I thought most big companies used tricks to get out of paying taxes anyway. Also, if somebody buys a system with software installed, they're still paying sales tax, regardless of whether it's free or commercial software.
I haven't gone to a theater, bought a DVD, or rented a movie since I got on Gnutella. That stuff's great! My computer monitor is more than adequate for viewing and the sound system is killer.
As a matter of fact, they do have a paid version of their service for businesses.
For the free stuff they make a profit the exact same way a regular bank makes profits: by taking your money and investing it.
In a way, it's a huge ripoff because they're using your money and not paying you any interest. A one time $10 cost for a new customer is nothing given that this new customer could potentially give them hundreds or thousands of dollars to play with...
Initially new customers only needed to register a credit card and snail mail address but now they require a bank account. I think that's getting a bit pervasive but the service is still cool.
There is shoutcast and icecast. (Try www.*.com for each or do a search.)
We're using icecast on one of our Linux boxes at WMU to serve up the campus radio station (http://www.widr.org). It's streaming mp3 so you can use almost any client (xmms, mpg123, real, winamp, etc) to listen.
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I thought most big companies used tricks to get out of paying taxes anyway. Also, if somebody buys a system with software installed, they're still paying sales tax, regardless of whether it's free or commercial software.
I haven't gone to a theater, bought a DVD, or rented a movie since I got on Gnutella. That stuff's great! My computer monitor is more than adequate for viewing and the sound system is killer.
Are those UW SCSI connectors at the bottom? Rad.
I think a story like this is far more effective than attempting to hold off the FBI with firearms (the equivalent of committing suicide).
As a matter of fact, they do have a paid version of their service for businesses.
For the free stuff they make a profit the exact same way a regular bank makes profits: by taking your money and investing it.
In a way, it's a huge ripoff because they're using your money and not paying you any interest. A one time $10 cost for a new customer is nothing given that this new customer could potentially give them hundreds or thousands of dollars to play with...
Initially new customers only needed to register a credit card and snail mail address but now they require a bank account. I think that's getting a bit pervasive but the service is still cool.
There's also a town called Hell in Michigan. Everyone there uses Windows.
There's yet another town called White Lake. Nothing happens there.
This might be even more trouble, but you can remove the IDE drive when you reinstall Linux (how often do you reinstall?).
If you get one of those neat racks that mount in one of your 5.25 bays this is a snap!
The point is that Congress is the opposite of Progress. Haven't you ever seen Gallagher??
Slashdot rules. Micro$oft can suck it.
I haven't tried it yet but I just came across this guy called V:
http://www.objectcentral.com/
There is shoutcast and icecast. (Try www.*.com for each or do a search.)
We're using icecast on one of our Linux boxes at WMU to serve up the campus radio station (http://www.widr.org). It's streaming mp3 so you can use almost any client (xmms, mpg123, real, winamp, etc) to listen.
X runs locally. The parallel port would be for network connectivity. ick still applies.
Maybe with kernel 2.4.x we'll be able to get USB networking on this guy.