Anyone know where I can get WinAMP for OS X or Linux? It sounds dreamy, with the catchy WinSomething name thing going for it.
Goodness knows, _most_ Windows users strive for excellence in computing technology.
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Let's not delude outselves into thinking that the music industry will do anything to improve access to and portability of music - the DRM upon which they will eventually settle will probably be "play once, then repurchase". Divx DVDs? Anyone?
While that is a great idea, remember that the motive is not strictly creating excellence, or the donation could be anonymous, or at least not carry a name of his/her choosing.
The goal is to one-up the other donations in both amount and prestige. This escalation accounts for the growth of giving in the richest circles. Rich people don't give away money (one reason that they are rich), they buy influence and recognition for themselves, their families and businesses. They also attempt to rewrite legacies, as another/.'er pointed about the oil and steel barons.
The "Bill Gates Center for Ethics" at Prairie View A&M University would not get the recognition that anything at Harvard or MIT would get.
-- Check out "The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide" by Richard Conniff
PS: Preview and proofread, so your school actually looks good. Don't tell us how bad they (other school's grads) are, show us how good you are.
You can argue the merits all day, but consumers don't know enough about the formats to make a choice. The real issue here is that Apple picked a format and restrictions that the music industry would accept.
MS is now looking to create a format that they can control, that they can force on Windows users, and that excludes competition that they don't like. This is the stuff illegal monopolies do. They are looking to force a market segment which they now control (Windows users) into making a choice beneficial to MS, rather than allowing market forces to act. The only reason they can legally do this is that Apple has a headstart in market share on the Windows platform, since iTunes & iTMS are available for Windows.
Consumers will arguably be driven to the Windows service ONLY because it will be integrated with MS products and will be one-click-easier that iTMS. Competition seldom results in a win by the technically better product; the simpler to use, better marketed, and "catchier" named product wins.
But you forget that everyone wants something free. If a lawyer comes to the orgainzation and says, hey, I can get a class action lawsuit (or levy or whatever), people say "yes" instead of saying "well, I don't really need/want/deserve this free stuff, so go stuff yourself, you shyster."
If we did more of this, we'd all be better off - after all, the best way to stop a class action suit is getting a majority of those eligible to opt out of the suit. I do it with every class action notice I get.
The best way to stop tax laws is with our vote and a letter or two to the responsible parties. Lobbies are powerful, but voters actually do get a say in things.
We also do not hold our government accountable for transgressions like the DMCA and Patriot Act (at least not very well) so the screwed up taxes don't surprise me one bit.
People in general are not into taking responsibility for their actions, such as when they vote poorly or buy poorly. Know the person for whom you are voting; research the product that you are buying.
So, you contend that it is "ripping you off" for Apple to price its products as it sees fit. You are in no way compelled by Apple to buy Apple (as you are, say, compelled by everyone else, to buy Microsoft). You can choose to not buy an iPod, and you can choose to save a little longer to buy one if you wish.
You do not have a right to a low cost iPod nor iMac. Apple on the other hand, has the right to set prices for which it sells its products. This instance is a demonstation of why Apple prices things higher in countries which it deems less desirable markets (i.e., more difficult legal compliance, lower benefit-to-cost ratios, etc.)
Maybe the French government has chosen to burden buyers for the benefit of some other, uninvolved party. This is the socialist model. Sound to me like France is the "ripper" and the French people are the "rippee".
I am running on the FreeBSIE live disk now, on a ECS K7S5A v.1 board.
I did have to pop in a PS/2 mouse (having been using the same 3 button generic serial for years in this box), but it works great.
I use Knoppix as a recovery disk when I screw up a config file or something else while tinkering and have found it to be very useful. I also supply copies to Win weenies when they ask about Linux.
It is still illegal in the US to pay blackmail. Aside from enabling further frivolity, payment to SCO undermines principles we hold dear, such as a freedom from coercion or extortion.
Further, SCO does not have the right to sell what they do not own and which was created by others (and released under the GPL), and there is a great deal of doubt whether they do in fact own what they pretend to own, Linux notwithstanding. They are coercing people and companies into giving them money and they are doing it with the intent to defraud, as demonstrated by their obfuscation.
It is bad business and it is bad for America (and everywhere else for that matter.)
