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IANAL, But it has been my understanding that Written Signatures are a Requirement for common Contract Law in the US.
In most states in the US, we have a legal system derives from English Common Law and written signatures are a part of the completion of contracts and binding agreements between "parties".
I have found it interesting that I can submit my independent contract work billing statements to my employer's payroll department via fax OR email with no signature whatsoever and still get paid.
No complaints though, the checks have all cleared so far.
I am wondering what UPS/Generator Hardware was in use?
Where would the "failure" (Short/Electrical Explosion) have to be to cause everything to go dark?
Sounds like the power distribution circuits downstream of the UPS/Generator were damaged.
Whatever vendor provided the now vaporized components are likely praying that the specifics are not mentioned here.
Remember that we use "Heat Engines"... The more BTU's per gallon of fuel translates into more miles per gallon!
With the new mandate for 35 MPG cars on the horizon, I'd imagine they will be using Diesel. (Anyone notice the new Volkswagen "clean Diesel" commercials?)
Also, the US Government pays a $0.50 per gallon as a subsidy. (I think this is at the production level). Otherwise, Ethanol production could not compete with oil.
FYI:
Methanol 64,600 BTU per gallon
Ethanol 84,600 BTU per gallon
Gasohol 120,900 BTU per gallon (10% Ethanol to 90% Gasoline)
Gasoline 125,000 BTU per gallon
Biodiesel 130,000 BTU per gallon
Diesel 138,700 BTU per gallon
Most from this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline
Scrap Metal is BIG business: http://demolitionscrapmetalnews.com/?page_id=17
Stainless Steel is very recyclable as it contains very expensive Chrome and Nickel and other alloys. Copper has never been higher too.
Me thinks under Martime Law these are abandoned "sunken ships" and are subject to full finders-keepers salvage rights (IANAL)...Somebody's going to rent a crane barge with tug and recover them all (especially the stainless steel ones) for scrap a make a fortune at the salvage yards!
For a minute there I thought it was part of the April 1st thing.... but nope, today is the 2nd!
And I keep thinking of several lines Lloyd Bridges (McCroskey) had in Airplane: "Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Glue!" http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0006134/quotes
-Nope, it's just the new/. layout!
Oh ya, Ontopic: Ha Ha Ha Microsoft. I can hear all their lawyers giving out a big ol' Homer Simpson DOH!
Could this just be subliminal white noise? (as opposed to superliminal).
I guess its one way to prevent getting the alien infection from over the phone (anyone remember Threshold)... might mitigate some people's fears of harmful sensation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_of_harmful_sensation
What works better? superliminal or subliminal? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_message
Superliminal must be some new marketing-speak term. (similar to last week's new clintonian term: "misremembered") Wikipedia does not have an article on it "superliminal" advertising.
Just thought it was called it 'loud' and 'yelling ads' or propaganda-style...
Creative summarily wiped their VP's Original posting from their forums that started this whole epic saga. Good thing somebody mirrored it all here: http://creative.edited.us/page.php?start=1
In summary, here are a few key points (in no particular order):
(1) Creative may have licensed some software for Windows XP and NOT licensed it for Windows Vista. Thus that is *in part* why they crippled it. (and it helps promote new hardware sales for Vista) It seems this is true for the Dolby portions of the code.
(2) Creative stated they cripple their hardware (depending on what model it is) in their drivers based on the Operating System version and what the item was sold as. They state they have the legal right to do so.
(3) Creative stated that anyone re-enabling features (however it is done) is "stealing" from Creative.
(4) Apparently, the Windows XP drivers ignore the Vista "Protected Path" DRM killswitch flags and work quite well. (Recall that Vista is built on Windows XP technology and WinXP drivers *can be made* to WORK FINE in it. It is probably very likely that this violates some NDA from Microsoft to Creative as it likely bypasses their DRM mechanisms in Vista that were not included in WinXP (at least up to WinXP w/SP2).
(5) This is pissing people off in a major way. There are people planning on never doing business with Creative again: http://boycottcreative.com/BoycottCreative.html and http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/BoycottCreative
(6) Creative is not doing very well (at all) financially (Gee, I wonder why?): http://www.creative.com/corporate/investor/ and http://finance.google.com/finance?q=OTC%3ACREAF
(7) A Driver "Modder" known as Daniel Kawakami (AKA "Daniel_K") found ways to re-enable 'features' for certain product Creative lines under Windows Vista, notably restoring the Full functionality on the various Creative Hardware under Windows Vista.
(8) This modder also made their Alchemy software work on non-creative sound products too, likely pissing off Creative more.
