Hahahaha,....you've obviously never talked to someone who works in IT (such as myself).
You think those "basic" skills are so easily learned?! Hahahaha, PUHHHPLEEEEEZZ. You would be amazed at the level of computer illiteracy at most companies.
Personally, I think a computer class should be mandatory at all highschools. And it should be difficult and required to get a diploma. My life would be infinitaly easier (if not cost me my job!) if this were the case.
This is just like most bills that get passed to "protect our children", when its not the children that needed protecting or changes in their lives, its the PARENTS.
To say that student is better off having NO computer is not only wrong, but incredibly stupid. Without good computer skills, college and real life is going to be an incredible struggle.
No, the problem isn't the computer, its the parents who don't control the situation and their environment. Granted, if a student with a computer has broadband with not restrictions, and addictive games like WoW, then yes, its going to be very detrimental to their education, but is it the computer's fault? No. Parents need to educate themselves and know/understand how to limit computer usage.
Its sad, but most children/teenagers see computers as nothing more than a toy, or a way to get "free music and movies". Don't blame computers or children, its obviously the parents.
Even to that, does anyone remember the e-coli crises with Jack in the Box? A handful of their customers were being infected and JitB almost went down for the count.
Now look at them.....a day almost can't go by without a commercial from them on either tv/radio.
Assuming you did find a source with good quality and reliability, theres no guarantee that its absolutely identical to the format/track the musician wanted. Even to that, its still slow, long lines, and its not likely that they have EVERYTHING.
If record companies would follow a plan of lower prices, and create a VERY simple, VERY fast solution, then pirating would be easily curbed. Like I said, if a single click gets me an entire album within seconds, for a great price, then I have peace of of mind that its the quality that the musician had intended, and I suffer no risk.
I'm not so sure about that. Granted free is better than paying even a penny, but regardless going via the "free" route is not only more difficult, but leads you down a road of problems. On the extreme end of the scale you can end up having the RIAA knock down your door. Then theres the problem of having spyware/virii ridden software (to this day I still clean/remove Kazaa from people's computer and slap them on the hand/head). Furthermore, theres the issue of not having an entirely clean track. You have to be concerned about having the right song, having the entire song, and then quality, AND the amount of time it takes to be in the queue and to finally download it.
All that for what? To save you a few pennies? Unless you're a complete cheap bastard or simply bent on the idea of ripping off musciains, then a major drop in prices will DEFINATLY help. Essentially if they can devise a system where you are a click and a couple minutes (assuming bandwidth conex) away from getting an album for a couple bucks, then I'm positive that pirating would go down.
I'm not trying to troll, but can you please explain how firefox is unable to render slash properly? I've been using firefox for a while now and havn't seen a single problem.....
Cox Cable, did the same thing a few months ago, and even took it up a notch, in the sense that for a little extra per month you can go up to 5mbps......
AMEN.
I too have 3ghz w/HT, 1GB RAM, and a Radeon 9800 w/256mb, and the performance was horrible. The CPU was running like crazy for simple things,.....the fans (its a laptop) are still trying to cool things down!
mod parent down, he is wrong....
I have a dual tuner DVR, and I run into this problem all the time,.....what am I suppose to do, record the next show?! Thats stupid, that would not only clutter my list, but take up space.
Ever heard of dual booting?
Ever heard of VMware?
Ever heard of Wine?
Don't be the typical linux zealot and post retarded crap like that. You REALLY hurt the movement. If you're incapable if running windows or windows applications, then take it somewhere else where others may help you. Don't come here and try to be "cool".
Everyone knows how to use a computer?!
That was just plain stupid. Maybe you're lucky and work with some of the greatest minds in the world, but regular IT folk, such as myself, are surrounded by the lost, confused, and afraid. They DEPEND on IT, not just to make sure infrastructure hold up, but to facilitate their pretty lives.:)
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Personally, I loved Halo, but it took a while because I used to be 100% FPS for the PC, but Halo wasn't that far off (I particularly enjoyed not having to worry about not having a good graphics card, much less tweaking the settings to get maximum FPS at the risk of quality).
I think Halo 2 will be what CounterStrike was for the PC, if for anything because of its online multiplayer. With online scoreboards, rankings, and clan capability, this is going to be quite the game.
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Hahahaha,....you've obviously never talked to someone who works in IT (such as myself).
You think those "basic" skills are so easily learned?! Hahahaha, PUHHHPLEEEEEZZ. You would be amazed at the level of computer illiteracy at most companies.
Personally, I think a computer class should be mandatory at all highschools. And it should be difficult and required to get a diploma. My life would be infinitaly easier (if not cost me my job!) if this were the case.
This is just like most bills that get passed to "protect our children", when its not the children that needed protecting or changes in their lives, its the PARENTS.
