If you want relatively cheap hardware, you could just go buy a 2nd hand Xbox... and follow the directions here. Note that Part 1 is mainly about hacking the Xbox to run linux, and that Parts 2 & 3 get into the software setup... They're linked on the last page of the previous part (or you can click the 'NAS HOWTO' menu and you'll find all the parts towards the end of the page...
You do realize that the XBOX 360(and every other console) is just one big hardware copyright protection mechanism don't you?
I think he is complaining not so much about the mechanism itself, but the way it is implemented. So while your statement is correct, consoles are effectively copyright protection that 'Just Works'(tm)... ie. you put the disc in and go...
it does not require you to enter CDKeys, or the 3rd word of the 5th paragraph on page 37 of the manual... additionally, it does not fall over if your internet is temporarily out or if the company's server takes a dive... you can take you disc to your mates house and know that you can put it in his console and it will work
If the copy protection for PC's was 'invisible' no-one would care... unfortunately, due to the 'open' nature of PC's, I do not see this happening anytime soon.
Given that DX10, as far as I can tell, does not even exist in the wild... how is having a DX10 GPU going to help?
I think its more likely due to fact that cards with DX10 capable GPU's happen to have 'super-fast' memory and higher clock speeds than old cards, rather than a direct result of the card being DX10 capable.
Which indicates that Vista + Aero is really just a big resource sinkhole... hmmm maybe I should submit a story to slashdot entitled "Shit everyone already knows"
Exactly! Although I usually buy my DVD's at the bargain bin or used. Except for Small guy TV shows like "robot chicken" or "Venture Brothers" or indie films I like, those I pay full price and where I can get them knowing the profit goes to the guys that made it.
Not wanting to belittle your attempt to support Indies... but I would have thought that it made no difference to the Indie what price you paid. Its not like the store takes your $20 and says "X% for me, X% for [insert indie here]"...
I thought the Indie outfit will get their money when the store 'buys' it from the distributor and the distributor gives them their cut...
The small thorn in the side of digital media tho, is that there is still no way to utilise it without some sort of intermediary, ie. computer, optical drive etc. Whereaas, printed media (assuming you understand the language its printed in) requires nothing more than a pair of Mark I eyeballs...
As for books becoming antiques, well precisely because they stand the test of time, lot's of them already are!
I don't see this happening with magnetic and/or optical media... do you?
You obviously live in a world where there is plenty of money for such luxuries as working traffic lights...
Almost every day there is a report on the morning and/or evening traffic report about a set of traffic lights somewhere in auckland that has failed...
and dont get me started on the elevators in my office building... they're only 2 years old and we have the repairman in almost on a weekly basis (at least once a month)... thankfully our building is only 4 levels, but I've seen russian aircraft that are more reliable!
Remembers precisely every game that was played, so knows exactly which cards are left in the deck. (good players do this too, more or less anyways) Fine idea for black jack... except for that fact that they tend to use 5 or 6 deck chutes and only use around 20% of the available cards before shuffling...
and fairly useless in poker as they shuffle the deck after every hand. granted you have a slight advantage by knowing the rough percentages based on what is left after seeing the community cards, but the number of times I have seen a 95% chance of winning hand lose on the final card...
That's why most people get automatic transmissions. They can't be bothered to understand the concepts of "rpm" and "torque". And very few cars can handle a commute all in first gear. You obviously dont live in a major metropolitan area and/or drive to work in said area... I barely get my car out of 1st gear on a 'good' day.
hence why i take the train... but i digress, is this question something akin to asking 'is it still important for (insert profession here) to learn about (insert something old-fashioned relating to profession), now that we have (insert shiny new replacement)?'
eg. Is it important for pilots to learn about navigation using charts/dead reckoning, now that we have GPS?
To be honest, up until I used that pilot analogy, I was leaning towards no... but I think, like most things, this is one of those 'no right answer' situations. For some things I would say that, Yes, it is important... for others, not so much.
Note that/. is screwing with the code above, so it may not work if you copy/paste, and that firefox doesnt seem to want to open the 'View XML' link... but IETab fixes that problem. You can also add a fancy little icon by following the format on the OpenSearch page linked above
Then you just put the XML into the searchplugins directory... something like (if you're using Windows):
C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[ProfileName]\search plugins
To avoid similar confusion in the future, I suggest you go with the universally accepted moniker of "The 51st State". Oh... I thought that was Australia... aka Mini-America
My wife walked down the aisle (actually from the Tiger enclosure to the Band Rotunda at our local Zoo) to the wonderful strains of the 'Imperial March'... I have been living in fear of galactic bounty hunters from LucasFilms busting down my door and demanding payment ever since..
ps. Dressed in white, she wasnt quite as scary as the "Big bad dude in black with asthma"... at least, she wasnt then:P
Although, one would have to wonder, if your IP address alone would be enough to file suit, or if they would actually need proof that you were sharing the file... if they could not actually connect to your machine due to PG2 blocking, would they have enough evidence??
