... if I could read half of the white paper. In Opera at 100% the examples cited by Microsoft in their tables are barely legible. So much for standards compliance!
And we have to switch our email addys to @rogers.com... the automated voice message we get everyday on the phone at my house to do this is incredibly annoying...
I guess the ideology of this is to eliminate air defense etc. so that when they actually want to eliminate the terrorist camps they can without fear of Taliban attack... I guess...
Yeah, a pretty dangerous tactic. But I don't think other Islamic nations will complain _too_ much.
We hear two (mainly) viewpoints in this debate: the RIAA (and their Evil Empire compatriots, evidently) and the linux-loving open source who want free information for everyone (ok... at least there are people who want to have the rights to their property maintained, which I agree with. However, what about the musicians? Do they care whether their music is being copied from a legally owned CD to a legally owned computer? Do they care what format it is in? Do they care how people manage to get it onto their computers and portable MP3 players?
Probably not.
Music sharing has been around since tape recorders. It was simple enough (heck, I did it when I was 8). We'd copy songs off CDs or the radio, and share them with our friends. It was harmless, and only helped to exted people's interest in many different bands. This type of thing continued through Napster and all the rest, namely that people would put their favourite songs online and others would grab them and try them out. As many studies (and/. posts) have pointed out, music retail sales were up during this period. The musicians were more popular. Any ten year old kid would listen to Bye, Bye, Bye and go buy the N'Sync CD. (Unless that ten year old had good taste.) Despite efforts by Metallica etc. this music sharing continued, until the RIAA and the courts stepped in. And then music sales went down. (Maybe because there is no good music out these days, but who knows.)
All this, however, is immaterial. The musicians probably are not even aware that all these steps are taken so that there is no way for their music to be spread except through radio (sadly, often narrow-minded). Heck, it's probably illegal to lend a CD to your friend... why I don't know.
Bah. Big rant. Probably incoherent. Whatever.
I just hope either a) this doesn't happen or b) this does happen, people realize how stupid it is, sales go down, and the RIAA backs down.
Luckily there are alternatives... (shameless plug ahead)
I work at a computer camp in Ottawa, Canada. It is run by university students with the assistance of high school students (myself being one of them), who generally study science or engineering, and all know about computers. We are teaching computers to kids from grade 1 to people my age, and we do it because we want to. Our curricula foster creativity, and allow the camper to learn more at home (if he/she can).
While one week of camp is not enough to learn everything there is to know, it provides the spark for many newfound computer lovers to learn more.
Not to mention, we have nothing to do with fanatical school boards.
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I do not live in the US, and I do not live in any of the (major) cities given. If I were actually interested, what would I do?
Whoever edited the interview text is a dolt, too. Running Mozilla, there are many exclamation marks littering the text, serving no apparent purpose.
Heh... assuming that Bush's economic practices don't drag down Canada with the US... the Canadian dollar would be worth more than the American dollar.
... isn't "Emperor: Battle For Dune" out? i.e. not upcoming? And hasn't it been for a while?
Maybe we should pronounce them "mibs" and "gibs".
... if I could read half of the white paper. In Opera at 100% the examples cited by Microsoft in their tables are barely legible. So much for standards compliance!
And we have to switch our email addys to @rogers.com... the automated voice message we get everyday on the phone at my house to do this is incredibly annoying...
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Plus he lost his senate election to a dead guy.
--- governments that poison the minds of our children.
Next on CNN4Kidz: The ever-wonderful United States killed all of the evil people! Yay us!
I guess the ideology of this is to eliminate air defense etc. so that when they actually want to eliminate the terrorist camps they can without fear of Taliban attack... I guess...
Yeah, a pretty dangerous tactic. But I don't think other Islamic nations will complain _too_ much.
We hear two (mainly) viewpoints in this debate: the RIAA (and their Evil Empire compatriots, evidently) and the linux-loving open source who want free information for everyone (ok... at least there are people who want to have the rights to their property maintained, which I agree with. However, what about the musicians? Do they care whether their music is being copied from a legally owned CD to a legally owned computer? Do they care what format it is in? Do they care how people manage to get it onto their computers and portable MP3 players?
/. posts) have pointed out, music retail sales were up during this period. The musicians were more popular. Any ten year old kid would listen to Bye, Bye, Bye and go buy the N'Sync CD. (Unless that ten year old had good taste.) Despite efforts by Metallica etc. this music sharing continued, until the RIAA and the courts stepped in. And then music sales went down. (Maybe because there is no good music out these days, but who knows.)
Probably not.
Music sharing has been around since tape recorders. It was simple enough (heck, I did it when I was 8). We'd copy songs off CDs or the radio, and share them with our friends. It was harmless, and only helped to exted people's interest in many different bands. This type of thing continued through Napster and all the rest, namely that people would put their favourite songs online and others would grab them and try them out. As many studies (and
All this, however, is immaterial. The musicians probably are not even aware that all these steps are taken so that there is no way for their music to be spread except through radio (sadly, often narrow-minded). Heck, it's probably illegal to lend a CD to your friend... why I don't know.
Bah. Big rant. Probably incoherent. Whatever.
I just hope either a) this doesn't happen or b) this does happen, people realize how stupid it is, sales go down, and the RIAA backs down.
Oh well...
Luckily there are alternatives... (shameless plug ahead)
I work at a computer camp in Ottawa, Canada. It is run by university students with the assistance of high school students (myself being one of them), who generally study science or engineering, and all know about computers. We are teaching computers to kids from grade 1 to people my age, and we do it because we want to. Our curricula foster creativity, and allow the camper to learn more at home (if he/she can).
While one week of camp is not enough to learn everything there is to know, it provides the spark for many newfound computer lovers to learn more.
Not to mention, we have nothing to do with fanatical school boards.