What? That is ridiculous to say. If your provided router will not allow you to change the DNS servers it looks up from, then set your workstation to not look to the router for DNS! (Or, don't accept the DHCP handed off DNS ips that it gives you)
Just set your local workstations DNS to pull from, oh, 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 and just bypass their crappy DNS altogether.
I mowed a lawn once in my late teens, and it was truly a work of art, but I haven't got recurring anything from that artistry. I don't know why but somehow I am expected to continue my art to continue to get paid. It's not fair I tell you!
Here's a viewpoint - take the date that the RIAA discovered the song, and move forward until the date the lawsuit was filed. Take the internet speed in question's upload rate.
How many total possible copies of any of the infringing works could've been uploaded in that time. Even in a month, let's just guess at a low upload rate - say a 128kbit up on DSL.
That's a 4mb song every 5 minutes, given near BEST circumstances. 12 / hour. 288 / day. So, 8640 transfers in a month, if your ISP doesn't cut you off first.
Let's say this is going for full price of damages, off, iTunes. $.99 a song.
One song just being available costs $9250, round up the iTunes penny and max your upload, and $8640 is the most you can do worth of lost sales.
(Of course given the residential, normal user DSL connection. I know we all most have the best internet that is available in our area, but normal people often do not.)
Good luck with that one. More likely, they will think "This computer machine buying music sucks! I cant even find my files anymore!" and go back to buying CDs.
All in all, isn't that the goal of "the industry" anyway?
That is like saying that there should be a tax on buying a non-econobox car.
Yes, some people want to buy a video card that requires some amps to play the current games. Some people want to buy a car that performs well. (I'm not talking about SUVs or huge waste hogs)
Everyone pays for the power they consume, be it gasoline or electricity. Who cares?
Edit: typo, I meant 32gb. Or whatever the highest density ram chip/stick is today, I do not know. I just think if it ran slow enough it should be possible to run it on very low power
The article claimed that it was 128gb of "solid state" memory - they however did not claim that it was flash.
Solid state memory in an application like this could also easily be some custom run ultra-ultra-ultra power efficient ram - say a couple pairs of 32mb chips that are surface-mountable and could be kept backed up in case of mains/battery failure by a pair of watch batteries. That would be incredible performance and I can't see why that couldn't happen.
I don't think I am the only one here that thinks...
This is very, very scary.
Yes, global warming may or may not be a problem. Yes, I know that ice is melting. Yes, I know that SUVs pollute.
But seriously, when has playing God ever worked for mankind? To try to directly alter the climate of earth in a one-step non-retractable manner just seems like.. say.. solving world hunger by creating genetically altered corn that grows in sand with almost no water. It sounds good, that's not how it's meant to be.
I don't know but I would sincerely question the overall scope of this sort of project. Unintended consequences are ALWAYS a factor. And this is playing with the whole world, not a petri dish in a lab.
Remember: There are only two tools in life. WD-40, for when something doesn't move, and should, and Duct Tape, for when something is moving and it shouldn't.
Unfortunately though, don't you realize when this happens all it will mean is corporations screaming for Trusted Computing 2.0 - Extra Secure!
It wouldn't be a problem of the platform, it never is! It's a security problem, the virus shouldn't have got in! Thus it would need to be even more tightened down.
More information so I don't have to post again about this,
It is overclocked to 2468Mhz, with a 226 HTT. 2GB PC-3200 following the same speed as HTT (DDR-452) XP x64, Abit AN8 SLi (The red/fatal1ty version, I got it as a handmedown)
Fair enough, but, I do still suspsect that the line is drawing near where people just won't understand what they are even buying. A license to watch under very limited circumstances and only in one location, I would think, would be the end of a product.
People understand "If you buy it, and you break it, you lose it." They don't understand "If you buy it, and dont use it just how we say, you lose it."
I can't see something with over-restrictive DRM suceeding in the mainstream, unless there are equal means available to law-obiding citizens to turn them into law-breakers by using "cracks."
I don't understand how this is a reason to use Blu-ray.. ? I don't personally want any DRM that comes close to that and I don't think it would last in the market more than a week before someone says "Why is my disc broken?"
I'm assuming the invasive DRM you refer to is not included in those technical reasons to use Blu-ray or something.?? *shrugs*
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This is one of the few last trumps that we have left.
Buy with credit.
When someone rips you off, file a dispute. This is the right answer. It will hit them where it hurts.
What? That is ridiculous to say. If your provided router will not allow you to change the DNS servers it looks up from, then set your workstation to not look to the router for DNS! (Or, don't accept the DHCP handed off DNS ips that it gives you)
Just set your local workstations DNS to pull from, oh, 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 and just bypass their crappy DNS altogether.
I agree with your post - but had to reply to say that I love your sig.
I mowed a lawn once in my late teens, and it was truly a work of art, but I haven't got recurring anything from that artistry. I don't know why but somehow I am expected to continue my art to continue to get paid. It's not fair I tell you!
