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Slashback: TIPS, FatWallet, MPlayer
Facts is facts, Ma'am. joebeone writes "WalMart has backed down [AScribe.org] from it's DMCA claim in the FatWallet case[1] after FatWallet countered that facts are uncopyrightable (at least in the US). Let this be a lesson to those who would use the DMCA to unjustly intimidate websites into removing content. I definitely think that Boalt Hall's Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic deserves some major credit for sticking up for the little guys who don't have the litigatory resources that companies like WalMart have.
[1] WalMart claimed that their day-after-thanksgiving sale prices were copyrightable."
Maybe they just changed the drop location. An anonymous reader writes "There was one small ray of light in the Homeland Security Act. A provision inserted in the bill killed the Justice Department's TIPS initiative. You'll recall that TIPS was the DoJ's proposal to create a domestic spy network using ordinary citizens. And I was hoping to join up and inform them that John Ashcroft wears women's underwear. Oh well ..."
Best way to play back "L.A. Confidential." An anonymous reader writes "The best media player for *nixes, MPlayer, has just gotten better with the ability to play Windows Media Player 9 (WMV9 and WMA9) files. When Sorensen playback was added the only remaining codecs were the Window Media Player ones. Now that this is complete, Linux finally seems to have a complete solution for multimedia playback. It just remains for the mainstream distros to include this gem."
Measure three or four times at least, cut once. jdevons writes "The Owner-Builder Book that I reviewed a while ago has been updated. The author reads slashdot regularly and included many of the ideas and suggestions offered in the slashdot comments ..."
Jeff, Rob and Chris in their Hollywood makeup. updog writes "The film Revolution OS, which has been discussed on Slashdot here and here, is now available on DVD at Netflix (btw, it's interesting to note that this Netflix version is sub-licensed under the guise of pay-per-view television, and the director J.T.S. Moore wasn't even aware of its existence until recently.)
A 2 Disc Special Edition DVD will be available in January 2003, and will include additional interviews, bonus material, and better video quality over the Netflix version. You can make sure that you're notified when it's released by requesting info here. Finally, I've written a review of the Netflix version of the DVD, which you can read here."
Next year's stocking stuffer, maybe? An anonymous reader writes "nvmax.com is running a story/press release explaining how Dynamism.com is teaming up with the Zaurus Open Source development community to bring the Sharp Zaurus SL-C700 to English!. I need to get one!"
What I want is C-64 style Aztec. retro128 writes "For all of your old schoolers out there, Tierra Entertainment has released a re-make of King's Quest II, which includes original art, completely redone music, and a few extra things not seen in the original game (some early screen shots hinted at a town, which did not exist in the original). What's remarkable is that Tierra has no affiliation with Sierra whatsoever, and is driven by two developers who wish to remain anonymous. I've played their re-make of KQ1 and it's up to snuff. Check out the main page or go straight to the good stuff."
Gee, if I wanted that, I'd dust off my C-64 and play. They built those things solidly...nearly two decades, and I've had to replace the power supply brick. And that's it. Granted, use has tapered off significantly over the last decade, and the joysticks that have suffered from heavy usage need replacement, but still...
There's something to be said for avoiding the hard drive as a point of failure.
~Idarubicin
WMV 9 support! Porn addicts of slashdot rejoice!
Freedom is for kooks.
If you aren't doing anything wrong, why are you afraid of people knowing what you're doing? We need total information awareness - privacy is only really NECESSARY for criminals.
You've got Monday Night Football. You've got your cheetos. You've even got your lagermeister. What more 'freedoms' do you need?
Big Brother is going to save us from the terrorists! I'll gladly sacrifice freedom for that!
Long live Ashcroft!
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I have tried Xine, and I must say, I find it rather buggy, quite ugly, user-unfriendly and slow to pick up new features. A good alternative is mPlayer, which supports many modern media formats, handles DVDs better, and makes regular releases with new features. But as always, try for yourself ;-)
xine: http://xine.sourceforge.net/
mplayer: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/
Just tried to add mplayer to my IE favorites. (to get later, and yes, I use IE at the moment.) It crashes upon attempting this.
Curioser and curioser...
jX [ Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. - Einstein ]
Then of course I would sue you... ... you realize that I hold the patent on the process of extracting money from a victim while using threat of death or bodily harm while displaying the instrument of said death of bodily harm in view of the victim.
> This legislation has been abused like a village bicycle!
Heh. My village had a girl nicknamed 'bicycle', for reasons that shouldn't need explaining.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
This reminds me of that age-old joke about the cold war, set in Russia;
The police arrive at a man's house, shove him aside, and proceed to dig up his entire garden! The man stands calmly by, watching as they dig and dig, tossing clumps of soil aside and back again in a fervent search. Finding nothing, they grunt in disgust and leave.
The man walks to his neighbor's house and says;
"Thanks! So tomorrow I phone and tell them you have secret documents stashed in the logs in your woodshed, right?"
BD Phone Home!
Shameless plug. Like you weren't expecting it.
This is getting rediculouse.
What's getting ridiculous is people who butcher the word 'ridiculous'.
the lawyers still got payed
I'm sure they got paid, too.
This message written using the Dvorak keyboard layout.
Maybe it's time to switch to QWERTY.
No, no, no, comrade. In Soviet Russia, government fears YOU!
Why, o why must the sky fall when I've learned to fly?
What we really need is the Total Information Tracking System program. Yeah, what this country needs is more TITS. And redundant systems to be on the safe side--we should have 2 TITS side-by-side.
I always feel much better when I'm facing 2 TITS.
<ob Smirnoff>In Soviet Russia the tits suck you!