(9) The modder asked for donations for his freely available work, he acknowledges that was dumb, and pretty much everybody dumps on him for it.
(10) Many Creative Forum posts have been deleted (redacted) and many are available here: http://creative.edited.us/deleted.html
Interestingly, I created my/. account many years ago while sitting at my desk at Creative Labs Inc. 1523 Cimarron Plaza, Stillwater, OK 74075. 405-742-6655.
Those of you whom also worked there probably knew me, you certainly know the above address and phone number all too well. You had the job while you were in college, learned skills, and happily left around graduation time.
I am not here to badmouth or flame, just to say that I was completely unsurprised when this came to light. I could not believe the VP's posting and how he is clearly so out of touch with the reality of Creative's die-hard customers, their motives, and their sense of loyalty and fairness. He has probably lost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars with that single post if not more!
IN some people's opinions, Creative has now firmly placed itself on the path to be considered as clost to "The customer is always right." as the likes of Microso
Yes. Exactly Right. XP lacked the DRM driver gestapo model that Vista pretends to "require". This is not so in reality, just in the fantasy Lawyer-land of licensing and control.
Vista has DRM purposefully crippling audio and video streams and the deliberate enforcement of this 'control' of the media streams in Vista *are why* the drivers do not work.
They are NOT Supposed to be able to do certain things, and even if the hardware CAN do them discretely, they are crippled. Vista did the same thing to the outputs on my ATI AIW.
This is about Power, Control, and Money. The three fundamental tenets of any DRM concept.
I am sure there are multiple parties to blame here: Creative, Microsoft, MPAA/RIAA, lobbyists for either/all, and the Lawyers for everybody involved......but believe me!
IT IS ON PURPOSE.
Creative is scared that the REAL STORY will emerge revealing what they purposefully disabled in order to appease the Microsoft Vista software DRM Rube Goldberg device functions.
It's not just by design, It's also a Vista feature!
It is surprising how little has been discussed in this thread about the Vista DRM mechanism and especially the killswitch "features" for anything in software that might circumvent DRM policy.
(another reason to be grateful for slysoft... just wish they would develop a full-featured DRM-free media player that worked perfectly out of any output/input and supported any HD content and integrated AnyDVD HD and Clone DVD/Clone CD as needed. I would pay for it too!)
Too bad technical specifics have not been leaked via wikileaks, et al., regarding the Vista DRM mechanisms.
I have a sneaking suspicion is it a tremendously enhanced digital Rube Goldberg Device. (This is what I tell lay persons when asked about what is wrong with Windows Vista.)
ATI and Nvidia must have bulletproof NDAs from Microsoft and full knowledge of the Microsoft Vista DRM model for audio and video. How could they not and still write a working driver?
Ever since I read about Vista's deliberate prevention of hardware driver and 3rd-party DMA access and the concept of the OS-controlled Cache of all of the main system memory AND VIDEO CARD MEMORY, I knew this would be a COMPLETE NIGHTMARE for any hardware accelerated 3D, Video, and Audio.. and gaming too. Can you shoot yourself in both feet any more thoroughly before the race?
Time will tell if any disgruntled employees wanting to leak the DRM specs do so?
Personally, I am still pretty miffed that most the neat-o ATI x1800 AIW I/O features were specifically and intentionally disabled by design in Vista. (ATI Specifically stated this on their web site for the AIW before the AMD take over...might still be there) No thank You to Vista. This ability makes XP superior in my book.
In time, the truth will come out about the Vista DRM bulldozer and its path will lead broadly to Redmond.
In the end, virtually all questions will be answered by only one answer: MONEY.
Why not download something locally that checks in for updates and new features only but runs locally? (Sometimes I require the ability to edit images in the field while only having a remote EDGE Cell Connection.)
Why is it so DOG Slow?
How do you turn on the decades-old proven standard Photoshop tool bars?
Why does it require my images to be uploaded to be edited? (I do not want any of my copyrighted media to cross the line of possession demarcation.)
Does Adobe use retain share or gain any legal use of my uploaded images?
Am I the only one noticing this "service" appears to be only intended for amateurs in image manipulation?
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I completely agree. Thank You!
I ran Windows 2000 Advanced Sever as a workstation until sometime between XP SP1 and XP SP2. At least until I was certain that all the "crap" could be made to nearly exactly look and function like Windows 2000 before the move to XP (and it was a downgrade then). I intend on looking into 'properly obtaining' a copy of Server 2008 to set up a workstation. Good idea.
As much fun as it is to bash Vista for being the absolute bastard child of 10,000+ programmer fathers over at mother Microsoft, I have one serious question.
