Wow, that is right on. I've worked with 2 people from india and the same thing happened with them. We would have meetings and design our program and get very little input from them. Even when we made very obvious blunders they would just do what they were told. They were very hard workers, they just didn't seem to like to point out other peoples mistakes.
People are missing another big point. By including WMP in Windows(which they've done forever now) They are letting everone with a computer play a video or mp3 by default, without doing anything. It sets a new standard for OS's in general.
I can give my grandmother a video and she can play it without having to:
1. Figure out what software plays a video.
2. Go find software that plays a video.
3. Install software that plays a video.
It makes it a lot easier. Not to mention that they have included a version with windows since Windows 3.1!
Your right, why pay for it when I can simply jump on a p2p network, download a file, realize that it's only half the song, download another file , realize that it's a virus, download another file, verify that it's the correct song, startup my CD Burning software, burn it to a CD and finally play it in my stereo.
OR... just pay the 2 bucks, download it and play it on my stereo.
Let CBS stop broadcasting HDTV. If/When HDTV takes off, I'm sure ABC, NBC and FOX will be glad to have all the CBS viewers that wanted to watch CBS.
The FCC needs to stop regulating content, and nosing around in buisness it has has no buisness nosing around in. It's not the FCC job to make sure no one pirates King of Queens. It's not the FCC's job to make sure that CBS makes money.
"If you bothered to read the story you would see that telemarketers may accidentally call cell phones that used to be land line numbers because of the wireless number portability rules the FCC will enact on November 24th."
Right, The title of the artical is very misleading.
Read the Terms and Conditions before you sign up!
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If you are thinking of signing up make sure you read the terms and conditions first. It limits what you can do with the songs quite a bit. Some highlights are:
--You may burn each Purchased Track to a CD up to five times as part of any particular playlist of songs. A "playlist" is a discrete group of Purchased Tracks that are arranged together in a particular order. Once you have burned a Purchased Track to a CD, you agree not to copy, distribute, or transfer the track from that CD to any other media or device. --
and ---If you are using the version of the Service that is accessible from Microsoft Corporation's Windows Media Player 9 Series, you will only be able to burn or transfer Purchased Tracks using the Windows Media Player. In addition, if you are using the version of the Service that runs in Microsoft Corporation's Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, certain features that are available in the Service will not be available in the "distance viewing" experience. --
also --You may copy each Download to up to two additional personal computers that you own (i.e. a total of 3 copies). You may not share Downloads with anyone else. Napster automatically renews your rights to all of your Downloads at the beginning of each Subscription Month (as defined below) so long as your subscription remains current. This means that in order to play any Download after the end of a Subscription Month, you must log on to the Service so that Napster can renew your rights for those Tracks. The Client will count the number of times that you play a Download, including while you are offline, for royalty accounting and analysis purposes. --
I guess that's what all that Digial Right's Management stuff is in WiMP 9.
I don't know if you noticed, but the crime rate in america is at record lows. Now I hate putting non-violent offenders in jail, but maybe the crime rate is low BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE CRIMINALS IN PRISON!
Mabey our crime rate is low because we arn't buying into all that hippie, give the criminals a chance to reform crap. (At least not as much as other contries)
Seriously. You are 100% correct. People keep saying that deregulation leads to no diversity, but look at the internet, the most un-regulated media outlet in the world and also the most diverse.
Sure it is possable for one company to take over all the media, but the market wouldn't let that last for long. I would create a huge hole for someone else to come in and give different views and that someone would be instantly sucessful.
The FCC shouldn't regulate how large a company can get or what content they can put out. They should be technical only. They should make sure that company A's airwaves don't interfere with company B's and that's it.
Food shortages, communications, computers, housing, entertainment, health care... the list goes on and on. Just look around you. How many of things in your house say "Invented by the US Government." or "Made by the US Government". That's right none! (unless you work for NASA or are in the Milliary)
The only thing governments do well roads, millitary, police and of course taxes.
Ok, I'll buy that they sued in time.
But my other argument on Microsoft's stupid lawyers still holds water. IE has had plugin support since at least Aug 1996 (history) in IE 3.0 I'm sure they have code dating way before that.
How could the lawyers lose this case! It seems so obvious to me.
