Oh I am sure there is loads of competition in the ISP business dominated by 4 businesses, that must be a ton of competition with Verizon, Time-Warner and Comcast all charging sky high rates for ISP service. Really, there's almost no competition in the ISP field there's the big 4 and some local ISPs and that is about it. Thats about the same as MS saying that the OS business is very competitive with only 1 major universal competitor which is Linux (Yes there is OS-X but it doesn't run on standard computers)
Reddit only reported it, much as how Slashdot would have reported it. No where in the story does it say that Reddit hacked it, no more so then if FOX or CNN reports a murder did they murder that person.
We have found legal ways. Its called not buying albums or buying into DRM. However, the RIAA thinks that it is always P2P networks that are to blame for every loss that they suffer. So if the RIAA loses sales, its not because more people are buying indie band CDs or downloading non-RIAA songs, its because of those pirates never ever because most of the music is more noise then music. The RIAA has no logic, they are used to being a monopoly. Even when we win we lose.
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Or at least post press reports of dropping the charges to people who download. Then see if the judge ruled that it was hacked or if it was legitimate. Then we can use the RIAA's tactics in court to sue them.
Yet another horrible decision by MS. One that will make us more open to attacks in the future. How? because when people get "updates" that radically change the software product they usually don't like them, therefore they will turn updates off as to not get another "IE7" making them more easy to attack. Next, by pushing this out, people will automatically think that any change to their browser is done by an update, already people think that 10 spyware items crowding up IE is perfectly normal and when you change them to a different browser they complain because they liked the weather feature of *insert adware/spyware here* and even after you tell them to use Firefox they end up still using IE and you have to do the exact same thing over again. Whenever people start to think that their computer should change software on them, we have a problem. Even though this will make web developers lives easier in the short term, look to much more spyware/adware/botnets in the future.
Nah, how about a bunch of press releases saying that "the RIAA was wrong to sue music fans for sharing songs therefore we are dropping all the charges" and then seeing if the judge would say that if it was a cracked site or the RIAA itself. Or how about a plea to stop DRM by saying "it is not working" or at least informing people about the evils of DRM. The possibilities are endless, just blanking a page.... how unprofessional, it did no good to the world the way then the way it could have been done.
In other news, MS disclosed in a press report that internet pirates were the cause of the failures pirates were also blamed for the slow Vista sales, and how Microsoft Bob failed.
No that won't work, any loss in sales is always, always the "pirates" fault. Same thing with how poorly Vista has been doing, its piracy not that no one likes the songs/software you have, its always the "pirates" how dare they try to break our monopoly!!!
Its not really that but no congressman (here in the USA) runs a campaign in technology. Very few will openly state their feelings on the DMCA, Software Patents and fair use. While they are always telling voters of their views of the war, taxes, greenhouse gasses, abortion, the second amendment, finding out where they stand on any technology issues is nearly impossible. How I wish we had a pirate party.... or at least RMS as a senator (now that would be a sight....)
Even if Downloading == Stealing like the RIAA wants you to believe, does the federal government cut off funds to schools with a high rate of crime? What if a group of students steal from a store does that warrant federal funds to be cut off? What about underage drinking and illegal drugs being used? I don't see how the RIAA convinces people that unauthorized downloading is a capital crime, if we don't do it for stealing or substance use, why do it for downloading. If only congress had a mind that could think for itself....
It also helps that Japan has more normal cell phone rates then the rest of the world. In the US even with a cheap service expect to pay at least $10 per month for unlimited texting and then sometimes more if you want to add attachments to them, even more if you want unlimited Internet and even more if you want to be able to access the internet at a decent speed. In the US with most plans calling is included, texting is not. Compared to the rest of the world, Americans spend a fortune on their cell bills.
Just be glad you guys have a reward program unlike here in the US. (I guess though it makes up sorta for the 3-4 month delay you guys have to wait for any game from the US to get released over in Europe.)
I can agree to that. Sometimes my local electronics store was sold out of Wii Points cards! (You can buy them over credit cards but they make quick gifts)
I highly doubt that Windows will ever be remote boot only. In the US, there are still many many places where dial-up is the only form of Internet, needless to say, these people generally spend very little time online (unless they want to download something then they are on for a very long time) and wouldn't buy an OS that was totally online. Actually, most Linux/BSD distros are more or less internet dependent compared to Windows. In FreeBSD I can install almost the entire system via FTP and in Linux most applications come from a centralized repository, while most Windows applications that are proprietary and cost money usually come on CDs, DVDs or if they are really old, floppies. While BSD/Linux will still support hard drives, more effort is being made to store data over P2P networks such as BitTorrent (I forget the name, but some photo-backup software operates via Torrents to store pictures after they have been encrypted) then Windows. Windows and the computer "industry" have always made money on hardware primarily. Software is nearly pure profit but can easily be downloaded for free over P2P networks, CDs can be copied and it is easy to clone in open-source form most software. The personal hard drive will be diminished slowly but I don't think that it will be for a total lack of freedom as long as Google is allied on the standards following, mostly-open-source side, as Google will be one of the first to have "virtual hard drives" on the web. I doubt that any of this will happen in the next 5-10 years and even later than that so I doubt that Windows will still be dominant or even around then, and that leaves Google as the next "evil empire" and with their slogan as "don't be evil" I don't think that they will turn evil anytime soon.
