One of Ritalin's competitors is a drug that is essentially glorified speed. Ritalin itself is intended to have similar effects.
Ritalin, in my mind, represents the number one problem with American society: Everybody wants to pass it off on someone else. Can't handle the overexuberant kid? Drug him up! Your son sniped at cars on a freeway? Let the video game company compensate the victims! You ate food that literally drips grease, and now you're a lardass? Blame McDonald's!
What I find amusing is that a fellow by the screen-name "Ford_Prefect" essentially told a large number of gamers that the world was about to end. (Convert to NTFS or SLOW HL2!)
Ever liked a band, but didn't want your friends to know about it? (Certain pop rappers, for instance?) Have you lost a CD that none of your friends have? What if (gasp) your friends all have the same CDs you do? Then it helps having millions of willing sharers to give you a hand.
This game Gettysburg sounds a lot like miniature games (like Warhammer) in terms of movement.
It actually sounds pretty fun - miniatures games have various features that turn off a good portion of the population. I once said that Warhammer was for people who thought Monopoly games ended too quick:) Also, you end up calculating weapon damage, range, line of sight... In short, it's like Starcraft, except you do all the work, not the computer. And don't even mention the minatures... they're awesome but they're pretty expensive.
But a strategy game with free movement and simpler rules sounds great.
A fact that escapes people on the Internet is that word choice counts for very little in real-life confrontations. There is a very big difference between me saying "fucker" jokingly to a friend and me saying "fucker" to someone who said something nasty about my girlfriend. Intonation, body language, even just the look in a person's eyes can say so much more than just plain words.
Online, however... I try to hold back with the four-letter words because I can't really deliver the same message as in meatspace. Trust me, you miss out on a lot of what makes rage what it is in the conversion to text...
If you don't like it STOP BUYING and DOWNLOADING their product until the music industry is dead.
Look. At the moment the RIAA is hell-bent on destroying P2P, so if you stop buying they will always assume you are downloading. Furthermore,
you seem to feel that the RIAA is bad and deserves to die. Why not help them there? If you read all their press releases and articles, you're guilty no matter what. So why not get some free music out of it? If we all share only a few MP3s each, the RIAA will go after morons sharing their entire hard drive, while (if you listen to them) we draw and quarter them financially.
On the other hand, if you feel that downloading music is wrong, you can always download independent artists. Or you could play a prank on the bastards: make a directory with 10,000 text files saying "RIAA is evil", renamed to "(insert Britney Spears song name here).mp3".
The parent is saying that even if you're not using KaZaA et al, you may soon be at risk for this kind of harassment. The post doesn't mean that we need to be paranoid now - it's saying that if the RIAA can get away with this bullshit, other copyright holders are going to get ideas, and before long we will have to be that paranoid.
You are right, though - it would be the death knell for the Internet. And that's why someone - the people of America, the judicial system, Congress - has to end the bullshit, before we live in the most ridiculous police state in history. (Ridiculous in that it was brought about by a non-governmental corporation.)
Your "sludge" may be anothers gold mine. Not everyone shares the same interests.
You gold mine may be another's sludge. mp3.com is loaded with bands that are fairly "specialized" and don't have the mass appeal that more mainstream artists do. Everyone who goes to mp3.com is likely to see a lot of what they consider sludge, even though there are a bunch of people who think that sludge is the best music ever.
So in other words, you're both right: a lot of the "sludge" is well-liked by somebody, but since it doesn't appeal to everybody, any one person is likely to think of it as sludge.
So, what you're saying is that we should use natural methods of increasing happiness and improving our world.
And of course, your forum for telling everybody this is Slashdot Games, which is a pattern of computer code (written by humans) that exists as electricity (generated by artificial machines) in a computer, which was built by humans, with artificial materials.
If you're trying to convince someone to quit smoking, it's good to at least take the cigarette out of your mouth first.
The best analogy might be copying a poem out of a book. You have the poem. You make the copy. There are now two of the poem; the book is still intact (assuming you didn't mess up the book in the copier), and you have a copy.
The artist gets a small (very small IIRC) cut of a record sale... the cost of the CD is negligible (unless the RIAA's stampers are gouging them the way the RIAA gouges consumers)... chances are, the marketing cost is negligible too (how many CDs are made in a run? Millions? Billions?) The RIAA is furious at downloaders because they have worked very hard to keep their profit margin as outrageous as it seems to be, and these scurvy pirates are taking that away from them!
