Damn. I've been looking for a "guilt free" way of watching DVDs under Linux. Currently I just use a set top box. I have to wonder if the Cyberlink people actually ported Power DVD to Linux, or if they are running it under W.I.N.E. I've tried several times to get it to run uder W.I.N.E. but even the installer bombs out. I've tried several of the bundled versions of Power DVD. Anyone else have any luck getting this to run under W.I.N.E.?
Couldn't an underused library just spend its waking hours checking books in and out by themselves, making it look like they have high traffic?
Librarians are a funny bunch. They take pride in what they do and would find it stomach churning to even consider doing something like that. Sure, there are bad appels in every bunch, but I think that you would find a very small minority willing to play that kind of game in the library world.
What happens when all this information becomes digitized? Libraries closing or becoming Internet only? Seems like that'd be the equivalent to the Library of Alexandria burning to me.
There are always going to be people who prefer books to electronic media. Personally, I can't relate totally since I tend to prefer electronic myself. But my wife (a librarian) will never give up paper books. If only for the sheer sensation of reading a dusty old tome and seeing that the last time it was checked out was 1956. There is a value in that for a lot of people. Those people tend to have a sense of history (again, I can't relate. I find history largely boring and pointless to my own existence) and thus a respect for older volumes.
Quick lookup and ability for unlimited viewers at any time is nice, but I'd give a nut for hardcopies of some of the stuff on my hard drive.
This is also OT, but with a name like "Rebel Princess", do you really have a "nut" to give?;P
... for over half of my life, I would definitely say this is true, but... The smaller suburban library I started to work in as a page in high school was aomng the top 50 libraries in the nation during the 80s. However, there was a trend that many of us who work in libraries noticed during the senior Bush years. During that time, the economy took a real downturn and many people were unemployed. There were government funding cuts that impacted even the best libraries and hours were getting cut. However, as the economy worsened, people began using libraries more and more. Our circulation statistics continued to grow which helped us secure more funding as it was available.
Now, as the economy is at an all time low, we've been seeing the same pattern. The usage of the library is increasing. Back when I was a page, the books that I noticed going over the desks very frequently were books on job hunting and resume writing. Now that I am in the IT department, I no longer have the opportunity to see what books are in high usage. However, I would hazard a guess that job boards and career networking web sites are prety high up there in internet usage, as would be e-mail (the top use from our perspective) and blogging. Where else can someone walk in, get access to the internet and begin to post their opinioons on politics, pop culture, business or whatever floats their boat? Free of charge? As an added bonus, many of us are placing wireless access points out there for the public. They are highly restricted to make certain that people can only use the web and read their e-mail (ports 80, 110, 143, https, etc...), but they are free access nonetheless.
Support your public library. They are really cool institutions and if their funding gets better, encourage them to grow their IT departments. I got my start in IT in a library and I've always seen libraries as a great place to start a career in IT. With the right attitude a lot of the smaller places are perfect for a high school graduate with computer skills or a college grad with a Comp. Sci. degree to start out and gain some really good experience.
You are so close brother Orgazmus. However, it is a well know fact that the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy states that nothing makes a better politician than the problem of complete insanity.
...that this is what was making that metallic flapping noise that everyone was so worried about last month? (Personally, I still think it's a space alien on the wing.:P Or is that "on teh spoke"?)
That's your average price for a DVD at a big box store like Best Buy or CompUSA. I tend to buy mine used whenever possible, so then you CAN get $10-15 DVDs. Otherwise, there is no way to get DVDs at that price.
...in way. At least it keeps the crappy proprietary DNS products from infiltrating the net to an extent. Since the asshat suits who think it's better to have commercial support for something are wailing about thi issue, at least it's addressed now. They can go sit and spin.
So... you're saying that the people downloading DVD rips are making all the MPAA associated businesses shut down? Really? Is zat vat you are REALLY saying is it then? Tell me about your childhood...;P
Sorry, but I can't take people like you seriously.
