1st.) The highest level tier for both services is basically the same price, However 2nd.) The blockbuster 500 yards from my apartment, will let me exchange my mail order movies for free ones 3rd.) as a result the best value for my dollar come from blockbuster.
Assuming I can get 3 new movies every 4 days via mail from either service I get 21 (rounding down) movies a month. However, with blockbuster, I get 21 more from the store. 42 movies block buster (approx $0.595 per movie), 21 movies netflix ($1.19/movie).
It's obvious which service will quickly fill up your disk drive while giving you an excellent value.
Topic 1: The music industry cried rape with the birth of the cassette tape, the Movie industry cried rape with the birth of the VHS.
The electronic filesharing movement is fundamentally different because of the sheer capability to move copyrighted material.
Pirates of the 80's actually had to move a physical tape. Still they profited greatly. Today, pirates move DVDs, software, and CDs both physically and electronically. The actual pirates are still running free in other countries, importing their crap illegally, very much like the drug industry, and they are still profiting greatly.
We keep moving the industry's cheese, and they keep dying in the maze.
Topic 2: Both the FBI and the media industries have lost their focus. The media is supposed to be a entertaining facet of our lives, not a ruling factor. To the Media people, entertain, dont govern. To the FBI, investigate and protect, stop taking corporate bribes.
Topic 3: Who doesn't have 13000 files on their PC. Thats around 1083 CDs (12 songs each). Over the last 10 years of buying CDs, that about a purchase of 9 CDs per month. Not to insaine. Of course, I have downloaded songs I purchased on cassette. I consider it a free upgrade. I have also downloaded songs that I like, but are such bubblegum sh!t stains, I would never pay for them. I consider the bombardment of Ads via TV and radio payment enough.
No one wants to buy crap, start producing some new innovate music rather than pushing your formulaic junk unto us.
Christ, I thought women were the only ones silly enough to spend over 100 bucks on a bag.
Forget coach, prada, etc.
Go to you local army surplus store and plop down a whole 10 bucks for a great green bag. Spray it with a 2 dollar can of water proofing and you have a road warriors godsend bag.
For all those wanks that spent way to much on their girlie man bags -- this goes out for you -- SUCKERS!
This doesn't help the environment. It increases the use of batteries. Add some more acid to the compost heap.
This does not help Fat America for it does not induce exercise. With all these electric vehicles (bikes, power wheels, little motorcycles, etc) think of how FAT our kids will be.
Christ aren't we lazy enough already. Pretty soon there will be machines so we dont have to actually move ourselves during sex. It will be aptly titled the E-Sex machine.
Also keep in mind Onstar, GPS tracking, and non-homebrew camera solutions are available.
When protecting your home think like a thief. For example, if you have an alarm that uses the phone line, make sure the phone line can't be cut easily.
Thieves don't play fair. They will destroy your stuff to get what they want.
Mini cameras are cheap and easy to hook up to an old computer. for under 500 bucks you can have a 360 degree in car camera system that delivers the video wirelessly to your home or apartment from the parking lot/street. Use a computer hooked up to a power converter all concealed in the spare tire compartment of your trunk.
If you have significant dough rolled into your car audio system, consider creating a massive short circuit to the components when your equipment is removed without authorization. This could simply be a battery hooked up in reverse triggered by a pressure switch on your speaker box or head unit. before the unit gets completely removed, the hidden battery sends a charge to the components rendering them uslessless. Trust me, thieves will completely destroy your car to get out the electronics. Its cheaper for you to allow them to easily removed completely useless stuff, than to make it so they have to pry your dash apart. AND THEY WILL PRY YOUR DASH APART IF THEY HAVE TOO.
I have seen thieves tear through the back seat when people have thier trunks bolted shut. I have also seen thieves completely destroy components they can remove in anger.
Regardless of what you do, the most import step you can do to safegaurd your investment is to INSURE it. You can get an extra rider on your home/auto insurance to protect expensive items. Insure thoroughly, it is just stuff, you can replace it.
