Not really... Just because it's a known method doesn't mean something like child porn being distrubuted wouldn't go unresearched. I'm sure the FBI/CIA/Local Law Enforcement would at least shut the place down or lock the accused person up until they could confirm that it wasn't them. A few days out of business could cost thousands, millions, but likely more than just paying the blackmailers alone would, so it's still a pretty effective method.
My MD player gets around... 5 hours(?) on one rechargable AA, but I think it's an early Sony model (bought it from a friend, and only use it to rip recordings done with a professional MD recorder to my PC)
Anyway, PSP is still going to use a lot of battery power for the drive (spin it up, get to the right location, error correction because of bumping). As far as I can tell, the MD players load the audio into the memory, and don't constantly read the disc. (Correct me if I'm wrong on that). The PSP will have to do this a lot more often, ecspecially during movies and games. For games it'll be easier to load into the memory and not use the disc as much, but it'll suck that battery dry during movies.
"full true 3d as opposed to n64 graphics on the DS"
Wow, this thing does holograms?? No wonder it drains the battery so much! Wow, they should really mention this in the advertising. I bet they'd sell a lot more.
For the original GBA, unless they gave an estimate of around 40 hours, that divide by two theory doesn't work. On their website, they have it listed as a battery life of 15 hours, though I've had a GBA last almost 24 hours on a single pair of AA batteries (volume off and on about half the time, no screen lighting). That's playing it about 30 minutes to an hour almost every day, and not having to change the batteries but once (or perhaps twice) a month.
I'm not sure about the GBASP, but I'm sure it gets over the 18 hours (without backlight) that they predict. Nintendo always gives estimates about battery life that are lower than reality, it seems. If Nintedo says '6 to 10 hours' I believe them.
Sounds stupid, but if you're looking for dirt cheap LCDs 4-7 inches, and aren't too concerned with quality, go to Wal-Mart. Seriously. Go to the auto section and they have some dual LCD kits for cars plus DVD player for like $179.
I predict less than a week before Nintendo finds and shuts this project down like they have all the other remakes/original games based off their intellectual property.
Yes, as a webmaster, I've gotten a cease and desist letter for hosting a Mario fangame site, and there are countless examples of other fan projects that are released FOR FREE but Nintendo doesn't like someone using their characters. Sega, however is VERY lenient, and we know they know about us.
Yea, it's even more ironic when they make you pay for singing Bible verses. Our Band has a song that uses Psalm 18:46, 'The Lord Liveth and blessed be my Rock and let the God of my Salvation be exhalted.' There are around 4 other songs that people have written using that verse, and we only sing it for exactly 38 seconds, thus not allowing us to get around the '30 second' rule. Since this is our first CD, we weren't sure how the copyright issues would work out, so we went ahead and gave credit to the most recent copyright holder for the song, even though our song is hardly similiar to that and only use that phrase for one small part of the song. Because we did that, we now have to pay the guy we gave credit to his copyright dues, which I think ammounts to $80 up front, plus a percentage of every CD sold, if I'm not mistaken.
Anyway, if you're looking for a free translation of the Bible, there's an 'open source' translation called the Net Bible. It's a nice translation, and I believe you're free to quote as much of it as you want.
With that many systems, I garuntee you couldn't keep track of all of them. I'm sure he had to go through them at some point and test them, then stick a label saying 'Working' or 'Non'
All of the very hard-core Linux users I know (myself included) are strictly anti-piracy. It also helps that we have decent jobs; it's harder to justify "stealing" a $10 album when you can easily afford to buy it. That's not to say that Linux-using pirates don't exist. I simply have never met any. Windows users often seem to have stolen copies of games, movies, software, etc. They have a culture of piracy that we thankfully don't seem to have in Linux circles.
$10 albums? Where do you shop? Unless it's an older (2+ years), unpopular CD or an EP, most CDs are $16 or more.
But besides that, Linux users don't pirate as much, because anything they pirate won't run on Linux anyway. 99% of the programs that would run on Linux are released for free with the source. How can you pirate that?
And don't get me started on the launch time for Word 2003...
Try Word 2.0c! No, I'm not joking. It boots up in about 5-10 seconds, and has most of the features you need. Think of it as a 'WordPad' with double spacing... and everything designed for Windows 3.1...
...Yea yea, Why Word 2.0? Well, it was the only pirated version of Word I could find that worked and I really needed to write a paper and couldn't find the old install disk of Word 6.0 or whatever the Win98 version was... Don't sue me:(
It's a nice try, but it's really not all there. I love the eyes, and hair, but her lips... I mean, they're like rubber (her skin is rubbery, too, but not as bad. Perhaps if he would've used the light diffusion effect on it..). I'd run if I saw a girl with lips that stretched like that. And is it just me or do her teeth jump around in her mouth?
