Their software appears to be nothing more than a shell script, which doesn't really require a whole lot of code to operate.
The guts and encoding are performed by the FFMpeg library and they get the glory.
On the FFMPEG licensing page the following notes are made:
Q: Bottom line: Should I be worried about legal issues if I use FFmpeg? A: Are you a private user working with FFmpeg for your own personal purposes? If so, there is remarkably little reason to be concered. Are you using FFmpeg in a commercial software product? Read on to the next question...
Q: Since FFmpeg is licensed under the LGPL, is it perfectly all right to incorporate the whole FFmpeg core into my own commercial product? A: You might have a problem here. Sure the LGPL allows you to incorporate the code. However, there have been cases where companies have used FFmpeg in their projects, usually for such capabilities as superior MPEG-4 decoding. These companies found out that once you start trying to make money from certain technologies, the alleged owners of the technologies will come after their dues. Most notably, MPEG-LA (licensing authority) is vigilant and diligent about collecting for MPEG-related technologies.
Now, on the vx30 page, they also mention that: Our MPEG 4 Patent License is filed with MPEGLA.
I would say in this case they aren't doing anything wrong (providing they are actually licensed).
If it has TV in, then the tv stream will come into the computer as an mpeg2 stream. Most newer cards include this feature by default.
However, the article is talking about using the GPU to transcode from one computer format to another (I commonly want to convert xvid avi files into DVD vobs, a process that can take upto 2-3 hours currently).
I hope this technology pans out, because it would save me the one last big ballache I have with this stupid computer, and especially so since I have a £300 graphics card sitting idle 80% of its time (it plays hl2 and farcry wonderfully tho).
Theres an annoying bug that prevents the status bar from displaying the link I'm hovering over. I already have the tickbox for "Change status bar text" unticked - ie javascript should not change the status bar.
If the site includes onmouseover type events (even with simple return false code) then it cancels the javascript display but the URL never displays.
Its damn annoying.
and no, installing greasemonkey and using the noblindlink type scripts don't work now because nothing can touch the document.on* events (due to the new handling of the DOM within FF (They can however remove the on* events from the A elements, so is a partial fix)
Its been in bugzilla since 2000, what chance I can have it fixed before this release?
Check the license on your version of Office at work. The greater majority (at least upto Office 2000, cannot verify later) allow a second copy to be installed on seperate computers and used by yourself (ie one instance at once)
The MS Office Eula9.chm on my computer states the following: Can I make a second copy for my portable computer? The End-User License Agreement (EULA) for many Microsoft application software products contains the following sentence: "The primary user of the computer on which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is installed may make a second copy for his or her exclusive use on a portable computer." If your EULA contains this sentence, then, subject to the conditions mentioned, you may make a second copy of the software. Note that you must be the primary user of the computer on which the software is installed. The primary user is the individual who uses the computer most of the time it is in use. Only that individual is entitled to use the second copy. Furthermore, the software must be installed on the local hard disk of your computer; you are not entitled to make and use a second copy on your portable computer if you run the primary copy of the software from a network server. Finally, only one secondary copy may be made; you may install this copy on more than one portable computer.
There was a thread about this very subject recently, for a bit more discussion you can follow it Here. Theres other bits mentioned in the overall story as well.
Its certainly worth looking at especially for those infrequent uses without paying out any money at all:)
Watch out for Google-specs and Google-gloves. They really will know everything you see and do. Hell, in the current google run, I wouldn't be shocked to see google brand toilet paper.
Just thank god its not microsoft and clippy - "It looks like your wiping your arse...."
Your viewing habits are minor compared to what you search for. you can leave a tv screen on while you go out and not be actively watching, but google knows every click you already make.
I would rather have no advertising in whatever I watch, but since thats not an option, wouldn't it be tonnes better to have relivent adverts displayed during the programs?
So, you want to create a Function entry point to return a table of ULTIMATE_PROCESS information. What do you think happens when some miscreant (with root access) replaces that jumppoint in memory with one of his own UTLIMATE_PR0CESS function? Remember, we are not talking about ROM systems here, all system commands are loaded into RAM.
Consider a much simpler situation:
You use the dir command to list the contents of a folder.
Somebody could replace that command on disk with a dodgy one that runs the original dir command, but filters its results and hides all files starting with "hax0r_".
The only real way to be able to check and identify if a system has been rooted is to examine from the outside. Keep a boot cd handy. Currently however, rootkits have bugs and limitations in their scope and do not cover every track, hence rootkit detection is semi feasible for now (in Windows at least).
