Wouldn't you be better off with a little program that went through each of your mp3's and flipped a bit or two? If the RIAA is using MD5's/some type of hash to identify pirated tracks, just make sure none of your files will match the hash....
Actually--moderates are folks that tell pollsters and in-your-face Republicans that they support the Republican buffoonery and then vote Democratic in the booth...
You do know they planned the rallies together, right? The rallies are in the exact same place, at the same time--both will be sharing the stage...
As for people getting their news from the Daily Show, Do you think those folks don't know they are turning the channel to Comedy Central? Sure they might not watch Fox, MSNBC, or whatever--but honestly, why even bother? You can get the news that interests you any time using tubes on the interwebs Heck, I hear there are even some places where people can comment back and forth over geeky news!:)
The physiological effects are real--I've even seen people gyrating with huge grins on their faces. We must ban and sound and rigidly control movement before people break out in sporadic dance...
Sure all the German ISP's could change their DNS pointers for FaceBook. But wouldn't they have to start redirecting requests to DNS servers outside of Germany as well? What is to stop a German who wants to use FB from using OpenDNS?
Great advice! I'm currently working on fixing a bunch of older Intel machines (945 chipset with Pro 100/1000 ethernet cards). Win 7 doesn't do so well with the older integrated network card causing dropped connections and machine stutters. The extra cash to fix the problem isn't as bad as the time wasted fixing the problem.
Closed systems will always loose to open systems--might take some time. But market forces catch up. The TRS-80 and Apple II had the market. Then came IBM with the PC. Apple vanished.
Apple created some great new products and bounced back. Unfortunately, Apple seems to have forgot why they lost all their market share. Personal Computers are fragmenting--there was a time when analysts used to predict when every house hold would have a computer. Remember those days?
Now everything from game consoles, phones, netbooks, touch pads, and who knows what next is replacing the personal computer. What will win in the end? A closed system with amazing DRM that forces the customer to buy all their media/programs/etc from one source? Or an open system giving the customer the freedom to choose?
Been playing around with IP cameras for a few years. For the most part I set up camera systems for friends to monitor their vacation homes during the week. Have tried D-Link, Panasonic, Axis, and lately have been using nothing but Mobotix.
Mobotix is by far the most expensive, but Mobotix has been the most reliable for me. Axis was my 2nd favorite, but I have nothing but lockup problems with Axis cameras requiring the cameras be scripted to reboot every 24 hours.
Folks have touched on a few subjects--wireless is convenient, but such a bandwidth hog. Setup a small office with two wireless parking lot cams. The folks in the office used wireless laptops. None of the laptops could get better than 1.5mbps transfers when the wireless cameras were on. Wired the cameras and everyone was happy. The FPS on the cameras improved dramatically and the four or five folks in the office had speedy internet once again.
Another thing folks touched on--picture quality. Look for a camera with a changeable lens. If you want be able to read a license plate or recognize a face at 25' to 50'--you are going to need a nice lens. Even more so if you want to be able to read the license plate on a moving car at night.
Actually in Rehberg v. Paulk, the Eleventh Circuit held that sending “emails to third parties constitute[s] a voluntary relinquishment of the right to privacy in that information.” In this case, the investigators subpoenaed the emails directly from the Internet Service Provider (ISP) through which Rehberg transmitted his messages. The Court held that he did not have a valid expectation of privacy in the email information, so he failed to state a Fourth Amendment violation.
Plus how can covering up a misdemeanor be a felony? I could understand the obstruction being a felony if he hurt or killed someone to cover up the crime. But non-violent resisting arrest and formatting your personal hard drive are hardly felonies. Guess I should read the case...
Whales started going extinct around the turn of the 19th century, dooming man to eternal nights of darkness. Without whale oil, how will we light our homes?
Wait a second--this really smart inventor might have an idea... So while Edison and others might have helped to eliminate mankind's dependence on whale oil, Edison didn't invent CFL's or even the tube florescent lights. Over the years improvements were made to the initial design and viola, now LED lights are becoming all the rage. Imagine if Edison could see how his technology has grown.
We can cut our dependence on oil--will just take a handful of bright people and the correct economic conditions. Why do you think the oil companies make sure the price doesn't stay at $4.00 a gallon?
Hi, I'd like to buy your kids, but I only have this only really large money order. I'll send you the whole money order, you deposit the money order and wire me the extra money!:P
What does this ruling mean for non-government type folks that cull emails? IF the government can take a peek at emails without warrants, mayn I do the same?
The kid that got in trouble for hacking Palin's email got in trouble for using password recovery. But now it seems if emails aren't protected, how can you get in trouble for looking for them?
Count me as one of the people seeing the nag screens... Installed Ultimate edition 32-bit, have a license of Professional 64-bit. So at some point I am going to have reload the OS. Just not sure it if will be Win 7 Pro-64 or back to XP.
