Sixmoons did an audio review using it and here's an excerpt:
"...Other than not having a remote control, this C$50 (shipping included) eBay item actually made a very competent top-loading CD player, probably the best in that price category. What I heard was perhaps a little direct and blatant -- not enough suavity and grace -- but it didn't rob me of music enjoyment. Vocals were arguably a little harsh and spicy but pianos were strikingly forceful, especially when I split up the output signals from the headphone jack with a Y-adapter and fed one pair of headphone-to-RCA cables to the paired Quest QS8II powered subwoofers. You'd probably notice from the photograph that the listening room was actually more of a TV room and therefore far from ideal. The speakers were spaced 10 feet apart, with a 46" DLP back-projection TV and two almost equally big cabinets in between. Yet, the TA-10 and the Quest had enough music to fill up the entire gap in the middle, voiding the void, projecting a soundstage right through and beyond the three bulky eye-soars and mental blocks as if they did not exist. When Alexandre Tharaud's inspired reading
of Ravel's Mirrors [Harmonia Mundi HMC 901811.12] was played, the Steinway was there, literally 6 feet behind the TV.
What about the pungency in the tone? Yes, the NEC is designed to read computer data at 3 x speed and the Quest is built for home theater. The sound they produce might be by audiophile standard a little too fast, too grainy and could be interpreted as stressed."
All they need to do is use their super computers to generate some digital footage of Alex Trebek engaged in beastiality (tappin' Rosie O'Donnell) and then tell him that if they win, the footage disappears forever.
It'd be far cheaper than what they are planning to do...and they can always leak the footage to youtube after they walk off with the winnings...
I'm hoping that SP2 doesn't break the functionality of my HTPC like Windows 7 did. I tried Windows 7 x64 RC on my HTPC for about a week or so, but my sound card (X-Fi Extreme Audio PCI-Express x1 slot) developed some major problems that caused MCE to crash and WMP to crash.
I went back to Vista on it. I'm happy enough with the Media Center in Vista that I doubt I'll use Windows 7 on this box in the future, even though the UI of Windows 7 Media Center seems to be a little less "cluttered". My biggest complaint about Vista is the format of the recordings you make. I cannot seem to easily manipulate the resulting recordings very well at all, and I have to rely on MCEBuddy to convert the recorded shows to a format (H264) I can then use on other systems and OSes. ( I know, I know...DRM can suck my salty balls)
From a usability standpoint though, Windows 7 seems superior to Vista in the installation process, as well as the Desktop UI. I am surprised that they don't just convert the installed Vista base to Windows 7 for the simplicity of support. (well maybe not "surprised". it "is" MS, afterall)
scanning to find who has ADHD and ADD and more time finding out which kids will end up being a serial killer who eats people.
Of all the things in the world that parents teach their kids, like how to go to the bathroom instead of shitting themselves, how to tie your shoes, learn right from wrong*, etc. parents simply aren't taking the extra 3 seconds to sit their kid down and tell them, "Don't eat people."
A brain scan that can identify these kids would be far better than telling who has ADD/ADHD.
Considering the amount of usage google sees, a minor interruption like today's issue is nothing that worries me much at all.
It's not like oh, say, Comcast, who left me without an internet connection for a month because their technician was drunk and rammed his truck into the large metal junction box where my apartment's internet connection tied into everyone elses. It only took them a month to replace the box and re-wrire everything
look forward to our tin-foil hat removing microbot-equipped overlords and, as yet another act of shameless brown-nosing, remind them to prohibit the creation of micro-sized bug zappers, lest they suddenly find themselves without the weapons necessary to maintain good order and dicipline in the new world order
Glaxo Wellcome took credit for the reduction and announced that, thanks to it's "Valtrex" brand of medicine, the spot would continue to shrink and eventually disappear, however, they cautioned Jupiter to stay away from Uranus because outbreaks may still occur even when the Jovian is asymptomatic. Jupiter had no comment, but was said to be quite embarrassed and considering a defamation lawsuit.
