Well, right after the sept 11th attacks, the internets was pretty useless. I had access to a T3 at the time, and no news sites took less than a minute to reload. OTOH, when MJ died, I don't remember having trouble with any of my usual sources. Maybe Google had a problem, but neither thestar.com or the BBC did.
So maybe instead of a bad reflection on humanity, this is just a bad reflection on the current stability of the intertubes, Google in particular.
That's dumb. Who do you think wants a free internet more, Stallman or Microsoft? Stallman doesn't want users to be restricted on the internet anymore than with software. How is that incompatible with Google?
Dreaming up scenarios where my coding skills and knowledge of cutting-edge physics theories gets me women and fame is a really complex thought process. Takes a lot of brain power.
Bad modding for this to be offtopic. Parent's solution works fine for personal viewing. Just doesn't get rid of the encryption, or shrink it. For years I did the GUI version of this, which is just right-clicking the dvd icon in GNOME and selecting "copy disk". Sure, the poster may have wanted something more portable, but seriously, when you want to copy something, nothing beats bit-for-bit.
K9Copy. Once I found that, that's all I ever used. If it doesn't work, it's because it's one of those DVDs with intentional defects to stop rippers from ripping them. The idea is that a standalone, consumer dvd-player isn't sophisticated enough to fail on the defects, but a computer-based software player is. Or something like that. Unfortunately, Howl's Moving Castle was one of those, if I remember correctly. Had to reboot into Windows and use DVD Decrypter for that one.
Anyway, K9Copy. If DVDshrink on Windows can do it, so can K9Copy, in my experience. It's simple and easy. It can do mpegs or just shrunken dvds. It's so good that the fact that it's qt based didn't bother this Gnome user.
I could believe that. I once got my hands on a bunch of pretty old (1930's or so) sci-fi short stories. In one they went to Venus dressed in fur-hooded coats.
And even if an author did coin a word first, the thing is, lots of (good) sci-fi authors actually do some kind of research into cutting edge/blue sky science when writing their stories, or they just like to read about current science research anyway. So when they come up with a term for something that's not going to have a pay-off for 50 or more years and put it in next-year's best-seller, their term for it has a much better chance of getting into public usage than whatever the nerd working on it calls it. But it doesn't mean they had some uncanny ability to predict and/or shape the future.
Oh, how I wish I lived in the Culture. Damn you fuckers, make contact already! Sigh.
Anyway, if you haven't heard of it, Cory Doctorow's
Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom goes into much more detail about a possible post-scarcity society, where the currency is kind of like/.'s Karma, only it works.
I bet they aren't concerned about pics of actual moms actually breastfeeding. They're probably more worried about the multitudes of people that would be posting pics of "HOT MILFS WITH RED HOT MILK JUST FOR YOU!" if they thought they could get away with it.
Hmm. Maybe he has different books under different licenses, but the books that I have on my hard drive (see Little Brother, for example) are under CC version 3.0 and say explicitly that you are free:
to Share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix - to adapt the work
There are some conditions, like the redistribution has to be non-commercial (which is waved for certain countries) but he certainly gives the right to make derivative versions.
Also, I only skimmed the article, but I didn't see anywhere where he said he was completely against copyright, it just sounded like he really doesn't like the way copyright law is right now. Just like how some people would prefer that software licenses were all GPL, instead of doing away with them altogether.
You must have missed the point in time in which we stopped needing $50 million dollar passively-watch-and-let-our-brains-erode blockbusters for entertainment. Remix-Reuse-Recycle licences like Creative Commons provides far more entertainment for those of us that still have an imagination. And yes, Cory Doctorow's life work is freely available under said license.
I recall a time when they *really* pushed you to buy their product (not that there is something wrong with that). And they did not allow the free download until weeks after their paying customers got to it. There may have been some other perks to paying as well. Anyway, the feeling I got was that if you were not giving them money, you were 2nd class and could not get the full benefits of running the distro.
This changed after Ubuntu and Fedora came along and they (Mandrake/Mandriva) saw that people were leaving them. Since they started these "Mandriva One" things they have gotten back some of their lost fame, but for a while they were just the people that tried to force us to pay for something that Ubuntu was giving out for free.
I know that some things just aren't possible, esp. when people who might have voted NDP vote Liberal because they're justifiably frightened of Harper and his Reform/Alliance/Conservative Party.
