And if it's DVI-I, well, just make sure you're not running on the -A ports.
Those are the analog parts of the DVI spec, which arent much better than the VGA spec. Still, a nice crisp monitor with super-clean DACs (like Matrox and those who care about 2d) is preferred to a crap setup (read nVidia) with DVI-D.
Still, many are intent on spreading FUD on how much better the DVI specs are, along with new upcoming specs (HDMI for graphics cards). Good VGA is also guaranteed to work without clumsy lockout technology. If you can plug the 15 pins in (or 9 if you go long distance using modified ethernet cable, along with 800x600) it WILL work. The same cannot be said for "digital preventative technologies" (read DRM).
Dont forget my journal.. Though I should pay more attention to it.
But in reality, I just getting under the fingernails of people like "Archangel Michael". It really is stress relieving. People like that fall for the stupidest ploys and circular logic. I'm amazed that you didnt see it first.
It is not true that the map of freedom will be complete with the erasure of the last invidious border when it remains for us to chart the attractors of thunder and delineate the arrhythmias of drought to reveal the molecular dialects of forest and savanna as rich as a thousand human tongues and to comprehend the deepest history of our passions ancient beyond mythology's reach
So I declare that no corporation holds a monopoly on numbers no patent can encompass zero and one no nation has sovereignty over adenine and guanine no empire rules the quantum waves
And there must be room for all at the celebration of understanding for there is a truth which cannot be bought or sold imposed by force, resisted or escaped.
Greg Egan, author of Distress. Shamelessly copied without permission.
I would much prefer that system than the present system.
Authors could be judged upon free or previous content. When they announce a new work being made, they can take bids for how much they think it's worth. Escrow systems arent exactly new to speak of. Blender3D was done in this precise manner so that a source code buyout was produced for GPL purposes.
There was a dilemma that represented the general problem related to this type of escrow for work, but the name eludes me.
---Your argument here is that because you can find them elsewhere for "free" (gratis/no cost), along with "more rights" (whatever that means).
You really dont think much. "more rights".. DRM and preventative technology only hurt the honest user. To shape it up, do you think there's more value in a DRMed copy or an un-DRMed copy? Why or why not?
---I hate to break this to you, but you don't gain any freedom by downloading illegally procured copyright protected works.
Why then can I play those files anywhere, and on any OS? For some reason, XviD avi's seem to play anywhere, unlike those HD-DVD's which you need to have an "authorized player", an "authorized disc" , and an "authorized tv" to play.. Yet none of those preventative technologies are available to us mere mortals. Also, given the hatred of your "rights", I assume you do not have or watch children. Tapes were bad enough, but the second a DVD gets a small scratch in it, game over. At least DVD's were copyable, which in my opinion, why they took off the way they did.
Unlike now, projects to protect fair use (BackupHDDVD) are quelled at the behest of the media conglomerates. How do you protect your license for that copy? Well, you cant. The media companies demand that you rebuy and rebuy media you already own a "copyright copy" for. The law protects them (and in the case where it doesnt, they buy politicians to do so). Where's our protection as buyers?
---In fact, in your "search" for "freedom" you have created a situation whereby you deny the RIGHTS of others (copyright) to the spoils of their hard work. I highly doubt you sent the author/publisher of the works you've downloaded their rightful renumeration for the works you have illegally procured for yourself.
Wow. I didnt know that downloading actually walked over there and ACTIVELY PREVENTED rights. Tell me: Who can I pay when I download a foreign film with soft subs done by somebody else? Do I pay the file hoster? Do I pay the director? Do I pay the actors? Do I pay the amateur subtitler for making it accessible to me? I watch more foreign movies and documentaries than anything else.
If a movie I like (not deleted off my network) comes to town, I pay for tickets to watch it. If it comes out on DVD, I buy it, ONLY if the subtitles are correct. I've bought 3-5 anime DVD's only to find out the subtitling I paid for is mistranslated. Sorry, but I dont support that garbage. And frankly, what kind of "rightful renumeration" are you looking for? There are no statutory prices on videos, as there ARE on audio. I wish there were statutes on pricing guides, so I could send copies while paying a specific governmental entity for proper compliance. Russia does just this.
---Society's Morals. We have copyright to protect the creative works of authors. You seem to think that this is not applicable to you, because of some other "freedom" you think you have. You are in error.
Morals are for religion. Politics and what is best for a country is not related to a religion, and in fact can be very detrimental to the people. Still, that is not the topic.
