During the big Cedar fires last year, I had the crazy thought of some sort of portable/wireless device that would give you up to the minute news/road closures/accidents/ whatever about your local area.. possibly just text, but maybe graphics too. If the device could be made cheap enough, and enough people had them, they could establish a psuedo network, which doesn't rely on main lines (such as power/cable/phone) that could be destroyed or damaged in a disaster/attack.
Maybe I'm just too much of a dreamer, eh? Probably 100+ years from now we'll have something like this.
I'll add an opposite opinion-- I've got a 1300A, and it works great. Burning DVD+R and DVD-R's without a problem, as well as CD-R's. I've used Memorex and Tayo Yuden mediums for the DVDs, and mainly TDK/Memorex for CD-R's. I've even got the 1300A running in a breakout USB2/Firewire box, so it's portable.
Hey, let's post an Ask Slashdot question asking about Windows XP security/settings, and fail to mention:
1) What application we're using that requires these settings.
2) What our user setup is like. Are the users in the "Users" group, or the "Administrators" group? Are they part of the local machine, or a networked setup of users?
3) Where this application is being installed to. Have we tried other locations? What permissions does it need?
4) What you are doing exactly to remove permissions; what users/groups?
Maybe with the details, we can provide a more proper answer. K thanks bye.
Yet they'll gladly install AOL v9.284.4.3-bloat because now it supports BLUE smiley faces, and you can send e-mails with MUSIC! HOLY CRAP! CHAT FASTER THAN EVER!!!!!!@#@#@$#
I have yet to find anyone affected by this startup delay, nor have I experienced a delay as large as you say (20 seconds.) Nor is there truly an accurate way of measuring this delay (unless you've got some links?)
Don Bluth is a genius, I don't care what anyone says. Titan AE failed because of marketing, bad timing, and a overpriced budget (cost $75mil to make; only recouped $22mil.. ugh) I would say it was definitely intended for the teen-adults market, and it blended/handled those elements fairly well. But it just failed on all other levels.
The component video on the back of most TV's today is split into Y (luminance), R-Y (red channel minus luminance), and B-Y (blue channel minus luminance.)
MythTV is the single best HTPC piece of software available.
And unfortunately is pretty much useless to the millions of us running Windows.:-/
All I want is TiVo-like software for the PC-- and not something that is a total pain in the arse to setup. Should be fairly simple. The nicest program I've found so far is MyHTPC (My Home Theatre PC) -- but it has it's own issues to deal with.
Yep. Also, I wish Square would stop being console only. People want to play these games on the PC, too.. and not some piece of crap port.. I mean natively coded for a PC.
FF7 and FF8 for the PC were horrible, horrible jokes. To this day I can't even complete them due to bugs.
You mean the 20 people or so wanting to play games under Linux?
but as id and Epic have shown us, it really isn't that hard to write code that is fairly portable to begin with
There's the flaw; HL2's game engine is inherently built upon DirectX. "Simply porting it" to work on Linux would require quite a bit of work. You'd have to port the graphics elements to OpenGL, and then figure out what library to use to handle standard inputs, sound, etc. for multiple pieces of hardware -- all stuff which Linux is severely sucking at. Until Linux has a "DirectX" type layer, it will not get mainstream support from the game developers.
You might hate Microsoft, or hate Windows, but at least they've got a pretty much unified way of communicating with the plethora of devices out there (controllers/video cards/audio cards/midi cards/network cards) with a single interface (DirectX.)
While it may sound funny, I actually see quite a few people doing this, or trying to do this, in the malls around here. It's usually pretty obvious; well at least not to the girls, but to everyone else you look like a jackass holding your phone down low then giggling like a little kid.
Uh, huh. Right. How are you going to detect pirated copies again?
I'm pretty sure Microsoft knows what keys it has issued, and which ones haven't. You hit the server with an unissued/unknown key, that's a pretty big sign that you're in the wrong.
Maybe look for more than N auth requests per day from different IPs?
Funny that you mention that; the authentication servers have a mechanism similiar to this built in. Keeps people from installing on multiple machines and activating on multiple IPs. If you do it spread out within a certain time period, you're fine. But otherwise your key probably gets flagged and you have to call to get a new one.
It's jumping through hoops when you use a 56K modem (common) or do not have a current internet connection (rare).
