I'm assuming future versions of winamp will EXPAND your choices rather than limit them. Why would it suddenly stop playing regular mp3s that you got off Napster or encoded yourself? It would just allow you to play the copy-protected files, much like MJuice which has been included as a Winamp plugin for several months already. No one complained about that.
You try explaining Windows security to Stacey the sorority girl on the 4th floor who just wants to check email, surf the web, and play cd's and mp3s. Good luck.
You'd be better off just throwing the "official university software" cd at her for $10 and telling her to run only programs off of that disk. (including SSH and whatever crap ya want.)
no one shut your precious BBS's down. who's stopping you from using your little utopian text-based neighborhoods? don't like most of the WWW? Then DON'T USE IT. good lord.
use ICQ and send some mp3s to your friends if your ISP starts regulating Napster or Gnutella traffic. regulating bandwidth is a hell of a lot better than shutting it off completely.
Or you could simply use a mic to listen for the ambient white-noise coming out of the computer. The hum is pretty steady, I'm sure you could take a 10-second clip and average it to virtually eliminate any noise from fans even if you have more than 2 or 3.
Hard-drive whirring would probably be tougher to cancel out, but my HD is usual powered-down when its not in use.
This happens with many brands of TVs as well, especially if you're getting an Antenna signal that's slightly static-y.
I've watched TV shows before, and had it cut to a commercial with a white background and black text, and gotten some *really* annoying screeching noises coming from the tv speakers.
ooo I just jammed a screwdriver into the power-supply fan and its 10 times quieter. all i can hear now is the tiny cpu fan and the occasional whirr from the hard drive. of course my keyboard is probably the loudest thing i use, but jamming the PSU fan at night might be an option... has anyone done this before and ran into big overheating problems? I might even just run with the cover off, if I do that I can't even see a point to having a PSU fan.
hmm, two people using the word "ilk" in consecutive posts... funky
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hah, I love these Star Wars analogies! actually, why isn't the RIAA going after programs like the new Scour or CuteMX? There's at least a few programs out there nearly identical to Napster, with regular companies running central servers, what makes them immune so far?
yeah this story sounds sketchy to me. He magically "hacked" into their regular win9x systems, got screenshots, and full "administrative" access remotely on all 6 of them?
*YOU* do a search on Napster and take a look at the file sizes it turns up. People encode mp3s are different bitrates, which means someone will make a 128 kbps song, at 3 megs, someone else will make a 112 kbps song at 2.5 megs, and someone else will make a 192 kbps mp3 at 5 megs. Plus lots of people get partial downloads, where the last 2 or 5 seconds gets cut off. Again, using computer programs to try and estimate if a song is copyrighted or not is way off.
Since when would future business models be low margin? Direct Artist-to-Consumer selling would require very little overhead, unlike the current music industry. Each band would have their own web-designer, and maybe someone to find new methods of advertising. It wouldn't require the 100:1 ratio of lawyers:artists that the current industry needs to support its bloated self.
Excellent point. The majority of the people who use alcohol use it responsibly, and have fun while doing it. Similarly, the majority of the people with guns use them for hunting, or just to have in the house to feel safer.
I also think that most people use Napster in a way that would agree with Fair Use. Check out some songs you've heard of, decide if you like the song enough to justify buying the CD. Naturally there's people who abuse it, and download full albums just to burn to a CD to save a few bucks, just like there's people who abuse alcohol. I really like that comparison, someone should personally show this guy just how similar his company and Napster really are.
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I'm assuming future versions of winamp will EXPAND your choices rather than limit them. Why would it suddenly stop playing regular mp3s that you got off Napster or encoded yourself? It would just allow you to play the copy-protected files, much like MJuice which has been included as a Winamp plugin for several months already. No one complained about that.
no shit i'm just an office gopher monkey and i got 3 fuckin computers with linux, nt, and 98...
lol that's the best brittney spears analogy i think i've ever heard. the big mac of mass-produced pop music =)
are these images being served off your 56k modem or what.
is this written in iambic pentameter or what?
boo yah.
You try explaining Windows security to Stacey the sorority girl on the 4th floor who just wants to check email, surf the web, and play cd's and mp3s. Good luck.
You'd be better off just throwing the "official university software" cd at her for $10 and telling her to run only programs off of that disk. (including SSH and whatever crap ya want.)
no, you're redundant cause you're asking why you were marked as Redundant.
yeah maybe mark it down for being stupid, but not for being off-topic! moderators marking stuff wrong?! no!
no one shut your precious BBS's down. who's stopping you from using your little utopian text-based neighborhoods? don't like most of the WWW? Then DON'T USE IT. good lord.
use ICQ and send some mp3s to your friends if your ISP starts regulating Napster or Gnutella traffic. regulating bandwidth is a hell of a lot better than shutting it off completely.
haha I haven't fallen for that one in a while... nice to see its still goin strong.
Or you could simply use a mic to listen for the ambient white-noise coming out of the computer. The hum is pretty steady, I'm sure you could take a 10-second clip and average it to virtually eliminate any noise from fans even if you have more than 2 or 3.
Hard-drive whirring would probably be tougher to cancel out, but my HD is usual powered-down when its not in use.
This happens with many brands of TVs as well, especially if you're getting an Antenna signal that's slightly static-y.
I've watched TV shows before, and had it cut to a commercial with a white background and black text, and gotten some *really* annoying screeching noises coming from the tv speakers.
ooo I just jammed a screwdriver into the power-supply fan and its 10 times quieter. all i can hear now is the tiny cpu fan and the occasional whirr from the hard drive. of course my keyboard is probably the loudest thing i use, but jamming the PSU fan at night might be an option... has anyone done this before and ran into big overheating problems? I might even just run with the cover off, if I do that I can't even see a point to having a PSU fan.
Quick, you took off your tinfoil hat, put it back on! Wouldn't want any of those brain-waves to possibly get collected by one of those evil agencies.
hmm, two people using the word "ilk" in consecutive posts... funky
hah, I love these Star Wars analogies! actually, why isn't the RIAA going after programs like the new Scour or CuteMX? There's at least a few programs out there nearly identical to Napster, with regular companies running central servers, what makes them immune so far?
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yeah this story sounds sketchy to me. He magically "hacked" into their regular win9x systems, got screenshots, and full "administrative" access remotely on all 6 of them?
*YOU* do a search on Napster and take a look at the file sizes it turns up. People encode mp3s are different bitrates, which means someone will make a 128 kbps song, at 3 megs, someone else will make a 112 kbps song at 2.5 megs, and someone else will make a 192 kbps mp3 at 5 megs. Plus lots of people get partial downloads, where the last 2 or 5 seconds gets cut off. Again, using computer programs to try and estimate if a song is copyrighted or not is way off.
Since when would future business models be low margin? Direct Artist-to-Consumer selling would require very little overhead, unlike the current music industry. Each band would have their own web-designer, and maybe someone to find new methods of advertising. It wouldn't require the 100:1 ratio of lawyers:artists that the current industry needs to support its bloated self.
wow, you sure showed them with that trick man!
this troll got modded up for making stuff up? what is /. coming to?
haha good job! haven't been shocked by that one in a while.
Excellent point. The majority of the people who use alcohol use it responsibly, and have fun while doing it. Similarly, the majority of the people with guns use them for hunting, or just to have in the house to feel safer.
I also think that most people use Napster in a way that would agree with Fair Use. Check out some songs you've heard of, decide if you like the song enough to justify buying the CD. Naturally there's people who abuse it, and download full albums just to burn to a CD to save a few bucks, just like there's people who abuse alcohol. I really like that comparison, someone should personally show this guy just how similar his company and Napster really are.