Does it allow installation onto software RAID/LVM partitions yet? That's something that only RedHat and a few other distros currently offer, and it's very useful.
On a related note, Cinemaware released the old versions of Defender of the Crown to the public for free. Ironically, the version they offer for the C64 on their website is a cracked version. The original was protected and is somewhat difficult to dump to a disk image.
I see it the other way around. DRM with content companies is like the government with taxes. Once they get their foot in the door with a new one, they will NEVER give it up.
If you accept "fairplay" now, you're only opening yourself up to further abuse from the industry in the future.
The Cap'N is right. Copyright is designed to benefit both parties over time, and DRM removes any consumer benefit.
Ah, good idea! A mathematical formula based on time or some other varying factor that two systems can agree on would be an excellent way to choose the knock. Sort of like how a CD-Key is generated for recent software.
How about in my city, where we get nearly 5 months of winter each year? That yellow light has the same timing whether the roads are dry and clear or if they are covered in black ice.
We pay huge taxes on things like gasoline which are supposed to be used for road repairs/maintenance. A user fee for motorists, essentially. Yet they can take up to a week to sand the intersections after we've had freezing rain. The roads are skating rinks and it's "all our fault" that there's numerous fender benders in the city and people are running reds because they actually tried to stop for the light and skidded through hopelessly.
I wish I could tell the city that I'm not paying any taxes for days where the roads are in disrepair like that.
If they aren't siphoning funds from crowncorporations to suit their needs, they're outright scamming the people out of their hard earned money (or what's left of it after our ludicrous tax rates).
When it comes time to vote this year, I'm really not sure who to vote for yet, but it won't be for one of the Big Three. I think it's time to give someone else a chance.
AAgghh! Why is the "Heritage" minister even necessary? And it's always some haggared, bitter, out of touch old woman with a chip on her shoulder. Shiela Copps can burn in hell for the crap she put us through, and now this is her replacement?!
In case you didn't know, the heritage minister is a big part of the CRTC. You know, the folks that feel it is mandatory to cram 30% Canadian content down our throats, whether we like it or not? The same reason we cannot get DirectTV or anything other than "approved" satellite television legally, since they can't enforce this quota on american broadcasters.
The heritage minister is not looking out for our best interests. She is nothing but a deceptive shill for the industries (mostly entertainment) that are willing to contribute to her cause.
Oh, so nobody's allowed to point out a problem unless they offer the ultimate solution, right? Forget suggestions that may point in the right direction, because unless it's nice neat little package, you're not interested, right?
You just don't get it. You can't seem to see the big picture of what's going on around you. But that's ok, you're just another one of the sheep out there that's been conditioned to accept what you've been programmed to. It would almost be funny if it didn't have the impact on other people the way it does.
Solution? There is no easy solution that fits within the fucked up framework that we currently have. The big problem with a solution is that those in power wouldn't like it anyways since it would bring them into a more level playing field with the "common man". Maybe Star Trek has the right idea: do away with money completely. So what if the people who are only in it for the money quit. Fuck 'em.
"They should count themselves lucky that they get to make the money they do and be happy in the fact that they're making tons of money for some corporation!"
Apparently you didn't read (or couldn't comprehend) my statement. I pointed out that two wrongs (Fox gouging people for a billion dollars and these guys gouging fox for "their share") don't make a right. Just because Fox has somehow managed to swindle $1B out of an gullible crowd, that somehow makes 6 of their employees gouging them the right thing to do?
There's nothing wrong with earning a fair living off what you do best, but for fuck's sake, can't you see the difference between a fair living and "greedy opportunistic fuck"? I guess not.
Oh, and these people ARE taking money out of your pocket, believe it or not. It may not be direct, in the form of you buying their merchandise, but it comes back to you. It always does. The guys at the top charge each other exhorbitant rates (timeslots for shows, advertising, marketing, etc) and where do you think they all pass these costs to? That's right, you, me, everyone else.
You're a fool and a simpleton if you can't think and make judgements for yourself and rely on the propoganda you've been spoonfed all your life. You're the perfect drone for an industry that will step on anyone and anything in their way for the almighty buck.
I almost wish I was a religious person at times. That way I could have some comfort in thinking that people who will sell out their fellow man for a few bucks might face some sort of cosmic justice some day. What's your goal in life? Is it to contribute to mankind, raise a family, and in turn teach your children what it means to be human? Or is the goal equated in the number of dollars you've accumulated by the time you die? Cause, brother, if it's the latter, then I don't think you get it.
"This speaks to the same "Why should baseball players get paid so much when teachers don't?" question. They get paid so much, because they create even more wealth."
