Copyright law provides for the right to make an archival copy,if you own a purchased record/tape/CD..ect.After having my car broken into,I never carry master copies.(Just lose the recorded copies.Cheap.) If these take the form of MP3 files,so what? The copyright laws do need an overhaul,in the worst way.(By the way,this makes a case for not using your real name/email/address..ect.) As for Metallica,KISS MY BIG RED HAIRED ASS!
Metallica can byte the big one,having taken steps that will,in time,cut them off from their fan base.Folks like myself,who have made custom tapes for personal use,can find MP3 files in thousands of sites,including those outside the U.S. Bitch all you want,but the genie has escape and nothing will ever be the same again. After this,I hope Metallica never sells even 1 new CD.Going after fans is not the way to stay on the sales charts.
This may be some thing,to actually get a realistic handle on the size of it all,but it may be a little premature.(I have to go read the article first.)
I had just downloaded the free BeOS from ZDNET.What are they thinking?? From the snippet,it makes you wonder if the right hand knows what the left hand is doing. Sounds like,years ago,when the old COCO was dropped.Tandy denied it to high heaven,then BOOM! It's gone. I'll look this up further.
I have a ton of older stuff,where I work with the Computers for Kids project at the church I attend.(Yes,even 9 pin Mono monitors that work!)I can't bring myself to toss it(packrat that I am.) Whatta ya need?
Well,after seeing this,I went to sign up for the free CD.They probably will wonder where the hell Hardburly,Ky. is. I am hopefull(fingers & toes crossed) that I luck out. I have a brand new 1Gig Anthlon to try it on. I am willing to try this(being it is free!!).We'll see what happens.
HAH!! Finally,has the concept come full circle.In the olden days(before Windows),code had to be as efficent as possible.The younger programmers are just discovering that efficent coding works faster?? Efficent code is ugly,but looks aren't everything.Functionality is part of the solution as well. The only reason CPU speeds has went as far up as it has is because of the sloppy coding for Windows making a speedup necessary in order to operate at a decent speed. Why do you think a short-to-the-point solution is called quick & dirty? Call me the old man from the mountains,but Windows has gotten slower and sloppier after each version is "Upgraded!!",and I would rather have an operation system that is efficent,not pretty.Cosmetics can be added later.
HAH! Finally a bit of an explanation for the rampant stupidity in Washington D.C.!Humans are well on their way to taking themselves out. Humanity has called itself 'Homo Sapiens Sapiens' Now we are finding our real name'Home Stupidus' This should be a warning,but Big Brother will find a way to convince most of us that is ain't the case. If nothing is done,then we will deserve the fate of the Dinosaurs.
Well,Jeeves does not know it all.I asked Jeeves to tell me the origin of the word'BOOGER'.All I got was "I do not understand."(Hahaha!) My daughter applauded this,as I finally bamboozled another search engine.(She tripped an automotive parts computer at the local Wal-Mart,getting a list of spark plugs for a Nissan SD-25 diesel engine.It did not work after that.) An encore?? Maybe organize the 1st International drive-by wedgie competition.
No e-mail during thunderstorms.Familar for myself,as the power goes out every time a sparrow farts on the power lines. The current analog tv signal is non-existent here,due to local geology.Either cable(lousy service) or satelite is the only way to get tv.Digital cell phones do not work,analog is unusable.HDTV in eastern KY? Unless service in this area changes drastically,we might have that here in 3001 or so.Service like that do not seem to come east of the Winchester Wall.(A term used by Eastern Ky.residents,describing the fact that tech innovations,such as free ISPs,decent telephone lines and DSL,do not come east of Winchester KY.)The major players seem to think we are savages or cavemen. If this sound cynical,so be it.It is a fact of life here.
Hell,I have been overclocking since the days of the Altair 8800.If you care about your equipment and performance,a curious(& intellegent)person can't help but tinker to get better.Hell bells,I used to soup up CB radios into cheap and very powerful shortwave transmitters,without anything external showing.(Still do for a few friends that drive professionally in semis.)If Intel and others want to pull the crap the RIAA has,THEY CAN KISS MY BIG RED HAIRED ASS!and like it!!!
Revisional history is a trick.You can,by various interpitations,have anyone be anything.Personally,the whole point has been moot since Einstein's death in the 50's.Let the man rest in peace.
