That was on Vista? I know Microsoft demoed an HD-DVD at their CES presentatin, and that worked flawlessly. There was an HD-DVD player on the table, but that probably wasn't displaying anything. I know he did go to the HD-DVD copy option though.
One of the actually good things they have at Chuck E Cheese is this bubble thing that moves around. They have some Microsoft games on it, Mech Warrior and Crimson Skies. Those games are actually fun. And they'd be even more fun if there was more than one machine linked together.
1. The 360 can't even play video if you don't have Windows Media Center.
2. Even with Media Center, the 360 can't play certain codecs, such as DivX/Xvid and AVC.
3. The 360 apparently doesn't conform to the "media renderer" standard for playing back music and photos from a PC. I believe it also has limited audio codecs for playing back music during games.
Honestly, xbox media center for the original xbox is probably better at playing media than the 360.
Microsoft is buying processors from IBM for the 360. I never understood why executives would put down their buisness partners. Like in the case of SBC saying Yahoo should pay, because their contents is going over "SBC's pipes". Did they forget one of their products was called "SBC Yahoo DSL"?
Well, there is the whole common ownership philosophy from communism. Think that makes a difference? By the way, do you think the police buy this pirated stuff?
But if they save as text, the only universal format, they lose the formatting, right? By the way, was one of those formats Microsoft Works? I see Open Office can't open those, and I'm not sure how well Microsoft's other word processor does at opening them either.
Why not store the password hash? I know the AIM client at least stores a hash for a save password, and sends that during login. Can't GAIM do that? Granted, that won't stop someone from taking that and logging in to your account, but at least they couldn't change your password or anything. I'm not sure if they could view your mail or not. There's an auto-login thing, doesn't appear to work in firefox, but I'm not sure about IE.
So, he went 20 days without sleeping? Or hardly sleeping? I couldn't do that. It seems these deaths are at internet cafes. How about these people get computers and internet connections at home? It seems like it might actually cause the problem to become worse, but hopefully they'd actually remember to sleep at home.
That part is not wrong, as you say. Many trackers identify you based not on IP adddress, but on a "passkey" that is passed to the tracker. The passkey is specific to you, and it's contained in the torrent when you download it. It's something with the announce URL, I believe. However, I'm not sure if people getting the torrent from the DHT actually get the tracker url and the passkey or not. I think Azureus' DHT only lets you find other peers to connect to with a specified infohash. Not sure about Bitcomet though.
I'm interested in this letter someone posted:
"Dear Live365 Broadcaster -
The RIAA has been in touch with us recently to let us know that they have found a number of stations that are not compliant on the service.
This is something we take very seriously, so we're going to ask for your help here.
But first, I want to give some back story for those of you who've not been involved in internet radio that long.
In 1998, Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This piece of legislation established parameters around which one could build a
business in instances where copyrighted digital material is concerned (e.g. music, software). It also built in some protections for the content
companies who produce said digital material, (e.g. the RIAA) as they wanted to ensure that internet distribution wouldn't cannibalize sales.
>>>For the purposes of internet radio, the resulting restrictions included:
1) Broadcasters must display complete ID3 tag information.
2) Broadcasters must comply with "The Rules" http://www.live365.com/info/rules.html
3) No unauthorized or "bootleg" recordings
4) For LIVE broadcasters, broadcasters must make sure the track metadata is streaming to the Player Window.
In their recent communication, the RIAA notified us that they have observed stations that are out of compliance with one or more of these rules.
>>>This is where we need your help:
Please take a moment to ensure your ID3 tag information is completed, and make sure your playlist is not in violation with the song complement rules
(outlined in The Rules, here http://www.live365.com/info/rules.html ), and that you're not playing any illegally recorded, unauthorized or bootleg
material.
>>>To assist you, we have:
We have created a new field on the broadcast page to help you identify whether your station is compliant, and - if not - what the problem is. Within
the next week, we will be releasing an improvement to the Playlist Analyzer to help broadcasters identify compliance problems within each playlist.
We've also created a troubleshooting page at http://forums.live365.com/viewtopic.php?t=28306.
We will send out an additional reminder about this within the next couple of weeks. If stations continue to operate OUT of compliance, we will
reserve the right to shut them down or otherwise restrict access.
If you have any other questions about your station's compliance, please contact our legal department at legal AT live365 DOT com.
Thanks for your attention to this matter.
betty ray
Live365 Senior Editor and
Director of Community
Live 365
4th Floor - 950 Tower Lane
Foster City, CA 94404"
What do they mean by unauthorized recordings?
First and foremost, no WPA support. Second, the router compatability is bad. Mine doesn't work right unless I set the TX rate to 2 mbps. And I use my laptop on the network, so I want something a bit faster. I ended up using my wireless card as a softap, and using Windows XP ICS to share the connection.
This was the same sort of thing, according to the article. "Unlike the reported by HBX and published by BetaNews last year, this bug doesn't require cookie robbery, and because of that, the bug's danger was considerably higher." Gmail didn't shut down the whole system now, did they?
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That was on Vista? I know Microsoft demoed an HD-DVD at their CES presentatin, and that worked flawlessly. There was an HD-DVD player on the table, but that probably wasn't displaying anything. I know he did go to the HD-DVD copy option though.
That's not the whole thing. What about the part with Robin Williams and such?
One of the actually good things they have at Chuck E Cheese is this bubble thing that moves around. They have some Microsoft games on it, Mech Warrior and Crimson Skies. Those games are actually fun. And they'd be even more fun if there was more than one machine linked together.
