i won an xbox at my company party. since then i have purchased several xbox exclusive games, and they just plain suck. i mean the graphics are good, they look pretty and all, but the games themselves just totally suck ass. the one exception being halo. i doubt i would have ever bought an xbox with my own money. but with halo at least it doesnt completely suck. i will be getting a ps2 soon.
you seem to be contradicting yourself with this post. So you are right, stuff is starting to go down as predicted in the bible, but it is only because the whole damned thing is a set-up. but you also said
The Bible is a HUGE lie so which is it? and what proof have you any of Jesus's words were corrupted? on a side note, i will defend your right to have this opinion till the day i die (or get taken up into heaven, whichever comes first) but your opinion is definatly wrong.
if you really sit down and study it this is all predicted in the bible. even all the stuff thats going on over in isreal was predicted. the US envoy over there now could very well be the anti-christ. you watch, this will eventually become mandatory. one note, to everyone who will scoff and scorn this (and prolly mod it down) whenever millions of people around the world disapeer, you remember this post. and you remember that you were warned. Jesus will be coming for his people very soon. hope to see you there.
according to this very informative article,(An introduction to compressed audio with Vorbis) it would seem that ogg offers better sound than mp3 files, anyone care to comment on any diffrences if they have tried ogg? if in fact it does offer better sound quality, i would be willing to go home tonight, and start encoding new cd's i have in the ogg format.
normally im not an advocate of controling technology, but in this case, why would it really be so bad? i mean the people who want the music or the movies that badly will find a way around it, they always do. so i say let them implament the standard, and we as consumers (piraters in some cases) will just continue to ignore it, like we always have with copywrited software. (i know i know, its been posted before, but i just wanted to chime in and agree)
the last time i used YDL (which was about a year and a half ago) it was utter crap. from the sound of this review it looks like it has improved some but not a whol lot. i realise they dont have alot of people working on it, but still you should make sure the basic functionality is there before you realease it.
The problem is, as I see it, that if support is one of the cornerstones of OSS then "open support" as detailed above would kill companies like RH whose bulk income is support contracts.
A very good point that i hadnt thought of. Its funny you should mention Redhat and linux, because a majority of the time when i need help with something i hop onto irc and go to irc.openprojects.net's server and go to #redhat and ask questions. In fact one of the main reasons i go there is because that there is people who work for Redhat who hang out in the room, and are very willing to help people. I suppose as long as there is a non-techie crowd out there, or just people who want low maitenence in genral will still pay for the support.
what exactly do you mean by open and closed support? if you mean open as in talking to some random person on the internet, a majority of the time that is better than calling and talking to the company themselves. i have found 98% of the time there is someone out there who has had the same exact problem that i have and can help me solve it very easily.
Well you have 2 ways to look at it then. it will either have to be able to diable it in the browser (which would be prefferable to me) or disable it through the website its self. now it seems to me that if M$ thinks it can make money off of it (ie: paying websites to have your browser advertise M$), they arent going to be putting any options to disable it in their browser (unless of course there is some huge public outcry, which i dont see happening). the other option of disabling it through the website would just be a really big pain in the ass for whatever website you go to. personally i will stick with mozilla as im sure there will be a way to keep this from happening. note: i used Internet Explorer as an example, because that is the majority of the people it will be affecting.
I completely agree. if there is an artist i like i go buy their cd to support them. but on the flip side of that i also broadcast for a web radio station who is lucky enough to have their server hosted in portugal so we dont have to worry about the RIAA. and of course the first thing i do when i get a cd, is rip it, and play it on the station, and encourage our listeners around the world to buy it.
How do you create a competative marketplace with a service that already exists as monopoly (partly because of the nature of the resources involved)?
it really is a monopoly that the telco's have. ido tech support for a living and talk to customers everyday who are having line issues and the telco is calling these people up and saying if you stay with it will take another week before we can get you fixed, but if you quit your current service and go with us, we will have you up and running tommorow, all you have to do is say the word. the company i work for is right now involved in litigation for this practice, they almost force people to use their service. now on the flip side of that, if i were going to get dsl it would be directly through the telco, so i didnt have to mess with a middle man like my company. but then i dont think i would be stupid enough to get dsl...
The $80-$100 for a housecall i could understand, but the $40-$50 for a remote service? that seems a bit steep. but then im not in the industry of pay for support, so i wouldnt know how these things are typically priced. at where i work, you get the tech support with the monthly fee you pay. but then thats me, i usually dont have to call anyone for help, if its something i dont know i hop on the internet and hit irc or some newsgroups.