WHY is there no Windows 2000 clone GUI capability for Vista built in? It makes NO sense.
I cannot believe Microsoft is this stupid, this has to be ON PURPOSE? What's the quote? : "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."
Make a downloadable Win2k for Vista GUI theme kit. Hell, I'd keep it on a pen drive in my pocket (with everything else).
How do they expect to build on something that has been in development since Win95, the 2000 style GUI, and then make Vista as alien as it is?
Even OSX is more consistent to OS9 then Vista to its predecessor.
Not seeking any flame war here, but the crappy performance on otherwise modern fast hardware, OCD level DRM schemes, and the fundamental inability to copy files properly without a service pack aside, WHY NOT INCLUDE THE WIN2000 THEME? (I'd better not get started on what Microsoft did killing hardware level access for sound hopefully Open AL will mature soon...)
I would consider using Vista, despite its sloth, gluttony, and inferiority, more if I could make it look like Win2k. I deal with thousands of files in folders, I want a list view WITH file extensions. NOTHING MORE. Just like Win2k gave (when set to list view). I want a list view for control panel. Stop making up learn terms like Device Manager and then rename it to some thing even more meaningless. It's almost as bad, no actually it's worse, then the difference between the UT2k4 menus and the UT3 menus (for you FPS gamers out there).
Does someone know of a GUI replacement application for Vista which will transform Windows Vista versions (any of them) into something at least 95% the look and snappy minimalist feel of Windows 2000?
I would consider OSX if I could build my own Intel-Based PC with HARDWARE I CHOOSE, not the Steve Jobs approved Mork from Ort chair-matching look/feel of Macs.
Disclaimer: Yes, I have used both Vista and OSX. (Work)
Statistically, I do agree with that you and I are more likely to encounter a criminal person with a firearm rather than be a victim of radiological terrorist attacks in America. Americans have been very good at preventing terrorist attacks since the 9/11 attacks. We got out *hit together.
Chernobyl is a different radiological example because the radioactive material was not composed of the REALLY BAD stuff I listed above.
The military and government were also doing everything they possibly could (with some debate) do to mitigate the relatively low order steam explosion and molten radioactive core (including air dropping into the core as much Lead as they could get their hands on... thus making efforts to contain the molten radioactive material).
Had there have been a High Order explosion with high-explosives used on the core, vaporising core material into micro particulates, metal oxide aerosols, and metal vapors, we would be seeing different results. True, the "victims" of the Chernobyl meltdown are less (so far) than the worst case scenarios foretold.
NOTE: Only a SINGLE ATOM of the wrong isotope (see previous list) inside the human body in the wrong location (lung, bone, thyroid, etc..) and that person is nearly guaranteed to get cancer (from a single atom of the stuff). It is true the human body can cope some with carcinogens and mutagens, but it only takes one aggressive immortal cell of cancer (that the immune system does not remove) to eventually kill someone. The true cost in human lives will be learned more so in the next 20 years from the Chernobyl, Ukraine disaster. Some cancers take decades to grow lethal and eventually kill a human. Animals have shorter life spans and often appear to not have, or do not have, the ill effects of radiation that humans have. We live longer, our bodies are increasingly inefficient coping with genetic damage as we get older. Animals typically do not live past 20 years.
You mentioned "licensed" handguns; I disagree with part of your argument.
Individuals that have applied and earned their handgun licenses (which allow that individual to carry a concealed handgun on their person) are the LEAST LIKELY individuals in America to commit any Handgun crime. I have been through the entire process. Aside from an in depth FBI and State Police background investigation, you registered with the County Sheriff (who ultimately delivers the license). Any point in that process could have prevented the license for being issued. There was technical handgun training and hands-on certification with legal classroom training about the state handgun laws and added training on practical scenarios for when it is and IS NOT permitted to use your concealed handgun "To protect yourself from physical harm that could kill you or fear of your life". Interestingly, my instructor was a retired Secret Service Agent.
-Criminals, OTOH, may steal or otherwise illegally obtain firearms to commit armed crimes such as assault, theft, and homicide. These are the PEOPLE that use their illegally brandished handguns to commit crimes. Don't blame the gun, it is the person holding it that bears *full responsibility* of their actions when using such a tool.
Interestingly, short swords, daggers, and other edged weapons are NOT allowed to be carried concealed of otherwise but handguns are (with proper permit). Ask anyone skilled in Kendo about that. They will tell you what they really think.