Any action to support or promote SCO's lawsuit is in fact an attack on all of the tremendously dedicated and talented unnamed that put their own work (read "IP") into Linux and other open source projects.
Just because you prefer the old and cryptic, don't spout off as an expert... your ilk may not need Word for your work, but the features in Word work for most of us.
I hate MS as much as the next guy for their business practices, but at least Word provides a needed implementation.
The whole point is that a singularity no longer consistutes individual bits, therefore and more precisely, you are looking for blackhole-encapsulated strings for storage of the information you have tried to store... Unless you meant to say, "I want to buy Windows and let it lose my data faster than the singularity at the center of a black hole". Which is it?
If you RTFA, you will note that they are not tasked with detecting imminent threat NEO's at the last minute, and without confirmation. It would be irresponsible to even make such a prediction based on one set of observations made on one day, from one location.
They provided some not quite raw data to the industry/community, so that other observers could follow-up. They did their job. Maybe they could have done better, but apparently who ever wrote the software they are using could have done better as well.
They also removed the subtle doomsday prediction, since it would do nothing to improve the observations, and apparently, the updated prediction was closer to reality, unless we all missed a 30 m asteroid impact.
Did anyone else notice that Righteous Babe is an RIAA member - if Ani gave up, we should abandon all hope.
Your dollars are your voice - don't pay more than $10 a disk.
This started happening with Cingular in my vehicle, and on all of my computers with external speakers. That is how I know when my phone is ABOUT to ring - the speakers click and chirp.
-- Part 15...seems kind of restrictive to require manufacturers to include one silly little part.
Sorry for replying to my own post... From the DMCA - rebuts my premise directly.
"2. Reverse engineering (section 1201(f)). This exception permits circumvention, and the development of technological means for such circumvention, by a person who has lawfully obtained a right to use a copy of a computer program for the sole purpose of identifying and analyzing elements of the program necessary to achieve interoperability with other programs, to the extent that such acts are permitted under copyright law."
Yes, and the WIPO is included in the DMCA; it has provisions which make ATTEMPTING to access encrypted data illegal. Now, this is a strict reading, and would not affect us reading our own works, but would affect products meant to access protected data which is not our own. The second point does seem to exclude OO from restrictions, since it has wideranging, legal uses in addition.
I certainly could be wrong, but I suspect MS is looking to make a buck - or they could be trying to protect themselves from someone else doing the same and extorting them for the Office2004 formats.
From the DMCA summary (pdf): "Making or selling devices or services that are used to circumvent either category of technological measure is prohibited in certain circumstances, described below. As to the act of circumvention in itself, the provision prohibits circumventing the first category of technological measures, but not the second.... Section 1201 proscribes devices or services that fall within any one of the following three categories: - they are primarily designed or produced to circumvent; - they have only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent; or - they are marketed for use in circumventing."
If they patent XML as a format for Office 2004 (or whatever), the DMCA is invoked if you TRY to decrypt your file. OpenOffice would then presumeably be unable (from the legal perspective) to read and write "Microsoft" XML files. Gone is the day of document compatibility.
The only saving grace is this: if I create the file using Microsoft's tools, but the content and file is mine, I doubt Microsoft could beat me in court for trying to decrypt my own file with my own data. But it would likely prevent OO from writing Microsoft XML.
Did anyone notice microsoft's new policy, to wit " Microsoft switched to a monthly cycle of releasing security updates in order to make it easier for system administrators to keep their software secure and up to date." (from the Reuter's story)
It says quite a bit that they NEED a monthly security update.
With all of the space projects-turned-debris floating around (or buried in the surface of planet x), this is a great, big deal. Now, let's discuss Hubble: one thought - IF IT IS WORKING, AND IT IS A MILLION MILES AWAY (figuratively or literally speaking), DON'T THROW IT AWAY!
-- I wonder, is the mainboard on the rover a Shuttle?
Give him a break, this is why 17 year olds can't vote and can't legally buy guns. Don't paint him as stupid, either, he's 17.
As far as the money goes, you can hardly call this cybersquatting - it is the guy's name. Maybe Billy's henchmen should go after Mike's parents, since he was named after Microsoft first used the name, and they must have steered him to his interest in computers and software.
