Re: [CGUYS] CPU Exhaust Fan Running In Super Fast Mode
I would guess: a) Something is running hot (Maybe CPU) and the fan is trying to cool the machine b) A temperature sensor is broken and the machine thinks it is always hot c) dust on the fan and/or fan cover/exhaust vent I've opened many computers. It's amazing how some of them can run at all with a thick blanket of dust inside that's blocking most ventilation. Open the computer and clean out the dust. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] The Consequences of EULA Violation
On 5/30/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me, I would say that the store is being immoral. And the EULA wouldn't hold up in most courts of law. And I would say the moral stand is to serve whatever food you buy from them to whomever you want. So you are going to take the good old two wrongs make a right defense. As Bill Gates once said If we tell them they have to put a ham sandwich in every box, they have to put a ham sandwich in every box. Your obligation is to read the EULA and according to the terms of sale, if you don't like the EULA you return the product and they give you your money back. OK, you can believe anything Bill Gates tells you. Great. I choose instead to follow the law of the United States. Not the words of Bill Gates. You, as usual, will choose your own way. In actual reality, Constance has it basically right. 1. You need to know what the law is. Right now, the law surrounding EULAs is muddy at best. In most of the courts in the US, the rulings have been that no one has to abide by shrink wrap EULAs. Because it violates basic contract law, primarily. However, two federal districts have ruled in favor of shrink wrap EULAs. That is important to know, to be informed. 2. What the seller or licensor wants is not necessarily relevant. The seller can put illegal or immoral things in a EULA, after all. Especially since it is so complex. Lots of property in the U.S. was encumbered by seller-specified requirements that the property never be sold to blacks. It was even legal and enforceable for a long time. Was it ever moral? No. The same could be said for not using an OS in a virtual machine. It is clear, for instance, that Richard Stallman is a very moral person. He sincerely believes that information should be free and works hard to get that message across. Unfortunately for him, there is a lot of U.S. (and other countries) law that enslaves information. Immoral? Yes. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] The Consequences of EULA Violation
Tom, I couldn't let this pass without comment: On 5/30/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As Bill Gates once said If we tell them they have to put a ham sandwich in every box, they have to put a ham sandwich in every box. Your obligation is to read the EULA and according to the terms of sale, if you don't like the EULA you return the product and they give you your money back. Please demonstrate. Buy some software, retail package or download, your choice. Start the installation. Decline the EULA. Return the product and try to get your money back. Let us know how that goes. When you let go of morals, you let go of civilization. True, but it should also be said that morality is not the same as the law. There's plenty of precedent for civil disobedience. And there have been many times where the moral act is to break the law: Helping slaves escape, sitting at the front of the bus...And there are even more cases where breaking an unfair contract is justified. When our civilization falls, it won't be because Harvey violated Microsoft's EULA. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] The Consequences of EULA Violation
On 5/30/07, P Yasuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When our civilization falls, it won't be because Harvey violated Microsoft's EULA. Heck, I would argue that if everyone complied with Microsoft EULAs, then our civilization would have already fallen. (It is one of the sure signs of the Apocalypse - Google it and see.) -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] PDF files in a Macintosh environment
I do not know if this is a Macintosh issue, or if it applies to other platforms. There are some PDF files, seemingly created using Adobe Acrobat, that cannot be coherently viewed using a PDF reader other than Acrobat. Why is this? Is this condition avoidable by the creator of said PDF files? Steve * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
[CGUYS] Apple hides account info in DRM-free music
Songs sold by the Apple iTunes store without DRM still have a user's full name and account e-mail embedded in them, reports Arstechnica. After examining the files Arstechnica noticed their names and e-mail addresses in the files, and they've found corroboration of the find at TUAW, The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Since the entertainment industry is obsessed with the idea of casual piracy, or the occasional sharing of content between friends it seems likely that this information will be used to keep tabs on who buys what, and more importantly, where it ends up. Although spoofing the data is trivial, shouldn't the idea that your account name and email address are contained in the files make you uneasy, to say the least? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070530-apple-hides-account-info-in-drm-free-music-too.html http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070530-apple-hides-account-info-in-drm-free-music-too.html http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/30/tuaw-tip-dont-torrent-that-song/ http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/30/tuaw-tip-dont-torrent-that-song/ What happens if you edit the ID strings? * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Apple hides account info in DRM-free music
shouldn't the idea that your account name and email address are contained in the files make you uneasy, to say the least? Only if you are planning to do something unethical with the files. Did you get upset at your Mom when she put a name label on your coat? Books sold as PDFs are often similarly watermarked. * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] PDF files in a Macintosh environment
On May 30, 2007, at 10:00 PM, E. Riley Casey wrote: What exactly does cannot be coherently viewed mean in your experience ? I mean that the PDF files are garbled. Incoherent. Alpha numeric characters, but in a form that is nonsense. Graphic files are reproduced just fine, but not the text. This is rare, but happens nonetheless. I will not install the Adobe Acrobat reader on my OS X Mac because of issues with bloat and unnecessary ancillary files. Steve * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header X-No-Archive: yes will not be archived
