NAT hides all the extra computers on your network. The cable company has no way of knowing if you're using NAT or not. They try to sell this service that they support. They claim it stops bootlegging of bandwidth.
Fact: those who are bootlegging will never buy it
Fact: those who are bootlegging will never be found, unless a physical inspection is made.
Fact: Most cable providers permit the use of NAT, they just don't offer support.
So really, they've invented a useless technology which only serves to make money off those who are dumb enough to buy it.
it's all about asthetics. The process of dumping a signal to vinyl intoroduces noise. Some the artist intended, some the artists didn't. Anyway, you end up with a recording that has additional character to it. Compare that to a recording at 48K/24 bit and smapled down to CD.. there's no additional character there. You get an exact reproduction, not an asthetic reproduction. The process of dumping the vinyl to CD captures that asthetic sound in digital format, giving you the best of both worlds. Sort of. It's better than nothing, and it's better than setting up a turntable in my car:-).
I agree with you to an extent. Vinyl rocks. I have some good 'ol punk vinyl and the vinyl definitely gives it the feel as the artist intended. This new digital stuff just doesn't recreate the atmosphere the way vinyl did.
The solution, of course, is to dump your vinyl to digital and burn it to CD, giving you the best of both worlds. Well, ok not exactly, but the vinyl -> CD sounds a heck of a lot better than these digital -> CD facsimiles they pawn off these days.
Now, to put this post ontopic, how do you spend $20K on a setup like this? Especially since it's just a PC with some nice audio and lots of hard drives.
Either hell has frozen over or I missed something. Microsoft has not triumphed over the government, as MSNBC claims. AFAIK, the 18 states involved are still in discussion about the goverment settlement. Just like MS, portrarying themselves as the victim. "We won the case against the government, now we just have to work out these little suits. The big, cuddly teddy bear you as Microsoft will not give in... we will fight to stay strong". Yeah, bite me. Microsoft is not good for the consumer, yet they're parading themselves around like the consumer is on THEIR side.
With all the hype of Xbox, Gamecube, and even remaining hype of PS2, people seem to forget that lonely Sega Dreamcast sitting on the bottom shelf for $80. It runs linux! It has an ethernet port! It's the ultimate geek hacking toy for Christmas. Info here.
dude, this rocks. Funny thing is, I was going to post a followup and talk about UPS losing my laptop INSIDE their distribution facility. No, not in transit. The package got into the building but never left. 3 weeks later, no one at UPS could tell me where my laptop went. They knew from the scan data that it was in the building, but no one could find it. Lesson learned, ship USPS or FedEx.
According to this article, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, and New York. have all indicated their approval and West Virginia has joined up with MA in holding off. Doesn't mention the other 4 states though.
Is there any indication (I mean George Lucas certified) on what the true nature of the clone wars is? In A New Hope, the clone wars are briefly mentioned. As I recall that's the only mention of them. In the tense they're used, we assume that it's a pivotal point, and it's pretty much guaranteed (and expected) that EP2 or Ep3 will be about the clone wars.
Anyway, my point in all this rambling is whether or not anyone knows anything about the true nature of the clone wars. Is it true "clones" of something? Is it a band of dark side rebels that ends up seducing Anakin in some way? (my guess). "Attack of the clones" just sounds a little misleading. Maybe it's just a psychological thing, like "attack of the clowns" or "send in the clowns" or something.
I wouldn't be so sure. Star Wars movies have generally been an all-ages type deal (some will argue, but I was 6 or 7 when I started watching them). Lord of the rings: not all-ages. Harry Potter and Monsters, Inc: definitely all-ages. Looking at the new movies coming out, this is probably his best choice.
One of two possibilities. A) Lucas has lost his mind, B) he's waiting til the very last second to change the title. He did this in a few other Star Wars movies (possibly all) so that he could sue the sh*t out of people selling "official" Attack of the Clones merchandise. Anyway, I guess I have a good reaosn to see Monsters Inc. now (or at least the preveiews):-).
