Why not have some wireless device similar to a poratble USB drive so when I log off my computer my session and desktop settings are beamed to my pocket. Then when I log into another computer it can load my profiles wirelessly from my pocket.
This would be totally transparent to the user, and it would not rely on any external hosts. Everything is done locally and would be much more secure.
How cool would it be to walk up to a random Linux box you've never seen before and login to Fluxbox configured how you like it and have all your Firefox and Thunderbird settings there as well.
Hmmm, I might want to patent this idea before Microsoft does.
It all really depends on how much money you want to spend. You could roll your own dual opteron server and thrown in a bunch of small (20-40 GB) hardrives and RAID 5 'em. That would be my solution. It would cost you like 2 grand if you do your homework and get a good hardware raid card.
3ware makes good stuff that's compatible with Linux.
I will concede that the products of these groups are often used to avoid purchasing the original game/album/whatever, however in the United States there is such thing as fair use.
If I own a copy of some game which employs copy protection (such as SafeDisc or SecureRom) it prohibits me from creating a backup; a right which I am legally entitled to. I have purchased many games that I can no longer play because of scratched, broken, or lost discs. However I still own the license that allows me to play these games.
These "syndicates" allow me play games which I am legally allowed to play, although the copyright holder would rather me purchase yet another license. Also, in most nfo files they claim that the original game was purchased legally, and also that the files they are distributing are for archival purposes only. The only real law that is being broken is the circumventing of copy protection under the DMCA.
. . . so before you blindly support the government upholding the "law" think about the real legality of the actions in question.
I think Streamsicle (http://www.streamsicle.com/) is exectly what you're looking for. It acts like a shoutcast server, but it alows you to dynamically create playlists through a web interface. It's in java so it works on any OS.
Sorry no ogg support though. That's really the only major drawback, solid application though.
My school blocks windows networking, so I use streamsicle to listen to music in the lab, it's pretty sweet.
I believe that the game you're thinking of is Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templar. It had a very well designed point and click interface which would popup an intuitive menu when an item was selected. It was also a fun and interesting adventure game well suited to the GBA.
It was refreshing to see a new adventure game such as this after I thought the genre to be long dead.
Anyone familiar with downloading albums from p2p networks knows that it is just as easy to download the rar or zip archive of a new release as it is to get the individual mp3s. Can they tell that the rar contains copyrighted material by checking the hash? NO! They can't. Even if they attemped to create a library of illegal rars to block, just change the filename and insert a txt file into the archive to circumvent the DRM.
Oh, nevermind, that would be breaking the DMCA, I guess they got us there.
Norton Ghost is a viable option. After you get the configuration set on one computer and then use ghost to make an image of it. I think the new verion of ghost plays nice with linux as long as you're using ext2 as your filesystem.
I disagree, they're widely used by CS undergrads as well:-)
But in all seriousness, handhelds are of great use and importance corporate america. I know many people that couldn't live for more than a day if they were disconnected from their Outlook contact list. While I agree that handhelds are worthless for children, and non tech-savvy parents, they do have a niche in society that uses them quite effectively.
Palm isn't going anywhere just yet, and if this this works out then they might even have an edge on the Pocket PC market.
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Why not have some wireless device similar to a poratble USB drive so when I log off my computer my session and desktop settings are beamed to my pocket. Then when I log into another computer it can load my profiles wirelessly from my pocket.
This would be totally transparent to the user, and it would not rely on any external hosts. Everything is done locally and would be much more secure.
How cool would it be to walk up to a random Linux box you've never seen before and login to Fluxbox configured how you like it and have all your Firefox and Thunderbird settings there as well.
Hmmm, I might want to patent this idea before Microsoft does.
Looks like it still thinks that xfree86 is "adult content"
q =x free86&FORM=SMCRT
http://techpreview.search.msn.com/results.aspx?
"'Linux is a leprosy; ...'
This statement is not grammatically, politically, or factually correct."
Is it just me, or does Professor Tanenbaum really seem like the man lately?
It all really depends on how much money you want to spend. You could roll your own dual opteron server and thrown in a bunch of small (20-40 GB) hardrives and RAID 5 'em. That would be my solution. It would cost you like 2 grand if you do your homework and get a good hardware raid card. 3ware makes good stuff that's compatible with Linux.
I will concede that the products of these groups are often used to avoid purchasing the original game/album/whatever, however in the United States there is such thing as fair use.
If I own a copy of some game which employs copy protection (such as SafeDisc or SecureRom) it prohibits me from creating a backup; a right which I am legally entitled to. I have purchased many games that I can no longer play because of scratched, broken, or lost discs. However I still own the license that allows me to play these games.
These "syndicates" allow me play games which I am legally allowed to play, although the copyright holder would rather me purchase yet another license. Also, in most nfo files they claim that the original game was purchased legally, and also that the files they are distributing are for archival purposes only. The only real law that is being broken is the circumventing of copy protection under the DMCA.
. . . so before you blindly support the government upholding the "law" think about the real legality of the actions in question.
Can someone post a link to a torrent?
It's taking forever to download . . .
I think Streamsicle (http://www.streamsicle.com/) is exectly what you're looking for. It acts like a shoutcast server, but it alows you to dynamically create playlists through a web interface. It's in java so it works on any OS. Sorry no ogg support though. That's really the only major drawback, solid application though. My school blocks windows networking, so I use streamsicle to listen to music in the lab, it's pretty sweet.
I believe that the game you're thinking of is Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templar. It had a very well designed point and click interface which would popup an intuitive menu when an item was selected. It was also a fun and interesting adventure game well suited to the GBA.
It was refreshing to see a new adventure game such as this after I thought the genre to be long dead.
Anyone familiar with downloading albums from p2p networks knows that it is just as easy to download the rar or zip archive of a new release as it is to get the individual mp3s. Can they tell that the rar contains copyrighted material by checking the hash? NO! They can't. Even if they attemped to create a library of illegal rars to block, just change the filename and insert a txt file into the archive to circumvent the DRM.
Oh, nevermind, that would be breaking the DMCA, I guess they got us there.
What's next? A BMW toaster?
Norton Ghost is a viable option. After you get the configuration set on one computer and then use ghost to make an image of it. I think the new verion of ghost plays nice with linux as long as you're using ext2 as your filesystem.
I disagree, they're widely used by CS undergrads as well :-)
But in all seriousness, handhelds are of great use and importance corporate america. I know many people that couldn't live for more than a day if they were disconnected from their Outlook contact list. While I agree that handhelds are worthless for children, and non tech-savvy parents, they do have a niche in society that uses them quite effectively.
Palm isn't going anywhere just yet, and if this this works out then they might even have an edge on the Pocket PC market.
Sounds like it could make for one hell of a casemod!