No, you're completely right. The nitpicker has been nitpicked. Mode is the most common element in the set. Median is the one which 50% are above and below.
Absolutely lovely. Though I don't know if I should be sad or glad about being modded a troll. I'm annoyed at being modded down for no reason, but at least it proved my point.
Does anyone even read the moderator guidelines anymore? It basically says concentrate on modding up, don't mod down unless absolutely necessary, and I think it goes without saying that you shouldn't use mods to just support your own opinions on an issue.
Now, be perfectly honest with me. After that mp3 is ripped to your hard drive, is it going to stay there, or is it going to go on a long trip around the world via your choice of P2P file sharing program?
Who the hell rated the above post "Troll". Just because somebody decides to post something counter to the opinions of most/.ers makes him a troll? He's pretty much right. You buy music subject to given terms, and nobody is forcing you to buy it.
Whatever happened to "voting with your wallet"?
Welcome to capitalism. That's hardly a justification to steal IP.
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Yep If anyone knows what the heck the hexadecimal error code "1F6" means when trying to install a network card is, I'd love to hear.
Anyway, whoever claimed Win98 is a POS, i'd love to hear why. Win98se is the fastest version of Windows so far, which is important given I'm using it primarily as my gaming OS. A damn sight better than Win ME.
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I got two business shirts (I'm 16) and a waterproof mobile phone bag... Though I can't really complain, as I sort of got an early christmas present in the form of an athlon CPU and motherboard (if only goddam Win98 would accept my hardware, though Linux is still working fine for me).
Which part of "leave pro-napster arguments at the door" was too hard to understand? Besides, most of what you're arguing is just that capitalism is wrong, which I find the most rediculous (yet sadly common) argument in favour of IP-theft.
Exactly. This isn't like Optus@Home (which I am a VERY satisfied customer of) is slowing down FTP or 27015 (halflife). Let's face it, the only people who are really going to be affected by this are those who are trying to steal music.
Okay, okay, let's leave the pro-napster debates at the door, and just be completely honest with each other, the worst effect this change is going to cause is it takes you a bit longer for your latest pirate music/divX to download. Sure, some people use it legitimately, but be honest, it isn't all that common.
I think it was cracked during the beta stages, that is, before it was even released. But that doesn't matter to Bill, most people will activate, and I can only wonder what "bug" has appeared this time which "accidentally" sends all your computer info to Redmond VA.
Go ahead, as long as you've paid in advance, do you can throw anything you want in the water. It just means you have to import and pay for it all over again.:)
Oh, and watch out for the EPA, they'll kick your arse for car-dumping. (though that Airbus joke was REALLY bad taste)
Nvidia's drivers are excellent. They work perfectly, quickly, and are recognised as being the easiest to set up correctly in many circumstances. Just have a look at the steps needed to set up WINE for OpenGL halflife in its HOWTO (lhl.linuxgames.com). Nvidia needs no setting up, while other cards require massive amounts of configuration.
My home network has a Win2k server/workstation which does our internet sharing, and a few simple apps (nothing really terrifying). It gets the Win2K BSOD quite regularly, even if it is doing nothing. I'm just waiting until my parents let me set up a Linux server box using the old P233MMX that we have gathering dust.
Well, give them copyrights then! It's pretty similar IIRC anyway, apart from some differences with the actual workings and durations. The point is, if I put in a lot of effort, I should have the rights to the gains.
I think that was his point. If you consider programs to be expression under "Free Speech", then you've got to give it the same protection, that is, a patent.
Honestly, if I spend a small fortune and a lot of time developing some software, why can't I have it protected? Should I be forced to be charitable? If so, why shouldn't all IP be removed, so that I can steal anyone's work?
While I do think that space travel is something which must be done, even if not for immediate practical purposes, I don't think that Pluto is all that important a destination. Sending a fixed-up version of one of the crashed mars probes would perhaps be a better idea in the meantime. After all, if we are ever going to leave this planet and build colonies, mars is guaranteed to be the first place we will go, and so we need the most knowledge about it.