This is such misguided horseshit and the reason it continues to occur is because so many people fall prey to it, like you did.
How the hell can you put a dollar value on the outcome of a child's education and upbringing? You can't. Teachers are with children for close to half of their pre-adult years and as such are responsible for a good portion of their upbringing. However, teachers are treated like shit by the kids, accused of everything under the sun by the parents, paid like crap, and can lose their career in an instant should some slanderous allegation ever be cast upon them. But someone who plays baseball deserves tens of millions of dollars per season simply because the companies can jack ballpark, food, and merchandise rates astronomically high? What kind of backward-ass society do we live in?
The worst thing about this situation is the people who just accept it, never question it, and in fact perpetuate it.
Unfortunately, I understand it all too well. It seems people like you do not understand the implications of this, however.
They are earning their money by performing a job. The Simpsons brings in multiple millions every year, and these people deserve their fair share.
FAIR share? What fucking planet are you on?! Yeah, it's FAIR that someone who does a funny voice gets more money for one day's work than an entire family earns in a year. It's FAIR that simply because you were born with some talent that the next guy wasn't, that you should live in the lap of luxury while he struggles to make ends meet, working a job that barely puts food on the table for his kids
Pro atheletes earn millions a year. As do singers/actors and other entertainers. When a person/voice develops their own "brand" they can and should charge more for their services.
Am I the only one who see that THIS is the problem with capitalism? It's lopsided beyond belief, with a select few possessing the majority of the money in the country. It just keeps getting worse too, the divide gets greater and greater. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.
The despicible thing about it, is that it is the richest who whine the most about their salaries! Now, I'm not condoning Fox's greedy attitude here, but I think that someone who's making $100k+ for a day or two of work should thank their lucky stars that they have it so good. If you don't want to do the show anymore and persue other interests, fine, go do it. But to demand even more money? Simply because the company you work for is raking it in? The solution to someone else's greed isn't to become greedy yourself. That just fuels the fire.
I just can't believe how selfish people have become. Putting their own needs far above any concern for what happens to others in the process. And to justify such an action in the name of "capitalism" is just plain disgusting.
What the fuck are you talking about and what fantasy world are you living in?
The rules of F1 were already stated.. I won't mention that again.
"A 2.2L engine can deliver 400 hp for a long time"
Not nearly as long as a V8 could. A V8 doesn't have to work as hard to generate this kind of power. And torque? Hah. Big blocks rule the torque arena.
"4 cylinders means you only need 4 forged connecting rods and pistons and half the honing time"..And you wind up with only half the powerplant..
"I am just finishing a project to get 300hp from a 1600cc honda engine. The total expenditure was around $3000cdn"
For $3k, do you know what you could have done with an old V8? Well, far more than 300HP, I'll tell you.
"You can't work on a V8 engine in your kitchen."
What kind of drugs ARE you on? I wouldn't work on ANY engine in my kitchen. That's where I prepare food, for fuck's sake. I have a garage for this reason.
"Do you know what insurance is on a 1600cc engine compared to a 8000cc engine?"
Smoking the peyote again, are you? Engine size is not the be-all end-all of insurance premiums.. In my city, a 2004 Civic costs DOUBLE what it is to insure a 1969 Camaro. The year of the car is the main determining factor.
"Turbo D16 has lots of pointers on how to get started on cheap turbo setups."
And this is exactly where the ricers fail to understand: whatever you can do to a little 2.2L engine, you can do to a 5.7L+ engine. I consistently hear quotes like "oh, all I have to do is throw a turbo or nitrous on my civic and I'll blow that stock mustang away". Okay, buddy, and if the mustang throws a turbo or nitrous on his engine? Then what? Huh? yeah, you get beaten again, and he paid half the price you did.
These little cars are great for day-to-day driving, but just fucking accept the fact that if you want to soup them up, they are 5x more expensive than a large-engine car and nowhere near as simple to work on.
Actually, I would not be extatic if they were tracking down spammers for the same reason I hate spews, orbs, etc..
Too many false positives and virtually no accountability for their actions. Innocent folks and entire ISPs have been blacklisted by these people and I'm sure they just shrug and give an uncaring look when it happens.
Who is this "us" that you are referring to, paleface?
You don't know if it was someone from the "OSS community" that wrote this.
Even if it WAS from "the community", what the fuck does that prove? It's like saying, "someone got killed in new york. New york must be full of murdering bastards, it makes them ALL look bad!"
Anyone who paints an entire community for the acts of one individual isn't worth giving two squirts of piss about. You have to stop caring about what idiots think. Life becomes much more enjoyable after you do.
