"So instead of connecting to your VPN four times a year, you'll put yourself in a position of almost certainly getting blacklisted? That makes sense."
Yes, it does make sense. I'd rather not have the security hole of an activation/validation check. Some hacker is going to eventually figure out a way to exploit this (or maybe I've already got the exploit and am waiting on the right price from the right bidder) and EVERY WINDOWS MACHINE IS FUCKED. It will be a non-stop DDoS against Microsoft when THE ENTIRE PLANET calls them.
Ahh, but of course you techie-types only take a very narrow view of things and can't see a bigger, more dangerous picture.
"The problem with that is XP-64 was never supported very well. I've seen tons of issues with XP-64... Bits of hardware and software that just plain do not work right, even though they should. It's a miserable operating system to support."
Quit trying to locate XP64 drivers and use Server2K3 drivers - you won't have that problem any longer.
You can stick anything in a startup folder and it will try to run or open the file. Putting a registry entry into the startup folder brings up a pop-up window on boot that says "Do you want to install these registry keys?"
I have a new PCI-E 3.0 test desktop board as well, with the same GPU onboard (8600GS,) and half the memory (512 on my laptop versus 256 on the desktop.) Same games run better on the desktop board.
That's the same chip, same fab process, same clock speed and power consumption. Different bus, the one on the faster bus has half the memory, and the memory otherwise is the same (GDDR3.)
There is a shit ton of hype - and it's all from fools that never took any real horticultural science classes. They're all about marketing, not about facts. that's why you still keep seeing 90w=400w instead of 400w LED kills 400w HPS. They're trying to market nonsense as a selling point, and it's working and simultaneously killing the damned industry before it even gets off the ground.
Everyone quotes 7:1:1 ratio from NASA as being the best - NASA learned LONG AGO that was just for trying to act as a supplement replacement to HPS, not sunlight. If you want a GROWING PANEL, you need to totally overhaul the train of thought and mimic the sun as much as possible. These people are totally clueless about the relative power output levels of the sun during different seasons. They've never measured it themselves. They rely upon what they've gleaned from other slightly less-clueless people, and then try to make a quick buck.
I replaced 216w t5HO with 20W LED. I'm still getting the same results, with less power usage, and far less water consumption.
Keep checking it out, I'm going to have loads of stuff coming in soon so I can really showcase my designs.
"The chips are sealed in epoxy, so you'd have to get thru that with acid EVERY TIME. You aren't going to automate it with improved knowledge. RTFA."
You could use ultra or hyper-sonic frequencies to penetrate past the epoxy and sever internal connnections. Works nicely for disabling home security systems without needing to touch the box.
He's using a far more sophisticated method than what we used to un-seize TPM protected motherboards in HP commercial notebooks. We did nothing more than power-jolting the chip (similar to how the PS3 hypervisor got bypassed.) He's actually hacking the hardware inside.
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Mods are FUCKING STUPID as well as IGNORANT OF POP CULTURE.
THAT IS ALL.
Someone re-moderate BobNET's comment to it's proper place.
"they're not metal."
LMFAO. I smell someone born in the 90s.
Clearly you fail at knowing what was considered 'Metal' back in the 60's, or 70's, or 80's.
Hint: Metal doesn't fucking exist, per-se. It's classified as 'Fusion'
"So instead of connecting to your VPN four times a year, you'll put yourself in a position of almost certainly getting blacklisted? That makes sense."
Yes, it does make sense. I'd rather not have the security hole of an activation/validation check. Some hacker is going to eventually figure out a way to exploit this (or maybe I've already got the exploit and am waiting on the right price from the right bidder) and EVERY WINDOWS MACHINE IS FUCKED. It will be a non-stop DDoS against Microsoft when THE ENTIRE PLANET calls them.
Ahh, but of course you techie-types only take a very narrow view of things and can't see a bigger, more dangerous picture.
no cracking needed, my friend. Use a VPN to fake a local MAK authentication server and you're set.
Microsoft is totally fucking clueless - bypassed by a simple local server. Holy fuck why are they even allowed to stay in operation?
"The problem with that is XP-64 was never supported very well. I've seen tons of issues with XP-64... Bits of hardware and software that just plain do not work right, even though they should. It's a miserable operating system to support."
Quit trying to locate XP64 drivers and use Server2K3 drivers - you won't have that problem any longer.