It figures that a rocket far more powerful that anything NASA has would be built.After all,NASA has to pad it's budget for some on the black projects the pentagon has
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Copyright law provides for the right to make an archival copy,if you own a purchased record/tape/CD..ect.After having my car broken into,I never carry master copies.(Just lose the recorded copies.Cheap.) If these take the form of MP3 files,so what? The copyright laws do need an overhaul,in the worst way.(By the way,this makes a case for not using your real name/email/address..ect.) As for Metallica,KISS MY BIG RED HAIRED ASS!
Metallica can byte the big one,having taken steps that will,in time,cut them off from their fan base.Folks like myself,who have made custom tapes for personal use,can find MP3 files in thousands of sites,including those outside the U.S. Bitch all you want,but the genie has escape and nothing will ever be the same again. After this,I hope Metallica never sells even 1 new CD.Going after fans is not the way to stay on the sales charts.
This may be some thing ,to actually get a realistic handle on the size of it all,but it may be a little premature.(I have to go read the article first.)
I had just downloaded the free BeOS from ZDNET.What are they thinking?? From the snippet,it makes you wonder if the right hand knows what the left hand is doing. Sounds like ,years ago,when the old COCO was dropped.Tandy denied it to high heaven,then BOOM! It's gone. I'll look this up further.
I have a ton of older stuff,where I work with the Computers for Kids project at the church I attend.(Yes,even 9 pin Mono monitors that work!)I can't bring myself to toss it(packrat that I am.) Whatta ya need?
Well,after seeing this,I went to sign up for the free CD.They probably will wonder where the hell Hardburly,Ky. is. I am hopefull(fingers & toes crossed) that I luck out. I have a brand new 1Gig Anthlon to try it on. I am willing to try this(being it is free!!).We'll see what happens.
HAH!! Finally,has the concept come full circle.In the olden days(before Windows),code had to be as efficent as possible.The younger programmers are just discovering that efficent coding works faster?? Efficent code is ugly,but looks aren't everything.Functionality is part of the solution as well. The only reason CPU speeds has went as far up as it has is because of the sloppy coding for Windows making a speedup necessary in order to operate at a decent speed. Why do you think a short-to-the-point solution is called quick & dirty? Call me the old man from the mountains,but Windows has gotten slower and sloppier after each version is "Upgraded!!",and I would rather have an operation system that is efficent,not pretty.Cosmetics can be added later.
HAH! Finally a bit of an explanation for the rampant stupidity in Washington D.C.!Humans are well on their way to taking themselves out. Humanity has called itself 'Homo Sapiens Sapiens' Now we are finding our real name'Home Stupidus' This should be a warning,but Big Brother will find a way to convince most of us that is ain't the case. If nothing is done,then we will deserve the fate of the Dinosaurs.
Well,Jeeves does not know it all.I asked Jeeves to tell me the origin of the word'BOOGER'.All I got was "I do not understand."(Hahaha!) My daughter applauded this,as I finally bamboozled another search engine.(She tripped an automotive parts computer at the local Wal-Mart,getting a list of spark plugs for a Nissan SD-25 diesel engine.It did not work after that.) An encore?? Maybe organize the 1st International drive-by wedgie competition.
No e-mail during thunderstorms.Familar for myself,as the power goes out every time a sparrow farts on the power lines. The current analog tv signal is non-existent here,due to local geology.Either cable(lousy service) or satelite is the only way to get tv.Digital cell phones do not work,analog is unusable.HDTV in eastern KY? Unless service in this area changes drastically,we might have that here in 3001 or so.Service like that do not seem to come east of the Winchester Wall.(A term used by Eastern Ky.residents,describing the fact that tech innovations,such as free ISPs,decent telephone lines and DSL,do not come east of Winchester KY.)The major players seem to think we are savages or cavemen. If this sound cynical,so be it.It is a fact of life here.
Hell,I have been overclocking since the days of the Altair 8800.If you care about your equipment and performance,a curious(& intellegent)person can't help but tinker to get better.Hell bells,I used to soup up CB radios into cheap and very powerful shortwave transmitters,without anything external showing.(Still do for a few friends that drive professionally in semis.)If Intel and others want to pull the crap the RIAA has,THEY CAN KISS MY BIG RED HAIRED ASS!and like it!!!
Well,as my dear Mother would say,what goes around comes around.Watch and see if the NAB gets sued next.Would not suprise me at all.
Revisional history is a trick.You can,by various interpitations,have anyone be anything.Personally,the whole point has been moot since Einstein's death in the 50's.Let the man rest in peace.
It figures that a rocket far more powerful that anything NASA has would be built.After all,NASA has to pad it's budget for some on the black projects the pentagon has