It seems like there should be some sort of time limit to file this kind of lawsuit. It's not fair to simply wait 10 years for everyone to unknowingly infringe upon your patent and then sue them.
The judge should have asked why they didn't file this complaint years ago? Now to ask every single software company fork over millions of dollars in unreasonable.
The judge should have said that it's too late. It's not like Microsoft tried to hide that it was using plugins. It's been in there for years. Everyone knew about it the plugins. No one knew about the patent.
Same goes for the SCO....
On another note, why can't big companies get better lawyers? What's up with companies losing really stupid lawsuits all the time?
"I'm actually rather shocked that CD prices are that high in the US. In Canada CD prices range from ~$14.99 - $21.99 "
Everything seems expensive in the US to a Canadian. Just like when I go to Canada, everything seems really cheap when I convert to prices to US currency. It almost seems like the exchange rate is messed up.
I don't get how SCO can sue the end users for Linux.
If I went to Walmart and was given a free TV, and later Sony realized that Walmart didn't pay for the TV and gave it away for free, would Sony be able to come and demand payment for it from me? No. They would only have issue with Walmart. Walmart would be stuck with the bill.
So if the IBM distributed code to users without a license to do so(and this is a big if), how can the SCO demand a 1000 bucks from the linux users. Wouldn't they only be able to get the money from IBM?
I don't see how they could even think of getting money from the individual users. Is their some pressidant for this?
---When will Americans learn that leaving it to business will always be an inadequate solution?---
Insightful... in the way that it shows how Liberal and Anti-US a lot of slashdot readers are.
You forget that in order for a business to survive, it must do what is in the best interest of it's customers(which is what is best for them) As soon as a business stops doing this they stop making money. I always get to choose who I do business with, the government just takes the money, as much as it wants, and has no motivation for doing using it wisely.
Anyway I think having the government police spam will do nothing but increase our taxes. This will make the people that don't give a crap about spam pay to remove it. If we let buisness's find ways to get rid of it, the only people paying for it are the people that want to get rid of it.(and are willing to pay for it)
Besides that, how are you going to say that e-mail isn't covered by the 1ST Amendment? That issues seems pretty simple to me.
Since Indy drank from the Cup of Life in the last movie, isn't he immortal now? What kind of plot is that going to make? Is he going to meet up with the Highlander or something?
Seriously, if he can't be killed and is he just going to walk up to the main Nazi bad guy and shoot him?
So what! I still don't get it. Is Microsoft supposed to only duplicate what Sun had done? (then get sued by copyright infrigement?) IE, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla all claim to use html and javascript. Do any of them support the standards 100% ? No. Do any of them have extra features? Yes.
All C++ compliers claim to compile c++ programs. Does that mean your linux c++ code will complie in Windows? No.
If Apple can include their own version of java, why can't microsoft. I don't think that all Apple java programs are going to be 100% compatable with Windows or Linux.
What if Microsoft created Java, and wanted to force their version of Java on Solaris, because Sun's version isn't as compatable? Would that be right? No.
This whole thing is silly. If Sun want's to promote Java they have other means of doing it.
Republicans finally get control of the House, Senate and White house and the Government still does these stupid things that you expect from Democrats.
So what if the Korean government is helping out this company so they can undercut our prices. They won't be able to do it forever. Can't Micron find a way to make there chips cheaper? If the Korean government is going to subsidies chips for the whole world, then let them. Eventually they will see the error in their ways and will stop or they will continue to supply cheap chips to the world forever. (Unlikely, but what's wrong with that?) Micron can find something else to do if it can't find a way to compete.
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Wow, that is right on. I've worked with 2 people from india and the same thing happened with them. We would have meetings and design our program and get very little input from them. Even when we made very obvious blunders they would just do what they were told. They were very hard workers, they just didn't seem to like to point out other peoples mistakes.
Seems like both a blessing and a curse.
Seriously.
If anything, I would like to see less anime and more adult oriented Cartoons like Aquateen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, and especially Home Movies.
They should pickup Duckman from Comedy Central. Comedy Central only seems to want to show it at 2:00 AM.
Just turn off the sound and turn on the Closed Captions and stop your whining.
