The reason there have been so many failed music stores, especially when they have been built by the root content distributers themselves, is they don't want to take the time (and therefore money) to sit down and develop (not just build) an easy to use, intuitive, open music distribution software. They are marketing driven, and as such, this software it looked at from a marketing stand point. Full of buzzwords and trends, but no strong basis on what people want.
People want music in several formats.
People want music that plays over all devices they own.
People want music in varying quality, and are willing to scale the pay of a song to the quality.
People are not willing to pay more than a song is worth. (This is the biggest issue for the labels)
If a service is build instead of a program, the company will be successful.
Hey, chose the Vancouver Island Marmot! 2 birds with one stone. Google gets a furry mascot, and the marmot gets more awareness in the media.
http://www.marmots.org/
I accidently associated the 403 letters with the 403 error, and thought it was some geeky way of describing them, haha.
403 letter: Forbidden
You may not download our musics!
I don't see the problem here. How is this something that makes google evil? You keep coming back to slashdot even with their flash ads they serve to you. Is slashdot evil?
There is so much incorrectness in the comments with this story. More than usual. Google is not putting these ads on their search result pages, they are not forcing adsense users to display these ads. It is up to web site owners to decide what types of ads they want to show. Just like the image ads. Google is offering an additional service to the people who pay them money/generate them money, not creating a disservice to its users.
There would not be half the sites you like to visit if it were not for the advertising abilities on the internet today. Read up on it.
Seems like there are many issues here with software solutions. First thing I would do if i stole a laptop would be reformat it (after looking for awesome stuff on it.) But I would not connect it to the internet without reformatting it for fear of these solutions. I especially wouldnt sell it without it being reformatted.
Any software solution can be disabled, and for mainstream ones, it would be easy to find. Unless maybe sony could make a rootkit solution for you. Stick it in the bios and some one smart would turn it off before hand.
Still, with all the problems, preventative/reactive is better than nothing I suppose.
... from microsoft here, however it would be really nice if the goal of these patents was to provide annother means in which to legally interfear with future spam delivery methods. By patenting the techniques, they have legal ground to stop spammers using those techniques, even if through other laws the spammers have snuck by.
I think their piracy argument should be looked at recursivly. CD prices lead to piracy, which leads to new cd prices, which leads to less piracy, which leads to new cd prices...
as this aproaches infinity, we get a proper price, one which people will pay, for a cd.
If by false positive you mean that the software may incorrectly grab your license plate from the image, maybe swapping an O for a Q or somthing, it is very easily remedied by a visual inspection. There is no need to go through the steps of pulling you over, removing you from your car and searching it to prove you are innocent when simply looking at your license plate will tell them that there was a software error.
I have seen this in use against my friends (I am in BC.) My friends were driving their parents van up to the lake a couple days ago, there was a police car (marked) on the side of the road, looking like they were doing radar. Although they wern't speeding, as they passed the police car pulled in behind them and followed them for roughly 30-45 seconds before putting on the lights. The van had expired insurance, my friends parent didn't tell him and he was using the van because his car was in the shop.
They pulled him over, explained what the problem is, and gave him the lesser ticket.
I do think that there should be an expiry on the information. At a certain point it should be considered no longer valuable information and deleted. Other than that, I think this is a really smart system, that will find a lot of vehicles that need to be found. Maybe even prevent some crimes before they happen.
If you are complaining about false positive because of the database it checks against, well then it isn't this systems fault. It's somthing else that you need to complain about. If nothing else, this system will get you off that list sooner because they will clear you when they discover the mixup.
http://www.baitcar.com/
Police in Vancouver have been using bait cars for years to catch auto theifs. If that is legal, then this would probably be legal.
Why not ask the important question. How does ARM fare? It is their designs that many of these chip makers base everything on. If there is some sort of flawed developmental issue, would it not be best to look at the people responsible for the largest volume of processors, instead asking about these other names that are only big in popular name space?
It may not be an easy cooler to install but that's made up for by its performance. Enthusiasts rave about the Tower 120 and their praise is not misplaced, judging by the figures we saw. Third position overall and deserving that high placing along with an eXtreme Recommended award.
2nd place
Scythe Miné
While Scythe might not class the Miné as a high-performance cooler, we most certainly do. It delivers exceptional performance and at a price well under £30 that even deep-pocketed enthusiasts won't begrudge.
Worthy of overall second place without a doubt and deserved winner of an eXtreme Recommended award and also an eXtreme Value award.