"Unfortunately, WinXP 64 is still limited to ~3.75GB of RAM. It is a limitation of the WinXP SKU, not the 64bit/32bit part."
Excuse me, XP64 is based off of 2K3 kernel, not XP. It can address all 8GB of my memory perfectly.
"Yeah, it only phones home on install. Not every 90 days."
Hahaha, sucker.
OEM VLKs never need activation.
"DirectX is the only game in town because OpenGL failed to be a viable alternative, it's two sides of the same coin."
ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID?
DirectX is an entire graphics, sound, input, and networking API for games.
OpenGL is just Graphics.
What the fuck are you smoking?
Two sides of the same coin, my ass.
You have no clue what you're talking about.
Talk to John Carmack, who will tell you all you need to know about gaming on linux, and he'll tell you you're full of shit.
"Erm, actually you can't. As of XP, the CD key is no longer stored in the registry"
Wrong. It's still in the registry, just encrypted.
"Oddly enough the backlash from legal, paid users was so harsh they stepped back from that DRM scheme."
And I FUCKING ENJOYED busting EA's ass.
Which reminds me, those bastards STILL have yet to remit my payment to me.
You going to give us glasses for this? I doubt I can use the RealD polarized glasses with my LCD TV.
"They aren't exactly analog anymore if you live in the US."
Physics error! All transmissions, digital or otherwise, are still carried by means of an analog electromagnetic emission.
Holy shit have you been in a cave? We've had 60Hz progressive scan for ages in LCD and Plasma TVs!
I'm behind a quantum proxy - good luck finding me, let alone getting on the same proxy!
"I expect better from Slashdot editors than greenlighting a load of sensationalist horseshit about a technical issue."
I was going to say 'You must be new here' but considering your UID I'll just assume you're brain-dead.
You can stick anything in a startup folder and it will try to run or open the file. Putting a registry entry into the startup folder brings up a pop-up window on boot that says "Do you want to install these registry keys?"
Start suing every religious group that has ANYTHING posted on the internet, using this precedent as your battle cry.
Watch how fast this decision gets reversed.
I have a new PCI-E 3.0 test desktop board as well, with the same GPU onboard (8600GS,) and half the memory (512 on my laptop versus 256 on the desktop.) Same games run better on the desktop board.
That's the same chip, same fab process, same clock speed and power consumption. Different bus, the one on the faster bus has half the memory, and the memory otherwise is the same (GDDR3.)
I suggest rethinking your statement.
Umm, I can browse files in Mozilla Firefox, as well. Just type in a directory location instead of a URL.
Is it going to render with explorer.exe? I don't think so.
There is a shit ton of hype - and it's all from fools that never took any real horticultural science classes. They're all about marketing, not about facts. that's why you still keep seeing 90w=400w instead of 400w LED kills 400w HPS. They're trying to market nonsense as a selling point, and it's working and simultaneously killing the damned industry before it even gets off the ground.
Everyone quotes 7:1:1 ratio from NASA as being the best - NASA learned LONG AGO that was just for trying to act as a supplement replacement to HPS, not sunlight. If you want a GROWING PANEL, you need to totally overhaul the train of thought and mimic the sun as much as possible. These people are totally clueless about the relative power output levels of the sun during different seasons. They've never measured it themselves. They rely upon what they've gleaned from other slightly less-clueless people, and then try to make a quick buck.
I replaced 216w t5HO with 20W LED. I'm still getting the same results, with less power usage, and far less water consumption.
Keep checking it out, I'm going to have loads of stuff coming in soon so I can really showcase my designs.
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PCI Express 2.0 is what my card runs on - 16 lanes, 500MB/s.
That's 16GB/s for me. And it's still bottlenecking my GPU.
"The chips are sealed in epoxy, so you'd have to get thru that with acid EVERY TIME. You aren't going to automate it with improved knowledge. RTFA."
You could use ultra or hyper-sonic frequencies to penetrate past the epoxy and sever internal connnections. Works nicely for disabling home security systems without needing to touch the box.
He's using a far more sophisticated method than what we used to un-seize TPM protected motherboards in HP commercial notebooks. We did nothing more than power-jolting the chip (similar to how the PS3 hypervisor got bypassed.) He's actually hacking the hardware inside.