I'd agree here. The only parts of my audio setup that are less than 5 years old are the noname amplified 2-ways that were tossed to me to be repaired. Sitting on the desk, the bass really sounds horrid, so I primarily use them for the upper mid to high sounds.
Sitting below the desk are a set of 19" high Magnavox S-8753 air-suspension speakers that I picked up ages ago at a yard sale, hooked to a salvaged Sears 65W tuner/amp. The speakers are turned to face the wall, turning the entire desk into a big reverb box bass monster. The rocket fire in Quake 3 is enough to rattle the windows, the doors, the floor, and the cat from her comfy warm spot on top of the monitor.:)
Hosting for $10/Month? Where's that at? I think if you knew where, you wouldn't be hosted on Geocities.
I've been running a web server on MediaOne for 3 years, and this is the first time I've had any problems with it. Their AUP specifically states that it's up to the user to secure their box and AT&TMediaOneRoadRunner@Home assumes no liability if their box gets cracked.
If they need a list of infected IIS boxes, I'll send my Apache logs to them, then they can shut off the dorks with warez copies of Win2k and no clue on how to use it.
Even funnier is their clauses stating that they want people to use 2K Pro, and not Server, even though Pro ships with a reduced-capability version of IIS that has the same vulnerabilities.
Apparently as of 04:30 EDT, AT&T/MediaOne is blocking port 80 inbound and outbound.
I was trying to reach their help site, help.rr.com, and couldn't get through. Bright idea there, guys. proxy.mw.mediaone.net is running interference for now on port 8080, or I wouldn't even be able to reach Slashdot.:P
Along with a short list of other patents that reference that last one. Seems that people have been busy on this one. Even though a few of the claims do acknowledge the possibility of disassembling the cassette and removing the content protection scheme, unless the casing is made of titanium, there's nothing to stop anyone with a hammer and a replacement VHS shell or DIY instructions from making their own free-use cassette out of it if they like.
Tough call as to wether or not the DMCA really applies, as it's not a program or electronic device that you'd use. But I'd bet some MPAA hired gun could get the government to ban hammers, rocks, and other blunt instuments as they could be used to circumvent copy protection schemes.
Give it to a five-year-old with one of these, and watch the fun.
Alternatively, store all of your important data on a Conner CFS1275A. Probably one of the worst drives ever built. Had no less than five of them die on me in one week. Just wait for the "thunk-thunk-thunk" sound, and you're all set.
Even better is when you get to the point when you can tell which HDD in the system is being accessed just by the sound.
Anyone ever notice that the one of the "standard" HDD/computer sound effect used in games, movies, TV shows is the sound of an old Seagate ST-251/ST-225? I had several of those, and I still get a laugh every time I hear that sound when coupled with "advanced" computers.
But what will the guys at http://www.fast-mhz.com/ do now? If you can't see that you've got 100,000 fans in your box, what's the point?:)
Played any playlists from mp3.com lately? They've begun inserting "song.mp3" into every.m3u that you listen to. Really caught me off guard the first time I heard that, and it totally messed up the mood that I get into when streaming music from there.
'Course it's no problem to wipe every reference to down1oads.mp3.com, then reload the list...
Then there's other sites that have started using Shockwave and Flash banners (Intel, ZD's TechTV), as well as.asx/.asf banners.
MOD/XM/IT is in use in a lot of games as well, as it doesn't have as much processing overhead as MP3 audio. Take a look at Unreal, Unreal Tournament, or Deus Ex, and even Rune. They use MOD/XM for the music in them, with Deus Ex taking it to a new level by enabling "incidental" music dependent on what's happening in the game.
And don't forget Longbow Digital Arts' DX-Ball 2.
Another thing is that many artists that were around for the beginning of the tracker scene are still using trackers to do their music, then converting the wave output to MP3.
Spot on for the reliable Rendition chips. I gave VQuake a shot once, and was totally blown away by it, and that was on an AMD 5x86-133. Smooth action everywhere. Q2 was a joy to play on the V2k as well. I'd never realised how colourful Q2 was until I got it running in full OpenGL glory on the V2k. I had been stuck with either software mode or the crappy washed out fuzziness of a Voodoo1/2. Q3 worked like charm right away on the V2k, so I had the pleasure of enjoying the game whilst all of my friends with their 3Dfx cards lamented the troubles of even getting it to work.:) A couple people were even amazed to find out that I was playing at 512x384 because the graphics were so good even at that res. It was a sad day when I retired the V2k for a shiny new TNT1, but it's recently found new life in the gaming machine that I built for my roomies, and it's still kicking the crap out of the Voodoo2 in that box.
Now if they'd just grace us with another well made chip, I'd be happy. I'd possibly even reconsider my position as a hardcore nVidia user.
Perhaps he was thinking about sex with Janet Reno. She's about the only woman in D.C. that he hasn't slept with, and she does tend to jiggle. If anything, it'd distract her from running down all those "evil 15 year-old hackers" that are trying to bring down the 'net, for a while.
