The Internet is fast, it's cheap, and it's everywhere. Would the RIAA be able to make more money from trying to shut down P2P trading or from embracing the new medium (new, ha) and creating a profitable business model.
At some point their obstinacy has to give way to bottom-line thinking, lest they let legal fees become a constant drain.
According to the Washington Post and Ars Technica, the RIAA will now contact P2P users before suing them.
"Hello, SBC Customer Service? Yes, I'd like to order Call Screening for my -- why, yes, that is the number I'd like to block. How did you know? Hmm, three days? Fine. Thank you very much." *click*
Maybe we should all start to think about jumping ship?
I realize this is sarcasm, but the sentiment of potential trouble should be genuine, regardless of whether or not trouble actually exists.
One obtains and maintains dominance by being absolutely paranoid. Microsoft watches everyone else like a hawk -- and if Linux wants to erode Windows market share and shove immutable roots into the ground, its developers must be equally vigilant, if not more so, as it is in some circles the perceived underdog.
And vigilance in this case means not just observation, but implementation. What reasons of technical merit are there for Windows' consumption of Linux market share, and, if you don't believe the consumption exists, what reasons would potentially exist, and how can they be pre-emptively corrected?
What will it take before we get more money for watching the skies and funding for technologies that can divert a disaster?
Watching the skies for asteroids is comparatively inexpensive. The distances that telescopes are required to resolve in order to detect a threatening asteroid within sufficient lead time are far shorter than those routinely resolved by Hubble or Chandra, and lower-power telescopes = lower cost. It's the research into asteroid diversion techniques that really must be beefed up. I can almost understand the bureaucracy's reluctant attitude toward funding such projects -- why, they reason, should they pump money into research for circumstances that in all likelihood will never occur?
Nevertheless, the price for such an event, one asteroid at the expense of the human race, is far too high. This presents its own kind of pragmatism, which mustn't be ignored by those with the power to decide.
Brian Marsden of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, worries that the public will stop taking the asteroid threat seriously if false alarms continue.
Seriously though, did they ever? When was the last time you saw someone look at a headline about a potential asteroid collision, and witnessed a reaction other than a chuckle, or a sarcastic remark about life insurance?
The public knows there's virtually no chance of such an event actually happening, though I'm sure this is due more to an unconscious perception of invulnerability than to any widespread accurate education on the subject. Furthermore, they know that it would be utterly beyond their control regardless. If an asteroid of sufficient size impacts the earth, no shelter or duck-and-cover is going to help, so why worry? I can't imagine that too many people twist themselves into a panic over asteroid collision headlines. They're more of an amusement than anything else -- and it's not as if the astronomers responsible for keeping vigilence over such matters are in danger of losing funding.
E-mail resumes to jashcroft@doj.gov. Should your resume meet preliminary qualifications, you will be located and transported to an interview within 5 minutes of its receipt. Please bring samples of all bodily fluids.
What type of opportunities are there for IT work in the military/government.
OPENING: Surveillance and Information Awareness Specialist Department: Ministry of Love Qualifications: - Minimum 5 years experience neural implantation - Minimum 4 years experience xenobiology - Flexibility with surgical itentity alteration - Prior experience with polygraphs - Ideological suitability, to be determined by examination - Familiarity with ECHELON preferred
is P2P the start of a major new trend that is just getting started, or is it a passing fad that will fade once legal client/server systems for media distribution finally take hold?
P2P will be around forever, in whatever form it takes through the future's unimaginable technology, for one simple reason:
It's free.
Legal systems for digital media distribution will always cost money. Why pay money when you can get something almost as good -- or as good, with a little know-how -- for free?
Is it just me, or is ATI pulling a real turnaround? They used to be the underdog for so long -- their drivers weren't the greatest, their marketshare was second-fiddle, and they initially missed out on the Xbox contract. I never thought I'd see the day where nVidia, which is practically the industry standard for gaming, might be challenged on such a thing as actual performance.
Oh well, at least communication between hardware and game developers has improved to the point that I won't need to specify to the game whether I have a Hercules, Tandy, or Trident chipset...;-)
I'm more worried about posters who pledge allegience to the Gobots in their sig than I am about kids with guns who're too wall-eyed to even shoot straight.
You're absolutely right, I couldn't agree more. Truly a menace they are. It's a good thing my sig refers to the Transformers.
Anyone with so much aggression that they wish to utterly destroy their computer won't have the patience required for the methodical destruction this article describes.:-)
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For further reference, see George Carlin.
"As soon as I shove this hot poker..."
Will Legal P2P Music Distribution Succeed?
It's pretty much going to have to.
The Internet is fast, it's cheap, and it's everywhere. Would the RIAA be able to make more money from trying to shut down P2P trading or from embracing the new medium (new, ha) and creating a profitable business model.
At some point their obstinacy has to give way to bottom-line thinking, lest they let legal fees become a constant drain.
As Gates tries to defend Windows, the General blows his head off. I thought that was pretty cool.
Kind of metaphorical for Slashdot, eh?
The asteroid, designated 2003 SQ222, came from inside the Earth's orbit and so was only spotted after it had whizzed by.
I think I speak for all of us when I say:
Gah.
According to the Washington Post and Ars Technica, the RIAA will now contact P2P users before suing them.
"Hello, SBC Customer Service? Yes, I'd like to order Call Screening for my -- why, yes, that is the number I'd like to block. How did you know? Hmm, three days? Fine. Thank you very much." *click*
More Jail Time For Computer Crime Starting Next Month
Anyone else read that as someone getting jailed for a computer crime that will happen in the future?
