It's the principle of the matter. It has absolutely nothing to do with the triviality of their DRM scheme.
If the various AA's want to INTENTIONALLY degrade their product and sell it, I won't lower myself to consumer servitude and continue to buy their Kool Aid.
They can fuck off. Apparently they don't want my money, so I'll go elsewhere with my money, or go without.
I'm not sure what type of DRM it had. It wouldn't play in any of my players, and out of principle I wasn't going to waste any time to crack it. If they don't want to treat me like a customer, I won't be their customer.
I used to buy a pile of music cd's. Even after mp3's appeared, even after napster and their ilk... I liked having the CD, and I liked having the highest possible quality recording I could get.
What has happened now, is that the last two "CDs" I've bought had DRM on them, and the only reason I bought them is because I love the two bands (radiohead and the tea party). I can't play them without putting special sfotware on my XP box. Which I refuse to do because it's stupid and I paid for the CD in the first place.
So now I never listen to those two CDs.
And then I realised, why buy something I never listen to?
that's extremely strange. Normally your DSL doesn't work before you lose your dial tone.
If you do indeed have the house wiring pulled off and you are only getting 2.5VDC across tip and ring, it sounds like your pair is shorted together outside... Funny the DSL still works!
Calling you number gives you a busy signal because the line is shorted out and hence the switch thinks you are off hook (using the phone.)
Call the telco and tell them to fix their damn plant! 6 times in the last 6 weeks? I'd be calling the regualtory body in your area.
just waiting for the right motherboard and I'm upgrading.
Does anyone know of a resonably priced mobo with PCI express (more than one slot), dual channel, and SATA? onboard lan vido and sound not reguired. prefer socket 939.
hey I was thinking. That's pretty much what we had planned out here.
Wouldn't it be interesting if we had a massive BBQ/campout for all the geeks on slashdot? Organise it a year in advance put it somewhere central in the US, and have a massive geekout/starwars/lotr/video game/beerfest.
It might be a pile of fun to meet new geeks from all over.
It relieves me that everyone hasn't gone crazy south of the border;)
I got news for you, my Canadian friend... that crap isn't that important down here either, at least not for any of us that have a triple digit IQ
I have a serious question for you than. I think it's the larger question here:
Why is it then, that there seems to be so much disparity between Canada and the US with regards to the general populations capacity for critical thought? I'm not trying to start a flame war here honestly. I'm basing this statement on what I see as a massive difference between Canadian and American TV programming. Is everyone being force fed that drivel, or do they actually want it?
I'm Canadian as well, and CNN scares the crap out of me.
1. They appear, and wish to appear, to the American public as the #1 official news source.
2. On many occasions, they sensationalise any possible "news" story. See Monica Lewinsky, OJ, Michael Jackson... You name it. Apparently that stuff is important in the US. It's not to the rest of the world, get over it. CNN - you're missing the real issues here.
3. CNN is completely biased. I remember during the opening hours of Iraq conflict (the current one) Aaron Brown trying not to cheer as he smirked watching the video feed of the tanks rolling into Iraq. "ooohhhh! look at the firepower! RA RA America." Way to be a journalist Aaron.
The last thing I saw was a "special report" of how Canada breeds terrorism. Are you fucking insane? Have you been to Canada? Anyone?
Well excuse me, I have to start loading my guns in an attempt to repel the American invaders from MY country.
damn sorry state the world is in. Just think the US used to stand for freedom. How the mighty have fallen.
yeah I'm being a dork replying to my own post but sometimes you forget things.
Most IP networks that major telcos are setting up are NOT routed through the internet. It's a seperate network that they control from end to end. It's the smaller companies that send through the internet to save money and offer you good rates.
When VOIP is thouroughly implemented by the major players, I'll predict now that the bill for it will be the same as a regular phone bill, and sound the same as a regular call. It's just the backbone will by IP, not regular circuit switching. This saves the telcos money, and drives up profits.
I've seen some horrible setups of VOIP, because the network guys in charge had no idea what they were doing.
On the otherhand, I've seen good setups where the extra money was spent, and the network was designed properly, and the VOIP calls subjectively sounded no different than tdm 56k.