Yes that is true. However much of the world probably doesn't know what a slot loading DVD drive is. Remember, these are the people that have no clue what their operating system is, or the difference between a DVD and CD other than DVDs hold movies. Macs are easily identified, almost everyone who has a mac knows that they have one, most people who have a slot-loading DVD drive don't. I don't think that it was a good idea for them to decide to make DVDs like that, but you have to realize that with around 10% of computers being Macs, it is just about the only sure-fire way to let people know that it won't work without confusing them with tech-speak.
No, I belong to a small ISP that really does offer "unlimited bandwidth" (or my usage isn't excessive enough) however its a rather slow connection (1MB/Sec) and I was hoping for something a bit faster.
But what reason to put "this content has been changed"? It is highly unlikely that someone will look at a parody and think it is the real thing and most editors put their name at the front. It also raises questions about how it should be done. If a TV show made in say Japan gets translated here and some content edited does it need a notice? Or will this be like the "this movie has been reformatted to fit your screen" to which people reply "duh!".
Didn't know anything about that. I was figuring they paid $10-$20 per copy and made money after the 2-4th rental. Or it could be $100 per title rather than copy (because even the small rental stores have 20 or so DVDs for every major release) because if it was $100 per copy it would take 10-40 rentals before it made a profit.
But even renting a video from a store doesn't make studios money. It could be said that because they buy films it is harming the business, but for any studio, (or indeed the rental store) has little right to complain.
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Oh I am sure there is loads of competition in the ISP business dominated by 4 businesses, that must be a ton of competition with Verizon, Time-Warner and Comcast all charging sky high rates for ISP service. Really, there's almost no competition in the ISP field there's the big 4 and some local ISPs and that is about it. Thats about the same as MS saying that the OS business is very competitive with only 1 major universal competitor which is Linux (Yes there is OS-X but it doesn't run on standard computers)
No the RIAA gets LOTS of visitors... they are just part of a DDOS though.
Reddit only reported it, much as how Slashdot would have reported it. No where in the story does it say that Reddit hacked it, no more so then if FOX or CNN reports a murder did they murder that person.
We have found legal ways. Its called not buying albums or buying into DRM. However, the RIAA thinks that it is always P2P networks that are to blame for every loss that they suffer. So if the RIAA loses sales, its not because more people are buying indie band CDs or downloading non-RIAA songs, its because of those pirates never ever because most of the music is more noise then music. The RIAA has no logic, they are used to being a monopoly. Even when we win we lose.
Or at least post press reports of dropping the charges to people who download. Then see if the judge ruled that it was hacked or if it was legitimate. Then we can use the RIAA's tactics in court to sue them.
Yet another horrible decision by MS. One that will make us more open to attacks in the future. How? because when people get "updates" that radically change the software product they usually don't like them, therefore they will turn updates off as to not get another "IE7" making them more easy to attack. Next, by pushing this out, people will automatically think that any change to their browser is done by an update, already people think that 10 spyware items crowding up IE is perfectly normal and when you change them to a different browser they complain because they liked the weather feature of *insert adware/spyware here* and even after you tell them to use Firefox they end up still using IE and you have to do the exact same thing over again. Whenever people start to think that their computer should change software on them, we have a problem. Even though this will make web developers lives easier in the short term, look to much more spyware/adware/botnets in the future.
Nah, how about a bunch of press releases saying that "the RIAA was wrong to sue music fans for sharing songs therefore we are dropping all the charges" and then seeing if the judge would say that if it was a cracked site or the RIAA itself. Or how about a plea to stop DRM by saying "it is not working" or at least informing people about the evils of DRM. The possibilities are endless, just blanking a page.... how unprofessional, it did no good to the world the way then the way it could have been done.
In other news, MS disclosed in a press report that internet pirates were the cause of the failures pirates were also blamed for the slow Vista sales, and how Microsoft Bob failed.
No that won't work, any loss in sales is always, always the "pirates" fault. Same thing with how poorly Vista has been doing, its piracy not that no one likes the songs/software you have, its always the "pirates" how dare they try to break our monopoly!!!
