For those of you who don't subscribe to FuckedCompanies newsletter, Pud, the proprietor, noted in his weekly newsletter that he was bored so he put the site up for sale. I don't think he's really selling it...just trying to generate traffic.
Well, I'd create a page, decss.html. I'd use the page to state my point of view on the issue and how upset I am that I can't distribute the source to be viewed by others. Then I'd place the entire source for the program in a comment on the HTML page...so you can get to the source by choosing...View Source. Fight the MPAA and enjoy a nice play-on-words at the same time!
I have digital cable at home, and a cable modem. According to the cable company, they plan to one day do everything through the set-top device for digital cable, which does have an ethernet cable so you can connect it to your home network. Of course, this feature still isn't available, but the hardware is already there.
It's true that SMTP support, even through Exchange on NT has been somewhat lacking compared to Sendmail on UNIX. However, I've been running some tests for my current contract with W2K and Exchange2K-RC2, and it's actually pretty slick (compared to before). I would go so far as to say it's as good as Sendmail, but it's a giant leap over Exchange 5.5 on NT 4.
Whenever I can't bring myself to code anymore, I do the unthinkable, I call the marketing people and ask for a meeting to discuss some highly controversial facet of the project like the color of a certain line of important text or something. BINGO, 2 hour break from reality as I nap in the meeting while they argue with each other over which color of blue better captures what we're trying to get across to the user. After I feel I've recharged enough, I tell them we can't color the line in blue so I'll just pick another color and then go back to work. Works every time.
A number of DSL providers are offering self-install...mainly because they have been falling behind in orders. I know that here in California, Pac Bell's wait time for DSL installation is roughly 1 month. So they've started offering self installations as an option in LA and SF. I don't know about elsewhere, but here the only self-install options as far as OS are Win98 and WinNT 4.0.
A note on the patch, it has been reported that it may delete your single-player characters when you apply it. GO HERE for the story on the patch. I've heard the problem is intermittent...and besides...who plays Diablo in SP anyway?
I love Star Wars. I've watched the entire trilogy so many times that I've gone through about 4 or 5 collections of the films on VHS (thank you DVD). IMO, the first one was OK, but rather lame. Empire was by far the superior film of the series, with Jedi coming in 2nd. What was the difference between the three? Lucas was not in complete control of Empire and Jedi. Someone else directed each of those...Lucas merely produced.
As I understand it, a big reason for this was that the actors couldn't stand working with him. Let's face it, Lucas has some sort of overly black-and-white view of his characters and how they should be. He never figured that Han Solo would be more popular than Luke...Luke's supposed to be the bad-ass hero, but c'mon...we all know that Solo's the man. So what did Lucas do with SWSE? He changed the scene where Solo kills Greedo so that Solo doesn't shoot first. Satisfies Lucas' need to have his good guys be super-good - ruins a great scene of Solo being a badass.
Back then, the actors could demand another director cause Lucas wasn't the bigshot he is today. NOW, good luck trying to get someone to out him as director. As much as I'd love to see another Empire, Jedi, or even A New Hope, I won't be holding my breath. Lucas will remain true to his flat, saccharine characters and storylines from 25 years ago...trying to make up for weak plot with special effects.
Of course, I'll still go see it cause I'm one of the many mindless fans who will go see anything that might be a good SW film.
"I was under the impression that benchmarks showed that Win2K is slower than even WinNT."
Well, you were misinformed. Actually, W2K has set some impressive records...for example, using 2 W2K servers, MS, UW, and the University of Southern California (go Trojans!!) set an over land speed record for transfer of data about a month and a half ago. If I find the link for it, I'll post it for you.
I use W2K in a production environment and haven't had any problems with it in terms of performance...in fact, I've been rather impressed with it.
Well, if you're insinuating that he is some sort of Microsoft "spy", sent here to post pro-M$ comments...why not extend your conspiracy theory to say that anyone who consistantly defends some flavor of LINUX is a RedHat or Debian "spy" sent to make us want to use their distro...or say that someone who posts something pro-Mac is working for Apple. Technical people tend to feel very strongly about their platforms...it's almost religious. Saying that anyone who posts something about M$ in a positive light is a spy sent here to post FUD is ludicrous. There are those among us who like working on/with M$ products, and who obviously feel that they should have a voice in this forum as well as the people who prefer LINUX, UNIX, Mac, or whatever. I've defended M$ or their products in several posts, if that means I work for them, I need to call Bill and ask for my check and my stock options.
