Yea, but by decoding the MP3's (a lossy format) and re-encoding them as Ogg Vorbis (another lossy format) you're really going to hurt the quality of the music.
That's common sense... You're talking to a bunch of Slashdotters, how dare you use that tactic!
You should have known better.
P.S. I don't think that they could fire you for doing anything with the connection that you shouldn't be. For example, downloading porn at work could contribute to a hostile workplace if any women happen to even glance over their shoulders at your monitor. There are a lot of things that they are liable for, for which they can be sued for allowing access. However, anything frivolous that they fire/reprimand you for could be grounds for a discrimination suit, but as pongo said, you should encrypt anything that you want kept private anyway.
I'll go even further to say this solves nothing. If I were a spammer running on Verizon I would just use a fake address within the Verizon domain to circumvent it (eg. fake_user@verizon.com).
I'm sure they will be verifying that the e-mail address specified belongs to the user that is logged in. They can tell to which user a connection belongs either by remembering the username in dial-up, or determining the LEN to which a DSL modem is connected. Verizon doesn't provide cable modems, so that's not their problem. Why is everyone complaining so much about someone trying to stop people from using their servers to spam/forge e-mails?
Canada did not invent basketball... A Canadian invented basketball. He only invented the sport because the canadian school he went to wouldn't let him play anything fun. (No rugby, no lacrosse, they're "legalized murder" and "tools of the devil!")
Like you said, there's nothing to push against in space. There is also nothing there to push on the ship, (no waves, like the ones that cause the vibration of the ship) so there wouldn't be any vibrations, and there would be no power to harness from the vibrations that wouldn't be occuring. This theory would be *completely* useless in space. (Not even ion engines.)
I have never paid for a single piece of Microsoft software. Most people like you and I don't. It's the businesses that do, because, unfortunately, there is no better way for them.
The software that runs in Windows is better for their purposes than what is currently available elsewhere. For instance, the GIMP may be really good, but Photoshop is still always just a little bit better (at least in the businesspeople's eyes, and that's all that matters to them). StarOffice may let you work on documents, but it's slow and almost as bloated as Microsoft Office.
I'm not saying that the Open Source Movement will never catch up, but currently, Microsoft does have a Monopoly, and it's going to take a lot of hard work and plenty of time to dethrone them.
I'm sorry to play devil's advocate here, but that's only wishful thinking. The problem is that people buy the Windows version whether or not there is a Linux version available. If you are going to buy it anyway, why would the developer care if you have your way and get to play on Linux? It still costs money to make Linux ports, albeit less than the cost of the original development, even if the code is all that changes. The real world, unfortunately, only cares about cost versus reward, and Linux is fighting a losing battle. Let's work on proving to the businesspeople that control our world that Linux games can be profitable by buying Linux games instead of their Windows counterparts.
~mythr
P.S. I've bought all of the games that Loki has released, and though I'm glad to support Linux gaming, I'm getting REALLY sick of first person shooters. Come on, guys, try working on something that we don't already have too many of!
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Yea, but by decoding the MP3's (a lossy format) and re-encoding them as Ogg Vorbis (another lossy format) you're really going to hurt the quality of the music.
That's common sense... You're talking to a bunch of Slashdotters, how dare you use that tactic!
You should have known better.
P.S. I don't think that they could fire you for doing anything with the connection that you shouldn't be. For example, downloading porn at work could contribute to a hostile workplace if any women happen to even glance over their shoulders at your monitor. There are a lot of things that they are liable for, for which they can be sued for allowing access. However, anything frivolous that they fire/reprimand you for could be grounds for a discrimination suit, but as pongo said, you should encrypt anything that you want kept private anyway.
I'll go even further to say this solves nothing. If I were a spammer running on Verizon I would just use a fake address within the Verizon domain to circumvent it (eg. fake_user@verizon.com).
I'm sure they will be verifying that the e-mail address specified belongs to the user that is logged in. They can tell to which user a connection belongs either by remembering the username in dial-up, or determining the LEN to which a DSL modem is connected. Verizon doesn't provide cable modems, so that's not their problem. Why is everyone complaining so much about someone trying to stop people from using their servers to spam/forge e-mails?
No, if it were Microsoft, it wouldn't be a stable release.
At least with Linux the update isn't mandatory, whereas most NT/2K boxes are getting thrashed by the Code Red worm if they don't get patched.
Patches, smatches! They should catch hell for using a Microsoft-made OS for their servers, not for neglecting to apply yet another fixless bug-fix.
Canada did not invent basketball... A Canadian invented basketball. He only invented the sport because the canadian school he went to wouldn't let him play anything fun. (No rugby, no lacrosse, they're "legalized murder" and "tools of the devil!")
Hey now, stop giving The Company (TM) ideas!
Like you said, there's nothing to push against in space. There is also nothing there to push on the ship, (no waves, like the ones that cause the vibration of the ship) so there wouldn't be any vibrations, and there would be no power to harness from the vibrations that wouldn't be occuring. This theory would be *completely* useless in space. (Not even ion engines.)
I have never paid for a single piece of Microsoft software. Most people like you and I don't. It's the businesses that do, because, unfortunately, there is no better way for them.
The software that runs in Windows is better for their purposes than what is currently available elsewhere. For instance, the GIMP may be really good, but Photoshop is still always just a little bit better (at least in the businesspeople's eyes, and that's all that matters to them). StarOffice may let you work on documents, but it's slow and almost as bloated as Microsoft Office.
I'm not saying that the Open Source Movement will never catch up, but currently, Microsoft does have a Monopoly, and it's going to take a lot of hard work and plenty of time to dethrone them.
I'm sorry to play devil's advocate here, but that's only wishful thinking. The problem is that people buy the Windows version whether or not there is a Linux version available. If you are going to buy it anyway, why would the developer care if you have your way and get to play on Linux? It still costs money to make Linux ports, albeit less than the cost of the original development, even if the code is all that changes. The real world, unfortunately, only cares about cost versus reward, and Linux is fighting a losing battle. Let's work on proving to the businesspeople that control our world that Linux games can be profitable by buying Linux games instead of their Windows counterparts.
~mythr
P.S. I've bought all of the games that Loki has released, and though I'm glad to support Linux gaming, I'm getting REALLY sick of first person shooters. Come on, guys, try working on something that we don't already have too many of!