It might not be obvious to *you*, but it's obvious to a great many other people. Therein lies the problem with software patents:
Take a problem that a software patent describes how to overcome. Now present that problem to a thousand programmers who know nothing of the patent and watch how many will come up with the same (or similar enough to infringe on the patent!) method of doing it as the patent does.
Software patents are a BAD IDEA for the programming industry.
What does HKEY-LOCAL{59031a47-3f72-.....} even signify? Nothing unless you read somewhere that it is the container for the config you wish to alter.
At least the unix configs have comments in them and the entries make sense, AND it's plain text so you can just copy it over to another system if you want. That is the biggest disadvantage to the registry. You never know where your program's settings are and therefore can't edit/copy/back up everything related to it unless you image the entire drive. That's just stupid.
The problem is that companies take it too far. I like GPL/BSD licensed software because once I have it, nobody can take it away from me, or manipulate it against me.
Look at the licensing agreements on a lot of the software these days. A huge list of things you can't do with the software, restrictions on how many CPUs, how many computers, how many users it can have, huge costs for upgrades that fix issues that should have worked with the version you have, time-based licensing, etc.. And if the company goes out of business and you're stuck with issues and no source code, you really are fucked. You either put up with the bugs, or you fork out again for a different piece of software.
There are already viruses that do this. I can't remember the names of any of them right now, but if you search through some of the databases out there that describe them, you'll see what I mean.
Like someone else points out though, the decryption key must be known by the virus, and therefore all of the encryption can be undone by anti-virus software.
Serves 'em right! I firmly believe we should have more of these types of shows/games so we can weed out the morons in our population quickly... Before they become managers, lawyers, and politicians, where they can do FAR more damage to others than themselves.
No. A virus spreads without consent. The GPL is an inherited license IF you decide to use the code in something else. It's not like you're FORCED to use the code in something else, nor does it "infect" code that it has no relation to it.
Hardly a virus. I don't know what idiot came up with this term, but they are seriously misguided.
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No. There were various ways to complete the game. Everybody had something they could do that another character couldn't.
SCSI has never been "popular" with home users, except when it was the only choice available, like with early Macs and Amigas.
The minor performance increase a home user might realise with SCSI is far outweighed by the exhorbitant price premium they charge.
Does it allow installation onto software RAID/LVM partitions yet? That's something that only RedHat and a few other distros currently offer, and it's very useful.
On a related note, Cinemaware released the old versions of Defender of the Crown to the public for free. Ironically, the version they offer for the C64 on their website is a cracked version. The original was protected and is somewhat difficult to dump to a disk image.
Whoops, my mistake. It's not the GPL, but some other "free for personal use" license.
Unreal Tournament (the original) got the GPL treatment.
I see it the other way around. DRM with content companies is like the government with taxes. Once they get their foot in the door with a new one, they will NEVER give it up.
If you accept "fairplay" now, you're only opening yourself up to further abuse from the industry in the future.
The Cap'N is right. Copyright is designed to benefit both parties over time, and DRM removes any consumer benefit.
Ah, good idea! A mathematical formula based on time or some other varying factor that two systems can agree on would be an excellent way to choose the knock. Sort of like how a CD-Key is generated for recent software.
How about in my city, where we get nearly 5 months of winter each year? That yellow light has the same timing whether the roads are dry and clear or if they are covered in black ice.
We pay huge taxes on things like gasoline which are supposed to be used for road repairs/maintenance. A user fee for motorists, essentially. Yet they can take up to a week to sand the intersections after we've had freezing rain. The roads are skating rinks and it's "all our fault" that there's numerous fender benders in the city and people are running reds because they actually tried to stop for the light and skidded through hopelessly.
I wish I could tell the city that I'm not paying any taxes for days where the roads are in disrepair like that.
Yep! Right here
Amazing how much the unions donate...
Aw man, the NDP aren't much better.
If they aren't siphoning funds from crown corporations to suit their needs, they're outright scamming the people out of their hard earned money (or what's left of it after our ludicrous tax rates).
When it comes time to vote this year, I'm really not sure who to vote for yet, but it won't be for one of the Big Three. I think it's time to give someone else a chance.
AAgghh! Why is the "Heritage" minister even necessary? And it's always some haggared, bitter, out of touch old woman with a chip on her shoulder. Shiela Copps can burn in hell for the crap she put us through, and now this is her replacement?!
In case you didn't know, the heritage minister is a big part of the CRTC. You know, the folks that feel it is mandatory to cram 30% Canadian content down our throats, whether we like it or not? The same reason we cannot get DirectTV or anything other than "approved" satellite television legally, since they can't enforce this quota on american broadcasters.
