When the Counting Crows played at my college a few months ago, i hopped on the net looking for other people who were at the concert. i found a bunch of people and was excited to read their opinions. then i found out that a bootleg was available! i emailed a couple of people, and a guy in florida (i'm in new york) hooked me up! i mailed him two CD-Rs and gave him return postage and he burned me the bootlegs. i made a new friend. i hope that ClearChannel doesn't get very far with this because in most cases the people who make and trade bootlegs are the biggest fans around.
Well, this sure as hell is going to piss off Verizon. As mentioned in previous posts, this will generate a real cost for them. As time goes on, and the RIAA goes after other ISPs for user information, the ISPs will all get pissed. Maybe they'll form the ISPAA (internet service provider ass. of america). Maybe the RIAA will find that no one is willing to provide them bandwidth. Maybe the P2P programs will purposefully begin blocking access to various RIAA-owned IP addresses.
It's one thing to protect your copyright and it's another thing COMPLETELY to strongarm others into doing your dirty work.
I will never buy another major-label CD again. I love a lot of artists, but I love my personal freedoms more.
its advantageous because the code is simple and more maintainable and it doesn't rely on any clever tricks that few people would understand. it also means that the code is more generic and can be adapted for many situations.
mmm free internet access from microsoft...
guess we don't need MSN anymore:)
i wonder when people will start distributing this hack by mass-mailing CDs to every home in the country.
Dude, i agree with most of what you said. (i'd still need to see a windoze box with a year of uptime to believe it.)
the windows GUI is probably the best around, but here's an idea: what is you could REMOVE the gui if you didn't want it?
perhaps the gui is buggy, and disabling it on a box would increase stability. suppose other GUIs were available, each with their features.
here's the kicker:
*nix is more stable and harder to use because adding ease-of-use features "clogs up" the system.
remember, DOS is stable because it can't do anything.
Here's my take:
any operating system that wishes to be used on the majority of computers needs to meet the following goals:
1) power to accomplish any task
2) ability to be upgraded when required
3) stability to operate through various undesirable situations
4) various systems (ie user interfaces) to accomodate all levels of user experience and user requirements
Here's my take:
If the MPAA limits TV recording, a large chunk of TV viewers would no longer be able to watch their favorite shows. This would hurt ratings, which would hurt revenue from advertising.
Allowing people to watch their favorite programming again and again at the viewer's discretion builds a fan base, which obviously results in secondary markets (tshirts, action figures, etc) and that is very profitable for all.
But I digress...
I hope the politicians realize that the MPAA is really going too far; TV recording has been around for nearly 20 years! If we loose this freedom, the RIAA will jump on the bandwagon and will probably move on to radio broadcasting.
We have to stick together as a community on this and defend our rights.
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When the Counting Crows played at my college a few months ago, i hopped on the net looking for other people who were at the concert. i found a bunch of people and was excited to read their opinions. then i found out that a bootleg was available! i emailed a couple of people, and a guy in florida (i'm in new york) hooked me up! i mailed him two CD-Rs and gave him return postage and he burned me the bootlegs. i made a new friend.
i hope that ClearChannel doesn't get very far with this because in most cases the people who make and trade bootlegs are the biggest fans around.
huzaah! i can't believe you guys don't find that funny.
i mean, kazaa!!
i mean, they're working very closely with Sharman, a company named after toilet paper.
www.charmin.com
to Dilbert?
Well, this sure as hell is going to piss off Verizon. As mentioned in previous posts, this will generate a real cost for them. As time goes on, and the RIAA goes after other ISPs for user information, the ISPs will all get pissed. Maybe they'll form the ISPAA (internet service provider ass. of america).
Maybe the RIAA will find that no one is willing to provide them bandwidth. Maybe the P2P programs will purposefully begin blocking access to various RIAA-owned IP addresses.
It's one thing to protect your copyright and it's another thing COMPLETELY to strongarm others into doing your dirty work.
I will never buy another major-label CD again. I love a lot of artists, but I love my personal freedoms more.
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wow that was funny.
1. goatsex
2. ???
3. profit
1. in soviet russia, airplane slashdots YOU!
2. build a beowolf cluster
3. there's no step 3
4. ??
5. Profit!!
yeah but that isnt funnie
HAHAHAHAHHAHA thats hilarious.
1) soviet russia uber-jokes
2) ??
3) profit!!
1) buy bankrupt linux company
2) ??
3) profit!!
1) hack speak & and sell for fun
2) ???
3) profit!!
i will mod you down because YOU ARE REDUNDANT!!
PHEAR PHIRST POAZT, fucker.
PHIRST POAZT
its advantageous because the code is simple and more maintainable and it doesn't rely on any clever tricks that few people would understand. it also means that the code is more generic and can be adapted for many situations.
metallica be warned: if you even try something like that at RPI, you'll have a nice little rebellion on your hands...
hmmm, a choice between a huge, heavy, ugly wristwatch or a sleek sexy palmpilot with more features? which one should we pick?
right...
you're right; i was only kidding, so what we need here is a hack that somehow bills the cost of pressing and mailing to microsoft...
mmm free internet access from microsoft... guess we don't need MSN anymore :)
i wonder when people will start distributing this hack by mass-mailing CDs to every home in the country.
Dude, i agree with most of what you said. (i'd still need to see a windoze box with a year of uptime to believe it.) the windows GUI is probably the best around, but here's an idea: what is you could REMOVE the gui if you didn't want it? perhaps the gui is buggy, and disabling it on a box would increase stability. suppose other GUIs were available, each with their features. here's the kicker: *nix is more stable and harder to use because adding ease-of-use features "clogs up" the system. remember, DOS is stable because it can't do anything.
Here's my take: any operating system that wishes to be used on the majority of computers needs to meet the following goals: 1) power to accomplish any task 2) ability to be upgraded when required 3) stability to operate through various undesirable situations 4) various systems (ie user interfaces) to accomodate all levels of user experience and user requirements
do kernel hackers have any sort of policy on implementation, or is it more of an on-the-spot kinda thing?
Here's my take: If the MPAA limits TV recording, a large chunk of TV viewers would no longer be able to watch their favorite shows. This would hurt ratings, which would hurt revenue from advertising. Allowing people to watch their favorite programming again and again at the viewer's discretion builds a fan base, which obviously results in secondary markets (tshirts, action figures, etc) and that is very profitable for all. But I digress... I hope the politicians realize that the MPAA is really going too far; TV recording has been around for nearly 20 years! If we loose this freedom, the RIAA will jump on the bandwagon and will probably move on to radio broadcasting. We have to stick together as a community on this and defend our rights.