What are you kidding? These guys prefer analog forms of music over CDs don't they? Surely you can easily tell the digitization of a mere 44khz, can't you? Humph, amateurs....
I don't know about that. Can you imagine replaying levels over and over again, in some sort of hellish attempt to try something else. Over and over again, that must get old, no matter how much 'fun' it is. That must really suck after a while...
Sort of like recompiling a new kernel with every minor relea... oops, never mind.
I don't know about anyone else.. but I tend to flip back and forth between GNOME/KDE, usually sticking with the newest one.:)
I don't care where anyone stands on the GNOME/KDE fence, but
KDE environment with, iKons from kde-look.org, Galeon for browsing, Konqueror for file management (ftp support rocks), Evolution for mail, Xchat for irc, liquid from mosfet, and openoffice together as one complete desktop is a force to be reckoned with. If you think that GNOME is good, and KDE is good, together, they are even more impressive.
That's why competition in Linux rules... I take what I like best from each, and put them all together to form the uber-desktop....
(/me points all "you have to run multiple libraries" excuses to their local computer store for $30 of RAM)
The Red Hat speech is awesome. Szulik on the OSS Development Model:
This open communication strikes me as so perfectly American. I envision the early leaders of this country drawing up the tenets of our constitution in much the same way--in the open, in pursuit of a solution that is fair and of benefit to all.
This is the best counterstatement to MSs 'Linux is anti-American' garbage I've read so far.
No it doesn't... I just installed it and it works fine. Sure, it asks you to sign up for passport every 30 seconds, but I can connect to my bank and get my stuff just fine without passport.
I know... but still, removing telnet permanently can't hurt could it? Think of all the extra bonuses. It's an easy way of making all Unices more secure out of the box, and that can't be bad.
I wish Unix/Linux would remove Telnet forever. Not just removed from default install, but removed from from the packages totally. If these things weren't installed by default, and people were forced to use ssh, we could come a long ways.
People are too lazy to use ssh instead of telnet. So, force them to use ssh. Even behind firewalls.
Old apps use telnet? Tough, if the company values security they'll convert. If not, they get the same sympathy that people who open unknown attachments get, none...
Yeah, until most of the distribution/content sources begin using DRM, and then forcing all their artists, etc. to use DRM. Next thing you know, your new DVDs won't play on non Windows Media DVD players, because they are 'unlicensed' players.
Sure, there's a way around that, one could always hack that, until the DMCA rears its ugly head.
You hit the nail right on the head. OR, they think no alternatives exist. People still think that in order to use email, you need Exchange and Outlook, or that writing webpages without Frontpage is impossible.
Mention IMAP/LDAP and they do not believe you. Show them Apache, and they think its a frickin' office joke. They look at you like
"If this stuff is so great, then how come we're not using it?"
Guess what, the general public doesn't want excuses. Corporate IT folks dont want excuses.
This is a fact regardless of whether the software is OSS or commercial.
When MS Office crashes its not like my PHB can call someone at Microsoft to complain about it and expect great customer support. Do they really listen anyway? Do they have to? No, the EULA makes sure that they are not liable.
Yes, with OSS you get what you pay for, with commercial software, you don't get what you pay for either.
Abisource = free, community support.
Word = Expensive, expensive support, which makes you go get community support anyway.
I will not pay $10 a month for the 'right' to listen to more commercials. I pay $40 a month for internet, and get spammed from them. I pay $80 a month for Directv, and get more "special offer" channels instead of more movies in DD5.1 GM's OnStar deal, more cost the car, and when your 'free trial' runs out, there's another monthly fee, otherwise, you paid for some electronic gizmo in your new GM car that won't work in 5 years, and another route for more spam, crammed down our throats, on systems that WE are paying for.
And don't give me that garbage about "your monthly fee only covers infrastructure costs, someone needs to pay for content." I don't buy that for a second, if I pay for a service, don't cram ads down to consumers. That's why I am using a pay service to begin with.
This doesn't offer me anything that I don't get with free FM (which is financed by commercials, fair tradeoff). CD quality? Big deal, I can throw an mp3 player in my car for cheap these days.
They will fail and blame "poor market conditions" or have some other excuse for not making money. Funny how noone says "We didn't use common sense" as an excuse.
You are correct, they are directv only. They do have dual tuners though. It doesn't support it out of the box, but force a daily call, get the 2.5 update, then the dual tuners work (after a quick reboot).
