1. I have an external Cisco DSL router, which my Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris boxes are happily connecting through.
2. I have the ability to choose what ISP I want. I DO NOT have to use MSN. There are several local outfits that would be happy to provide ISP services through my Qwest DSL line.
BTW, it's not like Qwest service was good to begin with. Oh, I have to switch my email address? Oh the horror! Whatever shall I do? Well, considering I have a yahoo account, not much.
You're right cdlu. I'm sure the DMCA was on the forefront of all the G-8 protesters' minds. Things like human rights, third world debt, worker exploitation, that's all secondary.
What a joke.
Moderators, you're DAMN RIGHT this is flammage/troll, but it needs to be said.
Australian officals have been puzzled by the sudden mass migration of technical personnel off the island continent. When asked to comment, Professor Lambert of Syndey U. stated "Usually we only see this sort of behaviour in rodents; and then only when there is some kind of immediate danger, such as a sinking ship..."
The parent post is not off topic. Shawn Fanning is the founder of Napster. That makes the above post either a poor attempt at humour, or flamebait or a troll.
I personally would consider my post the former, as I am not trolling (defined as:"a provocative posting to a newsgroup intended to produce a large volume of frivolous responses"). I see nothing provocative about my posting, beyond the obvious piss-poor quality of my "humor". Thanks for your time
Now is the time to send a polite email to Loki stating your desire for a Linux version and your willingness to pay for it. The more groundswell now, the sooner they will consider the port, right?
Actually, gnusnorf 0.13beta and gnufroop-2.73 don't work together without first installing the latest gnufoo library (0.92.1.1.27) and recompiling the sources after 10 pm EST. Unless you're using the Hungarian sources, in which case you need to sprinkle the blood of a dead moose over the CD-ROM or the NIC, depending on how you're obtaining the sources.
Hmmmm, what did you say your Phoenix Technologies BIOS serial # was?
clickity-click
Oh dear, looks like your hard drive has been disabled. No, I can't fix it from here, but I have a friend who lives by you and could fix it in his spare time, he charges about $200/hr. Uh-oh, looks like one of your RAM chips just went!
There goes my chance to create a massive "independent" distribution channel and lawsuit target for the RIAA. I never get to have any fun.
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Wow, 30 Mbytes? That must have taken you, what, 15 minutes to encode? Oh the humanity!!
ducks and runs for cover
Sorry, too easy a target to resist.
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One problem remains: What are Plastic, Slashdot and others going to link to once quality content producers such as Feed, Suck, and Salon dry up and become scarce?
That's what The Register is for. Given the frequency/. links to them, you'd almost think someone was getting a kickback
Well, now we're talking about ease of access, which is different from the act of publication. Unless we now consider the internet as an independent entity, above all legal and national bounderies, "Place of publication" still holds, to which Dow Jones has made a convincing argument
If this article had been published in the WSJ or NY Times, there wouldn't even be a question of audience, even if the newspaper had been shipped to Aus. which I'm sure happens all the time. Sooooo.... because the medium of transmission changes, this guy has a case? Whatever.
Why exactly does/. not fall within this grouping?/. is just as much a community as irc or usenet, IMHO. I'd like to think that subjects such as this are actually constructive for building up the community here. You know, cooperation and all that.
Also, please note that pipeb0mb did not ask for "tech support", but rather suggestions from the/. pop. A brilliant idea, considering the extremely high "admin per capita" readership.
be it 23 or 2300, developers will use the license that makes the most sense to them AND lets them work with the people they want to, so I really don't see many of these licenses lasting for the long term. Watch them fade into obscurity.
I suppose if you live in the large country-music-only zone in the U.S., you might be willing to pay for something different...
Ever been through Central Texas? Radio there makes you wanna scavenge through your glove box for that old Whitesnake tape you stuck in there 7 years ago.
maybe someone will hack the control signals and fly it to their home?"
I'd be flying it to the home of that lamer script kiddie who keeps trying to portscan me. I'd love to see his face when the US Air Force shows up on his doorstep, complete with "evidence" supplied by an anonymous "concerned citizen"
Ahhh, sweet vengeance.
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The "Dry Finnish Humor" patch is currently being reviewed by Alan Cox and should be available Real Soon Now. Linus sees no need for it, as he already gets the jokes.
Yep, and further more, there are plenty of internet stations based in the USA that are not affected by this. Only communications companies who have on-air employees that are members of AFTRA are affected. That means most of the big boys, of course, but hey, if they want to cut off their nose to spite their face, so be it. Listeners will migrate to the independent internet stations, broaden their horizons a little, life is good.
Nope. Big media radio stations are cutting off their live feeds over a particular medium (IP internetwork), nothing more. There are still literally thousands of independent internet stations you can listen too. You can still listen to all the "corporate" stations too, just not over a live net feed. Did you even read the article? This is about big media not wanting to pay their employees extra for broadcasting feeds over the Net. The only restrictions they are placing are on themselves, and therefore hurting their own exposure in the marketplace. Shooting themselves in the foot to save the wallet, so to speak.
Seems to me that it's the stations that are killing the feeds because they don't want to pay up according to agreements they accepted. That's what happens when you sign a contract, you have to abide by it.
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I am not worried about it. Why? Two reasons:
1. I have an external Cisco DSL router, which my Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris boxes are happily connecting through.
2. I have the ability to choose what ISP I want. I DO NOT have to use MSN. There are several local outfits that would be happy to provide ISP services through my Qwest DSL line.
BTW, it's not like Qwest service was good to begin with. Oh, I have to switch my email address? Oh the horror! Whatever shall I do? Well, considering I have a yahoo account, not much.
