This. It's the TR-069 ACS port. The security on it, is that ACS requires a password to use as well, which only Verizon has. It's also possible that they have network layer firewalling preventing any hosts but ones in their management pool from accessing it.
They can. Siemens Gigasets have this functionality as well - it allows the ISP to push Firmware updates and config changes to attached CPE via the ACS server using TR-069.
Clearly you missed the part where PayPal inexplicably doesn't offer dispute resolution (short of "give back the money") under certain circumstances noone knows. You can't fight against "Do you want to give back the money, or give back the money?"
For example, instead of requiring real names off the bat, Blizzard could have started off mandating a valid credit card before being able to log into the forums. They could then continue to push towards the goal of requiring the use of the poster's real name for the next several years in small increments, and after a while, people will accept it.
Blizzard already does require that - it's the forums for a subscription based MMO game.
They weren't. You're right there. But they sent me an email... er, bloody ages ago... to that effect. I've bought all of the first four seasons on DVD you see. Bloody funny stuff.
Or, if videogames themselves don't work for you, how about Red vs Blue? Popular animated show made using the Halo engine. Started off as a few friends who like video games and cinema putting out products using a few Xboxes in the middle of the night while working real jobs and some donated web space. Now? You can buy the videos on Xbox live and the DVDs in Best Buy. They have their own company, with health insurance and everything. It is basically their full time jobs. The make money on t-shirts, DVDs, and people who subscribe to their site.
Rooster Teeth Productions is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. Hardly independent.
And yet, PayPal doesn't offer dispute resolution to everyone. Sometimes, they decide to basically just tell you to refund the money.
And good luck finding a phone number for this "giant customer service centre" you speak of. I can't find a single phone number for PayPal. Going through the web support site, only 10% of paths through it lead to a "email customer service" form from which you get a form response. Yeah, real good customer service.
I can't say I've ever had a positive experience with PayPal.
If you're going to compare 64-bit (any version) Linux, you should really compare to 64-bit (any version) Windows. I think there was a DEC Alpha version of NT 3.51?
The Virtual Store is an exact replica of the folder structure of Program Files. The only reason "Application Name" would be in the path, is if the application put it there. Windows didn't.
Second, whether it's an INI file is beyond irrelevant. Windows redirects all writes to the Virtual Store, because no user-mode application should be writing to program files except installers.
So you didn't go through PayPal, and your payment processor didn't fight to protect you, so that is PayPal's fault?
No. What I blame PayPal for is that the processor was not given the option to fight it. Their dispute resolution options were "Accept chargeback", and "Already refunded". The option to actually dispute it was not made available - the only thing they could do was refund and then charge me.
But yet, they do jack shit-all to protect sellers who happen to provide services or digital products. I got a chargeback from my payment processor (I use one solely to insulate me from the craptasticness of Paypal) and when I queried them on it they said "Paypal provided one option - accept the chargeback". And that was via Paypal dispute centre. No, Paypal can suck it. It's a terrible platform for selling anything.
Another one of my favorites with surveys is to patiently take them and do what I can to poison the data. Probably the best thing you can do to hurt these assholes.
I used to work for a research company. Might I suggest "please don't call me again"? It'll be much more productive for you. Also, the research company's data processing people will discard anomalous responses - i.e. all of yours.
Actually, Stardock does this on their first party and published titles. The game itself costs like $50 via digital download, but they'll send you the DVD at just the cost of shipping added on. Pretty good deal. And by contrast, you can also buy the game disk in stores and never insert it - once you activate the key you can just download the game. That second part is the same as Steam though, so not really a huge deal.
That's just vanity. You're contributing to waste and environmental damage just to stroke your ego. Quite outdated thinking.
There's waste and environmental damage in the downloadable copies too. Servers, disk bays and routers all consume tremendous amounts of power, which in most countries is generated using tremendously environmentally damaging means (and don't go on about nuclear being clean - depleted Uranium-235 is NOT clean, and burying it for future generations to deal with is hardly environmentally friendly. Roll on cold fusion reactors).
At least with the physical copies, there's a single instance of environmental damage per copy (often mitigated by "renewable forestry" harvesting methods), rather than ongoing damage.
How is the PS3 so inefficient? Downloadable games on the Wii are only 10 to 40 megs.
For a start, because the Wii is capable of 480p resolution, while the PS3 scales up to native 1080i - I'm sure you can imagine just how much graphics alone takes up. Add onto that the Wii's sound processor probably isn't AAC/DTS/TrueHD 7.1, and I'm sure you can see why sound files on the PS3 are larger too.
Oh, that and the insistence of every developer under the sun to require a 7GB install before you can play the game.
That's excellent, and it would be wonderful if quality films could be created these days on just this sort of funding. But honestly, do you believe the generation that is currently bitching and whining about copyright would contribute a red cent to a project to create a "masterpiece of world cinema" solely through private patronage? And I assure you, if the state tried funding it you'd hear the "liberals" (or more specifically, those calling themselves that) bitching about "big government" spending taxpayers money where it doesn't belong.
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This. It's the TR-069 ACS port. The security on it, is that ACS requires a password to use as well, which only Verizon has. It's also possible that they have network layer firewalling preventing any hosts but ones in their management pool from accessing it.
Cracking WEP keys? You make it sound hard...
They can. Siemens Gigasets have this functionality as well - it allows the ISP to push Firmware updates and config changes to attached CPE via the ACS server using TR-069.
