Re: RE: [H] Gas prices
It's been pretty good for Exxon, Getty, Shell, etc. From: Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Aug 18 13:29:59 CDT 2005 To: 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] Gas prices On 19 Aug 2005 at 0:12, Tony Antoniou wrote: Bush made the BS oil inflation happen with his War on Terror. Sorry to all you militant Bush supporters out there but Bush and his family of oil-riggers are laughing all the way to the bank, along with the people above them pulling the strings. In October of 1996, Dick Cheney, who was then a member of Congress from Wyoming, said: ?Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States? Vince
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I paid $2.55/gal for Regular today. I just wonder if we'll ever get back to the $1.50/gal days again. As harsh as it sounds, low gas prices are a lot more important to me that supporing anybody's agenda or liberating other countries. It's funny, though, that the gas companies are posting record profits. So I really wonder how much of this is an increase in oil price, and how much is just an excuse to charge more for gasoline.
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A few years ago BMW showed off a 5 series that ran off water. It cracked the water into hydrogen within the car itself. Of course that tech won't ever see the light of day. :( From: 007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 17 13:26:05 CDT 2005 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices The most fuel efficient cars use heavy water. 007. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:16 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: Re: [H] Gas prices On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Ben Ruset wrote: It's funny, though, that the gas companies are posting record profits. So I really wonder how much of this is an increase in oil price, and how much is just an excuse to charge more for gasoline. I look at it this way, assuming that a gas company wants to make 5% profit on every gallon of gas, it's in thier interest to have thier costs go up 5% because then thier profit goes up too. Instead of making 5cents on gas that costs them $1.00 to make they make 6 cents profit on gas that cost them $1.05 to make (Or similar, you get my point =) Also, the gas we have now was made with oil that cost $50/barrel instead of oil that cost $65/barrel, yet we're being charged the $65/barrel price! Christopher Fisk -- I WILL NOT DO MATH IN CLASS I WILL NOT DO MATH IN CLASS Lisa Simpson on chalkboard in episode BABF07
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The energy to crack the water was from solar panels mounted on the roof. Apparently they have a similar system now hybridized with a gasoline engine in a 7 series. http://www.bmwworld.com/models/750hl.htm From: Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 17 13:39:10 CDT 2005 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Ben Ruset wrote: A few years ago BMW showed off a 5 series that ran off water. It cracked the water into hydrogen within the car itself. Of course that tech won't ever see the light of day. :( This doesn't make sense. It takes energy to split water into Oxygen and hydrogen. To then burn that hydrogen to power the car is just a waste of energy. Why not just use the energy used to crack the water to power the car? There is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine =) Christopher Fisk -- BOFH Excuse #330: quantum decoherence
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If you're cracking hydrogen in your car why would you need to fill up at a station? From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 17 13:56:41 CDT 2005 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: Re: [H] Gas prices At 03:52 PM 17/08/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: Did someone repeal the laws of physics and chemistry? It takes more energy to crack water than you get back when recombining the hydrogen and oxygen. I think that report was a misunderstanding of the technology. The idea is to use solar power in a large plant to crack water into hydrogen. You would fill up with hydrogen at a gas station, and burn it in your car. Hummer is releasing a model that does this as well. Hydrogen is an energy carrier like oil, it isn't free energy. T
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So then if you're already filling your tank, what's the point of cracking more? Seems like it would add needless expense, complexity, and weight to the vehicle. From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 17 15:00:37 CDT 2005 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: Re: Re: [H] Gas prices At 04:51 PM 17/08/2005, Ben Ruset wrote: If you're cracking hydrogen in your car why would you need to fill up at a station? Because cracking hydrogen requires more power than you can generate on current solar panels small enough to fit on a car roof. IIRC, there's a company here that sells a 4x2 solar panel that generates 10W. There's no way that's enough power to generate hydrogen on the fly. T
Re: Re: [H] Gas prices
Further proof that the oil companies are gouging customers outside the mideast. You can't tell me that there is a ~$1.60/gal charge that goes to only pay transport and taxes. From: Zulfiqar Naushad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 17 15:17:29 CDT 2005 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Gas prices Gas prices expensive??? Here in Saudi Arabia the state price (i.e. nothing less or more than the state price is available at any gas station) is .90 halalas (cent equivalent of a riyal(dollar)) per liter. i.e 1 Gallon = 90 US cents. BWAHAHAHAH!!! Almost every car here in Saudi is a V6 or a V8!!! They love suburbans and expeditions here!!! On Aug 17, 2005, at 7:14 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: Our gas prices climbed $0.06 per litre yesterday, so we are at $4.27 US per gallon now. Just wondering what you're paying down in there. T
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I am all about Ethanol. Unfortunately in the US the corn farmers are pushing for it. Making Ethanol from Corn is the most inefficient way of doing it, and supposedly yeilds less energy than what was spent in producing it. Making Ethanol from sugar cane, as Brazil has done, makes MORE energy than what was spent in producing it, and has limited Brazil's dependance on foreign oil. From: jeff.lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 17 15:43:42 CDT 2005 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices Hell, we can grow ethanol. Read the stars, guys, we are getting screwed! The oil companies have been crying for years that oil prices are way behind inflation. I say, so what! I thought the idea was to keep inflation down in the first place. The Government needs to include fuel and food in the inflation indicators. Of course, if they do prime interest rates would be at 50% or more by now! We have plenty of alternatives to gas and batteryso why not use them? We all know why. I think if this keeps up, and I see no reason for it not too(with the oil companies' and Arab greedcan you say jihad in disguise), we will see a flood of small companies offering conversions to anything from chicken manure to corn flakes. BTW. Our new piece of crap Governor just signed a 9.5 cent increase in our state gas taxes..highest in the US..again! OH..$6.00 per carton increase for cigarettes, $6.00 per gallon booze, reinitiated the only estate taxes, and a whole lot more. We really need that right now! Sorryhad a senior moment and had to get that out. My fixed income will go up about $2.50 a month. Chris, you're rightI will not do math in class Jeff From: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices A few years ago BMW showed off a 5 series that ran off water. It cracked the water into hydrogen within the car itself. Of course that tech won't ever see the light of day. :( From: 007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 17 13:26:05 CDT 2005 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices The most fuel efficient cars use heavy water. 007. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:16 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: Re: [H] Gas prices On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Ben Ruset wrote: It's funny, though, that the gas companies are posting record profits. So I really wonder how much of this is an increase in oil price, and how much is just an excuse to charge more for gasoline. I look at it this way, assuming that a gas company wants to make 5% profit on every gallon of gas, it's in thier interest to have thier costs go up 5% because then thier profit goes up too. Instead of making 5cents on gas that costs them $1.00 to make they make 6 cents profit on gas that cost them $1.05 to make (Or similar, you get my point =) Also, the gas we have now was made with oil that cost $50/barrel instead of oil that cost $65/barrel, yet we're being charged the $65/barrel price! Christopher Fisk -- I WILL NOT DO MATH IN CLASS I WILL NOT DO MATH IN CLASS Lisa Simpson on chalkboard in episode BABF07
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tinfoil The oil companies probably had them killed or paid off. /tinfoil From: jeff.lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Aug 17 16:00:17 CDT 2005 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: Re: [H] Gas prices Like cold fusion? There were a couple of scientists, in Utah, several years ago that claimed they had made cold fusion work. That is clean, safe, perpetual, fusion .I don't recall their names but they had the scientific world standing on it's head for sometime until they discovered that it was not completely perfect, i.e., infinitely renewable. My question would be just how long did this run without renewal? After the idea of infinity went away nobody heard anything about these guys. If they had discovered pure cold fusion we could power a whole city in a clean reactor no bigger that a service station, if that big. The pellet to run a car thingall of it runs forever. Anybody think this won't or can't happen, or for that matter, may already be there??? Jeff - Original Message - From: 007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices I was referring to fission technology (U235). Since fusion is years away. 007. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of 007 Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:26 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: Re: [H] Gas prices The most fuel efficient cars use heavy water. 007. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:16 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: Re: [H] Gas prices On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Ben Ruset wrote: It's funny, though, that the gas companies are posting record profits. So I really wonder how much of this is an increase in oil price, and how much is just an excuse to charge more for gasoline. I look at it this way, assuming that a gas company wants to make 5% profit on every gallon of gas, it's in thier interest to have thier costs go up 5% because then thier profit goes up too. Instead of making 5cents on gas that costs them $1.00 to make they make 6 cents profit on gas that cost them $1.05 to make (Or similar, you get my point =) Also, the gas we have now was made with oil that cost $50/barrel instead of oil that cost $65/barrel, yet we're being charged the $65/barrel price! Christopher Fisk -- I WILL NOT DO MATH IN CLASS I WILL NOT DO MATH IN CLASS Lisa Simpson on chalkboard in episode BABF07
Re: [H] Gas prices
Ball lightning is real - I have seen it. Bill Cohane wrote: So Physicists have pretty much debunked cold fusion. Interestingly, the DOE (Dept. of Energy) still occasionally gets suckered by cold fusion claims. These guys still seem willing to spend our tax dollars on research grants for things like perpetual motion machines, Kirlian photographs of the human aura, zero point energy, ball lightning,
Re: [H] Question regarding VNC and Win/Linux
Yes - just load VNC on the Linux box and connect to it from any VNC client (windows, Linux, Palm, etc - they will all work.) Zulfiqar Naushad wrote: Assuming I am going to build a linux box that has gnome or KDE running on it What do I need on the linux box to view the desktop and interact with it on my Windows box via VNC? In other words, can I VNC into a linux GUI from my windows box? Please provide as detailed an explanaition. I need to do this ASAP for someone. Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad.