The heritage minister is not looking out for our best interests. She is nothing but a deceptive shill for the industries (mostly entertainment) that are willing to contribute to her cause.
Oh, so nobody's allowed to point out a problem unless they offer the ultimate solution, right? Forget suggestions that may point in the right direction, because unless it's nice neat little package, you're not interested, right?
You just don't get it. You can't seem to see the big picture of what's going on around you. But that's ok, you're just another one of the sheep out there that's been conditioned to accept what you've been programmed to. It would almost be funny if it didn't have the impact on other people the way it does.
Solution? There is no easy solution that fits within the fucked up framework that we currently have. The big problem with a solution is that those in power wouldn't like it anyways since it would bring them into a more level playing field with the "common man". Maybe Star Trek has the right idea: do away with money completely. So what if the people who are only in it for the money quit. Fuck 'em.
"They should count themselves lucky that they get to make the money they do and be happy in the fact that they're making tons of money for some corporation!"
Apparently you didn't read (or couldn't comprehend) my statement. I pointed out that two wrongs (Fox gouging people for a billion dollars and these guys gouging fox for "their share") don't make a right. Just because Fox has somehow managed to swindle $1B out of an gullible crowd, that somehow makes 6 of their employees gouging them the right thing to do?
There's nothing wrong with earning a fair living off what you do best, but for fuck's sake, can't you see the difference between a fair living and "greedy opportunistic fuck"? I guess not.
Oh, and these people ARE taking money out of your pocket, believe it or not. It may not be direct, in the form of you buying their merchandise, but it comes back to you. It always does. The guys at the top charge each other exhorbitant rates (timeslots for shows, advertising, marketing, etc) and where do you think they all pass these costs to? That's right, you, me, everyone else.
You're a fool and a simpleton if you can't think and make judgements for yourself and rely on the propoganda you've been spoonfed all your life. You're the perfect drone for an industry that will step on anyone and anything in their way for the almighty buck.
I almost wish I was a religious person at times. That way I could have some comfort in thinking that people who will sell out their fellow man for a few bucks might face some sort of cosmic justice some day. What's your goal in life? Is it to contribute to mankind, raise a family, and in turn teach your children what it means to be human? Or is the goal equated in the number of dollars you've accumulated by the time you die? Cause, brother, if it's the latter, then I don't think you get it.
"This speaks to the same "Why should baseball players get paid so much when teachers don't?" question. They get paid so much, because they create even more wealth."
This is such misguided horseshit and the reason it continues to occur is because so many people fall prey to it, like you did.
How the hell can you put a dollar value on the outcome of a child's education and upbringing? You can't. Teachers are with children for close to half of their pre-adult years and as such are responsible for a good portion of their upbringing. However, teachers are treated like shit by the kids, accused of everything under the sun by the parents, paid like crap, and can lose their career in an instant should some slanderous allegation ever be cast upon them. But someone who plays baseball deserves tens of millions of dollars per season simply because the companies can jack ballpark, food, and merchandise rates astronomically high? What kind of backward-ass society do we live in?
The worst thing about this situation is the people who just accept it, never question it, and in fact perpetuate it.
Unfortunately, I understand it all too well. It seems people like you do not understand the implications of this, however.
They are earning their money by performing a job. The Simpsons brings in multiple millions every year, and these people deserve their fair share.FAIR share? What fucking planet are you on?! Yeah, it's FAIR that someone who does a funny voice gets more money for one day's work than an entire family earns in a year. It's FAIR that simply because you were born with some talent that the next guy wasn't, that you should live in the lap of luxury while he struggles to make ends meet, working a job that barely puts food on the table for his kids
Pro atheletes earn millions a year. As do singers/actors and other entertainers. When a person/voice develops their own "brand" they can and should charge more for their services.Am I the only one who see that THIS is the problem with capitalism? It's lopsided beyond belief, with a select few possessing the majority of the money in the country. It just keeps getting worse too, the divide gets greater and greater. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.
The despicible thing about it, is that it is the richest who whine the most about their salaries! Now, I'm not condoning Fox's greedy attitude here, but I think that someone who's making $100k+ for a day or two of work should thank their lucky stars that they have it so good. If you don't want to do the show anymore and persue other interests, fine, go do it. But to demand even more money? Simply because the company you work for is raking it in? The solution to someone else's greed isn't to become greedy yourself. That just fuels the fire.
I just can't believe how selfish people have become. Putting their own needs far above any concern for what happens to others in the process. And to justify such an action in the name of "capitalism" is just plain disgusting.
What the fuck are you talking about and what fantasy world are you living in?
