Bush received 50,456,169 popular votes. Gore received 50,996,116 popular votes.
According to yesterday's article in the Washing ton Post (reprinted by Yahoo):
About 57 million Americans use file-sharing services...
I think the winner is pretty clear.
While some people here think this is a dig at President Bush, it does not change the fact that the post is correct. I can't find a presidential election where the winner had more than 57 million votes. The closest is Reagan in 1984 with 54,455,000. You can see all the numbers here.
Now imagine the power of being able to capture the votes of P2P users. Think anyone out there is looking at buying some advertising banners on a P2P product?
"Ah but the catch is that they don't know that you didn't own the CD." Oh, but they do.
With Jane Doe, aka nycfashiongirl, they looked at the meta tags in her files, which included stuff like "ripped by l33t crew" and so on.
That still does not make her a criminal. I have all the Counting Crows CDs. They are on my shelf next to the CD player upstairs. I wanted to rip them to MP3 so I could take them on my roadtrip. I found out that a couple songs on one of them are scratched and won't play or rip. So I fire up Kazza (lite) and download the two songs that I can't rip. In reality, I download them each a few times so I can find the best rip. So now I have copies of songs where I own the CD but I didn't rip all the songs myself. True story.
BTW, without MP3s and sharing, wouldn't you lose a big part of your client base for Andromedia? Or do people who pirate music also make off with your work?;)
As far as the preload situation goes, it appears we will have to wait a little longer for a preloaded Linux desktop from a major vendor. Following a conference call with HP about the d220, HP spokesperson Tim Constance commented in a follow-up email that "Because of the many flavors and geographical preferences for Linux, HP offers the customer a choice of installing the included Mandrake Linux operating system, or a system of their choice at first boot-up..."
Weenie. Windows doesn't have geographical preferences? This is a cop-out, and again, IMO, reflects a lack of real commitment to the idea.
I have mixed feelings about this. Sure, it would be great to have it come preinstalled but then you run into a bunch of questions:
KDE, Gnome, just X, nothing?
Mozilla, Konq?
OpenOffice, KOffice?
All of the above or nothing?
Because of the fact that there are so many choices, it would be hard to find just the right install without installing everything. Of course, supporting multiple configurations would make the script for troubleshooting huge.
I think it is a step in the right direction. Maybe they should just pick a standard set of packages and preinstall, but then eveyone here is going to be complaining about which ones they picked. This is one of those times when the vast amount of choices works against adoption.
best be served by simply dropping support for MSN. Who uses it, anyway?
Ah, another person who doesn't work for a large American company. Sorry, but I do work for one and we use Microsoft Messanger, not because it is the best, but because it works with all the rest of our Microsoft stuff. So how are my Linux boxes supposed to communicate? We need to look at options, but we also need to work in the real world.
How so? I never sent Trillian's creators any money. No Trillian user that I know has ever sent them any money.
Leech.
I sent them money because I liked the product and it was something I was using every day. I guess I've helped pay for yor free copy, so now you know.
I still don't understand why so many people think they deserve to get everything for free. If you use the product and like it, buy it. Is the $25 bucks going to kill you?
as a non-american i feel sort of insulted by what you call "the true american spirit" because it pictures americans as somehow superior in this aspect to other nations. no offense to americans but i would say it's a common feature of any nation, not only americans to help those in need in such a situation?
When I mention "true American spirit", it is meant to counter the image of the greedy, ugly American prevalent around the world today, not insult any other nation.
Or you think that this happening in some other country people would react much different?
I can think of a number of coutries when the response would be different. A disruption of this magnitude would lead to ethnic groups going after each other while everyone else is distracted. You would see Shities going after Sunnis, Turks going after Kurds or the other way around. If Jerusalem were blacked out, do you think the streets would be quiet or would Gaza suddenly be empty? Did I mention your area?
The USA is a funny funny place! People seem to be worried about all sorts of crimes being comitted now that there are no lights. Riots, Murders, Home Invasions...possibly even an Army of Darkness attacking (Great Movie!).
Why are you so worried? You seem to be more afraid of each other, then other things!
Well, let me tell you a couple facts about major US cities. I figure it is probably true in urban areas in other countries, but I can't directly speak for them.
