Shoot, as long as slashdot is the de facto source for redundancy, how about we make a poll for the subject:
Slashdot poll: Which article is better? 1)iTunes downloads prices increasing article referenced here (yesterday) 2)iTunes downloads prices increasing article referenced here (today's) 3)the iTunes article dupe we'll see tomorrow. 4) the iTunes article for when the prices actually change 5) dupe slashdot article for #4 6) dupe slashdot article for #4 AND #5.
Come on guys. I know you can get on the same page.
This is the SAME GUY who went through tirade after temper-tantrum-touting-tirade about how he was eviling being targeted as an Apple hater meanwhile spewing out vitriolic fodder on how Apple will die (all within the confines of an OBJECTIVE viewpoint, of course;). This as far back as 1998. You see where Apple is today.
My god, that's completely insane. Why not just charge twenty bucks plus court costs? That'd prove far more agreeable to the users and pirates - it's the same price as a DVD, and you can claim Fair Use with what you do with it.
We're talking about people whose heads are completely in the clouds and don't have the slightest bit of common sense or are in touch with the common person. They don't get it.
Who was the guy who said "I really feel sorry for the working stiff types. What do they make... like only $100,000 a year?" Would be somewhat appropriate for this conversation...
Of course, I'm not sure if he copyrighted his material, but they say all you need to do is "put something out there" with a date and it's automatically protected.
Heven is where the police are British, the lovers French, the machanics German, the chefs Italian, and it's all organsed by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German, the lovers Swiss, the machanics French, the chefs British, and it's all organsed by the Italians.
We hereby note that the latter arguement should be changed to: Hell is where the police are German, the lovers Swiss, the machanics French, the chefs British, the spellers Slashdot readers, and it's all organsed by the Italians
I, for one, am very interested in seeing this one - now that the plot is moving full speed, with a desperate war being fought in the background, and Vader appearing to the scene, there is every reason to believe this could be the ESB of the new SW movies.
Roger that.
Aside from the fact that many of us geeks grow up to become nilhilists, critics, and sardonic viewers of movie sequels such that nothing will please us (probably becuase we've learn that's somehow cool to poo-poo everything), I think on the average this film will rock. And if it does in the way you and I both think that it will, the naysayers will look pretty bad.
Go ahead, naysayers -- pooh-pooh this film before it begins! I dare you!
The sad truth is that because of nostalgia and the link between ESB and childhood, Ep3 could be the best, darkest piece of tragedy of all 6 and some in the geek crowd will still dismiss it.
I understand your situation is different if you are making music for a living, but in recent times there has been such a surge of amateur musicians who are technologically-savvy.
Take me for example. I had the unfortunate realisation at age 25 that I was not going to be a rock and roll star, so I switched gears and got a CS degree. But I told myself that I would always make music, but it would have to be in hobby form from now on. Fortunatley with a CS degree I would be able to afford some nice toys for that hobby (at least in theory...)
Well it worked, and I'm now in the process of recording an album. No, Island records has not flown me to NY for a posh recording session with cameos by Steven Tyler, but I make great sounding music recording the album 100% digitally, with not much $$ invested, thanks to technologies like this (heck, the software was free -- Garageband).
The point is many people like me who always wanted to record in a studio now can -- they can build one that is relatively inexpensive -- and those are the type of people that enjoy tools like this.
I would not be surprised in the future if we see a few people out there who were working professionals who suddenly become famous for musical works they did as a hobby with no intention of making it big in the first place.
Since dupe stories apparently make news on/., maybe I'll just post a dupe post (referenced here. Ironically it's on the same subject o.O). With the current logic, I should get mod points for it! Here goes: The REALLY sad part is that I don't read slashdot but maybe twice a week on average and ever *I* remember the dupe story... the link color is already darkened from where I visited precisly the same link the the very short past.
No, I don't believe this is the "death of slashdot or anything silly like that." But it is conceivable that in that that glorious mound of slashdot web code there could be a way to check the relevant links in the current article against the laready existing articles within the past yada yada yada, such that the "TinyP2P" link would be automatically flagged since it was referenced a short while ago. That way, editors can double check for dupes. I bet you could even do it in 15 lines (har har, hardy har har, har).
But by going after little Susie or gramma they can make the claim that they're doing something about piracy...
The real question is what are they doing about music quality. Inundation of Britany Spears and the Backstreet boys have made me care much than less.
I have not bought a CD in 2 years. I HAVE, however, downloaded iTunes entire albums and countless singles. There's no point when I'm just going to put it in my mp3 collection anyway so that it's portable.
The REAL question(s) is (are) 1)what are record companies doing about the QUALITY of music such that we'd actually care about purchasing them in the first place? 2) The only "CDs" I've recently bought are Dvd-audios. Am not sure of any current way to rip 5.1 surround sound to mp3 or any other compression format, so how does piracy apply here?
I know that if I would ever actually want to own a hard copy of anything, it would be a Dvd-audio or maybe an SACD. What's the RIAA have to say about that?
