This shortened warranty worries me greatly. It tells me Maxtor doesn't have much confidence in this new product. Having had hard drives die on me within 2 years quite a few times, I'd stay away from buying these new hard drives from Maxtor.
Many have chosen public/governmental because you are very unlikely get get laid off. After all, there's no end to taxpayer money.
And then once you're in and want to switch jobs governmental agencies will give you preference over someone who's not working in the public sector. This is why a friend of mine is looking to land an airport screener job. He doesn't really want to do that for the rest of his life. He just wants to get in and later on move to some computer position elsewhere.
The reality of the matter is the music labels had a good chance to curtail the use of alternative p2p file sharing systems, but they screwed it up.
Had they bought out Napster early on, controlled it with great care, and generate some revenues in the process while capitalizing on the massive audience, maybe the millions of people might not have flocked to Morpheus, Overnet, Kazaa, etc later on. Napster was their savior. It was the lesser of two evils.
This is a major screwup that's going to cost them millions upon millions in potential sales as well as a big black eye with their reputation.
And the easiest way to get modded down? Express to people that you think mp3 and warez sharing is wrong. They will come modding you down as flamebait. Very predictable.
Yes this is the type of honesty I respect. I see lots of people using excuses to justify what they do... when in fact most are probably just fooling themselves.
That's an overly-simplistic view of the situation. The cost of burning and labelling the CD is only a small fraction of the total cost. Artist cuts, distribution costs, promotions, risks etc. have a much more impact than the burning itself.
> (Insanely) increased CD prices > If the general price inflation had followed > that of CDs, a Big Mac would cost ten bucks. Do > they seriously expect people to pay any price?
Where in the world did you get THAT piece of statistic? Big Macs are like $2-3 now. To go up to $10 it would have to triple or quadruple.
Are you seriously trying to tell us that CD prices have gone up 3 or 4 times in the last decade? You telling me music CD used to cost between $3.75 to $5?
C'mon give me a break!
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You are but a minute minority in this music world and I applaud you for that. If most people were like you Napster wouldn't die as soon as they switched to a subscription-based service and the RIAA would have absolutely no problems with p2p file sharing. The fact is, most of the music downloaders out there (of which an overwhelming majority seems to like hanging out at/.) are nothing but common thieves. I remember back in the day when Napster was still popuplar and the RIAA was suing them... how the/. users were saying "if we could download songs at $0.01 per song I'd go for it". Guess what happened now that Naspter is obliging? They all left and found themselves another p2p place to share. These petty thieves like to justify the crimes they do with any excuse that comes to mind. To me they're just as evil as what they claim RIAA is.
So which is it/. users? Are you in favor of free unrestricted speech on the internet or not? Here I see lots of support of censoring RIAA, but now you want freedom of access.
I had this same idea a while back... but then found the real problem:
GPS signals are way too weak to be of any use in real-life situations. Go inside a building and the signal dies. Go under some trees and it's one. Heck even state of the art GPS receivers require a 30-second interval to get its initial coordinates.
It is a communistic policy. Think of pure communism on one end of the rainbow and pure capitalism on the other end. The U.S. is probably 3/4 of the way toward pure capitalism end and China is probably 3/4 of the way toward pure communism.
And don't think the U.S. doesn't ever learn toward communism either. In times of war, turmoil, and economic collapse we start thinking and voting more socialistic. And in times of prosperity and peace we vote more capitalistic.
Sorry, but I gotta take this offtopic because I've finally found someone else with the same problem as me.
Dude I'm getting the same exact error on my w2k install. I've got a Perc2 (those used by Dell servers 1+ years ago) and raid. It just keeps on blue screening me after I put in the fourth install disk.
Hmmm let's see... music is a form of entertainment.
Do you ABSOLULTELY need it to survive? No. Do you OCCASIONALLY need it to survive? No. Can you live without buying music from these "thieves"? Yes. Are they holding a gun to your head? No.
The excuse you are using is what lots of crooks use when they're caught. "But the banks are way too rich and greedy. Me robbing them doen't do any harm to them."
Either you're not thinking sraight or someone's been brainwashing you.
One of the great hallmarks of capitalism is success by MERIT. If you're able to produce something of value and interest to others, you will succeed. It's not how hard you work, it's how smart and how productive.
What you are proposing is called COMMUNISM. Go read up on Karl Marx. Under it, everyone is equal. It doesn't matter how hard you work, you are JUST like any other shmoe working their days.
Communism doesn't breed one spec of innovation. Why should I create, produce, or work harder than the next guy when I don't get any extra incentives out of it?
I think it's fair to go after the leechers, and not the technology. Thieves that have no respect for the hard work of others deserve to get caught and fined.
I'd much prefer this than to jeopardize the entire P2P technology.
"Those damn hack3rs just don't stop. Now they've focused their attention on our XBox. What should we do?"
"Hmmm... let's see... To hack XBox they have to buy it from us, and then they'll be busy on it playing video games instead of hacking our products... is that correct?"
"That's correct sir."
"Okie dokie then... give 'em the greenlight so I can take that vacation I've been wanting to take for the longest time..."
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This shortened warranty worries me greatly. It tells me Maxtor doesn't have much confidence in this new product. Having had hard drives die on me within 2 years quite a few times, I'd stay away from buying these new hard drives from Maxtor.
Many have chosen public/governmental because you are very unlikely get get laid off. After all, there's no end to taxpayer money.
And then once you're in and want to switch jobs governmental agencies will give you preference over someone who's not working in the public sector. This is why a friend of mine is looking to land an airport screener job. He doesn't really want to do that for the rest of his life. He just wants to get in and later on move to some computer position elsewhere.