Check out The Tivo forums. There is alot of information there.
Its a Directivo, and there are some issues. Mine came with a "defective" remote, that Philips replaced in about a week.
I basically walked in to a Circuit City, scoped them out, and found out about the price. I am already a DirecTV subscriber, so that wasn't an issue. New subs get a free installation.
Three nights later I'm 'taping' Dolby Digital 5.1 movies from Starz East. Heh.
Tivo is one of those companies that really knows how to hook in their subscribers into a community. For some reason, I don't mind sending Tivo my money. I hope that this doesn't end up being a legal battle that saps Tivo of $$$.
The Replay 4000 is an outstanding box, but for $99 I can get a 30 hour direcTivo and throw 2 120GB IDE drives in it and get ~230 hours of recording time. The war is over. Long live Tivo.
Heh, I don't see that kind of software being marketed anytime soon, unless said software company is willing to risk the wrath of the RIAA, fair use be damned...
If this is possible, I can imagine that the pace of ripping would still be way faster than encoding. You'd need some serious space on your machine to compensate, unless you slow it down considerably.... I could see myself turning this on ang going to sleep, only to wake up with a machine crammed full of.wavs...
I have 3 scsi cdroms on my box... and even at that pace I have to slow down for a while to let the machine catch up.
You might try poking around the OS for a little while before you create samba shares.
I agree with this guy.. learn around a bit before you try something like that, learn the filesystem and how linux works. I don't know how many times I've seen "Just booted into Linux for the first time 4 minutes ago, need help setting up firewall/samba/apache/cluster ASAP, HELP!"
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What are you kidding? These guys prefer analog forms of music over CDs don't they? Surely you can easily tell the digitization of a mere 44khz, can't you? Humph, amateurs....
:)
I don't know about that. Can you imagine replaying levels over and over again, in some sort of hellish attempt to try something else. Over and over again, that must get old, no matter how much 'fun' it is. That must really suck after a while...
Sort of like recompiling a new kernel with every minor relea... oops, never mind.
Please mod this up!
.. but I tend to flip back and forth between GNOME/KDE, usually sticking with the newest one. :)
... I take what I like best from each, and put them all together to form the uber-desktop ....
I don't know about anyone else
I don't care where anyone stands on the GNOME/KDE fence, but
KDE environment with, iKons from kde-look.org, Galeon for browsing, Konqueror for file management (ftp support rocks), Evolution for mail, Xchat for irc, liquid from mosfet, and openoffice together as one complete desktop is a force to be reckoned with. If you think that GNOME is good, and KDE is good, together, they are even more impressive.
That's why competition in Linux rules
(/me points all "you have to run multiple libraries" excuses to their local computer store for $30 of RAM)
The Red Hat speech is awesome. Szulik on the OSS Development Model:
This open communication strikes me as so perfectly American. I envision the early leaders of this country drawing up the tenets of our constitution in much the same way--in the open, in pursuit of a solution that is fair and of benefit to all.
This is the best counterstatement to MSs 'Linux is anti-American' garbage I've read so far.
No it doesn't ... I just installed it and it works fine. Sure, it asks you to sign up for passport every 30 seconds, but I can connect to my bank and get my stuff just fine without passport.
I know ... but still, removing telnet permanently can't hurt could it? Think of all the extra bonuses. It's an easy way of making all Unices more secure out of the box, and that can't be bad.
Great point, please mod up!
This hole proves that open source works, and that closed source forces you to go through a slow vendor.
Too bad that people will say "*nix is just as insecure as Windows!".
When?
...
I wish Unix/Linux would remove Telnet forever. Not just removed from default install, but removed from from the packages totally. If these things weren't installed by default, and people were forced to use ssh, we could come a long ways.
People are too lazy to use ssh instead of telnet. So, force them to use ssh. Even behind firewalls.
Old apps use telnet? Tough, if the company values security they'll convert. If not, they get the same sympathy that people who open unknown attachments get, none
Mozilla/Galeon's tab feature is perfect for this. Middle click the link 50 times, everything is self contained in the browser, close, repeat ...
it intimated that both RedHat and at least one other producer of linux is on board with includinging it in ISO and store stream media releases.
Please provide a link to this, this just sounds absurd.
Yeah, until most of the distribution/content sources begin using DRM, and then forcing all their artists, etc. to use DRM. Next thing you know, your new DVDs won't play on non Windows Media DVD players, because they are 'unlicensed' players.
