given us to prove that we are legally running our software. If we fail to prove that we're legally running the software, the fines would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars given the number of OS installs we have on the desktops here.
While I don't think MS would want to alienate their customer base, but if they wanted to they could really turn that ruling into a money factory.
Yeah, but if you think eBay is bad, check out the fee structure at a real auction house. It will blow your mind how much money they take to sell your stuff.
Has Tim Horten's changed in the past 12 years or so? I have to admit the last time I was in one was 1994, but at the time it was just a Canadian version of Dunkin Doughnuts. I'm a little surprised that it's such an apparent powerhouse.
I think people are being a bit too harsh on Sony. Granted, my hopes aren't high for the PS3 (what we've seen so far doesn't impress much), but until there is some actual hardware in the field we won't know how badly it will suck. There's always the chance that Sony pulls a rabbit out of their hat and puts out a stunningly awesome console with a breathtaking lineup of games on launch. There's also the factor that if you're into RPGs or tactical sims, there's a good chance that the 360 won't ever be the machine for you, much like the original X-Box. The Wii looked great at E3, but there's always the chance that the Wiimote won't work as well in your home as it does on the demo floor.
The speculation is seriously overheated at the moment. I'm saying that many of you need to calm down and wait for the machine to actually be released. I give Sony maybe a 5 or 10% chance of putting out something I'll actually want to buy at this point, but that's still above 0.
Basically, AllofMP3 is just like those shady BitTorrent sites, except that it's generally well organized, you have choices as to what format you want the tracks in, and you pay $0.30 or so per song for that privelege. It's basically a for-pay pirate enterprise, which is hardly a new idea. It's a lot like the $1 DVDs available in every back alley in Taiwan. Bitttorrent/eMule/eDonkey/whatever sites are just as (il)legal and free, but much harder/slower to use, so if you're time is worth anything you might better off using AllofMP3.
The lack of SATA support is a bit of a surprise since the chipsets work just about the same for PATA and SATA devices. It's not hard to support if you already have PATA support. ATAPI is much harder to deal with.
IMHO, what ultimately did BeOS in was the lack of full POSIX compatability, in particular with the network code. This ment that BeOS users couldn't use the large and growing library of open source software without first porting it over. Even though porting was fairly easy (assuming the application didn't touch the network), it was a lot of work for the end user and the relatively small developer base.
The nail in the coffin was the lack of a decent Web Browser for the longest time. Even back in 1997 the lack of a good Web Browser was just death for an OS. Linux would not be where it is today if Netscape hadn't been ported over to it. The hardware support issues also ment that it didn't install or work correctly when people just installed it on their home machine to try it out. Granted, Linux wasn't perfect back then either (nor is it now), but it was better than BeOS by a fair margin.
I don't know about your female aquantences, but all of mine consider Cosmo something of a smut mag, for precisely the reasons you mentioned. If you're a guy and reading it, they assume it's because you're looking for the smut, not because you're really interested in women. That said, it's the only smut magazine many 13 year olds have access too (right in the supermarket checkout!), although that doesn't matter nearly as much as it did before everyone had internet access.
If you really wanted to impress women, you'd have to read one of their dreadfully dull magazines like Redbook, that would show some real dedication.
Uh, all musicians do this when they're starting out. It's a great bohemian lifestyle, but in the end it just doesn't pay the bills. In short: you need a day job, which means touring is right out.
Getting signed gives you the promise of being able to quit your day job and doing it professionally, but in the end it's a con job that is little better than just taking out a big loan and going on tour on borrowed money.
I was sort of hoping it would look exactly like Leela's wrist thingy, instead of thise euro-designed gonna-look-dated-in-three-years thing. A big bulky wristcomputer might actually be worthwhile, especially if it's ruggedized enough to handle being on someone's arm (look at the kind of abuse watches get). The one in the picture looks awfully fragile to me.
Plus, you'd build strong arms lugging it around all day.