And here I was thinking there's an easy and cheap way to make stereoscopic videos!
After reading it I think I'm gonna stick to my Asus 7700 with the polarizing lense that came with it.
The reality of the matter is the music labels had a good chance to curtail the use of alternative p2p file sharing systems, but they screwed it up.
Had they bought out Napster early on, controlled it with great care, and generate some revenues in the process while capitalizing on the massive audience, maybe the millions of people might not have flocked to Morpheus, Overnet, Kazaa, etc later on. Napster was their savior. It was the lesser of two evils.
This is a major screwup that's going to cost them millions upon millions in potential sales as well as a big black eye with their reputation.
Testing complete for http://www.goatse.cx. Result:
Site not reachable from US testing location. Check URL and web server.
I guess somebody up in the Chinese government got tricked into going over to goatse.cx and got a real scare...
And yet I'm still unable to view that article now...
;) Yes I AM lazy!
I guess it's time for the google cache mod whores to jump in.
Maybe you should try cyanide?
Is it just me or are these guys trying to design a faster bicycle when cars have already been invented?
If the RIAA can't even challenge P2P what makes Liquid Audio think THEY can??!!
Sell baby SELL!
And the easiest way to get modded down? Express to people that you think mp3 and warez sharing is wrong. They will come modding you down as flamebait. Very predictable.
Yes this is the type of honesty I respect. I see lots of people using excuses to justify what they do... when in fact most are probably just fooling themselves.
And you have evidence to back up your guess where?
That's an overly-simplistic view of the situation. The cost of burning and labelling the CD is only a small fraction of the total cost. Artist cuts, distribution costs, promotions, risks etc. have a much more impact than the burning itself.
> (Insanely) increased CD prices
> If the general price inflation had followed
> that of CDs, a Big Mac would cost ten bucks. Do
> they seriously expect people to pay any price?
Where in the world did you get THAT piece of statistic? Big Macs are like $2-3 now. To go up to $10 it would have to triple or quadruple.
Are you seriously trying to tell us that CD prices have gone up 3 or 4 times in the last decade? You telling me music CD used to cost between $3.75 to $5?
C'mon give me a break!
You are but a minute minority in this music world and I applaud you for that. If most people were like you Napster wouldn't die as soon as they switched to a subscription-based service and the RIAA would have absolutely no problems with p2p file sharing. The fact is, most of the music downloaders out there (of which an overwhelming majority seems to like hanging out at /.) are nothing but common thieves. I remember back in the day when Napster was still popuplar and the RIAA was suing them... how the /. users were saying "if we could download songs at $0.01 per song I'd go for it". Guess what happened now that Naspter is obliging? They all left and found themselves another p2p place to share. These petty thieves like to justify the crimes they do with any excuse that comes to mind. To me they're just as evil as what they claim RIAA is.
Exactly. Consumers are selfish. If they can steal elsewhere they will.
Hahaha... that's classic.
So which is it /. users? Are you in favor of free unrestricted speech on the internet or not? Here I see lots of support of censoring RIAA, but now you want freedom of access.
I had this same idea a while back... but then found the real problem:
GPS signals are way too weak to be of any use in real-life situations. Go inside a building and the signal dies. Go under some trees and it's one. Heck even state of the art GPS receivers require a 30-second interval to get its initial coordinates.
EngRish anyone?
It is a communistic policy. Think of pure communism on one end of the rainbow and pure capitalism on the other end. The U.S. is probably 3/4 of the way toward pure capitalism end and China is probably 3/4 of the way toward pure communism.
And don't think the U.S. doesn't ever learn toward communism either. In times of war, turmoil, and economic collapse we start thinking and voting more socialistic. And in times of prosperity and peace we vote more capitalistic.
Sorry, but I gotta take this offtopic because I've finally found someone else with the same problem as me.
Dude I'm getting the same exact error on my w2k install. I've got a Perc2 (those used by Dell servers 1+ years ago) and raid. It just keeps on blue screening me after I put in the fourth install disk.
Any fix for this?
Hmmm let's see... music is a form of entertainment.
Do you ABSOLULTELY need it to survive? No.
Do you OCCASIONALLY need it to survive? No.
Can you live without buying music from these "thieves"? Yes.
Are they holding a gun to your head? No.
The excuse you are using is what lots of crooks use when they're caught. "But the banks are way too rich and greedy. Me robbing them doen't do any harm to them."
Either you're not thinking sraight or someone's been brainwashing you.
One of the great hallmarks of capitalism is success by MERIT. If you're able to produce something of value and interest to others, you will succeed. It's not how hard you work, it's how smart and how productive.
What you are proposing is called COMMUNISM. Go read up on Karl Marx. Under it, everyone is equal. It doesn't matter how hard you work, you are JUST like any other shmoe working their days.
Communism doesn't breed one spec of innovation. Why should I create, produce, or work harder than the next guy when I don't get any extra incentives out of it?
I think it's fair to go after the leechers, and not the technology. Thieves that have no respect for the hard work of others deserve to get caught and fined.
I'd much prefer this than to jeopardize the entire P2P technology.
"Those damn hack3rs just don't stop. Now they've focused their attention on our XBox. What should we do?"
"Hmmm... let's see... To hack XBox they have to buy it from us, and then they'll be busy on it playing video games instead of hacking our products... is that correct?"
"That's correct sir."
"Okie dokie then... give 'em the greenlight so I can take that vacation I've been wanting to take for the longest time..."