Re: [H] wtf
i am busy installing wainscotting if anybody cares. Jim Edwards wrote: Well, I guess you all are just silent this weekend. At 8/14/2005 07:02 AM, Jim Edwards wrote: Sunday -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.8/71 - Release Date: 8/12/2005 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.8/71 - Release Date: 8/12/2005
Re: [H] wtf
moving? Mark Dodge wrote: I have a week and a half to pack up my house so I have been busy... Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329
Re: [H] US not a nice place to travel through
Pretty scary stuff. The one thing that strikes me though: If passengers are deemed to be inadmissible, they have no constitutional rights even if later taken to an American prison. Mason says that's because they are deemed to be still outside the U.S., from a legal point of view. Foreign citizens don't have Constitutional rights. Thane Sherrington wrote: http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot_flyrights_20050811 This is scary. Mason (a senior lawyer for the US government) said the interpretation means travellers can be detained without charge, denied the right to consult a lawyer, and even refused necessities such as food and sleep. Is this for real? Sounds sort of insane to me. I guess it's now Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...unless they're just passing through...then tell 'em to watch out! grin T
Re: [H] US not a nice place to travel through
The Declaration of Independance is not the constitution. Plus a majority of the drafters of the Consitution owned slaves. j m g wrote: we hold these truths to be self evident...that all men are created equal unless you're just passing through? On 8/11/05, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pretty scary stuff. The one thing that strikes me though: If passengers are deemed to be inadmissible, they have no constitutional rights even if later taken to an American prison. Mason says that's because they are deemed to be still outside the U.S., from a legal point of view. Foreign citizens don't have Constitutional rights. Thane Sherrington wrote: http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot_flyrights_20050811 This is scary. Mason (a senior lawyer for the US government) said the interpretation means travellers can be detained without charge, denied the right to consult a lawyer, and even refused necessities such as food and sleep. Is this for real? Sounds sort of insane to me. I guess it's now Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...unless they're just passing through...then tell 'em to watch out! grin T
Re: [H] AVG Anti-Virus v7.0 Free Edition Released
Why anybody would use AVG Free over ClamWin, I don't know. No restrictive licence, and the interface is far and above better. jeff.lane wrote: I have never had any luck with that link. It always 404s on me. It seems Grisoft is making it harder and harder to get to the free version. I have had to go to the link below to get the latest version. http://free.grisoft.com/softw/70free/setup/
Re: [H] AVG Anti-Virus v7.0 Free Edition Released
Well, my soon to be former employer doesn't like spending money on IT.
I actually don't even have AV on my laptop right now since I did a
flatten and reload the other day. I guess I'll go back to McAfee after
seeing how bad Clam did.
FORC5 wrote:
cheap asses :{)
:-}
At 12:18 PM 8/11/2005, joeuser Poked the stick with:
Well I would take AVG over Clamwin...
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=69mnu=69
http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=69mnu=69
AVG: 54%
ClamWin: 48%
Why anyone would use either is beyond me...
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Tallyho ! ]:8)
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Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
I think we were talking more about consumers buying XP OEM on their own, rather than System Builders. But the question is, how is NewEgg getting the OEM licences so cheap? And what can you, as a system builder, do to get it as cheap? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already You can buy the OEM edition with parts that you buy from Newegg or anybody else. As was mentioned, you can buy a screw and get XP OEM... I should take this into consideration when I make decisions as to the legality of what I do. Here is why I do not. If I were to install XP OEM on an existing computer and get caught, I lose my membership with Microsoft. Newegg does not. If I were to install XP Upgrade on a new build and get caught, I lost my membership with Microsoft. Newegg does not. Any move that is considered off color by Microsoft takes me out of the Microsoft OEM System Builder Program. Why do I need to be in the program anyway? I can simply buy my Windows from Newegg and to hell with credentials. I already have thousands of extra screws. A few more will not hurt. I remain in the builder program for credibility. I would hope some people would prefer to do business with me rather than some jerk downtown who buys from Newegg. Ain't working! Seems people do not care and I will go out of business. I will go out in a blaze of glory with a clear conscience knowing I did my best to honor the Microsoft BS rules etc. Did you know Microsoft was a legislator of law? It seems so when certain rules of their you violate is considered a violation of the law. When I worked as a Correctional Officer for the Georgia Department of Corrections it was noted that their rules etc. were Georgia law. I thought legislators had to write all law. I did not know that people behind big mahogany desks in the Georgia Department of Corrections and at Microsoft were writing law as they wrote their rules. Chuck
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
inexpensive FORC5 wrote: cheap ??? At 11:31 AM 8/9/2005, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: But the question is, how is NewEgg getting the OEM licences so cheap? And what can you, as a system builder, do to get it as cheap? -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.
Re: [H] Which laptop?
Hopefully he got the 3 year warranty. The standard warranty on the Inspiron line is 90 days IIRC. Bobby Heid wrote: My friend went with a Dell Inspiron 6000: Pentium M 1.6Ghz 512MB Ram 40GB HD 8x DVD /- RW 15,4 widescreen It retailed for $1,559, but I found a 40% off coupon so the laptop+shipping was $912. Not too bad! Thanks for any advice given. Bobby
Re: [H] Linux
Destop? Ubuntu seems to be all the rage right now. Supports a lot of hardware and is pretty nice. http://www.ubuntu.com Server? I personally love CentOS Enterprise Linux. It's basically Red Hat Enterprise repackaged into a free format. http://www.centos.org FORC5 wrote: OK Linux gurus, what would be best for some one who is Linux illiterate ? recommendations appreciated Fred
Re: [hardware] [H] Linux
To be fair, XP is a few years older than Ubuntu. XP is just about as slow as Debian's releases. :) The only issue I had with Ubuntu was getting it to run at native resolution on my widescreen Toshiba laptop. Other than that, everything else detected at worked. If you don't like Gnome, you can also try KUbuntu, which has KDE instead. (I prefer KDE myself.) Steve wrote: Ubuntu..without a doubt...the one linux distro I've actually grown attached too :) What impressed me first time I installed it was it wasn't overloaded with programs, just the essentials. And nice clean interface to boot. It installed on a Gigabyte board found all the SATA/RAID drivers (unlike XP), also installed it on an old Toshiba Pro lappy with out a hitch. It picked up wireless LAN without a prob and found all my Windows shares, HP Laser, Epson Printer etc...
Re: [hardware] [H] Linux
Gnome and KDE are two different desktops for Linux. FORC5 wrote: whats the difference ? do not know what knome and kde are my bad been awhile, played with linux a long time ago and wound up on the floor with the cd's and a ball peen hammer :-D fp
Re: [H] Problems with WinXP Home installation on AMD k6 computer
Make sure you have the latest BIOS for the board. Additionall, disable any ACPI support the board may have. Further, remove any non-essential components installed, and if you have more than one DIMM in the machine, remove them so you only have one. Do a full format, not a quick format as well. James Maki wrote: I am having a problem with an old amd k6/400 based computer and before I relegate it to the scrap heap, I wanted to check if anyone has an idea of the problem or where to look for the problem.
