Why are you such an asshole? If you think the *majority* of MP3 users own the music they download, then I think you are naive. You may use MP3's in a fair and legal way (I never indicated that ALL people don't), but I don't think *most* use them legitimately.
> empirical evidence that this 'piracy' you speak of... blah blah
You want evidence? Have you ever tried Napster? You honestly think the majority of the music that was up/downloaded on it was for legitimate uses?! If so, again I say you are naive.
> Ooooh, wait, "we know better". At least Hendrick does, and in his infinite wisdom speaks for the vast majority of Slashdotters, and perhaps even for the majority of Americans.
PLEASE SHOW ME WHERE I say that my OPINIONS represent the majority of Slashdotters/Americans? Where the hell did you pull this from? Since when has it been outlawed to express one's opinions on Slashdot? You clearly have an opinion, but I didn't call you an arrogant prick. Instead I engaged in a debate over an OPINION, but you seem to make it personal.
How can you argue that downloading music you don't own is not stealing? This is all I claimed. For everyone else, I say "you play, you pay" (ie, you do something illegal, you have to face the consequences). This does not necessarily mean I have anything against piracy, but I think it's silly to think you can get away with it without consequence and try to fool yourself into thinking it's some sort of noble thing to do.
> intsead of "write once, run anywhere,".NET offers "compile once, run anywhere.")
Actually, I think you mean "code in any language you like to compile the same program". They want to give you freedom of language, not of platform, which makes perfect sense for them since they are also an OS company. Microsoft views "write once, run anywhere" as inferior, since you sacrifice performance. They are not pushing direct cross-platform compatibility, although I think they realize web-services is an indirect implementation of that.
Does anyone have a link that provides evidence of them claiming cross-platform compatibility (from the perspective that it is being argued here)?
> I see. And we call this "Dan Hendrick's version of Copyright law"? Real copyright law isn't supposed to work that way. And our elected representatives could see to it that it doesn't if they weren't in the pockets of the media companies.
1. If you really have an opinion, why are you posting anonymously, especially if you want to debate.
2. Yes, it is my version of "Copyright Law". I thought it was clear I was posting an opinion.
3. I'll pay for your court costs if you pay for mine. How's that?
4. Why don't you write a letter to your representative instead of telling me my opinion is wrong? They don't listen, you say? Be sure to vote in the next election then.
> Then you could safely set aside some of your money to defend us in court, should the need arise, right?
Not my problem, bucko. Yours.
I don't think what the RIAA is doing is right, but I also don't think that the "I only listen to MP3 music that I own" is bullshit coming from some people (but obviously not all).
> If I bring my CDs into work, I can play them on a boombox loud enough for the whole office to hear. That's called "fair use".
Nice try, but how often is this really the case? It's like the tired old excuse that Napster is used to promote new artists and piracy is just a nasty and unfortunate side effect. Not gonna work here, we all know better.
For those of you who actually purchased copies of the MP3s you listen to, congratualtions, I'm sure you'll have nothing to worry about in court.
> How much of the million bucks will go to the artists?
Is it really the job of the RIAA to collect missed royalties for those they represent or merely to minimize piracy so people will go out and buy the music of those they are representing?
If the latter is the case, which I think it is, I'm not sure they are obligated to give any of the money to the artists. The $1M is sort of for a "job well done".
I know this goes against a typical client/lawyer agreement of actually earning damages for your client, but does the music industry really care as long as their pal the RIAA curbs piracy to the best of their ability? I think the music industry is content with worrying about making money with their business model, not through litigation.
I have no serious objection to Intel's or Cisco's market dominance
I don't think Intel has a monopoly. AMD and Motorola are key contenders in the PC/handheld market.
> service and especially support improved dramatically, at least for me.
Service that is "less bad" doesn't mean it's good. After getting transfered 50 times I finally come to a person who knows what he/she is talking about, doesn't fix the problem, and then tries to sell me more shit.
Service aside, I think it should be a crime to try to sell you more shit when you are calling for tech support. I mean, let's get our current services working and then we'll talk about add-ons. Or better yet, how about I let you know when I need all those frills on my land line?
Why is broadband access so expensive, so bad, or so innaccessible in the U.S. that it makes something like this necessary? It just seems like our broadband options are going from bad to worse, and I cringe at the idea of eventually having to do something like this just to get decent, affordable access. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay TW by the megabyte for broadband access for long like the expensive old days of AOL.
Why does Slashdot run so many articles on News.com. I usually visit News.com before or after Slashdot anyway. I just seems like I often times see the same articles on both sites.
I know many of the articles on there make for a good debate, which is part of the fun of Slashdot, and I'm sure good articles are hard to find. But I would rather see some of the harder to find, equally good articles that are interested but of little know web sites. My $.02
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Heh, lighten up. I was merely making for of the fact that many geeks are also lonely hermits who probably have more of a need to jerk off than those who have significant others. No rip on the guy personally, only a joke.
