FTFA - 1 In fact, even store-bought devices such as the TiVo Digital Video
Recorder can use a home internet network to log into www.tivo.com and download
TV schedules for home recording. When the TiVo device does this, it would appear
to an outside observer as if one of the family members is logging onto the internet
because it would use the same IP address as the family members use when they
log in.
I don't know about you but I feel like Tivo and MythTV are a part of my family.
I love those guys.
I'd like to dust off my crystal ball and boldly make my prediction for the release of the PS3.
A few weeks before the release of the PS3 Sony will put the media hype machine in high gear. You won't be able to turn on the TV without seeing adds for the system. They will give sneak peaks to media insiders, there will be a few "unauthorized" leaks, and they will send pre-packaged media kits to all the major and minor media outlets. "News" sources will gladly release this pile of fluff to the general public. The masses will start eating this up fueling the secondary media machine, you know the ones, the bloggers, gamer web sites, your best friend who just read a review on the Playstation website and now thinks the PS3 will be the greatest system since the PS2.
At midnight on the release date you will have hundreds of people lining up outside their favorite electronic stores to be the first one's on the block to purchase their shiny new status symbol. Stores will sell out their initial stock because inventory is "much lower than expected." Some very loud customers will not get their pre-ordered boxes and they will be pissed.
About 25% of the people who were able to purchase a console will rush home and put it up for auction on eBay. Although most of them will sell they will not fetch the price that they have been dreaming about for the past few months.
The media machine lumbers on with stories of sales, ebay, late night game parties and the Christmas shopping season in general.
The reviews start to roll in almost immediately however most say the system does not live up to their expectations. The system is buggy and crashes, although the problem is only with.1 % of all systems sold. (I'm sure their will be a class action lawsuit filed to cover this.) The lack of quality games at launch has many gamers disappointed although one game really stood out.
Ok, start the clock ticking.
Next headline - F-Secure in violation of DRM
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· Score: 5, Funny
I agree, despite what you have been told Hard Drives are surprisingly resilient. Once, for the fun of it I took the cover off an unused 18 GB Seagate drive. At the time I figured it would run for a few minutes before a spec of dust hit the platter and crashed. I turned on the computer everything worked great. I let it run overnight and it was still working in the morning. It was pretty boring watching the drive do nothing so I set it up so that three very large QuickTime movies were playing all at the same time. The drive heads were constantly ripping back and forth across the surface. I let this run for three days and it continued to work without any problems.
I was determined to cause the drive to fail so I sprinkled some dust on the drive platter. Again, it kept running with no errors. I also tried dirt, water, a small drop of cola but the movies kept playing faithfully. As a last resort I took a screwdriver and started running the tip back and forth across the top platter making cool looking circular patterns in it and it finally failed. (Big surprise there.)
I have no doubt that if a spec of dust hits the wrong spot at the wrong time your hard drive could fail however I think the myth is a bit over rated. I would be interested to hear others experiences with this kind of experiment.
Step 1. Get underpants
Step 3. Profits!!
Any company that sells a system that involves master/sub-master/user keys will also limit selling the key blanks to only those people that are authorized to have them.
Ever notice the little groves in the side of most keys? If you don't have the right kind of grove your blank will not fit. A company that makes keys will do special orders for large, high security organizations and will not duplicate that grove for any other company.
I'm not saying it's impossible, you can get around this by using simple solder to fill in the peaks and valleys of the key (Make your own blank) or by carving out the groves of another key that is close. However "Step 2. Get blanks" is not always as easy as the author makes it out to be.
The information in the article is nothing new and has been around since the system was invented. Every time a company creats a lock system they need to develop a method to break it when the end user looses their key/combination. Chalk this up to some egghead who just wants to get some press.
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Dear *wack* *wack*
I would like to *get off* work early today. My friend is *cuming* to visit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XczClAxhCEM
"has phased out the currently used electrical. . ."
