A lot of people I know simply play their MP3s and audio CDs through their PC speakers. Naturally, it will be hard to notice any difference. Put the tracks on a proper stereo, though, and it's much more noticeable.
5GB @ 56K = nearly 210 hours = just under 9 straight days. More than likely, a typical album ~ 60MB = 2 1/2 hours. So while it doesn't require broadband, it should be painfully obvious that it's still a formidable barrier to those with slower modems. Remember, not everyone can leave their modems running continuously, whether due to transfer limits, cost-per-megabyte, or simple access to PCs.
...a third of all music sales will be made by downloads in the next five years...
Hooray, five years of tinny-sounding 128-kbps MP3s rather than properly sampled CD-audio tracks!
MP3s are great because they're portable, but they still don't sound as good as compact discs. Never mind the fact that downloading an entire MP3 album pretty much requires broadband to start with.
Focus on doing your best. If you made a mistake, fix it.
When lives are at stake, there has to be some failure analysis before-hand. You can't just write some software and, after it kills 10 people, say "oops, must be a bug."
So some Dell tech forgot to put the damn license agreement in the box - BFD.
Good attitude. So what if your car dealer forgets to give you a copy of your lease agreement, or if your realtor does not provide you with the required home-related documents. They're obviously looking out for your best interests, right? Just sign something and be done with it...
Of course, you'd be screaming bloody murder if this was the case. It's not that fact that the docs were missing, but that Dell would not make them easily available once the error was pointed out.
I'm finally connected to a Customer Care representative... She insists she doesn't have copies of the agreements, and that I'm supposed to go online and look them up myself. (?!) She says to use a public computer if I have to.
I think we've reached a new low for customer support!
Maybe I don't understand, but if you write a novel and give it away for free, why would someone pay money for an inferior knock-off?
1) I publish a book for $X.
2) Someone copies said book and sells it for $Y < $X.
3) People buy the cheaper book.
My efforts have helped pad someone else's pockets. There's no giving away for free involved.
On an off-topic note, I'm so happy my reply was marked as a troll. Nothing like seeing a rational argument modded down because it treads on someone else's pride.
...encouraging you to do nothing more than think about it with an open mind.
Indeed, but having an open mind doesn't mean accepting all views as equal. It simply means considering the possibility. I've thought about this issue, and I believe it's not only completely infeasable, but also counter-intuitive to the capitalistic methods under which most North Americans operate. It has nothing to do with having an open mind, just realistic and practical views.
The parent poster is clearly attacking the merit of such a system.
Actually, the parent poster was claiming that copyright has no place because (s)he believes that creativity itself outweights profit. I respectfully disagree, since without copyright law, I could spend years creating a novel only to have someone copy it near-verbatim and profit from my efforts. This may not be an issue if I were writing as a hobby, but this obviously does not apply to all writers.
A person who is able to sell his work to a person willing to support him has that right, but no more.
Absolutely. I never suggested that anyone with a guitar and a CD burner deserves to have money thrown at them, only that they should be able to turn a profit from their efforts.It's not a question of an individual creating something, so much as it is an issue of having someone else claim pass off that work as their own and benefit financially from that. In fact, the parent poster claims theh (s)he would like to receive credit. Without copyright, what is preventing me from copying everything (s)he releases, changing a few words, and passing it off as my own work
...at least not to the end where they are gauranteed dictatorship.
If, as you say, people actually use their own morals and values to determine what creative works are profitable and/or distributed, then this should not be an issue to begin with.
I don't create for money. I create because I have to. It makes me happy.
That's all well and good, but copyright protects those who do create for profit. Given that, if you are solely creating for creativity's sake, you are free to release your songs to the public domain as an independent artist. Let copyright law apply to those who require it to make a living.
...how disgusted I am with what the pursuit of money has brought this country.
It's sad, yes, but it's the way things work. Pretending there's a better, less money-centric world doesn't make this one disappear.
We got in 100th Window at WMBC, and it didn't have any problems in any CD player where I tried it...
Lucky, indeed. I tried it on my AVC Soul (portable MP3/disc player), in my ancient 5-disc changer, and in my DVD player. 100th Window spun forever in all three of them. I did get it working in my PC (and likely my car stereo, had I tried), but it seemed like too much of a hassle, so I returned it. Better to send the message that these crippled discs aren't welcome.