Re: [H] Linux/more questions
It comes with a browser and email client. It will usually have some games, an office suite, development (C++, etc.) tools, etc. Pretty much anything you want to do chances are that you can do it under Linux. It just might not have all the features and ease of setup that Windows does. FORC5 wrote: What works with Linux ? does it come ready for Internet and email or is that extra stuff
Re: [H] your experience refilling toner in a laser cartridge
I've also noticed paper jams happen more often with non-OEM cartridges than they do with OEM ones. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 07:30 PM 05/08/2005, jeff.lane wrote: Thane, That's interesting. I have never heard of the fuser issue. Do you have any references to the problem? Every Lexmark training course I go on they talk about this. And I've seen it first hand. I've seen three HP printers and two Lexmarks that had fusers fail every month or two. Once I convinced them to switch to original toner, the fusers lasted the 250K pages they were supposed to. I've read the same thing in HP tech manuals. It could be marketing crap, but I don't think so. T
Re: [H] Linux/more questions
Eudora can run under WINE just fine. FORC5 wrote: was wondering about Eudora thx At 03:25 PM 8/5/2005, Winterlight Poked the stick with: Basic Internet office box is supported out of the box. ... or any kind of real server support. But you will have trouble finding support for multimedia devices like TV turners, ATI All in One cards, capture devices. Many games. I wonder about cameras and USB devices, and scanners, etc. Any undemanding windows apps, like for example Eudora, can be run in a VMWare virtual machine inside Linux. This is one place where high end workstations shine. I am running a dual 3.6 Xeon with 4 GB of ram. I can run any OS in a virtual machine and don't notice any performance hit. You could run any windows program, outside of games or multimedia, you wanted, in a virtual machine. At 02:39 PM 8/5/2005, you wrote: It comes with a browser and email client. It will usually have some games, an office suite, development (C++, etc.) tools, etc. Pretty much anything you want to do chances are that you can do it under Linux. It just might not have all the features and ease of setup that Windows does. FORC5 wrote: What works with Linux ? does it come ready for Internet and email or is that extra stuff
Re: [H] your experience refilling toner in a laser cartridge
This was in a HP 5si printer. That company often bought Xerox branded carts. Gary VanderMolen wrote: Haven't had that problem with my $99 Brother HL-1440 laser printer. Been using cheap $35 toner cartridges. Once the fuser or drum goes bad, I'll just buy a new printer for $99. Gary VanderMolen Ben Ruset wrote: I've also noticed paper jams happen more often with non-OEM cartridges than they do with OEM ones. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 07:30 PM 05/08/2005, jeff.lane wrote: Thane, That's interesting. I have never heard of the fuser issue. Do you have any references to the problem? Every Lexmark training course I go on they talk about this. And I've seen it first hand. I've seen three HP printers and two Lexmarks that had fusers fail every month or two. Once I convinced them to switch to original toner, the fusers lasted the 250K pages they were supposed to. I've read the same thing in HP tech manuals. It could be marketing crap, but I don't think so. T
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
Yeah, I agree. That would be awesome. And likely be cheaper on their bandwidth costs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 12:37 AM Subject: Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already You can order XP SP2 on CD, and it's free including shipping. It even gets to you quick. The last one I ordered took about 4 days. I have the CD to install SP2 on an installation that either has or does not have SP1. My point was that Microsoft from time to time should release a catch up CD that updates you to the date that catch up CD was released. There are many updates after the release of SP2 that have to be downloaded and installed. A catch up CD would streamline this process. Chuck
Re: [H] speaking of OS's
You can not join a Windows NT domain or Windows 2000/2003 directory. It will work just fine as a node on a home LAN. dsinc wrote: What does *Cannot join a domain... really mean? Like it cannot be a node on a home LAN or something? Thanks.
Re: [H] Router and ipconfig /flushdns
I've had some problems with the built in DNS server in several Linksys routers. It's very likely that something just wasn't talking right. You could have your customer set their router to give out 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 as DNS servers in their DHCP config. Those are nice public DNS servers. Thane Sherrington wrote: I had a customer who has a linksys router who lost his connection (worked when connected to the modem, but not through the router.) I suggested he reset the router to factory defaults (using the button in the back) and try it. That worked for a bit, but then it stopped. He called his ISP, and they had him use ipconfig /flushdns - he says that fixed the problem. How would flushdns fix a problem with the router that didn't exist with the modem? I would think if it works with the modem, then the problem would have to be in the router. T
Re: [H] Router and ipconfig /flushdns
Verizon owns 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 Winterlight wrote: At 10:19 AM 8/4/2005, you wrote: Who owns those servers? DLINK Ben Ruset wrote: You could have your customer set their router to give out 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 as DNS servers in their DHCP config. Those are nice public DNS servers. -- Cheers, joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
How much time is involved in doing WGA? As for being an unpaid policeman, I hardly think so. I see all of the OEM System Builder promo emails. I also know that MS does a lot to support their OEM's. WGA _is_ your protection against the pirate stores. The black market for Windows should feasably dry up much faster. This helps you. As for Dell getting better pricing - well, come on. They buy hundreds of thousands of licences in bulk. How many do you buy at a shot? You can compete against Dell in quality of parts and service and support, which will more than make up the $50-75 that Dell gets their XP licences cheaper than you do. Thane Sherrington wrote: Huh? I don't have a problem with someone protecting themselves against piracy, and I never said I did. Nor did I mention Linux (you keep bringing it up.) I have a problem with a company taking up my time so that they can make more money, and giving me nothing in return. I've been an unpaid policeman for MS for years. (And so has every other honest comptuer store.) In return, we get to pay 3 to 4 times what Dell pays for their software, and we get virtually zero protection from the pirate stores out there. Is it too much to ask to have loyalty flow both ways? You might be so happy with the opportunity to sell MS products that you'll take whatever they hand out, but I'm not. T
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
Christopher Fisk wrote: Normally this wouldn't be an issue for the kid, he would just ride his bicycle, except that all the kids friends ever wanted to do was play ball. They were afraid of the bicycle. You _have_ to be kidding me. WGA takes less than 10 seconds to do. After that, you don't have to do anything or think about it. Nobody except people who love to hate MS or wear tinfoil hats is afraid of the bicycle as you put it. Also, your insinuation that Thane supports the piracy of any products in his business is appalling. If Thane is on tight margins for updates and First off, I NEVER insinuated that. I like Thane and respect him, and respect the fact that he is an OEM trying to survive in a highly competitive world. I used to work at a whitebox OEM, so I know the deal. spyware removal, etc, then adding a part where He has to be there for interaction during an update is eating into his profit. This update STOP THE PRESSES!!! Less than 1 minute of his time is spent in activating WGA. Add an extra $1 ($10 CDN, heh) to the price of the system to cover the effort it takes to do the extra mouse click. If things are that hard up that you're micromanaging your system builds down to the second, then there's something vastly wrong with the way you're doing business. doesn't stop the pirates, but it does cause annoyance to the legitimate users. It fails the sanity test. People who are using pirated Windows are *not* legitimate users. Considering that MS is offering a nice discount on a genuine XP licence for those who willfully pirated XP, and a free licence for those users who were duped into buying a hot copy of XP from a black market retailer, I'd day that it's a pretty generous (and sane) deal.
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
Thane, If you got the impression that I insinuated that you condoned piracy in your business, pleas accept my apologies for that *misunderstanding.* -ben Thane Sherrington wrote: At 10:56 AM 03/08/2005, Christopher Fisk wrote: Also, your insinuation that Thane supports the piracy of any products in his business is appalling. If Thane is on tight margins for updates and spyware removal, etc, then adding a part where He has to be there for interaction during an update is eating into his profit. This update doesn't stop the pirates, but it does cause annoyance to the legitimate users. It fails the sanity test. Thanks Chris, I appreciate the support. T
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
Can you use SUS to load all of the updates instead of using Windows Update? Come to think about it, I think that most large OEM's just ship with what the latest service pack is and let the customer handle any additional updates. Chris Reeves wrote: I have no problem with WGA. At the same time, I have a big problem with the idiocy of the method which they use during a pre-install; if I do a sysprepped factory pre-install, I should be able to do windows update without activating. I don't want to activate windows before I reseal it to give it to the customer.. what garbage is that? Microsoft's WGA is (generally) a good thing. But if they want to work, then they need to provide to MAPS and Partners full resource CDs of updates which do not require Windows update monthly.. Yes, I'm aware I can manually download and create chain installs, blah blah blah. But how many small shops just set aside a machine to do windows update after a pre-install or a repair install.
