Look, we can argue semantics all day. The fact of the matter though is that there are significant differences between Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Professional x64 edition. Significant enough that little (and not so little) incompatibilities in drivers and userspace apps exist. This is known to those who've used x64 for a minimal amount of time.
XP x64 IS a flavor of XP, the 64 bit flavor. x64 XP != XP 32 bit.
They are not the same. They should be treated as such.
Ultimately it's Apples responsibility to try to support x64. But by listing "Windows XP Professional" as supported does not infer that the 64 bit edition is supported.
Coincidence perhaps, but right at the beginning of the story is this line: That summer, Halamka had embarked on a quest to find a viable alternative to the Microsoft desktop--fed up as he was with Windows' instability.
If the ISP is inserting those ads, the competitors pages will have them too. You're absolutely right though. This was a braindead idea and they have no right to profit from your or anyone elses pages without the creators consent.
Isn't the DMCA the reason why there are no commercial software players for linux? If memory serves, every player I've used requires libdecss which is illegal. The act of decrypting CSS to access content is the issue, no?
No, he's right. DX10 uses a lot of changes that have been made in xp. Using the new display driver model as well as other changes that XP doesn't have the framework for. What I've read indicates that to backport dx10 to xp would require what would amount to a SP3.
Why do all that work on an OS that you're trying to phase out?
Disclaimer: This is just what I've read on wikipedia and a few other sites. I'm not intimately familiar with the new vista driver models.
..If anyone has mentioned this, but at work the environment is extremely dusty and greasy. The keyboards used for the process control equipment get gummed up after about three weeks. It's bad enough that by a month or so, half the keys stick.
I will typically just unscrew the backs and take the case apart. Gently blow off the PCB and the rubber piece(rinsing it if there's soda on it) and set them aside. Then I'll take the front and back covers out and soak them in soapy water for about ten minutes followed by a scrub, a rinse and a blow dry with plant air. Reassemble and they're good to go. Once every three months or so I will use a silicone grease on some of the keys that are still a little rough due to wear from the batch infiltrating them.
Any one else used the silicone grease? So far it hasn't affected the plastic. Anything found to be better?
And yes, we would just replace them after 6 months of wear... but they're not the regular 104 key models. Not sure what they're called, but the control key is where CAPS is on a normal board. CAPS is immediately below and is a small-ish key.
My mistake. I still believe it's a relevant question though. Will they C&D if Bliz asks? If not, how are they going to defend against further action?
While I'm not against currency transfers, this seems a little bit like the business model of Sharman Networks, profiting on unauthorized transfers and sitting somewhere in the grey area of the law.
With the recent lawsuit against peons4hire.com, Blizzard appears intent on cracking down against the larger players in the business. How do you intend on avoiding legal issues?
There are Wiis on shelves in your area? Seriously? My brother still regularly calls stores in the area looking for a Wii. So far they are still completely absent from Best Buy, CC, EB, Target and Wallmart in my area.
Maybe my area is the exception rather than the norm. Either case, want to send one my way?;)
You have a fair point. But one thing to keep in mind about Saddam is this: He ruled Iraq with force. People were afraid of him and his government. It's now clear that he didn't have anything to hide from weapons inspectors, but he did have something to fear in showing weakness by acquiescing to international demands. Allowing the people to see that he was not completely in control left him open to a possible coup or rebellion.
Seen in this light, it isn't a clear cut black and white scenario. Bush doesn't appear as some heroic savior who snapped the world out of indecision and prevented an Iraqi nuclear strike on Israel. Saddam was an evil man who didn't deserve a middle management position in fast food, much less running a country.... but as of right now all the facts point to him not being either an immediate threat nor one in the near/mid future.
Iran also seems to be in a somewhat similar position, though they ARE actively and openly pursuing nuclear technology. It will be interesting to see if the U.S. pursues the same course with them.
Back on topic, maybe this CEO of safemedia should go read up on the latest drm news. If this magical solution were implemented, I have little doubt that this will do little more than prompt workarounds.
As the other replies have stated, I don't remember them mentioning a physical keylogger. They doexistthough. They sit in between the keyboards ps/2 plug and the systems ps/2 slot (USB varieties work the same). It looks like they just intercept and log the keystrokes, no software to detect on the host pc and no login needed.
Same here in Colorado. Back in 2003 I worked with Jefferson County open space. We were originally slated to work on new hiking trails. What we ended up doing most of the time was controlled burns and cutting down infested trees to try to stem the beetles.
