Boot Camp isn't permanently required, nor is an OS X partition. If you set your hard drive to BIOS mode, you can install Windows or Linux, . or dual-boot between the too. You will need the driver disk for Windows that Boot Camp produces, but it's not required otherwise.
"I have friends who own the Palm version of the 700 and these do some very weird things. They reboot themselves constantly, email is very flaky, syncing to Mac computers is so-so at best. Basically syncing is a crapshoot."
Oh, balls. My Sprint 700p does none of this. It's rock-solid, and my only complaint is poor bluetooth headset support. I sync via BT w/o any problems whatsoever. Mac sync requires third-party software (Missing Link?)
The BT headset problems are supposed to be addressed via an update this quarter.
I'm considering building a vbox (linux,xp,vista) but I'm not sure what I would gain over my current setup of three shuttles linked via a kvm...other than the electric bill.
I lose graphics acceleration, except for which ever OS acts as host. Anything else lost?
"WHAT? The majority of people who break CSS are not Linux users or people with problems playing a movie on their "el cheapo DVD player", it's the people renting stuff and then ripping it. I couldn't care less about these people, they're thieves, period."
Sorry, I still take exception to your opinion of copyright violators. Copyright violation is not theft, nor is copying a rental.
"If you think the current laws are unfair fine, but this doesn't make it right to violate them because you think they are outdated."
You just disowned the Suffragets, the 60's Civil Rights movement and God knows what else. You don't really mean that:)
"People can call this what they want. It doesn't change the fact that the owner hasn't given their approval in duplicating their media, and your doing so violates the terms of the agreement."
No, people can't call it what they want. Words have meaning.
"As for Netflix, their are not going to bother..."
That's correct, because I haven't "stolen" anything from Netflix. I (a theoretical I) have broken their terms of service. Their response is to keep my $20/mo and throttle back my deliveries. Which is a perfectly acceptable response.
If I record "Rome" or "The Sopranos," off HBO, then lend the DVDs to a friend, that's a violation of HBO's terms of service. Is that theft too? How about taking a leak during a commercial? According to a widely quoted statement from a Times-Warner executive, that's "stealing" their content. Do you agree?
"If a friend asked you to keep your word on something, you would do it. Why is it different with a media company?"
Breaking one's word is not theft. It's breaking one's word. And that's not clear-cut either. I'd view breaking one's word to a friend over a serious matter as a much worse moral offense than ignoring the terms of a click-through license or loaning a friend a DVD recorded from HBO.
Sure, everyone who reads/. is up to date on the DRM wars, but I guarantee you the majority of NYT readers aren't. Anti-DRM publicity in the pages of the national "paper of record" is an excellent step forward for the good guys!
So, if I violate the terms of a service contract with Netflix am I a thief? Do you think Netflix would rather keep my $20/mo and throttle back my service, or drop me as a customer and lose the $20?
Terms like "stealing," "pirate," and "theft" don't belong in discussions about IP and copyright. This terminology has been injected into the debate by the *AAs and their minions. Downloading an MP3 from Limewire or copying a DVD from Netflix is not theft, it's at most a copyright violation. Apples and oranges.
"WHAT? The majority of people who break CSS are not Linux users or people with problems playing a movie on their "el cheapo DVD player", it's the people renting stuff and then ripping it. I couldn't care less about these people, they're thieves, period."
On one hand, I subscribe to HBO and record content. On the other, I subscribe to Netflix and rip content. What's the moral difference?
I enjoyed the films and own the extended edition. That said, I was disappointed with Jackson's take. For me, the entire point of the book was the Scouring of the Shire and he left that out. I won't even go into how he butchered Frodo.
== In the holy wars of whether WINE benefits the Linux community or not, I think it hurts more than it harms. If you want to game with your PC, dual boot...you know, with that OS your machine came with. ==
I have to agree. As a former OS/2 user, in retrospect I think that having limited Windows compatibility hurt more than it helped.
SF&F author Piers Anthony, http://hipiers.com/publishing.html maintains a directory of various POD services. It's quite informative and pulls no punches regarding the bad apples.
"If I get past the hardware hurdle then I'd need to do some research on how to install it. What new commands do I need to learn? how do I install hardware drivers (since they're not just plug and play like Windows where everything auto-magic-ly works)."
