The RIAA is going out of there way to correct a royalty problem that may/may not have entirely been their fault. And the article makes it seem that it was the idea of an RIAA lawyer.
Except that it wasn't the RIAA that was doing the work, it was the NY DA.
"Oh, we haven't been paying the artists?!? Well, they moved and we don't know where to mail them to anymore..."
Congress had been itching for a chance to catch the record companies with this and the RIAA knows this. Now they won't have to worry about it even though they had been screwing over artists for decades.
I was glad as _hell_ when Descent 3 came out and they made the decision to go hardware 3d for it. Originally they had planned to use a modified version of Descent's and D2's enginer for it, but then they saw the games being released during that time and switched.
D3 is a good game, don't be dissing it.
Outrage, one half of Parallax (the other half being Volition which took Freespace) got bought by THQ and closed down a year later, a sad day for gamers here in A2.
Ok, I got called on the MIPS thing (MIPS and SPARC are both based on RISC, but that's it. Lesson learned.)
Anyways, so many of you have pointed to what Sun has done in the past as evidence to the contrary. I am however not looking at the past and nor should now. Sun and Microsoft have settled differences. Sun doesn't have a good reason to help Linux anymore now that the lawsuit is over, especially since Sun is _still_ trying to get everyone to use Solaris.
Say what you will about Sun and Linux; but I'll only believe it when I see Sun sell Linux on Ultrasparcs.
Why does everyone want to kill these shrinking companies instead of letting them carve their own niche?
because their niche has been causing headaches for the rest of the industry. The sooner they die, the less we'll hear from McNealy, the sooner companies can drop support for Solaris (and spend it on Linux instead), the sooner that learning MIPS becomes less revelant, etc....
The list goes on. Sun hurts Linux more than it helps it. They know it was linux that cut into their market share and they are not happy about it. This is why they settled with Microsoft.
McNealy would rather choke than see a Ultrasparc run Windows, but he would rather see an Ultrasparc run Windows than see his company die at the hands of Linux, a piece of software created by many of his own customers (former at least).
Investigators said they consulted Dr. Michael D. Jensen, a medical professor at the Mayo Medical School, who confirmed that ingredients in the weight-loss product sold in the disputed e-mails wouldn't work.
Remarks about spamming itself aside... one has to question the means they are using to charge these guys. How ambigious is this law if the only evidence they needed was, not that they were spamming, but whether the product they were spamming was legitamite.
This proves that politicans don't really care about technology. If this idea were applied to drug law, dealers would get arrested for selling sitty coke instead of getting hit for just selling coke.
but then of course, all these guys are on crack anyways...
thank you Captain Obvious! You statements were just what we needed to save the day!...oh wait... your statements didn't do shit.
hmm... Public Sector = Too Costly, but Private Sector = Too much Risk.
Perhaps what we need is a fake election (aren't they already:-\ ) where several vender's systems can be tested at once in different areas. The best system wins the contract.
Sad as it is, VC++ probably would compile that. One of the reasons MS wasn't ANSI standard was that it would do things like let the programmer use printf() without using or.
One of the weirdest though is the time I renamed a.c file to cpp and recompiled. Strange results....
Sun only offered Linux as a cave-in to shareholders who wanted to see the costs of machines drop so that sales would increase. Only the costs stayed near as bad and Sun's support was half-assed so sales didn't increase.
This settlement also has more to do with what's left of Sun's shareholders and very little to do with who's at fault. The lawsuit was seen by investors as getting money from a competitor back when it started (almost 8 years ago!). Since then it has cost Sun much more money than what even the settlement brings. They are just cutting their losses and doing what they should have done back in 2000: Release a Sun machine with Windows to appease customers who demand it.
Is it? Is it bullshit when the vast majority of computer users have Windows? When Windows apps are easier to install than Linux apps (though not as easy to remove:) )? In Windows most people still don't have to worry about user permissions (though luckily it's there).
Now quit your damn whining, get off your ivory tower. and make Xwindows more usable if you think its sooooooo... good!
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Ummm... obviously someone has forgotton about the days before sdram.
pairs are nothing new, nor unusual.
The RIAA is going out of there way to correct a royalty problem that may/may not have entirely been their fault. And the article makes it seem that it was the idea of an RIAA lawyer.
;)
Except that it wasn't the RIAA that was doing the work, it was the NY DA.
"Oh, we haven't been paying the artists?!? Well, they moved and we don't know where to mail them to anymore..."
Congress had been itching for a chance to catch the record companies with this and the RIAA knows this. Now they won't have to worry about it even though they had been screwing over artists for decades.
Just my 2 cents...
-B
I was glad as _hell_ when Descent 3 came out and they made the decision to go hardware 3d for it. Originally they had planned to use a modified version of Descent's and D2's enginer for it, but then they saw the games being released during that time and switched.
D3 is a good game, don't be dissing it.
Outrage, one half of Parallax (the other half being Volition which took Freespace) got bought by THQ and closed down a year later, a sad day for gamers here in A2.