1st place
Thermaltake Big Typ VX
In terms of bangs-per-buck, the Thermaltake Big Typ VX, in our view, delivers the most right now. It's got the lot great cooling performance; simple and speedy installation; and a price that's more than a few pennies under £30. Indeed, it's so good and such good value - that it comes away with a trio of awards.
In this LGA 775 cooler round-up, the Thermaltake Big Typ VX grabs our eXtreme Editors Choice award, an eXtreme Recommended award and also an eXtreme Value award.
If you care about keeping your CPU cool and you absolutely should then the Big Typ VX is what you'll choose for your Core2Duo.
The Big Typ VX is also able to spread its goodness around, being compatible with three other types of CPU socket - 754, 939 and AM2
while i am sure it would be nice, people who use linux are more likely to look at google as a threat, and people who don't use linux probably wont re-install their operating system just because google comes out with their own version... look how much work they need to put into just getting people to use the image and other various searches they have,
Call me crazy, but isn't it the job of the Beer and Wine Stores etc to make sure that underaged people don't buy anything? Budweiser doesn't need to police its own product, and there are actual LAWS regarding the sale of liquor. It makes no sense that a computer game company needs to police its product, when the rating system is only a guidline anyways.
you obviously don't understand the PHP versioning.. this is like Microsoft updating XP and Vista... it doesn't mean upgrade to latest version of XP, then to latest version of vista... it means update your version.
actually the article I read before (maybe the same one) suggested it would be rocky or "a frozen ice ball with liquid water on the surface." I suppose this would be seen as covered in an ocean. This however is not at all sembling an earthly ocean.
while i am not insisting that it is the case, it seems like it could easily be the same logic flaw. Different algorithms and code can produce the same mistake if you are using the same mis guided logic behind the problem.
Thats why you see the same bugs in students' code in university, even when worked on separatly during a lab.
I use the "normal" (not lite, not extreme) package for ADSL from Telus (only available in parts of canada, BC, ALTA, maybe ON i think)
The "cap" is 30 gigs per month, however I have greatly exceeded it many times and never have I recieved any emails about my usage, nor has there been any indication that I will be monitored. Infact, on the customer service page, there is a bar that shows your usagg per payperiod, and it stretches to I believe 120% or so.. and I have topped even THAT off:P
They are a very decent ISP. My understanding from people who have used their allocated limits in great excess (I am talking 100++ gigs in a month) have recieved an email saying somthing along the lines of "It appears you may be better served with our extreme plan. Blah Blah Blah. Would you like to upgrade for X deal? If not, please be advised your current plan is for Y gigs per month and you used Z."
The DO block default WWW and FTP ports however on the normal account. Understandable. They DO NOT throttle any type of traffic (ie torrent traffic).
Back in that blitz of emails going out to customers from ISPs when we were caught downloading torrents of copyrighted content, my email was along the lines of "Such and Such company wants us to give you up, but we don't do that unless we are forced in every way of the law, btw.. it was for file "somthing".. you might want to get rid of it eh?"
I didnt try to dig up the story, but at some point some canadian companies were trying to get personal info from some canadian ISPs and Telus (and some other ISP) said no to several levels of court until they finally won the right to keep the personal info personal.
Telus takes a lot of flack from people who probably just don't understand how good they got it. I think it's a great ISP and I recommend it to anyone who can get it.
SHHHHHHH! One of the main reasons it's so good up here is idiots don't know about the place. You start making it sound good and stuff, and who knows who might show up.
Edited: No work in Canada, the west coast is horrible, there are no beautiful trails, Vancouver isnt a marvel of a city, and we don't recruit the smartest minds in the country to the 3 amazing universities that we don't have (nor do we have several other successfull smaller universities within hours drive.) We don't have one of the best climates, neither is it one of the most diverse in the world. Our weed isn't better and our health care costs an arm and a leg, just like yours. We arn't accepting and you won't have the time of your life if you ever come visit us. I would also like to point out that Vancouver isn't the home to the two top professional teams in Canada.
See, if you do it like that ^^ you at least have a sarcasm filter...
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The reason there have been so many failed music stores, especially when they have been built by the root content distributers themselves, is they don't want to take the time (and therefore money) to sit down and develop (not just build) an easy to use, intuitive, open music distribution software. They are marketing driven, and as such, this software it looked at from a marketing stand point. Full of buzzwords and trends, but no strong basis on what people want.