1. DVD at "Best Buy" prices: $29.95 2. The cast of hundreds involved in the production of said DVD 3. The hundreds of employees responsible for getting that movie from the studio to a DVD at Sam Goody 4. Assume 500 people for the people mentioned in item 2 5. Assume 100 people for the people mentioned in item 3
6. $29.95 divided 600 ways = $.049 per person
7. However, since the kid at Sam Goody is probably working hourly, he's not even getting the $.049 per DVD. More likely his pay breaks down to $.001 per DVD.
8 Likewise, the CEO of the distribution company who has a very large salary is likely to make the lion's share of the total take in. We'll be modest and assume $15.00 per DVD.
By those calculations, the CEO is doing more hamr to the kid at Sam Goody, than one person downloading the DVD off the net. Mind you that I personally don't condone or get involved with any piracy myself. What irks me about this whole situation is the hypocrisy of the MPAA and the RIAA. They cry bloody murder and go to the govenment to get their corporate welfare. But as soon as one of the low paid worker somewhere needs some assistance, the kind of people who run the RIAA and MPAA would rather have them on the street and homeless and good riddance. That's hypocrisy.
Read my fucking bio, jackoff. I'm not a "liberal". But I'm willing to be you're an asshat neocon or maybe a lbertarian whackjob. You know what? Sit and spin maestro...
Laws SHOULD be enforced. But only JUST laws. Not laws that impact our freedoms. For instance, I see people breaking the speed limit on the road every day or running red lights. Those people are far more criminal than someone downloading music from the net. They are actually a risk to other people's well being. Why not spend some money on limiters to make sure cars can't go over 55 MPH? Why don't we set up systems so that people who run red lights are automatically IDed and penalized? Even that is a simple example of crimes that are more grievous than file sharing.
No I don't want everything for free. I just don't want to see P2P outlawed because the next thing you know, encrypted communications for the masses will be next. If P2P has to move to VPN or encrypted communication, what do you want to bet that people are going to start getting hounded for enourmous bandwidth usage? It's nobody's fucking business what I use my bandwidth for when using VPN.
They are already headed down that path by trying to associate file sharing with organized crime. Remember when they tried to associate pot with organized crime and then related that to the terrorists? Same thing.
I still wish they had related oil sales to organized crime because that's closer to the truth. The oil business is lubrication... for the average American to bend over and take it from behind. It's lubrication so that the wheels of big business can keep on grinding away... over top of people like us. Yup. Yesiree. Bush and his cabal only care about one thing. Money. Time to put a change to that in November and kick that crew out for good.
Big government is getting their nose in where it isn't needed yet again. The biggest problem with the government is it's constant iterference business to the detriment of the average citizen (and the benefit of the already overly wealthy corporations). When the corporations can't get something done, they have to rely on big government to start enforcing laws that were made for and by the corporations. Whatever happend to for and by the people?
If you are on the Linux platform and you use the Enlightened sound daemon, then you've got most of what you need to do stream ripping. I've used 'esdmon' to "tap" into the sound stream from RealPlayer (for some of my favorite internet radio boradcasts) and xmms. You can also use 'mplayer' to snag RealAudio streams as well. The following combination of tools gives you the equivalent of Tivo for your favorite internet audio streams:
1. RealPlayer 2. 'esdmon' 3. cron 4. 'oggenc'
Here's my personal bash script to get these guys to work together and save the stream to an Ogg Vorbis file: ---
Make the assumption that the.ram file points to the stream that you want to capture and replace the home dir path and hostname of the X server to reflect your machine.
Yeah, yeah, yeah... I'm sure someone out there could do it better, but this should get some people started.
...which ISP provides connections to Internet 2? I... uh... like... want sumathat. Does it use IPv6 too? I want... umm... like... the latest stuff so I'm not prone to virii and wormii. And um... oh yeah... does it like support Kazaa and stuff?? I figure I could get all of Metallica's stuff in like ten seconds. FIGHT THE POWER!!! Like... uh... yeah... Rock OWN!!!