People are missing another big point. By including WMP in Windows(which they've done forever now) They are letting everone with a computer play a video or mp3 by default, without doing anything. It sets a new standard for OS's in general. I can give my grandmother a video and she can play it without having to: 1. Figure out what software plays a video. 2. Go find software that plays a video. 3. Install software that plays a video. It makes it a lot easier. Not to mention that they have included a version with windows since Windows 3.1!
Your right, why pay for it when I can simply jump on a p2p network, download a file, realize that it's only half the song, download another file , realize that it's a virus, download another file, verify that it's the correct song, startup my CD Burning software, burn it to a CD and finally play it in my stereo.
OR... just pay the 2 bucks, download it and play it on my stereo.
Let CBS stop broadcasting HDTV. If/When HDTV takes off, I'm sure ABC, NBC and FOX will be glad to have all the CBS viewers that wanted to watch CBS.
The FCC needs to stop regulating content, and nosing around in buisness it has has no buisness nosing around in. It's not the FCC job to make sure no one pirates King of Queens. It's not the FCC's job to make sure that CBS makes money.
"If you bothered to read the story you would see that telemarketers may accidentally call cell phones that used to be land line numbers because of the wireless number portability rules the FCC will enact on November 24th." Right, The title of the artical is very misleading.
If you are thinking of signing up make sure you read the terms and conditions first. It limits what you can do with the songs quite a bit. Some highlights are:
--You may burn each Purchased Track to a CD up to five times as part of any particular playlist of songs. A "playlist" is a discrete group of Purchased Tracks that are arranged together in a particular order. Once you have burned a Purchased Track to a CD, you agree not to copy, distribute, or transfer the track from that CD to any other media or device. --
and
---If you are using the version of the Service that is accessible from Microsoft Corporation's Windows Media Player 9 Series, you will only be able to burn or transfer Purchased Tracks using the Windows Media Player. In addition, if you are using the version of the Service that runs in Microsoft Corporation's Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, certain features that are available in the Service will not be available in the "distance viewing" experience. --
also --You may copy each Download to up to two additional personal computers that you own (i.e. a total of 3 copies). You may not share Downloads with anyone else. Napster automatically renews your rights to all of your Downloads at the beginning of each Subscription Month (as defined below) so long as your subscription remains current. This means that in order to play any Download after the end of a Subscription Month, you must log on to the Service so that Napster can renew your rights for those Tracks. The Client will count the number of times that you play a Download, including while you are offline, for royalty accounting and analysis purposes. --
I guess that's what all that Digial Right's Management stuff is in WiMP 9.
Anyone know what "distance viewing" is?
I don't know if you noticed, but the crime rate in america is at record lows. Now I hate putting non-violent offenders in jail, but maybe the crime rate is low BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE CRIMINALS IN PRISON!
Mabey our crime rate is low because we arn't buying into all that hippie, give the criminals a chance to reform crap. (At least not as much as other contries)
Yes it would if you have the XML files in a protected location on the server. De-compiling the source would then not show any XML.
Yeah, well I'm still not going to donate my 20 bucks.
I'll probably get flamed for this, but there flash site is cool (site). It's pretty convincing, too.
Seriously. You are 100% correct. People keep saying that deregulation leads to no diversity, but look at the internet, the most un-regulated media outlet in the world and also the most diverse.
Sure it is possable for one company to take over all the media, but the market wouldn't let that last for long. I would create a huge hole for someone else to come in and give different views and that someone would be instantly sucessful.
The FCC shouldn't regulate how large a company can get or what content they can put out. They should be technical only. They should make sure that company A's airwaves don't interfere with company B's and that's it.
"Such as?"
Food shortages, communications, computers, housing, entertainment, health care... the list goes on and on. Just look around you. How many of things in your house say "Invented by the US Government." or "Made by the US Government". That's right none! (unless you work for NASA or are in the Milliary)
The only thing governments do well roads, millitary, police and of course taxes.
Ok, I'll buy that they sued in time. But my other argument on Microsoft's stupid lawyers still holds water. IE has had plugin support since at least Aug 1996 (history) in IE 3.0 I'm sure they have code dating way before that.
How could the lawyers lose this case! It seems so obvious to me.
I agree, congress should sell off the NASA assets, use it for the national debt and give us all a tax cut.
Seriously, nothing else has solved more problems in the world than private companies looking to make a profit on some lofty goal.
Just because NASA went to the moon once doesn't make it great. I wanna go to the moon. I'll even pay someone to take me there.