1. The 360 can't even play video if you don't have Windows Media Center. 2. Even with Media Center, the 360 can't play certain codecs, such as DivX/Xvid and AVC. 3. The 360 apparently doesn't conform to the "media renderer" standard for playing back music and photos from a PC. I believe it also has limited audio codecs for playing back music during games. Honestly, xbox media center for the original xbox is probably better at playing media than the 360.
First, he said 3 months after 18. Second, his point is that Futurama probably isn't a good show for a 3 year old.
Microsoft is buying processors from IBM for the 360. I never understood why executives would put down their buisness partners. Like in the case of SBC saying Yahoo should pay, because their contents is going over "SBC's pipes". Did they forget one of their products was called "SBC Yahoo DSL"?
So, you're saying they lose money on the OS? I don't think so. They release more upgrades, which you must pay for, than Microsoft. That's for sure.
Can anyone who has a 360 tell me if the Full Auto demo is available in the market place? Why don't they have all the released demos on Live for free?
Well, there is the whole common ownership philosophy from communism. Think that makes a difference? By the way, do you think the police buy this pirated stuff?
But if they save as text, the only universal format, they lose the formatting, right? By the way, was one of those formats Microsoft Works? I see Open Office can't open those, and I'm not sure how well Microsoft's other word processor does at opening them either.
They do the same thing with Java. It's called Java 5.0 and Java 1.5. I think someone in Sun is not good at coming up with version numbers.
They'll just want a web browser. I doubt many people will know the difference between them, and just use whatever is installed.
I access their site all the time in Firefox. Only problem is their front page isn't secured. What didn't work with it?
Why not store the password hash? I know the AIM client at least stores a hash for a save password, and sends that during login. Can't GAIM do that? Granted, that won't stop someone from taking that and logging in to your account, but at least they couldn't change your password or anything. I'm not sure if they could view your mail or not. There's an auto-login thing, doesn't appear to work in firefox, but I'm not sure about IE.
Well, maybe not on it's own. But I know it can cause depression, for one thing. Could probably cause other psychological problems as well.
So, he went 20 days without sleeping? Or hardly sleeping? I couldn't do that. It seems these deaths are at internet cafes. How about these people get computers and internet connections at home? It seems like it might actually cause the problem to become worse, but hopefully they'd actually remember to sleep at home.
That part is not wrong, as you say. Many trackers identify you based not on IP adddress, but on a "passkey" that is passed to the tracker. The passkey is specific to you, and it's contained in the torrent when you download it. It's something with the announce URL, I believe. However, I'm not sure if people getting the torrent from the DHT actually get the tracker url and the passkey or not. I think Azureus' DHT only lets you find other peers to connect to with a specified infohash. Not sure about Bitcomet though.
First, don't you mean Duke Nukem Forever? Second, I'm sure many people already on the internet would be more than happy to do it.
Hm...apparently, the watchtower couldn't monitor what was going on in Luthor's buildings. Superman probably couldn't either.
I'm interested in this letter someone posted: "Dear Live365 Broadcaster - The RIAA has been in touch with us recently to let us know that they have found a number of stations that are not compliant on the service. This is something we take very seriously, so we're going to ask for your help here. But first, I want to give some back story for those of you who've not been involved in internet radio that long. In 1998, Congress passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This piece of legislation established parameters around which one could build a business in instances where copyrighted digital material is concerned (e.g. music, software). It also built in some protections for the content companies who produce said digital material, (e.g. the RIAA) as they wanted to ensure that internet distribution wouldn't cannibalize sales. >>>For the purposes of internet radio, the resulting restrictions included: 1) Broadcasters must display complete ID3 tag information. 2) Broadcasters must comply with "The Rules" http://www.live365.com/info/rules.html 3) No unauthorized or "bootleg" recordings 4) For LIVE broadcasters, broadcasters must make sure the track metadata is streaming to the Player Window. In their recent communication, the RIAA notified us that they have observed stations that are out of compliance with one or more of these rules. >>>This is where we need your help: Please take a moment to ensure your ID3 tag information is completed, and make sure your playlist is not in violation with the song complement rules (outlined in The Rules, here http://www.live365.com/info/rules.html ), and that you're not playing any illegally recorded, unauthorized or bootleg material. >>>To assist you, we have: We have created a new field on the broadcast page to help you identify whether your station is compliant, and - if not - what the problem is. Within the next week, we will be releasing an improvement to the Playlist Analyzer to help broadcasters identify compliance problems within each playlist. We've also created a troubleshooting page at http://forums.live365.com/viewtopic.php?t=28306. We will send out an additional reminder about this within the next couple of weeks. If stations continue to operate OUT of compliance, we will reserve the right to shut them down or otherwise restrict access. If you have any other questions about your station's compliance, please contact our legal department at legal AT live365 DOT com. Thanks for your attention to this matter. betty ray Live365 Senior Editor and Director of Community Live 365 4th Floor - 950 Tower Lane Foster City, CA 94404" What do they mean by unauthorized recordings?
First and foremost, no WPA support. Second, the router compatability is bad. Mine doesn't work right unless I set the TX rate to 2 mbps. And I use my laptop on the network, so I want something a bit faster. I ended up using my wireless card as a softap, and using Windows XP ICS to share the connection.
Seems like it's more likely something like this BP, not British Petroleum. Although your point still stands, at least it makes a little more sense.
Hm..maybe they're afraid of Google? I mean, I know they're affraid of Google in other areas.
Several Linux distros: Firefox and/or Kmeleon. Plus XMMS and Mplayer for media.
This was the same sort of thing, according to the article. "Unlike the reported by HBX and published by BetaNews last year, this bug doesn't require cookie robbery, and because of that, the bug's danger was considerably higher." Gmail didn't shut down the whole system now, did they?