Just rip the DVDs and copy the files to the portable. I've been doing that for years so I can spend my lunch breaks watching movies on my Palm T3.
If I'm buying an ultra-portable, size and battery life are the prime concerns, and you're going to have to compromise both to include an optical drive.
I'm not saying she doesn't exist, but her having a wikipedia page doesn't prove anything to me.
Right now, Darl is editing the page.
"Pamela Jones is the main character in the popular web fiction series Groklaw. Groklaw was created by a writing team at IBM, and is best known for running their entire site on pirated software."
I thought of a solution. In the Wii lightsaber game, you only fight clonetroopers, ewoks, and gungans. No resistance whatsoever, and it will be exactly what Star Wars fans have been wanting.
... and to make things even more dramatic, after a few months, their cycles would synchronize and all 5 would be having PMS at the same time. I remember back in college there were certain times you just didn't go visit the womens' dorms.
I have no proof of this, but I would guess that your second option is the more likely. Labels don't want their songs labeled "Copy Restricted" next to the indie groups songs labeled "Unrestricted".
As for keeping the end-user process uncomplicated, all that really means is they don't want people asking "Why can I only burn five copies of this playlist, but when I remove these two songs, I can burn as many copies as I want?"
I agree 100%. Sony will never see another dime of my money. I remember reading their early public statements once this was discovered. The only thing they ever "apologized" for was the potential security risks. It was quite clear to me that they feel it is 100% OK to install rootkits on peoples' computers, if they can do so without leaving security holes. They obviously believe that their music is so precious that they can do whatever they want to keep people from copying it.
I definitely agree about this being labeled Malware. Sony should be required to make a detection program available that users could run to see if their system is infected, and provide information to antivirus vendors so that it can be added to their detection signatures. They should make it's removal part of the next update to Microsoft's "Malicious Program Removal Tool" or whatever it's called.
Also, their player program that shipped with the rootkit CDs had a 'phone-home' function that loaded a banner from the web. It didn't actually provide Sony any personal data other than the user's IP address, but Sony should be required to track down anyone still running the rootkit player and assist them in removing their software. If they can track down file-sharers using an IP address they should be required to do the same to clean up their mess.
Check out a great movie called "The Mouse That Roared" starring Peter Sellers (in several roles). It's a very funny movie based on this premise. I stumbled on it in my local library back in college.
A tiny European country with a failing economy declares war on the U.S. planning to lose and then collect millions in post-war aid. Unfortunately they win.
Seems to me that the home users are going to be the ones most likely to need full-system backup. Business users that hose their machines or have a disk failure are likely to have someone from the IT department re-image their whole system.
Man I wish I had mod points. You're exactly right. If I'm doing a Google search, I want relevant links. Googlebombs get in the way of that. So-called "Search Engine Optimization" does the same thing.
Granted, it'll be disappointing not to see SCO.com as the number one hit for Litigious Bastards.
I don't foresee the next-gen movie player requiring a full-time net connection. Think of all the current uses where requiring a net connection would be impractical. For example, any sort of mobile device, like those seat-back DVD players that entertain kids on car trips. Never mind people on dialup, or even people that just don't have a network connection near their TV.
I'm sure the Best Buy blueshirts would love to be able to cross-sell a wireless router to everyone buying a new video player, but most people aren't going to like it. I realize that the early adopters are likely to already have a network setup to connect in to, but you aren't going to sell it to the mainstream.
The only way I can see something like this working is possibly by using a cellular connection for key exchange and validation. Maybe I should patent the idea.
Kirk, Picard, or Sisko? (No reason to even mention the last two)
Doctor Who: Which Doctor was the best?
Democrats or Republicans - Who can ruin the country faster?
Why not get all the participants together, build a high wall around everyone, and settle things once and for all with a rousing game of Brockian Ultra-Cricket?
A few months back, I started eating oatmeal for breakfast myself. It started when we were darn near completely out of food, with a few days till the next paycheck. I figured I'd use less milk with oatmeal than I would with a bowl of cereal. After a few days of that, I realized I wasn't craving the mid-morning cookie, and was generally feeling better than when I started my day with fruity pebbles.
