Your continued attacks on the Linux DVD community will not be tolerated. Your claims that this is a piracy issue are bold faced lies. DVD encryption does not prevent piracy, it prevents viewing the content without an "authorized" player. DVD pirates do not need DeCSS to copy DVDs: they have expensive equipment designed to copy in bulk on a bit for bit level. Ever try to send 5GB of data over the internet?? On an average DSL line that would take over 20hrs. Most people have 56k dialup access. You are fools to think DVD copying on the Internet is a quick,easy, or even common practice. It is clear to me that what's at stake is not piracy but your iron-fisted control of the DVD medium. I will not tolerate this either. Since you probably understand the language of money best, let me put it this way:
All of the money I would have spent on purchasing DVDs will now go to the EFF defense fund.
I will also make sure that everyone I know learns the facts, in spite of your attempts to deceive the general public through the media ("Hackers Crack DVD Encryption in order to Pirate" etc, etc). I will persuade them not to purchase anything DVD until you submit a public apology. In general, your attempts to "protect" DVD have only harmed it. Yes, I am only one person, but there are many more like me and we will fight you.
Erick Waldchen
ps. I suggest you take a history class on VCRs. The movie industry was outraged at their invention, claiming they would somehow hurt box-office sales. Now video cassettes are one of the biggest cash cows for the industry. I suggest you stop alienating the people who would support DVD the most: computer geeks.
Please don't over-simplify my point. It's not all sarcasm, and it's certainly not disagreement that I take issue with here. It's sarcasm for the sake of cutting someone else down. It's sarcasm that is *insulting.* In general, sarcasm is a weak way to make an arguement, but I'll admit that it can be useful at time. I will, however, take issue when it gets to be nasty in tone, which is what took place here. (re-read that first paragraph)
One of the most striking things about nasty e-mail and vicious public postings is that they're almost always rooted in surreal distance: the sender rarely thinks of his target as a human being.
This is a great point, and one I've thought about quite a bit. I've experience rudeness online (deja forums, emails, feedback posts, slashdot, etc, etc.) that I've never seen in person. It's as if regular, decent people forget common sense and politness when they get online.
Starting a post with such rude sarcasm is totally uncalled for. Being a regular/. reader, I've noticed many of your posts begin in a similar manner, Signal 11. The ironic part is that you succeed perfectly in becoming another example of the flamebait Jon is talking about. His article is totally worthy of our discussion, especially since it affects us all in one way or another. I'm underwhelmed by your immature dismissal of it.
Looks like most posters have just ignored you, and for good reason: your sarcasm is insulting and your conclusion lacks any real thought. Many/. readers will find a use for this, including myself. I don't exactly have the storage to handle all 200+ CDs I own. Having this as an online music library that I can access anywhere is great. If you don't have a need for this fine, but there's no point in being so rude...grow up.
There are many people who claim to only watch TV "for the news." Well, this kind of crap is enough reason for me to abandon the news altogether. Seeing is not believing when ratings are at stake. Kill your TV
I think a big thing holding back flight sims are te joysticks. I haven't tried getting mine to work with linux, but something tells me my Saitek USB X36 combo isn't gonna work. Not being able to program a stick because there is no Linux support sucks. I would imagine that most major HOTAS don't run well with Linux.
...Tolkien. The Hobbit is geared a little more for kids, but The Lord of the Rings trilogy is perfect fine, too. I think I read those books for the first time when I was 10 or so. They should be mandatory reading for any English-reading person:)
Think a little..."here" is spelled fine if you are talking about a place. Grammar checkers might catch the mistake, but what really needs to happen is that people slow down and re-read/re-think their post before they send it, including yourself.
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Does this guy know anything about architecture?
In a word, yes. He knows an awful lot. If you don't know what "Post-RISC" is talking about, why don't you read his article on RISC vs CISC like he suggested. Here, I'll make it easy for you: RISC vs. CISC: the Post-RISC Era
Of course, it also looks like you didn't even bother to fully read this article. Hannibal is hardly anti-mac, anti G4, or any of that. He concludes that he prefers the G4 over the Athlon (and the Alpha over both of them). Give me a break...
I think the idea of an ad in a high-profile paper like the USA Today is a great idea. Something like that would really make them squirm. The question is this: how does one organize the collecting of such funds? How do I trust the person/place I'm sending my money? I'm ignorant to the ways of such a large scale effort. I am ready and willing to contribute anything I can to see eToys put back in its place.
