If you install WinXP Volume licenced edition with the famous FCKGW RHQQ2 (Genius!) serial number then install IE critical updates from Windowsupdate, the computer will start crashing on an occasional basis... its been widely rumoured that early on in the XP lifecycle Microsoft issued a patch which has an additional function of degrading the reliability of pirated copies.
This is reproducible with any XP volume licenced CD using that serial so bad media can be ruled out
the profiling they do for adverts would help RIAA
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Exeem Open Beta Released
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a P2P company is going to be profiling its users - and you;re worried about spyware?
Can you imagine the legal field-day if the RIAA got hold of Exeem's user profiles, with records of everything they downloaded?
Google Desktop can't index the content of emails in anything other than Outlook / ~Express as it doesn't understand the MBOX mail format. Beagle will presumably index ones documents and the contents of their email inbox. If it's really sweet it'll index my OpenOffice docs the same way Google Desktop does my MS Office files.
I'm in the situation that most of my friends have cable or DSL broadband and it makes a lot of time to start suggesting they use VoIP to save money by calling computer-to-computer. The clash between Skype (closed, but popular) and SIP (dozens of implementations that don't always talk to each other) and H323 (proprietary clients (Netmeeting, iChat) but poor reliability between versions...)
I'd have said, "an old iMac G3 off eBay with a new 7200rpm hard drive and maxed-out RAM.. connected to a broadband router". Overall price would be about the same, for an OS that's widely supported by software but not widely targeted by malware
Suppose I change the "from" address in my email client's settings to the address of another person, and then use my forged email header to post to an email list or web-community to which the other person is a member. Would that count as identity theft, spoofing or something else?
I suppose it could be done with bandwidth-limitation in place, for example when you request a file it pulls up to 10% of the available upstream bandwidth from everyone who has it then downloads the rest from the central server. Even if this only pulls in 40% of the file through the P2P swarm it would still save a massive amount of bandwidth for the central server...
it would also mean that the "spare" hard drive space on STBs can be used constructively.. possibly giving the customer discounts for continuing to host a file for upload to other customers
ABC's better;-).. Azareus has a glitch in that it tries to use only Port 6881 - ABC uses the full range 6881-6999. I believe that Azareus puts more strain on domestic routers due to relying on a single port instead of a range, sometimes causing instability even where the TCP ports are forwarded and the trigger port set up ok.
Recently the above companies announced intentions to distribute movies online over DSL set-top boxes
I wonder if each STB will have BitTorrent on it and DRM files will be shared out as they are requested by customers - the only download the consumer would have to make from the distributors central server would be the DRM authorisation key?
This could be the key to legal movie download services
Might interest you to know that in July 2002 a Sun (vendors of StarOffice, which is an OOo derivative) VP announced that Apple were going to produce a native OpenOffice port to OSX - then was apparently forced to retract his statement.. refusing to comment further.
really, we need home radios that have wifi-to-router implemented as well. I am fed up of needing different gadgets to listen to DAB, Mp3, Online radio and conventional FM.
A USB slot to record live radio onto a memory key would be useful too, although I'd settle for internal caching if it had a big enough hard drive.
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If you install WinXP Volume licenced edition with the famous FCKGW RHQQ2 (Genius!) serial number then install IE critical updates from Windowsupdate, the computer will start crashing on an occasional basis... its been widely rumoured that early on in the XP lifecycle Microsoft issued a patch which has an additional function of degrading the reliability of pirated copies.
This is reproducible with any XP volume licenced CD using that serial so bad media can be ruled out
a P2P company is going to be profiling its users - and you;re worried about spyware?
Can you imagine the legal field-day if the RIAA got hold of Exeem's user profiles, with records of everything they downloaded?
MS announced some months ago that free access from Outlook/~Express would be ended and become a subscription service. Slashdot covered it then.
Dot Commie, perhaps?
Google Desktop can't index the content of emails in anything other than Outlook / ~Express as it doesn't understand the MBOX mail format. Beagle will presumably index ones documents and the contents of their email inbox. If it's really sweet it'll index my OpenOffice docs the same way Google Desktop does my MS Office files.
Thanks for the interesting reply
I'm in the situation that most of my friends have cable or DSL broadband and it makes a lot of time to start suggesting they use VoIP to save money by calling computer-to-computer. The clash between Skype (closed, but popular) and SIP (dozens of implementations that don't always talk to each other) and H323 (proprietary clients (Netmeeting, iChat) but poor reliability between versions...)
hmm
No, and frankly never have due to its origin
Can you recommend any free service that has better software//available hardware?
The nature of BitTorrent means they're also uploading it and therefore taking part in an act of piracy
I'd have said, "an old iMac G3 off eBay with a new 7200rpm hard drive and maxed-out RAM.. connected to a broadband router". Overall price would be about the same, for an OS that's widely supported by software but not widely targeted by malware
Suppose I change the "from" address in my email client's settings to the address of another person, and then use my forged email header to post to an email list or web-community to which the other person is a member. Would that count as identity theft, spoofing or something else?
are there any escrow services that aren't criminal?
looking at the design I'd say there could easily be a 3.5 inch drive in there
interior image @ apple.com
My AST century city has an equally crammed design and managed to hide a 3.5-inch drive under a laptop CD drive, as here.
I once had cause to google-search the text on the login page of a comsumer broadband router. The results were surprising ;-)
yeah, good points
I suppose it could be done with bandwidth-limitation in place, for example when you request a file it pulls up to 10% of the available upstream bandwidth from everyone who has it then downloads the rest from the central server. Even if this only pulls in 40% of the file through the P2P swarm it would still save a massive amount of bandwidth for the central server...
it would also mean that the "spare" hard drive space on STBs can be used constructively.. possibly giving the customer discounts for continuing to host a file for upload to other customers
I believe so... you can set priorities for them too so some use more bandwidth - where available - than others.
ABC's better ;-).. Azareus has a glitch in that it tries to use only Port 6881 - ABC uses the full range 6881-6999. I believe that Azareus puts more strain on domestic routers due to relying on a single port instead of a range, sometimes causing instability even where the TCP ports are forwarded and the trigger port set up ok.
Recently the above companies announced intentions to distribute movies online over DSL set-top boxes
I wonder if each STB will have BitTorrent on it and DRM files will be shared out as they are requested by customers - the only download the consumer would have to make from the distributors central server would be the DRM authorisation key?
This could be the key to legal movie download services
By the parent posters logic, I think you just did..
(Just wait until the God Squad Mods come and our Karma's all going to hell)
Yay! 500mph! Oh Shit !
Sun's announcement on CNET News.com
Follow-up on MacCentral
Might interest you to know that in July 2002 a Sun (vendors of StarOffice, which is an OOo derivative) VP announced that Apple were going to produce a native OpenOffice port to OSX - then was apparently forced to retract his statement.. refusing to comment further.
Cant find an exact link but this should help
Thusers
Now Lusers has an opposite
I don't see us being particularly enthusiastic about getting back to nature inside a large tin can. It lacks a certain crucial essence of naturism
really, we need home radios that have wifi-to-router implemented as well. I am fed up of needing different gadgets to listen to DAB, Mp3, Online radio and conventional FM.
A USB slot to record live radio onto a memory key would be useful too, although I'd settle for internal caching if it had a big enough hard drive.
We've heard this how many times so far? The ideas been spinning around since the early 90s at least.
Repeat after me. As long as there are laptop computers there will be a strong demand for locally-installed software.
Repeat after me #2. Laptop sales have been steadily rising and will probably continue to do so.