Your point? I'm not saying that biometrics are the definitive answer, I'm saying that passwords are outmoded and should be done away with. I would trust a regular physical lock and key mechanism with a user before I'd ever trust a password. Imagine if the situation were reversed and houses and cars used passwords. I think you'd have a LOT more breakins and stolen vehicles because the average person cannot be trust to remember a complex password. A lock and key do not rely on faulty human memory. The worst that happens with a key is that it gets misplaced and a replacement is required. So why is a physical lock and key still more secure compared to a password (as in why are there fewer breakins and auto thefts compared to computer system compromises)? Two reasons:
1. Most people are more protective of their own property since there is a vested personal interest. Whether it's as simple as hiding that stash of home made porn or pot, or keeping your financial records secure. 2. Most modern computers have something of value to most hackers/virus/worm writers: CPU cycles. Nopt every home or car is that desirable. But the computer industry makes sure that everyone is getting a new box every few years and right now, they are all fairly desirable for CPU cycles.
So here's what I would recommend as ultimate security:
1. All employees are required to carry a personal computer that *they* purchased (ie. it's THEIR property) to and from work and home. This makes them personally responsible for the system and the data contained within. This system must contain work and personal info that the individual does not want anyone else getting their hands on. 2. All employees are required to carry personal home made porn on their systems so that there is that extra added value of protectiveness.;P 3. The system will only work with the correct physcial key and you need to contact the dealer to get a new one if you lose it. This key should go on your keyring with the house and car keys.
Simple.
For my next trick I will provide a simple formula for cold fusion that calls for a clay pot, some aluminum foil, pop rocks candy and Coke.;P
While password policies and the security that they provide are pretty much the recommended approach these days, they rely heavily on one resource that many people have a lot of trouble with: long term memory. Sorry, but it's 2004... where is voice print ID or fingerprint ID, or even dna sampling? MacOS was on the right track, but the technology was a little too early. Ahem!!! Time for the OSS/Free community to show the rest of the world where authentication is going. Voice Print ID should be a part of Gnome.
The man's been dead for decades and now someone wants to "probe" him? What kind of sick world are we... errr... ohh... (hahaha)... oh, you mean a SPACE probe. [shuffles offscreen];p
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Not so much guilt on my part, but guilt on the part of a jury of my peers...
Damn. I've been looking for a "guilt free" way of watching DVDs under Linux. Currently I just use a set top box. I have to wonder if the Cyberlink people actually ported Power DVD to Linux, or if they are running it under W.I.N.E. I've tried several times to get it to run uder W.I.N.E. but even the installer bombs out. I've tried several of the bundled versions of Power DVD. Anyone else have any luck getting this to run under W.I.N.E.?
Librarians are a funny bunch. They take pride in what they do and would find it stomach churning to even consider doing something like that. Sure, there are bad appels in every bunch, but I think that you would find a very small minority willing to play that kind of game in the library world.
What happens when all this information becomes digitized? Libraries closing or becoming Internet only? Seems like that'd be the equivalent to the Library of Alexandria burning to me.
There are always going to be people who prefer books to electronic media. Personally, I can't relate totally since I tend to prefer electronic myself. But my wife (a librarian) will never give up paper books. If only for the sheer sensation of reading a dusty old tome and seeing that the last time it was checked out was 1956. There is a value in that for a lot of people. Those people tend to have a sense of history (again, I can't relate. I find history largely boring and pointless to my own existence) and thus a respect for older volumes.
Quick lookup and ability for unlimited viewers at any time is nice, but I'd give a nut for hardcopies of some of the stuff on my hard drive.
This is also OT, but with a name like "Rebel Princess", do you really have a "nut" to give? ;P
Now, as the economy is at an all time low, we've been seeing the same pattern. The usage of the library is increasing. Back when I was a page, the books that I noticed going over the desks very frequently were books on job hunting and resume writing. Now that I am in the IT department, I no longer have the opportunity to see what books are in high usage. However, I would hazard a guess that job boards and career networking web sites are prety high up there in internet usage, as would be e-mail (the top use from our perspective) and blogging. Where else can someone walk in, get access to the internet and begin to post their opinioons on politics, pop culture, business or whatever floats their boat? Free of charge? As an added bonus, many of us are placing wireless access points out there for the public. They are highly restricted to make certain that people can only use the web and read their e-mail (ports 80, 110, 143, https, etc...), but they are free access nonetheless.
