Thanks, I've never really used Kazaa so I wasn't aware that you downloaded from multiple people at the same time. (I was aware that WinMX did that, but I haven't used that in years either.)
So I have to wonder why Centurytel (I wrongly called it Centurynet before) does this. Maybe it's so people pay the extra $20 a month to get a static IP.
And the band admitted time and time again in the VH1 show that they would trash hotel rooms, shoot guns at random people, trash cars for no reason, and treat women like trash.
It's easier to be righteous when you're the one being screwed.
You're right. I was wrong. It "can" be wrong, but it is not always wrong. In fact, I think it's usually NOT wrong. I was trying to make a point but failed miserably. Sorry!
I could be wrong, but I assume when you sign up for Kazaa it uses your IP address. In other words, when someone clicks on a file on your computer, it uses that IP address to download the song. If your IP address changed the person downloading would get an error message.
BitTorrent is a little different, I don't see that being affected at all. (If I'm wrong, let me know.)
Thanks for the link to no-ip.com.
I was with Comcast for years and my address never changed. With Charter it has changed once in about two years.
The problem was that he was right. It is wrong to take someone's music without paying. No matter how rich the members of Metallica are, that doesn't give someone else the right to steal from them.
Because he was right, I bet he thought that his fans would rally behind him. But he was way too naive. He didn't realize that his fans were the ones using Napster.
Napster (the original) was a GREAT source for metal. I used to share rare stuff like Brujeria and VoiVod's first. I'd get people all over the world chatting with me about metal. These guys LOVE real metal and Napster gave kids in Kansas an opportunity to hear it.
If Lars had to do it all over again, he should have came out against Napster and NOT its users, i.e., it's wrong for a company to profit from our music. And then he should have provided his own music on-line for his fans. Not all of it, but some rare stuff, live stuff, etc. I think the fans would have at least understood that.
I recently set up my dad with a computer and a DSL connection. I set up TightVNC so I could take care of any software problems he might have.
But by the time I got home his IP address had already changed. It appears that his ISP (centurynet) changes his IP address every 2 hours. That would sure make it a lot harder to use P2P for sharing your own stuff, running a game server, a webcam, and all the other cool stuff you get broadband for.
I can't help but think that broadband companies are going to kill themselves with this type of behavior. They have to remember that their customers are paying their bills, not the RIAA.
I was watching a movie about Metallica's history on VH1. (It was late and I couldn't sleep, that's why!)
As you probably remember the drummer for Metallica, Lars Ulrich, came out strong against Napster and P2P. He called it stealing, theft, and other bad words.
But the VH1 show had an early interview with him and he was asked about how the band initially succeeded. He claimed "We made a demo and I gave ten copies to ten friends. They each made ten copies for their friends. As did those friends."
In other words, sharing is great when it helps you. But it's criminal when it hurts you.
Why is it a "necessary assumption" for this "story to make sense" that off-shore workers are stealing MORE money from Americans than Americans are stealing?
Let's assume that Americans steal a billion dollars a year from other Americans in identity theft. Under your theory, it's would not be news that Indians are "only" stealing a million a year. Heck, under your theory, it wouldn't be news if Indians were "only" stealing $999,999,999 a year. Exactly how does THAT make sense?!
Well, I admit I hadn't thought of that. Even if Stern fails at Sirius, the company will likely still benefit. Millions (I'm guessing) of Stern fans will sign up to Sirius. They'll be exposed to everything else Sirius has to offer and might decide to keep paying. (My dad has Sirius and he's totally happy with it.)
"brilliant"?! We're still talking about Howard Stern, right?!
Seriously, I am NOT criticizing his ability to be funny or insightful. I'm merely pointing out the fact that his niche is pushing boundaries. That's an irrefutable fact. Furthermore, I'm arguing from that his niche may become obsolete, for lack of a better word.
If Stern succeeds, that's great. I wish him all the luck in the world. It's just that I highly doubt it will ever happen.
Carter was a nuclear engineer. He was also one of our most unpopular presidents. That says a lot about the American people. Heck, Bush cannot even pronounce nuclear!
You may consider this troll or flamebait, but it's still completely true, and that's what really pisses you off.