In my opinion, the most accurate synonyms for this kind of copyright infringement are "illegal copying" and "illegal downloading". Whether or not it's legal (and therefore, fair use) is left as an exercise to the reader. (Though the RIAA represents downloading as the only copyright infringement, there are other ways to infringe copyright - plagiarism, for instance.)
You are right: "stealing" is certainly a loaded word. "Piracy" is a loaded word too, but it just sounds ridiculous to me: music murder? Music rape? How can you rape a song (other than a bad cover)? Maybe the language is evolving. Well I say that I'm going to sit here with my... uh, "lingual dinosaur".
No one is going to buy music they never hear and they will never hear much music on the radio.
What you say is true, but primarily because the labels have control over what plays on the radio (if you don't want to play a song, don't release it) and because the radio is an ad-driven medium ("pull the controversial music or we pull the ads"). Web-radio (ie Shoutcast) is awesome, because
(a) the FCC doesn't care what you do, (b) music is free off of Kazaa, so you can pretty much play whatever you want, (c) there are tons of Shoutcast streams, and (d) there's basically no advertising to worry about.
Run a search on an artist you know you like, and listen to a matching stream. After their song plays, you can often be introduced to new music.
No, space is not the final frontier. I'd say that the next frontier after space would be the earth's own damn oceans - really, if we can't even be bothered to explore our entire planet, I don't think we have any business out in space.
Not necessarily; I use Winamp to play most sound files on my computer, and therefore there are at least 20 extensions all registered as "Winamp Media File" in Explorer. Sort by File Type does exactly what it says: sorts by the registered file type, not by extension.
Really, this is more Winamp's fault for registering all those extensions under one file type, but it's a consideration.
Look, I'm a Christian, and I'm not offended by his statement, because I know what kind of people he's talking about. The problem with his statement is that he forgot to put "Idiot" in front of "Christian". No, I'm not saying all Christians are idiots, I'm saying that there are Christians out there who aren't exactly the sharpest pencil in the box.
Try the Google cache. Scroll down a little, you can't miss it.
That's the funniest thing I've ever seen. Government-sponsored pr0n. I think the sysadmin does read/. and I'm willing to bet he shit himself when the AC up above pointed out that link. Oh, I would have loved to see the look on his face...
Sometimes I despair at the thought that a company will produce "Batchelor Chow" (and then realise they have - it's called Pot Noodle in the UK). And that it won't be Matrix style uber-computers feeding us recycled human but uber-corporations run by humans.
Slashdot Mirror
If you don't run a DNS server, put this in your HOSTS file.
127.0.0.1 www.gator.co.uk
127.0.0.1 www.gator.com
127.0.0.1 www.gator.net
One of Ritalin's competitors is a drug that is essentially glorified speed. Ritalin itself is intended to have similar effects.
Ritalin, in my mind, represents the number one problem with American society: Everybody wants to pass it off on someone else. Can't handle the overexuberant kid? Drug him up! Your son sniped at cars on a freeway? Let the video game company compensate the victims! You ate food that literally drips grease, and now you're a lardass? Blame McDonald's!
What I find amusing is that a fellow by the screen-name "Ford_Prefect" essentially told a large number of gamers that the world was about to end. (Convert to NTFS or SLOW HL2!)
Ever liked a band, but didn't want your friends to know about it? (Certain pop rappers, for instance?) Have you lost a CD that none of your friends have? What if (gasp) your friends all have the same CDs you do? Then it helps having millions of willing sharers to give you a hand.
It's "ingo", not "Ringo". But it is close enough to be scary.
I've got a couple hours to kill. I think I'll turn off my browser cache and then sit at their website hitting "refresh" continuously.
Ah. My mistake.
This game Gettysburg sounds a lot like miniature games (like Warhammer) in terms of movement.
:) Also, you end up calculating weapon damage, range, line of sight... In short, it's like Starcraft, except you do all the work, not the computer. And don't even mention the minatures... they're awesome but they're pretty expensive.
It actually sounds pretty fun - miniatures games have various features that turn off a good portion of the population. I once said that Warhammer was for people who thought Monopoly games ended too quick
But a strategy game with free movement and simpler rules sounds great.
