Once upon a time, Clear Channel Communications owned a Santa Monica, CA station named "Channel 103.1" (KACD/KBCD) - they played a format they called "world class rock", mostly a mish-mash of various music. Lotta classic rock, ran the gamut on such like that. They moved to broadband after a while, and CC allocated the calls and frequency (103.1 MHz FM) to a mexican radio station.
They're now gone. The broadband audio stream is now a feed from Denver station KBCO. Same format, but the LA foundation is long gone, as are the DJ's that were there. (For those who know the station, I think Nicole Sandler is working somewhere in a New Mexico station as their Program Director. But I digress.)
Why do I mention this, off topic though it may seem? Because the slashdot blurb is right - there isn't any more diversity on the radio unless you go to public radio, college stations, or the AM band. The broadcast stations are picking up their money on low-quality music because that's what somebody $ay$ is popular.
And the RIAA has the audacity to say that, if I want to decide what I listen to in CD's, I should base my decisions on what's on the radio. In that case, how about I give them The Finger, and listen to these guys (a jazz station in Long Beach) - and donate when I can.
And a network connection too?
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I saw that RJ45 connecting up with a CAT5, and before I read the caption, I thought, "wow, he even gave an IP address to his beer."
Everybody is saying that IPv6 is gonna solve world hunger (at least, as far as IP addresses goes). But here's the thing - has Microsoft adopted it, and accordingly made Windoze whatever compatible? Last I checked, this wasn't the case.
Yes, I know, IPv6 is backward compatible, but let's not confuse the higher-ups with the facts. Just hear me out, 'k?
Microsoft enters the picture for one good reason: they are still the leading provider of operating systems. Most people still run Windows, and if indeed Microsoft is not IPv6 ready, you're going to alienate most of the users on the 'net.
OK, fine, blab all you want about the merits of Suzie Luser not being able to send emails full of run-on sentences, punctuation errors!!!!, and speling and errors grammatically to suzielusersmom13498572349657@aol.com, but consider this - ISPs such as AOL, Earthlink, Speakeasy, SBC, etc., etc., ad nauseam accordingly won't move to IPv6 when their primary customer base is still stuck in IPv4. There's just no need to make the expenditure right now because it doesn't affect them right now.
Not a terribly common problem. My employer maintains an 800 number that is ludicrously close to wireless provider TMobile's phone number. Apparently, this is an editorial issue.
The most interesting point I've found on this
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The thing that I'm seeing in this whole affair between SCO's FUD and ESR's OSI writeup is oddly ironic: it won't be a battle between open source developers and Micros~1 that becomes the pivotal point for Linux, it will more likely be this issue that we're all reading about.
I once received a bogus $10. Wanna know something weird? Because of the bad quality, it looked a little like that new $20 on CNN.
And the subtle changes thing is nothing new. I mean, the Sackopotatoes dollar coin was apparently put in place to phase out the $1 bill, and before they refaced the $10, they put the security strip into it. As far as the dollar coins, I myself prefer them to $1 bills anyway - I don't have to fart around with trying to convince the farebox on the bus that the bill I feed it is a one, rather I just drop the coin in and go along my merry way. But I digress.
That they're making Yet Another version of the US $20 bill is kinda cool, but let's go with a standard and stick there for a bit. Better yet, let's reface ALL paper currency, conspiracy theories be damned.
It's still different though. Micros~1 to this day hides their heads in the sand on holes, where these communities will invariably correct the errors on finding them and post to their favorite systems to propagate it.
And yes, Linux will be hit eventually, I won't deny that. We still get hit. Sendmail, anybody?
But it still stands. The linux community will rise to the occasion, the Microsoft community will continue to foist the problem off on the antivirus community rather than bother to plug their holes, and just disclaim themselves by saying "Well you should be wearing a condom!".
The only concern I have is that, if taken to the extreme, rock groups could sue other rock groups for borrowing so much as a riff. An example would be Pink Floyd suing Phil Collins because Phil's "Rain On Me" sounds vaguely like PF's "Wish You Were Here". (Other references could be found in the old "Copycat Corner" segments that were done (and maybe still are, it hasn't been aired in my area for years) on the Dr. Demento show.)
(This is not to be confused with the sampling thing. Yes, I know all about A.L. Webber's Phantom and PF's "Echoes".)