/rant
People want music in several formats.
People want music that plays over all devices they own.
People want music in varying quality, and are willing to scale the pay of a song to the quality.
People are not willing to pay more than a song is worth. (This is the biggest issue for the labels)
If a service is build instead of a program, the company will be successful.
Haha, I was going to suggest tagging this "theoffice"
Hey, chose the Vancouver Island Marmot! 2 birds with one stone. Google gets a furry mascot, and the marmot gets more awareness in the media. http://www.marmots.org/
Tag this effectivebydesign maybe?
Just be happy you didn't buy an iPhone!
I don't see the problem here. How is this something that makes google evil? You keep coming back to slashdot even with their flash ads they serve to you. Is slashdot evil?
There is so much incorrectness in the comments with this story. More than usual. Google is not putting these ads on their search result pages, they are not forcing adsense users to display these ads. It is up to web site owners to decide what types of ads they want to show. Just like the image ads. Google is offering an additional service to the people who pay them money/generate them money, not creating a disservice to its users.
There would not be half the sites you like to visit if it were not for the advertising abilities on the internet today. Read up on it.
Seems like there are many issues here with software solutions. First thing I would do if i stole a laptop would be reformat it (after looking for awesome stuff on it.) But I would not connect it to the internet without reformatting it for fear of these solutions. I especially wouldnt sell it without it being reformatted. Any software solution can be disabled, and for mainstream ones, it would be easy to find. Unless maybe sony could make a rootkit solution for you. Stick it in the bios and some one smart would turn it off before hand. Still, with all the problems, preventative/reactive is better than nothing I suppose.
... from microsoft here, however it would be really nice if the goal of these patents was to provide annother means in which to legally interfear with future spam delivery methods. By patenting the techniques, they have legal ground to stop spammers using those techniques, even if through other laws the spammers have snuck by.
I think their piracy argument should be looked at recursivly. CD prices lead to piracy, which leads to new cd prices, which leads to less piracy, which leads to new cd prices...
as this aproaches infinity, we get a proper price, one which people will pay, for a cd.
gee almost sounds like a free market http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market
If by false positive you mean that the software may incorrectly grab your license plate from the image, maybe swapping an O for a Q or somthing, it is very easily remedied by a visual inspection. There is no need to go through the steps of pulling you over, removing you from your car and searching it to prove you are innocent when simply looking at your license plate will tell them that there was a software error.
I have seen this in use against my friends (I am in BC.) My friends were driving their parents van up to the lake a couple days ago, there was a police car (marked) on the side of the road, looking like they were doing radar. Although they wern't speeding, as they passed the police car pulled in behind them and followed them for roughly 30-45 seconds before putting on the lights. The van had expired insurance, my friends parent didn't tell him and he was using the van because his car was in the shop.
They pulled him over, explained what the problem is, and gave him the lesser ticket.
I do think that there should be an expiry on the information. At a certain point it should be considered no longer valuable information and deleted. Other than that, I think this is a really smart system, that will find a lot of vehicles that need to be found. Maybe even prevent some crimes before they happen.
If you are complaining about false positive because of the database it checks against, well then it isn't this systems fault. It's somthing else that you need to complain about. If nothing else, this system will get you off that list sooner because they will clear you when they discover the mixup.
If I had mod points I would use them for you buddy, instead all you get is my admiration on a post well done.
+1 notastupidsheep modifier
http://www.baitcar.com/ Police in Vancouver have been using bait cars for years to catch auto theifs. If that is legal, then this would probably be legal.
How do AMD, VIA, Motorola, IBM, etc. fare?
Why not ask the important question. How does ARM fare? It is their designs that many of these chip makers base everything on. If there is some sort of flawed developmental issue, would it not be best to look at the people responsible for the largest volume of processors, instead asking about these other names that are only big in popular name space?
3rd place
Tuniq Tower 120
It may not be an easy cooler to install but that's made up for by its performance. Enthusiasts rave about the Tower 120 and their praise is not misplaced, judging by the figures we saw. Third position overall and deserving that high placing along with an eXtreme Recommended award.
2nd place
Scythe Miné
While Scythe might not class the Miné as a high-performance cooler, we most certainly do. It delivers exceptional performance and at a price well under £30 that even deep-pocketed enthusiasts won't begrudge.
Worthy of overall second place without a doubt and deserved winner of an eXtreme Recommended award and also an eXtreme Value award.
