I know a guy who was able to buy one of those readers and some "cards" to go with it at a going-out-of business sale for some small autoshop. He paid $500 for it, when they retail for around $10k with all the stuff he got. He had a card for a '97 Pontiac Sunfire, when I had a '98. We tried hooking it up anyway to see what the check engine light was doing on my perfectly running car. The reader told us there was too much pressure in the gas tank?? I was assuming it was from me filling up with gas in the Rocky Moutains, and then driving back down to normal elevation. He hit the "reset" button on the thing, and I never saw the light again. If I had gone to a dealership, that would have cost me around $200.
I seriously hope they are forced to open this stuff up, it saves the consumer tons of money - but will obviously take away business from the dealerships that abused their little monopoly for so long.
Problem with that theory is that the Dealership will usually charge you $75 to hook up the computer - when all they are doing is plugging in a damn cable and firing up the reader. Only then will you know what is wrong, after paying $75. Seems like extorition....
Exactly - that was my point, and somebody thinks it's FUD because they haven't seen the price difference between a brand name Apple G5 and a compable PC you could build for a 1/3 of the price.
And when the LCD screen gets damaged, or the computer crashes, it gets a bit hard to turn on the basic stuff in your car doesn't it? Or would you leave all the normal controls as is, and have this as a secondary way of turning them on?
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I have a friend with ProTools - and the damn program runs 100% cpu all the time - whether you're doing something or not. It does that so that it's always "ready to go" when you need to do something intensive. I find this unneeded, but what do I know, I'm not a sound tech.
Using a t-bird will do that to you for sure. Consider using an XP 1500+ based on the thoroughbred core... and your energy consumption will greatly decrease.
CSS is weak, and does NOTHING to prevent disc copying. Even without DVDXCopy, you can copy the data bit for bit - it just wouldn't play without the key, in which case CSS was hacked 4 years ago, so the key is now irrelevant.
You're wrong - with a DVDXCopy copy of a disc, you can use Nero or something similar to make an exact copy. You can't do that with an original. Why? Because of CSS. DVDXCopy removes CSS so the copy is not encrypted.
Yes... but what if you share it and the person you share it with also has the CD? Nothing illegal is happening here. I'd like to see somebody prove this in court. Granted, there a lot of people who don't own the discs that download, but still, somebody is going to have to prove something along the line here.
I'm not talking about linux, I'm talking about windows - you know, the operating system that is used on a majority of computers on the planet earth. Yes, I would love to see Linux be 100% stable on AMD64 like 6 months ago, but it's not - and yes, AMD could have helped. But why throw money at an OS that doesn't have a consistent desktop experience? Yeah - they could have improved the kernel for the opteron to get some more server market share... but I don't see them doing that for the desktop.
See - that's just it - Intel should be the one making sure their chip is compatible with the existing x86-64 bit market, not the other way around. Since Microsoft and Intel are so close, I suspect that's exactly why windows is taking this long and Intel is making their cpu not 100% compatible with AMDs. This will definitely hurt AMD.
Due to the fact that Microsoft has been dragging their feet for a LONG time on a 64 bit windows, I don't expect Intel to have much trouble at all. I love AMD for lowering the price of x86 chips all around, and bringing in some serious competetion, and I only buy AMD right now to keep that going. But the 64 bit instructions on the AMD "hammer" aren't being used right now - unless you're running a beta of Win64 or an early version of a linux distro supporting it. I had a bad feeling that Microsoft was holding out on windows until Intel could catch up... and apparently that's part of what is going on here. If I was AMD, I'd be super pissed at Microsoft for delaying a potential market share increase AMD could have had, but now will not get the chance.
I see bad things happening here...
1) Microsoft "accidently" leaks Win2k source.
2) Microsoft pays some guy to "contribute" to the linux kernel in a small way.
3) Microsoft then files an SCOish lawsuit against IBM (or whoever) claiming ip infringement in the linux kernel.
Don't laugh. Stranger things have happened.
Yeah, you got me. I don't care about trashing these stupid stereotypes, I just want slashdot karma which amounts to jack shit. You got me. How did you ever know.
Oh really? I have an ego? The point of my post was simply this: I HATE STEREOTYPES. Especially negative ones about "spoiled-overpaid-egotistical U.S. programmers". My point is that you will get that kind of people no matter where you go. You have no idea about what kind of ego I have because you don't know me or what kind of programmer I am.
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I know a guy who was able to buy one of those readers and some "cards" to go with it at a going-out-of business sale for some small autoshop. He paid $500 for it, when they retail for around $10k with all the stuff he got. He had a card for a '97 Pontiac Sunfire, when I had a '98. We tried hooking it up anyway to see what the check engine light was doing on my perfectly running car. The reader told us there was too much pressure in the gas tank?? I was assuming it was from me filling up with gas in the Rocky Moutains, and then driving back down to normal elevation. He hit the "reset" button on the thing, and I never saw the light again. If I had gone to a dealership, that would have cost me around $200.