" To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; "
There is nothing for "protection", but rather IS called for is promotion of arts and sciences. Also pay attention that the Constitution calls for "limited times". Does 95 years or 75 years +authors death seem Limited? A quote from Wikipedia:
"Under this act, no additional works made in 1923 or afterwards that were still copyrighted in 1998 will enter the public domain until 2019, unless the owner of the copyright releases them into the public domain prior to that."
Yes. Very ethical indeed. And this promotes what again?
---Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. But all of those are BESIDES THE POINT. It isn't your righ
---Copyright infringement is both morally and legally wrong. Obviously you think Piracy is okay, because you think everything should be free.
Wrong. When I download from 'those' websites, I get more than I would have purchased (at any price): my freedom. Please do tell, you CAN shift media formats when you buy the DRM'ed WMV, right?
And whose morals are we talking about here? Mine, or your morals you'd like to force everybody to follow?
---I did, except you insist on piracy because it is "free" (without cost). When presented an alternative (technical merits aside) that doesn't involve "free" you then complain you can get it for "free", even if it is illegal (in most jurisdictions).
No, you didnt. You just did the standard religious "my morals are better than your morals so youre going to hell" type of argument.
Where can I BUY media that is the same quality and same freedom in that which I download freely? I remember vaguely what EMI said... something about us paying for their mistake or somesuch...
---People like make me sick and ruin it for those of us who want technically sound, legitimate formats that are convenient and are willing to pay for them so that we aren't infringing copyrights.
Is geographic lockout good for copyright? Is preventing time and format shifting good for copyright? Is treating the honest, paying user like a criminal good for copyright? Is including disablers and other forms of obnoxious software on what is supposed to be a media disc good for copyright?
I dont think so.
Unfortunately, I cant buy media on terms dictated by fair-use laws and precedent. Hence, I either buy the DVD or download them. I maintain my freedom, unlike those who bought HD-DVD and BluRay and other forms of anti-user control.
Wow. What a crock of shit. I wanted to see what exactly these movies they offered, and well.. They speak for themselves.
In the Sci-Fi category.
4d Man "rent" A Clockwork Orange "rent" Alice in Wonderland Broadway production "rent" Buncha "Alien" movies. "all rent" Animatrix "own"
Yuck. I wouldnt even download this garbage from Thepiratebay.com , and they're free. I also looked at other sections that piqued my interest, and the similar veneer of crap was about them all.
Why should I pay for a "rental" or a "own" when there are plenty of websites that provide it for free, along with more rights than I would gain with "bittorrent.com" ?
Answer that, and you solve the majority of piracy. And shutting those sites down is not an acceptable answer, as the USA interests are not shared globally.
Well, I forget the exact formula for determining the minimum "cage" hole, but anything that can absorb broad spectrum radiation can be called a Faraday Cage.
And, considering harmonics do trigger these cards, one would want broad absorption.
That in itself is arguable. Yes, a MP3 decompressed to PCM compared to a CD converted to PCM does show 'lossage', but according to the psychoacoustic model of sound, there really is no discernible loss. The higher the bitrate of the lossy compression, the harder it is to hear artifacts. In converse, the better the equipment to replicate the sound, the easier it is to hear artifacts.
---but you can spread thousands of copies of it without each of those copies becoming progressively lower quality.
I can also spread lossless audio. Digital only means in the truest word discrete. If I could modulate my 802.11g card, I could trade true waveforms of music captured, of course your sampling would have to be double to capture what I output, and you couldnt guarantee that what you recorded was what I outputted..
---That's pretty humorous but I seriously doubt those "web apps" were written by people who had experience with business process reengineering as did the guys I'm referring to.
Im sure they didnt. I've seen real professional engineers who do the work of what a whole office could do. It's just amazing to watch those special guys do work in their element.
Im just reaffirming the point that the drive towards the bottom never really was near the top. Those many sites (I knew about 20+ of them during 1997-1999) all had those kinds of problems.
---There is no shortage of US engineers -- there is only a shortage of young engineers -- and of managers who see the difference between a line of code and productivity. Not one of the guys over 40 I know is making as much now as he was BEFORE 1996 and most of them have been unemployed most of the time since the year 2000 -- this during a time when real estate costs have skyrocketed along with H-1b imports.
The economy dictates prices and quantity. Go read Econ textbook 101 and find out why. Baldrson is right on mark.