The best insurance for your valuable data is daily off site back ups. If all else fails keep your data in a different safe than your finances. How many thieves expect 2 safes in a non-mansion?
Bah! to all those who made cracks about dayton ohio. You forget we host the Hamvention.
Regardless, this guys got the right idea. Personally I decided not to put a computer in my car after ludacris sang about it. However, I still use a laptop and a digital FM converter to play my music.
But really, think about it. Shouldn't this be the way car audio is headed. No need for damn disk. Also, CD are easy, frequent targets for thieves. If your neighbors don't see the wank stealing the server out of the back of your car, then they should buy your replacement. The e450 is a little big. I mean where are the 4 15"s gonna go. And wouldn't the vibration of my subs kill the E450.
Even so, when you compare the price of a computer to that of the phatbox
there isn't much difference. Really the computer is more fun and could very well be put to more use. Think replacing the head unit with a touch screen that runs software you wrote to control the system. Who needs a dvd nav system. Put the GPS receiver and the software rigth on the computer. Think wireless file server so you can listen to the music on your car at your desk at work and then transfer all your hard work to the backup car system.
This guy isn't the first person to put a computer in his car. He definitely won't be the last. While there will still be a solid market for component systems, I strongly believe that portable, multifunction car systems will become the norm within 10 years.
Many data entry clerks are required to put all entries in caps. Envelopes addressed in all caps are shown to have less read errors by the postal services OCR readers that handle the processing of the mail.
Sex, car repairs, gadgets, and lots of other stuff are what I have managed to get for my services.
Apparently, alot of you have pseudo-friends; people that are only your friends when they want something. Friends should share some interests, if you don't have anything in common with your so called friends, why are friends? Loose the users, they only drag you down.
You can't solve everybody's problems, but by being half-intelligent about your choices you can barter a good deal. The guy you know who fixes cars needs his shop to go wireless -- Help him out. The hot beauty downstairs wants her laptop to be wireless, use your charisma (this works for those who have it). You can get a piece of ass and leave the router open so you can connect for free anytime. I am an American, and I am proud to be in the land of endless opportunity.
Is the music industry really any different than the movie industry. Who leaked the Korn album onto the internet? Wasn't me, nor any of the other millions of fans who were eagerly waiting to buy it. It was a insider who got a promo disk. How many people have gone to the used CD store and bought a full length disk of promo material with the "not for sale" label on the jacket.
The Korn album leak didnt stop me from spending my $9.99. You got an entire CD and a decent length DVD. Thats a good buy. Of course you may think Korn is corporate rock too.
Check the local papers and go out and support your local bands. I used to create web pages for soem of the talent local to me. There are some very creative people out there. Free from pressure and Industry Managers and the RIAA.
History tells us that musicians were never really wealthy until this last century. Music doesn't have to be produced, edited, and even more likely a regurgitated hit from 30 years ago. Music can be made by you and your friends. Make the music you want to hear and I am sure other people will enjoy your music too. If people bought the American Idol music, then I am sure someone will like your music.
and Like that troll said earlier on this board Phuck the RIAA.
We are the people and we don't want crap music.
As for filesharing, is the RIAA looking at file types other than MP3,wma, and the like. I read they scan the files for certain digital watermarks, but if they are scanning for certain properties why not just change to a filetype they aren't scanning. Or better yet, encrypt the music file and only share your key with trusted individuals. IF the RIAA reverse engineers your cipher key, then you can sue them with the DMCA.
~The sound was amazing compared to the normal theater and I saw it in a very good normal theater. ~Being able to see the pimples on Keanos chest and the Pits in Lawrences face made feel a whole lot better about my complexion, lol ~Seeing the textures of trinity's butt in that leather outfit on a screen the size of a building was wonderful. ~It was alot easier to get lost in the movie. ~I actually liked it better after the Imax experience because those extended fight scenes were amazing. (I thought they were a little dragged out when I saw em on the regular screen) >>>Completely Worth it.
