Well, the RIAA, in all honesty, has to sink a lot more investment into file-sharing than the MPAA does. After all, a person can download some 3 or 4 meg song over a 56K line without too much heartache. Try doing the same thing with a 700MB DVD rip, and it becomes a lesson in frustration.
As far as monitoring the different networks, I'm sure that they do monitor them, but at this point, it's not worth them drawing more publicity to those networks, and therefore raising utilization of them. Stick with Kazaa, and you can get the majority of the file-swappers, which is, in all honesty, good enough.
You should remember though, that in Machiavelli's time being hated generally meant that you had an angry mob coming with pitchforks and torches. And generally these people came in numbers that greatly dwarfed whatever guard detail you had.
So really, ol' Nick was right about the not wanting to be hated part.
I go through all the trouble of getting together the one billion OpressionBots, and now I have to recode everything using.NET server. Well, there goes my damn schedule.
And come on... you wonder why the OSS movement hasn't caught on? Do you realize how much money Evil Overlords invest in infrastructure?
Don't you realize that the Information Superhighway was developed by a joint venture between Microsoft and AOL under the leadership of Al Gore? It all started out with the World Wide Web, and then Evil Hackers and Pedophiles went and corrupted it with things like IRC. (Where all those Evil Hackers lurk about, trading your credit card numbers. Why else would they use that and not a clean, safe instant messenger like AIM unless they were doing something illegal?)
Just remember, in your browsing... if it doesn't have nice, pretty graphics, it's probably a hacker site that'll steal your identity and your job! Now, if you'll excuse me, I've just received this e-mail saying that I can make $5 for everyone I forward this to. Woot! I'm paying off my car today!
A single 802.11b base station (no matter who makes it) is not going to be enough to power a "neighborhood" of Internet users. If you were lucky, you could get maybe ten or twenty households on the thing before they saturate the network.
Actually, for a local service, this could be used, though. Contact the power company, tell them you want to put some cables & some 802.11b boxes up on their lines. Wire the whole thing up, and you've got broadband to the community. I don't know how well it might work in a densely-populated area, or on the other side of the spectrum, out in the sticks... but for the burbs, this might not be a bad idea.
Germany tells Microsoft they are going to unleash a BIG NASTY lawsuit unless MS makes a couple of changes in their browser, since browsers are country-dependant to some extent anyway, this isn't all that hard.
I really don't see this one happening. MS was already able to basically tell the US gov't to shove it, and at a cost of $10M a day. Even if Germany did make the threat, MS could always just start bringing out the checks for software piracy in the German gov't. (Because you know that SOMEWHERE in the German gov't, there's an unlicensed copy of Windows/Office/whatever.)
Simple. Can't use a virtual audio cable? Then use a real audio cable! Granted, it's kind of a pain in the ass to set up (initially, anyways) and you might not be able to automate it to the point of every Britney Spears fan being able to do it, but it'll work just fine.
How about an OS that doesn't drive its admins absolutely nuts, users of said OS that realize things like hitting the print button repeatedly will not clear the printer jam, a call to tech support that is moderately less painful than oral surgery without anthestic, a web page without banner ads, cheap broadband access, and an EULA that finally manages to slip past the legal department with the header of:
"
By opening this package, you transfer ownership of both your soul, and first-born child to us, as well as acknowledge that all your base are belong to us"
.
How about a MS press release that states that they have had a change of heart, and now will be concentrating on producing quality Open Source software, because they've finally run out of room to put the money?
Any one of these would do quite nicely. Although personally, I'm still holding out for a little liberty, justice, and free beer for all...
So now we're going to make all these gamers have to run around to shoot each other?/me thinks that we're going to see a BIG jump in snipers and campers. Easier to hit moving targets, too...
Nice eyes... this would be THE thing to begin taking a notch out of many of the record companies. After all, they probably would continue to place the logo on their products, despite it not meeting specs. And while it certainly wouldn't bring them to their knees or anything, it does, however, tie up some of their lawyers fighting that battle and not working to screw over anyone else.
Maybe it's just me and being somewhat inexperienced in the ways of company legalities, but how would there be issues with not giving someone good references? Shouldn't there be something there to allow one employer tell another about a guy like the one in the story?