I suppose your expert English skills are what lead you to this conclusion? Maybe you should be more concerned with the spelling and grammar of your own work rather than whining about someone elses. Some examples of your literary prowess: "discusted" "tallents" "illconceeved" "ligitimate"
I could go on, but you get the point. I'll close with a quote from you: "There is more to [editing] that you have yet grasped."
I agree that there are lots of stupid marketing people out there, but man, you make it sound like this article is the most boring thing ever posted. I read through all the emails and comments and found it to be rather intersting, even a little exciting. It's cool to read about someone getting busted for their lack of ethics and pure stupidity. Yes, morons abound, but how often are they caught like this?
You may not read or even like him, but John C. Dvorak had an interesting article on the future of the desktop called "The Future is DOOMed" (Oct 19, 1999). His point was basically that the idea of putting folders within folders within folders is flawed and illogical. He then tried to speculate what a new model would look like, even bringing in the idea of "3d" file management.
My questions are these: What are your ideas for a "desktop of the future"? Do you agree with Dvorak that the current model is ridiculous and needs to be rethought? If so, what will that look like? (3d??)
Maybe what you are talking about was the series The Learning Channel had on car safety standards? I saw this about a year ago: simply facinating. There were examples shown of cars that would literally cut the heads off of children who were sitting in the front seat during an accident. The most disturbing part was learning how the major American car mfgs resisted safety measures. When airbags were first invented (early 1970s I believe) they flat out refused to incorporate them. It took the hard work and persistance of a few dedicated groups to get things like seatbelts and airbags as standard features.
On a slightly offtopic but related note, this kind of stuff reminds me of the pre-NASA balloon projects that took place. We had people volunteering to be sent up by balloons into the upper edges of the atmosphere in order to see what a person could withstand. The theory at the time (late 1950s?) was that a person could not survive a fall from near-space altitudes. Well, these lunatics proved that wrong as they survived parachuting from the edge of space. I wish I could remember their names, but I recall 2 or three individuals doing this. For some folks it seems there is no limit in their search for an answer.
I checked out this site a couple weeks ago (I think I found the link here in a/. post) After a brief reading of the emails he'd received, it was clear they were out to get him as much as he was out to expose them. I'm angered that his ISP would shut it down. There have been other examples of this on/., but it proves once again that there is no justice in the legal system: those with money call the shots. Because he could probably never afford to fight Scientology in court he will never get the chance to prove them wrong. Any belief that everyday people have "rights online" is just a delusion.
Is is Office suites? Operating systems? The internet? The answer to all of these is no. What drives the 3d video card industry are the games. As long as game developers continue making games more and more complex, there will continue to be improvements in video acceleration. The reason I bought a Rendition v2x00 in the first place was to play Quake. You are foolish to think any gamer will be content with "good enough" when Quake 4 (?) or whatever comes out. The average consumer may be content with what comes in the box they buy at CompUSA...the person interested in games will never be content with that.
"I was very disappointed in the downright lack of maturity that many of the posts showed. I like to believe that most people who frequent this type of forum are of an intellectual nature."
How about you show a some maturity and answer the questions you *agreed* to answer?? Dismissing them all as "stupid" is not only immature, it's downright rude.
I..just..can't..take..it anymore. These things get me so fired up. Am I making myself sick? How long will it go on? Heh. You've made your point,/., and I don't need anymore examples: The US is truly the home of the stupid and the greedy. Ugh.
"No one knows if the chemical also controls the navigation function in humans, Lai said. There is indirect evidence, however, that the chemical controls a similar function in humans." Now I know why people with cell phones plastered to their ears drive like maniacs: they've forgotten where it was they were going:P
"And worst of all, it's much harder to install Red Hat on a Windows machine and then boot between the two operating systems, since Red Hat doesn't include software to partition your hard drive" Although its not as pretty as Partion Magic, FIPS does a quick and painless job of partitioning your hard drive. I've set up several dual boot Red Hat/Win98 systems with this great utility and have had no problems. I guess CNET didn't realize that FIPS is included on the Red Hat CD.
Sorry, but the term "American" refers specifically to a US citizen. I've had plenty of debates with people who claim that Americans have no right to that term exclusively, saying that anyone from North, South or Central can call themselves American. What it comes down to is this: we are the *only* country in the world to use "America" in our name (U.S.A). What do you propose we use instead? People from Cuba are Cubans, people from Mexico are Mexicans, so people from the USA should be "United Statesians?" Give me a break. I need a name to call myself, and American is what is.
