zalternate

hey...now that's where i draw the line...we ain't goin there...i'm delicate u know...i need the soft stuff...so back off...

someone should come up with an alternative...whoa...now hey there could be some money in that one...

Well there is the '3 shells' method.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=demolition+man+3+shells&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g1

Oh heres a new avatar for smuth...

I liked Tommy Chongs version of jail myself.

Went in and then hung around with the guys talking and shiat like that. He's wrote a book on it to.

The I Chong: Meditations from the Joint

allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4404352-1.html

What were some good stories that didn't make it into the book?

TC: Oh, so many. There were some pretty sad ones that never made it. There was a 78-year-old doctor named Bob. He was the head of orthopedics in UCLA and he was a team doctor for the Dallas Cowboys for years. His accountant got him involved in a tax shelter that the government deemed illegal. Because he tried to fight them, he was sentenced to two years in jail. It was one of the saddest stories I'd ever seen. He was such a beautiful man. He was in the Second World War, Korean War and Vietnam. He was a decorated man. They should have given him a medal, but instead, they put him in jail for two years. Very sad. Also, the scariest people in jail, weren't the bikers or murderers, it was the Republicans. And there were quite a few.

War on drugs. War on file sharing. War on how many trees are cut down for your extra soft toilet paper.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22tommy%20chong%22%20jail%20experience&hl=en&ned=us&tab=nw

you had mentioned mtu settings--how do I adjust that??

Thanks-

Should be in your WAN settings area. The specs say it's adjustable.

I remember hearing about those DVD's. Good for so many plays or a week/month, and then kiss it goodbye.

Why anyone would want to buy(like a disposable rental) them is a mystery. Especially if the airtight package has an air leak and oxidizes the DVD before you have a chance to play it.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/05/ms_play-one_dvds/

Microsoft eyes disposable, play-once DVDs

Better for MS' DRM dreams than the environment

By Tony Smith

Sometime is 2011 for WildBlue to get a new satellite. And sometime in 2012 for Hughesnet to get a new satellite.

http://www.viasat.com/broadband-satellite-networks/viasat-1

No cranking up the power to be had. A certain amount of bandwidth available and I don't know how much they oversell each beam. So a 'X' number of bandwidth on the satellite and at least 20% of customer oversell to be a very rough figure. Since not everyone can be online at once, right? 

Your speeds are the standard 'PrimeTime slowdown'.

So avoid any new contracts in case you have a good wireless provider setup one day.

Who's the satellite ISP? Wildpoo or Hughesnet.

And if Hughesnet, which satellites? The old KU bands with satellites that have electrical issues and can get overloaded with users. Or the KA band is the new(one year old) Hughesnet satellite.

WildBlue has two satellites and some 'spot beams' are oversold and slow down between about 5pm to 10pm or maybe to midnight.

You are being fed a tremendous line. And these companies feed it to everyone who have not read many, many reviews on just how these companies operate with speeds and such. You will be blamed for slow speeds. Or your router will be blamed. Or your security software will be blamed.  But if your dish is installed well, there should be little problem, except for the amount of users online at once.

Norton can slow down 'your machine', but not the Internet connection for the most part. There are some exceptions occasionally. I don't know if the 'bloat' of Norton has been reduced, but it has been known to be a resource hog.

Not scanning your emails is a bad thing if you get an infected email. A scanner can slow down your email coming in, but usually with large attachments.

The firewall should automatically setup to allow safe programs access to the Internet. If the FireWall blocks your browser, you can't surf, simple. But the FireWall is there to block outgoing programs, as well as incoming programs(Windows firewall is only for incoming).

1 Gig of memory should be good for XP. For Vista it is minimum 1 gig. I have an old system that is slow due to it's age(about 10 years old) and traffic is choking through the mother board.

Here are some reviews to learn the system for either company.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/internet/wild_blue.html

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/internet/hughes.html

Well at least you keep above about 512Kbps. It's not fair to go down one or two package levels , but users are not rebelling enough to get the Government to actually listen about these business practices. You bought a speed of 1Mbps to 1.5Mbps 24/7. You should not have to accept being defrauded of speeds and defrauded of money.

