You make some excellent points here. I agree that given the resources and time, KaZaA can be crushed. However, the only issue with crushing KaZaA is the users. We as internet users ( yes; like parent, I also have illegally downloaded music/programs/movies from my peers, so sue me ) are far too used to getting these things for free; that we take its legality for granted.
If you ask the average person on the street who uses a computer if they download music and such from KaZaA, chances are, they will say yes. It is also likely that they either don't realize that it's illegal or don't care, as the mentality of "they'll never catch me" applies to most internet users.
If KaZaA is destroyed, some other service will take reign of the illegal file sharing business. It's going to be nearly impossible to stop the everything-is-free mentality of p2p users.
Added to this, many users of KaZaA and the like are minors who do not have credit cards or any other means to support a pay-per-download mechanism. Unfortunately, because these users are so young, they do not have the moral upbringing to realize that copyright violation is stealing.
I should apply for a patent for 'a system under which ideas and inventions are protected under law such that the original inventor retains rights to said idea or item for a specified period of time'.
First, way to spell the name of our school, jackass;)
Yeah we also got this weak-ass system for checking all the CS projects, cheat checking, submission timing, and minimum effort requirements.
The problem with the system they use ( aptly called 'try' ) is that when it checks for your minimum requirements, it will tell you that something is wrong, ("Your program has failed test 1!!!" ), not exactly what is wrong.
Oh yeah, and if you can't make minumum submission by the set date, you fail the class.
Many people don't know it's illegal to pirate music, and it's actually kind of funny to talk to people about it. I'm not saying that said textbook would be a bad thing, I just think it's interesting that this kind of thing may be introduced in public schools.
Maybe the RIAA would back off a bit if most of their legal attack squad and mayhaps their fearless leader all had glorious meetings with a large bullets.
...which is exactly why organized crime families should run p2p networks.
I agree with parent. ADHD is an excuse for bad parenting. Got hyper kids? Just go to the doctor and he'll diagnose the kid with ADHD and give him some Ritalin, the keep-little-joey-out-of-mommys-hair drug, problem solved!!
And as pertains to the story, like the guy couldn't work before he was diagnosed with ADHD? Gimme a break.
This story reminds me of Steve Buscemi's line in Reservoir Dogs, "...and about this non-college bullshit you're giving me, I got two words for ya, honey; learn to fuckin' type, because if you're expectin' me to help out with the rent, you're in for a big fuckin surprise."
Mo' fuckaz be frontin' and got they shit ruined!!!
No seriously though, IBM is the emitome of an 800lb gorilla. If they really want to, they can crush SCO like a little bug; and I don't think many people would mind;-)
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Do you really want to start a flamewar?
well, it sounds like you do. take it outside, boys.
Sucks to be blind.
Next.
(hate to troll, but where do you draw the line?)
Blank TODO...that just means it's finished.
;-)
Ha, you laugh now, but wait until Wile's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem becomes self-aware. THEN who's laughing?
;-)
Or goof on them, al la Ed Norton in Boiler Room.
I only wish Norton was in Boiler Room, he would have done a better job than Giovanni Ribisi, and isn't nealy as greasebally.
...so therefore, unsecured wireless networks?
Let's try to stay on topic, here.
Man, I hope I get sued.
Ever since they started going after college students, my dream has become to answer a lawsuit letter with a Formal Request to Suck My Wang.
Rearrange the letters of RMS SCO FUD to get:
FORM SCUDS
It's an Al-Qaeda hidden message!!!
You make some excellent points here. I agree that given the resources and time, KaZaA can be crushed. However, the only issue with crushing KaZaA is the users. We as internet users ( yes; like parent, I also have illegally downloaded music/programs/movies from my peers, so sue me ) are far too used to getting these things for free; that we take its legality for granted.
If you ask the average person on the street who uses a computer if they download music and such from KaZaA, chances are, they will say yes. It is also likely that they either don't realize that it's illegal or don't care, as the mentality of "they'll never catch me" applies to most internet users.
If KaZaA is destroyed, some other service will take reign of the illegal file sharing business. It's going to be nearly impossible to stop the everything-is-free mentality of p2p users.
Added to this, many users of KaZaA and the like are minors who do not have credit cards or any other means to support a pay-per-download mechanism. Unfortunately, because these users are so young, they do not have the moral upbringing to realize that copyright violation is stealing.
Okay, I'll stop typing now.
Quiet.
They're enabling the empowerment and synergy of the new paradigm.
Maybe you can download it from IRC? I don't know, I think they're still figuring out how to rip it.
Well his 'mom test' was whether or not his mom could open up OpenOffice and type a document. Amazing.
I should apply for a patent for 'a system under which ideas and inventions are protected under law such that the original inventor retains rights to said idea or item for a specified period of time'.
there it is, the self-referential patent.
Everyone knows that any hardware/software manufacturer will "fudge" the benchmarks a bit.
This article is just one big flame war.
Next...
...or they could just use a piece of paper and a pencil.
hmmm...go figure
First, way to spell the name of our school, jackass ;)
Yeah we also got this weak-ass system for checking all the CS projects, cheat checking, submission timing, and minimum effort requirements.
The problem with the system they use ( aptly called 'try' ) is that when it checks for your minimum requirements, it will tell you that something is wrong, ("Your program has failed test 1!!!" ), not exactly what is wrong.
Oh yeah, and if you can't make minumum submission by the set date, you fail the class.
Many people don't know it's illegal to pirate music, and it's actually kind of funny to talk to people about it. I'm not saying that said textbook would be a bad thing, I just think it's interesting that this kind of thing may be introduced in public schools.
Next we'll see copyright education in public schools, just imagine, a textbook with a section on "Why KaZaA is Bad".
...but isn't the point of Mac OS X such that one doesn't need a manual?
:-)
yes; i'm on a mac powerbook right now
Maybe the RIAA would back off a bit if most of their legal attack squad and mayhaps their fearless leader all had glorious meetings with a large bullets.
...which is exactly why organized crime families should run p2p networks.
Maybe if artists wrote better music, they would sell more songs.
hmmm....
Well,
call me when Microsoft goes under, until then, NWN.
I agree with parent, baseball is a game for humans, by humans. Baseball would lose something if computers were making the calls.
Seems like this QuesTec company is just trying to turn a profit in the anemic American technology sector.
I agree with parent. ADHD is an excuse for bad parenting. Got hyper kids? Just go to the doctor and he'll diagnose the kid with ADHD and give him some Ritalin, the keep-little-joey-out-of-mommys-hair drug, problem solved!!
And as pertains to the story, like the guy couldn't work before he was diagnosed with ADHD? Gimme a break.
This story reminds me of Steve Buscemi's line in Reservoir Dogs, "...and about this non-college bullshit you're giving me, I got two words for ya, honey; learn to fuckin' type, because if you're expectin' me to help out with the rent, you're in for a big fuckin surprise."
Mo' fuckaz be frontin' and got they shit ruined!!!
;-)
No seriously though, IBM is the emitome of an 800lb gorilla. If they really want to, they can crush SCO like a little bug; and I don't think many people would mind