Also, we have no way to know what HAS BEEN FOUND thus far with this program. The US government is keen to not reveal what has and has not been located by the system. There may in fact be True Positives, but they are likely classified if any exist. I do not buy into the premise that this is a way to manufacture fear and funding. Personally I am glad it is in place if for no other reason that it is another link in the chain of keeping smuggled nuclear warheads out of the hands of the bad people. Imagine if a small nuke had been smuggled into New York City instead of planes flying int
I strongly disagree. The Chernobyl explosion and resulting contamination was not designed to disperse radioactive material. It did a fairly good job of doing that *anyway*. I agree that the predicted effects are fortunately much less (20 years later) than previously predicted, but it was nonetheless extremely effective at effecting FEAR and Terror into that portion of the World. If Terrorists with high explosives expertise also had access to MORE deadly radioactive substances than Chernobyl contained, that would be VERY SCARY.
Terrorists are likely more interested the FEAR and the sensationalized terrifying concept of "Nuclear Fallout" rather than the actual scientific effects of such a dirty radiological High Explosive dispersion device (AKA Dirty Bomb).
Terrorists may actually target key water and food supplies or river systems with radiological explosive dispersion devices.
Any primary "Dirty Bomb" Victims that inhale, eat, drink, or consume into their bodies ANY energetically decaying radioisotopes (especially ones with relatively short half-lives) will have an *almost certain chance* of developing lung and/or bone cancers.
Plutonium-238, curium-244, strontium-90, polonium-210, promethium-147, cesium-137, cerium-144, ruthenium-106, cobalt-60, curium-242, and thulium isotopes all can produce oncogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic effects on the human body (especially if ingested or inhaled). This happens if the initial exposure does not kill the primary victims.
In any case, it is very very unlikely that a citizen jury of peers would consider the passive monitoring of specific "hot" radioisotopes by US authorities to be a violation of the 4th Amendment's "unreasonable searches and seizures".
NOBODY should have any of the above in their possession unless they are professionals and they would have clearly marked DOT placards on their commercial vehicles as well as DOT, NRC (and probably DOE) approved possession and transportation paperwork and approved containment vessels. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/teachers/11.pdf
Also, they would have to follow controlled HC (Hazardous Cargo) approved routes within the US highway system. http://orise.orau.gov/reacts/guide/hazard.htm
I agree that it is interesting some animal and human cancer patients (and other radiologically medicated persons) have been flagged "hot" by roadside sensors and detained by authorities. It is likely that those same sensors can determine the quantity and difference between the americium-241 (one gram is enough for 5000 smoke detectors) from the other more dangerous materials no civilian should never have. http://www.uic.com.au/nip35.htm
I am a US citizen, and I DO feel better knowing that these things ARE being actively screened for by our government. It would be terribly irresponsible for our government to NOT look for radioactive substances if technology would allow it to conducted as unobtrusively as it is from the side of a PUBLIC highway or port of entry. Americans don't have a right to own dangerous radioactive components.
OTOH, if they decide to screen for GUNS in the US... that's a Second Amendment right we DO have... and whole other issue.
I'll add another log onto your flame war bait fire....
John McCain is the *ONLY Candidate* (of the three) who can claim "IANAL".
We can all admit to ourselves, that there are FAR MORE Lawyer jokes then Honored Veteran & Hero Air Force Pilot jokes... Just saying...
To serve in the military is NOT the same as to serve in any elected office.
If I remember Geology 101, that would place the Asteroid in the Precambrian time frame (if it were found on earth or if suspected it was originally sourced from earth material.) http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precambrian
I am guessing that most of the rocky Asteroids are from the same formation time period. I had thought the Earth was mostly still being formed by asteroids and comets prior to 4.5 billion years ago?
It is likely to be a part of the Earth from ~4.5 Billion years ago when the Moon is said to have formed via the giant impact hypothesis by planetoid Theia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet)
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IANAL, But it has been my understanding that Written Signatures are a Requirement for common Contract Law in the US.
In most states in the US, we have a legal system derives from English Common Law and written signatures are a part of the completion of contracts and binding agreements between "parties".
I have found it interesting that I can submit my independent contract work billing statements to my employer's payroll department via fax OR email with no signature whatsoever and still get paid.
No complaints though, the checks have all cleared so far.
Sort of... "Blocking Steganosonic Data In Phone Calls" http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/02/0133212
There is this too... http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/10/2358247
I am wondering what UPS/Generator Hardware was in use?
Where would the "failure" (Short/Electrical Explosion) have to be to cause everything to go dark?
Sounds like the power distribution circuits downstream of the UPS/Generator were damaged.
Whatever vendor provided the now vaporized components are likely praying that the specifics are not mentioned here.
