and IE doesn't??? come on... how many unpatched holes still exist for IE???
So tell me again how having two browsers that need updating (FireFox auto-update is a v1.5 feature) makes me more secure than only having to worry about one.
Unix has had strange names (grep, yacc, awk) since before I started using it in 1977, so why is this news now? Wouldn't we all be better off bashing Sony some more until it's a bloodstained rag of roadkill on the Information Superhighway?
I am currently sharing a 256Kbps connection with my parents. Trust me, more bandwidth would be a God-send.
And you and they are doing what with this connection 24/7?
If you're both choking each other off so badly, why not get (and pay for -- welcome to the real world) your own dedicated connection? That would give your household double the upload speed immediately.
Now I'm on charter's 3megabit plan, and I'm still locked at no more than 50kb for downloads.
If you're not getting what you're paying for (and what they're advertising), complain to your state regulators. Even the big companies seem to listen to them.
The 120+ pictures I took at Christmas would take all night to upload to shutterfly at that speed.
And just what else are you doing with your connection all night that this impacts? Whether you upload before you go to sleep, or while you're sleeping, it's all still there in the morning.
A lot of this is simply in making efficient use of the connection you have. If you're d/l'ing the latest greatest Linux distribution on a "balanced system" such as BT, let it run in background while you're performing other operations.
In other words, while you're complaining about your 128K uploads, how much of the average day is your upload pipe empty?
I don't see comments about what a PR Nightmare this is turning into for the RIAA. Huge mega-corporations screw single mother of 5 for something she didn't even do.
And that's what I think her legal strategy is. Truthfully folks, what jury is going to convict? And without better evidence, how can a judge give a summary judgement against her?
The RIAA should have cut and run from this one long ago.
The first is that parents ought to keep better track of what their kids (and their kids' friends) are doing on the family computer.
Like that's going to happen.
Seriously folks, what parent has time to even learn what the thousands of programs available for the PC actually do -- let alone any legal ramifications? Ain't going to happen. Unreasonable to think it ever would.
It wasn't even like this kid came to the parent asking for money to buy this program and the parent had the chance to see what it was first.
Limewire, BearShare, MetaMachine (eDonkey), WinMX, and Ares Galaxy are believed to be among those contacted by the RIAA. The reaction varied among each developer. BearShare closed its forums and hasn't released another version since September. WinMX completely shut down its operation. MetaMachine "threw in the towel."
Funny how they list the demise of WinMX, at the same time they have a link at the top of their page to download the current, operating version!
You still had your cassette deck: 3 heads now, high bias and metal tape, dolby B & C. For many of us, that was plenty good enough even for CD quality music.
Currently, songs are usually priced at a flat 99-cent rate, but the industry has pushed for higher prices.
And what happens when higher prices cause less people to download from pay sites? The music industry claims that every download is a lost sale. So is this intended to create more lost sales? If you can't get your fully inflated price, then you won't take any price? That kind of thinking only made sense when you actually did mostly control the only source of supply. Then along came the cassette deck recorder and your lives have never been the same since.
People are obviously stupid in so much as they continue to support the music industry at its present prices (I remember when CDs first came out the promise was that as manufacturing efficiencies increased that prices would actually drop significantly), but even stupid people reach a point where they know they're being ripped off -- and don't like it!
You know I'm not really sure what you wanted to say
It was satire, about people speaking publically and (somewhat) anonymously on Slashdot, and the perceived diffuculity of tapping into this information and tracing it back to the users speaking it.
I clearly *do* lose if I lose Constitutional liberties.
You also clearly do lose if they blow up your home city. And don't think the terrorists want to co-exist with us if we just let them rule the Middle East. They tolerate no one except themselves - unlike us, who haven't added a square inch of additional terrory since 1960 when Hawaii agreed to become part of the Union.
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So tell me again how having two browsers that need updating (FireFox auto-update is a v1.5 feature) makes me more secure than only having to worry about one.
