How about doing this society-wide? Tax blank media.
Guilty until proven innocent? Yeah. That's a GREAT idea. Why the hell should I pay a RIAA tax on media I use to back up my computer. Or record my own music. Or play frisbee with.
Sports games have a whole other selling point: Current data.
Uniforms and player rosters have to be updated, stats change, stadiums change. And the people who are into that (and they are MANY) want that new version each season.
Have you considered the fact that it isn't really a battle? Linux wasn't created to take on Microsoft. It was created to give a bored coder something to do. It was shared in hopes that it would relieve the boredom of other coders. As long as there are bored programmers, there is NOTHING Microsoft (or anybody else, for that matter) can do to kill FOSS. They may beat it in some markets, but it will continue to grow, change, adapt, and pop up in the least expected places. Such is the beauty of boredom.
Their content is _arguably_ better (especially when it comes to HD), but the company is no better than the RIAA. Remember the smart card lawsuits? Why on earth would you willingly do business with a company like this?
We do very little REAL social interaction as it is. Do we really want to become even more anti-social creatures by promoting music as some sort of "shield" from the outside world? Remember, the average person spends about 50% of their daily free time at home watching TV.
I'm not so sure it is just about tuning out people. With the constant visual stimulus (advertising) that we are bombarded with every single waking moment, a little aural isolation isn't a bad thing at all.
It's called lossy compression for a reason. Because you "lose" sound information. People that can't hear the difference either have bad hearing or bad equipment.
I can only listen to it on computers that I have "registered" due to the DRM applied to the content.
You're right. And?
And I find DRM to be unacceptable. CDs don't have DRM, nor did tapes, LP's, 8 Track, RTR, any of it, so why should I accept it now? As for the forcefulness of my original post, It makes me mad to see the same community that rails against DRM in 90% of posts talk so fondly of iTunes. I guess that's the bottom line. DRM sucks, and it's painful to watch it slowly take hold, even among the technically literate. If there was a service like iTunes that used a lossless compression (FLAC, SHN, etc) and no DRM, I'd gladly pay the price.
Then let me be the first to say: To hell with iTunes
That's right. I said it. To the stinking sulfur pits of hell with iTunes. Let's look at this from a consumer standpoint.
Option 1: CDs and player. CD's are (finally) dropping in price. They support artists (at least as much as iTunes). A player is 30 bucks. I can play it ANYWHERE as often as I like, and if the store that sold it goes out of business, no big deal. No DRM. No internet connection required.
Option 2: iTunes. I pay almost the same amount of money for a disc worth of tunes and the quality blows ass (sorry, but 128K AAC sounds like crap, same as MP3). I can only listen to it on approved devices which cost 10x as much as CD hardware. Sure the CD player can skip, but that can be mitigated with a giant cushion of CASH that you don't have to spend. I can only listen to it on computers that I have "registered" due to the DRM applied to the content. If Apple should fold, what happens to my tunes? Are they still mine?
So you can see that with iTunes, you pay the same amount of money for a music product that sounds worse, restricts use, and offers no benefit to the artist above a CD. Now tell me again why I am supposed to care?
P2P swapping debacle that RIAA is facing was inevitable
And deliciously ironic. Most people don't realize that Hollywood was LITERALLY founded on piracy. Edison had very strict controls on the equipment that was used to produce and show movies. He formed an organization to enforce his rights. This organization was so onerous that scores of soon-to-be movie producers/directors/etc packed up their lives and moved to the "wild wild west" AKA California. California was so wild and remote that Edison's patents couldn't be enforced, and the movie industry grew and flourished. By the time the law got things settled down, the patents had expired (the patent limit was 17 or 18 years at that time).
Next time you have to sit through those annoying anti-piracy bits before the movie, just remember that it it were't for wholesale disregard for the "Intellectual Property" of others, Hollywood might have never came to be.
AMD's Athlon-64 (for PCs) and Opteron (for servers) will protect against buffer overflows when used with a new version of Windows XP.
This does require some interaction from the operating system in order to work. Hopefully AMD will release enough information to allow this feature to be implemented in Linux.
Things are even more nuanced when it comes to colognes/perfumes. A substantial portion of how it smells is related to how the fragrance interacts with your body chemistry. It is fairly unique to each individual. What smells great on one person can be downright stinky on another.
Part of the beauty of email is that I don't _have_ to smell someone to communicate with them. Being as I work in software development, this is a big plus.
You aren't paying attention. The breadth of development options (including Java, Perl, Python, etc, etc) is a large part of what attracts people to Free Software in the first place. Java/Tomcat/Apache/Linux is really the only web application stack Free Software has that can go toe to toe with.NET, for people seeking that kind of environment.
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How about doing this society-wide? Tax blank media.
Guilty until proven innocent? Yeah. That's a GREAT idea. Why the hell should I pay a RIAA tax on media I use to back up my computer. Or record my own music. Or play frisbee with.
Uh hello?
Weapons-grade anthrax is a definite possibility. The facility was taken over by the Department of Homeland security.
California is the little kid who's parents never ever told him "no". Lex Luthor was right. Arizona Bay sounds like a dandy place to visit.
Sports games have a whole other selling point: Current data.
Uniforms and player rosters have to be updated, stats change, stadiums change. And the people who are into that (and they are MANY) want that new version each season.