---And don't give me garbage about "keeping up on your skills" when the guys I've most closely worked with -- these obsolete aging engineers who "don't keep up on their skills" -- were doing 50K line Javascript web applications back in 1997 and couldn't get the mind-share among the "luminaries" who were all agog about Java -- and do we even need to talk about VB?
Yes, yes, yes. The javascript webapps. I remember those. Those were the ones that you could do online e-commerce, but by changing the URL at the price=200.00 to a smaller number, you could get things realllly cheap. Good thing there was no validation on those CLIENT side webapps. I made a few bucks on their incompetence.
---There has been a demographic collapse among young engineers because the prior generation of engineers couldn't afford to have children even if they could find a wife in one of the male saturated ghettos created by guys like you. The few young men sired by engineers are all-too-aware of what you've done to their fathers and they'll be better off going into real estate or moving out to a little plot of land in the country living an eco-friendly subsistence lifestyle.
Im seeing that very action right now. My dad's an engineer for a large firm, and he spends much more time at work than he ever does at home. And then when he's at home, he's tethered to that damned cell phone. Im going into chemistry, yet also am trying to get into radiology (medical). Business, law, and medical is where it's at.
---You see they know they are from a culture that respects women's sovereignty to the point that arranged marriages are out of the question -- unlike the hoards you idiots are importing.
Heh heh heh. The women will find that out easily enough.
---Well, sorry, you're obviously not idiots. You're probably suffering from a mild form of Aspergers to be so unaware of these profound social problems afflicting your subjects -- sort of like a "nobility" that just can't understand why their subjects don't eat cake and then try to guillotine them. My nephew has a fairly severe form of Aspergers but he can get along a lot better now that he is self-aware about it and the limitations it places on his judgement about human social relations. Sometimes reality makes one sound like a satirist but there is truth to what I'm saying here.
Aspergers is a made up ailment UNLESS diagnosed by a mental healthcare professional: eg. a psychiatrist.
What happens is most women were driven from the sciences into more fluff jobs. Along with that is the loss of respect granted by working in intelligence based jobs. I know women who are secretaries, nurses, teachers, "philosophers", massage therapists, and the like. Do I sound sexist? Well, probably, but MY girlfriend is a biologist and does respect me. I respect her for the same reasons.
Using the word "Consumer" is just disgusting. I think it akin to hogs running to the slop bin when you pour the days leftovers in. They come a-running and dont stop until the last already-ate morsel is thoroughly done. During that while, they havent a care in the world as their food frenzy is keeping them from anything else. Consumers are just like that in a mall on black Friday. They just want to consume consume consume, all without a care in the world.
Do you want to be known as a consumer?
I am, however, a Customer. I wont do an impulse buy on your goods. I will, however research to authenticate the veracity of your claims, along with a trial of a demonstration unit. If that isnt available, I use a credit card and chargeback if my expectations are not met (which usually are with proper research into pros and cons). The business had better treat me with respect, considering if I buy something that exceeds my expectations, I will most assuredly come back.
Not really. How do you know that ALL the code checks were removed?
How do you know that it wont munge the zips?
How do you know it wont just lie and go right through the "good" password?
If I was them, I'd chew up CPU cycles while showing a glitzy screen that looks like it's doing work.
Better yet, how do you know this software isnt boobytrapped ? Im sure you could do an exhaustive search by creating dead listings and hopping around in an ICE, but that only gets you so far. For as far as you know it, it could download a small batch file depending on specific user input and execute arbitrary instructions (like removing home directory) or slowly corrupting your user data.
If a program slowly changed your Document/Spreadsheet/Database setup in that it corrupted letters and numbers, when would you notice it?
Lastly, when I had my hand at it, I didnt like AZPR and my preparation that I had to do to even debug it properly. That, and what +Fravia says usually is true. I have his site to thank for what I taught myself what I know now.
Im not sure if you work for a big business or a small one, but fair use would dictate that using DVD shrink on defective discs to gain access to the usable material would not be illegal. You are just attempting to fix a defect within a disc that you LEGALLY obtained.
You are not breaking the DMCA as DVDShrink can retain the proper countrycode and macrovision. As long as you post the discs (say in a Disc archive holder or a case) and only make the # of copies that you legally bought, I do not see how that could be construed illegal in any case.
What? Are you thinking he's some gun-toting Kentuckian hills redneck who bangs his sister?
Sorry, but maintaining guns is an honorable pursuit.. And much more stress-free than software programming. Back in 04, I switched from comp-sci to chemistry. I love that program.