I think what's happening now, is that VOIP is new enough that most people don't know how to set it up properly yet. Give it some time, it'll be fine.
Most telcos are going to a an IP over SONET backbone now (atleast here in Canada), so get used to it, it's here to stay.
I accept your reasoning, it seems quite sound. Now the next question is, if he obtained this uber-cool collection through legitimate means, WHY IS HE GETTING RID OF IT?!
Slashdot has hundreds of thousands of users, most of which dont pay but come here on a regular basis. If they were into the quick cash they could force all of us to pay in order to post. (not a good long term plan mind you, but big bucks immediately)
Can you imagine thousands of geeks with no direction lost on the internet? It's would be like giving 5000 chimps loaded machine guns in a zoo to play with. All that free time, and no where for us monkeys to direct our attention.
Chaos would insue. What an entertaining social experiment.
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where did you buy it? I bought mine in Canada from an independent retailer
yeah hail to the thief.
,its not entertaining, which is the whole point of buying it in the first place.
like I said, if I have to mess with it to get it going
I work on technology all day at work I dont want to troubleshoot it at home too.
sure did. :)
Ayn Rand Died before these two bands came out dumbass.
that's what I'm essentially doing now.
I buy quite abit of Indie stuff, and I love it. I feel better about buying it too.
It's the principle of the matter. It has absolutely nothing to do with the triviality of their DRM scheme.
If the various AA's want to INTENTIONALLY degrade their product and sell it, I won't lower myself to consumer servitude and continue to buy their Kool Aid.
They can fuck off. Apparently they don't want my money, so I'll go elsewhere with my money, or go without.
I'm not sure what type of DRM it had. It wouldn't play in any of my players, and out of principle I wasn't going to waste any time to crack it. If they don't want to treat me like a customer, I won't be their customer.
this is a repost of an AC post I did by accident.
I used to buy a pile of music cd's. Even after mp3's appeared, even after napster and their ilk... I liked having the CD, and I liked having the highest possible quality recording I could get.
What has happened now, is that the last two "CDs" I've bought had DRM on them, and the only reason I bought them is because I love the two bands (radiohead and the tea party). I can't play them without putting special sfotware on my XP box. Which I refuse to do because it's stupid and I paid for the CD in the first place.
So now I never listen to those two CDs.
And then I realised, why buy something I never listen to?
So I dont buy anymore CD's. That was a year ago.
haha not quite.
The pole MIGHT come down, if you hit it hard enough, but believe me it's anchored.
You are very likely to be hurt badly if you hit a pole.
wow the man still douses?
he does this as SOP or just for kicks to see the looks on the other guys faces?
I haven't seen dousing in htese here parts for years... Most people don't evne know what that is anymore.
as do I, but it's slashdot. When in Rome...
that's extremely strange. Normally your DSL doesn't work before you lose your dial tone.
If you do indeed have the house wiring pulled off and you are only getting 2.5VDC across tip and ring, it sounds like your pair is shorted together outside... Funny the DSL still works!
Calling you number gives you a busy signal because the line is shorted out and hence the switch thinks you are off hook (using the phone.)
Call the telco and tell them to fix their damn plant! 6 times in the last 6 weeks? I'd be calling the regualtory body in your area.
just waiting for the right motherboard and I'm upgrading.
Does anyone know of a resonably priced mobo with PCI express (more than one slot), dual channel, and SATA? onboard lan vido and sound not reguired. prefer socket 939.
what's the best one out there performance wise?
hey I was thinking. That's pretty much what we had planned out here.
/starwars/lotr/video game/beerfest.
Wouldn't it be interesting if we had a massive BBQ/campout for all the geeks on slashdot? Organise it a year in advance put it somewhere central in the US, and have a massive geekout
It might be a pile of fun to meet new geeks from all over.
How about it Rob?
oh man, I can't wait! I'm so exited I think I just pissed myself! Extended edition 3 movie marathon coming up!
This is going to be awesome!
