Ok, no frills emergency combat boot disk containing:
Fdisk Partition Magic Norton Ghost.
Seeing how finicky my XP layer has been with graphics drivers and video codecs as of late, this combination has been a nessesity and i can't tell you how often Ghost has saved my toasty round buttox with the ability to overlay my OS partition with a base working copy of Winows (stored in the D: partition or on CD).
Don't worry, the comment was more funny-haha then anything else. But you have to admit, "there may be mistakes or gross errors on my part, as well as omissions" does sound a bit ominous.
A simple "I assume no liability for this stuff" would have done the same without the dark specter of "gross omissions";)
"Be aware that there may be mistakes or gross errors on my part, as well as omissions. IF you spot any errors of this sort, please contact me so I may correct them at once!"
This story reminds me of the other day at the arcade... A little kid challenged me to a game of Mortal Wombat and for a while I was like getting thrashed so I said like "Hey, all three super bars ar filled!" and bam! Rotated into a crouch and slapped left+right+punch+punch+kick and laid him out with my character's Hypernova finishing move...
Did common sense just leave the building here? They MADE they product, OWN the product and can- *gasp* -distribute to whoever they want to. You can do those sort of things WHEN YOU OWN THE PRODUCT. I realize MS bashing is full contact sport here, but lets all screw our heads back on, shall we?
This isn't news, it really has nothing to do with nerds and failing all of that, it sure as shit doesn't matter.
I can see it as a sniper rifle, but not for the average troop. No kinetic impact, cauterizes it's own wound, highly suseptible to atmospheric conditions like smoke and humidity (for). This isn't even listing the massive technical hurdles of planting a small nuclear powersource in the hands of a frontline soldier (already listed somewhere above this thread).
I think the good ol projectile will be with us for quite a while.
How can somebody rate something intresting that's so full of shit? First, we are NOT the only ones to use landmines. Second, we are NOT the only ones to use cluster munitions and third, how is the use of uranium delpleted shells, mostly used in anti-tank applications, any more "inhumane" than a rocket or lazer guided bomb!?
"Here are some other great hoaxes to enjoy......" -Website...Implying that this one somehow is. I can't say it qualifies with such heady company as a UFO landing in London, personally.
Correction; Parasites either get plucked off (as the labels are so desperately attempting to do) or the parasite kills the host. Normally I wouldn't shead any tears, but I see no reason why this behavior won't continue just because our music comes from another source; Online or from wherever. The P2P culture has less to do with "screwing The Man" and more to do with "Internet free stuff".
There is quite literally only one way out of this debacle for the labels and it isn't DRM, nor is it some pay per download scheme. the only real way out now is to make their music worth something-- The value added scheme. Something they can't get or copy off the net. Tickets, trinkets, whatever. Something to make it worthwhile to buy their physical media again...
Deep down in the back of my mind, I'm afraid of the pandora's box we've all to eagerly opened. It's amazing how most of us will bitch about media rights while happily ignoring the over 6,000,000 GBs of files being traded across networks like Kazaa as if it somehow didn't have any bearing on the current situation.
I agree, we should have the right to do whatever the heck we want to with the media we own, however, the labels and artists have an equal right to make money off their work. And I don't care what rational you use, 6,000,000 GBs is a fucking gaping ass wound for a record company to simply ignore for our right to copy files however we want. And then I had to reflect on who opened this freakin pissing contest... We did, as a community of computer users (not you specifically) by letting this behavior spiral out of control. I used to be able to take CDs back if I didn't like them. Then the copying started. Napster. Kazaa. Ain't no way in hell that's happening anymore.
Fact is, the record companies, regardless of how greedy you think they are, have a right to make money. And right now, they have a 6,000,000 GB hole in their side. That's not even the volume in transfers across the internet, which is undoubtably a substantially larger number. As much as I would like to bitch about all the DRM shit happening lately, I have to honestly admit that we have done a piss poor job of regulating our own actions as responsible users. We happily cheat and steal, then have the gall to bitch about DRM and "The Man".
