A gigabyte or two a day is not hard at all. Play some FPSes, or play games which constantly have updates/new content, or rent movies. A few computers auto-updating, rather than downloading a combined patch and sharing, eats bandwidth too. Add the stupid web's tendency towards lots of Flash adds (and not the lightweight GIF-anim replacements, but full song & dance affairs) for extra effect. Finally, try to do actual development work and distribute the results to all servers which require it. If you are an iPhone developer, enjoy them rejecting your 50MB app a few times, forcing you to upload it in its entirety:)
An active Internet user could reach terabytes per year legally.
The Demigod channel gets pirates all the time who brag about playing for free. I guess you could say piracy works like advertising - the returns on banner ads are usually worse than 1 in 10000 views.
The time to pirate is often negative these days. There's a torrent out before release for many games, and some movies/TV shows are out weeks before in extreme cases.
He implemented nightly shutdowns because his place of employment probably doesn't run nightly updates to the desktops, or simulations or anything like that.
Besides, users shouldn't have access to their desktop computers at work while they are at home - the data they need should be on a central server instead, possibly accessible through a VPN.
My 82 year old grandpa is able to use any OS he gets put in front of him, too. That is, he'll find the word processor, write a document, print it and never save:)
Doesn't help if it's Windows. "C:? D:? WTF? JUST PRINT, DAMN IT!"
It looks like anyone under 80 is trained in specific software, not methods;)
I normally leave ads alone on Slashdot, but yesterday I got a popup. I don't remember what it was, and I don't fucking care. The ads are sometimes relevant on this site (but definitely not the Thai brides ad - that one has to go), but I'll start blocking them wholesale if I see more popups. Flash is evil, but popups are downright intrusive.
(Yes, my browser blocks them automagically, but I can still bitch and whine!)
I don't know about you, but the time between a movie leaving cinemas and ending up on DVD store shelves is about ONE WEEKEND. If it's an American movie we were not worthy of receiving in cinemas, it can take a WHOLE WEEK before you have it in your sweaty hands.
The BBC were slower. I think it took at least three-four weeks into the new Doctor Who (2005) before DVDs were available. Of course that was because they released them as 3-episode packs or something;)
VLC is the player on Mac and Windows which is least picky about mildly corrupted files, but any version crashes frequently for me.
I've found a few ways to fairly consistently make it crash, on four different computers, with a mix of OS X, Windows XP, Vista 32/64 and Ubuntu 8.x+: 1.Dragging a bunch of files into VLC and playing, then adding more will sometimes crash. 2.Dragging a directory of MP3s will crash it most of the time. 3.Adding files one at a time before even playing will sometimes crash it.
It seems that crashes are a guarantee when the files involved are MP3s, less so with any other format. I think I've *never* seen failure when FLAC was the only type involved, for some reason. I'm sticking to Kaffeine on Linux and QT+Perian on Mac.
The price used to be shocking, alright, but since the October refesh, the upgrade is not that much anymore. You still pay 50% more than in the store, though, and you don't get to keep the smaller sticks.
The RAM on the Mac Pro is terribly overpriced, but it's also special RAM. 8GB sticks are going to cost more than many people's computers no matter the source and type right now:(
Yeah, Fring is terrible. It has a serious delay whether I use it for Skype or VoIP. I'm wishing for a "phone API" on the iPhone and iPod touch, so you could make one program your replacement call system.
I use Last.fm to get recommendations, but due to their player not always working well (in the past) on the operating systems I use, I've taken to using eMusic for actually listening (if the artist was there). I have found many cool artists that way.
Linux is not a GNU project, though. It's a kernel made from contributed code from many different people. Their ideas, their expertise, not the direct result of GCC. GCC is just the program used to compile their ideas. You could build it with ICC and it still is Linux, but it doesn't turn into Intel/Linux.
If everything I write is written in Kate, must I name it Kate/Product? The GNU licence does not tell people to infect their software with the GNU name, either. If there is such a licence, I don't think Linus will approve of using it.
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This was among the first results for "swedish flag":
http://gameboygenius.8bitcollective.com/images/swedish-pirate-flag/sweden-flag-piratbion-big.png
A gigabyte or two a day is not hard at all. Play some FPSes, or play games which constantly have updates/new content, or rent movies. A few computers auto-updating, rather than downloading a combined patch and sharing, eats bandwidth too. Add the stupid web's tendency towards lots of Flash adds (and not the lightweight GIF-anim replacements, but full song & dance affairs) for extra effect. Finally, try to do actual development work and distribute the results to all servers which require it. If you are an iPhone developer, enjoy them rejecting your 50MB app a few times, forcing you to upload it in its entirety :)
An active Internet user could reach terabytes per year legally.
