ah but a lot of us have 100Hz (double scan) TVs. do you have 120Hz TVs in America? (the other point about PAL, which is a side issue, is that it has a higher resolution and better colour). you're right that 50Hz interlaced is terrible though...
yeah.. but not if the price is low enough. if it's anywhere near the cost of physical media, and i have no physical product, and you're expecting me to help distribute it - fugeddaboutit.
the moral underpinning for this, basically, is that any money i pay for a legit bittorent movie distribution system can only (or must overwhelmingly) go to the people who worked on the movie, not any distributors etc. i haven't seriously thought this through, it's just my first feeling.
P.S. it's funny how 'us pirates' have our own keen sense of morality.. and i think it's valid to be discussing or negotiating this, seriously.
Fifteen of the 23 used the Kazaa peer-to-peer network, four used Imesh, two used Grokster, one used WinMix and one was on BearShare.
First observations: no ed2k, no soulseek there. these are still fairly mainstream/'newbie'/old networks. all of these allow you to see a list of someone's shares? i wonder where else they're monitoring/know about - there's a lag in their learning about the newest trading methods, but there's also a lag in this sort of news getting out, so it's tricky to know.
Some questions i'd like answered:
What kind of music (artists, genres, labels) were they sharing?
Why were they singled out (uh, awful pun)- sharing >x000 songs on a fixed IP for > x days?
Are the IPs of these british organistions listed in anti-anti-P2P blocking lists? i can bet these people weren't using any blocking, but would it have helped is another question.. proper anonymous music trading networks anyone?
"Some parents have been genuinely shocked to discover what their children have been up to
yeah, there's always a quote like this. trying to make it sound so righteous. What about the parents who said "wtf, you're extorting 5 grand out of us for what?" they never get quoted.
"we have attempted to reach fair settlements where we can".
What attempt. It's pay a huge fine*, or go to court and risk paying a really huge fine. It can't be a deterrent and be fair. So admit it: it's not fair to the people caught, but you're desperate to scare people. I trust the next BPI press release will show how much the artists got from this (yes, sarcasm).
*and admit you've been naughty and promise not to do it again, of course. whatever that means.
"28 IP addresses and it was later discovered that two people accounted for four IP addresses on their list"
interesting, the fact that two people out of such a small pool were caught *twice* suggests they are looking for something very specific, like a particular list of songs (e.g. counting the matches, then taking the IPs of those with the most?). i'm guessing that these were people with dynamic IPs, rather than those sharing e.g. at home and at work.
Well i've been expecting this to happen in the UK - really, i'm amazed its taken until 2005 - and i always said "fuck it, safety in numbers" but i have to admit it is slightly scary to know you could get caught... i guess carrry on with the indie music, people! (and you know, buy some; just don't support the pigopolists, either by buying their music, or getting caught and really funding their lawyers.
btw, do they actually have to listen to your songs to see if they are the material as named? if so, maybe having a max-uploads-per-IP in the client would help you not get into trouble, as well as being fairer, spreading things around?
on a multiuser system you do a -net install ('full') to the program files dir (about 180MB or whatever, large). and then a small install ('workstation' iirc) to each user's home (1.8MB for me, mostly config files and logs). doesn't seem to be any executable content in the home dir. this sound reasonable? i think so. i haven't tried 2.0 yet.
sorry to reply to myself, but the other regions seem to exist now here, even though they are not on the webpage yet. i've downloaded and installed en-GB 1.0.1 and it seems to work fine. i hope these are final/ready 1.0.1, can anyone confirm?
(also, can anyone please tell me what the "l10n" in "latest-aviary1.0.1-l10n" means?)
actually, (with 1.0.1 semi-officially released?) there's already files marked 1.0.2 on the ftp, like here, and in folders for the last couple of days. hmm any news on this, anyone? no one seems to have mentioned it. sorry if this is uh, a secret of some sort.
ah, this is probably because you're using a localised build like en-GB, and the site is detecting this, and this locale hasn't been updated yet, so you still get offered 1.0. that's what happened to me anyway, took me a second to realise what was going on and go for the full list - Firefox Setup 1.0.1.exe is what you want, although it may not exist for you yet - confusingly, this is the file name regardless of language. to moz site designers: not ideal imho, maybe indicate there's an en-XX newer, and maybe include language in file name.
installing over 1.0? also search plug design query
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Firefox 1.0.1 Released
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before i uninstall FF 1.0 and lose all my search plugins* and plugins (qt etc.), is it ok to install 1.0.1 over 1.0? will all security fixes be properly applied? (do i need to clear user profiles? i hope not) will 1.0 be removed from the add/remove programs?
sorry if i should have RTFAQ but it doesn't seem to go into detail. I am capable of backing up the necessary dirs and doing this myself, but i'm really asking so i know how to best instruct other users & for future releases. many thanks!
