CNN: "In an unexpected turn of events, the MIR space station was hit by a medium size meteor, which drastically changed its trajectory; it is now heading into earth's atmosphere.
The collision took out the main control circuits, meaning ground operators cannot control the deorbit of the station.
The rapid turn of events have left ground operators unprepared and cannot acurately estimate the area in which the station's will fall down to earth.
The agency advised that 'Everybody get the hell out of the way' "
I agree totally, and here's my scheme for artists to make money:
FORCE THE RIAA TO ACCEPT THIS TECHNOLOGY!
Geez, don't artists have some sort of 'union' which could make demands to the RIAA to finally TAKE ADVANTAGE of this technology!
MP3's have been around for about 3 years (give or take), yet in all that time the RIAA has done NOTHING but SUE SUE SUE! Instead, they could've put their efforts into providing MP3 related products of their own, instead of forcing other industries to subsidize them. Who wouldn't love to be able to purchase a disc full of MP3s of all their favorite artist's songs for about $20?
It's about time they realize this won't go away, and they need to adapt. Failing to do so will only be their demise.
"Symantec is not only attempting to apply the patents to the antivirus industry but also to the software industry as a whole. In its statement Wednesday, the company noted that 'the technology may be used to update general computer readable files, which may include data files, program files, database files, graphics files, or audio files.' "
So you're telling us this is somehow different, yet does the same thing as updating "general computer readable files, which may include data files, program files, database files, graphics files, or audio files."
Of course there may be others (excluding handheld based stuff), but I have yet to see Linux with a GUI run off a floppy, much less with any useful apps.
Any, and I mean ANY show which is Americanized turns out worse than its UK counter part
Besides, US networks can hardly ever come up with anything new on their own. They BUY most of their shows. Just look at 'Whose Line Is It Anyway', TLC's trauma crap, 'Trading Places', and 'Junkyard Wars': all these shows are bought/ripoffs of UK shows.
I think any UK-turned-US shows should always have the following added onto the title:
I wish TV would finally die the horrible death it deserves!
What is there on TV? 125 channels, and nothing good's on. And when there finally is something on, it's 3 different show, all on at the same time!
In the last 5 decades TV has barely changed. Sure, there's the 'interactive' stuff, which really add no value to the medium. Sure, you can have PayPerView, but I'm the last guy on earth that's gonna pay $20 for a 'special' I'll be able to rent for $3 in a month! The only real major innovation was color, and perhaps CC. Stuff like stereo and SAP are good, but barely used
What's more is the stupid idea of rating shows with a stupid logo in the corner. Sure the V-Chip (whatever happened to that anyways?) could solve this, but it's pointless now: a large percentage of TVs don't have it, so they *have* to put the rating anyways, and since TVs last for a while, we'll be stuck with that for another 10 years! arrrggg!
My vision of 'TV' is like that Quest commercial that ran a while back, where the girl said "We have every movie ever made in every language available, anytime" (or something like that), just like web surfing.
Imagine, being able to watch episode number X of show Y anytime you wish, and have it up within seconds. Just like web surfing.
*THAT* would be real TV
I can hear the support calls now...
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Having worked at the IBM call center, I can hear the support calls now:
Caller 1: " Um, yeah, my pen doesn't work "
Tech: "....Use another one, sir "
Caller 2: " So, where is the power button on this pen? "
Tech: "(sigh) [click]"
Everytime you buy are car you pay tax... They are used to build roads...etc.
Yes, taxes that go for something which is of direct use of the product which is taxed (ie car tax pays for roads)
But are you really so naive as to think that every CDR sold is only used to copy music??
As is it, I'm now paying taxes on some media for which I use for my data backups, something not even close to anything remotely related to music.
This is the total opposite of what car taxes do for roads (ie. CDr taxes forces me to finance an industry with an outdated sales model, and that is incapable of adapting to the 21st century)
"Buyer Beware" is all I can say with regards to people complaining to Ebay about frauds of 'offline' transactions.
Actually, those people are quite dumb to complain to Ebay about such problems, since they decided themselves to do a transaction outside of any auction system.
That being said, I can't say I agree with Ebay on trying to police 'offline auctions/deals'. If two parties decide to make a transaction, that is their business and no one else's, regardless of how they came into contact.