Unrestricted P2P maybe a passing fad. Just like the BB of the 80's. Its going to change its shape, speed, ease of use, security, and other characteristics. In 10 years P2P will become even more translucent in our everyday use. Remember its good for all files, not just movies, music, and p0rn. I'm not sure what else I would use it for, but I'm positive its place in computing will not disappear completely.
As for sharing music, thats probably doomed. However, we can regroup. Maybe by starting local P2P networks with your friends, and your friends friends, and so on... Oh wait, how'd we get to 43 million users. We certainly are friendly. Of course, we could just encrypt our files and only provide the key to people we know and love.
Besides, if you and I are sharing files, verbally declair our share as private, Put up a keep out sign, but accidentally leave it exposed to the world for all to see, wouldn't the RIAA be hacking our computers. Oh, wait, we would have to incorporate first to have that kind of hypocrisy.
AOL is still around, so P2P should be able to survive.
To all those city yippees --I live in Ohio. My nearest neighbor is a mile in either direction. The grocery store is 37 miles away. It is a 68 mile drive to work and half that is to get out of my county. Women love my Escalade and drool over my restored 66 Mustang. The last time my skinny ass was on a Bike was when I was 15 -- 15 years ago. I'm sorry you have to ride a bike to work and have never been able to buy a car. Women loove excess in most everything money, muscles, and burning gasoline. Try riding your bike or these econoboxes in the snow, jr. hahaha. You'll quickly be having a Diesel buring, black smoke spewing tow truck pulling your ass out of a ditch. Besides, you can't justify riding a bike in a city as helping the environment. You live in the city -- the concrete jungle. You should get out in the country and grow some vegitation. Plants produce oxygen, you need that more than your double latte. And yes, for 1500 bucks I can have a wireless hotspot in every part of my yard. Bet ya'll never had a rave in a cornfield, while the music streams from your huge electricity wasting 180 Gig jukebox of a pc to your beautifully set up Linux Box DJ station laptop. Sorry I would link to pics and docs, but I'm afraid my little web server couldn't handle a slashdotting.
Right before I graduated HS back in 97 but Physics professor asked me how I managed to get through his class so well with ADHD. He told me that he had documentation that followed me all the way back to elementary school stating that I had ADHD. That was a surprise to me. I had never been tested, nor approached about having it.
I read a couple of post stating that ADHD is basically crap. I have since been following the media coverage and arious articles about it. I must say that I too think its a hoax.
Kids are like big dogs. If you try and keep them couped up inside all day, following directions, when you turn your back they are gonna go wild. I also think it has to do with the amount of stimulants kids get these days. 20 years ago, vending machines would not be found in schools. Not to mention the failure of most classes to stimulate a mind. School bored me to death. If it weren't for the women I probably would have dropped out. God knows the booty got me through college.
I think ADHD is a societal cope out to medicate creative, over-stimulated, bored people.
I have 3 Apple IIc laying around my house. I bought the lot for a dollar (including hardware and a Dec Mate and software) for some Elementry school spring cleaning sale. I spent a whole 10 bucks and got a truck load of excellent old stuff. Anyone want some satiite receivers. Apple Talk is fun.
Wake Up Neo. Knock, Knock. Follow the White Rabbit.
I think the Chicken pickers would be happy to lose this job, especially at 21 yrs old. Maybe he could go join the Transistor Sorters Union. I hear they pay 1 per 1000 transistors.
Slashdot Mirror
Will make some people very rich and send many innocent people go to jail.
I don't see the point of using a virtual world when a conference call, webex, or teleconference is just as effective.
I'm familiar with second life and the whole concept is cool, but kinda retarded at the same time.
I put $10 bucks on the special adhesive being rendered useless due to a chemical hack 48 hours after the first set of these disks hitting the public.
Having a $5 non-degrading dvd wouldn't be all that bad. Illegal means are still lots cheaper (as always).
1st.) The highest level tier for both services is basically the same price, However
2nd.) The blockbuster 500 yards from my apartment, will let me exchange my mail order movies for free ones
3rd.) as a result the best value for my dollar come from blockbuster.