I seriously hope they are forced to open this stuff up, it saves the consumer tons of money - but will obviously take away business from the dealerships that abused their little monopoly for so long.
Problem with that theory is that the Dealership will usually charge you $75 to hook up the computer - when all they are doing is plugging in a damn cable and firing up the reader. Only then will you know what is wrong, after paying $75. Seems like extorition....
Exactly - that was my point, and somebody thinks it's FUD because they haven't seen the price difference between a brand name Apple G5 and a compable PC you could build for a 1/3 of the price.
I was going to mention the same thing... I think maybe it means 41% people who would qualify to have HT had it maybe?
Or not having wads of cash to throw away on a Mac might be the better answer here.
And when the LCD screen gets damaged, or the computer crashes, it gets a bit hard to turn on the basic stuff in your car doesn't it? Or would you leave all the normal controls as is, and have this as a secondary way of turning them on?
I have a friend with ProTools - and the damn program runs 100% cpu all the time - whether you're doing something or not. It does that so that it's always "ready to go" when you need to do something intensive. I find this unneeded, but what do I know, I'm not a sound tech.
Using a t-bird will do that to you for sure. Consider using an XP 1500+ based on the thoroughbred core... and your energy consumption will greatly decrease.
The battery replacement stories were already covered here on slashdot and many other websites a few months ago.
I've been using sendmail for the last 8 years, and I don't see why it's so bad.
CSS is weak, and does NOTHING to prevent disc copying. Even without DVDXCopy, you can copy the data bit for bit - it just wouldn't play without the key, in which case CSS was hacked 4 years ago, so the key is now irrelevant.
You're wrong - with a DVDXCopy copy of a disc, you can use Nero or something similar to make an exact copy. You can't do that with an original. Why? Because of CSS. DVDXCopy removes CSS so the copy is not encrypted.
Yes... but what if you share it and the person you share it with also has the CD? Nothing illegal is happening here. I'd like to see somebody prove this in court. Granted, there a lot of people who don't own the discs that download, but still, somebody is going to have to prove something along the line here.
I'm not talking about linux, I'm talking about windows - you know, the operating system that is used on a majority of computers on the planet earth. Yes, I would love to see Linux be 100% stable on AMD64 like 6 months ago, but it's not - and yes, AMD could have helped. But why throw money at an OS that doesn't have a consistent desktop experience? Yeah - they could have improved the kernel for the opteron to get some more server market share... but I don't see them doing that for the desktop.
That's interesting, I didn't know that. I may have to give BSD a try at some point.
See - that's just it - Intel should be the one making sure their chip is compatible with the existing x86-64 bit market, not the other way around. Since Microsoft and Intel are so close, I suspect that's exactly why windows is taking this long and Intel is making their cpu not 100% compatible with AMDs. This will definitely hurt AMD.
Due to the fact that Microsoft has been dragging their feet for a LONG time on a 64 bit windows, I don't expect Intel to have much trouble at all. I love AMD for lowering the price of x86 chips all around, and bringing in some serious competetion, and I only buy AMD right now to keep that going. But the 64 bit instructions on the AMD "hammer" aren't being used right now - unless you're running a beta of Win64 or an early version of a linux distro supporting it. I had a bad feeling that Microsoft was holding out on windows until Intel could catch up... and apparently that's part of what is going on here. If I was AMD, I'd be super pissed at Microsoft for delaying a potential market share increase AMD could have had, but now will not get the chance.
It doesn't in this case. Do you think signing an NDA is open?
I see bad things happening here... 1) Microsoft "accidently" leaks Win2k source. 2) Microsoft pays some guy to "contribute" to the linux kernel in a small way. 3) Microsoft then files an SCOish lawsuit against IBM (or whoever) claiming ip infringement in the linux kernel. Don't laugh. Stranger things have happened.
Not if it was not under the GPL it doesn't....
Iowa and Minnesota also have a can deposit so you can redeem the empties for cash.
I'm with you - since win is losing something to get banned for? I suck at games like this, so apparently I would get banned quickly :)
I wish I had modpoints to give - that's the funniest thing I've read all day.
Yeah, you got me. I don't care about trashing these stupid stereotypes, I just want slashdot karma which amounts to jack shit. You got me. How did you ever know.
Oh really? I have an ego? The point of my post was simply this: I HATE STEREOTYPES. Especially negative ones about "spoiled-overpaid-egotistical U.S. programmers". My point is that you will get that kind of people no matter where you go. You have no idea about what kind of ego I have because you don't know me or what kind of programmer I am.