Correct, and I can personally back this up. As an employee of Time Warner, I've seen issues with DVI in regards to TVs with outdated or incompatible RSA crypto keys. This is almost always fixable if you can get a firmware update to the TV. It's rare that is happens, but I've run into the issue a few times.
Basically, when setting up your TV with our HD boxes, your TV MUST be turned on BEFORE the box boots up. If the box posts without detecting the TV, the DVI or HDMI port gets turned off. It's a fucking device authentication standard. It's not that we want to be a media Nazi with your own equipment; rather we don't want to get our asses sued off by Hollywood. Unlike Toshiba, at least all our HD boxes support composite for those sets that don't have DVI or HDMI.
You obviously haven't owned a Radeon card. They just require one driver download as it's based off of a unified driver architecture...just like what nVidia does with the GeForce line. Basically, driver issues with ATi is non-existant nowdays
For the record, I used to support PCs with ATi cards prior to the Radeon line, and the drivers sucked ass. Trying to get Quake3 and Halflife to run decent in 98 and 99 was a real pain in the ass.
Thanks for the clarification. I was unaware that the British explicitly targeted civilians. Generally in warfare, you only go after the factories and military bases.
Basically, wolves are those that stand up for their pack (country). They can either be the offender or defender, but never stand down for what is right. Sheep on the other hand, are total pacifists. They believe that if you don't get yourself involved in any way that your enemy will leave you alone due to your own stance as a non-threat. If you wish to stand down and be conquered, so be it. However, remember that you will always be playing by their rules. Personally, I will not yield to Bin Laden and warship to Allah. I piss on his fucking Koran.
Remember, you can never have peace without victory. It truly is sad, but is a fact that war transverses throughout human history.
Heh, actually that domain name is part of an inside joke. If you have ever taken an MCP or MCSE exam, you will notice that Contoso is a made up name use a lot. I decided to see if there really was a company called "Contoso". Turns out it leads right to Microsoft. =)
How this got modded insightful just blows me away of the ignorance on this forum. But I digress...
Because of LEGAL reasons, Bill Clinton did NOT accept Sudan's offer to have Osama Bin Laden extradited to the US in 1996. And I quote Clinton; "I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America."
Also, Khadafi did not renounce terrorism until AFTER we invaded Iraq. Because of demonstrated force, he was scared shitless of the current path he was on.
Law does NOT stop criminals. Law only dictates the punishment of those willing to break the rules of the country they are in. However, in order to stop criminal activity, it can only be done through FORCE!
If a hornets nest is in your neighbors yard, yet the swarm attacks you in yours, what do you do? If your neighbor wont or can't bring down the nest, then you have no other choice but to walk over to his backyard and take care of the issue your self.
Note: Our network will be upgraded to gigabit due to the bandwidth saturation that this program causes. Also, the central capture server will be upgraded too.
When we disable a modem for non-payment or virus/spam abuse, we do it through rebooting the modem with a new BIN file. Once done, you will not get an IP address. The modem will still have a 10.net address attached to our network to configure. However, it's not accessible so don't bother wasting your time.
Regardless if you could get online through a disabled modem, don't do it. Theft of cable service (including internet service through our cable) is federal crime. So don't even THINK about getting crafty with your connection that has been explicitly disabled for non-payment.
ahh fuck it! Slashdot, where is your official DMCA logo for this article? You need one for obvious shit like this. CmdrTaco? Are you even reading this?
Capitalism is all about what a person is willing to pay for said goods and services. Take e-bay for example. While you might often find a lot of utter shit, someone else might find it of some value. In fact, two or three might find that same item valuable...hence a bidding war.
Funny that people will bitch about the cost of technology, but when it comes to low tech oil pantings from the 1500's it can become "priceless". Pfffttttt....SPARE ME! Everything has a price in this world, even your life (and mine for that matter).
How exactly does this cut costs? If anything, the 33k should be more expensive since it takes an extra step in the production process.
It's called market saturation. Take the CPU industry for example. While it may cost a few bucks more to fab a Pentium Extreme vs Celeron, you just destroyed your potential profit margin if both CPUs were priced nearly the same. In fact, some of newest "lowend" CPUs to come out of the fab are just UNDERCLOCKED CPUs rebranded.
The idea is to capture your profits at the high-end. Selling the low-end stuff at cost is just... tangible marketing.
