How are pirates the ones that complain? Up until now and likely forever, there is always a way to copy something 'illegally'. This restricts the people that PAY MONEY for something. They are the ones faced with restrictions, and therefore the ones who complain. Bittorrent'd games don't have that issue. So, why would a pirate complain? If someone knows at the time of purchase that you can't RESELL something, why would they buy it in the first place? So, less people buy something with DRM sauteed all over it and the more and more the companies blame lost revenue on this fact, on 'PIRATES' usually - resulting in a downwards spiral, shooting themselves in the foot.
Here's one for you! "Would you buy a brick of gold knowing that once you own it, you can't carry it with you in your pocket, backpack or lunch bag? The only way you can carry it is if you hold it in your hand. On top of that, at the time of purchase (or after, look at Spore!), you can't RESELL it. How valuable is that to you then? That's right, that $700 (with current prices) 1 ounce brick of gold you claim you 'bought' is basically useless other than being a shiny piece of metal on your mantle.
I think you need to understand the basis of something before you start hammering others who know what they are talking about. Sure, some people don't complain about these things, but some people also don't complain if the government listens to every word on your telephone conversations. If you don't want a government official listening into your private conversations, does that make you a terrorist. Please answer me that.
Uh oh. We have no hope left. Now that these two counter-acting articles are out, the world is going to go into an infinite spiral and collapse on itself. We don't need the Hadron Collider after all!
Please don't say that word. It sounds like something my 3 month old niece says. Rather, call it Decimal/fake terabyte (found on hard drives) or just a (real) 'terabyte'. I think it's pathetic people have come up with some new (baby sounding) word because hard drive manufacturers are too f'ing arrogant to make 'true' sizes. In marketing 1TB/1000GB sounds a little bit better than 931GB..
I calle the FBI in Boston (near where she lives) and they said they can't help
Just tell them people are getting bomb threats... That should easily get this put on their #1 list and resolved in about 5 minutes tops. Isn't that why they phone tap everyone?
They've had a bootable CD ISO for quite some time, but would be required to do a net install. It's not a big deal since the whole download is just over 100MB. If you couldn't do that you, would need to supply another CD or USB with the install files on it. In the last 2-3 releases, the OpenBSD started created a pre-compiled bootable ISO with all the files included.
OpenBSD is far from dead, buddy. PF, OpenSSH, OpenCVS.. all being widely adopted and ported across OS'. Hell, even windows uses OpenBSD code BSD Licensed code in its OS (traceroute anyone?). The code is solid and highly audited before AND after release. There's a reason there have only been a couple of remote holes in over 10 years. There are NO binary blobs in source and drivers are reverse engineered if necessary to add to the OS. And on another note, the BSD license is a very easy license to follow if needing to reuse the code. There are 3 clauses, and the last one is optional by the author(s) of the code:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of the nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
After having used OpenBSD now for 7 or 8 years, I REFUSE to put anything else facing my internet connection. It just doesn't make sense.
It's not a big deal. You can simply extract comp43.tgz from any OpenBSD mirror.. Just for the record, it's 75MB gzip COMPRESSED. But ya, why would you need a compiler for a bootable CD?
I really hate to nit pick at small details, but USB2 is in fact 480Mb/s. The real speeds you'll see for USB2 are 40MB/s and 50MB/s for Firewire. Connecting each to a FreeBSD machine will show you: da0: 50.000MB/s transfers (firewire), and 40MB/s for USB2. Firewire can reach that speed due to the fact the Firewire device speaks directly to system memory using DMA, while USB2 doesn't. However, DMA does pose a security risk too. The end user should be very careful at what kind of device he or she is plugging into the port. But hey, it's not like you shouldn't take the same precautions with USB2.
It's not as bad as you think. Before you compare it to Apple's kill switch....
1) The source is open. They're not hiding it from people's view, like Apple's. People had to dig down for Apple's to find it 2) They state this in their Terms of Service: "Google may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement... in such an instance, Google retains the right to remotely remove those applications from your device at its sole discretion" 3) They offer a "return" (not sure how.. it's electric) within 24 hours if it's found the application has an issue and must be blocked. Apple does NOT do this.
