Hmmm, that's an interesting point. I wonder how long before the RIAA and the MPAA and others all descend on the public (and private) libraries with their "cease and desist" orders. Most libraries I've been to have collections of CD's, videotapes, and now DVD's that are available to borrow. Of course the tapes and DVD's are generally not easy to copy (unless you own the appropriate model of DVD player that can have its Macrovision turned off).
Libraries are fortunate that it's not easy to photocopy an entire book with a single button push, or I'm sure the publishing industry would have shut them down long ago. Of course, the fact that most people don't reread the same book many times, as compared to the way they listen to music, is another important distinction between these two media.
(I'm playing the devil's advocate, by the way, so please don't moderate this as flame bait)
I've seen the statement "we don't want all the money going to the middle man" tossed around here quite a bit, and it got me thinking... I bet most of us here who have jobs end up working for some sort of "middle man". So if we try to cut out the middle man in these transactions, aren't we in fact taking money away from our fellow workers' pockets? (i.e. the middle men will see a decline in revenue, have to cut wages/jobs, etc.)
Okay, I'm done playing the advocate, I know that the above doesn't take into account all of the variables, but the fact is that for most products, middle men are necessary. There aren't a whole lot of CD manufacturing plants that have walk-up counters with cashiers, ready to take our orders. And our economic system seems to be built on the idea of having tons of distributors and resellers and retailers and whatnot, which in turn gives lots of people a job and food on their tables.
Just something I thought that people might want to think about.
Are you sure about this? I just bought a Slim Jim and tried opening someone's car door with it, and it just gets all mushed up and stuff. And it doesn't even taste good anymore. Perfectly good wasted of a buck, if you ask me.
Maybe I should have let it sit out in the sun for a week to get harder or something.
I would think that it would be far more useful to use those shades of grey for antialiasing purposes, so that the curves on your graph would look smoother. It could mean easier to read fonts, too.
It's also possible that the license terms in question have to do with the onboard firmware which boots up Linux from the CD. Speaking of which, I wonder if the BIOS is flashable...
If you are interested in buying one of the few remaining copies of this book (autographed by Mr Adams himself, no less!) then you should check here. Of course, shipping from the UK to the US is a bit expensive.
"This has not, however, stopped their earnings from pushing back the boundaries of pure hypermathematics, and their chief research accountant has recently been appointed Professor of Neomathematics at the University of Maximegalon, in recognition of both his General and his Special Theories of Disaster Area Tax Returns, in which he proves that the whole fabric of the space-time continuum is not merely curved, it is in fact totally bent."
-- "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" - Douglas Adams
Of course, it is fine to attempt to measure the curvature of the universe, but as Douglas Adams has stated in one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novels (sorry, can't remember which one right now), the universe isn't really curved, but is, in fact, bent.
If I remember correctly, PKZ204G was the last official DOS version of the program...
Actually, PKWARE did finally release an updated version last year, PKZIP for DOS version 2.50. Its main feature updates were support for Win9x long file names, better support for archives with many (i.e. over 16,000) files, Y2K compliance, and a few other features scattered in there. You can find more information at http://www.pkware.com/catalog/zipdos.html.
No, I don't think it will; everyone seems to be missing another possible motive here. If, in fact, there is any chance of retaliation as a result of the offline period, then perhaps if the server operators watch carefully, they may catch a careless script kiddie or three, which could in turn lead them to bigger fish. Okay, I suppose I'm being a bit idealistic here, maybe it doesn't work that way. But one has to consider that when you make yourself a "target", that you are also going to catch a few careless snipers & be able to return fire.
I read your review, which is quite nice, but one of the things about this unit that I would really like to know is, what is the video quality? What resolution does it capture at? Does it capture the audio in stereo, and at CD quality? Perhaps someone knows of a "secrets of the Tivo" web site, and could post a URL or two?
... because I didn't read every single article. But I didn't see it in the 100 or more that I scanned, so here goes.
If you're masochistic enough to read comments here with your threshold set at 0, then a fair number of messages should be accompanied by the wonderful smell of...
Hot grits!
(one of my favorite breakfasts, by the way. I like mine in a bowl, not down my pants)
I dunno, it seems to me we more need a "I'm not as angry as I may sound" emoticon, than one to make it more clear that we're pissed off. That's true, I thought of that after I posted my message. There are a few "sticking your tongue out" emoticons in use, but I don't usually use those, because my momma told me it's rude to stick your tongue out at people (I generally don't flip people off either, or say "You suck totally. Please die." in email messages).
