It's like with a rat. You put a rat in the cage and give it a food pellet every time it does something, and you can rest assured it will keep doing that to get the food. The RIAA has discovered two things that give it the food, its business model, and suing people, and it's now going to keep doing just that. All we can hope is that one time someone slips it some rat poison instead of food...
They probably can trace back many postings. I know my news server puts my IP in every message I post, and it's certainly possible to trace a message back to the news server it came from with the NNTP Path header. I'm sure not many ISPs and news server hosts are going to think twice about giving up the user's information in the face of a threatened lawsuit. As regular Slashdot readers know, Verizon tried to fight back, but lost.
But how are they going to stop international users?
Most likely by influencing US policymakers to influence EU policymakers to use their increasing power over the laws of individual European nations to change their laws to mirror those of the US. Then start suing in European courts, rinse and repeat on other continents where too many people decide they no longer want to pay for RIAA music for whatever reason.
Hopefully IHNBT, but here we go anyway.
I think I would like to end up like South Korea. Alcatel notes: Spurred by aggressive government policy, South Korea has become the uncontested champion of the world in broadband Internet. Over half the country's 48 million citizens regularly log onto the Net, and 85 percent of new subscribers purchase high-speed service.
I recommend Quintessential. Plays all your favorite formats, completely free as in beer, good skinnability, gapless playback, and built-in stream ripping unlike the new WinAmps. Some people find the default playlist which can't be resized annoying, but if you look around on the site you can find some modifications for it.
Is Ogg clearer or cheaper or have smaller file sizes?
All of the above. You get better sound at lower bitrates royalty-free.
Do p2p for Ogg exist?
Not sure about Kazaa, etc., but I do see.oggs occasionally on SoulSeek.
If someone like myself was going to convert my mp3's (if that is even possible) not only would it take a good amount of time, I'd no longer be able to share files with my peers as not a soul I know owns a single Ogg file.
You wouldn't want to bother converting them because the resulting sound quality would be worse than the original MP3s, so you'd have to rip them again. (Since you do own the original CDs, don't you?) Nothing's stopping you from sharing files though, since any self-respecting software player (including Winamp, but I prefer Quintessential) plays oggs fine. Hardware, of course, is a different story.
Forming a raid to the SCO Headquarters zone; we're going to take down the boss Darl McBride for some ph4t l3wts! All above level 50 welcome! Need healers!! Meet at the Utah portal.
But which would you rather have, multiple huge corporations competing in different sectors of the economy, or multiple huge corporations, each owning a different sector of the economy? Going back to the pre-anti-trust law days is hardly the best way to benefit the consumer...
From a June 3rd San Francisco Examiner article: Running the combined company will be left to PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway, who recently came under fire for taking $14.6 million in restricted stock, as well as a large package of stock options, last year while the company's sales suffered.
PeopleSoft estimated the 4.1 million stock options awarded Conway will be worth between $67 million and $171 million, depending on how the company's shares perform through November 2012.
From today's Reuter's article: a $6.3 billion hostile takeover bid from Oracle Corp
If I were Craig Conway, I certainly wouldn't mind this.
Yes, it's amazon.com this week, amazon.com! Next week is Sun! Come on people, get with the program! There are thousands of Indian Slashdot readers ready to take your place!
...to why my suggestion would be to append "...not anytime in the near future, you can expect to see this around the same time as flying cars." If they can't tell me when, maybe they could just hazard a guess as to when not.
Yeah, I certainly wouldn't bet on ever seeing it in actual use, but that's more than can be said for a lot of university research.;-)
It would be nice if someone came up with a chart that plotted the correlation between the temperature necessary in the lab and the temperature necessary to bring the item to market for a significant number of products. Because I'm willing to bet that -249 C is pretty close to the Don't Hold Your Breath mark.
Well obviously this version isn't practical for commercial applications, but the idea is the technology could be developed to that point in the future. The cathode ray tube needed to be developed before we could have television...
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It's like with a rat. You put a rat in the cage and give it a food pellet every time it does something, and you can rest assured it will keep doing that to get the food. The RIAA has discovered two things that give it the food, its business model, and suing people, and it's now going to keep doing just that. All we can hope is that one time someone slips it some rat poison instead of food...
They probably can trace back many postings. I know my news server puts my IP in every message I post, and it's certainly possible to trace a message back to the news server it came from with the NNTP Path header. I'm sure not many ISPs and news server hosts are going to think twice about giving up the user's information in the face of a threatened lawsuit. As regular Slashdot readers know, Verizon tried to fight back, but lost.
Many of the subpoenas reviewed by the AP identified songs from the same few artists, including Avril Lavigne, Snoop Dogg and Michael Jackson.
:-)
Well, if they're going to go after people sharing that kind of crap, they can do it all they want for all I care.