Google's a prime example. The majority of their online apps have been in 'beta' for how long now? This doesn't seem to deter people away from using them since their apps have a good rep. I think it matters more about how reviews, word of mouth, etc. speak about a product. However, in a corp environment things could be different. Purchasers looking at software may think v7 of something is way better than v1 of another. Even though v8 is infinitely times more bloated than v1. Sad, but that's the reality.
Also, look at the Linux kernel. Version 2.4 is still widely used if one isn't worried about having the latest and greatest. One would think 2.6 is way better to go with, although this is untrue. It depends on the application.
My company uses a mix of fat and thin clients. IT gives a few choices between desktops, which costs the department money, and then there are 'free' (to department) thin clients. In actuality, the thin clients cost more when actually purchasing. Don't ask me why Wyse charges $800 for a mini-itx system with 1gb/ram and 1gb of flash, running a VIA C7 1.2ghz processor when the device runs just a Citrix client anyways. I personally prices a comparable mini-itx system, with a tiny case, for ~60% of what Wyse charges (with more memory, CPU, and storage). The boxes are still technically fat clients, but they've just been crippled down so only the smart enough people can run applications natively on the device. The boxes are also set to write protect so that no changes can be committed by anyone except local admins (or remotely maintenance of course).
Most applications can work okay through this method, however there are some that still can't work over thin clients. Even running big Excel or Word documents poses a lot of lag. Also, the video cards are old (S3 Virge anyone?) that when trying to output to dual displays, it looks like total crap on one. Some issues arise when deploying specific applications for a handful of individuals as well, by request.
All in all, they are great overall if you can get away with them. There is a tremendous power saving since the box doesn't use much memory running the Citrix client, the processor doesn't get taxed since it's mostly idle, and the whole power consumption isn't much more than a single 10-15 watt hard drive. I'd say the display is the most power hungry item in this case, but set to standby when not in use.
Please explain HOW that is the best solution. The point of it is to provide a protection that XP didn't have. I don't personally use Vista, but if I did I wouldn't think twice. If you just disable it, say bye bye to virus/malware protection other than whatever virus scanner you have.
You can do what my company has been doing. They bought a few eeePCs at a decent price and literally keep NOTHING but a Citrix client on them. When employees cross the border, there is no liability if the netbook gets confiscated, stolen, or wiped. When they reach their destination, assuming the laptop is okay, they bring up the encrypted Citrix client and VPN into work. This way they have full access to their environment: Outlook, Internet Browsing, etc. all done through the corp network with encryption. The cost of this is minimal (a $300 netbook) as opposed to a full $1000-2000 laptop PLUS sensitive data.
Now, for personal use you could simply run an ssh tunnel. Takes, literally, just a few mouse-clicks to setup and costs nothing extra (minus the netbook).
Bottom line: The less you bring, the less risk you take.
The Sansa is nice and I bought one just before the new year. In some way you do get what you pay for. I, too, put Rockbox on it and absolutely loved it. However, the saying is true, to an extent, that you do get what you pay for. I lightly tossed mine into my duffel bag and the screen cracked. Now, that's not the problem. I opened it up (yes and it's nice that is has a user replaceable battery) and noticed the screen was SOLDERED to the freaking motherboard. The iPod has a quick release feature. There were about 20+ of the most tiny points, so good luck trying to solder that baby. I had to go out and buy a new one.
Now, I'm not saying the Sansa is all that bad: easily replaceable battery (4 screws), MicroSD slot, etc, BUT the fact I had to buy 2 and not simply buy a $20 screen off ebay (for an ipod) and replace it, basically meant I paid the same amount of money (or more) than the iPod. I also didn't get as slick of a device and doesn't allow me to use iTunes if I wanted. Yes, I know there are third party softwares to sync, but they don't keep track of last playtime, etc, which is how I make dynamic playlists.