Not something I care to look into, as the US legal system scares me... seems like common sense/fairness lost out a looooooooong time ago
pray tell... where may i purchase one of these mystical 80gig Nano's??
Size isnt necessarily everything, unless you happen to be one of these people that just collect music for the sake of collecting it. I doubt I could fill one of the new 8Gig Nano's with music I would actually WANT to listen too, let alone own.
But I will admit that the new 8gig Black nano is v. sexy. I am glad they did it right and used black plastics on the top and bottom, as the brightly coloured nano-mini's just look a bit to candy-like with the white plastic.
Am i going to buy one?? Not until they hurry up and put in an ITMS that New Zealanders can actually purchase music from. I wouldnt want the local version of the RIAA busting down my door for 'format shifting':P
The department of education here in NZ did a deal with microsoft so they basically have a country-wide enterprise agreement with MS, where the schools gets all the software free...
My father is responsible for administering the "computer lab" at the local intermediate school, and they recently got 20 brand spanking new machines, all with VLK's... 1 of these brand new machines suddenly decided it was an illegal copy and started spitting out the 'illegal copy' messages. Thats some quality software you got right there:P
I will not be splashing out and taking my chances on the Vista/WGA 'Wheel of Fortune'(tm)... might be good for the adrenaline junkie/gambling addicts tho... perhaps they should have called it "Vegas", because it seems to be a bit of a lottery as to whether or not WGA is going to work for you!
This is the system used here in New Zealand by Trademe. If there is a higher bid placed in the last 2 minutes, the auction 'auto-extends' by 2 minutes.
This makes sniping pretty much impossible, as if my maximum was $35 and the auction was sitting at $23 and someone came in with 7 seconds to go and tried to snipe at $24, my earlier bid would kick in and they would more than likely be unable to get another shot at it before the 7 seconds expired.
If they came in at 7 seconds to go with a bid of $40, then the auction would extend and I would at least have 2 minutes to decide if I was willing to pay more.
This means it is in your best interests to put in an autobid (aka Proxy Bid) for the maximum you are willing to pay, as it only extends if the bid placed in the last 2 minutes is higher than the current maximum proxy bid and it only bids the minimum necessary amount for you to reach the reserve price/lead the bidding
My wife has a prescription of something close to -6.5 and -7.5. To be honest, i really dont know what this means, but I can assure you she is almost as blind as a bat when she isnt wearing her glasses/contacts.
She was able to get her aviation medical for a private pilots license. She has some restrictions, like she must carry a spare pair of glasses in case a contact falls out midflight etc, but there is no reason you cannot fly if you wear glasses.
Just dont expect to be able to fill gaps in the national guard airforce left by George W.
See, that's why this game will never happen, no good name for it.
Starcraft Idol? Dancing with the Starcraft? Survivor - Starcraft? Starcraft Apprentice? The Amazing Starcraft Race?
Ok, i'll put away my "Creative" Executive's handbook (A.K.A 'How to ride something until it is dead') now. Seriously, have all the 'Good Ideas'(tm) been used? Or did someone patent the process and threaten the world+dog with lawsuits if they came up with original ideas?:P
It looks OK, but it seems to run like crap. Granted I have not actually played the game, but the demo they have running all the time at the local Dick Smith Electronics reminds me of playing Quake on a 33k6 modem (before they came up with QuakeWorld and the optimised netcode)
The framerate (looks like 12fps) of that demo is simply atrocious... and makes me determined to:
a. never buy oblivion
b. never buy a crappy DSE 32" LCD tv.
As for Sony and blu-ray, well I think i'll put that and the PS3 in the same "No Thanks" bucket that the 360 is in. My trusty PS2 and modded Xbox (with XBMC and several emulators) and my fairly extensive collection of games is more than enough to satisfy my gaming desires. Hell, most of the time I end up playing emulators of the Sega Megadrive (Genesis) and Arcade machines! what the hell would I need 1080p, Blu-RAY, HD-DVD, PS3, XBox360 for?!?!?
Oh.... thats right... so I can play (and pay for) the same games with different names but the same overdone gameplay and shiny new graphics effects... where do i sign up????:P/sarcasm
I thought it quite funny as an owner of a NetMD minidisc player that they are quite happy to sell me a product that comes with tools to "formatshift" all my CD music (and any mp3's I happen to have) onto the product and then turn around in the media and say 'nope, you're not allowed to do that'...
