yous means i Uh donts gET free UN-DRM'd lossless files of ALL dat music fer $15 / month?
good to see all you slash-dotters have the exact same line on this.
when CD's become obsolete - are you going to push for legislation demanding they publish their music without DRM?
how anarchist is that?
this is reality - major software companies generally don't publish software in a way that can (easily) be ripped off any more.
Government isn't do this - the free market is. (I'm not evil - they still shouldn't be able to get away with suing kids etc...)
(I'm sorry - I said something besides slash-dogma - mod me down - I'm a troll... please don't hurt me... I'm using firefox at least...)
from what I've read - iTunes -does- let you do this (if I'm wrong - smack me down). I suspect they could've simply chosen not to include this functionality if they wanted to.
could you imagine the additional legal / licensing pains to iTunes if they wanted to "share" with Microsoft-DRM devices? and that's just in addition to Apple not wanting to do anything to help undermine their semi-monopoly.
I'm both a software author, and a libertarian.
I certainly use DRM myself - but I don't believe in trying to have government enforce it (not that they'd help in my case).
My hope is that DRM let's music companies offer music "cheaper" than free - that is it's inexpensive enough where it's not worth the pain of limewire / whatever. $15 / month is getting close. If someone could get any music they wanted for a $7.99 / month - even with DRM - would they really bother doing anything else?
with itunes (and other services) you can burn tracks you've purchased to CD, load them up on portable devices, listen to them on multiple computers....
for the most part - it seems to me you can do just about anything that would constitute "fair use" - am I missing something here?
I'm not saying I "like" DRM - I think it's just a reality of the market (counting the RIAA suing grandmas as a "market" force). no one's (OK, almost no one) is going to sell you a pre-ripped MP3 - ready to share via limewire.
I'm playing around with some services that offer $15 / month all-you-can-eat music. this wouldn't be possible without some heavy DRM. seriously - that guy with the horns and the cape - not so bad...
Dell: Hello - this is Tim (it's really Samir) with Dell support, could I have your name please?
Me: Rich Jones
Dell: Can I call you by your first name?
Me: Sure
Dell: Ok, Mr. Rich (this always happens) - how can I help you today?
Me: I wanted to check on the status of the replacement batteries I'd ordered for some laptops.
Dell: Let's see here... Uh.. oh! Solar flare!
Dell Automated System: Thank you for calling Dell, we can't determine how to route your call. Please hang up now.
that would be like blocking all email from chinese and korean servers on the premise that all that ever comes from those networks is spam.
oh wait...
if 97% of stuff that comes from a certain section of the net is spam / otherwise unwanted traffic - its going to get blocked by service providers. the other 3% can find a proxy (or in this case, learn English). there's nothing racist or nationalistic about it. there's certain address blocks from the netherlands I block for the same reasons.
I suspect these electrical discharges may be related to the quantum effects responsible for massive amounts of unexplained data storage space being found on various hard drives:
yes, that's correct - they were doing the whole city codename thing for a while - with various milestone releases having cities located closer and closer to chicago.
but it was referred to as Windows 93 / win93 very early on. in fairness - Windows 95 ended up much more substantial product than win93 was going to be.
when marketing decided to call the product "Windows 95" - development still had a target date of mid-1994 - and they didn't want to give them the impression they had more time for fear of slacking.
so, for a very few builds - the product was labeled "Windows 94"
I was working at Microsoft back in late 1992 - and played with early, early builds of Windows 95 (code named Windows 93 at the time)
at that point it was really Windows 3.1 with some GUI tweaks (still Program Manager / etc). basically looked like Windows 3.1 with Windows 95 dressing.
that's kind of what this "beta" looks like to me - same old same old with a new skin.
the difference is that they gave Windows 95 a full additional 2 years to cook - and it was a pretty impressive release at the time.
Considering the time frame - I think we're going to get just yet another beautification of the Windows 95 UI.
I'm sure this will be just as effective as all the existing anti-spam legislation.
If the sender of each illegal message in my inbox actually got prosecuted according to existing laws - there could me millions of dollars in fines. Nothing is consistently enforced though - so its pretty much as if the existing laws don't really exist. I don't see why this one will be any different.
> Although it's nice to think human life is more valuable than anything...
I understand what you're saying - but I think this is one of the pitfalls of moving towards a more socialist style medical system.
I'd like to think that I should be able to spend all of -my- money (or at least all of the money I'm entitled to via the insurance I've purchased) to extend my life as long as I want (and is scientifically possible).
What really frustrates me is when legitimate (if risky) medicine like this is deemed too expensive, while insurance readily pays for non-medical (homeopathy, chiropractors, etc) services - which have no value to anyone.
A lot of the stuff that passes for medicine isn't any more "medical" than going to a day-spa.
Currently if the government thinks someone is up to something bad online - they generally will have to get a warrant to either confiscate their computer, or monitor their internet access via an ISP.
