So naturally if you're uncomfortable outside them you'll be happier at iTMS. Their catalogs somewhere around 4 millions songs deep, I wrote a program to take advantage of the last.fm api I use to help myself find things when I'm feeling lazy.
It worries me that upon seeing the dll name I knew it was a codec related issue, but it worries me even more knowing the product by the codec name (simply because I use a Blackberry).
If you want to diagnose the problem start by removing variables, like your memory, disk, mainboard and psu. There are a lot of bootable diagnostic disks any/. read worth his/her salt should be familiar with but for a basic test UBCD should be fine. You can also run AV tests from a bootable disk which is the only sane way to do clean-up anyway (it's a lot harder for them to hide themselves when they aren't actually running) and a lot of the spyware problems people have been having lately are similarly easy to remove using a clean bootable OS.
After your hardware and nasties check out you're onto possible driver conflicts (safe-mode, or disabling, or restore points) or a re-install (which might be quicker as long as the hardware's good, but generally less geekily satisfying).
They've been supplying those of us who care with DRM-free music since 2003 managing to quietly become the #2 digital music retailer and still offer better prices then their competitors (excluding Amazon funded Amie Street on newish releases).
If they stopped sucking the DRM tit they could put some effort into consumer oriented development. 2009 might not truly be the year of XXXX on the desktop but if they ignore their consumers long enough by the time it is they'll be fucked trying to play catch-up after having treated their customers as second-class users for so long.
Or *maybe* people had legitimate problems with Vista which did so poorly Microsoft had to extend the life of the previous version before announcing the early release of Windows 7.
A few short years ago we managed to live without the DHS and now we accept them like we don't foot the bill. Just another group of people sucking tax dollars off the American people in the name of protection.
Delete and ignore and deal with fallout if/when it happens. When someone slaps together a sleazy website with some free software and a wonky EULA you can either play their game or leave the onus on them to step up and prove the validity of their claim (using an impartial court system).
by their short-sighted attempts to help the American people (by eroding our protections) will be provide opportunity for people with increasingly self-serving motives. Because rights are almost always easier to take away then the civil uprisings it almost invariably takes to get them.
about moving from Radio Shack to Godaddy but I'm pretty sure we still have some accounts there.;-)
Either way I'm inclined to believe that the real secret to hiring good people is having skilled and intelligent people to do it, which of course isn't practical so we use tests because we don't know that it says more about us then anything. Maybe sell them in a big yellow book that just says: HIRING FOR DUMMIES.
the high horse because when they get off they realized their just standing at ass level.
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Have you looked at Concrete5? One of the things I've enjoyed about it is the use of 'blocks' for defining/extending functionality. The UI is also one of the best I've used and search is built on lucene via zend (framework).
It's a little sparse (you won't find nearly as many pre-made plugins, ala Wordpress) but if you need a clean base to build on you might like it.
I think what he's implying is what the reviewer chose to focus on wasn't particularly substantial. A more technical review *could* have covered the issues the OP mentions. This one focused on the UI and summary made it sound like it might have been more then that (to be fair the articles own title provides a more clear summary: 'Review: Windows 7 Beta 1 shows off new task bar, more UI goodies').
You don't. Instead you throttle login speed and monitor X multiple fails. You can also break-up the way the application responds to multiple failed attempts, you can redirect X failed logins to a help page or password reset page. Your only limited by your imagination, there is a lot you can do that won't really impact a human but will impact a script and quite differently.
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Lol. But that's the fun isn't it, if he puts it all back together he passes for taking it apart. ;-)
Fecking /. AC bug.
So naturally if you're uncomfortable outside them you'll be happier at iTMS. Their catalogs somewhere around 4 millions songs deep, I wrote a program to take advantage of the last.fm api I use to help myself find things when I'm feeling lazy.
It worries me that upon seeing the dll name I knew it was a codec related issue, but it worries me even more knowing the product by the codec name (simply because I use a Blackberry).
