'Even if CDs do become damaged, replacements are readily available at affordable prices.'
Next, I'm sure they're going to say that copying the contents of a data CD (Microsoft Office, or Frontstep CRM) to a network software repository is infringant use on that license. Just prevents me from having to
Find the CD once I know that I need it...
Determine that the CD isn't being kept in the master disc binder...
Determine which of my coworkers was the last to use it...
Try to root through their crap in an attempt to find it.
Back to music discs, though.
So I'm not allowed to store the data on a networked disk drive to enjoy throughout my own personal network, nor am I allowed to play it on my own iPod, iPod Pico, or Rio Karma, or whatever the hell it is you kids have nowadays.
Am I breaking the 'license' I bought when I play it in a CD player with 120second or 300second skip protection? Technically, the data has been encoded to digital media, and is therefore must be mutable into a file format.
Online alternatives would seem like the solution. Because then I can just download an album, burn it to a disc, rerip it without copy protection, and REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Seriously, this shit has got to stop. Maybe satelite radio is where it's at...
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, some of the hookers are armed, and even a set of those are WELL armed.
[mock] I rolled up on this one bitch, and started to lay the smack down on her bitchass 'cause she fronted me when I hollaed at her fo' some play. Ho pulled a glock and shot me in the face! So I jacked a tricked out rider and backed over that bitch. Shut her ass up fo' sho'. [/mock]
*adjusts work shirt and tie, regaining composure*
Ahem, anyway. Some of the 'sex workers' in San Andreas carry either knives or handguns. On one occasion, I've seen one pull out a MAC-10 automatic weapon, and she tore me to ribbons.
World of Warcraft is far too involved, compared to the game of golf. In golf, you can sit back, take the game at your pace, your parties pace. You all are doing roughly the same thing, and can find common ground. A warrior and a mage have no common ground, save for, well... literal space sharing. WoW is far too fast-paced in comparison.
It's also an effing cartoon, for those nubs who haven't yet realised.
So... No. Not happening.
*silence...*
Next question, please.
In other news...
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· Score: 4, Insightful
He's got the same general (valid) outlook that the rest of us have: open-source code is easier to tinker with because you can see how and why it works. That is an intrinsic element of having open-source code.
Just because Mitnick has said what thousands - neigh - millions have said before, doesn't mean it's new and exciting. Doesn't make it news.
iMac immediately available my ass. Placed a visit to my local Apple store, 2 grand cash-in-hand to purchase the 20" iMac Intel Duo, with 1GB of RAM (1x1GB), and they told me that it would be _atleast_ five weeks. Been saving for something like this since the pipedream of a G5 PowerBook was mentioned (I'm the owner of a 12" 1.5GHz PowerBook). Just put a little bit away each quarter, finally had enough. Nope! No machine!
The requirements need to be a bit clear-er. Do you want something that sounds like a small mouse? A rider lawn mower? How about a two-story jet engine turbine fan? Are you willing to spend 500$? 1000$? Important things to consider.
My SAN box has some particulars: 1.1GHz CPU (Intel celeron, I think...), 1x MegaRAID controller card (SATA) [RAID 5 is a requirement], 4x 200GB SATA drives, 1x 30GB IDE hard disk (Operating System), 512MB RAM, 1x Gigabit PCI Ethernet NIC, and a nice beefy PSU, something that can handle a lot of strain. Since this is a home network devouice, it doesn't necessarily have to be snappy, unless you're particularly anal like that (3 or 4 sec / mp3 isn't so bad, in my opinion).
I would reccomend Seagate disks, and definately the MegaRAID controller. I would also reccomend some of those hard disk cooler fans. They take up a bit more space, but I'm convinced that they're the reason my SAN box has continued to run on rather warm days. You'll also want to make absolutely sure that you use SATA and not IDE, incase you ever have to rebuild a disk on the fly. IDE takes _forever_, especially if your controller card doesn't have a lot of buffer memory (PS: Get a controller card with an onboard memory module).
I can attest that Windows 2000, and Windows XP (both 32-bit, mind you) drivers work fine for this, so long as you have USB support (if it's not enabled by default) in the BIOS enabled. That little setup has saved my arse more than once in tight spots here and there.