Being a "lonely hermit" also enables you to spend more time on project like this. Sorry if I offended any hard workers out there who still enjoy a good spank in front of the terminal.
This guy's a true geek.
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Anyone else notice the bottle of lotion next to the monitor in the 5th picture? Is it any wonder he had time to make this thing?:)
Very cool idea/design. Me thinks I want to make one myself just for fun.
I wonder if that's fake. Why would Microsoft use VNS on a Windows 2k Advanced Server box? It has terminal services, which are slicker than VNC anyways (and MS native).
I've read a number of good recomendations here from make it scalable to make it pointy-clicky to make it feature rich, etc. But it seems to me that anyone reading Linux User magazine would be a different set of users that those who might pick it up at best buy.
I think anyone reading the magazine probably has already tried Linux and have probably run it for awhile (perhaps not regularly, but at least as their desktop for a short amount of time). Do these people need the most user friendly installing?
I'm no expert at Linux either, but if I was a subscriber to the magazine, I would look for something different, not necessarily easy. I'm not afraid to try new and potentially difficult things, but I don't want the same crap over again.
I think Debian is a good choice, since it is different and very handy to use. If I'm joe-blow SuSE in Germany who never tried another distribution, I might be enticed by the CD that came with my magazine (1000 free hours of Linux!).
If I was currently a Potato user, I would probably be excited if my magazine came with a fresh copy of Woody when it's released. Then again, does the typical reader of a Linux mag really wait for a new copy of their OS to come with a magazine?
I dunno, I think y'all might be targetting the wrong user demographic.
Do we really want water spraying up at our posteriors from a toilet? Seems like cleanup would be more work, and I wouldn't rely on a towel unless I was able to do some actual CLEANING and not just getter the dingleberries wet. Your other option is toilet paper which never stands up nicely to moisture. I don't want to get my ass wet after a nice healthy movement anyway.
I suppose this is what a bidet is essentially for, but at least you use it with the intention of actually doing to real cleaning of the undercarriage.
With web sites in constant flux, where the hell is Teoma's caching function? I find lots of sites are down (or more often, changed) when I search for them on Google, but that doesn't mean I don't want to see the content. Google's cache function allows me to see expired content (sometimes the answer to what I was looking for) quite easily and QUICKLY.
> When it all comes down to a final reckoning, there is only one search engine attribute that we all care about: How well we show up when doing a vanity search.
Interesting point, but those of us who don't show up in the results and want to are required to pay $30 just to be mentioned.
Yeah, I was going to add my website to their engine (because it didn't come up in a search), so I went to the site submit and found out they charged.
I'm guessing this reduces junk marketers and the porn industry from tainting resultes, but I don't like it. Google offers free submission, and I think their results are excellent.
It would have been extra work for me to past the URL in the Google search box myself.
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How do you get a kickass speaker setup without a receiver? I've seen some nice computer speakers in my time, but nothing that would compare to what is available in home theater speakers. Give it up, guys, your computer is not the center of the Universe, nor should it be.
What happens when you reload? Shit, gotta find all the drivers before I can watch TV decently. Damn, compatibility issue. What the hell did I do differently last time??
> So making everybody else compatible with Windows is all that matters?
No, but do you think each OS using it's own built in file association format is any better? If Windows switched to internal file associations, do you think Mac would be able to read it or vice versa? At least with a file extension I can visually see what it was probably intended to open in. If it's inside the file, I have no idea, and if I'm using a different platform than it was created on I might be screwed.
In other words, I create a file on Mac in Word and it puts its built in file association. I receive it on a future version of Windows or KDE box that supports built-in file associations, but not "Macintosh" built-in file associations. Each only understands its own.
How is this any different than the problem with Word Perfect not reading StarOffice not reading not reading Microsoft Office documents? Sure, you could save it in RTF, but nobody follows the standard (they seem to always save it in a native format), which is where the problem comes to play with built in file associations. Everybody wants their own format. Granted, there is the distinction here between users following a standard and the major OS companies, but they are often times no better.
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Why are you such an asshole? If you think the *majority* of MP3 users own the music they download, then I think you are naive. You may use MP3's in a fair and legal way (I never indicated that ALL people don't), but I don't think *most* use them legitimately.
> empirical evidence that this 'piracy' you speak of... blah blah
You want evidence? Have you ever tried Napster? You honestly think the majority of the music that was up/downloaded on it was for legitimate uses?! If so, again I say you are naive.
> Ooooh, wait, "we know better". At least Hendrick does, and in his infinite wisdom speaks for the vast majority of Slashdotters, and perhaps even for the majority of Americans.