Unix has had strange names (grep, yacc, awk) since before I started using it in 1977, so why is this news now? Wouldn't we all be better off bashing Sony some more until it's a bloodstained rag of roadkill on the Information Superhighway?
Doesn't 1.0.6 have known problems? Is Dell shipping security risks now?
And you and they are doing what with this connection 24/7?
If you're both choking each other off so badly, why not get (and pay for -- welcome to the real world) your own dedicated connection? That would give your household double the upload speed immediately.
If you're not getting what you're paying for (and what they're advertising), complain to your state regulators. Even the big companies seem to listen to them.
Intense. Is that like Severe? Does this mean good, or bad -- long or short?
My cell phone bill is around US$100 per month -- offering unlimited everything. This price will only go DOWN over time
Yeah, like CD's over the past 25 years.
I d/l much more data than I u/l. For me, I'll trade some upload speed for better download speed. YMMV, but are you an average user?
And just what else are you doing with your connection all night that this impacts? Whether you upload before you go to sleep, or while you're sleeping, it's all still there in the morning.
A lot of this is simply in making efficient use of the connection you have. If you're d/l'ing the latest greatest Linux distribution on a "balanced system" such as BT, let it run in background while you're performing other operations.
In other words, while you're complaining about your 128K uploads, how much of the average day is your upload pipe empty?
Well, for starters it gives me bragging rights. Mine is faster than yours, ha, ha, ha.
And that's what I think her legal strategy is. Truthfully folks, what jury is going to convict? And without better evidence, how can a judge give a summary judgement against her?
The RIAA should have cut and run from this one long ago.
Like that's going to happen.
Seriously folks, what parent has time to even learn what the thousands of programs available for the PC actually do -- let alone any legal ramifications? Ain't going to happen. Unreasonable to think it ever would.
It wasn't even like this kid came to the parent asking for money to buy this program and the parent had the chance to see what it was first.
Industry: RIAA.
Job Function: Extorting the unlucky.
I'm still waiting for my rebate.
Funny how they list the demise of WinMX, at the same time they have a link at the top of their page to download the current, operating version!
Anyone remember the Teac 450? The first cassette deck that was virtually impossible to tell from a 15ips Gold Standard reel-to-reel recording?
Or the Kenwood KX-1030 (later KX-1060 for metal tape)? Three heads, adjustable bias to match any tape, and affordable.
Those were the days.
You still had your cassette deck: 3 heads now, high bias and metal tape, dolby B & C. For many of us, that was plenty good enough even for CD quality music.
Fair Use.
So that explains why the background of the Universe is 3deg Kelvin. To keep stuff like this from happening. And now we had to go and mess with it!
We use Nexflix. Never even considered Blockbuster as an option. YMMV.
Cut one from the herd and pursuade them that if they cooperate that the
Not too different than suing a few thousand filesharers in order to pursuade a few million others to settle.
Ha ha, the joke's on you!! Funny +5 doesn't affect your karma at all!!
And what happens when higher prices cause less people to download from pay sites? The music industry claims that every download is a lost sale. So is this intended to create more lost sales? If you can't get your fully inflated price, then you won't take any price? That kind of thinking only made sense when you actually did mostly control the only source of supply. Then along came the cassette deck recorder and your lives have never been the same since.
People are obviously stupid in so much as they continue to support the music industry at its present prices (I remember when CDs first came out the promise was that as manufacturing efficiencies increased that prices would actually drop significantly), but even stupid people reach a point where they know they're being ripped off -- and don't like it!
I'm really liking this guy!
It was satire, about people speaking publically and (somewhat) anonymously on Slashdot, and the perceived diffuculity of tapping into this information and tracing it back to the users speaking it.
Not after MS buys it.
Btw, does Opera even support ActiveX, FrontPage extensions, and all the other elements of MS E^3?
You also clearly do lose if they blow up your home city. And don't think the terrorists want to co-exist with us if we just let them rule the Middle East. They tolerate no one except themselves - unlike us, who haven't added a square inch of additional terrory since 1960 when Hawaii agreed to become part of the Union.