Before there was any hint of a power outage on the east coast, police who would be working tonight knew it could be a tough night. It was going to be hot and muggy tonight but no rain. People would be out on the streets because the houses and apartments without air conditioning would still be hot from the daylight hours. It is a summer Thursday night and a lot of people would be getting their weekend startend early. It is almost payday for a lot of people. Checks hit on Fridays or on the 15th of the month for most people. Usually, if you have direct deposit, they hit a day early. So you combine all these factors and you are going to see a rise in domestic disputes and general violence. Now, turn off the lights and everybody's air conditioning and you have just multiplied the problem. Now you have a lot of hot people without their nightly drug (TV) or the money they expected (ATMs are down) with nothing to do but interact with other hot, annoyed people. Smell trouble?
My other question is...isn't the 2nd Amendment about creating a mulitia to defend your country...not about defending your house?
The simple answer, without politics, is yes. But how do you define 'militia'? Historically, at the time it was written, it meant all able-bodied males between the ages of 18 and 45. When the militia was called upon, they were an irregular force used to suppliment or replace regular soldiers. Often, they would take over a fort or garrison when the regular troops were needed elsewhere. Usually, this meant defending their own homes, although the British in the colonies were known to pull the militia out to other areas and force the homes to be left undefended. This would have the effect of upsetting the militia.
When the militia was called up, they were expected to bring their own weapons and provisions, hence the need for keeping weapons in their homes and knowing how to use them. The Swiss use this method to this day.
And is it the gun culture of the USA that brings about this fear?
No, it is really the media that inspires this fear. When we wake up Friday morning, we are going to be shown every bad thing that happened overnight in the blackout areas. If there isn't major unrest, we will hear about 'heat-related deaths' and traffic accidents. That is the American media mentality. I guess it must be our own fault for watching all the trash we do. What you won't see covered are things that are going on right now in New York: People are buying food and water for strangers when the shop keepers aren't just giving it away for free. People are taking in their friends and coworkers and giving them a place to stay for the night if they can't get home. People are sharing their cell phones so strangers can call home and let their families know they are alright. I saw a man walking with candles to the houses of older members of his church to make sure they were alright and had what they needed to make it through the night. What is going on right now is the true American spirit and it crosses all racial, social and economic lines. And this is true of 99.99% of the people caught out in this mess tonight. The other 0.001% will be splashed across the front pages and news broadcasts around the world and people will wonder how terrible it must be to be in that situation.
And last, but not least, this is the night that will have a ripple effect throughout the entire area. No TV, nothing to do and the condom stores are closed? Expect a mini baby boom next May of 'black-out babies'!
Some things, such as drivers, require access to kernel-space, and so can crash the OS. Every OS crash I have had from Windows 2000 can be traced to one of four causes:
nVidia Drivers. ATi Drivers. Creative Labs Drivers. Chipset fan dying.
You are either lucky or don't use your sysem much. I agree with all of your items but have some to add:
Outlook XP being denied access to a POP3 mailbox can cause the system to freeze for 90 seconds, hang requiring a kill from task manager (after which the keyboard no longer works?) or a complete crash.
Pitney Bowes Stamps Online program can crash the system randomly when trying to access the Outlook contacts from the address page.
I stopped using Real Player and Media Player on my main system because of conflicts with other third party software.
OR, SCO strongly believes that they have an unbeatable case and are proceeding along this path with the certainty of a lemming marching toward the sea. I really can't see any company continuing on like this if they didn't think they had at least a shot of winning something. Overblown? definately. A complete hoax? Definately not.
It could be the mother of all bluffs. They are trying to become anoying and costly enough to justify being bought out as a more cost effective solution that further litigation. Plus, IBM and other companies involved also need to factor in the risk of getting a judge who would rule for SCO and make everything more costly through appeals.
SCO leaders also appear to be hedging their bets by selling off some shares as the price goes up.
I don't understand how they can say this will cost them money. I thought that this would save them money.
I, for one, would never buy from a telemarketer. Ever. Nothing. So, by adding my name to the do not call list, they are no longer wasting their time by calling and offering things I will never buy. They can concentrate their efforts on the people who are receptive to this type of sales and avoid sadistic people like me who will let them talk and then leave them on hold for hours while I look for a credit card.