Tracking -everything- all users do online might be problematic - but certainly a list of all the web sites a given user hits in a month wouldn't be too tough.
Presumably they'd need a warrant -require- an ISP turn over the logs - but there'd be nothing preventing some of the more "patriotic" ones from "cooperating in a more pro-active fashion". Ie - just turning over a nice synopsis of everything on a monthly basis.
Don't think it's possible? There's a case in Seattle where the FBI tried to get a library to hand over a list of everyone who checked out Osama Bin Laden's biography.
I've personally provided web server logs to police without a warrent because a bomb-threat was involved. I'm 100% sure that case was legit - but I probably would've helped if I was only 60% sure. In reality - they were my employers servers - so I didn't really have a choice.
"We think 1 of the 10,000 customers you service might be up to something really bad. We'd really like your logs. All of them."
Are you gonna say no? Is your boss going to let you say no? Requiring ISPs to have the data on hand is not far from requiring the data be readily available to the government upon a "request for cooperation"
- The cost difference is getting smaller - $250 buys a decent 17" LCD with nearly the viewing area of a 19" CRT which goes for about $180
- Reduced shipping costs - if you get a new Dell with an LCD - they ship it in the same box as the computer. Goes a long ways in offsetting some of the cost premium
- Significantly sharper image
- Substantially smaller footprint - this is a big deal for those trapped in cubicles
- Less heat output - air conditioning can be a big hidden cost for office environments
- Reduced power consumption
- Increased longevity - try comparing a 5yr old laptop screen to a 5yr old desktop screen
> Your post appears to be utter shite from start to end.
How's working in Fremont (Seattle, WA)? Hope no one dented your car on the "way down":
http://www.thestranger.com/2000-04-13/feature-2.ht ml
> In short: what more do you want?
An authoring package that doesn't cost $400. I hit this every week at work. Someone wants to make a PDF using a commercial grade appliation - $400 to Adobe.
A reader that doesn't crash my browser.
"Navigating" a PDF is about as easy navigating a scanned bitmap of a printed document. There's no clue as to whats a link, and whats not.
It's simply not a useable way to view information. The format is painfully over-used by anyone who wants to distribute what might have possibly been conceived at one point as a physical document.
Adobe had a great ad campaign a year or so ago "Is it better to give a PDF, or receive a PDF?"
That's like asking if it's better to give or receive an STD.
I cringe every time I have to read a manual for a router, microcontroller, or whatever in PDF format. Half the problem is the format, the other half is the lame reader.
The PDF reader is 200% better than it was a few years ago, but it still sucks.
Doing something better should be easy. Even Microsoft should be able to pull it off.
Maybe Bill Gates and George Bush can then have a mutual masturbation session about how the greatest forces on the planet managed to somehow defeat the underdogs.
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when CD's become obsolete - are you going to push for legislation demanding they publish their music without DRM?
how anarchist is that?
this is reality - major software companies generally don't publish software in a way that can (easily) be ripped off any more.
Government isn't do this - the free market is. (I'm not evil - they still shouldn't be able to get away with suing kids etc...)
(I'm sorry - I said something besides slash-dogma - mod me down - I'm a troll... please don't hurt me... I'm using firefox at least...)
could you imagine the additional legal / licensing pains to iTunes if they wanted to "share" with Microsoft-DRM devices? and that's just in addition to Apple not wanting to do anything to help undermine their semi-monopoly.
I'm both a software author, and a libertarian.
I certainly use DRM myself - but I don't believe in trying to have government enforce it (not that they'd help in my case).
My hope is that DRM let's music companies offer music "cheaper" than free - that is it's inexpensive enough where it's not worth the pain of limewire / whatever. $15 / month is getting close. If someone could get any music they wanted for a $7.99 / month - even with DRM - would they really bother doing anything else?
for the most part - it seems to me you can do just about anything that would constitute "fair use" - am I missing something here?
I'm not saying I "like" DRM - I think it's just a reality of the market (counting the RIAA suing grandmas as a "market" force). no one's (OK, almost no one) is going to sell you a pre-ripped MP3 - ready to share via limewire.
I'm playing around with some services that offer $15 / month all-you-can-eat music. this wouldn't be possible without some heavy DRM. seriously - that guy with the horns and the cape - not so bad...
Dell: Hello - this is Tim (it's really Samir) with Dell support, could I have your name please?
Me: Rich Jones
Dell: Can I call you by your first name?
Me: Sure
Dell: Ok, Mr. Rich (this always happens) - how can I help you today?
Me: I wanted to check on the status of the replacement batteries I'd ordered for some laptops.
Dell: Let's see here... Uh.. oh! Solar flare!
Dell Automated System: Thank you for calling Dell, we can't determine how to route your call. Please hang up now.
oh wait...
if 97% of stuff that comes from a certain section of the net is spam / otherwise unwanted traffic - its going to get blocked by service providers. the other 3% can find a proxy (or in this case, learn English). there's nothing racist or nationalistic about it. there's certain address blocks from the netherlands I block for the same reasons.
no, users will have two browser options:
Mosaic 1.2
Internet Explorer 6.0 (MS is already working on the port)
MS has also promised to provide Windows Meta-File (WMF) support. No word if it includes that zany auto-magic spyware installation feature.
