A number of years ago now a company determined that the standard PC power supply is horribly inefficient (say around 30%) and that a better, more efficient p/s applied across the [then] millions of PCs in use would save a significant amount of power nationwide.
They built it.
It cost about twice as much as the existing PC p/s.
my cable provider Insight is artifically capping BT downloads for me.
You should complain to them since you are paying for bandwidth to use as you wish. And complain to your regional public attorney for false advertising unless they have specifically indicated in their ToS that they can limit your BT traffic.
Its actually been illegal for quite a bit longer than that -- assuming you want criminal prosecution (there are obviously civil torts, but you can't demonstrate you suffered damage if you were only prevented from commiting a crime yourself so that could be a wash)
Catch them preventing you from downloading a legal file through a P2P network.
But wait you say, with the **AA is only paying them to block files of **AA members who claim copyright over this material. They wouldn't be blocking legal downloads.
Remember a couple years ago a university got a takedown notice over an "Usher" (IIRC) file. Except that it was a recording of a lecture there by Professor Usher! All you have to do is name a legal download file to a name they will pounce on, and then claim that your band is being prevented from distributing its legal material by Macrovision and you want the same $58 Billion that the RIAA claims they are damaged by in each individual filesharing case. But don't settle for only $300 afterwards.
In short, you spoof them. And if you don't have your own band, get a microphone and record your own anti-**AA rant for distribution. Then they're destroying your Free Speech rights as well.
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go back to their ultra-3D fully immersive gaming environments.
Does that include Slashdot of 25 years from now? Where a DIY project posting will include a holographic walkthrough for site visitors.
Is this going to be the first of an accelerating deluge of articles as an increasing number of items from the explosive growth in early days of computing turn a quarter century?
Since when does stripping the DRM out of a digital file destroy the sound quality?
Since MP3 has no DRM to strip, I believe what she is refering to is converting a music file from one lossy DRM-encumbered format to a second, lossy, non-DRM-encumbered format.
But keeping the iTunes system a proprietary technology to prevent anyone from using multiple (read Microsoft) music systems is the most anti-consumer and user unfriendly thing any god can do.
How about keeping your Apple Macintosh systems from running Windows software? Now that's really mean.
You sound gay -- not that there's anything wrong with that!
I spent 17 years in the music business the last several of which were all about pushing and prodding the painful development of legitimate on-line music.
Wasn't that mostly by trying to kill off any type of online music that you hadn't personally blessed yet?
If you are really a geek, you can figure out how to strip the songs you might have bought from another on-line store of all identifying information so that they will go into the iPod. But then you have also degraded the sound quality. How cruel.
And severely broken the law by your own definition. Or are you just pissed that they can do it and you can't yet?
Come on Steve - open it up
Ha ha ha ha ha! How quickly you change your iTune when it's your own ox being gored. Welcome to the world the rest of us live in, Hilary!
Why am I complaining about this? Why isn't everyone?
Could it be they don't want to be sued by your successor?
they'll be supporting it in the US only as they don't want to involve the company in debates in countries with different cultures and value systems.
If it's the right thing, then its the right thing everywhere at every time. If it's not the right thing everywhere, then it's never the right thing. This is a single planet we all are standing on, and we're all one people.
(Note to Senate Republicans: Read the above and realize that, if Judicial Filibusters are wrong, then they're always wrong and you should eliminate them for all times and all parties. They're not just wrong when you're the party in power.)
After all, not only is there a geek quality to it if it does, but I'd hate to suddenly encounter the Blue Lightsaber of Death right in the middle of a fight with the Dark Side, and suddenly find myself needing to reboot.
If someone were looking for prior art, I think William Blake (1757-1827) got there before a Canadian football team:
The Tyger
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright...
This takedown notice is to inform you that under the recently passed Copyright For Life And All Futures Lives Into Perpetuity Plus Entiching All Heirs With Lawyers Act, you are in violation of the copyright of one William Blake.
Furthermore, the very use of the word "Immortal" should have clued you in that he was obviously speaking of his copyright, since Tygers obviously die.
Lastly, prior art of "Tyger" has nothing to do with "Tiger".
Prepare to hand over to our Goon Squad[tm] $58 Billion dollars in lost royalities -- or $3000 if you don't force us to defend our ridiculous claims of losses in court.
And never forget: The Government of the People, by the People, and for The People is also a copyrighted phrase.
Easy. Disconnect them at the first sign of virus trouble. Don't let them back until they can prove they've fixed it.
That's not an easy fix at all. Who are you kidding? If you had to spend less than 5 minutes a week with each computer that's already over a 40 hour work week right there -- and I doubt any solution is that quick. You're not understanding the numbers involved here -- and that's not including travel time, plus being able to meet then on their schedule. Ain't going to happen with student users on broadband who feel it's their God-given right to abuse.
You're doing this for free? I wouldn't even do this job for pay -- unless it was something like Bill G's salary. You will never educate kids who will click on anything that promises free porn, download and use every ad/spyware infested P2P program out there, and not think it's their fault because they can't be bothered to even update their anti-virus.
The system will be in trouble continuously because even if most were actually responsible users, it only takes a few irresponsible ones to mess it up for everyone, and it will always be your fault!
And if, pray tell, things actually do run perfectly for a few hours, or days, don't expect any thank you's from that ungrateful crowd.
And as you said, you're not even getting paid for this. Bet this means you have effectively No Authority to fix anything or punish anyone otherwise. Try to kick off a multiple repeat offender and guess whose ass ends up in a sling when they go whining to the university president.
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Good thought. Too bad our new Co-Lo is in Las Vegas doh!
They built it.
