"They alleged that the [record labels and movie studios] forced piracy to occur by conspiring to keep authorized and copy-protected versions of their songs and movies off Kazaa." (emphasis added)
Of course.
I am sure
that without this so called
"conspiracy" (quote and quote)
Kazaa users would post "copy-protected" songs and movies,
which no one would be able to copy whatsoever.
Of course, that is exactly what would happen
--- people would share unplayable media
and everyone would be happy.
The current state of exporting free software encryption is so "wonderful" that I have to manually type each and every sample program from Schneier's Applied Cryptography book listings to try it out, because a disc with exactly the very same software would be illegal and, by ex tention, evil.
We all know that terrorists cannot type, so thank god we are entirely safe that way.
I just love it.
I feel like in the days, when I was typing C64 games in BASIC from '80s' computer magazines. *sigh*
Or maybe not that great after all?
The good news is that thanks to
Playstation there are more kids who visit
libraries. That is truely great. (but unfortunately they are
playing video games instead of reading for god's sake!)
This time they can compress truely random data, always at the same fixed- compression-ratio, which is the most amazing part of this research project, as well as the most overlooked part, while we are at it.
The problem is that we are trying to catch spammers, instead of people who sell the very advertised products and services. Just follow the money, people. That way it won't matter how well spammers hide their identity. It all works because someone gets the money, which is absolutely trivial to track. If few CEOs went to jail because their companies' products were in spam, I'm sure other CEOs would at the very least stop to think about it. It is really that simple.
good job folks. makes me even happier to plunk down my cash for the FreeBSD DVD.
now, where can I find a list of products that use this chipset? as I understand it, the broadcom chips are the ones to avoid?
You can find everything
here.
(And please, for the love of god,
before anyone make this old and completely unintelligent joke with Atheros/uterus pun
--
it is not funny!)
No need to mount it. Just write dd if=/dev/hdc10 of=/root/backups/hdc10-`date -Is` or something similar, and it's done.
You have all the empty space still taking up room though. And this may be more for versioning and others where compression and other issues would be highly important.
For the sake of simplicity I haven't piped it through gzip (or bzip2 for that matter) in my example. After all, it was only an example, for god's sake!
All I have to say on the subject of your choice of a screename is that people smart enough to be in mensa should be smart enough to not be in mensa.
Yes, and people who are fast enough to win a marathon are obviously fast enough to not win the marathon. Very insightful thought indeed, however off-topic (*cough*moderators*cough*) it might be.
So, if the new hard drive is smaller... what then?
Is that some kind of joke?
If the new hard drive is smaller
then obviously you cannot write more data than what would fit. Isn't that obvious? If you want to move 40GB of backed up data to 30GB hard disk you are out of luck, no matter if you use dd or anything else.
It's just a pigeon hole principle, pure and simple.
Unfortunately, this is only useful if the replacement hard drive is identical to the original.
This often isn't the case.:-/
No. It just means that you have to make a partition of at least the same size on the new hard drive, as on the old one.
The new hard drives are usually larger, so it's not a problem at all. First use dd to back up the partition and record it on a new hard drive using fdisk (or cfdisk if yu cannot use a simple CLItool) first to make a new partition of the same type and size, and then dd again to write the actual data.
It's just that simple.
With dd you can make a "snap shot" of any imaginable partition. No need to mount it. Just write dd if=/dev/hdc10 of=/root/backups/hdc10-`date -Is` or something similar, and it's done. I wish you good luck.
Please don't even remind me about
homebrew rackmount watercooling...
Just remember to always check if the water is not leaking anywhere before you turn it on together with $15000 equipment.
This is a lesson I learned the hard way...
That looks essentially like the QBert I had for my old Atari...
Was it released for the console but not for the arcade?
Well, it's actually quite complicated.
Take a look at The History of Q*Bert according to Jeff Lee. It's a very intresting read and provides full and informative background.
Also, I'm sure everyone would love refreshing mamories reading The Adventures of Q*bert
by John Robinson on-line, together with original pictures drawn by the famous Al Moraski!
Of course everyone remembers that
the original version was indeed
"a breakthrough in 2600 graphics"
but did you know that there is
a freeware Gameboy Color ROM available?
Really, you can download it from here. In my opinion Paul Chinn's idea to port Q*bert to Gameboy was unquestionably insightful.
but it's one of those deals where if you have to explain a 'joke' or reference.... It just wasn't worth it.
I am not quite sure if I follow your drift
(or if it even is on-topic, for that matter).
Anyway, I don't think we should discuss off-topic topics here, because we might accidentally increase the signal-to-noise-ratio of an important discussion. I am sure my journal would be much more appropriate.
...you might consider reading a dictionary and getting some insight about the newspeak invented only for one reason: to make copyright infringement look like a crime to ignorant public. Think about it. Then read this.
Then think about it once more.
Now you should know that my apparently funny and humorous words were indeed very sad.
Great! now you made me a "FOE" because of my comment... thats really funny.
Funny it might be indeed,
however I don't really think that it is in any way related to, or valuable for, the discussion about
Phantom in particular or beta testers in general.
Complaining every time you are being moderated or made someone's "friend" or "foe" is in my opinion not only pointless but also childish and anoying.
After all, it is called meta-moderation for a reason.
You might enjoy discussing such matters with my other foes, because I post strictly on-topic.
For at least six years, I have been working exclusively as a consultant, but I generally don't use any people or companies between myself and someone, whom I work for (except maybe Western Union). I hate bureaucracy. I send them my code, they send me their money. That's it. Anything more is unnecessarily suboptimal in my opinion. But your milage might vary. It's all about finding a solution which is best for your specific needs. There is no universal solution for everyone.
