Ever since they fired the first shots at Napster, more and more people have developed the opinion that RIAA is a huge evil in the world of published music. I doubt most music consumers even knew what RIAA was until it declared war on them. I wonder, would they still have gone this route if they knew how it would affect their ever-darkening public image?
As a child I was taught it was a noble thing that the first Americans had a slogan "give me liberty or give me death" which confuses me on how I should feel that the current common mentality is "take away whatever liberty you have to, just please make me feel safe."
I think those forefathers would be very, very disappointed if they were still alive today.
I wanted a simple MP3 player, nothing fancy. I choose the most inexpensive one that suited my needs (the blue RioVolt CD player, if you must know) and because it just happened to support WMA (which in case you didn't catch the donut analogy, I've never used), your rationale is to make me partially responsible for the forth coming WMA dominance. Wouldn't I be more responsible if I frequented sites that use WMA or ran a WMA site myself?
Okay judge, what inexpensive player should people like me buy?
I'm just curious as to why people use WMA. I bought a MP3 player a few months ago that supports WMA. Care to guess how many times I've played WMA files on it? (Enjoy your donut:) )
Since I have little experience with it, are there really any advantages WMA has over MP3 or Ogg? Or is it just another necessary evil that Microsoft is trying to force on users? Do websites use it because they think it can't be "stolen?" Seems like most of the sites I frequent who need a "secure" stream use Real media.
Anyway, what I want to know is, will WMA become a dominant standard (thru M$'s normal guerilla tatics) or will it keep floating around out there with the other second-string formats? I would noramlly guess the latter, but this new decoder makes me ponder. Would WMA without DRM be better than current formats?
I'm not an audiophile, but I know high-quality sound when I hear it. That's definitely the case with the VPR Matrix 200A5, thanks to the Sonopür Digital Audio system, with its patent-pending 24/192 upsampling technology. This system dramatically enhances digital music and offers very rich sound.
I've been thinking of buying a PC notebook to use with Buzz and this looks promising. However, the lack of a mac port for Buzz is the only obstacle keeping me from getting an iBook or Powerbook...but for me, that's a big obstacle.
God Almighty, one true persona of justice, please inflict upon these wretched bottom feeders a curse of incurrable, burning, hellish itch of the genitals and a blessing of eternal life!
...where the ethically-bankrupt claim their fortunes by passing blame for their own failures.
Could the Dell dude do gnarly error messages?
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· Score: 5, Funny
"Gnarly Error Messages" make me picture the Dell dude popping up like the M$ Clippy and saying something like "Dude, your program just totally crashed. Bummer!"
High quality special effects, in a decent movie of course, are the only thing they draw me to pay expensive theater prices. The only movie I'll be seeing in the theater for the rest of this year (and as much of next year as I can think of) is The Two Towers. For everything else, I can wait for a DVD release.
When most Americans talk about ensuring freedom, what they really mean is their own freedom--the ones they enjoy, not freedom in general. In reality, most Americans couldn't care less about the freedoms of other Americans. Some of them actively work to take away the freedom of others while classifying such freedoms as "immoral" or "sin." I may be overly pessimistic, but I believe most Americans are too selfish in the way they formulate their personal policies on freedom. In their minds, if they want to do it, it should be free, but if they they don't like others doing it, it should be outlawed. Key word--Hypocrisy.
If the RIAA can get MTV icons like Britney Spears to do ads against filesharing, I think they and the MPAA can influence a movie as well, but I could be wrong.
One big ad campaign against filesharing
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MTV (business associate of the RIAA and music industry in general) is making a movie (MPAA territory) about Napster (one-time arch-nemesis of the RIAA and not exactly on good terms with the MPAA either.) Being that this is an MTV movie, it will make the attempt of appealing to a younger crowd (RIAA and MPAA will use their influence to basically make this one big ad campaign against filesharing.)
I expect this to blantantly portray Fanning as a common thief on every level. They'll probably even have scenes where he's shoplifting, forceably taking candy from children, or anything else that gives the public the impression he's a cleptomania.
No, I think I'll watch something else when this airs. A 90-minute ad against Napster-clones doesn't interest me in the least.
Slashdot Mirror
Ever since they fired the first shots at Napster, more and more people have developed the opinion that RIAA is a huge evil in the world of published music. I doubt most music consumers even knew what RIAA was until it declared war on them. I wonder, would they still have gone this route if they knew how it would affect their ever-darkening public image?
I'd like to know how that factors into Digital Restrictions Management and Palladium.
As a child I was taught it was a noble thing that the first Americans had a slogan "give me liberty or give me death" which confuses me on how I should feel that the current common mentality is "take away whatever liberty you have to, just please make me feel safe."
I think those forefathers would be very, very disappointed if they were still alive today.
