ATI reserves a whole special mode for suckiness of their drivers with windows too. I have an AIW Radeon PCI which I aquired primarily for using with a secondary screen + TV-in. The problem is that the card will not use the TV-in functions if it is not the only card on the system. ATI's webpage does indicate that it won't work if it's not the primary card, but while setting PCI to primary does allow for the drivers to be found, it still does not capture. An email to ATI results in a bunch of canned responses and eventually a "tough luck" answer.
ATI's drivers suck in windows, but not as much as their support for any OS.
So run the program, pull your network plug, and check "netstat" to see if any unusual activity ocurrs. It would also be interesting to see if it detected non-illegal files.
As for the tracking software, remember - if DVD's auto-install software on your computer, the DivX rips from the 'net won't;-)
Because when a standard does come up, it might be broken. Standards often deal with legalities... so shipping a product that doesn't meet standards may in fact break some laws in various countries. I think this quote summarizes it well enough:
What good does it do you to have a cell phone and a PDA that can exchange data, if they are required by law to be powered off the moment you leave the country? For that matter, this also increases manufacturing costs, and thus consumer costs, decreasing sales.
The lawsuit was against products containing Intel pentium processors. Being that it's a cache memory issue, it seems to me that the Intel processor/on-board-cache are the ones in violation here.
However, not just Intel was sued, but also several major companies which included the intel chip in their product. Follow it down the chain and maybe they could also sue "Best Buy" for products carrying the chip that violates the patent. Maybe the could sue you?
In some cases, it's not the patents themselves that are idiotic, it's how so-called "enforcement" of them can be extremely broad and thus prone to abuse. At the moment it seems an extreme case of double-dipping and beyond... that is you sue not only the source of violation but any branches from.
Scary enough to stifle US innovation? Would your company become wary if the potention of a massive lawsuit arose just because they use somebody else's technology/product? I think so... which is why we should be against this type of use of such a patent. And it's still an IT patent... with the rate of growth in IT a longstanding patent could easily be immediately profitable, but as patents compound they could ultimately be very damaging to future innovation (think 90% patented older technology in a new product 18 years from now).
Question: How many people have enough space to *store* that much data. Video streaming might eat into it, but even that doesn't hit the full bandwidth and wouldn't be 24/7.
Unless you count those that run big servers, have massive storage space, or download tons of pr0n and archive it not many people will get near that anytime soon.
FYI
For all those that don't run it, Linux can view QT files, but it uses windows codecs or hacked-up ones rather than being officially supported by Apple (much like many drivers wherein the vendors haven't supplied specs).
Is there a Taiwanese FIFA team? Then in that case perhaps the Chinese should exempt themselves from playing in protest, after all the game is only emulating its live counterpart.
Um, how about no. When windows craps out, you can't install OSX on your PC, because you have a PC, not a mac. If you did buy a mac it won't run all your existing software (though neither would linux). And the cost difference of the mac hardware (exempting some recent systems such as the mini-mac) exceeds the cost of an XP license.
I believe that this key is often referred to as the "Devil's key" or "Devil's code." It was one of the first and most common keys used in pirated windows versions. I believe it might have been an MS testing code that got into the wild, but I don't have any sources to back that up.
The keys themselves are a big source of contention though. Corp edition demand keyless installations. Why? Because it's a royal pain in the f***ing ass to install 50-100 machines and dump in the keys for every single one.
But if you want a secure installation using keys, you need to require that even corp machines use the keys. Otherwise, modifications/cracks can still be made to allow the non-corp 'pirates' a keyless install.
I for one find keys a huge pain in the ass. One of the many measures against piracy that only stop the undetermined.
It's not like using your phone. It's like losing the case to your phone which happens to contain the activation code. Then when your phone battery dies or something like that, your fully-functional phone is useless without the key to unlock it.
Even with the original disc you can't walk into the store and get a new key.
It's not hard to lose a case with a key. CD cases get cracked easily enough and have to be replaced, etc... it's just a little piece of paper in there that's easy enough to forget.
And as for being a pirate when installing with an invalid key, CD-keys are really a form of copy protection. You're "breaking" that protection by using a key that isn't yours, but you're not "pirating" anything.
As somebody who has lost a software key before, I find that it's a good idea to buy a 5-pack of coloured sharpie markers. Use an appropriate colour and mark the key on your disc and/or copies... that way if the case goes missing you've still got the key. I do that *and* add it to a file of all my keys just in case.
Many online games check for appropriate keys. For many you can use a keygen to play single player, but it won't let you online (battle.net, etc) without a valid key.
(reminder, when throwing out cracked CD cases make sure you take the piece of paper with the key out).
By sometime in the future - along with all the electronic crap that will probably be wired directly to our brains - we'll have tiny, computer-controlled, biohancer implants. They'll regulate your amount of required vitamins, medications, etc as needed.