Why anyone would need a GUI driven bootloader is beyond me. They even recommend a Pentium 100, which seems a little hefty to BOOT AN OS.
What they do have is an incredibly lightweight GUI with mouse support and a res of up to 1600x1200. They boast a 300K footprint, which is really impressive! Screw the bootloader idea, run this puppy on top of the linux kernel and you have an open source QNX type product. That to me seems like a much better implementation. Run this on a Palm with memory to spare! Lots of potential, why'd they waste it on a bootloader?
I know there are some features that make certain bootloaders better for certain things. I use LILO, the latest build is pretty nice. GUI if you want it, no GUI if you don't. Grub has some decent features, most notibly being able to pass it kernel options at boot time. But what the heck does this offer? Mouse drivers? 1600x1200 resolution? Will it run on my Pentium or do I need to upgrade?
I may be cynical, but this is just a little too weird....
because it's not impossible. This Mp3 playing thing just sucks. Yes, it runs OS X, but so what? WHAT THE HELL happened to the Newton? That thing was the PDA that could have changed the market completely in Apple's favor. No, Jobs killed it. Instead he releases the Hello Kitty laptop and now this pathetic attempt at an MP3 player. Steve Jobs is an idiot. I want a Newton.
They do. Verizon wireless (I think Sprint too) sells a Palm V that runs a phone application with a keypad, speaker, and mic. It's pretty neat. When used as a phone, it just looks a little bulky. Fold down the mic, speaker, and slide the keypad, poof, Palm V. I can't seem to find a pic of it though.
Teenage script kiddie finds gaping hole in Outlook. SK writes virus to exploit it. Microsoft blames the government for not stopping it.
Microsoft is starting to get scared of this "System Admin or Microsoft?" blame game so they figure if they add the Government into it, there's only a 1 in 3 chance that they're liable. They just need another way to avoid the accusations that their software is insecure. The next Nimda/Code Red/Melissa/whatever attack Microsoft can sit back and yell at the government for not stopping it, rather than take the responsibility of patching their software.
Tivo was (hopefully still is) very supportive of the hacking being done to their STBs. They were highly amused that people were ripping them apart and adding bigger hard drives. Hopefully Sony will continue to honor the stance that Tivo had taken.
Let's say that a life threatening flaw was discovered in the new Ford Focus. When you hit the bumper just right with your fist, the windshield detaches and the seatbelts unfasten. All the automobile safety commissions write articles to every major news outlet identifying the problem and demand a recall from Ford. What Microsoft is saying is that if the automobile safety commisioners hadn't said anything, this flaw wouldn't be as severe. In reality, Ford would be pounded with so much pressure from the governemnt as well as consumers to fix it or face law suits to end your car making days. Why isn't the same true for software?
doing a quick search on bugtraq, I see a lot of linux exploit code too. Hmm... let's blame the linux exploit code for the net-stopping worms like... ummm... and also the.. ahhh... well, you know. No Microsoft, making exploit code widely available does make make your product less secure. You do.
This HAD to be one of the biggest jokes of the.com revolution. I remember seeing this on 60 Minutes or a similar show. They started off by asking people what time it was in GMT, and when people didn't know they said "it's time for a better system". They were showing off these stupid "internet time" watches and getting people all excited about it. So, the system that the entire science community runs off of that's deadly accurate "isn't good enough", even though it's just plus or minus hours from your time zone. Nope, we need to create a new system and screw everything up.
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NAT hides all the extra computers on your network. The cable company has no way of knowing if you're using NAT or not. They try to sell this service that they support. They claim it stops bootlegging of bandwidth.
Fact: those who are bootlegging will never buy it
Fact: those who are bootlegging will never be found, unless a physical inspection is made.
Fact: Most cable providers permit the use of NAT, they just don't offer support.
So really, they've invented a useless technology which only serves to make money off those who are dumb enough to buy it.