The REALLY sad part is that I don't read slashdot but maybe twice a week on average and ever *I* remember the dupe story... the link color is already darkened from where I visited precisly the same link the the very short past.
No, I don't believe this is the "death of slashdot or anything silly like that." But it is conceivable that in that that glorious mound of slashdot web code there could be a way to check the relevant links in the current article against the laready existing articles within the past yada yada yada, such that the "TinyP2P" link would be automatically flagged since it was referenced a short while ago. That way, editors can double check for dupes. I bet you could even do it in 15 lines (har har, hardy har har, har).
LOL the first line in his personal notes is "Memory layout is a bitch." Nice.
Re:Just someone else to get sued
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Robots in Medicine
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· Score: 2, Funny
but at least with a human doing the filling of drugs there is some common sense that can be a fail-safe. With a machine all it takes is a bug to have 300 vials of poison dealt to unsuspecting patients. Won't there still need to be human oversight?
Well good for them... I can't imagine the backlash if they had tried to control subscription-based services like this.
I used to care about what happened on regular radio, whether it was begin censored, etc, but regular radio sucks so horribly bad I just don't give a [censored].
There aren't any frigging pictures in this article (like many posted for/.)! Where is the love for geek pr0n?
Might as well give us the info on a brand new linux distro with an outstanding desktop experience and then... amazingly... no pictures. Even Einstein gazed and was in awe of the night sky to his naked eye despite the more pragmatic applications of the universe. It's geek pr0n people! It rules! Give us pics!
In this day of over-sensitivity, political correctness, and people/corporations sueing at every possible interval, it's great to see the makers of the dreaded Spam yuck it up with laughter, turning a positive light on the fact that they are the butt of many jokes. In fact, they are probably laughing all the way to the bank...
I can see it now... "Not sure where your computer is boldy going? Make sure it's using trusted Mcaffee anti-virus software... it's what astronauts on Mars use" *cut to video of astronauts dying from lack of proper inoculation*
Slashdot Mirror
Shoot, as long as slashdot is the de facto source for redundancy, how about we make a poll for the subject:
Slashdot poll: Which article is better?
1)iTunes downloads prices increasing article referenced here (yesterday)
2)iTunes downloads prices increasing article referenced here (today's)
3)the iTunes article dupe we'll see tomorrow.
4) the iTunes article for when the prices actually change
5) dupe slashdot article for #4
6) dupe slashdot article for #4 AND #5.
Come on guys. I know you can get on the same page.
Yup, nothing like good old competition to make a company become more innovative.
...
Oh, wait
Look,
;). This as far back as 1998. You see where Apple is today.
This is the SAME GUY who went through tirade after temper-tantrum-touting-tirade about how he was eviling being targeted as an Apple hater meanwhile spewing out vitriolic fodder on how Apple will die (all within the confines of an OBJECTIVE viewpoint, of course
Dvorak's not a credible source. Case closed.
My god, that's completely insane. Why not just charge twenty bucks plus court costs? That'd prove far more agreeable to the users and pirates - it's the same price as a DVD, and you can claim Fair Use with what you do with it.
... like only $100,000 a year?" Would be somewhat appropriate for this conversation ...
We're talking about people whose heads are completely in the clouds and don't have the slightest bit of common sense or are in touch with the common person. They don't get it.
Who was the guy who said "I really feel sorry for the working stiff types. What do they make
The above is copright 2005 wolrahnaes
Sorry, you can't. It appears this guy has beat you to it.
Of course, I'm not sure if he copyrighted his material, but they say all you need to do is "put something out there" with a date and it's automatically protected.
Heven is where the police are British, the lovers French, the machanics German, the chefs Italian, and it's all organsed by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German, the lovers Swiss, the machanics French, the chefs British, and it's all organsed by the Italians.
We hereby note that the latter arguement should be changed to: Hell is where the police are German, the lovers Swiss, the machanics French, the chefs British, the spellers Slashdot readers, and it's all organsed by the Italians
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TextEdit, you MOSX-insensitive clod!
I, for one, am very interested in seeing this one - now that the plot is moving full speed, with a desperate war being fought in the background, and Vader appearing to the scene, there is every reason to believe this could be the ESB of the new SW movies.
Roger that.
Aside from the fact that many of us geeks grow up to become nilhilists, critics, and sardonic viewers of movie sequels such that nothing will please us (probably becuase we've learn that's somehow cool to poo-poo everything), I think on the average this film will rock. And if it does in the way you and I both think that it will, the naysayers will look pretty bad.
Go ahead, naysayers -- pooh-pooh this film before it begins! I dare you!
The sad truth is that because of nostalgia and the link between ESB and childhood, Ep3 could be the best, darkest piece of tragedy of all 6 and some in the geek crowd will still dismiss it.
Then again, I liked Matrix Reloaded. Sue me.
I can't believe I'm asking for a mirror for a betamax tape ...
There is no mention of Jeff Bridges being considered.
Anyone know whether he's mentioned whether or not he'd do something like that from past interviews?
It now appears that "mini" (Mac mini, iPod mini Cooper mini) is the new "i" (iPod, iLife, iTrip, iHateINames).