Even in debian/unstable, we're still stuck without x.org - doesn't make a lot of sense to me as many other packages are generally up-to-the-day updated (most that I use seem to be within the week).
But still, we're stuck with Xfree4.3...
I use to have an unofficial deb site which offered x.org, but that one died sometime ago as well... so I've been without x.org updates for awhile. I suppose one could use alien to debianize a bunch of RPM's but what a royal pain in the butt.
Come on debian package admins, the people want X.org!
Ditto here for rerouting bookmark file settings, etc. We need some type of proper wrapper on the about:config settings. Right now the best comparison I can come up with is running "regedit" - not a user friendly experience.
The most durable laptops seems to be the Dells and the IBMs. Some of the Toshibas are still kicking, and most of the older Acers started dying quite awhile back.
Aside from the gesture recognition, it seems like this would bean easy game to learn. The logic is basically
If rock: paper win, scissors lose
If paper: scissors win, rock lose
if scissors: rock win, paper lose
No variable amounts, just straight boolean logic. The next step up might be something like tic-tac-toe... where the machine could start to build some "educated" moves and techniques like blocking, etc.
Really, what is exciting is the spatial recognition. Given the actions, somebody is still telling it what is a win and what is a loss. Without it, learning would be simple enough, given your value and that of the opponent:
Rock: Paper (lose)
Rock: Scissors (win)
Rock: Rock (tie)
Paper: Paper (tie)
Paper: Scissors (lose)
Paper: Rock (win)
Scissors: Paper (win)
Scissors: Scissors (tie)
Scissors: Rock (lose)
I think that part of the problem is that due to the labelling of the article, people were expecting wireless charging along the same lines as "cordless" phones.
I think the true value of such a concept comes with "sealed" products. Definately anything that is implanted in a human body would benefit. Another advantage would be for any product that needs to be waterproof. For anything that might be exposed to water, the charging point can also generally become a "shorting point." With inductiv e charging, you could have a strongly water-resistant cellphone (although you also couldn't have wired data/headset jacks, bluetooth would work for that) or other similar devices. Very nice.
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ATI reserves a whole special mode for suckiness of their drivers with windows too. I have an AIW Radeon PCI which I aquired primarily for using with a secondary screen + TV-in. The problem is that the card will not use the TV-in functions if it is not the only card on the system. ATI's webpage does indicate that it won't work if it's not the primary card, but while setting PCI to primary does allow for the drivers to be found, it still does not capture. An email to ATI results in a bunch of canned responses and eventually a "tough luck" answer.
ATI's drivers suck in windows, but not as much as their support for any OS.
And do the female monkeys have pictures of GWB up in their rooms?
How about the URL of this article? Or a link to the "links" webpage?
There's no program they know about
Doesn't mean one doesn't exist, and couldn't be in use right now...
Is there a law against misreprentation what is or isn't lawful? Can the MPAA be sued on this (wouldn't that be wonderful)
So run the program, pull your network plug, and check "netstat" to see if any unusual activity ocurrs. It would also be interesting to see if it detected non-illegal files.
;-)
As for the tracking software, remember - if DVD's auto-install software on your computer, the DivX rips from the 'net won't
Because when a standard does come up, it might be broken. Standards often deal with legalities... so shipping a product that doesn't meet standards may in fact break some laws in various countries. I think this quote summarizes it well enough:
What good does it do you to have a cell phone and a PDA that can exchange data, if they are required by law to be powered off the moment you leave the country? For that matter, this also increases manufacturing costs, and thus consumer costs, decreasing sales.
Here's how I read the article.
The lawsuit was against products containing Intel pentium processors. Being that it's a cache memory issue, it seems to me that the Intel processor/on-board-cache are the ones in violation here.
However, not just Intel was sued, but also several major companies which included the intel chip in their product. Follow it down the chain and maybe they could also sue "Best Buy" for products carrying the chip that violates the patent. Maybe the could sue you?
In some cases, it's not the patents themselves that are idiotic, it's how so-called "enforcement" of them can be extremely broad and thus prone to abuse. At the moment it seems an extreme case of double-dipping and beyond... that is you sue not only the source of violation but any branches from.
Scary enough to stifle US innovation? Would your company become wary if the potention of a massive lawsuit arose just because they use somebody else's technology/product? I think so... which is why we should be against this type of use of such a patent. And it's still an IT patent... with the rate of growth in IT a longstanding patent could easily be immediately profitable, but as patents compound they could ultimately be very damaging to future innovation (think 90% patented older technology in a new product 18 years from now).
Question: How many people have enough space to *store* that much data. Video streaming might eat into it, but even that doesn't hit the full bandwidth and wouldn't be 24/7.
Unless you count those that run big servers, have massive storage space, or download tons of pr0n and archive it not many people will get near that anytime soon.
FYI
For all those that don't run it, Linux can view QT files, but it uses windows codecs or hacked-up ones rather than being officially supported by Apple (much like many drivers wherein the vendors haven't supplied specs).
