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Comment Re:There isn't really any homebrew on the 360 (Score 1) 453

I kind of doubt that someone just replaced a fan and got banned for that reason. I suspect it (if that is legitimately all he did) would have been either due to a) a mistake in the banning process or b) a switch that detects the case being opened or another form of detection to check if the case has been opened (maybe a wire that gets snapped unless you know exactly what you are doing)

Comment Re:Fucking moronic (Score 1) 212

In regards to it being a two way communications system.... I believe at least at one point mediacom cable boxes would jump out of on demand programming for test alerts. Although if you have a test mode and a real mode you can't be sure the real mode isn't going to behave like the test mode (not showing up on the screen) unless you actually make the tests visible.

This was always fun with a quiet tv show or on demand video that you were listening to fairly loud on a stereo and all of a sudden you (and probably half the building) hear the alert tones because they are 10 times as loud as what you were watching.

Comment Re:Fucking moronic (Score 1) 212

An alternative to blasting everyone on the network with a test they could probably limit it to a few test xbox systems that are running the latest firmware, etc. with different configurations to make sure everything is functioning since the last updates.

Since this is an opt in system you also would likely have the option to opt out of test messages or choose how they are displayed (a warning in the corner, a full screen opaque message, a watermark on the screen, etc.

Comment Re:Ugh (Score 2, Interesting) 849

Intelligent audiophiles don't fall for the $1000 cables, etc.

When you want to listen to a lot of movies at dolby reference levels without any noticeable distortion in a larger room you are going to spend a lot more on speakers because movies frequently output levels below 20hz (even if you can't hear the sound it is outputting you can feel it and definitely hear the port noise on the subwoofer)

The problem is a lot of the people who think they are audio knowledge gods will buy the $1000 cables even if lab equipment can't detect any difference.

Comment Re:Any good audio engineer will tell you- (Score 1) 849

There is a significant difference between someone buying $5000 speakers at best buy and buying $5000 quality speakers. Most of the people with intelligence spending that much on equipment probably can tell a difference in quality.

On the other hand you have people who spend $5000 on repackaged $50 speakers and think they notice a difference in quality. These are the same people who believe using Monster Cable wiring is going to improve their sound over using any other quality wire (no 22 gauge speaker wires to hook up 500 watt speakers, etc.)

Comment Re:Comments are good (Score 1) 660

2. When you have to explain what you are doing, it helps you to discover possible errors in your code. Particularly logic errors.

What if the logic error was in the choice you made not to comment that piece of code because its function should be obvious to anyone working on the project?

Comment Re:Effect on games, etc.? (Score 1) 402

In response to multiple posts saying you can't unlicense the music, etc. Here is another question:

If it is licensed under terms where a certain percentage of sales goes to the record company in exchange for the song, or a certain percent of movie sales goes to the publisher of the book...

Will the record company/publisher/whatever still be getting paid even though they no longer hold the rights to the work, or will whoever it is licensed to be required to pay the original author/artist?

Comment Re:How is this zero-day? (Score 1) 289

PS how, exactly, would a malicious third party patch a bug? If you can't tell me for security reasons it's OK, I trust you. You're a security professional!

Is this part of the trolling or are you also trying to be a grammar nazi here? I assume he meant.... "If the developers or security researchers discover the bug and patch it before any malicious third party discovers it [and exploits it]"

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