Of course, since then I have seen 100th Window floating about on the P2P networks anyway.
Why was the safety monitoring system on a nuclear power plant exposed, even indirectly, to the internet?
Homer sits at his terminal.
Homer: "Vent radioactive gas?" (types Y E S). "Sound alertness horn?" (Y E S).
(sounds in the distance)
Homer: "Decalcify calcium ducts? Well, give me a Y, give me a... Hey! All I have to type is Y. (to Marge) Hey, Miss Doesn't-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore: I just tripled my productivity!
All the people who say "Don't buy CDs or go to the Cinema etc" are fooling themselves, the more they don't spend on the industry they are just proving the Record/Movie association right!
One exception to this is boycotting "copy-protected" CDs. I've had to turn down three titles -- Massive Attack's 100th Window, Delerium's Chimera, and even Sarah Brightman's Harem -- because they won't play on 3/4 of my CD players. Boycotting these discs can't really send the message that piracy is responsible for declines in their sales. After all, they're copy-protected, right?
Of course, it's easy to see that this isn't the case, but it will certainly cause problems when the RIAA goes to explain their sales figures...
Linux 0.01 (Sep 1991) is 10239 lines of code, 0.2 MB.
Linux 0.10 (Dec 1991) is 17750 lines of code, 0.4 MB.
Linux 0.99 (Dec 1992) is 81091 lines of code, 2.2 MB.
Linux 1.0.0 (Mar 1994) is 176250 lines of code, 4.7 MB.
Linux 1.2.0 (Mar 1995) is 310950 lines of code, 8.4 MB.
Linux 2.0.0 (Jun 1996) is 777956 lines of code, 22 MB.
Linux 2.2.0 (Jan 1999) is 1800847 lines of code, 52 MB.
Linux 2.4.0 (Jan 2001) is 3377902 lines of code, 100 MB.
Linux 2.5.37 (Sep 2002) is 5100081 lines of code, 152 MB.
Likewise, not all 'spammers' are inherently evil scum sending porno ads to your TV-addicted drooling children.
Yes, but the article isn't talking about all people with access to legitimate mailing lists. It's talking about a known spammer getting his just desserts.
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I guess they must be using Bose speakers...
A lot of people I know simply play their MP3s and audio CDs through their PC speakers. Naturally, it will be hard to notice any difference. Put the tracks on a proper stereo, though, and it's much more noticeable.
Erm. No it doesn't require broadband.
5GB @ 56K = nearly 210 hours = just under 9 straight days. More than likely, a typical album ~ 60MB = 2 1/2 hours. So while it doesn't require broadband, it should be painfully obvious that it's still a formidable barrier to those with slower modems. Remember, not everyone can leave their modems running continuously, whether due to transfer limits, cost-per-megabyte, or simple access to PCs.
Hooray, five years of tinny-sounding 128-kbps MP3s rather than properly sampled CD-audio tracks!
MP3s are great because they're portable, but they still don't sound as good as compact discs. Never mind the fact that downloading an entire MP3 album pretty much requires broadband to start with.
We'll fix it in one of the upcomming service packs.
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Linux is freely available... The math is simple.
SCO-math aside...
Good to hear, though. I've been happy with my little Linux-based MP3 player for years now.
Focus on doing your best. If you made a mistake, fix it.
When lives are at stake, there has to be some failure analysis before-hand. You can't just write some software and, after it kills 10 people, say "oops, must be a bug."
So some Dell tech forgot to put the damn license agreement in the box - BFD.
Good attitude. So what if your car dealer forgets to give you a copy of your lease agreement, or if your realtor does not provide you with the required home-related documents. They're obviously looking out for your best interests, right? Just sign something and be done with it...
Of course, you'd be screaming bloody murder if this was the case. It's not that fact that the docs were missing, but that Dell would not make them easily available once the error was pointed out.
I'm finally connected to a Customer Care representative... She insists she doesn't have copies of the agreements, and that I'm supposed to go online and look them up myself. (?!) She says to use a public computer if I have to.
I think we've reached a new low for customer support!
Maybe I don't understand, but if you write a novel and give it away for free, why would someone pay money for an inferior knock-off?
1) I publish a book for $X.
2) Someone copies said book and sells it for $Y < $X.
3) People buy the cheaper book.
My efforts have helped pad someone else's pockets. There's no giving away for free involved.