Interesting that you bring up 'emoticons'. The most popular ones are:-) and:-( (and their varients) which have the fairly obvious happy/sad or "I'm just joking/kidding/teasing" and to a lesser extent, "I'm upset/disappointed". Maybe we need an "angry" emoticon that people can intersperse with their more civil words. How about _|_ (my extremely lame attempt at an 'upraised finger')
Granted, I didn't see the program(s), and I'm not a security expert... but if someone is able to break into a web site by whatever exploits, they presumably have figured out one or more username/password pairs. Since many companies would likely use these names/passwords on more than one of their machines (I know, not a very bright idea), then there would be the cost of "changing all of the locks" so to speak. Plus the costs of beefing up security to prevent it from happening again (even if "lax security" wasn't the cause of the break-in)
... but there's one opinion here that's not being represented, that I would like to see some discussion on. So here goes (donning asbestos underwear).
Okay. I understand, and believe in, the concept of a "right to privacy", and agree that the government has more important things to worry about than monitoring everyone's communications in the hopes of thwarting some terrorist attack or stopping drug deals or whatever. However... I believe that there ARE legitimate reasons for someone to be "policing the 'net" so to speak. And although I'm sure that there are some people or groups who are doing some amount of behind-the-scenes work in this regard, I don't think it's having much effect. I hear some of you saying "what the heck is this guy talking about?" Okay, some examples are probably in order. People who spend time cracking web sites & servers, and subsequently posting graffiti, just to prove it can be done. Sites that illegally host commercial software, or registration codes or cracks. "Script kiddies" who spend their time trying to crash IRC servers, flood ISP's, or do other stupid and offensive things. All of the other forms of what I would call "cyberterrorism", which in a nutshell is any activity that makes me wary of my time online.
I'm glad that some folks are at least taking the time to help educate people who are considering DSL or cable modems, to explain why it's a good idea to set up a firewall to protect themselves from the nosey and/or dangerous folks out there, but I think it's kind of sad that when confronted with a "crime is on the rise" scenario, most people think in terms of a bigger/better deadbolt & security system, rather than attempting a neighborhood watch or working with law enforcement authorities to put the crooks behind bars. There's probably a place for both types of crime prevention, but I'm getting off topic here.
The point I was trying to make is, almost all of the preceding messages I've seen on this thread are "government intrusion is bad, stop it stop it stop it stop it", but no one seems to want to consider that perhaps some policing of the 'net could reduce the amount of annoying activity out there which we all seem to accept as part of the price we pay for a 'free network'.
Okay, my rant is over now. We'll see if it gets moderated down to 'flame bait', but I hope not, I have faith that there are at least a few Slashdot readers out there who feel the same as I do about "network freedom".
I'm one of those people who picked up one of those Compaq PC Companion (WinCE 1.0) units a while back, when they were being discounted for $99 or so. And I like it a lot. At the time, my feeling was that Windows CE was a better choice than the "proprietary" Palm Pilot operating system... but my feelings have changed since then. While I like the idea of a unified interface that my palm & desktop device share, I now see no problem with a different user interface/OS for a palm unit, as long as it's still able to "plug into" my desktop unit, under whatever OS's I happen to be using (I dual boot between Win9x and BeOS 4.5).
Part of my rationale for getting "toys" like this is so I can learn more about them, although it's always a bonus if I can find a productive use for them. This thread has got me thinking about what sort of PalmPilot related resources there might be, so I guess I have some exploring to do.
How is an AC who signs his name at the bottom of his messages (but doesn't actually have a slashdot account) any less worthy of attention than somebody such as yourself, who has a slashdot account, but is every bit as anonymous as that AC?
No, that's not what he was saying; he was talking about messages from AC's which didn't have ANY sort of 'persona'. I would say that if someone includes a name at the bottom of his message, he is lending a 'persona' to the message, even though he may choose not to have an account and/or send cookies to Slashdot.
Someone suggested this earlier, but it has one problem: if you don't have all of your computers & peripherals on all of the time, then the daisy-chaining will fail, since the mixers on each of the sound cards are only active if they're powered up. I suppose if all of the systems are going to be on all of the time, then this would work okay.
There have been plenty of comments re: saying bad things about people, and that they can be ignored if they are from an anonymous source a la "sticks and stones..." And that using anonymous emailers can give people a shield to hide behind, presumably in the even that they really have something important to say about the presumed evil person... But disclosing confidential information is an entirely different issue. Like, if I feel like posting some executive's credit card number anonymously because I'm mad at his company, that I should have the 'freedom' to do so? Fat chance of that.
Oh, and another thing, a few questions back, someone asked about the amount & type of info you have to give Yahoo to get an account on their system. Don't forget that there's that controversial TOS agreement that you are accepting when you click the "Submit" button.
