Clearly, it's wrong to obtain a copy of a song without paying for it.
Do you feel it's clearly wrong to obtain a copy of a novel without paying for it? I guess we should get to work shutting down/burning all these warez-mongering public libraries if so.
Granted, we don't keep a digital copy of the book on our computer to peruse whenever we want, but I think your opinion of it being clearly wrong is a little to broad. I would, however, agree that it isn't clearly the right thing to do. It's somewhere in the gray.
Music is no less a cultural necessity than literature. The authors certainly deserve compensation for their work, but their work should be available to anyone, regardless of income and social status.
It was really quite easy -- sort've. I got my equipment via UPS June 27th; I immediately set about hooking everything up and getting my network set up for the change. I'm through-I turn on the modem...no sync. Damn!
After calling them the next two days I get my line provisioned, and the modem syncs up. But it's not working. Bummer!
I call that night, talk to a few different people (one of whom said my order had been cancelled but I'd doubt that is the case since I've been up and running for a week and a half now). None of them can help me (they aren't extremely knowledgable, but they're friendly). One promptly opened a trouble ticket.
Late the next afternoon I'm sitting around in despair; the modem is mocking me! All the lights are shiny and green but it's not working! Suddenly the phone rings--it's a swbell technician asking if I'd like him to come over and check it out (this is late Friday afternoon). I tell him it's OK if he'd like to wait but he insists.
About 20 minutes later he shows up and starts fiddling with my computers. It doesn't take me long to figure out he doesn't know as much about networking as I do (especially my own network!). He is at least computer literate though so I don't shoo him away (I just keep a close watch).
Hours roll by, he can't get anything to work. He's been on hold with swbell for close to 45 minutes (and he was even in their priority queue!). Finally he gets through to somebody and starts explaining the situation. I've retired to my couch to read my latest gaming magazine. They chat for about 45 more minutes, and suddenly everything is working. Joy!
It turns out that my line had been provisioned but they had forgot to 'check' something in their software at swbell (or ASI, as the case may be). It was a harrowing 3 day experience (and three week wait to get the equipment) but it turned out to be well worth it. The technician was pleasant and I am still indebted to him for sticking with it for so long (he didn't leave my house until after 7pm, on a Friday night!).
The connection has been stable, no outages. The speeds are excellent; It's faster than the T1 I had when I lived in a dorm (downstream at least). It's a helluva lot faster during internet prime time, doesn't slow down at all that I've noticed.
Just be prepared to spend some time on the phone fixing their mistakes if you go with this deal. I am quite pleased, and would just as soon cram a radioactive nuclear warhead into the dark recesses of my body as to go back to a dial-up modem.
Unfortunately, it isn't quite that easy. Every SBC subsidiary uses PPPoE as far as I know, so telling everyone's favorite braindead OS to fetch your IP info automatically won't do much good.
>Now perhaps Amazon will finally see the evils >of software patents. ^_^
Don't hold your breath. If anything, this case helps to back up many of Amazon's points about why they need the patents they do have. If they didn't have those patents, someone else would, and they'd be suing Amazon for infringement.
I'm sure alot of people are thinking 'serves em right!'. Perhaps it does, but they'd be getting sued by these people whether they had their questionable patents or not. It's not Amazon that's the bad guy; it's the people handing out flaky patents like candy on Halloween and the courts that validate them.
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The first Radeons shipped Monday. The retailers I've talked to earlier in the week expected their first batches in today.
ATi has the best hardware in the business, their drivers usually leave something to be desired however.
Clearly, it's wrong to obtain a copy of a song without paying for it.
Do you feel it's clearly wrong to obtain a copy of a novel without paying for it? I guess we should get to work shutting down/burning all these warez-mongering public libraries if so.
Granted, we don't keep a digital copy of the book on our computer to peruse whenever we want, but I think your opinion of it being clearly wrong is a little to broad. I would, however, agree that it isn't clearly the right thing to do. It's somewhere in the gray.
Music is no less a cultural necessity than literature. The authors certainly deserve compensation for their work, but their work should be available to anyone, regardless of income and social status.
It was really quite easy -- sort've. I got my equipment via UPS June 27th; I immediately set about hooking everything up and getting my network set up for the change. I'm through-I turn on the modem...no sync. Damn!
After calling them the next two days I get my line provisioned, and the modem syncs up. But it's not working. Bummer!
I call that night, talk to a few different people (one of whom said my order had been cancelled but I'd doubt that is the case since I've been up and running for a week and a half now). None of them can help me (they aren't extremely knowledgable, but they're friendly). One promptly opened a trouble ticket.
Late the next afternoon I'm sitting around in despair; the modem is mocking me! All the lights are shiny and green but it's not working! Suddenly the phone rings--it's a swbell technician asking if I'd like him to come over and check it out (this is late Friday afternoon). I tell him it's OK if he'd like to wait but he insists.
About 20 minutes later he shows up and starts fiddling with my computers. It doesn't take me long to figure out he doesn't know as much about networking as I do (especially my own network!). He is at least computer literate though so I don't shoo him away (I just keep a close watch).
Hours roll by, he can't get anything to work. He's been on hold with swbell for close to 45 minutes (and he was even in their priority queue!). Finally he gets through to somebody and starts explaining the situation. I've retired to my couch to read my latest gaming magazine. They chat for about 45 more minutes, and suddenly everything is working. Joy!
It turns out that my line had been provisioned but they had forgot to 'check' something in their software at swbell (or ASI, as the case may be). It was a harrowing 3 day experience (and three week wait to get the equipment) but it turned out to be well worth it. The technician was pleasant and I am still indebted to him for sticking with it for so long (he didn't leave my house until after 7pm, on a Friday night!).
The connection has been stable, no outages. The speeds are excellent; It's faster than the T1 I had when I lived in a dorm (downstream at least). It's a helluva lot faster during internet prime time, doesn't slow down at all that I've noticed.
Just be prepared to spend some time on the phone fixing their mistakes if you go with this deal. I am quite pleased, and would just as soon cram a radioactive nuclear warhead into the dark recesses of my body as to go back to a dial-up modem.
Unfortunately, it isn't quite that easy. Every SBC subsidiary uses PPPoE as far as I know, so telling everyone's favorite braindead OS to fetch your IP info automatically won't do much good.
I heard Ion Storm will be doing the game translation. That means we won't see it for another five years!
Sorry, couldn't resist =)
hows about "Buttload". Very catchy!
>Now perhaps Amazon will finally see the evils
>of software patents. ^_^
Don't hold your breath. If anything, this case helps to back up many of Amazon's points about why they need the patents they do have. If they didn't have those patents, someone else would, and they'd be suing Amazon for infringement.
I'm sure alot of people are thinking 'serves em right!'. Perhaps it does, but they'd be getting sued by these people whether they had their questionable patents or not. It's not Amazon that's the bad guy; it's the people handing out flaky patents like candy on Halloween and the courts that validate them.