"Or, I have heard that the Bible gets distributed on these networks. Apart from the fact that we can all get that from the motel we most recently visited,"
According to the article "(1) cars are noisy, so that technology needs much more work and (2) many people simply don't like the idea: "I would feel strange if I had to talk to my car," he says."
Personally, I'd rather give my car voice commands instead of hand gestures so I don't know where it comes up with #2. As for #1, I thought most modern cars (excluding cheapo cars like my neon) were pretty good at eliminating road noise. I suppose that would still leave issues with noise in the car such as radios and screaming children.
"Singapore has some of its books and magazines in shrinkwrap"
In the US, they usually do that with the dirty magazines because they probably don't want people walking off to 'read' those and then bringing them back later in less than new condition.:)
" READ, dammit! It is the same radiation as sunshine. Are you afraid to go outside too?"
Afraid to go outside you ask? Did you forget you're posting to slashdot?
"Instead of publishing every minor version release of linux, it also started publishing a story for every patch from microsoft."
don't forget every release candidate of everyone's favorite browser:)
seriously though, I think SP4 for Win2000 is worthy of posting since it's 2003 now and the SP count is only up to 4.
"That's not infringing [because] I'm too dumb" -- Fucking a, I can't believe someone actually thought that would fly long enough to even type it in."
If you're quoting me on that, learn how to NOT take things out of context to get the meaning you want. The argument wasn't being too dumb. The argument was whether downloading an MP3 that I own the CD for is copyright infringement. The fact that I'm downloading it as opposed to just ripping it myself is because I'm dumb. I suppose now you'll quote me as saying "I'm dumb". Nice how you post AC and complain about people on slashdot not having testicles.
flamebait? That's funny because I'd say I agree. Let me elaborate so I don't get modded as flamebait as well.
-A normal Mac looks far nicer than this thing. It doesn't have any pretty lights.
-It doesn't do anything functionaly impressive (i.e. contain a hot plate to keep your coffee warm like one case mod I saw).
-It doesn't have a cool geek factor like a case that looks like a big Mech warrior.
-It looks awkward because even though the case is a pyramid, everything is still crammed into a rectangular area.
It might be cool if it was painted to actually look like one of the Pyramids. Maybe someone can enlighten me as to why this is such a cool case mod that it's worthy of posting it on slashdot.
"It doesn't matter if both you and the person downloading a song from you own the CD from which the given song comes. It is still illegal for you to distribute that song to that person without the permission of the copyright holder.
I know I'm beating this subject to death, but it seems like a lot of people have having a very difficult time grasping this concept."
I'm not having a hard time grasping that concept, just a hard time agreeing with it.
I think you missed his point entirely. Here's an example scenario:
1. Rip CD at home and share it on Kazaa
2. Go to work
3. Start up Kazaa, download CD from home to listen to at work.
That's not infringing because I own the CD, regardless of the fact that other people may download it and I'm too dumb to get the MP3s to work in any other method.
and to take that further...
My buddy Joe across the hall hears me playing one of those songs and says 'Hey, that's a great CD, I wish I brought mine to work with me'. So I say 'Hey no problem Joe, just hop on Kazaa and download it from my home computer.'
Is that illegal? My understanding from the interview about a week or two ago is that it is illegal because you only have the right to get back ups from the media you purchased. If you crack your CD before you make a backup, you have to buy a new one because it's wrong to copy it from someone else's media.
expensive?
I got a cheapo 4 port kvm switch (although it seems to work fine) from newegg.com. It was about $50 and the cables were around $10 each. Each $10 cable has a separate cable for mouse, keyboard and video tied together to keep things a little neater.
So for around $90 (under $100) you've got the switch and cables for 4 PCs, just supply a mouse, keyboard, monitor and the PCs.
"
Seriously, mobile telephony seems to be one area where the US is playing catch-up."
You forget that we're sometimes content to be behind in the US, no catch up playing needed. Look at the metric system as another example.:)
I never realized how annoying white backgrounds are. I better go change my website to something better like flashing red on black. hee hee. My site will be the most popular in no time when people realize how much easier it is to read compared to slashdot and google.;)
That's really not comparable because MP3 players have major advantages over portable cd players/any other portable media player. Not to mention all the people that bought MP3 players just because it was the new thing.
