Dude111 Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) These are a couple great sites for information on hardware,guides and whatever. www.technick.netwww.icrontic.comI immediately noticed this on the second site about Windows 7With regard to media files, the days of capturing an audio program on your PC seem to be over (if the program originated on that PC). The inputs of your sound card are severely degraded in software if the card is also playing an audio program (tested here with Grooveshark).Not very good if things are so bogged down your PRGs wouldnt capture right!And i have said it before and ill say it again: IF YOUR CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY,DO NOT USE ANYTHING NEWER THEN XP!! (If possible) Edited February 18, 2009 by Dude111
nitroshift Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 And I've said it before: Please do not post useless things or dodgy sites! We don't offer prizes for post count!
CoffeeFiend Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 And I've said it before: Please do not post useless things or dodgy sites! We don't offer prizes for post count!QFT. They're rather crappy sites. And mass-posting the same identical junk to several times (just like here) all the time is borderline what I'd call spam. This is a community site, not a place where you post all your unrelated stuff, along with 150 other forums.And the blurb about Win 7 is laughable. It merely links to another site which is very well known for daily anti-Windows FUD and bashing. The content linked to has NO references of any kind or anything like it. It claims Win 7 has extreme DRM (which somehow explains his bad sound -- not bad drivers on a beta OS for sure!) because somehow using a crack on software makes it not work anymore (that's windows' fault, right?), especially when you try to copy it in a folder that doesn't even exist. Win 7 and Vista are no worse for your privacy than XP. Sound like you just have no idea what you're talking about here.
cluberti Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 Anyone who spouts the "Windows 7 is teh DRM evil!" to claim why their system performs poorly, their sound or video doesn't work as well as it does on 2000 or XP, or that the protected video path or audio path code causes the machine to otherwise behave in an erratic manner is obviously being either deceitful in hopes to find some way to trash Win7 or really has no idea what they're actually discussing, nor doesn't bother reading up on how it works (and doesn't).Unless you're actually playing PROTECTED content that requires endpoint protection (whether it be for video, or audio, or both), Win7's DRM doesn't even get involved in the playback of media, period. If you are playing back or recording unprotected/non-DRM content, there is no reason for Windows' DRM to be the root cause, as it's just not possible. However, if you *are* having poor recording or playback performance, most times this tracks back to an app not designed with the new Vista-era audio or video subsystem in mind (these subsystems were changed *drastically* from XP to Vista and beyond, and thus an app not written with these in mind is likely to not perform to the levels they should), or as is far more often the case, back to poorly-written video or audio drivers (or again, both), not Windows. And Creative and Nvidia, I'm looking squarely at the both of you - your Vista-era drivers suck, and suck badly, to the point where people notice. There, I said it. I'll move on.Not liking DRM is one thing, and I have zero problem with people who oppose DRM just because it is a restriction on media usage, regardless of whether or not I side with you on whether or not certain DRM implementations are bad or not. However, being dishonest and disingenuous about it is another matter entirely, regardless of whether or not the intent was malicious or moronic (and again, in the linked case the OP quoted above, it does seem to be the latter with a dose of the former thrown in for good measure). The tinfoil hat-wearers among us have always despised and spouted off against DRM in Windows (and to be fair, other OSes, but we're discussing Windows right now), so that's to be expected, but the rhetoric as of late has gotten more virulent (and more wrong), and I have to think that either they truly don't believe that the people from within and without Microsoft are being honest about how it works, or they truly are being malicious and trying actively to discredit the Windows OS in an incorrect and deceitful manner. And, given how wrong the rhetoric is, I really don't know which is which, and I have lost a good amount of faith in humanity as of late, so I'm leaning towards the latter, even though the tinfoil-hat wearers might be doing the former and just being overly paranoid for little good reason.And i have said it before and ill say it again: IF YOUR CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY,DO NOT USE ANYTHING NEWER THEN XP!! (If possible)And may I ask why? It seems obvious that it's not the WGA or licensing changes brought about by Windows activation in XP that you speak of, so I'm going to likely rightly assume that it's the potential for protected-mode playback DRM code in Vista and Win7 that you speak of as somehow invading your privacy (it doesn't make sense, but I've got to assume that's what you mean, considering the tone and intent of your original post). Ultimately, if you don't want to deal with DRM on protected media (and again, that's the only time Windows' media DRM code gets invoked), then stay on XP and don't buy any protected video or audio, apps to play them on XP, nor any other DRM-protected media (and no, switching to OS X doesn't preclude you from the DRM built-in there to allow said content to play either). Also note that for the same reason, you shouldn't buy HDTVs, high-dev BR or HD-DVD players, nor any other commercially-available software or hardware to play said content either, as all of those will also have DRM on them so that the media will play, because it's *required* for content playback that the device or software have the DRM necessary to do so legally.You either have an OS, TV, and other playback hardware and software that is free of DRM media code, but is also free of the ability to play said content, or you buy an OS or hardware with the ability and live with the DRM. If you want those options to change, take it up with your congresscritter and any other politician that will listen, and good luck with that.
starcraftmaster Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 lol every one ganging up on dude111 lol
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