Are you THAT idiotic? Really.. I mean have you read the Constitution? Whoever wins the majority of the ELECTORAL COLLEGE becomes president, which is what Bush did. Sure, Gore won the majority of the popular vote, but he didn't win the electoral college, as required by the Constitution. You can talk til you're blue in face about Florida, but as the recounts have shown there, Bush would have one.
Right, I would have no problem paying $18 for a CD if the artist got their fair share. Unfortunately, they are not. The label pays them the lowest ammount possible.
Want a really good example of the record industries' evil tatics? Weezer self-produced and self-recorded their last album. Paid for everything out of their own pockets. Then they put the tracks on their website and sent sampler CDs to radio stations. The songs started doing pretty good. "Dope Nose" made it into the top 20 of modern rock tracks without a single cent from the record company. When the single started doing even better, the label noticed and told Weezer to take down the page where the fans could download the tracks. And Rivers (the frontman) had to write a letter to each of the radio stations that he sent to sampler to asking them to stop playing the songs. Then the label wouldn't let Weezer release the CD until they handed over the masters to the label! Now, the label is getting money for a recording they didn't pay for.
Sure, it takes a while for Nintendo Games to come out. Hell.. the N64 was delayed because Mario64 wasn't ready. But when the games finally are released, they are absolute gems. It's good to space them out. The way I see it, Mario for the first semester and Zelda for the second. =D
In conclusion, Linux in this case has possession of both the moral and technological high grounds. Since when did morals have anything to do with the government?
Actually, the main reason Apple lost was beacuse John Sculley (CEO of Apple at the time), signed a document allowing Microsoft to use Apple's look and feel in Windows 1.0 and all future derivations.
Guess why he signed it? Because Billg threatened not to publish Microsoft productivity apps on the fledgling Mac.
Haha, were you a drama major? I love PA (and Pittsburgh, I'm at CMU now), there's lots to do here, as long as you're not looking for a tech job. Hey, at least it's not New Jersey. Look at it this way, you could've gone to Pitt.;)
The first amendment doesn't apply here. If the government was hosting the site and had those restrictions then, yes you could sue. I can limit speach on my own property as much as I want.
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Did you read the link? I think that explains it ;)
If you don't like him, you can make him a foe and block his posts.
Hell ya... Chimera is faaaaast with /. I think it even beats MSIE on WinXP.
Bandwidth isn't free in college! I'm paying 30,000/year!
This will inflate console sales, but still not see a significant increase in game sales.
Which is a good thing (if you are anti-m$), since microsoft loses money on every console sold in the hopes of making it up in software purchases.
Are you THAT idiotic? Really.. I mean have you read the Constitution? Whoever wins the majority of the ELECTORAL COLLEGE becomes president, which is what Bush did. Sure, Gore won the majority of the popular vote, but he didn't win the electoral college, as required by the Constitution. You can talk til you're blue in face about Florida, but as the recounts have shown there, Bush would have one.
I have not heard of this artist and I'm assuming that most people haven't either.
But my question is, if this sells poorly will they point to it as proof that straight mp3 sales don't work?
Right, I would have no problem paying $18 for a CD if the artist got their fair share. Unfortunately, they are not. The label pays them the lowest ammount possible.
Want a really good example of the record industries' evil tatics? Weezer self-produced and self-recorded their last album. Paid for everything out of their own pockets. Then they put the tracks on their website and sent sampler CDs to radio stations. The songs started doing pretty good. "Dope Nose" made it into the top 20 of modern rock tracks without a single cent from the record company. When the single started doing even better, the label noticed and told Weezer to take down the page where the fans could download the tracks. And Rivers (the frontman) had to write a letter to each of the radio stations that he sent to sampler to asking them to stop playing the songs. Then the label wouldn't let Weezer release the CD until they handed over the masters to the label! Now, the label is getting money for a recording they didn't pay for.
Sure, it takes a while for Nintendo Games to come out. Hell.. the N64 was delayed because Mario64 wasn't ready. But when the games finally are released, they are absolute gems. It's good to space them out. The way I see it, Mario for the first semester and Zelda for the second. =D
Yeah, its alot better than the US$30,000 I'm paying for wireless access @ CMU.
> The BBC site doesnt work for me. It couldnt be /.ed already?
;)
No... alpha changed and the article ceased to exist
> On the downside, the weather there sucks.
Hey... at least the computer science majors get frequent showers because of all the rain.
It also has applications for general public use. How much worker productivity is wasted on reboots and applications crashes?
Someone donated Jornadas to CMU? Which department(s). BTW... I knew it was CMU when you said "computer cluster". =)
There's a new Star Wars?! Geez, why didn't anyone tell me. Last time around, I was drowning in Jar Jar Pepsi cans.
./ effect. Here is the google cache.
the archaic MAC and Windows 95 platforms.
::cough:: troll ::cough::
In conclusion, Linux in this case has possession of both the moral and technological high grounds.
Since when did morals have anything to do with the government?
Don't you mean serve with?
Like Minesweeper? ;)
Yeah, but you'll spend 5 years there, including summers. Bleh.
;)
Heh, even after I informed Drevel that I wasn't enrolling, they still gave me a scholarship. Carnegie Mellon was kind enough to match it.
Actually, the main reason Apple lost was beacuse John Sculley (CEO of Apple at the time), signed a document allowing Microsoft to use Apple's look and feel in Windows 1.0 and all future derivations.
Guess why he signed it? Because Billg threatened not to publish Microsoft productivity apps on the fledgling Mac.
Even scarier, think how much Windows Soltaire has cost the economy... it's gotta be in the billions of dollars.
Haha, were you a drama major? I love PA (and Pittsburgh, I'm at CMU now), there's lots to do here, as long as you're not looking for a tech job. Hey, at least it's not New Jersey. Look at it this way, you could've gone to Pitt. ;)
The first amendment doesn't apply here. If the government was hosting the site and had those restrictions then, yes you could sue. I can limit speach on my own property as much as I want.
What if you had 0 friends? Would that throw an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException?