I worked at a fairly large NY City recording studio and we had ordered a brand spanking new 56-frame recording console ($810,000) from one of the only two large frame British console makers that matter.
I don't recall if the thing came by plane or boat, but when we got it, it came on four not quite fully loaded pallets (they didn't stack the stuff very high).
The shipping guys gingerly removed the skids from the truck at the studio and into the room where it would eventually live.
The next day two engineers from England arrived to put the beast together and test every component on every channel so that the console was 100% when they left for home.
Once it was assembled, EVERYTHING WORKED and required no addition maintainance due to the long journey.
You might be thinking of the guy who built the BEHEMOTH recumbant bike, with the trailer.
He had WAY more than a Mac plus. As I recall, he had a Mac, a Sun Workstation, and a PC all networked with wireless internet access, integrated GPS, and a credit card verifer for when he did consulting as he travelled.
He had some strange buttons on his handlebars for typing, and one of the military inspired "cobra helicopter" eyepieces for viewing his screen.
I don't have time to search for a link, but I'm sure it's out there.
I didn't miss the point at all. I am aware of what happened in the 2000 election. I didn't go into details because that is not what my initial post was about.
I also did not want it to be labelled a TROLL therein minimizing the point I was actually trying to make.
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Spying infrastructures are a BAD idea.
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Brin may be right, or he may be wrong.
The fact is that most Americans don't care if they have the government oversite that he speaks of. They TRUST their government.... after all, we're the GOOD guys. We would NEVER do anything wrong.
I saw Phil Zimmermann speak a few years ago and Phil spoke about how technical infrastructures rarely go away. There are no laws mandating 120 volts @ 60 cycles in the US. It's just an infrastructure that's in place, that will likely not go away, ever.
The same will be true for the spying infrastructures that we're allowing our government to install.
Brin's argument assumes a truly awful government will never be elected or take power by coup. Apparently he knows nothing about history.
Installing these infrstructures is a terrible mistake that we will one day regret.
Oh GOD NO! Not features for an OS that help people protect the products they're trying to sell! HOW EVIL!
You're not thinking. How far are you willing to let corporations of law enforcement peer into your home to check for these violations?
What else will MS be checking for? Will they be looking for Open_PGP keyrings? (secret keys in particular). We have no idea WHAT they're looking for, and without being able to audit their code we have to take their word for it.
I don't trust them OR law enforcement to tell me the truth.
Do you think "Digital Rights Management" would have been such a big thing, do you think the DMCA ever would have been created if piracy wasn't as mainstream as it is today?
I have no idea. I am trying to think of an example where theft or piracy isn't rampant in an industry, yet they vigorously protect it anyway. I am still thinking. I'll get back to you on this.
However, your question implies that you think it's OK if this "feature" in the new EULA does this (checks for warez), when it says it's doing something else.
Everyone always says "read the fine print" but when a slashdotter actually does this and raises a red flag about a potential... POTENTIAL privacy issue, they're criticized for it.
Yes, MS is an EASY target, but just because they're being attacked does not mean they do not deserve it.
Do you run Windows yourself? If you do, (and be honest about it) did you buy it?
I'm not sure what I do is anyone's business.
And if you didn't, do you have the right to complain?
I will always defend my right to protect my rights and consumer rights. Just as I argue vehemently against those who say I lose my right to free speech if I choose not to vote.
Rich...
This can be done without the EULA.
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I think the most important issue here is that MS can have its OS's download and perform upgrades WITHOUT having to have this kind of language in the EULA.
All it would need to do is have an automatic wizard pop up ever week (or month) or so and ask your PERMISSION to check for and download the latest updates. The Wizard can even provide a lengthy explanation of what it's about to do for those who want more information.
That is all that's required for REAL updates.
This language in the EULA sounds like it might be giving them EXTRA permission to do other things. Checking version numbers of WHAT software? As someone else pointed out, will this include OfficeXP? Is it checking for pirated warez?
So despite all of the people up here screaming that ONCE AGAIN the/. crowd will do anything to bash MS, there is something to be concerned about here.
"Just business" is just an excuse that Americans have had forced down their throats to promote unethical, immoral, and often illegal business practices.
If you repeat something enough, it becomes true.
It's not just business. It's personal, and it's wrong.
(there's not supposed to be a space between the 1 and the 6)
Saw it coming.
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That's fine, except we're not talking about aluminum wire (at least I'm not). We're talking about normal usage when a properly working, and properly wired device might exceed the load limits of a safety device.
In this case the homeowner did nothing wrong and if there were a problem, they WOULD have a case. Isurance would likely pay and go after the manufacturer at fault.
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Who said anything about using something outside of its limits? I'm talking about a house that is wired properly for 20 amps, with 20 amp wire, and recepticles in the room. It is NOT incorrect usage to occasionally pop a breaker every now and again.
When that air conditioner turns on there is a moment when the motor in the unit draws a LOT of current. Perhaps more than the breaker can handle. If the breaker doesn't trip and something catastrophic happens you WILL have a case against the manufacturer.... if you can prove it.
Calm down there, my man... That's some pretty harsh language.
Driving drunk is irresponsible.
Shooting guns into the air on New Year's Eve is irresponsible.
This, on the other hand, isn't that big a fucking deal at all.
Isn't it?
Bringing down a website from what is essentially a DOS isn't a big thing?
I thought that 1.5 years ago during the big DOS attacks we learned from the national media that even ONE MOMENT of downtime for a site costs them BILLIONS!!!
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You can't use the same gauge wire that you can get away in the rest of the house. You need a lower number gauge, and more of it. The primary consequences of failing to do this will be an inability to run everything at once without tripping a circuit breaker.
What gauge are you recommending? I've been wiring houses for years and use 12 gauge wire runs to all of the rooms (12-gauge will carry 20 amps). I would think that two 20-amp circuits to ANY home server room should suffice.
There are also code issues here. If the wiring is inadequate and your house burns down from this (circuit breakers can fail to trip) your insurance company won't pay you a dime.
If a breaker fails to trip, then your insurance company will have a case against the manufacturer of the breaker.
Also consider having one or two 220 volt outlets installed during this time.
In a SERVER ROOM? Is he going to be arc-welding?:-)
If you need to install a room air conditioner for your server room you'll need this.
I can't recall the last time I saw a ROOM air-conditioner that required a 220 circuit. This sounds like total geek overkill to me.
Yes, definitely run a 50-amp, 220 line into your garage (compressors, welders, etc...). But your server room? Nah.
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The animated Trek series of the 70's didn't last long, but there were a few decent stories among the lot.
Rich...
Plus early A/D simply sounded like shit.
:-)
Yes, good compression technology has been around for a long time. I use it every weekend in this analog room that I work in.
We do need to get some dynamics back onto the CD's. Digital guys talk about their signal to noise ratio, but they never take advantage of it.
Someday we'll return to preserving dynamics. Who knows when. It's fashion.
Rich...
No real studios I have ever been is are using Atari for anything. It's all Macintosh. I'm sure there are some home recording holdouts however. Rich...
For me the issue is what video card to get, and what CD-RW, and DVD drive? I want to buy a RH 7.3 compatible machine to install linux on. Rich...
For me the issue is what video card to get, and what CD-RW, and DID drive? I want to buy a RH 7.3 compatible machine to install linux on.
Rich...
Here's a boring one.
I worked at a fairly large NY City recording studio and we had ordered a brand spanking new 56-frame recording console ($810,000) from one of the only two large frame British console makers that matter.
I don't recall if the thing came by plane or boat, but when we got it, it came on four not quite fully loaded pallets (they didn't stack the stuff very high).
The shipping guys gingerly removed the skids from the truck at the studio and into the room where it would eventually live.
The next day two engineers from England arrived to put the beast together and test every component on every channel so that the console was 100% when they left for home.
Once it was assembled, EVERYTHING WORKED and required no addition maintainance due to the long journey.
I told you I was going to bore you.
Rich...
Yes, RMS did a great many things. We thank him, *I* thank him.
But he does seem to put himself on a pedestal, and expects to be treated accordingly.
There comes a point when a man no longer deserves a "get out of jail free card."
Is Stallman there? I don't know. That's for you to decide.
Rich...
What does "done lead sound for Garth Brooks" mean? Are you a FOH engineer? Did you design the front end or monitor mix? What? Rich...
You might be thinking of the guy who built the BEHEMOTH recumbant bike, with the trailer.
He had WAY more than a Mac plus. As I recall, he had a Mac, a Sun Workstation, and a PC all networked with wireless internet access, integrated GPS, and a credit card verifer for when he did consulting as he travelled.
He had some strange buttons on his handlebars for typing, and one of the military inspired "cobra helicopter" eyepieces for viewing his screen.
I don't have time to search for a link, but I'm sure it's out there.
Rich...
I didn't miss the point at all. I am aware of what happened in the 2000 election. I didn't go into details because that is not what my initial post was about.
I also did not want it to be labelled a TROLL therein minimizing the point I was actually trying to make.
Rich...
Brin may be right, or he may be wrong.
The fact is that most Americans don't care if they have the government oversite that he speaks of. They TRUST their government.... after all, we're the GOOD guys. We would NEVER do anything wrong.
I saw Phil Zimmermann speak a few years ago and Phil spoke about how technical infrastructures rarely go away. There are no laws mandating 120 volts @ 60 cycles in the US. It's just an infrastructure that's in place, that will likely not go away, ever.
The same will be true for the spying infrastructures that we're allowing our government to install.
Brin's argument assumes a truly awful government will never be elected or take power by coup. Apparently he knows nothing about history.
Installing these infrstructures is a terrible mistake that we will one day regret.
Rich...
The movie is 109 minutes long. That's a LONG movie????
I like the films I see to be about 120 minutes long, else I don't feel I'm getting what I paid for.
Perhaps John Katz did not see Titanic.
Rich...
You're not thinking. How far are you willing to let corporations of law enforcement peer into your home to check for these violations?
What else will MS be checking for? Will they be looking for Open_PGP keyrings? (secret keys in particular). We have no idea WHAT they're looking for, and without being able to audit their code we have to take their word for it.
I don't trust them OR law enforcement to tell me the truth.
I have no idea. I am trying to think of an example where theft or piracy isn't rampant in an industry, yet they vigorously protect it anyway. I am still thinking. I'll get back to you on this.
However, your question implies that you think it's OK if this "feature" in the new EULA does this (checks for warez), when it says it's doing something else.
Everyone always says "read the fine print" but when a slashdotter actually does this and raises a red flag about a potential... POTENTIAL privacy issue, they're criticized for it.
Yes, MS is an EASY target, but just because they're being attacked does not mean they do not deserve it.
I'm not sure what I do is anyone's business.
I will always defend my right to protect my rights and consumer rights. Just as I argue vehemently against those who say I lose my right to free speech if I choose not to vote.
Rich...
I think the most important issue here is that MS can have its OS's download and perform upgrades WITHOUT having to have this kind of language in the EULA.
/. crowd will do anything to bash MS, there is something to be concerned about here.
All it would need to do is have an automatic wizard pop up ever week (or month) or so and ask your PERMISSION to check for and download the latest updates. The Wizard can even provide a lengthy explanation of what it's about to do for those who want more information.
That is all that's required for REAL updates.
This language in the EULA sounds like it might be giving them EXTRA permission to do other things. Checking version numbers of WHAT software? As someone else pointed out, will this include OfficeXP? Is it checking for pirated warez?
So despite all of the people up here screaming that ONCE AGAIN the
Rich...
The plural of virus is viruses.
Rich...
My opinions are not based on fashion, I can assure you of that.
And I do not necessarily think the US sucks, but much of its foreign policy (and current domestic policies and laws) do.
It's not really fair of you to say that everywhere else sucks worse since I suspect that you have not BEEN everywhere else.
Rich...
And by the way...YOU'VE GOT MAIL was "just a movie."
Rich...
"Just business" is just an excuse that Americans have had forced down their throats to promote unethical, immoral, and often illegal business practices.
If you repeat something enough, it becomes true.
It's not just business. It's personal, and it's wrong.
Rich...
Why should he shut the hell up for pointing out the immoral things that the US does?
Rich...
May the fleas of one thousand camels infest your sister's underwear.
I predicted that he would be let go without a trial, and here is my original comment from the September slashdot thread:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=22120&cid=2371 611
(there's not supposed to be a space between the 1 and the 6)
Saw it coming.
Rich...
That's fine, except we're not talking about aluminum wire (at least I'm not). We're talking about normal usage when a properly working, and properly wired device might exceed the load limits of a safety device.
In this case the homeowner did nothing wrong and if there were a problem, they WOULD have a case. Isurance would likely pay and go after the manufacturer at fault.
Rich...
Who said anything about using something outside of its limits? I'm talking about a house that is wired properly for 20 amps, with 20 amp wire, and recepticles in the room. It is NOT incorrect usage to occasionally pop a breaker every now and again.
When that air conditioner turns on there is a moment when the motor in the unit draws a LOT of current. Perhaps more than the breaker can handle. If the breaker doesn't trip and something catastrophic happens you WILL have a case against the manufacturer.... if you can prove it.
Rich...
Isn't it? Bringing down a website from what is essentially a DOS isn't a big thing?
I thought that 1.5 years ago during the big DOS attacks we learned from the national media that even ONE MOMENT of downtime for a site costs them BILLIONS!!!
Rich...
What gauge are you recommending? I've been wiring houses for years and use 12 gauge wire runs to all of the rooms (12-gauge will carry 20 amps). I would think that two 20-amp circuits to ANY home server room should suffice.
If a breaker fails to trip, then your insurance company will have a case against the manufacturer of the breaker.
In a SERVER ROOM? Is he going to be arc-welding? :-)
I can't recall the last time I saw a ROOM air-conditioner that required a 220 circuit. This sounds like total geek overkill to me. Yes, definitely run a 50-amp, 220 line into your garage (compressors, welders, etc...). But your server room? Nah.
Rich...