Just because music sales increased when people shared music files, it does not automatically mean that the ??IA's loss was reduced or eliminated. It is entirely possible that both income AND loss went up due to file sharing, and indeed, this is very likely how the ??IA looks at it: for every single "copied" music track, that is a loss regardless of whether the person went out and bought the copy later. In other words, they may have sold more CDs, but the number of "pirated" tracks also rose. (Of course, if they ever bought it, their first copy should automatically fall under Fair Use anyway.)
When you're dealing with digital content, the line is blurred a little.:)
P.S.: We all know the ??IA is full of it. This is just another POV on this thing.
I ran your script as user 'gimp' and absolutely nothing happened! Well, it did say "operation not permitted", but all my EULAs are still there! What kind of crappy code is this??
The FAQ states that they are well aware of the low-ping click-fest that many real-time multiplayer games have turned into. It also states how they're using a "multilayered" approach to combat, where you default to using a basic attack unless you stack up additional moves in your combat queue.
Sounds a lot like how Star Wars: Galaxies is doing theirs. I'm interested to see how it works out.
Sure, there's NO WAY our government, insurance firms, or law enforcement folks would ever dream of using good technology in an intrusive manner. That's just not how things work in the USA!
Take network sniffers, for example. There's no possible way that the FBI, for example, would ever use it for collecting mass quantities of email from normal citizens on a whim and name the process "Carnivore", as an example.
Lastly, police forensics experts are "experts" for a reason. They are suprisingly good at figuring out whodunnit.
I didn't see anything in the article that implied that these things could be installed in older vehicles. Since the black boxes could "transmit (crash) data instantly", I see far more potential for Big Brother abuse than the possible benefits of after-crash analysis. Police forensic experts are damn good at their jobs already.
I'll just keep my old '80s car, thank you. Don't need to have a cop in my lap all the time, thank you.
Love the general idea, but it's still too vague...
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I'd have no problem committing $100/yr+ to an organization that would fight *stupid* legislation that produces crap like the DMCA and the SSSCA that removes rights from consumers. I think it's about time we said "enough is enough!" and actually DID something about it!
Unfortunately, this is far too vague to really promise money to. (Not to mention the thing about corporate sponsors.. they'd become pretty useless if they couldn't be effective due to having accepted corporate funds, right?) I'll keep an eye on this. If it shapes up into something more than vapor, they've got my support.
A lot of us seem to dislike Intel because it appears they have been trying to form a monopoly in the CPU market. When you actually think about this, you'll start to see some parallels between Intel and MS (but not to the extent MS has gone, thank God). The big consumer OS out there is crap; I don't want my CPU to become crap also.
Personally, I like AMD because they are/were the underdog. They came out with a superior product, the K7, for a very reasonable price at the time it was needed most: when Intel released their "serial numbered" P3s. (Which is the primary reason why I don't respect Intel much anymore.)
Here's the REAL issue: "Standards are an evolving thing." They *shouldn't* be, and true standards do not evolve much, if at all.
Imagine if a kilogram was 2.2lb one day, then 4.3lb the next. Not much of a "standard", is it?
The major browsers were all "compliant" with... HTML 1.0 and such base stuff, but web designers are trying to make the WWW do things it was never designed to do, and *that* is where this horrible mess of Javascript kiddies, broken CSS, and browser specific "features" came from. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not see all that flashy crap on a web site. Web sites need to contain *content*, not eye candy.:P
Actually, it specifically states "Play in your own rhythm" on the page you can use to see if your phone number's 'opus' has been copyrighted. (It has.)
Good thing this is a joke/hoax! $100/yr to dial your own phone number, $1000 to buy rights to that ONE number (just don't move... ever), and just one more annoying thing to do if you ever get a different phone number! Oh? You want to call a friend or family member, too? What about the phone or cable company? Break out your checkbook! Heh heh, eeeeevil.