Is there a Taiwanese FIFA team? Then in that case perhaps the Chinese should exempt themselves from playing in protest, after all the game is only emulating its live counterpart.
Um, how about no. When windows craps out, you can't install OSX on your PC, because you have a PC, not a mac. If you did buy a mac it won't run all your existing software (though neither would linux). And the cost difference of the mac hardware (exempting some recent systems such as the mini-mac) exceeds the cost of an XP license.
I believe that this key is often referred to as the "Devil's key" or "Devil's code." It was one of the first and most common keys used in pirated windows versions. I believe it might have been an MS testing code that got into the wild, but I don't have any sources to back that up.
The keys themselves are a big source of contention though. Corp edition demand keyless installations. Why? Because it's a royal pain in the f***ing ass to install 50-100 machines and dump in the keys for every single one.
But if you want a secure installation using keys, you need to require that even corp machines use the keys. Otherwise, modifications/cracks can still be made to allow the non-corp 'pirates' a keyless install.
I for one find keys a huge pain in the ass. One of the many measures against piracy that only stop the undetermined.
It's not like using your phone. It's like losing the case to your phone which happens to contain the activation code. Then when your phone battery dies or something like that, your fully-functional phone is useless without the key to unlock it.
Even with the original disc you can't walk into the store and get a new key.
It's not hard to lose a case with a key. CD cases get cracked easily enough and have to be replaced, etc... it's just a little piece of paper in there that's easy enough to forget.
And as for being a pirate when installing with an invalid key, CD-keys are really a form of copy protection. You're "breaking" that protection by using a key that isn't yours, but you're not "pirating" anything.
As somebody who has lost a software key before, I find that it's a good idea to buy a 5-pack of coloured sharpie markers. Use an appropriate colour and mark the key on your disc and/or copies... that way if the case goes missing you've still got the key. I do that *and* add it to a file of all my keys just in case.
Many online games check for appropriate keys. For many you can use a keygen to play single player, but it won't let you online (battle.net, etc) without a valid key.
(reminder, when throwing out cracked CD cases make sure you take the piece of paper with the key out).
Mine is actually faster on linux. Probably depends on how much RAM you use, as well as your WM/filesystem choices?
By sometime in the future - along with all the electronic crap that will probably be wired directly to our brains - we'll have tiny, computer-controlled, biohancer implants. They'll regulate your amount of required vitamins, medications, etc as needed.
Better get the battery before the lightsaber. Could you imagine Luke battling Darth when suddenly his lightsabre sputters out:
"I knew I should have gotten Duracell-2330's. Damn cheap flux-ion batteries!"
Even in debian/unstable, we're still stuck without x.org - doesn't make a lot of sense to me as many other packages are generally up-to-the-day updated (most that I use seem to be within the week).
...
But still, we're stuck with Xfree4.3
I use to have an unofficial deb site which offered x.org, but that one died sometime ago as well... so I've been without x.org updates for awhile. I suppose one could use alien to debianize a bunch of RPM's but what a royal pain in the butt.
Come on debian package admins, the people want X.org!
Ditto here for rerouting bookmark file settings, etc. We need some type of proper wrapper on the about:config settings. Right now the best comparison I can come up with is running "regedit" - not a user friendly experience.
The most durable laptops seems to be the Dells and the IBMs. Some of the Toshibas are still kicking, and most of the older Acers started dying quite awhile back.
Aside from the gesture recognition, it seems like this would bean easy game to learn. The logic is basically
If rock: paper win, scissors lose
If paper: scissors win, rock lose
if scissors: rock win, paper lose
No variable amounts, just straight boolean logic. The next step up might be something like tic-tac-toe... where the machine could start to build some "educated" moves and techniques like blocking, etc.
Really, what is exciting is the spatial recognition. Given the actions, somebody is still telling it what is a win and what is a loss. Without it, learning would be simple enough, given your value and that of the opponent:
Rock: Paper (lose)
Rock: Scissors (win)
Rock: Rock (tie)
Paper: Paper (tie)
Paper: Scissors (lose)
Paper: Rock (win)
Scissors: Paper (win)
Scissors: Scissors (tie)
Scissors: Rock (lose)
I think that part of the problem is that due to the labelling of the article, people were expecting wireless charging along the same lines as "cordless" phones.
I think the true value of such a concept comes with "sealed" products. Definately anything that is implanted in a human body would benefit. Another advantage would be for any product that needs to be waterproof. For anything that might be exposed to water, the charging point can also generally become a "shorting point." With inductiv e charging, you could have a strongly water-resistant cellphone (although you also couldn't have wired data/headset jacks, bluetooth would work for that) or other similar devices. Very nice.
I'm not really up on this stuff anymore, but doesn't it have something to due with mass-energy conversion?
For matter transmission, how about if the matter would to become pure energy, and reverse to a material form upon reaching the destination?