If you make similar posts on other websites, I offer the advice that you hyphenate your last sentence: "These are 100% DRM- and cost-free." Otherwise the sentence has nearly the opposite meaning.
I completely agree that having a major record-label contract is the one and only way for a musician to achieve the highest levels of success. To that end, can anybody remind me of who the labels were for Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven? The thing is, those great musicians had it so much easier than musicians today. Back then it was just so much easier to get your music out to a wide audience. Today, that's nearly impossible.
I feel the pain of people living in the UK. It's not a free country, even though it masquerades as one. It doesn't have freedom zero (self defense) and it doesn't have freedom one (self expression). It isn't a real democracy, either, although thankfully it is a sort-of-half-way democracy. It surprises me, actually, that democracy gained a toe-hold there, but never fully blossomed; and that democracy was insufficient to provide all the basic freedoms.
The United States certainly has its problems, but at least here I can kill people who are trying to kill me; and I can say deeply offensive and contrarian things with impunity.
No, they don't. The reasons America is falling behind in science are very clear and unambiguous. I don't know a single person who disagrees with the generally accepted reasons.
Okay, that's a good interpretation; it is probably what the submitter meant. Still, the last phrase doesn't fit with the rest of the sentence (which he incorrectly constructed as two sentences). If there is no opt-out of any sort, then what does "but phone-call based" mean? Does it mean that there is actually a phone-based opt-out?
In any case, surely we agree that the shamelessly poor writing resulted in both deep ambiguity as well as impossible interpretation. I normally don't pick on the Slashdot editors, but wow, in this case they really let through a stinker. Is it contrary to the Slashdot editorial policy to find and fix grammatical errors? If not, is the only remaining explanation that the editors are unable to recognize such incredibly poor writing?
Those are all good points, but not completely convincing. The existence of rental property and marriage doesn't make exclusive secret contracts between corporations a good idea. Who are they hurting? From my perspective, me. I want something that is prohibited by a secret exclusive contract, so as an advocate for my own interests in this and many other cases, I wish this form of contract were not allowed.
And this secret exclusive contract isn't so onerous, but others are, on a sliding scale.
Maybe I should try it on a different OS when I get home. I'm on Jolicloud Linux right now, so maybe there are some redirect shenanigans. Thanks for the links though, I'm definitely following up on this.
If it helps you, then think of them not as "game consoles" but as media centers, or entertainment devices, or whatever semantic construction will work for you.
I want every device in my life to do as much as possible, so long as it can do it well. I would never say that my cell phone shouldn't allow me to send texts, just because grandpa couldn't send texts on his rotary phone.
Sometimes I browse the web on my Wii (but not often, because it does not do that very well). If it could play movies, that would be sweet. I would never say that a game console (or whatever you decide to call it) shouldn't play movies just because my SEGA Genesis couldn't play movies.
To be clear, I'm not miffed that I have to use a disc to watch Netflix on my Wii; I'm miffed that exclusive contracts are legal, and that Netflix signed one with Microsoft.
I presume that worked for you, but for me it re-routed to/MemberHome. If I go to just http://www.netflix.com/InstantStreamingDisc (without the Wii specifier) I get a page to request a PS3 disc.
I have a Wii, but not a PS3, so I'll continue to wait patiently. Thanks for the tip anyway; I hope to use it soon.
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Not the same; similar.
Yeah, okay, you described the first password. I know it has those properties. I'm wondering why a password with those properties is more secure?
Search the internet for Microsoft Bob.
/rolls eyes
Uh huh. And baseless meaningless generalizations is a developing condition amongst TheKidWho.
Also, trolling on Slashdot causes cancer.
"id2$o6pwiW" is MUCH more secure than "workout123"
Why? On what do you base that conclusion?
That's hilarious; I laughed. I hope it's true, even though it sounds made-up.
"Case-sensitive" might be my next password.
So, your password is cr0mulent?
Yes of course. I've lived in 99507, 99802, and 99801. There are hundreds of others.
We only have one area code, though: 907.
Awesome, good for you.
If you make similar posts on other websites, I offer the advice that you hyphenate your last sentence: "These are 100% DRM- and cost-free." Otherwise the sentence has nearly the opposite meaning.
Great luck!