You're right cdlu. I'm sure the DMCA was on the forefront of all the G-8 protesters' minds. Things like human rights, third world debt, worker exploitation, that's all secondary.
What a joke.
Moderators, you're DAMN RIGHT this is flammage/troll, but it needs to be said.
Australian officals have been puzzled by the sudden mass migration of technical personnel off the island continent. When asked to comment, Professor Lambert of Syndey U. stated "Usually we only see this sort of behaviour in rodents; and then only when there is some kind of immediate danger, such as a sinking ship..."
*Glares at LinuxHam*
You can NEVER love coffee too much! Bow before the URN, infidel!
My sig does not apply when coffee is involved
The parent post is not off topic. Shawn Fanning is the founder of Napster. That makes the above post either a poor attempt at humour, or flamebait or a troll.
I personally would consider my post the former, as I am not trolling (defined as:"a provocative posting to a newsgroup intended to produce a large volume of frivolous responses"). I see nothing provocative about my posting, beyond the obvious piss-poor quality of my "humor". Thanks for your time
One Ferrari GT, slightly used, under 30,000 miles, runs great. Contact Shawn Fanning at
888-555-1212
wonderboy@corpseofnapster.com
Now is the time to send a polite email to Loki stating your desire for a Linux version and your willingness to pay for it. The more groundswell now, the sooner they will consider the port, right?
Actually, gnusnorf 0.13beta and gnufroop-2.73 don't work together without first installing the latest gnufoo library (0.92.1.1.27) and recompiling the sources after 10 pm EST. Unless you're using the Hungarian sources, in which case you need to sprinkle the blood of a dead moose over the CD-ROM or the NIC, depending on how you're obtaining the sources.
hee-hee
Hmmmm, what did you say your Phoenix Technologies BIOS serial # was?
clickity-click
Oh dear, looks like your hard drive has been disabled. No, I can't fix it from here, but I have a friend who lives by you and could fix it in his spare time, he charges about $200/hr. Uh-oh, looks like one of your RAM chips just went!
MP3pro.com is already taken
There goes my chance to create a massive "independent" distribution channel and lawsuit target for the RIAA. I never get to have any fun.
Wow, 30 Mbytes? That must have taken you, what, 15 minutes to encode? Oh the humanity!!
ducks and runs for cover
Sorry, too easy a target to resist.
One problem remains: What are Plastic, Slashdot and others going to link to once quality content producers such as Feed, Suck, and Salon dry up and become scarce?
/. links to them, you'd almost think someone was getting a kickback
That's what The Register is for. Given the frequency
Well, now we're talking about ease of access, which is different from the act of publication. Unless we now consider the internet as an independent entity, above all legal and national bounderies, "Place of publication" still holds, to which Dow Jones has made a convincing argument
If this article had been published in the WSJ or NY Times, there wouldn't even be a question of audience, even if the newspaper had been shipped to Aus. which I'm sure happens all the time. Sooooo.... because the medium of transmission changes, this guy has a case? Whatever.
...easily done on google, irc, usenet...
/. not fall within this grouping? /. is just as much a community as irc or usenet, IMHO. I'd like to think that subjects such as this are actually constructive for building up the community here. You know, cooperation and all that.
/. pop. A brilliant idea, considering the extremely high "admin per capita" readership.
Why exactly does
Also, please note that pipeb0mb did not ask for "tech support", but rather suggestions from the
I wonder how poor Tom feels about being passed through a computer. Quite the painful experience, I would imagine.
Sorry, couldn't resist
Need money for...food and...rent...Must not give in...to dual Athlon creamy goodness...oh God give me...strength...
Ah yes, wouldn't be ironic if Darwin was...um..."Darwined" because of it's license?
Too much to consider at 4:00am, I'm out.
be it 23 or 2300, developers will use the license that makes the most sense to them AND lets them work with the people they want to, so I really don't see many of these licenses lasting for the long term. Watch them fade into obscurity.
I suppose if you live in the large country-music-only zone in the U.S., you might be willing to pay for something different...
Ever been through Central Texas? Radio there makes you wanna scavenge through your glove box for that old Whitesnake tape you stuck in there 7 years ago.
Shudder
maybe someone will hack the control signals and fly it to their home?"
I'd be flying it to the home of that lamer script kiddie who keeps trying to portscan me. I'd love to see his face when the US Air Force shows up on his doorstep, complete with "evidence" supplied by an anonymous "concerned citizen"
Ahhh, sweet vengeance.
The "Dry Finnish Humor" patch is currently being reviewed by Alan Cox and should be available Real Soon Now. Linus sees no need for it, as he already gets the jokes.
Yep, and further more, there are plenty of internet stations based in the USA that are not affected by this. Only communications companies who have on-air employees that are members of AFTRA are affected. That means most of the big boys, of course, but hey, if they want to cut off their nose to spite their face, so be it. Listeners will migrate to the independent internet stations, broaden their horizons a little, life is good.
Nope. Big media radio stations are cutting off their live feeds over a particular medium (IP internetwork), nothing more. There are still literally thousands of independent internet stations you can listen too. You can still listen to all the "corporate" stations too, just not over a live net feed. Did you even read the article? This is about big media not wanting to pay their employees extra for broadcasting feeds over the Net. The only restrictions they are placing are on themselves, and therefore hurting their own exposure in the marketplace. Shooting themselves in the foot to save the wallet, so to speak.
Next time read before you post.
Seems to me that it's the stations that are killing the feeds because they don't want to pay up according to agreements they accepted. That's what happens when you sign a contract, you have to abide by it.