The hard drive is irrelevant with regards to playing pirated games. All the HD lets you do is store complete games and savefiles - not play them. Take out the HD from a modded X-Box and you'll still be able to play copied games.
I use the google toolbar. Last week I got an email from msnbeta to try out the msn toolbar toolbar.msn.com. HEY MSN toolbar and google toolbar look and do the same thing!.
Sorry but I'll stick with google's toolbar.
I think the internet needs google to remain independent from Microsoft, yahoo, Sun, etc...
You know, many have told me to check out Open Office, but I've always declined. You want to know why? HEY OPEN OFFICE, Microsoft Office looks and does the same thing!
Sorry, I'll stick with Microsoft Office.
It's not like choice is good or anything...
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First you say:
Microsofts next launch is absolutely focused on "search". The entire filesystem metaphor in Longhorn revolves around data and association. The 'Stuff like this' (?) demo is a bit like Dashboard, it brings up relevant info from all your personal data, and the internet.
When users are trying to find something like 'funny billy goatse photo' their hard drive and Microsoft's search engine will be used together. Unknowingly, MSN search will be a part of everyday life.
So far, great for Windows users.
But then you say:
Microsofts next monopoly abuse is pretty clear already, their technology demos show it too. They will integrate and before you can say 'Anti-trust investigation' the world at large will be using MSN search for _everything_ - information is power too.
So - Improving file search in Windows and integrating web search is a bad thing? Making Windows better is a bad thing? You'd have to be a *nix zealot to seriously mean such a thing.
Microsoft will not stop Google or any other search engine in their next iteration of Windows/IE. Microsoft is going to make it a whole lot easier to use MSN Search, but hey, it's their OS. Personally, I applaud the effort. Maybe Google et all will improve because of Microsofts efforts.
To you, maybe it doesn't sound similar. In Finland, it does. Unix/Linux sounds almost exactly the same, just with the straight sound "i" and the straight sounding "u" swapped. (Yeah, that's right, we don't pronounce "u"/yoo/, nor i/eye/.)
Yeah, those ads are pretty annoying. If you're buying a Disney DVD you probably have kids, and anyone who has kids knows they want to watch the movies over and over and over again. That means you have to wait for the commercials to finish every time you insert the disc before you're finally allowed to see the movie.
Having kids also means you *have* to make a backup of the DVD (it's amazing how fast a few scratches and finger marks can destroy a DVD.
As always, there's a solution. Copy the DVD to your hard drive with DVD Decrypter, strip the movie (so that you're left with an image that will simply start playing when you insert the disc), and burn it with your favourite software. Works like a charm and -- no more ads!
No, just because you or your friends use it doesn't mean it's correct. You are free to use the word virii as often and as much as you like, but viruses is and will always be the plural form of virus.
I'm pretty satisfied with the one I'm using. It's from a company called Match, and the product is Match Lite. It comes with a reasonable price tag and easily supports two PC and monitors (which I noticed during the last power outage. While all the lights went out everywhere I was still basking in the comfortable light from my computer screens).
Using a UPS helps a lot too. With all the bad weather we've been having this winter the electricity has been a bit uneven. Using an UPS ensures that the computers get an even flow of electricity. Coupled with decent power suppplies (enermax is a great brand), you're pretty well protected against power fluctuations.
When you install from the single WinXP disk, you get an OS, a bootloader, a browser, a graphics viewer, an e-mail client, and a file manager. Maybe some games, a calculator, and a text editor.
RedHat, OTOH, comes with all of the above, in about 7 flavors of each. You get Evolution, The Gimp, Mozilla, 2 full desktop environments, tons of games (some quite good like FreeCiv and BZFlag), several media players/rippers, DVD and CD recording software, and a full featured Office package.
Yes, but if Microsoft had added all that to its OS, it would have been sued for using its near monopoly to enforce selected applications to its users.
Who cares? Really - it's just an awards ceremony conducted by quite ordinary people who just happened to be born into "the right family". We're not in the 1500's anymore - let's get rid of the monarchies!
Of course, Tim deserves honour for what he has done. This is just the wrong way.
