Comment i just posted this comment on my 27" imac (Score 4, Informative) 279
running windows 7.
what's the issue? everything works great.
Comment Re:Juh? (Score 1) 361
Wanna try this with Microcrap Media Center Edition? Dream on...
I can stream movies in full hd from my fileserver to any laptop in my house, or to my plasma tv. using windows (not even media center edition). It's actually much easier than my former MythTV/DVD server i had with linux, most of my devices can be setup in under 5 minutes.
You should do a little more research before getting on your high horse. I love linux but when it comes to home media streaming, Windows is miles ahead and way easier to set up.
Submission + - U.S. Pennies to be Worth Five Cents?
Z-MaxX writes: As a result of the sky-high copper prices, the U.S. one-cent coin can be worth more when melted down and sold as copper metal. New regulations against the melting down and exporting of coins have recently been passed, but Francois Velde, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, thinks these measures will not be enough. He suggests "rebasing" the penny to be worth five cents.
Activating Vista Enterprise Using a Spoofed Server 291
Ruvim writes "It has been mentioned in previous Slashdot discussions as possibility, and now it became a reality: Information Week reports that a spoofed server has been released that can be used to activate Microsoft's Vista Enterprise versions. It is being made available on several pirate Web sites and spoofs a Key Management Service server, used to activate a large number of copies of Windows Vista in enterprise environments." From the article: "Vista is the first version of Windows that Microsoft requires volume license customers to activate. Besides KMS, the Redmond, Wash. developer also offers Multiple Activation Key, which resembles the retail version's activation process. PCs activated using KMS must reactivate at least once every six months. The MelindaGates hack uses a VMware image of a KMS server to activate -- and keep activated -- a pirated edition of Windows Vista Business. 'Looks like Windows Vista Volume Activation 2.0 is a big bust,' wrote a user identified as 'clank' on the PirateBay Web site Friday. "
Comment Re:Gaim-E? gaim-encryption (Score 1) 329
Sorry, I guess I was not too clear on my point.
Gaim-encryption plugin violates gaim's license by DIRECTLY linking openSSL to gaim. The simplest way to solve this is to have the plugin call, not link, a helper program that is linked to openSSL (by making a system() call or something similar).
That is why this is not a copyright issue, gaim has not problems in you writing a plugin that uses openSSL, just how it interfaces with gaim (hence a license issue).
I have not read the license included in gaim-encryption, but I believe that it includes an exception clause (allowing it to be linked to openSLL) in the GPL. Gaim does not have that exception clause and it will be too difficult to add it in (the developers would have to contact ALL the source code contributors, past and present, to gaim and get their approval to include theexception clause).
Hope this helps clarify the confusion I created.
Gaim-encryption plugin violates gaim's license by DIRECTLY linking openSSL to gaim. The simplest way to solve this is to have the plugin call, not link, a helper program that is linked to openSSL (by making a system() call or something similar).
That is why this is not a copyright issue, gaim has not problems in you writing a plugin that uses openSSL, just how it interfaces with gaim (hence a license issue).
I have not read the license included in gaim-encryption, but I believe that it includes an exception clause (allowing it to be linked to openSLL) in the GPL. Gaim does not have that exception clause and it will be too difficult to add it in (the developers would have to contact ALL the source code contributors, past and present, to gaim and get their approval to include theexception clause).
Hope this helps clarify the confusion I created.
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