I recall something about Lithium Batteries exploding in Telecom DSLAMs... I wonder if their UPS system used Lithium Ion cells?
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=109923
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/25/1145216
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/06/0431237
Remember that we use "Heat Engines"... The more BTU's per gallon of fuel translates into more miles per gallon!
With the new mandate for 35 MPG cars on the horizon, I'd imagine they will be using Diesel. (Anyone notice the new Volkswagen "clean Diesel" commercials?)
Also, the US Government pays a $0.50 per gallon as a subsidy. (I think this is at the production level). Otherwise, Ethanol production could not compete with oil.
FYI:
Methanol 64,600 BTU per gallon
Ethanol 84,600 BTU per gallon
Gasohol 120,900 BTU per gallon (10% Ethanol to 90% Gasoline)
Gasoline 125,000 BTU per gallon
Biodiesel 130,000 BTU per gallon
Diesel 138,700 BTU per gallon
Most from this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline
Baaaah! Just more proof that MORE is always better! Right?
The 7-blade razor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwlKN39wlBE
The 16-blade razor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjEKt5Izwbo
The 18-blade razor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYyxK2vGyVw
Scrap Metal is BIG business: http://demolitionscrapmetalnews.com/?page_id=17
...Somebody's going to rent a crane barge with tug and recover them all (especially the stainless steel ones) for scrap a make a fortune at the salvage yards!
Stainless Steel is very recyclable as it contains very expensive Chrome and Nickel and other alloys. Copper has never been higher too.
Me thinks under Martime Law these are abandoned "sunken ships" and are subject to full finders-keepers salvage rights (IANAL)
Awesome! ...And in the nick of time too, the dealer just called and my brand new 6000SUX just came in!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FLMVNyYb1SE
For a minute there I thought it was part of the April 1st thing.... but nope, today is the 2nd! /. layout!
And I keep thinking of several lines Lloyd Bridges (McCroskey) had in Airplane: "Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Glue!" http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0006134/quotes
-Nope, it's just the new
Oh ya, Ontopic: Ha Ha Ha Microsoft. I can hear all their lawyers giving out a big ol' Homer Simpson DOH!
Could this just be subliminal white noise? (as opposed to superliminal).
I guess its one way to prevent getting the alien infection from over the phone (anyone remember Threshold)... might mitigate some people's fears of harmful sensation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_of_harmful_sensation
I wonder if it will foil over the phone lie-detectors like this one: http://www.liarcard.com/ ?
What works better? superliminal or subliminal? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_message
Superliminal must be some new marketing-speak term. (similar to last week's new clintonian term: "misremembered") Wikipedia does not have an article on it "superliminal" advertising.
Just thought it was called it 'loud' and 'yelling ads' or propaganda-style...
No, No, its not that random. They have an ISO standard for it!
-They use the "ISO Standard" for the voting and selection procedures as implemented by the International Olympic Committee: http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=International+Olympic+Committee+corruption&btnG=Search
I have read all of the threads here: http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=116332&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
/. account many years ago while sitting at my desk at Creative Labs Inc. 1523 Cimarron Plaza, Stillwater, OK 74075. 405-742-6655.
and here: http://creative.edited.us/
Creative summarily wiped their VP's Original posting from their forums that started this whole epic saga. Good thing somebody mirrored it all here: http://creative.edited.us/page.php?start=1
In summary, here are a few key points (in no particular order):
(1) Creative may have licensed some software for Windows XP and NOT licensed it for Windows Vista. Thus that is *in part* why they crippled it. (and it helps promote new hardware sales for Vista) It seems this is true for the Dolby portions of the code.
(2) Creative stated they cripple their hardware (depending on what model it is) in their drivers based on the Operating System version and what the item was sold as. They state they have the legal right to do so.
(3) Creative stated that anyone re-enabling features (however it is done) is "stealing" from Creative.
(4) Apparently, the Windows XP drivers ignore the Vista "Protected Path" DRM killswitch flags and work quite well. (Recall that Vista is built on Windows XP technology and WinXP drivers *can be made* to WORK FINE in it. It is probably very likely that this violates some NDA from Microsoft to Creative as it likely bypasses their DRM mechanisms in Vista that were not included in WinXP (at least up to WinXP w/SP2).
(5) This is pissing people off in a major way. There are people planning on never doing business with Creative again: http://boycottcreative.com/BoycottCreative.html and http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/BoycottCreative
(6) Creative is not doing very well (at all) financially (Gee, I wonder why?): http://www.creative.com/corporate/investor/ and http://finance.google.com/finance?q=OTC%3ACREAF
(7) A Driver "Modder" known as Daniel Kawakami (AKA "Daniel_K") found ways to re-enable 'features' for certain product Creative lines under Windows Vista, notably restoring the Full functionality on the various Creative Hardware under Windows Vista.
