What this proves is that anyone can see what your downloading at anytime. If the police wanted to crack down on KiddyPorn, all they have to do is setup something like ZeroPaid did, get your IP address, call your provider, and nail your ass. Its the same with Warez, MP3z or Movies. Though I doubt any country has the man power to nap every single person on the planet. But if they got a few of them, it'd be just enough to scare people away from using it.
Course then we'd have tons of "Free " banners everywhere... :)
From what I have read, 49.99 is the price if you buy the service, though people seem to be getting them anyways for that price. But they can be bought without the internet service for $199-$249. WHich is actually what people wanted when they were talking about the I-opener. I don't think the company will have a problem with this, because they have a price fro just the unit itself. ANd they probably considered this a few months back when all this hell went up about the I-opener. Its probably the reason the price is so low, generate sales from Linux Hack fans around the globe. It'd be stupid for them to retaliate after seeing it happen to another group. If anything they should step up production.
1- Dominate the Cola Market 2- Dominate the Cooling Market for PC's 3- Brainwash world population 4- Take ove...er...enlighten the world
Seriously though, this was a pretty cool idea (pardon the pun), next time the might wanna try using something a little more effective then coke. The can was a good idea because the aluminum conducts heat very well. If they could find a copper tube about the same size as the coke bottle, fill it with water, and seal it up tight. Then you might be able to get it down to about 30F or so. But thier are tons of other liquids that would cool better.
Most people might have better luck with a water cooling solution based on the Kryotech design. Tons of them around. Try here: http://www.agaweb.com/coolcpu One of my fav old sites.
Actually the success of Babylon 5 was based mostly on the fact that each episode was based on another. In the sense that, in season 1 something happens that does not quite make sense 'til season 5 or so. The whole series was tied together. But with Voyager they wanted to attract a new market/new viewers so doing that would have counteracted thier goal. I agree that Star Trek is tapped, they need a break. But I also think they need a new direction. Play with a few ideas. Lexx actally had some success with its mini-series at first, until they lost thier sense of direction and the series collapsed. Star Trek should head into that direction. If they want to play with the past a bit then instead of dumping a wad of cash into a new series that has a good chance of floping, then try a mini-series with a few concepts. Or maybe even a few motion pictures. If they were smart, instead of creating a new series right away, put alot of effort into creating a movie that people will have alot of hype for. But then it might not meet everyone's expectations, kind of like Episode I. Granted, a very good film, but the hype was worth way more than the film
Just do this to the MPAA...
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Apple does not have to port Quicktime to Linux. All they have to do is allow the code to become open source and you know someone will pick up the project. People have been waiting a long time for a *nix version of Quicktime, they'll jump at the chance. hell if I had the time I would take on the project aswell. Quicktime is actually a great format, small and more compact then AVI. Just have one suggestion, please someone come out with a Full Screen, that works like Media Player! Right now it sucks.
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Sorry for that little Mac crack, it is just a personal note from the old school of computers. From what people tell me Macs are somewhat upgradable now. But still, I mean from a practicality point of view. You can buy any old mobo for a PC, but not any will do for Mac, especially the iMac.
Still I could see a server room with atleast one G4 running Linux.
Yes on these 300 systems we have every version of Slackware, these 300 we have RedHat 2.3 through 6.0, these 400 have various builds of Debian..:) Would be kind of cool, you could see how each has improved, or 'suckified' as the case may be.
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Well personally since the 500Mhz AMD K6-2s are dirt cheap right now..I might pop out my 400 and get a new 500. Granted most people buy a system for a couple years, but there are alot of people who buy new technology just as it comes out. And plus what if the "magic blue smoke" was released from your compter some how? Wouldn't you just rather replace the broken part, rather than replace your whole system? Or even, while your at it, get a slightly better part that still works in your system? If I wanted non-upgradablilty I'd by a Mac...