The issue isn't whether the SC thinks this case is important...they know this is important. But, historically speaking, the SC does not like to take the time to wade through all of the documents and procedures necessary for an initial appeals process. They usually prefer to have the Appellate Court work through the tedious work so that they can better render an appropriate decision in a more timely fashion.
Like the article said, some OEM's have been doing this for a while. A certain MAJOR OEM has been shipping a "companion" CD with their computers rather than an actual copy of the OS for at least 3 years...and then it wasn't even an MS requirement. I don't like the idea of not getting a copy of the software I purchase for my computer or not being able to move said software to a new computer (should the old one self-destruct or become too old or whatever). Tying the software to the specific hardware is too restrictive...but I can see why the software companies want to do it. Who among us doesn't know some person who has probably more than $15000 worth of pirated software like 3DStudio, various games, etc. Granted, there is a lot of stuff out there that you can get for free without pirating, but that doesn't mean that everyone goes and uses it. This is a case of punishing everyone for the actions of a few. I don't agree with the measures being recommended or talked about...but it has to make you think about what their alternative options are.
Actually, there is a 3DS that has fatigue for carrying your weapons. Soldier Of Fortune has this as an option for multi-player. My friends and I tried it out, and if you've got say, a rocket launcher, you can't make it accross a room without slowing to a crawl. At first we thought it was pretty cool...but after about 20 minutes of playing while wondering if you should be running or walking with that shotgun and body armer, we decided to go back to just run all the time. The other nice option is realistic damage, which means if you get shot in the head, you die...armor or no. Anyway, I had a point...yes, the realism can be somewhat fun, but really the most fun (IMHO) comes from running around with a lot of guns killing as many people as possible until you can't straighten your fingers.
Same thing happens all over the country. The local phone companies do have an unfair advantage when it comes to DSL lines. I don't know how it is on the East Coast, but here in California, PacBell requires third party installations of DSL to install a second, separate line ($$ for PB), whereas when PB does it, they install it over your main line. To combat this, a lot of the 3rd parties offer better services. PB's services max out at 128kbps upstream (unless you want to pay almost $200/month), and your upstream and downstream aren't separate (you can't do both simultaneously). I used to have DSL through Covad/Internet Express and for $80/month got 768kbps down and 384 kbps up...simultaneously. I loved it. Unfortunately I moved, and at my new place PB told my ISP they'd have to do some trenching ($100/hour) for DSL unless I went with PB over my main line. So now I have cable...and it's pretty good...I miss having a steady speed all the time, but its better than dealing with the local phone thugs.
You're obviously not informed on what really sparked this...people were trading music that Metallica has JUST laid down a few days prior...stuff that had not been released yet, so what Lars is referring to is the fact that the masters were obviously leaked.
I agree with Seebs here. This is probably one of the best interviews I have ever seen on/. I think Lars makes some excellent points about the entire debacle between the band and Napster. And we all know that he's right, Napster could have easily just made it impossible to search for Metallica mp3's (of course that would just lead to renaming the files to distribute them...). Of course, like everyone, I'm biased in one direction or another. I've always felt that Metallica was in the right for doing what they did. Two thumbs up on this one.
If you read the gov's proposed breakup, the Applications company must turn over all API's at the outset so that the OS company can start writing their own, competing software. Which means that then the OS company gets to write Applications that will run better on Windows and maybe even packaged with Windows...wait, this sounds familiar some how....
Breaking up M$, especially under the Gov's current plan wouldn't accomplish anything other than slowing M$ down for 2 years. As much as it pains me to say it, I have to agree with R. Stalman's view that the breakup wouldn't accomplish anything beneficial to the consumer. It punishes M$, but no one gets anything out of it, and this is supposed to be about helping the consumer. M$'s counter proposal is actually closer to being a rational, somewhat productive remedy. Standard pricing for vendors, supporting older OS's after a new one is released... I say, impose those measures, and let's finance some school funding with a hefty fine...we know they've got the money. .
I have to agree with those who say that as far as the posting of the actual MS copyrighted material, those posts should be removed. As for links, etc., those are perfectly legal and should remain. Whether or not people like MS, or like copyrights, etc. is irrelevant. The law of the land states that you cannot use someone else's copyrighted material without their permission. "Your rights end where the other person's nose begins" is a phrase they pounded me with in Government classes in college. Your right to free speech does not inlcude the right to break copyright law.
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For those of you who don't subscribe to FuckedCompanies newsletter, Pud, the proprietor, noted in his weekly newsletter that he was bored so he put the site up for sale. I don't think he's really selling it...just trying to generate traffic.
