"win" as in cost you money, waste your time and obscure your valid mail in a pile of junk.
Your admin can make whatever rules they wish, but if I am paying for x amount of space on a server / domain and I have to use a high percentage of that space for unfiltered spam, then that seems wrong to me.
I basically agree but it strikes me that the problem is not one of "content" but of quantity. To use your metaphor the problem with the muggers is not that they mug you but that there are so many of them that it's hard to get around.
alternate spam metaphor; We are so mobbed by used car salesmen and they're talking so loud that I can't hear anyone else.
(I have never been tempted to purchase penis enlargers or banned ebay secrets, and I might even support laws against those who do, if it would fight spam)
I also use a system of several email addresses to avoid spam, but that means that it's more difficult to use some useful convergence tools like email on my cell phone.
Hopefully, better minds than mine are pondering this issue, so I guess we wait until something workable shows up.
-milo
PS - Central park is not so bad, even at night, that was back in the 70's, but I know what you mean.
>Of course, the best idea will always be not to >publish your email address and to guard it like a >hawk. I get maybe 5 spam emails per day and that >doesn't bother me at all.
Sure, but the problem with that is that they win, you can no longer use the internet the way you want to, and you are making allowances for people stomping on your right to communicate freely with others. Unfortunately it seems that getting the govt involved is simply asking all our emails to be monitored, so this is something that has to be solved by the geek community itself.
I have direcTV and I have never had a phone line (cell phone for everything). I don't claim to understand how that is possible, but it does seem to work OK.
-milo
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>Ask Albini what he thinks of Shawn Fanning or the >like getting rich on the backs of Slint, Low, Big >Black, The Pixies, or even Bush and he will tell >you another story.
How sure are you?
Of all the people I would claim to know the mind of, Albini is at the bottom of the list.
>Spelling is dictated by the masses. >yes you're dictionarily correct...
You are only complaining because you can't spell either (but thanks ever so much for the attempted lesson) Seriously, did you ever go to any sort of school? Do you find it difficult to use your computer when there are so many big words that you don't know?
> Apple: "It just works" > PC: "It not only works, it also creates and plays too"
Oh, my God! I am rolling on the frickin' floor, are you even remotely serious? Actually who cares - that just cracked me up. The "creating" part especially. You should try a mac someday when you are older, I think you will be surprised.
Circular logic, evasion and some sort of god-awful stuff happening in the second paragraph that I'm not even going to bother to decypher, I now understand your sig a little better, you are a troll.
I'll need an example, tell everyone what you do that is unanimously impressive, fascinating, deep and socially conscious. Really, I want to know. I would be surprised if you could manage even two of those.
I'm willing to bet that you are simply full of crap and the high point of your day is insulting other people and what they choose to do.
It's easy to agree on something fairly harmless like bringing back a TV show. I can enjoy the company of other fans, even if they are republicans or what have you. I would not want the same group to decide issues of foreign policy or economics. (might be better, might be worse, but that's not the point)
I agree that the whole planet is headed for the toilet, but after a long day of doing what I can, I like to put my feet up and watch something reasonably intelligent, and fictional.
There are plenty of places that offer their take on the problem and propose solutions, you must decide on your own which of these you believe in and then go for it. (consider for example; the NRA, the EFF, PETA, the green party, the AFL-CIO, NOW, etc, etc, etc,)
I suggest you learn how to spell "foreign policy" and switch to decaf, as it is now, you are difficult to take seriously, even with your good intentions. Then get out there and make a difference!
>Not really. I just understand that even if a thing >can be reproduced for near-zero cost, it doesn't >necessarily follow that it can be originally >created for near-zero cost.
Are you saying that this concept somehow eludes anyone over, say, the age of 5?
As for the rest of it, I guess I had just not made the logical jump to "pirate" from "storing episodes on your hard drive". I store photos that I have taken, music that I have purchased, and video I have recorded on my hard drive. It's just easier. Doesn't make me a pirate, of course the eye patch, peg leg and parrot does tend to confuse people, Aargh!
>There's a poster in this topic who says he has 13G >of FarScape on his HD, that's how much he loves it. >Umm, no, if he loved it he would have bought the >DVDs. People like him in fact killed the show.
Well, if you are obeying the letter of the law with regards to region codes on DVDs then it's only possible to purchase seasons 1 and 2 on DVD in the US. It seems entirely reasonable to me to store seasons 3 and 4 on your hard drive for personal use. Although your little gripe is also kinda moot since it's not currently airing on SciFi anyway. I second the opinion that you must be some sort of entertainment industry hardliner.
-milo (I just buy the uk DVDs, region codes are for suckers)
How come you only ever post stories about Xbox and Microsoft and Windows.