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
First off, do you have any idea how long it takes a lawsuit to move through the courts? Second, how do you know FOR SURE that nothing has been done or is in the works? Maybe they didn't shut down the Either way, WGA will block the FCKGW and like keys. So the problem is solved. Microsoft benefits by not having to drag all of these black market OEM's through the courts. Wayne Johnson wrote: As I'm sure Thane, Joe User I have reported others to MSFT because they installed the FCKGW version of XP but I can say without a doubt MSFT did absolutely nothing to punish the people that were reported now they supposedly want to do something? I don't believe they'll do any more than the WGA states on the surface. MSFT knows that if they tighten the noose too much some one will take the whole EULA thing about them owning the software that all we're paying for is it's use all the way to the Supreme Court.
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
Yes, that's right. Christopher Fisk wrote: To legally buy OEM versions of software you generally need to buy hardware at the same time right? And am I also correct in thinking you can't resell them without an OEM agreement with Microsoft? I'm a novice in this area, so my lack of knowledge on OEM policy may show a bit =) Christopher Fisk
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
You don't think that MS won't go after these companies when they have to give out free XP licences to the end users??? Christopher Fisk wrote: WHAT? Microsoft benefits by allowing the Black Market OEM's to continue selling illegal versions of Windows? WGA will block those keys, but it doesn't make those venders stop selling illegal copies. It's going to have to go through the courts before anything happens. Microsoft benefits because the courts will order these black market OEM's to stop (if it even makes it to the courts). Christopher Fisk
Re: [H] was Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already/ Sources for SW
We used to use Ingram. FORC5 wrote: my source is $144, still way to high. OK, system builders on the list, what are your sources. Mine has been Buy101 ? I went to Chucks vendor he recommended but did not want to fill out a credit apt from them to be a partner, I already have a business credit card I use. FWIW Fry's had a MB/chip and Windows package last week in the add that was like a free OS deal. was tempting.
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
Microsoft is not going to stop piracy by shutting down Mom Pop shops. The amount of money they need to invest in the court system vs. the amount of money they will get is low. What Microsoft is more interested in are the people selling counterfeit copies into the channel, selling software that is licenced wrong to the channel, etc. Case in point: The OEM I used to work for got a smoking deal on Office 97 Pro for $99/copy. It looked like an OEM copy, but in fact was an Easy Fufillment Licence which was basically just media and a CD key without a licence. We got audited, and the company that we bought that software got fined HEAVILY. And if you don't believe me, wait for Warpmedia to read the list because we both worked at the same shop when this happened. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 12:19 PM 03/08/2005, Ben Ruset wrote: You don't think that MS won't go after these companies when they have to give out free XP licences to the end users??? They never have in the past. I have reported two companies two or three times a year for four years. The result? Nothing. MS doesn't give a shit about me. And they don't care about you. Why people defend large companies because they bought their products is beyond me. MS is necessary (right now.) It's not good or bad. It just is. And all it cares about is itself and it's shareholders, and that's fine. But when they do something stupid, there's nothing wrong with saying so. T
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
And most people are not buying XP Pro in retail form. They will either get it from an OEM, or find a way of buying an OEM licence. Steve wrote: In Oz MS retails XP Pro (Full) for US$370...that's equivalent to the take home pay of many aussiesno wonder many feel MS is gouging the consumer
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
Yeah but most people buy their PC's from OEMs, which will have Windows already loaded. Why would they buy another copy? Steve wrote: Average Joe knows diddly sqat about oem, upgrade, full etc...retail chain stores are stocked with full upgrade versions.. - Original Message - From: Ben Ruset To: The Hardware List Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 2:03 AM Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already And most people are not buying XP Pro in retail form. They will either get it from an OEM, or find a way of buying an OEM licence.
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
Sorry, I meant they got a judgement against them. FORC5 wrote: fined by whom ? MS cannot fine anybody, only Gov can do that. courts would be judgements fp At 09:02 AM 8/3/2005, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: Case in point: The OEM I used to work for got a smoking deal on Office 97 Pro for $99/copy. It looked like an OEM copy, but in fact was an Easy Fufillment Licence which was basically just media and a CD key without a licence. We got audited, and the company that we bought that software got fined HEAVILY. And if you don't believe me, wait for Warpmedia to read the list because we both worked at the same shop when this happened.
Re: [H] speaking of OS's
I didn't mean crap as in a reflection of it's quality, just as a generic word I use to describe a bunch of features. I have setup XP MCE once and was very impressed with it. I do, however, like XBox Media Center on my XBox more. :) Chris Reeves wrote: *laugh* I wouldn't refer to it as multimedia crap I've used more boxes with MCE then anything else, at good margins; it's a unique setup when configured with the right HDTV display, tuner cards.. and more and more functions keep improving it.. SIRIUS and XM are available on MediaCenter, along with several other new functions.. my MCE box in my living room controls darn near everything; it can tell me when my AC kicks on and off ;) or Caller ID with pictures of the person who's calling :) CW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:50 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] speaking of OS's XP MCE *is* Pro with the TV tuner and multimedia crap added on. I think it can only be sold bundled with tuner hardware, so that likely makes up the difference in price. FORC5 wrote: worked on my first MS windows media center last week, looked a lot like Pro and is cheaper. ( though not cheap enough ) was wondering what the major differences are *supposed* to be ? fp
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then came Service Pack 1 and later, Service Pack 2 for updating Windows XP. Then they quit, as far as I know. It is time for another CD that either includes Service Pack 2 or should be used after Service Pack 2 (stand alone or slipstream installation). You can order XP SP2 on CD, and it's free including shipping. It even gets to you quick. The last one I ordered took about 4 days.
Re: [H] Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Cracked Already
No, it's a requirement from MS. To be sold with non peripheral hardware only. FORC5 wrote: I'm not sure that the HW is a requirement from MS, some DSP OEM's sell without the HW. May be up to the individual vendor. Makes no sense since MS does not make HW ( well other then input devices AFAIK ) fp
Re: [hardware] [H] Google recent list
It's cached by the browser, not Google. Steve's instructions are correct for clearing your browser auto complete history. Mark Dodge wrote: Are you talking a Google search bar? I am talking a Google page. Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:08 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Google recent list if it's FF right click in the search area select Delete History. If IE hit the Google drop down next to search bar Clear History - Original Message - From: Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Hardware List' hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 5:29 PM Subject: [hardware] [H] Google recent list Where is the recent list kept for the Google box when typing something in it auto fills what has recently been inputted, how do I edit or delete what has been put in there? Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329
Re: [hardware] [H] Google recent list
What browser are you using? Mark Dodge wrote: I do not have either of these two drop downs. Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 6:02 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Google recent list It's cached by the browser, not Google. Steve's instructions are correct for clearing your browser auto complete history. Mark Dodge wrote: Are you talking a Google search bar? I am talking a Google page. t Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Google recent list if it's FF right click in the search area select Delete History. If IE hit the Google drop down next to search bar Clear History
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
The other funny thing that I just found out is that Rockstar's code had no provision for nudity in it. Meaning that, when you load the hot coffee mod in, you can simulate sex with your in-game girlfriend, but she is fully clothed. The naked girl we saw in Hayes link is from a modded created patch that includes the Hot Coffee mod and new skin textures for the game. The long and short of it being that there is NO nudity in the game as shipped by Rockstar. So now an M rated game can not have simulated sex between two bundles of fully clothed polygons, but I can see nudity in an R rated movie no problem. HYPOCRISY. Tony Antoniou wrote: Don't know about the US but in Australia, that would get an MA rating which is for 15 years and over. Hell, we show bare tits (yes, nipples and all) on TV at 9pm and that's in the stupid Big Brother Uncut garbage. Adios, Tony --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Tuesday, 26 July 2005 1:53 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves Okay, but the point is that what happened in that clip is not something that you would not see in an R rated movie. So how is it AO in polygon form but R in flesh?
Re: [H] MS gets nosy
According to MS this is what they collect automatically: * OEM product key * PC Manufacturer * OS version * PID/SID * BIOS info (make, version, date) * BIOS MD5 Checksum This is what they ask for when you register: * Home, small business or enterprise user * Brand of PC * City where PC was purchased * Country/Region where PC was purchased * Place of PC purchase I don't see what the big deal is. Information found at: http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx?displaylang=en Thane Sherrington wrote: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050726.wxmicrosoft0726/BNStory/International/ Looks like Bill will be checking out more than just your CD Keys when you try to download from Microsoft in the near future.