---I got the penalty for what I did, which means I got what I deserved. I did the crime, I did the time. My point was that, perhaps, the penalty exceeds the crime.
I come from the school of thought that wants to remove "Distracted Driving". I've been cut off by more cell phone yakkers than anybody else. And what do I see on their side of their head? A silver flip phone or a flashing blue light from a Bluetooth headset. Or, just as dangerous are people who read during driving. I've seen a few bookreaders actively reading books while driving on I-65. Not good.
---Regardless, I haven't had anything to drink and driven since I got released from jail after the arrest, and that was long before I went to court.
That in itself is a personal opinion. I do not believe that drinking is bad in itself. Putting others lives in your wellbeing when you control your own "wellbeing" is just wrong. Like I said, drinking is just one way that leads to wreaks.
---In the current context, I think not being admitted to Canada for at least 5, and maybe 10, years is a bit over the top, when you consider that most violent criminals get away with it.
Perhaps it is. Then again, if the tables were turned, I'd rather not have a recently DUI'ed foreigner on our roads. And well, 5 years would represent the forethought of not driving while drunk (or knowing where the local cops hang out).
---P.S. I bet you live somewhere where you can easily walk to a bar/restaurant. Let's see what happens when you are older and need to move to the suburbs where you can't. You haven't had a DUI, "YET". I hope you never do. Learn from the consequences I posted. Take a cab, no matter how far, it's cheaper.
Nope. I live between Columbus and Nashville IN on SR 46. It's 15 minutes from either city, and about 30 minutes to Bloomington IN. This is just a horrible estimate, but if I walked from the closest bar (Its All the Buzz, the one next to the church:-) ), it'd be 2+ hours. And in honesty, you could easily get my name and address. Im a ham operator and have posted my license (KC9JEF). Some reason though, is my phone number is incorrect in the FCC database. Ive yet to file a petition to fix that.
And the fact is that I still live with my parents. Im still going through college (chemistry after switching from comp sci). Even after that, my parents have never had any drinking taboos. We all drink together and have a fun time doing it. The key is we stay home and dont drive until we're sober. Usually that means sleeping it off overnight (like what I plan to after this post.. my GF gave me 4 bottles of really nice wine for valentines day:D just had one).
My pops said if I ever got to the point that I needed transportation, just ring him up no questions asked. I never have, and will never need to due to alcohol. Vehicle problems are another story altogether.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Ok. Congress shall make no laws abridging the freedom of speech. So, you can say whatever the fuck you want and know that your speech isnt "banned". However, you take responsibility for what you say. Common law has always seen "bad stuff" in person to person crimes (Murder, Rape and Robbery.. real crimes in which somebody is the looser). If you claim to say that you'll do those actions, you're gonna pay for the consequences.
I could care less if they are Mexican, Canadian, or AnythingIAN.
What I care about is if they are legal and came through our "Front Door", rather than finding a crack or an open window to shimmy through.
However, Deportation DOES NOT WORK. Yes, we could deport a few buses to Mexico, buut most likely Mexico would lead an army to stop us. Instead, what needs to happen are felonies on hiring undocumented illegal aliens. Here in Columbus, Indiana we had a scare that INS was coming here to round up a bunch of Mexicans. From that, a Toyota factory shut its doors for 2 days. A few other factories also shut down, but their names eludes me.
I would, however, not make it a crime if employers were gave false information. Not checking is different than being handed bad (but looks good) information. The active denying of jobs would raise US prices and make the Mexicans go back to their country and actually attempt to remove corruption and increase the standard of living through reform.
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If it's DVI-A, it doesnt matter anyways.
And if it's DVI-I, well, just make sure you're not running on the -A ports.
Those are the analog parts of the DVI spec, which arent much better than the VGA spec. Still, a nice crisp monitor with super-clean DACs (like Matrox and those who care about 2d) is preferred to a crap setup (read nVidia) with DVI-D.
Still, many are intent on spreading FUD on how much better the DVI specs are, along with new upcoming specs (HDMI for graphics cards). Good VGA is also guaranteed to work without clumsy lockout technology. If you can plug the 15 pins in (or 9 if you go long distance using modified ethernet cable, along with 800x600) it WILL work. The same cannot be said for "digital preventative technologies" (read DRM).
Dont forget my journal.. Though I should pay more attention to it.
