Any devices released by anyone with DRM (Microsoft will surely use the "play for sure" DRM) required will doubtfully "kill" anything. Especially if there are multiple incompatible formats involved (although MS says they will play nice with iTMS). I just don't see it happenning.
That being said, I doubt anyone (major) would back a non-DRM device at this point. Sure, you have the Creative offerings (I personnaly use and love the Zen Vision M), but they are not offering a storefront with non-DM items for sale.
I agree 100%. My lauch console has never crashed or frozen once. None of any my friends have experienced a problem either. I am willing to be that half of the complainers don't even own a 360 console. It's getting ridiculous.
I have one from the origional production set. It has never crashed, and it has never "locked up". It does not run that hot. Mine is in an A/V rack with a good deal of high-end equipment. I have never had a problem.
Other than the "coolness" factor, I don't see where this mod is a necessity. I would not mind it (or a similar mod that replaced the noise of the stock fans)if it quieted down the 360, however. There are times when mine sounds like a harrier preparing for vertical flight take-off. While its not a big deal when I am playing games, it can be annoying when I am streaming video/movies/wm9HD from other machines. I have been wanting to tackle replacing the fans and openening the ducts a bit to see if I can quiet it myself. A smaller replacement for the huge power brick would be welcomed as well.
I may have simply been lucky in that my 360 has never crashed or overheated, but I just don't see a reason for all the quality complaints. Especially from non-360 owners whose only basis is hearsay.
I did not read all the replies to your post yet, but I hope you don't get "hammered". I fully agree with you on this one. If you are suspected of doing something "illegal", the government should have every right to check into it.
I am not saying that governments are not prone to over-reaching their power, but we do have to "give" some to "get" the protection we desire.
Before the cabin dorr is closed, you are more than welcome to "meet" the captain. It is done all the time.
I have volunteered for a lot of "fear of flying" classes over the past several years and this is still taught to this day.
Yes, 9/11 changed our procedure. he recommened policy now is to hand a note to the flight attendant while you are explaining that you are a "fearful flyer". The flight attendant will hand the captain the note. Unless he is a complete a-hole, he )or she) will most always come out and talk to the student. We have had many students who have even recieved visits from the pilot mid-flight just to "see how they were making out".
I just don't understand how so many people in the thread make such quick negative and "I doubt it" comments when they readily admit they have no knowledge.
I have worked hand in hand with the TSA training air marshalls since 9/11. I am not pulling this crap out of my ass.
While I am limited in what proof I can provide due to sensitivity, I think I have provied you with plenty of examples and quotes backing up my points.
You want to know the truth? Next time you fly, ask the pilots (yes, you can talk to them as long as the door is open)if they have a union. If they answer yes, ask them if they would fly without one. If they answer no, well, I'd get off the plane.
JetBlue does not have a union. Take a look at the pilots next time you get on. Do they look younger than you? Wonder why? Because they have to take non-unionized jobs to gain hours and status. Ask one if he'd prefer to be with a different (unionized) airline and see what he says.
I know/. is famous for people talking out of their ass, but this thread takes the cake. I have never seen so many people willing to argue about a subject they know absolutely nothing about.
Just to explain my point a little more, here is a snipped from an article published by a 25+ year commercial flight captain that now does flight safety seminars. "Does the airline have a pilots' union? If the captain knows he has a union to back up safety decisions, the captain does not need to worry about being fired due to refusing to fly a plane with questionable maintenance or refusing to fly with too fatigued to fly safely.
The importance of this can hardly be overemphasized. Though we could think that surely the captain will make the right decision in such important matters as safety, safety matters are often not black-and-white. This means, to really be sure of safety, you must err on the side of safety. You should not have to be able to prove the plane will crash if this maintenance is not done, but only that there is an increased risk if the maintenance is not done. But at a non-union airline, erring on the side of safety can cost your job.
Regarding fatigue, a recent study show that after only 17 hours of continuous wakefulness, humans are able to perform with the same level of skill asa person with a blood alcohol level of 0.05 percent (0.04 is - according to FAA regulations - illegal for a pilot).
