Hey! I know this particular auction is only open to people in the US but how long will it take before someone starts selling gift certificates to non US residents?
The gift certificate section on the iTMS doesn't say that non US residents can't receive them.
The files are converted to ATRAC and you'll have to deal with the stupid copyprotection scheme.
I use and old, pre netMD, Sony MD recorder and it has served me well but for the cost and trouble you would be much better off getting a 'real' mp3 player.
Sadly Sony doesn't seem to care about these things (which might explain why MD isn't as popular as it could be). You can always try Xmd but it is currently limited in what it can do.
If you can afford it you might want to look into getting an old model iPod.
Slashdot strips just about all non-American English symbols. It might be mentioned in the FAQs but my guess would be that it is to reduce the number of foreign language posts.
I know its bad form to reply to your own posts but I was trying to make a joke (a bad one I admit) about mistyped URLs. Maybe my post deserved to be modded as flamebait.....
The article mentions the, IMO, very interesting iRate Radio project.
To quote the kuro5hin article:
iRATE radio is a collaborative filtering client/server mp3 player/downloader. The iRATE server has a large database of music. You rate the tracks and it uses your ratings and other peoples to guess what you'll like. The tracks are downloaded from Web sites which allow free downloads of their music.
As of July 2003, the iRATE server has 46,000 tracks registered.
There are some screenshots for you all to look at.
I hope this and other similar suits bring the RIAA down. I don't support bootlegging software or content, but neither do I support terrorism
This wont bring the RIAA down (though I'm sure it will help). What will bring the RIAA down is consumers switching to new distribution channels, such as collaborative filtering, that cut out the RIAA on all levels.
People shouldn't download stuff that was produced by RIAA artists, that just means they are still listening to RIAA music (yes I know that there are some good bands that are part of the RIAA empire but they shouldn't need to be).
The RIAA at al. knows that P2P could become the next radio
Part of the problem with this is that people mostly download stuff they already know about.
If someone could combine collaborative filtering, such as iRate Radio, and some kind of p2p network then the recording industry really would have something to fear.
P2P has NO SUCH MECHANISM to warn users about what they may actually be getting. Since the sharers have NO MEANS AVAILABLE to warn users what they're sharing then it's reasonable that the app itself must.
Thats only true of the simple (and leech filled) networks. eMule lets you mark files as fake/poor quality. When more users have marked it as bad than have marked it as good it gets a red ! next to it.
Re #3: Every now and then something I like is on radio (and then I buy it), but mainly I find it through downloading MP3s (and then I buy it).
Unless people are downloading random mp3s they're not going to find much new music this way. But you can use a system such as iRate radio to match your listening preferences against other users to get new music.
What about silver space jumpsuits? Its the 21st Century but I still don't have skin tight clothing with giant shoulder pads and hoops around the cuffs.
I know it is not really science but I ask you, where are the skin tight clothes without pockets?
(jokes about Slashdot readers in skin tight clothing are redundant)
It's an encyclopedia -- a reference to look up background information on topics of your choice, so don't expect more than that.
Actually that link was to the Wikibooks project which is a project separate to the Wikipedia (but part of the same overall group of projects). The idea with Wikibooks is to create "modules" little sections that can be gathered up and turned into textbooks (of course with copyediting, indexing, etc).
I know this isn't a viable idea just yet and that it won't help people who need a particular text book for what ever course but it would be nice to be able to learn something new and complex without having to pay a million private companies for the privilege.
(I wonder how many slashdot readers it would take to whip up a first rate textbook for C programming)
I know that there is nothing to stop people in the US from using foreign google searches but must the rest of the world be subjected to bad US laws?...
Slashdot Mirror
For people who have bought and installed Panther already, what is its build number?
I can remember a lot of speculation that 7B85 was going to be the final but stopped following the discussion some time ago.
It tells me, in Australia, that I can browse only unless I have a billing address in the US.
So if someone in the US buys me a gift certificate I wouldn't be surprised if the iTMS let me use it.
Something to sing on your next geek roadtrip:
340 undecillion 282 decillion 366 nonillion 920 octillion 938 septillion 463 sextillion 463 quintillion 374 quadrillion 607 trillion 431 billion 768 million 211 thousand 456 bottles of beer on the wall,
340 undecillion 282 decillion 366 nonillion 920 octillion 938 septillion 463 sextillion 463 quintillion 374 quadrillion 607 trillion 431 billion 768 million 211 thousand 456 bottles of beer.
Take one down pass it around,
340 undecillion 282 decillion 366 nonillion 920 octillion 938 septillion 463 sextillion 463 quintillion 374 quadrillion 607 trillion 431 billion 768 million 211 thousand 456 bottles of beer on the wall!