Re: [H] MS gets nosy
What, exactly, is the problem with the information they collect? You do realize that people gather and share far more information on you when you apply for credit cards and the like? How is this any different? Koy Fales wrote: the only thing they do not log is the size of my shoes. Linux desktop share is increasing every day and with such practices is expected to increase even more
Re: [H] MS gets nosy
I'm sure it's just for demographics. They can track how quickly their CD keys get put into production, and they can also track black-market keys as well. I mean, who really cares if Microsoft knows that I use a Toshiba laptop? Thane Sherrington wrote: That's not the point, Ben. The point is it's none of their business who makes your PC.
Re: [H] MS gets nosy
Microsoft does not sell ad space on any of the Microsoft.com sites. So I don't know how I'd see any Dell ads when I update. And Microsoft has already said that the information would not be personally identifable. So that would pretty much mean that I couldn't be targeted with ads based on my hardware profile. You want to know what I see as a bigger problem than Microsoft knowing what type of PC I use? All of these pre-approved credit notices I get in my mailbox. I don't like the idea of people sharing real, personally identifable information about my finances without my knowledge or consent. THAT is what bothers me, not if I get a popup for a Dell PC or something equally as trivial. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:59 AM 26/07/2005, Ben Ruset wrote: I mean, who really cares if Microsoft knows that I use a Toshiba laptop? Toshiba might, if MS sold the information to Dell. How about getting a Dell ad when you download updates on your Toshiba notebook? The inverse question if more important - who really cares if they *don't* know that you use a Toshiba notebook?
Re: [H] MS gets nosy
Damn, you're paranoid. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 12:11 PM 26/07/2005, Ben Ruset wrote: Microsoft does not sell ad space on any of the Microsoft.com sites. So I don't know how I'd see any Dell ads when I update. Right now. T
Re: [H] MS gets nosy
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3519521 Thane Sherrington wrote: At 12:18 PM 26/07/2005, Ben Ruset wrote: Damn, you're paranoid. You do know they are rumoured to be buying Claria? T
Re: [H] MS gets nosy
Ahh, I get what you're asking. I guess the brand of PC would be Generic or something. Maybe they have a radio button or something for that. As for penalizing, I don't know why they would do that. They know that there are whitebox OEMs as well as retail copies sold. dsinc wrote: Ben, Not really. I do understand that M$ can/may get the bios string and maybe the MB info. Yes, I suppose my home-built machines are white box units. As such, I was really wondering a)how to answer the pc related questions, and, b)concerned that I might be penalized do to white box status. Thanks. At 14:13 07/26/2005 -0400, you wrote: Microsoft gets the branding information from information embedded in the BIOS as well as branding by the OEM into the OS. When you put a whitebox system up on Windows Update, presumably all they will see would be Award/Phoenix/etc. BIOS and perhaps (I sort of doubt it) the motherboard manufacturer. Is that what you were asking? dsinc wrote: Ben, What is your opinion of how to answer the PC related questions for those of us who have built our own PC's from various OEM parts? I suppose I could say I have Lian-Li/AMD pc's. Seems like they are trying to link branded pc's to past oem OS sales. Confusing to say the least. Thanks. At 09:16 07/26/2005 -0400, you wrote: snip This is what they ask for when you register: * Home, small business or enterprise user * Brand of PC * City where PC was purchased * Country/Region where PC was purchased * Place of PC purchase I don't see what the big deal is. Information found at: http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx?displaylang=en Thane Sherrington wrote: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050726.wxmicrosoft0726/BNStory/International/ Looks like Bill will be checking out more than just your CD Keys when you try to download from Microsoft in the near future. Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Anyone with SCO OpenServer 5 Advice?
I wonder if you could mount the drive from a Knoppix CD. It's been SO LONG since I have looked at a SCO box. I don't even remember what filesystem they use. Chris Reeves wrote: I have a box running SCO OpenServer 5. Pentium 166. Box has apparently been running for a few years. They had a power out, now when the box powers up, it begins to start, initializes devices and hits a moment where it shows a capital “H” and locks up. I’ve checked the HDD on another machine, and it’s fine. I can ghost it fine. But, still no joy. The hardware itself seems to check out. Any suggestions? Or anything that I can boot that would at least read the damn data?
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
Ahahahahaha that's great. Definately R rated. Hayes Elkins wrote: Please show me genitals engaged in what they were designed to do, or anything depicting something that is NOT in a PG-13 or R movie: http://files.gtanet.com/gtasa/videos/hotcoffee.wmv
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
No shit. I was quoting Hayes post: Please show me genitals engaged in what they were designed to do, or anything depicting something that is NOT in a PG-13 or R movie: http://files.gtanet.com/gtasa/videos/hotcoffee.wmv; Analyst wrote: On 24 Jul 2005 at 8:06, Ben Ruset wrote: Ahahahahaha that's great. Definately R rated. There is no 'R' rating for video games. Vince
[H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
http://ydr.com/story/main/78396/ Thanks, Hillary! :(
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the game. Al wrote: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://ydr.com/story/main/78396/ Thanks, Hillary! :( For the sake of fairness: I'm not particularly fond of Hillary, but she didn't have any thing to do with it's rating change resulting in it removal from the shelves. The article only offers her reaction to the change. Al Smile... it increases your face value.
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
It's a VIDEO GAME. Not real life. Parents should control what their children sees and does, not the government. gibney wrote: MINORS. This is really a bad idea? Dave Gibney Pullman, WA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:33 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the game. After some further searching: That's not good enough, according to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, one of several politicians who have placed a priority on creating more stringent legislation to reduce the sale of violent and sexually charged games to minors. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1506071/20050721/index.jhtml?headlines=tr ue
Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves
It's buried, and not accessable through normal methods. Without someone hacking the game, you're not going to get at that content. How can the game manufacturer be held liable for that? My gas tank is full of gasoline. If I shot a hole through it, my car would explode. Can I sue Jeep if that happens? Analyst wrote: Well, the game-maker, Take-Two, has admitted they buried X-rated material within the PC, Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions of the game. They fraudulently sold games containing X-rated content with a 'Mature 17+' rating. Not to mention that many retailers sell the 'M' rated games to those under 17, and there's plenty of reason for parents to be upset.
