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SonicBlue Ordered to Spy on ReplayTV Viewers
An Anonymous Coward writes: "Got outrage? According to a story on SiliconValley.com, a federal magistrate has ordered SonicBlue to track ReplayTV users' every click to see what they're watching, recording, skipping (commercials) and e-mailing to friends. The info is to be given to the entertainment industry control freaks who are suing SonicBlue for allegedly abetting copyright violations."
Wot the fuck has this got to do with ReplayTV .........stay on target ................staaaaayy on target
"A new copy of Win 200 XP; 199.99"
huh huh, you got took.
Chicago2600.net more than a lifestyle, its a survival trait.
Asides the fact that it is OT, Linux is GNU based, and you could have downloaded or burned a copy from someone else. IF you have that many problems with the distro, try another one. The Corel Linux is by no means the best, or only one, not to say that it doesn't have its strong points, but it just isn't all there is.
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Please mod his thread down!
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First Disney sponsors Hollings bill. Then Disney does this to SonicBlue users.BOYCOTT DISNEY.
Don't buy Disney products. Don't go to DisneyWorld, Don't go to Disney flicks.
The above is not "off-topic" as it was so moderated. In fact, it is probably one of the more intelligent posts that we will see.
*THUD*
(The sound of me laughing so hard I fall out of my chair)
That has to be one of the funniest posts I have EVER read on Slashdot. I could point out all of the obviously ridiculous errors and silliness in this post, but I'm fairly sure this was written as a joke, and to dissect it in a serious manner would destroy its novelty.
If this is real, then I pity you with all of my heart, and can only say that there is a peace in death that life cannot provide for you.
Romans 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
(Disclaimer) I'd normally email this kind of comment, since it's so off topic... My apologies to the moderators but the above poster does not have make his email address available. I would encourage any responders to my comments to resort to email rather than post here further. My email address can be deciphered above.
There are soooo many ways that you can get Linux without paying a single dime to anyone other than those who provide you the facilities to burn the CD. You can go to an internet cafe; if you're a student, you can probably use the school's internet connection; you can maybe even go to a friend's house, who may already have Linux; or, probably the best idea of them all, find a local Linux user's group. Heck, you may even find someone there that will up and give you a CD for free. You claim to be computer savvy, but the most knowledgable people are those that regularly push themselves outside of their comfort zone, exploring what they don't already know, and, god forbid, it may mean that they'd have to do some actual research. By your own admission, you were unwilling to take those extra steps. That's why other responders to this thread are saying you are stupid.
Think about it.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
LMAO
Before you go off with your elitist attitude towards this poor guy, maybe *you* should know what you are getting into. Myself, I use both unix and windows and know quite a bit about both.
Have you actually used windows plug and play lately? Since, say windows 2000 maybe? As much as I am pro open source and pro unix, I don't think anyone who knows even a bit about what their talking about can seriously say that linux is anywhere remotely close to windows plug and play. Never mind being equal. Most devices *just work* in windows. They may not by default get the latest drivers, and the newest hardware may require a driver disk, but compared to linux even installing a driver manually (which no company requires a user to do) is easy.
If your going to be a hotshot please be an informed hotshot. This guy's points are completly valid for an average to moderatly advanced computer user out there. I think people who live and breath computers can get a little detached from reality sometimes.
"I don't think anyone who knows even a bit about what their talking about can seriously say that linux is anywhere remotely close to windows plug and play.."
I'm glad somebody else said this. Every time I say it I get modded down. Believe it or not, there are things that MS does right. If some people were to look at what MS is doing right and get Linux doing it just as well, then you'll find that Linux is a much stronger Windows contender. \
There's a lot more value to having your computer 'just plain work' than most of the Linux zealots out there realize. Make Linux as easy as Windows for installing drivers and troubleshooting problems, and I just may switch to it.
*realizes this will get modded down, but damn I feel better letting that out.*
"Derp de derp."
You forgot to include Jack Valenti.