My parents wouldn't. Then again, for me it was exploiting a known vulnerability in SurfControl or something like that (don't remember the name) to find the master password and set it to "don't block anything" mode.
The funny thing is I didn't even care about the porn (I had a Dreamcast web browser for that); I was just sick of it driving up the ping for Starcraft.
Actually, this is a good point. It's been discussed earlier that DVDs aren't that great for long-term storage, but it might be a good idea for agencies to backup to both, so that electromagnetic fuckups can't wipe [i]everything[/i]. And with newer, higher-density optical discs coming into play (ProDATA, Blu-Ray, HDDVD, HVD, PCD, etc), it looks more attractive than ever.
Or they actually hire their own support staff instead of relying on Red Hat Technical Support, which is why huge businesses (such as Dell's corprate servers, i.e. the ones they use, not the ones they sell) run CentOS and not RHEL.
For me it was video games. Two years ago I probably watched three to five hours of TV a day, and that's not counting weekends. Now the only thing my TV has been used for for at least the past year has been to display my various video game consoles and the occasional DVD rental.
EBGames/Gamestop (they're the same company) have stopped taking PC games for trade-in at least a year ago, and their supply of used PC games has since dried up.
Nice that you have an independently-owned game store near you, but there's nothing like that where I live. The only place I can go for used PC games is eBay.
The excuse they'd use is that it's an arbitrary one day out of seven to close certain businesses that for the good of the public should not be open every day.
But you see, that's the barrier for entry. If you need an HDTV, etc. to enjoy the console, then that console isn't $500-$600, it's $500-$600 + the $1000 or more when you break down and replace your perfectly good SDTV with an HD set.
Do you even believe the shit coming out of your mouth?
First of all, let's end the misinformation. 1) The PS3 is not significantly more powerful than the X360.
2) Even if it were, nobody gives a shit. The PS2 was way less powerful than either Gamecube or Xbox, and everyone bought it anyway, because it was cheaper and first to market.
3) The PS3 does not run games through Linux. Indeed, a Linux install on the PS3 can't even use 3D acceleration. They call this a "security measure", I call it "deliberately crippling the hardware". Reminds me of the PSP.
4) Microsoft wants gamers to abandon the PC as a gaming platform and go to the 360. Then they can focus on making the Home version of Windows a purely media-centered OS and the business version essentially a backend for Office-type apps without having to worry about making a 3D rendering library or any of that crap.
Doesn't matter. If a piracy group cracks one key, they can turn any movies into an unencrypted format, and then that's it. Once that one copy has been FXPed and BitTorrented and etc., it's over; there's no putting that cat back in the bag.
Well, the solution to that is easy. Rip keys from a very prolific hardware player.
Imagine if the keys that got leaked came from, say, the PS3. Can you imagine the shitstorm that Sony would throw if the first million or two buyers couldn't play Blu-Ray movies anymore? Those keys would never get revoked.
Doesn't Windows have some BSD code in some of the networking backends? I seem to remember there was a big stink about that here on Slashdot when the Win2000 source code got leaked.
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My parents wouldn't. Then again, for me it was exploiting a known vulnerability in SurfControl or something like that (don't remember the name) to find the master password and set it to "don't block anything" mode.
The funny thing is I didn't even care about the porn (I had a Dreamcast web browser for that); I was just sick of it driving up the ping for Starcraft.
Actually, this is a good point. It's been discussed earlier that DVDs aren't that great for long-term storage, but it might be a good idea for agencies to backup to both, so that electromagnetic fuckups can't wipe [i]everything[/i]. And with newer, higher-density optical discs coming into play (ProDATA, Blu-Ray, HDDVD, HVD, PCD, etc), it looks more attractive than ever.
well, no one's going to spend that kind of sum of money (millions) trivially.
Spending millions when the data in question is worth billions? Sounds like smart investment to me.
Or they actually hire their own support staff instead of relying on Red Hat Technical Support, which is why huge businesses (such as Dell's corprate servers, i.e. the ones they use, not the ones they sell) run CentOS and not RHEL.
For me it was video games. Two years ago I probably watched three to five hours of TV a day, and that's not counting weekends. Now the only thing my TV has been used for for at least the past year has been to display my various video game consoles and the occasional DVD rental.
Fuck broadcast TV.
EBGames/Gamestop (they're the same company) have stopped taking PC games for trade-in at least a year ago, and their supply of used PC games has since dried up.
Nice that you have an independently-owned game store near you, but there's nothing like that where I live. The only place I can go for used PC games is eBay.
The excuse they'd use is that it's an arbitrary one day out of seven to close certain businesses that for the good of the public should not be open every day.
I feel dirty just for writing that.
Exactly. And it's gotten a lot easier now that we've figured out how to break the speed of light.
But you see, that's the barrier for entry. If you need an HDTV, etc. to enjoy the console, then that console isn't $500-$600, it's $500-$600 + the $1000 or more when you break down and replace your perfectly good SDTV with an HD set.
It got retroactively re-rated from T to M because apparently it was more violent than the original video showed.
It's not another SegaCD because you can't play games on it. Just movies.
The lack of HDMI on its bestselling player means that HDDVD is unlikely to ever be encumbered by that "image constraint token" crap.
The GP was saying that if the drive costs less than $200 to produce, a company should be able to produce a full standalone player for less than $250.
Read and understand the posts before making a reply.
FLOPS != Hertz.
Not in Europe, where this law is being made.
Oh wait, this is Slashdot. Reading the summary (let alone the article) is out of the question.
Do you even believe the shit coming out of your mouth?
First of all, let's end the misinformation.
1) The PS3 is not significantly more powerful than the X360.
2) Even if it were, nobody gives a shit. The PS2 was way less powerful than either Gamecube or Xbox, and everyone bought it anyway, because it was cheaper and first to market.
3) The PS3 does not run games through Linux. Indeed, a Linux install on the PS3 can't even use 3D acceleration. They call this a "security measure", I call it "deliberately crippling the hardware". Reminds me of the PSP.
4) Microsoft wants gamers to abandon the PC as a gaming platform and go to the 360. Then they can focus on making the Home version of Windows a purely media-centered OS and the business version essentially a backend for Office-type apps without having to worry about making a 3D rendering library or any of that crap.
Asimov would have difficulty doing so, being dead.
Doesn't matter. If a piracy group cracks one key, they can turn any movies into an unencrypted format, and then that's it. Once that one copy has been FXPed and BitTorrented and etc., it's over; there's no putting that cat back in the bag.
Well, the solution to that is easy. Rip keys from a very prolific hardware player.
Imagine if the keys that got leaked came from, say, the PS3. Can you imagine the shitstorm that Sony would throw if the first million or two buyers couldn't play Blu-Ray movies anymore? Those keys would never get revoked.
Possibly. A more important question is why isn't this statement set this way by default?
Doesn't Windows have some BSD code in some of the networking backends? I seem to remember there was a big stink about that here on Slashdot when the Win2000 source code got leaked.
That won't fly. Somebody in the movie studio boardroom will point out that that means that dial-up users can't buy their movies.
I know that dial-uppers are a small percentage of Slashdotters, but they're a big percentage of the general public.
the introduction of the income tax and the end of Senators being elected by states.
Oh, what bullshit. Look, if the constitution wasn't supposed to be amended, then Article Five wouldn't be there in the first place, would it?
For the upper level courses, certainly, but if your freshmen/sophomores never see a "Programming in..." book, you've got some problems.
Also, the only differences between Server and Workstation were one registry entry, at least, according to e2.
So it's like somebody holding you at gunpoint and offering to sell you a bulletproof vest?
Have you ever actually used XFCE?