Sure, there's a way around that, one could always hack that, until the DMCA rears its ugly head.
I don't think this can be good at all.
You hit the nail right on the head. OR, they think no alternatives exist. People still think that in order to use email, you need Exchange and Outlook, or that writing webpages without Frontpage is impossible.
Mention IMAP/LDAP and they do not believe you. Show them Apache, and they think its a frickin' office joke. They look at you like
"If this stuff is so great, then how come we're not using it?"
"I dunno buddy, you tell me...."
Guess what, the general public doesn't want excuses. Corporate IT folks dont want excuses.
This is a fact regardless of whether the software is OSS or commercial.
When MS Office crashes its not like my PHB can call someone at Microsoft to complain about it and expect great customer support. Do they really listen anyway? Do they have to? No, the EULA makes sure that they are not liable.
Yes, with OSS you get what you pay for, with commercial software, you don't get what you pay for either.
Abisource = free, community support.
Word = Expensive, expensive support, which makes you go get community support anyway.
I did, you apparently didn't read my comment, see my subject, I will not pay for _XM_.
I will not pay $10 a month for the 'right' to listen to more commercials. I pay $40 a month for internet, and get spammed from them. I pay $80 a month for Directv, and get more "special offer" channels instead of more movies in DD5.1 GM's OnStar deal, more cost the car, and when your 'free trial' runs out, there's another monthly fee, otherwise, you paid for some electronic gizmo in your new GM car that won't work in 5 years, and another route for more spam, crammed down our throats, on systems that WE are paying for.
And don't give me that garbage about "your monthly fee only covers infrastructure costs, someone needs to pay for content." I don't buy that for a second, if I pay for a service, don't cram ads down to consumers. That's why I am using a pay service to begin with.
This doesn't offer me anything that I don't get with free FM (which is financed by commercials, fair tradeoff). CD quality? Big deal, I can throw an mp3 player in my car for cheap these days.
They will fail and blame "poor market conditions" or have some other excuse for not making money. Funny how noone says "We didn't use common sense" as an excuse.
I see cyberpunk made the list ...... great.
No if you don't mind, I think I'll continue webifying my infostructure, in order to monetize your desktop.
Ok, what does software piracy have to do with OSS?
When people find out I don't pay for my software, they assume I am a pirate. OSS != free loader.
It's about free speech, its always been about free speech. I love free beer too, but I won't steal it.
You are correct, they are directv only. They do have dual tuners though. It doesn't support it out of the box, but force a daily call, get the 2.5 update, then the dual tuners work (after a quick reboot).
Check out The Tivo forums. There is alot of information there.
Its a Directivo, and there are some issues. Mine came with a "defective" remote, that Philips replaced in about a week.
I basically walked in to a Circuit City, scoped them out, and found out about the price. I am already a DirecTV subscriber, so that wasn't an issue. New subs get a free installation.
Three nights later I'm 'taping' Dolby Digital 5.1 movies from Starz East. Heh.
Guys,
Circuit City has been selling the Sony and Philips Directivo's for $99!!
These things ARE cheap.
Tivo is one of those companies that really knows how to hook in their subscribers into a community. For some reason, I don't mind sending Tivo my money. I hope that this doesn't end up being a legal battle that saps Tivo of $$$.
The Replay 4000 is an outstanding box, but for $99 I can get a 30 hour direcTivo and throw 2 120GB IDE drives in it and get ~230 hours of recording time. The war is over. Long live Tivo.
Most of my music is already ripped, but I guess its time to redo, especially when .ogg is done.
.... tons 'o Divx on your server.
Imagine if you did this with a DVD jukebox. Throw them in, turn on
Heh, I don't see that kind of software being marketed anytime soon, unless said software company is willing to risk the wrath of the RIAA, fair use be damned...
If this is possible, I can imagine that the pace of ripping would still be way faster than encoding. You'd need some serious space on your machine to compensate, unless you slow it down considerably .... I could see myself turning this on ang going to sleep, only to wake up with a machine crammed full of .wavs...
... and even at that pace I have to slow down for a while to let the machine catch up.
I have 3 scsi cdroms on my box
Then again, depends on your processor, so ymmv.
You might try poking around the OS for a little while before you create samba shares.
.. learn around a bit before you try something like that, learn the filesystem and how linux works. I don't know how many times I've seen "Just booted into Linux for the first time 4 minutes ago, need help setting up firewall/samba/apache/cluster ASAP, HELP!"
I agree with this guy