Well, I'd create a page, decss.html. I'd use the page to state my point of view on the issue and how upset I am that I can't distribute the source to be viewed by others. Then I'd place the entire source for the program in a comment on the HTML page...so you can get to the source by choosing...View Source. Fight the MPAA and enjoy a nice play-on-words at the same time!
Can be found on Blues News here.
I have digital cable at home, and a cable modem. According to the cable company, they plan to one day do everything through the set-top device for digital cable, which does have an ethernet cable so you can connect it to your home network. Of course, this feature still isn't available, but the hardware is already there.
I couldn't find the information either, however I suspect that at least one of them was MS-SQL Server.
Actually, M$'s marketing people are smarter than that...they'd say "Wev got fewer bugs than..."
They're usually pretty good with that grammar stuff. :-)
It's true that SMTP support, even through Exchange on NT has been somewhat lacking compared to Sendmail on UNIX. However, I've been running some tests for my current contract with W2K and Exchange2K-RC2, and it's actually pretty slick (compared to before). I would go so far as to say it's as good as Sendmail, but it's a giant leap over Exchange 5.5 on NT 4.
Whenever I can't bring myself to code anymore, I do the unthinkable, I call the marketing people and ask for a meeting to discuss some highly controversial facet of the project like the color of a certain line of important text or something. BINGO, 2 hour break from reality as I nap in the meeting while they argue with each other over which color of blue better captures what we're trying to get across to the user. After I feel I've recharged enough, I tell them we can't color the line in blue so I'll just pick another color and then go back to work. Works every time.
You obviously haven't played Free Cell.
A number of DSL providers are offering self-install...mainly because they have been falling behind in orders. I know that here in California, Pac Bell's wait time for DSL installation is roughly 1 month. So they've started offering self installations as an option in LA and SF. I don't know about elsewhere, but here the only self-install options as far as OS are Win98 and WinNT 4.0.
A note on the patch, it has been reported that it may delete your single-player characters when you apply it. GO HERE for the story on the patch. I've heard the problem is intermittent...and besides...who plays Diablo in SP anyway?
I love Star Wars. I've watched the entire trilogy so many times that I've gone through about 4 or 5 collections of the films on VHS (thank you DVD). IMO, the first one was OK, but rather lame. Empire was by far the superior film of the series, with Jedi coming in 2nd. What was the difference between the three? Lucas was not in complete control of Empire and Jedi. Someone else directed each of those...Lucas merely produced.
As I understand it, a big reason for this was that the actors couldn't stand working with him. Let's face it, Lucas has some sort of overly black-and-white view of his characters and how they should be. He never figured that Han Solo would be more popular than Luke...Luke's supposed to be the bad-ass hero, but c'mon...we all know that Solo's the man. So what did Lucas do with SWSE? He changed the scene where Solo kills Greedo so that Solo doesn't shoot first. Satisfies Lucas' need to have his good guys be super-good - ruins a great scene of Solo being a badass.
Back then, the actors could demand another director cause Lucas wasn't the bigshot he is today. NOW, good luck trying to get someone to out him as director. As much as I'd love to see another Empire, Jedi, or even A New Hope, I won't be holding my breath. Lucas will remain true to his flat, saccharine characters and storylines from 25 years ago...trying to make up for weak plot with special effects.
Of course, I'll still go see it cause I'm one of the many mindless fans who will go see anything that might be a good SW film.
Good point, but your sig's quote of DV is incorrect...the line is:
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Sorry, but I'm a SW junky.
"I was under the impression that benchmarks showed that Win2K is slower than even WinNT."
Well, you were misinformed. Actually, W2K has set some impressive records...for example, using 2 W2K servers, MS, UW, and the University of Southern California (go Trojans!!) set an over land speed record for transfer of data about a month and a half ago. If I find the link for it, I'll post it for you.
I use W2K in a production environment and haven't had any problems with it in terms of performance...in fact, I've been rather impressed with it.
Well, if you're insinuating that he is some sort of Microsoft "spy", sent here to post pro-M$ comments...why not extend your conspiracy theory to say that anyone who consistantly defends some flavor of LINUX is a RedHat or Debian "spy" sent to make us want to use their distro...or say that someone who posts something pro-Mac is working for Apple. Technical people tend to feel very strongly about their platforms...it's almost religious. Saying that anyone who posts something about M$ in a positive light is a spy sent here to post FUD is ludicrous. There are those among us who like working on/with M$ products, and who obviously feel that they should have a voice in this forum as well as the people who prefer LINUX, UNIX, Mac, or whatever. I've defended M$ or their products in several posts, if that means I work for them, I need to call Bill and ask for my check and my stock options.