This is another good reason for meeting the captain when you board. Find out how long the crew has been on duty today. Also ask how many days the crew has been on duty, and how much rest they had at the hotel. If the duty time is excessive or the rest insufficient you may want to take another flight, depending upon how challenging the weather is at the other end and how long it will take to get there.
Also, ask how long the crew will be on duty by the end of the day. That will help you decide whether to use this airline in the future.
Do not fly an airline - if you want to maximize your safety - unless it has a pilots' union. When it comes to major European airlines which are connected with the government such as British Airways, Air France, etc., these all have strong pilots' unions."
Yes, I am regurgitaing BS. My father is a pilot for USAir (20+ years). My grandfather was a commercial pilot for 20+ years. There are actually 6 commercial pilots in my immediate family (Delta, USAir,and others).
I have had my private pilots license since I was 16 years old. My sister, and several other members of my family have their pilots licenses as well.
No wonder I do not know what I am talking about.
Non-unionized pilots who refust to fly a flight they do not feel "comfortable" with, even if it has passed gate check and ground check, are faced with a very good chance of demotion or terminiation. The pilots tend to be younger pilots who fly non-unionized airlines to build airtime and seniority.
The EU has in fact blacklisted several international non-unioized airlines over safety factors for just this reason. Maybe your friend will tell you about a site called Google where you can "research it yourself". And, as the concept of "research" seems to elude you, you can always look it up on a site called Wikipedia.
Is your "friend" the same one that knows the guy that went to Taco Bell and got the cockroach eggs in his gums right after he got bit by that rare spider on the airport toilet seat?
Maybe you really should try again to "research before you post".
"I have no idea what you mean by a good pilots union"
Yet you reply negatively anyway. You must 'not' be new here.
A good pilots union lets a pilot make the final decision whether or not a flight takes off without the fear of losing his job. Pilots without this type of union are fored to fly if the airline ays so, no matter what they think or feel about the flight, pasengers, weather, etc.
Research, then reply. You won't look like such an idiot next time.
At least you did admit you didn't know what you were talking about before you posted....I hear thats the first step ro rehabilitation.
Trust me, I know exactly what the TSA, DHS, etc are doing to protect us. I spend several years wotking with and training many of them up until a few weeks ago.
I, until ver y recently, worked for a company that develops these machines and trains/tests the employees. I know that "airport security" seems liek a big joke to most people, but (most) of these people are much better than you think. The tests required to be an actual x-ray scanner are indeed quite difficult. I have taken them several times for fun and it is not that easy.
I know these guys make mistakes and it seems fun to poke fun at them, but many of them do take their jobs seriously and are trained quite wll to do their jobs.
Many of the "goofs" you see are at airports who outsource their security systems (yes, some are allowed and most certainly do take advantage of the savings). That is why it is smart to reseach before you fly.
I fly a inimum of 80 flights a year and I have no worries. And that's not just beause of all the free drinks in first class. I just amke it a point to only fly airlines that a have a good pilot's union and try to only use government supplied TSA workers.
Joke all you want, they are an easy target. But security is good and it is getting better. SOme of the new devices coming out are absolutely inredible.
ALso remember, the 9/11 terrorists did NOTHING illegal (until hijacking the plane, of course). All their backage was properly screened and contained nothing but allowable substances at the time. The security screeners- even at the small New England airport they passed through, did stop most of them for additional screening. Airport security followed every step of the rules. Heck, you can even argue they went overboard if you are an extreme "anti-profiling" type of person.
Isn't this a sign of things to come if ISP's decide to go with a tiered Internet structure? Do you think we will be encrypting (or at least tunneling) more and more in the future?
Remember the Commodore 64 joystick? It was basically the Atari 2600 joystick but with a triangular "stick". The button was mouted in the center (instead of off to the side) making you reach around further to push it. This thing had carpal tunnel written all over it! My hands would ache after just a few minutes of playing. I think I have permanant scars from that thing- or maybe those are from that other hand/eye coordination building technique I learned a year or two later....
Image available at http://www.geocities.com/big_al_1401/c64joy.jpg
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IE7, almost every revision, has been available in Usenet for some time now.
Honestly, I really don't see how this is such a bad thing. It is not commercial (pay) software. By 'leaking' the browser, more people are using it/talking about it.