In short we deserve all the shit being piled down upon upon us by the labels as they scramble to stem flow of blood from their persons. Perhapse they are getting their just deserts for being overly greedy, but ladies and gentlemen, we have become a generation of parasites, and parasites eventially get plucked off and thrown to the fire.
Now what do you suppose the odds are that iwould have passed the banned list if one of the major powers hadn't been the USA? Anti-war setiments toast round buttox.
"While I am certain many h4x0rs are political, I can't help thinking that script kiddies are like moths to the flame of rising page views"
Would you say the same about all these people? from this story? Somehow I can't help but to chuckle on the fact that if it's for your POV, they're serious hackers, but if they're against it, they're "script kiddies". Whoa, I must be in Slashdot-ville, population: You.
If it hasn't been pointed out already, Nintendo has once again released another flawed device. Last time it was the lack of backlighting, now it's the lack of a standard audio jack. I think it's their mission in life to milk the consumer for ever last dollar. I would link to the Penny Arcade cartoon, but nah...
And I have to agree with the other comments... WTF is this comparison even being made? Not only are they 2 different devices, but they are 2 radically different price ranges! Logically, the next question is how did this get posted to begin-- Scratch that. This is Slashdot. Nevermind.
I was ready for 64 bit a while ago, bu sadly, the Nintendo 64 didn't live up to my expectations. I'm sure somebody has already put Linux on it though;)
Rick: "I think our final episode of the season is going to be quite startling because we're going to do a cliffhanger"
Mullet: "Um, Rick, what series season finale doesn't end with a cliffhanger?"
Rick: "We're talking about a change that is going to, to some degree, alter our mission and, to some degree, change the tone of the series"
Mullet: Oh, I see. So we're moving away from seeking out new life and exploring new civilizations now? Gotcha. Good call. That was overrated anyway."
Rick: "The Expanse" will continue a Klingon story arc beginning in "Judgment" and also introduce an attack on planet Earth
Mullet: "Ah yes... I heard about that VERY SIGNIFIGANT EVENT from the other Trek series... Yes, so memorable it wasn't mentioned by anybody before this series... Very sneaky. You should get a +1 Insightful."
Rick: "One of [the last four episodes] is going to be a fascinating Borg encounter," he told the mag. "Which is interesting in that Starfleet had never heard of the Borg before Picard. So we have managed to deal with that in what I feel is a very interesting fashion."
Mullet: "The Borg! Wow! Wait, let me guess-- The crew will A) Forget of their existance by the end of the ep or B) Not recognize them as Borg and feel their presence so insignificant as not to report it in the chain of command thereby filling Picard with COMPLETE surprise three centuries later when he encounters them. Like the Ferrengi. I'm sensing a trend here, Rick."
Rick: "We've discussed everything from a young 'Sarek' to 'Q' [John de Lancie] to 'Kirk' [William Shatner]."
Mullet: "I understand, Rick. That's kinda what happens when you have the creative genious of a rock. Gotta fall back on something, and far be it from me to suggest that something be original..."
You know, I can already see it... By the time Rick is done with this series, it's going to look like it's been through a blender on frappe'. It will be like the Star Trek V or Highlander 2 of the trek series-- Universally maligned and disowned. Many will pretend such a mistake simply never existed. The Borg? Serek? Q?! As if the time travel crutch weren't enough, you have to rape all of the other series for their creativity as well? Somebody picked AT RANDOM with absolutely no directing experience from the Slashdot crowd could do a better job than this spider monkey... I move we file Intent of Assination. All in favor?