A.M. speed test are the scam time to do the speed tests. It is the time that the installers will use to quote the speeds on satellite. At another forum, they post only the am speed test times to 'white lie' to the future users.  

Some satellite ISP 'approved' speedtest sites are a scam and the satellite provider will prioritize the speed test traffic to the site. Or the speedtest is only to the NOC, which only gives your speeds between you and the NOC and not the Internet.

Some people spend many dollars to upgrade their computers and see no difference in speeds.

And only run one anti-virus and one firewall at a time, otherwise there may be a conflict.

The weather excuse is either, it's cloudy over your house or it's cloudy over the NOC(satellite down/up link).

The usb flash drive may of failed.

If there is no data on it to lose.

In XP, click start, then right click my Computer, click manage, Click disc management, then if your usb drive is there, then you can try to format it(right click it). Be cautious as to not format your hard disc... If it's dead, it still won't format.

Also try the drive out in another computer to see if there is a usb flash drive driver error or corruption.

If the drive is older, it may have a little slider on it that makes the drive write protected.

Maybe someone else has some tips, for recovery of lost files on it.

Does your ISP offer a 'Modem only' unit. Usually they are given to business customers who have their own routers.

I have a Thomson Speedtouch modem for my DSL from Telus and it's great. Since the original combo unit of the Siemens Gigaset died, due to firmware issues. The Thomson is good to at least 15Mbps speeds.

I am going to guess the combo unit you have(speedstream 6520) is not able to sync on your line and falls back to a stable sync speed. Your speeds stay in two general areas in your speed tests, which leads me to that.  I don't like these combo units, but they are used so call support does not have to deal with a customers own router unit.

I have not used your model, but there should be an interface in the modem to see what speed the line is syncing at in it's log file and if it is falling back to a slower sync(speed). Reboot to get a fresh log file.

In sure do hate it when people just except that' Up To' bull shiat of an excuse. The service better be within 80% to 90% of the top quoted number for the package.   Unless they do the 1.5Mbps to 6Mbps DSL rating, meaning that depending on location for those speeds.

So have you unplugged all other phone line devices and then done a speed test?

Have you plugged the DSL modem in to a different phone outlet?

If possible, can you plug directly into the Demarcation point. The outside box, if you know how to get into it and it has a phone plug connection that you open up to disable the entire house, just leaving that plug live. This is too check for a bad wire in the house that can cause trouble, such as a short.

If you are on the edge of DSL. You are screwed. But consider yourself lucky that you don't get disconnects.  But the phone guys can remove some bridge taps, etc. on your line in the street, to make it shorter in some cases.

And the easy one. You don't plug a DSL modem into filter. You plug into the phone outlet itself. filters are for phones, so there is no interference on the DSL.

Some of these free dialup places harvest your data.

But this one actually says, it isn't harvesting anything.

PRIVACY POLICY.

Our privacy policy is also very simple. We won't sell your personal information to anyone. In fact, we don't have your personal information. There is no sign-up process, and therefore, we do not know your name, your address, your email address, nor do we have any credit card or checking account information. In fact, we have nothing about you on file at all. We like to think that is as private as it can get. 

I do like the part about not needing any damn software to use the service.

Here is one that works real well.

http://filehippo.com/download_asquared/

Nice little program. But did have one false/positive.  But the 30MB update for definitions hurts a bit, but only because their servers are not as fast as me. 

These virus's that block programs from launching tend to be hardcoded to the main stream type anti-malware programs. So for now this one slips on by. 

But one day file sharing will be perfectly legal.    Or legal in a sense, as long as the Fat Cats are living it up in the South Pacific on their own Islands. The recording Industry that is. Only the oldest Artists have any money to do that. And they bought while the prices were still cheap.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1532648/music-industry-calls-filesharing-tax

Music industry calls for filesharing tax

Everyone will have to pay them.

THE LATEST CUNNING PLAN of the music industry is to get the government to bring in a tax to pay what it claims to have lost to 'pirates'.

