I remember when I was sixteen and took my driver's license test. I was born in a late month, so most of my friends had already taken the test before me. All I heard about from a few select people was how hard it was, how many times they failed, etc. When I took the test, I was worried and nervous that I'd fail six times like my best friend did before I was allowed to drive, but I passed it the first time I tried it. It was the easiest test I'd taken since the Mad Minute in grade school.
My point is, some people are just bad drivers. Yapping on a cell phone while driving badly tends to make bad into worse, and worse into smacking into someone's side door at speed. Idiots will be idiots, no matter which toys you take away from them.
A shoutcast(or something similar) server with a few different stations would work well. That way, you can tune whichever room into whichever station, having them all on the same station, or all different, or any combination thereof. The only downside, I suppose, would be the lack of music-on demand.
I don't know where you people find all these problems with IE. I used to use Netscape in the late 90s, but after 4.7 it tanked, and I started using IE. I know this will be hard to believe, but I can't find one good reason to switch away from it. I think this is all a Linux zealot use-what-the-masses-don't kind of thing. An elitist thing.
There's a quote from the movie Waking Life that I really like, it goes something like "Which is the more universal human trait, fear, or laziness?".
People still distributed copyrighted material before p2p, but on a much smaller scale. P2P just makes it easier, in the same way that having a gun makes it easier to kill people. You'd still have murders without guns, you just wouldn't have as many.
I don't know where you pro-copying-someone-else's-work-ie-stealing people come from, but think about if it was your work being stolen. If the prices are too high, or the software isn't worth what they're charging, it's simple. Don't buy it.
Maybe there's some people that don't understand that not every musician is on a major label with worldwide distribution and millions of dedicated fans.
For every successful band there are hundreds of others struggling just to continue making their music. For instance, I am in a touring band, and do not see one cent of our income, everything goes back into the band.
Not only do I not recieve any money from making my music, but I actually put about half of my earnings into it just so we can make CDs, tshirts, etc. But guess what? I don't mind at all. I'm doing what I love to do, and if it costs me a bit of money to do it, that's fine.
It takes money to have a band. Pressing CDs, repairing instruments, driving from show to show, it all costs a lot of money. Where does this come from? I suppose not from Slashdot readers such as yourself, since all this music you listen to is just floating around, waiting to be played by someone (No offence to anyone here who actually purchases their music).
Anyway, this is my point: If you like an artist, buy a CD. You not only get the pretty packaging and liner notes, but you help that artist make even more of that music you like. That said, here's my bit of shameless self-promotion:
High Five Drive
http://www.highfivedrive.com
We're a punk/rock/emo band and we have 2 MP3s on our site that we don't mind if you steal.
Thank you.
Dal
Slashdot Mirror
I remember when I was sixteen and took my driver's license test. I was born in a late month, so most of my friends had already taken the test before me. All I heard about from a few select people was how hard it was, how many times they failed, etc. When I took the test, I was worried and nervous that I'd fail six times like my best friend did before I was allowed to drive, but I passed it the first time I tried it. It was the easiest test I'd taken since the Mad Minute in grade school. My point is, some people are just bad drivers. Yapping on a cell phone while driving badly tends to make bad into worse, and worse into smacking into someone's side door at speed. Idiots will be idiots, no matter which toys you take away from them.
A shoutcast(or something similar) server with a few different stations would work well. That way, you can tune whichever room into whichever station, having them all on the same station, or all different, or any combination thereof. The only downside, I suppose, would be the lack of music-on demand.
I don't know where you people find all these problems with IE. I used to use Netscape in the late 90s, but after 4.7 it tanked, and I started using IE. I know this will be hard to believe, but I can't find one good reason to switch away from it. I think this is all a Linux zealot use-what-the-masses-don't kind of thing. An elitist thing.
I'm getting my advice from PA already
There's a quote from the movie Waking Life that I really like, it goes something like "Which is the more universal human trait, fear, or laziness?". People still distributed copyrighted material before p2p, but on a much smaller scale. P2P just makes it easier, in the same way that having a gun makes it easier to kill people. You'd still have murders without guns, you just wouldn't have as many. I don't know where you pro-copying-someone-else's-work-ie-stealing people come from, but think about if it was your work being stolen. If the prices are too high, or the software isn't worth what they're charging, it's simple. Don't buy it.
Maybe there's some people that don't understand that not every musician is on a major label with worldwide distribution and millions of dedicated fans. For every successful band there are hundreds of others struggling just to continue making their music. For instance, I am in a touring band, and do not see one cent of our income, everything goes back into the band. Not only do I not recieve any money from making my music, but I actually put about half of my earnings into it just so we can make CDs, tshirts, etc. But guess what? I don't mind at all. I'm doing what I love to do, and if it costs me a bit of money to do it, that's fine. It takes money to have a band. Pressing CDs, repairing instruments, driving from show to show, it all costs a lot of money. Where does this come from? I suppose not from Slashdot readers such as yourself, since all this music you listen to is just floating around, waiting to be played by someone (No offence to anyone here who actually purchases their music). Anyway, this is my point: If you like an artist, buy a CD. You not only get the pretty packaging and liner notes, but you help that artist make even more of that music you like. That said, here's my bit of shameless self-promotion: High Five Drive http://www.highfivedrive.com We're a punk/rock/emo band and we have 2 MP3s on our site that we don't mind if you steal. Thank you. Dal