I did have that problem and solved it with the Win2K launcher and setting the games to run with a processor affinity of 1.
It was quite annoying, but I still have the same machine and I haven't used the launcher in a _long_ time, so I would say the software problems have been resolved.
Actually the system I believe they are going to "trial" doesn't correlate to the systems they want to implement.
Depending on how they implement it, they could be just implementing a URL blacklist, which is trivial to setup with a transparent proxy and will not impact speed all that much.
What Conroy _wants_ to implement is much much more than that and will require much more hardware and _will_ impact speed phenomenally.
What I fear the most is that this "Trial" is just a showboat to "prove" that it's technically feasible and then implement full content filtering (which Conroy claimed showed promising results, even if the report shows something far different), which of course will fail miserably.
That line is objective and something that is the responsibility of Parents. I used to work for a school and the only kids we had trouble with were the ones with Parents that were completely unwilling to believe their child could do wrong or just didn't give a rats ass whats_so_ever! I know when I did wrong at school, my father would talk to me about it and by time I was nearing the end of high school he knew enough about me to know when a Teacher was being unreasonable or when to punish me for doing the wrong thing.
There is no way I am going to let the government tell me how to raise my inevitable children and if the filter goes through, my connection will be on a permanent proxy, so they will receive unfiltered access, of which I will be monitoring and educating them about.
Indeed, most responsible parents teach their kids not to accept candy from strangers, look both ways before crossing the street etc. IMO the internet is just as dangerous and should be treated the same way.
Actually, I recommend people to Webshield and even suggested to Conroy himself that he setup a website and education package to promote the option for people that want it.
But along with that and I am led to believe even in Webshield's ToS that minors should not be left unsupervised. Even still, it is exactly the sort of mentality the government should not be promoting and along with that, why the heck should my Tax dollars go to a filtering solution that I don't want and is already available to those that do want it.
They spoke out against it, do you really think the government are going to pick them. This "trial" is all about finding people to support Conroy's "findings".
I hope you have some success, it's worth sending, but I can probably send you the same scripted letter I received. Quite offensive and completely dismissive.
Chances are likely, but if you've ever listened to Bernadette McMenamin chances are I fear, that there are people that truly believe garbage like this.
Most aren't in it. Only ones I've heard of are Primus and Webshield, that latter only because of this whole netfilter business(read my comment about them further down)
"The initial round of ISPs are Primus Telecommunications, Tech 2U, Webshield, OMNIconnect, Netforce and Highway 1.
No doubt they were selected due to not being to vocal about the filter and being rather small ISPs here in Australia. Primus is probably the biggest out of the lot of them.
And the original for anyone interested. I laughed hard, well done!
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a Coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred
Down came the troopers One Two Three
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Up jumped the swagman sprang in to the billabong
You'll never catch me alive said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
I disagree, the people chose a government that were going to investigate an optional filter. Who was to know that it was going to change.
Then there is the Alcopop tax, to curb binge drinking in young adults. Well all pre-mixed spirits have become so expensive that said young adults are turning to post mixing there drinks, so instead of getting a controlled, albeit high amount, they are getting an uncontrolled and in most cases stronger mix, leading to an actual increase of binge drinking in young adults.
Kevin Rudd is a poser, he knew how to put on a good show, but as a leader I really do wonder what he is doing to _lead_ his party when you have halfwits like Conroy running around like a headless chook claiming that our kids are at risk and the sky is falling!!!!
Webshieldis one of the providers participating, here is some of the feed back from their site
David from South Australia
I would like to say that; I am so happy using Webshield because I don't have to worry about what the children are doing, passwords or anything. I was constantly keeping tabs on things before, but now I know Webshield is doing it for me.
Angie from South Australia
Before I used Webshield, I would constantly be checking my children on the internet, worried and anxious about what they might 'accidently' find. But now with Webshield, I can leave them to their homework, etc and not stress."
Julie from Queensland
With 2 boys approaching teenage years and a husband who works late into the night at times, we (and I say âweâ(TM) on behalf of my husband as well) are glad for the peace of mind webshield provides. With pornography and all that it leads too, sweeping through families â" even strong families â" as it is channelled right into our houses, wreaking absolute heartache and havoc, we can only be glad for protection.
Those three quotes are quite probably the most disturbing potential outcomes from such a system.