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Your continued attacks on the Linux DVD community will not be tolerated. Your claims that this is a piracy issue are bold faced lies. DVD encryption does not prevent piracy, it prevents viewing the content without an "authorized" player. DVD pirates do not need DeCSS to copy DVDs: they have expensive equipment designed to copy in bulk on a bit for bit level. Ever try to send 5GB of data over the internet?? On an average DSL line that would take over 20hrs. Most people have 56k dialup access. You are fools to think DVD copying on the Internet is a quick,easy, or even common practice. It is clear to me that what's at stake is not piracy but your iron-fisted control of the DVD medium. I will not tolerate this either. Since you probably understand the language of money best, let me put it this way:
All of the money I would have spent on purchasing DVDs will now go to the EFF defense fund.
I will also make sure that everyone I know learns the facts, in spite of your attempts to deceive the general public through the media ("Hackers Crack DVD Encryption in order to Pirate" etc, etc). I will persuade them not to purchase anything DVD until you submit a public apology. In general, your attempts to "protect" DVD have only harmed it. Yes, I am only one person, but there are many more like me and we will fight you.
Erick Waldchen
ps. I suggest you take a history class on VCRs. The movie industry was outraged at their invention, claiming they would somehow hurt box-office sales. Now video cassettes are one of the biggest cash cows for the industry. I suggest you stop alienating the people who would support DVD the most: computer geeks.
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Please don't over-simplify my point. It's not all sarcasm, and it's certainly not disagreement that I take issue with here. It's sarcasm for the sake of cutting someone else down. It's sarcasm that is *insulting.* In general, sarcasm is a weak way to make an arguement, but I'll admit that it can be useful at time. I will, however, take issue when it gets to be nasty in tone, which is what took place here. (re-read that first paragraph)
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One of the most striking things about nasty e-mail and vicious public postings is that they're almost always rooted in surreal distance: the sender rarely thinks of his target as a human being.
This is a great point, and one I've thought about quite a bit. I've experience rudeness online (deja forums, emails, feedback posts, slashdot, etc, etc.) that I've never seen in person. It's as if regular, decent people forget common sense and politness when they get online.
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Starting a post with such rude sarcasm is totally uncalled for. Being a regular /. reader, I've noticed many of your posts begin in a similar manner, Signal 11. The ironic part is that you succeed perfectly in becoming another example of the flamebait Jon is talking about. His article is totally worthy of our discussion, especially since it affects us all in one way or another. I'm underwhelmed by your immature dismissal of it.
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Looks like most posters have just ignored you, and for good reason: your sarcasm is insulting and your conclusion lacks any real thought. Many /. readers will find a use for this, including myself. I don't exactly have the storage to handle all 200+ CDs I own. Having this as an online music library that I can access anywhere is great. If you don't have a need for this fine, but there's no point in being so rude...grow up.
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It was my first copyleft purchase. I couldn't resist, this issue makes me so angry.
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There are many people who claim to only watch TV "for the news." Well, this kind of crap is enough reason for me to abandon the news altogether. Seeing is not believing when ratings are at stake. Kill your TV
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yeah, its called www.linuxgames.com
I don't visit it too much but it seems pretty cool
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I think a big thing holding back flight sims are te joysticks. I haven't tried getting mine to work with linux, but something tells me my Saitek USB X36 combo isn't gonna work. Not being able to program a stick because there is no Linux support sucks. I would imagine that most major HOTAS don't run well with Linux.
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...Tolkien. The Hobbit is geared a little more for kids, but The Lord of the Rings trilogy is perfect fine, too. I think I read those books for the first time when I was 10 or so. They should be mandatory reading for any English-reading person :)
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Think a little..."here" is spelled fine if you are talking about a place. Grammar checkers might catch the mistake, but what really needs to happen is that people slow down and re-read/re-think their post before they send it, including yourself.
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Does this guy know anything about architecture?
In a word, yes. He knows an awful lot. If you don't know what "Post-RISC" is talking about, why don't you read his article on RISC vs CISC like he suggested. Here, I'll make it easy for you: RISC vs. CISC: the Post-RISC Era
Of course, it also looks like you didn't even bother to fully read this article. Hannibal is hardly anti-mac, anti G4, or any of that. He concludes that he prefers the G4 over the Athlon (and the Alpha over both of them). Give me a break...
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I think the idea of an ad in a high-profile paper like the USA Today is a great idea. Something like that would really make them squirm. The question is this: how does one organize the collecting of such funds? How do I trust the person/place I'm sending my money? I'm ignorant to the ways of such a large scale effort. I am ready and willing to contribute anything I can to see eToys put back in its place.