The idea has been gaining some traction in Canada, where since 1997 a small fee has been levied on blank media such as audio cassettes, mini-discs and CD-Rs as a way to compensate artists for copies made of their works.

Since the Canadian Private Copying Collective was established to collect the levy it has given more than $160 million to more than 100,000 songwriters, recording artists, music publishers and record companies. The Canadian experience might have been successful as many small bands have depended on the cash from the CPCC to make a living.

Story continues.............

Note that in the story, is that Artists are 'living off of the tax' on recordable media.  Well after all it is Canada.  We subsidize the crap out of Canadian content makers.  Which we already pay for with a tax on our TV service. O look. Another dollar a month on our TV bill starts this month. AWESOME.

The Tax number that is thrown around is $1 a month(but could go higher to about $10 a month). Even if you don't fileshare.

 It's an unfair tax.    But as Canadians, we have to take it up the wazoo, cause it's good for us as a country and for our Heritage.

The story also notes that it would open the door for other companies to put their hand out and also impose a tax. So if you resell that laptop, well there will be a resell tax for that. If you resell your older car, another tax. Put your possessions in a consignment shop to pay all these taxes, well another tax on the sale of your stuff.

On a side note. In BC we are going to be getting a Harmonized tax. Which is the combination of two taxes that exist(provincial and GST). But doing this will cause a lot of products and services that did not have taxes, to now be taxed.  And what does our BC Government get to do this? O about 1 billion dollars from the Feds, which is probably money that is still owed to us from all  the years that we sent money back east and hardly got out fair share back.

Some countries have a 50% personal type tax. But everything is paid for like healthcare and jail time,etc.......

Some forum sites ban links to any other forum.

But I do sneak in links to the ThunderBird email forum. And of course with the explanation that no one on the forum has your answer for such a specific product and question.

Then some sites ban links to product pages where the prices are. But how in the hell can you direct someone to a specific product and price without digging into a useless Makers site.  Now the reason for the ban is that the product site is not a paying advertiser on the forum. So no free advertising.  And here Signature spam advertising is banned.

And if I find an answer via Google. I post the answer. Which can be a compilation of many correct answers.

And honestly between you me and the wall I hope one day the RIAA ends up falling.  

Maybe your wish gets granted.    This is so freaking awesome. An Artist smacks the recording industry in the nut sack. He had a deal for 7 albums, but Sony decides to make a 8th album(outside of contract), out of unreleased material that they were just holding on to.

http://torrentfreak.com/sony-music-office-raided-090907/

Pirated Artist Orders Police Raid on Sony Music Office

Written by Ernesto on September 08, 2009

A Sony Music office in Mexico has been raided after the label refused to hand over the recordings of one of Latin America

Well if you are good at finding things.

Here is HiJackThis.

http://free.antivirus.com/hijackthis/

It is a scanner that tells you what is running on your system. Two versions. One is an installer and the other is an executable.

Then you use this online scanner

http://www.hijackthis.de/

to tell you what each object found means.

Then you can search out the infected files.

Can you install Avast Anti-Virus? And scan with it.

http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Free also.

And also Ad-Aware free version.

http://lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php

And SpyBot search and destroy.

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

Hopefully one of them can get installed. And scanning. But you can also go into safe mode to maybe prevent the malware from running at startup.  

Start up Items are found in ,,,, Which is start, click run, type in  msconfig   , then click  startup and if you recognize any nasties, uncheck them. But be careful. Otherwise your system may not start if you uncheck the wrong thing.

So is it explornet, or hughes ?   http://www.testmy.net/t-27029.msg313240#msg313240

Xplornet is a re-seller of Hughesnet(and Telesat). Since our glorious Government refuses to let Hughesnet do direct business in Canada. So Xplornet has made quite the captive market of satellite Internet users. It's pretty well like no competition, since any other reseller is small or business only and some have Xplornet as the call support. 

http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html

Spyware Doctor free version that does remove 'Some' of infections.  Just uncheck the rest of the stuff and only download Spyware doctor.