I would think that over the long run, they will see a higher percentage of sales per hour by eliminating people like me from the list.
DVD burners standard within the next year? That sounds a little too auspicious to me. The usefulness for backing up information is obvious, but is there any real software that allows you to make copies DVDs and maintain the quality? (I'm just asking out of curiosity... not for any illegal reasons)
It isn't perfect, but DVDXCOPY seems to work fine for my needs. My kids trash a DVD about every two weeks so it has saved me a fortune.
Wha...? Damn! Now I have the Disney police knocking at my door!
Actually, it's quite cut and dried. Copying a copyrighted work without permission from the copyright owner is illegal. Period. As the grandparent poster said. The *only* caveat that comes into play is with regards to geography, since people in one country are not typically subject to the laws of another.
Um, you are incorrect, sir. I can videotape a TV show legally. I can make MP3s of my CD collection for my iPod legally. I can excerpt text from a book or magazine (as long as I give proper credit) legally. All these things are allowed so there ARE exceptions and varying standards.
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Bush received 50,456,169 popular votes.
Gore received 50,996,116 popular votes.
According to yesterday's article in the Washing ton Post (reprinted by Yahoo):
About 57 million Americans use file-sharing services...
I think the winner is pretty clear.
While some people here think this is a dig at President Bush, it does not change the fact that the post is correct. I can't find a presidential election where the winner had more than 57 million votes. The closest is Reagan in 1984 with 54,455,000. You can see all the numbers here.
Now imagine the power of being able to capture the votes of P2P users. Think anyone out there is looking at buying some advertising banners on a P2P product?
"Ah but the catch is that they don't know that you didn't own the CD."
;)
Oh, but they do.
With Jane Doe, aka nycfashiongirl, they looked at the meta tags in her files, which included stuff like "ripped by l33t crew" and so on.
That still does not make her a criminal. I have all the Counting Crows CDs. They are on my shelf next to the CD player upstairs. I wanted to rip them to MP3 so I could take them on my roadtrip. I found out that a couple songs on one of them are scratched and won't play or rip. So I fire up Kazza (lite) and download the two songs that I can't rip. In reality, I download them each a few times so I can find the best rip. So now I have copies of songs where I own the CD but I didn't rip all the songs myself. True story.
BTW, without MP3s and sharing, wouldn't you lose a big part of your client base for Andromedia? Or do people who pirate music also make off with your work?
Are you kidding? We're still trying to figure out how they make their beer so damned good.
Ahh, the beer purity law. There is some government regulation that even a libertarian can get behind!
Sure, we won't sue linux companies. We are going to go straight to billing them!
So I guess they weren't lying!
As far as the preload situation goes, it appears we will have to wait a little longer for a preloaded Linux desktop from a major vendor. Following a conference call with HP about the d220, HP spokesperson Tim Constance commented in a follow-up email that "Because of the many flavors and geographical preferences for Linux, HP offers the customer a choice of installing the included Mandrake Linux operating system, or a system of their choice at first boot-up
Weenie. Windows doesn't have geographical preferences? This is a cop-out, and again, IMO, reflects a lack of real commitment to the idea.
I have mixed feelings about this. Sure, it would be great to have it come preinstalled but then you run into a bunch of questions:
Because of the fact that there are so many choices, it would be hard to find just the right install without installing everything. Of course, supporting multiple configurations would make the script for troubleshooting huge.
I think it is a step in the right direction. Maybe they should just pick a standard set of packages and preinstall, but then eveyone here is going to be complaining about which ones they picked. This is one of those times when the vast amount of choices works against adoption.
best be served by simply dropping support for MSN. Who uses it, anyway?
Ah, another person who doesn't work for a large American company. Sorry, but I do work for one and we use Microsoft Messanger, not because it is the best, but because it works with all the rest of our Microsoft stuff. So how are my Linux boxes supposed to communicate? We need to look at options, but we also need to work in the real world.
The Washington Post discovers that water is wet and fire is hot.
Wake me up for the Pulitzer awards...
Come on, Linux users. Let's fess up at something...how many of us have actually BOUGHT commercial Linux software? A show of hands, please?
