When you say that you see open networks, do you mean that you see them open or you've actually been able to connect to them? I ask this because I had to setup someone's router to be open but only accept the connection of his Mac note book using the mac address because no other way would work for me. This means that when others are looking at the network they will actually see it as open without any security but in reality it will not permit to connect.
I'm certain the answer to that will be no in most cases as is the the situation with one of my own neigh boors but just wondering.
Incidentally, only one out of 5 networks around my house has no security features enabled. Maybe people in some areas are more aware than others?
I used to love this old gem. Took me a while to get the hang of it I remember.
Was pretty amazed to discover that someone made a remake of the game for Windows.
I didn't enjoy it quite as much but that's because somethings seem different than what I remember of the game play. Anyone else try this remake? Would love to get opinions on this.
Don't know if you are being sarcastic but I just had to say something about this.
It just plain hits me as amazing how people will just say to go and buy a new IPod to replace the old one.
He bought a music player, not a computer.
Should it be normal to have the product replaced after barely a year or two because it is not the latest thing out there?
Seriously, do old players play mp3 files any less than the newer devices out there?
Does the sound quality degrade after a certain amount of time?
If the goal is to play music on a portable device then this thing should just still work after 2 years. Devices should not be breaking down so much and attests to the shoddy workmanship of the company that makes them.
If the goal is to upgrade every few years and create waste for the landfills, upgrade to you're hearts content.
Bottom line for me is that I should not have to pluck down a few hundred dollars for a player and have to buy a new one a few years later because of a hard drive failure.
If I want to buy a new one because I feel the need to have video features on a portable device, that's one thing, but I should not have to get a new player just to do the same thing I was doing with my original player.
My Zen Extra is doing well for me. It doesn't have any video features but it does the job fine after a few years and seems to be going strong. I do feel like having the latest gadget sometimes but that's not the same as saying that I have to change because I am not satisfied with the product or that it's defective.
I heard a report a year ago about people who were among the first to get on the net to start unplugging from it. The thinking from these individuals are that being on the net is getting they're computers full of viruses, getting them exposed to hacker attacks, risk of identity theft and so on. It's a trend that has worried some companies because they worry that others might follow.
So the question is, are these people getting off being taken into account in the growth of the net?
My source for reputable news on the internet is from a television's website. Canada's french CBC website www.radio-canada.ca is a jewel for this and I'll take their article's over most other web sites. Very professional, lists link to article's sources. Gives access to clips of the reports and so much more. It's way better than the english CBC's website.
As for english news. I tend to read off of the BBC's website. Mainly because it's RSS links are on my firefox by default.
"It's a shame they can't put all that expertise to a better use than stealing money."
Maybe they could if the I.T sector offered any good employment for people with skill. But these days, it's just to hard for many of us to earn a living in this field.
I think it's alot of problems rather than just one thing that hurt Enterprise from being a success.
For one, the lack of ability to access the show.
I live in Montreal, Canada and I don't have cable because I can't afford it. This had not stopped me from watching shows like Voyager when it was new or Babylon 5 (even if it was at a crappy time slot). I was even able to see Deep Space Nine on fox (in reruns) from the states even if the signal was terrible.
Enterprise on the other hand has only been available on Space (Canada's version of the Sci-fi channel) and from what I read here, not much else then UPN in the states carry the show.
I don't know about the states, but here I have access to Andromeda, Outer limits and Doctor Who the 1st and second of which I consider utter crap but just love Doctor Who BTW (thank you CBC). I suspect that other regions have access to different Sci-Fi shows as well. Add to that the fact that there are other types of sci-fi shows out there like StarGate SG1/Atlantis and BattleStar Galactica and you have alot of factors to figure out why Enterprise is doing poorly. Give the audience access and you'll end up with more accurate ratings as opposed to people having to resort to bit torrents to get access because too many that would watch Enterprise just aren't going to want to bother to use such methods and will simply settle for whatever crap is on and accessible (like Outer Limits which used to be good but went downhill since).
Meanwhile shows like Survivor or The Apprentice do well because you just need good old regular TV with a tuner to see them as opposed to paying for expensive cable services that a lot of us still can't afford.
