I belive this is HR 5252 (Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006) if anybody cares to write their congressperson regarding it. Additionally, you should mention your support of HR 5273 (Net Netrality Act).
That isn't the approach Eisenhower took with the Soviets. His idea was that to compete globally, they must educate themselves, and that would "sow the seeds of their own destruction." (meaning the destruction of communism). It did.
It is interesting to know this and see all the Chinese students enrolled in our American universities. I think it is just a matter of time--"holding the line" as Eisenhower called it.
For several years now, my kee-jerk reaction when presented with a EULA after inserting a CD or DVD into my computr has been to decline. In every case, the CD or DVD still functions when being accessed by my media player.
It just makese sense--why agree to the EULA (and whatever software stands behind it), when all I want to do is listen to music or watch a movie?
What is the maximum acceptable price that slashdot readers would give to different types of downloadable product, taking into account their perception of its true value to them?
$4 for me. That is $1 more than I pay for a typical rental, which is what it would be worth to not leave the house.
Have you ever been to a city council meeting? I have. These guys deal with budgets that MUST BE balanced, or things get shut off.
Borrowing, when it happens (bonds), must be done responsibly and paid promptly.
I wouldn't trust the federal or even state government with a task like this, but I feel that this is something that any municipality could handle with ease.
Why do you think coporations are so vehemently opposed?
The phone grid wouldn't be what it is if the government had not intervened (that goes both ways). But what I'm saying is that if we had to wait for the phone companies to get around to building their networks, there would still be many rural communities without phone service.
That is the big problem with cable in the US if you ask me. None of the new subdivisions going up in my area have cable. Satellite only. It just isn't profitable for the cable companies to roll out when a new neighborhood goes in.
So the report (haven't read it) must be bunk. The govenment in some cases must assist to ease an infrastructure in. An argument against this would be cell service. To my knowledge, the govement has not helped with this enterprise, yet connectivity is decent. Maybe it costs less to throw up a cell tower?
If the industry would make it easier for me to hear the music I like, I would be able to buy more of it.
Case in point: my favorite streams over at SomaFM have clued me in to dozens of artists I would have never found on the radio or television.
The RIAA has tried to quash streaming radio for some time now. Make it easier for everyone to find appealing music, and they will sell more of it. Simple logic.
I hear a lot of complaints about the tactics the RIAA is using (yes, they are very shady), but $3 isn't bad if that's what it really comes down to.
I know it is probably a violation of their TOS, but if $3 gets me access to a decent catalog, I am more than willing to do what it takes to convert the tracks I download into mp3 or whatever.
I can't imagine it will take that long for the community to figure out how to do that. I mean $36 is the cost of between 2 and 3 CDs.
It is a matter of priorities. Either your family or your job will come first. I realize there is a catch-22 there, but let me explain.
If you are willing to put your familiy first, seek after a programming job in a company that does not make "death marches" a regular occurance. It isn't hard to spot this kind of tendency in a corporate culture during a job interview. It usually comes out in the kinds of questions the interviewer asks anyway.
If a career comes first for you, then find the best paying job you can where you will be happy at. You don't have the prerequisite of needing to balance your time with family life.
Of course the best option is a combination of the two. Maybe you can find an employer who will let you work flexible hours, or from home, or whatever. In any event, the bottom line is that you need to find a job that is in line with your priorities with respect to career and family.
I work with a Utah CS grad, and sometimes I wonder what they taught him there.
Either the weeder classes were way easy, or this guy miraculously made the cut. I thought the U had a good CS program until I started working with this guy.
I gave up on p2p about a year ago. Most searches were a waste of time as the first hits (fastest, closest hosts) were always in leech mode (never really sharing).
These days, I use streamripper. To snag shoutcast streams. I set it to download a stream, queue songs up for an hour, then start listening to them. As I listen I delete the ones I don't want.
I've found a lot of new music this way, and the network admins don't really mind because I'm not using one of the banned p2p clients anyway.
But for everything else, if they charged $.25 per song, they couldn't upload them fast enough for me. As long as they're a dollar, I'll think long and hard about downloading anything.
Except for Britney Spears, Nsync, <insert-favorite-bubble-gum-pop-craze-here>, which users would be paid $0.25 per song downloaded.
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I belive this is HR 5252 (Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006) if anybody cares to write their congressperson regarding it. Additionally, you should mention your support of HR 5273 (Net Netrality Act).
I wonder how Verizon would respond if Google replied with a 503/404 error to all IPs owned by Verizon.
I would sign on with an ISP if I couldn't reach Google with it.
That isn't the approach Eisenhower took with the Soviets. His idea was that to compete globally, they must educate themselves, and that would "sow the seeds of their own destruction." (meaning the destruction of communism). It did.
It is interesting to know this and see all the Chinese students enrolled in our American universities. I think it is just a matter of time--"holding the line" as Eisenhower called it.
How about the number of lines marked up with "TODO"?