The record companies are not selling a product they make (the CD), they are selling someone else's product (the music), for which the someone else doesn't recieve full value either. The record companies are simply another form/layer of distribution.
The record industry (not recording industry) has is a monopoly through the RIAA. At some point, these industry associations which coordinate activities and contracting practices should undergo anti-trust review. It is in fact illegal for the companies to price-fix or coerce artists (a term used loosely here) as a group (such as blacklisting or requiring all members to use the same contract language) if this restrains trade, which it arguably does.
Also, the whole case depends on whether the music is the property of the artist and distribution has been assigned to the label, or the label actually owns all rights to the music.
Read _Reefer Madness_ if you want to understand how distribution led economies are alive and well in the California strawberry industry.
From my reading, the law says that the $750 covered EVERYONE involved in the particualr infringement, for a single work (song, movie). By selecting this method of damages, if she settles, then anyone from whom she downloaded a song is also covered FOR THAT SONG, and probably onyone who downloaded a song from her before the date that the lawsuit was filed is probably also covered. I could be wrong.
Expecting bonuses and a paycheck for doing your job...that you agreed to do for only the paycheck. Sounds like a bad idea. This is one thing wrong with the RIAA/MPAA business model - residuals may spur innovation, but they suppress sales if structured incorrectly.
Not long ago, I made some changes that saved my employer in excess of $500,000 per year...but my paycheck covered this activity, so I certainly couldn't expect an _ex post facto_ bonus.
Greed is good as a motivator, but the motivation comes as anticipation BEFORE the act, and it must be uniformly applied.
...that we don't need another law. We need competent law enforcement, judges and litigators. Does it make sense for the government (that's your and my tax dollars) to carry out the **AA litigation and pay for 36 months of upkeep for the offenders.
I certainly don't ask for a new law to handle my problems. The role of government to do these things. Remember your Schoolhouse Rock: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
And from the Declaration (in reference to King George): "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance."
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Anyone know where I can get WinAMP for OS X or Linux? It sounds dreamy, with the catchy WinSomething name thing going for it.
Goodness knows, _most_ Windows users strive for excellence in computing technology.
--
Let's not delude outselves into thinking that the music industry will do anything to improve access to and portability of music - the DRM upon which they will eventually settle will probably be "play once, then repurchase". Divx DVDs? Anyone?
While that is a great idea, remember that the motive is not strictly creating excellence, or the donation could be anonymous, or at least not carry a name of his/her choosing.
/.'er pointed about the oil and steel barons.
The goal is to one-up the other donations in both amount and prestige. This escalation accounts for the growth of giving in the richest circles. Rich people don't give away money (one reason that they are rich), they buy influence and recognition for themselves, their families and businesses. They also attempt to rewrite legacies, as another
The "Bill Gates Center for Ethics" at Prairie View A&M University would not get the recognition that anything at Harvard or MIT would get.
--
Check out "The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide" by Richard Conniff
PS: Preview and proofread, so your school actually looks good. Don't tell us how bad they (other school's grads) are, show us how good you are.
You can argue the merits all day, but consumers don't know enough about the formats to make a choice. The real issue here is that Apple picked a format and restrictions that the music industry would accept.
MS is now looking to create a format that they can control, that they can force on Windows users, and that excludes competition that they don't like. This is the stuff illegal monopolies do. They are looking to force a market segment which they now control (Windows users) into making a choice beneficial to MS, rather than allowing market forces to act. The only reason they can legally do this is that Apple has a headstart in market share on the Windows platform, since iTunes & iTMS are available for Windows.
Consumers will arguably be driven to the Windows service ONLY because it will be integrated with MS products and will be one-click-easier that iTMS. Competition seldom results in a win by the technically better product; the simpler to use, better marketed, and "catchier" named product wins.
But you forget that everyone wants something free. If a lawyer comes to the orgainzation and says, hey, I can get a class action lawsuit (or levy or whatever), people say "yes" instead of saying "well, I don't really need/want/deserve this free stuff, so go stuff yourself, you shyster."
If we did more of this, we'd all be better off - after all, the best way to stop a class action suit is getting a majority of those eligible to opt out of the suit. I do it with every class action notice I get.
The best way to stop tax laws is with our vote and a letter or two to the responsible parties. Lobbies are powerful, but voters actually do get a say in things.
