They could always set up websites that work like http://www.siliconnews.net/ they integrate many rss feeds into one web page. I also believe http://naviwire.com/ is launching soon providing the same service but over a broad spectrum of topics other than technology
I believe that Microsoft is more of a Customer based experiment than anything else. Microsoft goons have already brainwashed him. Otherwise i would have to severely doubt his intelligence
I keep hearing about water cooling an xbox 360. I think that is about as necesary as water cooling an emachine, they are both cheap computers designed to sell to idiots who can't run a real one. Get a real/quality computer, learn how to use it, then start talking about water cooling and other modding. until then, enjoy playing on your wannabe consol and PC...because it isn't either in my eyes.
I have been fighting the TCPA for about 2 years now. I spend a couple hours a week handing out flyers and bumper stickers to kids on college campuses and holding information meetings once a week. If all of us distribute enough content, the masses may have the power of knowledge to reject the TCPA. However, people can only reject something if they have the information. I'll continue my fight; I ask that all of you join. This site has a lot of resources that I use. http://www.antitcpa.com/ please inform the masses and we can win. The balance of power will shift in the favor of the consumer once again, its natural law.
I think that productivity is something that really depends on how knowledgeable you are with the environment you work in. Unfortunately, for myself, I am more productive in windows based OS's because I have been working with windows since i was 5(well dos, but still Microsoft). It may be error filled and frustrating at times when the OS crashes constantly, but I can get more done in windows and quicker than i could in Linux simply because i know windows and every screen and check box by memory. I roll with the explore errors and unresponsive programs with ease and recover the OS from the brink of hardware freezes constantly. However, I get so much more done with more windows than I can shake a stick at (...23 windows right now), something Mac can't exactly do. I am just at "home" in windows. Ultimately though, when I get to the point in Linux where I am now with windows, I can almost guarantee that the one with the least amount of crashes will be the most productive. So assuming I know everything about every OS I would say Linux and OS X would be the most productive environments with the least amount of crashes and recoveries needed to get the work done. In addition, with less games in Linux and Mac, there are less distractions like a "15 minute break" for some old fashion UT or doom 2:D.
That's it....I am moving to Canada. If anymore of the GOP's corporate whores get any more positions, this country might start "downsizing" its population because the country isn't making a profit. The first to go is all the people in the 0 to 10% tax bracket, and since they only think short term, they won't realize that their rich asses don't pay taxes and the US will go bankrupt. Either that or it will be "merged" and disassembled into some kind of Slavic tiny nation region from hell. However, I don't think it has anything to do with the country making a profit....mostly just the administration. But hey! At least they can't blame the national debt on piracy:D.
We will continue down the drain as long as bush runs this country like a hostile corporation going down in flames, attacking anything that might go against it (SCO)
The guy asked a specific question and probably knew the risks. You don't need to inform him of how despicable he is. He asked how to get around it, not what are the moral and ethical implications of said subject. That is his decision to make. i say give him the information, let him make the decision to break the laws of that country. Think encryption, or secure tunneling. I would set up a server here connect to it through secure tunneling and have it as your web source sending the requested uncensored internet data to you through the secure tunnel. Learn how to do it and i am sure it would be possible.
When I was fired from gateway and my job given to a 1000 people somewhere is the eastern pacific ocean I pretty much lost all respect for any company that outsourced( yea a little biased)...majority of people I know and serve hate outsourced products...they are usually third grade pieces of crap. Take, for instance, the product gateway outsourced: Phone tech support. I was a knowledgeable English speaking level 2 technician for them. I could pretty much fix any problem a computer had over the phone within 15 minutes (minus hardware problems or reloads). I have had my own business for about 8 years now and I am "competing" with gateway. Frequently I will call gateway technical support for a customer (to get their warranty fulfilled)....5 out about every 8 calls is to someone that does not understand what I am saying....does not know anything about computers, and continually reads from a script. You outsource.... you get crap, but for a little bit while you ride your reputation, you will make a lot of money, but you will run your reputation into the ground. Gateway, gladly, has started doing this defaming of their brand name...the only thing that gateway had on me was the 24/7 monkey to answer their questions about their computer...now they realize that the monkey is still there, it just throws shit at you instead. Hence, since gateway has started outsourcing, dell as well, my business has had an increase of 16% over projected growth percentages the last two years...may just be a coincidence. Basically clientele don't like it when they hire a middle man...especially a middle man to hand the shit that the outsourced company gave to you. What is the moral of the story? Realize that you made a mistake...take your losses...and hire a real programming team to get your software done right...don't ride what rep you have into the ground, otherwise your customers will smell the shit and go elsewhere. Good luck to you
Well..... (Wavy lines) for my 5th birthday my grandpa gave me and old motherboard (don't really remember what it was) and about 200 dollars...He said "hey Chris, figure out how make a computer." The real problem was to resist taking it apart, all of the little capacitors and chips look so cool "like a little city" I think I described it...but once I got past the primal take apart and destroy phase, I did a bunch of research (as much as a 5 year old could do) and got an 8088 processor, a meg of ram, a 10 meg hard drive, and dos 3 or 5, don't remember to well and WordStar 1.0.... I managed through a lot of trial and error to get the computer to work...after that I mostly just messed around with the computer and pretended that I was a cool hacker of sorts. I constantly "broke" the computer and had to reload it. But I personally think the best way for any kid, and what I am going to do with my kids, is to hand them some basic component and let them build and learn everything from scratch...let them be independent. I think in the long run it will help them solve problems better and develop the right way of thinking to fix or learn how to do anything with computers.