It relieves me that everyone hasn't gone crazy south of the border ;)
I got news for you, my Canadian friend... that crap isn't that important down here either, at least not for any of us that have a triple digit IQ
I have a serious question for you than. I think it's the larger question here:
Why is it then, that there seems to be so much disparity between Canada and the US with regards to the general populations capacity for critical thought? I'm not trying to start a flame war here honestly. I'm basing this statement on what I see as a massive difference between Canadian and American TV programming. Is everyone being force fed that drivel, or do they actually want it?
any comments welcome, critical or otherwise.
Well, it's flaimebait but I'll bite.
1. Yes we have a "shitty" government with idiotic registration laws.
2. Just because there are idiotic laws doesn't mean they are followed. Ever noticed how people still trade mp3's?
If you're being serious, it's quite obvious you've been brainwashed - my case in a very small point. "terrorist loving freedom hating ass?"
Yeah, because people ABHOR freedom. They really do. That's why the terrorists want to kill Americans. It's because you're "free". *sarcasm*
Get a fucking grip.
(if you were joking, nice troll. I feel better after a good angry rant.)
I'm Canadian as well, and CNN scares the crap out of me.
1. They appear, and wish to appear, to the American public as the #1 official news source.
2. On many occasions, they sensationalise any possible "news" story. See Monica Lewinsky, OJ, Michael Jackson... You name it. Apparently that stuff is important in the US. It's not to the rest of the world, get over it. CNN - you're missing the real issues here.
3. CNN is completely biased. I remember during the opening hours of Iraq conflict (the current one) Aaron Brown trying not to cheer as he smirked watching the video feed of the tanks rolling into Iraq. "ooohhhh! look at the firepower! RA RA America." Way to be a journalist Aaron.
The last thing I saw was a "special report" of how Canada breeds terrorism. Are you fucking insane? Have you been to Canada? Anyone?
Well excuse me, I have to start loading my guns in an attempt to repel the American invaders from MY country.
damn sorry state the world is in. Just think the US used to stand for freedom. How the mighty have fallen.
yeah I'm being a dork replying to my own post but sometimes you forget things.
Most IP networks that major telcos are setting up are NOT routed through the internet. It's a seperate network that they control from end to end. It's the smaller companies that send through the internet to save money and offer you good rates.
When VOIP is thouroughly implemented by the major players, I'll predict now that the bill for it will be the same as a regular phone bill, and sound the same as a regular call. It's just the backbone will by IP, not regular circuit switching. This saves the telcos money, and drives up profits.
(and yes I work for one of those thievin' telcos)
please don't throw rocks at me!
amen.
I've seen some horrible setups of VOIP, because the network guys in charge had no idea what they were doing.
On the otherhand, I've seen good setups where the extra money was spent, and the network was designed properly, and the VOIP calls subjectively sounded no different than tdm 56k.
I think what's happening now, is that VOIP is new enough that most people don't know how to set it up properly yet. Give it some time, it'll be fine.
Most telcos are going to a an IP over SONET backbone now (atleast here in Canada), so get used to it, it's here to stay.
actually, (speaking as a telco employee) you can encrypt conversations over POTS with the proper hardware.
(and have been able to for some time)
What will be nice about VOIP is now you can encrypt your calls through cheap or free software, negating the need to buy specialised crypto hardware.
I accept your reasoning, it seems quite sound. Now the next question is, if he obtained this uber-cool collection through legitimate means, WHY IS HE GETTING RID OF IT?!
Poor sod must have gotten married.
300 systems?
is the guy a millionaire, or did he rob the whole freakin' neighborhood?
actually, to nitpick, I think the spelling is KITT, but I have been proven wrong before.
Slashdot has hundreds of thousands of users, most of which dont pay but come here on a regular basis. If they were into the quick cash they could force all of us to pay in order to post. (not a good long term plan mind you, but big bucks immediately)
Can you imagine thousands of geeks with no direction lost on the internet? It's would be like giving 5000 chimps loaded machine guns in a zoo to play with. All that free time, and no where for us monkeys to direct our attention.
Chaos would insue. What an entertaining social experiment.
Please don't ever cut us off Rob!