Instead of running 4 individual cables (2 RG6 and 2 CAT 5e), you may want to consider using a single run of "structured wiring," which carries all 4 cables in a single bundle.
Non-transferrable copyrights, that expire when you die and cannot be owned by a corporation, only by humans (after all, corporations don't have ideas, humans do).
One of the stupidest things I've ever read. How are people supposed to distribute their works if the coyrights aren't transferrable. Do you expect Stephen King to just publish his own books? Or John Woo to just make his own movies without any funding from a movie studio? Not to mention the thousands of programmers at Apple who create works for Apple because they are paid by Apple to do so.
I remember getting a check in the mail because Nintendo had to pay off a class action suit for price fixing for doing the same thing. Nintendo didn't have a monopoly on game consoles at the time.
On a related note, ExtremeTech has an article detailing how to build a fast PC for $800. The final recommendation uses an Athlon XP 2500+ CPU with 512 MB RAM, 120 GB hard drive, and a GeForce 5600XT video card.
I would be interested in seeing the difference between "only" a XP 2500+ with a 9800Pro versus a comparably priced system with a XP 3000+ or 3200+, but only a 9600 Pro.
I hate these types of comments. Does anyone here realize that there are tens of thousands of albums available for purchase? You don't like Britney's dance music. Fine. There are thousands of other genres of music out there, including a vast catalog of rock albums released since the mid-50s. Or do people really think that they have to listen to music that was released within the last year?
It is generally accepted that Verizon has the best coverage of any of the major providers. For example, I don't know where you live, but check out this report on SF Bay Area cell phone providers. While some of the comments are specific to the Bay Area, some of the pages are general and it provides a great overview on the various cell phone technologies. For example, there is a page comparing national coverage maps.
You may be right. I was originally a Coke drinker, because I hated the taste of Diet Coke. After I started working at a place with free soda, I realized I was adding 500-1000 unnecessary calories per day. When I switched to Diet, I hated it at first. But after about a month, I couldn't switch back. I now cannot drink regular Coke.
The iPod capacities are growing much faster than music collection capacities, at least legit ones... I certainly have not acquired 35GB of music in 2 years. So in the near future there will need to be some other way to make the iPod better.
It really is not that hard to fill up a 40 GB iPod. At 128 kbit encoding, it will hold approximately 694 hours of music. Of course, if you're really that much of a music fan to own 40 GB of music, you'd probably encode at 192. Which is only about 460 hours of music--about 500 CDs. If you go to almost any music message board, it won't be hard to find people with 500 CDs. Especially if they've been collecting for any appreciable amount of time (5-10 yrs or more).
Yes! 40 GB will not hold my entire collection, which is one of the reasons I haven't bought one yet. At approximately 100 MB per CD, a 40 GB iPod will only hold 400 CDs. Even if a lot of your CDs are fairly short, or you compress highly, it will be difficult to hold more than 800 CDs in a 40 GB iPod. There are a lot of people with 1000 CDs or more in their collection.
Even if it's not taped, I skip commercials. I use commercials for bathroom or kitchen breaks or to channel surf. I'm sure I'm not the only person who does this.
It really depends on the product you're talking about. If I have to eat or drink a product, I can taste the difference and am more likely to pick up the non-generic. (E.g., generic frosted flakes are NOT the same as Kellogs Frosted Flakes). But, with other products, you know the ingrediants are the same. Therefore, I always buy generic pain relievers instead of Tylenol or Advil, or generic window cleaner.
Clothes are different. Some of the clothes you buy are purely name value. But have you ever worn a cheap shoe before? My wife was a loyal New Balance wearer for a long time. She decided to buy generic shoes, and they gave her no support for exercising. That is a tangible difference worth paying more for. OTOH, Nike shoes are too narrow for my foot so I will never buy a Nike show.
Smarter listeners (the ones who seek out interesting music themselves), on the other hand, have no easy way to connect into the closed media-driven circuit. And they end up downloading music online, or copying it or ripping it, simply because there is no easier way of discovering interesting music short of shelling out tons of cash.
BS. The simple way to discover interesting music is the way people did it from the dawn of Rock n Roll to the end of the 90s . . . word of mouth. You get into a particular type of music, be it metal, electronica, power pop, rap, or whatever, you READ about it. You find out about similar artists. You buy CDs. You don't like it, you sell it. You join message boards and mailing lists of your favorite artists and ask, "any similar artists I should listen to?"
That's the way it was done before and it can still be done that way now. I've discovered many new bands that way, yet I don't listen to radio, don't watch MTV, and don't have mainstream tastes.
Besides, if users have no way to connect into the closed media driven circuit and are forced to download, who are they downloading? That's right they discover new artists the same way people always have . . . trial and error.
People on Slashdot sometimes seem reluctant to cut and paste an entire article. Problem is, if you are looking through a Slashdot thread that started last year, the article being referenced may no longer be online.
I think every article being referred to by Slashdot should be cut and pasted here just for ease of use of historical posts. Otherwise, what is the purpose of keeping historical posts?
It never ceases to amaze me how "suits don't get it". There is a HUGE trade on the net in old "classic" TV shows (depending on your point of view), everything from "Greatest American Hero", to "A-Team", to (as mentioned before) "Max Headroom". Regardless if you happen to like these particular series, people ARE downloading and watching them. If the companies involved were to make a subscription service available to watch old shows (complete with episode synopsis, cast/crew lists, etc), people would pay...
They do get it. In case you haven't noticed, TV shows are coming out on DVD every week, with the latest being Three's Company. For a full listing of TV shows on DVD check out the aptly named www.tvshowsondvd.com.