The most sneaky bit of malware I have heard about recently is the semirootkit included inside some Sony protected CDs. Have a read here for an investigation (this story may explode in the next few days - it looks really telling).
Print jobs are not an issue, the printer is just busy and the OS in question queues it. As for varying screen resolutions, it just made me think of the Amiga and pulling down a low resolution screen to reveal a high res on behind.
very very cool stuff, but inherantly impractical, I imagine it will most likely be similar to the KVM switching or simple desktop switching?
SysInternals have a proven record in the industry for producing reliable well thought out utilities. If you read the page linked, even they suggest RootkitRevealer is not the end all solution, and a scan from outside the running system (with a boot CD).
Use their site and utilities as a resource, the linked page gives plenty of information and outside links, but never rely 100% on any one provider.
Its not just gates. Its practically every single programmer out there.
The majority of packages nowadays run awfully on former top of the range processors.
Its the nature of developers in general, I certainly don't code as close to the metal as I used to - it just takes far too long for deminishing returns.
The sites linked in digg may be purile and occasionally boring, but are listed based upon popularity. Just because YOU don't like the content doesn't mean its shit.
How many pure advertising (that aren't marked as such) or fake links do you see hitting the front page?
Social bookmarking takes a large section of available content and manually cuts through the shite leaving the gems - whether its a commercial site, or a personal blog it doesn't matter as long as it hits the spot and does the job.
Consider the following very general situation: Spammer uses home ISP connection with connection time allocated dynamic IP. Spammer sends out thousands until blocked. Spammer reconnects and gets a new IP whilst the original one is reusable by someone else. You or I then connect and unfortunately get the old IP and cant access the service any more.
BTW, Its already in practice here on slashdot. Post too many fucked up comments and your IP banned from posting.
I think google and the other search engines should start paying MUCH more attention to the bigname social bookmarking sites.
Taking the ranking power away from the webmaster and putting it back in the hands of the user would be a good thing and could help to mitigate these kind of abuses.
Since the links are identified based on the audience percieved popularity we could see better results. Of course, any system can be gamed, but having the power to meta moderate the results helps with this.
I would assume since product activation kicked in this would be reduced, I still use Office 2000 over here which may explain why mine still says it, I can see issues of needing to call to activate the newer editions "Honest guvner, I'm at home now, its just my office machine got reinstalled 17 times last week, this is totally seperate"
Anyone care to check if newer versions of Office continue this "Use at home" tradition?
How do you know that their program doesn't look for webpages which talk about hacking WoW (such as what your viewing now as you post) and searching for specific keywords?
The software you have running that you got from your favorite clan website might be detected as dodgy and you can be kicked off the server/account closed.
They decide the rules and your not in control, its similar to the MS malicious software detection tool, I wonder just what they actually consider malicious...
The MS Office Eula9.chm document states the following: Can I make a second copy for my portable computer? The End-User License Agreement (EULA) for many Microsoft application software products contains the following sentence: "The primary user of the computer on which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is installed may make a second copy for his or her exclusive use on a portable computer." If your EULA contains this sentence, then, subject to the conditions mentioned, you may make a second copy of the software. Note that you must be the primary user of the computer on which the software is installed. The primary user is the individual who uses the computer most of the time it is in use. Only that individual is entitled to use the second copy. Furthermore, the software must be installed on the local hard disk of your computer; you are not entitled to make and use a second copy on your portable computer if you run the primary copy of the software from a network server. Finally, only one secondary copy may be made; you may install this copy on more than one portable computer.
There is a Second copy clause in the MS Office and MS Project Eulas, however in the default MS Windows XP Eula, there is No such provision.
(I checked C:\WINDOWS\system32\eula.txt for the term primary/second)
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I just found this as well.
Their software appears to be nothing more than a shell script, which doesn't really require a whole lot of code to operate.
The guts and encoding are performed by the FFMpeg library and they get the glory.
On the FFMPEG licensing page the following notes are made:
Q: Bottom line: Should I be worried about legal issues if I use FFmpeg?
A: Are you a private user working with FFmpeg for your own personal purposes? If so, there is remarkably little reason to be concered. Are you using FFmpeg in a commercial software product? Read on to the next question...
Q: Since FFmpeg is licensed under the LGPL, is it perfectly all right to incorporate the whole FFmpeg core into my own commercial product?
A: You might have a problem here. Sure the LGPL allows you to incorporate the code. However, there have been cases where companies have used FFmpeg in their projects, usually for such capabilities as superior MPEG-4 decoding. These companies found out that once you start trying to make money from certain technologies, the alleged owners of the technologies will come after their dues. Most notably, MPEG-LA (licensing authority) is vigilant and diligent about collecting for MPEG-related technologies.
