That is the reason why much of the world is fearful of NK with nukes
You do realise that there is only one nation which has actually used nuclear weapons in war - and its not any of the countries in the so-called 'axis of evil'.
If you still don't know the answer, visit this site
First off yes you do pay a piracy fee each time you buy a vcr tape or cd-r disk..
If we pay a piracy fee, or tax, on every CD-R or VCR Tape we purchase, does this mean that theoretically, downloading an mp3 from P2P should be legal? Or is there another reasoning behind this? Does anyone know?
With many lawsuits, a lot of the money goes to lawyers. In addition, $2m is not a lot of money when spread around many many people. The chances are each person would receive only a few cents before the $2m was finished.
Perhaps the idea here is to provide a legal precedent which will deter other spammers, because, $2m is a lot of money for just one spammer to afford.
Yes, you're right. Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 95/98/ME are AFAIK only Operating Environments. Whereas with NT4/2000/XP, these enhancements are actually built into the kernal.
That's 'cause your mom won't let you leave your things lying around the house, right?
Yeah you're right. While I'm living with my parents, I have to abide with their rules. Not all of us have the luxury of living by ourselves yet, so while I'm not, I have to make do with the best I can. (Which is a bedroom full of computer bits and bobs and a house which is Cat5 wired.)
You're not running the OS on top of the browser. I've used OEOne for two weeks (it's not really my cup of tea) and how it works is this:
OS (Redhat/Mandrake) --> Operating Environment (in this case OEOne. but could be KDE/Gnome/whatever takes your pick)
Also, it's not running on top of a browser. It's an operating environment which is powered by mozilla (XUL/Gecko/Mail/etc) with what looks like the Abiword plugin for mozilla.
From my two weeks of testing, that's how it appears to work. Also, I tried numerous times to load or install Mozilla, and it always came up with an error.
If I'm completely way off base here, let me know and add any relevant info.
Yes, the Fasttrack network can be shut down. A while ago the Morpheus client was locked out (anyone remember that?) which is why Morpheus is now based on Gnutella.
Fasttrack is AFAIK fairly distributed, but there are central points of 'failure'
Have you got any links that prove this? I'm from the UK, and I've not heard of this law, and to be quite honest, I'd be a little freaked out if I came back to my car to find someone sleeping on the back seat.
I'm not saying it's not true or anything, it just seems weird.
Most of the people I know, myself included, use their PC's in either a study room, or a bedroom. With a PS2 in the lounge next to your TV, you can now run Cat5, or even a wireless network into there, or wherever you keep your PS2 setup and have the functionality of a Tivo.
As with all technology, some will find it useless, some will find it wonderful. IMO, this technology does have the promise which some others just didn't have. (ie, Microsoft Bob, Fee-based file-sharing (at least while Kazaa is around.))
I was wondering if you could post your DULA here so we can have a look at it. It sounds very interesting, and a very good idea. But I'm sure a lot of/.ers like myself wouldn't have the first idea where to begin and how to avoid legal loopholes here, so if we could get a peek at yours, we could see where to begin.
Of course, if this became common place, EULA's might start forbidding the use of these.
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)'s voice broke near the end of filming the first movie (The Philosopher's Stone) and the producers had to dub someone else's voice over for part of the film.
I don't know much about porting from one OS to another either, but MacOS X runs on the PPC processors, whereas most linux boxes you'd want to run Office X on will be running on x86 boxes.
From what I understand, it would require changes to the source code of Office X, and also a recompliation on the linux platform. Any prizes for guessing whether Microsoft will do this for Linux?
Please feel free to correct me or add more info about this subject.
Tim
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To be perfectly honest with you, whether people play and enjoy my music after my death doesn't *really* affect me too much - it's not like I'd know much about it.
I'd rather be successful and respected for the music I create and live comfortably.
This is a project which tells you how to make a small diskless box, which I've stuck inside an old separates amplifier case which has its innards removed.
I've not yet worked out how to use the volume knob to turn sound up and down, but it's certainly a way to make a PC with the same form-factor as a HIFI separates system.
I imagine with a little tweaking and ingenuity you could get a nice graphics card, 2.5" HDD etc inside there.
Xbox is now £159 in the UK. This means I am getting something which can be used as a Linux box very inexpensively.