"The last thing we're saying is the banner is dead. We're saying that the banner is alive and well, and research is telling us banners work, but we need some bigger banners and some interactivity within them"
Gee, anyone else hear think this sounds like the "use a bigger hammer" theory?
OK, maybe not like Linus did, unless you don't value sleep all that highly. But let's face it, if a kid to become a geek, they have to be presented with the material at some point.
Here's the problem with the unpostmarked military votes. For servicemembers in a combat area, there is something called 'combat mail' or 'war mail.' Basically, they can write a letter on just about anything... old food container, a piece of wood, etc., and as long as it has the address on it, and has 'Combat Mail' written on it, it is the postal service's job to deliver it. If this means that it can't be postmarked, then oh well. After all, if some serviceman out in the middle of nowhere can't vote, then why the hell should he be out there?
Something to think about...
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An excellent idea, and one that could be taken a couple of steps further...
For instance... if you build a factory on some asteroid, the people working there would presumably be living there on the asteriod. Hence, living quarters and offices and such would be set up there. When the asteriod is mined out, and they decide to move on, the structure is still there, and able to be used as a supply point.
Hence, all that would have to be done is keep hopping from one rock to the next, expanding onwards and out, keeping these small resupply colonies along the way...
Perhaps some home users will install this to keep their children away from porn, but I'd be willing to bet the average Slashdotter won't install it. Well, maybe if he/she is really addicted and trying to stop....
Gee, I would have thought chafing would solve that problem...
Nah, definitely go with shotguns. A nice heavy load, like a 10 or 8 gauge, 12 if you're not used to firing, or just don't have that strong of a shoulder. For best results, bring some friends and do it in a Pulp Fiction kind of sytle. OK, everyone circle around now...
(Wait... don't circle around. This would be bad if you made a circle. A little bit about having someone directly across from you with a loaded shotgun... doesn't inspire confidence.)
Hearing everyone claiming all the different reasons why having the unmanned aircraft, i have to point out... the military has been doing it for a while now. Not with any guns, but the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been flying for at least three years now. (That was when I first saw one) Granted, they were mainly used in recon gathering, but they have been flying.
Also, when it comes down to actually having them launching weapons, do you think they're not going to throw every SNAFU they can at this? They probably will not load live weapons on it until very late in the game, using dummy rounds until then.
OK, How many of us, if given flextime, would be working a straight 40 hour shift. I know I would. 2 full days worth of work, coupled with an obscene amount of caffeine, and you're off for the rest of the week. I don't know about everyone else, but I certainly wouldn't mind starting my weekend on Wednesday morning...
Well, I think we all have met that one system that had intuition...
"I'm tired, the weekly backups can wait until tomorrow morning..."
18 hours later, the intuitive machine decides to dump EVERYTHING and you now have met the machine with intuition.
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Well, the RIAA, in all honesty, has to sink a lot more investment into file-sharing than the MPAA does. After all, a person can download some 3 or 4 meg song over a 56K line without too much heartache. Try doing the same thing with a 700MB DVD rip, and it becomes a lesson in frustration.
As far as monitoring the different networks, I'm sure that they do monitor them, but at this point, it's not worth them drawing more publicity to those networks, and therefore raising utilization of them. Stick with Kazaa, and you can get the majority of the file-swappers, which is, in all honesty, good enough.
So really, ol' Nick was right about the not wanting to be hated part.
I go through all the trouble of getting together the one billion OpressionBots, and now I have to recode everything using .NET server. Well, there goes my damn schedule.
And come on... you wonder why the OSS movement hasn't caught on? Do you realize how much money Evil Overlords invest in infrastructure?
"No sin, no vice, no heavenly rapture so exquisite as that of central air"
Over on kuro5hin.
Go ahead. Sig away!
Don't you realize that the Information Superhighway was developed by a joint venture between Microsoft and AOL under the leadership of Al Gore? It all started out with the World Wide Web, and then Evil Hackers and Pedophiles went and corrupted it with things like IRC. (Where all those Evil Hackers lurk about, trading your credit card numbers. Why else would they use that and not a clean, safe instant messenger like AIM unless they were doing something illegal?)
Just remember, in your browsing... if it doesn't have nice, pretty graphics, it's probably a hacker site that'll steal your identity and your job! Now, if you'll excuse me, I've just received this e-mail saying that I can make $5 for everyone I forward this to. Woot! I'm paying off my car today!