1st place
Thermaltake Big Typ VX
In terms of bangs-per-buck, the Thermaltake Big Typ VX, in our view, delivers the most right now. It's got the lot great cooling performance; simple and speedy installation; and a price that's more than a few pennies under £30. Indeed, it's so good and such good value - that it comes away with a trio of awards.
In this LGA 775 cooler round-up, the Thermaltake Big Typ VX grabs our eXtreme Editors Choice award, an eXtreme Recommended award and also an eXtreme Value award.
If you care about keeping your CPU cool and you absolutely should then the Big Typ VX is what you'll choose for your Core2Duo.
The Big Typ VX is also able to spread its goodness around, being compatible with three other types of CPU socket - 754, 939 and AM2
while i am sure it would be nice, people who use linux are more likely to look at google as a threat, and people who don't use linux probably wont re-install their operating system just because google comes out with their own version... look how much work they need to put into just getting people to use the image and other various searches they have,
I corrected the grammar in your first "keyword" jumble and battled it out
Google Battle
Study finding Vista more secure than XP 408,000
Study finding XP more secure than Vista 406,000
Total Pages Searched: 814,000
I STFA and I STFS but I found no trace of anyone refering to a "physical keylogger" ... only you.
Call me crazy, but isn't it the job of the Beer and Wine Stores etc to make sure that underaged people don't buy anything? Budweiser doesn't need to police its own product, and there are actual LAWS regarding the sale of liquor. It makes no sense that a computer game company needs to police its product, when the rating system is only a guidline anyways.
you obviously don't understand the PHP versioning.. this is like Microsoft updating XP and Vista... it doesn't mean upgrade to latest version of XP, then to latest version of vista... it means update your version.
don't confuse google maps with google earth. They have distinct purposes, and excells at them.
actually the article I read before (maybe the same one) suggested it would be rocky or "a frozen ice ball with liquid water on the surface." I suppose this would be seen as covered in an ocean. This however is not at all sembling an earthly ocean.
while i am not insisting that it is the case, it seems like it could easily be the same logic flaw. Different algorithms and code can produce the same mistake if you are using the same mis guided logic behind the problem. Thats why you see the same bugs in students' code in university, even when worked on separatly during a lab.
I use the "normal" (not lite, not extreme) package for ADSL from Telus (only available in parts of canada, BC, ALTA, maybe ON i think)
:P
The "cap" is 30 gigs per month, however I have greatly exceeded it many times and never have I recieved any emails about my usage, nor has there been any indication that I will be monitored. Infact, on the customer service page, there is a bar that shows your usagg per payperiod, and it stretches to I believe 120% or so.. and I have topped even THAT off
They are a very decent ISP. My understanding from people who have used their allocated limits in great excess (I am talking 100++ gigs in a month) have recieved an email saying somthing along the lines of "It appears you may be better served with our extreme plan. Blah Blah Blah. Would you like to upgrade for X deal? If not, please be advised your current plan is for Y gigs per month and you used Z."
The DO block default WWW and FTP ports however on the normal account. Understandable. They DO NOT throttle any type of traffic (ie torrent traffic).
Back in that blitz of emails going out to customers from ISPs when we were caught downloading torrents of copyrighted content, my email was along the lines of "Such and Such company wants us to give you up, but we don't do that unless we are forced in every way of the law, btw.. it was for file "somthing".. you might want to get rid of it eh?"
I didnt try to dig up the story, but at some point some canadian companies were trying to get personal info from some canadian ISPs and Telus (and some other ISP) said no to several levels of court until they finally won the right to keep the personal info personal.
Telus takes a lot of flack from people who probably just don't understand how good they got it. I think it's a great ISP and I recommend it to anyone who can get it.
SHHHHHHH! One of the main reasons it's so good up here is idiots don't know about the place. You start making it sound good and stuff, and who knows who might show up. Edited: No work in Canada, the west coast is horrible, there are no beautiful trails, Vancouver isnt a marvel of a city, and we don't recruit the smartest minds in the country to the 3 amazing universities that we don't have (nor do we have several other successfull smaller universities within hours drive.) We don't have one of the best climates, neither is it one of the most diverse in the world. Our weed isn't better and our health care costs an arm and a leg, just like yours. We arn't accepting and you won't have the time of your life if you ever come visit us. I would also like to point out that Vancouver isn't the home to the two top professional teams in Canada. See, if you do it like that ^^ you at least have a sarcasm filter...