If the computer has a removable HDD and only the motherboard failed, one can take the computer to a third-party repair shop which will stick the drive in a "sled" and recover the data. (Even if encrypted, as long as the user knows the appropriate passphrases.)
The ideal is NOT to need a specially blessed authorized dealer to work on the damn things.
Why take it to a 3rd-party shop? USB sleds are dirt cheap; ~$30.
Either way...the point is, with a modular SSD/HDD, you can remove the disk and connect it to another machine (whether that's yours, a friend's, or a repair shop's is irrelevant). With soldered-on storage, most consumers don't really have an option but to take it to an Authorized Repair Center.
Sony tried this several years ago with the PS3...and subsequently removed it after the community started to exploit it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And it's gotten so bad that when municipalities try to run their own Internet service, just basic obvious service, they are shut out by lawyers from these companies that obviously do not want to provide normal Internet.
And this isn't FUD...this actually happened in North Carolina & Tennessee a couple years ago, after lobbying by the big cable companies & telcos.
It's too bad we don't have any laws that protect the right to speak our minds in the US. Oh, wait. We do. It's called the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Then there is Office. Doesn't work well on 64 bit machines. Works fine on 32 bit.
I don't know what you mean by this...Office (32-bit or 64-bit) runs fine on 64-bit Windows. Many (all?) plugins/modules written for 32-bit Office won't run on 64-bit Office, but the remedy for that is to install 32-bit Office.
I work in the process control industry, and many reporting modules for SCADA Historian software are only available for 32-bit Office (Wonderware is the first one that springs to mind).
So unfortunately, 32-bit Office will probably stick around for a while longer (at least until software vendors rewrite their modules to be compatible with 64-bit Office).
my gaming machine threw a rod or something, I had to re-install, but bla bla bla the only license I could find in my big bin o' parts was for 32 bit windows 7, but they offered free win10 upgrade so what the hell I tried.
As an aside, 32-bit Windows keys will work just fine on 64-bit Windows.
The factory-supplied fobs aren't reprogrammable, but that doesn't mean you can't buy other types of RFID fobs that could be cloned from the official manufacturer fob.
In general, if it communicates wirelessly, there is ALWAYS a way to eavesdrop/snoop & then clone or spoof the transmissions. (Might take more time than it's worth, depending on encryption (etc), but it is theoretically possible.)
Cell phone companies lock you into multi-year contracts. Since Google is including Android in all of this and tells people if they don't like it, don't use the service, does that mean I can cancel my cell phone contract without early termination fees? Otherwise, my carrier is forcing me to divulge information that was not part of my original agreement with the carrier!
Probably not. Your Google Account can be removed from the phone after it's set up, and it's not specifically required to use Android (AFAIK)...plus, the _carrier_ isn't really forcing you to divulge anything -- Google changed their privacy policy, not your carrier.
[Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.]
So check this out...
This Alco2Jet Carbonator together with the User License may be transferred to a third party provided the third party agrees to be obligated by the conditions and ownership rights expressed herein.
Any misuse of the Alco2Jet Carbonator including...its sale, rental, lending, leasing, abandonment, alienating or refilling will automatically entitle the Carbonator Owner...to the immediate right of possession and unconditional return... So, let me get this straight. I can transfer the license to a third-party, but I'm not allowed to sell, rent, lease, or even lend it to someone else. How's that possible?
Maybe if we understood why Apple isn't providing complete NTFS read/write support (I don't need journaling, compression, etc.) we might have a better idea what the best alternatives are.
Probably because no one offers complete NTFS read/write support except Microsoft. The Linux NTFS support is read with very limited write support (you can't change filesize or create new files).
AFAIK, for now, it's just not possible using anything other than Microsoft OSes/DLLs/etc.
That's how I access my Gmail at school.
BESS, the awful filtering system used by our school system, doesn't allow us to use "free mail sites" at school (among other things), but it has a [seemingly unfixable] bug in it -- it cannot filter HTTPS/SSL requests, because they're, well, secure. The only solution is to block all https sites. And they won't do that, because some of the sites the teachers and students rely on are SSL. I love loopholes. =)
lol, agreed -- their server appears to be pretty slow too...that would be very ironic to make a torrent (and then host it on Elite Torrents' tracker;-p)
Same here. In fact, if it weren't for the CNN article (or the ICE article and movie (82.8MB, AVI) from their site), I would believe it was fake (i.e. ET was just defaced). I have no clue why the FBI would use such a God-awful page, since their site isn't that bad, nor is the ICE site.
It's a shame too -- ET was a nice source for torrents (not illegal ones...;-))
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If the computer has a removable HDD and only the motherboard failed, one can take the computer to a third-party repair shop which will stick the drive in a "sled" and recover the data. (Even if encrypted, as long as the user knows the appropriate passphrases.)