And if Ebay gets complaints about said transactions, the above phrase should be their only answer to those complaints.
To all those that say that say we need to pay that much extra for VoIP:
We're already paying for network bandwidth/traffic. VoIP is nothing more than network traffic. This is no different than any other type of traffic (UDP, FTP, HTTP, etc)
So why should one pay more for something s/he's already paid for?
... I can understand why they specifically say to not install non-supported OS's on their systems. We had enough idiots call in with simple, stupid problems ("how do I reset the thing?") when I was doing support there, they certainly don't need to get calls from people asking why their computer won't boot after installing BSD.
The problem is probably just a BIOS issue (which I've seen many times before)
I have to pay an extra charge for both of these to make those backups because of its potential as being used to copy software (this extra charge is already factored in the price)
So now I'm financing two industries (music, software) for compensation for something illegal I might possibly do since I have the equipment to do it, even though what I use it for has nothing to do with any of that.
Makes you wonder why you should'nt do it, given that you're already being charged for doing it regardless.
I wish there was a 'rejected submissions' section
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I bet there would be a lot more interesting articles then some of the ones that do get posted.
Actually, I think he was declared "un-Canadian" several years ago by the CRTC.
Yeah, CRTC classifies 'canadian content' (for songs in this case) by determining the percentage of Canadian(s) that:
wrote the song
perform the song
produced the song/album
etc...
there has to be a minimum percentage of 'canadian' content to qualify as being 'canadian'. Bryan Adam's song, even though he wrote part of it, sang it, recorded it, and jointly produced the album, was not considered 'canadian content'
It would appear that, to the canadian government, canadians don't matter
I say Yahoo should just blocks IP's from France, putting up a page instead explaining this is the result of unrealistic demands of their court system to censor content beyond Yahoo's control
It's the France government that will then get all the bitching from the folks that can no longer get their emails.
Slashdot Mirror
what makes you think javascript would even work?
A better way is to have the server detect the user agent from the request header and send a 'Location:' header back when appropriate.
CNN: "In an unexpected turn of events, the MIR space station was hit by a medium size meteor, which drastically changed its trajectory; it is now heading into earth's atmosphere.
The collision took out the main control circuits, meaning ground operators cannot control the deorbit of the station.
The rapid turn of events have left ground operators unprepared and cannot acurately estimate the area in which the station's will fall down to earth.
The agency advised that 'Everybody get the hell out of the way' "
However, as a whole, the RIAA's clearly heading in the wrong direction.
FORCE THE RIAA TO ACCEPT THIS TECHNOLOGY!
Geez, don't artists have some sort of 'union' which could make demands to the RIAA to finally TAKE ADVANTAGE of this technology!
MP3's have been around for about 3 years (give or take), yet in all that time the RIAA has done NOTHING but SUE SUE SUE! Instead, they could've put their efforts into providing MP3 related products of their own, instead of forcing other industries to subsidize them. Who wouldn't love to be able to purchase a disc full of MP3s of all their favorite artist's songs for about $20?
It's about time they realize this won't go away, and they need to adapt. Failing to do so will only be their demise.
"Resistance is futile" comes to mind
this kind of 'law' only serves to make people guilty of something they *might* *possibly* do, and are made to pay for it regardless.
Which begs the question: if I'm already paying for it regardless, why the hell shouldn't I copy something?
"Symantec is not only attempting to apply the patents to the antivirus industry but also to the software industry as a whole. In its statement Wednesday, the company noted that 'the technology may be used to update general computer readable files, which may include data files, program files, database files, graphics files, or audio files.' "
So you're telling us this is somehow different, yet does the same thing as updating "general computer readable files, which may include data files, program files, database files, graphics files, or audio files."
Excuse me, but this has been done before.
Of course there may be others (excluding handheld based stuff), but I have yet to see Linux with a GUI run off a floppy, much less with any useful apps.
Besides, US networks can hardly ever come up with anything new on their own. They BUY most of their shows. Just look at 'Whose Line Is It Anyway', TLC's trauma crap, 'Trading Places', and 'Junkyard Wars': all these shows are bought/ripoffs of UK shows.
I think any UK-turned-US shows should always have the following added onto the title:
"Now with more commercials!(TM)"
I wish TV would finally die the horrible death it deserves!