Aside from buying distros (Corel, Red Hat, Mandrake, Slackware), I have also purchased applications such as Word Perfect for Linux.
Of course, I also bought Corel stock, so I might not be the sharpest knife in the drawer...
How so? I never sent Trillian's creators any money. No Trillian user that I know has ever sent them any money.
Leech.
I sent them money because I liked the product and it was something I was using every day. I guess I've helped pay for yor free copy, so now you know.
I still don't understand why so many people think they deserve to get everything for free. If you use the product and like it, buy it. Is the $25 bucks going to kill you?
So this story is basically divx.com slightly redesigns its website? Guess that is worthy of the front page today.
I'm going to break my rule and reply to an AC:
as a non-american i feel sort of insulted by what you call "the true american spirit" because it pictures americans as somehow superior in this aspect to other nations. no offense to americans but i would say it's a common feature of any nation, not only americans to help those in need in such a situation?
When I mention "true American spirit", it is meant to counter the image of the greedy, ugly American prevalent around the world today, not insult any other nation.
Or you think that this happening in some other country people would react much different?
I can think of a number of coutries when the response would be different. A disruption of this magnitude would lead to ethnic groups going after each other while everyone else is distracted. You would see Shities going after Sunnis, Turks going after Kurds or the other way around. If Jerusalem were blacked out, do you think the streets would be quiet or would Gaza suddenly be empty? Did I mention your area?
The USA is a funny funny place! People seem to be worried about all sorts of crimes being comitted now that there are no lights. Riots, Murders, Home Invasions...possibly even an Army of Darkness attacking (Great Movie!).
Why are you so worried? You seem to be more afraid of each other, then other things!
Well, let me tell you a couple facts about major US cities. I figure it is probably true in urban areas in other countries, but I can't directly speak for them.
Before there was any hint of a power outage on the east coast, police who would be working tonight knew it could be a tough night. It was going to be hot and muggy tonight but no rain. People would be out on the streets because the houses and apartments without air conditioning would still be hot from the daylight hours. It is a summer Thursday night and a lot of people would be getting their weekend startend early. It is almost payday for a lot of people. Checks hit on Fridays or on the 15th of the month for most people. Usually, if you have direct deposit, they hit a day early. So you combine all these factors and you are going to see a rise in domestic disputes and general violence. Now, turn off the lights and everybody's air conditioning and you have just multiplied the problem. Now you have a lot of hot people without their nightly drug (TV) or the money they expected (ATMs are down) with nothing to do but interact with other hot, annoyed people. Smell trouble?
My other question is...isn't the 2nd Amendment about creating a mulitia to defend your country...not about defending your house?
The simple answer, without politics, is yes. But how do you define 'militia'? Historically, at the time it was written, it meant all able-bodied males between the ages of 18 and 45. When the militia was called upon, they were an irregular force used to suppliment or replace regular soldiers. Often, they would take over a fort or garrison when the regular troops were needed elsewhere. Usually, this meant defending their own homes, although the British in the colonies were known to pull the militia out to other areas and force the homes to be left undefended. This would have the effect of upsetting the militia.
When the militia was called up, they were expected to bring their own weapons and provisions, hence the need for keeping weapons in their homes and knowing how to use them. The Swiss use this method to this day.
And is it the gun culture of the USA that brings about this fear?
No, it is really the media that inspires this fear. When we wake up Friday morning, we are going to be shown every bad thing that happened overnight in the blackout areas. If there isn't major unrest, we will hear about 'heat-related deaths' and traffic accidents. That is the American media mentality. I guess it must be our own fault for watching all the trash we do. What you won't see covered are things that are going on right now in New York: People are buying food and water for strangers when the shop keepers aren't just giving it away for free. People are taking in their friends and coworkers and giving them a place to stay for the night if they can't get home. People are sharing their cell phones so strangers can call home and let their families know they are alright. I saw a man walking with candles to the houses of older members of his church to make sure they were alright and had what they needed to make it through the night. What is going on right now is the true American spirit and it crosses all racial, social and economic lines. And this is true of 99.99% of the people caught out in this mess tonight. The other 0.001% will be splashed across the front pages and news broadcasts around the world and people will wonder how terrible it must be to be in that situation.