I completely agree that having a major record-label contract is the one and only way for a musician to achieve the highest levels of success. To that end, can anybody remind me of who the labels were for Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven? The thing is, those great musicians had it so much easier than musicians today. Back then it was just so much easier to get your music out to a wide audience. Today, that's nearly impossible.
I feel the pain of people living in the UK. It's not a free country, even though it masquerades as one. It doesn't have freedom zero (self defense) and it doesn't have freedom one (self expression). It isn't a real democracy, either, although thankfully it is a sort-of-half-way democracy. It surprises me, actually, that democracy gained a toe-hold there, but never fully blossomed; and that democracy was insufficient to provide all the basic freedoms.
The United States certainly has its problems, but at least here I can kill people who are trying to kill me; and I can say deeply offensive and contrarian things with impunity.
No, they don't. The reasons America is falling behind in science are very clear and unambiguous. I don't know a single person who disagrees with the generally accepted reasons.
Okay, that's a good interpretation; it is probably what the submitter meant. Still, the last phrase doesn't fit with the rest of the sentence (which he incorrectly constructed as two sentences). If there is no opt-out of any sort, then what does "but phone-call based" mean? Does it mean that there is actually a phone-based opt-out?
In any case, surely we agree that the shamelessly poor writing resulted in both deep ambiguity as well as impossible interpretation. I normally don't pick on the Slashdot editors, but wow, in this case they really let through a stinker. Is it contrary to the Slashdot editorial policy to find and fix grammatical errors? If not, is the only remaining explanation that the editors are unable to recognize such incredibly poor writing?
Perhaps we will never know.
What is this supposed to mean?
Not cookie based, not IP based, but stop it you creeps angry phone call based
I can't figure out if there is a missing word, a mis-spelled word, or what. If anyone knows how to parse that, reply and let me know.
What else can I say but that I disagree.
Those are all good points, but not completely convincing. The existence of rental property and marriage doesn't make exclusive secret contracts between corporations a good idea. Who are they hurting? From my perspective, me. I want something that is prohibited by a secret exclusive contract, so as an advocate for my own interests in this and many other cases, I wish this form of contract were not allowed.
And this secret exclusive contract isn't so onerous, but others are, on a sliding scale.
Maybe I should try it on a different OS when I get home. I'm on Jolicloud Linux right now, so maybe there are some redirect shenanigans. Thanks for the links though, I'm definitely following up on this.
FUD means "fear, uncertainty, doubt".
As for fear, I don't know if lack of captions scares you, but it doesn't scare me.
As for uncertainty, he tried to proffer a timescale on which the feature might be available. That is the opposite of uncertainty.
As for doubt, uh, I don't know, it just doesn't apply here.
If it helps you, then think of them not as "game consoles" but as media centers, or entertainment devices, or whatever semantic construction will work for you.
I want every device in my life to do as much as possible, so long as it can do it well. I would never say that my cell phone shouldn't allow me to send texts, just because grandpa couldn't send texts on his rotary phone.
Sometimes I browse the web on my Wii (but not often, because it does not do that very well). If it could play movies, that would be sweet. I would never say that a game console (or whatever you decide to call it) shouldn't play movies just because my SEGA Genesis couldn't play movies.
By 'gimmick' do you mean the motion-sensing controller? or something else?
If that is what you mean, I wish to state my emphatic disagreement.
My guess is that it's because 1080p is not the exclusive way to enjoy movies.
I'm actually a little surprised the question got out of your mind and through your fingers before you realized that obvious conclusion.
To be clear, I'm not miffed that I have to use a disc to watch Netflix on my Wii; I'm miffed that exclusive contracts are legal, and that Netflix signed one with Microsoft.
I presume that worked for you, but for me it re-routed to /MemberHome. If I go to just http://www.netflix.com/InstantStreamingDisc (without the Wii specifier) I get a page to request a PS3 disc.
I have a Wii, but not a PS3, so I'll continue to wait patiently. Thanks for the tip anyway; I hope to use it soon.
You are practically comparing the 100's of small startup tech companies who rent suites at CES to hookers or swindlers.
The difference is that hookers actually have customers.
To be clear, are you claiming that Russia doesn't have courts of law?
I've never been there so I can't say personally, but I always figured they had courts similar to every single other country in the world.