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  1. Re:Has anyone actually read TFPA? on Apple Files Patent for "Tamper-Resistant Code" · · Score: 1
    The code for the patches was encrypted uniquely for each customer; the customer's license key was used to decrypt the code as it was loaded into the VMS kernel.

    Why was that even needed? were they THAT concerned about all those rampant pirates running stolen copies of VMS on their XT clones??

  2. Re:Dumb rich material, the best market in the worl on World's Most Powerful Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    The diaphragm of the mic will be vibrated by whatever frequencies you throw at it. a large-diaphragm condenser will have no problem capturing freq's even as low as 1 Hz, and any speaker will have no problem reproducing them... the problem is, without such a powerful speaker as this, you won't be able to move enough air at those frequencies when you play back the recording. The frequencies will be there - just inaudible. They are always present in the raw recordings of low-frequency sounds, but usually get filtered out in the mix simply because 99% of equipment in the world won't be able to make the listener aware of those sounds. Again, let me reiterate that the equipment won't have any problems playing it - you just won't hear it. ("If a tree falls down in the forest" type of thing).

  3. Re:Dumb rich material, the best market in the worl on World's Most Powerful Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    I guess while building all those studios, you haven't really considered a possibility of them dealing with classical music?

    The lowest pipe of the pipe organ can produce frequencies as low as 16 Hz. Even if you don't hear those frequencies, the harmonics generated by them are what makes the sound of a pipe organ so enormous. Same goes for things like explosions, earthquakes and other special effects. So yeah, that sub may not be designed for your average project studio, but I would not be surprised if large concert halls, or even some movie theaters, are already pulling out their checkbooks.

  4. Re:Dumb rich material, the best market in the worl on World's Most Powerful Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    At $13000, this is hardly prosumer grade.

  5. Re:What's a Jewish boy to do? on Australian Science Makes the Regenerating Mouse · · Score: 1

    Can you please describe "sustained effort"? On the other hand, nevermind... I'm scared to even imagine.

  6. great career opportunity... on Video Tombstones · · Score: 1

    troubleshooting tombstones - what could be more fun? you get to tinker with all that computer nonsense, AND be outside most of the time. And your clients are so calm and quiet - in fact, they barely ever talk to you. Now, there's always that call that comes in the wee hours of the morning.........

  7. Re:The best solution is to... on Got Spyware? Throw out the Computer! · · Score: 1

    Mind you if the replacement was a locked down system where the user could not load software.... In corporate environment, there is no reason whatsoever for any normal user to run with admin priveileges. I'm running helpdesk for a 100+ PCs, and there are no spyware issues, ever. Mind you, all of them are on XP SP2, all are on domain with restricted user privs, and we use the Virex client and ePolicy. But in the past year, we had zero malware issues. I'm not kiddin ya. ZERO. (Between all those measures, a gazillion spyware/virus/trojan attacks are caught and stomped upon every day, but nothing gets through). Of course, the other half of my helpdesk is 100+ Macs with OSX. Our corporate policy dictates all machines should have an antivirus installed. We've also got Virex on those. I has never caught anything, ever. Wonder why :]