The Wizard? If that's the name of that movie with fred savage and the little retarded kid who could play video games really good all the while just wanting to go to California. Which it turned out all he wanted was to leave some pictures is soem giant dinosoar....if you don't know what i'm taking about don't ask...
The thing that's stopping novels from being all over the internet is that nobody wants to type a while book into a computer. Maybe if a byunch of people got together and did a chapter each, though...
I personally would love being able to read novels on a palm or something...even if i bought the book, i woudn't mind digital copies of them...
The APPLICATION software industry did everything right concerning piracy. When some "punk" college kid (like me) pirates windows 2000 advanced server to toy around with Microsoft hasn't lost any money. They know that I would never been able to afford it.(like $10,000) At best there's a chance I would say "Hey this rocks!"(ya, riiiight...) and want to use it if i ever start my own business.
However, how do you go about stoping games? THey aren't bought by corporate buyers either. And it's places like gnutella that I can get Unreal Tourney or Q3 with about a billion CD keys.
THe best way, unfortunately, to stop piracy now is to make games so big that you won't be able to move them across the internet. And i think that soon we'll be seeing DVD games... that start normally taking 4 GIG installs...which has started to happen recently(full intall of Baldur's gate...hehe)
Canada uses a branch banking system. That means there are like 6 major baks with branches all over Canada. Each of these banks are pulling in like 6 billion in profits each year. I think they have the resources to to test these on a few other platforms other than MAC and windoze(notice i spelled windoze with a small letter).
I'm not familiar with American Law, so can sombody answer this question: if this law is passed and MP3.com already has to pay a few cents to record companies for my.mp3.com, will mp3.com be able to stop paying the companies, or since the settlements were made before this law would they stil have to pay
wich is why they sued all the makers of MP3 players when they all started making them?? Which is why the music industry refused to work with Napster in any way to distibute music legally?
I still think it would be better if ALL software/music/art fell into the public domain after a reasonably set number of years. Look at disney and Mickey Mouse, it's just plain SAD to see them pushing the gov't into extending copyrights again and again and again.
Actually that's the main reason why windows CD failed compared to palm. Windows CE is trying to cram everything it can and is creating bloatware on handhelds. Bloatware on handhelds....that is a REAL bad thing.
We don't need to be able to write essays and do spreadsheets and listen to mp3s, and we don't need movie players (what are we going to watch, a 5 minute mpeg again and again?) all the while getting only a few hours of battery time. If i wanted to do all that I'll use my laptop instead. It's more comfortable to use(i don't have to type with my two indexes) and i don't have to strain my eyes looking at the damn display. I hate wearing my glasses at the computer.
Palm made it so big because they targeted the aspects where handhelds SHOULD be used, such as schedules, quick email on the fly, etc. Granted, the win CE devices are cool, but in this practical world of ours, they are annoying and useless.
Really? I've had no problems doing all those. I've also seemlessly gotten flash and realplayer to work. Then again i'm using nightly builds. Were you using one of the "stable" releases?
The only real problem i've had with mozilla is once in awhile my HD goes nuts and my processor graph skyrockets to 100%. Restarting it seems to fix it though...
Unix has been around since the 60s (in some form or another), when did DOS come out? Which is a knockoff of what dumbass. So do your homework before starting a flamewar...jeez
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The worst part is that the RIAA has lied to many times before, like when they changed from tapes to CDs.
"oh ya, it a better quality format, cheaper to make and therefore will sell cheaper, but it will take a year or 2 too implment it fully, so CD prices will TEMPORARILY be higher than tapes."
uhuh...much cheaper.
The real funny thing is if they stayed analogue, it would be much to hard for the average person to effectivly get the tunes onto thier computer and there wouldn't be wide spread ripping of music. fuckers...rm i mean suckers:-)
Oh, as opposed to big-selling bands like N'Sync and Brittney, who have totally artistic freedom to compose whatever they like (end sarcasm).
Actually, they CAN compose whatever they like, but the record companies just say "comon! do it our way, we'll throw in an extra $3 mil!
