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Napster Alternatives Coming Strong
viking099 writes "File swapping programs such as Morpheus, Grokster, and Kazaa (all based on the same software from FastTrak) have grown over 480% in the past 4 months, and are set to break the 1.57 million concurrent connection record that Napster set." So who exactly is surprised by this?
So who exactly is surprised by this?
The riaa might be suprised because we all know how its a terrible thing to download music.
... bog down ISPs and cause people to "Dump broadband, and dig out their modem".
I make it a point to not tell most people I know about Morpheus. Why? Because it works, it's fast, I can find almost everything I search for, and most of all, they're not yet attracting enough attention to get shut down by the court system!
So please, for the good of those of us who use and enjoy the service, let's just keep this our little secret, ok?
--SC
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INTERNET PORN REMAINS POPULAR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (reuters) - Despite a sagging U.S. economy and a war in progress overseas, the Internet Porn Industry is going strong says Mark Johnson, spokesperson for Web Association of Nude Knowledge (WANK). Johnson cites Americans' commitment to supporting U.S. companies in this time of need as the primary drive behind this continued popularity.
"People simply want to fulfill their duty as citizens", says Johnson.
Since the Sept 11th attacks the porn industry has faced increasing pressure as more companies have continue to lay off employees. With less disposable income, analysts feared citizens would direct their money towards drugs, or hookers rather than the traditional staples of booze and porn - but so far those fears have prooved groundless.
"Like, I was so scared, I called my coke-dealer and told him I may have to cut back my habit", says Misty Rayne, actress for Vivid Productions, Inc, known for her gang-bang of 500 tri-sexual midgets in 1999. Fortunately Mrs. Rayne has not been forced to reduce her 5 grams a day coke habit.
In this time of need, Americans have answered the call to arms. God bless America.
Shayne
Today I didn't even have to use my AK; I got to say it was a good day -- Icecube
New program "GPLster". Allows corporations to freely and anonymously exchange gpl'd code for use in their proprietary programs. Thousands of corporations are thought to be trading gpl'd code every day with this software.
Free software leaders argue that gplster stifles innovation and doesn't allow those who wrote the code to get proper credit. RIAA, MPAA, et al. argue that "information wants to be free", thus justifying ignoring the license. They also argue that many author's did not want to use the GPL but were forced to due to basing their code upon another previously written GPL piece of software. A court hearing will be held next Wednesday to decide the future of GPLster.
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Wow! You're certainly quite the Karma whore!
Never forget the fable of the programmers and the ASCII pr0n. When an ASCII picture of a naked woman appeared on the mainframe, all the programmers printed out a copy, except one. He punched a deck of cards. Sure enough, the file was discovered by management and deleted. Then while the other programmers were stuck with their fading printouts, the one programmer still had his deck of cards and could print the naked woman any time he wanted to.
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"Open source is good." - Steve Jobs
"Open source is evil." - Microsoft
Pardon this rant...
I was happy to see that Aimster's wrongdoings are being made known to all at none other than FuckedCompany. Nothing would make me happier than seeing ol' John Deep living in the streets of Cohoes, NY. Come on, won't you pay $4.95 for... absolutely nothing? I wonder how far he'll really go in his efforts to turn his daughter into a pr0n star? Maybe we'll see! Stay tuned, maybe Club Aimster will turn into an affiliation between Aimster and Club, the European porn mag!
God damn, I hate those fuckers.
rooooar
..until they are killed by legal actions.
And it's also just a matter of time before a newer, better system comes along and takes over in the quashed system's place.
Would GNUtella (an arguably superior technology compared to Napster) or Kazaa be as popular as they are if Napster was still around? Maybe, but I doubt it.
If anything the RIAA is doing us a favour by spurning innovation in peer to peer technology. Geez I love irony.
----- rL
do you mean "eat my shit, peanuts"? and if so, what does Charlie Brown & Co. have to do with it? i mean really. thanks.