Yeah, though it is somewhat better IMHO than an extremely long-lasting winter, that kills everything. At least the heat will dissipate (relatively) fast, and humanity can survive.
While I will probably be modded down like there was no tommorrow for saying this, I'll say it anyway.
Everyone's behaviour in this whole Napster incident disgusts me. I don't care if you think Napster helps bands, I don't care if you believe it is "your right" to take whatever you want.
The bands (ie Metallica, Dr Dre etc.) worked to produce their music, and it is their right to see that it is distributed as they see fit, even if you think they are greedy for wanting payment, or that supporting Napster would help them. IT IS THEIR MUSIC AND THEIR DECISION!
Don't just disregard the wishes of people who go to trouble to create things, and then accuse them of being evil because they won't let you have it for free! Really, I lost what little respect remained in me for Napster users when they threatened boycotts when the RIAA tried to support the rights of artists to control their own work.
Believe I am a troll if you wish, but if you are a Napster user, claiming to advocate "free expression", don't persecute me simply for telling an honest, and (I believe) justified, opinion.
I have read that ages ago, back in the Apollo days, that one mission brought back a video camera that had been left on the moon or somewhere, and when they opened it up, they found that almost all the bacteria in it survived, so I don't see what the point of the experiment was.
While the general science of it sounds good, there are still problems.
How does this submarine navigate or see where it is going. Assuming this is travelling at above, or at least about the same as the speed as sound in water, then active sonar is useless, not to mention probably wouldn't pass through the inside of the bubble. This sub would probably be too damn lound to use passive sonar, and I really wouldn't want to depend on satellite navigation or anything like that.
Simply put, what good is a blind supersonic torpedo?
Rather than Napster causing people to buy more CDs, wouldn't it make a lot more sense that people that buy more CDs use Napster. How many non-music lovers do you know that use Napster? You simply mistake cause for effect.
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No, you're completely right. The nitpicker has been nitpicked. Mode is the most common element in the set. Median is the one which 50% are above and below.
Absolutely lovely. Though I don't know if I should be sad or glad about being modded a troll. I'm annoyed at being modded down for no reason, but at least it proved my point.
Does anyone even read the moderator guidelines anymore? It basically says concentrate on modding up, don't mod down unless absolutely necessary, and I think it goes without saying that you shouldn't use mods to just support your own opinions on an issue.
Now, be perfectly honest with me. After that mp3 is ripped to your hard drive, is it going to stay there, or is it going to go on a long trip around the world via your choice of P2P file sharing program?
Who the hell rated the above post "Troll". Just because somebody decides to post something counter to the opinions of most /.ers makes him a troll? He's pretty much right. You buy music subject to given terms, and nobody is forcing you to buy it.
Whatever happened to "voting with your wallet"?
Welcome to capitalism. That's hardly a justification to steal IP.
Yep If anyone knows what the heck the hexadecimal error code "1F6" means when trying to install a network card is, I'd love to hear.
Anyway, whoever claimed Win98 is a POS, i'd love to hear why. Win98se is the fastest version of Windows so far, which is important given I'm using it primarily as my gaming OS. A damn sight better than Win ME.
I got two business shirts (I'm 16) and a waterproof mobile phone bag... Though I can't really complain, as I sort of got an early christmas present in the form of an athlon CPU and motherboard (if only goddam Win98 would accept my hardware, though Linux is still working fine for me).
Which part of "leave pro-napster arguments at the door" was too hard to understand? Besides, most of what you're arguing is just that capitalism is wrong, which I find the most rediculous (yet sadly common) argument in favour of IP-theft.
Exactly. This isn't like Optus@Home (which I am a VERY satisfied customer of) is slowing down FTP or 27015 (halflife). Let's face it, the only people who are really going to be affected by this are those who are trying to steal music.