Actually, for a local service, this could be used, though. Contact the power company, tell them you want to put some cables & some 802.11b boxes up on their lines. Wire the whole thing up, and you've got broadband to the community. I don't know how well it might work in a densely-populated area, or on the other side of the spectrum, out in the sticks... but for the burbs, this might not be a bad idea.
Simple. Can't use a virtual audio cable? Then use a real audio cable! Granted, it's kind of a pain in the ass to set up (initially, anyways) and you might not be able to automate it to the point of every Britney Spears fan being able to do it, but it'll work just fine.
How about a MS press release that states that they have had a change of heart, and now will be concentrating on producing quality Open Source software, because they've finally run out of room to put the money?
Any one of these would do quite nicely. Although personally, I'm still holding out for a little liberty, justice, and free beer for all...
So now we're going to make all these gamers have to run around to shoot each other? /me thinks that we're going to see a BIG jump in snipers and campers. Easier to hit moving targets, too...
Nice eyes... this would be THE thing to begin taking a notch out of many of the record companies. After all, they probably would continue to place the logo on their products, despite it not meeting specs. And while it certainly wouldn't bring them to their knees or anything, it does, however, tie up some of their lawyers fighting that battle and not working to screw over anyone else.
Maybe it's just me and being somewhat inexperienced in the ways of company legalities, but how would there be issues with not giving someone good references? Shouldn't there be something there to allow one employer tell another about a guy like the one in the story?
Gee, anyone else hear think this sounds like the "use a bigger hammer" theory?
OK, maybe not like Linus did, unless you don't value sleep all that highly. But let's face it, if a kid to become a geek, they have to be presented with the material at some point.
Here's the problem with the unpostmarked military votes. For servicemembers in a combat area, there is something called 'combat mail' or 'war mail.' Basically, they can write a letter on just about anything... old food container, a piece of wood, etc., and as long as it has the address on it, and has 'Combat Mail' written on it, it is the postal service's job to deliver it. If this means that it can't be postmarked, then oh well. After all, if some serviceman out in the middle of nowhere can't vote, then why the hell should he be out there?
Something to think about...
An excellent idea, and one that could be taken a couple of steps further...
For instance... if you build a factory on some asteroid, the people working there would presumably be living there on the asteriod. Hence, living quarters and offices and such would be set up there. When the asteriod is mined out, and they decide to move on, the structure is still there, and able to be used as a supply point.
Hence, all that would have to be done is keep hopping from one rock to the next, expanding onwards and out, keeping these small resupply colonies along the way...
Perhaps some home users will install this to keep their children away from porn, but I'd be willing to bet the average Slashdotter won't install it. Well, maybe if he/she is really addicted and trying to stop.... Gee, I would have thought chafing would solve that problem...
Oh, come on now... I don't know about anyone else, but I'm seriously in lust for my own .mil domain...
Come on, there's no way you could do it that way... the pr0n part would overwhelm everything else!
Nah, definitely go with shotguns. A nice heavy load, like a 10 or 8 gauge, 12 if you're not used to firing, or just don't have that strong of a shoulder. For best results, bring some friends and do it in a Pulp Fiction kind of sytle. OK, everyone circle around now... (Wait... don't circle around. This would be bad if you made a circle. A little bit about having someone directly across from you with a loaded shotgun... doesn't inspire confidence.)
Hearing everyone claiming all the different reasons why having the unmanned aircraft, i have to point out... the military has been doing it for a while now. Not with any guns, but the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been flying for at least three years now. (That was when I first saw one) Granted, they were mainly used in recon gathering, but they have been flying. Also, when it comes down to actually having them launching weapons, do you think they're not going to throw every SNAFU they can at this? They probably will not load live weapons on it until very late in the game, using dummy rounds until then.
OK, How many of us, if given flextime, would be working a straight 40 hour shift. I know I would. 2 full days worth of work, coupled with an obscene amount of caffeine, and you're off for the rest of the week. I don't know about everyone else, but I certainly wouldn't mind starting my weekend on Wednesday morning...
Well, I think we all have met that one system that had intuition... "I'm tired, the weekly backups can wait until tomorrow morning..." 18 hours later, the intuitive machine decides to dump EVERYTHING and you now have met the machine with intuition.