I used to love Star Wars. I've read over 65 of the 70 some real novels. I could tell you all the deaths of Bevel Lemlisk (sp?), I could tell you exactly how a blaster works and maybe even convince you it would work.
However, for my senior research paper, I read Dune by Frank Herbert. After doing most of my research at this point, I've fallen in love with the Duniverse. It has incredible insight into ecology, religion, and politics. Rarely ever do I get really into a book enough to read for a long time, but I read 250 pages in one sitting because I got addicted to it. Lady Jessica, Leto, Chani, Paul, and even Baron Harkonnen are full characters, with interesting backgrounds and ties to each other.
Herbert explains things in a way that the reader doesn't learn too much; he doesn't tie up loose ends, and that's what keeps the reader reading, and what makes him a spectacular author.
Hasn't Microsoft already done this integration with Works, which is failing?
The Claris Corporation, deceased, did this the best with Clarisworks. I've used Clarisworks on my Macs since version 1. Taken over by Apple for version 5 and renamed to Appleworks, it's more powerful, IMO, than Works or Quattro or anything (save StarOffice and OpenOffice). Microsoft would be doing again one of its favorite things to do: reinvent the wheel.
Our school's network is split about 55% PC, 45% Mac. Our Tech-Coordinator is a Mac obsessive, so everything has to work so that the administration doesn't complain.
I am the sole user of Mac OS 10.2, and as a student, I am very pleased with its ability to access my files on the Windows server. It is truely seamless.
It's because of cases like these that make people want to disgust such regulatory bodies.
I think that the UDRP should be revised to let people outside of ICANN voice their opinion as to whether cybersquatting is occuring with a specified domain. That way, there is more of a popular opinion, and thus also more popular knowledge and views of the matter.
Do you people not understand? The RIAA is a collective of almost all (if not all) of the major record labels. A lot of the money spent on CDs goes to the RIAA, not the artists. The artists are lucky if the see more than 30% of their actual sales. The rest goes to the Labels and the RIAA. There are very few truely greedy artists. Metallica comes to mind, but I have since come to respect them because they attempted to go at Napster/THEMSELVES/, not with the support of the RIAA (at first). The RIAA is like the IRS, it sucks in cash, keeps a portion for itself and gives the rest to its members and in turn the members give the remaining pennies to the artists. If the RIAA would wake up and start to give more money to the artists instead of gobbling it up themselves, then artists themselves would be after peer-to-peer, and/that/ would be respectable.
So who do I think is to blame for Audiogalaxy's probable demise? Not Geoff et al. I met Geoff last summer, and he was a good guy. Albeit a little too early on the surrender, he and the Audiogalaxy staff were smart to settle out of court so they could have some money left over. If they wouldn't have done this, by the time the court ordered them to do what they have done now, they would have no money left. Pro bono lawyers are like DeLorean Automobiles. Those who know about them wish they had one, but they are so hard to find that one may never even see one in his entire life.
So what's in store for Audiogalaxy from my point of view? First, massive amounts of users will leave, probabaly migrating to Kazaa, which has provisions in its ToS that can/really/ screw one over, not to mention its spyware-laden installer and codebase. Morpheus is too caught up in its wrapper technology to realize what's going on. Gnutella: beware, it's going to have lots of users because of its true decentralization. I have been an AudioGalaxy user since its first public release. I remember when I would have to hop on Napster every now and then because I couldn't find something that hadn't hit AudioGalaxy yet.
Absolute-Logic: I can see from where you're coming. However the RIAA does not realize that they are attacking an invisible monster. If they would stop spending money on attempting to regain money, they would have a lot of money to be firing at legislation rather than lawsuits that may yield a few thousand dollars. Peer-to-peer technology cannot die as long as it is legal to have a computer, have Internet access, and have the ability to write and compile programs. If the RIAA/really/ wanted to stop filesharing, they would need to *sue every single person who owns a computer that has been on the Internet*. Good luck, and perhaps if you were to donate another $100,000 to the RIAA, they may be able to hire enough lawyers to sue a classroom full of college students. At least it's a start...
Redneck just got a computer...
1997: I got Winders Ninedy Eight!
2000: I got Winders Doodousand!
2001: I got Winders EckPee!
2002: I got Linders? What da hell is Linders?
A day or two ago, Headline News ran a story about a new type of virus that infects data files, such as pictures and movies. Such a virus is impossible, as pictures and movies contain only data - no code. Viruses require code in order to do their nasty deeds, and without it, they can do nothing. Slashdot, a very large and popular Internet News Network, ran this story today: McAfee Manufactures Virus Threat.
Please read it, as there are some/very/ valuable points in it.
Slashdot Mirror
I used to love Star Wars. I've read over 65 of the 70 some real novels. I could tell you all the deaths of Bevel Lemlisk (sp?), I could tell you exactly how a blaster works and maybe even convince you it would work.
