If there are using a pseudonym then obviously they don't want to be found by their real name. I would argue that their right to privacy is greater than your right to find them.
From what I understand, Amazon hasn't removed books from anyone's Kindle. You just can't redown it if you lose it.
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XML seems cool to me. I like the thought of being able to design a schema to suit my personal needs. But when it comes time to make use of that schema and actually keep data in it, it seems to be useless, as least as far as an end user (non programmer) is concerned.
Here is what happened to me on Comcast, which does not block port 25.
I had configured Sendmail for the direct sending of e-mail (with receiving accomplished via POP3 with Fetchmail). All was good until the first time I tried to send an e-mail to someone at AOL. The e-mail bounced back to me, as the originating IP address was from Comcast's block of dynamically assigned IPs. So I reconfigured Sendmail to use Comcast's SMTP server as a smarthost and everything was cool. Then I tried to e-mail a company that I was trying to contact and I received a bounced e-mail from them because I was using a Comcast smarthost (it was listed as a Spam source on some blackhost list).
So you see, you can get caught both ways.
What I probably need is a webhost that will host my domain name and provide me with POP and SMTP over non-standard ports via SSH. That might work better.
I'm sorry but his reasons are besides the point. What has really happened here is that spammers and ISP stupidity have fucked up the Internet to the point where running a common TCP/IP service on one's computer (the smtp server, in this case) has to be justified to some guy on Slashdot. That's bullshit.
I personally agree with this action because these people are breaking the law. However, I don't think that file trading is why the industry is losing money. For example, when asked about the possibility of alienating customers with this litigation stratagy, RIAA president Carey Sherman says:
"You have to look at exactly who are your customers," he said. "You could say the same thing about shoplifters â" are you worried about alienating them?
In other words, people who are file trading are people wouldn't buy the music anyway. If this is true, then how exactly are they costing the music industry money?
but I can't seem to find a player or plugin for.flac files on the Mac that will allow me to play the files I create without decompressing them first. This is probably the one thing I miss after switching back to the Macintosh. (That and good CD ripping software, like Windows' EAC.)
"This is great. Some people say that posting this is absurd, but you can tell they're not mac users and they don't care about the development of OSX."
Linux users can be a bad as anyone else. If it was screenshots of Gnome or KDE, you wouldn't hear any complaining. (Well, except for those whiners who claim that free software never innovates. Yeah, like Microsoft, the king of closed software, innovates at anything except EULAs.)
I thought that they were citing a contract violation, not even a copyright violation.
I'm just curious if, after all this time, patents are in force. Of course, if I was one of the free un*x developers, I would refer to my OS as Posix-like.
"This could be a big blow to the file-swapping community, even if you're swapping legit"
If your "swapping legit", you probably have nothing to fear.
What I don't understand why there is such a pro-stealing stance in the write ups of these articles on Slashdot. Those assholes who are sharing materials that they don't have the rights to are making it harder on the rest of us. Maybe we should have an article promoting the idea of violating the GPL next.
The problem with that is that some people use text-only web browsers, such as Links and Lynx. I know that the number of users doing so is pretty low but I think that considering should be given to those users as well.
"I'm afraid it might get significantly harder for humble college students such as myself to sample an artist's music before going out and buying a disc"
Didn't you mean to use the word "steal" instead of sample?
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Considering the situation with LibreOffice at the time of the transfer, I have to wonder why ASF even accepted OOo from Oracle in the first place.
If there are using a pseudonym then obviously they don't want to be found by their real name. I would argue that their right to privacy is greater than your right to find them.
From what I understand, Amazon hasn't removed books from anyone's Kindle. You just can't redown it if you lose it.
XML seems cool to me. I like the thought of being able to design a schema to suit my personal needs. But when it comes time to make use of that schema and actually keep data in it, it seems to be useless, as least as far as an end user (non programmer) is concerned.
Do I have the wrong impression?
Theo is a good candidate for this award. He is dedicated to creating a free, secure operating system that includes only truly Free software.
Of course, Theo can be acrimonious, but that doesn't change if contribution to Free software.
Here is what happened to me on Comcast, which does not block port 25.
I had configured Sendmail for the direct sending of e-mail (with receiving accomplished via POP3 with Fetchmail). All was good until the first time I tried to send an e-mail to someone at AOL. The e-mail bounced back to me, as the originating IP address was from Comcast's block of dynamically assigned IPs. So I reconfigured Sendmail to use Comcast's SMTP server as a smarthost and everything was cool. Then I tried to e-mail a company that I was trying to contact and I received a bounced e-mail from them because I was using a Comcast smarthost (it was listed as a Spam source on some blackhost list).
So you see, you can get caught both ways.
What I probably need is a webhost that will host my domain name and provide me with POP and SMTP over non-standard ports via SSH. That might work better.
I'm sorry but his reasons are besides the point. What has really happened here is that spammers and ISP stupidity have fucked up the Internet to the point where running a common TCP/IP service on one's computer (the smtp server, in this case) has to be justified to some guy on Slashdot. That's bullshit.
I personally agree with this action because these people are breaking the law. However, I don't think that file trading is why the industry is losing money. For example, when asked about the possibility of alienating customers with this litigation stratagy, RIAA president Carey Sherman says:
"You have to look at exactly who are your customers," he said. "You could say the same thing about shoplifters â" are you worried about alienating them?
In other words, people who are file trading are people wouldn't buy the music anyway. If this is true, then how exactly are they costing the music industry money?
but I can't seem to find a player or plugin for .flac files on the Mac that will allow me to play the files I create without decompressing them first. This is probably the one thing I miss after switching back to the Macintosh. (That and good CD ripping software, like Windows' EAC.)
"This is great. Some people say that posting this is absurd, but you can tell they're not mac users and they don't care about the development of OSX."
Linux users can be a bad as anyone else. If it was screenshots of Gnome or KDE, you wouldn't hear any complaining. (Well, except for those whiners who claim that free software never innovates. Yeah, like Microsoft, the king of closed software, innovates at anything except EULAs.)
I thought that they were citing a contract violation, not even a copyright violation.
I'm just curious if, after all this time, patents are in force. Of course, if I was one of the free un*x developers, I would refer to my OS as Posix-like.
Yeah, Apple is like and R&D division that no one has to pay for.
Does anyone know how long ago these "patents" were created? Unix is so old that I am having a hard time believing that they are still in effect.
Try reading this
Actually, it would go something like this:
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one myself.]
"This could be a big blow to the file-swapping community, even if you're swapping legit"
If your "swapping legit", you probably have nothing to fear.
What I don't understand why there is such a pro-stealing stance in the write ups of these articles on Slashdot. Those assholes who are sharing materials that they don't have the rights to are making it harder on the rest of us. Maybe we should have an article promoting the idea of violating the GPL next.
It's an OSNews link, not a Ximian link.
Thanks for correcting my error, I had the rule reversed.
3651. The year 2000 was not a leap year because it is a year ending in 00 that is equally divisable by 400.
As well they should have.
I'm on PHPWebhosting and I am really happy with them. I think that the only thing that they don't offer is IMAP.
They also offer IMAP services. Very nice.
The problem with that is that some people use text-only web browsers, such as Links and Lynx. I know that the number of users doing so is pretty low but I think that considering should be given to those users as well.
"Finally we can have a PC not based on twenty year old technology"
Who would buy a computer without a keyboard?
"I'm afraid it might get significantly harder for humble college students such as myself to sample an artist's music before going out and buying a disc"
Didn't you mean to use the word "steal" instead of sample?