moonlit
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I personally find that WinXP does the job for me... it does pretty much everything I need media-wise, but I guess it's down to personal taste...
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I guess this is kinda off topic, but since we're on the subject of Canada...
I went last yeah and man was it great! Seriously, the scenery (I went to Castlegar, BC) was simply awesome! Just... gah! I don't even have words for it - just... wow! The people were cool, and so much more accepting that us Brits (though it could've been the accent ;)) ... and 7eleven!! 7eleven RULES! DOUBLE GULP!
*cough*
Yeah, seriously though, I recommend going there - it's... well the scenery is breathtaking, the people are cool, the fact that you drive on the wrong ... err ... right side of the road and... well... it's just great! That accent! w00t!
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Yeah it surely doesn't make business sense to do that, does it?
I guess people's ignorance is the issue, but absurd though it sounds, it's like this slightly OTT example:
'this car is great! they gave me the colour I wanted, it's great with fuel consumption - but it doesn't work in the town/city you live in... I'll sell it to you for twice what it's worth...'
'sure! I'll take 2 of 'em!'
...it sounds stupid but it's how it's going at the moment...
oh, and I'm going for HD-DVD - but not for a while yet, I'm sticking with SL-DVD±R/RW ... I don't even use DVD-RAM because it doesn't do what I want...
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Yeah it's ridiculous... as you say, the actual media itself (the physical distrobution media, that is) costs very little to make... which leaves production, the artist or cast's pay and the advertising... now, advertising shouldn't cost all that much for a well established popular artist especially when you consider the volume of CDs that would be sold -especially if they were to cost less.
The artist should get enough money to count as a wage suitable for the effort they have put into creating their music and a 'being famous' fee... the production costs should cover just that - the production costs... ok, so you have agents and whatever in between but if the money was fair, then why do loads of pop stars (however talented they /really/ are) end up eventually owning more money than they have sense and cars, clothes etc that royalty would have trouble affording?!
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Yeah I agree... the amount of music CDs I have is ridiculous but despite the fact I've paid for them I can't play them... for the first reason, I have no idea where a given CD is at a given time (so I should be more organised, but I don't think my situation is much different from other people) and also they are easily damaged... so if my CDs are scratched and I have to buy it again then why shouldn't I download it? I had a CD broken some time back which I would find it quite difficult to get hold of and according to some people, despite this I shouldn't be allowed to download the content that was on that CD...
Same would go for DVDs if I bought them...
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True, but then we get to the VHS vs TiVo/Sky+ thing - why use TiVo or Sky+ when you can use a free method of recording shows like VHS or home-brew PVR...? It does the same thing, it's the same content - but without these recording devices we still see the same content... for free... it's just with a VCR or TiVo or whatever, we get to watch them whenever we choose rather than when the TV listings (or rather stations) say.
Of course, this is what makes Hak.5 and all of the rest of the free independant media so great - we get to watch content we choose and like, while we're fed things we're supposed to like by mainstream media and often get charged for it... Ok, so I'm aware that free media is often far from free behind the scenes and that the level of work that goes into free and mainstream media alike is very high (sometimes, anyhow) but how is it that indie media can work while the mainstream media claims to require millions to operate?
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@armadaender: I quite agree, but it's greed... Kinda in relation to what VaKo said about people wanting more money that they deserve for whatever they're creating, people want much money as they can possibly get though watever means they can. This includes trying to squeeze every last penny out of us by way of DRM etc. It's the same with hacking and virus writing and such - there's no way you could eradicate that from a network any more than you could've stopped people lending others their cassettes to copy on their 2 deck stereo of the pre-CD era.
@VaKo: I also create things (my avatar is a very very poor example btw lol) and would rather like to get paid something for it... and even though I don't get paid, I'd rather prefer if my content and creative output didn't get strewn around where everyone can get hold of it if it. If it's worth having, surely it's worth paying for, right?
But then on saying that, I also agree with your point where you use Lost as an example - if it's TV, why should we pay to own it if we can legally see it for free elsewhere?! I like your idea of using regional adverts, that would in theory work nicely I think... I also like watching things from around the world and disagree that we should pay for that if the place it came from provides it for free...
You mention that the world is becomeing more expensive to live in and that we are being pushed to want everything we see... it is a great shame that besides their bank balance and credit card overdraft, people don't see it... they see that they spend but they don't see why - that they're being /told/ what they want... We can't afford everything, so yes as you say it's a reasonable situation to see people downloading things left right and centre wherever possible - the media have become a victim of their own brainwashing - they've created an army that's now turning against them.
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Yeah my parents are the same (though they dislike my room being jammed to the ceiling with hardware)... I go out one day and return with a (legally purchased/obtained) machine when they know I only left with a couple of quid (erm... about $5 US) or nothing and they don't stop to question why I have it or where it came from... they just groan, sigh and watch me drag it throught the house...