Aren't they pretty much the only company that makes laptop bags? At least ones that I'd chose to buy. The only tradeoff is the price. They're not cheap, but when you're looking for something to carry a $1200-3000 piece of tech around, doesn't it deserve a $50-100 case to live in? Targus Site. Unfortunately for me, who carries a portable LAN party with him at all times, I had a hard time finding a case that would hold two laptops, their power supplies, two 8-port hubs w/power supplies, various length cables, all of my LinuxCentral CDs, Windows CDs (95/98/NT/2k), boot floppies, external floppy drive, and 20-disc case of MP3s, and whatever else I think I can cram in there. Enter the case from an old Zenith portable (ZF-171-42). Holds everything I need.
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I'd agree here. The only parts of my audio setup that are less than 5 years old are the noname amplified 2-ways that were tossed to me to be repaired. Sitting on the desk, the bass really sounds horrid, so I primarily use them for the upper mid to high sounds.
:)
Sitting below the desk are a set of 19" high Magnavox S-8753 air-suspension speakers that I picked up ages ago at a yard sale, hooked to a salvaged Sears 65W tuner/amp. The speakers are turned to face the wall, turning the entire desk into a big reverb box bass monster. The rocket fire in Quake 3 is enough to rattle the windows, the doors, the floor, and the cat from her comfy warm spot on top of the monitor.
I've been running a web server on MediaOne for 3 years, and this is the first time I've had any problems with it. Their AUP specifically states that it's up to the user to secure their box and AT&TMediaOneRoadRunner@Home assumes no liability if their box gets cracked.
If they need a list of infected IIS boxes, I'll send my Apache logs to them, then they can shut off the dorks with warez copies of Win2k and no clue on how to use it.
Even funnier is their clauses stating that they want people to use 2K Pro, and not Server, even though Pro ships with a reduced-capability version of IIS that has the same vulnerabilities.
I was trying to reach their help site, help.rr.com, and couldn't get through. Bright idea there, guys. proxy.mw.mediaone.net is running interference for now on port 8080, or I wouldn't even be able to reach Slashdot. :P
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Along with a short list of other patents that reference that last one. Seems that people have been busy on this one. Even though a few of the claims do acknowledge the possibility of disassembling the cassette and removing the content protection scheme, unless the casing is made of titanium, there's nothing to stop anyone with a hammer and a replacement VHS shell or DIY instructions from making their own free-use cassette out of it if they like.
Tough call as to wether or not the DMCA really applies, as it's not a program or electronic device that you'd use. But I'd bet some MPAA hired gun could get the government to ban hammers, rocks, and other blunt instuments as they could be used to circumvent copy protection schemes.
Alternatively, store all of your important data on a Conner CFS1275A. Probably one of the worst drives ever built. Had no less than five of them die on me in one week. Just wait for the "thunk-thunk-thunk" sound, and you're all set.
Anyone ever notice that the one of the "standard" HDD/computer sound effect used in games, movies, TV shows is the sound of an old Seagate ST-251/ST-225? I had several of those, and I still get a laugh every time I hear that sound when coupled with "advanced" computers.
But what will the guys at http://www.fast-mhz.com/ do now? If you can't see that you've got 100,000 fans in your box, what's the point? :)
'Course it's no problem to wipe every reference to down1oads.mp3.com, then reload the list...
Then there's other sites that have started using Shockwave and Flash banners (Intel, ZD's TechTV), as well as .asx/.asf banners.
Another thing is that many artists that were around for the beginning of the tracker scene are still using trackers to do their music, then converting the wave output to MP3.
Spot on for the reliable Rendition chips. I gave VQuake a shot once, and was totally blown away by it, and that was on an AMD 5x86-133. Smooth action everywhere. Q2 was a joy to play on the V2k as well. I'd never realised how colourful Q2 was until I got it running in full OpenGL glory on the V2k. I had been stuck with either software mode or the crappy washed out fuzziness of a Voodoo1/2. Q3 worked like charm right away on the V2k, so I had the pleasure of enjoying the game whilst all of my friends with their 3Dfx cards lamented the troubles of even getting it to work. :) A couple people were even amazed to find out that I was playing at 512x384 because the graphics were so good even at that res. It was a sad day when I retired the V2k for a shiny new TNT1, but it's recently found new life in the gaming machine that I built for my roomies, and it's still kicking the crap out of the Voodoo2 in that box.
Now if they'd just grace us with another well made chip, I'd be happy. I'd possibly even reconsider my position as a hardcore nVidia user.
Perhaps he was thinking about sex with Janet Reno. She's about the only woman in D.C. that he hasn't slept with, and she does tend to jiggle. If anything, it'd distract her from running down all those "evil 15 year-old hackers" that are trying to bring down the 'net, for a while.
Aren't they pretty much the only company that makes laptop bags? At least ones that I'd chose to buy. The only tradeoff is the price. They're not cheap, but when you're looking for something to carry a $1200-3000 piece of tech around, doesn't it deserve a $50-100 case to live in? Targus Site.
Unfortunately for me, who carries a portable LAN party with him at all times, I had a hard time finding a case that would hold two laptops, their power supplies, two 8-port hubs w/power supplies, various length cables, all of my LinuxCentral CDs, Windows CDs (95/98/NT/2k), boot floppies, external floppy drive, and 20-disc case of MP3s, and whatever else I think I can cram in there. Enter the case from an old Zenith portable (ZF-171-42). Holds everything I need.