The RIAA seems to believe that Napster has some kind of control over content... which, of course, it really doesn't. So by suggesting that Napster "pull" all the illegal MP3s from it's service, they are in fact suggesting that Napster "pull" the MP3s off the user's harddrives, which is where the MP3s actually are.
Actually, some study apparently found out that most people who download MP3s are in the 35-50 age bracket. Unfortunately, without knowing where this study was done (or even if it was done), I don't know if it's even true. If anyone knows more about this (or if it's blatantly false) I'd be interested.
Good luck, RIAA.. even stupid judges don't need to think hard about that one.
Yeah, they do - a lot of people still seem to think that Napster is responsible for the content. And anyway, why can't Napster set it up so that it automatically detects the artists songs and disallows all RIAA artists? Well, I can give several reasons why not... but would a judge actually understand the problems with attempting to block songs based on the group?
Oops, I usually get miffed when other people do that too... sorry Hemos:). On the other hand, I could correct by saying I think when Hemos posted that question...
Maybe/. should allow people to edit their posts, after all, they can edit the stories...
I think when Hemos asked that question ("why the heck were older planes *not* build with Faraday cages and shielded wires?") he was wondering why you wouldn't build the planes with that sort protection ANYWAY. Wouldn't it have been smarter to protect vital aircraft systems from any potential source of interference, even if it was unlikely that the interference would be around much? It seams reasonable to me to expect that an aircraft has its vital systems protected from potentially harmful interference; after all, if it could cause the major problems they allude to in the article, wouldn't you protect the systems?
However, I really don't know much about this type of thing; then again, I doubt Hemos knows much about wiring aircrafts either.
Hey, that means MS has actually done a service for sysadmins - they've brought reinstalling the OS as an acceptable and even common method of solving problems!
Sorry, I'm forced to use NT where I work, and apparently, the ratio is 1 out of every 10 service calls to a broken box involves whiping the machine and reinstalling the OS...
Voice recognition has a ways to go... and if you aren't gonna do it on the cellphone end, then the quality degredation introduced by the transmission will make it even harder. Plus text-to-speach could use some work before you could really play games via talking on a cell phone.
Plus my little brother would constantly be yelling "Kill self with sword!" in the background.
(Man, I wish I still had Via Voice so I could have created some REAL voice-to-speach messup and not invented my own... oh well.)
In SimCity 2000, there was a building called the "Nuclear Reactor" (fission generator) which on occasion would blow up, causing some tiles near it to become radioactive (with these cute little flashing radioactive symbols on it.) The fusion plant was refered to as "Fusion Reactor."
Besides, it's just a game (a really fun game) - in the license, they have a clause that they aren't liable for anyone thinking they're smarter than they really are...
Nah, in SimCity 2000, all you needed was the Raise Terrain tool ($25/tile), the Water tool ($100/tile) and then a Hydroelectric Dam ($400/tile). Instant waterfall from nowhere, and a power source that lasts forever, all for around $600! (Anywhere from $400 if you already have a waterfall to $725 if you needed to raise terrain from flat ground.) No polution, doesn't bother sims (as they usually aren't up the side of mountains). I wonder if they fixed that, um, feature, in SimCity 3000?
We as a people need to start investigating in using those big microwave dish thingys from SimCity 2000. They were always a good thing to move to from massive hydroelectric dam clusters (which last forever, although they produce little power), although the microwave dishes did occassionally toast the town. Fortunately, by shutting disasters off, that could be prevented. The other drawback, that they needed replacing every 50 years, was minimal, as by the time a well-planned city needed one it generated enough revenue to replace them.
Of course, once the power need it too high for the microwave dish, then you can use fusion power, which is much cleaner than nuclear power which polutes the surrounding air. And fusion plants have no disasters associated with them.
Man, SimCity cities are so much easier than real life... you can just shut off the newspaper and ignore public opinions...
You managed to make it through the whole thing? Wow - my eyes started to ache after about 20 seconds of looking at it. I can hardly... stay... awake.....
Hey, we still consider encryption "munitions." So maybe we don't want to make such dangerous *cough* *cough* things available to the general public... Besides, I wonder if it's legal for a US e-signature to be used in a non-US country? Hmm... Maybe only in countries we don't have export restrictions on, then...
This also could mean that it would now be possible to do paperwork online. Now you could actually submit legally binding forms to the gov't online, and it would be perfectly legal.
It's much easier to send a request to have your car registered through the internet directly to the Registry (guess which New England state I live in:-) then it is to go and stand in line for an hour to pass them a single sheet of paper and then leave.
This could also mean you would now have to "digitally sign" the license agreements for all those computer programs. This could have a down side.
You might want to try MP3.com's press release on the matter, but it isn't incredibly helpful EITHER. I tried to find information at Warner Brothers, but they don't seem to have ANY press releases.
Yeah, icons are embedded in the executable. So yes, you can make your program have an icon you damn well please. Plus with some simple tools, you can actually take icons from other sources - instant accurate MPEG movie icon, for fake MPEG movie.
Actually, Windows in a bid to look a little more like a Mac now actually HIDES the file extensions on a default setup. You then have to go into the view options and change it not to hide extensions on "recognized file types."
With the extensions turned off, you're forced to rely on the icon to tell you what the file is...
Since I posted this, other people have posted explanations of how the file gets executed while appearing to be a movie. But you gotta love how Windows by default hides the actual extensions of your files...
Last time I checked, movie files were digital streams of audio/visiual information. When did they gain the power to run code on machines? It would seem to me that you would need to be rather foolish to run a movie file as a program. Or is this file just a shortcut under Windows?