I'm satisified that they're keeping Harvey Birdman-AAL, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and SeaLab 2021 with Howlin' Mad Murphy...fignuts!
Though, I'm obviously partial to Rai,Solar would kick all their asses...easily.
That's a fast finger point in my direction...
I wanted a simple MP3 player, nothing fancy. I choose the most inexpensive one that suited my needs (the blue RioVolt CD player, if you must know) and because it just happened to support WMA (which in case you didn't catch the donut analogy, I've never used), your rationale is to make me partially responsible for the forth coming WMA dominance. Wouldn't I be more responsible if I frequented sites that use WMA or ran a WMA site myself?
Okay judge, what inexpensive player should people like me buy?
I'm just curious as to why people use WMA. I bought a MP3 player a few months ago that supports WMA. Care to guess how many times I've played WMA files on it? (Enjoy your donut :) )
Since I have little experience with it, are there really any advantages WMA has over MP3 or Ogg? Or is it just another necessary evil that Microsoft is trying to force on users? Do websites use it because they think it can't be "stolen?" Seems like most of the sites I frequent who need a "secure" stream use Real media.
Anyway, what I want to know is, will WMA become a dominant standard (thru M$'s normal guerilla tatics) or will it keep floating around out there with the other second-string formats? I would noramlly guess the latter, but this new decoder makes me ponder. Would WMA without DRM be better than current formats?
I guess Valenti will be revising his anti-VCR speech from decades ago to attack this.
I'm not an audiophile, but I know high-quality sound when I hear it. That's definitely the case with the VPR Matrix 200A5, thanks to the Sonopür Digital Audio system, with its patent-pending 24/192 upsampling technology. This system dramatically enhances digital music and offers very rich sound.
I've been thinking of buying a PC notebook to use with Buzz and this looks promising. However, the lack of a mac port for Buzz is the only obstacle keeping me from getting an iBook or Powerbook...but for me, that's a big obstacle.
"Hi. I'm Johnny Knoxville and this is MSN..." *CRASH!* (BSOD)
*mumbles something about catching the snipers too soon*
Yeah, I know...bad taste. I beg your pardon, Mr. Sensitivity.
New York has the highest taxes on cellphones ANYWHERE.
You pay:
3% federal, 4% state, 3% or 4% county (depending on your county), 3% city, and 4.44% for surchages.
God Almighty, one true persona of justice, please inflict upon these wretched bottom feeders a curse of incurrable, burning, hellish itch of the genitals and a blessing of eternal life!
Amen.
...and make the whole ting flexible
Like the smart maps in Red Planet?
Or you'll get the BSOD in your glass of orange juice :)
Refer to the link with "monopoly" in it.
...where the ethically-bankrupt claim their fortunes by passing blame for their own failures.
"Gnarly Error Messages" make me picture the Dell dude popping up like the M$ Clippy and saying something like "Dude, your program just totally crashed. Bummer!"
High quality special effects, in a decent movie of course, are the only thing they draw me to pay expensive theater prices. The only movie I'll be seeing in the theater for the rest of this year (and as much of next year as I can think of) is The Two Towers. For everything else, I can wait for a DVD release.
But that's just me.
When most Americans talk about ensuring freedom, what they really mean is their own freedom--the ones they enjoy, not freedom in general. In reality, most Americans couldn't care less about the freedoms of other Americans. Some of them actively work to take away the freedom of others while classifying such freedoms as "immoral" or "sin." I may be overly pessimistic, but I believe most Americans are too selfish in the way they formulate their personal policies on freedom. In their minds, if they want to do it, it should be free, but if they they don't like others doing it, it should be outlawed. Key word--Hypocrisy.
so am i exempt or just slightly less wrecked?
Chris Tucker as Dr. Dre
NASA influencing a Mars movie? No! That's never happened.
If the RIAA can get MTV icons like Britney Spears to do ads against filesharing, I think they and the MPAA can influence a movie as well, but I could be wrong.
MTV (business associate of the RIAA and music industry in general) is making a movie (MPAA territory) about Napster (one-time arch-nemesis of the RIAA and not exactly on good terms with the MPAA either.) Being that this is an MTV movie, it will make the attempt of appealing to a younger crowd (RIAA and MPAA will use their influence to basically make this one big ad campaign against filesharing.)
I expect this to blantantly portray Fanning as a common thief on every level. They'll probably even have scenes where he's shoplifting, forceably taking candy from children, or anything else that gives the public the impression he's a cleptomania.
No, I think I'll watch something else when this airs. A 90-minute ad against Napster-clones doesn't interest me in the least.
Guess i was wrong. I found this.
Go to --> Administrative Tools --> Local Security Settings --> Local Policies --> Security Options
Select "Additional restrictions of anonymous connections" in the Policy pane on the right
From the pull down menu labeled "Local policy setting", select "No access without explicit anonymous permissions"
Click OK