The brutal truth of the matter is that what ever you can _easily_ find on the web via http is far less dangerous than Predators lurking on Friend face or Instant Messaging, which cannot be filtered. (You could block them entirely, but could you imagine the uproar of Millions of people then!). And wanting to block "Unwanted Material" this screams scope creep in a big way.
I am an Australian, and the B/S the Dis-Honourable Senator Conroy continues to feed us is quite alarming. I have met the man in person and witnessed first hand his obvious technical ineptness.
I for one will be fighting tooth and nail to inform everyone I know and I am already geared up at home to "circumvent" any filter.
2) If you plan to use it, consider not fscking with it. Having a TV on the fritz because you tweak the software constantly can sometimes be pretty annoying (maybe mostly to the *other* people).
Seconded, I plan major changes a long time in advance and usually tie in a hdd upgrade at the same time. Means I can fall back to the old setup if I can't do it in time. Makes for a much happier significant other!!
I use Knoppmyth as of R6 it will become LinHES. There is a lot of development and the aim being to become an out of the box PVR solution.
I use NTFS-3G constantly for recovering data and also use it for external hard drives to transfer between windows and *nix machines. In it's early iterations, it was slow, but now days you can't even tell the FS isn't native.
PowersHell indeed. Absof'ing useless. I watched my boss type some commands into the exchange box... my god it's just stupid! How long do commands really need to be???
I had a similar experience, a student a few years below me, used me as a scape goat for being busted using the teachers account. He had gathered there password by watching them type it.
I nearly got expelled a month before graduation. Unfortunately it resulted in having to "Coerce" said student into explaining how he really got the password.
I can't say I've tried the Audio component, mainly as I don't have any bluetooth audio devices. But command line? I have _never_ dropped to the command line to use a bluetooth device. I turn bluetooth on, the Bluetooth logo pops up near the clock, I right click and it gives me many options including pairing, browsing devices etc. I'll have to find a bluetooth audio device and see if I have any dramas with that. I dunno what distro your using...?
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I did have that problem and solved it with the Win2K launcher and setting the games to run with a processor affinity of 1.
It was quite annoying, but I still have the same machine and I haven't used the launcher in a _long_ time, so I would say the software problems have been resolved.
Well Said!
Actually the system I believe they are going to "trial" doesn't correlate to the systems they want to implement.
Depending on how they implement it, they could be just implementing a URL blacklist, which is trivial to setup with a transparent proxy and will not impact speed all that much.
What Conroy _wants_ to implement is much much more than that and will require much more hardware and _will_ impact speed phenomenally.
What I fear the most is that this "Trial" is just a showboat to "prove" that it's technically feasible and then implement full content filtering (which Conroy claimed showed promising results, even if the report shows something far different), which of course will fail miserably.
That line is objective and something that is the responsibility of Parents. I used to work for a school and the only kids we had trouble with were the ones with Parents that were completely unwilling to believe their child could do wrong or just didn't give a rats ass whats_so_ever! I know when I did wrong at school, my father would talk to me about it and by time I was nearing the end of high school he knew enough about me to know when a Teacher was being unreasonable or when to punish me for doing the wrong thing.
There is no way I am going to let the government tell me how to raise my inevitable children and if the filter goes through, my connection will be on a permanent proxy, so they will receive unfiltered access, of which I will be monitoring and educating them about.
Also a far over-rated danger. I don't know the numbers for Australia but in the US, in . Your kid is more likely to be killed in a car crash.
Quite probably the case, but there is still a danger and that danger is best mitigated by monitoring and educating children.
Indeed, most responsible parents teach their kids not to accept candy from strangers, look both ways before crossing the street etc. IMO the internet is just as dangerous and should be treated the same way.
They're a not for profit organisation.
Actually, I recommend people to Webshield and even suggested to Conroy himself that he setup a website and education package to promote the option for people that want it.
But along with that and I am led to believe even in Webshield's ToS that minors should not be left unsupervised. Even still, it is exactly the sort of mentality the government should not be promoting and along with that, why the heck should my Tax dollars go to a filtering solution that I don't want and is already available to those that do want it.
Gah, I really should check my links Bernadette McMenamin
They spoke out against it, do you really think the government are going to pick them. This "trial" is all about finding people to support Conroy's "findings".
I hope you have some success, it's worth sending, but I can probably send you the same scripted letter I received. Quite offensive and completely dismissive.
