I think you have your 'insight' confused with your 'idiocy'. If you have Windows 2000 crashing daily then you, sir, are:
An Idiot who can't configure his system
Using obsolete hardware
All of the above
Windows 2000 and XP run continuously for VERY long without needing to be restarted. Here's my home server's uptime...
System Up Time: 111 Days, 23 Hours, 51 Minutes, 24 Seconds
Wow, looky there. Now lets not make this into one of those "My uptime/penis is bigger then your uptime/penis" wars, but just come away knowing that you, and the original comment are nothing but illinformed trolls.
Dude, that's the best game ever. I remember when I was young I used to rent it every week from the grocery store. I've got a rom of it, never did buy the game. OH well...
I think the case of a used book is diffrent because he sold his license to the book to the store along with the book itself.
When you copy files on the internet, you retain the original copy. When you sell a used book, you retain nothing. It's like those software EULA's that state the license is transferable as long as all copies of the software are transfered or destroyed.
Another way you can see it is selling a used book to a store after having gone to Kinko's and unloading a bunch of quarters copying the whole book.
For the record though, I see nothing wrong in obtaining music there is no chance I would buy, other then the small fact it's a copyright violation. I just wanted to point out this problem with the analogy.
Just as wrong as downloding music you wouldn't have bought anyway. Just because it's a church doesn't make me think it should get some moral brownie points.
The RIAA is desperate because bands that used to make good records can't make any more. Why? Well, because:
they may not have been that talented in the first place, and/or
it's hard to be that inspired when you got 5 million bucks in your pocket. Ever seen 5 million bucks? Most people, one they get that kinda money, go one of 2 ways:
they get super-greedy, and try to just make super-popular records, which flops hard at some point.
they just say "ok, i'm done" and that's it. The RIAA needs to realize that people are gonna listen to the music one way or another if
you can't hear it on the radio,
the band's new stuff blows, or
if they want to hear something to see if the band's new record blows, which it most likely does.
STILL, did Eminem go platinum? Yes. RECORDS ARE STILL SELLING IF THE MATERIAL IS ALL THAT GOOD/POPULAR! People really don't want the hassle of the internet, unless the material is hard to find elsewhere, i.e. at stores, or if they are unsure of the quality of the material, etc. DUH.
I still buy music, but not from anyone who is a member of the RIAA. Here's the link: http://www.riaa.org - Their site seems to be down right now (as it always is) but I think you get to the list of members by clicking 'About Us' and then 'Partners'
Click it. If the label you are purchacing from is on there, just download it. The artist wouldn't see any of the money anyway. Let them make up statistics about how it's the 'P2P programs, and the coledge kids fault' that they are going down the tubes. Too fucking bad for them.
That's because Google (orig. Backrub) ranks things based on links to them from other pages. If people link to Opera with the text 'Real Browser' (as they should) then it'll get a good match for that. Just as if people link to Altavista with 'search engine' then they will be higher rated then google.
I am mad as hell about my lack of PNG support, VERY mad, but that's not going to change anything. Show people a crippled page in IE, whether the browsers fault or the page's, and people will blame you. They will just move along to the next page and not consider switching. I'm sorry, but to users you are a Jahova's witness, and they don't give a shit.
It's the first paragraph!!! THE FIRST PARAGRAPH!!!!
BMW has told CNETAsia that an electronic fault caused the problem, rather than a system crash of the car's Windows-based central computer, as other reports have speculated.
Funny. Did you know that Amazon.com sells music? Did Apple copy that?
Feeding the troll aside, I'm looking very much at the Microsoft model. I would love to have a large selection of good-quality music that I didn't need to pay a per-song price for.
Think of it as a phone card VS. local calling service. With the phone card, you pay for how long you are talking. Fine if you only make a few calls... but I plan to be on the phone a ton. That's where a monthly flat rate makes sense for me.
If you didn't get the analogy, I plan to be constantly downloading lots of music, and lots MORE music as it comes out.
You have a harddrive full of useless music... just like you would have if you stopped paying the bill. Microsoft's stratigy is you pay $10 for a month of music. I think it's a wonderfull idea, and I'll be subscribing as soon as it's availible. If they go out of business, you simply stop paying for months of music. You arn't OUT of anything, except the option to continue paying for months of music.
I'm sure they will be ACCUSED of it, but I think everyone here sees the real reason. How can you know how to secure your systems if you don't know what the virus writers are doing?
And I'm sure that a select number of people will use this information maliciously, but everything comes at a cost. I don't think it would be a good idea if no one but the 'bad guys' knew how to write a virus, because then no one but them would know how to keep their systems secure from them.
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Windows 2000 and XP run continuously for VERY long without needing to be restarted. Here's my home server's uptime...Wow, looky there. Now lets not make this into one of those "My uptime/penis is bigger then your uptime/penis" wars, but just come away knowing that you, and the original comment are nothing but illinformed trolls.