Isn't there some sort of Open Source BIOS initiative out there? I wonder if it too is affected by this exploit.
It would seem that this is a pretty major exploit if it can be pulled off remotely against the different flavors of BIOS. I mean, unlike a thumb drive, you couldn't simply add a little write lock button on the motherboard to lock the bios into read only mode, could you? The BIOS reads a lot of values from the system as it is booting and after the OS is loaded, so I can't see how you could simply lock down the BIOS to prevent unauthorized writes to it.
I'm using Summatra PDF Reader because I like the small footprint and the fact it provides me with the basic options I need without hogging resources.
Is it affected by these vulnerabilites too?
When I think about the internet in 1996
on
Jurassic Web
·
· Score: 3, Interesting
I don't think about what was there, then, I think about what we have lost since then.
So many sites that were popular in that timeframe are no longer around. Internet Archives doesn't capture all those funny, cool sites that used to be there and are, sadly, no longer around.
I went out to my car to go to lunch and there was this Nigerian Prince and his entourage standing there and he said he needed my helpto move some cash out of his country for his dead uncle or someone.
Slashdot Mirror
In Soviet Russia, Hulu pays you to watch!
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
Yeah...but can it run Linux?
(with the obligatory troll post about the level 5 dwarf maintaining my OS in at least one of the replies)
How many LOCs can this thing hold?
Didn't I see that thing in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
That sbout cover them all?
the Pedobear seal of approval?
http://www.sixmoons.com/audioreviews/trends/hero_1_3.jpg
Sixmoons did an audio review using it and here's an excerpt: "...Other than not having a remote control, this C$50 (shipping included) eBay item actually made a very competent top-loading CD player, probably the best in that price category. What I heard was perhaps a little direct and blatant -- not enough suavity and grace -- but it didn't rob me of music enjoyment. Vocals were arguably a little harsh and spicy but pianos were strikingly forceful, especially when I split up the output signals from the headphone jack with a Y-adapter and fed one pair of headphone-to-RCA cables to the paired Quest QS8II powered subwoofers. You'd probably notice from the photograph that the listening room was actually more of a TV room and therefore far from ideal. The speakers were spaced 10 feet apart, with a 46" DLP back-projection TV and two almost equally big cabinets in between. Yet, the TA-10 and the Quest had enough music to fill up the entire gap in the middle, voiding the void, projecting a soundstage right through and beyond the three bulky eye-soars and mental blocks as if they did not exist. When Alexandre Tharaud's inspired reading of Ravel's Mirrors [Harmonia Mundi HMC 901811.12] was played, the Steinway was there, literally 6 feet behind the TV. What about the pungency in the tone? Yes, the NEC is designed to read computer data at 3 x speed and the Quest is built for home theater. The sound they produce might be by audiophile standard a little too fast, too grainy and could be interpreted as stressed."
All they need to do is use their super computers to generate some digital footage of Alex Trebek engaged in beastiality (tappin' Rosie O'Donnell) and then tell him that if they win, the footage disappears forever.
It'd be far cheaper than what they are planning to do...and they can always leak the footage to youtube after they walk off with the winnings...
The additional complexity of working with signals over these distances is that relativity has to be taken into account
Friggin' In-Laws ruin Everything!
I've been active on Tech Net for a few years now, so I made sure to report the issue on the Windows 7 section of the forums.
I'm hoping that SP2 doesn't break the functionality of my HTPC like Windows 7 did. I tried Windows 7 x64 RC on my HTPC for about a week or so, but my sound card (X-Fi Extreme Audio PCI-Express x1 slot) developed some major problems that caused MCE to crash and WMP to crash.