If they tried to sting you for it, could you argue something like entrapment? Could you argue that seeing as they gave you the tools then they are given you implicit permission to commit these acts?
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If you want relatively cheap hardware, you could just go buy a 2nd hand Xbox... and follow the directions here. Note that Part 1 is mainly about hacking the Xbox to run linux, and that Parts 2 & 3 get into the software setup... They're linked on the last page of the previous part (or you can click the 'NAS HOWTO' menu and you'll find all the parts towards the end of the page...
I think that you may have missed the point of your own post... if you really want him to take notice, it should be:
iComprendez?I think he is complaining not so much about the mechanism itself, but the way it is implemented. So while your statement is correct, consoles are effectively copyright protection that 'Just Works'(tm)... ie. you put the disc in and go...
it does not require you to enter CDKeys, or the 3rd word of the 5th paragraph on page 37 of the manual... additionally, it does not fall over if your internet is temporarily out or if the company's server takes a dive... you can take you disc to your mates house and know that you can put it in his console and it will work
If the copy protection for PC's was 'invisible' no-one would care... unfortunately, due to the 'open' nature of PC's, I do not see this happening anytime soon.
where you both are - bridge - where both of you should be
Given that DX10, as far as I can tell, does not even exist in the wild... how is having a DX10 GPU going to help?
I think its more likely due to fact that cards with DX10 capable GPU's happen to have 'super-fast' memory and higher clock speeds than old cards, rather than a direct result of the card being DX10 capable.
Which indicates that Vista + Aero is really just a big resource sinkhole... hmmm maybe I should submit a story to slashdot entitled "Shit everyone already knows"
Not wanting to belittle your attempt to support Indies... but I would have thought that it made no difference to the Indie what price you paid. Its not like the store takes your $20 and says "X% for me, X% for [insert indie here]"...
I thought the Indie outfit will get their money when the store 'buys' it from the distributor and the distributor gives them their cut...
The small thorn in the side of digital media tho, is that there is still no way to utilise it without some sort of intermediary, ie. computer, optical drive etc. Whereaas, printed media (assuming you understand the language its printed in) requires nothing more than a pair of Mark I eyeballs...
As for books becoming antiques, well precisely because they stand the test of time, lot's of them already are!
I don't see this happening with magnetic and/or optical media... do you?
You obviously live in a world where there is plenty of money for such luxuries as working traffic lights... Almost every day there is a report on the morning and/or evening traffic report about a set of traffic lights somewhere in auckland that has failed... and dont get me started on the elevators in my office building... they're only 2 years old and we have the repairman in almost on a weekly basis (at least once a month)... thankfully our building is only 4 levels, but I've seen russian aircraft that are more reliable!
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You obviously dont live in a major metropolitan area and/or drive to work in said area... I barely get my car out of 1st gear on a 'good' day.
hence why i take the train... but i digress, is this question something akin to asking 'is it still important for (insert profession here) to learn about (insert something old-fashioned relating to profession), now that we have (insert shiny new replacement)?' eg. Is it important for pilots to learn about navigation using charts/dead reckoning, now that we have GPS? To be honest, up until I used that pilot analogy, I was leaning towards no... but I think, like most things, this is one of those 'no right answer' situations. For some things I would say that, Yes, it is important... for others, not so much.
If you're using Firefox 2, you can create your own OpenSearch Plugin.
I was lazy, and couldnt be bothered doing it myself, so I used IE7 Add search providers functionality... and clicked on the 'View XML' link.
Note that /. is screwing with the code above, so it may not work if you copy/paste, and that firefox doesnt seem to want to open the 'View XML' link... but IETab fixes that problem. You can also add a fancy little icon by following the format on the OpenSearch page linked above
Then you just put the XML into the searchplugins directory... something like (if you're using Windows):
C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[ProfileName]\search plugins
And Robert is your mother's brother.
Hah! now I know you're lying!
My wife walked down the aisle (actually from the Tiger enclosure to the Band Rotunda at our local Zoo) to the wonderful strains of the 'Imperial March'... I have been living in fear of galactic bounty hunters from LucasFilms busting down my door and demanding payment ever since..
ps. Dressed in white, she wasnt quite as scary as the "Big bad dude in black with asthma"... at least, she wasnt then :P
and they get a nice, neat list of IPs for everyone sharing their content.
*cough*PeerGuardian*cough*
Although, one would have to wonder, if your IP address alone would be enough to file suit, or if they would actually need proof that you were sharing the file... if they could not actually connect to your machine due to PG2 blocking, would they have enough evidence??