Re: [H] AntiVirus Program review
Clamwin is free and subscriptionless. I just switched to it on my laptop as well as all of the machines here at work. joeuser wrote: I've never heard of any anti-virus that wasn't a subscription. Kaspersky is a subscription though. Kaspersky new price is ~35.00 and renewal is ~25.00
Re: [H] Disposable computers
Lexmark inkjets blow. Someone has one at work - they have to be an administrator on their PC for it to work. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 07:51 PM 19/07/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I always said that HP is the only name in printers, but make a lousy computer, like the rest of the name brands. My HP LaserJet 1100 has served me well for years. When it does go South, what brand of color laser should I replace my black white HP laser printer with? If you still think HP is the only name in printers, then you're living in the lates 80s. A lot of companies are competing very handily with HP. I'd look at Lexmark, which I find, beats them hands down. T
Re: [H] Disposable computers
The high end HP's are still good. Like everything, most computer equipment is lower quality than it was 5 years ago. I have a HP Photosmart printer which has been great. I'd probably still buy one of their laser printers over a Samsung or something like that. The new cheap HP's have built in duplexing which is cool. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [H] Disposable computers Lexmark inkjets blow. Someone has one at work - they have to be an administrator on their PC for it to work. Thanks for all the advice. Here I am waiting for a 5 year old HP LaserJet 1100 to eventually die so I can have an excuse to change brands of printers and get me a color Laser printer. The reason I asked is I realize things change with time and HP may not make the same quality printers they made 5 years ago. It looks like I will be needing a Xerox next time. Thanks, Chuck
Re: [H] Flew in under the wire
My iPod has totally replaced all other forms of media (audio cd, radio, etc.) in my daily life. It's been terrible the last few days. I am going to actually have to burn a CD to listen to in the car until my pod gets repaired! :( Jin-Wei Tioh wrote: Hello Ben, Great to hear that. I can't imagine not having an MP3 player :) Went through the same thing a few weeks ago with the old Leadtek GF4 Ti4400. -- JW
Re: [H] Disposable computers
I've switched to $90/hr, $60/hr each additional. Seems to work out OK for me. Oftentimes, though, I will round down so 1.5hr ends up being $90. I may be too nice. Wayne Johnson wrote: Hey if they insist on a per hour fee then I'll quote them $100/hr for a stand alone machine $150/hr if it's networked. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] Disposable computers
The one thing that GS has that nobody else can touch is the brand. Most customers (lemmings) feel safer dealing with a big name company rather than Joe Blow Computer the sole proprietorship. It gives customers a sense of security in that they have a large company to hold accountable when there are problems. In addition, GS members are also insured bonded. How many local techs can say the same? So that's likely why the price is higher. warpmedia wrote: I think you're all missing the point that GS represents the state of the repair business vs. the cost of today's PC's. They're charging a set fee (and insane one) and getting it for REPEATED bad work on a daily basis. So yes, those of you charging less or feeling you need to give a customer a break are ripping yourselves off. If they came out and decided it would take several hours to clean a system they would simply say it's more economically sound to re-format reinstall the system (which it it is). Then they would charge you $90 to back up ( restore?) the data on top of that. No hourly rate, just a comodtized fee for a service. Need apps reinstalled, same deal, a fee per-app. I'd say were going the direction of car repair where there is a set time fee allotted to a task and if you can get it done faster, the more profit in your pocket. This should be fine by us all since it free us from multi-hour surgeries potentially huge charges to the customer, it also justifies charging market value per incident. Chris Reeves wrote: There is a fundamental difference between doing it in a shop and at their local. If we do it at a shop, we have tons of techs who can work on 10+ PCs at once with multiple benches setup. So cost to us is less, cost to the customer is less. If I (or anyone) has to go to them, we are -only- working on that 1 PC at that time, we have a cost of gas involved, time traveled involved, other PCs not being worked on, etc. so the minimum is really a per hour, it's the only way to calculate revenue lost vs. revenue made to make it worth it. CW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:51 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] Disposable computers At 09:34 AM 19/07/2005, Wayne Johnson wrote: This is why I don't like to quote a per hour fee as I'm not a plumber. Many times I'll only charge $50 for cleaning a system maintaining their data intact while the other shops are charging several hundred for wiping the machine all it's data then charging the customer per hour to surf the net to retrieve the necessary drivers. I also like asking people how much is knowledge worth. ;-) Yes, I charge a flat rate for all our jobs. Sometimes I lose - but most times I'm accurate, and since I can do a bunch of machines simultaneously, it generally works out. (I'm not rich, however, so maybe I'm doing this wrong.) :) T
Re: [H] Disposable computers
Thane Sherrington wrote: I'm insured, but not bonded. Is that something I should consider? I dunno. I'm not even insured. But then again I try to limit dealing with on-site service or really anything outside of my 9-5 IT job.
Re: [H] norton corporate AV ?
Ugh. I've switched all of our corporate PC's to ClamWin anti-virus. Seems to do a good job, auto-updates, and best of all - is free. I have never liked Symantec/Norton AV. Best commercial product I have used has been McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, but it's expensive and their central management is a pain. Hayes Elkins wrote: Yes. From: TX-GM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] norton corporate AV ? Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:13:47 -0500 Does the problem exist with most recent version 10.0.1.1000? - Original Message - From: Hayes Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: RE: [H] norton corporate AV ? Oh and the real joy is that this needs to be executed by EACH user of the client pc. From: Hayes Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] norton corporate AV ? Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:04:16 -0400 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks] CreatedUserQuickScan=dword:0001 CopiedDefaultScanOptions=dword:0001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks\Default Scan Options] ScanForGreyware=dword: ScanNotifyStopService=dword:0001 ScanNotifyReboot=dword:0002 ScanNotifyTerminateProcess=dword:0001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Intel\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Custom Tasks\TaskPadStartup] From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] norton corporate AV ? Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:15:39 -0700 how about sharing the *fix* then. fp At 09:24 AM 7/18/2005, Hayes Elkins Poked the stick with: The new version, SAVCE v10, is a POS. One revision deep and STILL no built in fix for the startscan memory leak. Manual registry hack is the only way to fix. From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] norton corporate AV ? Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:26:34 -0700 Not sure why but all of a sudden my NAV is taking 6 hours plus to scan. Set to scan every night at midnight and it is still running when I get up at 6AM. not sure WTF any clues appreciated fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) -- Don't judge a book by its mini-series. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) -- Don't judge a book by its mini-series.
Re: [H] norton corporate AV ?
We played with that. The boss didn't want to pay for it so we switched to Clam. Chris Reeves wrote: On the corporate level, I really like TrendMicro's OfficeScan series. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:36 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] norton corporate AV ? Ugh. I've switched all of our corporate PC's to ClamWin anti-virus. Seems to do a good job, auto-updates, and best of all - is free. I have never liked Symantec/Norton AV. Best commercial product I have used has been McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, but it's expensive and their central management is a pain.
Re: [H] Disposable computers
It's funny because I've been applying for Army Civilian jobs and have not had a single bite. And I have 10 years in the field. Brian Weeden wrote: Lol those are better qualifications that 75% of the tech force here in the military :)
Re: [H] Disposable computers
Ah, that I have heard. My friend works for a contractor on Ft. Monmouth in New Jersey. Apparently the networking guys are pretty bad over there. Brian Weeden wrote: On 7/18/05, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's funny because I've been applying for Army Civilian jobs and have not had a single bite. And I have 10 years in the field. I meant the military computer guys, not the civilians. Generally those are halfway decent. The military comm people don't know crap and as soon as the military spends the money to educate them they punch for a civilian job where they can earn (supposedly) a ton more money.
Re: [H] Latest 2000 roll up patch
Check your BIOS settings as well. Maybe something there activated a sleep mode. Winterlight wrote: I have a old 233CP Latitude that I use as a print server, and a few other things. It has been running 2K SP4 great for almost a year. It is plugged into power with no battery. I just did MS updates which now includes the new 2K roll up patch. After I did the patch the laptop keeps going into a standby mode that is so deep that I have to push the power button to get it back on line. My fist thought was that they have changed a setting in the power setting but none of the Power settings relating to this have changed. The only thing that changed was that it required a log in from standby mode which I just unchecked. And yet instead of just going into a standby mode that a print request, or a keyboard / mouse movement will bring it out of, it goes so deep I have to press the power mode button to use it. I am about ready to restore my backup because as is, it is unusable as a print server... any ideas? This sucks, why can't MS ask you before it changes stuff like this!
Re: [H] Disposable computers
Or, you know, stop using IE and clicking on EVERY popup that comes up. And stop surfing porn too. Robert Turnbull wrote: I was spending time every week trying to keep the machine free of viruses and worms, said Mr. Tucker, a vice president of Salesforce.com, a Web services firm based here. I was losing the battle. It was cheaper and faster to go to the store and buy a low-end PC.