By now, I've got my oatmeal-making down to a science. Measure the water, put it on the stove and turn it to high. Quick shave with the electric and my water's boiling. Two scoops of oatmeal from the scoop I keep in the container, wait a minute and it's ready to eat.
I also usually eat it with jam. Apple butter is extremely good, too. Another really good option is to throw in a few raisins just after the oatmeal and let them cook together, then add cinnamon and sugar.
Technically you could die in Full Throttle, but if you died, the main character would say something to the effect of, "Uh, let me try that again," and return you to just before the death. If I remember right, this only occurred right at the very end of the game. There were two puzzles that if you did the wrong thing, or just waited, the truck you were in would explode.
I loved the "deaths" in the Monkey Island games. I think it was in the first one where you'd fall off the cliff if you got too close to the edge. "Game Over" would come up on screen, then Guybrush popped back onto the cliff and said "Rubber Tree." In the third, you'd drink a spiked drink and keel over. The undertaker makes some comment about, "I thought you couldn't die in a LucasArts Adventure Game."
The only LA adventure games I've played where you could actually die was "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and of course, Maniac Mansion. Lots of great ways to die in that one, from the "Do Not Press Under Any Circumstances" button, to radioactive steam, to Green Tentacle jealousy, to my personal favorite, showing the microwaved hamster to Ed.
No One Lives Forever also used dead bodies in the gameplay. If no alarms were sounding and a guard stumbled on a corpse, he'd often crouch down and say "Are you OK?" or something like that, before standing up and shouting for the guards, or sounding the alarm. If there were several bodies, they'd react differently. Some of the levels also had security cameras. The alarms would go off if you'd leave a body in camera view.
If you haven't played it, you should. It's a truly great game. Imagine playing a cheesy 60's spy movie. It's also one of the funniest games I've ever played. Sneaking through the evil organization's warehouse and overhearing minions talk about the last mad scientist overlord they worked for, or planning a jam session after the shift. Truly classic.
Do you propose that the record labels promote/produce/etc. for free? Any fee they do charge comes out of the "artist's cut".
Wait a minute, let me get this straight. If those fees don't come out of the "artist's cut" then the labels are promoting/producing/etc... for free? The big name artists are getting $0.20 on the dollar. What the hell is the label doing with their $0.80?
I can say for certain that AAA players do exist -- I have one in my pocket right now. It uses an SD card for storage and it's about the cheapest MP3 player I can imagine getting. Cost breakdown:
1 GB SD card - $30 at Buy.com with free shipping, - $10 discount for using Google checkout, - $15 mail-in-rebate
jWin Jukem@n mp3 player - $15 without SD card (I think I got it at geeks.com, not sure)
I'll be the first to admit it's not a premium quality MP3 player, but for $20 and the use of a couple of rechargable batteries I already had on hand, I'm not going to complain. Also works as an SD card reader. Plus I don't really have to worry about anything bad happening to it when I wear it biking.
Boy, is he going to be pissed next time Windows Update runs. He's getting IE7 whether he likes it a lot. In my opinion, there's a lot more UI changes between IE6 and 7 than there are between IE6 and Opera.
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Just rip the DVDs and copy the files to the portable. I've been doing that for years so I can spend my lunch breaks watching movies on my Palm T3. If I'm buying an ultra-portable, size and battery life are the prime concerns, and you're going to have to compromise both to include an optical drive.
What you're describing sounds a lot like the OLPC project.
Right now, Darl is editing the page.
"Pamela Jones is the main character in the popular web fiction series Groklaw. Groklaw was created by a writing team at IBM, and is best known for running their entire site on pirated software."
I thought of a solution. In the Wii lightsaber game, you only fight clonetroopers, ewoks, and gungans. No resistance whatsoever, and it will be exactly what Star Wars fans have been wanting.
Glad somebody understands what he just said. Anyone care to translate for those of us whose submarine experience consists of Tom Clancy novels?
... and to make things even more dramatic, after a few months, their cycles would synchronize and all 5 would be having PMS at the same time. I remember back in college there were certain times you just didn't go visit the womens' dorms.
As for keeping the end-user process uncomplicated, all that really means is they don't want people asking "Why can I only burn five copies of this playlist, but when I remove these two songs, I can burn as many copies as I want?"
What, you mean like a boat?