Yes and No. The JEDEC specifications say that DDR2 must be able to handle UP TO 2.3 volts before incurring any PERMANENT damage. However, 1.9v is considered the max when stability is of concern and anything over that is not guaranteed to work (properly).
DDR3 is specified to work at 1.575v, but able to withstand up to 1.975v.. Again, no guarantees it will function properly, but (according to the standard) shouldn't fry it. Now, other factors do come into play such as less life, more heat generated, more power used, etc.
The JEDEC specification is for memory modules. What Intel is saying is their processor will (likely) get damaged any more than 1.65v.
I wonder if this has other uses and could potentially save lots of headaches on society. What could be more beneficial than sending your newborns straight into adulthood?? Brilliant!
As much as I hate dns being hijacked (I don't have the issue as I run my own), I'm sure these ISPs view it in a different light. Their argument will be that it's a 'feature' rather than being intrusive on people's browsing: "Helping our customers get to the proper website" or that it helps keep the price of the internet service low so you don't have to pay as much per month. Also, if you start hammering this, I'm sure a flag will rise (if they're at least half smart) and they'll send a nice email out to you stating that you're abusing your service, yada yada..
Not that any of this is a good thing, but you gotta see it from another prospective...
nothing at all. It just makes installing OSX that much easier. A friend of mine who has installed OSX on non-Apple hardware says it can be a bitch (unless you know what you're doing) to install the OS and the EFI emulator, bootloader, etc. This just takes away all the extra work and makes it very straight forward as if you were installing it directly on an Apple machine. I'm sure it's only a matter of time until people image these things and start booting off their own USB keys to install OSX.
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How are pirates the ones that complain? Up until now and likely forever, there is always a way to copy something 'illegally'. This restricts the people that PAY MONEY for something. They are the ones faced with restrictions, and therefore the ones who complain. Bittorrent'd games don't have that issue. So, why would a pirate complain? If someone knows at the time of purchase that you can't RESELL something, why would they buy it in the first place? So, less people buy something with DRM sauteed all over it and the more and more the companies blame lost revenue on this fact, on 'PIRATES' usually - resulting in a downwards spiral, shooting themselves in the foot.
Here's one for you! "Would you buy a brick of gold knowing that once you own it, you can't carry it with you in your pocket, backpack or lunch bag? The only way you can carry it is if you hold it in your hand. On top of that, at the time of purchase (or after, look at Spore!), you can't RESELL it. How valuable is that to you then? That's right, that $700 (with current prices) 1 ounce brick of gold you claim you 'bought' is basically useless other than being a shiny piece of metal on your mantle.
I think you need to understand the basis of something before you start hammering others who know what they are talking about. Sure, some people don't complain about these things, but some people also don't complain if the government listens to every word on your telephone conversations. If you don't want a government official listening into your private conversations, does that make you a terrorist. Please answer me that.
500 kph(km/h) = 310.685596 mph
Uh oh. We have no hope left. Now that these two counter-acting articles are out, the world is going to go into an infinite spiral and collapse on itself. We don't need the Hadron Collider after all!
Please don't say that word. It sounds like something my 3 month old niece says. Rather, call it Decimal/fake terabyte (found on hard drives) or just a (real) 'terabyte'. I think it's pathetic people have come up with some new (baby sounding) word because hard drive manufacturers are too f'ing arrogant to make 'true' sizes. In marketing 1TB/1000GB sounds a little bit better than 931GB..
I calle the FBI in Boston (near where she lives) and they said they can't help
Just tell them people are getting bomb threats... That should easily get this put on their #1 list and resolved in about 5 minutes tops. Isn't that why they phone tap everyone?
I pledge I will not pirate anything... today
Sorry, you are mistaken:
http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/i386/install43.iso (203M)
They've had a bootable CD ISO for quite some time, but would be required to do a net install. It's not a big deal since the whole download is just over 100MB. If you couldn't do that you, would need to supply another CD or USB with the install files on it. In the last 2-3 releases, the OpenBSD started created a pre-compiled bootable ISO with all the files included.