"Why is it when these great shows come here, they try to do a quick voiceover, and just get it out"
Oh, that's an easy one to answer, and it has everything to do with what US culture thinks of cartooning. And what does US culture equate cartoons too? Kids. Most kids don't think, they want. Thay have short attention spans. They like things like Barney. The last things most kids could care about is the vocal talent employed. And that's exactly the amount of effort that gets put into most US animation. Why bother with real talent that cost money when it really isn't A) Appreciated B) Going to increase your bottom line in viewership or toy sales. Unfortunately, that mentality spills over into anime, where real plot and acting has a home. But here it's "just" a cartoon and only kids who can't appreciate acting like cartoons, so why spend the money?
Sadly, the same thing goes into their tape and DVD releases... I remember back when I was a huge Ranma 1/2 fan buying the real VHS tapes in Japan. Up to that point I had been buying Viz tapes locally. I get home, pop it into my Hi-fi system and BAM-- FULL STEREO SURROUND. My jaw dropped. Apparently it wasn't important enough to Viz as I had the exact same ep by them and tada, plain vanilla recording. It was just a cartoon to them too. And that about sums it up.
Everybody knows hackers don't live in real life anyway, so why should weapons of mass destruction, 12 years of negotiation and mass murders influence their reality? Kinda like most Hollywood stars...
First, asking the US governement to tick their fingers into free enterprise is never a good thing. These are some of the same people lobbying against violence in videogames and want to act as thought-police. You REALLY want them with greater leverage in the industry? Asking for a government bailout of the US gaming industry is just plain silly. Maybe if it were half the size of Japan's. Maybe. But it's not even close. How in the world is he going to convince the US government this is worth investing in? It's not exactly a national airline in need of bailout...
Slashdot Mirror
"Who knew Apple even had that kind of cash?"
Yeah, those Microsoft bail-outs are a wonderful thing, aren't they? I can here the troll mods even now. Truth hurts, huh?
Just curious... How is this story any different from any number of the stories Slashdot has featured entitled "Do you really read your EULA?"
Ok, no frills emergency combat boot disk containing:
Fdisk
Partition Magic
Norton Ghost.
Seeing how finicky my XP layer has been with graphics drivers and video codecs as of late, this combination has been a nessesity and i can't tell you how often Ghost has saved my toasty round buttox with the ability to overlay my OS partition with a base working copy of Winows (stored in the D: partition or on CD).
Don't worry, the comment was more funny-haha then anything else. But you have to admit, "there may be mistakes or gross errors on my part, as well as omissions" does sound a bit ominous.
;)
A simple "I assume no liability for this stuff" would have done the same without the dark specter of "gross omissions"
Homade Soda Fountain instructions
+
"Be aware that there may be mistakes or gross errors on my part, as well as omissions. IF you spot any errors of this sort, please contact me so I may correct them at once!"
=
A very bad idea.
This story reminds me of the other day at the arcade... A little kid challenged me to a game of Mortal Wombat and for a while I was like getting thrashed so I said like "Hey, all three super bars ar filled!" and bam! Rotated into a crouch and slapped left+right+punch+punch+kick and laid him out with my character's Hypernova finishing move...
What..? Astronomy???
Did common sense just leave the building here? They MADE they product, OWN the product and can- *gasp* -distribute to whoever they want to. You can do those sort of things WHEN YOU OWN THE PRODUCT. I realize MS bashing is full contact sport here, but lets all screw our heads back on, shall we?
This isn't news, it really has nothing to do with nerds and failing all of that, it sure as shit doesn't matter.
I can see it as a sniper rifle, but not for the average troop. No kinetic impact, cauterizes it's own wound, highly suseptible to atmospheric conditions like smoke and humidity (for). This isn't even listing the massive technical hurdles of planting a small nuclear powersource in the hands of a frontline soldier (already listed somewhere above this thread).
I think the good ol projectile will be with us for quite a while.
How can somebody rate something intresting that's so full of shit? First, we are NOT the only ones to use landmines. Second, we are NOT the only ones to use cluster munitions and third, how is the use of uranium delpleted shells, mostly used in anti-tank applications, any more "inhumane" than a rocket or lazer guided bomb!?