Assuming I can get 3 new movies every 4 days via mail from either service I get 21 (rounding down) movies a month. However, with blockbuster, I get 21 more from the store. 42 movies block buster (approx $0.595 per movie), 21 movies netflix ($1.19/movie).
It's obvious which service will quickly fill up your disk drive while giving you an excellent value.
Topic 1:
The music industry cried rape with the birth of the cassette tape, the Movie industry cried rape with the birth of the VHS.
The electronic filesharing movement is fundamentally different because of the sheer capability to move copyrighted material.
Pirates of the 80's actually had to move a physical tape. Still they profited greatly. Today, pirates move DVDs, software, and CDs both physically and electronically. The actual pirates are still running free in other countries, importing their crap illegally, very much like the drug industry, and they are still profiting greatly.
We keep moving the industry's cheese, and they keep dying in the maze.
Topic 2:
Both the FBI and the media industries have lost their focus. The media is supposed to be a entertaining facet of our lives, not a ruling factor. To the Media people, entertain, dont govern. To the FBI, investigate and protect, stop taking corporate bribes.
Topic 3:
Who doesn't have 13000 files on their PC. Thats around 1083 CDs (12 songs each). Over the last 10 years of buying CDs, that about a purchase of 9 CDs per month. Not to insaine. Of course, I have downloaded songs I purchased on cassette. I consider it a free upgrade. I have also downloaded songs that I like, but are such bubblegum sh!t stains, I would never pay for them. I consider the bombardment of Ads via TV and radio payment enough.
No one wants to buy crap, start producing some new innovate music rather than pushing your formulaic junk unto us.
Thank you, please drive through.
I work as a boy toy for lonely women of all ages.
Christ, I thought women were the only ones silly enough to spend over 100 bucks on a bag.
Forget coach, prada, etc.
Go to you local army surplus store and plop down a whole 10 bucks for a great green bag. Spray it with a 2 dollar can of water proofing and you have a road warriors godsend bag.
For all those wanks that spent way to much on their girlie man bags -- this goes out for you -- SUCKERS!
how about cars that automatically email you a ticket when you break the traffic laws.
Or how about all you slow wanks on your cell phones, eating breakfast, reading your email, etc just get in the right lane and outta my way.
Personally, I regularly hit 100+MPH on my daily commute here. Soundtrack by ludikris -- move beiotch, get out the way!
Why not just peddle the bike.
This doesn't help the environment. It increases the use of batteries. Add some more acid to the compost heap.
This does not help Fat America for it does not induce exercise. With all these electric vehicles (bikes, power wheels, little motorcycles, etc) think of how FAT our kids will be.
Christ aren't we lazy enough already. Pretty soon there will be machines so we dont have to actually move ourselves during sex. It will be aptly titled the E-Sex machine.
Oops, thats components they can't remove.
Also keep in mind Onstar, GPS tracking, and non-homebrew camera solutions are available.
When protecting your home think like a thief. For example, if you have an alarm that uses the phone line, make sure the phone line can't be cut easily.
Thieves don't play fair. They will destroy your stuff to get what they want.
Mini cameras are cheap and easy to hook up to an old computer. for under 500 bucks you can have a 360 degree in car camera system that delivers the video wirelessly to your home or apartment from the parking lot/street. Use a computer hooked up to a power converter all concealed in the spare tire compartment of your trunk.
If you have significant dough rolled into your car audio system, consider creating a massive short circuit to the components when your equipment is removed without authorization. This could simply be a battery hooked up in reverse triggered by a pressure switch on your speaker box or head unit. before the unit gets completely removed, the hidden battery sends a charge to the components rendering them uslessless. Trust me, thieves will completely destroy your car to get out the electronics. Its cheaper for you to allow them to easily removed completely useless stuff, than to make it so they have to pry your dash apart. AND THEY WILL PRY YOUR DASH APART IF THEY HAVE TOO.
I have seen thieves tear through the back seat when people have thier trunks bolted shut. I have also seen thieves completely destroy components they can remove in anger.