I don't think you understand the dynamic. New bands are a dime a dozen. If you're smart enough to hire a lawyer or read your contract then the deal is off. The record company will just go and find an exploitable group and you'll be left playing bars and nightclubs for the rest of your (probably short) career. The only way to "make it big" is to be screwed. Only megastar acts really have any leverage in the negotiating, but because most of them are the same ones who signed the original ripoff contracts they don't even use that power very well.
That's why you see bands starting their own labels and publishing through independants despite the fact that they'll never get the major distribution or major venues (guess who owns the venues?) but they won't be destitute like most big rockstars.
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Is there any legitimate program that uses the ADS? I can see maybe some 68k Macintosh emulators using it, but most of the time those guys just create a virtual drive (a big single file that doesn't use the ADS) instead.
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I've known about it for a long time now, but have yet to ever use it myself. I really wish you could disable it entirely if nothing legitmate is going to bother. As it is now, it's just a poor security-by-obscurity mechanism that really has no place in the base OS.
Wait, I take back what I said before. I did find one shareware program that hid it's "I've been installed for this long" counter file in the ADS. Deleting the file reset the counter.
Your description can't be correct. If it is, it sounds like it solves the halting problem.
Yeah, but the operating costs are a lot lower.
I think it was foolish to kill the project though. One of the dumber thinks the Clinton administration did.
It's yet another job by the Federal Acronym Renaming Team.
Most standalone CD duplication devices (good luck finding them in stores these days however) require you to buy the "music" CDrs which are in fact just regular CDrs with a few special bits pressed into the header. These devices have been rather unpopular with users because they require you to buy the expensive "music" blanks and offer absolutely nothing over a comptuer with a bog standard CD burner installed.
I think the industry was hoping that people would eschew their computer based CD burning systems in favor of the "easier to use" stereo boxes and finally allow them to charge over the media price for blanks, but apparently customers weren't interested. Go figure.
If it dosn't now, I'm sure it will. It's an x86 based system so the only likely stumbling blocks are the oddball display device and perhaps the bootloader.
Still coming through fast enough for me, I havn't had to stop for "buffering" yet.
The problem is that MRAM always seems to be 20 years behind SRAM in the cost/mb department. The problem is that these guys are shooting at a moving target, and they're barely keeping up. As a SRAM killer I don't expect to hear much from these guys for awhile, however in specalized roles (especially for stuff that's currrently handled with SRAM and a backup battery) I can see some value in this technology.
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I don't think it's pulling the ship like a traditional sailboat, rather I think it's more of an assist to save on fuel costs. It makes sense if they can keep the system automated (and light!) enough to not interfere too badly with existing ship systems. Unfortunatly, it looks rather complex in the picture and if it requires an extra crewman or two to operate the concept is dead in the water. Crewmen are expensive and fuel isn't bad enough yet to make people receptive to expensive complex doodads.
Seems to me that if they actually kill/maim people then they can call themselves real terrorists.
I find the same thing is true about Soccer (Futbol), except that you don't ever really have to switch to normal speed.
Both sports are a lot more fun to play than they are to watch. In fact that's true of sports in general, which is why I rarely ever watch any.
If the certificate is not enough proof of your ownership of a license to run a particular piece of software, what is? The original recipt? I mean if the BSA raids my office and the certificates are not good enough, then we're totally boned, since it's the only thing Microsoft has ever given us to prove that we are legally running our software. If we fail to prove that we're legally running the software, the fines would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars given the number of OS installs we have on the desktops here.
While I don't think MS would want to alienate their customer base, but if they wanted to they could really turn that ruling into a money factory.
Yeah, but if you think eBay is bad, check out the fee structure at a real auction house. It will blow your mind how much money they take to sell your stuff.
Has Tim Horten's changed in the past 12 years or so? I have to admit the last time I was in one was 1994, but at the time it was just a Canadian version of Dunkin Doughnuts. I'm a little surprised that it's such an apparent powerhouse.
Eh, these aren't as cheap as they look, a memory upgrade to 1GB is pretty much manditory if you plan on actually running any of that bundled software.
