simple answer... its the voyeur/eavesdroper in everyone, you get to hear the full conversation when two friends are talking side by side, on the phone you only get to hear one person's voice and you can't make sense of the conversation
Use the market RIAA. Learn to compete. Give up on old technology and old ways of distributing music.
I still like what I call the incentive model. A group should distribute their music for free. This way everyone gets a chance to hear it, and the groups should go on tour to make their money. If they're free tracks were good, people will come to the Concert. If they sucked... well they have to go back to the drawing board. There are always always people who want to see the act in person. Otherwise how do you explain Celiene Dion in Vegas.
I still have a hard time believing that paying for my internet connection plus 99 cents per song is worth it. I see the counter argument that I'd waste time and gas by going to the store and buying a CD. I've personally never gone to best buy and came out with just a single track CD, have you?
You only have to register the mac address of your cable modem (on the HFC interface) so they "allow" your modem onto their system. That's it. Nothing has to be done to your computer whatsoever.
I'm sorry, you meant to say "THEIR" modem onto THEIR system. For the life of me, they won't accept my cable modem to run on their system. They keep saying its a problem with the modem. It seemed to work fine at my old place... go figure
I know, Indiana has all of what? 30 miles of coastline? The state with the least amount of coastline/access to the lake has a say in what happens to the environment of the entire lake? ridiculous
As opposed to your neighbor using your unprotected wireless access point to download files without your knowledge.
Why does it have to be unsecured wireless? We all know how insecure WEP is and isn't it plausible that someone hacked your WEP? The key thing I'm trying to say is that you have to prove guilt. How can they prove it was my computer it could have been a hacked WEP and the only way they'd have access to my router is for them to hack ME.
most people aren't arguing the fact that file sharing is illegal, just that how the RIAA is going about their law suits, the "Pay me or else!" tactics, RICO commonalities, etc
The problem is continual repaving of the roads. There was a study in Michigan that noted that the roads have to be repaired so often because they use inferior quality materials and building techniques. Compared to other areas such as Canada, Europe, etc with similar climates and snowfall, Michigan roads had to be repaired 3-4x as much. If the roads had to be repaired less, more transport dollars can go to the trains and public transportation.
Personally I wish we had systems like Europe, high speed trains to take me half way across the country, hopefully with less headaches than airline travel.
I think her point was that she never got the channels she was promised in the first place, it was her fault for not being proactive about it and getting it corrected in 2005 before the rates changed. Also in her story, it would have been a double rate hike.
In the end, I think we're all getting screwed, I hadn't thought about it, but yeah, I'm spending almost $2k per year on cable. Now thinking about it, iTunes/iTV with its $50 per season pass for a show might not be a bad idea, considering I only watch a handful of shows.
your story is unique and i'm surprised you havent' gotten modded down yet!
When I moved to my new apartment, I called up comcast to install service with their HD package. Instead the guy comes to my apartment with the regular box. I said "No, I wanted the HD box" he said "oh well, this is what they sent me with, get it installed or nothing else"
Since I'm a doctor and have a hard time getting out of the hospital when they give a 6 hr install window, I said "fuck it, install it, I'll deal with it later" 2 minutes after the guy left, I called up Comcast realizing that the guy took the remote with him when he left and asked if I could get someone to exchange the box I even told them I'd leave the box with the the doorman and they can just pick up and leave the new HD box, they said they would do better and they would come back to my house right away. They never came back.
So at the end of the night, I called them back, the CSR on the line started yelling at me saying "Oh no you cant expect that, who told you that? Who told you that? who told you that? well if you want that, then we're gonna have to charge you more money as an install fee." After hanging up on that rude chick, I call back and tell them, I'll cancel the service having only had the service for a grand total of 2 hrs. The new CSR says ok, there'll be no charge.
