I'm pretty much in the same situation as you are. I have a four month old daughter and so far I have taken 244 digital photographs of her but I often wonder about the long-term wisdom of having only digital photographs.
Of course, as time goes by the benefits of an all digital solution will appear as well. Paper and space savings will increase as time goes by, not to mention that the money I am saving from developing photographs will pay for my digital camera fairly quickly. (When I do want I hard copy, I use Ofoto.)
Another added bonus is that it is easy to create an extra, off-site copy of digitial photographs in case of some disaster.
"What a relief this must be for the Rolling Stones"
I don't know why it is done but the write up for these stories need to be more even handed. Witty, pro-stealing comments on the stories are not needed.
The Mom runs out and get Kazaa, leaves her daughter using the computer without supervision and then acts surprised that they are downloading copyrighted material. Of course, this lawsuit won't make the pro-stealing Slashdot crowd happy but it is valid.
""It's not like we were doing anything illegal," said Torres. -- Dumb bitch quote of the day.
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I hope that WW wins this case, as it is not the first time that a large company has ripped someone off.
What's ironic to me is that Sony, like Disney, really wants to prevent works from entering the public domain and will vigorously defend their copyrights but seem to have no problem with stealing copyright material or using material in the public domain. It is just sad.
Maybe the real problem that the New York Times has with Lamo is that he was able to read stories without having to register for a free account. (Hell, that stupid registration requirement make me want to hack them too.)
The usefulness of E-Mail is slowly being destroyed by Spammers. There has been a few times now that I couldn't either send or receive an e-mail because of blackholes and I get more spam everyday. Is there anything new on the horizon to prevent spam? Laws, Filters, Blackholes, and Whitelists seem unable to do anything about this problem.
Maybe we should just start suing the companies that use Spammers. (Some will deny knowledge of any spamming but ignorance of who is doing your advertising is no excuse IMO.)
Showing that a particular computer downloaded or shared copyrighted material is easy but proving who used that computer to do so is another thing entirely, especially in light of the fact that insecure computers can be taken over by others.
Also, many home computers on the Internet have a single account and are shared by multiple people. Say three people all use the same PC and when sued, all three say they didn't know about the problem. What then?
I think that the main problem for the RIAA is that they are shipping music on a medium easily readable by every computer in the world. If they are serious about preventing copying, they ought to create and move to a media that they have total control of and make it unavailable for PC use.
Your comments on music CDs makes me think of past cases where a musician has been sued for copyright infringment. You didn't see the artist who was claiming his work was infringed upon trying to sue music buyers (or even the music stores that sold the item).
In my opinion, the real problem with SCO billing people and companies now, before a court has even ruled of the merits of SCO's claims, is that someone probably will pay them.
"Plus it's not a true Linux preload - they give you a couple of Mandrake CDs and you're on your own, no support."
That's the way I prefer it, actually. Whenever I buy a manufactured PC, no matter who it's from, the first thing I do is format and reinstall, even if I stick to the OS provided. Who knows what was installed from the factory? (Probably nothing bad but all it takes is one bad employee.)
When I had a NetBSD box, I put everything is a single directory called "~/.Files". I then created directories in home, such as "MP3", "Photos", and "Letters", each containing symbolic links to items in "~/.Files".
NOTE: For my home directory, I always capitalize the first character of directory names while using all lowercase characters for file names. I know it's weird but it's a convention that I like using.
From what I read of the article, it sounds like anyone can issue a subpoena without going to court first. Am I understanding this correctly? If so, it seems silly that anyone can subpoena e-mail just on their word.
I kind of feel sorry for Microsoft because they have a security problem which will never go away: end users.
The average home users of Windows simply don't care about security or applying fixes. They open everything they get via e-mail: spam, forwarded jokes and executable attachments. They either have no password on their system or one so simple that a novice could guess it.
MS supplies security fixes but the everyday home users are more concerned with convenience than security.
Even though this was a loss for Microsoft, I am not happy about that ruling. In my opinion, this shows the harm that patents are doing to the computer industry. I also believe that patents last too long.
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No dude, here is America you can break the law and still be a victim.
I'm pretty much in the same situation as you are. I have a four month old daughter and so far I have taken 244 digital photographs of her but I often wonder about the long-term wisdom of having only digital photographs.
Of course, as time goes by the benefits of an all digital solution will appear as well. Paper and space savings will increase as time goes by, not to mention that the money I am saving from developing photographs will pay for my digital camera fairly quickly. (When I do want I hard copy, I use Ofoto.)
