wow, in that case it's truly no better than VideoDownloader FF add-on & VLC. When will Real get a clue. I've already started collecting.flvs of interesting clips, I'm ahead of the game, Real!
Autopatcher was really just a front end to all the official MS one-off hotfix exes. If those files are still available, why not adapt the frontend to grab those files from MS instead? Hell, the least MS could do is take on the tech and offer it to their customers with a free WGA check thrown in. Because it was so much easier even for home users with say two machines to update at home, plus mum & dad's, and that one they built for their pal.
Maybe the real reason was that a mouse can fit easily in a pocket or bag. A 1U blade server however is a bit trickier to remove without someone noticing.
I think it's right to at least pose the question, though. Before, Mark was a Windows expert working independently, and was able to voice opinions as he saw fit. Now he's a Windows expert being paid by the company that makes Windows - the very success of Windows Vista will dictate how long his job lasts. He now has an interest in assuring customers and investors that things aren't as bad as they might be. Now, it's all about the bottom line. Of course, he's built up a lot of trust amongst the community, trust which MS themselves are now paying money for. Whilst we can continue to trust him, until proved otherwise, it's not wrong to least ask the question.
On May 29, 2007, A federal judge ordered TorrentSpy to begin monitoring its users' activities
On that basis, I wonder who in their right minds has been using the site in the last three months, and therefore why this current change would be of any concern whatsoever.
Form a team of investigative experts. Find all the machines in a botnet and ask their ISP to disconnect them. If an ISP refuses to cooperate, get their upstream provider involved and start threatening disconnection for all users. They'll soon fall into line.
Post reasons why this is a bad idea here. I'm beginning to have difficulty understanding why so little action is being taken.
Two years later, flash drives are now at the 64GB mark 32x increase from 2005 and hard drives are now at the 1TB mark 2x increase from 2005 .
But, as a poster above pointed out, how much of that is due to physical limits being reached on HD technology, and how much is down to not enough consumers having a need for 0.5 or 1TB devices. 1TB is a lot of information and is surely only appealing to serial p2pers or movie makers. If sales of the massive HDs are not impressive, I wouldn't expect them to continue to increase the capacity. 64GB on flash however is much more appealing to the 'average' consumer and so I would expect take-up to be stronger.
In the UK I believe there are rules which govern how loud adverts can be - no more than a certain %age of the surrounding programme or something like that - so the advertisers pull tricks like amending the dynamic range so that quiet portions are just as loud as the noisier bits, whilst the overall volume stays within the limit. This is why many people find the noise from adverts jarring, even though it's not actually 'louder' than the programme surrounding it.
Here's an article which talks about a consultation into the practice.
If they asked people to stop then yes, the customer would be gaining unauthorised access to the network. The fact that 'free wi-fi' is plastered everywhere is reasonable grounds to assume they won't be asking people to stop.
Yes, that's a power they explicitly grant to themselves by default, I'd imagine that 80% of Windows boxes are set to reboot automatically. After all, some would argue that's the way to ensure the patches get loaded.
I'd be interested to learn more about the "iPod prototype" - described as a Mac in a briefcase - how was the music stored on this? If it were on separate medium such as cassette, disk or somesuch then is it really a prototype of anything? Would it not be a similar, more cumbersome version of the Walkman, which had already appeared by 1980. Since it's a Mac I'd like to say the files were in AIFF format, 'cept WP says that was developed in 1988. What was the state of audio compression at the turn of the eighties? Uncompressed audio seems unrealistic on yesterday's storage media.
does that TV tax actually cover television programs distributed over the Internet?
The simple answer is to read the BBC's Royal Charter - scroll to point 5, "How the BBC promotes its Public Purposes: the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain", and make what you will of this:
The BBC's main activities should be the promotion of its Public Purposes
through the provision of output which consists of information, education and
entertainment, supplied by means of (a) television, radio and online services; (b) similar or related services which make output generally available and which may be in forms or by means of technologies which either have not previously been used by the BBC or which have yet to be developed.
Since the online output is already generally available via television that commitment is fulfilled - there is no extra content on the iPlayer to my knowledge. But, the point about tech which is 'yet to be developed' makes it unclear. Ultimately they may have a responsibility to be fair, but there's no actual obligation to provide it at all.
One thing is clear, in the real world this ground-breaking project was never going to get off the ground without some form of DRM to stop casual copying, for two simple reasons - many of the BBC's shows are supplied by independent producers, and the BBC itself has an interest in the post-broadcast DVD market. Neither would want to allow their exploitation of the product to be killed by multiple high quality copies al over the Internet. Yes I know this happens already, but it's not on a massive scale yet, and it would be naive to think that profit-seeking companies would want to sign up to a scheme that would only increase it.
Is Moulin anything to do with Kiwix? Cos these guys were also building an offline WP viewer, though only featuring 2000 important articles. Dev seems to have stopped now, a pity as it was a nice package with an excellent page viewer. Ideal for slapping on a laptop and providing something to read when you're away from net.