I've taken a hard stance that I like to talk about: I have sworn to myself that I won't fall for fearmongering any more. I now vote only for the party that I actually want to be in power, consequences be damned. I've convinced myself that our form of democracy just doesn't work if you don't vote for who you actually support. And I've been ranting to anyone who will listen: The Liberals aren't *that* much different from the Conservatives. So if, by some amazing chance, my (or your) vote for the NDP or Greens (or the Bloc if you're into that kind of thing:) ) could have been the deciding vote between the Libs and Cons, the situation is still largely the same. Especially if it's a minority.
But, it's hard convincing people. Even people who like the NDP. Even after I let them know that each vote means more funding for that party, so it isn't just a "wasted vote". Even after convincing them that the Libs wouldn't even have this "green shift" platform if it wasn't for the recent upswing in the Greens' numbers. Even after I show them Tommy Douglass' Mousland speech. Sigh.
If I wanted a compelling story, I'd read a book. There's only a few million of them already in exsistence, the majority of which were written by people whose talents compare to the best video game writers the same way Kobe Bryant's penis might compare to that of a poorly endowed tit mouse. If enduring 90 minutes of CGI cut scenes dubbed with pornography grade voice acting sounds exciting to you, I suggest you immediately navigate your web browser to the neighborhood torrent site and start downloading something called a movie. Any of them really, because apparently you're very easily satisfied.
:D Confession: I really liked the Xenosaga series:O
That's the point I was making, asshole. Companies will charge whatever people are willing to pay. People with higher wages are generally willing to pay more. Maybe you are too stupid to make the connection?
People in countries with higher wages pay more for products. Who would've thought? Maybe that price comparison should factor in the two countries' average incomes.
In other news, rice costs more here than in India. They must think we're stupid.
This Bloomberg article also gives the numbers for PS3 and 360s in June. 405,500 and 219,800, respectively. Which is more interesting to me. The way people talk about the hard times the PS3 is having, I was surprised that it is outselling the Xbox.
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Good point. Maybe the whole gist of this thread should be "nothing to see here, move along".
Well, right after the sept 11th attacks, the internets was pretty useless. I had access to a T3 at the time, and no news sites took less than a minute to reload. OTOH, when MJ died, I don't remember having trouble with any of my usual sources. Maybe Google had a problem, but neither thestar.com or the BBC did.
So maybe instead of a bad reflection on humanity, this is just a bad reflection on the current stability of the intertubes, Google in particular.
That's dumb. Who do you think wants a free internet more, Stallman or Microsoft? Stallman doesn't want users to be restricted on the internet anymore than with software. How is that incompatible with Google?
LOL. Or maybe he's one of those freaks in the maritimes.
Anyway, I've got a new signature.
Either we have very different definitions of "crazy shit" or your seven year old does way too much booze and drugs for his age.
Dreaming up scenarios where my coding skills and knowledge of cutting-edge physics theories gets me women and fame is a really complex thought process. Takes a lot of brain power.
Bad modding for this to be offtopic. Parent's solution works fine for personal viewing. Just doesn't get rid of the encryption, or shrink it. For years I did the GUI version of this, which is just right-clicking the dvd icon in GNOME and selecting "copy disk". Sure, the poster may have wanted something more portable, but seriously, when you want to copy something, nothing beats bit-for-bit.
K9Copy. Once I found that, that's all I ever used. If it doesn't work, it's because it's one of those DVDs with intentional defects to stop rippers from ripping them. The idea is that a standalone, consumer dvd-player isn't sophisticated enough to fail on the defects, but a computer-based software player is. Or something like that. Unfortunately, Howl's Moving Castle was one of those, if I remember correctly. Had to reboot into Windows and use DVD Decrypter for that one.
Anyway, K9Copy. If DVDshrink on Windows can do it, so can K9Copy, in my experience. It's simple and easy. It can do mpegs or just shrunken dvds. It's so good that the fact that it's qt based didn't bother this Gnome user.
I could believe that. I once got my hands on a bunch of pretty old (1930's or so) sci-fi short stories. In one they went to Venus dressed in fur-hooded coats.
And even if an author did coin a word first, the thing is, lots of (good) sci-fi authors actually do some kind of research into cutting edge/blue sky science when writing their stories, or they just like to read about current science research anyway. So when they come up with a term for something that's not going to have a pay-off for 50 or more years and put it in next-year's best-seller, their term for it has a much better chance of getting into public usage than whatever the nerd working on it calls it. But it doesn't mean they had some uncanny ability to predict and/or shape the future.