What we really want to hear about is Mac and Linux stuff, and there hasn't been one of those in weeks. I'll bet you get money from Microsoft to just post Xbox articles all the time.
You speak of the one that will bring balance to the slashdot. You believe it is this boy?
Re: Mac is "obsolete" in this area
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Yes, I agree that USB devices would suck for this, but my Sony DVMC works great on firewire. I don't use it for the discussed purpose, but only because I don't need to (I can't think of any TV that's worth saving as a DV stream (well, farscape maybe) but it could save in MPEG format as well)
I imagine that just about any platform could get some sort of timed video-in working, and from looking at the prices you listed, it's at least as expensive on the PC, and you have to look at that crappy UI.
-milo
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yup, I thought about that, but I was too lazy to look it up (yup, too lazy to move the mouse and type a few keys)
Since most people (and some major publications) can't manage that whole loose / lose thing, i've decided to just let it all slide grammar-wise. Why should I worry about it? You knew what I meant, and next year it will probably be an alternate definition in the dictionary.
sloppy thinking, it's the way of the future, might as well join up now.
-milo
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>Until you can control the slink-e from Unix (and a >command line, ideally), it's still just a windows >toy. Colby is too much of a Windows hacker for his >own good.
I agree that a unix version would be nice but, you got something against the title track guy?
http://www.titletrack.com
I've used both and I like titletrack better, cause I don't play with windows toys.
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Does anyone know the difference between these osx versions?
vlc-0.8.6-intel-2.dmg
vlc-0.8.6-intel.dmg
There are some recommendations http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/9873 here
and http://www.barbelith.com/topic/13652 here.
I'm going to miss Spree, the hedgehog the most.
Did anyone else out there tune in for spree?
Apparently he ended up at the Saint Louis Zoo, sigh,
I guess I wasn't keeping up.
"win" as in cost you money, waste your time and
obscure your valid mail in a pile of junk.
Your admin can make whatever rules they wish,
but if I am paying for x amount of space on
a server / domain and I have to use a high
percentage of that space for unfiltered spam,
then that seems wrong to me.
Do you like SPAM? Or just being snarky?
-milo
I basically agree but it strikes me that the problem is not one of "content" but of quantity.
To use your metaphor the problem with the muggers is not that they mug you
but that there are so many of them that it's hard to get around.
alternate spam metaphor; We are so mobbed by used car salesmen and they're talking so loud that I can't hear anyone else.
(I have never been tempted to purchase penis enlargers or banned ebay secrets,
and I might even support laws against those who do, if it would fight spam)
I also use a system of several email addresses to avoid spam,
but that means that it's more difficult to use some useful convergence tools
like email on my cell phone.
Hopefully, better minds than mine are pondering this issue, so I guess we wait until something workable shows up.
-milo
PS - Central park is not so bad, even at night,
that was back in the 70's, but I know what you mean.
>Of course, the best idea will always be not to
>publish your email address and to guard it like a
>hawk. I get maybe 5 spam emails per day and that
>doesn't bother me at all.
Sure, but the problem with that is that they win, you can no longer use the internet the way you want to, and you are making allowances for people stomping on your right to communicate freely with others. Unfortunately it seems that getting the govt involved is simply asking all our emails to be monitored, so this is something that has to be solved by the geek community itself.
-milo
I have direcTV and I have never had a phone line (cell phone for everything).
I don't claim to understand how that is possible, but it does seem to work OK.
-milo
*Handspring*
>NO idea why they weren't more successful.
It's kind of a dumb name.
-milo
>Ask Albini what he thinks of Shawn Fanning or the
>like getting rich on the backs of Slint, Low, Big
>Black, The Pixies, or even Bush and he will tell
>you another story.
How sure are you?
Of all the people I would claim to know the mind of,
Albini is at the bottom of the list.
-milo
BTW, L-o-s-e vs. l-o-o-s-e, look it up.
>Spelling is dictated by the masses.
>yes you're dictionarily correct...
You are only complaining because you can't spell either
(but thanks ever so much for the attempted lesson)
Seriously, did you ever go to any sort of school?
Do you find it difficult to use your computer when
there are so many big words that you don't know?
>Loosing a $20,000 item is like loosing a man year... of life.
>...
>PLEASE START USING INFORMATIVE/SUMMARIZING SUBJECT LINES
You're complaining about people not summarizing, and you can't even spell? Lame.
Look up loose / lose in a freakin' dictionary and try to remember.
It just makes you seem like an idiot when you get it wrong.
-milo
> Apple: "It just works"
> PC: "It not only works, it also creates and plays too"
Oh, my God! I am rolling on the frickin' floor,
are you even remotely serious? Actually who cares -
that just cracked me up. The "creating" part especially.
You should try a mac someday when you are older,
I think you will be surprised.