The issue isn't whether the SC thinks this case is important...they know this is important. But, historically speaking, the SC does not like to take the time to wade through all of the documents and procedures necessary for an initial appeals process. They usually prefer to have the Appellate Court work through the tedious work so that they can better render an appropriate decision in a more timely fashion.
Like the article said, some OEM's have been doing this for a while. A certain MAJOR OEM has been shipping a "companion" CD with their computers rather than an actual copy of the OS for at least 3 years...and then it wasn't even an MS requirement. I don't like the idea of not getting a copy of the software I purchase for my computer or not being able to move said software to a new computer (should the old one self-destruct or become too old or whatever). Tying the software to the specific hardware is too restrictive...but I can see why the software companies want to do it. Who among us doesn't know some person who has probably more than $15000 worth of pirated software like 3DStudio, various games, etc. Granted, there is a lot of stuff out there that you can get for free without pirating, but that doesn't mean that everyone goes and uses it. This is a case of punishing everyone for the actions of a few. I don't agree with the measures being recommended or talked about...but it has to make you think about what their alternative options are.
Actually, there is a 3DS that has fatigue for carrying your weapons. Soldier Of Fortune has this as an option for multi-player. My friends and I tried it out, and if you've got say, a rocket launcher, you can't make it accross a room without slowing to a crawl. At first we thought it was pretty cool...but after about 20 minutes of playing while wondering if you should be running or walking with that shotgun and body armer, we decided to go back to just run all the time. The other nice option is realistic damage, which means if you get shot in the head, you die...armor or no. Anyway, I had a point...yes, the realism can be somewhat fun, but really the most fun (IMHO) comes from running around with a lot of guns killing as many people as possible until you can't straighten your fingers.
Same thing happens all over the country. The local phone companies do have an unfair advantage when it comes to DSL lines. I don't know how it is on the East Coast, but here in California, PacBell requires third party installations of DSL to install a second, separate line ($$ for PB), whereas when PB does it, they install it over your main line. To combat this, a lot of the 3rd parties offer better services. PB's services max out at 128kbps upstream (unless you want to pay almost $200/month), and your upstream and downstream aren't separate (you can't do both simultaneously). I used to have DSL through Covad/Internet Express and for $80/month got 768kbps down and 384 kbps up...simultaneously. I loved it. Unfortunately I moved, and at my new place PB told my ISP they'd have to do some trenching ($100/hour) for DSL unless I went with PB over my main line. So now I have cable...and it's pretty good...I miss having a steady speed all the time, but its better than dealing with the local phone thugs.
You're obviously not informed on what really sparked this...people were trading music that Metallica has JUST laid down a few days prior...stuff that had not been released yet, so what Lars is referring to is the fact that the masters were obviously leaked.
I agree with Seebs here. This is probably one of the best interviews I have ever seen on /. I think Lars makes some excellent points about the entire debacle between the band and Napster. And we all know that he's right, Napster could have easily just made it impossible to search for Metallica mp3's (of course that would just lead to renaming the files to distribute them...). Of course, like everyone, I'm biased in one direction or another. I've always felt that Metallica was in the right for doing what they did. Two thumbs up on this one.
If you read the gov's proposed breakup, the Applications company must turn over all API's at the outset so that the OS company can start writing their own, competing software. Which means that then the OS company gets to write Applications that will run better on Windows and maybe even packaged with Windows...wait, this sounds familiar some how....
Breaking up M$, especially under the Gov's current plan wouldn't accomplish anything other than slowing M$ down for 2 years. As much as it pains me to say it, I have to agree with R. Stalman's view that the breakup wouldn't accomplish anything beneficial to the consumer. It punishes M$, but no one gets anything out of it, and this is supposed to be about helping the consumer. M$'s counter proposal is actually closer to being a rational, somewhat productive remedy. Standard pricing for vendors, supporting older OS's after a new one is released... I say, impose those measures, and let's finance some school funding with a hefty fine...we know they've got the money. .
You laugh, but I hear that there's actually someone working on putting up a slashdot clone using just that setup.
I have to agree with those who say that as far as the posting of the actual MS copyrighted material, those posts should be removed. As for links, etc., those are perfectly legal and should remain. Whether or not people like MS, or like copyrights, etc. is irrelevant. The law of the land states that you cannot use someone else's copyrighted material without their permission. "Your rights end where the other person's nose begins" is a phrase they pounded me with in Government classes in college. Your right to free speech does not inlcude the right to break copyright law.