For several years now, my kee-jerk reaction when presented with a EULA after inserting a CD or DVD into my computr has been to decline. In every case, the CD or DVD still functions when being accessed by my media player.
It just makese sense--why agree to the EULA (and whatever software stands behind it), when all I want to do is listen to music or watch a movie?
What is the maximum acceptable price that slashdot readers would give to different types of downloadable product, taking into account their perception of its true value to them?
$4 for me. That is $1 more than I pay for a typical rental, which is what it would be worth to not leave the house.
They found Moses?
Actually, it does fit in. They know what you search for. They know whats in your email. What if they knew what was in your IMs?
Think of how valuable that information would be to a marketer.
I keep all of mine in my palm pilot, which is always conveniently situated in my back pocket.
When I find I need a new one, I just transfer them over. Manually. I am old-school.
Have you ever been to a city council meeting? I have. These guys deal with budgets that MUST BE balanced, or things get shut off.
Borrowing, when it happens (bonds), must be done responsibly and paid promptly.
I wouldn't trust the federal or even state government with a task like this, but I feel that this is something that any municipality could handle with ease.
Why do you think coporations are so vehemently opposed?
The phone grid wouldn't be what it is if the government had not intervened (that goes both ways). But what I'm saying is that if we had to wait for the phone companies to get around to building their networks, there would still be many rural communities without phone service.
That is the big problem with cable in the US if you ask me. None of the new subdivisions going up in my area have cable. Satellite only. It just isn't profitable for the cable companies to roll out when a new neighborhood goes in.
So the report (haven't read it) must be bunk. The govenment in some cases must assist to ease an infrastructure in. An argument against this would be cell service. To my knowledge, the govement has not helped with this enterprise, yet connectivity is decent. Maybe it costs less to throw up a cell tower?
And 25 emails a day advertising V14gra isn't?
If the industry would make it easier for me to hear the music I like, I would be able to buy more of it.
Case in point: my favorite streams over at SomaFM have clued me in to dozens of artists I would have never found on the radio or television.
The RIAA has tried to quash streaming radio for some time now. Make it easier for everyone to find appealing music, and they will sell more of it. Simple logic.
I think java.com was created with simple XP Home users in mind. java.sun.com caters more to technologists.
5 GB for an enterprise system, especially one that handles lots of blobs, is not enough.
I expect this to be popular with hobbyists and those running simple websites. It might compete with MySQL and Postgresql in this area.
Not in the enterprise though.
I hear a lot of complaints about the tactics the RIAA is using (yes, they are very shady), but $3 isn't bad if that's what it really comes down to.
I know it is probably a violation of their TOS, but if $3 gets me access to a decent catalog, I am more than willing to do what it takes to convert the tracks I download into mp3 or whatever.
I can't imagine it will take that long for the community to figure out how to do that. I mean $36 is the cost of between 2 and 3 CDs.
It is a matter of priorities. Either your family or your job will come first. I realize there is a catch-22 there, but let me explain.
If you are willing to put your familiy first, seek after a programming job in a company that does not make "death marches" a regular occurance. It isn't hard to spot this kind of tendency in a corporate culture during a job interview. It usually comes out in the kinds of questions the interviewer asks anyway.
If a career comes first for you, then find the best paying job you can where you will be happy at. You don't have the prerequisite of needing to balance your time with family life.
Of course the best option is a combination of the two. Maybe you can find an employer who will let you work flexible hours, or from home, or whatever. In any event, the bottom line is that you need to find a job that is in line with your priorities with respect to career and family.
I work with a Utah CS grad, and sometimes I wonder what they taught him there.
Either the weeder classes were way easy, or this guy miraculously made the cut. I thought the U had a good CS program until I started working with this guy.
Disclaimer: I am a BYU grad (ducks).
Ok, I've downloaded and installed it. I must say, the port (UI at least) is remarkably true to the mac version. I like it.
Does anybody else keep going to the upper-left corner of the window to minimize it though? Am I the only one?
What is the best digital music pricing model you have seen so far?
If none, what would you propose?
That reminds me of a remark made by a professor in college: "It's hard to beat the bandwith of a station wagon full of magnetic tape."
I gave up on p2p about a year ago. Most searches were a waste of time as the first hits (fastest, closest hosts) were always in leech mode (never really sharing).
These days, I use streamripper. To snag shoutcast streams. I set it to download a stream, queue songs up for an hour, then start listening to them. As I listen I delete the ones I don't want.
I've found a lot of new music this way, and the network admins don't really mind because I'm not using one of the banned p2p clients anyway.
But for everything else, if they charged $.25 per song, they couldn't upload them fast enough for me. As long as they're a dollar, I'll think long and hard about downloading anything.
Except for Britney Spears, Nsync, <insert-favorite-bubble-gum-pop-craze-here>, which users would be paid $0.25 per song downloaded.
It's actually at DP 10.
oops. posted to the wrong place. sorry to waste your time.