Here is the complete list of Warner's songs that are currently unavailable for "unofficial" download thanks to DRM:
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Those record execs must know what they're doing though. I'm sure they have a perfectly logical reason for selling the genuine customer a worse product in order to not prevent something.
In a couple minutes of browsing, I found eMusic, for example, has KOCH Records, which RIAA Radar flags up a warning status for. So, you already need to run checks if you want to keep your boycott up.
My view is that the big four aren't going to disappear any time soon, so if they can be persuaded to do something right, that's a good thing.
Microsoft is mentioned in one paragraph, in page one, and the point about people getting sued is on page two, and refers to a company going bankrupt, being bought out by a company that doesn't sell anything (the troll), and the troll suing. Last time I checked, Microsoft sold actual products and was in no danger of going bust. Several other examples of questionable EULAs are given.
How you turned this into the whole article being about Microsoft suing people, I can only imagine.
I recall Thief had game modes called "Normal", "Hard" and "Difficult" (or names to that effect), and they weren't kidding. I really could have done with an "Easy".
"Tagging" is often used to refer to graffiti, as well as the more positive meanings. Label almost always refers to the concept of "Something carrying identifying information". So, I think that "label" is clearer. Also, I wish everywhere would stick to comma separation, as this more closely fits with how lists are usually written, but that's another story (that was posted the other day).
Right then, I appoint myself founder and overlord of the Internet Expositor of Tagging Formats, and I here propose a draft standard. Comments are requested.
1) Don't call them "tags". Tagging is what chavs with three ASBOs do to the back of buildings. They're called "labels". 2) Underscores and camel case are fine for programming, but not for humans. Therefore, we allow spaces. 3) Multiple labels give us a list. What do we separate lists with? Commas, of course! 4) In the future, we may invent some "magic" tags that work as key:value pairs. What words do what magic is out of the scope of this standard. 5) Implementors MUST NOT use the word "blogosphere" or the phrase "Web 2.0" again ever.
Ahh, the old case-sensitive sort. I've never quite understood the point of doing it that way really, even given case-sensitive filenames. It is the "normal" X behaviour, though KDE does offer the option of insensitive sorting.
It didn't use to be (apart from both of them having C-related syntax and Interweb-related hype), but it is now if you're using Firefox. For example, the following works:
The True Stella Awards (the site you linked to) is an e-mail newsletter run by one person, the same guy who does This is True. It isn't the originator of the term, and the site has always had that page up since launch. I'm not exactly sure what backpedalling has supposed to have taken place here. If you wish to criticise the True Stella Awards, why not discuss one of the cases featured in the newsletter itself?
You may well have read some article assuming they were the same, there are rather too many "journalists" who get all excited when they think they can steal something off the Internet in place of doing real work. The Darwin Awards aren't the only ones suffering from this problem, the True Stella Awards site often gets listed as the source for the bogus Stella Awards email.
Why buy that? I heard an unsubstantiated rumour that Microsoft might be launching Stock Market Optimiser for Vista some time next year. You'd hate to buy that other product and then become incompatible with the industry standard, now, would you?
KDE4 was not promised for this year, so it didn't just miss the list, it was never a candidate. Current developer estimates are for the second half of next year. A small amount of slippage could make it theoretically "vapourware", but I'd be surprised if by that point it wasn't at least in the status of "a beta you can use", even if some of the apps hadn't yet taken advantage of some of the new stuff.
I thought a lot of the failures were down to selling unsuitable things, due to shipping costs, urgency of items, etc. Or, just having a site that launches late, overbudget, and doesn't work. Or, (though not originally a bad idea, but some sites launched when this was obvious), selling books and CDs, just like Amazon. Or having dodgy people on the board and launch parties costing millions. Ad revenue turned out to not be as hot an idea as first expected, but it worked for TV and radio, so, who knew?
What was insane was that each company was essentially a lottery ticket - either it was a millions winner, or a good way to throw money in a bucket. But they were all priced as if they had already won. The oncoming crash was obvious, inevitable, had historical precedent, and still took some people by surprise.
Also, I was saying in 1999 that Yahoo and Amazon were looking overpriced, and I was told I was wrong, the prices reflected future potential, blah blah blah. I'm not sure what the moral of the story is, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with tracker funds.
Umm... the utilities were nationalised for years in the UK. Please provide examples of how the local electricity boards used to crush the people with their iron fists.
I'll save you the effort. Here's the most important parts of the Digg and Fark discussions, summarised using my time-travel modem that loads stories from the future:
Digg:
"..." (37 diggs) "Me too" (102 diggs)
Fark: (picture of cat on blue screened monitor) im on ur pc crashing ur windows
Slashdot Mirror
Here is the complete list of Warner's songs that are currently unavailable for "unofficial" download thanks to DRM:
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...
...
Those record execs must know what they're doing though. I'm sure they have a perfectly logical reason for selling the genuine customer a worse product in order to not prevent something.
