Ah, but would you provide them with bitwise copies of the contents of your hard drive(s)? Especially, if that/those drive(s) contained data that you sold for a profit, and were continuing to sell? And if you suspected that the person you were providing data to would make it easily available for free?
Don't get me wrong, I love Napster, and I love MP3, but I also acknowledge that it's theft that I commit every time I download and every time someone else downloads from me. I just don't care that much -- herd mentality's a bitch, but it's getting me music.
Unfortunately, because of the way the internet and personal computers work, there will always be a way to hijack "preview" media. If RealAudio wasn't possible to save to disk, someone would write a utility that would, and distribute it to their friends, who would... Well, you get the point. The technology we have now doesn't allow anyone to keep information locked down. Even encrypted channels can simply be recorded via packet-sniffing and repeated as desired.
As far as truncated-length samples go, that's great and all, but there will always be a way to get/distribute full-length audio. Even if MP3 were to get abolished (highly unlikely, it's become a de-facto standard compressed-audio format, and will likely stick around, much like cassette tapes do today) someone would write a format, use this wonderful network we call home to send codecs for it to his friends, who would... Once again, the problem comes back to the ease of use of the internet -- it's impossible to fully control it, no matter how hard you try.
(And for those of you who think that corporate control is possible, sure, AOL/Time-Warner/Nullsoft/what-have-you can control the content for the 80% of people out there who are connected through their service because it's easy to use -- and it is, regardless of how badly it fucks up your system. But people with some technological savy will always find another way. TCP/IP is an open standard, and I can't see any way to force the internet away from it (look at the trouble IPV6 has getting implemented anywhere) and there will always be a loose hub somewhere.)
Bono probably couldn't give music away cheaper or free if he wanted.
That, right there, is the problem with the music industry -- artists who go with mainstream labels have no control over the price or distribution of their work, and those artists that choose other labels don't get any time on the air, thus, lose sales and money.
Originally label companies were a good idea -- they helped get artists started by providing funds, and they protected the artists' interests legally. However, now the major labels are all out to cover their own asses, rather than their clients' (both musicians and listeners) interests. It's wrong, and needs to be stopped.
Yes, on the other hand, the limited selection of instruments was also a curse on many composers.
Once again, Nobuo Uematsu: How many of his songs have you heard and said "That's Uematsu."? His style hasn't changed, even when newer and potentially better sound technologies have come along. (I mean, come on, FF VII used MIDI. Ick.)
That said, his style does kick ass. And personally, I will never forget the first time I plugged in my NES and heard Mario's theme.
Boneshintai
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What, you've never used a trial version of Bulletproof FTP? (Don't.) It does that, bascially. S'called crippleware.
Conversely, I haven't been able to attribute any of the last dozen or more spams I've gotten to an AOL source. Plenty have listed AOL in the headers, or included AOL e-mail addresses, but they were all forged in an effort to put people off of their trail.
Additionally, in the same period of time, I've received probably 8 or 10 e-mails from friends/family that use AOL. I would most certainly raise a stink if my ISP decided to honor ORBS lists and keep me from receiving this e-mail.
Also true, and a fact which I forgot in a moment of bandwagonitis. My bad.
I recieve a startlingly low amount of spam -- usually around one message a month of unsolicited e-mail, including chain-letters and the Disney Trip letter. I think it's been a long time since I did actually have a spam problem. By the same token, my girlfriend manages to attract the attention of every spam source on the internet, without propagating her e-mail address to the extent I do (yes, that's my address up there on the by-line, with no anti-spambot stuff on it). Anyone have an explanation for that?
I'm all in favour of blackholing AOL. I have never once seen a non-troll, non-spam, non-flame, non-me-too message addressed from AOL, nor have I heard of one recently. Until their spam problem, at least, gets fixed, they deserve to be blackholed.
Vis. players get munched if they try something silly like camping or soloing to get a good weapon. Call of Cthulhu is set in modern times (no FLaming Swords of Llama Smiting here, just a handgun). Seriously Paranoid setting, and for good reason -- the Elder Gods aren't user friendly.
No doubt people of like mindset would trade their carefully crafted filter rule sets between themselves.
And who, exactly, outside of geekdom, spends any amount of time customizing filters? I'm willing to bet that somewhere around 50 percent of people will just type "FILTER *Sexuality ALL" and leave it like that until the universe goes away.
That said, I for one would love to see this system. Some kind of standard for what makes up a filter keyword would be nice -- prevents porn sites from putting <meta name="FILTER-KEYS" content="Kinky"> and then wondering why people's censorware misses it.
*cough* Have you been anywhere near Quebec? Their language law is unconstitution by the Canadian constitution, and yet they can keep it because of a stupid little clause in the Canadian Justice system called the Notwithstanding Clause -- if they review the law every few years (I think it's five, not sure though) they're allowed to keep it, even though it's unconstitutional.
We all love it, really, when the Quebec Language Police shut a place down because the sign on their door says "Open"l and not "Ouvert".
Who listens to that much music in MP3, and feels like carrying it all with them? I have about a gig of MP3s, but by no means do I want them all with me at once.
I don't really see why everyone bitches about hotmail's spam problem. I lived there for quite a while, put my address out carefully, and never had more than two spammails a month.
Does this strike anyone else as alarmingly similar to the origin of dataspheres? Remember, they were depicted as a consensual reality based on the fact that just about everything on the planet was connected to at least one other thing. And look what the 'spheres bred: The Technocore, a collection of AIs (true AIs) which embodied the principle of parastitism to the extreme. *shrugs* probably off-topic. BoneShintai
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Ah, but would you provide them with bitwise copies of the contents of your hard drive(s)? Especially, if that/those drive(s) contained data that you sold for a profit, and were continuing to sell? And if you suspected that the person you were providing data to would make it easily available for free?