Someone did this a while back, and the article was on Slashdot. Some College group got some party balloons, a tank of helium and a cheap digital camera that they rigged to go off in a few second intervals. Some impressive looking photography..
Ah, after some searching, I found the article: Slashdot Article July 25, 2003. Hope that gives you some ideas.
That's just it, though... they treat it as if you bought a license when it suits them, but they treat you as if you bought a physical media when it suits them... they need to decide
Why do they need to decide when straddling the fence is working out so well for them?
Is this supposed to be funny? Because mine really do.
I have so many hard drive troubles, it's not funny. I have at least 1 hard drive crash every 5-6 months. I've switched brands, I've switched computers.. no clue what causes it. Any insight/suggestions?
We don't need music middle-men anymore. We don't need A&R execs telling us what's good enough for us to hear anymore. We don't need million-dollar studios to produce studio-quality audio anymore. The music industry is an industry that no longer has a purpose. Let the artists create and try to sell their stuff and get famous.
I'm all for artists' free expression, not being censored and the like, but eliminating record labels is not the way to go. Having just helped a friend produce a CD, it is a very expensive endeavor. For 1,000 copies of a 9 track CD, it has cost him roughly over $4,000 (including studio time, printing, etc.). You may argue that if he sells each CD for $4, then he'll make his money back, but whenever you make something you aren't garunteed to sell all of the product you produce. That, and he'd like to make some money so he can produce another bigger CD production. Once the CDs get back from printing, he plans on charging $10 until he makes his money back, and probably a small price drop after that.
The point I'm making is: Most of the time making and producing music to be distributed to people is hard expensive work. Record labels offer a way for you to get your money out to people who may invest in it. 'Studio Quality Audio' may be 'easy' to record but it still requires a LOT of expensive equipement. Even to mix it together well requires a professional. It's not as quick and easy as you may think, it takes a lot of time, effort and money to put out a CD. Oh, and small artists trying to live off the earnings from live shows? Hah.. You're lucky if you get $100 (split between band members) until you become some star.
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Just don't boil it in the microwave...
"Theft is theft, at least admit it"
I thought it was copyright infringement... Oh wait, that's just music.
If he went as one of the 40gb models, then he has plenty of room to store candy.
Not really... Just because it's a known method doesn't mean something like child porn being distrubuted wouldn't go unresearched. I'm sure the FBI/CIA/Local Law Enforcement would at least shut the place down or lock the accused person up until they could confirm that it wasn't them. A few days out of business could cost thousands, millions, but likely more than just paying the blackmailers alone would, so it's still a pretty effective method.
Mitch Hedberg on Satellite Radio:
"They said 'You can swear on XM Radio.' No @%#!, cause nobody can hear it. You can swear in the woods too"
My MD player gets around... 5 hours(?) on one rechargable AA, but I think it's an early Sony model (bought it from a friend, and only use it to rip recordings done with a professional MD recorder to my PC)
Anyway, PSP is still going to use a lot of battery power for the drive (spin it up, get to the right location, error correction because of bumping). As far as I can tell, the MD players load the audio into the memory, and don't constantly read the disc. (Correct me if I'm wrong on that). The PSP will have to do this a lot more often, ecspecially during movies and games. For games it'll be easier to load into the memory and not use the disc as much, but it'll suck that battery dry during movies.
" full true 3d as opposed to n64 graphics on the DS"
Wow, this thing does holograms?? No wonder it drains the battery so much! Wow, they should really mention this in the advertising. I bet they'd sell a lot more.
For the original GBA, unless they gave an estimate of around 40 hours, that divide by two theory doesn't work. On their website, they have it listed as a battery life of 15 hours, though I've had a GBA last almost 24 hours on a single pair of AA batteries (volume off and on about half the time, no screen lighting). That's playing it about 30 minutes to an hour almost every day, and not having to change the batteries but once (or perhaps twice) a month.
I'm not sure about the GBASP, but I'm sure it gets over the 18 hours (without backlight) that they predict. Nintendo always gives estimates about battery life that are lower than reality, it seems. If Nintedo says '6 to 10 hours' I believe them.
Just my $0.02
Sounds stupid, but if you're looking for dirt cheap LCDs 4-7 inches, and aren't too concerned with quality, go to Wal-Mart. Seriously. Go to the auto section and they have some dual LCD kits for cars plus DVD player for like $179.
I predict less than a week before Nintendo finds and shuts this project down like they have all the other remakes/original games based off their intellectual property.
Yes, as a webmaster, I've gotten a cease and desist letter for hosting a Mario fangame site, and there are countless examples of other fan projects that are released FOR FREE but Nintendo doesn't like someone using their characters. Sega, however is VERY lenient, and we know they know about us.
You forgot to finish your statement.
That is U.S. Government supercomputer you insensitive clod
I must use way too many emoticons. :-1
Well, sure. I mean, the program is sorting and categorizing your hard drive so that it can provide ads with your email. What do you expect?
