The roomba managed to hit a door in such a way that it closed itself in. Somehow you managed to jump to the conclusion that it's going to start plotting against you or something?
"Because the "bother" moves the line between paying user and pirate so that there are fewer casual pirates."
How does this hurt the casual pirate? The casual pirate doesn't rip their own stuff, they just go to {Insert Favorite P2P Net} and download something that has been ripped by a group of pirates who are basically professionals.
That's the thing about P2P that guarantees the failure of any DRM system. Once one person manages to rip and share a popular title, it's all over the internet within days.
"so disabling networking is not really viable on Windows is it?"
I don't know about other services, but MySQL on Win32 supports named pipes, and can use those instead of TCP/IP. It even asks in the installer if you want to disable networking.
"And if you already have a hp printer? Then what do you do?"
I'm not sure how this region coding works, but unless they've been planning this for a long time, no existing printers will have support for this "feature".
I know my trusty old LaserJet 4+ will always keep accepting refilled 3rd party toner cartridges, and I'd assume that current HP printer owners can think the same way.
This should just be another reason to not buy HP hardware.
I do wish I had the auto-switching, but you can't fight with me on picture quality. My modded Xbox upscales all my videos and DVDs to 1920x1080i over the component connection.
I wish it was possoble to make the games run at different resolutions than originally intended, since Halo 1 only runs at 640x480 4:3, and I'd like at least 720x480 16:9.
"You also need to live in a country without DMCA equivalent laws..."
Or not care. I live in the US. I still rip DVDs and decrypted the couple of songs I got from iTunes during the Pepsi deal.
What, now that I've admitted this in public, are the IP lawyers going to come after me in swarms? Oooh...I'm scared...
Once the information for breaking HDMI is released and I can afford the equipment, I will be recording the raw digital satellite signal for every show I want to watch.
Fuck the RIAA, fuck the MPAA, fuck the DMCA, fuck 'em all.
For the record, I just checked my v1.0 Xbox and the power supply is rated for just over 200 watts. The newer ones are supposedly more power-efficient, but I don't have one around to look at.
I'd check my actual power draw during a game of Halo 2, but I have a 7200RPM HD, a faster DVD drive, and the fan speed turned up, so mine draws more power than the average Xbox.
"Anyway, there's another big lesson to be learned here - for the love of god, BT servers, disable logging. If you have logs enabled then you're only helping out anyone who might sue you."
What difference does it make?
I can log on to a torrent and in mere seconds have a list of people who, by the nature of bittorrent, are all sharing, and thus all guilty of infringement if the torrent happens to be for copyrighted material.
It would be trivial for a copyright holder to write a script that would spider for torrents which appear to match their material, and have it automatically gather IPs, compare those against a WHOIS database, and log it.
1. What kind of range could I expect from this combination? I have 15 acres and would love to have my entire MP3 playlist running rather than just my favorite 512MB from my flash-based player while I mow the lawn.
2. With it cranked up to maximum power, would I be likely to recieve a visit from the FCC? I'm about 25 miles from the nearest city and there are very few radio stations that come in out here, so I'm not likely to step on someone else's frequency.
3. If I did end up with the FCC on my doorstep, what's it gonna cost me?
An ISDN line also doesn't use compression. It does run at a low sampling rate, but it is not compressed. This means that with lossy compression, you can get far smaller transfer rates. Look at CD vs. MP3. Nearly the same quality at a fraction of the size.
Do the same with IP telephony, and that 64Kbit/sec ISDN stream becomes 14kbit/sec or less, with no perceptible loss in quality.
I was the same way. I started with computers just playing games on a 286 that had a menu system which kept me away from the freedom of DOS. Once I was exposed to LOGO in school, everything changed. It didn't take me long to figure out that I didn't have to follow the instructions in the book exactly, and if I changed things just right it would do something new and cool, which I would be promptly punished for by the annoying computer teacher.
The ability to play around with things led to hundreds of "what does this checkbox do?" and "oh shit, how do I fix this before mom and dad get home!?!?" situations, all of which resulted in me learning everything I needed to about computers.
Right now, at age 18, I have three certifications, have ranked highly (and once won) national competitions based on computer skills, operate a small web community, and run a completely functional mixed-environment network, with Linux, Windows, Mac OS, and some embedded devices all working in harmony.
It's amazing what a little curiosity results in it it's encouraged over time.
"while it is clear that creating a personal library reduces the market for selling permanent copies." Of course, if Sony hadn't won, and VCRs had ended up illegal, what would we use to play our permanent copies?
