I installed Rockbox on my 30GB iPod Video the day I bought it, and love the sound quality. If you can handle 6-10 hours of battery life (I can) and managing your music library with shell commands (I prefer it) and your player is supported, I wholeheartedly recommend giving it a try.
Just read the manual twice before asking for help on the forum.
However, whether or not you "believe" in copyright, it's illegal and immoral. You are getting one single copy of the song for free. If you try to get 100 copies off the website, the price will rise (I assume. I don't know their business model but it seems reasonable).
If you can get those 100 copies for, say, an average of 10 cents each, and then the song goes up to 50 cents due to general demand and their pricing policy, and you then sell those 100 copies for 20 cents each, making yourself a cool crisp $10 bill, then in my mind you are totally in the right, and have successfully become a middleman. If you take 1 free copy for 0 cents, and then the price goes up to 50 cents, and you give away 100 copies of that one file for free (without permission of the artist) then what you're doing is illegal at the very least, and immoral in the minds of many people.
In a tragic sort of way, that'd be really funny. The robot starts acting up, someone hits the kill switch, and the general yells "NO! THAT DOESN'T DO WHAT YOU THINK IT DOES!" and then bullets rip them apart.
The next person who makes an acronym joke, I'm going to fire a SAM-Missile like TCP/IP protocol attack on. I'm serious, you're going to need a DC Comics superhero or the skills of an FPS shooter main character to survive this one. First, your FAT table will go, then your NIC card, then all your OSS software, and for the final coupe de gras, I'll translate all your code to the COBOL language.
Yeah, I loved flying the dodo up to the hidden city in the... north east?... corner of the map. Almost makes me want to put my Windows hard drive back in my computer and reinstall it.
Vice City was the game where I spent the most time just driving around jumping things and trying to do stunts. I don't recall if I got any in-game bonuses for them, but that didn't stop me. I do remember hitting all the little triangle signs in the airport to jump my motorcycle around for unique jumps though.
Before 9/11, if your plane got hijacked, you'd likely have to fly to Cuba or somewhere, unload the terrorists, and then sit around until someone negotiated you out of there. So, sitting there flying the plane while they execute passengers would be dumb.
After 9/11, hijacking = you crash into a building. So, sitting there flying the plane while they execute passengers is the smartest thing you can do.
This is more than a victory for Google. It's even more than a victory free speech. It's a victory for copyright law reform and a victory for anybody fighting a battle for free distribution of content over the internet.
And it's of course a victory for all of us who like teh boobays.
I've never understood "trailers". They don't trail anything, they preempt it. "previews" makes more sense.
Its the same thing with you Americans and your "Check" after a meal. First of all, its "cheque" not "check", and second of all, you PAY bills, and you WRITE cheques. I asked for my bill in California last week, and the waitress stared at me with a blank expression.
First off, it's check, not cheque.:)
Secondly, a random person not knowing a piece of information is hardly proof that the term isn't common. I was just at subway today and one worker told another to "Turn it around" talking about a bread tray on wheels. The worker who was told to do the turning turned the bread tray 90 degrees.
I think most intelligent people would understand you if you asked for your bill, as would you understand if you were asked to bring me my check.
Why do you need artificial lights to grow crops on an asteroid? Other than the vacuum (Needing stronger glass and better seams) it seems to me growing crops on an asteroid would be about the same as growing them on Mars.
Wake me up when you can bet higher quality OR free of DRM. Oh, and when you can buy a song for what it's actually worth./Still buys CDs anyway, so don't actually wake me up even then
Can't you set up firefox to pretend it's IE? I seem to remember doing this back in the 90's Netscape back when stuff like this was more prevalent. These days, I take my business elsewhere without a thought.
I don't agree that the RIAA makes for a great front for Warner, Sony BMG, et al to use as a shield. I personally (and many friends of mine) won't buy from *any* label under the RIAA umbrella, and we use the RIAA-Radar to help our purchasing decisions.
I wonder how they're going to "win back" my user type: Upgraded my hard drive and then found out that the verison of their OS that I bought wouldn't work any more, so my choices were to buy a "new" copy for $100 or install something free.
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So Pong is infinitely more enjoyable than any other game?
I installed Rockbox on my 30GB iPod Video the day I bought it, and love the sound quality. If you can handle 6-10 hours of battery life (I can) and managing your music library with shell commands (I prefer it) and your player is supported, I wholeheartedly recommend giving it a try.
Just read the manual twice before asking for help on the forum.
I swear, that link wasn't there 10 seconds ago.
For once, I tried to read the article, but there's no link to it.
I think it's a great idea, assuming they can charge a battery to run all night.
I'd have read the article, but there isn't one.
Then no argument will sway you.
However, whether or not you "believe" in copyright, it's illegal and immoral. You are getting one single copy of the song for free. If you try to get 100 copies off the website, the price will rise (I assume. I don't know their business model but it seems reasonable).
