Doesn't the BSD licence allow anyone to use their code, whether it be an open or closed source project? What happens if a programmer doesn't want their code to be used by developers who don't share the same "philosophy" that they do? Is that fair to them? No, so they use one of the other licences, which will be more compatable with their goals for their code.
It didn't work for Angel, Firefly, or Farscape (yes, Firefly's getting a movie, and Farscape had/will have a miniseries to wrap things up. But fan support didn't keep the show on the air).
Hell, Angel was the WB's second highest rated show when it was cancelled.
FLAC? I can see the benefits of FLAC if you're playing them through a decent sound system, but through a pair of headphones? Unless you have a $500 pair of headphones (and if you do, why are you using them for a portable music player?), what major noticable difference will there be to MP3/OGG? And do you really need super quality music when you're traveling, or at school/work?
Anyways, if you want a portable player with FLAC support, the Rio Karma might fit your bill. 20 Gig, FLAC/OGG/MP3/WMA support and a 14 hour battery life (iirc). I was looking at one, but decided I should spend my money on completing a guitar project I've been working on for just over 3 years.
Huh? We pay the fee, the fee is used to recoup the money "lost" from people downloading. So, that means that we're paying money for people downloading, and that means that downloading in Canada isn't necessicarly bad, because the record companies are getting money for it.
In the end, I don't really have to worry about downloading, because I'm paying for it, everytime I buy a blank CD or DVD (or hard drive, or video tape or... etc.).
Also, there's a law (which I believe relates to this) that says that while sharing is still illegal in Canada, downloading isn't. Neither is borrowing a CD or DVD from a friend and copying it (but if they copy it for you it's illegal).
You mention iTunes as a good thing. Yeah, well, the last time I checked (which, granted, was in February), there wasn't an iTunes Canada, and I'm not interested in checking it out again. Why should I pay for a music file in a format that limits what I can do with it, and won't work on my MP3-CD player?
I had it installed for a few days, and I wasn't overly impressed. The installer was nice (something I find lacking in most Debian-based distros), and Gnome 2.8 looked nice when it booted, but it was the biggest resource hog I've come across (regardless of the WM or what I had running). Having Firefox open and tryng to install something via Yum (which had few available packages, it couldn't find secpanel or a couple codec packages, among many others) made my system lock up. Yes, it's only 128 megs of ram, but still, my current Libranet system doesn't lock up.
All in all, if you've got a decent system, and don't want many "extra" packages, then you might like it.
Then, as one of the largest ISP's in the US, wouldn't it be beneficial to start focusing more on broadband? Wouldn't that help get it into more areas, and get more people onto broadband?
Or maybe, he likes Canada and sees no advantage, or any possible benefit to going to another country?
I have no desire to live anywhere except Canada, myself. As far as travelling, I would like to experience more of my own country before I go to others.
Pain to install as in while following all the on screen directions, there were still parts of the install that were unmentioned and still required.
Pain to install in comparison to the Libranet installer that had better hardware detection, an easier, more straight forward hard disk partitioner (with automatic partitioning), graphical package selection (with detailed descriptions of available packages) and a "minimal" install option. Then there's also the trouble I had getting sound to work, and my network card didn't detect (both of which were detected and installed first try, with the adminmenu sound and network configuration tools).
This is not FUD, this is my personal experience, and my telling others the troubles I had, and how it compared to other distros. I have no problems with text based installations (hell, I used Red Hat and Mandrake when they were text based. I had Gentoo up and running on three different systems. I know how to work a text based install).
Just to let you know, Yoper, also installed quite easily, as well as Fedora and Mandrake.
Ubuntu, unfortunately, wasn't easy to install. Maybe it will be in the future, and I'll try it again, but right now, no.