That's right, keep modding up the troll....
"Here are some other great hoaxes to enjoy......" ...Implying that this one somehow is. I can't say it qualifies with such heady company as a UFO landing in London, personally.
-Website
Correction; Parasites either get plucked off (as the labels are so desperately attempting to do) or the parasite kills the host. Normally I wouldn't shead any tears, but I see no reason why this behavior won't continue just because our music comes from another source; Online or from wherever. The P2P culture has less to do with "screwing The Man" and more to do with "Internet free stuff".
There is quite literally only one way out of this debacle for the labels and it isn't DRM, nor is it some pay per download scheme. the only real way out now is to make their music worth something-- The value added scheme. Something they can't get or copy off the net. Tickets, trinkets, whatever. Something to make it worthwhile to buy their physical media again...
Deep down in the back of my mind, I'm afraid of the pandora's box we've all to eagerly opened. It's amazing how most of us will bitch about media rights while happily ignoring the over 6,000,000 GBs of files being traded across networks like Kazaa as if it somehow didn't have any bearing on the current situation.
I agree, we should have the right to do whatever the heck we want to with the media we own, however, the labels and artists have an equal right to make money off their work. And I don't care what rational you use, 6,000,000 GBs is a fucking gaping ass wound for a record company to simply ignore for our right to copy files however we want. And then I had to reflect on who opened this freakin pissing contest... We did, as a community of computer users (not you specifically) by letting this behavior spiral out of control. I used to be able to take CDs back if I didn't like them. Then the copying started. Napster. Kazaa. Ain't no way in hell that's happening anymore.
Fact is, the record companies, regardless of how greedy you think they are, have a right to make money. And right now, they have a 6,000,000 GB hole in their side. That's not even the volume in transfers across the internet, which is undoubtably a substantially larger number. As much as I would like to bitch about all the DRM shit happening lately, I have to honestly admit that we have done a piss poor job of regulating our own actions as responsible users. We happily cheat and steal, then have the gall to bitch about DRM and "The Man".
In short we deserve all the shit being piled down upon upon us by the labels as they scramble to stem flow of blood from their persons. Perhapse they are getting their just deserts for being overly greedy, but ladies and gentlemen, we have become a generation of parasites, and parasites eventially get plucked off and thrown to the fire.
Now what do you suppose the odds are that iwould have passed the banned list if one of the major powers hadn't been the USA? Anti-war setiments toast round buttox.
"Do Cheaters Ever Prosper?"
Not that you would ever look to real life for an answer to that question...
"While I am certain many h4x0rs are political, I can't help thinking that script kiddies are like moths to the flame of rising page views"
Would you say the same about all these people? from this story? Somehow I can't help but to chuckle on the fact that if it's for your POV, they're serious hackers, but if they're against it, they're "script kiddies". Whoa, I must be in Slashdot-ville, population: You.
If it hasn't been pointed out already, Nintendo has once again released another flawed device. Last time it was the lack of backlighting, now it's the lack of a standard audio jack. I think it's their mission in life to milk the consumer for ever last dollar. I would link to the Penny Arcade cartoon, but nah...
And I have to agree with the other comments... WTF is this comparison even being made? Not only are they 2 different devices, but they are 2 radically different price ranges! Logically, the next question is how did this get posted to begin-- Scratch that. This is Slashdot. Nevermind.
Instead of beating the dead horse, induct them into the Hall of Fame already!
I was ready for 64 bit a while ago, bu sadly, the Nintendo 64 didn't live up to my expectations. I'm sure somebody has already put Linux on it though ;)
Rick:
"I think our final episode of the season is going to be quite startling because we're going to do a cliffhanger"
Mullet:
"Um, Rick, what series season finale doesn't end with a cliffhanger?"