But in reality, I just getting under the fingernails of people like "Archangel Michael". It really is stress relieving. People like that fall for the stupidest ploys and circular logic. I'm amazed that you didnt see it first.
It is not true that the map of freedom will be complete
with the erasure of the last invidious border
when it remains for us to chart the attractors of thunder
and delineate the arrhythmias of drought
to reveal the molecular dialects of forest and savanna
as rich as a thousand human tongues
and to comprehend the deepest history of our passions
ancient beyond mythology's reach
So I declare that no corporation holds a monopoly on numbers
no patent can encompass zero and one
no nation has sovereignty over adenine and guanine
no empire rules the quantum waves
And there must be room for all at the celebration of
understanding
for there is a truth which cannot be bought or sold
imposed by force, resisted
or escaped.
Greg Egan, author of Distress.
Shamelessly copied without permission.
I would much prefer that system than the present system.
Authors could be judged upon free or previous content. When they announce a new work being made, they can take bids for how much they think it's worth. Escrow systems arent exactly new to speak of. Blender3D was done in this precise manner so that a source code buyout was produced for GPL purposes.
There was a dilemma that represented the general problem related to this type of escrow for work, but the name eludes me.
---Your argument here is that because you can find them elsewhere for "free" (gratis/no cost), along with "more rights" (whatever that means).
You really dont think much. "more rights".. DRM and preventative technology only hurt the honest user. To shape it up, do you think there's more value in a DRMed copy or an un-DRMed copy? Why or why not?
---I hate to break this to you, but you don't gain any freedom by downloading illegally procured copyright protected works.
Why then can I play those files anywhere, and on any OS? For some reason, XviD avi's seem to play anywhere, unlike those HD-DVD's which you need to have an "authorized player", an "authorized disc" , and an "authorized tv" to play.. Yet none of those preventative technologies are available to us mere mortals. Also, given the hatred of your "rights", I assume you do not have or watch children. Tapes were bad enough, but the second a DVD gets a small scratch in it, game over. At least DVD's were copyable, which in my opinion, why they took off the way they did.
Unlike now, projects to protect fair use (BackupHDDVD) are quelled at the behest of the media conglomerates. How do you protect your license for that copy? Well, you cant. The media companies demand that you rebuy and rebuy media you already own a "copyright copy" for. The law protects them (and in the case where it doesnt, they buy politicians to do so). Where's our protection as buyers?
---In fact, in your "search" for "freedom" you have created a situation whereby you deny the RIGHTS of others (copyright) to the spoils of their hard work. I highly doubt you sent the author/publisher of the works you've downloaded their rightful renumeration for the works you have illegally procured for yourself.
Wow. I didnt know that downloading actually walked over there and ACTIVELY PREVENTED rights. Tell me: Who can I pay when I download a foreign film with soft subs done by somebody else? Do I pay the file hoster? Do I pay the director? Do I pay the actors? Do I pay the amateur subtitler for making it accessible to me? I watch more foreign movies and documentaries than anything else.
If a movie I like (not deleted off my network) comes to town, I pay for tickets to watch it. If it comes out on DVD, I buy it, ONLY if the subtitles are correct. I've bought 3-5 anime DVD's only to find out the subtitling I paid for is mistranslated. Sorry, but I dont support that garbage. And frankly, what kind of "rightful renumeration" are you looking for? There are no statutory prices on videos, as there ARE on audio. I wish there were statutes on pricing guides, so I could send copies while paying a specific governmental entity for proper compliance. Russia does just this.
---Society's Morals. We have copyright to protect the creative works of authors. You seem to think that this is not applicable to you, because of some other "freedom" you think you have. You are in error.
Morals are for religion. Politics and what is best for a country is not related to a religion, and in fact can be very detrimental to the people. Still, that is not the topic.
" To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; "
There is nothing for "protection", but rather IS called for is promotion of arts and sciences. Also pay attention that the Constitution calls for "limited times". Does 95 years or 75 years +authors death seem Limited? A quote from Wikipedia:
"Under this act, no additional works made in 1923 or afterwards that were still copyrighted in 1998 will enter the public domain until 2019, unless the owner of the copyright releases them into the public domain prior to that."
Yes. Very ethical indeed. And this promotes what again?
---Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. Probably not. But all of those are BESIDES THE POINT. It isn't your righ
The movie is junk.
Have you read the book? That isnt junk.
Just like most of what Phillip K Dick or Asimov wrote: the movies are junk but the books or short stories are awesome.