I agree 100%. Sony will never see another dime of my money. I remember reading their early public statements once this was discovered. The only thing they ever "apologized" for was the potential security risks. It was quite clear to me that they feel it is 100% OK to install rootkits on peoples' computers, if they can do so without leaving security holes. They obviously believe that their music is so precious that they can do whatever they want to keep people from copying it.
Also, their player program that shipped with the rootkit CDs had a 'phone-home' function that loaded a banner from the web. It didn't actually provide Sony any personal data other than the user's IP address, but Sony should be required to track down anyone still running the rootkit player and assist them in removing their software. If they can track down file-sharers using an IP address they should be required to do the same to clean up their mess.
A tiny European country with a failing economy declares war on the U.S. planning to lose and then collect millions in post-war aid. Unfortunately they win.
Seems to me that the home users are going to be the ones most likely to need full-system backup. Business users that hose their machines or have a disk failure are likely to have someone from the IT department re-image their whole system.
Granted, it'll be disappointing not to see SCO.com as the number one hit for Litigious Bastards.
I'm sure the Best Buy blueshirts would love to be able to cross-sell a wireless router to everyone buying a new video player, but most people aren't going to like it. I realize that the early adopters are likely to already have a network setup to connect in to, but you aren't going to sell it to the mainstream.
The only way I can see something like this working is possibly by using a cellular connection for key exchange and validation. Maybe I should patent the idea.
Anybody else notice that every time someone posts this form, "Asshats" is checked?
vi or emacs - which one is better?
Kirk, Picard, or Sisko? (No reason to even mention the last two)
Doctor Who: Which Doctor was the best?
Democrats or Republicans - Who can ruin the country faster?
Why not get all the participants together, build a high wall around everyone, and settle things once and for all with a rousing game of Brockian Ultra-Cricket?
By now, I've got my oatmeal-making down to a science. Measure the water, put it on the stove and turn it to high. Quick shave with the electric and my water's boiling. Two scoops of oatmeal from the scoop I keep in the container, wait a minute and it's ready to eat.
I also usually eat it with jam. Apple butter is extremely good, too. Another really good option is to throw in a few raisins just after the oatmeal and let them cook together, then add cinnamon and sugar.
I loved the "deaths" in the Monkey Island games. I think it was in the first one where you'd fall off the cliff if you got too close to the edge. "Game Over" would come up on screen, then Guybrush popped back onto the cliff and said "Rubber Tree." In the third, you'd drink a spiked drink and keel over. The undertaker makes some comment about, "I thought you couldn't die in a LucasArts Adventure Game."
The only LA adventure games I've played where you could actually die was "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and of course, Maniac Mansion. Lots of great ways to die in that one, from the "Do Not Press Under Any Circumstances" button, to radioactive steam, to Green Tentacle jealousy, to my personal favorite, showing the microwaved hamster to Ed.
What can I say? Everyone needs a hobby.
If you haven't played it, you should. It's a truly great game. Imagine playing a cheesy 60's spy movie. It's also one of the funniest games I've ever played. Sneaking through the evil organization's warehouse and overhearing minions talk about the last mad scientist overlord they worked for, or planning a jam session after the shift. Truly classic.
Wait a minute, let me get this straight. If those fees don't come out of the "artist's cut" then the labels are promoting/producing/etc... for free? The big name artists are getting $0.20 on the dollar. What the hell is the label doing with their $0.80?
(I know, I know... Cocaine and hookers.)
Whoa. Just got a flashback of playing Quake over 14.4 dialup.
1 GB SD card - $30 at Buy.com with free shipping, - $10 discount for using Google checkout, - $15 mail-in-rebate
jWin Jukem@n mp3 player - $15 without SD card (I think I got it at geeks.com, not sure)
I'll be the first to admit it's not a premium quality MP3 player, but for $20 and the use of a couple of rechargable batteries I already had on hand, I'm not going to complain. Also works as an SD card reader. Plus I don't really have to worry about anything bad happening to it when I wear it biking.
Boy, is he going to be pissed next time Windows Update runs. He's getting IE7 whether he likes it a lot. In my opinion, there's a lot more UI changes between IE6 and 7 than there are between IE6 and Opera.
He means that in a few years Steve Balmer is saying goodbye, Hoffa style