Regardless of what you do, the most import step you can do to safegaurd your investment is to INSURE it. You can get an extra rider on your home/auto insurance to protect expensive items. Insure thoroughly, it is just stuff, you can replace it.
The best insurance for your valuable data is daily off site back ups. If all else fails keep your data in a different safe than your finances. How many thieves expect 2 safes in a non-mansion?
Bah! to all those who made cracks about dayton ohio. You forget we host the Hamvention.
Regardless, this guys got the right idea. Personally I decided not to put a computer in my car after ludacris sang about it. However, I still use a laptop and a digital FM converter to play my music.
But really, think about it. Shouldn't this be the way car audio is headed. No need for damn disk. Also, CD are easy, frequent targets for thieves. If your neighbors don't see the wank stealing the server out of the back of your car, then they should buy your replacement. The e450 is a little big. I mean where are the 4 15"s gonna go. And wouldn't the vibration of my subs kill the E450.
Even so, when you compare the price of a computer to that of the phatbox there isn't much difference. Really the computer is more fun and could very well be put to more use. Think replacing the head unit with a touch screen that runs software you wrote to control the system. Who needs a dvd nav system. Put the GPS receiver and the software rigth on the computer. Think wireless file server so you can listen to the music on your car at your desk at work and then transfer all your hard work to the backup car system.
This guy isn't the first person to put a computer in his car. He definitely won't be the last. While there will still be a solid market for component systems, I strongly believe that portable, multifunction car systems will become the norm within 10 years.
Many data entry clerks are required to put all entries in caps. Envelopes addressed in all caps are shown to have less read errors by the postal services OCR readers that handle the processing of the mail.
Sex, car repairs, gadgets, and lots of other stuff are what I have managed to get for my services.
Apparently, alot of you have pseudo-friends; people that are only your friends when they want something. Friends should share some interests, if you don't have anything in common with your so called friends, why are friends? Loose the users, they only drag you down.
You can't solve everybody's problems, but by being half-intelligent about your choices you can barter a good deal. The guy you know who fixes cars needs his shop to go wireless -- Help him out. The hot beauty downstairs wants her laptop to be wireless, use your charisma (this works for those who have it). You can get a piece of ass and leave the router open so you can connect for free anytime. I am an American, and I am proud to be in the land of endless opportunity.
Is the music industry really any different than the movie industry. Who leaked the Korn album onto the internet? Wasn't me, nor any of the other millions of fans who were eagerly waiting to buy it. It was a insider who got a promo disk. How many people have gone to the used CD store and bought a full length disk of promo material with the "not for sale" label on the jacket.
The Korn album leak didnt stop me from spending my $9.99. You got an entire CD and a decent length DVD. Thats a good buy. Of course you may think Korn is corporate rock too.
Check the local papers and go out and support your local bands. I used to create web pages for soem of the talent local to me. There are some very creative people out there. Free from pressure and Industry Managers and the RIAA.
History tells us that musicians were never really wealthy until this last century. Music doesn't have to be produced, edited, and even more likely a regurgitated hit from 30 years ago. Music can be made by you and your friends. Make the music you want to hear and I am sure other people will enjoy your music too. If people bought the American Idol music, then I am sure someone will like your music.
and Like that troll said earlier on this board Phuck the RIAA.
We are the people and we don't want crap music.
As for filesharing, is the RIAA looking at file types other than MP3,wma, and the like. I read they scan the files for certain digital watermarks, but if they are scanning for certain properties why not just change to a filetype they aren't scanning. Or better yet, encrypt the music file and only share your key with trusted individuals. IF the RIAA reverse engineers your cipher key, then you can sue them with the DMCA.
thats funny, you should have at least gotten a karma of 2.
I saw the 2nd Matrix at the Luxor in Vegas.
~The sound was amazing compared to the normal theater and I saw it in a very good normal theater.
~Being able to see the pimples on Keanos chest and the Pits in Lawrences face made feel a whole lot better about my complexion, lol
~Seeing the textures of trinity's butt in that leather outfit on a screen the size of a building was wonderful.