Quebecor didn't take them to court, they just bid more than Roger's did for Videotron (and way too much considering the value it had IMO).
I don't see anything in the article stating that Roger's doesn't want to stop file swappers.
I also don't believe they think they would loose customers as a result of this. It's more a fear of legal actions against them for divulging information that's keeping them from doing the same.
If Videotron succeeds, I'll bet the other ISPs will follow soon.
And where would you have them leave to go to?
Bell with they're slow connection and terrible billing mistakes?
Or maybe they should go with AIE or Colba Net or some other smaller DSL ISP. But wait, aren't they just using Sympatico's DSL network?
In some cases, they don't have a DSL option since Sympatico doesn't offer the connection to as many areas as Videotron does. I know more people that are pissed of because of Bell's loosy service than Videotron.
I also recall how much business Bell lost when they tried to place a download limit on customers which was worse than videotron's and jack up the price on top of that. People look and react a lot more at changes to they're bills then they will to the fact that a company is handing out they're personal information because no one believe that they are doing anything wrong. They'll change they're minds when they receive a letter of cease and desist demanding them to pay a sum of a couple of millions in restitutions.
So you're saying that ISPs such as Sympatico that is owned by Bell aren't against piracy? Bell owns CTV who BTW plays Canadien Idol which creates karaoke singers that (unfortunatly) sell a lot of music. I'm sure they would love to put a halt to the file sharing just as much as Quebecor.
Just because videotron is the first to decide to give up names doesn't mean that others don't want to.
And the other ISPs don't own any businesses threatened by file sharing?
Which companies again own Global TV and CTV? Isn't there a chain store called Roger's video?
I think most of the major ISPs in Canada have something to lose from file sharing. Videotron is just the first to act on this. They might even give other ISPs interest in following they're example.
Slow connection, nowhere near the speed of Videotron for one. They haven't been able to offer me a stable connexion in my area which is pretty urban. They can't provide to many resident's either who are stuck in a monopoly with videotron as a result.
I stopped using sympatico the day that they decided to cap the download limit to 5 gigs (which at the time was less then Videotron) and increased the price. I know they came back on that policy but not before losing a huge amount of customers and I'm still not ready to forgive them for it.
Lately, Bell has had numerous reports of billing errors across they're entire business and that's just scaring people from signing on and driving customers away as well.
Don't know if they still do it, but I for one have no interest in paying a 10$ a month fee for renting they're DSL modems. Can't understand why they didn't have an option to buy the modem or use one that I might have owned myself.
That's all I can think of right now but I'm sure other reasons exist.
Doesn't Roger's or Shaw have video stores as well? I don't live in the areas where they provide service but if selling movies is a reason then others ISPs might follow they And who again owns CTV and Global TV? Aren't those ISPs going to be happy to cooperate in stopping the file sharing of TV shows?
Honestly, if you're not going to be serious about what other people have to say, perhaps you shouldn't say anything.
Universal translator indeed. They much have gotten a cultural and hierarchy translator as well then.
I tend to think they had a restraint budget to explain the fact that everything ressembles to much like present earth but hey, that would have perhaps been an intelligent thing to talk about rather then a fictif no nonsense translator.
Actually, I think that the colonials have unknowingly had contact with earth. Just looking at the clothing these people wear, feels like I could meet civilians dressed the same at any accountant's gathering. The structure of the goverment and military also strikes alot like any of today's military.
They must have also learned earth's english language because they talk like they just came from there. How else would they have ended up with common names like William and Lee Adama or even Laura Roslin?
The people that did the old BSG show had at least the common sense to try to use a few terms such as centons and yahrens instead of hours and days to try and make it sound like they are not people of earth and the use of single names while a little strange, still made a difference.
I don't want to sound negative towards this show, I like it alot despite the flaws. I just have a hard time looking at these people with the belief that they are from a distant star system.
I used to write not@yourbusiness.com for a long time so that they would get the idea that I didn't want to give them my email address.
I know, almost certainly don't notice it lost among the millions of emails that they collect. But I figure that if I'm not going to give a real email, that it would be a good idea to use one that tells them what I think about they're way of collect info.
For some reason, I also always believed that I wasn't the only one using that fake email so if a couple of hundred people do the same thing I assume someone looking at the info would notice.