Not something I care to look into, as the US legal system scares me... seems like common sense/fairness lost out a looooooooong time ago
pray tell... where may i purchase one of these mystical 80gig Nano's?? Size isnt necessarily everything, unless you happen to be one of these people that just collect music for the sake of collecting it. I doubt I could fill one of the new 8Gig Nano's with music I would actually WANT to listen too, let alone own. But I will admit that the new 8gig Black nano is v. sexy. I am glad they did it right and used black plastics on the top and bottom, as the brightly coloured nano-mini's just look a bit to candy-like with the white plastic. Am i going to buy one?? Not until they hurry up and put in an ITMS that New Zealanders can actually purchase music from. I wouldnt want the local version of the RIAA busting down my door for 'format shifting' :P
Totally agree, a Volume License Key is no defense against the WGA... as this story shows. Microsoft even admit they have problems.
The department of education here in NZ did a deal with microsoft so they basically have a country-wide enterprise agreement with MS, where the schools gets all the software free...
My father is responsible for administering the "computer lab" at the local intermediate school, and they recently got 20 brand spanking new machines, all with VLK's... 1 of these brand new machines suddenly decided it was an illegal copy and started spitting out the 'illegal copy' messages. Thats some quality software you got right there :P
I will not be splashing out and taking my chances on the Vista/WGA 'Wheel of Fortune'(tm)... might be good for the adrenaline junkie/gambling addicts tho... perhaps they should have called it "Vegas", because it seems to be a bit of a lottery as to whether or not WGA is going to work for you!
This is the system used here in New Zealand by Trademe. If there is a higher bid placed in the last 2 minutes, the auction 'auto-extends' by 2 minutes.
This makes sniping pretty much impossible, as if my maximum was $35 and the auction was sitting at $23 and someone came in with 7 seconds to go and tried to snipe at $24, my earlier bid would kick in and they would more than likely be unable to get another shot at it before the 7 seconds expired.
If they came in at 7 seconds to go with a bid of $40, then the auction would extend and I would at least have 2 minutes to decide if I was willing to pay more.
This means it is in your best interests to put in an autobid (aka Proxy Bid) for the maximum you are willing to pay, as it only extends if the bid placed in the last 2 minutes is higher than the current maximum proxy bid and it only bids the minimum necessary amount for you to reach the reserve price/lead the bidding
Jet Fighters no... recreational aviation yes.
My wife has a prescription of something close to -6.5 and -7.5. To be honest, i really dont know what this means, but I can assure you she is almost as blind as a bat when she isnt wearing her glasses/contacts.
She was able to get her aviation medical for a private pilots license. She has some restrictions, like she must carry a spare pair of glasses in case a contact falls out midflight etc, but there is no reason you cannot fly if you wear glasses.
Just dont expect to be able to fill gaps in the national guard airforce left by George W.
See, that's why this game will never happen, no good name for it.
Starcraft Idol? Dancing with the Starcraft? Survivor - Starcraft? Starcraft Apprentice? The Amazing Starcraft Race?
Ok, i'll put away my "Creative" Executive's handbook (A.K.A 'How to ride something until it is dead') now. Seriously, have all the 'Good Ideas'(tm) been used? Or did someone patent the process and threaten the world+dog with lawsuits if they came up with original ideas? :P
Oblivion doesn't look crappy.
It looks OK, but it seems to run like crap. Granted I have not actually played the game, but the demo they have running all the time at the local Dick Smith Electronics reminds me of playing Quake on a 33k6 modem (before they came up with QuakeWorld and the optimised netcode)
The framerate (looks like 12fps) of that demo is simply atrocious... and makes me determined to:
a. never buy oblivion
b. never buy a crappy DSE 32" LCD tv.
As for Sony and blu-ray, well I think i'll put that and the PS3 in the same "No Thanks" bucket that the 360 is in. My trusty PS2 and modded Xbox (with XBMC and several emulators) and my fairly extensive collection of games is more than enough to satisfy my gaming desires. Hell, most of the time I end up playing emulators of the Sega Megadrive (Genesis) and Arcade machines! what the hell would I need 1080p, Blu-RAY, HD-DVD, PS3, XBox360 for?!?!?
Oh.... thats right... so I can play (and pay for) the same games with different names but the same overdone gameplay and shiny new graphics effects... where do i sign up???? :P /sarcasm
I thought it quite funny as an owner of a NetMD minidisc player that they are quite happy to sell me a product that comes with tools to "formatshift" all my CD music (and any mp3's I happen to have) onto the product and then turn around in the media and say 'nope, you're not allowed to do that'...
If they tried to sting you for it, could you argue something like entrapment? Could you argue that seeing as they gave you the tools then they are given you implicit permission to commit these acts?
I, for one, welcome our new CodeMonkey overlords...
I dont think he was knocking it... more like hoping for it