Re: [H] Disposable computers
It's cheaper and easier to flatten and reinstall. :) I could use his old PC though. I need to make a file server in my house. My wife's PC is too slow and can't hold more than 1 drive at a time. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 12:28 PM 7/17/2005, Ben Ruset typed: I wonder how he'll feel when he has the same problems with his $400 low-end PC in a week. I guess we have to remember it's there money even if we don't approve of the way they want to spend it. I know I can't earn $400 fast enough justifying buying another computer every time something little goes wrong. Heck it would be cheaper to buy some adware av software even if all he did was accept the defaults but it's his money time. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] Cool Idea
Yeech. Figures that they'd target that POS towards the Mac crowd. I don't know a single person who uses a Mac who hasn't put a 2 button scroll mouse on their computer. Al wrote: Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damn. Sign me up. Me too. But their mouse idea sucks rubber ducks. http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/mus/ Al
Re: [H] Open Source Heretic
1) How many people pay for MS support for Windows? There are SO MANY more qualified MS Admins than Linux admins. It's easier to support in-house. Plus, in my experience, Windows is more reliable than Linux for some applications. Hell, I wish my Linux DNS server was as reliable as my Windows server was. 2) You can innovate on an idea, but it will be hard to fund development to bring the idea to fruition. And, since it's open source, someone can just take your code, modify it, and call it their own. To create business level applications, you need money. The Open Source model does not allow for that. Thane Sherrington wrote: Interesting article: http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/05/26/cz_dl_0526linux.html The problems I see with his argument are: 1)He says that if you charge for service, then you are saying you are giving people crap that requires service. But of course that's exactly what the closed source companies do right now. Plus selling service means it is in your best interest to make the lowest support software possible, as that makes you more money (people will still pay for the safety blanket of support, just like they do for insurance.) 2)He says that open source doesn't have the money to allow innovation. I disagree - it doesn't take money to come up with an idea. If it's a good idea, and you need it, then you can create a program that does it. Since you are doing it for yourself, you don't expect to be paid. Once you've finished it, you can release it as open source, and sell support on it, which then allows you to improve the product. T
Re: [H] Problem with vbs file
Hmm, you might have a problem with Windows Scripting Host then. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 10:38 AM 14/07/2005, Ben Ruset wrote: http://asp.flaaten.dk/pforum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=TOPIC_ID=603 Thanks. Registering these files doesn't work for me, unfortunately. T
Re: [H] Open Source Heretic
That's how I understand it, yes. (It is also my understanding that at some point, you pay for MS support.) You pay $X for a copy of Windows 2003 Server. After that is paid, you don't have to pay a dime for support if you don't want to. I can't comment on products like SQL server or whatnot, but my understanding is that if you buy a copy of MS software, you're not obligated to pay for support if you don't want. Except that once a program is released as FOSS, there could end up being many more people working on the program than in a funded company. At least, that's what I read. I've never worked in either, so I can't say from personal experience. Okay, but the point I was making is that it's easier and faster to develop when you're funded rather than when you're a hobbyist working on a project in your off-hours. But the only way products will get funded is if there is a decent enough revenue model. By making a nice, friendly easy to use FOSS product (which requires a lot of time and effort) you make it less and less likely to be able to charge for support. What I have seen companies to is release FOSS code, but have a commercial version that has better features. That is a good way to help bring in income. At the same time, however, you have two products that you have to spend money to develop, and one competes against the other. How many Fedora Core servers are in production vs. RHEL? Sort of like pirated Windows, I guess. :) And that proves my point. MS has gone gung-ho to cut piracy down by Product Activation. So obviously product sales is a major factor in their income. Otherwise they could just say well, we'll make it up in support charges.
Re: [H] Open Source Heretic
Thane Sherrington wrote: Actually, a friend of mine worked for Nortel, and they finally scrapped Windows development because MS couldn't give them accurate answers as to how the software worked or would work in the future. Sounds like a very specialized case. I can't see Nortel dropping their Contivity VPN client for Windows. That's product suicide. Your other points are no doubt true, but I'm not sure that MS (or any other large company) is any more cohesive than any large group of people. From what I have heard from people who are MS developers, a lot of applications and what not are developed in small teams, and then testing goes on campus wide. I think the problem with Linux right now is perceived ease of use. As Ben points out, once ease of use is resolved, that may well end service sales, so that hardly works out. It's not a perception issue. :) Until Linux apps can be configured as easily as Microsoft apps (without having to go to the command line and edit files), Linux will be the realm of senior level, expensive staff. Configuring Linux apps from a GUI is getting better, but unfortunately there are no standards between vendors, let alone between the same vendor's different versions! Give it a few years, though, and it hopefully will improve. The same friend from Norton feels that software development is doomed. You have two options, he feels: 1)release buggy, incomplete software to force people onto the upgrade treadmill to keep revenue coming in (but this costs you a fortune in support) or 2)release functional software, which means no support costs, but no residual income from upgrades. That's what's killing Microsofy with Office. Office 97 does everything that most casual office workers need to do. There really is no compelling reason to go to a newer version of Office unless you need some really obscure feature. And who is going to roll out Office upgrades at $250 a pop just to get access to some new Excel feature?
Re: [H] Open Source Heretic
Yup. But I bet it's designed to only work on RedHat Enterprise 4 with Kernel version 2.6.x.x.x and once you load some other package or update the server the whole thing breaks until Nortel releases an update. Developing on Linux is likely very easy as long as you limit yourself to a narrow deployment base. We only support this on X server, version X, with only X kernel, and X packages installed. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:28 PM 14/07/2005, Ben Ruset wrote: Sounds like a very specialized case. I can't see Nortel dropping their Contivity VPN client for Windows. That's product suicide. They were building a PC-based system to handle multiple phonelines (up to 256?.) MS Telephony system is completely useless, requiring bizarre kludges to make it work. They finally switched to another OS (I believe it was Linux), as support costs were killing them. T
Re: [H] Diabetes blood glucose monitor
Glasswolf would likely know that answer. He's not on the list anymore, though. http://www.wickedcases.com Julian Hale wrote: I seem to remember there was a discussion on the list about a really good glucose monitor maybe 2 years ago... I just found out that my dad has not been testing his blood sugar, because his monitor is too hard for him to use. He has very poor dexterity, and can't manage to get the blood to drop onto the little round dot very well. What he needs is something that a 6 year old could use, because he just doesn't have the dexterity to manage anything else. Does anybody have a recommendation? Thanks, Julian
Re: [H] Open Source Heretic
Harry McGregor wrote: Dynamic DNS is a kludge, and ugly one at that. The workstation should not have control over it's hostname, that is the network's job. The workstations name is set locally. What I mean is that when it gets an IP address from DHCP, DHCP updates DNS records with the computer's IP address. Is it the DNS part, or the dynamic DNS part that is unstable, and what version of bind is it running. named seems to be failing. I get complaints about journal files being out of sync and name resolution then stops entirely or works badly until I delete the journal and restart named. It's BIND 9.2.4 as ships in Red Hat Enterprise w/ all of the updates applied. I have run DNS servers with uptimes in the years range. I have too. Non dynamic DNS is easy and pretty much rock solid. Configuring bind and dhcpd should take no more than an hour, and that includes writing the zone files, and doing static addresses via dhcp for printers, etc. This is the type of thing that I do a single class lecture and lab on, and have time left over. Again, trying to make it work the way that I did (with the DHCP server applying the updates) took a lot of time, most of which was spent on research and testing. I wrote a HOWTO for reference so it would likely only take me 30m-1h to setup from scratch now. Again, though, this is to do something that takes less than 5 minutes with the competitive product, which does not force me to muck around in config files. :) Samba domains work group for up to 250 nodes, and a few thousand users. Samba 3 has been very solid for us, and we are migrating systems off of a windows 2000 AD domain. We even have an interdomain trust setup between the two. I find things like Group Policy and other benefits of AD to far outweigh what Samba offers. We have a Microsoft Enterprise agreement. I can install Windows 2003 server on any of the servers here I want, and not have a single charge to my office. I don't trust our 5TB of storage to be managed by Windows and NTFS. I don't trust our backups to be managed by windows (we have been burned by that before). Now we run baclua, and just put in a new dual opteron to run it (sql database adds were dragging the old 800MHz Xeon down). The tape drive is a $44K changer from Qualstar. While I have never had 5tb of storage to deal with, I have never been burnt by Windows or NTFS for things like file shares, etc. In addition, the backup software I have used has been pretty reliable. If you want some sort of enterprise level backup software then call Commvault and get a Galaxy backup pointing to a virtual tape drive on a SAN. :) My whole point about Linux is that it's still way too hard to use and administrate. Unless, like you, you live and breathe Linux and are well skilled in it. I consider myself to be reasonably competent in Linux, yet find myself struggling often to get tasks that are simple in the Windows world done under Linux.
Re: [H] Open Source Heretic
Sharepoint is free though. It's actually pretty cool, from what small amount of time I've played with it. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 12:28 PM 7/14/2005, Ben Ruset typed: That's what's killing Microsofy with Office. Office 97 does everything that most casual office workers need to do. There really is no compelling reason to go to a newer version of Office unless you need some really obscure feature. And who is going to roll out Office upgrades at $250 a pop just to get access to some new Excel feature? This is why O2k3 has more collaboration tools won't run on 98 machines. MSFT knows that most of the stuff that is borrowed is not being done so by corporations. What gets me is that MSFT tells us as system builders, developers, beta testers, programmers etc etc that they are for small business but I don't know of one small business that actually uses Share Point Portal Services. While centralized collaboration is great for larger companies who have depts that are larger than most small businesses many medium sized business still would rather just rely on in house email than spend the extra loot. Let's face it to make a buck one doesn't spend any more than they have to get the product out the door. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] Open Source Heretic
If an office already has a Windows 2003 server then they could just load it on that one. Chances are most new offices would end up with at least one Win2k3 server. I haven't played with it through Outlook, but with Office and IE it worked pretty nice. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 06:41 PM 7/14/2005, Ben Ruset typed: Sharepoint is free though. Running it on a separate server sure isn't free Office 2k3 isn't free. Without Outlook 2k3, Sharepoint is severely limited. It's actually pretty cool, from what small amount of time I've played with it. Yes it's pretty neat as I beta tested the thing but as I was trying to point out, this is not enough reason for most companies to upgrade their office suite from MSFT. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] Gigabit Network Speeds
Our network is shit, though. Cat5e cabling, but to Linksys Gigabit switches, and likely a lot of stupid broadcast crap. Harry McGregor wrote: 7MB on FTP sounds a little low, but not a lot. Max would be 12.5MByte/sec, and normal max would be about 11MByte/sec.