PLEASE SHOW ME WHERE I say that my OPINIONS represent the majority of Slashdotters/Americans? Where the hell did you pull this from? Since when has it been outlawed to express one's opinions on Slashdot? You clearly have an opinion, but I didn't call you an arrogant prick. Instead I engaged in a debate over an OPINION, but you seem to make it personal.
How can you argue that downloading music you don't own is not stealing? This is all I claimed. For everyone else, I say "you play, you pay" (ie, you do something illegal, you have to face the consequences). This does not necessarily mean I have anything against piracy, but I think it's silly to think you can get away with it without consequence and try to fool yourself into thinking it's some sort of noble thing to do.
Oh yeah, and go fuck yourself.
> intsead of "write once, run anywhere," .NET offers "compile once, run anywhere.")
Actually, I think you mean "code in any language you like to compile the same program". They want to give you freedom of language, not of platform, which makes perfect sense for them since they are also an OS company. Microsoft views "write once, run anywhere" as inferior, since you sacrifice performance. They are not pushing direct cross-platform compatibility, although I think they realize web-services is an indirect implementation of that.
Does anyone have a link that provides evidence of them claiming cross-platform compatibility (from the perspective that it is being argued here)?
> I see. And we call this "Dan Hendrick's version of Copyright law"? Real copyright law isn't supposed to work that way. And our elected representatives could see to it that it doesn't if they weren't in the pockets of the media companies.
1. If you really have an opinion, why are you posting anonymously, especially if you want to debate.
2. Yes, it is my version of "Copyright Law". I thought it was clear I was posting an opinion.
3. I'll pay for your court costs if you pay for mine. How's that?
4. Why don't you write a letter to your representative instead of telling me my opinion is wrong? They don't listen, you say? Be sure to vote in the next election then.
Tool.
> Then you could safely set aside some of your money to defend us in court, should the need arise, right?
Not my problem, bucko. Yours.
I don't think what the RIAA is doing is right, but I also don't think that the "I only listen to MP3 music that I own" is bullshit coming from some people (but obviously not all).
> If I bring my CDs into work, I can play them on a boombox loud enough for the whole office to hear. That's called "fair use".
Nice try, but how often is this really the case? It's like the tired old excuse that Napster is used to promote new artists and piracy is just a nasty and unfortunate side effect. Not gonna work here, we all know better.
For those of you who actually purchased copies of the MP3s you listen to, congratualtions, I'm sure you'll have nothing to worry about in court.
> How much of the million bucks will go to the artists?
Is it really the job of the RIAA to collect missed royalties for those they represent or merely to minimize piracy so people will go out and buy the music of those they are representing?
If the latter is the case, which I think it is, I'm not sure they are obligated to give any of the money to the artists. The $1M is sort of for a "job well done".
I know this goes against a typical client/lawyer agreement of actually earning damages for your client, but does the music industry really care as long as their pal the RIAA curbs piracy to the best of their ability? I think the music industry is content with worrying about making money with their business model, not through litigation.
I have no serious objection to Intel's or Cisco's market dominance
I don't think Intel has a monopoly. AMD and Motorola are key contenders in the PC/handheld market.
> service and especially support improved dramatically, at least for me.
Service that is "less bad" doesn't mean it's good. After getting transfered 50 times I finally come to a person who knows what he/she is talking about, doesn't fix the problem, and then tries to sell me more shit.
Service aside, I think it should be a crime to try to sell you more shit when you are calling for tech support. I mean, let's get our current services working and then we'll talk about add-ons. Or better yet, how about I let you know when I need all those frills on my land line?
> And you don't listen when the guy you're paying 100s of dollars to teach speaks? Odd.
Some of us went to school for the piece of paper, not an "education".
Why is broadband access so expensive, so bad, or so innaccessible in the U.S. that it makes something like this necessary? It just seems like our broadband options are going from bad to worse, and I cringe at the idea of eventually having to do something like this just to get decent, affordable access. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay TW by the megabyte for broadband access for long like the expensive old days of AOL.
> what makes OS X anymore of a traditional Unix than any of these others I've suggested
The fact that OS X is commercially created and funded, for profit, like the other mentioned (IBM, Sun, Comcrap).
Why does Slashdot run so many articles on News.com. I usually visit News.com before or after Slashdot anyway. I just seems like I often times see the same articles on both sites.
I know many of the articles on there make for a good debate, which is part of the fun of Slashdot, and I'm sure good articles are hard to find. But I would rather see some of the harder to find, equally good articles that are interested but of little know web sites. My $.02
Heh, lighten up. I was merely making for of the fact that many geeks are also lonely hermits who probably have more of a need to jerk off than those who have significant others. No rip on the guy personally, only a joke.