*why oh why are they in the program files dir, not the user profile? who sets permissions for users to install to this dir, or tells users to log on as admin to install search plugins?
also, a note that the GB (that's Great British) edition does not yet seem to be out. darn, i'm back to en-US;) and where's our en-NZ edition, Ben:) cheers
it's been disabled by default in the XP SP2 installations i've done. this page backs this up. just fyi. (so if people update to SP2, or buy a new installation of windows, it won't work, unless of course that service is needed for some program they use and they or the network admin turns it on).
i'm sure you just momentarily forgot*, but a lot of countries use the dollar symbol (and "dollar") for their currency... you could use "USD", or "American dollar", but that won't help much. *and are kidding probably
he didn't say change the location of Program Files, he said install somewhere else (so %PROGRAMFILES% still points to its default or wherever, the app just isn't there!). malware can't get the location from the registry unless the app stores its own path there... or uses a start menu shortcut or some other trick. i think. personally i just use the default location and take other precations (like not running as admin), i'm not that paranoid.
the AC was funny & insightful. "throweing a red herring into the mix"? mixed metaphores. being free has nothing to do with it. its a level of understanding that most people don't have, and shouldn't be expected to have, and will in fact never have. being free is more likely to just make grandma think its worse...
they could, but they can't resist the tempation to put bigger processors in 'em. only Nintendo seems to have the discipline to balance speed with battery life properly (& realistically).
eek. it's got to be burst mode at that speed. any good ripper has that option, but it's not to be used unless you have perfect cds/don't mind clicks 'n' pops. there is no magic way of accurately extracting audio that fast afaik, it just can't be checking. this is important because audio cds lack the second layer of error correction (that data has).
foobar is very easy for someone who's never used a computer music player. i think winamp is only easy because most people have used winamp since mp3 became popular.. but i set all new people (children, older people) up with foobar and they're totally happy. basically, it's a standard windows application to them, which is hugely important in itself. actually the single main reason is that it properly support multi-user xp systems (keeping data seperate). i even have a component which pauses/unpauses playback for each user when fast user switching (foo_lock, the best 4kb piece of code i've ever used). but the other amazing thing about foobar, is that if you're a geek, it's also very powerful/customisable with things like playlist formatting and components. i personally ditched winamp for foobar about a year ago and have never wanted to go back... i can't think of anything much that would make it better.
"Look at you hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect immortal machine?"
Heh, i think i've figured out, on some (possibly very deep) subconcious level, why we found SS2 so scary. Not only did Shodan say those things to us, she was a woman, and a babe. Those flashbacks are of your first date, or if you haven't had one, what your nightmares are about. It's all very Freudian.
Canon are great but if anyone can tell me how to re-seal a (official) cartridge properly i'd LOVE to know - i've tried blue-tack (as per ink mnfr recommendation), i've tried insulating tape, and it's still driving me potty. half the time it seems to seal and i come down in the morning and find all the ink from one or more colour dumped into the printer. it understandably has trouble coping with that much ink going into the pads. i have a Canon i850 btw. my next plan is maybe to try a hot glue gun to seal the hole if i can find one but i'm slightly worried about melting the cartridge. i should have drilled the holes neater in the first place i know:/
ok this'll probably get me flamed but i'd play a remake of SS2 with a better engine. the game was wonderful but i could never get the mouse movement smooth and responsive like it is in ID FPS games (Quake etc., or Unreal) for example. Was i doing something wrong or did anyone else find the engine had problems (movement wise, it had problems in other areas like collision detection and dodgy animation IIRC but those aren't as important to the experience).
This sounds like a job for the Proxomitron. All we need is someone who knows about these things to write a suitable site-specific filter, and it'll all be automatically 'fixed' for us. I'm sure there's plenty of people here who, with a few minutes thought, could post working code for us to paste into our filter files.
article nitpick: date and versions don't match
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OK this may be minor but the versions of Opera and Firefox mentioned imply this article was written months ago, yet it's dated October. What's going on? Why have we been given an old article (and not just a week old either)? Opera 7.54 (going by the file modified dates i have), is a version up from what the article claims is the latest and was released on 29th August this year. When you're discussing security time can matter.