---Copyright infringement is both morally and legally wrong. Obviously you think Piracy is okay, because you think everything should be free.
Wrong. When I download from 'those' websites, I get more than I would have purchased (at any price): my freedom. Please do tell, you CAN shift media formats when you buy the DRM'ed WMV, right?
And whose morals are we talking about here? Mine, or your morals you'd like to force everybody to follow?
---I did, except you insist on piracy because it is "free" (without cost). When presented an alternative (technical merits aside) that doesn't involve "free" you then complain you can get it for "free", even if it is illegal (in most jurisdictions).
No, you didnt. You just did the standard religious "my morals are better than your morals so youre going to hell" type of argument.
Where can I BUY media that is the same quality and same freedom in that which I download freely? I remember vaguely what EMI said... something about us paying for their mistake or somesuch...
---People like make me sick and ruin it for those of us who want technically sound, legitimate formats that are convenient and are willing to pay for them so that we aren't infringing copyrights.
Is geographic lockout good for copyright? Is preventing time and format shifting good for copyright? Is treating the honest, paying user like a criminal good for copyright? Is including disablers and other forms of obnoxious software on what is supposed to be a media disc good for copyright?
I dont think so.
Unfortunately, I cant buy media on terms dictated by fair-use laws and precedent. Hence, I either buy the DVD or download them. I maintain my freedom, unlike those who bought HD-DVD and BluRay and other forms of anti-user control.
My rights matter more than their money.
Wow. What a crock of shit. I wanted to see what exactly these movies they offered, and well.. They speak for themselves.
In the Sci-Fi category.
4d Man "rent"
A Clockwork Orange "rent"
Alice in Wonderland Broadway production "rent"
Buncha "Alien" movies. "all rent"
Animatrix "own"
Yuck. I wouldnt even download this garbage from Thepiratebay.com , and they're free. I also looked at other sections that piqued my interest, and the similar veneer of crap was about them all.
Why should I pay for a "rental" or a "own" when there are plenty of websites that provide it for free, along with more rights than I would gain with "bittorrent.com" ?
Answer that, and you solve the majority of piracy. And shutting those sites down is not an acceptable answer, as the USA interests are not shared globally.
Well, I forget the exact formula for determining the minimum "cage" hole, but anything that can absorb broad spectrum radiation can be called a Faraday Cage.
And, considering harmonics do trigger these cards, one would want broad absorption.
Read my journal, bitch.
YHBT. YHL. HAND.
---You're missing the point.
Thats because there is no point.
---An MP3 loses quality from the original source
That in itself is arguable. Yes, a MP3 decompressed to PCM compared to a CD converted to PCM does show 'lossage', but according to the psychoacoustic model of sound, there really is no discernible loss. The higher the bitrate of the lossy compression, the harder it is to hear artifacts. In converse, the better the equipment to replicate the sound, the easier it is to hear artifacts.
---but you can spread thousands of copies of it without each of those copies becoming progressively lower quality.
I can also spread lossless audio. Digital only means in the truest word discrete. If I could modulate my 802.11g card, I could trade true waveforms of music captured, of course your sampling would have to be double to capture what I output, and you couldnt guarantee that what you recorded was what I outputted..
See? It a PARIDOX!!
You really arent that smart, are you?
1. What's a "paridox"? Did'ja know that google can spellcheck?
2. Is there some sort of subliminal message wIth ranDom smatterIngs Of capital leTters?
3. Do complete sentences?
"The problem with digital music unlike previous forms Records, and Tapes."
4. Thats what we in the know call a factual error. MP3 is lossy. FLAC is not. I dont see much FLACs being traded, other than torrent sites.
"With the Compressed Digital Music now causes a problem where music can be spread rapidly, without quality loss."
There's even much more wrong, but find that out for yourself. Ignorance can be fixed, but stupid cannot.
---That's pretty humorous but I seriously doubt those "web apps" were written by people who had experience with business process reengineering as did the guys I'm referring to.
Im sure they didnt. I've seen real professional engineers who do the work of what a whole office could do. It's just amazing to watch those special guys do work in their element.
Im just reaffirming the point that the drive towards the bottom never really was near the top. Those many sites (I knew about 20+ of them during 1997-1999) all had those kinds of problems.
---There is no shortage of US engineers -- there is only a shortage of young engineers -- and of managers who see the difference between a line of code and productivity. Not one of the guys over 40 I know is making as much now as he was BEFORE 1996 and most of them have been unemployed most of the time since the year 2000 -- this during a time when real estate costs have skyrocketed along with H-1b imports.