-B
Ok, I got called on the MIPS thing (MIPS and SPARC are both based on RISC, but that's it. Lesson learned.)
Anyways, so many of you have pointed to what Sun has done in the past as evidence to the contrary. I am however not looking at the past and nor should now. Sun and Microsoft have settled differences. Sun doesn't have a good reason to help Linux anymore now that the lawsuit is over, especially since Sun is _still_ trying to get everyone to use Solaris.
Say what you will about Sun and Linux; but I'll only believe it when I see Sun sell Linux on Ultrasparcs.
-B
Why does everyone want to kill these shrinking companies instead of letting them carve their own niche?
because their niche has been causing headaches for the rest of the industry. The sooner they die, the less we'll hear from McNealy, the sooner companies can drop support for Solaris (and spend it on Linux instead), the sooner that learning MIPS becomes less revelant, etc....
The list goes on. Sun hurts Linux more than it helps it. They know it was linux that cut into their market share and they are not happy about it. This is why they settled with Microsoft.
McNealy would rather choke than see a Ultrasparc run Windows, but he would rather see an Ultrasparc run Windows than see his company die at the hands of Linux, a piece of software created by many of his own customers (former at least).
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The murderer! What, are you going to euthanize the stupid because they waste your time?
;-)
Not necessarily,
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Investigators said they consulted Dr. Michael D. Jensen, a medical professor at the Mayo Medical School, who confirmed that ingredients in the weight-loss product sold in the disputed e-mails wouldn't work.
Remarks about spamming itself aside... one has to question the means they are using to charge these guys. How ambigious is this law if the only evidence they needed was, not that they were spamming, but whether the product they were spamming was legitamite.
This proves that politicans don't really care about technology. If this idea were applied to drug law, dealers would get arrested for selling sitty coke instead of getting hit for just selling coke.
but then of course, all these guys are on crack anyways...
-B
Nah, they want him out because they believed every word he said and now realize their folly. ...didn't see that coming???....
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Yeah, just cut their allowance. That's what my parent's did.
:)
I never earned allowance ever again and got a job at school instead...
-B
thank you Captain Obvious! You statements were just what we needed to save the day! ...oh wait... your statements didn't do shit.
:-\ ) where several vender's systems can be tested at once in different areas. The best system wins the contract.
hmm... Public Sector = Too Costly, but Private Sector = Too much Risk.
Perhaps what we need is a fake election (aren't they already
-B
Sad as it is, VC++ probably would compile that. One of the reasons MS wasn't ANSI standard was that it would do things like let the programmer use printf() without using or .
.c file to cpp and recompiled. Strange results....
One of the weirdest though is the time I renamed a
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1. (we're), not (were)
:)
2. "Harvard: Michigan of the East"
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Quit bitching, my uni (Michigan, of all places) isn't even on the list!!! >8-(
-B
Yeah, you're an off-topic troll. Quit whining about it.
If you wantto argue politics go to a politics messageboard.
There, I've wasted enough words on you.
-B
Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases?
Hmm.... I'm Amish you insensitive clod???
damn, something seems about that statement.
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If I were your boos I were fire you for using up so much creativity (let alone time!) on this post when you could have been doing WORK!
but what am I saying? you're probably just soem 12 yr old kid that got distracted while writing the next Win/macro virus, in which I say: "kudos".
-B
Hmmm... Your're right.
Solution: Bring back the Pinto!
-B
I think this is more of an evolution issue.
Let Darwinism take hold. Make cars that turn off the brakes when the driver falls asleep, THEN we'll see who's actually dumb enough to try it.
After six months, we might even have world peace...
-B
Sun only offered Linux as a cave-in to shareholders who wanted to see the costs of machines drop so that sales would increase. Only the costs stayed near as bad and Sun's support was half-assed so sales didn't increase.
This settlement also has more to do with what's left of Sun's shareholders and very little to do with who's at fault. The lawsuit was seen by investors as getting money from a competitor back when it started (almost 8 years ago!). Since then it has cost Sun much more money than what even the settlement brings. They are just cutting their losses and doing what they should have done back in 2000: Release a Sun machine with Windows to appease customers who demand it.
-B
I immediately got the image of Helen Hunt jumping out a window...
enjoy...
-B
Yes, we all want Scott McNeily or Larry Ellison..... :-P
No we don't. The answer is simple: we are a stupid right-wing nation. We would simply blow you up!
-B
One wonders how the US government would react if a foreign nation tried a similar approach.
France
Just ask Roman Polanski, who fled there to avoid statutory rape charges.
Is it? Is it bullshit when the vast majority of computer users have Windows? When Windows apps are easier to install than Linux apps (though not as easy to remove :) )? In Windows most people still don't have to worry about user permissions (though luckily it's there).
Now quit your damn whining, get off your ivory tower. and make Xwindows more usable if you think its sooooooo... good!
You made too many assumptions. 90% of the public uses Windows. Installing an app in Windows is easier than Linux. Deal with it.
-B