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On any Mac made in the last few years the cross-over cables or hubs aren't needed. The ethernet ports detect a direct connection and configure themselves accordingly. I suspect the same is true of PCs.
You might need to assign IP addresses to both computers to get them to talk.
Anyone else getting bombed with obviously virus laden "Merry Christmas" emails? They're going straight into my spam folder so it's no more than a minor annoyance, but it's still irritating.
Yes, I'm getting the "Merry Christmas" spam, along with a fair amount sent from "Perverted Santa."
Merry Christmas, Marry Christmas, Perverted Santa, Perverted Elf...
Did we know this? [link] The MPAA is planning to sue to shut down torrent tracking sites.
Hmm. Looks like people will go back to IRC and other more covert methods of distributing the files. Cause the thing is, all you need is the file itself, right? You don't have to have a webpage that hosts it...
The way bittorrent works, somewhat counterintuitively, the more people who are trying to download the file, the faster the downloads will go.
So no web links = fewer people downloading = less practical.
Okay, that's true.
Well, apparently, I hadn't watched "Beauty and the Beasts" from my Buffy season 3 dvd set before last night-- because I discovered a bobble on the dvd.
It looks like a smudge -- is that a scratch in dvds? Does this mean that this dvd is completely screwed?
Well, I wonder if the movies can be removed from such BT sites and leave the TV links.
Yeah, but they are getting nasty about the TV stuff too, since they see it as a loss of future DVD sales.