We also do not hold our government accountable for transgressions like the DMCA and Patriot Act (at least not very well) so the screwed up taxes don't surprise me one bit.
People in general are not into taking responsibility for their actions, such as when they vote poorly or buy poorly. Know the person for whom you are voting; research the product that you are buying.
So, you contend that it is "ripping you off" for Apple to price its products as it sees fit. You are in no way compelled by Apple to buy Apple (as you are, say, compelled by everyone else, to buy Microsoft). You can choose to not buy an iPod, and you can choose to save a little longer to buy one if you wish.
You do not have a right to a low cost iPod nor iMac. Apple on the other hand, has the right to set prices for which it sells its products. This instance is a demonstation of why Apple prices things higher in countries which it deems less desirable markets (i.e., more difficult legal compliance, lower benefit-to-cost ratios, etc.)
Maybe the French government has chosen to burden buyers for the benefit of some other, uninvolved party. This is the socialist model. Sound to me like France is the "ripper" and the French people are the "rippee".
I am running on the FreeBSIE live disk now, on a ECS K7S5A v.1 board.
I did have to pop in a PS/2 mouse (having been using the same 3 button generic serial for years in this box), but it works great.
I use Knoppix as a recovery disk when I screw up a config file or something else while tinkering and have found it to be very useful. I also supply copies to Win weenies when they ask about Linux.
It is still illegal in the US to pay blackmail. Aside from enabling further frivolity, payment to SCO undermines principles we hold dear, such as a freedom from coercion or extortion.
Further, SCO does not have the right to sell what they do not own and which was created by others (and released under the GPL), and there is a great deal of doubt whether they do in fact own what they pretend to own, Linux notwithstanding. They are coercing people and companies into giving them money and they are doing it with the intent to defraud, as demonstrated by their obfuscation.
It is bad business and it is bad for America (and everywhere else for that matter.)
Any action to support or promote SCO's lawsuit is in fact an attack on all of the tremendously dedicated and talented unnamed that put their own work (read "IP") into Linux and other open source projects.
Three letters for those stuck in the past... GUI
Just because you prefer the old and cryptic, don't spout off as an expert... your ilk may not need Word for your work, but the features in Word work for most of us.
I hate MS as much as the next guy for their business practices, but at least Word provides a needed implementation.
Some of us do need more than Wordpad.
The whole point is that a singularity no longer consistutes individual bits, therefore and more precisely, you are looking for blackhole-encapsulated strings for storage of the information you have tried to store...
Unless you meant to say, "I want to buy Windows and let it lose my data faster than the singularity at the center of a black hole". Which is it?
If you RTFA, you will note that they are not tasked with detecting imminent threat NEO's at the last minute, and without confirmation. It would be irresponsible to even make such a prediction based on one set of observations made on one day, from one location.
They provided some not quite raw data to the industry/community, so that other observers could follow-up. They did their job. Maybe they could have done better, but apparently who ever wrote the software they are using could have done better as well.
They also removed the subtle doomsday prediction, since it would do nothing to improve the observations, and apparently, the updated prediction was closer to reality, unless we all missed a 30 m asteroid impact.
Did anyone else notice that Righteous Babe is an RIAA member - if Ani gave up, we should abandon all hope. Your dollars are your voice - don't pay more than $10 a disk.
This started happening with Cingular in my vehicle, and on all of my computers with external speakers. That is how I know when my phone is ABOUT to ring - the speakers click and chirp.
--
Part 15...seems kind of restrictive to require manufacturers to include one silly little part.
Sorry for replying to my own post...
From the DMCA - rebuts my premise directly.
"2. Reverse engineering (section 1201(f)).
This exception permits circumvention, and the development of technological means for such circumvention, by a person who has lawfully obtained a right to use a copy of a computer program for the sole purpose of identifying and
analyzing elements of the program necessary to achieve interoperability with other programs, to the extent that such acts are permitted under
copyright law."
Yes, and the WIPO is included in the DMCA; it has provisions which make ATTEMPTING to access encrypted data illegal. Now, this is a strict reading, and would not affect us reading our own works, but would affect products meant to access protected data which is not our own. The second point does seem to exclude OO from restrictions, since it has wideranging, legal uses in addition.
...