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Notice the price for the 1Ghz Celeron? $750 bucks. (And that is per 1000 units, probably going to be alot more, especially when the middle man gets through with you) Granted the Athlon is alot more expensive right now. But notice that the 850's are about $700 bucks and they were released about a month back. Now assumung Intel is on schedule and releases thier 1Ghz Coppermine 5 months from now, how expensive do you think the Athlon 1Ghz is going to be after 5 months? Or an even better question, how obselete is it going to be? You gotta wonder what Intel is thinking...
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Yeah that would really be bad. If you had to buy a whole new system each time you wanted to upgrade, or atleast replace a good part of it (mobo/chip/RAM) then that would really anger alot of people. Wouldn't it be a shame though? People would automatically switch to AMD. *grin*
Tbey say i386 because they were the main chip makers when the 386z were around. A 386 is the lowest form of PC you can run any conventional form of Linux on. AMD had thier own line of 386z but they were not even making a dent in the market share. Now they are, thier chisp are better, faster, and have more O/C ability, and are just as reliable. Maybe AMD sucked a$$ back then, but they kick a$$ right now.
If they win though, I think the whole iCrave thing should be looked at again. iCrave wasn't doing anything wrong, and when you consider the amount of people who actually went to the site because they didn't get those channels, the potential for hits is crazy. Think about it? Where I live we don't get UPN, having that on the net would be cool. The same would be for people living outside the US. You know they only get 4 channels in England and they are boring as hell. The potential for world wide coverage is very real.
Same with the Radio stations, having listeners world wide would give them a whole new listener base. And they have been doing it for the past couple years without dealing with this crap. The RIAA should get lost.
From the people I have talked to, who still buy Intel, the reason to them is obvious. They trust Intel. They have never had a problem with them so why switch to another company that could potentionally be less reliable? Like buying a car without the undercoating, they figure it'll turn into a rust bucket in no time.
More promotion and education is needed. Not technical jargon to confuse people (cause these people are computer illiterate), but cold hard facts that even they can plainly see.
You obviously have never seen Hackers or read, and I mean READ, Nineteen Eighty Four. Another Anonymous Coward mentioned that aswell, too bad you guys don't have the guts to put a name to your useless posts. Like I told him, maybe the movie was not realistic, but if you have ever read the book, you'd know that the quote makes sense.
I was working with a crap keyboard in the access lab you jacka$$. And the film could have been crap, but I like the quote, cause Nineteen Eighty Four kicked butt. Best novel I ever read. My post makes perfect sense. By 2001, the X-box will be junk. And the thing is basically a computer used for gaming, how easy would it be to use it as a regular computer? Look at the I-opener. Think before you post.
While I was at the Linux World Expo in NY, I walked by the Chilli!Soft booth. Guess what they handed me? A Microsoft Frontpage 2000 CD. What did I do with it? Brought it to Emmett over at the Slashdot booth, who promptly destroyed it. Then Emmett and some of the Slashdot crew, myself and a friend then walked over to Chilli!Soft's booth and promptly returned thier software which was in many many pieces. Not pullin your leg. http://geeksinnewyork.n3.net That is our homepage for the trip, we've got pictures of Emmett trying to slice the CD with my lock blade knife. Got to admit, the company has b*lls for giving out M$ software at a Linux Conference.
Think about it, you could get rid of the harddisk options in BIOS...remove auto-detect and the place holders where you input the HD settings.... of course like the other post suggested, start posting the old bios.
I doubt very much that the X-box will be available for a similar price. And by the trime it comes out no one will care about it. 600Mhz will be nothing. Might be ok to turn into a Linux Proxy or FTP, but still the price is a big problem. The goos trhing about the I-opener is that it is cheap
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That should have been "Free [Insert Gnutella User Here]" Banners
What this proves is that anyone can see what your downloading at anytime. If the police wanted to crack down on KiddyPorn, all they have to do is setup something like ZeroPaid did, get your IP address, call your provider, and nail your ass.