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Wonder how Novell could complement Big Blue to justify a buy-out....
I think that red goes very nicely with blue, don't you?
Hmmm, that's an interesting point. I wonder how long before the RIAA and the MPAA and others all descend on the public (and private) libraries with their "cease and desist" orders. Most libraries I've been to have collections of CD's, videotapes, and now DVD's that are available to borrow. Of course the tapes and DVD's are generally not easy to copy (unless you own the appropriate model of DVD player that can have its Macrovision turned off).
Libraries are fortunate that it's not easy to photocopy an entire book with a single button push, or I'm sure the publishing industry would have shut them down long ago. Of course, the fact that most people don't reread the same book many times, as compared to the way they listen to music, is another important distinction between these two media.
(I'm playing the devil's advocate, by the way, so please don't moderate this as flame bait)
I've seen the statement "we don't want all the money going to the middle man" tossed around here quite a bit, and it got me thinking... I bet most of us here who have jobs end up working for some sort of "middle man". So if we try to cut out the middle man in these transactions, aren't we in fact taking money away from our fellow workers' pockets? (i.e. the middle men will see a decline in revenue, have to cut wages/jobs, etc.)
Okay, I'm done playing the advocate, I know that the above doesn't take into account all of the variables, but the fact is that for most products, middle men are necessary. There aren't a whole lot of CD manufacturing plants that have walk-up counters with cashiers, ready to take our orders. And our economic system seems to be built on the idea of having tons of distributors and resellers and retailers and whatnot, which in turn gives lots of people a job and food on their tables.
Just something I thought that people might want to think about.
Are you sure about this? I just bought a Slim Jim and tried opening someone's car door with it, and it just gets all mushed up and stuff. And it doesn't even taste good anymore. Perfectly good wasted of a buck, if you ask me.
Maybe I should have let it sit out in the sun for a week to get harder or something.
I would think that it would be far more useful to use those shades of grey for antialiasing purposes, so that the curves on your graph would look smoother. It could mean easier to read fonts, too.
It's also possible that the license terms in question have to do with the onboard firmware which boots up Linux from the CD. Speaking of which, I wonder if the BIOS is flashable...
If you are interested in buying one of the few remaining copies of this book (autographed by Mr Adams himself, no less!) then you should check here. Of course, shipping from the UK to the US is a bit expensive.
"This has not, however, stopped their earnings from pushing back the boundaries of pure hypermathematics, and their chief research accountant has recently been appointed Professor of Neomathematics at the University of Maximegalon, in recognition of both his General and his Special Theories of Disaster Area Tax Returns, in which he proves that the whole fabric of the space-time continuum is not merely curved, it is in fact totally bent."
-- "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" - Douglas Adams
Of course, it is fine to attempt to measure the curvature of the universe, but as Douglas Adams has stated in one of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novels (sorry, can't remember which one right now), the universe isn't really curved, but is, in fact, bent.
If I remember correctly, PKZ204G was the last official DOS version of the program...
Actually, PKWARE did finally release an updated version last year, PKZIP for DOS version 2.50. Its main feature updates were support for Win9x long file names, better support for archives with many (i.e. over 16,000) files, Y2K compliance, and a few other features scattered in there. You can find more information at http://www.pkware.com/catalog/zipdos.html .
No, I don't think it will; everyone seems to be missing another possible motive here. If, in fact, there is any chance of retaliation as a result of the offline period, then perhaps if the server operators watch carefully, they may catch a careless script kiddie or three, which could in turn lead them to bigger fish. Okay, I suppose I'm being a bit idealistic here, maybe it doesn't work that way. But one has to consider that when you make yourself a "target", that you are also going to catch a few careless snipers & be able to return fire.
I read your review, which is quite nice, but one of the things about this unit that I would really like to know is, what is the video quality? What resolution does it capture at? Does it capture the audio in stereo, and at CD quality? Perhaps someone knows of a "secrets of the Tivo" web site, and could post a URL or two?
Thanks,
Are they going to have to use numbers?
You areWho is number 1?
... because I didn't read every single article. But I didn't see it in the 100 or more that I scanned, so here goes.
If you're masochistic enough to read comments here with your threshold set at 0, then a fair number of messages should be accompanied by the wonderful smell of...
Hot grits!
(one of my favorite breakfasts, by the way. I like mine in a bowl, not down my pants)
I dunno, it seems to me we more need a "I'm not as angry as I may sound" emoticon, than one to make it more clear that we're pissed off.
That's true, I thought of that after I posted my message. There are a few "sticking your tongue out" emoticons in use, but I don't usually use those, because my momma told me it's rude to stick your tongue out at people (I generally don't flip people off either, or say "You suck totally. Please die." in email messages).