OpenBSD is far from dead, buddy. PF, OpenSSH, OpenCVS.. all being widely adopted and ported across OS'. Hell, even windows uses OpenBSD code BSD Licensed code in its OS (traceroute anyone?). The code is solid and highly audited before AND after release. There's a reason there have only been a couple of remote holes in over 10 years. There are NO binary blobs in source and drivers are reverse engineered if necessary to add to the OS. And on another note, the BSD license is a very easy license to follow if needing to reuse the code. There are 3 clauses, and the last one is optional by the author(s) of the code:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of the nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
After having used OpenBSD now for 7 or 8 years, I REFUSE to put anything else facing my internet connection. It just doesn't make sense.
It's not a big deal. You can simply extract comp43.tgz from any OpenBSD mirror.. Just for the record, it's 75MB gzip COMPRESSED. But ya, why would you need a compiler for a bootable CD?
Found here: http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/i386/comp43.tgz
I really hate to nit pick at small details, but USB2 is in fact 480Mb/s. The real speeds you'll see for USB2 are 40MB/s and 50MB/s for Firewire. Connecting each to a FreeBSD machine will show you: da0: 50.000MB/s transfers (firewire), and 40MB/s for USB2. Firewire can reach that speed due to the fact the Firewire device speaks directly to system memory using DMA, while USB2 doesn't. However, DMA does pose a security risk too. The end user should be very careful at what kind of device he or she is plugging into the port. But hey, it's not like you shouldn't take the same precautions with USB2.
It's not as bad as you think. Before you compare it to Apple's kill switch....
1) The source is open. They're not hiding it from people's view, like Apple's. People had to dig down for Apple's to find it ... in such an instance, Google retains the right to remotely remove those applications from your device at its sole discretion"
2) They state this in their Terms of Service: "Google may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement
3) They offer a "return" (not sure how.. it's electric) within 24 hours if it's found the application has an issue and must be blocked. Apple does NOT do this.
It's okay.. The government already knows them
Google's a prime example. The majority of their online apps have been in 'beta' for how long now? This doesn't seem to deter people away from using them since their apps have a good rep. I think it matters more about how reviews, word of mouth, etc. speak about a product. However, in a corp environment things could be different. Purchasers looking at software may think v7 of something is way better than v1 of another. Even though v8 is infinitely times more bloated than v1. Sad, but that's the reality.
Also, look at the Linux kernel. Version 2.4 is still widely used if one isn't worried about having the latest and greatest. One would think 2.6 is way better to go with, although this is untrue. It depends on the application.
Is it just me, or did they increase the bezel on the Macbook Pro by like 30-40%??
Before: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/MacBook_Pro.jpg
After: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/10/mbp05.jpg
My company uses a mix of fat and thin clients. IT gives a few choices between desktops, which costs the department money, and then there are 'free' (to department) thin clients. In actuality, the thin clients cost more when actually purchasing. Don't ask me why Wyse charges $800 for a mini-itx system with 1gb/ram and 1gb of flash, running a VIA C7 1.2ghz processor when the device runs just a Citrix client anyways. I personally prices a comparable mini-itx system, with a tiny case, for ~60% of what Wyse charges (with more memory, CPU, and storage). The boxes are still technically fat clients, but they've just been crippled down so only the smart enough people can run applications natively on the device. The boxes are also set to write protect so that no changes can be committed by anyone except local admins (or remotely maintenance of course).
Most applications can work okay through this method, however there are some that still can't work over thin clients. Even running big Excel or Word documents poses a lot of lag. Also, the video cards are old (S3 Virge anyone?) that when trying to output to dual displays, it looks like total crap on one. Some issues arise when deploying specific applications for a handful of individuals as well, by request.
All in all, they are great overall if you can get away with them. There is a tremendous power saving since the box doesn't use much memory running the Citrix client, the processor doesn't get taxed since it's mostly idle, and the whole power consumption isn't much more than a single 10-15 watt hard drive. I'd say the display is the most power hungry item in this case, but set to standby when not in use.