The ideal is NOT to need a specially blessed authorized dealer to work on the damn things.
Why take it to a 3rd-party shop? USB sleds are dirt cheap; ~$30.
Either way...the point is, with a modular SSD/HDD, you can remove the disk and connect it to another machine (whether that's yours, a friend's, or a repair shop's is irrelevant). With soldered-on storage, most consumers don't really have an option but to take it to an Authorized Repair Center.
Sony tried this several years ago with the PS3...and subsequently removed it after the community started to exploit it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And it's gotten so bad that when municipalities try to run their own Internet service, just basic obvious service, they are shut out by lawyers from these companies that obviously do not want to provide normal Internet.
And this isn't FUD...this actually happened in North Carolina & Tennessee a couple years ago, after lobbying by the big cable companies & telcos.
States win the right to limit municipal broadband, beating FCC in court
Muni ISP forced to shut off fiber-to-the-home Internet after court ruling
City ISP makes broadband free because state law prohibits selling access
NC & TN aren't the only places municipal ISPs are restricted; as of 2014, 20 states had regulations limiting municipal ISPs in one way or another.
It's too bad we don't have any laws that protect the right to speak our minds in the US. Oh, wait. We do. It's called the First Amendment to the Constitution.
Fuck off, "Coal King." Go troll somewhere else.
Then there is Office. Doesn't work well on 64 bit machines. Works fine on 32 bit.
I don't know what you mean by this...Office (32-bit or 64-bit) runs fine on 64-bit Windows. Many (all?) plugins/modules written for 32-bit Office won't run on 64-bit Office, but the remedy for that is to install 32-bit Office.
Windows can't be upgraded from 32-bit to 64-bit. You have to do a clean install (not necessarily formatting the drive in the process).
I work in the process control industry, and many reporting modules for SCADA Historian software are only available for 32-bit Office (Wonderware is the first one that springs to mind).
So unfortunately, 32-bit Office will probably stick around for a while longer (at least until software vendors rewrite their modules to be compatible with 64-bit Office).
my gaming machine threw a rod or something, I had to re-install, but bla bla bla the only license I could find in my big bin o' parts was for 32 bit windows 7, but they offered free win10 upgrade so what the hell I tried.
As an aside, 32-bit Windows keys will work just fine on 64-bit Windows.
As for as so called "smart TVs", just do not connect them to the internet.
Or don't buy one with a webcam or microphone built in.
The fobs are not re-programmable - the cars are.
The factory-supplied fobs aren't reprogrammable, but that doesn't mean you can't buy other types of RFID fobs that could be cloned from the official manufacturer fob.
In general, if it communicates wirelessly, there is ALWAYS a way to eavesdrop/snoop & then clone or spoof the transmissions. (Might take more time than it's worth, depending on encryption (etc), but it is theoretically possible.)
Quoted post was probably a reference to South Park ("Cartman's Mom is a Dirty Slut").
Cell phone companies lock you into multi-year contracts. Since Google is including Android in all of this and tells people if they don't like it, don't use the service, does that mean I can cancel my cell phone contract without early termination fees? Otherwise, my carrier is forcing me to divulge information that was not part of my original agreement with the carrier!
Probably not. Your Google Account can be removed from the phone after it's set up, and it's not specifically required to use Android (AFAIK)...plus, the _carrier_ isn't really forcing you to divulge anything -- Google changed their privacy policy, not your carrier.
[Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.]
Any misuse of the Alco2Jet Carbonator including...its sale, rental, lending, leasing, abandonment, alienating or refilling will automatically entitle the Carbonator Owner...to the immediate right of possession and unconditional return... So, let me get this straight. I can transfer the license to a third-party, but I'm not allowed to sell, rent, lease, or even lend it to someone else. How's that possible?
Probably because no one offers complete NTFS read/write support except Microsoft. The Linux NTFS support is read with very limited write support (you can't change filesize or create new files).
AFAIK, for now, it's just not possible using anything other than Microsoft OSes/DLLs/etc.
No one would reflash the firmware of their drives if that were the case ;-)
That's how I access my Gmail at school. BESS, the awful filtering system used by our school system, doesn't allow us to use "free mail sites" at school (among other things), but it has a [seemingly unfixable] bug in it -- it cannot filter HTTPS/SSL requests, because they're, well, secure. The only solution is to block all https sites. And they won't do that, because some of the sites the teachers and students rely on are SSL. I love loopholes. =)
Oh no, Yakov Smirnoff mode!
(On a side note, am I the only one that found this amusing?)
lol, agreed -- their server appears to be pretty slow too...that would be very ironic to make a torrent (and then host it on Elite Torrents' tracker ;-p)
It's a shame too -- ET was a nice source for torrents (not illegal ones...;-))