I certainly could be wrong, but I suspect MS is looking to make a buck - or they could be trying to protect themselves from someone else doing the same and extorting them for the Office2004 formats.
From the DMCA summary (pdf):
"Making or selling devices or services that
are used to circumvent either category of technological measure is prohibited in certain
circumstances, described below. As to the act of circumvention in itself, the provision
prohibits circumventing the first category of technological measures, but not the
second.
Section 1201 proscribes devices or services that fall within any one of the
following three categories:
- they are primarily designed or produced to circumvent;
- they have only limited commercially significant purpose or use other
than to circumvent; or
- they are marketed for use in circumventing."
If they patent XML as a format for Office 2004 (or whatever), the DMCA is invoked if you TRY to decrypt your file. OpenOffice would then presumeably be unable (from the legal perspective) to read and write "Microsoft" XML files. Gone is the day of document compatibility.
The only saving grace is this: if I create the file using Microsoft's tools, but the content and file is mine, I doubt Microsoft could beat me in court for trying to decrypt my own file with my own data. But it would likely prevent OO from writing Microsoft XML.
Did anyone notice microsoft's new policy, to wit " Microsoft switched to a monthly cycle of releasing security updates in order to make it easier for system administrators to keep their software secure and up to date." (from the Reuter's story)
It says quite a bit that they NEED a monthly security update.
With all of the space projects-turned-debris floating around (or buried in the surface of planet x), this is a great, big deal. Now, let's discuss Hubble: one thought - IF IT IS WORKING, AND IT IS A MILLION MILES AWAY (figuratively or literally speaking), DON'T THROW IT AWAY!
--
I wonder, is the mainboard on the rover a Shuttle?
Give him a break, this is why 17 year olds can't vote and can't legally buy guns. Don't paint him as stupid, either, he's 17.
As far as the money goes, you can hardly call this cybersquatting - it is the guy's name. Maybe Billy's henchmen should go after Mike's parents, since he was named after Microsoft first used the name, and they must have steered him to his interest in computers and software.
And, hey, good handle.
The record companies are not selling a product they make (the CD), they are selling someone else's product (the music), for which the someone else doesn't recieve full value either. The record companies are simply another form/layer of distribution.
The record industry (not recording industry) has is a monopoly through the RIAA. At some point, these industry associations which coordinate activities and contracting practices should undergo anti-trust review. It is in fact illegal for the companies to price-fix or coerce artists (a term used loosely here) as a group (such as blacklisting or requiring all members to use the same contract language) if this restrains trade, which it arguably does.
Also, the whole case depends on whether the music is the property of the artist and distribution has been assigned to the label, or the label actually owns all rights to the music.
Read _Reefer Madness_ if you want to understand how distribution led economies are alive and well in the California strawberry industry.
...I got locked out of my house and was arrested for breaking into my own home.
Until DMCA and it's counterparts elsewhere go away, we are all at the mercy of the **AA overlords and lackeys.
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Free beer is nice, but I can speak more freely if I buy the beer.
From my reading, the law says that the $750 covered EVERYONE involved in the particualr infringement, for a single work (song, movie). By selecting this method of damages, if she settles, then anyone from whom she downloaded a song is also covered FOR THAT SONG, and probably onyone who downloaded a song from her before the date that the lawsuit was filed is probably also covered. I could be wrong.
Expecting bonuses and a paycheck for doing your job...that you agreed to do for only the paycheck. Sounds like a bad idea. This is one thing wrong with the RIAA/MPAA business model - residuals may spur innovation, but they suppress sales if structured incorrectly.
Not long ago, I made some changes that saved my employer in excess of $500,000 per year...but my paycheck covered this activity, so I certainly couldn't expect an _ex post facto_ bonus.
Greed is good as a motivator, but the motivation comes as anticipation BEFORE the act, and it must be uniformly applied.
Isn't a butterfly a bug?
Most appropriate ad campaign I've seen in years. Must be a Mac-powered ad agency.
...that we don't need another law. We need competent law enforcement, judges and litigators. Does it make sense for the government (that's your and my tax dollars) to carry out the **AA litigation and pay for 36 months of upkeep for the offenders.
I certainly don't ask for a new law to handle my problems. The role of government to do these things.
Remember your Schoolhouse Rock: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
And from the Declaration (in reference to King George):
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance."
This is why we don't need this law.