..And you wind up with only half the powerplant..
The rules of F1 were already stated.. I won't mention that again.
"A 2.2L engine can deliver 400 hp for a long time"
Not nearly as long as a V8 could. A V8 doesn't have to work as hard to generate this kind of power. And torque? Hah. Big blocks rule the torque arena.
"4 cylinders means you only need 4 forged connecting rods and pistons and half the honing time"
"I am just finishing a project to get 300hp from a 1600cc honda engine. The total expenditure was around $3000cdn"
For $3k, do you know what you could have done with an old V8? Well, far more than 300HP, I'll tell you.
"You can't work on a V8 engine in your kitchen."
What kind of drugs ARE you on? I wouldn't work on ANY engine in my kitchen. That's where I prepare food, for fuck's sake. I have a garage for this reason.
"Do you know what insurance is on a 1600cc engine compared to a 8000cc engine?"
Smoking the peyote again, are you? Engine size is not the be-all end-all of insurance premiums.. In my city, a 2004 Civic costs DOUBLE what it is to insure a 1969 Camaro. The year of the car is the main determining factor.
"Turbo D16 has lots of pointers on how to get started on cheap turbo setups."
And this is exactly where the ricers fail to understand: whatever you can do to a little 2.2L engine, you can do to a 5.7L+ engine. I consistently hear quotes like "oh, all I have to do is throw a turbo or nitrous on my civic and I'll blow that stock mustang away". Okay, buddy, and if the mustang throws a turbo or nitrous on his engine? Then what? Huh? yeah, you get beaten again, and he paid half the price you did.
These little cars are great for day-to-day driving, but just fucking accept the fact that if you want to soup them up, they are 5x more expensive than a large-engine car and nowhere near as simple to work on.
Actually, I would not be extatic if they were tracking down spammers for the same reason I hate spews, orbs, etc..
Too many false positives and virtually no accountability for their actions. Innocent folks and entire ISPs have been blacklisted by these people and I'm sure they just shrug and give an uncaring look when it happens.
Who is this "us" that you are referring to, paleface?
You don't know if it was someone from the "OSS community" that wrote this.
Even if it WAS from "the community", what the fuck does that prove? It's like saying, "someone got killed in new york. New york must be full of murdering bastards, it makes them ALL look bad!"
Anyone who paints an entire community for the acts of one individual isn't worth giving two squirts of piss about. You have to stop caring about what idiots think. Life becomes much more enjoyable after you do.
It might not be obvious to *you*, but it's obvious to a great many other people. Therein lies the problem with software patents:
Take a problem that a software patent describes how to overcome. Now present that problem to a thousand programmers who know nothing of the patent and watch how many will come up with the same (or similar enough to infringe on the patent!) method of doing it as the patent does.
Software patents are a BAD IDEA for the programming industry.
No fucking way.
What does HKEY-LOCAL{59031a47-3f72-.....} even signify? Nothing unless you read somewhere that it is the container for the config you wish to alter.
At least the unix configs have comments in them and the entries make sense, AND it's plain text so you can just copy it over to another system if you want. That is the biggest disadvantage to the registry. You never know where your program's settings are and therefore can't edit/copy/back up everything related to it unless you image the entire drive. That's just stupid.
The problem is that companies take it too far. I like GPL/BSD licensed software because once I have it, nobody can take it away from me, or manipulate it against me.
Look at the licensing agreements on a lot of the software these days. A huge list of things you can't do with the software, restrictions on how many CPUs, how many computers, how many users it can have, huge costs for upgrades that fix issues that should have worked with the version you have, time-based licensing, etc.. And if the company goes out of business and you're stuck with issues and no source code, you really are fucked. You either put up with the bugs, or you fork out again for a different piece of software.
"Simply put: They weren't designed for this."
No, but neither were the phone lines designed for high-speed data transfer. We've managed to squeeze quite a bit of performance out of them, too.
There are already viruses that do this. I can't remember the names of any of them right now, but if you search through some of the databases out there that describe them, you'll see what I mean.
Like someone else points out though, the decryption key must be known by the virus, and therefore all of the encryption can be undone by anti-virus software.
Serves 'em right! I firmly believe we should have more of these types of shows/games so we can weed out the morons in our population quickly... Before they become managers, lawyers, and politicians, where they can do FAR more damage to others than themselves.
No. A virus spreads without consent. The GPL is an inherited license IF you decide to use the code in something else. It's not like you're FORCED to use the code in something else, nor does it "infect" code that it has no relation to it.
Hardly a virus. I don't know what idiot came up with this term, but they are seriously misguided.