Unfortunately this happens more rarely these days, but hey I didn't do bad while my 'sources' were more active ;)
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Yeah that's a pretty good idea... as you say, if they guy in the pub gets wind that some music CD broke his computer and then if he so decides, finds out that it was because he's being punished for legitimately buying a CD or a legit download (which he needed 'special' software to play/use) he's gonna be pissed...
Also you make the point that the younger and stupider the better... the kids and the poor make decisions... if you can't sell to those two groups you have a big problem. If a campaign was to be launched it would (kinda obviously) need to hit the general peeps who don't know about this stuff (again, as you said) to really affect things... I'm actually very glad that people haven't embraced and settled with the idea of downloading the things they've bought... it means there's still a chance to hold it back or at least open people's eyes...
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lmao!
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Well that does remind me of the Sony case... and that dude's comment that 'people don't know what a rootkit is so why should they care'... that rootkit made systems about as stable as lime jelly/jello...
it's a shame that the general public don't hear this stuff - most of the non tech-savvy people I mentioned that to, thinking they might have heard about it had no clue whatsoever and thus would've/had fallen to Sony...
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Yeah I've noticed that they don't like technology advancements much - also obvious is that if you are prepared to disobey them that much then surely you aren't gonna encourage people to buy DRM-infested stuff, are you? This does not make you their friend...
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Naturally... they wouldn't be so insistant if they didn't stand to gain obscene amounts of money, would they?
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I dunno, the way the net's going, if you comb your inbox you'll probably find someone trying to sell you it ;)
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Now, I chose 'Fuck them' but I wish to explain:
Fuck them: I chose this.
Kill all it's employees: Meh - I prefer non-violent tactics wherever possible.
Try to explain to them how the Internet actualy works: They wouldn't listen or probably wouldn't even get it.
Try to explain to them why every body hates them: Slander lawsuit anyone? They'd find some way to sue you for this one.
Ask them where all the money they get from law suites goes on Live Televison (Some one should realy do that): I dunno, it would be kinda interesting to hear the answer but they'd just bullshit everyone, so...
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*creates beer spawn point*
@VaKo: Naughty VaKo! ;)
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hey it's the net, dude!
*puts out another crate*
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yeah - I agree... if he doesn't know it (and might never know) then it would only be fair, since we know the machine is in this state (still assuming the owner doesn't know it)... it's like knowing there's a robbery happening but just diving in and helping yourself otherwise...
ok, bad example but you guys know what I mean :p
Edit: another few ports -
1002/tcp open windows icfw?
1720/tcp open ms-rdp (Microsoft Terminal Service - NetMeeting, Remote Desktop, Remote Assistance)
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metasploit has some exploits for apache (as mentioned in the show IIRC) but I don't know which version they go up to... might look later...
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The Streets - Not Addicted
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very nice VaKo :p
it seems that the first one on Rapid uses composite or similar for output, since they say it can be used on a VCR - they say it's a 'standard' output... so maybe a cature card?
dunno about the second one, it doesn't seem to say...
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Why quit smoking? It's so good for you!
Dude, I knew there was a reason I thought you were cool ;)
@melodic: Here's your beer (even if you are too emo ;)) and they're right here if anyone else wants one...
*places beer in thread*
@sparda: dunno, how would they prove you don't smoke? ;)
Edit: Don't touch the very big bottle though, that's especially for Harrison...
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Steve Earle - Ain't No Liquor In This Town
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ooh ooh ooh... maybe you could use it to check if the evidence removal process shown on Hacking with Ramzi (thebroken) actually works ;)
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I just had a dumb, but possibly fun to do idea...
I have sitting in front of me now:
1 x (Internal workings of) a Mini USB digital webcam/digital camera - max. res. 320x240
1 x Cheap LeClic 35mm Camera
Now, my thoughts are - what if I combine the two? I would then have a home-made digital camera, right?
I could replace the li'l wierd USB connector with a real USB female connector,
I could keep the 35mm's flash unit and then it'd have a flash (it didn't before),
It would have a real viewfinder (compared to it's pathetic and somewhat useless viewfinder in it's previous life as a cheapo digi-cam),
It would be nicer to hold, it'd feel like a real camera.
On the downside, the little diddy LCD it had went for a flying lesson when I dremelled/prized it open... erm... so I don't know where that went... it still seems to function ok though... oh, and the little piezo-electric speaker? that's gone too...
What do you guys think... worth spending an hour or so on?
Edit: I did think of modding it into my old (but only) lappy but there's very little room around the LCD so it probably wouldn't fit... plus it would draw all of the current from the only USB port (unless I hook the power to the serial port or PS/2 port or something not sure if the PS/2 port carries that much current though...)