Interesting that you bring up 'emoticons'. The most popular ones are :-) and :-( (and their varients) which have the fairly obvious happy/sad or "I'm just joking/kidding/teasing" and to a lesser extent, "I'm upset/disappointed". Maybe we need an "angry" emoticon that people can intersperse with their more civil words. How about _|_ (my extremely lame attempt at an 'upraised finger')
Granted, I didn't see the program(s), and I'm not a security expert... but if someone is able to break into a web site by whatever exploits, they presumably have figured out one or more username/password pairs. Since many companies would likely use these names/passwords on more than one of their machines (I know, not a very bright idea), then there would be the cost of "changing all of the locks" so to speak. Plus the costs of beefing up security to prevent it from happening again (even if "lax security" wasn't the cause of the break-in)
... but there's one opinion here that's not being represented, that I would like to see some discussion on. So here goes (donning asbestos underwear).
Okay. I understand, and believe in, the concept of a "right to privacy", and agree that the government has more important things to worry about than monitoring everyone's communications in the hopes of thwarting some terrorist attack or stopping drug deals or whatever. However... I believe that there ARE legitimate reasons for someone to be "policing the 'net" so to speak. And although I'm sure that there are some people or groups who are doing some amount of behind-the-scenes work in this regard, I don't think it's having much effect. I hear some of you saying "what the heck is this guy talking about?" Okay, some examples are probably in order. People who spend time cracking web sites & servers, and subsequently posting graffiti, just to prove it can be done. Sites that illegally host commercial software, or registration codes or cracks. "Script kiddies" who spend their time trying to crash IRC servers, flood ISP's, or do other stupid and offensive things. All of the other forms of what I would call "cyberterrorism", which in a nutshell is any activity that makes me wary of my time online.
I'm glad that some folks are at least taking the time to help educate people who are considering DSL or cable modems, to explain why it's a good idea to set up a firewall to protect themselves from the nosey and/or dangerous folks out there, but I think it's kind of sad that when confronted with a "crime is on the rise" scenario, most people think in terms of a bigger/better deadbolt & security system, rather than attempting a neighborhood watch or working with law enforcement authorities to put the crooks behind bars. There's probably a place for both types of crime prevention, but I'm getting off topic here.
The point I was trying to make is, almost all of the preceding messages I've seen on this thread are "government intrusion is bad, stop it stop it stop it stop it", but no one seems to want to consider that perhaps some policing of the 'net could reduce the amount of annoying activity out there which we all seem to accept as part of the price we pay for a 'free network'.
Okay, my rant is over now. We'll see if it gets moderated down to 'flame bait', but I hope not, I have faith that there are at least a few Slashdot readers out there who feel the same as I do about "network freedom".
Thanks,
I'm one of those people who picked up one of those Compaq PC Companion (WinCE 1.0) units a while back, when they were being discounted for $99 or so. And I like it a lot. At the time, my feeling was that Windows CE was a better choice than the "proprietary" Palm Pilot operating system... but my feelings have changed since then. While I like the idea of a unified interface that my palm & desktop device share, I now see no problem with a different user interface/OS for a palm unit, as long as it's still able to "plug into" my desktop unit, under whatever OS's I happen to be using (I dual boot between Win9x and BeOS 4.5).
Part of my rationale for getting "toys" like this is so I can learn more about them, although it's always a bonus if I can find a productive use for them. This thread has got me thinking about what sort of PalmPilot related resources there might be, so I guess I have some exploring to do.
No, that's not what he was saying; he was talking about messages from AC's which didn't have ANY sort of 'persona'. I would say that if someone includes a name at the bottom of his message, he is lending a 'persona' to the message, even though he may choose not to have an account and/or send cookies to Slashdot.
Someone suggested this earlier, but it has one problem: if you don't have all of your computers & peripherals on all of the time, then the daisy-chaining will fail, since the mixers on each of the sound cards are only active if they're powered up. I suppose if all of the systems are going to be on all of the time, then this would work okay.
There have been plenty of comments re: saying bad things about people, and that they can be ignored if they are from an anonymous source a la "sticks and stones..." And that using anonymous emailers can give people a shield to hide behind, presumably in the even that they really have something important to say about the presumed evil person... But disclosing confidential information is an entirely different issue. Like, if I feel like posting some executive's credit card number anonymously because I'm mad at his company, that I should have the 'freedom' to do so? Fat chance of that.
Oh, and another thing, a few questions back, someone asked about the amount & type of info you have to give Yahoo to get an account on their system. Don't forget that there's that controversial TOS agreement that you are accepting when you click the "Submit" button.