Why don't they just let Netscape die in peace and tell people to go use Mozilla?
Because of name recognition. A lot of people have heard of Netscape and know that it's a web browser, but hardly anyone has heard of Mozilla.
Then again, those same people probably remember Netscape as that crappy old browser that didn't display tables (and more) properly, and was eventually beaten by Internet Explorer.
The $50 fee up-front may turn some people off. If these subscription-based games are meant to be addictive, wouldn't they acquire more players if the game was a free download or a $5 in-store CD package? More people would try it out, then become addicted and send Sony their $10/$15 every month.
whatever the hell settings you ogg guys use for archival quality.
But that's the thing -- you don't use ogg for archiving. For an archive you want the best possible source -- one of the highest quality and usefulness. What could be better for that application than an open source lossless codec? If you store ogg files on a disc and retrieve them later, you only have parts of the song to work with, since its lossy scheme takes out some of the music. With FLAC, you always have all of the music.
Ang Lee, director of Hulk, was not going to put the main character in purple shorts until he encountered pressure from fans online. The fans threatened to badmouth and boycott the movie if Lee didn't stick to the comic in that regard, so he switched the outfit back.
If you coded for 150 hours and someone else finishes, then you got paid 0$/hr. To me, this is unacceptable because I always end up getting shafted like that.
Maybe these two things are linked. Why would anyone want to pay you $10/hour when other people can do it faster than you?
Musicians will have to make a living from live performances.
And that's a shame, because they really don't have to. If they got an appropriate royalty for each CD sold, and the CDs were cheaper, we wouldn't have such a big piracy problem and the musicians would be far from starving.
I have a 20GB player right now and it's completely full with 192kbps MP3s of all my store-bought CDs. I hope to re-rip them at 256 or 320kbps so when I hook the player up to a stereo it sounds nice.
Why so many songs? I got tired of carrying around a CD player and so many CDs. And even if I brought 100 CDs on a long trip, I'd always find myself in the mood for something I had left behind. No with my entire collection at hand, I always have everything I want.
For the first time ever, I actually felt like protesting something. I showed up at around 1:40 (it should have started at 1:30) and there was absolutely no one there. Shame. Though it was probably because it was poorly advertised (a few posters and an email to a handful of people) and during finals week.
Good for you. Eventually your Slashdot front page can be blank because every editor has, at one point, posted something you found objectionable. For shame! How utterly human of them to make a mistake!
There are going to be lots of Star Wars mini-spoilers before the movie is released. As another reader pointed out, just block Star Wars content. Better yet, stop reading the internet altogether and turn off your TV, then you'll be sure to be completely surprised when you see it.
It's only 2GB or 5GB, and it'll cost a little less than $300? How about a Nomad Zen, which is just a little bigger than the iPod, but has 20GB, firewire/USB2.0, and runs only about $220.
But the cell phone industry in the US is a scam.... If you are too high you are charged every month for minutes you don't use. If you are too low... you spend about 75c per minute.
Going from local to state-wide to nation-wide roaming might cost 5 - 10 dollars per month in advance, but if you take a trip outside your calling area, and give a loved one two 30 minute update calls, expect to pay an extra 40 dollars.....
If a person is calling you, they are paying long distance to reach you (5-15c per minute), but you are paying long distance charges to recieve the call too (15-25c per minute).
This bullshit is exactly why I went for a pre-paid phone. Virgin Mobile has a very easy plan: 25 cents/min no matter where you are, where you're calling to, time of day, etc. It's all the same, no hidden charges, you know exactly what you're paying before you even dial. No surcharges, taxes, hidden fees, "oops I went over my limit", no contract, etc. It's very economical for someone who only needs 30-60 minutes a month (comes out to $7/month).
There's more to it that makes a great service but I don't want to turn into a commercial. The point is, the big problem with US cellular companies is how they nickle and dime you to death and overall charge you more than they need to.
I don't understand why Slashdot doesn't always link to the 'printable version'
While I send 'printable version' links to friends and small mailing lists and newsgroups, I think the regular version is appropriate for high-traffic sites like Slashdot. It's only fair that if we are going to put such a strain on their server, we should view (and possibly click on) the ads that help pay for that server. It's what keeps the web "free".
At RPI, it doesn't seem two different. The two Phynd sites are down, one waiting to update us soon, and the other claims to be down for "technical difficulties".
However, one network searching site run by an RPI club is still alive and well.
Interestingly enough, network sharing has been way down this year. During my freshman year I could 'phynd' anything I wanted, but now in my junior year there only seems to be a handleful of popular divx movies and most mainstream mp3 albums. Certainly not the selection that Kazaa offers.
I am getting around 116KB/s and uploading at 150KB/s, and I'm even firewalled. I've got 10Mbps (edu) to go around, so jump in! Unlike a server, the more people that are downloading, the faster it goes.
And remember to leave the window open for a while after you finish downloading so others can get it too.
Maybe you should try out a better LCD monitor. I use one for everything (web, games, etc) and will never buy a CRT again. Bad/cheap LCD monitors have given the whole lot a bad rap.
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Then again, those same people probably remember Netscape as that crappy old browser that didn't display tables (and more) properly, and was eventually beaten by Internet Explorer.
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The $50 fee up-front may turn some people off. If these subscription-based games are meant to be addictive, wouldn't they acquire more players if the game was a free download or a $5 in-store CD package? More people would try it out, then become addicted and send Sony their $10/$15 every month.
Ang Lee, director of Hulk, was not going to put the main character in purple shorts until he encountered pressure from fans online. The fans threatened to badmouth and boycott the movie if Lee didn't stick to the comic in that regard, so he switched the outfit back.
Damn Mozilla!
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/phoenix/nightly/latest-t runk
Also check out all of the extensions, most of which still work on the latest nightly build.
Actually here's some more telling pictures from different angles.
It doesn't look to be as big of a difference as the math makes it out to be.
Why so many songs? I got tired of carrying around a CD player and so many CDs. And even if I brought 100 CDs on a long trip, I'd always find myself in the mood for something I had left behind. No with my entire collection at hand, I always have everything I want.
RPI's other search engine, run by a school-funded computer club, was taken by the school's request.
For the first time ever, I actually felt like protesting something. I showed up at around 1:40 (it should have started at 1:30) and there was absolutely no one there. Shame. Though it was probably because it was poorly advertised (a few posters and an email to a handful of people) and during finals week.
Now that they've sued one search engine at RPI, another one, funded by the student union, has been taken down at RPI's request.
There are going to be lots of Star Wars mini-spoilers before the movie is released. As another reader pointed out, just block Star Wars content. Better yet, stop reading the internet altogether and turn off your TV, then you'll be sure to be completely surprised when you see it.
It's only 2GB or 5GB, and it'll cost a little less than $300? How about a Nomad Zen, which is just a little bigger than the iPod, but has 20GB, firewire/USB2.0, and runs only about $220.
There's more to it that makes a great service but I don't want to turn into a commercial. The point is, the big problem with US cellular companies is how they nickle and dime you to death and overall charge you more than they need to.
However, one network searching site run by an RPI club is still alive and well.
Interestingly enough, network sharing has been way down this year. During my freshman year I could 'phynd' anything I wanted, but now in my junior year there only seems to be a handleful of popular divx movies and most mainstream mp3 albums. Certainly not the selection that Kazaa offers.
And remember to leave the window open for a while after you finish downloading so others can get it too.
Maybe you should try out a better LCD monitor. I use one for everything (web, games, etc) and will never buy a CRT again. Bad/cheap LCD monitors have given the whole lot a bad rap.