Since they started to use password validation thru email. I've had to use a Hotmail account where all my spam email ends up. At least the spam filter works when it's set to block everything. The only thing that gets thru are the spam from Microsoft. Figures.:(
If there is one thing the US does well, it's recreate shows rather then import them. Many films that have been made in the US are simply remakes from some other country. The Ring being a good example of a foreign movie that never made it to the big screen in the states (at least not in major theatres as far as I know). Hollywood made it in a way that people from the US will be able to accept and ended up doing something that didn't quite live up to the original. Interestingly enough, the US version probably got more exported thoughtout the world than the japanese version so I think it's a big loss for the global community. This is not the only instance that can be mentioned. I believe that a US version of the french movie Taxi is currently being produced. Is it really that hard for americains to accept a taxi driver rolling around the small streets of Marseille? Must it really be happening in the streets of some city like New York for the average americain joe to accept it? Why is it that hollywood has such a great resistance to movies that come from outside the US?
Yes there is the rare occasion where a foreign film will make it in major cinemas but I can't remember much passed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (or much before it either).
Since we're talking about anime here I think that if US animation studios took they're shows more seriouly like Hollywood does for it's movies, Japanese animation would never have gotten it's foot in the door here. I've met TV producers of animated shows here and they simply feel that it's best to make the shows as cheap as possible so as to make a quick buck rather than try to make something good.
The article I read states that the Ipod's battery cannot be replaced and this is not the only instance where I've heard of this problem.
Just to get the facts strait, I did do my research before buying my Nomad and like I mentionned in my previous post, I learned of the Ipod's irreplaceble battery after my purchase.
So that problem wasn't even a consideration when I put down the money to buy my player.
If your going to be insulting, please bother to properly read what is written.
Well, I for one wanted to get an I-Pod as well but had to give up on it because it was so expensive. Like you I wanted to find a bargain but no one was giving any. I eventually settled for the Nomad Zen Xtra (30 gig version) which does everything I need it to do just fine.
Not that I am trying to plug this product but after having bought my Nomad I came across an article that talked about a huge flaw with the I-Pod which is that the battery cannot be removed and that Apple will replace it for you at a price of around 250$. In other words you not only not get a discount you also have to be prepared to pay alot more further down the road.
After reading that article I really started to appreciate my investement in the Nomad player even if the interface isn't as good as the Ipod's wheel and software. It took a few days but I found ways to navigate it.
I'm not telling you to buy the same thing I did, I'm just telling you to really look at what you are paying for before putting down alot of money. Considering how much you pay for these products, I think it's really worth taking time to find the right product for you than just getting the cool looking one. To me it was more important to be happy with my player than to have the wow factor.
It just seems to me that this sounds alot like an attempt to copy the microsoft/intel approch that has made those companies succesful and have them dubbed wintel.
Maybe we should start giving them a name like eadia or nviea.
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I'm certain the answer to that will be no in most cases as is the the situation with one of my own neigh boors but just wondering.
Incidentally, only one out of 5 networks around my house has no security features enabled. Maybe people in some areas are more aware than others?
Was pretty amazed to discover that someone made a remake of the game for Windows.
http://files.filefront.com/Ghostbusters/;6357091;/ fileinfo.html
I didn't enjoy it quite as much but that's because somethings seem different than what I remember of the game play. Anyone else try this remake? Would love to get opinions on this.
It just plain hits me as amazing how people will just say to go and buy a new IPod to replace the old one.
He bought a music player, not a computer.
Should it be normal to have the product replaced after barely a year or two because it is not the latest thing out there?
Seriously, do old players play mp3 files any less than the newer devices out there?
Does the sound quality degrade after a certain amount of time?
If the goal is to play music on a portable device then this thing should just still work after 2 years. Devices should not be breaking down so much and attests to the shoddy workmanship of the company that makes them.
If the goal is to upgrade every few years and create waste for the landfills, upgrade to you're hearts content.
Bottom line for me is that I should not have to pluck down a few hundred dollars for a player and have to buy a new one a few years later because of a hard drive failure.
If I want to buy a new one because I feel the need to have video features on a portable device, that's one thing, but I should not have to get a new player just to do the same thing I was doing with my original player.
