I'm on a cracking team, and I can tell you this much, most of what I reverse-engineer is complete junk (Norton A/V 2005, anyone?). The problem is, there is a high demand for it. The majority of the internet thinks Norton is the best a/v around, just like a large number of people think top 40 music is good.
Try an <a href="http://shopper.cnet.com/SDIO_WLAN_CARD_SDIO<nobr>_<wbr></wbr></nobr> 802_11B_WIRELESS_LAN_CARD/4014-3265_9-30481525.ht<nobr>m<wbr></wbr></nobr> l">SD-IO</a> wireless card. With a bit of hacking, it shouldn't be a problem.
"Prettyness", IMO, is relative. I for one hate both the MacOSX standard GUI and the Windows XP GUI with the "Themes" service on - seriously, what is wrong with "Windows Classic"? It's fast, and it doesn't look ugly, nor does it take up 32+ pixels for titlebars.
I can just see it: War is Peace (Iraqi war distracting people from Local Issues) Slavery is Freedom (Rampant Censorship prevents people from thinking anti-government thoughts) Ignorance is Strength (Lack of education, and general apathy makes the masses easy to control)
Read both 1984 and "The Revolution Betrayed" (by Lev Trotsky), you'd learn a lot how this situation compares to previous historical events.
I concur. Speaking as a current Grade 11 High School student, I am currently enrolled in several University-Level (Our equivalent of AP) courses. One of these is AP Math. Here is what I do on an average day: Go to class, read a random SciFi novel, don't even pay attention, don't do homework, get 100% on all tests and assignments.
I know and fully understand this will change once I go to Uni, however, not anytime soon in High School. The course is a reiteration of concepts from past years, which is worse because a good portion of the class doesn't even understand those concepts. To add, we are finally beginning to finish the review and move on to complex numbers-a concept I learned on my own over 3 years ago! To make things even more boring, the teacher states that this is the most difficult unit.
The problem with High Schools, the way I see it is this: If you're dumb, you're helped in every possible way. If you're smart, you're (for the most part), ignored.
We as a society are getting dumber. For example, I can read any literary work from the 1500s to Present with ease. It took me the better part of 15 minutes to read and understand "A Midsummer Night's Dream". A good percentage of the class didn't understand it, and will frequently question words, such as "colloquial".
Another aspect is the amount of attention placed on Sports. I don't get it: It is more important to be able to throw a ball these days, than it is to to be able to solve Cauchy-Riemann equations and isolated singularities.
Putting it simply, the system currently is defunct, the way it is. I usually only get 15-20 minutes of homework a night. The English teacher can't even assign a Novel to read at home, because only 40% of the class will read it, and the remainder will pretend they did so. They will get amazingly bad marks, but nevertheless, they will pass, otherwise the teacher "looks bad".
There is no way to fix it. A total replacement is necessary.
Seriously though, if you can play it back, it can be cracked some way or another. Just like Macrovision's lame CSS system that was decrypted approximately 3 days after it's release, this will follow the same pattern. Meaning that your average idiot will merely have a greater difficulty recording his episode of Big Brother (or whatever crap you watch over there), and the people who consistently hack this kind of protection will just find a way around it.
It's times like these that make me glad I live in Russia.
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Ah, but in Soviet Russia, the paper writes YOU!
Simple, it's just filesharing.
I'm on a cracking team, and I can tell you this much, most of what I reverse-engineer is complete junk (Norton A/V 2005, anyone?). The problem is, there is a high demand for it. The majority of the internet thinks Norton is the best a/v around, just like a large number of people think top 40 music is good.
Try an <a href="http://shopper.cnet.com/SDIO_WLAN_CARD_SDIO<nobr>_<wbr></wbr></nobr> 802_11B_WIRELESS_LAN_CARD/4014-3265_9-30481525.ht<nobr>m<wbr></wbr></nobr> l">SD-IO</a> wireless card. With a bit of hacking, it shouldn't be a problem.
Uh-oh, looks like we're not safe in Canada anymore
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodies? In this case, apparently no one.
I concur, except keep the look and feel as-is, and do not allow image attachment to posts, believe me, you won't like the results
Let's face it, no one cares about the religious minority. They should just leave the remainder of the world the hell alone.
"Prettyness", IMO, is relative. I for one hate both the MacOSX standard GUI and the Windows XP GUI with the "Themes" service on - seriously, what is wrong with "Windows Classic"? It's fast, and it doesn't look ugly, nor does it take up 32+ pixels for titlebars.
Documentation? What is this "Documentation" you speak of?
I can just see it:
War is Peace (Iraqi war distracting people from Local Issues)
Slavery is Freedom (Rampant Censorship prevents people from thinking anti-government thoughts)
Ignorance is Strength (Lack of education, and general apathy makes the masses easy to control)
Read both 1984 and "The Revolution Betrayed" (by Lev Trotsky), you'd learn a lot how this situation compares to previous historical events.
Bah. Failed to mention I live in Canada.
I concur. Speaking as a current Grade 11 High School student, I am currently enrolled in several University-Level (Our equivalent of AP) courses. One of these is AP Math. Here is what I do on an average day:
Go to class, read a random SciFi novel, don't even pay attention, don't do homework, get 100% on all tests and assignments.
I know and fully understand this will change once I go to Uni, however, not anytime soon in High School. The course is a reiteration of concepts from past years, which is worse because a good portion of the class doesn't even understand those concepts. To add, we are finally beginning to finish the review and move on to complex numbers-a concept I learned on my own over 3 years ago! To make things even more boring, the teacher states that this is the most difficult unit.
The problem with High Schools, the way I see it is this: If you're dumb, you're helped in every possible way. If you're smart, you're (for the most part), ignored.
We as a society are getting dumber. For example, I can read any literary work from the 1500s to Present with ease. It took me the better part of 15 minutes to read and understand "A Midsummer Night's Dream". A good percentage of the class didn't understand it, and will frequently question words, such as "colloquial".
Another aspect is the amount of attention placed on Sports. I don't get it: It is more important to be able to throw a ball these days, than it is to to be able to solve Cauchy-Riemann equations and isolated singularities.
Putting it simply, the system currently is defunct, the way it is. I usually only get 15-20 minutes of homework a night. The English teacher can't even assign a Novel to read at home, because only 40% of the class will read it, and the remainder will pretend they did so. They will get amazingly bad marks, but nevertheless, they will pass, otherwise the teacher "looks bad".
There is no way to fix it. A total replacement is necessary.
Seriously though, if you can play it back, it can be cracked some way or another. Just like Macrovision's lame CSS system that was decrypted approximately 3 days after it's release, this will follow the same pattern. Meaning that your average idiot will merely have a greater difficulty recording his episode of Big Brother (or whatever crap you watch over there), and the people who consistently hack this kind of protection will just find a way around it.
It's times like these that make me glad I live in Russia.