I physically return the box to the comcast service center (without the remote b/c the install tech took it with him) I get a bill 2 months later for a full month of service, the install fee, and a fee for not returning the remote. It took me 6 more months and probably 10 hrs or so on hold with various departments to get that money back. In the end, they actually paid me $1.60 in interest charges or something. Whatever, fuck it, I'm done with them. The ironic part, is that this was in Philadelphia, my apartment was less than 100 yards away from their new SkyScraper they're building there.
I just moved from Philadelphia to San Fran with two suitcases. I had to sell my TV 55" Plasma and stereo. My DVD collection (200+), computer, Wii, Xbox, all went to my uncle's house for storage.
Having done all that, I lasted 36hrs days before I went to costco and bought a 42" LCD and DVD player and went to Frys and bought a new computer 12hrs after that.
I want to build that site.... if you don't do what the doctor says this is what will happen to you. Don't wear the binder after a breast augmentation, you get lopsided breasts. Don't take care of your incision, you get scars and/or infection. Bad outcomes from surgery happen to the best surgeons often b/c patients don't follow the instructions.
you know what you did wrong? was that you made the assumption that people that read slashdot can relate..... a better analogy would be "This part of my brain blearly becomes impervious to pain when I wait in line in the cold for a Nintendo Wii all night"
where does the energy come from to power the AC? is it that modern AC requires that much less energy, or is the engine producing so much extra essentially wasted energy?
.... They'll settle like any other big corporation in this situation.... they'll settle so that they can hush this up quickly rather than let it drag on and be bad for business.... the lawyers will call it a moral victory while lining their pockets, and the world will see this in the future (9 months from now) that Nintendo lost
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simple answer... its the voyeur/eavesdroper in everyone, you get to hear the full conversation when two friends are talking side by side, on the phone you only get to hear one person's voice and you can't make sense of the conversation
the one thing i'd like the most is this version to last a little more than a couple of months. that's all I ask
Use the market RIAA. Learn to compete. Give up on old technology and old ways of distributing music.
I still like what I call the incentive model. A group should distribute their music for free. This way everyone gets a chance to hear it, and the groups should go on tour to make their money. If they're free tracks were good, people will come to the Concert. If they sucked... well they have to go back to the drawing board. There are always always people who want to see the act in person. Otherwise how do you explain Celiene Dion in Vegas.
I still have a hard time believing that paying for my internet connection plus 99 cents per song is worth it. I see the counter argument that I'd waste time and gas by going to the store and buying a CD. I've personally never gone to best buy and came out with just a single track CD, have you?
You only have to register the mac address of your cable modem (on the HFC interface) so they "allow" your modem onto their system. That's it. Nothing has to be done to your computer whatsoever.
I'm sorry, you meant to say "THEIR" modem onto THEIR system. For the life of me, they won't accept my cable modem to run on their system. They keep saying its a problem with the modem. It seemed to work fine at my old place... go figure
I know, Indiana has all of what? 30 miles of coastline? The state with the least amount of coastline/access to the lake has a say in what happens to the environment of the entire lake? ridiculous
That seems to have the same tempo/beat as a song I used to know by some white rapper in the early 90s..... hmmm what's that knocking on my door
As opposed to your neighbor using your unprotected wireless access point to download files without your knowledge.
Why does it have to be unsecured wireless? We all know how insecure WEP is and isn't it plausible that someone hacked your WEP? The key thing I'm trying to say is that you have to prove guilt. How can they prove it was my computer it could have been a hacked WEP and the only way they'd have access to my router is for them to hack ME.
most people aren't arguing the fact that file sharing is illegal, just that how the RIAA is going about their law suits, the "Pay me or else!" tactics, RICO commonalities, etc
The problem is continual repaving of the roads. There was a study in Michigan that noted that the roads have to be repaired so often because they use inferior quality materials and building techniques. Compared to other areas such as Canada, Europe, etc with similar climates and snowfall, Michigan roads had to be repaired 3-4x as much. If the roads had to be repaired less, more transport dollars can go to the trains and public transportation.