I got a refurbished IBM PII-400 for my grandmother for $70, and a 17 inch monitor for another $70. Ethernet, sound (and speakers in the box) and everything else (except mouse and keyboard, an additional $25, but that's not necessary for the "competition") needed for use. It does everything she needs to (and then some). Hell, if it wasn't a flat-box (not a tower, the other kind that you sit your monitor on), it would be enough for just about everyone in my family (I'm the only exception, planning on spending nearly $5000 for a PowerMac G5)
Yeah, I've tried several Debian clones. Ubuntu was a pain to install, Debian was worse (this was before the "new" installer), I've only booted Knoppix from CD (and, since it gives just about everything except the kitchen sink, useless to me for installing onto my hard drive. It's still the best rescue/admin disc I've ever used). My favourite is still Libranet. It's a good mix of easy-to-install, and up-to-date.
Maybe, maybe not. I know I would like to have the option of cashing out and retiring early, or maybe I'd stick around. Or maybe sell some stock, get a business loan and start my own company.
I've got a PII-350 with 256 megs of ram and an 8 meg video card, and that's my "power" system. And that's more than enough for what the majority of my family uses it for (I'm the only one who needs anything more powerful, damn you games and DAW!!)
I'm using a Celeron 800/128 meg ram laptop right now.
Major label bands have their (outdated, some say) distribution model. Indie bands don't have as many resources, and have to work harder to get thier music out to anywhere outside their local touring area.
This provides a means of doing it that's 1) cheap for the consumer, 2) not giving it away, and 3) not trying to control the use of the file.
I wouldn't want to see big-name bands on systems like these, because they'd push out the lesser known/indie bands, and the major labels would probably force emusic to use DRM'd files, which would defeat one of the big pro's of this service.
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Doesn't the BSD licence allow anyone to use their code, whether it be an open or closed source project? What happens if a programmer doesn't want their code to be used by developers who don't share the same "philosophy" that they do? Is that fair to them? No, so they use one of the other licences, which will be more compatable with their goals for their code.
It didn't work for Angel, Firefly, or Farscape (yes, Firefly's getting a movie, and Farscape had/will have a miniseries to wrap things up. But fan support didn't keep the show on the air).
Hell, Angel was the WB's second highest rated show when it was cancelled.
Enterprise is doomed.
FLAC? I can see the benefits of FLAC if you're playing them through a decent sound system, but through a pair of headphones? Unless you have a $500 pair of headphones (and if you do, why are you using them for a portable music player?), what major noticable difference will there be to MP3/OGG? And do you really need super quality music when you're traveling, or at school/work?
Anyways, if you want a portable player with FLAC support, the Rio Karma might fit your bill. 20 Gig, FLAC/OGG/MP3/WMA support and a 14 hour battery life (iirc).
I was looking at one, but decided I should spend my money on completing a guitar project I've been working on for just over 3 years.
Is there any trick to get it working? What versions of WINE and DW are you using?
You do realize that Crossover Office is just a fork of WINE, right? Dreamweaver still doesn't run all that nice under it.
After a day or so of use? Hell, it was so bloody slow whenever I tried it (several times now) it would time out clicking on the first link.
Freenet is a POS. And yes, the child porn thing is a bit of a turn off.
gxine's interface is MUCH better. Give that a shot.
XMMS in Linux does. Of course, XMMS was made to work and look like Winamp 2.x, so it would make sense.
Huh? We pay the fee, the fee is used to recoup the money "lost" from people downloading. So, that means that we're paying money for people downloading, and that means that downloading in Canada isn't necessicarly bad, because the record companies are getting money for it.
... etc.).
In the end, I don't really have to worry about downloading, because I'm paying for it, everytime I buy a blank CD or DVD (or hard drive, or video tape or
Also, there's a law (which I believe relates to this) that says that while sharing is still illegal in Canada, downloading isn't. Neither is borrowing a CD or DVD from a friend and copying it (but if they copy it for you it's illegal).
You mention iTunes as a good thing. Yeah, well, the last time I checked (which, granted, was in February), there wasn't an iTunes Canada, and I'm not interested in checking it out again. Why should I pay for a music file in a format that limits what I can do with it, and won't work on my MP3-CD player?
Judging from the number of sites with popups, and the popularity of pop-up blockers, it must be.
Yeah, that blank media fee is quite nice.
It wasn't just in Gnome, it was in any WM (XFCE4, IceWM, and KDE).