The only thing I don't like about Google's programs is the 'Automatic updater' add on.  

And what I and others don't like about the full version(as opposed to Googles Starter Version) of Spyware Doctor, is that it does not remove for free what it finds. So it makes people buy and buy. Some call it a scam, since it mirrors the fake spyware scanners that magically pop up in your browser and then demand payment for the fake infections that they find.

Heres another free anti-malware scanner and cleaner.

SuperAntiSpyware. Anti-Malware

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Can you adjust the MTU settings in the router? Maybe try 1488 at the Maximum first and work downwards.

Or maybe the routers firewall may be an issue?  Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateful_firewall

I have malware/anti malware bytes on my computer already but that too will not load.

With the infection test www.confickerworkinggroup/infection_test.... everything seemed to load as normal, i had no problems there.

Anyone know how to help my sick computer?

You may have to do a reinstall of MalWareBytes to get it to work again, as per a post from someone, from a few weeks ago.

and look in your Add/remove programs for the program of Ask.com toolbar and uninstall it. If that is the possible reason for the search preferences blocking.

Free. download and install and update and scan.

MalwareBytes. Anti-Malware

http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol&cdlPid=10896905

Also a test to see about basic infections.

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html

I've also seen where Ask.com can act like an infection and hijack from any other search engine preferences.

Point 1: Look up the definition of theft. Downloading copyrighted works is a violation of copyright, not a crime.

Thats an interesting point, which this Wiki article from the UK defines.

So the plaintiff calls in the police on 'false grounds'(which is actually a court punishable offense. But since it's the UK....).

The police find no 'trademark infringement'. But the Plaintiff uses the situation to further their own goals in an apparently illegal way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_Against_Copyright_Theft

..................Also in 2007, FACT, in collaboration with UK police, took down well known hot-linking site Tv-links.co.uk. FACT makes the claim that the 26 year old man from Cheltenham was arrested in connection with offences relating to the facilitation of copyright infringement on the internet whereas the arrest was over a matter of possible trademark infringement, though no such infringement appears to have taken place[1][2]. While arrested under Section 92 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 he has now been released 'pending further investigation' with no charges filed against him as of 25 October. [2][3] Strangely, Section 92 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 deals with falsely applying signs to goods that may be mistaken for a registered trademark, something which the website did not do [4].

In June 2009, FACT brought a lawsuit against the company Scopelight and its founders for running a video search engine called Surfthechannel.com. The organisation accompanied a police raid on the Scopelights owners homes, they collaborated with the police in the initial investigation and they allowed FACT employee's to inspect confiscated computers and the information on them. After a few months the police decided there was not enough evidence to prosecute the owners for criminal charges. Scopelight's owners requested their property back to which FACT refused claiming they were holding onto the equipment to be used for a civil case against the owners. The issue was brought to court and it was ruled that FACT's actions were improper and the equipment should have been returned the moment police decided not to prosecute the owners of Scopelight....................

http://www.legalcybertips.com/Copyrights/Is-Copyright-Violation-A-Crime.html

Is Copyright Violation A Crime

Copyright violation, also known as copyright infringement, can be explained as unauthorized or unlawful use of any material that is protected under the copyright law. Any activity that violates the exclusive rights of the copyright owner including reproducing, performing, duplicating or making derivative works of the original copyright work is considered as copyright violation.

..................

As per the United States Copyright Law, any person who willingly violates a copyright is punishable under the law. However, the punishment only involves imposing penalties towards monetary damages caused as a result of copyright violation committed by the infringer. The court can also issue injunction notice against any infringement that might happen in the future. In most cases, a copyright violation is prosecuted through private lawsuits filed by the copyright holder or those who have been granted exclusive license on the copyright. All the issues related to copyright violation come under the civil lawsuit and it is not possible to initiate any criminal proceedings in these types of situations.

In order to initiate any legal proceedings regarding copyright violation, it is important to have evidence in the form of documents. It is important to prove that the infringer has violated the copyright law with the objective of gaining commercial advantage. It is also necessary to establish that the work was reproduced and was being prepared for commercial distribution by electronic means.

