the "organization that attempts to force its moral values on others" is that the slashdot BBQ or the PETA.
Cause now the BBQ is starting to sound a lot like that...
Don't get me wrong I like BBQ's, and I have NO respect for animal rights nutbars or plant eaters in general.... but lately these posts have taken a veggie bashing turn.... Making us as bad as the PETA...
The roots of Cyberpunk go way back....Check out HG Wells "When the Sleeper Wakes" or John Brunner's "Shockwave Rider". And Don't forget Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep"...Basis, but not the same as, "Blade Runner".
(And to be honest I doubt it) I doubt Online venders will ever trust one another enough to trade inforamtion on customers (Amazon.com & Chapters.ca both sell books and movies so trading inforamtion is basicly tradeing a customer list...Not likely to happen when they are both losing money.)
I would not be suprised tho if some of the existing credit rating services move online. (Anybody looking to get rich in B2B there ya are)
I have never heard of a record company losing millions on a new artist, what I have heard of is record companys who advance the money for recording, videos, promotion, Concerts and such, and then take the money out of the future earning of the record. If you want examples check out the Clash and TLC.
"You have the right to free speech providing of course your not dumb enough to actulally try and use it -- The Clash "Freedom Of Speech, better watch what you say" --Ice-T No doubt there will be another legal fund soon, where do I send my check. I do not belive surender is an option here...Is M$ going to get up set with EVERY anti M$ comment out there..... Then they can get upset over this M$ SUX BIG TIME. Sue me asswipes.
I used to get pissed of @ comments like this until I realized that in the states people who live in the Suburbs tend to have cleaner air, less crime, live longer, are better educated, have better health care, etc. So I can understand why an American would feel that way.
But we ain't Yanks, and as God is good we never will be.
You might also want to point out that 300+ years of being Global "superpower" by the British probably had an effect also. At least more so then the 50 years of USA.
there are a couple of problems with total control thing
1) there are other countries, with different laws & consitutions. What is illegal in the states may not be illegal in Canada, or Switzerland or Cuba (note those last two)
2) Certain nations will have a vested interest in being the place where there is no censorship or taxes. Nobody has ever made Swizerland or the Grand Cayman Islands change thier banking laws.
3) this field tradionaly outstrips the laws attempting to govern it. Mostly becuase the prosses to detect a need, write a law, and enforce it, find out if the law is legal, appeal etc takes years. If any body doubts this check out the RCMP trying to bust US satalite dish owners in Canada, it has been going on for years & the first case has not hit the courts yet.
4) NO and I mean NO system does not exist that cannot be hacked. You set it up, somebody is going to bypass it or bring it down or just plain ignore it.
SO....How many of the parts of YOUR computer come from union or worker owned factories....Or even get paid a couple dollers a day.
Isn't interesting how so many of computer parts come from "the third world".
And IF you DO boycott them so they don't get any money how are they going to survive...and that leads to the situations that puts people like Hitler & Stalin in charge.
So no I do not belive in boycotts unless there is a viable alternitve...
So Ska, Reggae, Acid Jazz, are done only by white People?
Really.
I don't like techno/dance/garage mostly because I can't dance, and have no real knowledge of what is going on in that style of music.
So let me get this right....You think Punk and other non-popular musical styles are dead. AND you think that Reggae, Ska & Jazz are done ONLY by white people. (Dead White people no doubt!). Shure...I'll buy that, but first you scoot down to Jamaica with a couple of cans of Bleach...Let me know what happens eh?.
Really... Punk Is dead...Thanks for telling me. It must have died some time after 3AM last night then. Next you will no doubt tell me that Ska, OI!, Death Metal, Reggae, Acid Jazz, Jazz, Blues, Goth, Industral & Noize are also dead. These are all forms of underground music that can Surivie in a not just for comerical enviorment. Ultamently Linux & Punk are united. D.I.Y. - Do it yourself. I suspect that you have a vested interest in the music industry. Welcome to obsolence. SigVn
I know a band that used MP3's to get a minor hit in South East Asia. They are University Students in Windsor Ont. Havn't even Been Signed to a record label yet. I think this is what worries the Big record labels. That ANYBODY can have a hit, ANYWHERE ANYTIME. With No marketing, No Promotion - Do you really Need a record label. Maybe my radio Station will stop playing Regurgitated Crap... WOHA....Imagine that S.
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Ok I am confused.
the "organization that attempts to force its moral values on others" is that the slashdot BBQ or the PETA.
Cause now the BBQ is starting to sound a lot like that...
Don't get me wrong I like BBQ's, and I have NO respect for animal rights nutbars or plant eaters in general.... but lately these posts have taken a veggie bashing turn.... Making us as bad as the PETA...
DOH
Did anybody ever port Leather Goddes to either Linux or Windows. If so anybody know where to get it.
