I always thought Kias were come-in-a-box-and-build-it-yourself. I do know a few DAEWHOAs and modded imports that do that (some only have stickers, but by default, these stickers offer hotter, faster, speedier and ricier performance).
I aint ingenious, but maybe you could change it to: a) Home Entertainment Center (DVDs and the works), fun and great for dates (includes backseats) b) a speed boat, I saw someone do that before c) Fireplace d) huge, rolling, disco ball
if you can get the RM file (not streaming), you can use a prog called TINRA. I used it before and it works wonders. There were some syncing issues but overall a wonderful program. (RM->AVI)
This might be old news by now, since I never touched anything related to Real after this incident:
Tried to see a commercial recommended by friends, had to download Real One. I always thought Real was free, but had slight trouble looking all over the page for a link RELATED to the free basic. It felt like you had to pay. Found and installed it, I don't remember if it did NOT allow advanced installing options, or it had it but only allowed you to change directories (real advance there....), but it took over MY ENTIRE COMPUTER. Almost everything relating to media used Real. It had a semi-lousy interface, ads up the wazzo, and best of all, uninstalling means you THINK it's gone. All my media files still ran with RealShit. Some would no longer run because RealShit had no idea how to run it.
So instead of doing tracking and undoing the damages done, I emailed them and basically complained lots. From formal degrading to cuss. Near the end, I somehow managed to get rid of it manually. Never will touch anything ram, rm, or realanything.
Did I mention the file I wanted to see was so friggin blocky and poor quality that I ended up waiting for it on TV? (filesize = 1.5m 12 seconds)
ok, problems, I get you. But I don't see how you can fight back the fake files thing.
Even if it's not you, people technically should have no business downloading these files (since they don't know if they are fakes or not). If users from your ISP are doing this, then you can't do anything but "educate" these people. In any case at all, there's not one single legit way to fight *AAs for their "fake" files. P2P is for trading files, that's it. Files are fair game as long as they don't contain backdoors or viri.
Now *AAs will not pursue/sue unless you give them a reason to (COUGH COUGH COUGH WEEEZ COUGH, HACK HACK, COUGH. OMG@!!!!! BLOOD, COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH CHOKE CHOKE CHOKE, woooooo), but that's a completely different issue. If you are pissed because you are paying for bandwidth, you might wanna try netzero or something
this might have been on another thread already, but I will risk that danger.
Not entirely sure, but it's not legal as long as you are not probing (running a script or using a program to scan open ports on an IP address).
But if you are on a p2p network, and you are download from a user, running netstat and tracert will get you enough info, and I don't think it's illegal (netstat just sees what's connected to your computer, can't be illegal there. Tracert just finds where the IP is and possibly what network or ISP it's from, again, dont think it's illegal. Tracert is using an "exploit" of ping to retrieve route information)
Just doing those 2, you can deduce that the user is a) sharing stuff, b) Where is he/she possibly from, c) who to contact to number his sharing days
no offense, but I am unsure how your actions are legal so far from what you said.
if RIAA/MPAA made fake files, they would mock something that they currently "own". So my question is (no offense, again) what is your business with downloading something like that?
And how do you fight back something that's legal? Isn't that what some of us are trying to do? To obtain our rights to continue our legal activities?
I know this might be off topic, but since it comes close: If I downloaded a movie, but I own/bought the DVD, is that a copyright infringement? Same thing with a music CD, if I made mp3s out of them, but I bought the original CD, is that copyright infringement?
In both cases, consider both making it oneself and downloading from another, but did buy a legit copy of the material.
I believe a "tracker" (loosely used here) can just simply be a user of p2p. I never tried kazaa or winmx myself, but as long as the tracker search for Spears stuff, and was able to download from someone that's sharing, the tracker can assume that the material is being shared. Since it's P2P network, the people involved in the transaction will have a virtual circuit (network), pretty easy to go from there.
For the latter case, as consumers of any type, we aren't exactly "trusted" by Mr. Big Corp
using netstat and tracert on win9x boxes become an advanced scanning technique?