Repeat (I wont bother telling you how often)
Hey! I know this particular auction is only open to people in the US but how long will it take before someone starts selling gift certificates to non US residents?
The gift certificate section on the iTMS doesn't say that non US residents can't receive them.
The files are converted to ATRAC and you'll have to deal with the stupid copyprotection scheme.
I use and old, pre netMD, Sony MD recorder and it has served me well but for the cost and trouble you would be much better off getting a 'real' mp3 player.
Sadly Sony doesn't seem to care about these things (which might explain why MD isn't as popular as it could be). You can always try Xmd but it is currently limited in what it can do.
If you can afford it you might want to look into getting an old model iPod.
Australia prints notes for both Singapore and NZ (as well Bangladesh, Brazil, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nepal, Northern Island, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Singapore, Soloman Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Samoa)
Bah! Packing square parts into square cases isn't all that interesting.
Putting square parts into dome shaped cases is more exciting.
Why is all the good step-by-step disassembly stuff in Japanese?
Hmmm, I went to somerandomdomain.com to test this out and there was a site there.....
P.S. Why does slashdot strip the pound symbol?
Slashdot strips just about all non-American English symbols. It might be mentioned in the FAQs but my guess would be that it is to reduce the number of foreign language posts.
Then again it could just be poor programming.
I know its bad form to reply to your own posts but I was trying to make a joke (a bad one I admit) about mistyped URLs. Maybe my post deserved to be modded as flamebait.....
Thats funny you'd think a portal such as Slahdot would have a big story such as this in their news section....
To quote the kuro5hin article:There are some screenshots for you all to look at.
I hope this and other similar suits bring the RIAA down. I don't support bootlegging software or content, but neither do I support terrorism
This wont bring the RIAA down (though I'm sure it will help). What will bring the RIAA down is consumers switching to new distribution channels, such as collaborative filtering, that cut out the RIAA on all levels.
People shouldn't download stuff that was produced by RIAA artists, that just means they are still listening to RIAA music (yes I know that there are some good bands that are part of the RIAA empire but they shouldn't need to be).
The RIAA at al. knows that P2P could become the next radio
Part of the problem with this is that people mostly download stuff they already know about.
If someone could combine collaborative filtering, such as iRate Radio, and some kind of p2p network then the recording industry really would have something to fear.
Exactly. This is why people need to start using tools such as iRate Radio and help kill of groups such as the RIAA.
Collaborative filtering is most probably the future of music distribution.
Looks like some people are trying to screw up his work as well.
I don't approve of this but its made me think about the motives of some slashdot trolls.
P2P has NO SUCH MECHANISM to warn users about what they may actually be getting. Since the sharers have NO MEANS AVAILABLE to warn users what they're sharing then it's reasonable that the app itself must.
Thats only true of the simple (and leech filled) networks. eMule lets you mark files as fake/poor quality. When more users have marked it as bad than have marked it as good it gets a red ! next to it.
People really need to stop using Kazaa.
Re #3: Every now and then something I like is on radio (and then I buy it), but mainly I find it through downloading MP3s (and then I buy it).
Unless people are downloading random mp3s they're not going to find much new music this way. But you can use a system such as iRate radio to match your listening preferences against other users to get new music.
It is also legal.
What about silver space jumpsuits? Its the 21st Century but I still don't have skin tight clothing with giant shoulder pads and hoops around the cuffs.
I know it is not really science but I ask you, where are the skin tight clothes without pockets?
(jokes about Slashdot readers in skin tight clothing are redundant)
It's an encyclopedia -- a reference to look up background information on topics of your choice, so don't expect more than that.
Actually that link was to the Wikibooks project which is a project separate to the Wikipedia (but part of the same overall group of projects). The idea with Wikibooks is to create "modules" little sections that can be gathered up and turned into textbooks (of course with copyediting, indexing, etc).
There are also other Wikimedia projects underway.
What about getting Universities to use open content textbooks?
I know this isn't a viable idea just yet and that it won't help people who need a particular text book for what ever course but it would be nice to be able to learn something new and complex without having to pay a million private companies for the privilege.
(I wonder how many slashdot readers it would take to whip up a first rate textbook for C programming)
However, you can't have too many silk researchers working on the project - when you put them too close together, they eat each other.
And then excrete silk?
What gets me is that Google isn't listing the URLs for other languages or countries.
I know that there is nothing to stop people in the US from using foreign google searches but must the rest of the world be subjected to bad US laws?...
Forget about games. This could usher in a new golden era of pr0n.
Too late. Its been done.
(That isn't a work safe link by the way).