The underlined part is interesting. Since most file sharing is for recreational use and not for commercial gain. Even though giving something away for free is an advantage(but not commercially based).

Some more sites.

http://www.google.com/webhp#hl=en&source=hp&q=copyright+violation+crime&aq=f&aqi=g1&oq=&fp=d9ca629f83f82f8a

So we need a law that says if you copyright infringe, it would be a misdemeanor. Maybe someone could Email the Cyber Czar?

.i just listen to the radio...i don't download anything...but if i did i would pay for it

As long as no one else can hear the radio, otherwise thats a public performance and you owe the CopyRight Mafia more money.

The CopyRight Mafia did say having the radio on in the office is a 'public performance'. Even though Judges disagree.

http://www.google.com/webhp#hl=en&source=hp&q=office+radio+public+performance&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=d9ca629f83f82f8a

Ah. Heres the link to one story from the UK. 

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090327/1113014276.shtml

  PRS Threatens Woman For Playing Radio To Her Horses Without Paying A Licensing Fee

from the this-is-called-extortion dept

When I was in the UK recently, I was surprised to hear just how much most folks hate PRS -- the collections society in charge of getting various businesses to pay for playing music. PRS is also the group that has caused music videos to be pulled from YouTube after demanding much more money than was economically feasible. But, where PRS really shines is in threatening tons of small businesses. Over the years, we've had stories on PRS threatening car repair shops, because mechanics in the garage were playing their radios loud enough that customers in the waiting room could hear them. That's a public performance, according to PRS. Then they went after a police station because some cops were listening to radios. Then they went after a children's charity for singing Christmas carols without paying up. The group has even been known to call up small businesses and if they hear music in the background, demand payment, including one case involving a guy working at home with his dog. Apparently, that constitutes a "public performance."

The latest (sent in by a few folks) is that PRS has now threatened a woman who plays classical music to her horses in her stable to keep them calm. She had been turning on the local classical music station, saying that it helped keep the horse calm -- but PRS is demanding

Was just reading a story on 'District 9' and the million or so downloads of a DVD quality version, in 24 hours.  

At least the movie was made with a reasonable budget of 30 million dollars. So they have made a decent profit. A hundred grand at the theaters, was pulled in.

But a million DVD copies equals about, at roughly $30 per copy, well $30 million. Plus gas, tickets and tolls to get it.   Don't know how much of a cut, the makers of the movie get from each disc.

There is a battle on release times for movie DVD's. But second class movie theaters don't want the DVD release to be in a months time from the original showing.

But rarely do the Feds ever find the person who released the original copy into the Torrent world. And if they find the person, is there any real jail time?  Some companies try to mark the copies, but I'd guess some of these copies are from pre-made to market DVD's. So is that another outsourced company in China?

Remember the days when someone went into the theater with a video camera? And made the most crappy copy around.

Music Concerts tried to ban video cameras. Then along came camera phones.......

The comment from the story of the user who can't wait for the DVD release is just being lazy.

http://torrentfreak.com/pirates-jump-on-district-9-torrents-090906/

Pirates Jump on District 9 Torrents

Written by Ernesto on September 06, 2009

With over a million downloads in less than 24 hours, Peter Jackson

So this thread ends up talking about a past president going to jail for there decisions ? wow, what a way to discuss stealing someone else's work because they think the price is to high. It's so much easier to steal, then move the conversation away from the criminal.

File sharing is a deep subject.

It goes beyond just the CopyRight Mafia.

How many countries are disconnecting users on just a 'complaint' by the Mafia of file sharing?(3 strikes and you're out).  In Law, the only way you could be disconnected(or to stop a temporary disconnect) is with an actual court appearance to state your case and have the Mafia bring up their factual evidence of wrong doing. And none of this Tribunal bull shiat either. Thats not a court system.  I've seen some news from Europe, about how if you have an open WiFi in your home, you are guilty of a crime, since someone could use that connection to do stuff.