Don't get me wrong, I love Napster, and I love MP3, but I also acknowledge that it's theft that I commit every time I download and every time someone else downloads from me. I just don't care that much -- herd mentality's a bitch, but it's getting me music.
Unfortunately, because of the way the internet and personal computers work, there will always be a way to hijack "preview" media. If RealAudio wasn't possible to save to disk, someone would write a utility that would, and distribute it to their friends, who would... Well, you get the point. The technology we have now doesn't allow anyone to keep information locked down. Even encrypted channels can simply be recorded via packet-sniffing and repeated as desired.
As far as truncated-length samples go, that's great and all, but there will always be a way to get/distribute full-length audio. Even if MP3 were to get abolished (highly unlikely, it's become a de-facto standard compressed-audio format, and will likely stick around, much like cassette tapes do today) someone would write a format, use this wonderful network we call home to send codecs for it to his friends, who would... Once again, the problem comes back to the ease of use of the internet -- it's impossible to fully control it, no matter how hard you try.
(And for those of you who think that corporate control is possible, sure, AOL/Time-Warner/Nullsoft/what-have-you can control the content for the 80% of people out there who are connected through their service because it's easy to use -- and it is, regardless of how badly it fucks up your system. But people with some technological savy will always find another way. TCP/IP is an open standard, and I can't see any way to force the internet away from it (look at the trouble IPV6 has getting implemented anywhere) and there will always be a loose hub somewhere.)
/rant.
BoneShintai
Bono probably couldn't give music away cheaper or free if he wanted.
That, right there, is the problem with the music industry -- artists who go with mainstream labels have no control over the price or distribution of their work, and those artists that choose other labels don't get any time on the air, thus, lose sales and money.
Originally label companies were a good idea -- they helped get artists started by providing funds, and they protected the artists' interests legally. However, now the major labels are all out to cover their own asses, rather than their clients' (both musicians and listeners) interests. It's wrong, and needs to be stopped.
You missed a fundamental pun, radja. Think:
Nest of mice
Home of mice
Mouse pad?
-Owen
Once again, Nobuo Uematsu: How many of his songs have you heard and said "That's Uematsu."? His style hasn't changed, even when newer and potentially better sound technologies have come along. (I mean, come on, FF VII used MIDI. Ick.)
That said, his style does kick ass. And personally, I will never forget the first time I plugged in my NES and heard Mario's theme.
BoneshintaiWhat, you've never used a trial version of Bulletproof FTP? (Don't.) It does that, bascially. S'called crippleware.
B'Shin
Additionally, in the same period of time, I've received probably 8 or 10 e-mails from friends/family that use AOL. I would most certainly raise a stink if my ISP decided to honor ORBS lists and keep me from receiving this e-mail.
Also true, and a fact which I forgot in a moment of bandwagonitis. My bad.
I recieve a startlingly low amount of spam -- usually around one message a month of unsolicited e-mail, including chain-letters and the Disney Trip letter. I think it's been a long time since I did actually have a spam problem. By the same token, my girlfriend manages to attract the attention of every spam source on the internet, without propagating her e-mail address to the extent I do (yes, that's my address up there on the by-line, with no anti-spambot stuff on it). Anyone have an explanation for that?
BoneShintai
I'm all in favour of blackholing AOL. I have never once seen a non-troll, non-spam, non-flame, non-me-too message addressed from AOL, nor have I heard of one recently. Until their spam problem, at least, gets fixed, they deserve to be blackholed.
BoneShintai.
Not really. They claim to be an anti-corporate-website group, not against the web in general.
BoneShintai
Duh.
BoneShintai
Vis. players get munched if they try something silly like camping or soloing to get a good weapon. Call of Cthulhu is set in modern times (no FLaming Swords of Llama Smiting here, just a handgun). Seriously Paranoid setting, and for good reason -- the Elder Gods aren't user friendly.
And it'd be cool to see Cthulhu in 3D.
How's about we all stop reacting to corporations. At all. Lawsuit? Find us first. Court order to cease and desist? Likewise.
Seriously. Corporate North America needs a big "fsck you" from all of us.
And who, exactly, outside of geekdom, spends any amount of time customizing filters? I'm willing to bet that somewhere around 50 percent of people will just type "FILTER *Sexuality ALL" and leave it like that until the universe goes away.
That said, I for one would love to see this system. Some kind of standard for what makes up a filter keyword would be nice -- prevents porn sites from putting <meta name="FILTER-KEYS" content="Kinky"> and then wondering why people's censorware misses it.
BoneShintai
We all love it, really, when the Quebec Language Police shut a place down because the sign on their door says "Open"l and not "Ouvert".
BoneShintai
BoneShintai
Dave Barry.
~Owen
Is icky. I suspect 'internet wiretaps' will never get too far -- at the very least places like /. and such will scream loudly enough to be heard.
~Owen
Owen
For those of you who havn't read it, I highly recommend Hyperion (and the sequels!).
OT as usual,
Boneshintai
Does this strike anyone else as alarmingly similar to the origin of dataspheres? Remember, they were depicted as a consensual reality based on the fact that just about everything on the planet was connected to at least one other thing. And look what the 'spheres bred: The Technocore, a collection of AIs (true AIs) which embodied the principle of parastitism to the extreme. *shrugs* probably off-topic. BoneShintai