-milo
Yup, the boring majority, just the
kind of people I DON"T want to talk to.
-m
Circular logic, evasion and some sort of god-awful
stuff happening in the second paragraph that I'm not
even going to bother to decypher, I now understand
your sig a little better, you are a troll.
I should not have wasted my time.
-milo
> To answer your 2 questions.. Yes, get a life =)
I'll need an example, tell everyone what you do
that is unanimously impressive, fascinating, deep and
socially conscious. Really, I want to know. I would
be surprised if you could manage even two of those.
I'm willing to bet that you are simply full of crap
and the high point of your day is insulting other
people and what they choose to do.
-milo
BTW, There were three questions, genius.
It's very easy to criticize, isn't it?
If one were to hold your hobbies and interests up for scrutiny,
would we all be impressed?
Is everything you do fascinating, deep, and socially conscious?
Farscape is a fun show, it's decent as fiction and enjoyable to watch.
I like it and hope they find a way to make another season, I also have a life.
-milo
It's easy to agree on something fairly harmless
like bringing back a TV show. I can enjoy the
company of other fans, even if they are republicans
or what have you. I would not want the same group
to decide issues of foreign policy or economics.
(might be better, might be worse, but that's not
the point)
I agree that the whole planet is headed for the
toilet, but after a long day of doing what I can,
I like to put my feet up and watch something
reasonably intelligent, and fictional.
There are plenty of places that offer their take on the
problem and propose solutions, you must decide on
your own which of these you believe in and then go for it.
(consider for example; the NRA, the EFF, PETA, the
green party, the AFL-CIO, NOW, etc, etc, etc,)
I suggest you learn how to spell "foreign policy" and
switch to decaf, as it is now, you are difficult to take
seriously, even with your good intentions. Then
get out there and make a difference!
-milo
>Not really. I just understand that even if a thing
>can be reproduced for near-zero cost, it doesn't
>necessarily follow that it can be originally >created for near-zero cost.
Are you saying that this concept somehow eludes anyone over, say, the age of 5?
As for the rest of it, I guess I had just not made
the logical jump to "pirate" from "storing episodes
on your hard drive". I store photos that I have taken,
music that I have purchased, and video I have
recorded on my hard drive. It's just easier.
Doesn't make me a pirate, of course the eye patch,
peg leg and parrot does tend to confuse people, Aargh!
-milo
How's your history?
Bjo Trimble is on board for this one too.
http://www.bjotrimble.com/current.htm
sheesh, it was only 1967.
-milo
>There's a poster in this topic who says he has 13G
>of FarScape on his HD, that's how much he loves it.
>Umm, no, if he loved it he would have bought the
>DVDs. People like him in fact killed the show.
Well, if you are obeying the letter of the law with
regards to region codes on DVDs then it's only possible
to purchase seasons 1 and 2 on DVD in the US. It seems
entirely reasonable to me to store seasons 3 and 4 on your
hard drive for personal use. Although your little
gripe is also kinda moot since it's not currently
airing on SciFi anyway. I second the opinion that
you must be some sort of entertainment industry hardliner.
-milo
(I just buy the uk DVDs, region codes are for suckers)
How come you only ever post stories about
Xbox and Microsoft and Windows.
What we really want to hear about is Mac
and Linux stuff, and there hasn't been one
of those in weeks. I'll bet you get money
from Microsoft to just post Xbox articles
all the time.
You speak of the one that will bring balance
to the slashdot. You believe it is this boy?
-milo
Seems odd that they bothered since the first
Dirk Gently Holistic Detective book is pretty
much the same plot.
-milo
Yes, I agree that USB devices would suck for this,
but my Sony DVMC works great on firewire. I don't
use it for the discussed purpose, but only because
I don't need to (I can't think of any TV that's worth
saving as a DV stream (well, farscape maybe) but
it could save in MPEG format as well)
I imagine that just about any platform could get some
sort of timed video-in working, and from looking at the
prices you listed, it's at least as expensive on
the PC, and you have to look at that crappy UI.
-milo
yup, I thought about that, but I was
too lazy to look it up (yup, too lazy to
move the mouse and type a few keys)
Since most people (and some major publications)
can't manage that whole loose / lose thing, i've
decided to just let it all slide grammar-wise.
Why should I worry about it? You knew what I meant,
and next year it will probably be an alternate
definition in the dictionary.
sloppy thinking, it's the way of the future,
might as well join up now.
-milo
>Until you can control the slink-e from Unix (and a
>command line, ideally), it's still just a windows
>toy. Colby is too much of a Windows hacker for his
>own good.
I agree that a unix version would be nice but,
you got something against the title track guy?
http://www.titletrack.com
I've used both and I like titletrack better, cause
I don't play with windows toys.
-milo