What is there on TV? 125 channels, and nothing good's on. And when there finally is something on, it's 3 different show, all on at the same time!
In the last 5 decades TV has barely changed. Sure, there's the 'interactive' stuff, which really add no value to the medium. Sure, you can have PayPerView, but I'm the last guy on earth that's gonna pay $20 for a 'special' I'll be able to rent for $3 in a month! The only real major innovation was color, and perhaps CC. Stuff like stereo and SAP are good, but barely used
What's more is the stupid idea of rating shows with a stupid logo in the corner. Sure the V-Chip (whatever happened to that anyways?) could solve this, but it's pointless now: a large percentage of TVs don't have it, so they *have* to put the rating anyways, and since TVs last for a while, we'll be stuck with that for another 10 years! arrrggg!
My vision of 'TV' is like that Quest commercial that ran a while back, where the girl said "We have every movie ever made in every language available, anytime" (or something like that), just like web surfing.
Imagine, being able to watch episode number X of show Y anytime you wish, and have it up within seconds. Just like web surfing.
*THAT* would be real TV
Caller 1: " Um, yeah, my pen doesn't work "
Tech: "....Use another one, sir "
Caller 2: " So, where is the power button on this pen? "
Tech: "(sigh) [click]"
Seb
Yes, taxes that go for something which is of direct use of the product which is taxed (ie car tax pays for roads)
But are you really so naive as to think that every CDR sold is only used to copy music??
As is it, I'm now paying taxes on some media for which I use for my data backups, something not even close to anything remotely related to music.
This is the total opposite of what car taxes do for roads (ie. CDr taxes forces me to finance an industry with an outdated sales model, and that is incapable of adapting to the 21st century)
Seb
If this alternate system gets popular enough, all this will become irrelevant
Actually, those people are quite dumb to complain to Ebay about such problems, since they decided themselves to do a transaction outside of any auction system.
That being said, I can't say I agree with Ebay on trying to police 'offline auctions/deals'. If two parties decide to make a transaction, that is their business and no one else's, regardless of how they came into contact.
And if Ebay gets complaints about said transactions, the above phrase should be their only answer to those complaints.
I guess you could always ask the government for the tax refund :)
We need to bring Einstein back so he can resume his duties at the patent office and put some order in this mess!
Sues MP3.com for offering legitimite service
Doesn't touch myplay.com
Let's do the math I promised, shall we?:
Total number of songs I have stored on MP3.com: 35
Total number of songs I have stored on myplay.com: 56
Total: 91
Total number of illegal songs I have stored on MP3.com:0
Total number of illegal I have stored on myplay.com:56
The math speaks for itself.
Yes, I'm so sure the TELCOs are just letting them use their equipment, for free.
Yes, I'm so sure the TELCOs operate at a loss, and have been for years.
Yes, I'm so sure investors are just continually putting money in a non-profit business, just for the fun of it.
Wake up buddy, they're already getting paid for use of their equipment!
To all those that say that say we need to pay that much extra for VoIP: We're already paying for network bandwidth/traffic. VoIP is nothing more than network traffic. This is no different than any other type of traffic (UDP, FTP, HTTP, etc) So why should one pay more for something s/he's already paid for?
The problem is probably just a BIOS issue (which I've seen many times before)
So now I'm financing two industries (music, software) for compensation for something illegal I might possibly do since I have the equipment to do it, even though what I use it for has nothing to do with any of that.
Makes you wonder why you should'nt do it, given that you're already being charged for doing it regardless.
I bet there would be a lot more interesting articles then some of the ones that do get posted.
Yeah, CRTC classifies 'canadian content' (for songs in this case) by determining the percentage of Canadian(s) that:
there has to be a minimum percentage of 'canadian' content to qualify as being 'canadian'. Bryan Adam's song, even though he wrote part of it, sang it, recorded it, and jointly produced the album, was not considered 'canadian content'
It would appear that, to the canadian government, canadians don't matter
Gee, I'm so proud to be canadian! ( NOT! )
All thanks to the CRTC.
Type in www.yahoo.com, get www.yahoo.ca site instead. Type in cnn.com, get cbc.ca instead.
It's the France government that will then get all the bitching from the folks that can no longer get their emails.