However, for my senior research paper, I read Dune by Frank Herbert. After doing most of my research at this point, I've fallen in love with the Duniverse. It has incredible insight into ecology, religion, and politics. Rarely ever do I get really into a book enough to read for a long time, but I read 250 pages in one sitting because I got addicted to it. Lady Jessica, Leto, Chani, Paul, and even Baron Harkonnen are full characters, with interesting backgrounds and ties to each other.
Herbert explains things in a way that the reader doesn't learn too much; he doesn't tie up loose ends, and that's what keeps the reader reading, and what makes him a spectacular author.
Hasn't Microsoft already done this integration with Works, which is failing?
The Claris Corporation, deceased, did this the best with Clarisworks. I've used Clarisworks on my Macs since version 1. Taken over by Apple for version 5 and renamed to Appleworks, it's more powerful, IMO, than Works or Quattro or anything (save StarOffice and OpenOffice). Microsoft would be doing again one of its favorite things to do: reinvent the wheel.
Our school's network is split about 55% PC, 45% Mac. Our Tech-Coordinator is a Mac obsessive, so everything has to work so that the administration doesn't complain.
I am the sole user of Mac OS 10.2, and as a student, I am very pleased with its ability to access my files on the Windows server. It is truely seamless.
It's because of cases like these that make people want to disgust such regulatory bodies.
I think that the UDRP should be revised to let people outside of ICANN voice their opinion as to whether cybersquatting is occuring with a specified domain. That way, there is more of a popular opinion, and thus also more popular knowledge and views of the matter.
Anyone notice that the section for this artice is Apache when it should be Apple?
Right now there is quite a discussion going on. I posted this in response to the topic at http://www.audiogalaxy.com/pages/thread.php?&t=211 83323
/THEMSELVES/, not with the support of the RIAA (at first). The RIAA is like the IRS, it sucks in cash, keeps a portion for itself and gives the rest to its members and in turn the members give the remaining pennies to the artists. If the RIAA would wake up and start to give more money to the artists instead of gobbling it up themselves, then artists themselves would be after peer-to-peer, and /that/ would be respectable.
/really/ screw one over, not to mention its spyware-laden installer and codebase. Morpheus is too caught up in its wrapper technology to realize what's going on. Gnutella: beware, it's going to have lots of users because of its true decentralization. I have been an AudioGalaxy user since its first public release. I remember when I would have to hop on Napster every now and then because I couldn't find something that hadn't hit AudioGalaxy yet.
/really/ wanted to stop filesharing, they would need to *sue every single person who owns a computer that has been on the Internet*. Good luck, and perhaps if you were to donate another $100,000 to the RIAA, they may be able to hire enough lawyers to sue a classroom full of college students. At least it's a start...
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Do you people not understand? The RIAA is a collective of almost all (if not all) of the major record labels. A lot of the money spent on CDs goes to the RIAA, not the artists. The artists are lucky if the see more than 30% of their actual sales. The rest goes to the Labels and the RIAA. There are very few truely greedy artists. Metallica comes to mind, but I have since come to respect them because they attempted to go at Napster
So who do I think is to blame for Audiogalaxy's probable demise? Not Geoff et al. I met Geoff last summer, and he was a good guy. Albeit a little too early on the surrender, he and the Audiogalaxy staff were smart to settle out of court so they could have some money left over. If they wouldn't have done this, by the time the court ordered them to do what they have done now, they would have no money left. Pro bono lawyers are like DeLorean Automobiles. Those who know about them wish they had one, but they are so hard to find that one may never even see one in his entire life.
So what's in store for Audiogalaxy from my point of view? First, massive amounts of users will leave, probabaly migrating to Kazaa, which has provisions in its ToS that can
Absolute-Logic: I can see from where you're coming. However the RIAA does not realize that they are attacking an invisible monster. If they would stop spending money on attempting to regain money, they would have a lot of money to be firing at legislation rather than lawsuits that may yield a few thousand dollars. Peer-to-peer technology cannot die as long as it is legal to have a computer, have Internet access, and have the ability to write and compile programs. If the RIAA
Redneck just got a computer...
1997: I got Winders Ninedy Eight!
2000: I got Winders Doodousand!
2001: I got Winders EckPee!
2002: I got Linders? What da hell is Linders?
A day or two ago, Headline News ran a story about a new type of virus that infects data files, such as pictures and movies. Such a virus is impossible, as pictures and movies contain only data - no code. Viruses require code in order to do their nasty deeds, and without it, they can do nothing. Slashdot, a very large and popular Internet News Network, ran this story today: McAfee Manufactures Virus Threat.
/very/ valuable points in it.
Please read it, as there are some
I submitted this story two days ago :-)
Anyway, I'm glad it got up.
Staroffice...
This month's Popular Science has an article about the same thing. Fermilab and CERN are working to expose the Higgs Boson. The article is here.
Kevin James Anderson
Timothy Zahn
Peter Telep
George Lucas
Michael Stackpole
Steven J. Sansweet
Kathy Tyers
he's dead but:
Karl Marx
But I'm sure that they can do some persuasion in the Australian system...
Has anyone thought to report these people to the FCC? Let them handle it!