(8) This modder also made their Alchemy software work on non-creative sound products too, likely pissing off Creative more.
(9) The modder asked for donations for his freely available work, he acknowledges that was dumb, and pretty much everybody dumps on him for it.
(10) Many Creative Forum posts have been deleted (redacted) and many are available here: http://creative.edited.us/deleted.html
Interestingly, I created my
Those of you whom also worked there probably knew me, you certainly know the above address and phone number all too well. You had the job while you were in college, learned skills, and happily left around graduation time.
I am not here to badmouth or flame, just to say that I was completely unsurprised when this came to light. I could not believe the VP's posting and how he is clearly so out of touch with the reality of Creative's die-hard customers, their motives, and their sense of loyalty and fairness. He has probably lost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars with that single post if not more!
IN some people's opinions, Creative has now firmly placed itself on the path to be considered as clost to "The customer is always right." as the likes of Microso
Agreed... I thought the Rambus lawsuit story was the beginning of the April 1 jokes but it was real... maybe the joke's on all of us?
If Microsoft had written it, it would have most likely required Microsoft's shiny new-fangled contraption called "Silverlight".
It also seems to run better if you let the Firefox No Script plugin to allow it to run.
Yes. Exactly Right. XP lacked the DRM driver gestapo model that Vista pretends to "require". This is not so in reality, just in the fantasy Lawyer-land of licensing and control.
...but believe me!
Vista has DRM purposefully crippling audio and video streams and the deliberate enforcement of this 'control' of the media streams in Vista *are why* the drivers do not work.
They are NOT Supposed to be able to do certain things, and even if the hardware CAN do them discretely, they are crippled. Vista did the same thing to the outputs on my ATI AIW.
This is about Power, Control, and Money. The three fundamental tenets of any DRM concept.
I am sure there are multiple parties to blame here: Creative, Microsoft, MPAA/RIAA, lobbyists for either/all, and the Lawyers for everybody involved...
IT IS ON PURPOSE.
Creative is scared that the REAL STORY will emerge revealing what they purposefully disabled in order to appease the Microsoft Vista software DRM Rube Goldberg device functions.
It's not just by design, It's also a Vista feature!
It is surprising how little has been discussed in this thread about the Vista DRM mechanism and especially the killswitch "features" for anything in software that might circumvent DRM policy.
(another reason to be grateful for slysoft... just wish they would develop a full-featured DRM-free media player that worked perfectly out of any output/input and supported any HD content and integrated AnyDVD HD and Clone DVD/Clone CD as needed. I would pay for it too!)
Too bad technical specifics have not been leaked via wikileaks, et al., regarding the Vista DRM mechanisms.
I have a sneaking suspicion is it a tremendously enhanced digital Rube Goldberg Device. (This is what I tell lay persons when asked about what is wrong with Windows Vista.)
ATI and Nvidia must have bulletproof NDAs from Microsoft and full knowledge of the Microsoft Vista DRM model for audio and video. How could they not and still write a working driver?
Ever since I read about Vista's deliberate prevention of hardware driver and 3rd-party DMA access and the concept of the OS-controlled Cache of all of the main system memory AND VIDEO CARD MEMORY, I knew this would be a COMPLETE NIGHTMARE for any hardware accelerated 3D, Video, and Audio.. and gaming too. Can you shoot yourself in both feet any more thoroughly before the race?
Time will tell if any disgruntled employees wanting to leak the DRM specs do so?
Personally, I am still pretty miffed that most the neat-o ATI x1800 AIW I/O features were specifically and intentionally disabled by design in Vista. (ATI Specifically stated this on their web site for the AIW before the AMD take over...might still be there) No thank You to Vista. This ability makes XP superior in my book.
In time, the truth will come out about the Vista DRM bulldozer and its path will lead broadly to Redmond.
In the end, virtually all questions will be answered by only one answer: MONEY.
Why is it ONLY Flash 9 based?
Why not download something locally that checks in for updates and new features only but runs locally? (Sometimes I require the ability to edit images in the field while only having a remote EDGE Cell Connection.)
Why is it so DOG Slow?
How do you turn on the decades-old proven standard Photoshop tool bars?
Why does it require my images to be uploaded to be edited? (I do not want any of my copyrighted media to cross the line of possession demarcation.)
Does Adobe use retain share or gain any legal use of my uploaded images?
Am I the only one noticing this "service" appears to be only intended for amateurs in image manipulation?
