Care to back up that claim? You would have to have ~1000* CDs in your posession.
This is assuming that the MP3s are at 320kbps and each CD has 74 minutes of audio, both of which are unrealistic assumptions.
Under realistic circumstances (160 kbps, each legitimate CD having an average of 60 minutes on audio) you would need 2276 CDs to fill 160GB with MP3 files.
Of course, you could just have 50 CDs and 20 copies of each song, but this doesn't seem like something you'd do.
*The actual calculated number is 922.5, and I can state the calculations that I made to prove this upon request.
I was trying to trick someone by emailing them a particularly nasty javascript snippet that would write the word mocha in the message body without it actually being there, but DANG! They got me. All it ended up doing was writing "espresso".
I think his point is that most of Kazaa's usage is centered around trading illegal materials. Kazaa has a really weak legal argument for it (people trade legal things like public speeches and independant music) and most of the users don't abide by this statement.
However, the other stuff you mentioned (with the possible exception of usenet) is used mainly for perfectly legal purposes, so it wouldn't make sense to prevent its use.
The point, however, is quite simple from my point of view..
If the store sells an XBox, it shows that this is a product that sells, and the store orders more units. Microsoft ships them these units and gets money from them in return.
However, if no one buys XBoxes, stores don't pay MS money in exchange for more units, and MS does not get money.
In that case they should cost M$ money by buying an Xbox
No, you're wrong. I'm glad to know that there's at least one user on slashdot that doesn't believe the "income = money loss" myth that everyone else seems to propagate.
Actually, from my DOS gaming days, I remember VGA as primarily 640x480x16 and 320x240x256, and SVGA being 640x480x256.. I'm fairly sure that 800x600 and higher (as well as higher colour depths) fall under SVGA as well, though.
My hotmail address gets no spam.. Even after signing up for 5 newsletters and things (at least 5, I don't remember any more).. It's about half a year old, too.
I guess I forgot to check the "Spam me" option.
Re:Heinlein's Laws out the window
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Wasn't it Asimov, not Heinlein, that wrote the laws of robotics?
"Many situations stir up tension and a feeling of fear, and there is concern that this could have an effect on the autonomic nerves," Mori said. "During childhood, playing outside with friends, not doing stuff, is the best option."
Running the software isn't the illegal part. The (potentially) illegal part is modding your Xbox.
This doesn't make running the software illegal in itself, but since it is necessary to do that to get the software to run, it effectively makes you do something illegal.
A comparison would be that someonw took your discman, and you murdered him to get it back. Having your own discman isn't illegal, but murdering someone to get it back from them is. (Note: Yes, there are many flaws in that analogy, but what analogies on slashdot aren't flawed?)
Buying something (read: money going to the seller) will in no way negatively impact (read: money going away from the seller) the seller. Microsoft loses money on every XBox they produce. They recoup some of that money when they ship units to stores. (money goes to them from the stores) When someone buys a unit, the stores receive money, and they see that there is demand for more XBoxes, and order more from MS (read: more money goes to MS)
In other words, not buying XBoxes will make Microsoft lose money. Imagine that, a non-selling product not-generating revenue.
would all our XP boxen show a blinking 12:00 in the taskbar?
No, XP would just quietly think to itself "Update failed" and the system would continue to increment time in a reasonable fashion of one second per second.
I think we all just need to stop buying music period. If we don't give the RIAA our money, then they will not have any money to operate, and hopefully they will just die.
Good idea, but they'll turn right around and say it's because of piracy that people don't buy their stuff. Then they'll get government subsidies and put even higher taxes on recordable media. Oh, and they'll get the money from those taxes too. They've backed us into a corner, it would seem.
Time for a plug: The AVC Soul players are both great. Their Riovolt-alike (I think it actually came first, though) is a bit cheaper than Rio's player, and the Soul II is made of pure amazingness in a metal and plastic frame. It's quite literally impossible to make the thing skip.. At least through beating on it and jumping on a trampoline (both tested by me)
Oh, and the Soul II can be bought for $99 USD and will read MP3 and WMA (possibly upgradeable for more) off of any CD format you throw at it.
They lose more money on every xbox not sold. Either way they've already produced them. Buying one helps them recoup the costs.
Re:how to avoid getting on The Map
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Actually, I've gotten messages sent to my email address in reply to spam I supposedly sent, from people I've never heard of. Some spammers use harvested addresses in the from line when sending to different people, which makes it all the more confusing.
I think that if you want a DVD player, there's many that can be purchased for less than a PS2 that perform better, and play mp3s and can bypass Macrovision and Region lockouts and stuff.
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Care to back up that claim? You would have to have ~1000* CDs in your posession.
This is assuming that the MP3s are at 320kbps and each CD has 74 minutes of audio, both of which are unrealistic assumptions.
Under realistic circumstances (160 kbps, each legitimate CD having an average of 60 minutes on audio) you would need 2276 CDs to fill 160GB with MP3 files.
Of course, you could just have 50 CDs and 20 copies of each song, but this doesn't seem like something you'd do.