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Revolving peanut butter? Cool. Mine doesn't have ethernet, is there an upgrade I can get?
it's all about asthetics. The process of dumping a signal to vinyl intoroduces noise. Some the artist intended, some the artists didn't. Anyway, you end up with a recording that has additional character to it. Compare that to a recording at 48K/24 bit and smapled down to CD.. there's no additional character there. You get an exact reproduction, not an asthetic reproduction. The process of dumping the vinyl to CD captures that asthetic sound in digital format, giving you the best of both worlds. Sort of. It's better than nothing, and it's better than setting up a turntable in my car :-).
I agree with you to an extent. Vinyl rocks. I have some good 'ol punk vinyl and the vinyl definitely gives it the feel as the artist intended. This new digital stuff just doesn't recreate the atmosphere the way vinyl did.
The solution, of course, is to dump your vinyl to digital and burn it to CD, giving you the best of both worlds. Well, ok not exactly, but the vinyl -> CD sounds a heck of a lot better than these digital -> CD facsimiles they pawn off these days.
Now, to put this post ontopic, how do you spend $20K on a setup like this? Especially since it's just a PC with some nice audio and lots of hard drives.
it has proved an excellent food source ... and helps to extend the lifespan...
Mmmm.... beer.
the site is /.'d but yes, MAME runs just fine. The controllers work fine also.
Either hell has frozen over or I missed something. Microsoft has not triumphed over the government, as MSNBC claims. AFAIK, the 18 states involved are still in discussion about the goverment settlement. Just like MS, portrarying themselves as the victim. "We won the case against the government, now we just have to work out these little suits. The big, cuddly teddy bear you as Microsoft will not give in... we will fight to stay strong". Yeah, bite me. Microsoft is not good for the consumer, yet they're parading themselves around like the consumer is on THEIR side.
With all the hype of Xbox, Gamecube, and even remaining hype of PS2, people seem to forget that lonely Sega Dreamcast sitting on the bottom shelf for $80. It runs linux! It has an ethernet port! It's the ultimate geek hacking toy for Christmas. Info here.
dude, this rocks. Funny thing is, I was going to post a followup and talk about UPS losing my laptop INSIDE their distribution facility. No, not in transit. The package got into the building but never left. 3 weeks later, no one at UPS could tell me where my laptop went. They knew from the scan data that it was in the building, but no one could find it. Lesson learned, ship USPS or FedEx.
According to this article, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, and New York. have all indicated their approval and West Virginia has joined up with MA in holding off. Doesn't mention the other 4 states though.
It's easy to make money in open source. First, grab Freemoney
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/
[root@localhost freemoney_0.02]$
[root@localhost freemoney_0.02]$ make
[root@localhost freemoney_0.02]$ make install
That wasn't so hard now, was it?
Is there any indication (I mean George Lucas certified) on what the true nature of the clone wars is? In A New Hope, the clone wars are briefly mentioned. As I recall that's the only mention of them. In the tense they're used, we assume that it's a pivotal point, and it's pretty much guaranteed (and expected) that EP2 or Ep3 will be about the clone wars.
Anyway, my point in all this rambling is whether or not anyone knows anything about the true nature of the clone wars. Is it true "clones" of something? Is it a band of dark side rebels that ends up seducing Anakin in some way? (my guess). "Attack of the clones" just sounds a little misleading. Maybe it's just a psychological thing, like "attack of the clowns" or "send in the clowns" or something.
I wouldn't be so sure. Star Wars movies have generally been an all-ages type deal (some will argue, but I was 6 or 7 when I started watching them). Lord of the rings: not all-ages. Harry Potter and Monsters, Inc: definitely all-ages. Looking at the new movies coming out, this is probably his best choice.
One of two possibilities. A) Lucas has lost his mind, B) he's waiting til the very last second to change the title. He did this in a few other Star Wars movies (possibly all) so that he could sue the sh*t out of people selling "official" Attack of the Clones merchandise. Anyway, I guess I have a good reaosn to see Monsters Inc. now (or at least the preveiews) :-).