Not in any way trying to defend Microsoft's stupidity on this issue, but you have this option: Sony USB Floppy Device. Sure, it's a bit pricey, but it's portable. These things work great, especially for computers whose floppy drives have died, and you need to ghost them from a floppy disk. 'Course, this idea is requisite that you have an available USB port, which I hope your new floppy-less machine does have.
As a related gripe, why the hell can't you just use a USB jumpdrive to load the drivers for the hard disk atInstall()? That should be a perfectly viable option: I know SuSE 10 let me do something like that.
However, according to Blizzard, the "confirmation" is pure speculation, [2] as they have not revealed the new Alliance race to websites, magazines, or other media sources. The lore also seems to make this speculation self-contradictory, as Blood Elves are the officially announced new Horde race, and Draenei are allied with them. It would also be incredibly bad for game balance to have two Alliance races capable of natural stealth, while the Horde has none.
And I agree.
Who knows, maybe Blizzard will introduce a new race neverbeforeseen in the World of Warcraft field. Space Mutants from beyond the outer rim, or something. The starting area is actually LOW EARTH ORBIT. You have ten minutes to get to level 40, and find some plate armor or you burn up. Squishies? Forget about it. If you spawn a cloth-wearer as a Space Mutant from beyond the outer rim: 'You're dead. End of story. Please start a new toon.'
1) I didn't choose the make/model. I have, however, endorsed it. Never had a problem with ThinkPad, even with the one that went through the windshield of my car, and continued to live long enough for me to get the data off of it, and then some.
2) They're replacing ancient Dell CPx and CPi models, so the R52 is a VAST improvement for our people. There are some of the newer Dell Latitude series floating around, but they're about as shitty as the CPxen.
3) Why do you say that they're junk? Is there something I should be watching for? Some sort of behavior or preventative maintainence? What would you suggest as an alternative?
You make an excellent point. The stickers really aren't all that great. (I'm the primary on a project to roll out the new IBM ThinkPad R52 to a huge portion of my company.)
Holy hell, that's outrageous. The fact that they can pull 50% off list for negotiators just shows how much profit they're making off of the project. I'll stick with MySQL... or CowboyNeal with postits and crayons.
I've used 8i and 9i in the past, without much thought or care as to how it got where I was using it from, or how costly it was to the respective company. Could someone from the trenches clue me in as to typical Oracle licensing practices? Like, if I want a box that can take 5 connections or 50,000.
My 'proof' lies only with the owner of the unit. He doesn't have a/. account, and I can't blame him for not wanting to be bothered to come here and say what I already have.
I know that his PS2 was pre-ordered, and accquired day-of-launch. I know that it doesn't not play DVDs, and that it does not play PSX/PS1 games. He has attributed this to the machine being pre-ordered/launch-date-ready.
Forgive me for relating my experience with someone else's hardware, and his explanation for said experience, at this particular table.
As I said in my original post, a friend of mine, on my floor in freshman year in college. Name's Tim. He had a pre-ordered PS2 from the 'early days', and his simply would not playback DVDs. Came up as 'Disc Read Error', from day one. Also just refused to read original PSX discs. He demonstrated this to me and my roommate time and time again. Maybe he was just special.
The original (pre-ordered) PS2s are crippled, somewhat. They don't play DVD movies, and they don't play PSX games. I, thankfully, waited to get one, but a guy on my floor freshman year was one of the lucky ones who had to have one straight away. Boy, did that bite him in the ass.
I hope the same doesn't happen with the PS3, as I've already stashed the dough for that system. Maybe I should wait for Rev2?
Just so I can get an idea of this, you're paying 6.07$ (AU) per gallon of gas... with the exchange rate... that's 4.54$ (US) per gallon of the same basic gas/petrol that I use. Criminey, I'd be pretty pissed off, too.
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'Even if CDs do become damaged, replacements are readily available at affordable prices.'
Next, I'm sure they're going to say that copying the contents of a data CD (Microsoft Office, or Frontstep CRM) to a network software repository is infringant use on that license. Just prevents me from having to
- Find the CD once I know that I need it...
- Determine that the CD isn't being kept in the master disc binder...
- Determine which of my coworkers was the last to use it...
