Manufacturers of voting machines and their employees must be stripped of their freedom of speech in regard to campaign donations.
And, more importantly, there must be mandatory disenfranchisement of anyone who works there, is related to someone who does, or saw an advertisement for the company at any time in the last 5 years.
This is the only way we can remove corruption.
I'll vote for a measure like this in a heart beat! Where do I sign?
LOL:)
I'm all for a Desktop friendly version of Linux (for the average home user that is), but without some major changes, it is going to stay where it is...on servers, workstations, and the hearts of nerds.
That's slashdot for you.
You get modded up if you post hear-say that doesn't even represent truth.
Read the article again. No wait, use the service. That refers to subscription service. It's actually a nice feature for those who want to listen to a lot of music for a small fee per month.
The pay per download service is just like iTunes...by it and keep it. Only you can keep it on other devices than just an iPod and you can use it on more computers than just 3.
Clif
[Note: The following article does not address the subscription side of Napster. Only the features it shares with iTunes]
Two weeks ago, about this time I was ecstatic. I was telling everyone I knew about this wonderful phenomenon of the 21st century....*trumpet sounds* iTunes!
Ever since I realized that buying 10 songs to listen to 1 song was not only silly but foolhearty, I've detested the RIAA's efforts to thwart legal digital music transfer. Why? Because I knew in my heart if such a service existed I would use it...even excessively. I love music. I hate CDs. I hate the RIAA.
iTunes was going to answer that need, and in many ways it did. In fact, I was content with its drawbacks...legal music was all I ever wanted. Getting rid of Kazaa Lite was all I ever wanted.
iTunes was liberating. I downloaded the 20MB of software from Apple.com the first day it was released....at 340 KB/s, a speed I rarely reach with my cable service. I loved it immediately. It had my artists, the songs were 99 cents cheap, the download was nearly instant, and the quality superb considering the bit rate was only 128k.
More than that, Apple, as always, had a snazzy ad and uber sexy hype about it. And perhaps deservedly so. "Hell froze over." read the home page "The best Windows application ever written." Great stuff.
Yes, iTunes was the answer, and I was spreading the word. "Woe to ye, sinners, pirates forsake thy evil theivery and embrace the salvation of iTunes!"
But in the back of my mind there were several problems, problems I was willing to brush aside at the time, or perhaps fix. In an IM dated, oh, I don't know...sometime last week I said something like this:
"I'm going to figure out a way to automate the peacful transfer of music to my Pocket PC from iTunes."
The problem was realized, it was out in the open now. Apple supported portable music, but only with their elite iPod. I would love to own an iPod, but I cannot afford one and won't be spending such a large amount of money on one. With apple, there was no alternative. I couldn't port music to my Pocket PC. Impooossssible. I also couldn't easily convert the songs to MP3s or WMAs. (Let's see, 1. Burn a CD 2. Rip the CD into the format of my choosing. 3. Type in all of vital information such as artist name. 3 easy steps!) This was a huge hurdle, one that I wasn't sure if I could surrmount. After toying with different audio codecs and attempting to find away to defeat the blasted DRM, I gave up...it was for all intents and purposes, impossible.
It was about this time last week I checked out the Napster home page. It wasn't available yet, and I didn't really like the looks of this new software. But one thing did catch my eye. Napster was going to use the WMA format. This could spell "Liberation". Liberation beyond iTunes, true liberation.
Fast forward to yesterday, I checked out the Napster site again, but this time I was greeted with a big "Download Now" button. I immediately downloaded it.
The interface is what I would call "iTunesian". It's basically a shameless clone, though not quite as sexy. It's a clone in a annoying sort of way. It was the "Bizzaro iTunes"....the same but different and very annoying. But I can learn to love that. I started out my adventure with Napster by searching for the Don McLean ode to Rock n' Roll, American Pie. It quickly appeared in the list, and in 30 seconds I was listening to its goodness. This brings us to our first benefit Napster has over iTunes.
Numero 1. Apple wouldn't let me have the song.
You see, I tried to download American Pie from iTunes l
Some people have been killed. (I read this somwhere, but it's like 1 am and I'll be darned if I look it up and actually prove this is or is not a rumor;) )
The secret service financial crimes division estimated that 100 million dollars was lost in these scams in 1997.
Say a 3rd party refrigerator distributor was bought out by Coke, would anyone be shocked when Coke distributed it under their license the prohibits products from other companies being sold from it?
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Are nearly always guilty in part.
So that's that.
And you can ask anyone and they will tell you I'm right.
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Fortress of Insanity?
The clearly stole the idea of unix from chips. Chips weren't running linux before SCO!
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Fortress of Insanity TM
is the reality of the product they have created?
Is it all the innovative compared to other solutions?
Flash in the pan if you ask me.
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Fortress of Insanity
Manufacturers of voting machines and their employees must be stripped of their freedom of speech in regard to campaign donations.
And, more importantly, there must be mandatory disenfranchisement of anyone who works there, is related to someone who does, or saw an advertisement for the company at any time in the last 5 years.
This is the only way we can remove corruption.
I'll vote for a measure like this in a heart beat! Where do I sign?
Clif
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is a good offense.
And I'm sure that if I were a smarter man, I could figure out how that applies here.