The company behind the letter is MediaForce, a New York based anti-piracy group that uses "advanced scanning techniques" to monitor piracy across the internet and report infringing users.
Well, there is a slight difference: the 15 year old who sprays graffiti on a corporate building didn't need a password or a backdoor. I am not a hacker or cracker, so I wouldn't know. But I definitely agree with you on the law will not go easy. Not too many 300K/year 30 year old like getting beaten by a 15 year old with a job @ McDs paying $5.5. So he, or the media will probably hype this 15 year old as a cyber-terrorist so the 300/K guy will look at he was beaten by an elite. It's always better to raise the other guy's roof so you don't look so close to the ground.
You are right, they already sell these consoles. But I do think they are not legally for sale here. I don't think they are officially approved by Chinese government yet. I could be wrong though.
Also, I was told that they will offer to "mod" it or they come "modded"
Aside from that, the prices at which they are selling for is quite high (kinda low compared to retail in US, but still high for an average Chinese citizen). Companies like Nintendo would probably have to enter the market with lower end systems that will match their spending quota. If they enter with current systems, the price will be too high, forcing them to drop prices in China. Then you get companies outside of CHina importing these units and sell at a cheaper price, hence creating a downward price spiral.
I was there a bit before, I also did see some weird looking consoles that play games similar to SNES games.
"feeling stomped about us neutralizing your company?! No worries! As a consolation prize, we will give you vouchers good for any purchase of any of our software or hardware, especially the one that stomp your ass to the ground."
"No longer use computers? No problem! They serve as great reminders of your inevitable beating" fineprint: redeemable in california where we can keep a close eye on you.
when I get telemarketing calls, I sometimes answer:
"hmm, he got kicked out of school" "You didn't know? He was in a coma" "He was hit by a car two weeks ago" "Are you calling for his funeral time?" "He was arrested for credit card fraud" (if a credit card telemarking call) "He is at his illiteracy class" (if a magazine telemarketing call) "He is at his telemarketing internship, let me have your number so he will call you back" "He is at his bankruptcy hearing, who's this?" etc, etc...
it got annoying after receiving almost one call per hour, with the occasional "hello? hello? HELLO?" on my answering machine. I was told my college is on one of those lists, and we went through several phone system changes. But we managed to get more everytime.
now I wonder if it's legal to answer phone calls that way?
When you give people (the audience) the power (ability to get stuff for free or pay), no recipient will want to relinquish that power. But when there's a potential harm, to those who provide you this power, something must be done to protect them in order to allow them to provide in the future.
Gray area or not, somethings are privileges, not rights. Some people mix that up a lot. Many situations cannot be clear cut into right or wrong, like sharing a missed episode to your friend or family. However, when anyone can find a copy for "keeps", something isn't right.
If someone you don't know barged into your house, used your electricity, water, ate your food, took your money, what would you say? "Thank you come again" ?
I am no expert, but I was told by fansub groups that anime licensed in Japan but not in US can be fansubbed and distributed until US companies obtain the right to license it. This is supposively a grey area in terms of legal obligations.
Could the same thing be said about this situation? In retrospect, Europe is like US and US is like Japan. any input?
Like what that Spam Jerky said, it's a business. What's going to keep someone from creating an extensive/ultimate filter list/software, and offer a safe loophole for other Spam Jerkies to get by for an X amount of dough?
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I always thought Kias were come-in-a-box-and-build-it-yourself. I do know a few DAEWHOAs and modded imports that do that (some only have stickers, but by default, these stickers offer hotter, faster, speedier and ricier performance).
I aint ingenious, but maybe you could change it to:
a) Home Entertainment Center (DVDs and the works), fun and great for dates (includes backseats)
b) a speed boat, I saw someone do that before
c) Fireplace
d) huge, rolling, disco ball
come standard or only in the WTF series? It would be nice to get a pokemon version for my rice-rocket needs
if you don't think I am kidding, I have Honda Steambath for sale.