- Try to root through their crap in an attempt to find it.
Back to music discs, though.So I'm not allowed to store the data on a networked disk drive to enjoy throughout my own personal network, nor am I allowed to play it on my own iPod, iPod Pico, or Rio Karma, or whatever the hell it is you kids have nowadays.
Am I breaking the 'license' I bought when I play it in a CD player with 120second or 300second skip protection? Technically, the data has been encoded to digital media, and is therefore must be mutable into a file format.
Online alternatives would seem like the solution. Because then I can just download an album, burn it to a disc, rerip it without copy protection, and REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
Seriously, this shit has got to stop. Maybe satelite radio is where it's at...
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, some of the hookers are armed, and even a set of those are WELL armed.
[mock] I rolled up on this one bitch, and started to lay the smack down on her bitchass 'cause she fronted me when I hollaed at her fo' some play. Ho pulled a glock and shot me in the face! So I jacked a tricked out rider and backed over that bitch. Shut her ass up fo' sho'. [/mock]
*adjusts work shirt and tie, regaining composure*
Ahem, anyway. Some of the 'sex workers' in San Andreas carry either knives or handguns. On one occasion, I've seen one pull out a MAC-10 automatic weapon, and she tore me to ribbons.
World of Warcraft is far too involved, compared to the game of golf. In golf, you can sit back, take the game at your pace, your parties pace. You all are doing roughly the same thing, and can find common ground. A warrior and a mage have no common ground, save for, well... literal space sharing. WoW is far too fast-paced in comparison.
It's also an effing cartoon, for those nubs who haven't yet realised.
So... No. Not happening.
*silence...*
Next question, please.
He's got the same general (valid) outlook that the rest of us have: open-source code is easier to tinker with because you can see how and why it works. That is an intrinsic element of having open-source code.
Just because Mitnick has said what thousands - neigh - millions have said before, doesn't mean it's new and exciting. Doesn't make it news.
...to not bother wasting nice new Apple hardware on Windows XP. Stop the dual-boot project!
I wonder how Linux handles the defect, dependant upon how much the defect lies in the hardware.
iMac immediately available my ass. Placed a visit to my local Apple store, 2 grand cash-in-hand to purchase the 20" iMac Intel Duo, with 1GB of RAM (1x1GB), and they told me that it would be _atleast_ five weeks. Been saving for something like this since the pipedream of a G5 PowerBook was mentioned (I'm the owner of a 12" 1.5GHz PowerBook). Just put a little bit away each quarter, finally had enough. Nope! No machine!
Bullcrap, I say.
The requirements need to be a bit clear-er. Do you want something that sounds like a small mouse? A rider lawn mower? How about a two-story jet engine turbine fan? Are you willing to spend 500$? 1000$? Important things to consider.
My SAN box has some particulars: 1.1GHz CPU (Intel celeron, I think...), 1x MegaRAID controller card (SATA) [RAID 5 is a requirement], 4x 200GB SATA drives, 1x 30GB IDE hard disk (Operating System), 512MB RAM, 1x Gigabit PCI Ethernet NIC, and a nice beefy PSU, something that can handle a lot of strain. Since this is a home network devouice, it doesn't necessarily have to be snappy, unless you're particularly anal like that (3 or 4 sec / mp3 isn't so bad, in my opinion).
I would reccomend Seagate disks, and definately the MegaRAID controller. I would also reccomend some of those hard disk cooler fans. They take up a bit more space, but I'm convinced that they're the reason my SAN box has continued to run on rather warm days. You'll also want to make absolutely sure that you use SATA and not IDE, incase you ever have to rebuild a disk on the fly. IDE takes _forever_, especially if your controller card doesn't have a lot of buffer memory (PS: Get a controller card with an onboard memory module).
I can attest that Windows 2000, and Windows XP (both 32-bit, mind you) drivers work fine for this, so long as you have USB support (if it's not enabled by default) in the BIOS enabled. That little setup has saved my arse more than once in tight spots here and there.
Not in any way trying to defend Microsoft's stupidity on this issue, but you have this option: Sony USB Floppy Device. Sure, it's a bit pricey, but it's portable. These things work great, especially for computers whose floppy drives have died, and you need to ghost them from a floppy disk. 'Course, this idea is requisite that you have an available USB port, which I hope your new floppy-less machine does have.