My Zen Extra is doing well for me. It doesn't have any video features but it does the job fine after a few years and seems to be going strong. I do feel like having the latest gadget sometimes but that's not the same as saying that I have to change because I am not satisfied with the product or that it's defective.
So the question is, are these people getting off being taken into account in the growth of the net?
Well that's not entirely true.
Some of us have the chance to watch it on television.
Figures it would have to be the CBC in Canada that would have the guts to pickup this show.
My source for reputable news on the internet is from a television's website.
Canada's french CBC website www.radio-canada.ca is a jewel for this and I'll take their article's over most other web sites.
Very professional, lists link to article's sources. Gives access to clips of the reports and so much more. It's way better than the english CBC's website.
As for english news. I tend to read off of the BBC's website. Mainly because it's RSS links are on my firefox by default.
"It's a shame they can't put all that expertise to a better use than stealing money."
Maybe they could if the I.T sector offered any good employment for people with skill. But these days, it's just to hard for many of us to earn a living in this field.
I think it's alot of problems rather than just one thing that hurt Enterprise from being a success. For one, the lack of ability to access the show. I live in Montreal, Canada and I don't have cable because I can't afford it. This had not stopped me from watching shows like Voyager when it was new or Babylon 5 (even if it was at a crappy time slot). I was even able to see Deep Space Nine on fox (in reruns) from the states even if the signal was terrible. Enterprise on the other hand has only been available on Space (Canada's version of the Sci-fi channel) and from what I read here, not much else then UPN in the states carry the show. I don't know about the states, but here I have access to Andromeda, Outer limits and Doctor Who the 1st and second of which I consider utter crap but just love Doctor Who BTW (thank you CBC).
I suspect that other regions have access to different Sci-Fi shows as well. Add to that the fact that there are other types of sci-fi shows out there like StarGate SG1/Atlantis and BattleStar Galactica and you have alot of factors to figure out why Enterprise is doing poorly. Give the audience access and you'll end up with more accurate ratings as opposed to people having to resort to bit torrents to get access because too many that would watch Enterprise just aren't going to want to bother to use such methods and will simply settle for whatever crap is on and accessible (like Outer Limits which used to be good but went downhill since).
Meanwhile shows like Survivor or The Apprentice do well because you just need good old regular TV with a tuner to see them as opposed to paying for expensive cable services that a lot of us still can't afford.
I don't see anything in the article stating that Roger's doesn't want to stop file swappers.
I also don't believe they think they would loose customers as a result of this. It's more a fear of legal actions against them for divulging information that's keeping them from doing the same.
If Videotron succeeds, I'll bet the other ISPs will follow soon.
In some cases, they don't have a DSL option since Sympatico doesn't offer the connection to as many areas as Videotron does. I know more people that are pissed of because of Bell's loosy service than Videotron.
I also recall how much business Bell lost when they tried to place a download limit on customers which was worse than videotron's and jack up the price on top of that. People look and react a lot more at changes to they're bills then they will to the fact that a company is handing out they're personal information because no one believe that they are doing anything wrong. They'll change they're minds when they receive a letter of cease and desist demanding them to pay a sum of a couple of millions in restitutions.
Just because videotron is the first to decide to give up names doesn't mean that others don't want to.
Which companies again own Global TV and CTV?
Isn't there a chain store called Roger's video?
I think most of the major ISPs in Canada have something to lose from file sharing. Videotron is just the first to act on this. They might even give other ISPs interest in following they're example.
Slow connection, nowhere near the speed of Videotron for one. They haven't been able to offer me a stable connexion in my area which is pretty urban. They can't provide to many resident's either who are stuck in a monopoly with videotron as a result.
I stopped using sympatico the day that they decided to cap the download limit to 5 gigs (which at the time was less then Videotron) and increased the price. I know they came back on that policy but not before losing a huge amount of customers and I'm still not ready to forgive them for it.
Lately, Bell has had numerous reports of billing errors across they're entire business and that's just scaring people from signing on and driving customers away as well.
Don't know if they still do it, but I for one have no interest in paying a 10$ a month fee for renting they're DSL modems. Can't understand why they didn't have an option to buy the modem or use one that I might have owned myself.