It's certainly karma under the headlined circumstances, but where does one draw the line? I don't particularly want to be sued by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues because a song I wrote sounds vaguely like "Nights In White Satin", or by Rob Jenkins because a song I wrote uses spacy-sounding plucked violins and xylophones through a reverb effect as in Enya's "Orinoco Flow".
So yeah, lesson learned, get permission before you sample, but let's hope this doesn't get as bad as I've outlined.
Well, Eric, you could choose to use your right hand, but if the fact that I, being a right hander, tend to write backwards if I "go southpaw", you could mouse around backwards as well.
No, seriously, mod them up as +1 insightful. Stupid though it may be, it is covered under copyright, and whoever holds that circle-C is the one who declares how it gets used.
The ultra-intrusive new format opens when a user is on one page of a Web site and clicks a link to go to another page on the same site. Instead of seeing that new page, the user sees an ad that fills the entire screen.
And this means that if somebody starts using them, I leave their site. How long until Yahoo starts using these?
If a spammer is foolish enough to host locally and advertise a URL, that's a good way to get yourself slashdotted - assuming people still bombard spamvertised websites with null requests.
First and foremost, remember that they have merely sent C&D. Next step is a lawsuit if necessary. On one hand, as I've said before, anybody can sue, but whether you win is another story. Now consider this - it's a pain to go to court. Lawyer fees aside, it is a lot of time and energy put into this kind of stuff.
My thoughts? I don't like the strip - I find it tasteless. But one of the tenets of free speech is to defend even those who you don't like - because if they censor them, it's only a matter of time before they censor you. As such, I'd hate to see these guys go down like this.
Think of it. A federal judge here in Los Angeles just stated that a software company can't be liable for what its software is used for. Yes, it can go up the ladder to appeals, but I suppose the appeals courts will basically uphold the decision.
Now consider this (slightly off the topic): anybody can file suit and say they sued somebody. I can go to Santa Ana, CA and file a small claims suit for $4000 against CmdrTaco because he posts dupes and I'm not getting my money's worth for a grand total of $75, and say that I sued Rob Malda. But whether I win the case is another exercise. (And no, Taco, I'm not gonna sue. I'm getting my money's worth - I don't pay! =) ) So accordingly, that somebody is sued is nothing, but that somebody who sued lost for now - in this case the RIAA - is something insanely great.
IEMMC. I think that was the International Electronic Mass Mail Committee, which was started (and promptly failed) in mid 1997 as a sort of opt-out thing. Their Las Vegas executive office was a failure, and I understand that they were basically evicted.
The article is right, they won't follow their own protocol, they will not service the public, and they will fail miserably.
I think the point here is that they had this stuff come out for kids, and then turned around and said that they're not necessarily a kid-oriented site. It may be after the fact, but it's still not the Right Thing to put up (say) fluffy bunnies and deny you do it.
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They're now gone. The broadband audio stream is now a feed from Denver station KBCO. Same format, but the LA foundation is long gone, as are the DJ's that were there. (For those who know the station, I think Nicole Sandler is working somewhere in a New Mexico station as their Program Director. But I digress.)
Why do I mention this, off topic though it may seem? Because the slashdot blurb is right - there isn't any more diversity on the radio unless you go to public radio, college stations, or the AM band. The broadcast stations are picking up their money on low-quality music because that's what somebody $ay$ is popular.
And the RIAA has the audacity to say that, if I want to decide what I listen to in CD's, I should base my decisions on what's on the radio. In that case, how about I give them The Finger, and listen to these guys (a jazz station in Long Beach) - and donate when I can.
I saw that RJ45 connecting up with a CAT5, and before I read the caption, I thought, "wow, he even gave an IP address to his beer."
This is the funniest bit of LOTR stuff I've seen in a while. So why isn't it listed as being funny?
No, but there's one we call "damarine". =)
Yes, I know, IPv6 is backward compatible, but let's not confuse the higher-ups with the facts. Just hear me out, 'k?
Microsoft enters the picture for one good reason: they are still the leading provider of operating systems. Most people still run Windows, and if indeed Microsoft is not IPv6 ready, you're going to alienate most of the users on the 'net.
OK, fine, blab all you want about the merits of Suzie Luser not being able to send emails full of run-on sentences, punctuation errors!!!!, and speling and errors grammatically to suzielusersmom13498572349657@aol.com, but consider this - ISPs such as AOL, Earthlink, Speakeasy, SBC, etc., etc., ad nauseam accordingly won't move to IPv6 when their primary customer base is still stuck in IPv4. There's just no need to make the expenditure right now because it doesn't affect them right now.
