Re:Respect *just* for porting to Linux? Why?
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How about the fact that RealPlayer for Linux is actually a relatively decent piece of software, except only as stable as it was in 3.0. Kinda like Yahoo, which hasn't ads nor yahoo-related popups(welcome screen) by default.
And keep in mind that "median" means "on a scale of all, the one in the middle." So you have 100,000 users, 10000 use under 500MB/mo., 45,000 use under 1GB/mo and the rest use over 1GB/mo(say all of them use 75GB/mo.) so the *median*(and mean, in this example) is over 500MB and under 1000MB while the average is 30,550MB/mo
Think now, what do you suppose your provider's stats look like.
I have one of the newer DISH DVR's(That's what they call them now) and I have no problems at all with it. Mayhaps you should bitch and moan until they offer an upgrade.
Even major updates happen via "apt-get upgrade", and 99.9% of the time it Just Works(TM) if you're running stable. (Take that down to about 97% for unstable/testing.)
But then, of course you have the apt-get upgrade success rate of Hacked to Chewy Bits Debian (Lindows) which takes care of Unstable's missing 3% and nothing more.
And I'd like to be able to tell you I found a way to tell my currently-obsolete-but-still-hanging-onto-it stuff from my I-should-save-this-because-I-will-really-use-it-in -the-future stuff. But I didn't find that magic formula.
Why not?
It's very simple:
IF ("I can do something with it" OR "I can build something useful with it") AND useTime=Now THEN
Object=Saveable
ELSE
Object=Trash
END IF
Come now, how easy is this one? Go to Radio Shack Get an RF Modulator for $30 Copy away, macrovision-free, for the next 8 years or so(about how long most RS RF Mods last.)
Knowing I'll get flamed for it, I suggest this: since expelling the elitist douchebag community, start a new Regular User community. Lindows.com seems to have a good start at that. Even the elitists are nice about it.
It already has broken some *web sites* Has anyone tried to access resellerratings.com lately? If verisign broke my site that badly, I would sue for it! (Hint- verisign brings up invalid DN's to R'R'.com and resellerratings.com's links and images are all broken.)
Hey where's the Funny mod? A million dollars? That's ludicrous! You can be fined less for raping someone, skinning them alive, and make them watch as you make home-made sapien-rinds! True, you would get a lot more prison time, but I hold to my point.
Mod this one Insightful, I say. Not for the obvious reality of its statement, but as an indicator that regular people are catching on to why the Open Way works.
1: It's not theft, it's 2: Copyright infringement is a big deal. The scale to which an average p2p user infringes is <i>alone</i> insignificant. 3: Some are, some aren't. It's called risking your investment in the hopes of getting more money. If artists are willing to risk their investment(talent, time, etc) to the record companies, so be it. 4: Hell yes it has. Doesn't mean I should download a whole StaticX album, but nobody in my area sells a decent selection of music. 5: Yes I would, if it was worth keeping when I downloaded(if I don't like, I delete.) which is less than 10% of my downloads. 6: It does! But everybody has to remember that music is not information. Research papers should be free or minimal cost. Scifi novels should sell for what people will pay for them. If that happens to be 10x more than non-fans think they're worth, so be it.
(In response to the other reply in kind, this one is more likely.)
Mommy says, "They were the band that started the crusade to make sure consumer pirates couldn't keep stealing music by listening to it more than once without paying."
Billy says, "Hey doesn't Disney run prisons, mommy?"
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Mommy says, "Yes they do, but they used to take old stories and give them new life. And now that they've made sure Copyright never dies, they can make money even if they have to waste more than ever on research on things like preventing piracy!"
Since *most* software that requires license management is either Windows-only or hard for Joe User to come by, I don't see this as a huge problem either.
You seem to be forgetting that this is Roger-I-Installed-Linux-On-My-Workstation-and-hid- it-from-IT we're talking about. Admitted that I too have been an avid user of freely-licensed software(Win or *nix) since getting into Linux, I found Warez long before I even knew what GNU was.
Neither. What is worse that they give you no alternative. $4 Watered/iced-down Pepsi product(at least you can say "no ice") $4 bottled water that is 1/2 the size, or nearly undrinkable, heavily chlorinated tap water. If you bring your own and get caught, it gets confiscated and/or you get booted. That is why I complain about it.
And yet, I do feel safe. I feel safer keeping my personal files on a computer at home that requires a password and special information to access from anywhere on the net, to carrying it around in my backpack, with a lock, because just scissors could get it open, and it's clear to anyone that I'm keeping something important. Nobody knows I'm not running a CD-based (hard) diskless system at home.
Same with sending payments online vs. mail. Why?
Month and a half for a check to wander through.
No financial impact.(Implied exempt. Accepted as such.) Ditto. Ditto. Piracy: your friend, if he wanted it so much, could have paid. Research(specifically exempt.)
Say what now? You people at least know how to read, right?
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How about the fact that RealPlayer for Linux is actually a relatively decent piece of software, except only as stable as it was in 3.0.
Kinda like Yahoo, which hasn't ads nor yahoo-related popups(welcome screen) by default.
Which is called... oh what is it, now?
Oh yeah, a Pager applet!(In KDE, anyway)
Then again, there's the Microsoft Lawyer Motto:
If you can't beat them or sue them, join their legal team!
As if switches came in decimal or octal: it wasn't like a binary switch
RadioShack sells Octal switches. Rotary 8-way stereo switch, about $7.