Biggest problem with Windows 7 has been the network performance. On a gigabyte network I can not get better than 100mbs performance, while the Linux and XP machines perform as expected. To make matters worse, the network appears to spike and disconnect itself at random times. Streaming a video from the Windows 7 machine and surfing the web will produce stutters. Talked with a buddy that is a a major account TAM--apparently the networking issue has been well known since the RC and affects nVidia and Intel chipsets. My question to him--so what chipsets does that leave unaffected?
I really tried to like Windows 7 but the more I try to like the more I find thinking Ubuntu is the way to go...
I too grew up with the Apple IIe. I fondly remember the days of the computer problems being solved by ensuring all the chips were firmly seated. Ahh those were the days.
As I'm sure most folks are on this site, friends and family always come to me asking for computer purchasing advice. My advice is if the person still has a brain capable of learning--get a PC based computer. If the computer is for someone not willing to learn the in's and out's of computing--get them the Mac.
The discussions about the difference between IT folks and software developers is spot on! As a software developer, it is hard to be productive from 9 to 5, but month after month I always perform above expectations. Personally I enjoy wakeboarding and spending time on the lake. My boss has no technical skills and always wants to mother hen her staff.
My fix has been to ensure I always have a clicky keyboard around when she calls. We'll stop the boat, turn off the music, and while I talk to her I'll mash random keys. 90% of the time that's all I need to do to make her happy.
If she asks a question that requires computer access to answer, I'll tell her it is taking me longer than I thought and I'll call her right back. Only then does the laptop come out...:)
Different strokes for different folks. Having unified music playing through out the house while entertaining is fantastic. A few years ago when guests would arrive there would be different music playing on the dock than there would be on the deck, and still different music inside the house. Now no matter where you are on the property, everyone hears the same music.
On a side note--my dentist has personal A/V systems for each patient. Want to watch or listen to something specific to your tastes while in the chair--no problem. It is actually quite nice to have the headphones on, sucking away on the N20 while the dentist does her work!
If you are male and between the ages of 38 and 42--make sure you are quiting your job for the right reason. There seems to be a natural urge in men to do one or more of three things: 1) Quit your job 2) Leave your wife, or 3) Buy a sports car. The advice I learned after leaving my job at Bell Labs for a career in real estate was to buy the sports car--it is by far the cheapest option....
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Now if only EA would change their EULA for Origin and eliminate the portion where they grant themselves the right to datamine your hard drive.
Wouldn't you be better off with a little program that went through each of your mp3's and flipped a bit or two? If the RIAA is using MD5's/some type of hash to identify pirated tracks, just make sure none of your files will match the hash....
Osama Bin Wankin' ??
Now we are talking cloud computing I can understand!
Actually--moderates are folks that tell pollsters and in-your-face Republicans that they support the Republican buffoonery and then vote Democratic in the booth...
You do know they planned the rallies together, right? The rallies are in the exact same place, at the same time--both will be sharing the stage... As for people getting their news from the Daily Show, Do you think those folks don't know they are turning the channel to Comedy Central? Sure they might not watch Fox, MSNBC, or whatever--but honestly, why even bother? You can get the news that interests you any time using tubes on the interwebs Heck, I hear there are even some places where people can comment back and forth over geeky news! :)
Can I a pay a little extra to make my post all caps?
Well Blizzard thought it was great idea until the family of life of Activision's CEO was plastered all over a few game news sites.
At .99 cents--its considered to be Value Speech! For a few bucks more they will throw in fries and a drink.
The physiological effects are real--I've even seen people gyrating with huge grins on their faces. We must ban and sound and rigidly control movement before people break out in sporadic dance...
Sure all the German ISP's could change their DNS pointers for FaceBook. But wouldn't they have to start redirecting requests to DNS servers outside of Germany as well? What is to stop a German who wants to use FB from using OpenDNS?
Great advice! I'm currently working on fixing a bunch of older Intel machines (945 chipset with Pro 100/1000 ethernet cards). Win 7 doesn't do so well with the older integrated network card causing dropped connections and machine stutters. The extra cash to fix the problem isn't as bad as the time wasted fixing the problem.
Closed systems will always loose to open systems--might take some time. But market forces catch up. The TRS-80 and Apple II had the market. Then came IBM with the PC. Apple vanished.
Apple created some great new products and bounced back. Unfortunately, Apple seems to have forgot why they lost all their market share. Personal Computers are fragmenting--there was a time when analysts used to predict when every house hold would have a computer. Remember those days?
Now everything from game consoles, phones, netbooks, touch pads, and who knows what next is replacing the personal computer. What will win in the end? A closed system with amazing DRM that forces the customer to buy all their media/programs/etc from one source? Or an open system giving the customer the freedom to choose?
Been playing around with IP cameras for a few years. For the most part I set up camera systems for friends to monitor their vacation homes during the week. Have tried D-Link, Panasonic, Axis, and lately have been using nothing but Mobotix.
Mobotix is by far the most expensive, but Mobotix has been the most reliable for me. Axis was my 2nd favorite, but I have nothing but lockup problems with Axis cameras requiring the cameras be scripted to reboot every 24 hours.