Bravo, pop culture.
I understand your situation is different if you are making music for a living, but in recent times there has been such a surge of amateur musicians who are technologically-savvy.
...)
Take me for example. I had the unfortunate realisation at age 25 that I was not going to be a rock and roll star, so I switched gears and got a CS degree. But I told myself that I would always make music, but it would have to be in hobby form from now on. Fortunatley with a CS degree I would be able to afford some nice toys for that hobby (at least in theory
Well it worked, and I'm now in the process of recording an album. No, Island records has not flown me to NY for a posh recording session with cameos by Steven Tyler, but I make great sounding music recording the album 100% digitally, with not much $$ invested, thanks to technologies like this (heck, the software was free -- Garageband).
The point is many people like me who always wanted to record in a studio now can -- they can build one that is relatively inexpensive -- and those are the type of people that enjoy tools like this.
I would not be surprised in the future if we see a few people out there who were working professionals who suddenly become famous for musical works they did as a hobby with no intention of making it big in the first place.
Wow,
/., maybe I'll just post a dupe post (referenced here. Ironically it's on the same subject o.O). With the current logic, I should get mod points for it! Here goes:
... the link color is already darkened from where I visited precisly the same link the the very short past.
Since dupe stories apparently make news on
The REALLY sad part is that I don't read slashdot but maybe twice a week on average and ever *I* remember the dupe story
No, I don't believe this is the "death of slashdot or anything silly like that." But it is conceivable that in that that glorious mound of slashdot web code there could be a way to check the relevant links in the current article against the laready existing articles within the past yada yada yada, such that the "TinyP2P" link would be automatically flagged since it was referenced a short while ago. That way, editors can double check for dupes. I bet you could even do it in 15 lines (har har, hardy har har, har).
Or mebbe use teh "search feature."
keke.
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[sarcasm]Dang, if only that had sued him 2 years earlier he'd still be a minor and wouldn't be responsible....[/sarcasm]
Never stopped the RIAA.
Unless that's what you're implying by sarcasm.
But by going after little Susie or gramma they can make the claim that they're doing something about piracy...
The real question is what are they doing about music quality. Inundation of Britany Spears and the Backstreet boys have made me care much than less.
I have not bought a CD in 2 years. I HAVE, however, downloaded iTunes entire albums and countless singles. There's no point when I'm just going to put it in my mp3 collection anyway so that it's portable.
The REAL question(s) is (are) 1)what are record companies doing about the QUALITY of music such that we'd actually care about purchasing them in the first place? 2) The only "CDs" I've recently bought are Dvd-audios. Am not sure of any current way to rip 5.1 surround sound to mp3 or any other compression format, so how does piracy apply here?
I know that if I would ever actually want to own a hard copy of anything, it would be a Dvd-audio or maybe an SACD. What's the RIAA have to say about that?
*cricket*
The REALLY sad part is that I don't read slashdot but maybe twice a week on average and ever *I* remember the dupe story ... the link color is already darkened from where I visited precisly the same link the the very short past.
No, I don't believe this is the "death of slashdot or anything silly like that." But it is conceivable that in that that glorious mound of slashdot web code there could be a way to check the relevant links in the current article against the laready existing articles within the past yada yada yada, such that the "TinyP2P" link would be automatically flagged since it was referenced a short while ago. That way, editors can double check for dupes. I bet you could even do it in 15 lines (har har, hardy har har, har).
Or mebbe use teh "search feature."
keke.
LOL the first line in his personal notes is "Memory layout is a bitch." Nice.
Kinda frightening isn't it? For comparison:
Robot Bartender. Error = client is drunk.
Robot Pharmacist. Error = client is dead.
I'm sorry, your question does not compute. Shall we play a game of chess?
-> A bulldozer is rumbling directly towards your house! What do you do?
% kill prosser
->You mess up all of his fancy facial muck.
My favorite line from the text game (Apple II)
Can she HANDLE THE HOT GRITS, though
Well good for them ... I can't imagine the backlash if they had tried to control subscription-based services like this.
I used to care about what happened on regular radio, whether it was begin censored, etc, but regular radio sucks so horribly bad I just don't give a [censored].
I joined XM and never looked back.
There aren't any frigging pictures in this article (like many posted for /.)! Where is the love for geek pr0n?
... amazingly ... no pictures. Even Einstein gazed and was in awe of the night sky to his naked eye despite the more pragmatic applications of the universe. It's geek pr0n people! It rules! Give us pics!
Might as well give us the info on a brand new linux distro with an outstanding desktop experience and then
or something...
In this day of over-sensitivity, political correctness, and people/corporations sueing at every possible interval, it's great to see the makers of the dreaded Spam yuck it up with laughter, turning a positive light on the fact that they are the butt of many jokes. In fact, they are probably laughing all the way to the bank ...
I can see it now ... "Not sure where your computer is boldy going? Make sure it's using trusted Mcaffee anti-virus software ... it's what astronauts on Mars use" *cut to video of astronauts dying from lack of proper inoculation*
or something