Comments on: Welcome to gHacks.net http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:47:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Glenn Gordon http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-282592 Glenn Gordon Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:02:55 +0000 /?p=1#comment-282592 I'm not sure how to submit a topic on Ghacks, so I hope I've got it right by posting it here. I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even show. I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling all my USBs and that didn't cure the problem. I've tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine on them. This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for????? I’m not sure how to submit a topic on Ghacks, so I hope I’ve got it right by posting it here. I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I’ve tried it in all my additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected’ indicator doesn’t even show. I don’t have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I’ve tried uninstalling/reinstalling all my USBs and that didn’t cure the problem. I’ve tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine on them.

This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for?????

]]> By: thunder7 http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-26781 thunder7 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:48:43 +0000 /?p=1#comment-26781 I was thinking we as consumers we are buying CD, the RIAA seems to think we are just 'renting the CD's.' If we as consumers walked into a dealership to buy a car and they told us 'who and could not ride in our car's where and where we could not go.' Would we buy the car? I think not. So why is it the RIAA tells us we have to buy 4 CD and where can and can not use them. Did they spend the cold hard cash to buy those CD's or did we? We did so who are they too tell us what we can of can not buy and then do with what we buy!. They did not pay for it we did!. I was thinking we as consumers we are buying CD, the RIAA seems to think we are just ‘renting the CD’s.’

If we as consumers walked into a dealership to buy a car and they told us ‘who and could not ride in our car’s where and where we could not go.’

Would we buy the car?
I think not.

So why is it the RIAA tells us we have to buy 4 CD and where can and can not use them.

Did they spend the cold hard cash to buy those CD’s or did we?

We did so who are they too tell us what we can of can not buy and then do with what we buy!.
They did not pay for it we did!.

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-19225 Martin Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:29:08 +0000 /?p=1#comment-19225 Well, hacking and warez are two different things in my opinion. I think the whole commercial system is getting out of hands. The companies try everything (even questionable tactics like rootkits) to \"secure\" they products from being copied. In my opinion this is going way to far. They should not be allowed to interfere with computers at all, e.g, install software the user is not aware off. DRM makes it impossible for everyday users to copy a cd they bought to their mp3 player or car cd player without breaking the law. This is unacceptable to me and lots of people think the same. DRM does not matter to the tech crowd, they know the tools, they know how to handle such files. What the industry is doing is that they put pressure almost solely on the people who buy their media. The industry should start using their brains and not their muscle. Thats my opinion. What we see at the moment is an effort to put more and more pressure on the comsumer. Got shared folders ? Man you must be a pirate. You want to listen to the music at home, in your car and in your mp3 player ? Purchase it three times, if you copy the cd you are a pirate. Pressure will rise even more and I predict a real big bang in the future.. Well, hacking and warez are two different things in my opinion. I think the whole commercial system is getting out of hands. The companies try everything (even questionable tactics like rootkits) to \”secure\” they products from being copied.

In my opinion this is going way to far. They should not be allowed to interfere with computers at all, e.g, install software the user is not aware off.

DRM makes it impossible for everyday users to copy a cd they bought to their mp3 player or car cd player without breaking the law. This is unacceptable to me and lots of people think the same.

DRM does not matter to the tech crowd, they know the tools, they know how to handle such files. What the industry is doing is that they put pressure almost solely on the people who buy their media.

The industry should start using their brains and not their muscle. Thats my opinion.

What we see at the moment is an effort to put more and more pressure on the comsumer. Got shared folders ? Man you must be a pirate. You want to listen to the music at home, in your car and in your mp3 player ? Purchase it three times, if you copy the cd you are a pirate.

Pressure will rise even more and I predict a real big bang in the future..

]]> By: thunder7 http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-19212 thunder7 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:55:41 +0000 /?p=1#comment-19212 And did you see this on Ask the Law Geek: Install Kazaa... Get Fined $750 - The RIAA\\\'s Newest Plan of Attack? from lifehacker.com What are your thoughts? And did you see this on

Ask the Law Geek: Install Kazaa… Get Fined $750 – The RIAA\\\’s Newest Plan of Attack? from lifehacker.com

What are your thoughts?

]]> By: thunder7 http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-19200 thunder7 Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:25:47 +0000 /?p=1#comment-19200 I see you have a lot of hack sites. How do you feel about Warez and such? I see you have a lot of hack sites. How do you feel about Warez and such?

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-17884 Martin Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:52:06 +0000 /?p=1#comment-17884 sure thunder, send them to martin@mysega.de and yes, only I can see your email ;) sure thunder, send them to martin@mysega.de and yes, only I can see your email ;)

]]> By: thunder7 http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-17838 thunder7 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:32:35 +0000 /?p=1#comment-17838 If you would like a look at my links and bookmarks just give me an email address I will rar them and send them. Also I hope only you and I can see my email address? L8r If you would like a look at my links and bookmarks just give me an email address I will rar them and send them.
Also I hope only you and I can see my email address?
L8r

]]> By: thunder7 http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-17509 thunder7 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:53:29 +0000 /?p=1#comment-17509 Well I do not personally speak German. But I have "a few" friend's :) just gmail please and I will spread the word. L8r Thunder Thank you for your response. Well I do not personally speak German. But I have “a few” friend’s :) just gmail please and I will spread the word.
L8r Thunder
Thank you for your response.

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-17477 Martin Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:36:50 +0000 /?p=1#comment-17477 Yes I have more sites, thanks for all the recommendations to your firends and the compliments. My longest living site is www.deny.de a english security forum which exists since 1998. Long time ;) I have other sites as well but they are in different languages so probably nothing you would like to visit, unless you are speaking german of course :P Yes I have more sites, thanks for all the recommendations to your firends and the compliments.

My longest living site is http://www.deny.de a english security forum which exists since 1998. Long time ;)

I have other sites as well but they are in different languages so probably nothing you would like to visit, unless you are speaking german of course :P

]]> By: thunder7 http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-17338 thunder7 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:51:19 +0000 /?p=1#comment-17338 Do you have any other sites, by the way I am surfing ghacks and lifehack's like daily. Both sites are awesome. I fovor both, Ghacks really rocks. I tell all my friends about Ghack's. Like I said I am here daily. You have a great site. I would love to check out your bookmarks,links. But if you have other sites that are yours please list them. Paul thunder7 Do you have any other sites, by the way I am surfing ghacks and lifehack’s
like daily. Both sites are awesome. I fovor both, Ghacks really rocks.
I tell all my friends about Ghack’s.

Like I said I am here daily.
You have a great site. I would love to check out your bookmarks,links.
But if you have other sites that are yours please list them.
Paul
thunder7

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-15703 Martin Thu, 01 Jun 2006 05:22:17 +0000 /?p=1#comment-15703 Thanks for the compliment thunder. I don´t know what happened to primehacks, he was my first link partner and suddenly took the site offline. Thanks for the compliment thunder. I don´t know what happened to primehacks, he was my first link partner and suddenly took the site offline.

]]> By: thunder7 http://www.ghacks.net/2005/10/03/welcome/#comment-15593 thunder7 Wed, 31 May 2006 21:05:30 +0000 /?p=1#comment-15593 You site rocks, Love your freeware and all your info, Do you know what happened to "Primehacks" the sites closed and a game site is in its place. L8r7 You site rocks, Love your freeware and all your info, Do you know what happened to “Primehacks” the sites closed and a game site is in its place.
L8r7

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