Life can be anything. Death is nothing. The transition is unpleasant.
-Me
May not be as catchy but it's what i believe. (Not sure how to reconcile death being peaceful with not being religious). In this case, these guys seem to have made their lives something, so the loss is sad.
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ah but a lot of us have 100Hz (double scan) TVs. do you have 120Hz TVs in America? (the other point about PAL, which is a side issue, is that it has a higher resolution and better colour). you're right that 50Hz interlaced is terrible though...
the moral underpinning for this, basically, is that any money i pay for a legit bittorent movie distribution system can only (or must overwhelmingly) go to the people who worked on the movie, not any distributors etc.
i haven't seriously thought this through, it's just my first feeling.
P.S. it's funny how 'us pirates' have our own keen sense of morality.. and i think it's valid to be discussing or negotiating this, seriously.
Some questions i'd like answered:
yeah, there's always a quote like this. trying to make it sound so righteous. What about the parents who said "wtf, you're extorting 5 grand out of us for what?" they never get quoted. What attempt. It's pay a huge fine*, or go to court and risk paying a really huge fine. It can't be a deterrent and be fair. So admit it: it's not fair to the people caught, but you're desperate to scare people. I trust the next BPI press release will show how much the artists got from this (yes, sarcasm).What kind of music (artists, genres, labels) were they sharing?
Why were they singled out (uh, awful pun)- sharing >x000 songs on a fixed IP for > x days?
Are the IPs of these british organistions listed in anti-anti-P2P blocking lists? i can bet these people weren't using any blocking, but would it have helped is another question.. proper anonymous music trading networks anyone?
*and admit you've been naughty and promise not to do it again, of course. whatever that means.
interesting, the fact that two people out of such a small pool were caught *twice* suggests they are looking for something very specific, like a particular list of songs (e.g. counting the matches, then taking the IPs of those with the most?). i'm guessing that these were people with dynamic IPs, rather than those sharing e.g. at home and at work.
Well i've been expecting this to happen in the UK - really, i'm amazed its taken until 2005 - and i always said "fuck it, safety in numbers" but i have to admit it is slightly scary to know you could get caught... i guess carrry on with the indie music, people! (and you know, buy some; just don't support the pigopolists, either by buying their music, or getting caught and really funding their lawyers.
btw, do they actually have to listen to your songs to see if they are the material as named? if so, maybe having a max-uploads-per-IP in the client would help you not get into trouble, as well as being fairer, spreading things around?
on a multiuser system you do a -net install ('full') to the program files dir (about 180MB or whatever, large). and then a small install ('workstation' iirc) to each user's home (1.8MB for me, mostly config files and logs). doesn't seem to be any executable content in the home dir. this sound reasonable? i think so. i haven't tried 2.0 yet.
(also, can anyone please tell me what the "l10n" in "latest-aviary1.0.1-l10n" means?)
actually, (with 1.0.1 semi-officially released?) there's already files marked 1.0.2 on the ftp, like here, and in folders for the last couple of days. hmm any news on this, anyone? no one seems to have mentioned it. sorry if this is uh, a secret of some sort.
ah, this is probably because you're using a localised build like en-GB, and the site is detecting this, and this locale hasn't been updated yet, so you still get offered 1.0. that's what happened to me anyway, took me a second to realise what was going on and go for the full list - Firefox Setup 1.0.1.exe is what you want, although it may not exist for you yet - confusingly, this is the file name regardless of language.
to moz site designers: not ideal imho, maybe indicate there's an en-XX newer, and maybe include language in file name.
is it ok to install 1.0.1 over 1.0? will all security fixes be properly applied? (do i need to clear user profiles? i hope not)
will 1.0 be removed from the add/remove programs?
sorry if i should have RTFAQ but it doesn't seem to go into detail. I am capable of backing up the necessary dirs and doing this myself, but i'm really asking so i know how to best instruct other users & for future releases. many thanks!
*why oh why are they in the program files dir, not the user profile? who sets permissions for users to install to this dir, or tells users to log on as admin to install search plugins?
also, a note that the GB (that's Great British) edition does not yet seem to be out. darn, i'm back to en-US ;) and where's our en-NZ edition, Ben :) cheers
it's been disabled by default in the XP SP2 installations i've done. this page backs this up. just fyi. (so if people update to SP2, or buy a new installation of windows, it won't work, unless of course that service is needed for some program they use and they or the network admin turns it on).
i'm sure you just momentarily forgot*, but a lot of countries use the dollar symbol (and "dollar") for their currency... you could use "USD", or "American dollar", but that won't help much.