Okay, okay, let's leave the pro-napster debates at the door, and just be completely honest with each other, the worst effect this change is going to cause is it takes you a bit longer for your latest pirate music/divX to download. Sure, some people use it legitimately, but be honest, it isn't all that common.
I think it was cracked during the beta stages, that is, before it was even released. But that doesn't matter to Bill, most people will activate, and I can only wonder what "bug" has appeared this time which "accidentally" sends all your computer info to Redmond VA.
Don't you mean GPL?
RMS: Richard M Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, and other Good Things(tm)
Go ahead, as long as you've paid in advance, do you can throw anything you want in the water. It just means you have to import and pay for it all over again. :)
Oh, and watch out for the EPA, they'll kick your arse for car-dumping. (though that Airbus joke was REALLY bad taste)
Never owned windows ME either, oh how I wish for 99.8% reliability.
Nvidia's drivers are excellent. They work perfectly, quickly, and are recognised as being the easiest to set up correctly in many circumstances. Just have a look at the steps needed to set up WINE for OpenGL halflife in its HOWTO (lhl.linuxgames.com). Nvidia needs no setting up, while other cards require massive amounts of configuration.
Who the hell modded this as "troll"? I am willing to accept "redundant" or "offtopic", but calling this poster a troll is rediculous.
My home network has a Win2k server/workstation which does our internet sharing, and a few simple apps (nothing really terrifying). It gets the Win2K BSOD quite regularly, even if it is doing nothing. I'm just waiting until my parents let me set up a Linux server box using the old P233MMX that we have gathering dust.
Well, give them copyrights then! It's pretty similar IIRC anyway, apart from some differences with the actual workings and durations. The point is, if I put in a lot of effort, I should have the rights to the gains.
I think that was his point. If you consider programs to be expression under "Free Speech", then you've got to give it the same protection, that is, a patent.
Honestly, if I spend a small fortune and a lot of time developing some software, why can't I have it protected? Should I be forced to be charitable? If so, why shouldn't all IP be removed, so that I can steal anyone's work?
While I do think that space travel is something which must be done, even if not for immediate practical purposes, I don't think that Pluto is all that important a destination. Sending a fixed-up version of one of the crashed mars probes would perhaps be a better idea in the meantime. After all, if we are ever going to leave this planet and build colonies, mars is guaranteed to be the first place we will go, and so we need the most knowledge about it.
Yeah, though it is somewhat better IMHO than an extremely long-lasting winter, that kills everything. At least the heat will dissipate (relatively) fast, and humanity can survive.
Everyone's behaviour in this whole Napster incident disgusts me. I don't care if you think Napster helps bands, I don't care if you believe it is "your right" to take whatever you want.
The bands (ie Metallica, Dr Dre etc.) worked to produce their music, and it is their right to see that it is distributed as they see fit, even if you think they are greedy for wanting payment, or that supporting Napster would help them. IT IS THEIR MUSIC AND THEIR DECISION!
Don't just disregard the wishes of people who go to trouble to create things, and then accuse them of being evil because they won't let you have it for free! Really, I lost what little respect remained in me for Napster users when they threatened boycotts when the RIAA tried to support the rights of artists to control their own work.
Believe I am a troll if you wish, but if you are a Napster user, claiming to advocate "free expression", don't persecute me simply for telling an honest, and (I believe) justified, opinion.
Your tax dollars hard at work I guess
How does this submarine navigate or see where it is going. Assuming this is travelling at above, or at least about the same as the speed as sound in water, then active sonar is useless, not to mention probably wouldn't pass through the inside of the bubble. This sub would probably be too damn lound to use passive sonar, and I really wouldn't want to depend on satellite navigation or anything like that.
Simply put, what good is a blind supersonic torpedo?
Rather than Napster causing people to buy more CDs, wouldn't it make a lot more sense that people that buy more CDs use Napster. How many non-music lovers do you know that use Napster? You simply mistake cause for effect.