It's not the latest and greatest anymore, but it works great with the most recent software updates. (Word of warning: BUY OR MAKE A NULL MODEM CABLE! If you like tweaking and fiddling with stuff, you WILL lock yourself out of the router.)
You did mention you wanted two servers running behind this: do the servers have different service sets running on them? (One using port 80 and 443, the other using 53,25,21,22, etc?) If so, then it shouldn't be a problem at all to use a RT314, with the sole exception of havinf two static IPs *and* DHCP on the internal interface... I believe it is either static or DHCP but not both.
Anyway, it was less than $100 and I've had it for about a year now. Once you update the software for it, it is a joy to use.:)
Seconded. This type of massacre is not the way to earn my sympathy or catch my ear. I will fully support any US retaliation in regards to this matter, which will hopefully involve a US special forces raid and the responsible parties rotting away in prison until they die.
There is no excuse for the cold-blooded murder of thousands of innocent, ignorant people. You can be sure many of the dead did not even know why they were going to die. Senseless slaughter only fills me with rage towards the murderers.
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Just because music sales increased when people shared music files, it does not automatically mean that the ??IA's loss was reduced or eliminated.
:)
It is entirely possible that both income AND loss went up due to file sharing, and indeed, this is very likely how the ??IA looks at it: for every single "copied" music track, that is a loss regardless of whether the person went out and bought the copy later. In other words, they may have sold more CDs, but the number of "pirated" tracks also rose. (Of course, if they ever bought it, their first copy should automatically fall under Fair Use anyway.)
When you're dealing with digital content, the line is blurred a little.
P.S.: We all know the ??IA is full of it. This is just another POV on this thing.
I ran your script as user 'gimp' and absolutely nothing happened!
Well, it did say "operation not permitted", but all my EULAs are still there!
What kind of crappy code is this??
IBM bailed out of the hard drive market.
Let's see...
New Dell = $1000, Old PC = $-100. Total per PC = $900.
Upgraded AMD = $600, Old PC = $-0. Total per PC = $600.
900 > 600.
Now, how is getting a new dell better than picking your own hardware out (for less) again?
Quoth the FAQ, "the BeOS version of Neverwinter Nights will not be completed."
Bummer.
The FAQ states that they are well aware of the low-ping click-fest that many real-time multiplayer games have turned into. It also states how they're using a "multilayered" approach to combat, where you default to using a basic attack unless you stack up additional moves in your combat queue.
Sounds a lot like how Star Wars: Galaxies is doing theirs. I'm interested to see how it works out.
The NWN site states that the game will run on windows, Mac, and linux out of the box.
Read it here.
Arg! I just registered there yesterday. Dammit, there goes my chance of being a beta tester.
:P
Thanks a lot!
Well, what do you know, I don't either!
Of course, I don't read his stuff. Anymore.
Sure, there's NO WAY our government, insurance firms, or law enforcement folks would ever dream of using good technology in an intrusive manner. That's just not how things work in the USA!
Take network sniffers, for example. There's no possible way that the FBI, for example, would ever use it for collecting mass quantities of email from normal citizens on a whim and name the process "Carnivore", as an example.
Lastly, police forensics experts are "experts" for a reason. They are suprisingly good at figuring out whodunnit.
I didn't see anything in the article that implied that these things could be installed in older vehicles. Since the black boxes could "transmit (crash) data instantly", I see far more potential for Big Brother abuse than the possible benefits of after-crash analysis. Police forensic experts are damn good at their jobs already.
I'll just keep my old '80s car, thank you. Don't need to have a cop in my lap all the time, thank you.
I'd have no problem committing $100/yr+ to an organization that would fight *stupid* legislation that produces crap like the DMCA and the SSSCA that removes rights from consumers. I think it's about time we said "enough is enough!" and actually DID something about it!
Unfortunately, this is far too vague to really promise money to. (Not to mention the thing about corporate sponsors.. they'd become pretty useless if they couldn't be effective due to having accepted corporate funds, right?)