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I suppose your expert English skills are what lead you to this conclusion? Maybe you should be more concerned with the spelling and grammar of your own work rather than whining about someone elses. Some examples of your literary prowess:
"discusted"
"tallents"
"illconceeved"
"ligitimate"
I could go on, but you get the point. I'll close with a quote from you:
"There is more to [editing] that you have yet grasped."
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I agree that there are lots of stupid marketing people out there, but man, you make it sound like this article is the most boring thing ever posted. I read through all the emails and comments and found it to be rather intersting, even a little exciting. It's cool to read about someone getting busted for their lack of ethics and pure stupidity. Yes, morons abound, but how often are they caught like this?
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You may not read or even like him, but John C. Dvorak had an interesting article on the future of the desktop called "The Future is DOOMed" (Oct 19, 1999). His point was basically that the idea of putting folders within folders within folders is flawed and illogical. He then tried to speculate what a new model would look like, even bringing in the idea of "3d" file management.
My questions are these: What are your ideas for a "desktop of the future"? Do you agree with Dvorak that the current model is ridiculous and needs to be rethought? If so, what will that look like? (3d??)
Maybe what you are talking about was the series The Learning Channel had on car safety standards? I saw this about a year ago: simply facinating. There were examples shown of cars that would literally cut the heads off of children who were sitting in the front seat during an accident. The most disturbing part was learning how the major American car mfgs resisted safety measures. When airbags were first invented (early 1970s I believe) they flat out refused to incorporate them. It took the hard work and persistance of a few dedicated groups to get things like seatbelts and airbags as standard features.
On a slightly offtopic but related note, this kind of stuff reminds me of the pre-NASA balloon projects that took place. We had people volunteering to be sent up by balloons into the upper edges of the atmosphere in order to see what a person could withstand. The theory at the time (late 1950s?) was that a person could not survive a fall from near-space altitudes. Well, these lunatics proved that wrong as they survived parachuting from the edge of space. I wish I could remember their names, but I recall 2 or three individuals doing this. For some folks it seems there is no limit in their search for an answer.
I checked out this site a couple weeks ago (I think I found the link here in a /. post) After a brief reading of the emails he'd received, it was clear they were out to get him as much as he was out to expose them. I'm angered that his ISP would shut it down. There have been other examples of this on /., but it proves once again that there is no justice in the legal system: those with money call the shots. Because he could probably never afford to fight Scientology in court he will never get the chance to prove them wrong. Any belief that everyday people have "rights online" is just a delusion.
Is is Office suites? Operating systems? The internet? The answer to all of these is no. What drives the 3d video card industry are the games. As long as game developers continue making games more and more complex, there will continue to be improvements in video acceleration. The reason I bought a Rendition v2x00 in the first place was to play Quake. You are foolish to think any gamer will be content with "good enough" when Quake 4 (?) or whatever comes out. The average consumer may be content with what comes in the box they buy at CompUSA...the person interested in games will never be content with that.
"I was very disappointed in the downright lack of maturity that many of the posts showed. I like to believe that most people who frequent this type of forum are of an intellectual nature."
How about you show a some maturity and answer the questions you *agreed* to answer?? Dismissing them all as "stupid" is not only immature, it's downright rude.
I..just..can't..take..it anymore. These things get me so fired up. Am I making myself sick? How long will it go on? Heh. You've made your point, /., and I don't need anymore examples: The US is truly the home of the stupid and the greedy. Ugh.
"No one knows if the chemical also controls the navigation function in humans, Lai said. There is indirect evidence, however, that the chemical controls a similar function in humans." Now I know why people with cell phones plastered to their ears drive like maniacs: they've forgotten where it was they were going :P
"And worst of all, it's much harder to install Red Hat on a Windows machine and then boot between the two operating systems, since Red Hat doesn't include software to partition your hard drive" Although its not as pretty as Partion Magic, FIPS does a quick and painless job of partitioning your hard drive. I've set up several dual boot Red Hat/Win98 systems with this great utility and have had no problems. I guess CNET didn't realize that FIPS is included on the Red Hat CD.
Sorry, but the term "American" refers specifically to a US citizen. I've had plenty of debates with people who claim that Americans have no right to that term exclusively, saying that anyone from North, South or Central can call themselves American. What it comes down to is this: we are the *only* country in the world to use "America" in our name (U.S.A). What do you propose we use instead? People from Cuba are Cubans, people from Mexico are Mexicans, so people from the USA should be "United Statesians?" Give me a break. I need a name to call myself, and American is what is.