Ya, let's countries such as China and N. Korea have such access to free engineering. After all, we want oppressive regimes to have as much power over their own citizens. I mean, when was the last time YOU could fly your own jet? Such gaps between non-democratic governments and it's citizens make much-needed revolutions that much harder to achive.
Back in 96, I was with a friend driving around town aimlessly for the hell of. At one point, we met up with one of his friends at a redlight. Being that both cars are the meanist Mustangs you've ever seen (and heard), we drag raced... Needless to say, HPD (Houston Police Officer) pulled us over while his friend got lucky and kept on driving off into the sunset.
Here is where it gets interesting though. Being in the passenger seat, I get to see the COP walk up to my friends window. Rather then the COP be calm, I heard him yelling "Kirston, GOD DAMNIT!!, that's it I've had it with you. I don't give a flying fuck if your stepdad is on the force, I'm writing your ass a ticket. Did you know you came this close to killing your friend and yourself....bla bla bla". Heh, needless to say, it makes me wonder just how many OTHER times he got away from a ticket due to political reason.
Your response is valid if he was living in the US. But, you must keep in mind that in the UK, you are GUILTY untill proven INNOCENT.
Honestly, I would love to work and live in the UK one day. But, something about living in an orwellian country rubs me the wrong way. Then again...the US of A is not far behind them either. *sobs*
It's a lot easer then you think. Will cell phone towers everywere, they could "dialup" instantly and report the violation. From there, it gets put on your record and a citation mailed to your home. They only human you get to dispute this with for the very first time is the county judge.
Ever wonder why license plate frames are illigal in Texas? It's so it makes it easier for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to read the plate number and thus access the local database and mail you another citation for running the tollbooth or a redlight.
The situation in Iraq is different in that you took action in Iraq in part to stop terrorism despite numerous warnings that your actions would have the opposite effect...
The situation in Iraq is basically a "hornet's nest". Normally if you have a hornets nest in your backyard, you can just ignore it hoping it will just go away or wither away and die off. But the reality is, hornet nest get bigger and eventually you will get stung by one of the bastards.
On 911, the US got invaded by a swarm of hornets. We didn't do anything to create this infestation in the middle east accept ignoring the fact it existed without taking action. But now that we got stung, we have to drag out the big cans of bug spray and wipe them out. Sure, we have gotten stung in the process of knocking the nest out by stirring up the hornets. But, it WILL be knocked out based on the current progress in Iraq. When this day happens, we will not have to bother being attacked again as we will actively make sure another hornet does not have the chance to make a new nest.
Humans are humans and hornets are hornets. But ultimately...life is life. I hope now you will not stick your head in the sand and just accept reality for what it is. War has and always will go on long after we are dead. In fact, you could say survival through war is what evolution allowed for our larger brains and intelligence. Those that can, do. Those that remain alive, procreate.
Ask your self this. In war, what side would YOU rather be on? At the end of the day, we are all involved even if it's implicitly.
I think your missing the point. While we are good at developing machinery and electronics, programming AI into the system has always been the problem.
The solution: Borrow an existing solution from nature. All you need is an insect, rat, or reptile to interface with the device and for them to obtain feedback with sensors it would closely be accustomed too.
Just imagine for a moment using a pigeon mounted inside a scramjet with the only purpose to get an item from point A to B in a battle field autonomously. How about using rodents to operate a robotic vehicle provide surveillance or rescue missions. The list goes on.
I have a patent on the "Solution maker". You see, all you have to do is press the fist-size red button labeled in white called Solution. Anytime you need a quick way to solve a problem and need the solution, just mash on this button with the palm of your hand. It's really EASY!
They will soon be for sale. So act NOW and get not one...not two...but THREE "Solution Makers" for you and your friends.
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Correct, and I can personally back this up. As an employee of Time Warner, I've seen issues with DVI in regards to TVs with outdated or incompatible RSA crypto keys. This is almost always fixable if you can get a firmware update to the TV. It's rare that is happens, but I've run into the issue a few times.
Basically, when setting up your TV with our HD boxes, your TV MUST be turned on BEFORE the box boots up. If the box posts without detecting the TV, the DVI or HDMI port gets turned off. It's a fucking device authentication standard. It's not that we want to be a media Nazi with your own equipment; rather we don't want to get our asses sued off by Hollywood. Unlike Toshiba, at least all our HD boxes support composite for those sets that don't have DVI or HDMI.