Its the same with Warez, MP3z or Movies.
Though I doubt any country has the man power to nap every single person on the planet. But if they got a few of them, it'd be just enough to scare people away from using it.
Course then we'd have tons of "Free " banners everywhere...
:)
From what I have read, 49.99 is the price if you buy the service, though people seem to be getting them anyways for that price. But they can be bought without the internet service for $199-$249. WHich is actually what people wanted when they were talking about the I-opener.
I don't think the company will have a problem with this, because they have a price fro just the unit itself. ANd they probably considered this a few months back when all this hell went up about the I-opener. Its probably the reason the price is so low, generate sales from Linux Hack fans around the globe. It'd be stupid for them to retaliate after seeing it happen to another group. If anything they should step up production.
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1- Dominate the Cola Market
2- Dominate the Cooling Market for PC's
3- Brainwash world population
4- Take ove...er...enlighten the world
Seriously though, this was a pretty cool idea (pardon the pun), next time the might wanna try using something a little more effective then coke. The can was a good idea because the aluminum conducts heat very well.
If they could find a copper tube about the same size as the coke bottle, fill it with water, and seal it up tight. Then you might be able to get it down to about 30F or so.
But thier are tons of other liquids that would cool better.
Most people might have better luck with a water cooling solution based on the Kryotech design. Tons of them around.
Try here: http://www.agaweb.com/coolcpu
One of my fav old sites.
Actually the success of Babylon 5 was based mostly on the fact that each episode was based on another. In the sense that, in season 1 something happens that does not quite make sense 'til season 5 or so. The whole series was tied together.
But with Voyager they wanted to attract a new market/new viewers so doing that would have counteracted thier goal.
I agree that Star Trek is tapped, they need a break. But I also think they need a new direction. Play with a few ideas. Lexx actally had some success with its mini-series at first, until they lost thier sense of direction and the series collapsed.
Star Trek should head into that direction. If they want to play with the past a bit then instead of dumping a wad of cash into a new series that has a good chance of floping, then try a mini-series with a few concepts.
Or maybe even a few motion pictures. If they were smart, instead of creating a new series right away, put alot of effort into creating a movie that people will have alot of hype for.
But then it might not meet everyone's expectations, kind of like Episode I. Granted, a very good film, but the hype was worth way more than the film
Great Userfriendly take on that situation:
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Apple does not have to port Quicktime to Linux. All they have to do is allow the code to become open source and you know someone will pick up the project.
People have been waiting a long time for a *nix version of Quicktime, they'll jump at the chance. hell if I had the time I would take on the project aswell.
Quicktime is actually a great format, small and more compact then AVI.
Just have one suggestion, please someone come out with a Full Screen, that works like Media Player! Right now it sucks.
Sorry for that little Mac crack, it is just a personal note from the old school of computers. From what people tell me Macs are somewhat upgradable now. But still, I mean from a practicality point of view. You can buy any old mobo for a PC, but not any will do for Mac, especially the iMac.
Still I could see a server room with atleast one G4 running Linux.
Squeeze out all the juices...crush into a cube and then place neatly on top of the proceeding one.
Nicely stackable..
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Yes on these 300 systems we have every version of Slackware, these 300 we have RedHat 2.3 through 6.0, these 400 have various builds of Debian.. :)
Would be kind of cool, you could see how each has improved, or 'suckified' as the case may be.
Well personally since the 500Mhz AMD K6-2s are dirt cheap right now..I might pop out my 400 and get a new 500.
Granted most people buy a system for a couple years, but there are alot of people who buy new technology just as it comes out.
And plus what if the "magic blue smoke" was released from your compter some how? Wouldn't you just rather replace the broken part, rather than replace your whole system? Or even, while your at it, get a slightly better part that still works in your system?
If I wanted non-upgradablilty I'd by a Mac...
Notice the price for the 1Ghz Celeron? $750 bucks.