Yes, that is true, but do you know how many crappy guys the average girl went through in high school and college to find out that the nice geeky guy that always admired them was worth something, and that they have screwed up royally? Usually by then, they have 3 kids from different fathers. Single moms love me, but they learned a little too late. it is now time for their punishment... Rejected! However, it is true, being a nice geek definitely pays off in the end when you find the "patient" girls.
Artists don't support themselves by cd sales. The record companies make money off of the cds. I may be wrong, but I think they get about 2 or 3 cents a cd and the corp gets the rest of the 20 freaking dollars.
If you are really selling your own music by yourself, if it is good, it will sell. If I like a band, and they are independant, my cash is theirs. If I like a band, and they are run by an RIAA company, I will go to a show, buy a shirt, or donate directly to the artist, but I will never buy a cd. I will never purchase any media content from any associated RIAA/MPAA corporation, until the current conditions change.period
I run a computer service, solutions business. Sometimes when a client has a problem such as the one you were talking about, rather than drive the 40 miles to their house I have them install something called TIGHT VNC. it allows complete remote usage of their system without any kind of annoying setup or anything. simple 2 meg file that i have them download from my ftp. the installation is as simple as telling them to click next and then they pick a password and you can go to work. You also don't need the program to access their computer( acts as a java webpage if you use a browser). the only problem you may run into then is a firewall. Even if they have a router, half the time the firewall is not even turned on by default( they are calling you, so i doubt they even know it exists). http://www.tightvnc.com/ is the site where you can get the program and it is open source. hope that helps
I am thinking that all of these large corporations are using this P2P scare to their advantage. Music industry, Movie industry, and the Software Industry are all having " huge problems because of people stealing their products". I believe the MPAA reported something in the range of a billion dollars for overall profit in the industry last month, a new record gross. Yet they are doing poorly? Software companies now must merge? looks like a good excuse to form a bunch of microsofts aka trusts(fat cash cows with no inovation, no competition, and nicely equiped with a perfect scape goats) but digitizable industries are building up resentment and "statistics" all in line for congresses upcoming legistlation against P2P software....well, either that or open source software is just plain cleaner, cheaper, and more inovative that anything they could ever accomplish, and is becoming more and more availible to the "user". Either way everyone needs to stop feeling sorry for thes companies, they are just getting their "come upins". Especially the turd that won't flush: figting all the way down(microsoft)
Nicely put. They have declared war, with out considering more diplomatic means. As we have seen, the "children and elderly" are not beneath them. It is almost as if "**AA" are dying beasts thrashing around violently, trying to take down as many as they can before they colapse. (SCO anyone?)
|be informed of the coming doom www.antitcpa.com|
I pirate crappy music because it is still worth listening to, it is just not worth paying 20 dollars for the one good song I want. In addition, I believe piracy(for me at least) has gone from broke college student reasons, to out right war(software(microsoft), movies and music). they(being riaa, mpaa) went about it in an undiplomatic way and basically declared war on the world.
Quick note: Anti piracy has never been for people who pirate. The only good most anti piracy techniques acomplish is to stop the people(the"user") who usually buy the products from pirating(like previous person said "matter of convience").
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BACKDOOR SLUTS 9!??!?!? oh no!