Have you considered the fact that it isn't really a battle? Linux wasn't created to take on Microsoft. It was created to give a bored coder something to do. It was shared in hopes that it would relieve the boredom of other coders. As long as there are bored programmers, there is NOTHING Microsoft (or anybody else, for that matter) can do to kill FOSS. They may beat it in some markets, but it will continue to grow, change, adapt, and pop up in the least expected places. Such is the beauty of boredom.
DirecTV rules!
Their content is _arguably_ better (especially when it comes to HD), but the company is no better than the RIAA. Remember the smart card lawsuits? Why on earth would you willingly do business with a company like this?
We do very little REAL social interaction as it is. Do we really want to become even more anti-social creatures by promoting music as some sort of "shield" from the outside world? Remember, the average person spends about 50% of their daily free time at home watching TV.
I'm not so sure it is just about tuning out people. With the constant visual stimulus (advertising) that we are bombarded with every single waking moment, a little aural isolation isn't a bad thing at all.
The mechanics would then contact the women directly to invite them over.
Car Owner: I think something might be wrong, I'm runnin' HOT!
Mechanic: Hmm, I'm not sure what's wrong. I'll have to check your tailpipe.
for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
Is that a fact?
By the way, thanks for not flaming. I'm always leery of expressing disagreement around here
;-)
Yeah, it can really turn into a flamefest sometimes.
I'd replace "bad equipment" with "average equipment."
You are probably right here. I'm just an audio snob
128K AAC sounds like crap, same as MP3
It's called lossy compression for a reason. Because you "lose" sound information. People that can't hear the difference either have bad hearing or bad equipment.
I can only listen to it on computers that I have "registered" due to the DRM applied to the content.
You're right. And?
And I find DRM to be unacceptable. CDs don't have DRM, nor did tapes, LP's, 8 Track, RTR, any of it, so why should I accept it now? As for the forcefulness of my original post, It makes me mad to see the same community that rails against DRM in 90% of posts talk so fondly of iTunes. I guess that's the bottom line. DRM sucks, and it's painful to watch it slowly take hold, even among the technically literate. If there was a service like iTunes that used a lossless compression (FLAC, SHN, etc) and no DRM, I'd gladly pay the price.
Yeah, it's a pseudo-quote. I couldn't find the strip.
I mean, I know you all are stiff for Apple
Then let me be the first to say: To hell with iTunes
That's right. I said it. To the stinking sulfur pits of hell with iTunes. Let's look at this from a consumer standpoint.
Option 1: CDs and player. CD's are (finally) dropping in price. They support artists (at least as much as iTunes). A player is 30 bucks. I can play it ANYWHERE as often as I like, and if the store that sold it goes out of business, no big deal. No DRM. No internet connection required.
Option 2: iTunes. I pay almost the same amount of money for a disc worth of tunes and the quality blows ass (sorry, but 128K AAC sounds like crap, same as MP3). I can only listen to it on approved devices which cost 10x as much as CD hardware. Sure the CD player can skip, but that can be mitigated with a giant cushion of CASH that you don't have to spend. I can only listen to it on computers that I have "registered" due to the DRM applied to the content. If Apple should fold, what happens to my tunes? Are they still mine?
So you can see that with iTunes, you pay the same amount of money for a music product that sounds worse, restricts use, and offers no benefit to the artist above a CD. Now tell me again why I am supposed to care?
P2P swapping debacle that RIAA is facing was inevitable
And deliciously ironic. Most people don't realize that Hollywood was LITERALLY founded on piracy. Edison had very strict controls on the equipment that was used to produce and show movies. He formed an organization to enforce his rights. This organization was so onerous that scores of soon-to-be movie producers/directors/etc packed up their lives and moved to the "wild wild west" AKA California. California was so wild and remote that Edison's patents couldn't be enforced, and the movie industry grew and flourished. By the time the law got things settled down, the patents had expired (the patent limit was 17 or 18 years at that time).
Next time you have to sit through those annoying anti-piracy bits before the movie, just remember that it it were't for wholesale disregard for the "Intellectual Property" of others, Hollywood might have never came to be.
The ability that Sun had to sue Microsoft and force them to cease their modifications would no longer exist.
That's what the GPL is for. Who cares if MS modifies it if their modifications have to be open source?
If you check here, not only can you get a list of titles, but most of them are freely available for download.
Thanks for the explanation. This seems like an idea that is LONG overdue.
AMD's Athlon-64 (for PCs) and Opteron (for servers) will protect against buffer overflows when used with a new version of Windows XP.
This does require some interaction from the operating system in order to work. Hopefully AMD will release enough information to allow this feature to be implemented in Linux.
Oh, and don't wear deodorant ... it contains aluminium which will cause it to be dragged through your arm
Maybe if aluminum were magnetic, otherwise, I don't think so.
Things are even more nuanced when it comes to colognes/perfumes. A substantial portion of how it smells is related to how the fragrance interacts with your body chemistry. It is fairly unique to each individual. What smells great on one person can be downright stinky on another.
Part of the beauty of email is that I don't _have_ to smell someone to communicate with them. Being as I work in software development, this is a big plus.
No way, I don't want to end up in a Pepsi commercial.
I think I'll take their money and go buy a couple used discs.
Or maybe 13 DRM infected iTunes tracks (yeah, right).
Mampersandrake? I don't get it.
You aren't paying attention. The breadth of development options (including Java, Perl, Python, etc, etc) is a large part of what attracts people to Free Software in the first place. Java/Tomcat/Apache/Linux is really the only web application stack Free Software has that can go toe to toe with .NET, for people seeking that kind of environment.