And keep in mind that "median" means "on a scale of all, the one in the middle."
So you have 100,000 users, 10000 use under 500MB/mo., 45,000 use under 1GB/mo and the rest use over 1GB/mo(say all of them use 75GB/mo.) so the *median*(and mean, in this example) is over 500MB and under 1000MB while the average is 30,550MB/mo
Think now, what do you suppose your provider's stats look like.
I have one of the newer DISH DVR's(That's what they call them now) and I have no problems at all with it.
Mayhaps you should bitch and moan until they offer an upgrade.
Even major updates happen via "apt-get upgrade", and 99.9% of the time it Just Works(TM) if you're running stable. (Take that down to about 97% for unstable/testing.)
But then, of course you have the apt-get upgrade success rate of Hacked to Chewy Bits Debian (Lindows) which takes care of Unstable's missing 3% and nothing more.
And I'd like to be able to tell you I found a way to tell my currently-obsolete-but-still-hanging-onto-it stuff from my I-should-save-this-because-I-will-really-use-it-in -the-future stuff. But I didn't find that magic formula.
Why not?
It's very simple:
IF ("I can do something with it" OR "I can build something useful with it") AND useTime=Now THEN
Object=Saveable
ELSE
Object=Trash
END IF
See?
Come now, how easy is this one?
Go to Radio Shack
Get an RF Modulator for $30
Copy away, macrovision-free, for the next 8 years or so(about how long most RS RF Mods last.)
Honestly people, Linux would have to have a pretty tiny share for *new additions* of a *new OS version* to take away ! 5% ! of Linux's market.
Knowing I'll get flamed for it, I suggest this: since expelling the elitist douchebag community, start a new Regular User community.
Lindows.com seems to have a good start at that. Even the elitists are nice about it.
They're quite expensive, however, even before markup(the RadiShack franchise I work at has made some purchases from Winegard.)
It already has broken some *web sites*
Has anyone tried to access resellerratings.com lately? If verisign broke my site that badly, I would sue for it!
(Hint- verisign brings up invalid DN's to R'R'.com and resellerratings.com's links and images are all broken.)
A much better way involves a dremel, a 1/2" sanding drum tip, and something to knock the CD off at 20,000+rpm
From about 5 feet off a concrete floor.
Preparation: DO NOT let anyone, or any part of yourself, be in the planar area of the disc surface. And bring a broom.
Hey where's the Funny mod?
A million dollars? That's ludicrous!
You can be fined less for raping someone, skinning them alive, and make them watch as you make home-made sapien-rinds!
True, you would get a lot more prison time, but I hold to my point.
But of course, the persons passing it out wouldn't be allowed to say that it's Guiness; just "Beer 9.0"
Mod this one Insightful, I say. Not for the obvious reality of its statement, but as an indicator that regular people are catching on to why the Open Way works.
1: It's not theft, it's
2: Copyright infringement is a big deal. The scale to which an average p2p user infringes is <i>alone</i> insignificant.
3: Some are, some aren't. It's called risking your investment in the hopes of getting more money. If artists are willing to risk their investment(talent, time, etc) to the record companies, so be it.
4: Hell yes it has. Doesn't mean I should download a whole StaticX album, but nobody in my area sells a decent selection of music.
5: Yes I would, if it was worth keeping when I downloaded(if I don't like, I delete.) which is less than 10% of my downloads.
6: It does! But everybody has to remember that music is not information. Research papers should be free or minimal cost. Scifi novels should sell for what people will pay for them. If that happens to be 10x more than non-fans think they're worth, so be it.
Why is it, that when I preview, it leaves my endlines alone, but when I just post, it cuts them out?
This for example.
(In response to the other reply in kind, this one is more likely.) Mommy says, "They were the band that started the crusade to make sure consumer pirates couldn't keep stealing music by listening to it more than once without paying." Billy says, "Hey doesn't Disney run prisons, mommy?" d Mommy says, "Yes they do, but they used to take old stories and give them new life. And now that they've made sure Copyright never dies, they can make money even if they have to waste more than ever on research on things like preventing piracy!"
Contrary to your point(it seems) your machine is now authorized, given that you have checked in with the SA about it.
Since *most* software that requires license management is either Windows-only or hard for Joe User to come by, I don't see this as a huge problem either.
- it-from-IT we're talking about.
You seem to be forgetting that this is Roger-I-Installed-Linux-On-My-Workstation-and-hid
Admitted that I too have been an avid user of freely-licensed software(Win or *nix) since getting into Linux, I found Warez long before I even knew what GNU was.
Neither. What is worse that they give you no alternative.
$4 Watered/iced-down Pepsi product(at least you can say "no ice") $4 bottled water that is 1/2 the size, or nearly undrinkable, heavily chlorinated tap water. If you bring your own and get caught, it gets confiscated and/or you get booted. That is why I complain about it.
And yet, I do feel safe. I feel safer keeping my personal files on a computer at home that requires a password and special information to access from anywhere on the net, to carrying it around in my backpack, with a lock, because just scissors could get it open, and it's clear to anyone that I'm keeping something important. Nobody knows I'm not running a CD-based (hard) diskless system at home. Same with sending payments online vs. mail. Why? Month and a half for a check to wander through.
Let's see:
No financial impact.(Implied exempt. Accepted as such.)
Ditto.
Ditto.
Piracy: your friend, if he wanted it so much, could have paid.
Research(specifically exempt.)
Say what now?
You people at least know how to read, right?