Talk about futile. Last week I hiked through areas we tried to save. It's far worse than it was four years ago, more of a scrub meadow than forest at this point.
First off, I agree with you on your last point. There is certain knowledge that shouldn't be publicly available to everyone.
That said, the constitution doesn't mention a right to privacy because the constitution was created to spell out the limited rights granted to the government. During its creation, this was clearly understood by those in participation. This is why the bill of rights was written later- the governmental powers were quite limited in scope at the outset and it was assumed that all else was in favor of the citizens.
Some of the founders believed that there might be confusion regarding this, hence the bill of rights. Which brings us to amendments 9 & 10. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. and The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.. Thus, since it isn't written anywhere in the constitution nor in any of the amendments that americans do not have a right to privacy, we the citizens retain that right by omission.
I also disagree with the founding fathers finding our expectation to privacy laughable. They were attempting to crawl out from under the thumb of the british empire. In fact, it would appear to me that the early workings of the government suggest that the attitude was more of a "to each his own" style. As you yourself stated "We in America are guaranteed our right to live the way we want as long as it doesn't infringe on someone else's rights or on mutually agreed upon laws."
Finally, I disagree partially with your suggestion that the government has its own right to privacy. Public office? Funded by taxpayers? Not a private citizen? The government was intended to work for and in a sense be monitored by the citizens. Representation, accountability, those were what we were shooting for back then. Privatization and the ensuing loss/lockup of what was previously not public, but available to those with clearance doesn't promote any of these things.
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Look, we can argue semantics all day. The fact of the matter though is that there are significant differences between Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Professional x64 edition. Significant enough that little (and not so little) incompatibilities in drivers and userspace apps exist. This is known to those who've used x64 for a minimal amount of time.
XP x64 IS a flavor of XP, the 64 bit flavor.
x64 XP != XP 32 bit.
They are not the same. They should be treated as such.
Ultimately it's Apples responsibility to try to support x64. But by listing "Windows XP Professional" as supported does not infer that the 64 bit edition is supported.
my $.02
What? Did someone call it a fat-ass or something?
/lame attempt at humor
Coincidence perhaps, but right at the beginning of the story is this line:
That summer, Halamka had embarked on a quest to find a viable alternative to the Microsoft desktop--fed up as he was with Windows' instability.
If the ISP is inserting those ads, the competitors pages will have them too. You're absolutely right though. This was a braindead idea and they have no right to profit from your or anyone elses pages without the creators consent.
Hey, AOL puts the internet on a CD and mails out trillions of copies right? This should be cake in comparison. ;)
Correct, core collapse supernovae go when they hit iron.
Isn't the DMCA the reason why there are no commercial software players for linux? If memory serves, every player I've used requires libdecss which is illegal. The act of decrypting CSS to access content is the issue, no?
No, he's right. DX10 uses a lot of changes that have been made in xp. Using the new display driver model as well as other changes that XP doesn't have the framework for. What I've read indicates that to backport dx10 to xp would require what would amount to a SP3.
Why do all that work on an OS that you're trying to phase out?
Disclaimer: This is just what I've read on wikipedia and a few other sites. I'm not intimately familiar with the new vista driver models.
Without Monad....
No. I think what he was trying to say was that no matter what, you'd never score with a girl. ;)
..If anyone has mentioned this, but at work the environment is extremely dusty and greasy. The keyboards used for the process control equipment get gummed up after about three weeks. It's bad enough that by a month or so, half the keys stick.
I will typically just unscrew the backs and take the case apart. Gently blow off the PCB and the rubber piece(rinsing it if there's soda on it) and set them aside. Then I'll take the front and back covers out and soak them in soapy water for about ten minutes followed by a scrub, a rinse and a blow dry with plant air. Reassemble and they're good to go. Once every three months or so I will use a silicone grease on some of the keys that are still a little rough due to wear from the batch infiltrating them.
Any one else used the silicone grease? So far it hasn't affected the plastic. Anything found to be better?
And yes, we would just replace them after 6 months of wear... but they're not the regular 104 key models. Not sure what they're called, but the control key is where CAPS is on a normal board. CAPS is immediately below and is a small-ish key.
My mistake. I still believe it's a relevant question though. Will they C&D if Bliz asks? If not, how are they going to defend against further action?
While I'm not against currency transfers, this seems a little bit like the business model of Sharman Networks, profiting on unauthorized transfers and sitting somewhere in the grey area of the law.