Funny, I stopped using floppies around the time I started using Linux. I tested Windows later, but kept using Linux.
Apple has an enterprise program. You buy the $299 dev licence, and you can install to your own company/platoon/whatever's devices.
The Demigod channel gets pirates all the time who brag about playing for free. I guess you could say piracy works like advertising - the returns on banner ads are usually worse than 1 in 10000 views.
The time to pirate is often negative these days. There's a torrent out before release for many games, and some movies/TV shows are out weeks before in extreme cases.
He implemented nightly shutdowns because his place of employment probably doesn't run nightly updates to the desktops, or simulations or anything like that.
Besides, users shouldn't have access to their desktop computers at work while they are at home - the data they need should be on a central server instead, possibly accessible through a VPN.
Webmaster is good, webmonkey when it's the serveradmin doing everything alone.
My 82 year old grandpa is able to use any OS he gets put in front of him, too. That is, he'll find the word processor, write a document, print it and never save :)
Doesn't help if it's Windows. "C:? D:? WTF? JUST PRINT, DAMN IT!"
It looks like anyone under 80 is trained in specific software, not methods ;)
I bet there are scans out there. I've seen people passing around damn near anything printed.
I normally leave ads alone on Slashdot, but yesterday I got a popup. I don't remember what it was, and I don't fucking care. The ads are sometimes relevant on this site (but definitely not the Thai brides ad - that one has to go), but I'll start blocking them wholesale if I see more popups. Flash is evil, but popups are downright intrusive.
(Yes, my browser blocks them automagically, but I can still bitch and whine!)
I don't know about you, but the time between a movie leaving cinemas and ending up on DVD store shelves is about ONE WEEKEND. If it's an American movie we were not worthy of receiving in cinemas, it can take a WHOLE WEEK before you have it in your sweaty hands.
The BBC were slower. I think it took at least three-four weeks into the new Doctor Who (2005) before DVDs were available. Of course that was because they released them as 3-episode packs or something ;)
VLC is the player on Mac and Windows which is least picky about mildly corrupted files, but any version crashes frequently for me.
I've found a few ways to fairly consistently make it crash, on four different computers, with a mix of OS X, Windows XP, Vista 32/64 and Ubuntu 8.x+:
1.Dragging a bunch of files into VLC and playing, then adding more will sometimes crash.
2.Dragging a directory of MP3s will crash it most of the time.
3.Adding files one at a time before even playing will sometimes crash it.
It seems that crashes are a guarantee when the files involved are MP3s, less so with any other format. I think I've *never* seen failure when FLAC was the only type involved, for some reason. I'm sticking to Kaffeine on Linux and QT+Perian on Mac.
I think many people would love to see Sarkozy's head roll :)
They keep the museum guillotines in good shape just for this sort of thing, right?
I worked in a place with authorised nap-time. By "authorised", I mean nobody told the boss.
The price used to be shocking, alright, but since the October refesh, the upgrade is not that much anymore. You still pay 50% more than in the store, though, and you don't get to keep the smaller sticks.
The RAM on the Mac Pro is terribly overpriced, but it's also special RAM. 8GB sticks are going to cost more than many people's computers no matter the source and type right now :(
There should also be a link to the project in question, not just this blogger's site :)
Yeah, Fring is terrible. It has a serious delay whether I use it for Skype or VoIP. I'm wishing for a "phone API" on the iPhone and iPod touch, so you could make one program your replacement call system.
Or buy a 13" Macbook. Women might still want to look at it. Unfortunately, so might men.
Considering who works on the Sims team (several people who are not fans of DRM), it may be a rare case of *listening to the developers*.
I have to go down to the local gaming store and kill anyone who knows my real name! This is serious business, knowing my name!
I use Last.fm to get recommendations, but due to their player not always working well (in the past) on the operating systems I use, I've taken to using eMusic for actually listening (if the artist was there). I have found many cool artists that way.
Thanks! Now we have a scapegoat ;)
Linux is not a GNU project, though. It's a kernel made from contributed code from many different people. Their ideas, their expertise, not the direct result of GCC. GCC is just the program used to compile their ideas. You could build it with ICC and it still is Linux, but it doesn't turn into Intel/Linux.
If everything I write is written in Kate, must I name it Kate/Product? The GNU licence does not tell people to infect their software with the GNU name, either. If there is such a licence, I don't think Linus will approve of using it.
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Firewire (and Macs) at least matter to musicians who need it. It's not dead yet.