How is this ANY better than the FREE GIMP?? http://www.gimp.org/
Correction: BallmerChair-Years.
(had to consider the units)
What about Light-Ballmerchairs?
I completely agree. Thank You!
I ran Windows 2000 Advanced Sever as a workstation until sometime between XP SP1 and XP SP2. At least until I was certain that all the "crap" could be made to nearly exactly look and function like Windows 2000 before the move to XP (and it was a downgrade then). I intend on looking into 'properly obtaining' a copy of Server 2008 to set up a workstation. Good idea.
As much fun as it is to bash Vista for being the absolute bastard child of 10,000+ programmer fathers over at mother Microsoft, I have one serious question.
WHY is there no Windows 2000 clone GUI capability for Vista built in? It makes NO sense.
I cannot believe Microsoft is this stupid, this has to be ON PURPOSE? What's the quote? : "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."
Make a downloadable Win2k for Vista GUI theme kit. Hell, I'd keep it on a pen drive in my pocket (with everything else).
How do they expect to build on something that has been in development since Win95, the 2000 style GUI, and then make Vista as alien as it is?
Even OSX is more consistent to OS9 then Vista to its predecessor.
Not seeking any flame war here, but the crappy performance on otherwise modern fast hardware, OCD level DRM schemes, and the fundamental inability to copy files properly without a service pack aside, WHY NOT INCLUDE THE WIN2000 THEME? (I'd better not get started on what Microsoft did killing hardware level access for sound hopefully Open AL will mature soon...)
I would consider using Vista, despite its sloth, gluttony, and inferiority, more if I could make it look like Win2k. I deal with thousands of files in folders, I want a list view WITH file extensions. NOTHING MORE. Just like Win2k gave (when set to list view). I want a list view for control panel. Stop making up learn terms like Device Manager and then rename it to some thing even more meaningless. It's almost as bad, no actually it's worse, then the difference between the UT2k4 menus and the UT3 menus (for you FPS gamers out there).
Does someone know of a GUI replacement application for Vista which will transform Windows Vista versions (any of them) into something at least 95% the look and snappy minimalist feel of Windows 2000?
I would consider OSX if I could build my own Intel-Based PC with HARDWARE I CHOOSE, not the Steve Jobs approved Mork from Ort chair-matching look/feel of Macs. Disclaimer: Yes, I have used both Vista and OSX. (Work)
Statistically, I do agree with that you and I are more likely to encounter a criminal person with a firearm rather than be a victim of radiological terrorist attacks in America. Americans have been very good at preventing terrorist attacks since the 9/11 attacks. We got out *hit together.
Chernobyl is a different radiological example because the radioactive material was not composed of the REALLY BAD stuff I listed above.
The military and government were also doing everything they possibly could (with some debate) do to mitigate the relatively low order steam explosion and molten radioactive core (including air dropping into the core as much Lead as they could get their hands on... thus making efforts to contain the molten radioactive material).
Had there have been a High Order explosion with high-explosives used on the core, vaporising core material into micro particulates, metal oxide aerosols, and metal vapors, we would be seeing different results. True, the "victims" of the Chernobyl meltdown are less (so far) than the worst case scenarios foretold.
NOTE: Only a SINGLE ATOM of the wrong isotope (see previous list) inside the human body in the wrong location (lung, bone, thyroid, etc..) and that person is nearly guaranteed to get cancer (from a single atom of the stuff). It is true the human body can cope some with carcinogens and mutagens, but it only takes one aggressive immortal cell of cancer (that the immune system does not remove) to eventually kill someone. The true cost in human lives will be learned more so in the next 20 years from the Chernobyl, Ukraine disaster. Some cancers take decades to grow lethal and eventually kill a human. Animals have shorter life spans and often appear to not have, or do not have, the ill effects of radiation that humans have. We live longer, our bodies are increasingly inefficient coping with genetic damage as we get older. Animals typically do not live past 20 years.
You mentioned "licensed" handguns; I disagree with part of your argument. Individuals that have applied and earned their handgun licenses (which allow that individual to carry a concealed handgun on their person) are the LEAST LIKELY individuals in America to commit any Handgun crime. I have been through the entire process. Aside from an in depth FBI and State Police background investigation, you registered with the County Sheriff (who ultimately delivers the license). Any point in that process could have prevented the license for being issued. There was technical handgun training and hands-on certification with legal classroom training about the state handgun laws and added training on practical scenarios for when it is and IS NOT permitted to use your concealed handgun "To protect yourself from physical harm that could kill you or fear of your life". Interestingly, my instructor was a retired Secret Service Agent.