It cost about twice as much as the existing PC p/s.
Virtually nobody bought it.
End of story.
You should complain to them since you are paying for bandwidth to use as you wish. And complain to your regional public attorney for false advertising unless they have specifically indicated in their ToS that they can limit your BT traffic.
Catch them preventing you from downloading a legal file through a P2P network.
But wait you say, with the **AA is only paying them to block files of **AA members who claim copyright over this material. They wouldn't be blocking legal downloads.
Remember a couple years ago a university got a takedown notice over an "Usher" (IIRC) file. Except that it was a recording of a lecture there by Professor Usher! All you have to do is name a legal download file to a name they will pounce on, and then claim that your band is being prevented from distributing its legal material by Macrovision and you want the same $58 Billion that the RIAA claims they are damaged by in each individual filesharing case. But don't settle for only $300 afterwards.
In short, you spoof them. And if you don't have your own band, get a microphone and record your own anti-**AA rant for distribution. Then they're destroying your Free Speech rights as well.
Does that include Slashdot of 25 years from now? Where a DIY project posting will include a holographic walkthrough for site visitors.
Now we should dump SCO in there so that they can dive down and see if he's running unlicensed Linux.
Is this going to be the first of an accelerating deluge of articles as an increasing number of items from the explosive growth in early days of computing turn a quarter century?
And how many of them give her several hundred dollar iPods as gifts?
And how many of the straight ones with no sexual connotations give several hundred dollar iPods as casual gifts?
Could be because of Hilary.
Could be because of p0rn.
Mod this parent Insightful +1 at least. :^)
Since MP3 has no DRM to strip, I believe what she is refering to is converting a music file from one lossy DRM-encumbered format to a second, lossy, non-DRM-encumbered format.
And yes, that does degrade the music.
How about keeping your Apple Macintosh systems from running Windows software? Now that's really mean.
You sound gay -- not that there's anything wrong with that!
I spent 17 years in the music business the last several of which were all about pushing and prodding the painful development of legitimate on-line music.
Wasn't that mostly by trying to kill off any type of online music that you hadn't personally blessed yet?
If you are really a geek, you can figure out how to strip the songs you might have bought from another on-line store of all identifying information so that they will go into the iPod. But then you have also degraded the sound quality. How cruel.
And severely broken the law by your own definition. Or are you just pissed that they can do it and you can't yet?
Come on Steve - open it up
Ha ha ha ha ha! How quickly you change your iTune when it's your own ox being gored. Welcome to the world the rest of us live in, Hilary!
Why am I complaining about this? Why isn't everyone?
Could it be they don't want to be sued by your successor?
Just how many managers does a single product line require?
For a group of 14,000 people that has been around for decades
Had to promote anyone if everyone stays. No openings.
Or maybe women feel Windows is not their future.
If it's the right thing, then its the right thing everywhere at every time. If it's not the right thing everywhere, then it's never the right thing. This is a single planet we all are standing on, and we're all one people.
(Note to Senate Republicans: Read the above and realize that, if Judicial Filibusters are wrong, then they're always wrong and you should eliminate them for all times and all parties. They're not just wrong when you're the party in power.)
Good.
After all, not only is there a geek quality to it if it does, but I'd hate to suddenly encounter the Blue Lightsaber of Death right in the middle of a fight with the Dark Side, and suddenly find myself needing to reboot.
The Tyger
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright...
This takedown notice is to inform you that under the recently passed Copyright For Life And All Futures Lives Into Perpetuity Plus Entiching All Heirs With Lawyers Act, you are in violation of the copyright of one William Blake.
Furthermore, the very use of the word "Immortal" should have clued you in that he was obviously speaking of his copyright, since Tygers obviously die.
Lastly, prior art of "Tyger" has nothing to do with "Tiger".
Prepare to hand over to our Goon Squad[tm] $58 Billion dollars in lost royalities -- or $3000 if you don't force us to defend our ridiculous claims of losses in court.
And never forget: The Government of the People, by the People, and for The People is also a copyrighted phrase.
Have a nice day! (also copyrighted!)
I'd be real careful when using the [Eject] button after this.
Would have been nicer if earlier iMacs had received this upgrade so that those buyers could reasonably upgrade to Tiger someday.
Kind of undoes the original premise that he is doing this on an unpaid, volunteer basis now doesn't it? Changing the rules in the middle of the game.
2: Has he really managed to keep that number given the likely calls of outrage made to this number now that it has leaked out?
3: If he has changed/disconnected his number, does that make his filing invalid because it does not provide accurate information anymore?
Enquiring minds want to know.
That's not an easy fix at all. Who are you kidding? If you had to spend less than 5 minutes a week with each computer that's already over a 40 hour work week right there -- and I doubt any solution is that quick. You're not understanding the numbers involved here -- and that's not including travel time, plus being able to meet then on their schedule. Ain't going to happen with student users on broadband who feel it's their God-given right to abuse.
You're doing this for free? I wouldn't even do this job for pay -- unless it was something like Bill G's salary. You will never educate kids who will click on anything that promises free porn, download and use every ad/spyware infested P2P program out there, and not think it's their fault because they can't be bothered to even update their anti-virus.
The system will be in trouble continuously because even if most were actually responsible users, it only takes a few irresponsible ones to mess it up for everyone, and it will always be your fault!
And if, pray tell, things actually do run perfectly for a few hours, or days, don't expect any thank you's from that ungrateful crowd.
And as you said, you're not even getting paid for this. Bet this means you have effectively No Authority to fix anything or punish anyone otherwise. Try to kick off a multiple repeat offender and guess whose ass ends up in a sling when they go whining to the university president.
Have fun!