I listen to XM on the Internet as well. I just didn't admit it as it gave un-deserved credit to the parent post.
My work commute usually entails and Airbus or 747. I spend very little time in my car. If I didn't use the XM Internet service I would hardly get my monies worth.
But this is not about Internet broadcasts. This is about satellite broadcasts that the user has already purchased the right to listen to. Who is to say the he/she cannot timeshift that music to listen to it an a more appropriate time. I pay a monthly (yearly in my case) fee to listen to premium satellite content. I will NOT pay an additional fee to be "allowed" to listen to it again or record it.
But do you not get a new phone number with each sim chip? Do you not lose half of the value of the cell phone if others do not know your number?
Also- does it not bother you that other information (the equiv of your phones MAC address) is transmitted with each call? I would think that you could still be "tracked" if you did not change actual phones as well.
Just thoughts...not saying that you do not have a good idea with the sim chip switching...
I replaced a movie file and it played the new movie file without any problems. That was pretty interesting as I did not think it would work.
Is there anything else anyone wants tested? I am running out of ideas here. It looks like this disc is "nothing new", just signed exe files on a non-flagged disc. I don't think this disc is going to help anyone understand how the files are signed.
I am considering sniffing a download from Xbox live and comparing the executables with the ones on the cd. I am wondering if the files from Xbox live will work on other media types besides the Xbox hard drive...
I was able to remove three files and everything still boots.
Draw your own conclusions from these three tests. I guess the only other thing I left out was trying to replace a movie file. Maybe tomorrow, I have lost my enthusiasm tonight.
In other news, I finally finished the war in Call of Duty 2.
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Any devices released by anyone with DRM (Microsoft will surely use the "play for sure" DRM) required will doubtfully "kill" anything. Especially if there are multiple incompatible formats involved (although MS says they will play nice with iTMS). I just don't see it happenning.
That being said, I doubt anyone (major) would back a non-DRM device at this point. Sure, you have the Creative offerings (I personnaly use and love the Zen Vision M), but they are not offering a storefront with non-DM items for sale.
I agree 100%. My lauch console has never crashed or frozen once. None of any my friends have experienced a problem either. I am willing to be that half of the complainers don't even own a 360 console. It's getting ridiculous.
I have one from the origional production set. It has never crashed, and it has never "locked up". It does not run that hot. Mine is in an A/V rack with a good deal of high-end equipment. I have never had a problem.
Other than the "coolness" factor, I don't see where this mod is a necessity. I would not mind it (or a similar mod that replaced the noise of the stock fans)if it quieted down the 360, however. There are times when mine sounds like a harrier preparing for vertical flight take-off. While its not a big deal when I am playing games, it can be annoying when I am streaming video/movies/wm9HD from other machines. I have been wanting to tackle replacing the fans and openening the ducts a bit to see if I can quiet it myself. A smaller replacement for the huge power brick would be welcomed as well.
I may have simply been lucky in that my 360 has never crashed or overheated, but I just don't see a reason for all the quality complaints. Especially from non-360 owners whose only basis is hearsay.
I did not read all the replies to your post yet, but I hope you don't get "hammered". I fully agree with you on this one. If you are suspected of doing something "illegal", the government should have every right to check into it.
I am not saying that governments are not prone to over-reaching their power, but we do have to "give" some to "get" the protection we desire.
Parents need to "parent" their children. Don't "censor" the internet because a few parents are not doing their job.
The internet doesn't molest people -people molest people.
Sorry, you guessed wrong.
/. is famous for people talking out of their ass, but this thread takes the cake. I have never seen so many people willing to argue about a subject they know absolutely nothing about.
Before the cabin dorr is closed, you are more than welcome to "meet" the captain. It is done all the time.
I have volunteered for a lot of "fear of flying" classes over the past several years and this is still taught to this day.
Yes, 9/11 changed our procedure. he recommened policy now is to hand a note to the flight attendant while you are explaining that you are a "fearful flyer". The flight attendant will hand the captain the note. Unless he is a complete a-hole, he )or she) will most always come out and talk to the student. We have had many students who have even recieved visits from the pilot mid-flight just to "see how they were making out".
I just don't understand how so many people in the thread make such quick negative and "I doubt it" comments when they readily admit they have no knowledge.