~It was alot easier to get lost in the movie.
~I actually liked it better after the Imax experience because those extended fight scenes were amazing. (I thought they were a little dragged out when I saw em on the regular screen)
>>>Completely Worth it.
Unrestricted P2P maybe a passing fad. Just like the BB of the 80's. Its going to change its shape, speed, ease of use, security, and other characteristics. In 10 years P2P will become even more translucent in our everyday use. Remember its good for all files, not just movies, music, and p0rn. I'm not sure what else I would use it for, but I'm positive its place in computing will not disappear completely.
As for sharing music, thats probably doomed. However, we can regroup. Maybe by starting local P2P networks with your friends, and your friends friends, and so on... Oh wait, how'd we get to 43 million users. We certainly are friendly. Of course, we could just encrypt our files and only provide the key to people we know and love.
Besides, if you and I are sharing files, verbally declair our share as private, Put up a keep out sign, but accidentally leave it exposed to the world for all to see, wouldn't the RIAA be hacking our computers. Oh, wait, we would have to incorporate first to have that kind of hypocrisy.
AOL is still around, so P2P should be able to survive.
I have sold several copies of Excel 5.0, I wonder if he bought it from me.
To all those city yippees --I live in Ohio. My nearest neighbor is a mile in either direction. The grocery store is 37 miles away. It is a 68 mile drive to work and half that is to get out of my county. Women love my Escalade and drool over my restored 66 Mustang. The last time my skinny ass was on a Bike was when I was 15 -- 15 years ago. I'm sorry you have to ride a bike to work and have never been able to buy a car. Women loove excess in most everything money, muscles, and burning gasoline. Try riding your bike or these econoboxes in the snow, jr. hahaha. You'll quickly be having a Diesel buring, black smoke spewing tow truck pulling your ass out of a ditch. Besides, you can't justify riding a bike in a city as helping the environment. You live in the city -- the concrete jungle. You should get out in the country and grow some vegitation. Plants produce oxygen, you need that more than your double latte. And yes, for 1500 bucks I can have a wireless hotspot in every part of my yard. Bet ya'll never had a rave in a cornfield, while the music streams from your huge electricity wasting 180 Gig jukebox of a pc to your beautifully set up Linux Box DJ station laptop. Sorry I would link to pics and docs, but I'm afraid my little web server couldn't handle a slashdotting.
Right before I graduated HS back in 97 but Physics professor asked me how I managed to get through his class so well with ADHD. He told me that he had documentation that followed me all the way back to elementary school stating that I had ADHD. That was a surprise to me. I had never been tested, nor approached about having it.
I read a couple of post stating that ADHD is basically crap. I have since been following the media coverage and arious articles about it. I must say that I too think its a hoax.
Kids are like big dogs. If you try and keep them couped up inside all day, following directions, when you turn your back they are gonna go wild. I also think it has to do with the amount of stimulants kids get these days. 20 years ago, vending machines would not be found in schools. Not to mention the failure of most classes to stimulate a mind. School bored me to death. If it weren't for the women I probably would have dropped out. God knows the booty got me through college.
I think ADHD is a societal cope out to medicate creative, over-stimulated, bored people.
new Momo product: vinyl "the Maatrix" graphics for you starship and matching Honda, scooter, quad-runner, snowmobile, and beaner bike.
Baseline Magazine had an article about this on Nov 1, 2002. www.baselinemag.com Just search for wal-mart (don't forget the dash.
I have 3 Apple IIc laying around my house. I bought the lot for a dollar (including hardware and a Dec Mate and software) for some Elementry school spring cleaning sale. I spent a whole 10 bucks and got a truck load of excellent old stuff. Anyone want some satiite receivers. Apple Talk is fun.
Wake Up Neo.
Knock, Knock.
Follow the White Rabbit.
I think the Chicken pickers would be happy to lose this job, especially at 21 yrs old. Maybe he could go join the Transistor Sorters Union. I hear they pay 1 per 1000 transistors.