The games part of this device is the least interesting one. With features like Mpeg4 and MP3-playback, this sounds like the perfect device for on the go DivX/Xvid playback.
There are ads on DVDs right now. Buy or rent a Disney DVD and you'll see tons of them - and you can't (easily) skip them either. This technique is also used to show standard commercials - I've seen lots of them in rentals.
if the MPAA is so worried about dvd screener leaks, why don't they just embed the names of the screener recipients on the footage, something like "this screener is for Mr. Suchandsuch's private viewing only". if it leaks, then they can go directly to Mr Suchandsuch and sue him.
This is already being done (using serial numbers rather than names, though). However, it's easy enough to just wipe out that serial by remastering the movie through an app like Adobe Premiere, and that's just what the underground distributors are doing.
Another tactic that is currently deployed is turning the movie into B&W every ten or so minutes. I doubt this discourages anyone, but it probably annoys the legitimate recipient of the screener.
I got hundreds of the little bastards, so without marking them in some way they wouldn't be of much use since I'd never find the data I needed. So, to organize the backups I type a short text on the top side of the dvd/cd with a soft (!), permanent marker and then store them in a binder. One binder is for data backups, another is for pictures/movies, yet another is for vcd caps etc. It works pretty well.
And to correct my first post, it's glue, not clue.:)
...but I've stopped doing that. For one thing, humidity causes the clue to come off, leaving you with a bubbly cd that doesn't fit in many slot cd players (esp. car players). Dragging the label off at this point will damage the cd.
Only on VHS and LaserDisc. I got the VHS original and remastered. Only thing I like with the new one is ditching the funky muppet, lala-ending of the original trilogy.
...it's too good to be true. Don't think you'll ever see any money from SCO from this. Maybe a few token companies switching from Linux to something else will get something out of it, but only if it generates publicity.
On top of that, I have trouble thinking of a game that anyone ever said "Yeah, the voice acting on that game was great! Buy the game for the voice acting!" Kingdom Hearts is the closest to that I can come up with.
I can think of lots of games. When the CD ROM was new, having a talkie on your label was a major marketing and selling point. I remember buying Sam & Max and MI2 on CD ROM just to hear the voice acting, even though I already owned the games on disk.
Yeah, but did you notice a link further down on the page that serves a page on how to buy cheaper leather. Maybe you could buy the hardback and make a leather copy for a lot less than $750 (really outrageous price, though).
If you're going to that pricklish, you'd have to count all the other Larry games as well, such as the '98 game Leisure Suit Larry Casino, the remake of LSL1 for VGA graphics, the Larry desktop game etc.
Well, none of the characters are scary, but the voice acting has improved immensly. The script is less cliched and flows rather better than the first outing.
Not to speak of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time AND the superior versions of Soul Calibur II, Mortal Kombat 5 & Simpsons: Hit & Run. It's really no contest.:)
New Scientist is a great magazine, but it's not really a tech magazine. That's why you get articles that says something like this:
"Intel's new hardware, codenamed Vanderpool, is significant because it cuts down on the amount of such trickery needed. "Vanderpool doesn't eliminate the need for virtualisation software, but it's going to make it perform a lot better," says Mike Ferron-Jones, Intel's manager of advanced technology marketing at Hillsboro, Oregon. For the moment, however, the company is not saying exactly how it will redesign the hardware to do this.
For the moment, however, the company is not saying exactly how it will redesign the hardware to do this. ... Such a hyper-OS would allow people using ordinary PCs to try out alternative operating systems, such as Linux, and the applications that run on them, without giving up Windows."
(emphasis added)
So we're looking at a chip that may be a reality in 2008-2009, but since New Scientist doesn't provide any hard info on the chip except for the funky code name, this is all very up in the air. Virtualisation software works pretty good today anyway. You can easily try out any flavour of Linux or BSD on your WinXP computer (or vice cersa) using VMWare today -- without having to "give up" Windows (or Linux).
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The hard drive is irrelevant with regards to playing pirated games. All the HD lets you do is store complete games and savefiles - not play them. Take out the HD from a modded X-Box and you'll still be able to play copied games.
