That's the nice thing about Dell systems - you don't normally see a gradual reduction of responsiveness because they come conveniently pre-encumbered.
Last system I had I built. This August out of laziness (and because I wanted a deal on a 26" LCD) I ordered a Dell system.
Holy CRAP - since my last Dell (1998) they have made great strides in loading in all sorts of horrible crap in their systems.
Straight out of the box the system wouldn't shut down properly 19 times out of 20... errors, hangs, etc, forcing a manual power-off without shutdown. STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.
So much spyware and other crap pre-installed its mind boggling.
Actually, the objective is to make the internet look like PAY TV, not broadcast.
A rep for the RIAA actually admitted a few years ago that the objective is "pay-per-play."
I live in a condo. There's a young woman who lives in a condo across the driveway and about 2 condos down from the laundry and she DRIVES to the laundry. In fact, I've only ever seen one person besides myself carry laundry to the laundry room.
two difference:
1. When someone steals from your store, they are stealing. Copyright infringement is not stealing. Even the supreme court has ruled that it isn't.
2. When someone steals from your store, you no longer have that item and have actually suffered a loss, and would NOTICE it.
see, that's why it couldn't guess for me. There a lots of colors of bricks, so when asked "red" I said sometimes, etc.
I was also amazed to see that it thinks a c-clamp can climb things...
Don't kid yourself. DRM is only partially about preventing copyright infringement. A major part of it, perhaps THE major part of it is about creating new business models by eliminating the ability of users to use their fair-use rights.
For example, most cable HD boxes have DVI connectors that are NOT compatible with the DVI inputs on computer monitors... instead of being able to use your PC monitor as a HDTV.
Why? Because they don't want people using their PCs as video recorders even though people have every legal right to do so.
Why? Because they want you to use THEIR PVRs, for which you have to pay a monthly fee.
DRM methods are always being broken, yet the industry still insists on them. Are they stupid? No. They absolutely know that so-called "pirates" will easily find a way around it.
DRM will only stop the people who are NOT interested in copyright infringement... the casual consumers trying to use their fair-use rights, fair-use rights that the industry fought against and hates...
DRM is really intended to extract more money for the everyday user... the industry wants a pay-per-view society.
All of this reliance on RFIDs for identity seems strange to me... What's to stop people from cloning these things? Either cloning their docs and selling them to others for whatever reason... or worse - reading and cloning the chip of some iunnocent bystander?
Didn't the national ID legislation passed recently require RFID?
What if someone walking past you on the street reads your ID, clones it, then commits a crime? What happens to you next time you take a trip to Toronto or go through a toll booth or whatever?
The point is, the DRM became inconvenient for HIM, and so he felt he had the right to circumvent it.
The DRM was exactly what the makers intended - it wasn't broken... he just didn't LIKE the limitations, so he felt justified in breaking it.
Others may not have a problem with the limits there were on those files. Others will not have a problem with the limits any DRM places on them, yet still others will have a problem with ANY DRM measures...
This is why he is a hypocrite - he is for any DRM that meets HIS needs... but the media company is always going to be the one to define the DRM to THIER perceived needs.
Sort of like someone saying they are for free speech but "not for THAT kind of speech! That just goes too far!"
Some scientists believe that homo sapiens replaced Neaderthals, with the Neanderthals dying off completely. Some believe we interbred with them and "absorbed" them.
This may be able to tell us which is true. I wonder though, if we do find out that we absorbed them through interbreeding, will this eventually lead to discrimination against those of us who still harbor "caveman genes?"
Well, the wild stories I will keep to myself at least for a while, I don't know who might be adversely affected by my telling them.
I will tell you, though, that there were pre-recorded PXL videos set to be released, and also a color version... other stuff too, but sales were disappointing (after the initial press) so these products never made it to market.
I still have several PXLs and a PXL TV kicking around that I got from the product service dept. (I loaded up the basement, attic and garage with FP goodies over the years, have been selling them off as my "retirement fund."
Fisher-Price was not part of Mattel when the PXL was sold - it was a division of Quaker Oats. Later was spun off, then bought by Mattel, but not for years after the PXL was discontinued.
I worked for FP for years, I could tell you some wild stories about the PXL.
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That's the nice thing about Dell systems - you don't normally see a gradual reduction of responsiveness because they come conveniently pre-encumbered. Last system I had I built. This August out of laziness (and because I wanted a deal on a 26" LCD) I ordered a Dell system. Holy CRAP - since my last Dell (1998) they have made great strides in loading in all sorts of horrible crap in their systems. Straight out of the box the system wouldn't shut down properly 19 times out of 20... errors, hangs, etc, forcing a manual power-off without shutdown. STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. So much spyware and other crap pre-installed its mind boggling.
