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[ Space ] Posted by wh03v3r on Mon April 16, 12:26 AM
from the nice, but too bad it isn't mp3 dept.
pipeb0mb writes: "This article details how to build your own space shuttle from Radio Shack parts, obtain permission to fly it and get many lucrative endorsements, all for less than $200 USD! There is also an interview with the creator of this masterful plan (sorry, Windows Media). Already, dozens of universities and non-profit organizations have used this technology for fund raising, research and businesses that help further the space program, and thus humanity as a whole. Cool!" Too bad it's not MP3.

This is a good guide on how to REALY overclock a CPU.

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Tim's flame on Penny Arcade's forums (long long thread)

r. ghaffari
(25/M/Baltimore, MD)

i was referencing some Jeff K stuff.

i suppose the moderators are gone by now, here's the link ;)
USAR FREINDLEY

and this strip in particular

i was referencing some Jeff K stuff.

i suppose the moderators are gone by now, here's the link ;)
USAR FREINDLEY

and this strip in particular

While looking through the screen shots, I couldn't help but imagine someone like Jeff K. suggesting that the new Wolf3D game should have killer robots and zombies and flamethrowers and ninjas and tanks and mummies and...

...I can't belive it didn't get linked to already, but don't forget the "The Polymer City Chronicles" which runs both at Game Zero and at MPOG.

As long as we're talking about penny arcade, you can't leave out Better than Penny Arcade, by the one and only jeff k. of somethingawful :)

Just listen to the high quality of this mp3. Can you believe this is self produced? Its amazing what you can do with computers these days. I envision that the corporate entity of music that we know today will eventually be replaced with a culture built off of self expression rather than making money. For a couple more of this artist's mp3's check here and here.

Just listen to the high quality of this mp3. Can you believe this is self produced? Its amazing what you can do with computers these days. I envision that the corporate entity of music that we know today will eventually be replaced with a culture built off of self expression rather than making money. For a couple more of this artist's mp3's check here and here.

Just listen to the high quality of this mp3. Can you believe this is self produced? Its amazing what you can do with computers these days. I envision that the corporate entity of music that we know today will eventually be replaced with a culture built off of self expression rather than making money. For a couple more of this artist's mp3's check here and here.

In the name of humanity I beg you to bust these clans too.
--Shoeboy

If every time people try to use the benefits of the internet business model, consumers yowl for their privacy, the internet will die.

Your in a tight spot if you're trolling for 'Microsoft Fans', sorry.

Kmeleon has dissapeared? I think not. Version .2 just came out on November 27, 2000.

Better link

Arcadeathome I'll make one someday!

Well, what LizardTech's site says is:

>Download a 50-page color catalog in DjVu format
>in the time it takes to download a single page
>of that same catalog in PDF format.

So it looks like when they say "faster", they mean "smaller" (and thus faster to download).

BTW, I so much hope that if this goes anywhere, the format will be made open. (Fat chance :( ) Someone made a comparison on the BetaNews story with the problems with GIF; but that's not comparing like with like; we have a new format which requires a plug-in. It's more like pdf, only worse, because the viewers won't be as easily available.

The same site MrP- links to has an article on the bill being introduced:

Music Owners' Listening Rights Act of 2000

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So in other words, this law will make it legal to download an mp3 file from a certified site or if I owned the album? I think that this is a cool idea and looks great on paper. At least they are not saying that the mp3 format must be banned because of copyright violation.

However I don't think that this is going to satisfy record companies very much. Also, will I be able to download songs and pay by the song if I don't want to buy an entire cd? i.e. I like track 3 on the new 'band name here' cd.... But it isn't going to be released as a single. Everything else on the cd is total crap. Will I be able to download JUST THAT SONG?

Anyway, since this does not seem like it will do much in stopping napster I think the record companies would be more happy with this.

(By the way, how are they going to catalog the ENTIRE internet? and how are they going to monitor chat rooms dcc transfers??... Hmmmm... I think I will change all my .mp3's to .3pm's before i transfer them , and have the receiver change em back.

http://www.nullsoft.com/free/aimazing/

Source code included! Apparently, AOL took it off of Firehouse, but forgot about Nullsoft's own website. Heh heh.

And, just in case they take it off of that website, you can still get it (a slightly older version) from BetaNews, right here:

http://fileforum.efront.com/d etail.php3?fid=968658671

Who in the hell does AOL think they are? Granted, millions of people use AIM and their 3rd party counterparts everyday. But, is AOL making any money off of AIM aside from their stupid banners they put in AIM? Last time I checked, they weren't charging for AIM, so what are they losing out in by letting 3rd party versions in? Is it because of the "security issue" that they've played out, time and time again? I highly doubt it. I'm sorry, but AIM doesn't have anything fancy over any of the other clients for both win32 and *nix. This just comes on the heels of AOL jacking someone's domain, AOLBeta.com. You can find the story here on Geeknews. AOL is junk, plain and simple. Down with AOL!

And I quote them all. . .

Here is the article on eFront. And here is the Register article about FTC's request.

And here are some additional background links from c|net: 1 and 2. Each of those is extensively linked to additional information about AOL's previous runins with Tribal Voice and MS.

Check out this article. Looks like AOL really is writing a version for Linux. Rumor has it it'll be based on the Gecko (Mozilla layout component) rendering engine.

If anyone is interested, I've written an article on the release on Betanews.com:

Here.

A bit late, but they're denying the rumor.

"Microsoft always considers customer feedback for future development, but at this time, this is not something MS is working on."

BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft reps are refuting this news as rumor. Check out the story here.