*The actual calculated number is 922.5, and I can state the calculations that I made to prove this upon request.
Closer inspection reveals that "medireview" is not an acceptable way of spelling medieval.
Whats next? *'s when I tell someone to goe F*** themseleves?
Doubt it would change much if you're already telling them to f*** themselves.
I was trying to trick someone by emailing them a particularly nasty javascript snippet that would write the word mocha in the message body without it actually being there, but DANG! They got me. All it ended up doing was writing "espresso".
I think his point is that most of Kazaa's usage is centered around trading illegal materials. Kazaa has a really weak legal argument for it (people trade legal things like public speeches and independant music) and most of the users don't abide by this statement.
However, the other stuff you mentioned (with the possible exception of usenet) is used mainly for perfectly legal purposes, so it wouldn't make sense to prevent its use.
The point, however, is quite simple from my point of view..
If the store sells an XBox, it shows that this is a product that sells, and the store orders more units. Microsoft ships them these units and gets money from them in return.
However, if no one buys XBoxes, stores don't pay MS money in exchange for more units, and MS does not get money.
In that case they should cost M$ money by buying an Xbox
No, you're wrong. I'm glad to know that there's at least one user on slashdot that doesn't believe the "income = money loss" myth that everyone else seems to propagate.
Actually, from my DOS gaming days, I remember VGA as primarily 640x480x16 and 320x240x256, and SVGA being 640x480x256.. I'm fairly sure that 800x600 and higher (as well as higher colour depths) fall under SVGA as well, though.
So when 0.0098 Windows machines are serving webpages, could they stand a slashdotting?
My hotmail address gets no spam.. Even after signing up for 5 newsletters and things (at least 5, I don't remember any more).. It's about half a year old, too.
I guess I forgot to check the "Spam me" option.
Wasn't it Asimov, not Heinlein, that wrote the laws of robotics?
To abstract it even further..
"Many situations stir up tension and a feeling of fear, and there is concern that this could have an effect on the autonomic nerves," Mori said. "During childhood, playing outside with friends, not doing stuff, is the best option."
Running the software isn't the illegal part. The (potentially) illegal part is modding your Xbox.
This doesn't make running the software illegal in itself, but since it is necessary to do that to get the software to run, it effectively makes you do something illegal.
A comparison would be that someonw took your discman, and you murdered him to get it back. Having your own discman isn't illegal, but murdering someone to get it back from them is. (Note: Yes, there are many flaws in that analogy, but what analogies on slashdot aren't flawed?)
Why? Why do people propagate this?
Buying something (read: money going to the seller) will in no way negatively impact (read: money going away from the seller) the seller. Microsoft loses money on every XBox they produce. They recoup some of that money when they ship units to stores. (money goes to them from the stores) When someone buys a unit, the stores receive money, and they see that there is demand for more XBoxes, and order more from MS (read: more money goes to MS)
In other words, not buying XBoxes will make Microsoft lose money. Imagine that, a non-selling product not-generating revenue.
The xbox is nice and small, and still relativly quiet.
Which XBox are you talking about?
I don't know why, but I read the title of the story as N.Y. Times Magazine Cheats With ALICE Bot Creator..
would all our XP boxen show a blinking 12:00 in the taskbar?
No, XP would just quietly think to itself "Update failed" and the system would continue to increment time in a reasonable fashion of one second per second.
I use BeatNik Internet Clock. It grabs time updates from nist at regular intervals, and is also a skinable clock application. I recommend it!
I think we all just need to stop buying music period. If we don't give the RIAA our money, then they will not have any money to operate, and hopefully they will just die.
Good idea, but they'll turn right around and say it's because of piracy that people don't buy their stuff. Then they'll get government subsidies and put even higher taxes on recordable media. Oh, and they'll get the money from those taxes too. They've backed us into a corner, it would seem.
Time for a plug: The AVC Soul players are both great. Their Riovolt-alike (I think it actually came first, though) is a bit cheaper than Rio's player, and the Soul II is made of pure amazingness in a metal and plastic frame. It's quite literally impossible to make the thing skip.. At least through beating on it and jumping on a trampoline (both tested by me)
Oh, and the Soul II can be bought for $99 USD and will read MP3 and WMA (possibly upgradeable for more) off of any CD format you throw at it.
No, I only wish I was paid for this endorsement.
They lose more money on every xbox not sold. Either way they've already produced them. Buying one helps them recoup the costs.
Actually, I've gotten messages sent to my email address in reply to spam I supposedly sent, from people I've never heard of. Some spammers use harvested addresses in the from line when sending to different people, which makes it all the more confusing.
Could you imagine multiplayer mario kart?!?!
Yes I can.. My SNES can imagine it too, even go one step further and output it onto my TV!
My snes is a lot better at playing snes games than any emulator. Likewise, my Dreamcast plays games that Dreamcast emulators don't play. I wonder why!
I think that if you want a DVD player, there's many that can be purchased for less than a PS2 that perform better, and play mp3s and can bypass Macrovision and Region lockouts and stuff.