If you want to diagnose the problem start by removing variables, like your memory, disk, mainboard and psu. There are a lot of bootable diagnostic disks any /. read worth his/her salt should be familiar with but for a basic test UBCD should be fine. You can also run AV tests from a bootable disk which is the only sane way to do clean-up anyway (it's a lot harder for them to hide themselves when they aren't actually running) and a lot of the spyware problems people have been having lately are similarly easy to remove using a clean bootable OS.
After your hardware and nasties check out you're onto possible driver conflicts (safe-mode, or disabling, or restore points) or a re-install (which might be quicker as long as the hardware's good, but generally less geekily satisfying).
They've been supplying those of us who care with DRM-free music since 2003 managing to quietly become the #2 digital music retailer and still offer better prices then their competitors (excluding Amazon funded Amie Street on newish releases).
And yes, I'm afraid I am a fan boi.
Oh how I wish I had points tonight. I've been SOO one-up'ed. :-)
How much did that cost them?
After years of bad behavior donating a few dollars must mean they've finally changed.
While you hold your breath I'll wait to see a pattern of responsible behavior over time before I get all squishy inside.
If they stopped sucking the DRM tit they could put some effort into consumer oriented development. 2009 might not truly be the year of XXXX on the desktop but if they ignore their consumers long enough by the time it is they'll be fucked trying to play catch-up after having treated their customers as second-class users for so long.
First they laughed at us for persecuting our president for having sex. Now they'll laugh at us for persecuting our children to...protect our children.
It's kind of weird living in a huge country forced to share a centralized government across a range of beliefs that very so fundamentally.
were tired of the babies crying about it
Ya..that's a balanced counter point.
Or *maybe* people had legitimate problems with Vista which did so poorly Microsoft had to extend the life of the previous version before announcing the early release of Windows 7.
Vista was an over-grown beta. Get over it.
A few short years ago we managed to live without the DHS and now we accept them like we don't foot the bill. Just another group of people sucking tax dollars off the American people in the name of protection.
Delete and ignore and deal with fallout if/when it happens. When someone slaps together a sleazy website with some free software and a wonky EULA you can either play their game or leave the onus on them to step up and prove the validity of their claim (using an impartial court system).
by their short-sighted attempts to help the American people (by eroding our protections) will be provide opportunity for people with increasingly self-serving motives. Because rights are almost always easier to take away then the civil uprisings it almost invariably takes to get them.
we used to mock Canadians but it's not really funny any more now that they've beat the dollar (we'll all be illegally immigrating there soon enough).
You need some new friends.
about moving from Radio Shack to Godaddy but I'm pretty sure we still have some accounts there. ;-)
Either way I'm inclined to believe that the real secret to hiring good people is having skilled and intelligent people to do it, which of course isn't practical so we use tests because we don't know that it says more about us then anything. Maybe sell them in a big yellow book that just says: HIRING FOR DUMMIES.
I think you just flunked out of one their tests, thanks for playing.
easy go. Welcome to the new world economy.
The Tom Cruise connection to the UFO nuts and the bible belt.
the high horse because when they get off they realized their just standing at ass level.
Have you looked at Concrete5? One of the things I've enjoyed about it is the use of 'blocks' for defining/extending functionality. The UI is also one of the best I've used and search is built on lucene via zend (framework).
It's a little sparse (you won't find nearly as many pre-made plugins, ala Wordpress) but if you need a clean base to build on you might like it.
I think what he's implying is what the reviewer chose to focus on wasn't particularly substantial. A more technical review *could* have covered the issues the OP mentions. This one focused on the UI and summary made it sound like it might have been more then that (to be fair the articles own title provides a more clear summary: 'Review: Windows 7 Beta 1 shows off new task bar, more UI goodies').
You don't. Instead you throttle login speed and monitor X multiple fails. You can also break-up the way the application responds to multiple failed attempts, you can redirect X failed logins to a help page or password reset page. Your only limited by your imagination, there is a lot you can do that won't really impact a human but will impact a script and quite differently.