Go to dells refurb/returned system site http://www.dell.com/outlet/ and look at the dell mini9 systems. Currently I see 40 windows based netbooks and 1 linux based system. Sounds like windows systems get returned much more often to me. Typically the ubuntu based systems stay on the refurb site for a very short time, a month ago I spent a week trying to get one (I finally did get one after hitting F5 I don't even know how many times) during that time 3 showed up on dells site 2 of which I didn't get because someone else was faster then me at buying it.
Well many of the artists I listen to produced great work when they where poor, but the work they produced lost its feel of anger and pain once they became successful and had money. So ask yourself does the starving artist starve because he is an artist or is he an artist because he is starving?
You mean they are not just charging the legal expenses back to the artists just like they do advertising and other costs?
1) File lawsuits charging expenses back to the artists
2) Send out extortion^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h settlement letters
3) Keep any money from settlements/judgments as PROFIT
changing a MAC address on windows is trivial on most network cards (in the Network Connections control panel applet select the NICs properties hit configure and it's usually in the advanced tab)no hacking required just some knowledge.
The Broadcast flag was to be implemented on all broadcasts over the air and cable. This discussion being about Time Warner Cable boxes the over the air broadcasts don't enter into it at all.
The FCC can't require the broadcast flag, which of course means nothing since cable companies are free to implement it on their own and the receiving equipment will support it since the cable company controls that too
Shares ending with $ aren't shown when browsing \\computername from a windows PC. Other methods of looking at shares such as using konqueror are quite happy to show you anything shared regardless of if there is a $ at the end. Remember kids security by obscurity is useless especially when you rely on the client to provide your obscurity not the server. Samba gets this right with the browsable = no directive, alhtough it also supports this fake "please pretend I didn't tell you about this share" behavior if you end a share name with a $ too. (bug for bug compatibility ftw!!!)
As fun as it is to poke fun at MS for updates incurring reboots, most modern distros end up issuing a kernel update every couple of weeks, so linux is not immune. Unless you use kexec in which case you don't have to reboot to use the new kernel...
Redhat, for instance, seems to make money off of support versus licensing--but again, I'm no expert) while not explicitly preventing them. For instance I have yet to figure out why I would ever use Redhat when I can just deploy CENTOS Because when you buy Redhat you get support?
They'll either find out that they want more and end up willing to spend more and probably choose Windows for the software support or they'll find that the machine suits their purposes and latch onto them for a larger than normal span of time and repeat customers will be next to nil.
The above opinion brought to you by the IBM Corporation, circa 1975
IBM knew windows was coming in 1975? Maybe I should buy more stock in this omniscient company.
From 1995 to 1997 Apple licensed their OS (Mac OS7) to several clone makers such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Computing, the clone program ended when Jobs returned to apple and boosted the license cost so high that it was no longer profitable to sell mac clones
If you got the basic hardware in your machine correct I might be more inclined to take your word at face value (there are no duel core pentiums @1.6GHz - you might have a core duo or a core 2 duo)
You would be correct, execpt what has been relesed is not the player key. In fact the player (device) key is one of the two that have not been released, the other one being the root key held by AACS LA. The key that has just been released and reusulted in this article is the processing key which can (and probably will) be changed for any disc authored after the previous key bacame known. The key difference is that the player key is linked to the specific player whereas the processing key is specific to the hddvd/blueray discs created with it and will continue to be valid for those discs even after new ones are produced with a new key. Relasesing a device key would be counterproductive as indiviual device keys can be blacklisted meaning if you had one you would have to break a new player device (hardware or software).
First of all HDDVD is 1080p not 1080i and second of all HDDVD is VC-1 so to get it any smaller then what is allready on the HDDVD disc you have to either (1) reduce the framerate, (2) reduce the resolution or (3) lower the bitrate. What you are suggesting, a combination of 1 or 2 (interlaced frames are in effect half sized frames makeing full frames at half the framerate) + 3 reduceing the bitrate.
Unfortunatly in addition to packets not getting there (packet loss) you also get packets getting there out of order so what you'd get is:
#1: Alice moving to (0,30)
#2: Alice moving to (0,20)
#3: Alice moving to (0,30)
#4: Alice moving to (0,10)
#5: Alice moving to (0,30)...
"Look Alice is haveing a seizure"
Today in response to eBay's refusal to take Google Checkout as a payment method Google anounced:
* Google Sales (Beta) for auctions and small business sales
* Google Sue (Beta)
* And that the googlebot would stop spidering eBay.
Rumor has it that the sound of eBay executives kicking themselfs could be herd clear accros the country on the east coast.
Does anyone know if this is sent encrypted? I assume that this is encrypted to prevent the w4rez kiddies from useing it to turn off the legitchek. If it's encrypted how do I establish that it isn't sending any private information to MS, and will I need verify what it sends every time there is an update to the legitcheck tool?
Most companies do some level of verification of each patch MS issues, depending on thier level of paranioa and/or legal requirements for thier computer systems that may include makeing sure no private information leaves the system when it is not supposed to (i.e. hospitals). With this in place (and don't kid yourself, at some point MS is going to make this mandatory) that mean verifying the updates and verifying what commands the remote system this checks in with is giveing it.
before I ever instal this I would need to know the level of control this gives the system it checks in with, can it only disable teh legit check, can it disable any program, can it run any program and most importantly was it written is a secure enough manner that it won't become the next SQL slammer if someone manages to compromise it's check process?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I don't see any exception for the state to keep secrets from the electorate. Bring the prosecutions and watch them fall one by one.
No exception needed the Attorney General is not part of Congress.
