Tell me again, if you will, what the base of the defense will be for the illegal file trader who "stands up" to the RIAA? That they made SURE that all the people who downloaded music from them owned copies of the music?
If you take the criminals out of file trading, then the rest of us who do it for legitimate reasons can quit worrying about having our doors kicked in by the Feds.
They certainly should go after all software, music, and movie pirates, and take them down hard. If they make software piracy a lot more difficult, then it will force people to turn to free software alternatives. If they make music piracy a lot more difficult, then maybe folks will turn to lesser-known bands who allow mp3 downloads of their product and possibly find better-quality (but not as well-packaged, commercially) music. And if they make movie piracy a lot more difficult, then...uh...I dunno. I'm sure there's a good reason for that, other than the whole legality issue.
"When you consider what has been happening to companies who irritate console makers, these files might not be around for long!"
Not true. Thanks to one of the benefits of the Internet, now that this information has been released and has been covered by the major geek media, there will be enough people who will download it so that the information will live on for a long, long time.
The script has been available for quite some time, so I don't know why this is such a big deal. I seriously doubt that it's availability will make that movie any better, though. *shudder*
This has got to be the first time in Slashdot history that the Slashdot communty has hoped that a 900 pound corporate gorilla will turn a smaller Linux-related business into a fine red mist.
Marginal article for Mac users, but the bigger question is what's it like out there for PC users, especially Linux driver support? I've got a mix of Windows and Linux boxes at home, and am fearful that WiFi cards aren't going to have much support yet in the Linux platforms.
I don't know what tax bracket you are coming from, but to Joe Average College Student taking $12,000 is huge. That $12,000 may just knock him out of college.
Sorry, but when 95% of the non-technical web browsing populace is using Internet Explorer and you decide to "make a statement" by making a web page that looks like crap in their browser, you are NOT going to encourage them to spend two hours over modem to change browsers.
Instead, round up as many people as you can to petition Microsoft to get them to support the PNG format as well as Mozilla does.
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This job is going to be hotter than gynecology as the career of choice for high school boys without real career direction.
"Dude, it's better than gynecology cuz you don't have to go through all that college crap!"
The truth of the matter, that America is really a FAT country, will once again escape them.
There're not going to white color resort prison. No, no, no. There're going to Federal pound me in the ass prison.
If you like that, you'll love the multi-player mode! Just know that the offers that you'll get in email for "expansion packs" aren't legit.
Billion. I meant billion.
Nice. Instead of "smart" bombs they get software bombs.
Actually, that's almost a half-trillion dollars that was diverted from other worthwhile programs, such as education.
Then SCO will sue them, naturally.
Well, looks like the market for this OS just doubled. Well on their way to that "Profit!" step, I'd say.
Tell me again, if you will, what the base of the defense will be for the illegal file trader who "stands up" to the RIAA? That they made SURE that all the people who downloaded music from them owned copies of the music?
If you take the criminals out of file trading, then the rest of us who do it for legitimate reasons can quit worrying about having our doors kicked in by the Feds.
They have one already.
A REAL Mac user refers to them as "flavors". :p
Do a search for notepad.exe and see what comes back. Yes, there are some real brain donors out there on the filesharing network.
They certainly should go after all software, music, and movie pirates, and take them down hard. If they make software piracy a lot more difficult, then it will force people to turn to free software alternatives. If they make music piracy a lot more difficult, then maybe folks will turn to lesser-known bands who allow mp3 downloads of their product and possibly find better-quality (but not as well-packaged, commercially) music. And if they make movie piracy a lot more difficult, then...uh...I dunno. I'm sure there's a good reason for that, other than the whole legality issue.
"When you consider what has been happening to companies who irritate console makers, these files might not be around for long!"
Not true. Thanks to one of the benefits of the Internet, now that this information has been released and has been covered by the major geek media, there will be enough people who will download it so that the information will live on for a long, long time.
What? She still said no?
If that's the case, then there are a bunch of /. guys out there right now going to collect on those dates they were promised.
The script has been available for quite some time, so I don't know why this is such a big deal. I seriously doubt that it's availability will make that movie any better, though. *shudder*
This has got to be the first time in Slashdot history that the Slashdot communty has hoped that a 900 pound corporate gorilla will turn a smaller Linux-related business into a fine red mist.
We can only hope that the damage is lifelong.
Complementary mace for any women who show up.
Clearly they have put the XP in QuarkXPress.
Maybe Taco will make reference to that project in the repost.
Marginal article for Mac users, but the bigger question is what's it like out there for PC users, especially Linux driver support? I've got a mix of Windows and Linux boxes at home, and am fearful that WiFi cards aren't going to have much support yet in the Linux platforms.
I don't know what tax bracket you are coming from, but to Joe Average College Student taking $12,000 is huge. That $12,000 may just knock him out of college.
Sorry, but when 95% of the non-technical web browsing populace is using Internet Explorer and you decide to "make a statement" by making a web page that looks like crap in their browser, you are NOT going to encourage them to spend two hours over modem to change browsers.
Instead, round up as many people as you can to petition Microsoft to get them to support the PNG format as well as Mozilla does.
...but if they're using one of those browsers on WINDOWS, then they are vulnerable.
HA! It IS a Microsoft problem! I KNEW IT!!!