Instead of having to pay a lot of money for a SOHO network server (broadband router/smtp/file server/firewall/etc) I can now pay £159 and let Microsoft subsidise the rest.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldnt want an Xbox as my main workstation - the specs aren't powerful enough - but running Linux on an Xbox does have its uses.
An intuitive web interface, instead of building some bulky windows client that does everything your computer already does: CD burning, music manager, etc; just have a well designed web interface that works on all platforms with all browsers.
Something similar to Audiogalaxy then? IMO something like the AGSatellite client without spyware/adware which would automatically create directories based upon artist and album with a web-based interface could be a winner.
Slashdot Mirror
You do realise that there is only one nation which has actually used nuclear weapons in war - and its not any of the countries in the so-called 'axis of evil'.
If you still don't know the answer, visit this site
Tim
If we pay a piracy fee, or tax, on every CD-R or VCR Tape we purchase, does this mean that theoretically, downloading an mp3 from P2P should be legal? Or is there another reasoning behind this? Does anyone know?
Tim
Perhaps the idea here is to provide a legal precedent which will deter other spammers, because, $2m is a lot of money for just one spammer to afford.
Tim
Tim
Currently getting 75 kbps on a 600k broadband connection (Sept 26/2002)
Tim
Yeah you're right. While I'm living with my parents, I have to abide with their rules. Not all of us have the luxury of living by ourselves yet, so while I'm not, I have to make do with the best I can. (Which is a bedroom full of computer bits and bobs and a house which is Cat5 wired.)
OS (Redhat/Mandrake)
--> Operating Environment (in this case OEOne. but could be KDE/Gnome/whatever takes your pick)
Also, it's not running on top of a browser. It's an operating environment which is powered by mozilla (XUL/Gecko/Mail/etc) with what looks like the Abiword plugin for mozilla.
From my two weeks of testing, that's how it appears to work. Also, I tried numerous times to load or install Mozilla, and it always came up with an error.
If I'm completely way off base here, let me know and add any relevant info.
Tim
Fasttrack is AFAIK fairly distributed, but there are central points of 'failure'
Tim
AFAIK, the 9/11 terrorists all took internal flights. Had the intelligence authorities done their job better, it might not have happened
As for info regarding death row, have a look here
Tim
I'm not saying it's not true or anything, it just seems weird.
Cheers,
Tim
Tim
Most of the people I know, myself included, use their PC's in either a study room, or a bedroom. With a PS2 in the lounge next to your TV, you can now run Cat5, or even a wireless network into there, or wherever you keep your PS2 setup and have the functionality of a Tivo.
As with all technology, some will find it useless, some will find it wonderful. IMO, this technology does have the promise which some others just didn't have. (ie, Microsoft Bob, Fee-based file-sharing (at least while Kazaa is around.))
Tim
Of course, if this became common place, EULA's might start forbidding the use of these.
Tim
Tim
It's called the slashdot effect
From what I understand, it would require changes to the source code of Office X, and also a recompliation on the linux platform. Any prizes for guessing whether Microsoft will do this for Linux?
Please feel free to correct me or add more info about this subject.
Tim
I'd rather be successful and respected for the music I create and live comfortably.
Tim
Tim
Security
According to a Microsoft Executive, Security isn't a feature in Windows operating systems.
Security is an innovation - something which hasn't been copied from the Windows World.
Tim
This is a project which tells you how to make a small diskless box, which I've stuck inside an old separates amplifier case which has its innards removed.
I've not yet worked out how to use the volume knob to turn sound up and down, but it's certainly a way to make a PC with the same form-factor as a HIFI separates system.
I imagine with a little tweaking and ingenuity you could get a nice graphics card, 2.5" HDD etc inside there.
Tim
The price of Xbox in the UK is now £159 (around US$ 250. Which part of Europe still has them at this price?
Instead of having to pay a lot of money for a SOHO network server (broadband router/smtp/file server/firewall/etc) I can now pay £159 and let Microsoft subsidise the rest.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldnt want an Xbox as my main workstation - the specs aren't powerful enough - but running Linux on an Xbox does have its uses.
Tim
Sharps Linux-based Zaurus SL-5500
Tim
in particular the slashdot ad in tuxkart is very rad
Something similar to Audiogalaxy then? IMO something like the AGSatellite client without spyware/adware which would automatically create directories based upon artist and album with a web-based interface could be a winner.
Tim