To say that student is better off having NO computer is not only wrong, but incredibly stupid. Without good computer skills, college and real life is going to be an incredible struggle.
No, the problem isn't the computer, its the parents who don't control the situation and their environment. Granted, if a student with a computer has broadband with not restrictions, and addictive games like WoW, then yes, its going to be very detrimental to their education, but is it the computer's fault? No. Parents need to educate themselves and know/understand how to limit computer usage.
Its sad, but most children/teenagers see computers as nothing more than a toy, or a way to get "free music and movies". Don't blame computers or children, its obviously the parents.
Even to that, does anyone remember the e-coli crises with Jack in the Box? A handful of their customers were being infected and JitB almost went down for the count. Now look at them.....a day almost can't go by without a commercial from them on either tv/radio.
In that case, someone give Paris Hilton a copy of Linux, Quick!!
Assuming you did find a source with good quality and reliability, theres no guarantee that its absolutely identical to the format/track the musician wanted. Even to that, its still slow, long lines, and its not likely that they have EVERYTHING. If record companies would follow a plan of lower prices, and create a VERY simple, VERY fast solution, then pirating would be easily curbed. Like I said, if a single click gets me an entire album within seconds, for a great price, then I have peace of of mind that its the quality that the musician had intended, and I suffer no risk.
I'm not so sure about that. Granted free is better than paying even a penny, but regardless going via the "free" route is not only more difficult, but leads you down a road of problems. On the extreme end of the scale you can end up having the RIAA knock down your door. Then theres the problem of having spyware/virii ridden software (to this day I still clean/remove Kazaa from people's computer and slap them on the hand/head). Furthermore, theres the issue of not having an entirely clean track. You have to be concerned about having the right song, having the entire song, and then quality, AND the amount of time it takes to be in the queue and to finally download it. All that for what? To save you a few pennies? Unless you're a complete cheap bastard or simply bent on the idea of ripping off musciains, then a major drop in prices will DEFINATLY help. Essentially if they can devise a system where you are a click and a couple minutes (assuming bandwidth conex) away from getting an album for a couple bucks, then I'm positive that pirating would go down.
Thank you for stating the obvious, phew, at first I thought this was an FBI honeypot! :\
I told you so!
These new options would have been nice to have during the holidays. Looking at the new price range, I'm sure I would have gone with the iPod photo....
Apple needs to speed things up when it comes to holidays.....
He claimed he was "testing the waters" to see what lokitorrent was worth.
Well then, how convenient that he lost the battle with the MPAA after only a couple weeks of that article....
....or some people are really quick
According to the google cache he was putting the site up for sale.
I'm not trying to troll, but can you please explain how firefox is unable to render slash properly? I've been using firefox for a while now and havn't seen a single problem.....
You got it wrong.... it starts as: Up Up Down Down..... you obviously never played the game otherwise it would have been embedded for life ;)
$10 says he takes a powerdrill to the temple.
Cox Cable, did the same thing a few months ago, and even took it up a notch, in the sense that for a little extra per month you can go up to 5mbps......
nice spelling there thing = think columbian = colombian
AMEN. I too have 3ghz w/HT, 1GB RAM, and a Radeon 9800 w/256mb, and the performance was horrible. The CPU was running like crazy for simple things,.....the fans (its a laptop) are still trying to cool things down!
So you mean I'll REALLY be around when they release Duke Nukem Forever?! sweet.
mod parent down, he is wrong.... I have a dual tuner DVR, and I run into this problem all the time,.....what am I suppose to do, record the next show?! Thats stupid, that would not only clutter my list, but take up space.
Ever heard of dual booting? Ever heard of VMware? Ever heard of Wine? Don't be the typical linux zealot and post retarded crap like that. You REALLY hurt the movement. If you're incapable if running windows or windows applications, then take it somewhere else where others may help you. Don't come here and try to be "cool".
With all these new headlines from Tivo, I'm feeling less and less guilty about getting a DVR straight from my cable provider.
Everyone knows how to use a computer?! That was just plain stupid. Maybe you're lucky and work with some of the greatest minds in the world, but regular IT folk, such as myself, are surrounded by the lost, confused, and afraid. They DEPEND on IT, not just to make sure infrastructure hold up, but to facilitate their pretty lives. :)
Is this a monthly gig where /. posts IT is dying?
Personally, I loved Halo, but it took a while because I used to be 100% FPS for the PC, but Halo wasn't that far off (I particularly enjoyed not having to worry about not having a good graphics card, much less tweaking the settings to get maximum FPS at the risk of quality). I think Halo 2 will be what CounterStrike was for the PC, if for anything because of its online multiplayer. With online scoreboards, rankings, and clan capability, this is going to be quite the game.