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Mom?!
I agree.
that?
I dissproved this theory a long time ago using duck tape, a pair of binoculars, and a laser pointer.
I have proof too.
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LOL :)
I'm all for a Desktop friendly version of Linux (for the average home user that is), but without some major changes, it is going to stay where it is...on servers, workstations, and the hearts of nerds.
..until the product is ready.
Linux needs a lot of work before it is ready to be deployed at large in the home users market.
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Always good.
What are the connotations of this applied on a large scale though?
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till this thing runs Windows?
(Laugh, it's a play on "How long before it runs Linux?")
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Till it runs linux? Blogzine.net
You don't know how happy it makes me to know that no one will h4x0r my keyboard.
Wicky woo!
*Wipes away a tear*
The Internet is just so wonderful...
am surprised those nice boys at SCO are acting so mean to you kids. It oughta be against the law.
Which is exactly why I wanted to do it. Napster fills the hole though.
That's slashdot for you. You get modded up if you post hear-say that doesn't even represent truth. Read the article again. No wait, use the service. That refers to subscription service. It's actually a nice feature for those who want to listen to a lot of music for a small fee per month. The pay per download service is just like iTunes...by it and keep it. Only you can keep it on other devices than just an iPod and you can use it on more computers than just 3. Clif
Why not email them instead of ranting about it here?
From Blogzine.net...
[Note: The following article does not address the subscription side of Napster. Only the features it shares with iTunes]
Two weeks ago, about this time I was ecstatic. I was telling everyone I knew about this wonderful phenomenon of the 21st century....*trumpet sounds* iTunes!
Ever since I realized that buying 10 songs to listen to 1 song was not only silly but foolhearty, I've detested the RIAA's efforts to thwart legal digital music transfer. Why? Because I knew in my heart if such a service existed I would use it...even excessively. I love music. I hate CDs. I hate the RIAA.
iTunes was going to answer that need, and in many ways it did. In fact, I was content with its drawbacks...legal music was all I ever wanted. Getting rid of Kazaa Lite was all I ever wanted.
iTunes was liberating. I downloaded the 20MB of software from Apple.com the first day it was released....at 340 KB/s, a speed I rarely reach with my cable service. I loved it immediately. It had my artists, the songs were 99 cents cheap, the download was nearly instant, and the quality superb considering the bit rate was only 128k.
More than that, Apple, as always, had a snazzy ad and uber sexy hype about it. And perhaps deservedly so. "Hell froze over." read the home page "The best Windows application ever written." Great stuff.
Yes, iTunes was the answer, and I was spreading the word. "Woe to ye, sinners, pirates forsake thy evil theivery and embrace the salvation of iTunes!"
But in the back of my mind there were several problems, problems I was willing to brush aside at the time, or perhaps fix. In an IM dated, oh, I don't know...sometime last week I said something like this:
The problem was realized, it was out in the open now. Apple supported portable music, but only with their elite iPod. I would love to own an iPod, but I cannot afford one and won't be spending such a large amount of money on one. With apple, there was no alternative. I couldn't port music to my Pocket PC. Impooossssible. I also couldn't easily convert the songs to MP3s or WMAs. (Let's see, 1. Burn a CD 2. Rip the CD into the format of my choosing. 3. Type in all of vital information such as artist name. 3 easy steps!) This was a huge hurdle, one that I wasn't sure if I could surrmount. After toying with different audio codecs and attempting to find away to defeat the blasted DRM, I gave up...it was for all intents and purposes, impossible.
It was about this time last week I checked out the Napster home page. It wasn't available yet, and I didn't really like the looks of this new software. But one thing did catch my eye. Napster was going to use the WMA format. This could spell "Liberation". Liberation beyond iTunes, true liberation.
Fast forward to yesterday, I checked out the Napster site again, but this time I was greeted with a big "Download Now" button. I immediately downloaded it.
The interface is what I would call "iTunesian". It's basically a shameless clone, though not quite as sexy. It's a clone in a annoying sort of way. It was the "Bizzaro iTunes"....the same but different and very annoying. But I can learn to love that. I started out my adventure with Napster by searching for the Don McLean ode to Rock n' Roll, American Pie. It quickly appeared in the list, and in 30 seconds I was listening to its goodness. This brings us to our first benefit Napster has over iTunes.
Numero 1. Apple wouldn't let me have the song.
You see, I tried to download American Pie from iTunes l
Some people have been killed. (I read this somwhere, but it's like 1 am and I'll be darned if I look it up and actually prove this is or is not a rumor ;) )
The secret service financial crimes division estimated that 100 million dollars was lost in these scams in 1997.
So many stupid people.
Say a 3rd party refrigerator distributor was bought out by Coke, would anyone be shocked when Coke distributed it under their license the prohibits products from other companies being sold from it?
He speaks truth!!!!
This just makes me mad.
Since I use Microsoft products almost soley, it is in my best interest for them to remain at the top of the computer chain.
But statements like this + their clumsy actions regarding linux and their own products security make me wonder just how many days are left for them.
I don't think Linux will be the next widely used OS, but apple has a chance.
iTunes is a wonderful product. I don't feel hampered at all.
I wish they'd stop spinning and come out with a good product of their own.
Clif