It seems like there should be some sort of time limit to file this kind of lawsuit. It's not fair to simply wait 10 years for everyone to unknowingly infringe upon your patent and then sue them.
The judge should have asked why they didn't file this complaint years ago? Now to ask every single software company fork over millions of dollars in unreasonable.
The judge should have said that it's too late. It's not like Microsoft tried to hide that it was using plugins. It's been in there for years. Everyone knew about it the plugins. No one knew about the patent.
Same goes for the SCO....
On another note, why can't big companies get better lawyers? What's up with companies losing really stupid lawsuits all the time?
"I'm thinking that the studios will absorb a lot of the difference and artists won't be too affected"
Actually since they are lowering the prices of an over priced product thier profit will go up because they will sell more CD's.
Example: sell 100 cds at $10 profit each = $1000 profit
sell 200 cds at $7 profit each = $1400
I think it's safe to say that the studios will absorb most of the new profit and the artists won't be affected.
"I'm actually rather shocked that CD prices are that high in the US. In Canada CD prices range from ~$14.99 - $21.99 "
Everything seems expensive in the US to a Canadian. Just like when I go to Canada, everything seems really cheap when I convert to prices to US currency. It almost seems like the exchange rate is messed up.
I don't get how SCO can sue the end users for Linux.
If I went to Walmart and was given a free TV, and later Sony realized that Walmart didn't pay for the TV and gave it away for free, would Sony be able to come and demand payment for it from me? No. They would only have issue with Walmart. Walmart would be stuck with the bill.
So if the IBM distributed code to users without a license to do so(and this is a big if), how can the SCO demand a 1000 bucks from the linux users. Wouldn't they only be able to get the money from IBM?
I don't see how they could even think of getting money from the individual users. Is their some pressidant for this?
---When will Americans learn that leaving it to business will always be an inadequate solution?---
Insightful... in the way that it shows how Liberal and Anti-US a lot of slashdot readers are.
You forget that in order for a business to survive, it must do what is in the best interest of it's customers(which is what is best for them) As soon as a business stops doing this they stop making money.
I always get to choose who I do business with, the government just takes the money, as much as it wants, and has no motivation for doing using it wisely.
Anyway I think having the government police spam will do nothing but increase our taxes. This will make the people that don't give a crap about spam pay to remove it. If we let buisness's find ways to get rid of it, the only people paying for it are the people that want to get rid of it.(and are willing to pay for it)
Besides that, how are you going to say that e-mail isn't covered by the 1ST Amendment? That issues seems pretty simple to me.
Since Indy drank from the Cup of Life in the last movie, isn't he immortal now? What kind of plot is that going to make? Is he going to meet up with the Highlander or something?
Seriously, if he can't be killed and is he just going to walk up to the main Nazi bad guy and shoot him?
Or maybe I got the last movie all wrong.
So what! I still don't get it. Is Microsoft supposed to only duplicate what Sun had done? (then get sued by copyright infrigement?) IE, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla all claim to use html and javascript. Do any of them support the standards 100% ? No. Do any of them have extra features? Yes.
All C++ compliers claim to compile c++ programs. Does that mean your linux c++ code will complie in Windows? No.
If Apple can include their own version of java, why can't microsoft. I don't think that all Apple java programs are going to be 100% compatable with Windows or Linux.
What if Microsoft created Java, and wanted to force their version of Java on Solaris, because Sun's version isn't as compatable? Would that be right? No.
This whole thing is silly. If Sun want's to promote Java they have other means of doing it.
Republicans finally get control of the House, Senate and White house and the Government still does these stupid things that you expect from Democrats.
So what if the Korean government is helping out this company so they can undercut our prices. They won't be able to do it forever. Can't Micron find a way to make there chips cheaper? If the Korean government is going to subsidies chips for the whole world, then let them. Eventually they will see the error in their ways and will stop or they will continue to supply cheap chips to the world forever. (Unlikely, but what's wrong with that?) Micron can find something else to do if it can't find a way to compete.
I see two simple solutions for firms that don't already log instant messages.
1. Spend thousands on a new system.
2. No instant messages at all.
I see a lot of companies just taking the second option. But I could be wrong.
How much do brokers use instant messages for actual work anyway?