No one has bothered to explain how the broadcast flag works. Why would one have to get a new VCR, for example? Unless you have the JVC DVHS machine, everything you tape is analog and non-HD. So why would the flag effect an analog recording? I thought the flag was for digital signals only? Have the technical details even been established yet? Maybe that's why no one really knows what is going on.
Why would home videos be incompatible with new VCRs? Is the author saying that all recordings must have a flag or they won't be played on next generation machines?
Ultimately the people downloading the music don't know who hold the copyright on each piece of music or what the distrubution terms are (since the files no longer bear a copyright notice). They are not explicitly bound by any law or license that prevents them from downloading things.
A person downloading may not know if it is Warner or Universal that owns the copyright to a particular recording. But they know it is copyrighted.
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Here is a guide to wiring a house using structured wiring.
Instead of running 4 individual cables (2 RG6 and 2 CAT 5e), you may want to consider using a single run of "structured wiring," which carries all 4 cables in a single bundle.
Cool, except it is a different size than all your other CDs and sticks out like a sore thumb.
One of the stupidest things I've ever read. How are people supposed to distribute their works if the coyrights aren't transferrable. Do you expect Stephen King to just publish his own books? Or John Woo to just make his own movies without any funding from a movie studio? Not to mention the thousands of programmers at Apple who create works for Apple because they are paid by Apple to do so.
I remember getting a check in the mail because Nintendo had to pay off a class action suit for price fixing for doing the same thing. Nintendo didn't have a monopoly on game consoles at the time.
Typical liberal response. The truth, as shown in numerous links on this page, is that both parties Gerrymander as much as possible.
On a related note, ExtremeTech has an article detailing how to build a fast PC for $800. The final recommendation uses an Athlon XP 2500+ CPU with 512 MB RAM, 120 GB hard drive, and a GeForce 5600XT video card.
Verizon's coverage is at least as good as AT&T's in most areas. You may want to consider switching to them.
Stupid analogy. Parent was merely stating that International usage of GSM is irrelevant to people who don't travel internationally.
I would be interested in seeing the difference between "only" a XP 2500+ with a 9800Pro versus a comparably priced system with a XP 3000+ or 3200+, but only a 9600 Pro.
"low-end" is being used as a synonym for "inexpensive", not less than adequate.
I hate these types of comments. Does anyone here realize that there are tens of thousands of albums available for purchase? You don't like Britney's dance music. Fine. There are thousands of other genres of music out there, including a vast catalog of rock albums released since the mid-50s. Or do people really think that they have to listen to music that was released within the last year?
Consumer Reports did a comparison of the major proviers in the February 2003 issue. Here is a usenet posting summarizing the results.
You may be right. I was originally a Coke drinker, because I hated the taste of Diet Coke. After I started working at a place with free soda, I realized I was adding 500-1000 unnecessary calories per day. When I switched to Diet, I hated it at first. But after about a month, I couldn't switch back. I now cannot drink regular Coke.
It really is not that hard to fill up a 40 GB iPod. At 128 kbit encoding, it will hold approximately 694 hours of music. Of course, if you're really that much of a music fan to own 40 GB of music, you'd probably encode at 192. Which is only about 460 hours of music--about 500 CDs. If you go to almost any music message board, it won't be hard to find people with 500 CDs. Especially if they've been collecting for any appreciable amount of time (5-10 yrs or more).
Yes! 40 GB will not hold my entire collection, which is one of the reasons I haven't bought one yet. At approximately 100 MB per CD, a 40 GB iPod will only hold 400 CDs. Even if a lot of your CDs are fairly short, or you compress highly, it will be difficult to hold more than 800 CDs in a 40 GB iPod. There are a lot of people with 1000 CDs or more in their collection.
Even if it's not taped, I skip commercials. I use commercials for bathroom or kitchen breaks or to channel surf. I'm sure I'm not the only person who does this.
Clothes are different. Some of the clothes you buy are purely name value. But have you ever worn a cheap shoe before? My wife was a loyal New Balance wearer for a long time. She decided to buy generic shoes, and they gave her no support for exercising. That is a tangible difference worth paying more for. OTOH, Nike shoes are too narrow for my foot so I will never buy a Nike show.
BS. The simple way to discover interesting music is the way people did it from the dawn of Rock n Roll to the end of the 90s . . . word of mouth. You get into a particular type of music, be it metal, electronica, power pop, rap, or whatever, you READ about it. You find out about similar artists. You buy CDs. You don't like it, you sell it. You join message boards and mailing lists of your favorite artists and ask, "any similar artists I should listen to?"
That's the way it was done before and it can still be done that way now. I've discovered many new bands that way, yet I don't listen to radio, don't watch MTV, and don't have mainstream tastes.
Besides, if users have no way to connect into the closed media driven circuit and are forced to download, who are they downloading? That's right they discover new artists the same way people always have . . . trial and error.
I think every article being referred to by Slashdot should be cut and pasted here just for ease of use of historical posts. Otherwise, what is the purpose of keeping historical posts?
You're reading it wrong. It was granted yesterday. :-)
They do get it. In case you haven't noticed, TV shows are coming out on DVD every week, with the latest being Three's Company. For a full listing of TV shows on DVD check out the aptly named www.tvshowsondvd.com.
Why would home videos be incompatible with new VCRs? Is the author saying that all recordings must have a flag or they won't be played on next generation machines?
Public library.
A person downloading may not know if it is Warner or Universal that owns the copyright to a particular recording. But they know it is copyrighted.