A fact that escapes people on the Internet is that word choice counts for very little in real-life confrontations. There is a very big difference between me saying "fucker" jokingly to a friend and me saying "fucker" to someone who said something nasty about my girlfriend. Intonation, body language, even just the look in a person's eyes can say so much more than just plain words.
Online, however... I try to hold back with the four-letter words because I can't really deliver the same message as in meatspace. Trust me, you miss out on a lot of what makes rage what it is in the conversion to text...
On the other hand, if you feel that downloading music is wrong, you can always download independent artists. Or you could play a prank on the bastards: make a directory with 10,000 text files saying "RIAA is evil", renamed to "(insert Britney Spears song name here).mp3".
The little editorial comment suggests that while it is unlikely that Microsoft will be releasing patches, it would be pretty cool.
The article is about Microsoft setting up Linux and open-source software on computers in test labs.
Hope that clears it up for you.
The parent is saying that even if you're not using KaZaA et al, you may soon be at risk for this kind of harassment. The post doesn't mean that we need to be paranoid now - it's saying that if the RIAA can get away with this bullshit, other copyright holders are going to get ideas, and before long we will have to be that paranoid.
You are right, though - it would be the death knell for the Internet. And that's why someone - the people of America, the judicial system, Congress - has to end the bullshit, before we live in the most ridiculous police state in history. (Ridiculous in that it was brought about by a non-governmental corporation.)
So in other words, you're both right: a lot of the "sludge" is well-liked by somebody, but since it doesn't appeal to everybody, any one person is likely to think of it as sludge.
So, what you're saying is that we should use natural methods of increasing happiness and improving our world.
And of course, your forum for telling everybody this is Slashdot Games, which is a pattern of computer code (written by humans) that exists as electricity (generated by artificial machines) in a computer, which was built by humans, with artificial materials.
If you're trying to convince someone to quit smoking, it's good to at least take the cigarette out of your mouth first.
The best analogy might be copying a poem out of a book. You have the poem. You make the copy. There are now two of the poem; the book is still intact (assuming you didn't mess up the book in the copier), and you have a copy.
The artist gets a small (very small IIRC) cut of a record sale... the cost of the CD is negligible (unless the RIAA's stampers are gouging them the way the RIAA gouges consumers)... chances are, the marketing cost is negligible too (how many CDs are made in a run? Millions? Billions?) The RIAA is furious at downloaders because they have worked very hard to keep their profit margin as outrageous as it seems to be, and these scurvy pirates are taking that away from them!
In my opinion, the most accurate synonyms for this kind of copyright infringement are "illegal copying" and "illegal downloading". Whether or not it's legal (and therefore, fair use) is left as an exercise to the reader. (Though the RIAA represents downloading as the only copyright infringement, there are other ways to infringe copyright - plagiarism, for instance.)
You are right: "stealing" is certainly a loaded word. "Piracy" is a loaded word too, but it just sounds ridiculous to me: music murder? Music rape? How can you rape a song (other than a bad cover)? Maybe the language is evolving. Well I say that I'm going to sit here with my... uh, "lingual dinosaur".
(a) the FCC doesn't care what you do,
(b) music is free off of Kazaa, so you can pretty much play whatever you want,
(c) there are tons of Shoutcast streams, and
(d) there's basically no advertising to worry about.
Run a search on an artist you know you like, and listen to a matching stream. After their song plays, you can often be introduced to new music.
Natural selection at work.
No, space is not the final frontier. I'd say that the next frontier after space would be the earth's own damn oceans - really, if we can't even be bothered to explore our entire planet, I don't think we have any business out in space.
Not necessarily; I use Winamp to play most sound files on my computer, and therefore there are at least 20 extensions all registered as "Winamp Media File" in Explorer. Sort by File Type does exactly what it says: sorts by the registered file type, not by extension.
Really, this is more Winamp's fault for registering all those extensions under one file type, but it's a consideration.
Look, I'm a Christian, and I'm not offended by his statement, because I know what kind of people he's talking about. The problem with his statement is that he forgot to put "Idiot" in front of "Christian". No, I'm not saying all Christians are idiots, I'm saying that there are Christians out there who aren't exactly the sharpest pencil in the box.
Try the Google cache. Scroll down a little, you can't miss it.
/. and I'm willing to bet he shit himself when the AC up above pointed out that link. Oh, I would have loved to see the look on his face...
That's the funniest thing I've ever seen. Government-sponsored pr0n. I think the sysadmin does read