I sware it! If this bird can balance my checkbook better then I can, I will never say "bird brain" in the form of an insult.
You obviously haven't owned a Radeon card. They just require one driver download as it's based off of a unified driver architecture...just like what nVidia does with the GeForce line. Basically, driver issues with ATi is non-existant nowdays
For the record, I used to support PCs with ATi cards prior to the Radeon line, and the drivers sucked ass. Trying to get Quake3 and Halflife to run decent in 98 and 99 was a real pain in the ass.
In Austin, TWC offers 384kbps upstream and 512kpbs for premium customers.
Thanks for the clarification. I was unaware that the British explicitly targeted civilians. Generally in warfare, you only go after the factories and military bases.
Basically, wolves are those that stand up for their pack (country). They can either be the offender or defender, but never stand down for what is right. Sheep on the other hand, are total pacifists. They believe that if you don't get yourself involved in any way that your enemy will leave you alone due to your own stance as a non-threat. If you wish to stand down and be conquered, so be it. However, remember that you will always be playing by their rules. Personally, I will not yield to Bin Laden and warship to Allah. I piss on his fucking Koran.
Remember, you can never have peace without victory. It truly is sad, but is a fact that war transverses throughout human history.
Heh, actually that domain name is part of an inside joke. If you have ever taken an MCP or MCSE exam, you will notice that Contoso is a made up name use a lot. I decided to see if there really was a company called "Contoso". Turns out it leads right to Microsoft. =)
In war, you are either the sheep, or wolf. What side are you on?
Note: There is no right or wrong to the answer. It only points out your personal ideology. But for the record, the sheep never win.
How this got modded insightful just blows me away of the ignorance on this forum. But I digress...
Because of LEGAL reasons, Bill Clinton did NOT accept Sudan's offer to have Osama Bin Laden extradited to the US in 1996. And I quote Clinton; "I did not bring him here because we had no basis on which to hold him, though we knew he wanted to commit crimes against America."
Also, Khadafi did not renounce terrorism until AFTER we invaded Iraq. Because of demonstrated force, he was scared shitless of the current path he was on.
Law does NOT stop criminals. Law only dictates the punishment of those willing to break the rules of the country they are in. However, in order to stop criminal activity, it can only be done through FORCE!
If a hornets nest is in your neighbors yard, yet the swarm attacks you in yours, what do you do? If your neighbor wont or can't bring down the nest, then you have no other choice but to walk over to his backyard and take care of the issue your self.
It's not funny when all the PCs in your department have NiceSoft installed. I call it KGB software. http://www.nice-soft.com/product/nicespy/index.htm
Note: Our network will be upgraded to gigabit due to the bandwidth saturation that this program causes. Also, the central capture server will be upgraded too.
FYI, I'm a Time Warner employee in Austin, TX.
When we disable a modem for non-payment or virus/spam abuse, we do it through rebooting the modem with a new BIN file. Once done, you will not get an IP address. The modem will still have a 10.net address attached to our network to configure. However, it's not accessible so don't bother wasting your time.
Regardless if you could get online through a disabled modem, don't do it. Theft of cable service (including internet service through our cable) is federal crime. So don't even THINK about getting crafty with your connection that has been explicitly disabled for non-payment.
I totally agree. But according to the DMCA....
ahh fuck it! Slashdot, where is your official DMCA logo for this article? You need one for obvious shit like this. CmdrTaco? Are you even reading this?
Capitalism is all about what a person is willing to pay for said goods and services. Take e-bay for example. While you might often find a lot of utter shit, someone else might find it of some value. In fact, two or three might find that same item valuable...hence a bidding war.
Funny that people will bitch about the cost of technology, but when it comes to low tech oil pantings from the 1500's it can become "priceless". Pfffttttt....SPARE ME! Everything has a price in this world, even your life (and mine for that matter).
How exactly does this cut costs? If anything, the 33k should be more expensive since it takes an extra step in the production process.
It's called market saturation. Take the CPU industry for example. While it may cost a few bucks more to fab a Pentium Extreme vs Celeron, you just destroyed your potential profit margin if both CPUs were priced nearly the same. In fact, some of newest "lowend" CPUs to come out of the fab are just UNDERCLOCKED CPUs rebranded.
