It seems that you can resolve copyright issues by claiming fair-use. I came across this post a few days at rcgroups. Scroll down to post #5 for the procedure.
Thanks.
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What pisses me off is that they make Youtube waste time "policing" falsely.
Lets bring heavy, delicate equipment out to a harsh environment that in all likelyhood lacks either repair parts or appropriate tools, and spend a fortune in time and energy moving the fucker around.
So, basically run your own malloc function that, in turn, detects the OS and uses the required API?
If it's that simple, why hasn't it been done yet? Yeesh. I hope it's that simple and yet I hope it isn't (because if it is, that means lazy coders are involved)
I get the joke, but the reason I do it: it helps keep my RSI under control.
If I were to use a mouse and keyboard all day at work, and then do the same at home, I'd be in a load of pain after a day or two.
Going left-handed at work and right-handed at home seems to keep it under control. It's also helped my left-hand coordination. I was fairly ambidextrous before, but at this point the only thing I can't do well is write. That's less a matter of handedness and more of practice (I never even try) and writing-direction issue (stabbing paper doesn't work too well, if you write right-handed you drag the tip, not push it)
I wouldn't expect that they would need data traveled via RocketNet (haha, instead of sneakernet? har har) - they have plenty of communications gear and are in a good position to make and receive transmissions.
Oh. That little gasket I was talking about that sounds needlessly complicated - it basically forms a border around the circuitry that handles PIN entry. This, coupled with a few other measures, is designed to make the device "dump" it's debit encryption keys should a tamper be detected. You can't come from above, from below, or from the side without tripping one or more devices.
If a key is dumped, it's useless. It's also not a field-repair item, because it has to be analyzed for security reasons, reset (with a special super-secret key that doesn't leave the building), and injected with a new key (using said super-secret key).
So it's not just a simple gasket, but complicated circuitry weaves around in, through, and around it. Changes in resistance, inductance, or capacitance will trigger it. So, you can't really touch it. Even if you get a probe between leads (good luck) any current flowing through that probe will trip it. Yeesh.
Well, What I said comes from an "insider" perspective. I've dealt with the fallout from such manufacturer problems myself, personally. Though, the problems were with a much touchier type of product (payment device with pinpad, so very touch security features * and self-destructing components etc).
One supplier even managed to fuck up plastic. Yea, simple plastic molding, except that it melted when it got hotter than 100F. WTF.
* - One such component that was particularly troublesome... have you seen those little rubber connectors that hook high-res LCD screens to a board (rubber with tiny metal leads embedded in it) - imagine that, only it forms a gasket about 3 inches in diameter and is hardly symetric. It had a positional tolerance of 0.25mm - and the failure rate due to this was around 5/100 alone. Then you had flux wash etc getting on the pad and corroding or interfering with the metal-metal mating, etc. Fucking mess.
I know the shareholder battle. Fuck them. The thing costs end-users over a thousand dollars each. You can spend an extra dollar per unit and not get cheap-ass suppliers and manufacturers. Instead, you save that dollar-a-unit NOW, and pay it back hundred-fold in warranty returns and service.
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IE offends me. Would you poke fun at me for it?
It seems that you can resolve copyright issues by claiming fair-use. I came across this post a few days at rcgroups. Scroll down to post #5 for the procedure.
Thanks.
Note: you can link to specific posts using the top-right post number.
What pisses me off is that they make Youtube waste time "policing" falsely.
Thanks.
Note: you can link to specific posts using the top-right post number.
It sounds like the box you had from Dish Networks was actually a "full" computer and not just a purpose-built circuit.
Haha! Exactly!
These measures aren't very useful without considering the noise floor...
Yea, easier...
Lets bring heavy, delicate equipment out to a harsh environment that in all likelyhood lacks either repair parts or appropriate tools, and spend a fortune in time and energy moving the fucker around.
So, basically run your own malloc function that, in turn, detects the OS and uses the required API?