I have yet to see a Linux game that is leaps and bounds ahead of anything available on another platform (PS2, GC, Xbox, Windows PC) so what incentive would I, as a gamer, have to buy a Linux box to play games on?
What incentive as a game developer would I have to make games for a system that
A. I don't know as well as the other systems I already develop for and
B. Has a much smaller user base
If it's so easy, get some VC, start your own game development company and show everyone how it's done.
It's kind of a chicken/egg problem.
Not many developers are going to write Linux games (or port to Linux) if there are few Linux gamers to pay for the work involved
Conversely, if there aren't many Linux games already then gamers will look to a different platform.
"It's quite invigorating browsing interactive pr0n with the Xbox controls"
I saw a gamecube controller at gamestop last night that has a fan/ventilation holes in it to keep your hands cool. You might try finding one for your xbox to keep your hands cool/dry.;)
real life example:
we're going through some major upgrades to our novell servers (and eventually other things like groupwise)
Novell was contracted to do the work instead of our people.
First day after some big changes, basically nothing worked for most of the day.
Result, Novell took the blame instead of our IT dept.
"File sharing is terrorism, isn't it? I mean Sen. Hatch seems to think so"
hrm, let's see...
Main Entry: terÂrorÂism
Pronunciation: 'ter-&r-"i-z&m
Function: noun
Date: 1795
: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
That sounds more like what the RIAA does to people swapping songs than the other way around.
Not that I'm trying to defend copyright infringement but it's pretty clear who is trying to coerce who by means of terror. i.e. "Stop doing that or we'll sue you for your life savings."
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"Or, I have heard that the Bible gets distributed on these networks. Apart from the fact that we can all get that from the motel we most recently visited,"
Stealing the bible from a motel... tsk tsk.
According to the article
"(1) cars are noisy, so that technology needs much more work and (2) many people simply don't like the idea: "I would feel strange if I had to talk to my car," he says."
Personally, I'd rather give my car voice commands instead of hand gestures so I don't know where it comes up with #2. As for #1, I thought most modern cars (excluding cheapo cars like my neon) were pretty good at eliminating road noise. I suppose that would still leave issues with noise in the car such as radios and screaming children.
"Singapore has some of its books and magazines in shrinkwrap"
:)
In the US, they usually do that with the dirty magazines because they probably don't want people walking off to 'read' those and then bringing them back later in less than new condition.
" Well, the tapwater with some iron in it helps build up your magnetic personality"
Iron in your body is great until you find yourself in a fight with Magneto.
no offense to you but.. ;)
only on slashdot would a post suggesting to actually read the article get a +5 insightful
" READ, dammit! It is the same radiation as sunshine. Are you afraid to go outside too?" Afraid to go outside you ask? Did you forget you're posting to slashdot?
maybe they should start a National Do Not Slashdot Registry
"- The "Eject PC" Command May Not Work Intermittently"
They fixed it so the Eject PC command does work intermittently?
"Instead of publishing every minor version release of linux, it also started publishing a story for every patch from microsoft."
:)
don't forget every release candidate of everyone's favorite browser
seriously though, I think SP4 for Win2000 is worthy of posting since it's 2003 now and the SP count is only up to 4.
"That's not infringing [because] I'm too dumb" -- Fucking a, I can't believe someone actually thought that would fly long enough to even type it in."
If you're quoting me on that, learn how to NOT take things out of context to get the meaning you want. The argument wasn't being too dumb. The argument was whether downloading an MP3 that I own the CD for is copyright infringement. The fact that I'm downloading it as opposed to just ripping it myself is because I'm dumb. I suppose now you'll quote me as saying "I'm dumb". Nice how you post AC and complain about people on slashdot not having testicles.
jackass.
flamebait? That's funny because I'd say I agree. Let me elaborate so I don't get modded as flamebait as well.
-A normal Mac looks far nicer than this thing. It doesn't have any pretty lights.
-It doesn't do anything functionaly impressive (i.e. contain a hot plate to keep your coffee warm like one case mod I saw).
-It doesn't have a cool geek factor like a case that looks like a big Mech warrior.
-It looks awkward because even though the case is a pyramid, everything is still crammed into a rectangular area.