Chances are likely, but if you've ever listened to Bernadette McMenamin chances are I fear, that there are people that truly believe garbage like this.
"The initial round of ISPs are Primus Telecommunications, Tech 2U, Webshield, OMNIconnect, Netforce and Highway 1.
No doubt they were selected due to not being to vocal about the filter and being rather small ISPs here in Australia. Primus is probably the biggest out of the lot of them.
And the original for anyone interested. I laughed hard, well done!
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a Coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred
Down came the troopers One Two Three
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Up jumped the swagman sprang in to the billabong
You'll never catch me alive said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
I disagree, the people chose a government that were going to investigate an optional filter. Who was to know that it was going to change.
Then there is the Alcopop tax, to curb binge drinking in young adults. Well all pre-mixed spirits have become so expensive that said young adults are turning to post mixing there drinks, so instead of getting a controlled, albeit high amount, they are getting an uncontrolled and in most cases stronger mix, leading to an actual increase of binge drinking in young adults.
Kevin Rudd is a poser, he knew how to put on a good show, but as a leader I really do wonder what he is doing to _lead_ his party when you have halfwits like Conroy running around like a headless chook claiming that our kids are at risk and the sky is falling!!!!
David from South Australia I would like to say that; I am so happy using Webshield because I don't have to worry about what the children are doing, passwords or anything. I was constantly keeping tabs on things before, but now I know Webshield is doing it for me.
Angie from South Australia Before I used Webshield, I would constantly be checking my children on the internet, worried and anxious about what they might 'accidently' find. But now with Webshield, I can leave them to their homework, etc and not stress."
Julie from Queensland With 2 boys approaching teenage years and a husband who works late into the night at times, we (and I say âweâ(TM) on behalf of my husband as well) are glad for the peace of mind webshield provides. With pornography and all that it leads too, sweeping through families â" even strong families â" as it is channelled right into our houses, wreaking absolute heartache and havoc, we can only be glad for protection.
Those three quotes are quite probably the most disturbing potential outcomes from such a system.
The brutal truth of the matter is that what ever you can _easily_ find on the web via http is far less dangerous than Predators lurking on Friend face or Instant Messaging, which cannot be filtered. (You could block them entirely, but could you imagine the uproar of Millions of people then!). And wanting to block "Unwanted Material" this screams scope creep in a big way.
I am an Australian, and the B/S the Dis-Honourable Senator Conroy continues to feed us is quite alarming. I have met the man in person and witnessed first hand his obvious technical ineptness.
I for one will be fighting tooth and nail to inform everyone I know and I am already geared up at home to "circumvent" any filter.
2) If you plan to use it, consider not fscking with it. Having a TV on the fritz because you tweak the software constantly can sometimes be pretty annoying (maybe mostly to the *other* people).
Seconded, I plan major changes a long time in advance and usually tie in a hdd upgrade at the same time. Means I can fall back to the old setup if I can't do it in time. Makes for a much happier significant other!!
I use Knoppmyth as of R6 it will become LinHES. There is a lot of development and the aim being to become an out of the box PVR solution.
I use NTFS-3G constantly for recovering data and also use it for external hard drives to transfer between windows and *nix machines. In it's early iterations, it was slow, but now days you can't even tell the FS isn't native.
Damn, gunna have that song stuck in my head for days... So catchy... mmm Pork!
Troll!! It was supposed to be funny! Oh well first Troll modding FTW!
...because it's always a work in progress. We in the Microsft world appear to always be "chasing" a prize that can never be caught.
Fixed that for you...
PowersHell indeed. Absof'ing useless. I watched my boss type some commands into the exchange box... my god it's just stupid! How long do commands really need to be???
I had a similar experience, a student a few years below me, used me as a scape goat for being busted using the teachers account. He had gathered there password by watching them type it.
I nearly got expelled a month before graduation. Unfortunately it resulted in having to "Coerce" said student into explaining how he really got the password.
Don't forget the damned Alcopop Tax. Not Happy!
I can't say I've tried the Audio component, mainly as I don't have any bluetooth audio devices. But command line? I have _never_ dropped to the command line to use a bluetooth device. I turn bluetooth on, the Bluetooth logo pops up near the clock, I right click and it gives me many options including pairing, browsing devices etc. I'll have to find a bluetooth audio device and see if I have any dramas with that. I dunno what distro your using...?