I would rather have more police officers than Microsoft Office licences. If the federal government did this, I wonder how many FBI agents, CIA agents, NSA agents, radiation-proof suits, and other goodies could be bought!
Personally, I like the way old cars worked. There is no need for a computer in a car. Old cars are easier to fix. They also cost less to fix. They are also immune to electromagnetic pulse should a nuclear bomb go off. Granted, old cars do not have all the fancy navigational equipment and automated devices.
Tomorrow, they'll add an amendment to that patent saying that they own the location of that coordinate too, and if granted, Microsoft will own any piece of land they want.
MS: We own this coordinate.
Linus: But this is my house.
MS: Not anymore.
Linus: I'm homeless:-(.
Free as in beer, but even beer isn't free since it requires time to acquire it.
The iPod hardware is too weak for anything usefull
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According to an article, the iPod processor is too weak to run ogg. What is the point of running Linux on the iPod (besides saying that "we did it") if you one is unable to run a Linux application on it? Would not it be better to focus resources somewhere else?
Unoverclockable chips cannot guarantee that these counterfeiters will not label X processors as Y processors and sell them in small shops all over the world.
The only thing missing, which is very important, is the gorgeous blue sky associated with tropical islands. I guess that a metal sky will have to do for now. The next step is to research a force field and replace the building with it.
I do not want to sound friendly to Microsoft, but Paul Allen is the best thing that happened to the exploration of space lately. Not only that we have a new SETI, but we also have SpaceShipOne, and soon we will have SpaceShipTwo. This is the second best use of Microsoft revenue. The first one is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which helps people in Africa.
Well, when SuprNova died, I could not connect to eXeem. Whether it is only for new users or for new and old users is irrelevant because it still sucks. With normal BitTorrent, if the tracker goes down, and I don't like the transfer rates from the known peers, I can just look for another tracker, but since eXeem is a SuprNova lock-in, the only option of those users is to move to another P2P app such as traditional BitTorrent. As for the BT2-like modifications, they are not using BT2. The are using libtorrent which implements only BT1. They did not remove the "name" key out of the "files" dictionary. Besides removing the "announce" information out of the torrent, the rest of the changes were unnecessary. SuprNova was created so Sloncek can make money, and eXeem is created by others with Sloncek's backing to make money. So, money first, user second. Torrents are not illegal since they don't contain copyrighted information, but these sites have been shut down under threats. If that central server goes down under threats, like it did when SuprNova died, eXeem is dead because the server software has not been released, and that uri is hard-coded in eXeem, which means that they have to release a new version of eXeem if they change server addresses. eXeem is pathetic, and clueless users speak of it like the new Messiah of P2P.
eXeem is a piece of shit. Not only that it will have adaware and spyware, it is also a "lock-in". You will only be able to use it on SuprNova. They have modified the torrent file. It is missing a lot of dictionaries ("key -> value"), and dictionaries that should have been subdictionaries start directly in the file. For example "files" is not in "info" it starts with it directly. This torrent changes were unnecessary. Also, the "announce" and "announce-list" are missing. eXeem has a hardcoded url of a tracker of all the peers on eXeem. The original seeder of a torrent acts as a tracker (so SuprNova won't have to host torrents), but eXeem is in no way decentralized because of the tracker that keeps in contact all the eXeem users (it does not care about torrents, just eXeem users). So, all you have to do is to kill the main server, and all the users of exeem will be disconnected (this happened when suprnova died). THIS IS WORSE THAN THE WAY TORRENTS ACT NOW. EXEEM IS HYPE AND A WAY TO MAKE MONEY. IT SUCKS!
I think the best way to decentralized BitTorrent, is to have trackers that are decentralized IRC server style. If you people want something decentralized and a little bit of BitTorrent, get G2 (Gnutella2) and add BitTorrent's tit-for-tat to it.
Does the software developer in question has authorization from NATALIE IMBRUGLIA to use her images for his software demonstration/advertising? I doubt it.
I am glad that it is gone. I hated it with a passion. It was the worst torrent site. It had the worst design and the worst advertisements ever. On their search page, the ads took more space than the search form. AdBlock made it bearable. It also attracted too much attention.
You can't ban users on IRC. It does not let you use scripts. It does not have the most commun used commands on IRC. Typing '/whois' will not display the data in a useful format, but it raw server messages in the status window. I wish they will create a good IRC client in Trillian. For normal IM, Trillian is the best.
PS: I hate hat it does not have a native interface besides the options window. I hate Watercolour, and there is not Trillian theme for the visual style I'm using.
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Will the sales tax rise because of this?
Don't take a picture of a forest without buying a licence from Mother Nature, or you will get striked by lighting!
I would rather have more police officers than Microsoft Office licences. If the federal government did this, I wonder how many FBI agents, CIA agents, NSA agents, radiation-proof suits, and other goodies could be bought!
I guess Google changed its moto from "Do no evil!" to "Help the needy!"
If I as a fan donate, and we do not manage to get the required $35,200,000, do we get the $12 back?