I went back to Vista on it. I'm happy enough with the Media Center in Vista that I doubt I'll use Windows 7 on this box in the future, even though the UI of Windows 7 Media Center seems to be a little less "cluttered". My biggest complaint about Vista is the format of the recordings you make. I cannot seem to easily manipulate the resulting recordings very well at all, and I have to rely on MCEBuddy to convert the recorded shows to a format (H264) I can then use on other systems and OSes. ( I know, I know...DRM can suck my salty balls)
From a usability standpoint though, Windows 7 seems superior to Vista in the installation process, as well as the Desktop UI. I am surprised that they don't just convert the installed Vista base to Windows 7 for the simplicity of support. (well maybe not "surprised". it "is" MS, afterall)
scanning to find who has ADHD and ADD and more time finding out which kids will end up being a serial killer who eats people.
Of all the things in the world that parents teach their kids, like how to go to the bathroom instead of shitting themselves, how to tie your shoes, learn right from wrong*, etc. parents simply aren't taking the extra 3 seconds to sit their kid down and tell them, "Don't eat people."
A brain scan that can identify these kids would be far better than telling who has ADD/ADHD.
*(at least some teach this)
you'd be lucky to sell 4 copies.
Considering the amount of usage google sees, a minor interruption like today's issue is nothing that worries me much at all.
It's not like oh, say, Comcast, who left me without an internet connection for a month because their technician was drunk and rammed his truck into the large metal junction box where my apartment's internet connection tied into everyone elses. It only took them a month to replace the box and re-wrire everything
There's always Adult Prison Soap Finder while he's locked up. If that doesn't work, then Adult Shiv Finder may come in handy
Why my last 4 flights arrived on time.
That make me very happy I get all my medication from the 2 dudes on the streetcorner.
look forward to our tin-foil hat removing microbot-equipped overlords and, as yet another act of shameless brown-nosing, remind them to prohibit the creation of micro-sized bug zappers, lest they suddenly find themselves without the weapons necessary to maintain good order and dicipline in the new world order
I was wondering how the hell it "flew" in a vacuum.
Scientists were quoted as saying, "Damn you James Dyson! Damn you, and your infernal contraption!"
Glaxo Wellcome took credit for the reduction and announced that, thanks to it's "Valtrex" brand of medicine, the spot would continue to shrink and eventually disappear, however, they cautioned Jupiter to stay away from Uranus because outbreaks may still occur even when the Jovian is asymptomatic. Jupiter had no comment, but was said to be quite embarrassed and considering a defamation lawsuit.
Every single BIOS made in the last ten years? Seriously? Every, single one?
I have 3 popular motherboards that do not have that option listed anywhere in the BIOS screens or the Motherboard Manual.
Asus Rampage X58
DFI Lan Party X38
Biostar GeForce 6100-M9
Isn't there some sort of Open Source BIOS initiative out there? I wonder if it too is affected by this exploit.
It would seem that this is a pretty major exploit if it can be pulled off remotely against the different flavors of BIOS. I mean, unlike a thumb drive, you couldn't simply add a little write lock button on the motherboard to lock the bios into read only mode, could you? The BIOS reads a lot of values from the system as it is booting and after the OS is loaded, so I can't see how you could simply lock down the BIOS to prevent unauthorized writes to it.
I'm using Summatra PDF Reader because I like the small footprint and the fact it provides me with the basic options I need without hogging resources.
Is it affected by these vulnerabilites too?
I don't think about what was there, then, I think about what we have lost since then.
So many sites that were popular in that timeframe are no longer around. Internet Archives doesn't capture all those funny, cool sites that used to be there and are, sadly, no longer around.
Is this like some sort of scaled down version of the internet?
I hate pop ups with a passion so if these DHTML pop up scripts are implemented on a large scale I'm gonna be hella-peeved.
Is there any sort of registry setting that can be tweaked to disable dhtml?
Or maybe a registry setting to limit the rendering of pages to a certain HTML Standard?
I went out to my car to go to lunch and there was this Nigerian Prince and his entourage standing there and he said he needed my helpto move some cash out of his country for his dead uncle or someone.
will he be considered and "Ex-KAHN!"?