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Invalid SQL statement; expected 'DELETE', 'INSERT', 'PROCEDURE', 'SELECT', or 'UPDATE'.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/ 10/0341237&tid=198&tid=164&tid=137
I mean - it's on the internet - it must be true - right?
Microsoft's odds of actually seeing the money are about as likely as a spammer "unsubscribing" you.
but it was referred to as Windows 93 / win93 very early on. in fairness - Windows 95 ended up much more substantial product than win93 was going to be.
when marketing decided to call the product "Windows 95" - development still had a target date of mid-1994 - and they didn't want to give them the impression they had more time for fear of slacking.
so, for a very few builds - the product was labeled "Windows 94"
at that point it was really Windows 3.1 with some GUI tweaks (still Program Manager / etc). basically looked like Windows 3.1 with Windows 95 dressing.
that's kind of what this "beta" looks like to me - same old same old with a new skin.
the difference is that they gave Windows 95 a full additional 2 years to cook - and it was a pretty impressive release at the time.
Considering the time frame - I think we're going to get just yet another beautification of the Windows 95 UI.
yawn.
If the sender of each illegal message in my inbox actually got prosecuted according to existing laws - there could me millions of dollars in fines. Nothing is consistently enforced though - so its pretty much as if the existing laws don't really exist. I don't see why this one will be any different.
I'd like to think that I should be able to spend all of -my- money (or at least all of the money I'm entitled to via the insurance I've purchased) to extend my life as long as I want (and is scientifically possible).
What really frustrates me is when legitimate (if risky) medicine like this is deemed too expensive, while insurance readily pays for non-medical (homeopathy, chiropractors, etc) services - which have no value to anyone.
A lot of the stuff that passes for medicine isn't any more "medical" than going to a day-spa.
Answer: All of it.
Tracking -everything- all users do online might be problematic - but certainly a list of all the web sites a given user hits in a month wouldn't be too tough.
Presumably they'd need a warrant -require- an ISP turn over the logs - but there'd be nothing preventing some of the more "patriotic" ones from "cooperating in a more pro-active fashion". Ie - just turning over a nice synopsis of everything on a monthly basis.
Don't think it's possible? There's a case in Seattle where the FBI tried to get a library to hand over a list of everyone who checked out Osama Bin Laden's biography.
I've personally provided web server logs to police without a warrent because a bomb-threat was involved. I'm 100% sure that case was legit - but I probably would've helped if I was only 60% sure. In reality - they were my employers servers - so I didn't really have a choice.
"We think 1 of the 10,000 customers you service might be up to something really bad. We'd really like your logs. All of them."
Are you gonna say no? Is your boss going to let you say no? Requiring ISPs to have the data on hand is not far from requiring the data be readily available to the government upon a "request for cooperation"
Is this really a good idea? I'm just imagining local Al Qaeda operatives on the tour...
"so again, to separate out the U235, the electromagnetic coils need approximately a 45KVA power supply - correct?"
"Could you tell me roughly how many camels on treadmills that works out to?"
So if I graffiti my URL someplace prominent, will Google crawl it and increase my PageRank accordingly?
- Reduced shipping costs - if you get a new Dell with an LCD - they ship it in the same box as the computer. Goes a long ways in offsetting some of the cost premium
- Significantly sharper image
- Substantially smaller footprint - this is a big deal for those trapped in cubicles
- Less heat output - air conditioning can be a big hidden cost for office environments
- Reduced power consumption
- Increased longevity - try comparing a 5yr old laptop screen to a 5yr old desktop screen
http://www.thestranger.com/2000-04-13/feature-2.h
A reader that doesn't crash my browser.
"Navigating" a PDF is about as easy navigating a scanned bitmap of a printed document. There's no clue as to whats a link, and whats not.
It's simply not a useable way to view information. The format is painfully over-used by anyone who wants to distribute what might have possibly been conceived at one point as a physical document.
That's like asking if it's better to give or receive an STD.
I cringe every time I have to read a manual for a router, microcontroller, or whatever in PDF format. Half the problem is the format, the other half is the lame reader.
The PDF reader is 200% better than it was a few years ago, but it still sucks.
Doing something better should be easy. Even Microsoft should be able to pull it off.
Maybe Bill Gates and George Bush can then have a mutual masturbation session about how the greatest forces on the planet managed to somehow defeat the underdogs.
the implications for porn surfing are mind numbing.
the implications for porn are mind numbing.
the implications for porn surfing are mind numbing.
If you find out anyone's surfing for donkey porn - tell them it's time to pay up - or their boss will find out.
The money goes back into IT dept. funding so you can still buy that new videocard you need to play Half-Life 2.
http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/