"This guy downloaded over 600 songs in a day"
We'll probably find out next week that the songs were "much faster than average", so it was really only 142 songs.
Looks like an innovative idea, but I like to have something tangible i can touch; i like to feel the key being depressed so that i know i typed it.
i don't (can't) type perfectly, and i'm sure i sometimes press a key that would be obscured by the front of my hand.- pressing the space bar with my thumb, for example? i'm sure that would be out of view of the projector in front of me.
Maybe a good idea if you need to do lots of typing on a PDA, but who actually does? the screen's are too small to format anything anyway. PDAs are good for short notes but not inputing loads of text.
Thats my view anyway. not intended as a troll, i'm just not convinced.
Well if i was calling the shots i'd set MS developers to write an alternative to X, perhaps in opengl or directx, that had all the same interfaces as QT and GTK and Motif so existing apps could be recompiled.
A really fast graphical subsystem (instead of X) running on a Linux base, would make for an excellent and powerful platform, suitable for games aswell as general work.
I don't give a monkeys if it's fair or not, all I was saying is that it's gonna make it easier to deploy java apps.
Personally, i would be pissed off if i was forced to bundle someone elses stuff in my OS.
I think this is excellent news; as a developer, the fact that java is not shipped with windows makes it a pain in the ass to write java apps for windows users.
if i write a c++ app, no problem, a user can simply download and run it. If i write a java app, and say distribute it as a JAR file, your average user isnt gonna want to download the Java runtime or sdk, then launch the jar file calling java -jar or javaw.exe or whatever.
Java pre installed on windows means i can easily write pure java apps that will work easily on all windows boxes. Bring it on:)
RJ
Is a list of numbers even copyrightable? I wouldn't think so.....
it would seem riciculous that a sequence of numbers, or number, can be copyrighted...but isn't that massive long prime used in CSS encryption copyrighted? you're not allowed to host code with it in anyway..
that straps on an individual's back and allows her to fly around
'He' is the singular indefinite pronoun in English ("if a person drinks too much, he will likely experience a hangover"); 'He' also happens to be the masculine personal pronoun.
'She' is the singular pronoun of personification in English ("if England fails to advance America's foreign-policy ambitions, she will suffer terrible consequences"); 'She' also happens to be the feminine personal pronoun.
Confusing the two exhibits not a warm-and-fuzzy concern for the inclusion of women so much as a writer's or speaker's ignorance. Using the feminine personal pronoun as an indefinite article is as moronic as using the masculine personal pronoun for personification. Thus the captain greets us: "Welcome to my ship. Isn't he splendid?"
RJ
The design is somewhat different to the previous two models, but looks pretty snazzy. I'd quite like a tiny computer/PDA that looks like that, just stick a keyboard on instead of the D-Pad and buttons:)
I Wonder if it will have an IP stack, bluetooth/3G/WiFi games anyone? that would be cool
"I think its time for this witch hunt to stop. DeCSS is available all over the world. The only people benefiting from this are the trial lawyers being paid tremendous amounts of money by the entertainment companies"
The article says the software asks you for a second blank DVD as most films come on dual layered discs, holding twice as much content as your average blank dvd.
anyone know if its possible to buy blank dual layer dvds and a combatible burner?
"According to the survey of 104 companies in North America, the cost advantage of Windows over Linux for the four workloads ranges from 11 percent to 22 percent over a five-year period"
This article states that windows 2000 has a lower TCO than linux. How can they have done a 5 year study when Windows 2000 hasnt been out for 5 years?
Another notch for opensource, sounds like a useful thing to have lying around for all your real-time os needs.
"Jaluna-1 supports POSIX Real-Time standard applications, and includes state of the art tools for developing, deploying, configuring, and managing embedded systems. Jaluna-1 is being offered as open source, royalty-free software. Jaluna complements its open source software offering with technology and services enabling customers to easily migrate from proprietary Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) based projects to royalty-free Jaluna-1"
I think more and more business' will be considering this, faced with the soaring costs and big-brother-esque EULA clauses that go hand in hand with the likes of windows/office etc. Maybe this will cause the number of jobs in the intustry to soar, esp regarding Linux know-how. All in all this seems to be a good thing:)
They are losing money hand over foot selling XBoxes, infact Microsoft are openly concerned that people would buy their (relativly cheap) xbox and then use it as a webserver or make linux clusters with them. They only make money selling over-priced games. Hence hiring the guy from the xbox-linux proj to work on beefing up the DRM and security of the xbox hardware.
Which tools/software did you use to implement your cracking of commercial software?
Were these tools free or did you pirate them too?
What tools were used to pirate the tools you used to pirate the software in question?
Which tools were the best/your favourite ?
Thanks
RJ.
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Oh no! how long before the Hilary Rosen from the RIAA starts developing weapons like this to use against evil music pirates...
"This guy downloaded over 600 songs in a day" We'll probably find out next week that the songs were "much faster than average", so it was really only 142 songs.
i suppose you could project the keyboard onto an existing keyboard for comfort? either that or some jelly
Looks like an innovative idea, but I like to have something tangible i can touch; i like to feel the key being depressed so that i know i typed it. i don't (can't) type perfectly, and i'm sure i sometimes press a key that would be obscured by the front of my hand.- pressing the space bar with my thumb, for example? i'm sure that would be out of view of the projector in front of me.