-Criminals, OTOH, may steal or otherwise illegally obtain firearms to commit armed crimes such as assault, theft, and homicide. These are the PEOPLE that use their illegally brandished handguns to commit crimes. Don't blame the gun, it is the person holding it that bears *full responsibility* of their actions when using such a tool.
Interestingly, short swords, daggers, and other edged weapons are NOT allowed to be carried concealed of otherwise but handguns are (with proper permit). Ask anyone skilled in Kendo about that. They will tell you what they really think.
Also, we have no way to know what HAS BEEN FOUND thus far with this program. The US government is keen to not reveal what has and has not been located by the system. There may in fact be True Positives, but they are likely classified if any exist. I do not buy into the premise that this is a way to manufacture fear and funding. Personally I am glad it is in place if for no other reason that it is another link in the chain of keeping smuggled nuclear warheads out of the hands of the bad people. Imagine if a small nuke had been smuggled into New York City instead of planes flying int
I strongly disagree. The Chernobyl explosion and resulting contamination was not designed to disperse radioactive material. It did a fairly good job of doing that *anyway*. I agree that the predicted effects are fortunately much less (20 years later) than previously predicted, but it was nonetheless extremely effective at effecting FEAR and Terror into that portion of the World. If Terrorists with high explosives expertise also had access to MORE deadly radioactive substances than Chernobyl contained, that would be VERY SCARY.
Terrorists are likely more interested the FEAR and the sensationalized terrifying concept of "Nuclear Fallout" rather than the actual scientific effects of such a dirty radiological High Explosive dispersion device (AKA Dirty Bomb).
Terrorists may actually target key water and food supplies or river systems with radiological explosive dispersion devices.
Any primary "Dirty Bomb" Victims that inhale, eat, drink, or consume into their bodies ANY energetically decaying radioisotopes (especially ones with relatively short half-lives) will have an *almost certain chance* of developing lung and/or bone cancers.
Plutonium-238, curium-244, strontium-90, polonium-210, promethium-147, cesium-137, cerium-144, ruthenium-106, cobalt-60, curium-242, and thulium isotopes all can produce oncogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic effects on the human body (especially if ingested or inhaled). This happens if the initial exposure does not kill the primary victims.
In any case, it is very very unlikely that a citizen jury of peers would consider the passive monitoring of specific "hot" radioisotopes by US authorities to be a violation of the 4th Amendment's "unreasonable searches and seizures".
NOBODY should have any of the above in their possession unless they are professionals and they would have clearly marked DOT placards on their commercial vehicles as well as DOT, NRC (and probably DOE) approved possession and transportation paperwork and approved containment vessels. http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/teachers/11.pdf
Also, they would have to follow controlled HC (Hazardous Cargo) approved routes within the US highway system. http://orise.orau.gov/reacts/guide/hazard.htm
I agree that it is interesting some animal and human cancer patients (and other radiologically medicated persons) have been flagged "hot" by roadside sensors and detained by authorities. It is likely that those same sensors can determine the quantity and difference between the americium-241 (one gram is enough for 5000 smoke detectors) from the other more dangerous materials no civilian should never have. http://www.uic.com.au/nip35.htm
I am a US citizen, and I DO feel better knowing that these things ARE being actively screened for by our government. It would be terribly irresponsible for our government to NOT look for radioactive substances if technology would allow it to conducted as unobtrusively as it is from the side of a PUBLIC highway or port of entry. Americans don't have a right to own dangerous radioactive components.
OTOH, if they decide to screen for GUNS in the US... that's a Second Amendment right we DO have... and whole other issue.
DOH! I knew that! can't believe I made *that* error ... Thank You. NAVY. Yes, McCain is NAVY. -But he has never been, nor will he ever be a Lawyer!
I'll add another log onto your flame war bait fire....
John McCain is the *ONLY Candidate* (of the three) who can claim "IANAL".
We can all admit to ourselves, that there are FAR MORE Lawyer jokes then Honored Veteran & Hero Air Force Pilot jokes... Just saying...
To serve in the military is NOT the same as to serve in any elected office.
If I remember Geology 101, that would place the Asteroid in the Precambrian time frame (if it were found on earth or if suspected it was originally sourced from earth material.)
http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precambrian
I am guessing that most of the rocky Asteroids are from the same formation time period. I had thought the Earth was mostly still being formed by asteroids and comets prior to 4.5 billion years ago? It is likely to be a part of the Earth from ~4.5 Billion years ago when the Moon is said to have formed via the giant impact hypothesis by planetoid Theia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theia_(planet)