Actually, copyright is a priviledge provided by the Copyright Act... or anyway, that's what it was supposed to be originally.
Actually, the objective is to make the internet look like PAY TV, not broadcast. A rep for the RIAA actually admitted a few years ago that the objective is "pay-per-play."
It's very simple - it's warranted for the lifetime of the memory.
I live in a condo.
There's a young woman who lives in a condo across the driveway and about 2 condos down from the laundry and she DRIVES to the laundry. In fact, I've only ever seen one person besides myself carry laundry to the laundry room.
People are pretty fucking lazy.
two difference: 1. When someone steals from your store, they are stealing. Copyright infringement is not stealing. Even the supreme court has ruled that it isn't. 2. When someone steals from your store, you no longer have that item and have actually suffered a loss, and would NOTICE it.
oh god no! Fine, crack down on the rape and violence, but NOT the suck things!!!!
see, that's why it couldn't guess for me. There a lots of colors of bricks, so when asked "red" I said sometimes, etc. I was also amazed to see that it thinks a c-clamp can climb things...
I stumped it, it couldn't guess a BRICK.
You messed up! You CAN make sounds with it!
Check out this EV1 owner's website, unchanged from the 1990s.
It's like taking a trip in a time machine.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bdewey/bdsev.html
Actually, the odds are that both stories were submitted by at least 15 other people.
Don't kid yourself. DRM is only partially about preventing copyright infringement.
A major part of it, perhaps THE major part of it is about creating new business models by eliminating the ability of users to use their fair-use rights.
For example, most cable HD boxes have DVI connectors that are NOT compatible with the DVI inputs on computer monitors... instead of being able to use your PC monitor as a HDTV.
Why? Because they don't want people using their PCs as video recorders even though people have every legal right to do so.
Why? Because they want you to use THEIR PVRs, for which you have to pay a monthly fee.
DRM methods are always being broken, yet the industry still insists on them. Are they stupid? No. They absolutely know that so-called "pirates" will easily find a way around it.
DRM will only stop the people who are NOT interested in copyright infringement... the casual consumers trying to use their fair-use rights, fair-use rights that the industry fought against and hates...
DRM is really intended to extract more money for the everyday user... the industry wants a pay-per-view society.
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All of this reliance on RFIDs for identity seems strange to me...
What's to stop people from cloning these things? Either cloning their docs and selling them to others for whatever reason... or worse - reading and cloning the chip of some iunnocent bystander?
Didn't the national ID legislation passed recently require RFID?
What if someone walking past you on the street reads your ID, clones it, then commits a crime? What happens to you next time you take a trip to Toronto or go through a toll booth or whatever?
I have invented an emoticon, the mouse:
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I would patent it but I fear a protracted suit by Disney.
The DRM was exactly what the makers intended - it wasn't broken... he just didn't LIKE the limitations, so he felt justified in breaking it.
Others may not have a problem with the limits there were on those files. Others will not have a problem with the limits any DRM places on them, yet still others will have a problem with ANY DRM measures...
This is why he is a hypocrite - he is for any DRM that meets HIS needs... but the media company is always going to be the one to define the DRM to THIER perceived needs.
Sort of like someone saying they are for free speech but "not for THAT kind of speech! That just goes too far!"
n/t
Five hours with your eyes focused at two inches away? No thanks.
I can only imagine what your opening line would have been.
Some scientists believe that homo sapiens replaced Neaderthals, with the Neanderthals dying off completely.
Some believe we interbred with them and "absorbed" them.
This may be able to tell us which is true. I wonder though, if we do find out that we absorbed them through interbreeding, will this eventually lead to discrimination against those of us who still harbor "caveman genes?"
whenever I see this sort of thing, or rapid prototyping machines, all I can think of is that I'd like to get my hands on it for making sculpture.
I'm not even sure how I would USE it to sculpt, what kind of work I would do... I just know I'd find some way.
personally I'm addicted to Boggle on games.com. Its competitive, pitting you against other players.
Well, the wild stories I will keep to myself at least for a while, I don't know who might be adversely affected by my telling them. I will tell you, though, that there were pre-recorded PXL videos set to be released, and also a color version... other stuff too, but sales were disappointing (after the initial press) so these products never made it to market. I still have several PXLs and a PXL TV kicking around that I got from the product service dept. (I loaded up the basement, attic and garage with FP goodies over the years, have been selling them off as my "retirement fund."
Fisher-Price was not part of Mattel when the PXL was sold - it was a division of Quaker Oats. Later was spun off, then bought by Mattel, but not for years after the PXL was discontinued.
I worked for FP for years, I could tell you some wild stories about the PXL.