They could always set up websites that work like http://www.siliconnews.net/ they integrate many rss feeds into one web page. I also believe http://naviwire.com/ is launching soon providing the same service but over a broad spectrum of topics other than technology
I believe that Microsoft is more of a Customer based experiment than anything else. Microsoft goons have already brainwashed him. Otherwise i would have to severely doubt his intelligence
I don't believe that people should be able to vote on what science we accept and don't accept.
I keep hearing about water cooling an xbox 360. I think that is about as necesary as water cooling an emachine, they are both cheap computers designed to sell to idiots who can't run a real one. Get a real/quality computer, learn how to use it, then start talking about water cooling and other modding. until then, enjoy playing on your wannabe consol and PC...because it isn't either in my eyes.
I have been fighting the TCPA for about 2 years now. I spend a couple hours a week handing out flyers and bumper stickers to kids on college campuses and holding information meetings once a week. If all of us distribute enough content, the masses may have the power of knowledge to reject the TCPA. However, people can only reject something if they have the information. I'll continue my fight; I ask that all of you join. This site has a lot of resources that I use. http://www.antitcpa.com/ please inform the masses and we can win. The balance of power will shift in the favor of the consumer once again, its natural law.
I think that productivity is something that really depends on how knowledgeable you are with the environment you work in. Unfortunately, for myself, I am more productive in windows based OS's because I have been working with windows since i was 5(well dos, but still Microsoft). It may be error filled and frustrating at times when the OS crashes constantly, but I can get more done in windows and quicker than i could in Linux simply because i know windows and every screen and check box by memory. I roll with the explore errors and unresponsive programs with ease and recover the OS from the brink of hardware freezes constantly. However, I get so much more done with more windows than I can shake a stick at (...23 windows right now), something Mac can't exactly do. I am just at "home" in windows. Ultimately though, when I get to the point in Linux where I am now with windows, I can almost guarantee that the one with the least amount of crashes will be the most productive. So assuming I know everything about every OS I would say Linux and OS X would be the most productive environments with the least amount of crashes and recoveries needed to get the work done. In addition, with less games in Linux and Mac, there are less distractions like a "15 minute break" for some old fashion UT or doom 2 :D.
sarcasm was dripping from that post if you didn't notice...
That's it....I am moving to Canada. If anymore of the GOP's corporate whores get any more positions, this country might start "downsizing" its population because the country isn't making a profit. The first to go is all the people in the 0 to 10% tax bracket, and since they only think short term, they won't realize that their rich asses don't pay taxes and the US will go bankrupt. Either that or it will be "merged" and disassembled into some kind of Slavic tiny nation region from hell. :D.
However, I don't think it has anything to do with the country making a profit....mostly just the administration. But hey! At least they can't blame the national debt on piracy
We will continue down the drain as long as bush runs this country like a hostile corporation going down in flames, attacking anything that might go against it (SCO)
The guy asked a specific question and probably knew the risks. You don't need to inform him of how despicable he is. He asked how to get around it, not what are the moral and ethical implications of said subject. That is his decision to make. i say give him the information, let him make the decision to break the laws of that country.
Think encryption, or secure tunneling. I would set up a server here connect to it through secure tunneling and have it as your web source sending the requested uncensored internet data to you through the secure tunnel. Learn how to do it and i am sure it would be possible.
When I was fired from gateway and my job given to a 1000 people somewhere is the eastern pacific ocean I pretty much lost all respect for any company that outsourced( yea a little biased)...majority of people I know and serve hate outsourced products...they are usually third grade pieces of crap. Take, for instance, the product gateway outsourced: Phone tech support. I was a knowledgeable English speaking level 2 technician for them. I could pretty much fix any problem a computer had over the phone within 15 minutes (minus hardware problems or reloads). I have had my own business for about 8 years now and I am "competing" with gateway. Frequently I will call gateway technical support for a customer (to get their warranty fulfilled)....5 out about every 8 calls is to someone that does not understand what I am saying....does not know anything about computers, and continually reads from a script. You outsource.... you get crap, but for a little bit while you ride your reputation, you will make a lot of money, but you will run your reputation into the ground. Gateway, gladly, has started doing this defaming of their brand name...the only thing that gateway had on me was the 24/7 monkey to answer their questions about their computer...now they realize that the monkey is still there, it just throws shit at you instead. Hence, since gateway has started outsourcing, dell as well, my business has had an increase of 16% over projected growth percentages the last two years...may just be a coincidence. Basically clientele don't like it when they hire a middle man...especially a middle man to hand the shit that the outsourced company gave to you. What is the moral of the story? Realize that you made a mistake...take your losses...and hire a real programming team to get your software done right...don't ride what rep you have into the ground, otherwise your customers will smell the shit and go elsewhere. Good luck to you
Well..... (Wavy lines) for my 5th birthday my grandpa gave me and old motherboard (don't really remember what it was) and about 200 dollars...He said "hey Chris, figure out how make a computer." The real problem was to resist taking it apart, all of the little capacitors and chips look so cool "like a little city" I think I described it...but once I got past the primal take apart and destroy phase, I did a bunch of research (as much as a 5 year old could do) and got an 8088 processor, a meg of ram, a 10 meg hard drive, and dos 3 or 5, don't remember to well and WordStar 1.0.... I managed through a lot of trial and error to get the computer to work...after that I mostly just messed around with the computer and pretended that I was a cool hacker of sorts. I constantly "broke" the computer and had to reload it. But I personally think the best way for any kid, and what I am going to do with my kids, is to hand them some basic component and let them build and learn everything from scratch...let them be independent. I think in the long run it will help them solve problems better and develop the right way of thinking to fix or learn how to do anything with computers.