Please explain HOW that is the best solution. The point of it is to provide a protection that XP didn't have. I don't personally use Vista, but if I did I wouldn't think twice. If you just disable it, say bye bye to virus/malware protection other than whatever virus scanner you have.
You can do what my company has been doing. They bought a few eeePCs at a decent price and literally keep NOTHING but a Citrix client on them. When employees cross the border, there is no liability if the netbook gets confiscated, stolen, or wiped. When they reach their destination, assuming the laptop is okay, they bring up the encrypted Citrix client and VPN into work. This way they have full access to their environment: Outlook, Internet Browsing, etc. all done through the corp network with encryption. The cost of this is minimal (a $300 netbook) as opposed to a full $1000-2000 laptop PLUS sensitive data.
Now, for personal use you could simply run an ssh tunnel. Takes, literally, just a few mouse-clicks to setup and costs nothing extra (minus the netbook).
Bottom line: The less you bring, the less risk you take.
The Sansa is nice and I bought one just before the new year. In some way you do get what you pay for. I, too, put Rockbox on it and absolutely loved it. However, the saying is true, to an extent, that you do get what you pay for. I lightly tossed mine into my duffel bag and the screen cracked. Now, that's not the problem. I opened it up (yes and it's nice that is has a user replaceable battery) and noticed the screen was SOLDERED to the freaking motherboard. The iPod has a quick release feature. There were about 20+ of the most tiny points, so good luck trying to solder that baby. I had to go out and buy a new one.
Now, I'm not saying the Sansa is all that bad: easily replaceable battery (4 screws), MicroSD slot, etc, BUT the fact I had to buy 2 and not simply buy a $20 screen off ebay (for an ipod) and replace it, basically meant I paid the same amount of money (or more) than the iPod. I also didn't get as slick of a device and doesn't allow me to use iTunes if I wanted. Yes, I know there are third party softwares to sync, but they don't keep track of last playtime, etc, which is how I make dynamic playlists.
Anyways, back to work I go.
Yes and No. The JEDEC specifications say that DDR2 must be able to handle UP TO 2.3 volts before incurring any PERMANENT damage. However, 1.9v is considered the max when stability is of concern and anything over that is not guaranteed to work (properly).
DDR3 is specified to work at 1.575v, but able to withstand up to 1.975v .. Again, no guarantees it will function properly, but (according to the standard) shouldn't fry it. Now, other factors do come into play such as less life, more heat generated, more power used, etc.
The JEDEC specification is for memory modules. What Intel is saying is their processor will (likely) get damaged any more than 1.65v.
You forgot the best part about texting. Assuming it's not at night, you can do it more inconspicuously while driving!
I wonder if this has other uses and could potentially save lots of headaches on society. What could be more beneficial than sending your newborns straight into adulthood?? Brilliant!
1. Move to Russia
2. Create virus that encrypts helpless users' data
3. ???
4. Profit!
As much as I hate dns being hijacked (I don't have the issue as I run my own), I'm sure these ISPs view it in a different light. Their argument will be that it's a 'feature' rather than being intrusive on people's browsing: "Helping our customers get to the proper website" or that it helps keep the price of the internet service low so you don't have to pay as much per month. Also, if you start hammering this, I'm sure a flag will rise (if they're at least half smart) and they'll send a nice email out to you stating that you're abusing your service, yada yada..
Not that any of this is a good thing, but you gotta see it from another prospective...
nothing at all. It just makes installing OSX that much easier. A friend of mine who has installed OSX on non-Apple hardware says it can be a bitch (unless you know what you're doing) to install the OS and the EFI emulator, bootloader, etc. This just takes away all the extra work and makes it very straight forward as if you were installing it directly on an Apple machine. I'm sure it's only a matter of time until people image these things and start booting off their own USB keys to install OSX.
Unless of course this is based on true life...