Its not really that but no congressman (here in the USA) runs a campaign in technology. Very few will openly state their feelings on the DMCA, Software Patents and fair use. While they are always telling voters of their views of the war, taxes, greenhouse gasses, abortion, the second amendment, finding out where they stand on any technology issues is nearly impossible. How I wish we had a pirate party.... or at least RMS as a senator (now that would be a sight....)
Even if Downloading == Stealing like the RIAA wants you to believe, does the federal government cut off funds to schools with a high rate of crime? What if a group of students steal from a store does that warrant federal funds to be cut off? What about underage drinking and illegal drugs being used? I don't see how the RIAA convinces people that unauthorized downloading is a capital crime, if we don't do it for stealing or substance use, why do it for downloading. If only congress had a mind that could think for itself....
It also helps that Japan has more normal cell phone rates then the rest of the world. In the US even with a cheap service expect to pay at least $10 per month for unlimited texting and then sometimes more if you want to add attachments to them, even more if you want unlimited Internet and even more if you want to be able to access the internet at a decent speed. In the US with most plans calling is included, texting is not. Compared to the rest of the world, Americans spend a fortune on their cell bills.
Just be glad you guys have a reward program unlike here in the US. (I guess though it makes up sorta for the 3-4 month delay you guys have to wait for any game from the US to get released over in Europe.)
Al Gore of course. He also told the ghosts how to be ecologically responsible and not to contribute to global warming.
I can agree to that. Sometimes my local electronics store was sold out of Wii Points cards! (You can buy them over credit cards but they make quick gifts)
I highly doubt that Windows will ever be remote boot only. In the US, there are still many many places where dial-up is the only form of Internet, needless to say, these people generally spend very little time online (unless they want to download something then they are on for a very long time) and wouldn't buy an OS that was totally online. Actually, most Linux/BSD distros are more or less internet dependent compared to Windows. In FreeBSD I can install almost the entire system via FTP and in Linux most applications come from a centralized repository, while most Windows applications that are proprietary and cost money usually come on CDs, DVDs or if they are really old, floppies. While BSD/Linux will still support hard drives, more effort is being made to store data over P2P networks such as BitTorrent (I forget the name, but some photo-backup software operates via Torrents to store pictures after they have been encrypted) then Windows. Windows and the computer "industry" have always made money on hardware primarily. Software is nearly pure profit but can easily be downloaded for free over P2P networks, CDs can be copied and it is easy to clone in open-source form most software. The personal hard drive will be diminished slowly but I don't think that it will be for a total lack of freedom as long as Google is allied on the standards following, mostly-open-source side, as Google will be one of the first to have "virtual hard drives" on the web. I doubt that any of this will happen in the next 5-10 years and even later than that so I doubt that Windows will still be dominant or even around then, and that leaves Google as the next "evil empire" and with their slogan as "don't be evil" I don't think that they will turn evil anytime soon.
Yes that is true. However much of the world probably doesn't know what a slot loading DVD drive is. Remember, these are the people that have no clue what their operating system is, or the difference between a DVD and CD other than DVDs hold movies. Macs are easily identified, almost everyone who has a mac knows that they have one, most people who have a slot-loading DVD drive don't. I don't think that it was a good idea for them to decide to make DVDs like that, but you have to realize that with around 10% of computers being Macs, it is just about the only sure-fire way to let people know that it won't work without confusing them with tech-speak.
No, I belong to a small ISP that really does offer "unlimited bandwidth" (or my usage isn't excessive enough) however its a rather slow connection (1MB/Sec) and I was hoping for something a bit faster.
How about really giving customers unlimited bandwidth? If they lack the infrastructure to support what they claim, then they should get better lines.
And to think that I was thinking about switching to Time-Warner, however now I will not.
But what reason to put "this content has been changed"? It is highly unlikely that someone will look at a parody and think it is the real thing and most editors put their name at the front. It also raises questions about how it should be done. If a TV show made in say Japan gets translated here and some content edited does it need a notice? Or will this be like the "this movie has been reformatted to fit your screen" to which people reply "duh!".
Didn't know anything about that. I was figuring they paid $10-$20 per copy and made money after the 2-4th rental. Or it could be $100 per title rather than copy (because even the small rental stores have 20 or so DVDs for every major release) because if it was $100 per copy it would take 10-40 rentals before it made a profit.
But even renting a video from a store doesn't make studios money. It could be said that because they buy films it is harming the business, but for any studio, (or indeed the rental store) has little right to complain.
Not original but still should be fair as most people watch TV shows for plots rather than some scenes. The song might be non-fair though.
I didn't know that KDE had an app by the name of Kkkorporation guess Ill have to look at it...