If you can get those 100 copies for, say, an average of 10 cents each, and then the song goes up to 50 cents due to general demand and their pricing policy, and you then sell those 100 copies for 20 cents each, making yourself a cool crisp $10 bill, then in my mind you are totally in the right, and have successfully become a middleman. If you take 1 free copy for 0 cents, and then the price goes up to 50 cents, and you give away 100 copies of that one file for free (without permission of the artist) then what you're doing is illegal at the very least, and immoral in the minds of many people.
In a tragic sort of way, that'd be really funny. The robot starts acting up, someone hits the kill switch, and the general yells "NO! THAT DOESN'T DO WHAT YOU THINK IT DOES!" and then bullets rip them apart.
Okay, it's not that funny.
The next person who makes an acronym joke, I'm going to fire a SAM-Missile like TCP/IP protocol attack on. I'm serious, you're going to need a DC Comics superhero or the skills of an FPS shooter main character to survive this one. First, your FAT table will go, then your NIC card, then all your OSS software, and for the final coupe de gras, I'll translate all your code to the COBOL language.
Yeah, you'll be FUBAR beyond all recognition.
You want to go out to eat *again*!? Well, sure, I'll come along. I'm not hungry though. Maybe I'll just have some mozzarella sticks.
Yeah, I loved flying the dodo up to the hidden city in the ... north east? ... corner of the map. Almost makes me want to put my Windows hard drive back in my computer and reinstall it.
Vice City was the game where I spent the most time just driving around jumping things and trying to do stunts. I don't recall if I got any in-game bonuses for them, but that didn't stop me. I do remember hitting all the little triangle signs in the airport to jump my motorcycle around for unique jumps though.
So GTK is "GNU's Not UNIX Image Manipulation Program Tool Kit" ?
RIAA et al have learned a valuable lesson here.
In Texas, old ladies SUE YOU!
I am totally shocked. I just bought 10 licences too and threw away all my Linux computers!
Actually, "Gigawatts" can be pronounced the way doc says it without changing the spelling. I learned that in skool.
Before 9/11, if your plane got hijacked, you'd likely have to fly to Cuba or somewhere, unload the terrorists, and then sit around until someone negotiated you out of there. So, sitting there flying the plane while they execute passengers would be dumb.
After 9/11, hijacking = you crash into a building. So, sitting there flying the plane while they execute passengers is the smartest thing you can do.
This is more than a victory for Google. It's even more than a victory free speech. It's a victory for copyright law reform and a victory for anybody fighting a battle for free distribution of content over the internet.
And it's of course a victory for all of us who like teh boobays.
I've never understood "trailers". They don't trail anything, they preempt it. "previews" makes more sense.
:)
Its the same thing with you Americans and your "Check" after a meal. First of all, its "cheque" not "check", and second of all, you PAY bills, and you WRITE cheques. I asked for my bill in California last week, and the waitress stared at me with a blank expression.
First off, it's check, not cheque.
Secondly, a random person not knowing a piece of information is hardly proof that the term isn't common. I was just at subway today and one worker told another to "Turn it around" talking about a bread tray on wheels. The worker who was told to do the turning turned the bread tray 90 degrees.
I think most intelligent people would understand you if you asked for your bill, as would you understand if you were asked to bring me my check.
The record labels love you for wasting money needlessly on their behalf.
:)
I never said I bought cds from them.
Why do you need artificial lights to grow crops on an asteroid? Other than the vacuum (Needing stronger glass and better seams) it seems to me growing crops on an asteroid would be about the same as growing them on Mars.
Wake me up when you can bet higher quality OR free of DRM. Oh, and when you can buy a song for what it's actually worth. /Still buys CDs anyway, so don't actually wake me up even then
Now all we need is a way to distinguish these packets. How about a new bit?
So you're telling me I shouldn't have installed these smilies? Here, let me try a typical smiley face. :-@*&^^^ NO CARRIER
Can't you set up firefox to pretend it's IE? I seem to remember doing this back in the 90's Netscape back when stuff like this was more prevalent. These days, I take my business elsewhere without a thought.
If you are a webmaster, what are your reasons for forcing IE?
/. webmaster who would require IE?
Do you honestly believe there exists a
And if such a monster exists, do you honestly believe he'd admit it?
I don't agree that the RIAA makes for a great front for Warner, Sony BMG, et al to use as a shield. I personally (and many friends of mine) won't buy from *any* label under the RIAA umbrella, and we use the RIAA-Radar to help our purchasing decisions.
Being in the RIAA can't help more than it hurts.
I wonder how they're going to "win back" my user type: Upgraded my hard drive and then found out that the verison of their OS that I bought wouldn't work any more, so my choices were to buy a "new" copy for $100 or install something free.