No encyrption = No annnoying formats for DVD/Audio. The people who are going to fight stuff like this the hardest are not scientists but recond and movie componies.
This is all wrong. This article is about the record companies using the DMCA to prevent legitimate scientist from examing encryption, publishing work, etc. The record companies are behind this, not fighting it.
Oh man, this is no good. I know a lot of people are thinking "Fsck Dell, who cares what they do. I'll install it myself," but I was geniuinely happy to see Dell offering the choice between Linux and M$. When my friend was assembling his own PC on Dell's webpage he noticed you could save some cash by choosing Linux. He asked me about it, and I said I'd help him learn about the OS if he picked it. He did, and has been a huge Linux fan ever since. This is beautifully illustrative of the kind of cooperation between the open source community and OEMs that Linux needs to expand to the desktop world. I really hope that the other OEMs don't follow the lead of Dell, but since it is the largest of the pack I'm a little worried.
This Practically Networked article has a review of a bunch of products like the mine, and they list it as their favorite. Could be cool for college students with ethernet jacks everywhere.
What I want to know is why they don't have linux distros on CD at libraries. I don't know if anyone has seen this, but I think it would be a great way to get Linux out to people who want it. When I first got Linux I had a hell of a time getting a CD (56K, no linux friends, no money etc.) The library is like the open source branch of The System (or was), it should definitely be put to use.
We have the money. The companies want it. Yet we have no power.
True, collectively we have the money, but as individuals we have no money. The corporations have much more money than any average indvidual, and thus are able to promote their interests. Therefore, they have the power.
Now for the mean part of this comment.
Capitalism works because the money the supplier wants starts in the hands of the buyer. There's an inherent check and balance system at work. Somehow over the past 10 years that system has flipped and the buyer also has money. This puts them in a superior position of power because of it, and the people with the buyers are left with nothing.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that is complete nonsense? Read the sentence carefully and think it over. It's pure idiocy. But somehow that comment got a 3!! What is wrong with/. these days?
Capitalism sucks when the people with the power aren't the ones with the money.
Ummm, is that a misprint? The problem is that the people with the power are the people with the money, and only the people with the money. I'll just assume you mistyped.
I think these guys are full of it. The amount of data that is lost in MP3 compression is tiny, and is mostly sounds out of range of human hearing. And if the files are recorded at higher bit rates CD quality sound can be achieved. I think these guys just felt they had to say something to the reporter, so as not to look like idiots. And at the end of the article, when the guy "worries" that we are losing our appreciation of music because of MP3s, I realized that this was an article about nothing, with quotes by people who knew nothing.
How could the combination of two giants cause rates to go down? This consolidation trend can only hurt the consumer by eliminating competition. Be afraid.
...why people are so upset about this. The judge is simply saying that users will have to actively agree to a license before downloading the software. If Netscape can say that someone agreed to a contract they never even saw then the whole legal concept of assent falls apart. It's really just a semantics issue, and not a very big one at that.
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No encyrption = No annnoying formats for DVD/Audio. The people who are going to fight stuff like this the hardest are not scientists but recond and movie componies.
This is all wrong. This article is about the record companies using the DMCA to prevent legitimate scientist from examing encryption, publishing work, etc. The record companies are behind this, not fighting it.
Oh man, this is no good. I know a lot of people are thinking "Fsck Dell, who cares what they do. I'll install it myself," but I was geniuinely happy to see Dell offering the choice between Linux and M$. When my friend was assembling his own PC on Dell's webpage he noticed you could save some cash by choosing Linux. He asked me about it, and I said I'd help him learn about the OS if he picked it. He did, and has been a huge Linux fan ever since. This is beautifully illustrative of the kind of cooperation between the open source community and OEMs that Linux needs to expand to the desktop world. I really hope that the other OEMs don't follow the lead of Dell, but since it is the largest of the pack I'm a little worried.
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This Practically Networked article has a review of a bunch of products like the mine, and they list it as their favorite. Could be cool for college students with ethernet jacks everywhere.
What I want to know is why they don't have linux distros on CD at libraries. I don't know if anyone has seen this, but I think it would be a great way to get Linux out to people who want it. When I first got Linux I had a hell of a time getting a CD (56K, no linux friends, no money etc.) The library is like the open source branch of The System (or was), it should definitely be put to use.
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Astronomers on local television stations said the object was probably a meteorite that burned up in the atmosphere.
Those TV astronomers are always on the ball. Cletus the slack-jawed yokel could have figured that out.
See post #17 for the answer to all your questions.
We have the money. The companies want it. Yet we have no power.
/. these days?
True, collectively we have the money, but as individuals we have no money. The corporations have much more money than any average indvidual, and thus are able to promote their interests. Therefore, they have the power. Now for the mean part of this comment.
Capitalism works because the money the supplier wants starts in the hands of the buyer. There's an inherent check and balance system at work. Somehow over the past 10 years that system has flipped and the buyer also has money. This puts them in a superior position of power because of it, and the people with the buyers are left with nothing.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that is complete nonsense? Read the sentence carefully and think it over. It's pure idiocy. But somehow that comment got a 3!! What is wrong with
Capitalism sucks when the people with the power aren't the ones with the money.
Ummm, is that a misprint? The problem is that the people with the power are the people with the money, and only the people with the money. I'll just assume you mistyped.
I think these guys are full of it. The amount of data that is lost in MP3 compression is tiny, and is mostly sounds out of range of human hearing. And if the files are recorded at higher bit rates CD quality sound can be achieved. I think these guys just felt they had to say something to the reporter, so as not to look like idiots. And at the end of the article, when the guy "worries" that we are losing our appreciation of music because of MP3s, I realized that this was an article about nothing, with quotes by people who knew nothing.
It has already happened. Check out this story about a guy who got busted by his rental car agency when they tracked him with a GPS.
How could the combination of two giants cause rates to go down? This consolidation trend can only hurt the consumer by eliminating competition. Be afraid.
...why people are so upset about this. The judge is simply saying that users will have to actively agree to a license before downloading the software. If Netscape can say that someone agreed to a contract they never even saw then the whole legal concept of assent falls apart. It's really just a semantics issue, and not a very big one at that.