I imagine the activation process uses very little bandwidth. Also, there are other means to activate (mail/phone) -- Calling the phone number.. it's all automated. You speak your product key into the phone, and the computer reads back the auth code. Pretty easy. And toll free.
You can upgrade your hardware just fine without having to reactivate. I've gone through a GeForce3, to a GeForce4, to an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, and never had to reactivate.
Last time I checked, Windows XP verifies my key once (the first time it's installed) and after that, it's done. They do not consider me a pirate by default, nor are they "frisking" me constantly.
I really haven't had time to search out the answer, and the machine's already patched up from Windows Update.
This is a known/common problem, to be fixed next version. To fix it for now, run MBSACLI in the "\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer\" directory as such:
mbsacli/baseline
Wait until the security CAB file downloads. MBSA will then start to scan, displaying "Scanning.." on the screen. At this point you can CTRL+C and load up the graphical MBSA.
I can't find my CD at home, and at work no one seems to know where it is.
How is your inability to be organized Microsoft's fault? Why hasn't your information systems person at work copied the Office CD to a secure location on your network?
Most places I've seen have a "repository" of software (OS's, Office Versions, Visio, etc.) that the IS staff can access.
I don't know of these hoops. I install Windows XP, and enter my product key. Once Windows is installed, I am reminded to activate. Click the key in the system tray, and a dialog asks for my country, and the method I wish to activate (mail/phone/internet) -- I choose internet. Wait a few seconds. Done.
How is that jumping through hoops?
I've even reinstalled Windows XP 3-4 times in the past 2 years, and every time it reactivated over the internet without fail.
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So you spend what, 2 minutes doing that? And once it's done, it's done?
Sheesh.
During the big Cedar fires last year, I had the crazy thought of some sort of portable/wireless device that would give you up to the minute news/road closures/accidents/ whatever about your local area.. possibly just text, but maybe graphics too. If the device could be made cheap enough, and enough people had them, they could establish a psuedo network, which doesn't rely on main lines (such as power/cable/phone) that could be destroyed or damaged in a disaster/attack.
Maybe I'm just too much of a dreamer, eh? Probably 100+ years from now we'll have something like this.
At least give credit where credit is due!
My advice is to use NTFS. It's:
1) Built into Windows, supported by Linux/etc.
2) Much better than FAT(32); in stability, large file size handling, security, etc.
3) Difficult (if not impossible?) to use any other file system type in Windows, other than FAT32/NTFS. See reason #1.
If you ask a stupid question, expect a stupid answer.
but I don't like the idea of running Windows code on my Linux box. In fact, I don't want my data stored on a proprietary, closed filesystem.
And this is why you will die very lonely.
Seriously though, what does it matter? You want files over 4 gig in Windows? You pretty much have to use NTFS. Deal with it.
I would also hope the default sa/password will no longer be there.
I don't know what versions you're installing, but SQL server setup has always asked me for a sa password.
Check this out. Supposedly they will also re-release the original trilogy to include Anakin as a "ghost"? Pfft.
Guess next time you'll buy RETAIL instead of OEM?
I'll add an opposite opinion-- I've got a 1300A, and it works great. Burning DVD+R and DVD-R's without a problem, as well as CD-R's. I've used Memorex and Tayo Yuden mediums for the DVDs, and mainly TDK/Memorex for CD-R's. I've even got the 1300A running in a breakout USB2/Firewire box, so it's portable.
Hey, let's post an Ask Slashdot question asking about Windows XP security/settings, and fail to mention:
1) What application we're using that requires these settings.
2) What our user setup is like. Are the users in the "Users" group, or the "Administrators" group? Are they part of the local machine, or a networked setup of users?
3) Where this application is being installed to. Have we tried other locations? What permissions does it need?
4) What you are doing exactly to remove permissions; what users/groups?
Maybe with the details, we can provide a more proper answer. K thanks bye.
Yet they'll gladly install AOL v9.284.4.3-bloat because now it supports BLUE smiley faces, and you can send e-mails with MUSIC! HOLY CRAP! CHAT FASTER THAN EVER!!!!!!@#@#@$#
I have yet to find anyone affected by this startup delay, nor have I experienced a delay as large as you say (20 seconds.) Nor is there truly an accurate way of measuring this delay (unless you've got some links?)
You might want to read Microsoft's changes to the firewall code.
Software firewalls tend to also be useless due to exploits/backdoors and buffer overflows. I learned my lesson the hard way after Witty trashed my server.