Well, comedy is subjective, so if you find him funny, that's your opinion. I've personally never HEARD him say anything funny. However, I'll admit he DOES funny things. Like when he had sex with a "real doll" on air. His "Fart Man" character at the MTV music awards. That was HILARIOUS!
But one commonality his humor has is that it pushes boundaries. And like what I said, without boundaries, I doubt if he'll still be funny.
The Sirius deal with Stern is going to go down in history as a huge failure. Offensive humor only works because it breaks rules. Thus, Stern is only successful because people get shocked at what he does. They'll comment such as, "Can you believe what Stern got away with this morning?!"
After a few years of Stern having no limits, people are going to get bored and stop listening.
I hope you're right. I hope that IBM has sincerely decided the system isn't working and will lead to a disaster. But I can't help but IBM has an ulterior motive.
The company that patented "first come first serve" wants to reform the patent system?! What, did they finally run out of blatantly obvious ideas? Or is Microsoft
gaining ground in patenting such ideas, which scares IBM somehow? Or is it the Japanese who are catching up?
When I first started building my own back in '95 I always used a grounding strap. It's been 9 years since I've used one, I've build about three systems are year, and I've not had one problem.
I equate the grounding strap to be more of a lucky charm than utilitarian.
There is nothing hard about building your own PC. Like a brilliant person once wrote, it only takes two tools to build a computer. The ability to RTFM and a phillips screwdriver.
I've got four home built PVRs in my house. I like the freedom of not being tied to a corporation. E.g., not being screwed by Tivo's recent pop-up ads.
I like the ability to have the PVR do what I want, and not what some corporation wants. E.g., Microsoft's Media Center's inability to record shows to DVD.
But most of all I like the price. A PVR built by Sony would cost a couple thousand more than what you could build one yourself for. The ones I have at my house are merely built from left-over parts from my own system. But even if you built one completely from scratch, you could probably do it for less than $800.
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Oh fucking god that was funny! Thanks!
Thanks, I've never really used Kazaa so I wasn't aware that you downloaded from multiple people at the same time. (I was aware that WinMX did that, but I haven't used that in years either.)
So I have to wonder why Centurytel (I wrongly called it Centurynet before) does this. Maybe it's so people pay the extra $20 a month to get a static IP.
And the band admitted time and time again in the VH1 show that they would trash hotel rooms, shoot guns at random people, trash cars for no reason, and treat women like trash.
It's easier to be righteous when you're the one being screwed.
How about Hypocritica?
You're right. I was wrong. It "can" be wrong, but it is not always wrong. In fact, I think it's usually NOT wrong. I was trying to make a point but failed miserably. Sorry!
I could be wrong, but I assume when you sign up for Kazaa it uses your IP address. In other words, when someone clicks on a file on your computer, it uses that IP address to download the song. If your IP address changed the person downloading would get an error message.
BitTorrent is a little different, I don't see that being affected at all. (If I'm wrong, let me know.)
Thanks for the link to no-ip.com.
I was with Comcast for years and my address never changed. With Charter it has changed once in about two years.
Well, you said what I wanted to say, much much better. So hats off to you!
The problem was that he was right. It is wrong to take someone's music without paying. No matter how rich the members of Metallica are, that doesn't give someone else the right to steal from them.
Because he was right, I bet he thought that his fans would rally behind him. But he was way too naive. He didn't realize that his fans were the ones using Napster.
Napster (the original) was a GREAT source for metal. I used to share rare stuff like Brujeria and VoiVod's first. I'd get people all over the world chatting with me about metal. These guys LOVE real metal and Napster gave kids in Kansas an opportunity to hear it.
If Lars had to do it all over again, he should have came out against Napster and NOT its users, i.e., it's wrong for a company to profit from our music. And then he should have provided his own music on-line for his fans. Not all of it, but some rare stuff, live stuff, etc. I think the fans would have at least understood that.
I recently set up my dad with a computer and a DSL connection. I set up TightVNC so I could take care of any software problems he might have.
But by the time I got home his IP address had already changed. It appears that his ISP (centurynet) changes his IP address every 2 hours. That would sure make it a lot harder to use P2P for sharing your own stuff, running a game server, a webcam, and all the other cool stuff you get broadband for.