No most home consumers dont hire consultants, but alot of consumers wouldnt mind paying $10 or $20 for a call to support if it were to help them get their problems fixed right away. I do tech support for a living and i speak to customers on a daily basis who say they wouldnt mind paying for support, as long as the support is good and fixes their problems.
Dang. Makes me wonder why we even need operating systems anymore.
i thought that was the point of all these things like java and this was so that you could get away from OS specific development. who knows maybe one day we can get away from using an operating system on our computers, and when that day comes i will welcome it, as long as it works.
Because, let's face it - Many Users Are Dumb.
to be quite honest i have not yet talked to 1 teir 1 tech at attbi that knew what an ip address was, let alone what to do when i wasnt getting one. when i get ahold of their tech support i just tell them that i was told to ask for a teir 2 agent when i get ahold of teir 1. these people are truly idiots, it will be nice to get some new tech support in there who actually knows what they are talking about. and keep in mind all this is coming from a teir 1 tech, so i am not judging them unfairly.
i work for one of the isp's thats going to get a shot at at&t's cable lines, and i have heard that we are going to be offering about 500k faster down, and 128k faster up than what at&t is currently offering, for a little bit less than what at&t is offering it. keep in mind, this is still in beta testing in a few places, and it might change between now and then. but from what i have heard it will be at least faster speeds for the same price as at&t is offering.
This is really getting to the point of rediculousness. All these companies coming up with completely frivoulous lawsuits needs to stop. as soon as a judge gets ahold of this case he should throw it right out the window.
i may be put under rendundant for this, but it needs to be said. for the mercy of your tech support staff, do not include anything other than the software to setup a DUN or remote access connection. anyone running linux should be smart enough to know what settings they need and no where to put them. as a tech support rep working on the front lines, i get hit up with questions on the few things that we do provide with our software, and i have to say to my customers, im sorry we just cant support that (even though it came on the CD you got to connect with us.) and its not that i dont want to support them, or dont know how, im not allowed to, so that the company cant be liable for anything that might mess up while im trying to fix the customer. to reinterate, include nothing! (not even co-branding, customers think its taking over their computers when you do that.)
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Canon Powershot G3 doesnt have pokemon, so to be honest, im not interested in it for that reason alone.
i won an xbox at my company party. since then i have purchased several xbox exclusive games, and they just plain suck. i mean the graphics are good, they look pretty and all, but the games themselves just totally suck ass. the one exception being halo. i doubt i would have ever bought an xbox with my own money. but with halo at least it doesnt completely suck. i will be getting a ps2 soon.
you seem to be contradicting yourself with this post. So you are right, stuff is starting to go down as predicted in the bible, but it is only because the whole damned thing is a set-up. but you also said The Bible is a HUGE lie so which is it? and what proof have you any of Jesus's words were corrupted? on a side note, i will defend your right to have this opinion till the day i die (or get taken up into heaven, whichever comes first) but your opinion is definatly wrong.
if you really sit down and study it this is all predicted in the bible. even all the stuff thats going on over in isreal was predicted. the US envoy over there now could very well be the anti-christ. you watch, this will eventually become mandatory. one note, to everyone who will scoff and scorn this (and prolly mod it down) whenever millions of people around the world disapeer, you remember this post. and you remember that you were warned. Jesus will be coming for his people very soon. hope to see you there.
according to this very informative article,(An introduction to compressed audio with Vorbis) it would seem that ogg offers better sound than mp3 files, anyone care to comment on any diffrences if they have tried ogg? if in fact it does offer better sound quality, i would be willing to go home tonight, and start encoding new cd's i have in the ogg format.
normally im not an advocate of controling technology, but in this case, why would it really be so bad? i mean the people who want the music or the movies that badly will find a way around it, they always do. so i say let them implament the standard, and we as consumers (piraters in some cases) will just continue to ignore it, like we always have with copywrited software. (i know i know, its been posted before, but i just wanted to chime in and agree)
the last time i used YDL (which was about a year and a half ago) it was utter crap. from the sound of this review it looks like it has improved some but not a whol lot. i realise they dont have alot of people working on it, but still you should make sure the basic functionality is there before you realease it.
Im really happy that they were able to cure "bubble boy". hopefully this means that other oppritunities to cure people with "Gene Therapy"
The problem is, as I see it, that if support is one of the cornerstones of OSS then "open support" as detailed above would kill companies like RH whose bulk income is support contracts.
