Since the original ID3 tag specs only alloted 256 bytes of info (maybe a little more, I'm not sure). According to the version history of my copy of winamp, ID3v2 was first supported in 2.09, so you might want to upgrade. There's no reason not to, really, it hasn't really gotten a lot bigger and it's much better.
Don't go for Winamp 3 though, it sucks balls. 2.81 is the best ever.
"Most of what's labeled as burglary nowadays is simply acting in accordance with the laws of mechanical physics at possible detriment to the financial standing of companies that have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo with regards to inventory-centric business models."
My dorm has ants everywhere, they've been spraying but the building is like 150 years old so it's unlikely that anything will clean it. Anyway, I got ants in my keyboard the first week I moved in. damned things were EVERYWHERE. disgusting. I tried to clean it, but the keyboard was getting kinda old anyway so I just bought a $10 replacement at staples.
only problem is the dumb thing has those retarded "sleep" and "wake" buttons.
The advertising industry is reasonably upset about the technology that will allow consumers to not see advertisements. I can sympathize, to be honest. This article just predicts the end of the company TiVo- they're just scapegoating the TiVo company so they don't lose revenue from advertisers. Whether it's called TiVo or whatever, it's still going to be around in some form.
Do you honestly think that MS would access data on your computer? Do you honestly believe that in a million years, Microsoft would try anything like that? I don't think that they ever would. Whether it's in the EULA or not, it's sort of crossing a line- if they decided that they were going to start looking though people's hard drives, that would raise so much crap that they would probably lose a great deal of their huge marketshare, and they know this. It doesn't matter what lawyers say something might mean, the text in the EULA is just for windows updates. Anyone who argues otherwise is just spreading FUD.
It lets you connect to and message users on both ICQ and AIM, as well as MSN and Yahoo. And you can connect to IRC with it, although I prefer to use mIRC for that.
That's irrelevant, I'm saying that if there's only one giant search engine that powers everyone else (yahoo, aol, etc) if they remove the link from their index it might as well not exist.
Actually, your example fits- if google chose to de-list you, how fast would hits to your site begin to drop off? Google can essintially destroy websites if they want. I'm not saying that it is happening, just that it could.
I'm no expert on law by any means, but doesn't a website have to follow the laws in the country where its server is physically located?
I could see where certain companies would be mad if google cached their site... perhaps they want ultimate control over what their viewers see, perhaps the site is so dynamic that a static cache wouldn't do, or maybe the content is copyrighted and the legal department actually has their heads that far up their asses. But the solution would be to remove the cache, not the listing.
I know that we all love Google for searching, but I'm hereby predicting that (unless trends change) it may fall from favor.
A search engine should be impartial- if you search for something, it should give you the site that best matches what you're searching for, not the site that best matches what the owner's opinions are.
Just recently, they removed several thousand websites from their index for unclear reasons- I first noticed this when a search for "somethingawful" failed to bring up anything on the http://www.somethingawful.com/ domain, like one would speculate that it should. I'm sure we all remember a few months ago when Google removed anti-scientology websites from their index and refused to sell advertising to anti-sci sites and services. Something Awful, which I'm sure most people here are at least aware of (if not avid readers like myself) has in the past published several anti-scientologist articles.
A quick glance of the google public support newsgroup shows that SA might not be the only site that's recently been removed. Some people are claiming that google has recently removed dozens of Christian websites. It could be a fluke, but it seems to me like perhaps Google has fallen to outside political influence. I for one will welcome new search engines, if for no other reason than to loosen google's monopoly on internet searches.
Graffiti is alright so long as it's only used to denote an insecure wifi network where you can download your kiddy porn without being traced? Since geeks invented graffiti, it's not cool when MS does it? (lol M$ lol)
That's possible, but it's much easier to tell whether the fault lies with the shipping company (as sellers have told me in the past) or a malicious seller when you get a box full of rocks.
The problem with ebay controlling the money is that ebay would have to also control the shipping... otherwise, the buyer could say "I never got the product" and it would be his word against the seller.
What ebay needs to do is set up some kind of interface with UPS, FedEx, and the USPS' tracking systems and then require that all auctions have a tracking number associated with them. Of course then you have snafus with "virtual" items such as Everquest accounts...
OK, but what's your point? The chip contains stolen data, and 90% of the people who buy it are going to use it to steal more data. Just because it can be used to install linux on the xbox doesn't mean that that's what people are going to use it for. I've never seen stats on it, but I would bet that most users with mod chips are just using them to steal games. Why should Microsoft tolerate that?