Now, on the vx30 page, they also mention that: Our MPEG 4 Patent License is filed with MPEGLA.
I would say in this case they aren't doing anything wrong (providing they are actually licensed).
They aren't saying they wrote the codec.
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They are saying that their new program uses FFMpeg as the encoder, their software appears to be nothing more than a shell script.
http://www.vx30.com/pages.php?cid=MDEwMTgxMTgyMTk
If it has TV in, then the tv stream will come into the computer as an mpeg2 stream.
Most newer cards include this feature by default.
However, the article is talking about using the GPU to transcode from one computer format to another (I commonly want to convert xvid avi files into DVD vobs, a process that can take upto 2-3 hours currently).
I hope this technology pans out, because it would save me the one last big ballache I have with this stupid computer, and especially so since I have a £300 graphics card sitting idle 80% of its time (it plays hl2 and farcry wonderfully tho).
The EULA is expected to be limited in scope to restrict access to the specific tracks purchased on the CD.
The GP was stating that it affects ALL cd activity from that point onwards.
Theres an annoying bug that prevents the status bar from displaying the link I'm hovering over.
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I already have the tickbox for "Change status bar text" unticked - ie javascript should not change the status bar.
If the site includes onmouseover type events (even with simple return false code) then it cancels the javascript display but the URL never displays.
Its damn annoying.
and no, installing greasemonkey and using the noblindlink type scripts don't work now because nothing can touch the document.on* events (due to the new handling of the DOM within FF (They can however remove the on* events from the A elements, so is a partial fix)
Its been in bugzilla since 2000, what chance I can have it fixed before this release?
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4083
(not as a direct link...)
Check the license on your version of Office at work.
:)
The greater majority (at least upto Office 2000, cannot verify later) allow a second copy to be installed on seperate computers and used by yourself (ie one instance at once)
The MS Office Eula9.chm on my computer states the following:
Can I make a second copy for my portable computer?
The End-User License Agreement (EULA) for many Microsoft application software products contains the following sentence: "The primary user of the computer on which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is installed may make a second copy for his or her exclusive use on a portable computer." If your EULA contains this sentence, then, subject to the conditions mentioned, you may make a second copy of the software. Note that you must be the primary user of the computer on which the software is installed. The primary user is the individual who uses the computer most of the time it is in use. Only that individual is entitled to use the second copy. Furthermore, the software must be installed on the local hard disk of your computer; you are not entitled to make and use a second copy on your portable computer if you run the primary copy of the software from a network server. Finally, only one secondary copy may be made; you may install this copy on more than one portable computer.
There was a thread about this very subject recently, for a bit more discussion you can follow it Here. Theres other bits mentioned in the overall story as well.
Its certainly worth looking at especially for those infrequent uses without paying out any money at all
Boom, I was distracted for maybe 12-18 hours yesterday.
This is exactly how dupes occur though, I consider myself a reg and thought I kept up with everything, shows how hard it must be for the editors.
Its always strange coming back from holiday and realising all the topics and threads that have gone by.
Anyway, thanks for pointing it out to me.
Watch out for Google-specs and Google-gloves.
They really will know everything you see and do.
Hell, in the current google run, I wouldn't be shocked to see google brand toilet paper.
Just thank god its not microsoft and clippy - "It looks like your wiping your arse...."
Your viewing habits are minor compared to what you search for.
you can leave a tv screen on while you go out and not be actively watching, but google knows every click you already make.
I would rather have no advertising in whatever I watch, but since thats not an option, wouldn't it be tonnes better to have relivent adverts displayed during the programs?
Actually, your a bit behind the times.
http://www.nakednews.com/
So, you want to create a Function entry point to return a table of ULTIMATE_PROCESS information.
What do you think happens when some miscreant (with root access) replaces that jumppoint in memory with one of his own UTLIMATE_PR0CESS function?
Remember, we are not talking about ROM systems here, all system commands are loaded into RAM.
Consider a much simpler situation:
You use the dir command to list the contents of a folder.
Somebody could replace that command on disk with a dodgy one that runs the original dir command, but filters its results and hides all files starting with "hax0r_".
The only real way to be able to check and identify if a system has been rooted is to examine from the outside.
Keep a boot cd handy.
Currently however, rootkits have bugs and limitations in their scope and do not cover every track, hence rootkit detection is semi feasible for now (in Windows at least).