Maybe we should all start to think about jumping ship?
I realize this is sarcasm, but the sentiment of potential trouble should be genuine, regardless of whether or not trouble actually exists.
One obtains and maintains dominance by being absolutely paranoid. Microsoft watches everyone else like a hawk -- and if Linux wants to erode Windows market share and shove immutable roots into the ground, its developers must be equally vigilant, if not more so, as it is in some circles the perceived underdog.
And vigilance in this case means not just observation, but implementation. What reasons of technical merit are there for Windows' consumption of Linux market share, and, if you don't believe the consumption exists, what reasons would potentially exist, and how can they be pre-emptively corrected?
When an "out of the office" auto-reply comes back on one e-mail message, Colbert says: "Oh, we love those. They confirm that the address is active."
This should put to rest any remaining doubts about whether or not "unsubscribing" from spam lists actually works.
the decade-old Cyrillic Projector Code has been cracked, and that it deciphers to some classified KGB instructions and correspondence.
Thank goodness for that decade-old KGB info. The Cold War will be ours!
What will it take before we get more money for watching the skies and funding for technologies that can divert a disaster?
Watching the skies for asteroids is comparatively inexpensive. The distances that telescopes are required to resolve in order to detect a threatening asteroid within sufficient lead time are far shorter than those routinely resolved by Hubble or Chandra, and lower-power telescopes = lower cost. It's the research into asteroid diversion techniques that really must be beefed up. I can almost understand the bureaucracy's reluctant attitude toward funding such projects -- why, they reason, should they pump money into research for circumstances that in all likelihood will never occur?
Nevertheless, the price for such an event, one asteroid at the expense of the human race, is far too high. This presents its own kind of pragmatism, which mustn't be ignored by those with the power to decide.
Brian Marsden of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, worries that the public will stop taking the asteroid threat seriously if false alarms continue.
Seriously though, did they ever? When was the last time you saw someone look at a headline about a potential asteroid collision, and witnessed a reaction other than a chuckle, or a sarcastic remark about life insurance?
The public knows there's virtually no chance of such an event actually happening, though I'm sure this is due more to an unconscious perception of invulnerability than to any widespread accurate education on the subject. Furthermore, they know that it would be utterly beyond their control regardless. If an asteroid of sufficient size impacts the earth, no shelter or duck-and-cover is going to help, so why worry? I can't imagine that too many people twist themselves into a panic over asteroid collision headlines. They're more of an amusement than anything else -- and it's not as if the astronomers responsible for keeping vigilence over such matters are in danger of losing funding.
E-mail resumes to jashcroft@doj.gov. Should your resume meet preliminary qualifications, you will be located and transported to an interview within 5 minutes of its receipt. Please bring samples of all bodily fluids.
What type of opportunities are there for IT work in the military/government.
OPENING: Surveillance and Information Awareness Specialist
Department: Ministry of Love
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years experience neural implantation
- Minimum 4 years experience xenobiology
- Flexibility with surgical itentity alteration
- Prior experience with polygraphs
- Ideological suitability, to be determined by examination
- Familiarity with ECHELON preferred
is P2P the start of a major new trend that is just getting started, or is it a passing fad that will fade once legal client/server systems for media distribution finally take hold?
P2P will be around forever, in whatever form it takes through the future's unimaginable technology, for one simple reason:
It's free.
Legal systems for digital media distribution will always cost money. Why pay money when you can get something almost as good -- or as good, with a little know-how -- for free?
but as a true bat aficionado, he is just happy to know what it is like to be a bat.
Someone ought to let Nagel know.
When you drive, you can't look at the speedometer and the road at the same time,
That's what I tried to tell him...
Have you ever wanted a ball of Silly Putty as big as your head?
Why, yes! Yes I have!
Now you can make it at home.
"We went to the bars and then a house party last night. What'd you do?"
"I stayed at home and made Silly Putty! I'm going to kill myself!"
Mobile phones and the new wireless technology could cause a "whole generation" of today's teenagers to go senile in the prime of their lives,
;-)
No, no, teenagers have always been half-cocked.
5:08 PM - U.S./Canada Power Outage Task Force web server goes out.
Is it just me, or is ATI pulling a real turnaround? They used to be the underdog for so long -- their drivers weren't the greatest, their marketshare was second-fiddle, and they initially missed out on the Xbox contract. I never thought I'd see the day where nVidia, which is practically the industry standard for gaming, might be challenged on such a thing as actual performance.
;-)
Oh well, at least communication between hardware and game developers has improved to the point that I won't need to specify to the game whether I have a Hercules, Tandy, or Trident chipset...
Age 20 years in 3 months.
Dude, reverse that process and you've got a winner.
Why not play between programs? The Nokia Mediamaster 260 S has games built-in so you and your family can play
Man, what would my family do without those built-in games? Interact?
Nokia classics, such as Snake, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Card Deck
Dude! Nokia invented Tic-Tac-Toe? I have all sorts of overdue kudos to give them!
With the Nokia Mediamaster 260 S, you can pause live TV, answer the door, and continue watching right from where you left off.
Ah, the satisfaction of putting the Commander in Chief on hold.
I'm more worried about posters who pledge allegience to the Gobots in their sig than I am about kids with guns who're too wall-eyed to even shoot straight.
You're absolutely right, I couldn't agree more. Truly a menace they are. It's a good thing my sig refers to the Transformers.
Anyone with so much aggression that they wish to utterly destroy their computer won't have the patience required for the methodical destruction this article describes. :-)