I find it hard to believe that BSkyB's share of ITV would allow them to have any influence over how/what news is reported. ITN are fully independent from an editorial viewpoint and always have been. Sure, the 18% purchase has ruffled some feathers, and the Competition Commission is looking into it as we speak. But ITN's independence has been so for years, and another broadcaster buying a minority stake in ITV doesn't change that.
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wow, in that case it's truly no better than VideoDownloader FF add-on & VLC. When will Real get a clue. I've already started collecting .flvs of interesting clips, I'm ahead of the game, Real!
Autopatcher was really just a front end to all the official MS one-off hotfix exes. If those files are still available, why not adapt the frontend to grab those files from MS instead? Hell, the least MS could do is take on the tech and offer it to their customers with a free WGA check thrown in. Because it was so much easier even for home users with say two machines to update at home, plus mum & dad's, and that one they built for their pal.
Torrents for August release plz?
Wow, this bold joke gets weary very quickly. I just don't have the time to decode this stuff.
Yay, so now I can convert streaming video in one proprietary format into another local storage proprietary format? Joy.
Hmm, I think the notion behind that protest VASTLY overrates the quality of material on YouTube or indeed many UGC sites.
Maybe the real reason was that a mouse can fit easily in a pocket or bag. A 1U blade server however is a bit trickier to remove without someone noticing.
I think it's right to at least pose the question, though. Before, Mark was a Windows expert working independently, and was able to voice opinions as he saw fit. Now he's a Windows expert being paid by the company that makes Windows - the very success of Windows Vista will dictate how long his job lasts. He now has an interest in assuring customers and investors that things aren't as bad as they might be. Now, it's all about the bottom line. Of course, he's built up a lot of trust amongst the community, trust which MS themselves are now paying money for. Whilst we can continue to trust him, until proved otherwise, it's not wrong to least ask the question.
Form a team of investigative experts. Find all the machines in a botnet and ask their ISP to disconnect them. If an ISP refuses to cooperate, get their upstream provider involved and start threatening disconnection for all users. They'll soon fall into line.
Post reasons why this is a bad idea here. I'm beginning to have difficulty understanding why so little action is being taken.
Prevention of brute force ssh attacks? The answer is sshdfilter.
In the UK I believe there are rules which govern how loud adverts can be - no more than a certain %age of the surrounding programme or something like that - so the advertisers pull tricks like amending the dynamic range so that quiet portions are just as loud as the noisier bits, whilst the overall volume stays within the limit. This is why many people find the noise from adverts jarring, even though it's not actually 'louder' than the programme surrounding it.
Here's an article which talks about a consultation into the practice.
If they asked people to stop then yes, the customer would be gaining unauthorised access to the network. The fact that 'free wi-fi' is plastered everywhere is reasonable grounds to assume they won't be asking people to stop.
Betamax, Minidisc, ATRAC... the answer is, don't back the one promoted by Sony.
Entity edits freely-editable online encyclopaedia. "News at 11" as I believe the cliche goes.
I wish Slashdot had a filter, like "remove all Star Trek posts"
Yes, that's a power they explicitly grant to themselves by default, I'd imagine that 80% of Windows boxes are set to reboot automatically. After all, some would argue that's the way to ensure the patches get loaded.
Quite, only I had one of those with my ZX Spectrum, as long as I disconnected the EAR lead. Hardly a "prototype portable music player" though...
The link goes to page 2 of the article.
I'd be interested to learn more about the "iPod prototype" - described as a Mac in a briefcase - how was the music stored on this? If it were on separate medium such as cassette, disk or somesuch then is it really a prototype of anything? Would it not be a similar, more cumbersome version of the Walkman, which had already appeared by 1980. Since it's a Mac I'd like to say the files were in AIFF format, 'cept WP says that was developed in 1988. What was the state of audio compression at the turn of the eighties? Uncompressed audio seems unrealistic on yesterday's storage media.
One thing is clear, in the real world this ground-breaking project was never going to get off the ground without some form of DRM to stop casual copying, for two simple reasons - many of the BBC's shows are supplied by independent producers, and the BBC itself has an interest in the post-broadcast DVD market. Neither would want to allow their exploitation of the product to be killed by multiple high quality copies al over the Internet. Yes I know this happens already, but it's not on a massive scale yet, and it would be naive to think that profit-seeking companies would want to sign up to a scheme that would only increase it.
Blimey, he's done well for himself. All those /. links to his blog did some good.
Is Moulin anything to do with Kiwix? Cos these guys were also building an offline WP viewer, though only featuring 2000 important articles. Dev seems to have stopped now, a pity as it was a nice package with an excellent page viewer. Ideal for slapping on a laptop and providing something to read when you're away from net.
I find it hard to believe that BSkyB's share of ITV would allow them to have any influence over how/what news is reported. ITN are fully independent from an editorial viewpoint and always have been. Sure, the 18% purchase has ruffled some feathers, and the Competition Commission is looking into it as we speak. But ITN's independence has been so for years, and another broadcaster buying a minority stake in ITV doesn't change that.
ITN is not part of News International.