I have worked hand in hand with the TSA training air marshalls since 9/11. I am not pulling this crap out of my ass.
While I am limited in what proof I can provide due to sensitivity, I think I have provied you with plenty of examples and quotes backing up my points.
You want to know the truth? Next time you fly, ask the pilots (yes, you can talk to them as long as the door is open)if they have a union. If they answer yes, ask them if they would fly without one. If they answer no, well, I'd get off the plane.
JetBlue does not have a union. Take a look at the pilots next time you get on. Do they look younger than you? Wonder why? Because they have to take non-unionized jobs to gain hours and status. Ask one if he'd prefer to be with a different (unionized) airline and see what he says.
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Just to explain my point a little more, here is a snipped from an article published by a 25+ year commercial flight captain that now does flight safety seminars.
"Does the airline have a pilots' union? If the captain knows he has a union to back up safety decisions, the captain does not need to worry about being fired due to refusing to fly a plane with questionable maintenance or refusing to fly with too fatigued to fly safely.
The importance of this can hardly be overemphasized. Though we could think that surely the captain will make the right decision in such important matters as safety, safety matters are often not black-and-white. This means, to really be sure of safety, you must err on the side of safety. You should not have to be able to prove the plane will crash if this maintenance is not done, but only that there is an increased risk if the maintenance is not done. But at a non-union airline, erring on the side of safety can cost your job.
Regarding fatigue, a recent study show that after only 17 hours of continuous wakefulness, humans are able to perform with the same level of skill asa person with a blood alcohol level of 0.05 percent (0.04 is - according to FAA regulations - illegal for a pilot).
This is another good reason for meeting the captain when you board. Find out how long the crew has been on duty today. Also ask how many days the crew has been on duty, and how much rest they had at the hotel. If the duty time is excessive or the rest insufficient you may want to take another flight, depending upon how challenging the weather is at the other end and how long it will take to get there.
Also, ask how long the crew will be on duty by the end of the day. That will help you decide whether to use this airline in the future.
Do not fly an airline - if you want to maximize your safety - unless it has a pilots' union. When it comes to major European airlines which are connected with the government such as British Airways, Air France, etc., these all have strong pilots' unions."
Yes, I am regurgitaing BS. My father is a pilot for USAir (20+ years). My grandfather was a commercial pilot for 20+ years. There are actually 6 commercial pilots in my immediate family (Delta, USAir,and others).
I have had my private pilots license since I was 16 years old. My sister, and several other members of my family have their pilots licenses as well.
No wonder I do not know what I am talking about.
Non-unionized pilots who refust to fly a flight they do not feel "comfortable" with, even if it has passed gate check and ground check, are faced with a very good chance of demotion or terminiation. The pilots tend to be younger pilots who fly non-unionized airlines to build airtime and seniority.
The EU has in fact blacklisted several international non-unioized airlines over safety factors for just this reason. Maybe your friend will tell you about a site called Google where you can "research it yourself". And, as the concept of "research" seems to elude you, you can always look it up on a site called Wikipedia.
Is your "friend" the same one that knows the guy that went to Taco Bell and got the cockroach eggs in his gums right after he got bit by that rare spider on the airport toilet seat?
Maybe you really should try again to "research before you post".
"I have no idea what you mean by a good pilots union"
Yet you reply negatively anyway. You must 'not' be new here.
A good pilots union lets a pilot make the final decision whether or not a flight takes off without the fear of losing his job. Pilots without this type of union are fored to fly if the airline ays so, no matter what they think or feel about the flight, pasengers, weather, etc.
Research, then reply. You won't look like such an idiot next time.
At least you did admit you didn't know what you were talking about before you posted....I hear thats the first step ro rehabilitation.
Trust me, I know exactly what the TSA, DHS, etc are doing to protect us. I spend several years wotking with and training many of them up until a few weeks ago.
I, until ver y recently, worked for a company that develops these machines and trains/tests the employees. I know that "airport security" seems liek a big joke to most people, but (most) of these people are much better than you think. The tests required to be an actual x-ray scanner are indeed quite difficult. I have taken them several times for fun and it is not that easy.