The economy dictates prices and quantity. Go read Econ textbook 101 and find out why. Baldrson is right on mark.
---And don't give me garbage about "keeping up on your skills" when the guys I've most closely worked with -- these obsolete aging engineers who "don't keep up on their skills" -- were doing 50K line Javascript web applications back in 1997 and couldn't get the mind-share among the "luminaries" who were all agog about Java -- and do we even need to talk about VB?
Yes, yes, yes. The javascript webapps. I remember those. Those were the ones that you could do online e-commerce, but by changing the URL at the price=200.00 to a smaller number, you could get things realllly cheap. Good thing there was no validation on those CLIENT side webapps. I made a few bucks on their incompetence.
---There has been a demographic collapse among young engineers because the prior generation of engineers couldn't afford to have children even if they could find a wife in one of the male saturated ghettos created by guys like you. The few young men sired by engineers are all-too-aware of what you've done to their fathers and they'll be better off going into real estate or moving out to a little plot of land in the country living an eco-friendly subsistence lifestyle.
Im seeing that very action right now. My dad's an engineer for a large firm, and he spends much more time at work than he ever does at home. And then when he's at home, he's tethered to that damned cell phone. Im going into chemistry, yet also am trying to get into radiology (medical). Business, law, and medical is where it's at.
---You see they know they are from a culture that respects women's sovereignty to the point that arranged marriages are out of the question -- unlike the hoards you idiots are importing.
Heh heh heh. The women will find that out easily enough.
---Well, sorry, you're obviously not idiots. You're probably suffering from a mild form of Aspergers to be so unaware of these profound social problems afflicting your subjects -- sort of like a "nobility" that just can't understand why their subjects don't eat cake and then try to guillotine them. My nephew has a fairly severe form of Aspergers but he can get along a lot better now that he is self-aware about it and the limitations it places on his judgement about human social relations. Sometimes reality makes one sound like a satirist but there is truth to what I'm saying here.
Aspergers is a made up ailment UNLESS diagnosed by a mental healthcare professional: eg. a psychiatrist.
What happens is most women were driven from the sciences into more fluff jobs. Along with that is the loss of respect granted by working in intelligence based jobs. I know women who are secretaries, nurses, teachers, "philosophers", massage therapists, and the like. Do I sound sexist? Well, probably, but MY girlfriend is a biologist and does respect me. I respect her for the same reasons.
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Using the word "Consumer" is just disgusting. I think it akin to hogs running to the slop bin when you pour the days leftovers in. They come a-running and dont stop until the last already-ate morsel is thoroughly done. During that while, they havent a care in the world as their food frenzy is keeping them from anything else. Consumers are just like that in a mall on black Friday. They just want to consume consume consume, all without a care in the world.
Do you want to be known as a consumer?
I am, however, a Customer. I wont do an impulse buy on your goods. I will, however research to authenticate the veracity of your claims, along with a trial of a demonstration unit. If that isnt available, I use a credit card and chargeback if my expectations are not met (which usually are with proper research into pros and cons). The business had better treat me with respect, considering if I buy something that exceeds my expectations, I will most assuredly come back.
I am a customer.
Not really. How do you know that ALL the code checks were removed?
How do you know that it wont munge the zips?
How do you know it wont just lie and go right through the "good" password?
If I was them, I'd chew up CPU cycles while showing a glitzy screen that looks like it's doing work.
Better yet, how do you know this software isnt boobytrapped ? Im sure you could do an exhaustive search by creating dead listings and hopping around in an ICE, but that only gets you so far. For as far as you know it, it could download a small batch file depending on specific user input and execute arbitrary instructions (like removing home directory) or slowly corrupting your user data.
If a program slowly changed your Document/Spreadsheet/Database setup in that it corrupted letters and numbers, when would you notice it?
Lastly, when I had my hand at it, I didnt like AZPR and my preparation that I had to do to even debug it properly. That, and what +Fravia says usually is true. I have his site to thank for what I taught myself what I know now.
AZPR and Advanced Disc Catalog.
Both use IDEA-encrypted data segments and extensive checking that munges data structures.
No-go protections are easy. Just JMP past them. Data corruption techniques are the nastiest to crack, if you can understand the format..
Hmm. Interesting.
I would have thought it was an USA service. Many of them would lead to such despicable behavior, however, I guess it isnt.
Thanks for the response.