Dude, that's the best game ever. I remember when I was young I used to rent it every week from the grocery store. I've got a rom of it, never did buy the game. OH well...
I think the case of a used book is diffrent because he sold his license to the book to the store along with the book itself.
When you copy files on the internet, you retain the original copy. When you sell a used book, you retain nothing. It's like those software EULA's that state the license is transferable as long as all copies of the software are transfered or destroyed.
Another way you can see it is selling a used book to a store after having gone to Kinko's and unloading a bunch of quarters copying the whole book.
For the record though, I see nothing wrong in obtaining music there is no chance I would buy, other then the small fact it's a copyright violation. I just wanted to point out this problem with the analogy.
Just as wrong as downloding music you wouldn't have bought anyway. Just because it's a church doesn't make me think it should get some moral brownie points.
Close...
It's like having a Large ($1.15), Super ($1.85), and Super ($4.25).
*POP*
I really love it when someone mirrors the text, inserting their own little humor.
However, it seems reasonable to assume that cmdrtaco is a flagrant homosexual.
Of corse, that might be in the original, I don't know German
I never do this, but mod this guy up. One of the funniest comments I've heard in a while.
Speaking of searches, can we PLEASE stop 'or'ing everything together?
AND, OR, NOT, and () arn't hard tools. Impliment them, allow me to search story bodies, and I'll be happy.
IRC is diffrent from slashdot in one way... /mode +b
Anyone acts up, they get moderated right out from view.
The RIAA is desperate because bands that used to make good records can't make any more. Why? Well, because:
STILL, did Eminem go platinum? Yes. RECORDS ARE STILL SELLING IF THE MATERIAL IS ALL THAT GOOD/POPULAR! People really don't want the hassle of the internet, unless the material is hard to find elsewhere, i.e. at stores, or if they are unsure of the quality of the material, etc. DUH.
I still buy music, but not from anyone who is a member of the RIAA. Here's the link:
http://www.riaa.org - Their site seems to be down right now (as it always is) but I think you get to the list of members by clicking 'About Us' and then 'Partners'
Click it. If the label you are purchacing from is on there, just download it. The artist wouldn't see any of the money anyway. Let them make up statistics about how it's the 'P2P programs, and the coledge kids fault' that they are going down the tubes. Too fucking bad for them.
It's not the Hulk, it's Marvin the Martion. Ooooh, mixups like those make me VERY angry!
WONDERFUL!
I loved it, read it all the way through. I loved their responses at the end. I highly recomend everyone read this.
That's because Google (orig. Backrub) ranks things based on links to them from other pages. If people link to Opera with the text 'Real Browser' (as they should) then it'll get a good match for that. Just as if people link to Altavista with 'search engine' then they will be higher rated then google.
I am mad as hell about my lack of PNG support, VERY mad, but that's not going to change anything. Show people a crippled page in IE, whether the browsers fault or the page's, and people will blame you. They will just move along to the next page and not consider switching. I'm sorry, but to users you are a Jahova's witness, and they don't give a shit.
I assumed you disagreed with the first part:
If you knew anything about BMWs, you'd probably know that the locks are not controlled by the computer
I see now that I was wrong, my appologies.
It's the first paragraph!!! THE FIRST PARAGRAPH!!!!
BMW has told CNETAsia that an electronic fault caused the problem, rather than a system crash of the car's Windows-based central computer, as other reports have speculated.
THE FIRST FUCKING PARAGRAPH!!!
I read that a while back during another slashdot article on bugs... and that is the scariest thing I have ever read, hands-down, period.
Ditto. I'm replacing 'Sincerely,' with 'Sexyfully Yours,'
Funny. Did you know that Amazon.com sells music? Did Apple copy that?
Feeding the troll aside, I'm looking very much at the Microsoft model. I would love to have a large selection of good-quality music that I didn't need to pay a per-song price for.
Think of it as a phone card VS. local calling service. With the phone card, you pay for how long you are talking. Fine if you only make a few calls... but I plan to be on the phone a ton. That's where a monthly flat rate makes sense for me.
If you didn't get the analogy, I plan to be constantly downloading lots of music, and lots MORE music as it comes out.
But you are forgetting something.
You have a harddrive full of useless music... just like you would have if you stopped paying the bill. Microsoft's stratigy is you pay $10 for a month of music. I think it's a wonderfull idea, and I'll be subscribing as soon as it's availible. If they go out of business, you simply stop paying for months of music. You arn't OUT of anything, except the option to continue paying for months of music.
I'm sure they will be ACCUSED of it, but I think everyone here sees the real reason. How can you know how to secure your systems if you don't know what the virus writers are doing?
And I'm sure that a select number of people will use this information maliciously, but everything comes at a cost. I don't think it would be a good idea if no one but the 'bad guys' knew how to write a virus, because then no one but them would know how to keep their systems secure from them.
It's not entirly acurate...