Maybe a good idea if you need to do lots of typing on a PDA, but who actually does? the screen's are too small to format anything anyway. PDAs are good for short notes but not inputing loads of text.
Thats my view anyway. not intended as a troll, i'm just not convinced.
Well if i was calling the shots i'd set MS developers to write an alternative to X, perhaps in opengl or directx, that had all the same interfaces as QT and GTK and Motif so existing apps could be recompiled. A really fast graphical subsystem (instead of X) running on a Linux base, would make for an excellent and powerful platform, suitable for games aswell as general work.
"GNUWin II is a collection of Free Software for Windows" :)
Looks like they missed something out
I don't give a monkeys if it's fair or not, all I was saying is that it's gonna make it easier to deploy java apps.
Personally, i would be pissed off if i was forced to bundle someone elses stuff in my OS.
I think this is excellent news; as a developer, the fact that java is not shipped with windows makes it a pain in the ass to write java apps for windows users. :)
if i write a c++ app, no problem, a user can simply download and run it. If i write a java app, and say distribute it as a JAR file, your average user isnt gonna want to download the Java runtime or sdk, then launch the jar file calling java -jar or javaw.exe or whatever.
Java pre installed on windows means i can easily write pure java apps that will work easily on all windows boxes. Bring it on
RJ
Hi, there's a bit on the web about it, check out this link, it seems the DMCA can "outlaw" numbers :)
i llegal-primes.html
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/Stego/
RJ
Is a list of numbers even copyrightable? I wouldn't think so.....
it would seem riciculous that a sequence of numbers, or number, can be copyrighted...but isn't that massive long prime used in CSS encryption copyrighted? you're not allowed to host code with it in anyway..
that straps on an individual's back and allows her to fly around
'He' is the singular indefinite pronoun in English ("if a person drinks too much, he will likely experience a hangover"); 'He' also happens to be the masculine personal pronoun.
'She' is the singular pronoun of personification in English ("if England fails to advance America's foreign-policy ambitions, she will suffer terrible consequences"); 'She' also happens to be the feminine personal pronoun.
Confusing the two exhibits not a warm-and-fuzzy concern for the inclusion of women so much as a writer's or speaker's ignorance. Using the feminine personal pronoun as an indefinite article is as moronic as using the masculine personal pronoun for personification. Thus the captain greets us: "Welcome to my ship. Isn't he splendid?"
RJ
I stand corrected :)
thanks for the link, it looks quite pretty..
Hmmm, it looks quite nice, but it's not a clamshell design, you have to slide the keyboard out.
The design is somewhat different to the previous two models, but looks pretty snazzy. I'd quite like a tiny computer/PDA that looks like that, just stick a keyboard on instead of the D-Pad and buttons :)
I Wonder if it will have an IP stack, bluetooth/3G/WiFi games anyone? that would be cool
"I think its time for this witch hunt to stop. DeCSS is available all over the world. The only people benefiting from this are the trial lawyers being paid tremendous amounts of money by the entertainment companies"
The article says the software asks you for a second blank DVD as most films come on dual layered discs, holding twice as much content as your average blank dvd. anyone know if its possible to buy blank dual layer dvds and a combatible burner?
I quote from the article:
"According to the survey of 104 companies in North America, the cost advantage of Windows over Linux for the four workloads ranges from 11 percent to 22 percent over a five-year period"
This article states that windows 2000 has a lower TCO than linux. How can they have done a 5 year study when Windows 2000 hasnt been out for 5 years?
I think they should go for something snappy that illustrates the simplicity and speed of the browser..
something like "Catalyst" maybe
Another notch for opensource, sounds like a useful thing to have lying around for all your real-time os needs. "Jaluna-1 supports POSIX Real-Time standard applications, and includes state of the art tools for developing, deploying, configuring, and managing embedded systems. Jaluna-1 is being offered as open source, royalty-free software. Jaluna complements its open source software offering with technology and services enabling customers to easily migrate from proprietary Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) based projects to royalty-free Jaluna-1"
I think more and more business' will be considering this, faced with the soaring costs and big-brother-esque EULA clauses that go hand in hand with the likes of windows/office etc. Maybe this will cause the number of jobs in the intustry to soar, esp regarding Linux know-how. All in all this seems to be a good thing :)
Ahh yes i can see that not being able to imbed an image into a file would be a real pain in the arse.. fair enough. didnt really think about that.
Whats wrong with HTML and CSS2 for all your word processing? Then its totally cross platform and web-ready...
just a thought.
RJ
They are losing money hand over foot selling XBoxes, infact Microsoft are openly concerned that people would buy their (relativly cheap) xbox and then use it as a webserver or make linux clusters with them. They only make money selling over-priced games. Hence hiring the guy from the xbox-linux proj to work on beefing up the DRM and security of the xbox hardware.
of the CD, post a list to /. so we can also reap the benefits. i know a few people who would love a cd full of free os windows software.
cheers
Which tools/software did you use to implement your cracking of commercial software? Were these tools free or did you pirate them too? What tools were used to pirate the tools you used to pirate the software in question? Which tools were the best/your favourite ? Thanks RJ.