The idea is to capture your profits at the high-end. Selling the low-end stuff at cost is just... tangible marketing.
Just wait till the same technology will bring forth a "virtual pussy". Now geeks/nerds alike will experience finding the famous G-Spot.
Ya, let's countries such as China and N. Korea have such access to free engineering. After all, we want oppressive regimes to have as much power over their own citizens. I mean, when was the last time YOU could fly your own jet? Such gaps between non-democratic governments and it's citizens make much-needed revolutions that much harder to achive.
I'll tell you an interesting story.
Back in 96, I was with a friend driving around town aimlessly for the hell of. At one point, we met up with one of his friends at a redlight. Being that both cars are the meanist Mustangs you've ever seen (and heard), we drag raced... Needless to say, HPD (Houston Police Officer) pulled us over while his friend got lucky and kept on driving off into the sunset.
Here is where it gets interesting though. Being in the passenger seat, I get to see the COP walk up to my friends window. Rather then the COP be calm, I heard him yelling "Kirston, GOD DAMNIT!!, that's it I've had it with you. I don't give a flying fuck if your stepdad is on the force, I'm writing your ass a ticket. Did you know you came this close to killing your friend and yourself....bla bla bla". Heh, needless to say, it makes me wonder just how many OTHER times he got away from a ticket due to political reason.
Your response is valid if he was living in the US. But, you must keep in mind that in the UK, you are GUILTY untill proven INNOCENT.
Honestly, I would love to work and live in the UK one day. But, something about living in an orwellian country rubs me the wrong way. Then again...the US of A is not far behind them either. *sobs*
It's a lot easer then you think. Will cell phone towers everywere, they could "dialup" instantly and report the violation. From there, it gets put on your record and a citation mailed to your home. They only human you get to dispute this with for the very first time is the county judge.
Ever wonder why license plate frames are illigal in Texas? It's so it makes it easier for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to read the plate number and thus access the local database and mail you another citation for running the tollbooth or a redlight.
The situation in Iraq is different in that you took action in Iraq in part to stop terrorism despite numerous warnings that your actions would have the opposite effect...
The situation in Iraq is basically a "hornet's nest". Normally if you have a hornets nest in your backyard, you can just ignore it hoping it will just go away or wither away and die off. But the reality is, hornet nest get bigger and eventually you will get stung by one of the bastards.
On 911, the US got invaded by a swarm of hornets. We didn't do anything to create this infestation in the middle east accept ignoring the fact it existed without taking action. But now that we got stung, we have to drag out the big cans of bug spray and wipe them out. Sure, we have gotten stung in the process of knocking the nest out by stirring up the hornets. But, it WILL be knocked out based on the current progress in Iraq. When this day happens, we will not have to bother being attacked again as we will actively make sure another hornet does not have the chance to make a new nest.
Humans are humans and hornets are hornets. But ultimately...life is life. I hope now you will not stick your head in the sand and just accept reality for what it is. War has and always will go on long after we are dead. In fact, you could say survival through war is what evolution allowed for our larger brains and intelligence. Those that can, do. Those that remain alive, procreate.
Ask your self this. In war, what side would YOU rather be on? At the end of the day, we are all involved even if it's implicitly.
Hah! I can understand why. Who want's to risk witness a "Vision Of Death" (VOD) error?
it is forbidden for instance to kill or wound a fairy
Well DUH! When should it ever be legal to kill/wound a faggot?
I think your missing the point. While we are good at developing machinery and electronics, programming AI into the system has always been the problem.
The solution: Borrow an existing solution from nature. All you need is an insect, rat, or reptile to interface with the device and for them to obtain feedback with sensors it would closely be accustomed too.
Just imagine for a moment using a pigeon mounted inside a scramjet with the only purpose to get an item from point A to B in a battle field autonomously. How about using rodents to operate a robotic vehicle provide surveillance or rescue missions. The list goes on.
I have a patent on the "Solution maker". You see, all you have to do is press the fist-size red button labeled in white called Solution. Anytime you need a quick way to solve a problem and need the solution, just mash on this button with the palm of your hand. It's really EASY!
They will soon be for sale. So act NOW and get not one...not two...but THREE "Solution Makers" for you and your friends.
Sex with aliens? Dude, just call it for what it is. It's called "Interstellar Xenofornication"