That's all I can think of right now but I'm sure other reasons exist.
Doesn't Roger's or Shaw have video stores as well? I don't live in the areas where they provide service but if selling movies is a reason then others ISPs might follow they
And who again owns CTV and Global TV? Aren't those ISPs going to be happy to cooperate in stopping the file sharing of TV shows?
Honestly, if you're not going to be serious about what other people have to say, perhaps you shouldn't say anything.
Universal translator indeed. They much have gotten a cultural and hierarchy translator as well then.
I tend to think they had a restraint budget to explain the fact that everything ressembles to much like present earth but hey, that would have perhaps been an intelligent thing to talk about rather then a fictif no nonsense translator.
Actually, I think that the colonials have unknowingly had contact with earth. Just looking at the clothing these people wear, feels like I could meet civilians dressed the same at any accountant's gathering. The structure of the goverment and military also strikes alot like any of today's military.
They must have also learned earth's english language because they talk like they just came from there. How else would they have ended up with common names like William and Lee Adama or even Laura Roslin?
The people that did the old BSG show had at least the common sense to try to use a few terms such as centons and yahrens instead of hours and days to try and make it sound like they are not people of earth and the use of single names while a little strange, still made a difference.
I don't want to sound negative towards this show, I like it alot despite the flaws. I just have a hard time looking at these people with the belief that they are from a distant star system.
I know, almost certainly don't notice it lost among the millions of emails that they collect. But I figure that if I'm not going to give a real email, that it would be a good idea to use one that tells them what I think about they're way of collect info.
For some reason, I also always believed that I wasn't the only one using that fake email so if a couple of hundred people do the same thing I assume someone looking at the info would notice.
Since they started to use password validation thru email. I've had to use a Hotmail account where all my spam email ends up. At least the spam filter works when it's set to block everything. The only thing that gets thru are the spam from Microsoft. :(
Figures.
So? Anyone else ever used that fake id?
If there is one thing the US does well, it's recreate shows rather then import them.
Many films that have been made in the US are simply remakes from some other country.
The Ring being a good example of a foreign movie that never made it to the big screen in the states (at least not in major theatres as far as I know). Hollywood made it in a way that people from the US will be able to accept and ended up doing something that didn't quite live up to the original.
Interestingly enough, the US version probably got more exported thoughtout the world than the japanese version so I think it's a big loss for the global community.
This is not the only instance that can be mentioned. I believe that a US version of the french movie Taxi is currently being produced. Is it really that hard for americains to accept a taxi driver rolling around the small streets of Marseille? Must it really be happening in the streets of some city like New York for the average americain joe to accept it?
Why is it that hollywood has such a great resistance to movies that come from outside the US?
Yes there is the rare occasion where a foreign film will make it in major cinemas but I can't remember much passed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (or much before it either).
Since we're talking about anime here I think that if US animation studios took they're shows more seriouly like Hollywood does for it's movies, Japanese animation would never have gotten it's foot in the door here. I've met TV producers of animated shows here and they simply feel that it's best to make the shows as cheap as possible so as to make a quick buck rather than try to make something good.
Just to get the facts strait, I did do my research before buying my Nomad and like I mentionned in my previous post, I learned of the Ipod's irreplaceble battery after my purchase.
So that problem wasn't even a consideration when I put down the money to buy my player.
If your going to be insulting, please bother to properly read what is written.
Not that I am trying to plug this product but after having bought my Nomad I came across an article that talked about a huge flaw with the I-Pod which is that the battery cannot be removed and that Apple will replace it for you at a price of around 250$. In other words you not only not get a discount you also have to be prepared to pay alot more further down the road.
After reading that article I really started to appreciate my investement in the Nomad player even if the interface isn't as good as the Ipod's wheel and software. It took a few days but I found ways to navigate it.
I'm not telling you to buy the same thing I did, I'm just telling you to really look at what you are paying for before putting down alot of money. Considering how much you pay for these products, I think it's really worth taking time to find the right product for you than just getting the cool looking one. To me it was more important to be happy with my player than to have the wow factor.
Hope this is useful.
Maybe we should start giving them a name like eadia or nviea.