(And that is per 1000 units, probably going to be alot more, especially when the middle man gets through with you)
Granted the Athlon is alot more expensive right now. But notice that the 850's are about $700 bucks and they were released about a month back.
Now assumung Intel is on schedule and releases thier 1Ghz Coppermine 5 months from now, how expensive do you think the Athlon 1Ghz is going to be after 5 months? Or an even better question, how obselete is it going to be?
You gotta wonder what Intel is thinking...
Yeah that would really be bad. If you had to buy a whole new system each time you wanted to upgrade, or atleast replace a good part of it (mobo/chip/RAM) then that would really anger alot of people.
Wouldn't it be a shame though? People would automatically switch to AMD. *grin*
Tbey say i386 because they were the main chip makers when the 386z were around. A 386 is the lowest form of PC you can run any conventional form of Linux on. AMD had thier own line of 386z but they were not even making a dent in the market share.
Now they are, thier chisp are better, faster, and have more O/C ability, and are just as reliable.
Maybe AMD sucked a$$ back then, but they kick a$$ right now.
If they win though, I think the whole iCrave thing should be looked at again. iCrave wasn't doing anything wrong, and when you consider the amount of people who actually went to the site because they didn't get those channels, the potential for hits is crazy.
Think about it? Where I live we don't get UPN, having that on the net would be cool. The same would be for people living outside the US. You know they only get 4 channels in England and they are boring as hell.
The potential for world wide coverage is very real.
Same with the Radio stations, having listeners world wide would give them a whole new listener base. And they have been doing it for the past couple years without dealing with this crap.
The RIAA should get lost.
From the people I have talked to, who still buy Intel, the reason to them is obvious. They trust Intel. They have never had a problem with them so why switch to another company that could potentionally be less reliable?
Like buying a car without the undercoating, they figure it'll turn into a rust bucket in no time.
More promotion and education is needed. Not technical jargon to confuse people (cause these people are computer illiterate), but cold hard facts that even they can plainly see.
One of my fav comics from User Friendly:9 dec/uf001332.gif
http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/9
You obviously have never seen Hackers or read, and I mean READ, Nineteen Eighty Four.
Another Anonymous Coward mentioned that aswell, too bad you guys don't have the guts to put a name to your useless posts.
Like I told him, maybe the movie was not realistic, but if you have ever read the book, you'd know that the quote makes sense.
I was working with a crap keyboard in the access lab you jacka$$. And the film could have been crap, but I like the quote, cause Nineteen Eighty Four kicked butt. Best novel I ever read.
My post makes perfect sense. By 2001, the X-box will be junk. And the thing is basically a computer used for gaming, how easy would it be to use it as a regular computer? Look at the I-opener.
Think before you post.
Good Point :)
While I was at the Linux World Expo in NY, I walked by the Chilli!Soft booth. Guess what they handed me? A Microsoft Frontpage 2000 CD.
What did I do with it? Brought it to Emmett over at the Slashdot booth, who promptly destroyed it. Then Emmett and some of the Slashdot crew, myself and a friend then walked over to Chilli!Soft's booth and promptly returned thier software which was in many many pieces.
Not pullin your leg.
http://geeksinnewyork.n3.net
That is our homepage for the trip, we've got pictures of Emmett trying to slice the CD with my lock blade knife.
Got to admit, the company has b*lls for giving out M$ software at a Linux Conference.
Think about it, you could get rid of the harddisk options in BIOS...remove auto-detect and the place holders where you input the HD settings....
of course like the other post suggested, start posting the old bios.
Sorry bout the Dave thing, I am stuck in my Hal mode
IBM Creates New Fastest Beowulf Cluster
Too late already posted on March 22
I doubt very much that the X-box will be available for a similar price. And by the trime it comes out no one will care about it. 600Mhz will be nothing. Might be ok to turn into a Linux Proxy or FTP, but still the price is a big problem.
The goos trhing about the I-opener is that it is cheap