In a couple minutes of browsing, I found eMusic, for example, has KOCH Records, which RIAA Radar flags up a warning status for. So, you already need to run checks if you want to keep your boycott up.
My view is that the big four aren't going to disappear any time soon, so if they can be persuaded to do something right, that's a good thing.
You want my money? You sign up with eMusic and so will I. Deal?
How does it compare to Planet?
Crime prevention is a specific exemption of the Data Protection Act.
You have clearly never watched any films. Bombs ALWAYS have giant LED displays on them.
Yeah, just like this guy
Microsoft is mentioned in one paragraph, in page one, and the point about people getting sued is on page two, and refers to a company going bankrupt, being bought out by a company that doesn't sell anything (the troll), and the troll suing. Last time I checked, Microsoft sold actual products and was in no danger of going bust. Several other examples of questionable EULAs are given.
How you turned this into the whole article being about Microsoft suing people, I can only imagine.
I recall Thief had game modes called "Normal", "Hard" and "Difficult" (or names to that effect), and they weren't kidding. I really could have done with an "Easy".
"Tagging" is often used to refer to graffiti, as well as the more positive meanings. Label almost always refers to the concept of "Something carrying identifying information". So, I think that "label" is clearer. Also, I wish everywhere would stick to comma separation, as this more closely fits with how lists are usually written, but that's another story (that was posted the other day).
Right then, I appoint myself founder and overlord of the Internet Expositor of Tagging Formats, and I here propose a draft standard. Comments are requested.
1) Don't call them "tags". Tagging is what chavs with three ASBOs do to the back of buildings. They're called "labels".
2) Underscores and camel case are fine for programming, but not for humans. Therefore, we allow spaces.
3) Multiple labels give us a list. What do we separate lists with? Commas, of course!
4) In the future, we may invent some "magic" tags that work as key:value pairs. What words do what magic is out of the scope of this standard.
5) Implementors MUST NOT use the word "blogosphere" or the phrase "Web 2.0" again ever.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=deta il&aid=1609779&group_id=93438&atid=604306
Ahh, the old case-sensitive sort. I've never quite understood the point of doing it that way really, even given case-sensitive filenames. It is the "normal" X behaviour, though KDE does offer the option of insensitive sorting.
Why bother? I hear Microsoft are releasing their version in six months.
The True Stella Awards (the site you linked to) is an e-mail newsletter run by one person, the same guy who does This is True. It isn't the originator of the term, and the site has always had that page up since launch. I'm not exactly sure what backpedalling has supposed to have taken place here. If you wish to criticise the True Stella Awards, why not discuss one of the cases featured in the newsletter itself?
You may well have read some article assuming they were the same, there are rather too many "journalists" who get all excited when they think they can steal something off the Internet in place of doing real work. The Darwin Awards aren't the only ones suffering from this problem, the True Stella Awards site often gets listed as the source for the bogus Stella Awards email.
Why buy that? I heard an unsubstantiated rumour that Microsoft might be launching Stock Market Optimiser for Vista some time next year. You'd hate to buy that other product and then become incompatible with the industry standard, now, would you?
KDE4 was not promised for this year, so it didn't just miss the list, it was never a candidate. Current developer estimates are for the second half of next year. A small amount of slippage could make it theoretically "vapourware", but I'd be surprised if by that point it wasn't at least in the status of "a beta you can use", even if some of the apps hadn't yet taken advantage of some of the new stuff.
I think you are mixing up "vapourware" and "vapour trail"
I thought a lot of the failures were down to selling unsuitable things, due to shipping costs, urgency of items, etc. Or, just having a site that launches late, overbudget, and doesn't work. Or, (though not originally a bad idea, but some sites launched when this was obvious), selling books and CDs, just like Amazon. Or having dodgy people on the board and launch parties costing millions. Ad revenue turned out to not be as hot an idea as first expected, but it worked for TV and radio, so, who knew?
What was insane was that each company was essentially a lottery ticket - either it was a millions winner, or a good way to throw money in a bucket. But they were all priced as if they had already won. The oncoming crash was obvious, inevitable, had historical precedent, and still took some people by surprise.
Also, I was saying in 1999 that Yahoo and Amazon were looking overpriced, and I was told I was wrong, the prices reflected future potential, blah blah blah. I'm not sure what the moral of the story is, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with tracker funds.
Don't be silly, he goes in the ad breaks, like everyone else!
Yes, and the Italians keep coming to steal their arctic circle candy.
It's easy, just use a Get Out Of Hell Free card.
Umm... the utilities were nationalised for years in the UK. Please provide examples of how the local electricity boards used to crush the people with their iron fists.
I'll save you the effort. Here's the most important parts of the Digg and Fark discussions, summarised using my time-travel modem that loads stories from the future:
...)
Digg:
"..." (37 diggs)
"Me too" (102 diggs)
Fark:
(picture of cat on blue screened monitor)
im on ur pc
crashing ur windows
(... 1 hour of discussion later
boobies!