If you must, then try these:
Real.com Contact page
the page above has their "Contact Us" email addys around the world. I wonder if their sleazeware checks for these?
--"if its illegal just forget I said it
(Line stolen from Tinra)
if you can get the RM file (not streaming), you can use a prog called TINRA. I used it before and it works wonders. There were some syncing issues but overall a wonderful program. (RM->AVI)
Tinra from divx-digest
Thanks for the info. /.ers know how to do this =)
I kinda hope most
Maybe there should be a 5-b:
If you feel evil, use email addresses of someone you hate.
I know exactly what you mean.
This might be old news by now, since I never touched anything related to Real after this incident:
Tried to see a commercial recommended by friends, had to download Real One. I always thought Real was free, but had slight trouble looking all over the page for a link RELATED to the free basic. It felt like you had to pay. Found and installed it, I don't remember if it did NOT allow advanced installing options, or it had it but only allowed you to change directories (real advance there....), but it took over MY ENTIRE COMPUTER. Almost everything relating to media used Real. It had a semi-lousy interface, ads up the wazzo, and best of all, uninstalling means you THINK it's gone. All my media files still ran with RealShit. Some would no longer run because RealShit had no idea how to run it.
So instead of doing tracking and undoing the damages done, I emailed them and basically complained lots. From formal degrading to cuss. Near the end, I somehow managed to get rid of it manually. Never will touch anything ram, rm, or realanything.
Did I mention the file I wanted to see was so friggin blocky and poor quality that I ended up waiting for it on TV? (filesize = 1.5m 12 seconds)
ok, problems, I get you. But I don't see how you can fight back the fake files thing.
Even if it's not you, people technically should have no business downloading these files (since they don't know if they are fakes or not). If users from your ISP are doing this, then you can't do anything but "educate" these people. In any case at all, there's not one single legit way to fight *AAs for their "fake" files. P2P is for trading files, that's it. Files are fair game as long as they don't contain backdoors or viri.
Now *AAs will not pursue/sue unless you give them a reason to (COUGH COUGH COUGH WEEEZ COUGH, HACK HACK, COUGH. OMG@!!!!! BLOOD, COUGH COUGH COUGH COUGH CHOKE CHOKE CHOKE, woooooo), but that's a completely different issue. If you are pissed because you are paying for bandwidth, you might wanna try netzero or something
I smell Dragon Windows (or whatever it's called)
this might have been on another thread already, but I will risk that danger.
Not entirely sure, but it's not legal as long as you are not probing (running a script or using a program to scan open ports on an IP address).
But if you are on a p2p network, and you are download from a user, running netstat and tracert will get you enough info, and I don't think it's illegal (netstat just sees what's connected to your computer, can't be illegal there. Tracert just finds where the IP is and possibly what network or ISP it's from, again, dont think it's illegal. Tracert is using an "exploit" of ping to retrieve route information)
Just doing those 2, you can deduce that the user is a) sharing stuff, b) Where is he/she possibly from, c) who to contact to number his sharing days
no offense, but I am unsure how your actions are legal so far from what you said.
if RIAA/MPAA made fake files, they would mock something that they currently "own". So my question is (no offense, again) what is your business with downloading something like that?
And how do you fight back something that's legal? Isn't that what some of us are trying to do? To obtain our rights to continue our legal activities?
I know this might be off topic, but since it comes close:
If I downloaded a movie, but I own/bought the DVD, is that a copyright infringement? Same thing with a music CD, if I made mp3s out of them, but I bought the original CD, is that copyright infringement?
In both cases, consider both making it oneself and downloading from another, but did buy a legit copy of the material.
I believe a "tracker" (loosely used here) can just simply be a user of p2p. I never tried kazaa or winmx myself, but as long as the tracker search for Spears stuff, and was able to download from someone that's sharing, the tracker can assume that the material is being shared.
Since it's P2P network, the people involved in the transaction will have a virtual circuit (network), pretty easy to go from there.
For the latter case, as consumers of any type, we aren't exactly "trusted" by Mr. Big Corp
using netstat and tracert on win9x boxes become an advanced scanning technique?