That's not been my experience with XP. I use Linux for my day-to-day activities and maintain an XP box for ripping and converting DVDs to AVI and the occasional game. Windows being Windows, I usually need to wipe/reinstall once or twice a year.
Windows almost _never_ recognizes my hardware out of the box. Even stuff as mundane as onboard chipsets for AC97 audio,SiS video and Realtek eth send me scrambling for the motherboard utilities/driver disc, where on the other hand, Linux recognizes these devices at boot.
I see a moderate amount of damage in TV collections more than anything else. I'm currently working through ST:TOS and have had about 5 unplayable discs out of 34 so far. Mostly scratches, but one was cracked in half (that could have been the post office, I guess.)
Still, I enjoy the service. Cheaper than cable or satellite.
"How about - rip/transcode whatever.... Then burn onto DVD - keeps the costs down nicely. Just how many films do you own to justify a 2TB storage solution? How often do you watch them? With the money saved you could even go an watch a film at the movies (while on holiday with the rest of the saved cash)."
Won't work for me. I have about 400 transcoded movies, ripped from my DVD collection. DVDs are inconvienient when compared to central storage and theaters are a hassle when compared to a 60" widescreen LCD. Plus the fact that DVD-Rs are rather unreliable, even when you buy more expensive premium discs.
I need a good NAS to hold a video collection. I wonder though if I'd be better off to build one instead. Cheap headless linux box with 5 bays would work, yes?
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Well said. No way is the parent flamebait.
Boot Camp isn't permanently required, nor is an OS X partition. If you set your hard drive to BIOS mode, you can install Windows or Linux, . or dual-boot between the too. You will need the driver disk for Windows that Boot Camp produces, but it's not required otherwise.
"I have friends who own the Palm version of the 700 and these do some very weird things. They reboot themselves constantly, email is very flaky, syncing to Mac computers is so-so at best. Basically syncing is a crapshoot."
Oh, balls. My Sprint 700p does none of this. It's rock-solid, and my only complaint is poor bluetooth headset support. I sync via BT w/o any problems whatsoever. Mac sync requires third-party software (Missing Link?)
The BT headset problems are supposed to be addressed via an update this quarter.
I'm considering building a vbox (linux,xp,vista) but I'm not sure what I would gain over my current setup of three shuttles linked via a kvm...other than the electric bill.
I lose graphics acceleration, except for which ever OS acts as host. Anything else lost?
If the dam breaks for audio, I wonder what the long term prospects are for unencumbered DVD? Will we see the collapse of most DRMed media?
What you originally said:
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"WHAT? The majority of people who break CSS are not Linux users or people with problems playing a movie on their "el cheapo DVD player", it's the people renting stuff and then ripping it. I couldn't care less about these people, they're thieves, period."
Sorry, I still take exception to your opinion of copyright violators. Copyright violation is not theft, nor is copying a rental.
"If you think the current laws are unfair fine, but this doesn't make it right to violate them because you think they are outdated."
You just disowned the Suffragets, the 60's Civil Rights movement and God knows what else. You don't really mean that
"People can call this what they want. It doesn't change the fact that the owner hasn't given their approval in duplicating their media, and your doing so violates the terms of the agreement."
No, people can't call it what they want. Words have meaning.
"As for Netflix, their are not going to bother..."
That's correct, because I haven't "stolen" anything from Netflix. I (a theoretical I) have broken their terms of service. Their response is to keep my $20/mo and throttle back my deliveries. Which is a perfectly acceptable response.
If I record "Rome" or "The Sopranos," off HBO, then lend the DVDs to a friend, that's a violation of HBO's terms of service. Is that theft too? How about taking a leak during a commercial? According to a widely quoted statement from a Times-Warner executive, that's "stealing" their content. Do you agree?
"If a friend asked you to keep your word on something, you would do it. Why is it different with a media company?"
Breaking one's word is not theft. It's breaking one's word. And that's not clear-cut either. I'd view breaking one's word to a friend over a serious matter as a much worse moral offense than ignoring the terms of a click-through license or loaning a friend a DVD recorded from HBO.