Support your public library. They are really cool institutions and if their funding gets better, encourage them to grow their IT departments. I got my start in IT in a library and I've always seen libraries as a great place to start a career in IT. With the right attitude a lot of the smaller places are perfect for a high school graduate with computer skills or a college grad with a Comp. Sci. degree to start out and gain some really good experience.
You are so close brother Orgazmus. However, it is a well know fact that the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy states that nothing makes a better politician than the problem of complete insanity.
...no one is going to sell my bridge!!! I've spent a good deal of time making a nice home under here. Grrr... ;P
...that this is what was making that metallic flapping noise that everyone was so worried about last month? (Personally, I still think it's a space alien on the wing. :P Or is that "on teh spoke"?)
That's your average price for a DVD at a big box store like Best Buy or CompUSA. I tend to buy mine used whenever possible, so then you CAN get $10-15 DVDs. Otherwise, there is no way to get DVDs at that price.
...in way. At least it keeps the crappy proprietary DNS products from infiltrating the net to an extent. Since the asshat suits who think it's better to have commercial support for something are wailing about thi issue, at least it's addressed now. They can go sit and spin.
So... you're saying that the people downloading DVD rips are making all the MPAA associated businesses shut down? Really? Is zat vat you are REALLY saying is it then? Tell me about your childhood... ;P
Sorry, but I can't take people like you seriously.
Posit:
1. DVD at "Best Buy" prices: $29.95
2. The cast of hundreds involved in the production of said DVD
3. The hundreds of employees responsible for getting that movie from the studio to a DVD at Sam Goody
4. Assume 500 people for the people mentioned in item 2
5. Assume 100 people for the people mentioned in item 3
6. $29.95 divided 600 ways = $.049 per person
7. However, since the kid at Sam Goody is probably working hourly, he's not even getting the $.049 per DVD. More likely his pay breaks down to $.001 per DVD.
8 Likewise, the CEO of the distribution company who has a very large salary is likely to make the lion's share of the total take in. We'll be modest and assume $15.00 per DVD.
By those calculations, the CEO is doing more hamr to the kid at Sam Goody, than one person downloading the DVD off the net. Mind you that I personally don't condone or get involved with any piracy myself. What irks me about this whole situation is the hypocrisy of the MPAA and the RIAA. They cry bloody murder and go to the govenment to get their corporate welfare. But as soon as one of the low paid worker somewhere needs some assistance, the kind of people who run the RIAA and MPAA would rather have them on the street and homeless and good riddance. That's hypocrisy.
Read my fucking bio, jackoff. I'm not a "liberal". But I'm willing to be you're an asshat neocon or maybe a lbertarian whackjob. You know what? Sit and spin maestro...
Laws SHOULD be enforced. But only JUST laws. Not laws that impact our freedoms. For instance, I see people breaking the speed limit on the road every day or running red lights. Those people are far more criminal than someone downloading music from the net. They are actually a risk to other people's well being. Why not spend some money on limiters to make sure cars can't go over 55 MPH? Why don't we set up systems so that people who run red lights are automatically IDed and penalized? Even that is a simple example of crimes that are more grievous than file sharing.
No I don't want everything for free. I just don't want to see P2P outlawed because the next thing you know, encrypted communications for the masses will be next. If P2P has to move to VPN or encrypted communication, what do you want to bet that people are going to start getting hounded for enourmous bandwidth usage? It's nobody's fucking business what I use my bandwidth for when using VPN.
They are already headed down that path by trying to associate file sharing with organized crime. Remember when they tried to associate pot with organized crime and then related that to the terrorists? Same thing.
I still wish they had related oil sales to organized crime because that's closer to the truth. The oil business is lubrication... for the average American to bend over and take it from behind. It's lubrication so that the wheels of big business can keep on grinding away... over top of people like us. Yup. Yesiree. Bush and his cabal only care about one thing. Money. Time to put a change to that in November and kick that crew out for good.
Big government is getting their nose in where it isn't needed yet again. The biggest problem with the government is it's constant iterference business to the detriment of the average citizen (and the benefit of the already overly wealthy corporations). When the corporations can't get something done, they have to rely on big government to start enforcing laws that were made for and by the corporations. Whatever happend to for and by the people?