Why anyone would need a GUI driven bootloader is beyond me. They even recommend a Pentium 100, which seems a little hefty to BOOT AN OS.
What they do have is an incredibly lightweight GUI with mouse support and a res of up to 1600x1200. They boast a 300K footprint, which is really impressive! Screw the bootloader idea, run this puppy on top of the linux kernel and you have an open source QNX type product. That to me seems like a much better implementation. Run this on a Palm with memory to spare! Lots of potential, why'd they waste it on a bootloader?
I know there are some features that make certain bootloaders better for certain things. I use LILO, the latest build is pretty nice. GUI if you want it, no GUI if you don't. Grub has some decent features, most notibly being able to pass it kernel options at boot time. But what the heck does this offer? Mouse drivers? 1600x1200 resolution? Will it run on my Pentium or do I need to upgrade?
I may be cynical, but this is just a little too weird....
I heard a rumor that Linus was waiting til the release of WinXP to fork the 2.5 kernel. Anyone have info on that? Maybe it was just a rumor.
Everything I've heard on XP is that it's stable. Nobody I know has said anything else about it.
Micro$oft:This will change your computing experience.
Me:Yup, I can get work done now instead of staring at a BSOD.
because it's not impossible. This Mp3 playing thing just sucks. Yes, it runs OS X, but so what? WHAT THE HELL happened to the Newton? That thing was the PDA that could have changed the market completely in Apple's favor. No, Jobs killed it. Instead he releases the Hello Kitty laptop and now this pathetic attempt at an MP3 player. Steve Jobs is an idiot. I want a Newton.
They do. Verizon wireless (I think Sprint too) sells a Palm V that runs a phone application with a keypad, speaker, and mic. It's pretty neat. When used as a phone, it just looks a little bulky. Fold down the mic, speaker, and slide the keypad, poof, Palm V. I can't seem to find a pic of it though.
Teenage script kiddie finds gaping hole in Outlook. SK writes virus to exploit it. Microsoft blames the government for not stopping it.
Microsoft is starting to get scared of this "System Admin or Microsoft?" blame game so they figure if they add the Government into it, there's only a 1 in 3 chance that they're liable. They just need another way to avoid the accusations that their software is insecure. The next Nimda/Code Red/Melissa/whatever attack Microsoft can sit back and yell at the government for not stopping it, rather than take the responsibility of patching their software.
Tivo was (hopefully still is) very supportive of the hacking being done to their STBs. They were highly amused that people were ripping them apart and adding bigger hard drives. Hopefully Sony will continue to honor the stance that Tivo had taken.
Let's say that a life threatening flaw was discovered in the new Ford Focus. When you hit the bumper just right with your fist, the windshield detaches and the seatbelts unfasten. All the automobile safety commissions write articles to every major news outlet identifying the problem and demand a recall from Ford. What Microsoft is saying is that if the automobile safety commisioners hadn't said anything, this flaw wouldn't be as severe. In reality, Ford would be pounded with so much pressure from the governemnt as well as consumers to fix it or face law suits to end your car making days. Why isn't the same true for software?
doing a quick search on bugtraq, I see a lot of linux exploit code too. Hmm... let's blame the linux exploit code for the net-stopping worms like... ummm... and also the.. ahhh... well, you know. No Microsoft, making exploit code widely available does make make your product less secure. You do.
* Internet Time
.com revolution. I remember seeing this on 60 Minutes or a similar show. They started off by asking people what time it was in GMT, and when people didn't know they said "it's time for a better system". They were showing off these stupid "internet time" watches and getting people all excited about it. So, the system that the entire science community runs off of that's deadly accurate "isn't good enough", even though it's just plus or minus hours from your time zone. Nope, we need to create a new system and screw everything up.
This HAD to be one of the biggest jokes of the
ssshhh... they'll hear you!!!