I have said over time about if the product is good enough to buy, then buy it. Or a Donation to the creator. Some musicians are making a decent living with the 'Pay what you think the musics worth' campaign. Some musicians are trying to get their music rights back from the corporate machine.

I don't file share, but then again, I don't purchase a music CD that is mostly filler. I'm not like that guy at the garage sale who buys the whole bicycle to just get the seat from it. And then throws the rest of the bicycle in the dumpster.

Look at YouTube and all the old taped shows that make it on there. Are they copyright infringing? Well the uploading users look at it like the fact that some of these old shows are not put out on DVD. So they share to the rest of the Internet. Even some newer shows are on there. Canceled before their time and no DVD's to be had of them.

Look at 'WKRP', a show that does have some DVD's out, but the music on the show is the biggest problem for the releases. Read the Amazon Editor review of how the music has been altered, to comply with copyright. And the extra 10 bucks a DVD season compared to other shows.

http://www.amazon.com/WKRP-Cincinnati-Complete-First-Season/dp/B000MXPE6U

Because of pesky music rights, the songs don't remain the same. "Hot Blooded" is not playing when mild-mannered newsman Les Nessman (Richard Sanders) puts on a toupee in anticipation of an awards-dinner date with bombshell station receptionist Jennifer (Loni Anderson). It's "Beautiful Dreamer" and not "Fly Me to the Moon" that chimes when Jennifer's doorbell is sounded. Any number of generic songs have replaced the contemporary and classic rock so vital to WKRP,

I tried to watch a full clip of 'Married with Children' on a Canadian TV website(Global). The starting music(ugggg) of "Love and Marriage" was replaced with some strange instrumental music. Copyright crap in action...

With software, there is a ton of Open Source stuff. Some of it is great and some of it needs to be more developed before release to the mass's.  Once again, it's donate if you like the product or even give a review to make the product better.  Even the big corporations release old versions for free. But with the note of 'use at your own risk', with no support for it.

Why someone needs to crack a massive online player game CD/DVD to be able to play it online is strange.

There is even Windows Lite out there. Which I guess is mostly for people who have the Windows key, but due to a Mother Board death with an OEM version, they lose their purchased OS on the system, if outside of warranty. Or their original CD/DVD  that broke and the copy protection didn't allow the user to make a legitimate backup for protective purposes.

But with Smuth mentioning the dictatorship under the Bush administration, makes ya wonder just how many things happen with warrant-less wire tapping in the digital realm. You can't Tap a phone without a warrant, but for some reason you can Tap a VOIP connection without a warrant. They are both phones, but since one is via the Internet.......

Lets look at DPI. In Canada, our lame Privacy Commissioner was looking into it for Privacy concerns. Since DPI can do a lot more than just slow down file sharing traffic(like help record all your Internet data). Rogers Internet is busy modifying webpages with Rogers Ad's/service notices. How do you know that the webpage you are viewing has not been modified to be more Canadian content approved? Oh but you can opt-out. Even though legally, it should be opt-in.  

DNS redirection is the crime. And it breaks the Internet. I read a post on another forum, about how the users attempt to go to Google.com was rerouted to Rogers/Yahoo search page. Or was it just a glitch, and it did go away after a few hours. But emails were sent to the Google to advice them of the error.  Who's worse? Rogers Internet or Google? Many would say Rogers.

Can the Government read your snail mail? Nope.

Can the Government read your Emails? Sure why not. It's on the Internet, so no 'Internet laws' preventing them.

 anyway bush aint in total power anymore. dictatorship in amrica is over

Have you ever heard the phrase, "The heads of government may change, but the workers of the Government continue on with the same ways that they were told to do with the last Government, unless forcibly and publicly told to change their ways."

Many Governments have been slowed down and some toppled(at the next election), due to the workers of the government being sticks in the wheel of change. Since workers are a Democrat or a Republican and some have a tendency to work better and faster, when their political party is in charge.

So maybe by next year, the Government may kick HomeLand Insecurity in the nutsack, to better respect the people of the land. Maybe.  

And I guess George W. Bush better not leave Texas either.  

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/04/mann.george.w.bush/