Im not sure if you work for a big business or a small one, but fair use would dictate that using DVD shrink on defective discs to gain access to the usable material would not be illegal. You are just attempting to fix a defect within a disc that you LEGALLY obtained.
You are not breaking the DMCA as DVDShrink can retain the proper countrycode and macrovision. As long as you post the discs (say in a Disc archive holder or a case) and only make the # of copies that you legally bought, I do not see how that could be construed illegal in any case.
Well, mention what site please.
ps.. I hate posts that refer to "some company" when they neither work for them or have any relations with them (expect possible being a customer).
We want to know names!!!
What? Are you thinking he's some gun-toting Kentuckian hills redneck who bangs his sister?
Sorry, but maintaining guns is an honorable pursuit.. And much more stress-free than software programming. Back in 04, I switched from comp-sci to chemistry. I love that program.
I like the subliminal messaging ;-)
---I got the penalty for what I did, which means I got what I deserved. I did the crime, I did the time. My point was that, perhaps, the penalty exceeds the crime.
:-) ), it'd be 2+ hours. And in honesty, you could easily get my name and address. Im a ham operator and have posted my license (KC9JEF). Some reason though, is my phone number is incorrect in the FCC database. Ive yet to file a petition to fix that.
:D just had one).
I come from the school of thought that wants to remove "Distracted Driving". I've been cut off by more cell phone yakkers than anybody else. And what do I see on their side of their head? A silver flip phone or a flashing blue light from a Bluetooth headset. Or, just as dangerous are people who read during driving. I've seen a few bookreaders actively reading books while driving on I-65. Not good.
---Regardless, I haven't had anything to drink and driven since I got released from jail after the arrest, and that was long before I went to court.
That in itself is a personal opinion. I do not believe that drinking is bad in itself. Putting others lives in your wellbeing when you control your own "wellbeing" is just wrong. Like I said, drinking is just one way that leads to wreaks.
---In the current context, I think not being admitted to Canada for at least 5, and maybe 10, years is a bit over the top, when you consider that most violent criminals get away with it.
Perhaps it is. Then again, if the tables were turned, I'd rather not have a recently DUI'ed foreigner on our roads. And well, 5 years would represent the forethought of not driving while drunk (or knowing where the local cops hang out).
---P.S. I bet you live somewhere where you can easily walk to a bar/restaurant. Let's see what happens when you are older and need to move to the suburbs where you can't. You haven't had a DUI, "YET". I hope you never do. Learn from the consequences I posted. Take a cab, no matter how far, it's cheaper.
Nope. I live between Columbus and Nashville IN on SR 46. It's 15 minutes from either city, and about 30 minutes to Bloomington IN. This is just a horrible estimate, but if I walked from the closest bar (Its All the Buzz, the one next to the church
And the fact is that I still live with my parents. Im still going through college (chemistry after switching from comp sci). Even after that, my parents have never had any drinking taboos. We all drink together and have a fun time doing it. The key is we stay home and dont drive until we're sober. Usually that means sleeping it off overnight (like what I plan to after this post.. my GF gave me 4 bottles of really nice wine for valentines day
My pops said if I ever got to the point that I needed transportation, just ring him up no questions asked. I never have, and will never need to due to alcohol. Vehicle problems are another story altogether.
Lets take the example what we talk about.
Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Ok. Congress shall make no laws abridging the freedom of speech. So, you can say whatever the fuck you want and know that your speech isnt "banned". However, you take responsibility for what you say. Common law has always seen "bad stuff" in person to person crimes (Murder, Rape and Robbery.. real crimes in which somebody is the looser). If you claim to say that you'll do those actions, you're gonna pay for the consequences.
I could care less if they are Mexican, Canadian, or AnythingIAN.
What I care about is if they are legal and came through our "Front Door", rather than finding a crack or an open window to shimmy through.
However, Deportation DOES NOT WORK. Yes, we could deport a few buses to Mexico, buut most likely Mexico would lead an army to stop us. Instead, what needs to happen are felonies on hiring undocumented illegal aliens. Here in Columbus, Indiana we had a scare that INS was coming here to round up a bunch of Mexicans. From that, a Toyota factory shut its doors for 2 days. A few other factories also shut down, but their names eludes me.
I would, however, not make it a crime if employers were gave false information. Not checking is different than being handed bad (but looks good) information. The active denying of jobs would raise US prices and make the Mexicans go back to their country and actually attempt to remove corruption and increase the standard of living through reform.