Yes, that is true, but do you know how many crappy guys the average girl went through in high school and college to find out that the nice geeky guy that always admired them was worth something, and that they have screwed up royally? Usually by then, they have 3 kids from different fathers. Single moms love me, but they learned a little too late. it is now time for their punishment... Rejected! However, it is true, being a nice geek definitely pays off in the end when you find the "patient" girls.
Artists don't support themselves by cd sales. The record companies make money off of the cds. I may be wrong, but I think they get about 2 or 3 cents a cd and the corp gets the rest of the 20 freaking dollars.
If you are really selling your own music by yourself, if it is good, it will sell. If I like a band, and they are independant, my cash is theirs. If I like a band, and they are run by an RIAA company, I will go to a show, buy a shirt, or donate directly to the artist, but I will never buy a cd. I will never purchase any media content from any associated RIAA/MPAA corporation, until the current conditions change.period
Isn't windows already crippled? What do they have, Quadriplegic edition?
I run a computer service, solutions business. Sometimes when a client has a problem such as the one you were talking about, rather than drive the 40 miles to their house I have them install something called TIGHT VNC. it allows complete remote usage of their system without any kind of annoying setup or anything. simple 2 meg file that i have them download from my ftp. the installation is as simple as telling them to click next and then they pick a password and you can go to work. You also don't need the program to access their computer( acts as a java webpage if you use a browser). the only problem you may run into then is a firewall. Even if they have a router, half the time the firewall is not even turned on by default( they are calling you, so i doubt they even know it exists). http://www.tightvnc.com/ is the site where you can get the program and it is open source. hope that helps
I am thinking that all of these large corporations are using this P2P scare to their advantage. Music industry, Movie industry, and the Software Industry are all having " huge problems because of people stealing their products". I believe the MPAA reported something in the range of a billion dollars for overall profit in the industry last month, a new record gross. Yet they are doing poorly? Software companies now must merge? looks like a good excuse to form a bunch of microsofts aka trusts(fat cash cows with no inovation, no competition, and nicely equiped with a perfect scape goats) but digitizable industries are building up resentment and "statistics" all in line for congresses upcoming legistlation against P2P software. ...well, either that or open source software is just plain cleaner, cheaper, and more inovative that anything they could ever accomplish, and is becoming more and more availible to the "user". Either way everyone needs to stop feeling sorry for thes companies, they are just getting their "come upins". Especially the turd that won't flush: figting all the way down(microsoft)
Nicely put. They have declared war, with out considering more diplomatic means. As we have seen, the "children and elderly" are not beneath them. It is almost as if "**AA" are dying beasts thrashing around violently, trying to take down as many as they can before they colapse. (SCO anyone?) |be informed of the coming doom www.antitcpa.com|
I pirate crappy music because it is still worth listening to, it is just not worth paying 20 dollars for the one good song I want. In addition, I believe piracy(for me at least) has gone from broke college student reasons, to out right war(software(microsoft), movies and music). they(being riaa, mpaa) went about it in an undiplomatic way and basically declared war on the world.
Quick note: Anti piracy has never been for people who pirate. The only good most anti piracy techniques acomplish is to stop the people(the"user") who usually buy the products from pirating(like previous person said "matter of convience").
|be informed of oncomming doom www.antitcpa.com|