Rick:
"We're talking about a change that is going to, to some degree, alter our mission and, to some degree, change the tone of the series"
Mullet:
Oh, I see. So we're moving away from seeking out new life and exploring new civilizations now? Gotcha. Good call. That was overrated anyway."
Rick:
"The Expanse" will continue a Klingon story arc beginning in "Judgment" and also introduce an attack on planet Earth
Mullet:
"Ah yes... I heard about that VERY SIGNIFIGANT EVENT from the other Trek series... Yes, so memorable it wasn't mentioned by anybody before this series... Very sneaky. You should get a +1 Insightful."
Rick:
"One of [the last four episodes] is going to be a fascinating Borg encounter," he told the mag. "Which is interesting in that Starfleet had never heard of the Borg before Picard. So we have managed to deal with that in what I feel is a very interesting fashion."
Mullet:
"The Borg! Wow! Wait, let me guess-- The crew will A) Forget of their existance by the end of the ep or B) Not recognize them as Borg and feel their presence so insignificant as not to report it in the chain of command thereby filling Picard with COMPLETE surprise three centuries later when he encounters them. Like the Ferrengi. I'm sensing a trend here, Rick."
Rick:
"We've discussed everything from a young 'Sarek' to 'Q' [John de Lancie] to 'Kirk' [William Shatner]."
Mullet:
"I understand, Rick. That's kinda what happens when you have the creative genious of a rock. Gotta fall back on something, and far be it from me to suggest that something be original..."
You know, I can already see it... By the time Rick is done with this series, it's going to look like it's been through a blender on frappe'. It will be like the Star Trek V or Highlander 2 of the trek series-- Universally maligned and disowned. Many will pretend such a mistake simply never existed. The Borg? Serek? Q?! As if the time travel crutch weren't enough, you have to rape all of the other series for their creativity as well? Somebody picked AT RANDOM with absolutely no directing experience from the Slashdot crowd could do a better job than this spider monkey... I move we file Intent of Assination. All in favor?
"Why is it when these great shows come here, they try to do a quick voiceover, and just get it out"
Oh, that's an easy one to answer, and it has everything to do with what US culture thinks of cartooning. And what does US culture equate cartoons too? Kids. Most kids don't think, they want. Thay have short attention spans. They like things like Barney. The last things most kids could care about is the vocal talent employed. And that's exactly the amount of effort that gets put into most US animation. Why bother with real talent that cost money when it really isn't A) Appreciated B) Going to increase your bottom line in viewership or toy sales. Unfortunately, that mentality spills over into anime, where real plot and acting has a home. But here it's "just" a cartoon and only kids who can't appreciate acting like cartoons, so why spend the money?
Sadly, the same thing goes into their tape and DVD releases... I remember back when I was a huge Ranma 1/2 fan buying the real VHS tapes in Japan. Up to that point I had been buying Viz tapes locally. I get home, pop it into my Hi-fi system and BAM-- FULL STEREO SURROUND. My jaw dropped. Apparently it wasn't important enough to Viz as I had the exact same ep by them and tada, plain vanilla recording. It was just a cartoon to them too. And that about sums it up.
Everybody knows hackers don't live in real life anyway, so why should weapons of mass destruction, 12 years of negotiation and mass murders influence their reality? Kinda like most Hollywood stars...
Dammit, I wish we'd build the Macross Fleet BEFORE we advertised our position to the rest of the univers, y'know?
Hmm.. I misread. Hmm. The UK IS in kinda dire need of help woth gaming...
First, asking the US governement to tick their fingers into free enterprise is never a good thing. These are some of the same people lobbying against violence in videogames and want to act as thought-police. You REALLY want them with greater leverage in the industry? Asking for a government bailout of the US gaming industry is just plain silly. Maybe if it were half the size of Japan's. Maybe. But it's not even close. How in the world is he going to convince the US government this is worth investing in? It's not exactly a national airline in need of bailout...
Apocalypse. Mad Max. Pigs. Drawf. Thunderdome. Bells. Ring?