*and are kidding probably
he didn't say change the location of Program Files, he said install somewhere else (so %PROGRAMFILES% still points to its default or wherever, the app just isn't there!). malware can't get the location from the registry unless the app stores its own path there... or uses a start menu shortcut or some other trick. i think.
personally i just use the default location and take other precations (like not running as admin), i'm not that paranoid.
the AC was funny & insightful. "throweing a red herring into the mix"? mixed metaphores. being free has nothing to do with it. its a level of understanding that most people don't have, and shouldn't be expected to have, and will in fact never have. being free is more likely to just make grandma think its worse...
they could, but they can't resist the tempation to put bigger processors in 'em. only Nintendo seems to have the discipline to balance speed with battery life properly (& realistically).
eek. it's got to be burst mode at that speed. any good ripper has that option, but it's not to be used unless you have perfect cds/don't mind clicks 'n' pops. there is no magic way of accurately extracting audio that fast afaik, it just can't be checking. this is important because audio cds lack the second layer of error correction (that data has).
foobar is very easy for someone who's never used a computer music player. i think winamp is only easy because most people have used winamp since mp3 became popular.. but i set all new people (children, older people) up with foobar and they're totally happy. basically, it's a standard windows application to them, which is hugely important in itself. actually the single main reason is that it properly support multi-user xp systems (keeping data seperate). i even have a component which pauses/unpauses playback for each user when fast user switching (foo_lock, the best 4kb piece of code i've ever used). but the other amazing thing about foobar, is that if you're a geek, it's also very powerful/customisable with things like playlist formatting and components. i personally ditched winamp for foobar about a year ago and have never wanted to go back... i can't think of anything much that would make it better.
worked fine for me. the only special thing i made a note of is: you need to add -lgntforce to the setup command line to get it to install.
Heh, i think i've figured out, on some (possibly very deep) subconcious level, why we found SS2 so scary. Not only did Shodan say those things to us, she was a woman, and a babe. Those flashbacks are of your first date, or if you haven't had one, what your nightmares are about. It's all very Freudian.
(this post semi-serious).
Canon are great but if anyone can tell me how to re-seal a (official) cartridge properly i'd LOVE to know - i've tried blue-tack (as per ink mnfr recommendation), i've tried insulating tape, and it's still driving me potty. half the time it seems to seal and i come down in the morning and find all the ink from one or more colour dumped into the printer. it understandably has trouble coping with that much ink going into the pads. i have a Canon i850 btw. my next plan is maybe to try a hot glue gun to seal the hole if i can find one but i'm slightly worried about melting the cartridge. i should have drilled the holes neater in the first place i know :/
ok this'll probably get me flamed but i'd play a remake of SS2 with a better engine. the game was wonderful but i could never get the mouse movement smooth and responsive like it is in ID FPS games (Quake etc., or Unreal) for example. Was i doing something wrong or did anyone else find the engine had problems (movement wise, it had problems in other areas like collision detection and dodgy animation IIRC but those aren't as important to the experience).
This sounds like a job for the Proxomitron. All we need is someone who knows about these things to write a suitable site-specific filter, and it'll all be automatically 'fixed' for us. I'm sure there's plenty of people here who, with a few minutes thought, could post working code for us to paste into our filter files.
OK this may be minor but the versions of Opera and Firefox mentioned imply this article was written months ago, yet it's dated October. What's going on? Why have we been given an old article (and not just a week old either)? Opera 7.54 (going by the file modified dates i have), is a version up from what the article claims is the latest and was released on 29th August this year. When you're discussing security time can matter.
Come on, it must be possible - someone can photoshop that for a laugh.
(warning: sarcasm in this post).
If they're going to rebut blogs (seems like a waste of time to me), shouldn't the Bush team be rebutting liberals?
(yes, i know, just a lame joke from a liberal who can't read).
Life can be anything. Death is nothing. The transition is unpleasant.
-Me
May not be as catchy but it's what i believe. (Not sure how to reconcile death being peaceful with not being religious). In this case, these guys seem to have made their lives something, so the loss is sad.
You can write this shit, George, but you sure can't say it.
Also fits the Han Solo character quite well ;)