This story's seriously lacking in technical merit as mentioned in the blurb. This is missing such important details as the platforms that can be effected (Windows? Mac?) to HOW a movie clip can contain a trojan horse.
As soon as an efficient Crick-To-Energy converter is created, could we then use it on every day things? Maybe some day in the future, we could use cricket-powered cars! Bring a new meaning to "fill'er-up" though:-)
Yeah, but often times my paper manages to mis-align they're colored inks, so colors are all messed up. (The magenta is off to the right of the black, the cyan is slightly high and left, the yellow is subtly lower...) Plus newsprint isn't exactly the best place for color pictures.
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The RIAA seems to believe that Napster has some kind of control over content... which, of course, it really doesn't. So by suggesting that Napster "pull" all the illegal MP3s from it's service, they are in fact suggesting that Napster "pull" the MP3s off the user's harddrives, which is where the MP3s actually are.
Actually, some study apparently found out that most people who download MP3s are in the 35-50 age bracket. Unfortunately, without knowing where this study was done (or even if it was done), I don't know if it's even true. If anyone knows more about this (or if it's blatantly false) I'd be interested.
Yeah, they do - a lot of people still seem to think that Napster is responsible for the content. And anyway, why can't Napster set it up so that it automatically detects the artists songs and disallows all RIAA artists? Well, I can give several reasons why not... but would a judge actually understand the problems with attempting to block songs based on the group?
Maybe /. should allow people to edit their posts, after all, they can edit the stories...
Fix that headline Cmdr Taco.
Posted by Hemos on Monday June 12, @03:59PM
Hemos isn't CmdrTaco... although he could fix it too... just yell at the right person, k?
However, I really don't know much about this type of thing; then again, I doubt Hemos knows much about wiring aircrafts either.
Sorry, I'm forced to use NT where I work, and apparently, the ratio is 1 out of every 10 service calls to a broken box involves whiping the machine and reinstalling the OS...
Voice recognition has a ways to go... and if you aren't gonna do it on the cellphone end, then the quality degredation introduced by the transmission will make it even harder. Plus text-to-speach could use some work before you could really play games via talking on a cell phone.
Plus my little brother would constantly be yelling "Kill self with sword!" in the background.
(Man, I wish I still had Via Voice so I could have created some REAL voice-to-speach messup and not invented my own... oh well.)
Besides, it's just a game (a really fun game) - in the license, they have a clause that they aren't liable for anyone thinking they're smarter than they really are...
That's why you're an AC?
Nah, in SimCity 2000, all you needed was the Raise Terrain tool ($25/tile), the Water tool ($100/tile) and then a Hydroelectric Dam ($400/tile). Instant waterfall from nowhere, and a power source that lasts forever, all for around $600! (Anywhere from $400 if you already have a waterfall to $725 if you needed to raise terrain from flat ground.) No polution, doesn't bother sims (as they usually aren't up the side of mountains). I wonder if they fixed that, um, feature, in SimCity 3000?
Of course, once the power need it too high for the microwave dish, then you can use fusion power, which is much cleaner than nuclear power which polutes the surrounding air. And fusion plants have no disasters associated with them.
Man, SimCity cities are so much easier than real life... you can just shut off the newspaper and ignore public opinions...
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-- the MPAA has done any investigation or examination into Linux's attempts to build a DVD player?
A. Other than what I performed?
Q. Yes.
A. No.
Wow, so now Linux is a legal entity? Last I checked, it was just a kernel...
You'd think that the lawyers would have been at least partially briefed about the technology they're asking questions about...
ZZZZZzzzzz.....
Hey, we still consider encryption "munitions." So maybe we don't want to make such dangerous *cough* *cough* things available to the general public... Besides, I wonder if it's legal for a US e-signature to be used in a non-US country? Hmm... Maybe only in countries we don't have export restrictions on, then...
It's much easier to send a request to have your car registered through the internet directly to the Registry (guess which New England state I live in :-) then it is to go and stand in line for an hour to pass them a single sheet of paper and then leave.
This could also mean you would now have to "digitally sign" the license agreements for all those computer programs. This could have a down side.
In theory, the person was quoted as having used the www.nytime.com link - so that it wouldn't have been /. responsible at all. I dunno.
You might want to try MP3.com's press release on the matter, but it isn't incredibly helpful EITHER. I tried to find information at Warner Brothers, but they don't seem to have ANY press releases.
Yeah, we all know about it by now, EXCEPT THE PEOPLE POSTING THE STORIES, but a link is easier to use... :)
Yeah, icons are embedded in the executable. So yes, you can make your program have an icon you damn well please. Plus with some simple tools, you can actually take icons from other sources - instant accurate MPEG movie icon, for fake MPEG movie.
With the extensions turned off, you're forced to rely on the icon to tell you what the file is...
Since I posted this, other people have posted explanations of how the file gets executed while appearing to be a movie. But you gotta love how Windows by default hides the actual extensions of your files...
This story's seriously lacking in technical merit as mentioned in the blurb. This is missing such important details as the platforms that can be effected (Windows? Mac?) to HOW a movie clip can contain a trojan horse.
As soon as an efficient Crick-To-Energy converter is created, could we then use it on every day things? Maybe some day in the future, we could use cricket-powered cars! Bring a new meaning to "fill'er-up" though :-)
Yeah, but often times my paper manages to mis-align they're colored inks, so colors are all messed up. (The magenta is off to the right of the black, the cyan is slightly high and left, the yellow is subtly lower...) Plus newsprint isn't exactly the best place for color pictures.