A very good point that i hadnt thought of. Its funny you should mention Redhat and linux, because a majority of the time when i need help with something i hop onto irc and go to irc.openprojects.net's server and go to #redhat and ask questions. In fact one of the main reasons i go there is because that there is people who work for Redhat who hang out in the room, and are very willing to help people. I suppose as long as there is a non-techie crowd out there, or just people who want low maitenence in genral will still pay for the support.
what exactly do you mean by open and closed support? if you mean open as in talking to some random person on the internet, a majority of the time that is better than calling and talking to the company themselves. i have found 98% of the time there is someone out there who has had the same exact problem that i have and can help me solve it very easily.
Well you have 2 ways to look at it then. it will either have to be able to diable it in the browser (which would be prefferable to me) or disable it through the website its self. now it seems to me that if M$ thinks it can make money off of it (ie: paying websites to have your browser advertise M$), they arent going to be putting any options to disable it in their browser (unless of course there is some huge public outcry, which i dont see happening). the other option of disabling it through the website would just be a really big pain in the ass for whatever website you go to. personally i will stick with mozilla as im sure there will be a way to keep this from happening. note: i used Internet Explorer as an example, because that is the majority of the people it will be affecting.
I completely agree. if there is an artist i like i go buy their cd to support them. but on the flip side of that i also broadcast for a web radio station who is lucky enough to have their server hosted in portugal so we dont have to worry about the RIAA. and of course the first thing i do when i get a cd, is rip it, and play it on the station, and encourage our listeners around the world to buy it.
How do you create a competative marketplace with a service that already exists as monopoly (partly because of the nature of the resources involved)?
it really is a monopoly that the telco's have. ido tech support for a living and talk to customers everyday who are having line issues and the telco is calling these people up and saying if you stay with it will take another week before we can get you fixed, but if you quit your current service and go with us, we will have you up and running tommorow, all you have to do is say the word. the company i work for is right now involved in litigation for this practice, they almost force people to use their service. now on the flip side of that, if i were going to get dsl it would be directly through the telco, so i didnt have to mess with a middle man like my company. but then i dont think i would be stupid enough to get dsl...
The $80-$100 for a housecall i could understand, but the $40-$50 for a remote service? that seems a bit steep. but then im not in the industry of pay for support, so i wouldnt know how these things are typically priced. at where i work, you get the tech support with the monthly fee you pay. but then thats me, i usually dont have to call anyone for help, if its something i dont know i hop on the internet and hit irc or some newsgroups.
No most home consumers dont hire consultants, but alot of consumers wouldnt mind paying $10 or $20 for a call to support if it were to help them get their problems fixed right away. I do tech support for a living and i speak to customers on a daily basis who say they wouldnt mind paying for support, as long as the support is good and fixes their problems.
Dang. Makes me wonder why we even need operating systems anymore.
i thought that was the point of all these things like java and this was so that you could get away from OS specific development. who knows maybe one day we can get away from using an operating system on our computers, and when that day comes i will welcome it, as long as it works.
on top of that playing quake 3 on one of those projector dealies is a blast!
Because, let's face it - Many Users Are Dumb. to be quite honest i have not yet talked to 1 teir 1 tech at attbi that knew what an ip address was, let alone what to do when i wasnt getting one. when i get ahold of their tech support i just tell them that i was told to ask for a teir 2 agent when i get ahold of teir 1. these people are truly idiots, it will be nice to get some new tech support in there who actually knows what they are talking about. and keep in mind all this is coming from a teir 1 tech, so i am not judging them unfairly.
i work for one of the isp's thats going to get a shot at at&t's cable lines, and i have heard that we are going to be offering about 500k faster down, and 128k faster up than what at&t is currently offering, for a little bit less than what at&t is offering it. keep in mind, this is still in beta testing in a few places, and it might change between now and then. but from what i have heard it will be at least faster speeds for the same price as at&t is offering.
This is really getting to the point of rediculousness. All these companies coming up with completely frivoulous lawsuits needs to stop. as soon as a judge gets ahold of this case he should throw it right out the window.
i may be put under rendundant for this, but it needs to be said. for the mercy of your tech support staff, do not include anything other than the software to setup a DUN or remote access connection. anyone running linux should be smart enough to know what settings they need and no where to put them. as a tech support rep working on the front lines, i get hit up with questions on the few things that we do provide with our software, and i have to say to my customers, im sorry we just cant support that (even though it came on the CD you got to connect with us.) and its not that i dont want to support them, or dont know how, im not allowed to, so that the company cant be liable for anything that might mess up while im trying to fix the customer. to reinterate, include nothing! (not even co-branding, customers think its taking over their computers when you do that.)