Yea, it's even more ironic when they make you pay for singing Bible verses. Our Band has a song that uses Psalm 18:46, 'The Lord Liveth and blessed be my Rock and let the God of my Salvation be exhalted.' There are around 4 other songs that people have written using that verse, and we only sing it for exactly 38 seconds, thus not allowing us to get around the '30 second' rule. Since this is our first CD, we weren't sure how the copyright issues would work out, so we went ahead and gave credit to the most recent copyright holder for the song, even though our song is hardly similiar to that and only use that phrase for one small part of the song. Because we did that, we now have to pay the guy we gave credit to his copyright dues, which I think ammounts to $80 up front, plus a percentage of every CD sold, if I'm not mistaken.
Anyway, if you're looking for a free translation of the Bible, there's an 'open source' translation called the Net Bible. It's a nice translation, and I believe you're free to quote as much of it as you want.
I have been down that road way too many times.
I have as well, and had to make many U-turns.
With that many systems, I garuntee you couldn't keep track of all of them. I'm sure he had to go through them at some point and test them, then stick a label saying 'Working' or 'Non'
Guarana isn't an asian vegetable, though - it's a South American stimulant that is traditionally used to boost the sex drive
Oh, that's why it's a popular soft drink down there. I just thought they were tiny cherries!
All of the very hard-core Linux users I know (myself included) are strictly anti-piracy. It also helps that we have decent jobs; it's harder to justify "stealing" a $10 album when you can easily afford to buy it. That's not to say that Linux-using pirates don't exist. I simply have never met any. Windows users often seem to have stolen copies of games, movies, software, etc. They have a culture of piracy that we thankfully don't seem to have in Linux circles.
$10 albums? Where do you shop? Unless it's an older (2+ years), unpopular CD or an EP, most CDs are $16 or more.
But besides that, Linux users don't pirate as much, because anything they pirate won't run on Linux anyway. 99% of the programs that would run on Linux are released for free with the source. How can you pirate that?
And don't get me started on the launch time for Word 2003...
...Yea yea, Why Word 2.0? Well, it was the only pirated version of Word I could find that worked and I really needed to write a paper and couldn't find the old install disk of Word 6.0 or whatever the Win98 version was... Don't sue me :(
Try Word 2.0c! No, I'm not joking. It boots up in about 5-10 seconds, and has most of the features you need. Think of it as a 'WordPad' with double spacing... and everything designed for Windows 3.1...
It's a nice try, but it's really not all there. I love the eyes, and hair, but her lips... I mean, they're like rubber (her skin is rubbery, too, but not as bad. Perhaps if he would've used the light diffusion effect on it..). I'd run if I saw a girl with lips that stretched like that. And is it just me or do her teeth jump around in her mouth?
Someone did this a while back, and the article was on Slashdot. Some College group got some party balloons, a tank of helium and a cheap digital camera that they rigged to go off in a few second intervals. Some impressive looking photography..
Ah, after some searching, I found the article: Slashdot Article July 25, 2003. Hope that gives you some ideas.
That's just it, though... they treat it as if you bought a license when it suits them, but they treat you as if you bought a physical media when it suits them... they need to decide
Why do they need to decide when straddling the fence is working out so well for them?
Uh.. Make sure the capacitors are drained first, I'd hate to stick one of those on your ear fully charged...
Is this supposed to be funny? Because mine really do.
I have so many hard drive troubles, it's not funny. I have at least 1 hard drive crash every 5-6 months. I've switched brands, I've switched computers.. no clue what causes it. Any insight/suggestions?
We don't need music middle-men anymore. We don't need A&R execs telling us what's good enough for us to hear anymore. We don't need million-dollar studios to produce studio-quality audio anymore. The music industry is an industry that no longer has a purpose. Let the artists create and try to sell their stuff and get famous.
I'm all for artists' free expression, not being censored and the like, but eliminating record labels is not the way to go. Having just helped a friend produce a CD, it is a very expensive endeavor. For 1,000 copies of a 9 track CD, it has cost him roughly over $4,000 (including studio time, printing, etc.). You may argue that if he sells each CD for $4, then he'll make his money back, but whenever you make something you aren't garunteed to sell all of the product you produce. That, and he'd like to make some money so he can produce another bigger CD production. Once the CDs get back from printing, he plans on charging $10 until he makes his money back, and probably a small price drop after that.
The point I'm making is: Most of the time making and producing music to be distributed to people is hard expensive work. Record labels offer a way for you to get your money out to people who may invest in it. 'Studio Quality Audio' may be 'easy' to record but it still requires a LOT of expensive equipement. Even to mix it together well requires a professional. It's not as quick and easy as you may think, it takes a lot of time, effort and money to put out a CD. Oh, and small artists trying to live off the earnings from live shows? Hah.. You're lucky if you get $100 (split between band members) until you become some star.