And last, but not least, this is the night that will have a ripple effect throughout the entire area. No TV, nothing to do and the condom stores are closed? Expect a mini baby boom next May of 'black-out babies'!
Some things, such as drivers, require access to kernel-space, and so can crash the OS. Every OS crash I have had from Windows 2000 can be traced to one of four causes:
nVidia Drivers.
ATi Drivers.
Creative Labs Drivers.
Chipset fan dying.
You are either lucky or don't use your sysem much. I agree with all of your items but have some to add:
Outlook XP being denied access to a POP3 mailbox can cause the system to freeze for 90 seconds, hang requiring a kill from task manager (after which the keyboard no longer works?) or a complete crash.
Pitney Bowes Stamps Online program can crash the system randomly when trying to access the Outlook contacts from the address page.
I stopped using Real Player and Media Player on my main system because of conflicts with other third party software.
Just a few examples.
OR, SCO strongly believes that they have an unbeatable case and are proceeding along this path with the certainty of a lemming marching toward the sea. I really can't see any company continuing on like this if they didn't think they had at least a shot of winning something. Overblown? definately. A complete hoax? Definately not.
It could be the mother of all bluffs. They are trying to become anoying and costly enough to justify being bought out as a more cost effective solution that further litigation. Plus, IBM and other companies involved also need to factor in the risk of getting a judge who would rule for SCO and make everything more costly through appeals.
SCO leaders also appear to be hedging their bets by selling off some shares as the price goes up.
Ok, so you have a plastic gun. Do you know where to find plastic bullets?
BTW: I own a Glock 17 and can most certianly tell you that the barrel alone will get spotted on xray.
I think we are ok until we see SCO's name on this list!
I don't understand how they can say this will cost them money. I thought that this would save them money.
I, for one, would never buy from a telemarketer. Ever. Nothing. So, by adding my name to the do not call list, they are no longer wasting their time by calling and offering things I will never buy. They can concentrate their efforts on the people who are receptive to this type of sales and avoid sadistic people like me who will let them talk and then leave them on hold for hours while I look for a credit card.
I would think that over the long run, they will see a higher percentage of sales per hour by eliminating people like me from the list.
Are you sure you didn't mean a SF drama about a rag tag bunch of renegades in a stolen ship on the run from a fascist police state?
I thought they were talking about a SF drama about a rag tag bunch of renegades in a stolen ship on the run from a fascist police state?
I think keychain USB drives are going to be a real sleeper hit.
I would consider one as soon as most of the BIOS makers allow us to boot off of them.
DVD burners standard within the next year? That sounds a little too auspicious to me.
The usefulness for backing up information is obvious, but is there any real software that allows you to make copies DVDs and maintain the quality? (I'm just asking out of curiosity... not for any illegal reasons)
It isn't perfect, but DVDXCOPY seems to work fine for my needs. My kids trash a DVD about every two weeks so it has saved me a fortune.
Wha...? Damn! Now I have the Disney police knocking at my door!
-- not until all the standards crap settles down and I know what I get wont be useless 2 months later.
/. week to like Sony, right?
That is why I picked up the Sony DRU500XUL which reads and burns DVD +/- R-RW. No matter what the standard settles on, I can already do it.
This is the
Actually, it's quite cut and dried. Copying a copyrighted work without permission from the copyright owner is illegal. Period. As the grandparent poster said. The *only* caveat that comes into play is with regards to geography, since people in one country are not typically subject to the laws of another.
Um, you are incorrect, sir. I can videotape a TV show legally. I can make MP3s of my CD collection for my iPod legally. I can excerpt text from a book or magazine (as long as I give proper credit) legally. All these things are allowed so there ARE exceptions and varying standards.
you are not free to shove it down my private inbox unsolicited.
That would be true if you didn't choose to make it public.
Yes, my email address is public, but so is my home address. That doesn't give you any kind of right to come in and leave your crap laying around.
If I bring you back his ears?
Forget the ears, bring back his fingers!
Hmm.... I wonder which was harder to follow, Battlestar Gallactica or Galactica 1980?
Can we please just all agree that Galactica 1980 didn't exist except for the one episode where they have Starbuck do the Enemy Mine ripoff?
Thanks, I feel much better now.