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Go to dells refurb/returned system site http://www.dell.com/outlet/ and look at the dell mini9 systems. Currently I see 40 windows based netbooks and 1 linux based system. Sounds like windows systems get returned much more often to me. Typically the ubuntu based systems stay on the refurb site for a very short time, a month ago I spent a week trying to get one (I finally did get one after hitting F5 I don't even know how many times) during that time 3 showed up on dells site 2 of which I didn't get because someone else was faster then me at buying it.
Well many of the artists I listen to produced great work when they where poor, but the work they produced lost its feel of anger and pain once they became successful and had money. So ask yourself does the starving artist starve because he is an artist or is he an artist because he is starving?
The UK has a much higher fatal stabbing rate then the US.... when people want to kill each other they will find a way.
You mean they are not just charging the legal expenses back to the artists just like they do advertising and other costs?
1) File lawsuits charging expenses back to the artists
2) Send out extortion^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h settlement letters
3) Keep any money from settlements/judgments as PROFIT
no ?????? involved
6 Mbps?? you must have comcasts bitrate starved hdtv, last I checked a real hd feed was 7-9Mbps for 720p and 16-18Mbps for 1080i.
changing a MAC address on windows is trivial on most network cards (in the Network Connections control panel applet select the NICs properties hit configure and it's usually in the advanced tab)no hacking required just some knowledge.
The Broadcast flag was to be implemented on all broadcasts over the air and cable. This discussion being about Time Warner Cable boxes the over the air broadcasts don't enter into it at all.
The FCC can't require the broadcast flag, which of course means nothing since cable companies are free to implement it on their own and the receiving equipment will support it since the cable company controls that too
Opps 's/does/does not/'
Vista Business != Vista Enterprise
Vista business does support bitlocker
Shares ending with $ aren't shown when browsing \\computername from a windows PC. Other methods of looking at shares such as using konqueror are quite happy to show you anything shared regardless of if there is a $ at the end. Remember kids security by obscurity is useless especially when you rely on the client to provide your obscurity not the server. Samba gets this right with the browsable = no directive, alhtough it also supports this fake "please pretend I didn't tell you about this share" behavior if you end a share name with a $ too. (bug for bug compatibility ftw!!!)
I'd suggest a hostname more like this: sjcmarkfilep0001opteron870he4waywinxpsp2
I'd suggest not using a 4 way opteron system with xpsp2 considering xp pro only supports 2 physical processors....
They'll either find out that they want more and end up willing to spend more and probably choose Windows for the software support or they'll find that the machine suits their purposes and latch onto them for a larger than normal span of time and repeat customers will be next to nil. The above opinion brought to you by the IBM Corporation, circa 1975
IBM knew windows was coming in 1975? Maybe I should buy more stock in this omniscient company.
From 1995 to 1997 Apple licensed their OS (Mac OS7) to several clone makers such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Computing, the clone program ended when Jobs returned to apple and boosted the license cost so high that it was no longer profitable to sell mac clones
If you got the basic hardware in your machine correct I might be more inclined to take your word at face value (there are no duel core pentiums @1.6GHz - you might have a core duo or a core 2 duo)
You would be correct, execpt what has been relesed is not the player key. In fact the player (device) key is one of the two that have not been released, the other one being the root key held by AACS LA. The key that has just been released and reusulted in this article is the processing key which can (and probably will) be changed for any disc authored after the previous key bacame known. The key difference is that the player key is linked to the specific player whereas the processing key is specific to the hddvd/blueray discs created with it and will continue to be valid for those discs even after new ones are produced with a new key. Relasesing a device key would be counterproductive as indiviual device keys can be blacklisted meaning if you had one you would have to break a new player device (hardware or software).
First of all HDDVD is 1080p not 1080i and second of all HDDVD is VC-1 so to get it any smaller then what is allready on the HDDVD disc you have to either (1) reduce the framerate, (2) reduce the resolution or (3) lower the bitrate. What you are suggesting, a combination of 1 or 2 (interlaced frames are in effect half sized frames makeing full frames at half the framerate) + 3 reduceing the bitrate.
Waht if I think I need 0 disks?
Unfortunatly in addition to packets not getting there (packet loss) you also get packets getting there out of order so what you'd get is:
...
#1: Alice moving to (0,30)
#2: Alice moving to (0,20)
#3: Alice moving to (0,30)
#4: Alice moving to (0,10)
#5: Alice moving to (0,30)
"Look Alice is haveing a seizure"
I am unwilling to give up the rights that others have fought and died for just because I have nothing to hide.
Today in response to eBay's refusal to take Google Checkout as a payment method Google anounced: * Google Sales (Beta) for auctions and small business sales * Google Sue (Beta) * And that the googlebot would stop spidering eBay. Rumor has it that the sound of eBay executives kicking themselfs could be herd clear accros the country on the east coast.
Does anyone know if this is sent encrypted? I assume that this is encrypted to prevent the w4rez kiddies from useing it to turn off the legitchek. If it's encrypted how do I establish that it isn't sending any private information to MS, and will I need verify what it sends every time there is an update to the legitcheck tool? Most companies do some level of verification of each patch MS issues, depending on thier level of paranioa and/or legal requirements for thier computer systems that may include makeing sure no private information leaves the system when it is not supposed to (i.e. hospitals). With this in place (and don't kid yourself, at some point MS is going to make this mandatory) that mean verifying the updates and verifying what commands the remote system this checks in with is giveing it. before I ever instal this I would need to know the level of control this gives the system it checks in with, can it only disable teh legit check, can it disable any program, can it run any program and most importantly was it written is a secure enough manner that it won't become the next SQL slammer if someone manages to compromise it's check process?