I may try Gnome 2.8 on my Libranet system, later.
I had it installed for a few days, and I wasn't overly impressed. The installer was nice (something I find lacking in most Debian-based distros), and Gnome 2.8 looked nice when it booted, but it was the biggest resource hog I've come across (regardless of the WM or what I had running). Having Firefox open and tryng to install something via Yum (which had few available packages, it couldn't find secpanel or a couple codec packages, among many others) made my system lock up. Yes, it's only 128 megs of ram, but still, my current Libranet system doesn't lock up.
All in all, if you've got a decent system, and don't want many "extra" packages, then you might like it.
Then, as one of the largest ISP's in the US, wouldn't it be beneficial to start focusing more on broadband? Wouldn't that help get it into more areas, and get more people onto broadband?
Or maybe, he likes Canada and sees no advantage, or any possible benefit to going to another country?
I have no desire to live anywhere except Canada, myself. As far as travelling, I would like to experience more of my own country before I go to others.
Pain to install as in while following all the on screen directions, there were still parts of the install that were unmentioned and still required.
Pain to install in comparison to the Libranet installer that had better hardware detection, an easier, more straight forward hard disk partitioner (with automatic partitioning), graphical package selection (with detailed descriptions of available packages) and a "minimal" install option. Then there's also the trouble I had getting sound to work, and my network card didn't detect (both of which were detected and installed first try, with the adminmenu sound and network configuration tools).
This is not FUD, this is my personal experience, and my telling others the troubles I had, and how it compared to other distros. I have no problems with text based installations (hell, I used Red Hat and Mandrake when they were text based. I had Gentoo up and running on three different systems. I know how to work a text based install).
Just to let you know, Yoper, also installed quite easily, as well as Fedora and Mandrake.
Ubuntu, unfortunately, wasn't easy to install. Maybe it will be in the future, and I'll try it again, but right now, no.
I got a refurbished IBM PII-400 for my grandmother for $70, and a 17 inch monitor for another $70. Ethernet, sound (and speakers in the box) and everything else (except mouse and keyboard, an additional $25, but that's not necessary for the "competition") needed for use. It does everything she needs to (and then some). Hell, if it wasn't a flat-box (not a tower, the other kind that you sit your monitor on), it would be enough for just about everyone in my family (I'm the only exception, planning on spending nearly $5000 for a PowerMac G5)
And this is Canadian $$ too.
Yeah, I've tried several Debian clones. Ubuntu was a pain to install, Debian was worse (this was before the "new" installer), I've only booted Knoppix from CD (and, since it gives just about everything except the kitchen sink, useless to me for installing onto my hard drive. It's still the best rescue/admin disc I've ever used). My favourite is still Libranet. It's a good mix of easy-to-install, and up-to-date.
Wow, if that was a Linux car, then Linux beat out MS to the autmotive industry by 5 years.
Though pgp encrypted locks would be cool, maybe work it to be a USB key, or something like that, for locks.
Did anyone else think of Donnie Darko (jet engine crashes into house, setting off chain of events. Weird movie).
Where's my torpedo!!!
Maybe, maybe not. I know I would like to have the option of cashing out and retiring early, or maybe I'd stick around. Or maybe sell some stock, get a business loan and start my own company.
Is anyone else getting a "Download Failed (Cannot Connect)" error with the (rediculously out of date) Linux download manager?
I've got a PII-350 with 256 megs of ram and an 8 meg video card, and that's my "power" system. And that's more than enough for what the majority of my family uses it for (I'm the only one who needs anything more powerful, damn you games and DAW!!)
I'm using a Celeron 800/128 meg ram laptop right now.
Major label bands have their (outdated, some say) distribution model. Indie bands don't have as many resources, and have to work harder to get thier music out to anywhere outside their local touring area.
This provides a means of doing it that's 1) cheap for the consumer, 2) not giving it away, and 3) not trying to control the use of the file.
I wouldn't want to see big-name bands on systems like these, because they'd push out the lesser known/indie bands, and the major labels would probably force emusic to use DRM'd files, which would defeat one of the big pro's of this service.