Can I claim fair use if I own the CD? Can I counter sue?
:-)
Well, you can. But that doesn't mean a judge is going to listen to you.
But how are they going to stop international users?
Most likely by influencing US policymakers to influence EU policymakers to use their increasing power over the laws of individual European nations to change their laws to mirror those of the US. Then start suing in European courts, rinse and repeat on other continents where too many people decide they no longer want to pay for RIAA music for whatever reason.
Ok, on second thought, that was obviously a joke. Just pretend this is under some other thread or something. ;-)
Hopefully IHNBT, but here we go anyway.
I think I would like to end up like South Korea.
Alcatel notes:
Spurred by aggressive government policy, South Korea has become the uncontested champion of the world in broadband Internet. Over half the country's 48 million citizens regularly log onto the Net, and 85 percent of new subscribers purchase high-speed service.
Mmm...broadband...
However, before I condemn Verizon, I have some questions
Condemn first; ask questions later! This is Verizon we're talking about.
...which seems to be taking place as we speak...
Link to more theory than you probably care to know
More Prototypes
Links to more than more than you probably care to know
Barry's Coilgun Design Site
...I give it five minutes before you don't see them for another week.
Can someone recommend a better Ogg player?
I recommend Quintessential. Plays all your favorite formats, completely free as in beer, good skinnability, gapless playback, and built-in stream ripping unlike the new WinAmps. Some people find the default playlist which can't be resized annoying, but if you look around on the site you can find some modifications for it.
Is Ogg clearer or cheaper or have smaller file sizes?
.oggs occasionally on SoulSeek.
All of the above. You get better sound at lower bitrates royalty-free.
Do p2p for Ogg exist?
Not sure about Kazaa, etc., but I do see
If someone like myself was going to convert my mp3's (if that is even possible) not only would it take a good amount of time, I'd no longer be able to share files with my peers as not a soul I know owns a single Ogg file.
You wouldn't want to bother converting them because the resulting sound quality would be worse than the original MP3s, so you'd have to rip them again. (Since you do own the original CDs, don't you?) Nothing's stopping you from sharing files though, since any self-respecting software player (including Winamp, but I prefer Quintessential) plays oggs fine. Hardware, of course, is a different story.
Here are the "more information" PDFs so you don't have to fill out the form...
Press release on 2003/7/15 (English) Ogg Vorbis Player System
Press release on 2003/7/15 (Korean)Ogg Vorbis Player System
Ogg Vorbis player system product summary
Forming a raid to the SCO Headquarters zone; we're going to take down the boss Darl McBride for some ph4t l3wts! All above level 50 welcome! Need healers!! Meet at the Utah portal.
But which would you rather have, multiple huge corporations competing in different sectors of the economy, or multiple huge corporations, each owning a different sector of the economy? Going back to the pre-anti-trust law days is hardly the best way to benefit the consumer...
From a June 3rd San Francisco Examiner article:
Running the combined company will be left to PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway, who recently came under fire for taking $14.6 million in restricted stock, as well as a large package of stock options, last year while the company's sales suffered.
PeopleSoft estimated the 4.1 million stock options awarded Conway will be worth between $67 million and $171 million, depending on how the company's shares perform through November 2012.
From today's Reuter's article:
a $6.3 billion hostile takeover bid from Oracle Corp
If I were Craig Conway, I certainly wouldn't mind this.
If there's a prior implementation, how can it be patented, especially when it's not like Apple can claim that they don't know about any competitors?
This is the USPTO we're talking about. You could patent the wheel and nobody would notice until the Register posted the story.
Yes, it's amazon.com this week, amazon.com! Next week is Sun! Come on people, get with the program! There are thousands of Indian Slashdot readers ready to take your place!
Ha, my 1999 patent application for water-cooled laptops should be approved any time now. I'm calling my lawyer!
I'm not sure about other networks, but it's actually legal to "steal" DirecTV in Canada because Canadians can't subscribe to it.
...to why my suggestion would be to append "...not anytime in the near future, you can expect to see this around the same time as flying cars." If they can't tell me when, maybe they could just hazard a guess as to when not.
;-)
Yeah, I certainly wouldn't bet on ever seeing it in actual use, but that's more than can be said for a lot of university research.
It would be nice if someone came up with a chart that plotted the correlation between the temperature necessary in the lab and the temperature necessary to bring the item to market for a significant number of products. Because I'm willing to bet that -249 C is pretty close to the Don't Hold Your Breath mark.
Well obviously this version isn't practical for commercial applications, but the idea is the technology could be developed to that point in the future. The cathode ray tube needed to be developed before we could have television...
are slashdot running out of questions?
You must be new here.
They switched the face link with the penis link in the article, not my fault, really! Try this one.
"functioning replacement penises were grown from cells in the lab, albeit for mice."
[insert joke here]