Re:Still bloated, still based on dated ideas
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In developed countries, where we get reasonable bandwidth for our money, network transparency (if you're going to call other people fucknauts, make sure you spell teh long werdz correctly) is very useful. I use it practically every day at work, or when I'm working from home.
Afraid you'll have to do without your SUV?
The real bullshit comes from people who refuse to listen to these reports, just because it might make their life a little less comfortable in the short run.
You just wait until it becomes a whole lot worse than that.
'A malicious attacker could entice the viewer into viewing a specially crafted jpeg image, leading to a system compromise and the end of the world as we know it.'
Now, that's a security bulletin for you.
It's musicians like you, who think of it more in terms of 'art' than 'a way to maybe make big bucks', that I think and hope will benefit the most from this development.
The 'business' part of 'music business' is giving way to the 'music' part, finally.
Re:Conspiracy theory of the day
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Hear, hear.
I see these 'Gentoo ricers', and whatever people call them, much more seldom than I see the oh-so old 'I'll just wait a week until I've compiled it' jokes and those tiresome comments about how Gentoo users compile with insane flags and have no clue why things break.
What's the matter with you people? Did a Gentoo user steal your girlfriend?
Gentoo is actually a really good distribution. No need to take it personally.
In the 1850s, when P.T. Barnum sponsored Jenny Lind's tour of the states, revenue from ticket sales was only part of the deal, there were lucrative product endorsements, sheet music sales, etc., etc. Lind had an international reputation, but Barnum's instinct for promotion drove profits from the tour to dizzying heights (front row seats selling for something like $150 gold dollars) and Lind was free to marry and retire at thirty as an independently wealthy young woman.
And I'm totally OK with that. Jenny Lind actually had talent, and I think most of her audience felt that they got their money's worth. Artists of today are doing the same thing Barnum did (well, the megacorp-backed ones, anyway). I don't think it's so much a matter of ideals as one of development: it's just a fact that you won't be able to make as much money on recordings anymore, since advances in technology are slowly closing that door (even though the record companies are frantically struggling to keep it open). I think they will function more like promotion, and the real money will come from live performances. And, Jeesus: when some artists demand $100 for a concert ticket, I think they will do OK even without the CD revenue.
There are artists who are simply more comfortable and productive in the studio work than in live performance. But a techie forum like Slashdot seems a strange place to argue that live performance is not the only legitimate form of music.
I agree. Some of my favorite artists seem to fit into that category, even though they are extremely talented. But I think they will do OK nonetheless.
The best thing about this development is that we probably will se a lot less talentless hacks in the music business, and a lot more bands and artists who become famous 'through the grapevine'
Well, before the phonograph, musicians had to *gasp* PERFORM to make money. Then came a sort of golden age, where you could theoretically make a few records, then sit on your ass and watch the money roll in. Now it seems like that golden age is coming to an end, forcing artists who can't perform live out of business. A good development, IMHO.
GLSA-check isn't ready for prime time, not if anything hasn't happened the last week or so. It always gives false positives, and for packages that aren't even installed.
But when it's working, it will indeed be the tool I'm looking for.
I'm sorry, but I can't agree with using Gentoo on production servers until they have implemented a security update scheme a la Debian.
I use Gentoo on my workstation and home computers and love it, but I would not feel comfortable choosing between upgrading just because a package is marked stable in portage or sifting through all the security lists to see if an upgrade is relevant to my system.
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In developed countries, where we get reasonable bandwidth for our money, network transparency (if you're going to call other people fucknauts, make sure you spell teh long werdz correctly) is very useful.
I use it practically every day at work, or when I'm working from home.
Obligatory Gentoo compile time joke... check.
Yep, and remember: Earth invented Anthrax.
Terrist! (I'm using Dubya-speak here, since I don't want to look like a *shudder* liberal)
Afraid you'll have to do without your SUV?
The real bullshit comes from people who refuse to listen to these reports, just because it might make their life a little less comfortable in the short run.
You just wait until it becomes a whole lot worse than that.
Of course my parents don't buy my christmas gifts!
Why would there otherwise be concepts like Santa Claus, Reindeers and Santas helpers.
'A malicious attacker could entice the viewer into viewing a specially crafted jpeg image, leading to a system compromise and the end of the world as we know it.'
Now, that's a security bulletin for you.
File a bug report if you don't like it.
Bugzilla
It's musicians like you, who think of it more in terms of 'art' than 'a way to maybe make big bucks', that I think and hope will benefit the most from this development.
The 'business' part of 'music business' is giving way to the 'music' part, finally.
No, I didn't.
Actually, now you can download the source to Java 6 and soon you will be able to submit patches. It's opening up bit by bit:
Patches
They made the protocol, the bastards!
Hear, hear.
I see these 'Gentoo ricers', and whatever people call them, much more seldom than I see the oh-so old 'I'll just wait a week until I've compiled it' jokes and those tiresome comments about how Gentoo users compile with insane flags and have no clue why things break.
What's the matter with you people? Did a Gentoo user steal your girlfriend?
Gentoo is actually a really good distribution. No need to take it personally.
Cray can't be slashdotted, because they make teh m0st l33t b0x0rz!!!111!!!oneoneone
At least that's how things should be...
True.
I hope my version is the right one, since I like his music.
I would guess that he just didn't knew what DRM was, and when he found out, he decided that he didn't like it.
I think they will function more like promotion, and the real money will come from live performances. And, Jeesus: when some artists demand $100 for a concert ticket, I think they will do OK even without the CD revenue.
I agree. Some of my favorite artists seem to fit into that category, even though they are extremely talented. But I think they will do OK nonetheless. The best thing about this development is that we probably will se a lot less talentless hacks in the music business, and a lot more bands and artists who become famous 'through the grapevine'
Well, before the phonograph, musicians had to *gasp* PERFORM to make money. Then came a sort of golden age, where you could theoretically make a few records, then sit on your ass and watch the money roll in.
Now it seems like that golden age is coming to an end, forcing artists who can't perform live out of business. A good development, IMHO.
I know it's old, but I can't help laughing nonetheless :D
I don't get it.
This is Slashdot.
I guess it will show up on http://www.ircimages.com/ pretty soon...
Yes, I am really, really, ridiculously good looking!
And naturally, you are God's gift to women/men.
GLSA-check isn't ready for prime time, not if anything hasn't happened the last week or so. It always gives false positives, and for packages that aren't even installed.
But when it's working, it will indeed be the tool I'm looking for.
I'm sorry, but I can't agree with using Gentoo on production servers until they have implemented a security update scheme a la Debian.
I use Gentoo on my workstation and home computers and love it, but I would not feel comfortable choosing between upgrading just because a package is marked stable in portage or sifting through all the security lists to see if an upgrade is relevant to my system.