I know these guys make mistakes and it seems fun to poke fun at them, but many of them do take their jobs seriously and are trained quite wll to do their jobs.
Many of the "goofs" you see are at airports who outsource their security systems (yes, some are allowed and most certainly do take advantage of the savings). That is why it is smart to reseach before you fly.
I fly a inimum of 80 flights a year and I have no worries. And that's not just beause of all the free drinks in first class. I just amke it a point to only fly airlines that a have a good pilot's union and try to only use government supplied TSA workers.
Joke all you want, they are an easy target. But security is good and it is getting better. SOme of the new devices coming out are absolutely inredible.
ALso remember, the 9/11 terrorists did NOTHING illegal (until hijacking the plane, of course). All their backage was properly screened and contained nothing but allowable substances at the time. The security screeners- even at the small New England airport they passed through, did stop most of them for additional screening. Airport security followed every step of the rules. Heck, you can even argue they went overboard if you are an extreme "anti-profiling" type of person.
Just my two cents...
Isn't this a sign of things to come if ISP's decide to go with a tiered Internet structure? Do you think we will be encrypting (or at least tunneling) more and more in the future?
oops..I guess I worded that a litle weird. The link is juat a Commodore joystick picture I googled...it's not me googling my joystick.
3 Best controllers? You only listed 2 you big silly!
Remember the Commodore 64 joystick? It was basically the Atari 2600 joystick but with a triangular "stick". The button was mouted in the center (instead of off to the side) making you reach around further to push it. This thing had carpal tunnel written all over it! My hands would ache after just a few minutes of playing. I think I have permanant scars from that thing- or maybe those are from that other hand/eye coordination building technique I learned a year or two later.... Image available at http://www.geocities.com/big_al_1401/c64joy.jpg
IE7, almost every revision, has been available in Usenet for some time now.
Honestly, I really don't see how this is such a bad thing. It is not commercial (pay) software. By 'leaking' the browser, more people are using it/talking about it.
I don;t see where this is such a big deal.
While you make a good point, how much profit are you going to make from 14 yr old males online? They usually don't have credit cards.
I listen to XM on the Internet as well. I just didn't admit it as it gave un-deserved credit to the parent post.
My work commute usually entails and Airbus or 747. I spend very little time in my car. If I didn't use the XM Internet service I would hardly get my monies worth.
But this is not about Internet broadcasts. This is about satellite broadcasts that the user has already purchased the right to listen to. Who is to say the he/she cannot timeshift that music to listen to it an a more appropriate time. I pay a monthly (yearly in my case) fee to listen to premium satellite content. I will NOT pay an additional fee to be "allowed" to listen to it again or record it.
That's cool.
My dog can burp the theme to Jaws. Well, the first note or two anyway.
Her farts don;t make any noise. It would be much cooler if they did. The just stink so bad that even she leaves the room.
You should have stepped up to the $29 phone. It has spell-check.
(sorry, I could not resist)
But do you not get a new phone number with each sim chip? Do you not lose half of the value of the cell phone if others do not know your number?
Also- does it not bother you that other information (the equiv of your phones MAC address) is transmitted with each call? I would think that you could still be "tracked" if you did not change actual phones as well.
Just thoughts...not saying that you do not have a good idea with the sim chip switching...
Sounds like someone REALLY liked that "Hot Coffee" mod.....
Please feel free to give this cocky a-hole a call.
p /rates-technology-inc.html , gives a good impression of what a jerk this guy is.
This article, http://voip-blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/voi
OK, so I wanted to try something else...
I replaced a movie file and it played the new movie file without any problems. That was pretty interesting as I did not think it would work.
Is there anything else anyone wants tested? I am running out of ideas here. It looks like this disc is "nothing new", just signed exe files on a non-flagged disc. I don't think this disc is going to help anyone understand how the files are signed.
I am considering sniffing a download from Xbox live and comparing the executables with the ones on the cd. I am wondering if the files from Xbox live will work on other media types besides the Xbox hard drive...
Last one..getting tired...
I was able to remove three files and everything still boots.
Draw your own conclusions from these three tests. I guess the only other thing I left out was trying to replace a movie file. Maybe tomorrow, I have lost my enthusiasm tonight.
In other news, I finally finished the war in Call of Duty 2.