It might be cool if it was painted to actually look like one of the Pyramids. Maybe someone can enlighten me as to why this is such a cool case mod that it's worthy of posting it on slashdot.
" if your in a contry where file sharing is legal, then they CAN'T sue them." That's what wars on terrorism are for isn't it? ;)
"It doesn't matter if both you and the person downloading a song from you own the CD from which the given song comes. It is still illegal for you to distribute that song to that person without the permission of the copyright holder.
I know I'm beating this subject to death, but it seems like a lot of people have having a very difficult time grasping this concept."
I'm not having a hard time grasping that concept, just a hard time agreeing with it.
I think you missed his point entirely. Here's an example scenario:
1. Rip CD at home and share it on Kazaa
2. Go to work
3. Start up Kazaa, download CD from home to listen to at work.
That's not infringing because I own the CD, regardless of the fact that other people may download it and I'm too dumb to get the MP3s to work in any other method.
and to take that further...
My buddy Joe across the hall hears me playing one of those songs and says 'Hey, that's a great CD, I wish I brought mine to work with me'. So I say 'Hey no problem Joe, just hop on Kazaa and download it from my home computer.'
Is that illegal? My understanding from the interview about a week or two ago is that it is illegal because you only have the right to get back ups from the media you purchased. If you crack your CD before you make a backup, you have to buy a new one because it's wrong to copy it from someone else's media.
"name one street drug that used to be available, and is no longer
:)
Mescaline"
my memory must be bad..
I thought for sure there was a Matrix reference here but I have yet to see it
expensive?
I got a cheapo 4 port kvm switch (although it seems to work fine) from newegg.com. It was about $50 and the cables were around $10 each. Each $10 cable has a separate cable for mouse, keyboard and video tied together to keep things a little neater.
So for around $90 (under $100) you've got the switch and cables for 4 PCs, just supply a mouse, keyboard, monitor and the PCs.
" Seriously, mobile telephony seems to be one area where the US is playing catch-up." You forget that we're sometimes content to be behind in the US, no catch up playing needed. Look at the metric system as another example. :)
Note: When I say we, I don't mean me personally.
"usually on annoying white-background web pages"
;)
I never realized how annoying white backgrounds are. I better go change my website to something better like flashing red on black. hee hee. My site will be the most popular in no time when people realize how much easier it is to read compared to slashdot and google.
if you're looking for a good updated version of the old 'your mom' joke... :)
try this
That's really not comparable because MP3 players have major advantages over portable cd players/any other portable media player. Not to mention all the people that bought MP3 players just because it was the new thing.
I have yet to see a Linux game that is leaps and bounds ahead of anything available on another platform (PS2, GC, Xbox, Windows PC) so what incentive would I, as a gamer, have to buy a Linux box to play games on?
What incentive as a game developer would I have to make games for a system that
A. I don't know as well as the other systems I already develop for and
B. Has a much smaller user base
If it's so easy, get some VC, start your own game development company and show everyone how it's done.
It's kind of a chicken/egg problem.
Not many developers are going to write Linux games (or port to Linux) if there are few Linux gamers to pay for the work involved
Conversely, if there aren't many Linux games already then gamers will look to a different platform.
"It's quite invigorating browsing interactive pr0n with the Xbox controls"
;)
I saw a gamecube controller at gamestop last night that has a fan/ventilation holes in it to keep your hands cool. You might try finding one for your xbox to keep your hands cool/dry.
"but "chatting" over IRC with each"
:)
;)
geeze, I've heard of easy classes but you actually got credit hours for chatting on IRC?
p.s. when you're listing your CS related coursework on your resume, I'd leave that one off.
real life example:
we're going through some major upgrades to our novell servers (and eventually other things like groupwise)
Novell was contracted to do the work instead of our people.
First day after some big changes, basically nothing worked for most of the day.
Result, Novell took the blame instead of our IT dept.
"File sharing is terrorism, isn't it? I mean Sen. Hatch seems to think so"
hrm, let's see...
Main Entry: terÂrorÂism
Pronunciation: 'ter-&r-"i-z&m
Function: noun
Date: 1795
: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
That sounds more like what the RIAA does to people swapping songs than the other way around.
Not that I'm trying to defend copyright infringement but it's pretty clear who is trying to coerce who by means of terror. i.e. "Stop doing that or we'll sue you for your life savings."