With the recent lawsuit against peons4hire.com, Blizzard appears intent on cracking down against the larger players in the business. How do you intend on avoiding legal issues?
Population of China: 1,321,851,888
;)
Population of America: 301,139,947
Average weight of American males: 190 lbs
Average weight of American females: 165 lbs
Ballpark figure of human biomass in america: 26,349,745 tons.
Average chinese weight needed to break even with america in human mass: 39.86 lbs.
Yeah, I know I just screwed up the joke... blame the science channel and their seemingly endless commercial breaks.
There are Wiis on shelves in your area? Seriously? My brother still regularly calls stores in the area looking for a Wii. So far they are still completely absent from Best Buy, CC, EB, Target and Wallmart in my area.
;)
Maybe my area is the exception rather than the norm. Either case, want to send one my way?
You have a fair point. But one thing to keep in mind about Saddam is this: He ruled Iraq with force. People were afraid of him and his government. It's now clear that he didn't have anything to hide from weapons inspectors, but he did have something to fear in showing weakness by acquiescing to international demands. Allowing the people to see that he was not completely in control left him open to a possible coup or rebellion.
Seen in this light, it isn't a clear cut black and white scenario. Bush doesn't appear as some heroic savior who snapped the world out of indecision and prevented an Iraqi nuclear strike on Israel. Saddam was an evil man who didn't deserve a middle management position in fast food, much less running a country.... but as of right now all the facts point to him not being either an immediate threat nor one in the near/mid future.
Iran also seems to be in a somewhat similar position, though they ARE actively and openly pursuing nuclear technology. It will be interesting to see if the U.S. pursues the same course with them.
Back on topic, maybe this CEO of safemedia should go read up on the latest drm news. If this magical solution were implemented, I have little doubt that this will do little more than prompt workarounds.
As the other replies have stated, I don't remember them mentioning a physical keylogger. They do exist though. They sit in between the keyboards ps/2 plug and the systems ps/2 slot (USB varieties work the same). It looks like they just intercept and log the keystrokes, no software to detect on the host pc and no login needed.
Hah, that was my line of reasoning.
Absent from the lineup is Sonys wonderchild.
Yeah? Well whatever you can do, ICANN do better.
what does having a (basically) fake boob to play with change how you look at breast cancer when what you're targeting are microscopic cells.
In soviet russia, fake boobs play with you?
Seriously though, boob simulation + slashdot? Imagine, thousands of geeks playing with virtual boobs in the name of research. BoobIe@home.
Just an addition to the parents info. Hypergiants are thought to last one to three million years before the supernova/hypernova stage.
Same here in Colorado. Back in 2003 I worked with Jefferson County open space. We were originally slated to work on new hiking trails. What we ended up doing most of the time was controlled burns and cutting down infested trees to try to stem the beetles.
Talk about futile. Last week I hiked through areas we tried to save. It's far worse than it was four years ago, more of a scrub meadow than forest at this point.
First off, I agree with you on your last point. There is certain knowledge that shouldn't be publicly available to everyone.
That said, the constitution doesn't mention a right to privacy because the constitution was created to spell out the limited rights granted to the government. During its creation, this was clearly understood by those in participation. This is why the bill of rights was written later- the governmental powers were quite limited in scope at the outset and it was assumed that all else was in favor of the citizens.
Some of the founders believed that there might be confusion regarding this, hence the bill of rights. Which brings us to amendments 9 & 10. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. and The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.. Thus, since it isn't written anywhere in the constitution nor in any of the amendments that americans do not have a right to privacy, we the citizens retain that right by omission.
I also disagree with the founding fathers finding our expectation to privacy laughable. They were attempting to crawl out from under the thumb of the british empire. In fact, it would appear to me that the early workings of the government suggest that the attitude was more of a "to each his own" style. As you yourself stated "We in America are guaranteed our right to live the way we want as long as it doesn't infringe on someone else's rights or on mutually agreed upon laws."
Finally, I disagree partially with your suggestion that the government has its own right to privacy. Public office? Funded by taxpayers? Not a private citizen? The government was intended to work for and in a sense be monitored by the citizens. Representation, accountability, those were what we were shooting for back then. Privatization and the ensuing loss/lockup of what was previously not public, but available to those with clearance doesn't promote any of these things.
Great.... Just what we need. More courtroom scat-slinging in the name of IP.