If you are on the Linux platform and you use the Enlightened sound daemon, then you've got most of what you need to do stream ripping. I've used 'esdmon' to "tap" into the sound stream from RealPlayer (for some of my favorite internet radio boradcasts) and xmms. You can also use 'mplayer' to snag RealAudio streams as well. The following combination of tools gives you the equivalent of Tivo for your favorite internet audio streams:
/home/colin/radio/hos-$datestamp.ogg - & /usr/local/RealPlayer8/realplay /home/colin/radio/wysu.ram
.ram file points to the stream that you want to capture and replace the home dir path and hostname of the X server to reflect your machine.
1. RealPlayer
2. 'esdmon'
3. cron
4. 'oggenc'
Here's my personal bash script to get these guys to work together and save the stream to an Ogg Vorbis file:
---
#!/bin/bash
DISPLAY=roy:0
export DISPLAY
datestamp=`date +%D%T | sed s+/++g | sed s+:++g`
esdmon | oggenc --raw -o
----
Make the assumption that the
Yeah, yeah, yeah... I'm sure someone out there could do it better, but this should get some people started.
I resent that comment. I am a duck. >8$
It was, (you understood) dickbag. ;P
Wow... the mods really don't get humor do they? Asshats.
...which ISP provides connections to Internet 2? I... uh... like... want sumathat. Does it use IPv6 too? I want... umm... like... the latest stuff so I'm not prone to virii and wormii. And um... oh yeah... does it like support Kazaa and stuff?? I figure I could get all of Metallica's stuff in like ten seconds. FIGHT THE POWER!!! Like... uh... yeah... Rock OWN!!!
... I sure hope Lucas doesn't sour the franchise any further by trying to capitalize on the whole cyberpunk think:
Darth: Whoa! Pop quiz! Am I "the One" or am not I"? Dude?
Your point? I'm not saying that biometrics are the definitive answer, I'm saying that passwords are outmoded and should be done away with. I would trust a regular physical lock and key mechanism with a user before I'd ever trust a password. Imagine if the situation were reversed and houses and cars used passwords. I think you'd have a LOT more breakins and stolen vehicles because the average person cannot be trust to remember a complex password. A lock and key do not rely on faulty human memory. The worst that happens with a key is that it gets misplaced and a replacement is required. So why is a physical lock and key still more secure compared to a password (as in why are there fewer breakins and auto thefts compared to computer system compromises)? Two reasons:
;P
;P
1. Most people are more protective of their own property since there is a vested personal interest. Whether it's as simple as hiding that stash of home made porn or pot, or keeping your financial records secure.
2. Most modern computers have something of value to most hackers/virus/worm writers: CPU cycles. Nopt every home or car is that desirable. But the computer industry makes sure that everyone is getting a new box every few years and right now, they are all fairly desirable for CPU cycles.
So here's what I would recommend as ultimate security:
1. All employees are required to carry a personal computer that *they* purchased (ie. it's THEIR property) to and from work and home. This makes them personally responsible for the system and the data contained within. This system must contain work and personal info that the individual does not want anyone else getting their hands on.
2. All employees are required to carry personal home made porn on their systems so that there is that extra added value of protectiveness.
3. The system will only work with the correct physcial key and you need to contact the dealer to get a new one if you lose it. This key should go on your keyring with the house and car keys.
Simple.
For my next trick I will provide a simple formula for cold fusion that calls for a clay pot, some aluminum foil, pop rocks candy and Coke.
While password policies and the security that they provide are pretty much the recommended approach these days, they rely heavily on one resource that many people have a lot of trouble with: long term memory. Sorry, but it's 2004... where is voice print ID or fingerprint ID, or even dna sampling? MacOS was on the right track, but the technology was a little too early. Ahem!!! Time for the OSS/Free community to show the rest of the world where authentication is going. Voice Print ID should be a part of Gnome.
The man's been dead for decades and now someone wants to "probe" him? What kind of sick world are we... errr... ohh... (hahaha)... oh, you mean a SPACE probe. [shuffles offscreen] ;p
...that people are spending $3000 for hi-tech hi-beams? Have people really become THAT stupid? My god it's worse than I thought.