You know, many have told me to check out Open Office, but I've always declined. You want to know why? HEY OPEN OFFICE, Microsoft Office looks and does the same thing!
Sorry, I'll stick with Microsoft Office.
It's not like choice is good or anything...
;)
But then you say:
So - Improving file search in Windows and integrating web search is a bad thing? Making Windows better is a bad thing? You'd have to be a *nix zealot to seriously mean such a thing.
Microsoft will not stop Google or any other search engine in their next iteration of Windows/IE. Microsoft is going to make it a whole lot easier to use MSN Search, but hey, it's their OS. Personally, I applaud the effort. Maybe Google et all will improve because of Microsofts efforts.
To you, maybe it doesn't sound similar. In Finland, it does. Unix/Linux sounds almost exactly the same, just with the straight sound "i" and the straight sounding "u" swapped. (Yeah, that's right, we don't pronounce "u" /yoo/, nor i /eye/.)
Having kids also means you *have* to make a backup of the DVD (it's amazing how fast a few scratches and finger marks can destroy a DVD.
As always, there's a solution. Copy the DVD to your hard drive with DVD Decrypter, strip the movie (so that you're left with an image that will simply start playing when you insert the disc), and burn it with your favourite software. Works like a charm and -- no more ads!
No, just because you or your friends use it doesn't mean it's correct. You are free to use the word virii as often and as much as you like, but viruses is and will always be the plural form of virus.
For that matter, are you donating $10 a week to any charity?
I'm pretty satisfied with the one I'm using. It's from a company called Match, and the product is Match Lite. It comes with a reasonable price tag and easily supports two PC and monitors (which I noticed during the last power outage. While all the lights went out everywhere I was still basking in the comfortable light from my computer screens).
Using a UPS helps a lot too. With all the bad weather we've been having this winter the electricity has been a bit uneven. Using an UPS ensures that the computers get an even flow of electricity. Coupled with decent power suppplies (enermax is a great brand), you're pretty well protected against power fluctuations.
Of course, Tim deserves honour for what he has done. This is just the wrong way.
The games part of this device is the least interesting one. With features like Mpeg4 and MP3-playback, this sounds like the perfect device for on the go DivX/Xvid playback.
There are ads on DVDs right now. Buy or rent a Disney DVD and you'll see tons of them - and you can't (easily) skip them either. This technique is also used to show standard commercials - I've seen lots of them in rentals.
Another tactic that is currently deployed is turning the movie into B&W every ten or so minutes. I doubt this discourages anyone, but it probably annoys the legitimate recipient of the screener.
And to correct my first post, it's glue, not clue. :)
...but I've stopped doing that. For one thing, humidity causes the clue to come off, leaving you with a bubbly cd that doesn't fit in many slot cd players (esp. car players). Dragging the label off at this point will damage the cd.
Only on VHS and LaserDisc. I got the VHS original and remastered. Only thing I like with the new one is ditching the funky muppet, lala-ending of the original trilogy.
...it's too good to be true. Don't think you'll ever see any money from SCO from this. Maybe a few token companies switching from Linux to something else will get something out of it, but only if it generates publicity.
I can think of lots of games. When the CD ROM was new, having a talkie on your label was a major marketing and selling point. I remember buying Sam & Max and MI2 on CD ROM just to hear the voice acting, even though I already owned the games on disk.
You guys ran this just four days ago: ID says 60 fps enough... ...
If you're going to that pricklish, you'd have to count all the other Larry games as well, such as the '98 game Leisure Suit Larry Casino, the remake of LSL1 for VGA graphics, the Larry desktop game etc.
Well, none of the characters are scary, but the voice acting has improved immensly. The script is less cliched and flows rather better than the first outing.
Not to speak of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time AND the superior versions of Soul Calibur II, Mortal Kombat 5 & Simpsons: Hit & Run. It's really no contest. :)
So we're looking at a chip that may be a reality in 2008-2009, but since New Scientist doesn't provide any hard info on the chip except for the funky code name, this is all very up in the air. Virtualisation software works pretty good today anyway. You can easily try out any flavour of Linux or BSD on your WinXP computer (or vice cersa) using VMWare today -- without having to "give up" Windows (or Linux).