Folks have touched on a few subjects--wireless is convenient, but such a bandwidth hog. Setup a small office with two wireless parking lot cams. The folks in the office used wireless laptops. None of the laptops could get better than 1.5mbps transfers when the wireless cameras were on. Wired the cameras and everyone was happy. The FPS on the cameras improved dramatically and the four or five folks in the office had speedy internet once again.
Another thing folks touched on--picture quality. Look for a camera with a changeable lens. If you want be able to read a license plate or recognize a face at 25' to 50'--you are going to need a nice lens. Even more so if you want to be able to read the license plate on a moving car at night.
Actually in Rehberg v. Paulk, the Eleventh Circuit held that sending “emails to third parties constitute[s] a voluntary relinquishment of the right to privacy in that information.” In this case, the investigators subpoenaed the emails directly from the Internet Service Provider (ISP) through which Rehberg transmitted his messages. The Court held that he did not have a valid expectation of privacy in the email information, so he failed to state a Fourth Amendment violation.
Here is a link to the brief: http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/Rehberg.pdf
Plus how can covering up a misdemeanor be a felony? I could understand the obstruction being a felony if he hurt or killed someone to cover up the crime. But non-violent resisting arrest and formatting your personal hard drive are hardly felonies. Guess I should read the case...
Whales started going extinct around the turn of the 19th century, dooming man to eternal nights of darkness. Without whale oil, how will we light our homes?
Wait a second--this really smart inventor might have an idea... So while Edison and others might have helped to eliminate mankind's dependence on whale oil, Edison didn't invent CFL's or even the tube florescent lights. Over the years improvements were made to the initial design and viola, now LED lights are becoming all the rage. Imagine if Edison could see how his technology has grown.
We can cut our dependence on oil--will just take a handful of bright people and the correct economic conditions. Why do you think the oil companies make sure the price doesn't stay at $4.00 a gallon?
Hi, I'd like to buy your kids, but I only have this only really large money order. I'll send you the whole money order, you deposit the money order and wire me the extra money! :P
This guy should just be glad he was only trying to sell his kids and not Martian invaders!
What does this ruling mean for non-government type folks that cull emails? IF the government can take a peek at emails without warrants, mayn I do the same?
The kid that got in trouble for hacking Palin's email got in trouble for using password recovery. But now it seems if emails aren't protected, how can you get in trouble for looking for them?
I'm going with my fault for installing Windows 7 in the first place...
The same hardware performs as expected under XP and Linux (SuSe, rPath, and Ubuntu), so folks can draw their own conclusions.
Count me as one of the people seeing the nag screens... Installed Ultimate edition 32-bit, have a license of Professional 64-bit. So at some point I am going to have reload the OS. Just not sure it if will be Win 7 Pro-64 or back to XP.
Biggest problem with Windows 7 has been the network performance. On a gigabyte network I can not get better than 100mbs performance, while the Linux and XP machines perform as expected. To make matters worse, the network appears to spike and disconnect itself at random times. Streaming a video from the Windows 7 machine and surfing the web will produce stutters. Talked with a buddy that is a a major account TAM--apparently the networking issue has been well known since the RC and affects nVidia and Intel chipsets. My question to him--so what chipsets does that leave unaffected?
I really tried to like Windows 7 but the more I try to like the more I find thinking Ubuntu is the way to go...
I too grew up with the Apple IIe. I fondly remember the days of the computer problems being solved by ensuring all the chips were firmly seated. Ahh those were the days.
As I'm sure most folks are on this site, friends and family always come to me asking for computer purchasing advice. My advice is if the person still has a brain capable of learning--get a PC based computer. If the computer is for someone not willing to learn the in's and out's of computing--get them the Mac.
The discussions about the difference between IT folks and software developers is spot on! As a software developer, it is hard to be productive from 9 to 5, but month after month I always perform above expectations. :)
Personally I enjoy wakeboarding and spending time on the lake. My boss has no technical skills and always wants to mother hen her staff.
My fix has been to ensure I always have a clicky keyboard around when she calls. We'll stop the boat, turn off the music, and while I talk to her I'll mash random keys. 90% of the time that's all I need to do to make her happy.
If she asks a question that requires computer access to answer, I'll tell her it is taking me longer than I thought and I'll call her right back. Only then does the laptop come out...
Different strokes for different folks. Having unified music playing through out the house while entertaining is fantastic. A few years ago when guests would arrive there would be different music playing on the dock than there would be on the deck, and still different music inside the house. Now no matter where you are on the property, everyone hears the same music.
On a side note--my dentist has personal A/V systems for each patient. Want to watch or listen to something specific to your tastes while in the chair--no problem. It is actually quite nice to have the headphones on, sucking away on the N20 while the dentist does her work!
If you are male and between the ages of 38 and 42--make sure you are quiting your job for the right reason. There seems to be a natural urge in men to do one or more of three things: 1) Quit your job 2) Leave your wife, or 3) Buy a sports car. The advice I learned after leaving my job at Bell Labs for a career in real estate was to buy the sports car--it is by far the cheapest option....