"As much as it would be nice to have the graphing calculator on Windows, I shudder to think how much worse Windows could be if random people were able to sneak into Redmond to include "useful" software they had written. New Windows FU (TM), now with SpamBot(TM), PR0NServer(TM), and Versions 5, 7, 22, and 47 of RootKit(TM) undetectably preinstalled! No thank you."
Since when has this required access to Microsoft's buildings? 15 minutes after you attach a (pre-SP2) winbox to the 'net it's likely already infected.
"That said, the PHP developers do specifically state not to use Apache 2 in a production environment. I personally have not listened, though my server is not exactly used for a lot.;^)"
Add me to that list too. I run PHP5 + Apache2 on WinXP as my development machine, and PHP4 + Apache2 on Debian as my home server. Never had any problems with it.
I got my T616 last year at $150 when I signed up for a plan and that was $150 off. I thought it was a good price.
I got my T610 (same as T616, but with the European GSM frequencies...for some reason T-Mo uses this in the US as well) for $99.99, and I had $250 in rebates on it, so I basically got paid $150.01 to take this phone. This was with a 1 year $39.99 service plan, but still.
Right now, Amazon has the T610 for -$175 with T-Mo, and the next model up, the T637 for -$200 with AT&T
IMO if someone actually pays up front for a phone, and it's not bleeding-edge tech, they got ripped off.
i've been trying this every few weeks ever since I got my T610 with no luck. I get as far as connection established, 115.2kbps, to the *99# number, but I can't do shit after that. Everything just times out.
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The roomba managed to hit a door in such a way that it closed itself in. Somehow you managed to jump to the conclusion that it's going to start plotting against you or something?
Tinfoil much?
It could be great like Simpsons Hit and Run, or lame like the Futurama game...
Here's to hoping it is good...
"(I hope I'm not just being really really slow and that everybody else got the joke on day one ;)"
yes, you are and yes, we did.
and with this simple statement, all the world's perverts instantly started supporting communism
"Because the "bother" moves the line between paying user and pirate so that there are fewer casual pirates."
How does this hurt the casual pirate? The casual pirate doesn't rip their own stuff, they just go to {Insert Favorite P2P Net} and download something that has been ripped by a group of pirates who are basically professionals.
That's the thing about P2P that guarantees the failure of any DRM system. Once one person manages to rip and share a popular title, it's all over the internet within days.
"so disabling networking is not really viable on Windows is it?"
I don't know about other services, but MySQL on Win32 supports named pipes, and can use those instead of TCP/IP. It even asks in the installer if you want to disable networking.
"does Lexus even make cars with clutches anymore?"
IIRC, the IS300 is available with a 6 speed manual tranny.
"And if you already have a hp printer? Then what do you do?"
I'm not sure how this region coding works, but unless they've been planning this for a long time, no existing printers will have support for this "feature".
I know my trusty old LaserJet 4+ will always keep accepting refilled 3rd party toner cartridges, and I'd assume that current HP printer owners can think the same way.
This should just be another reason to not buy HP hardware.
I thought the consoles did have SCART...
I know I've seen SCART adapters for the Xbox.
I do wish I had the auto-switching, but you can't fight with me on picture quality. My modded Xbox upscales all my videos and DVDs to 1920x1080i over the component connection.
I wish it was possoble to make the games run at different resolutions than originally intended, since Halo 1 only runs at 640x480 4:3, and I'd like at least 720x480 16:9.
"Do you guys over in America have SCART connectors?
Nope, we have to plug in anywhere from 1 to 5 cables to get our analog signals from our devices to the TV.
It would be nice to have a single connector that can deliver both analog and digital audio and video.
I'm thinking a combo of component video and stereo audio for the analog side, and DVI + AC3 for the digital side.
Of course, then the game console manufacturers wouldn't be able to screw us over with $20 boxes to adapt their custom connectors to the standards.
"You also need to live in a country without DMCA equivalent laws..."
Or not care. I live in the US. I still rip DVDs and decrypted the couple of songs I got from iTunes during the Pepsi deal.
What, now that I've admitted this in public, are the IP lawyers going to come after me in swarms? Oooh...I'm scared...
Once the information for breaking HDMI is released and I can afford the equipment, I will be recording the raw digital satellite signal for every show I want to watch.
Fuck the RIAA, fuck the MPAA, fuck the DMCA, fuck 'em all.
Parent was the funniest thing I've read on /. in a while!
I think you mean HFS
HFS, HFS+, and Journaled HFS are used in modern versions of Mac OS.