Re: [H] Bluetooth USB Adapter
Some phones are locked to not allow file transfers over Bluetooth. I believe that my Sony T-610 won't let me, which is why I use it's IR interface instead. Bill wrote: Anybody have any experience with nasty little devils? I thought setup should be a 30 second snap... Setting up this tiny little adapter took literally hours.. I've heard similar horror stories from other users.. I'm trying to get Bluetooth PC support so I can communicate with my cellular phone.. Ultimately I can get the PC and the phone to communicate but I can't effect a file transfer. My hunch is the Targus adapter doesn't support full OBEX and currently I'm looking for one that does... Thanks, Bill
Re: [H] hosts file ?
notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Delete everything in the file, and paste this in. This is the vanilla
hosts file that ships with Windows 2000/XP. Alternately you could just
keep the file empty. I don't know if anything really needs the localhost
line.
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
FORC5 wrote:
how do I clean out the hosts file ? perhaps delete ?
I have a couple of sites that will not let me load up ( aleks.com, student
account )
loads fine on another box. systems are pretty much clones.
driving me nuts ( and I do not have far to go :{)))
fp
Re: [H] My latest mod
Because DOS/Win95 doesn't have the same panache that an old Commodore/Apple/Atari 8 bit has. Besides, the games are better for the old systems. :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [H] My latest mod Is there a market for used Commodore C64 systems? I've had one sitting in my closet for the past 17 years. I do not even know what operating system the Commodore runs. If somebody wants good value in a computer that will run DOS very well, why not invest in one of the many Windows 95 computers readily available on the Internet at around $25.00 each? Format the hard drive and install DOS and fly with the 100 MHZ processor and 8 MB of RAM. Chuck
Re: [H] My latest mod
You could probably get some money for it off ebay. Vintage computing seems to be the current fad. Gary VanderMolen wrote: What do people use Commodores for these days? The same things they always use them for. :) And more. There's more to computing than the MHz race. :) Is there a market for used Commodore C64 systems? I've had one sitting in my closet for the past 17 years. Gary VanderMolen
RE: [H] Outlook 2003 Rules Question
I guess I wasn't being clear. The junk emails (that are definately junk) are being marked as junk, put in the junk email folder, and THEN moved OUT of the folder and placed in the inbox of one of my other accounts based on those rules. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 11:02 PMTo: The Hardware ListSubject: Re: [H] Outlook 2003 Rules Question ctrl+alt+J should mark it as not junk AFAIKf\pAt 07:47 PM 7/7/2005, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: I just recently switched to Outlook 2003 from Thunderbird and am trying toget the junk mail filters working right.I check 3 pop3 accounts. I have rules set to move messages to theappropriate folders based on these rules:1. HWG mail goes to verizon\hwg2. Another list goes to verizon\amp3. All mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] goes to verizon\inbox4. All mail for other pop3 goes to blah\inbox5. All mail for other other pop3 goes to blah2\inboxHowever it looks like a message may get marked as Junk through Outlooks junkmail filter, but then gets transferred to another folder based on thoserules.Any idea how to prevent this, besides not using Outlook? -- Tallyho ! ]:8)--Master debaters often argue with themselves.
Re: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al.
For a $30 DVD it had better have some really good bonus features, interviews, etc. If it's the plain movie, then no. If there is some value added above and beyond the movie itself, then yes. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 03:22 PM 06/07/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote: work deserves the same amount of protection from theft and exploitation that a purchaser of that work has. Is there anybody here who honestly thinks it should be legal to download a DVD copy for free that you would otherwise have to pay for? Nonsense. Conversely, does anyone here think it's reasonable that someone should be able to charge $30 for a DVD? I doubt it. And the argument, if you don't want to pay, don't buy doesn't cut it. There's no competition on movie ticket and DVD prices, so the consumer gets what price the industry fixes. Find another industry where that's the norm. People are using P2P to avoid what they consider to be over inflated prices. Does that make it right? Maybe not, but it's probably just as right as any rebellion against what is seen as an unfair regime. T
Re: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al.
They should just sue the internet for making it easy to pirate movies. I wish people would stop going to the movies and stop buying music in response to these stupid lawsuits. Ultimately, fair-use rights are going to be eliminated, and we'll all be forced to live in a safe, happy DRM land, where the thought police kill you if you press the record button when you're not allowed to. j m g wrote: But what it also doesn't do is give clarity to allowing the suits in the first place. They've opened the door to folks to let the courts decide if there was any 'promotion of infringement' by the hardware or software vendors. My Subaru's tv ad had 0-60 times as 5.4 secs - are they promoting reckless driving? Can they be sued for it? What someone does with tools they've purchased should be their own responsibility. A vague ruling like this will kill funding of projects that have market potential simply because of litigation fears.
[H] DHCP and DDNS Updates on Centos4
I am trying to setup a CentOS4 based DHCP and DNS server. I'd like to have DHCP update my DNS server with whatever leases get sent. I have it working up until the point where DHCP tries to update DNS. It then chokes on creating the journal files. It's trying to create the files in /var/named/ and it's getting denied. I know that CentOS runs DNS in a chroot environment, and all of the zone files live in /var/named/chroot/var/named/, so I guess it's unable to write in that directory, or it does not know that it should write in there? How can I get this to work? Can someone he;lp direct me in the right... uhm, direction?
Re: [H] Car speaker recommendations...
The BA Rally speakers are OK to use with a non-amplified system. I have always felt that the Infinity's were more geared to amped setups anyway. The reason why I suggest Pioneers is that most of their low-end stuff is designed to work as drop in replacements for stock systems w/o an amp. You could easily substitute RF, Kenwood, or Sony for Pioneer and get the same sort of thing. Bobby Heid wrote: I replied to this but it never made it to the list. I do want to replace the stock speakers. I may put a new front-end in at some point. A long time ago, I used to be into car stereo, but I no longer feel the need to sink so much into my vehicle. I had a $1200 system in a $6500 car - lol. I even had a rider on my car insurance to cover the stereo. Mind you that this is over 20 years ago. Way back then, I never really cared for the Pioneer speakers, have they improved them? I looked at the Infinities at Crutchfield and they looked interesting. I have som Boston Acoustics at home that I like. Anyone know anything about those for the car? Thanks, Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:46 PM To: Brian Weeden; The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Car speaker recommendations... You'll need external amps for MB Quarts and most Infinity's. I get the feeling that he just wants to replace the stock speakers, so any Pioneer or Kenwood speaker should do just fine, and not break the bank. Brian Weeden wrote: If you don't want to DIY I have always been a big fan of MB Quarts, although they are a bit on the expensive end. I think Infinity still has some good quality in the mid-range.
Re: [H] Car speaker recommendations...
You'll need external amps for MB Quarts and most Infinity's. I get the feeling that he just wants to replace the stock speakers, so any Pioneer or Kenwood speaker should do just fine, and not break the bank. Brian Weeden wrote: If you don't want to DIY I have always been a big fan of MB Quarts, although they are a bit on the expensive end. I think Infinity still has some good quality in the mid-range.
Re: [H] Car speaker recommendations...
I used to be really big into car audio myself. Now I find that my iPod + iTrip, stock Jeep stereo and Infinity basslink do it fine for me. :) Brian Weeden wrote: On 6/21/05, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll need external amps for MB Quarts and most Infinity's. I get the feeling that he just wants to replace the stock speakers, so any Pioneer or Kenwood speaker should do just fine, and not break the bank. True. Sorry, some of us get all fired up when we start talking about audio. Kind of like someone in the family asking for a new PC. They are thinking $300 econo box and this list is thinking dual core SLI 2GB ram with 35 fans.