The most sneaky bit of malware I have heard about recently is the semirootkit included inside some Sony protected CDs.
Have a read here for an investigation (this story may explode in the next few days - it looks really telling).
Print jobs are not an issue, the printer is just busy and the OS in question queues it.
As for varying screen resolutions, it just made me think of the Amiga and pulling down a low resolution screen to reveal a high res on behind.
very very cool stuff, but inherantly impractical, I imagine it will most likely be similar to the KVM switching or simple desktop switching?
SysInternals have a proven record in the industry for producing reliable well thought out utilities.
If you read the page linked, even they suggest RootkitRevealer is not the end all solution, and a scan from outside the running system (with a boot CD).
Use their site and utilities as a resource, the linked page gives plenty of information and outside links, but never rely 100% on any one provider.
Its not just the FCC.
Over here in England we are just having i-mode pushed down our throats.
Its been in Japan since 1999.
6 years lag.
Just think if this was software - we would just be getting Windows Me.
*shudder*
The GP is right though.
If everyone stopped running none essential services during the winter, it would ease the energy burdon.
This applies to lights and tvs and all other hardware as much as it does to software.
Its not just gates.
Its practically every single programmer out there.
The majority of packages nowadays run awfully on former top of the range processors.
Its the nature of developers in general, I certainly don't code as close to the metal as I used to - it just takes far too long for deminishing returns.
DId that make you think about the code changes you were making and force you to think more about each and every modification?
It sounds more like the thought process people needed for developing using punchcards or on mainframes.
Afterall, you didn't expect to hear about them supporting Google's plan did you ;)
The sites linked in digg may be purile and occasionally boring, but are listed based upon popularity.
Just because YOU don't like the content doesn't mean its shit.
How many pure advertising (that aren't marked as such) or fake links do you see hitting the front page?
Social bookmarking takes a large section of available content and manually cuts through the shite leaving the gems - whether its a commercial site, or a personal blog it doesn't matter as long as it hits the spot and does the job.
No way would I like that.
Not one little bit.
Consider the following very general situation:
Spammer uses home ISP connection with connection time allocated dynamic IP.
Spammer sends out thousands until blocked.
Spammer reconnects and gets a new IP whilst the original one is reusable by someone else.
You or I then connect and unfortunately get the old IP and cant access the service any more.
BTW, Its already in practice here on slashdot.
Post too many fucked up comments and your IP banned from posting.
I think google and the other search engines should start paying MUCH more attention to the bigname social bookmarking sites.
Taking the ranking power away from the webmaster and putting it back in the hands of the user would be a good thing and could help to mitigate these kind of abuses.
Since the links are identified based on the audience percieved popularity we could see better results.
Of course, any system can be gamed, but having the power to meta moderate the results helps with this.
The Eula is taken from the retail version, for additional verification you can look yourself here:
XP Home license
XP Pro Edition
I would assume since product activation kicked in this would be reduced, I still use Office 2000 over here which may explain why mine still says it, I can see issues of needing to call to activate the newer editions "Honest guvner, I'm at home now, its just my office machine got reinstalled 17 times last week, this is totally seperate"
Anyone care to check if newer versions of Office continue this "Use at home" tradition?
How do you know that their program doesn't look for webpages which talk about hacking WoW (such as what your viewing now as you post) and searching for specific keywords?
The software you have running that you got from your favorite clan website might be detected as dodgy and you can be kicked off the server/account closed.
They decide the rules and your not in control, its similar to the MS malicious software detection tool, I wonder just what they actually consider malicious...
The MS Office Eula9.chm document states the following:
Can I make a second copy for my portable computer?
The End-User License Agreement (EULA) for many Microsoft application software products contains the following sentence: "The primary user of the computer on which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is installed may make a second copy for his or her exclusive use on a portable computer." If your EULA contains this sentence, then, subject to the conditions mentioned, you may make a second copy of the software. Note that you must be the primary user of the computer on which the software is installed. The primary user is the individual who uses the computer most of the time it is in use. Only that individual is entitled to use the second copy. Furthermore, the software must be installed on the local hard disk of your computer; you are not entitled to make and use a second copy on your portable computer if you run the primary copy of the software from a network server. Finally, only one secondary copy may be made; you may install this copy on more than one portable computer.
There is a Second copy clause in the MS Office and MS Project Eulas, however in the default MS Windows XP Eula, there is No such provision.
(I checked C:\WINDOWS\system32\eula.txt for the term primary/second)
How will I know about them? I clicked Accep errrrr Reply without RTFA