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Seriously though, what would you expect from proprietary software? What is this, MSDN or OSDN?
"They alleged that the [record labels and movie studios] forced piracy to occur by conspiring to keep authorized and copy-protected versions of their songs and movies off Kazaa." (emphasis added)
Of course. I am sure that without this so called "conspiracy" (quote and quote) Kazaa users would post "copy-protected" songs and movies, which no one would be able to copy whatsoever. Of course, that is exactly what would happen --- people would share unplayable media and everyone would be happy.
It is very interesting. I wonder if this decision had anything to do with the recent moves in Parrot development.
The current state of exporting free software encryption is so "wonderful" that I have to manually type each and every sample program from Schneier's Applied Cryptography book listings to try it out, because a disc with exactly the very same software would be illegal and, by ex tention, evil. We all know that terrorists cannot type, so thank god we are entirely safe that way. I just love it. I feel like in the days, when I was typing C64 games in BASIC from '80s' computer magazines. *sigh*
Or maybe not that great after all? The good news is that thanks to Playstation there are more kids who visit libraries. That is truely great. (but unfortunately they are playing video games instead of reading for god's sake!)
This time they can compress truely random data, always at the same fixed- compression-ratio, which is the most amazing part of this research project, as well as the most overlooked part, while we are at it.
Wi-fi users still don't encrypt? I don't know wi... Maybe fi users are just not particularly good cryptographers I guess? (Pun definitely intended.)
The problem is that we are trying to catch spammers, instead of people who sell the very advertised products and services. Just follow the money, people. That way it won't matter how well spammers hide their identity. It all works because someone gets the money, which is absolutely trivial to track. If few CEOs went to jail because their companies' products were in spam, I'm sure other CEOs would at the very least stop to think about it. It is really that simple.
You haven't read how it all started, have you?
Is that some kind of an extremely clever pun? Because if it isn't, then I just don't know what is.
There is no need to ask. You can find it here.
I wish you good luck with porting. We need more people like you.
You can find everything here. (And please, for the love of god, before anyone make this old and completely unintelligent joke with Atheros/uterus pun -- it is not funny!)
For the sake of simplicity I haven't piped it through gzip (or bzip2 for that matter) in my example. After all, it was only an example, for god's sake!
Yes, and people who are fast enough to win a marathon are obviously fast enough to not win the marathon. Very insightful thought indeed, however off-topic (*cough*moderators*cough*) it might be.
Is that some kind of joke?
If the new hard drive is smaller then obviously you cannot write more data than what would fit. Isn't that obvious? If you want to move 40GB of backed up data to 30GB hard disk you are out of luck, no matter if you use dd or anything else. It's just a pigeon hole principle, pure and simple.
No. It just means that you have to make a partition of at least the same size on the new hard drive, as on the old one. The new hard drives are usually larger, so it's not a problem at all. First use dd to back up the partition and record it on a new hard drive using fdisk (or cfdisk if yu cannot use a simple CLItool) first to make a new partition of the same type and size, and then dd again to write the actual data. It's just that simple.
With dd you can make a "snap shot" of any imaginable partition. No need to mount it. Just write dd if=/dev/hdc10 of=/root/backups/hdc10-`date -Is` or something similar, and it's done. I wish you good luck.
Please don't even remind me about homebrew rackmount watercooling... Just remember to always check if the water is not leaking anywhere before you turn it on together with $15000 equipment. This is a lesson I learned the hard way...
Well, it's actually quite complicated. Take a look at The History of Q*Bert according to Jeff Lee. It's a very intresting read and provides full and informative background. Also, I'm sure everyone would love refreshing mamories reading The Adventures of Q*bert by John Robinson on-line, together with original pictures drawn by the famous Al Moraski! Of course everyone remembers that the original version was indeed "a breakthrough in 2600 graphics" but did you know that there is a freeware Gameboy Color ROM available? Really, you can download it from here. In my opinion Paul Chinn's idea to port Q*bert to Gameboy was unquestionably insightful.
None taken.
I am not quite sure if I follow your drift (or if it even is on-topic, for that matter). Anyway, I don't think we should discuss off-topic topics here, because we might accidentally increase the signal-to-noise-ratio of an important discussion. I am sure my journal would be much more appropriate.
...you might consider reading a dictionary and getting some insight about the newspeak invented only for one reason: to make copyright infringement look like a crime to ignorant public. Think about it. Then read this. Then think about it once more. Now you should know that my apparently funny and humorous words were indeed very sad.
I, for one, find it scary that there are still people actively practicing the craft of abordage...
Funny it might be indeed, however I don't really think that it is in any way related to, or valuable for, the discussion about Phantom in particular or beta testers in general. Complaining every time you are being moderated or made someone's "friend" or "foe" is in my opinion not only pointless but also childish and anoying. After all, it is called meta-moderation for a reason. You might enjoy discussing such matters with my other foes, because I post strictly on-topic.
It surely gives a whole new meaning to /dev/random entropy pool!
(pun definitely intended)
For at least six years, I have been working exclusively as a consultant, but I generally don't use any people or companies between myself and someone, whom I work for (except maybe Western Union). I hate bureaucracy. I send them my code, they send me their money. That's it. Anything more is unnecessarily suboptimal in my opinion. But your milage might vary. It's all about finding a solution which is best for your specific needs. There is no universal solution for everyone.
I personally find A Portrait of J. Random Hacker by Eric Raymond, especially the part entitled Weaknesses of the Hacker Personality, very interesting. A Portrait of the Hacker as a Young Man, from Free as in Freedom by Sam Williams is also certainly worth suggesting. Most of people don't know that, but Richard Stallman, the author of GNU, considers himself afflicted, to some degree, by autism, which makes it difficult for him to interact with people. I can honestly say I understand him.