HPFS is OS/2's filesystem, and has support in NT 3.51 and partially in NT4
"the xbox must suck some serious juice"
For the record, I just checked my v1.0 Xbox and the power supply is rated for just over 200 watts. The newer ones are supposedly more power-efficient, but I don't have one around to look at.
I'd check my actual power draw during a game of Halo 2, but I have a 7200RPM HD, a faster DVD drive, and the fan speed turned up, so mine draws more power than the average Xbox.
"Anyway, there's another big lesson to be learned here - for the love of god, BT servers, disable logging. If you have logs enabled then you're only helping out anyone who might sue you."
What difference does it make?
I can log on to a torrent and in mere seconds have a list of people who, by the nature of bittorrent, are all sharing, and thus all guilty of infringement if the torrent happens to be for copyrighted material.
It would be trivial for a copyright holder to write a script that would spider for torrents which appear to match their material, and have it automatically gather IPs, compare those against a WHOIS database, and log it.
If I was to buy the 2 Watt model and the antenna...
1. What kind of range could I expect from this combination? I have 15 acres and would love to have my entire MP3 playlist running rather than just my favorite 512MB from my flash-based player while I mow the lawn.
2. With it cranked up to maximum power, would I be likely to recieve a visit from the FCC? I'm about 25 miles from the nearest city and there are very few radio stations that come in out here, so I'm not likely to step on someone else's frequency.
3. If I did end up with the FCC on my doorstep, what's it gonna cost me?
Legally it is supposed to be, but in many cases this has been proven to not be true.
An ISDN line also doesn't use compression. It does run at a low sampling rate, but it is not compressed. This means that with lossy compression, you can get far smaller transfer rates. Look at CD vs. MP3. Nearly the same quality at a fraction of the size.
Do the same with IP telephony, and that 64Kbit/sec ISDN stream becomes 14kbit/sec or less, with no perceptible loss in quality.
"If Palm does not have a solution, I WILL jump to Windows CE or Sybian."
*ahem*....do you mean Symbian, or is your mind in a completely different place than mine?
Google Sybian if you don't know what I'm talking about.
I was the same way. I started with computers just playing games on a 286 that had a menu system which kept me away from the freedom of DOS. Once I was exposed to LOGO in school, everything changed. It didn't take me long to figure out that I didn't have to follow the instructions in the book exactly, and if I changed things just right it would do something new and cool, which I would be promptly punished for by the annoying computer teacher.
The ability to play around with things led to hundreds of "what does this checkbox do?" and "oh shit, how do I fix this before mom and dad get home!?!?" situations, all of which resulted in me learning everything I needed to about computers.
Right now, at age 18, I have three certifications, have ranked highly (and once won) national competitions based on computer skills, operate a small web community, and run a completely functional mixed-environment network, with Linux, Windows, Mac OS, and some embedded devices all working in harmony.
It's amazing what a little curiosity results in it it's encouraged over time.
"while it is clear that creating a personal library reduces the market for selling permanent copies."
Of course, if Sony hadn't won, and VCRs had ended up illegal, what would we use to play our permanent copies?
"As much as it would be nice to have the graphing calculator on Windows, I shudder to think how much worse Windows could be if random people were able to sneak into Redmond to include "useful" software they had written.
New Windows FU (TM), now with SpamBot(TM), PR0NServer(TM), and Versions 5, 7, 22, and 47 of RootKit(TM) undetectably preinstalled!
No thank you."
Since when has this required access to Microsoft's buildings? 15 minutes after you attach a (pre-SP2) winbox to the 'net it's likely already infected.
"That said, the PHP developers do specifically state not to use Apache 2 in a production environment. I personally have not listened, though my server is not exactly used for a lot. ;^)"
Add me to that list too. I run PHP5 + Apache2 on WinXP as my development machine, and PHP4 + Apache2 on Debian as my home server. Never had any problems with it.
I got my T616 last year at $150 when I signed up for a plan and that was $150 off. I thought it was a good price.
I got my T610 (same as T616, but with the European GSM frequencies...for some reason T-Mo uses this in the US as well) for $99.99, and I had $250 in rebates on it, so I basically got paid $150.01 to take this phone. This was with a 1 year $39.99 service plan, but still.
Right now, Amazon has the T610 for -$175 with T-Mo, and the next model up, the T637 for -$200 with AT&T
IMO if someone actually pays up front for a phone, and it's not bleeding-edge tech, they got ripped off.
i've been trying this every few weeks ever since I got my T610 with no luck. I get as far as connection established, 115.2kbps, to the *99# number, but I can't do shit after that. Everything just times out.