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Or if you must use Windows with file sharing you can always use Zone Alarm...free for personal use.
I said CAN GET...i never said i did.
The Wizard? If that's the name of that movie with fred savage and the little retarded kid who could play video games really good all the while just wanting to go to California. Which it turned out all he wanted was to leave some pictures is soem giant dinosoar....if you don't know what i'm taking about don't ask...
hahaha...i remember that game...what a piece of crap...although i didn't realize it because i was so young :-/
I personally would love being able to read novels on a palm or something...even if i bought the book, i woudn't mind digital copies of them...
However, how do you go about stoping games? THey aren't bought by corporate buyers either. And it's places like gnutella that I can get Unreal Tourney or Q3 with about a billion CD keys.
THe best way, unfortunately, to stop piracy now is to make games so big that you won't be able to move them across the internet. And i think that soon we'll be seeing DVD games... that start normally taking 4 GIG installs...which has started to happen recently(full intall of Baldur's gate...hehe)
Canada uses a branch banking system. That means there are like 6 major baks with branches all over Canada. Each of these banks are pulling in like 6 billion in profits each year. I think they have the resources to to test these on a few other platforms other than MAC and windoze(notice i spelled windoze with a small letter).
The Canadian Imperial Back of Commerce works perfectly in my Netscape and Mozilla with the crypto pack...
i've seen just as many coke ads with pepsi in them...
I'm not familiar with American Law, so can sombody answer this question: if this law is passed and MP3.com already has to pay a few cents to record companies for my.mp3.com, will mp3.com be able to stop paying the companies, or since the settlements were made before this law would they stil have to pay
wich is why they sued all the makers of MP3 players when they all started making them?? Which is why the music industry refused to work with Napster in any way to distibute music legally?
what left over money? as it stands bill gates is worth $80 billion, the US debt is like $3 trillion....
I still think it would be better if ALL software/music/art fell into the public domain after a reasonably set number of years. Look at disney and Mickey Mouse, it's just plain SAD to see them pushing the gov't into extending copyrights again and again and again.
We don't need to be able to write essays and do spreadsheets and listen to mp3s, and we don't need movie players (what are we going to watch, a 5 minute mpeg again and again?) all the while getting only a few hours of battery time. If i wanted to do all that I'll use my laptop instead. It's more comfortable to use(i don't have to type with my two indexes) and i don't have to strain my eyes looking at the damn display. I hate wearing my glasses at the computer.
Palm made it so big because they targeted the aspects where handhelds SHOULD be used, such as schedules, quick email on the fly, etc. Granted, the win CE devices are cool, but in this practical world of ours, they are annoying and useless.
at least satellite is becomeing a viable alternative. Both for internet and TV.
The only real problem i've had with mozilla is once in awhile my HD goes nuts and my processor graph skyrockets to 100%. Restarting it seems to fix it though...
How much are these going to cost to impliment into our notebooks? I'm sick of only having less than 3 hours of juice.
buy a desktop....
1:38 w/ 55 herring :-/
Windoze has GOT to get better support for themes, but i don't think that's gonna happen(judging by screenshots of whistler) :-/
Unix has been around since the 60s (in some form or another), when did DOS come out? Which is a knockoff of what dumbass. So do your homework before starting a flamewar...jeez
He must be using an alpha heatsink ;-)
"oh ya, it a better quality format, cheaper to make and therefore will sell cheaper, but it will take a year or 2 too implment it fully, so CD prices will TEMPORARILY be higher than tapes." uhuh...much cheaper.
The real funny thing is if they stayed analogue, it would be much to hard for the average person to effectivly get the tunes onto thier computer and there wouldn't be wide spread ripping of music. fuckers...rm i mean suckers :-)
How many motherboards have onboard video AND an AGP slot? I've never seen one, can somebody give me a link to one that does?
Oh, as opposed to big-selling bands like N'Sync and Brittney, who have totally artistic freedom to compose whatever they like (end sarcasm). Actually, they CAN compose whatever they like, but the record companies just say "comon! do it our way, we'll throw in an extra $3 mil!