If it's that simple, why hasn't it been done yet? Yeesh. I hope it's that simple and yet I hope it isn't (because if it is, that means lazy coders are involved)
Some would argue that programming this way is broken to begin with...
Er, "Professional" (XP) and "Ultimate" (Vista, 7) let you pick: Opt-In, Opt-Out, Force-On, Off.
It sounds less like a text-to-speech engine than a vocoder. Seems like a formant synthesizer with tunables hardcoded to produce the word coffee.
<media-exec style="intelligence: low; paranoia: high; pockets: deep">Cause the dirty pirates can use them!!!</media-exec>
Yea. For the first 10 minutes.
I'm guessing your attention span was too short.
I get the joke, but the reason I do it: it helps keep my RSI under control.
If I were to use a mouse and keyboard all day at work, and then do the same at home, I'd be in a load of pain after a day or two.
Going left-handed at work and right-handed at home seems to keep it under control. It's also helped my left-hand coordination. I was fairly ambidextrous before, but at this point the only thing I can't do well is write. That's less a matter of handedness and more of practice (I never even try) and writing-direction issue (stabbing paper doesn't work too well, if you write right-handed you drag the tip, not push it)
Er, the US doesn't use stone. That's a British thing.
I mostly agree with your argument, just wanted to point that out.
"digital mead" - sounds tasty.
Also, what's a "sup-ly ship?"
I wouldn't expect that they would need data traveled via RocketNet (haha, instead of sneakernet? har har) - they have plenty of communications gear and are in a good position to make and receive transmissions.
Anyone know how long (if ever) the next pass along an appropriate vector will be? I wonder if that cargo is lost completely.
I do it gamer/modeler style. One hand on mouse, one hand on keyboard.
Backspace is my back button of choice (I tend to mouse left-handed when I do stuff like surf)
Backspace is even easier. Assuming you're not in a text field of flash object.
No, I jumped right into the link.
Slashdot summaries are pointless if you jump right to the content (usually)
I may not like Halo, and may I'll leave my opinions of COSplay out of this.
But I recognize art when I see it. That man knows his craft. Holy-shit. (I bet he does or did work in special effects or costume design)
Yes. Click the link, watch the video.
Oh. That little gasket I was talking about that sounds needlessly complicated - it basically forms a border around the circuitry that handles PIN entry. This, coupled with a few other measures, is designed to make the device "dump" it's debit encryption keys should a tamper be detected. You can't come from above, from below, or from the side without tripping one or more devices.
If a key is dumped, it's useless. It's also not a field-repair item, because it has to be analyzed for security reasons, reset (with a special super-secret key that doesn't leave the building), and injected with a new key (using said super-secret key).
So it's not just a simple gasket, but complicated circuitry weaves around in, through, and around it. Changes in resistance, inductance, or capacitance will trigger it. So, you can't really touch it. Even if you get a probe between leads (good luck) any current flowing through that probe will trip it. Yeesh.
Well, What I said comes from an "insider" perspective. I've dealt with the fallout from such manufacturer problems myself, personally. Though, the problems were with a much touchier type of product (payment device with pinpad, so very touch security features * and self-destructing components etc).
One supplier even managed to fuck up plastic. Yea, simple plastic molding, except that it melted when it got hotter than 100F. WTF.
* - One such component that was particularly troublesome... have you seen those little rubber connectors that hook high-res LCD screens to a board (rubber with tiny metal leads embedded in it) - imagine that, only it forms a gasket about 3 inches in diameter and is hardly symetric. It had a positional tolerance of 0.25mm - and the failure rate due to this was around 5/100 alone. Then you had flux wash etc getting on the pad and corroding or interfering with the metal-metal mating, etc. Fucking mess.
I know the shareholder battle. Fuck them. The thing costs end-users over a thousand dollars each. You can spend an extra dollar per unit and not get cheap-ass suppliers and manufacturers. Instead, you save that dollar-a-unit NOW, and pay it back hundred-fold in warranty returns and service.