Here's a viewpoint - take the date that the RIAA discovered the song, and move forward until the date the lawsuit was filed. Take the internet speed in question's upload rate.
How many total possible copies of any of the infringing works could've been uploaded in that time. Even in a month, let's just guess at a low upload rate - say a 128kbit up on DSL.
That's a 4mb song every 5 minutes, given near BEST circumstances. 12 / hour. 288 / day. So, 8640 transfers in a month, if your ISP doesn't cut you off first.
Let's say this is going for full price of damages, off, iTunes. $.99 a song.
One song just being available costs $9250, round up the iTunes penny and max your upload, and $8640 is the most you can do worth of lost sales.
(Of course given the residential, normal user DSL connection. I know we all most have the best internet that is available in our area, but normal people often do not.)
That's just fucked up IMHO.
I assume that the DC only powered the elevators and like... and the bldgs also had full AC service.
Good luck with that one. More likely, they will think "This computer machine buying music sucks! I cant even find my files anymore!" and go back to buying CDs.
All in all, isn't that the goal of "the industry" anyway?
That is like saying that there should be a tax on buying a non-econobox car.
Yes, some people want to buy a video card that requires some amps to play the current games. Some people want to buy a car that performs well. (I'm not talking about SUVs or huge waste hogs)
Everyone pays for the power they consume, be it gasoline or electricity. Who cares?
I guess it's back to stealing games the old fashioned way - under a shirt.
Seriously. Persecution of the hackers only makes them stronger.
Edit: typo, I meant 32gb. Or whatever the highest density ram chip/stick is today, I do not know. I just think if it ran slow enough it should be possible to run it on very low power
I am not sure I agree with this.
The article claimed that it was 128gb of "solid state" memory - they however did not claim that it was flash.
Solid state memory in an application like this could also easily be some custom run ultra-ultra-ultra power efficient ram - say a couple pairs of 32mb chips that are surface-mountable and could be kept backed up in case of mains/battery failure by a pair of watch batteries. That would be incredible performance and I can't see why that couldn't happen.
You just have to send the correct frequency, and bam, it explodes!
Hi joe. :)
I don't think I am the only one here that thinks...
This is very, very scary.
Yes, global warming may or may not be a problem. Yes, I know that ice is melting. Yes, I know that SUVs pollute.
But seriously, when has playing God ever worked for mankind? To try to directly alter the climate of earth in a one-step non-retractable manner just seems like.. say.. solving world hunger by creating genetically altered corn that grows in sand with almost no water. It sounds good, that's not how it's meant to be.
I don't know but I would sincerely question the overall scope of this sort of project. Unintended consequences are ALWAYS a factor. And this is playing with the whole world, not a petri dish in a lab.
Remember: There are only two tools in life. WD-40, for when something doesn't move, and should, and Duct Tape, for when something is moving and it shouldn't.
Unfortunately though, don't you realize when this happens all it will mean is corporations screaming for Trusted Computing 2.0 - Extra Secure!
It wouldn't be a problem of the platform, it never is! It's a security problem, the virus shouldn't have got in! Thus it would need to be even more tightened down.
(cynical perhaps)
It is a socket 939 San Diego core 3700+
More information so I don't have to post again about this,
It is overclocked to 2468Mhz, with a 226 HTT.
2GB PC-3200 following the same speed as HTT (DDR-452)
XP x64, Abit AN8 SLi (The red/fatal1ty version, I got it as a handmedown)
Yes, it is XP x64. No, the 3700+ is not dual core.
3700+ - 34 seconds?
Is this on par for the other results posted here? I tried it twice...
Just imagine how many neon lights and LEDs you could power in your modded case with that thing! It'd be like the sun!
Everyone knows, for every sticker or light-effect you add to your case, it's an honorary +50Mhz boost!
Point taken, forgive a long day.
:)
Also, I felt compelled to respond, but I love your signature.
DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'
I'm going to use that sometime, I am sure you don't mind
Fair enough, but, I do still suspsect that the line is drawing near where people just won't understand what they are even buying. A license to watch under very limited circumstances and only in one location, I would think, would be the end of a product.
People understand "If you buy it, and you break it, you lose it." They don't understand "If you buy it, and dont use it just how we say, you lose it."
I can't see something with over-restrictive DRM suceeding in the mainstream, unless there are equal means available to law-obiding citizens to turn them into law-breakers by using "cracks."
I don't understand how this is a reason to use Blu-ray.. ? I don't personally want any DRM that comes close to that and I don't think it would last in the market more than a week before someone says "Why is my disc broken?"
I'm assuming the invasive DRM you refer to is not included in those technical reasons to use Blu-ray or something.?? *shrugs*
I just upgraded my desktop to this new concept right now! Right-click Rename, amazing! I can already feel a 5% performance boost!
Moderated funny, but how true this is...
Aren't the poor are one of the RIAA's major markets?