The roots of Cyberpunk go way back....Check out HG Wells "When the Sleeper Wakes" or John Brunner's "Shockwave Rider". And Don't forget Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep"...Basis, but not the same as, "Blade Runner".
All old when the first PC came along.
Do you have any Idea what the TAX BILL would be up here for MICROSOFT.....
Hey Don't get me wrong, I am in favor of it.
I mean it is one way to balance a budget right.
Oi! Billy you can Pay My taxes ANY day, I might even buy your damn products....Well.....Ok I won't.
(And to be honest I doubt it) I doubt Online venders will ever trust one another enough to trade inforamtion on customers (Amazon.com & Chapters.ca both sell books and movies so trading inforamtion is basicly tradeing a customer list...Not likely to happen when they are both losing money.)
I would not be suprised tho if some of the existing credit rating services move online. (Anybody looking to get rich in B2B there ya are)
And Flames as well @#$@#@#$#$&&^^%%$#% see if you had had protection you wouldn't have got that. Kewl eh?
Apogee is Sorta the Metalica of software
I have never heard of a record company losing millions on a new artist, what I have heard of is record companys who advance the money for recording, videos, promotion, Concerts and such, and then take the money out of the future earning of the record. If you want examples check out the Clash and TLC.
Endas Goldfish is signed by either MOONSKA or Ska Satalite same label
"You have the right to free speech providing of course your not dumb enough to actulally try and use it -- The Clash "Freedom Of Speech, better watch what you say" --Ice-T No doubt there will be another legal fund soon, where do I send my check. I do not belive surender is an option here...Is M$ going to get up set with EVERY anti M$ comment out there..... Then they can get upset over this M$ SUX BIG TIME. Sue me asswipes.
I used to get pissed of @ comments like this until I realized that in the states people who live in the Suburbs tend to have cleaner air, less crime, live longer, are better educated, have better health care, etc. So I can understand why an American would feel that way.
But we ain't Yanks, and as God is good we never will be.
One major database or a buch of small databases that are linked together, what is the difference?
The thing that worries me is what is this database linked to....Criminal Records, credit cards, slashdot posts................
Hey could this go on my perminant record?
You might also want to point out that 300+ years of being Global "superpower" by the British probably had an effect also. At least more so then the 50 years of USA.
there are a couple of problems with total control thing
1) there are other countries, with different laws & consitutions. What is illegal in the states may not be illegal in Canada, or Switzerland or Cuba (note those last two)
2) Certain nations will have a vested interest in being the place where there is no censorship or taxes. Nobody has ever made Swizerland or the Grand Cayman Islands change thier banking laws.
3) this field tradionaly outstrips the laws attempting to govern it. Mostly becuase the prosses to detect a need, write a law, and enforce it, find out if the law is legal, appeal etc takes years. If any body doubts this check out the RCMP trying to bust US satalite dish owners in Canada, it has been going on for years & the first case has not hit the courts yet.
4) NO and I mean NO system does not exist that cannot be hacked. You set it up, somebody is going to bypass it or bring it down or just plain ignore it.
SO....How many of the parts of YOUR computer come from union or worker owned factories....Or even get paid a couple dollers a day.
Isn't interesting how so many of computer parts come from "the third world".
And IF you DO boycott them so they don't get any money how are they going to survive...and that leads to the situations that puts people like Hitler & Stalin in charge.
So no I do not belive in boycotts unless there is a viable alternitve...
S.
Or we could look @ it figure out what it does well, and then improve our own product (Linux).
Just bycotting something because it does not agree with our poltical views, is pointless.
There is always something to learn.
My 2 cents anyways.
So Ska, Reggae, Acid Jazz, are done only by white People?
Really.
I don't like techno/dance/garage mostly because I can't dance, and have no real knowledge of what is going on in that style of music.
So let me get this right....You think Punk and other non-popular musical styles are dead. AND you think that Reggae, Ska & Jazz are done ONLY by white people. (Dead White people no doubt!).
Shure...I'll buy that, but first you scoot down to Jamaica with a couple of cans of Bleach...Let me know what happens eh?.
Cheers
S.
You are right. I should be ashamed. :)
Really... Punk Is dead...Thanks for telling me. It must have died some time after 3AM last night then. Next you will no doubt tell me that Ska, OI!, Death Metal, Reggae, Acid Jazz, Jazz, Blues, Goth, Industral & Noize are also dead. These are all forms of underground music that can Surivie in a not just for comerical enviorment. Ultamently Linux & Punk are united. D.I.Y. - Do it yourself. I suspect that you have a vested interest in the music industry. Welcome to obsolence. SigVn
I know a band that used MP3's to get a minor hit in South East Asia. They are University Students in Windsor Ont. Havn't even Been Signed to a record label yet. I think this is what worries the Big record labels. That ANYBODY can have a hit, ANYWHERE ANYTIME. With No marketing, No Promotion - Do you really Need a record label. Maybe my radio Station will stop playing Regurgitated Crap... WOHA....Imagine that S.