I'll keep an eye on this. If it shapes up into something more than vapor, they've got my support.
A lot of us seem to dislike Intel because it appears they have been trying to form a monopoly in the CPU market. When you actually think about this, you'll start to see some parallels between Intel and MS (but not to the extent MS has gone, thank God). The big consumer OS out there is crap; I don't want my CPU to become crap also.
Personally, I like AMD because they are/were the underdog. They came out with a superior product, the K7, for a very reasonable price at the time it was needed most: when Intel released their "serial numbered" P3s. (Which is the primary reason why I don't respect Intel much anymore.)
That was fast. Nine comments and already the site is choking...
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-869796.html
Wacky domain name.
I just want to know if it's street legal. Let's all work hard to make 'drive-by shooting' a term only the folks in the thousand dollar suits fear. ;)
Decent computer game: 10-40+ hours of gameplay, now often on multiple CDs.
Standard CD: ~75 *maximum* minutes of music. Often on one CD, often with only one to three "good" tracks, or about fifteen minues of decent music.
Dear Lord, forgive me; I've fed a troll.
A version number will usually suffice...
Such as the 'current as of now' HTML 4.01
In other words...
;)
'They' need to pick a standard.
Here's the REAL issue: "Standards are an evolving thing." They *shouldn't* be, and true standards do not evolve much, if at all.
... HTML 1.0 and such base stuff, but web designers are trying to make the WWW do things it was never designed to do, and *that* is where this horrible mess of Javascript kiddies, broken CSS, and browser specific "features" came from. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not see all that flashy crap on a web site. Web sites need to contain *content*, not eye candy. :P
Imagine if a kilogram was 2.2lb one day, then 4.3lb the next. Not much of a "standard", is it?
The major browsers were all "compliant" with
Actually, it specifically states "Play in your own rhythm" on the page you can use to see if your phone number's 'opus' has been copyrighted. (It has.)
To see this, head here, http://www.magnus-opus.com/number_check.html, be sure to enter a number, hit the search button, and let the page load.
Good thing this is a joke/hoax! $100/yr to dial your own phone number, $1000 to buy rights to that ONE number (just don't move... ever), and just one more annoying thing to do if you ever get a different phone number! Oh? You want to call a friend or family member, too? What about the phone or cable company? Break out your checkbook! Heh heh, eeeeevil.
It's not the latest and greatest anymore, but it works great with the most recent software updates. (Word of warning: BUY OR MAKE A NULL MODEM CABLE! If you like tweaking and fiddling with stuff, you WILL lock yourself out of the router.)
:)
You did mention you wanted two servers running behind this: do the servers have different service sets running on them? (One using port 80 and 443, the other using 53,25,21,22, etc?) If so, then it shouldn't be a problem at all to use a RT314, with the sole exception of havinf two static IPs *and* DHCP on the internal interface... I believe it is either static or DHCP but not both.
Anyway, it was less than $100 and I've had it for about a year now. Once you update the software for it, it is a joy to use.
Yes, each and every one of those civilians murdered was directly responsible for "tin-pot, US supported dictatorships"... (end sarcasm)
Maybe we'll get lucky and an errant bomb will fall on your head, thus improving the average quality of human life on this planet.
The fact that most .mil are not available to the public right now has *nothing* to do with this terrorist attack.
:P
Remember Code Red? Yep, the military is government, too. Go IIS!
Gee, that's nice. So, "another country" is mad because of US politics, and they decide to murder a few thousand innocent CIVILIANS??
There is no justification.
Seconded. This type of massacre is not the way to earn my sympathy or catch my ear. I will fully support any US retaliation in regards to this matter, which will hopefully involve a US special forces raid and the responsible parties rotting away in prison until they die.
There is no excuse for the cold-blooded murder of thousands of innocent, ignorant people. You can be sure many of the dead did not even know why they were going to die. Senseless slaughter only fills me with rage towards the murderers.