The problem is that the mod chip contains leaked code from the dev version of the x-box, which you didn't buy. They're basically selling pirated software. That's why MS is angry- what's on the chip, not the fact that there's a chip.
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Don't go for Winamp 3 though, it sucks balls. 2.81 is the best ever.
That's the funniest thing I've heard all day.
I love it
This is pretty old news.
It said "Slashdot: bla"
the guy in the article is saying "what if". It's not happening now. READ -> COMPREHEND -> POST
only problem is the dumb thing has those retarded "sleep" and "wake" buttons.
CDs degrade after a few plays? never heard of that, got a link?
I'm really sure that losing some cell phone deal will sink "that data leech" Microsoft. I'm not even sure I get that one... what's a data leech?
What the hell is "Comedy Incorrect"?
The advertising industry is reasonably upset about the technology that will allow consumers to not see advertisements. I can sympathize, to be honest. This article just predicts the end of the company TiVo- they're just scapegoating the TiVo company so they don't lose revenue from advertisers. Whether it's called TiVo or whatever, it's still going to be around in some form.
Do you honestly think that MS would access data on your computer? Do you honestly believe that in a million years, Microsoft would try anything like that? I don't think that they ever would. Whether it's in the EULA or not, it's sort of crossing a line- if they decided that they were going to start looking though people's hard drives, that would raise so much crap that they would probably lose a great deal of their huge marketshare, and they know this. It doesn't matter what lawyers say something might mean, the text in the EULA is just for windows updates. Anyone who argues otherwise is just spreading FUD.
what, exactly, about the EULA is a killer?
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It lets you connect to and message users on both ICQ and AIM, as well as MSN and Yahoo. And you can connect to IRC with it, although I prefer to use mIRC for that.
Actually, your example fits- if google chose to de-list you, how fast would hits to your site begin to drop off? Google can essintially destroy websites if they want. I'm not saying that it is happening, just that it could.
I could see where certain companies would be mad if google cached their site... perhaps they want ultimate control over what their viewers see, perhaps the site is so dynamic that a static cache wouldn't do, or maybe the content is copyrighted and the legal department actually has their heads that far up their asses. But the solution would be to remove the cache, not the listing.
A search engine should be impartial- if you search for something, it should give you the site that best matches what you're searching for, not the site that best matches what the owner's opinions are.
Just recently, they removed several thousand websites from their index for unclear reasons- I first noticed this when a search for "somethingawful" failed to bring up anything on the http://www.somethingawful.com/ domain, like one would speculate that it should. I'm sure we all remember a few months ago when Google removed anti-scientology websites from their index and refused to sell advertising to anti-sci sites and services. Something Awful, which I'm sure most people here are at least aware of (if not avid readers like myself) has in the past published several anti-scientologist articles.
A quick glance of the google public support newsgroup shows that SA might not be the only site that's recently been removed. Some people are claiming that google has recently removed dozens of Christian websites. It could be a fluke, but it seems to me like perhaps Google has fallen to outside political influence. I for one will welcome new search engines, if for no other reason than to loosen google's monopoly on internet searches.
It doesn't matter if you were joking- obviously you were- it was a fucking retarded joke.
Graffiti is alright so long as it's only used to denote an insecure wifi network where you can download your kiddy porn without being traced? Since geeks invented graffiti, it's not cool when MS does it? (lol M$ lol)
That's possible, but it's much easier to tell whether the fault lies with the shipping company (as sellers have told me in the past) or a malicious seller when you get a box full of rocks.
What ebay needs to do is set up some kind of interface with UPS, FedEx, and the USPS' tracking systems and then require that all auctions have a tracking number associated with them. Of course then you have snafus with "virtual" items such as Everquest accounts...
By that definition, most linux software is a trojan... I think you'd want to toss "malicious" in there somewhere.
OK, but what's your point? The chip contains stolen data, and 90% of the people who buy it are going to use it to steal more data. Just because it can be used to install linux on the xbox doesn't mean that that's what people are going to use it for. I've never seen stats on it, but I would bet that most users with mod chips are just using them to steal games. Why should Microsoft tolerate that?
The problem is that the mod chip contains leaked code from the dev version of the x-box, which you didn't buy. They're basically selling pirated software. That's why MS is angry- what's on the chip, not the fact that there's a chip.
It's a rumor. They use normal DVDs.