It won't happen until Microsoft supports IPv6. Last I checked, this was still on their list of things to do.
Not a terribly common problem. My employer maintains an 800 number that is ludicrously close to wireless provider TMobile's phone number. Apparently, this is an editorial issue.
The thing that I'm seeing in this whole affair between SCO's FUD and ESR's OSI writeup is oddly ironic: it won't be a battle between open source developers and Micros~1 that becomes the pivotal point for Linux, it will more likely be this issue that we're all reading about.
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And the subtle changes thing is nothing new. I mean, the Sackopotatoes dollar coin was apparently put in place to phase out the $1 bill, and before they refaced the $10, they put the security strip into it. As far as the dollar coins, I myself prefer them to $1 bills anyway - I don't have to fart around with trying to convince the farebox on the bus that the bill I feed it is a one, rather I just drop the coin in and go along my merry way. But I digress.
That they're making Yet Another version of the US $20 bill is kinda cool, but let's go with a standard and stick there for a bit. Better yet, let's reface ALL paper currency, conspiracy theories be damned.
~Eight years ago, Mac users said the interface on Win95 had features that were reminiscent of Apple's signature Mac OS. In short, this is nothing new.
And yes, Linux will be hit eventually, I won't deny that. We still get hit. Sendmail, anybody?
But it still stands. The linux community will rise to the occasion, the Microsoft community will continue to foist the problem off on the antivirus community rather than bother to plug their holes, and just disclaim themselves by saying "Well you should be wearing a condom!".
(This is not to be confused with the sampling thing. Yes, I know all about A.L. Webber's Phantom and PF's "Echoes".)
It's certainly karma under the headlined circumstances, but where does one draw the line? I don't particularly want to be sued by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues because a song I wrote sounds vaguely like "Nights In White Satin", or by Rob Jenkins because a song I wrote uses spacy-sounding plucked violins and xylophones through a reverb effect as in Enya's "Orinoco Flow".
So yeah, lesson learned, get permission before you sample, but let's hope this doesn't get as bad as I've outlined.
Well, Eric, you could choose to use your right hand, but if the fact that I, being a right hander, tend to write backwards if I "go southpaw", you could mouse around backwards as well.
No, seriously, mod them up as +1 insightful. Stupid though it may be, it is covered under copyright, and whoever holds that circle-C is the one who declares how it gets used.
The ultra-intrusive new format opens when a user is on one page of a Web site and clicks a link to go to another page on the same site. Instead of seeing that new page, the user sees an ad that fills the entire screen.
And this means that if somebody starts using them, I leave their site. How long until Yahoo starts using these?
If a spammer is foolish enough to host locally and advertise a URL, that's a good way to get yourself slashdotted - assuming people still bombard spamvertised websites with null requests.
C'mon, people, it is these kind of complaints that your killfiles are for.
Is it not an option to change the display font size? I'd think that would be the most optimal course of action here.
My thoughts? I don't like the strip - I find it tasteless. But one of the tenets of free speech is to defend even those who you don't like - because if they censor them, it's only a matter of time before they censor you. As such, I'd hate to see these guys go down like this.
Many languages have tools such as this. Lint comes to mind, and GCC tells you where it gags if it can't compile a piece of code for some reason.
Now consider this (slightly off the topic): anybody can file suit and say they sued somebody. I can go to Santa Ana, CA and file a small claims suit for $4000 against CmdrTaco because he posts dupes and I'm not getting my money's worth for a grand total of $75, and say that I sued Rob Malda. But whether I win the case is another exercise. (And no, Taco, I'm not gonna sue. I'm getting my money's worth - I don't pay! =) ) So accordingly, that somebody is sued is nothing, but that somebody who sued lost for now - in this case the RIAA - is something insanely great.
The article is right, they won't follow their own protocol, they will not service the public, and they will fail miserably.
I think the point here is that they had this stuff come out for kids, and then turned around and said that they're not necessarily a kid-oriented site. It may be after the fact, but it's still not the Right Thing to put up (say) fluffy bunnies and deny you do it.
And just think. All this time I only got a quarter for my primaries until I was older., then I got... nothing....