As a related gripe, why the hell can't you just use a USB jumpdrive to load the drivers for the hard disk atInstall()? That should be a perfectly viable option: I know SuSE 10 let me do something like that.
From TFA/TPFWE:
However, according to Blizzard, the "confirmation" is pure speculation, [2] as they have not revealed the new Alliance race to websites, magazines, or other media sources. The lore also seems to make this speculation self-contradictory, as Blood Elves are the officially announced new Horde race, and Draenei are allied with them. It would also be incredibly bad for game balance to have two Alliance races capable of natural stealth, while the Horde has none.
And I agree.
Who knows, maybe Blizzard will introduce a new race neverbeforeseen in the World of Warcraft field. Space Mutants from beyond the outer rim, or something. The starting area is actually LOW EARTH ORBIT. You have ten minutes to get to level 40, and find some plate armor or you burn up. Squishies? Forget about it. If you spawn a cloth-wearer as a Space Mutant from beyond the outer rim: 'You're dead. End of story. Please start a new toon.'
Or even, if you're not against image linking...
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...what was served for dinner?
'BIOS backup battery'
If your google searches in this realm have been fruitless thus far, here's a suggestion: try searching for CMOS battery.
1) I didn't choose the make/model. I have, however, endorsed it. Never had a problem with ThinkPad, even with the one that went through the windshield of my car, and continued to live long enough for me to get the data off of it, and then some. 2) They're replacing ancient Dell CPx and CPi models, so the R52 is a VAST improvement for our people. There are some of the newer Dell Latitude series floating around, but they're about as shitty as the CPxen. 3) Why do you say that they're junk? Is there something I should be watching for? Some sort of behavior or preventative maintainence? What would you suggest as an alternative?
You make an excellent point. The stickers really aren't all that great. (I'm the primary on a project to roll out the new IBM ThinkPad R52 to a huge portion of my company.)
...would that void the warranty? Or, if it did infact break, would they just give it to him with some 'mad props?
Tattooed PowerBooks might become the new thing. I'd put a camel on mine, or probably any number of things. It's definately a cool idea.
Just curious. Which i2 school?
...saw the article title, and I suddenly had a flashback to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. For a second I forgot that it was 2005.
Holy hell, that's outrageous. The fact that they can pull 50% off list for negotiators just shows how much profit they're making off of the project. I'll stick with MySQL... or CowboyNeal with postits and crayons.
I've used 8i and 9i in the past, without much thought or care as to how it got where I was using it from, or how costly it was to the respective company. Could someone from the trenches clue me in as to typical Oracle licensing practices? Like, if I want a box that can take 5 connections or 50,000.
My 'proof' lies only with the owner of the unit. He doesn't have a /. account, and I can't blame him for not wanting to be bothered to come here and say what I already have.
I know that his PS2 was pre-ordered, and accquired day-of-launch. I know that it doesn't not play DVDs, and that it does not play PSX/PS1 games. He has attributed this to the machine being pre-ordered/launch-date-ready.
Forgive me for relating my experience with someone else's hardware, and his explanation for said experience, at this particular table.
As I said in my original post, a friend of mine, on my floor in freshman year in college. Name's Tim. He had a pre-ordered PS2 from the 'early days', and his simply would not playback DVDs. Came up as 'Disc Read Error', from day one. Also just refused to read original PSX discs. He demonstrated this to me and my roommate time and time again. Maybe he was just special.
The original (pre-ordered) PS2s are crippled, somewhat. They don't play DVD movies, and they don't play PSX games. I, thankfully, waited to get one, but a guy on my floor freshman year was one of the lucky ones who had to have one straight away. Boy, did that bite him in the ass.
I hope the same doesn't happen with the PS3, as I've already stashed the dough for that system. Maybe I should wait for Rev2?
About the LPG, how often do you have to have it filled? And how complex was the conversion for your vehicle?
Just so I can get an idea of this, you're paying 6.07$ (AU) per gallon of gas... with the exchange rate... that's 4.54$ (US) per gallon of the same basic gas/petrol that I use. Criminey, I'd be pretty pissed off, too.