Phased out
Currently
hahaha electrical puns. Better than a jolt of coffee in the morning. (Runs away protecting his family joules)
MSN Internet was on the list. They scored as "Big Hassle"
Here is the Big Hassle list:
* AOL
* BlueMountain.com
* Classmates.com
* ESPN
* MSN Internet
* Napster.com
* NetZero
* Real Rhapsody
* Real SuperPass
* True.com
I don't know about you but I feel like Tivo and MythTV are a part of my family. I love those guys.
A few weeks before the release of the PS3 Sony will put the media hype machine in high gear. You won't be able to turn on the TV without seeing adds for the system. They will give sneak peaks to media insiders, there will be a few "unauthorized" leaks, and they will send pre-packaged media kits to all the major and minor media outlets. "News" sources will gladly release this pile of fluff to the general public. The masses will start eating this up fueling the secondary media machine, you know the ones, the bloggers, gamer web sites, your best friend who just read a review on the Playstation website and now thinks the PS3 will be the greatest system since the PS2.
At midnight on the release date you will have hundreds of people lining up outside their favorite electronic stores to be the first one's on the block to purchase their shiny new status symbol. Stores will sell out their initial stock because inventory is "much lower than expected." Some very loud customers will not get their pre-ordered boxes and they will be pissed.
About 25% of the people who were able to purchase a console will rush home and put it up for auction on eBay. Although most of them will sell they will not fetch the price that they have been dreaming about for the past few months.
The media machine lumbers on with stories of sales, ebay, late night game parties and the Christmas shopping season in general.
The reviews start to roll in almost immediately however most say the system does not live up to their expectations. The system is buggy and crashes, although the problem is only with .1 % of all systems sold. (I'm sure their will be a class action lawsuit filed to cover this.) The lack of quality games at launch has many gamers disappointed although one game really stood out.
Ok, start the clock ticking.
Gets sued by virus writer. :)
I agree, despite what you have been told Hard Drives are surprisingly resilient. Once, for the fun of it I took the cover off an unused 18 GB Seagate drive. At the time I figured it would run for a few minutes before a spec of dust hit the platter and crashed. I turned on the computer everything worked great. I let it run overnight and it was still working in the morning. It was pretty boring watching the drive do nothing so I set it up so that three very large QuickTime movies were playing all at the same time. The drive heads were constantly ripping back and forth across the surface. I let this run for three days and it continued to work without any problems. I was determined to cause the drive to fail so I sprinkled some dust on the drive platter. Again, it kept running with no errors. I also tried dirt, water, a small drop of cola but the movies kept playing faithfully. As a last resort I took a screwdriver and started running the tip back and forth across the top platter making cool looking circular patterns in it and it finally failed. (Big surprise there.) I have no doubt that if a spec of dust hits the wrong spot at the wrong time your hard drive could fail however I think the myth is a bit over rated. I would be interested to hear others experiences with this kind of experiment.
"a prototype silicon microturbine produced using semiconductor-type microfabrication methods may be operating by the turn of the century." "The team is now conducting component testing, which should be complete in 1998, Epstein said." And the biggest clue of all, down at the bottom of the page " © 1997 by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers" Is slashdot that hard up for stories? I wish I had a sig. *sigh*
Step 1. Get underpants Step 3. Profits!! Any company that sells a system that involves master/sub-master/user keys will also limit selling the key blanks to only those people that are authorized to have them. Ever notice the little groves in the side of most keys? If you don't have the right kind of grove your blank will not fit. A company that makes keys will do special orders for large, high security organizations and will not duplicate that grove for any other company. I'm not saying it's impossible, you can get around this by using simple solder to fill in the peaks and valleys of the key (Make your own blank) or by carving out the groves of another key that is close. However "Step 2. Get blanks" is not always as easy as the author makes it out to be. The information in the article is nothing new and has been around since the system was invented. Every time a company creats a lock system they need to develop a method to break it when the end user looses their key/combination. Chalk this up to some egghead who just wants to get some press.