Oh, how I wish I lived in the Culture. Damn you fuckers, make contact already! Sigh.
/.'s Karma, only it works.
Anyway, if you haven't heard of it, Cory Doctorow's Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom goes into much more detail about a possible post-scarcity society, where the currency is kind of like
That's actually the first explanation I've heard that makes me understand why it isn't an emulator. Thanks.
I bet they aren't concerned about pics of actual moms actually breastfeeding. They're probably more worried about the multitudes of people that would be posting pics of "HOT MILFS WITH RED HOT MILK JUST FOR YOU!" if they thought they could get away with it.
Hmm. Maybe he has different books under different licenses, but the books that I have on my hard drive (see Little Brother, for example) are under CC version 3.0 and say explicitly that you are free:
to Share - to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix - to adapt the work
There are some conditions, like the redistribution has to be non-commercial (which is waved for certain countries) but he certainly gives the right to make derivative versions.
Also, I only skimmed the article, but I didn't see anywhere where he said he was completely against copyright, it just sounded like he really doesn't like the way copyright law is right now. Just like how some people would prefer that software licenses were all GPL, instead of doing away with them altogether.
You must have missed the point in time in which we stopped needing $50 million dollar passively-watch-and-let-our-brains-erode blockbusters for entertainment. Remix-Reuse-Recycle licences like Creative Commons provides far more entertainment for those of us that still have an imagination. And yes, Cory Doctorow's life work is freely available under said license.
I recall a time when they *really* pushed you to buy their product (not that there is something wrong with that). And they did not allow the free download until weeks after their paying customers got to it. There may have been some other perks to paying as well. Anyway, the feeling I got was that if you were not giving them money, you were 2nd class and could not get the full benefits of running the distro.
This changed after Ubuntu and Fedora came along and they (Mandrake/Mandriva) saw that people were leaving them. Since they started these "Mandriva One" things they have gotten back some of their lost fame, but for a while they were just the people that tried to force us to pay for something that Ubuntu was giving out for free.
as trying to keep porn away from your son.
Was the hearing 6 days ago? 'Cause that would've given the Pirate Bay an unfair advantage.
FYI: The Greens aren't just about the Environment
I know that some things just aren't possible, esp. when people who might have voted NDP vote Liberal because they're justifiably frightened of Harper and his Reform/Alliance/Conservative Party.
:) ) could have been the deciding vote between the Libs and Cons, the situation is still largely the same. Especially if it's a minority.
I've taken a hard stance that I like to talk about: I have sworn to myself that I won't fall for fearmongering any more. I now vote only for the party that I actually want to be in power, consequences be damned. I've convinced myself that our form of democracy just doesn't work if you don't vote for who you actually support. And I've been ranting to anyone who will listen: The Liberals aren't *that* much different from the Conservatives. So if, by some amazing chance, my (or your) vote for the NDP or Greens (or the Bloc if you're into that kind of thing
But, it's hard convincing people. Even people who like the NDP. Even after I let them know that each vote means more funding for that party, so it isn't just a "wasted vote". Even after convincing them that the Libs wouldn't even have this "green shift" platform if it wasn't for the recent upswing in the Greens' numbers. Even after I show them Tommy Douglass' Mousland speech. Sigh.
From the intro to the latest Pure Pwnage:
:O
If I wanted a compelling story, I'd read a book. There's only a few million of them already in exsistence, the majority of which were written by people whose talents compare to the best video game writers the same way Kobe Bryant's penis might compare to that of a poorly endowed tit mouse. If enduring 90 minutes of CGI cut scenes dubbed with pornography grade voice acting sounds exciting to you, I suggest you immediately navigate your web browser to the neighborhood torrent site and start downloading something called a movie. Any of them really, because apparently you're very easily satisfied.
:D Confession: I really liked the Xenosaga series
That's the point I was making, asshole. Companies will charge whatever people are willing to pay. People with higher wages are generally willing to pay more. Maybe you are too stupid to make the connection?
People in countries with higher wages pay more for products. Who would've thought? Maybe that price comparison should factor in the two countries' average incomes.
In other news, rice costs more here than in India. They must think we're stupid.
Bitch and moan critics who don't contribute code (or money) are in bountiful supply for all software, not just OSS.
This Bloomberg article also gives the numbers for PS3 and 360s in June. 405,500 and 219,800, respectively. Which is more interesting to me. The way people talk about the hard times the PS3 is having, I was surprised that it is outselling the Xbox.