I can't help but think that broadband companies are going to kill themselves with this type of behavior. They have to remember that their customers are paying their bills, not the RIAA.
I was watching a movie about Metallica's history on VH1. (It was late and I couldn't sleep, that's why!)
As you probably remember the drummer for Metallica, Lars Ulrich, came out strong against Napster and P2P. He called it stealing, theft, and other bad words.
But the VH1 show had an early interview with him and he was asked about how the band initially succeeded. He claimed "We made a demo and I gave ten copies to ten friends. They each made ten copies for their friends. As did those friends."
In other words, sharing is great when it helps you. But it's criminal when it hurts you.
Why is it a "necessary assumption" for this "story to make sense" that off-shore workers are stealing MORE money from Americans than Americans are stealing?
Let's assume that Americans steal a billion dollars a year from other Americans in identity theft. Under your theory, it's would not be news that Indians are "only" stealing a million a year. Heck, under your theory, it wouldn't be news if Indians were "only" stealing $999,999,999 a year. Exactly how does THAT make sense?!
"strange squeaky noises"?! I'm sorry, but I think you've been listening to a porpoise or possibly a dolphin. I'm not sure which.
Well, I admit I hadn't thought of that. Even if Stern fails at Sirius, the company will likely still benefit. Millions (I'm guessing) of Stern fans will sign up to Sirius. They'll be exposed to everything else Sirius has to offer and might decide to keep paying. (My dad has Sirius and he's totally happy with it.)
"brilliant"?! We're still talking about Howard Stern, right?!
Seriously, I am NOT criticizing his ability to be funny or insightful. I'm merely pointing out the fact that his niche is pushing boundaries. That's an irrefutable fact. Furthermore, I'm arguing from that his niche may become obsolete, for lack of a better word.
If Stern succeeds, that's great. I wish him all the luck in the world. It's just that I highly doubt it will ever happen.
Carter was a nuclear engineer. He was also one of our most unpopular presidents. That says a lot about the American people. Heck, Bush cannot even pronounce nuclear!
You may consider this troll or flamebait, but it's still completely true, and that's what really pisses you off.
Well, comedy is subjective, so if you find him funny, that's your opinion. I've personally never HEARD him say anything funny. However, I'll admit he DOES funny things. Like when he had sex with a "real doll" on air. His "Fart Man" character at the MTV music awards. That was HILARIOUS!
But one commonality his humor has is that it pushes boundaries. And like what I said, without boundaries, I doubt if he'll still be funny.
The Sirius deal with Stern is going to go down in history as a huge failure. Offensive humor only works because it breaks rules. Thus, Stern is only successful because people get shocked at what he does. They'll comment such as, "Can you believe what Stern got away with this morning?!"
After a few years of Stern having no limits, people are going to get bored and stop listening.
I hope you're right. I hope that IBM has sincerely decided the system isn't working and will lead to a disaster. But I can't help but IBM has an ulterior motive.
The company that patented "first come first serve" wants to reform the patent system?! What, did they finally run out of blatantly obvious ideas? Or is Microsoft gaining ground in patenting such ideas, which scares IBM somehow? Or is it the Japanese who are catching up?
In Communist Russia, mid-sized businesses consider YOU!
Cop using brain cells! Hilarious! Mod this up! Ironic satire at its best!
I've been curious about Britney's actual breast size for a long time now. Maybe Google will help us end this debate once and for all.
When I first started building my own back in '95 I always used a grounding strap. It's been 9 years since I've used one, I've build about three systems are year, and I've not had one problem.
I equate the grounding strap to be more of a lucky charm than utilitarian.
There is nothing hard about building your own PC. Like a brilliant person once wrote, it only takes two tools to build a computer. The ability to RTFM and a phillips screwdriver.
I've got four home built PVRs in my house. I like the freedom of not being tied to a corporation. E.g., not being screwed by Tivo's recent pop-up ads.
I like the ability to have the PVR do what I want, and not what some corporation wants. E.g., Microsoft's Media Center's inability to record shows to DVD.
But most of all I like the price. A PVR built by Sony would cost a couple thousand more than what you could build one yourself for. The ones I have at my house are merely built from left-over parts from my own system. But even if you built one completely from scratch, you could probably do it for less than $800.
They're only admitting it now.