Another added bonus is that it is easy to create an extra, off-site copy of digitial photographs in case of some disaster.
"What a relief this must be for the Rolling Stones"
I don't know why it is done but the write up for these stories need to be more even handed. Witty, pro-stealing comments on the stories are not needed.
The Mom runs out and get Kazaa, leaves her daughter using the computer without supervision and then acts surprised that they are downloading copyrighted material. Of course, this lawsuit won't make the pro-stealing Slashdot crowd happy but it is valid.
""It's not like we were doing anything illegal," said Torres. -- Dumb bitch quote of the day.
I hope that WW wins this case, as it is not the first time that a large company has ripped someone off.
What's ironic to me is that Sony, like Disney, really wants to prevent works from entering the public domain and will vigorously defend their copyrights but seem to have no problem with stealing copyright material or using material in the public domain. It is just sad.
Sadly, this is the American Way. No one take responsibility anymore and we live in the day where everyone is a victim.
Maybe the real problem that the New York Times has with Lamo is that he was able to read stories without having to register for a free account. (Hell, that stupid registration requirement make me want to hack them too.)
The usefulness of E-Mail is slowly being destroyed by Spammers. There has been a few times now that I couldn't either send or receive an e-mail because of blackholes and I get more spam everyday. Is there anything new on the horizon to prevent spam? Laws, Filters, Blackholes, and Whitelists seem unable to do anything about this problem.
Maybe we should just start suing the companies that use Spammers. (Some will deny knowledge of any spamming but ignorance of who is doing your advertising is no excuse IMO.)
Showing that a particular computer downloaded or shared copyrighted material is easy but proving who used that computer to do so is another thing entirely, especially in light of the fact that insecure computers can be taken over by others.
Also, many home computers on the Internet have a single account and are shared by multiple people. Say three people all use the same PC and when sued, all three say they didn't know about the problem. What then?
I think that the main problem for the RIAA is that they are shipping music on a medium easily readable by every computer in the world. If they are serious about preventing copying, they ought to create and move to a media that they have total control of and make it unavailable for PC use.
Your comments on music CDs makes me think of past cases where a musician has been sued for copyright infringment. You didn't see the artist who was claiming his work was infringed upon trying to sue music buyers (or even the music stores that sold the item).
In my opinion, the real problem with SCO billing people and companies now, before a court has even ruled of the merits of SCO's claims, is that someone probably will pay them.
HP's workstation xw4100 is listed as having Redhat Linux preinstalled.
"Plus it's not a true Linux preload - they give you a couple of Mandrake CDs and you're on your own, no support."
That's the way I prefer it, actually. Whenever I buy a manufactured PC, no matter who it's from, the first thing I do is format and reinstall, even if I stick to the OS provided. Who knows what was installed from the factory? (Probably nothing bad but all it takes is one bad employee.)
When I had a NetBSD box, I put everything is a single directory called "~/.Files". I then created directories in home, such as "MP3", "Photos", and "Letters", each containing symbolic links to items in "~/.Files".
NOTE: For my home directory, I always capitalize the first character of directory names while using all lowercase characters for file names. I know it's weird but it's a convention that I like using.
Personally, I think /dev/hole would be cool, even if it was a link to /dev/null.
Yeah, Flash SUCKS! Also, provide text-based alternatives for people using Lynx.
but will it make the Internet faster, like Intel's P4 does?
I do the same thing but I can't e-mail anyone at AOL because of their stupid policies.
From what I read of the article, it sounds like anyone can issue a subpoena without going to court first. Am I understanding this correctly? If so, it seems silly that anyone can subpoena e-mail just on their word.
but anonymous communication via e-mail is probably dead with this idea. I wonder if the price is too high.
I kind of feel sorry for Microsoft because they have a security problem which will never go away: end users.
The average home users of Windows simply don't care about security or applying fixes. They open everything they get via e-mail: spam, forwarded jokes and executable attachments. They either have no password on their system or one so simple that a novice could guess it.
MS supplies security fixes but the everyday home users are more concerned with convenience than security.
A portable porn machine!
I don't have a problem with people keeping a list of IP-ranges that has spammers. What I don't like is having my e-mail filtered for me by my ISP
I agree with you. Sadly, things will probably never change since so many companies have a vested interest in seeing in the current system continue.
Even though this was a loss for Microsoft, I am not happy about that ruling. In my opinion, this shows the harm that patents are doing to the computer industry. I also believe that patents last too long.