Can someone from /. ban this guy? I mean, come on. Every post is the same thing, and he posts on every article!
Don Bluth is a genius, I don't care what anyone says. Titan AE failed because of marketing, bad timing, and a overpriced budget (cost $75mil to make; only recouped $22mil.. ugh) I would say it was definitely intended for the teen-adults market, and it blended/handled those elements fairly well. But it just failed on all other levels.
does it just give you a little bit better picture without the clarity of HD resolution?
Correct.
Check out WikiPedia's entry on component video.
The component video on the back of most TV's today is split into Y (luminance), R-Y (red channel minus luminance), and B-Y (blue channel minus luminance.)
MythTV is the single best HTPC piece of software available.
:-/
And unfortunately is pretty much useless to the millions of us running Windows.
All I want is TiVo-like software for the PC-- and not something that is a total pain in the arse to setup. Should be fairly simple. The nicest program I've found so far is MyHTPC (My Home Theatre PC) -- but it has it's own issues to deal with.
Yep. Also, I wish Square would stop being console only. People want to play these games on the PC, too.. and not some piece of crap port.. I mean natively coded for a PC.
FF7 and FF8 for the PC were horrible, horrible jokes. To this day I can't even complete them due to bugs.
Linux market
You mean the 20 people or so wanting to play games under Linux?
but as id and Epic have shown us, it really isn't that hard to write code that is fairly portable to begin with
There's the flaw; HL2's game engine is inherently built upon DirectX. "Simply porting it" to work on Linux would require quite a bit of work. You'd have to port the graphics elements to OpenGL, and then figure out what library to use to handle standard inputs, sound, etc. for multiple pieces of hardware -- all stuff which Linux is severely sucking at. Until Linux has a "DirectX" type layer, it will not get mainstream support from the game developers.
You might hate Microsoft, or hate Windows, but at least they've got a pretty much unified way of communicating with the plethora of devices out there (controllers/video cards/audio cards/midi cards/network cards) with a single interface (DirectX.)
While it may sound funny, I actually see quite a few people doing this, or trying to do this, in the malls around here. It's usually pretty obvious; well at least not to the girls, but to everyone else you look like a jackass holding your phone down low then giggling like a little kid.
Uh, huh. Right. How are you going to detect pirated copies again?
I'm pretty sure Microsoft knows what keys it has issued, and which ones haven't. You hit the server with an unissued/unknown key, that's a pretty big sign that you're in the wrong.
Maybe look for more than N auth requests per day from different IPs?
Funny that you mention that; the authentication servers have a mechanism similiar to this built in. Keeps people from installing on multiple machines and activating on multiple IPs. If you do it spread out within a certain time period, you're fine. But otherwise your key probably gets flagged and you have to call to get a new one.
It's jumping through hoops when you use a 56K modem (common) or do not have a current internet connection (rare).
I imagine the activation process uses very little bandwidth. Also, there are other means to activate (mail/phone) -- Calling the phone number.. it's all automated. You speak your product key into the phone, and the computer reads back the auth code. Pretty easy. And toll free.
You can upgrade your hardware just fine without having to reactivate. I've gone through a GeForce3, to a GeForce4, to an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, and never had to reactivate.
Last time I checked, Windows XP verifies my key once (the first time it's installed) and after that, it's done. They do not consider me a pirate by default, nor are they "frisking" me constantly.
I really haven't had time to search out the answer, and the machine's already patched up from Windows Update.
/baseline
This is a known/common problem, to be fixed next version. To fix it for now, run MBSACLI in the "\Program Files\Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer\" directory as such:
mbsacli
Wait until the security CAB file downloads. MBSA will then start to scan, displaying "Scanning.." on the screen. At this point you can CTRL+C and load up the graphical MBSA.
I can't find my CD at home, and at work no one seems to know where it is.
How is your inability to be organized Microsoft's fault? Why hasn't your information systems person at work copied the Office CD to a secure location on your network?
Most places I've seen have a "repository" of software (OS's, Office Versions, Visio, etc.) that the IS staff can access.
I don't know of these hoops. I install Windows XP, and enter my product key. Once Windows is installed, I am reminded to activate. Click the key in the system tray, and a dialog asks for my country, and the method I wish to activate (mail/phone/internet) -- I choose internet. Wait a few seconds. Done.
How is that jumping through hoops?
I've even reinstalled Windows XP 3-4 times in the past 2 years, and every time it reactivated over the internet without fail.