Sure, everyone who reads /. is up to date on the DRM wars, but I guarantee you the majority of NYT readers aren't. Anti-DRM publicity in the pages of the national "paper of record" is an excellent step forward for the good guys!
So, if I violate the terms of a service contract with Netflix am I a thief? Do you think Netflix would rather keep my $20/mo and throttle back my service, or drop me as a customer and lose the $20?
Terms like "stealing," "pirate," and "theft" don't belong in discussions about IP and copyright. This terminology has been injected into the debate by the *AAs and their minions. Downloading an MP3 from Limewire or copying a DVD from Netflix is not theft, it's at most a copyright violation. Apples and oranges.
"WHAT? The majority of people who break CSS are not Linux users or people with problems playing a movie on their "el cheapo DVD player", it's the people renting stuff and then ripping it. I couldn't care less about these people, they're thieves, period."
On one hand, I subscribe to HBO and record content. On the other, I subscribe to Netflix and rip content. What's the moral difference?
Amen.
I enjoyed the films and own the extended edition. That said, I was disappointed with Jackson's take. For me, the entire point of the book was the Scouring of the Shire and he left that out. I won't even go into how he butchered Frodo.
I have a 60" LCD and have used HD from satellite and cable (no OTA here.) Now I have neither. Too much money and not enough content.
Excellent interview at the link above. Mod parent up.
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In the holy wars of whether WINE benefits the Linux community or not, I think it hurts more than it harms. If you want to game with your PC, dual boot...you know, with that OS your machine came with.
==
I have to agree. As a former OS/2 user, in retrospect I think that having limited Windows compatibility hurt more than it helped.
SF&F author Piers Anthony, http://hipiers.com/publishing.html maintains a directory of various POD services. It's quite informative and pulls no punches regarding the bad apples.
"If I get past the hardware hurdle then I'd need to do some research on how to install it. What new commands do I need to learn? how do I install hardware drivers (since they're not just plug and play like Windows where everything auto-magic-ly works)."
That's not been my experience with XP. I use Linux for my day-to-day activities and maintain an XP box for ripping and converting DVDs to AVI and the occasional game. Windows being Windows, I usually need to wipe/reinstall once or twice a year.
Windows almost _never_ recognizes my hardware out of the box. Even stuff as mundane as onboard chipsets for AC97 audio,SiS video and Realtek eth send me scrambling for the motherboard utilities/driver disc, where on the other hand, Linux recognizes these devices at boot.
I see a moderate amount of damage in TV collections more than anything else. I'm currently working through ST:TOS and have had about 5 unplayable discs out of 34 so far. Mostly scratches, but one was cracked in half (that could have been the post office, I guess.)
Still, I enjoy the service. Cheaper than cable or satellite.
"How about - rip/transcode whatever.... Then burn onto DVD - keeps the costs down nicely. Just how many films do you own to justify a 2TB storage solution? How often do you watch them? With the money saved you could even go an watch a film at the movies (while on holiday with the rest of the saved cash)."
Won't work for me. I have about 400 transcoded movies, ripped from my DVD collection. DVDs are inconvienient when compared to central storage and theaters are a hassle when compared to a 60" widescreen LCD. Plus the fact that DVD-Rs are rather unreliable, even when you buy more expensive premium discs.
I'd go for a cheap whitebox that I could cram 5 3.5 drives into. No LCD or other fancy stuff, just ssh for access.
I need a good NAS to hold a video collection. I wonder though if I'd be better off to build one instead. Cheap headless linux box with 5 bays would work, yes?
>While I know Superman is invincible, I never understood how his cloths >never got damaged. Are they imported from another planet?
Yes. According to silver age canon, Ma Kent unravelled his Kryptonian swaddling clothes and used the yarn to make indestructible outfits.
>glider flying wing ridden by anime heroin Nausicaa. Oh. I thought he meant flying with heroin.
Mod this up!
>One question: Are you going to PAY (as in money) for Apple's O.S. or are >you just going to copy it from a friend?
I'll gladly pay for a retail copy, as long as they don't screw with the end-user (WGA, I'm looking at you!).
I call BS. The original IBMPC was in the $3K range. Apple ][ was around $2K.
After reading about it [IBM] in Byte, I was lusting for one to replace my Atari 800 which I bought for about $500 less than an Apple.