The company behind the letter is MediaForce, a New York based anti-piracy group that uses "advanced scanning techniques" to monitor piracy across the internet and report infringing users.
Well, there is a slight difference:
the 15 year old who sprays graffiti on a corporate building didn't need a password or a backdoor.
I am not a hacker or cracker, so I wouldn't know.
But I definitely agree with you on the law will not go easy. Not too many 300K/year 30 year old like getting beaten by a 15 year old with a job @ McDs paying $5.5. So he, or the media will probably hype this 15 year old as a cyber-terrorist so the 300/K guy will look at he was beaten by an elite.
It's always better to raise the other guy's roof so you don't look so close to the ground.
You are right, they already sell these consoles. But I do think they are not legally for sale here. I don't think they are officially approved by Chinese government yet. I could be wrong though.
Also, I was told that they will offer to "mod" it or they come "modded"
Aside from that, the prices at which they are selling for is quite high (kinda low compared to retail in US, but still high for an average Chinese citizen). Companies like Nintendo would probably have to enter the market with lower end systems that will match their spending quota. If they enter with current systems, the price will be too high, forcing them to drop prices in China. Then you get companies outside of CHina importing these units and sell at a cheaper price, hence creating a downward price spiral.
I was there a bit before, I also did see some weird looking consoles that play games similar to SNES games.
"feeling stomped about us neutralizing your company?! No worries! As a consolation prize, we will give you vouchers good for any purchase of any of our software or hardware, especially the one that stomp your ass to the ground."
"No longer use computers? No problem! They serve as great reminders of your inevitable beating"
fineprint: redeemable in california where we can keep a close eye on you.
not sure. Probably the equivilant of RIAA PR degree?
when I get telemarketing calls, I sometimes answer:
"hmm, he got kicked out of school"
"You didn't know? He was in a coma"
"He was hit by a car two weeks ago"
"Are you calling for his funeral time?"
"He was arrested for credit card fraud" (if a credit card telemarking call)
"He is at his illiteracy class" (if a magazine telemarketing call)
"He is at his telemarketing internship, let me have your number so he will call you back"
"He is at his bankruptcy hearing, who's this?"
etc, etc...
it got annoying after receiving almost one call per hour, with the occasional "hello? hello? HELLO?" on my answering machine. I was told my college is on one of those lists, and we went through several phone system changes. But we managed to get more everytime.
now I wonder if it's legal to answer phone calls that way?
if bending over is what you call a fucking life you can fucking keep it.
if there is no demand, why make a law?
When you give people (the audience) the power (ability to get stuff for free or pay), no recipient will want to relinquish that power. But when there's a potential harm, to those who provide you this power, something must be done to protect them in order to allow them to provide in the future.
Gray area or not, somethings are privileges, not rights. Some people mix that up a lot. Many situations cannot be clear cut into right or wrong, like sharing a missed episode to your friend or family. However, when anyone can find a copy for "keeps", something isn't right.
If someone you don't know barged into your house, used your electricity, water, ate your food, took your money, what would you say? "Thank you come again" ?
whoever pushes the most at that time, shall be our adversary.
No one really wants to be someone else's bitch.
Hatred is not event-based, it's accumulation of events
Japanese anime?
I am no expert, but I was told by fansub groups that anime licensed in Japan but not in US can be fansubbed and distributed until US companies obtain the right to license it. This is supposively a grey area in terms of legal obligations.
Could the same thing be said about this situation? In retrospect, Europe is like US and US is like Japan. any input?
this ain't no solution, but it's certainly something I would like to do:
track the ID thief down, hang him by his balls, and then use that picture to advertise as the side-effect of people who use those penis enlargers
I wonder if spammers will start to patent stupid stuff too
Patent Pending: automatic hotmail/yahoo mail generators or random email spider bots
Could be
Like what that Spam Jerky said, it's a business. What's going to keep someone from creating an extensive/ultimate filter list/software, and offer a safe loophole for other Spam Jerkies to get by for an X amount of dough?