Soon, we will all be able to switch between vision types like the Predator. Love it mate, love it!
Personally, I like the way old cars worked. There is no need for a computer in a car. Old cars are easier to fix. They also cost less to fix. They are also immune to electromagnetic pulse should a nuclear bomb go off. Granted, old cars do not have all the fancy navigational equipment and automated devices.
Tomorrow, they'll add an amendment to that patent saying that they own the location of that coordinate too, and if granted, Microsoft will own any piece of land they want. MS: We own this coordinate. Linus: But this is my house. MS: Not anymore. Linus: I'm homeless :-(.
What is wrong with these people? Instead of suing the company that used Google to infringe on copyright, they sue Google (the tool)?
Maybe Fox "Spooky" Mulder isn't happy that X-Files has been canceled 2.5 years ago, and he is out of the job.
Free as in beer, but even beer isn't free since it requires time to acquire it.
According to an article, the iPod processor is too weak to run ogg. What is the point of running Linux on the iPod (besides saying that "we did it") if you one is unable to run a Linux application on it? Would not it be better to focus resources somewhere else?
Has she posed for playboy?
NASA, require your scientists to learn the conversions constants between SI and Imperial units unless you want history to repeat again! PS: SI rules!
They bought RAV (Romanian Anti-Virus), which according some have created the best anti-virus engine last year.
Were you born yesterday? Microsoft has been doing this since before Microsoft existed.
Atlanta sucks. It is one of the ugliest cities I have ever been into. Sadly, I have to go into it every day.
Unoverclockable chips cannot guarantee that these counterfeiters will not label X processors as Y processors and sell them in small shops all over the world.
The only thing missing, which is very important, is the gorgeous blue sky associated with tropical islands. I guess that a metal sky will have to do for now. The next step is to research a force field and replace the building with it.
I do not want to sound friendly to Microsoft, but Paul Allen is the best thing that happened to the exploration of space lately. Not only that we have a new SETI, but we also have SpaceShipOne, and soon we will have SpaceShipTwo. This is the second best use of Microsoft revenue. The first one is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which helps people in Africa.
Well, when SuprNova died, I could not connect to eXeem. Whether it is only for new users or for new and old users is irrelevant because it still sucks. With normal BitTorrent, if the tracker goes down, and I don't like the transfer rates from the known peers, I can just look for another tracker, but since eXeem is a SuprNova lock-in, the only option of those users is to move to another P2P app such as traditional BitTorrent. As for the BT2-like modifications, they are not using BT2. The are using libtorrent which implements only BT1. They did not remove the "name" key out of the "files" dictionary. Besides removing the "announce" information out of the torrent, the rest of the changes were unnecessary. SuprNova was created so Sloncek can make money, and eXeem is created by others with Sloncek's backing to make money. So, money first, user second. Torrents are not illegal since they don't contain copyrighted information, but these sites have been shut down under threats. If that central server goes down under threats, like it did when SuprNova died, eXeem is dead because the server software has not been released, and that uri is hard-coded in eXeem, which means that they have to release a new version of eXeem if they change server addresses. eXeem is pathetic, and clueless users speak of it like the new Messiah of P2P.
eXeem is a piece of shit. Not only that it will have adaware and spyware, it is also a "lock-in". You will only be able to use it on SuprNova. They have modified the torrent file. It is missing a lot of dictionaries ("key -> value"), and dictionaries that should have been subdictionaries start directly in the file. For example "files" is not in "info" it starts with it directly. This torrent changes were unnecessary. Also, the "announce" and "announce-list" are missing. eXeem has a hardcoded url of a tracker of all the peers on eXeem. The original seeder of a torrent acts as a tracker (so SuprNova won't have to host torrents), but eXeem is in no way decentralized because of the tracker that keeps in contact all the eXeem users (it does not care about torrents, just eXeem users). So, all you have to do is to kill the main server, and all the users of exeem will be disconnected (this happened when suprnova died). THIS IS WORSE THAN THE WAY TORRENTS ACT NOW. EXEEM IS HYPE AND A WAY TO MAKE MONEY. IT SUCKS! I think the best way to decentralized BitTorrent, is to have trackers that are decentralized IRC server style. If you people want something decentralized and a little bit of BitTorrent, get G2 (Gnutella2) and add BitTorrent's tit-for-tat to it.
Does the software developer in question has authorization from NATALIE IMBRUGLIA to use her images for his software demonstration/advertising? I doubt it.
I am glad that it is gone. I hated it with a passion. It was the worst torrent site. It had the worst design and the worst advertisements ever. On their search page, the ads took more space than the search form. AdBlock made it bearable. It also attracted too much attention.
You can't ban users on IRC. It does not let you use scripts. It does not have the most commun used commands on IRC. Typing '/whois' will not display the data in a useful format, but it raw server messages in the status window. I wish they will create a good IRC client in Trillian. For normal IM, Trillian is the best. PS: I hate hat it does not have a native interface besides the options window. I hate Watercolour, and there is not Trillian theme for the visual style I'm using.