Personally I wish we had systems like Europe, high speed trains to take me half way across the country, hopefully with less headaches than airline travel.
I think her point was that she never got the channels she was promised in the first place, it was her fault for not being proactive about it and getting it corrected in 2005 before the rates changed. Also in her story, it would have been a double rate hike.
In the end, I think we're all getting screwed, I hadn't thought about it, but yeah, I'm spending almost $2k per year on cable. Now thinking about it, iTunes/iTV with its $50 per season pass for a show might not be a bad idea, considering I only watch a handful of shows.
your story is unique and i'm surprised you havent' gotten modded down yet!
When I moved to my new apartment, I called up comcast to install service with their HD package. Instead the guy comes to my apartment with the regular box. I said "No, I wanted the HD box" he said "oh well, this is what they sent me with, get it installed or nothing else"
Since I'm a doctor and have a hard time getting out of the hospital when they give a 6 hr install window, I said "fuck it, install it, I'll deal with it later" 2 minutes after the guy left, I called up Comcast realizing that the guy took the remote with him when he left and asked if I could get someone to exchange the box I even told them I'd leave the box with the the doorman and they can just pick up and leave the new HD box, they said they would do better and they would come back to my house right away. They never came back.
So at the end of the night, I called them back, the CSR on the line started yelling at me saying "Oh no you cant expect that, who told you that? Who told you that? who told you that? well if you want that, then we're gonna have to charge you more money as an install fee." After hanging up on that rude chick, I call back and tell them, I'll cancel the service having only had the service for a grand total of 2 hrs. The new CSR says ok, there'll be no charge.
I physically return the box to the comcast service center (without the remote b/c the install tech took it with him) I get a bill 2 months later for a full month of service, the install fee, and a fee for not returning the remote. It took me 6 more months and probably 10 hrs or so on hold with various departments to get that money back. In the end, they actually paid me $1.60 in interest charges or something. Whatever, fuck it, I'm done with them. The ironic part, is that this was in Philadelphia, my apartment was less than 100 yards away from their new SkyScraper they're building there.
I just moved from Philadelphia to San Fran with two suitcases. I had to sell my TV 55" Plasma and stereo. My DVD collection (200+), computer, Wii, Xbox, all went to my uncle's house for storage.
Having done all that, I lasted 36hrs days before I went to costco and bought a 42" LCD and DVD player and went to Frys and bought a new computer 12hrs after that.
Its ok, they already tax the Taco Bell Bean Burrito
I want to build that site.... if you don't do what the doctor says this is what will happen to you. Don't wear the binder after a breast augmentation, you get lopsided breasts. Don't take care of your incision, you get scars and/or infection. Bad outcomes from surgery happen to the best surgeons often b/c patients don't follow the instructions.
prolly 100k sitting on the shelves, the wii turned out to be more popular in the end
you know what you did wrong? was that you made the assumption that people that read slashdot can relate..... a better analogy would be "This part of my brain blearly becomes impervious to pain when I wait in line in the cold for a Nintendo Wii all night"
you mean it wasn't everyone trying to fill those new seagate hard drives with porn?
where does the energy come from to power the AC? is it that modern AC requires that much less energy, or is the engine producing so much extra essentially wasted energy?
.... They'll settle like any other big corporation in this situation.... they'll settle so that they can hush this up quickly rather than let it drag on and be bad for business.... the lawyers will call it a moral victory while lining their pockets, and the world will see this in the future (9 months from now) that Nintendo lost
oh like the republic of cowboy neal
and without practice you could lob a water balloon through a closed window tens of feet away too
Must be my ex-girlfriend, she always said I was as dumb as a neanderthal
for slummin it... now you can find a hot white trash girl and in the future you'll REALLY be slummin it
Isn't this what happens if Paris Hilton calls you?
You're wrong, it doesnt happen to your cellphone, it happens to your brain when she calls.
If that's true then there should be a whole new generation of kids buying music, but since music sucks and even the kids know it, sales are down