I think people are being a bit too harsh on Sony. Granted, my hopes aren't high for the PS3 (what we've seen so far doesn't impress much), but until there is some actual hardware in the field we won't know how badly it will suck. There's always the chance that Sony pulls a rabbit out of their hat and puts out a stunningly awesome console with a breathtaking lineup of games on launch. There's also the factor that if you're into RPGs or tactical sims, there's a good chance that the 360 won't ever be the machine for you, much like the original X-Box. The Wii looked great at E3, but there's always the chance that the Wiimote won't work as well in your home as it does on the demo floor.
The speculation is seriously overheated at the moment. I'm saying that many of you need to calm down and wait for the machine to actually be released. I give Sony maybe a 5 or 10% chance of putting out something I'll actually want to buy at this point, but that's still above 0.
Basically, AllofMP3 is just like those shady BitTorrent sites, except that it's generally well organized, you have choices as to what format you want the tracks in, and you pay $0.30 or so per song for that privelege. It's basically a for-pay pirate enterprise, which is hardly a new idea. It's a lot like the $1 DVDs available in every back alley in Taiwan. Bitttorrent/eMule/eDonkey/whatever sites are just as (il)legal and free, but much harder/slower to use, so if you're time is worth anything you might better off using AllofMP3.
The lack of SATA support is a bit of a surprise since the chipsets work just about the same for PATA and SATA devices. It's not hard to support if you already have PATA support. ATAPI is much harder to deal with.
IMHO, what ultimately did BeOS in was the lack of full POSIX compatability, in particular with the network code. This ment that BeOS users couldn't use the large and growing library of open source software without first porting it over. Even though porting was fairly easy (assuming the application didn't touch the network), it was a lot of work for the end user and the relatively small developer base.
The nail in the coffin was the lack of a decent Web Browser for the longest time. Even back in 1997 the lack of a good Web Browser was just death for an OS. Linux would not be where it is today if Netscape hadn't been ported over to it. The hardware support issues also ment that it didn't install or work correctly when people just installed it on their home machine to try it out. Granted, Linux wasn't perfect back then either (nor is it now), but it was better than BeOS by a fair margin.
I don't know about your female aquantences, but all of mine consider Cosmo something of a smut mag, for precisely the reasons you mentioned. If you're a guy and reading it, they assume it's because you're looking for the smut, not because you're really interested in women. That said, it's the only smut magazine many 13 year olds have access too (right in the supermarket checkout!), although that doesn't matter nearly as much as it did before everyone had internet access.
If you really wanted to impress women, you'd have to read one of their dreadfully dull magazines like Redbook, that would show some real dedication.
Uh, all musicians do this when they're starting out. It's a great bohemian lifestyle, but in the end it just doesn't pay the bills. In short: you need a day job, which means touring is right out.
Getting signed gives you the promise of being able to quit your day job and doing it professionally, but in the end it's a con job that is little better than just taking out a big loan and going on tour on borrowed money.
I was sort of hoping it would look exactly like Leela's wrist thingy, instead of thise euro-designed gonna-look-dated-in-three-years thing. A big bulky wristcomputer might actually be worthwhile, especially if it's ruggedized enough to handle being on someone's arm (look at the kind of abuse watches get). The one in the picture looks awfully fragile to me.
Plus, you'd build strong arms lugging it around all day.
I don't think you understand the dynamic. New bands are a dime a dozen. If you're smart enough to hire a lawyer or read your contract then the deal is off. The record company will just go and find an exploitable group and you'll be left playing bars and nightclubs for the rest of your (probably short) career. The only way to "make it big" is to be screwed. Only megastar acts really have any leverage in the negotiating, but because most of them are the same ones who signed the original ripoff contracts they don't even use that power very well.
That's why you see bands starting their own labels and publishing through independants despite the fact that they'll never get the major distribution or major venues (guess who owns the venues?) but they won't be destitute like most big rockstars.
Yeah, what are we going to do about the threat of Terrorists hijacking trains and running them into the White House?