I'm not sure whether responding to this will get me a "whoosh", but I suggest you pick up a dictionary.
lol soppsa Go fuck yourself.
Clearly you missed the part where PayPal inexplicably doesn't offer dispute resolution (short of "give back the money") under certain circumstances noone knows. You can't fight against "Do you want to give back the money, or give back the money?"
For example, instead of requiring real names off the bat, Blizzard could have started off mandating a valid credit card before being able to log into the forums. They could then continue to push towards the goal of requiring the use of the poster's real name for the next several years in small increments, and after a while, people will accept it.
Blizzard already does require that - it's the forums for a subscription based MMO game.
Starcraft 1 accepted "123-4567-890123" as a valid registration code too.
They weren't. You're right there. But they sent me an email... er, bloody ages ago... to that effect. I've bought all of the first four seasons on DVD you see. Bloody funny stuff.
What ... the ... fuck.
Care to go back and RTFS you just linked to? It's about Apple censoring discussions on the Consumer Reports review of the iPhone 4.
Or, if videogames themselves don't work for you, how about Red vs Blue? Popular animated show made using the Halo engine. Started off as a few friends who like video games and cinema putting out products using a few Xboxes in the middle of the night while working real jobs and some donated web space. Now? You can buy the videos on Xbox live and the DVDs in Best Buy. They have their own company, with health insurance and everything. It is basically their full time jobs. The make money on t-shirts, DVDs, and people who subscribe to their site.
Rooster Teeth Productions is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. Hardly independent.
And yet, PayPal doesn't offer dispute resolution to everyone. Sometimes, they decide to basically just tell you to refund the money.
And good luck finding a phone number for this "giant customer service centre" you speak of. I can't find a single phone number for PayPal. Going through the web support site, only 10% of paths through it lead to a "email customer service" form from which you get a form response. Yeah, real good customer service.
I can't say I've ever had a positive experience with PayPal.
You're still wrong. It's always worked as I described it.
If you're going to compare 64-bit (any version) Linux, you should really compare to 64-bit (any version) Windows. I think there was a DEC Alpha version of NT 3.51?
Your entire post is unadulterated wrong.
The Virtual Store is an exact replica of the folder structure of Program Files. The only reason "Application Name" would be in the path, is if the application put it there. Windows didn't.
Second, whether it's an INI file is beyond irrelevant. Windows redirects all writes to the Virtual Store, because no user-mode application should be writing to program files except installers.
So you didn't go through PayPal, and your payment processor didn't fight to protect you, so that is PayPal's fault?
No. What I blame PayPal for is that the processor was not given the option to fight it. Their dispute resolution options were "Accept chargeback", and "Already refunded". The option to actually dispute it was not made available - the only thing they could do was refund and then charge me.
So yes it's PayPal's fault.
But yet, they do jack shit-all to protect sellers who happen to provide services or digital products. I got a chargeback from my payment processor (I use one solely to insulate me from the craptasticness of Paypal) and when I queried them on it they said "Paypal provided one option - accept the chargeback". And that was via Paypal dispute centre. No, Paypal can suck it. It's a terrible platform for selling anything.
Another one of my favorites with surveys is to patiently take them and do what I can to poison the data. Probably the best thing you can do to hurt these assholes.
I used to work for a research company. Might I suggest "please don't call me again"? It'll be much more productive for you. Also, the research company's data processing people will discard anomalous responses - i.e. all of yours.
No, they're not.
Quantity, of course ;)
They do, but the software recognises only two fingers maximum. And I happen to own a MacBook.
You just described Steam and Impulse, both of which predate the new Battle.net.
Actually, Stardock does this on their first party and published titles. The game itself costs like $50 via digital download, but they'll send you the DVD at just the cost of shipping added on. Pretty good deal. And by contrast, you can also buy the game disk in stores and never insert it - once you activate the key you can just download the game. That second part is the same as Steam though, so not really a huge deal.
That's just vanity. You're contributing to waste and environmental damage just to stroke your ego. Quite outdated thinking.
There's waste and environmental damage in the downloadable copies too. Servers, disk bays and routers all consume tremendous amounts of power, which in most countries is generated using tremendously environmentally damaging means (and don't go on about nuclear being clean - depleted Uranium-235 is NOT clean, and burying it for future generations to deal with is hardly environmentally friendly. Roll on cold fusion reactors).
At least with the physical copies, there's a single instance of environmental damage per copy (often mitigated by "renewable forestry" harvesting methods), rather than ongoing damage.
How is the PS3 so inefficient? Downloadable games on the Wii are only 10 to 40 megs.
For a start, because the Wii is capable of 480p resolution, while the PS3 scales up to native 1080i - I'm sure you can imagine just how much graphics alone takes up. Add onto that the Wii's sound processor probably isn't AAC/DTS/TrueHD 7.1, and I'm sure you can see why sound files on the PS3 are larger too.
Oh, that and the insistence of every developer under the sun to require a 7GB install before you can play the game.
That's excellent, and it would be wonderful if quality films could be created these days on just this sort of funding. But honestly, do you believe the generation that is currently bitching and whining about copyright would contribute a red cent to a project to create a "masterpiece of world cinema" solely through private patronage? And I assure you, if the state tried funding it you'd hear the "liberals" (or more specifically, those calling themselves that) bitching about "big government" spending taxpayers money where it doesn't belong.
There's really no win/win situation.