Being a "lonely hermit" also enables you to spend more time on project like this. Sorry if I offended any hard workers out there who still enjoy a good spank in front of the terminal.
Anyone else notice the bottle of lotion next to the monitor in the 5th picture? Is it any wonder he had time to make this thing? :)
Very cool idea/design. Me thinks I want to make one myself just for fun.
Peter Gibbons: He's going to ask me to work on Sunday and I'm going to do it, because I'm a pussy, which is why I work at Innotek in the first place.
Hmmm, the same people that brought us the Macintosh with a DOS prompt are now bringing us Windows in OS/2.
Oh wait...
You can find tested and supported applications here:
http://appdb.codeweavers.com/
I wonder if that's fake. Why would Microsoft use VNS on a Windows 2k Advanced Server box? It has terminal services, which are slicker than VNC anyways (and MS native).
I've read a number of good recomendations here from make it scalable to make it pointy-clicky to make it feature rich, etc. But it seems to me that anyone reading Linux User magazine would be a different set of users that those who might pick it up at best buy.
I think anyone reading the magazine probably has already tried Linux and have probably run it for awhile (perhaps not regularly, but at least as their desktop for a short amount of time). Do these people need the most user friendly installing?
I'm no expert at Linux either, but if I was a subscriber to the magazine, I would look for something different, not necessarily easy. I'm not afraid to try new and potentially difficult things, but I don't want the same crap over again.
I think Debian is a good choice, since it is different and very handy to use. If I'm joe-blow SuSE in Germany who never tried another distribution, I might be enticed by the CD that came with my magazine (1000 free hours of Linux!).
If I was currently a Potato user, I would probably be excited if my magazine came with a fresh copy of Woody when it's released. Then again, does the typical reader of a Linux mag really wait for a new copy of their OS to come with a magazine?
I dunno, I think y'all might be targetting the wrong user demographic.
Did this get hacked or is it another April fools joke? :) Seems a step too far for the April fools minded internal to the project.
:)
Why does it say "-47,169 categories" at the bottom?
I like that it prominently says "Micrsoft" at the top with the Mozilla dragon (or whatever it is) at the bottom.
Best of all is this page which has "Copyright © 1999-2001 Netscape" at the bottom and "Monopolies do it better" in bold
Do we really want water spraying up at our posteriors from a toilet? Seems like cleanup would be more work, and I wouldn't rely on a towel unless I was able to do some actual CLEANING and not just getter the dingleberries wet. Your other option is toilet paper which never stands up nicely to moisture. I don't want to get my ass wet after a nice healthy movement anyway.
I suppose this is what a bidet is essentially for, but at least you use it with the intention of actually doing to real cleaning of the undercarriage.
With web sites in constant flux, where the hell is Teoma's caching function? I find lots of sites are down (or more often, changed) when I search for them on Google, but that doesn't mean I don't want to see the content. Google's cache function allows me to see expired content (sometimes the answer to what I was looking for) quite easily and QUICKLY.
> When it all comes down to a final reckoning, there is only one search engine attribute that we all care about: How well we show up when doing a vanity search.
Interesting point, but those of us who don't show up in the results and want to are required to pay $30 just to be mentioned.
Teoma loses on this test hands down.
Yeah, I was going to add my website to their engine (because it didn't come up in a search), so I went to the site submit and found out they charged.
I'm guessing this reduces junk marketers and the porn industry from tainting resultes, but I don't like it. Google offers free submission, and I think their results are excellent.
I don't like it.
It would have been extra work for me to past the URL in the Google search box myself.
How do you get a kickass speaker setup without a receiver? I've seen some nice computer speakers in my time, but nothing that would compare to what is available in home theater speakers. Give it up, guys, your computer is not the center of the Universe, nor should it be.
What happens when you reload? Shit, gotta find all the drivers before I can watch TV decently. Damn, compatibility issue. What the hell did I do differently last time??
> So making everybody else compatible with Windows is all that matters?
No, but do you think each OS using it's own built in file association format is any better? If Windows switched to internal file associations, do you think Mac would be able to read it or vice versa? At least with a file extension I can visually see what it was probably intended to open in. If it's inside the file, I have no idea, and if I'm using a different platform than it was created on I might be screwed.
In other words, I create a file on Mac in Word and it puts its built in file association. I receive it on a future version of Windows or KDE box that supports built-in file associations, but not "Macintosh" built-in file associations. Each only understands its own.
How is this any different than the problem with Word Perfect not reading StarOffice not reading not reading Microsoft Office documents? Sure, you could save it in RTF, but nobody follows the standard (they seem to always save it in a native format), which is where the problem comes to play with built in file associations. Everybody wants their own format. Granted, there is the distinction here between users following a standard and the major OS companies, but they are often times no better.