On an off-topic note, I'm so happy my reply was marked as a troll. Nothing like seeing a rational argument modded down because it treads on someone else's pride.
Indeed, but having an open mind doesn't mean accepting all views as equal. It simply means considering the possibility. I've thought about this issue, and I believe it's not only completely infeasable, but also counter-intuitive to the capitalistic methods under which most North Americans operate. It has nothing to do with having an open mind, just realistic and practical views.
The parent poster is clearly attacking the merit of such a system.
Actually, the parent poster was claiming that copyright has no place because (s)he believes that creativity itself outweights profit. I respectfully disagree, since without copyright law, I could spend years creating a novel only to have someone copy it near-verbatim and profit from my efforts. This may not be an issue if I were writing as a hobby, but this obviously does not apply to all writers.
A person who is able to sell his work to a person willing to support him has that right, but no more.
Absolutely. I never suggested that anyone with a guitar and a CD burner deserves to have money thrown at them, only that they should be able to turn a profit from their efforts.It's not a question of an individual creating something, so much as it is an issue of having someone else claim pass off that work as their own and benefit financially from that. In fact, the parent poster claims theh (s)he would like to receive credit. Without copyright, what is preventing me from copying everything (s)he releases, changing a few words, and passing it off as my own work
If, as you say, people actually use their own morals and values to determine what creative works are profitable and/or distributed, then this should not be an issue to begin with.
I don't create for money. I create because I have to. It makes me happy.
That's all well and good, but copyright protects those who do create for profit. Given that, if you are solely creating for creativity's sake, you are free to release your songs to the public domain as an independent artist. Let copyright law apply to those who require it to make a living.
It's sad, yes, but it's the way things work. Pretending there's a better, less money-centric world doesn't make this one disappear.
Isn't that what copyright is for? No patents necessary.
We got in 100th Window at WMBC, and it didn't have any problems in any CD player where I tried it...
Lucky, indeed. I tried it on my AVC Soul (portable MP3/disc player), in my ancient 5-disc changer, and in my DVD player. 100th Window spun forever in all three of them. I did get it working in my PC (and likely my car stereo, had I tried), but it seemed like too much of a hassle, so I returned it. Better to send the message that these crippled discs aren't welcome.
Of course, since then I have seen 100th Window floating about on the P2P networks anyway.
Why was the safety monitoring system on a nuclear power plant exposed, even indirectly, to the internet?
Homer sits at his terminal.
Homer: "Vent radioactive gas?" (types Y E S). "Sound alertness horn?" (Y E S).
(sounds in the distance)
Homer: "Decalcify calcium ducts? Well, give me a Y, give me a... Hey! All I have to type is Y. (to Marge) Hey, Miss Doesn't-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore: I just tripled my productivity!
All the people who say "Don't buy CDs or go to the Cinema etc" are fooling themselves, the more they don't spend on the industry they are just proving the Record/Movie association right!
One exception to this is boycotting "copy-protected" CDs. I've had to turn down three titles -- Massive Attack's 100th Window, Delerium's Chimera, and even Sarah Brightman's Harem -- because they won't play on 3/4 of my CD players. Boycotting these discs can't really send the message that piracy is responsible for declines in their sales. After all, they're copy-protected, right?
Of course, it's easy to see that this isn't the case, but it will certainly cause problems when the RIAA goes to explain their sales figures...
According to here:
Linux 0.01 (Sep 1991) is 10239 lines of code, 0.2 MB.
Linux 0.10 (Dec 1991) is 17750 lines of code, 0.4 MB.
Linux 0.99 (Dec 1992) is 81091 lines of code, 2.2 MB.
Linux 1.0.0 (Mar 1994) is 176250 lines of code, 4.7 MB.
Linux 1.2.0 (Mar 1995) is 310950 lines of code, 8.4 MB.
Linux 2.0.0 (Jun 1996) is 777956 lines of code, 22 MB.
Linux 2.2.0 (Jan 1999) is 1800847 lines of code, 52 MB.
Linux 2.4.0 (Jan 2001) is 3377902 lines of code, 100 MB.
Linux 2.5.37 (Sep 2002) is 5100081 lines of code, 152 MB.
Prior Art?
Likewise, not all 'spammers' are inherently evil scum sending porno ads to your TV-addicted drooling children.
Yes, but the article isn't talking about all people with access to legitimate mailing lists. It's talking about a known spammer getting his just desserts.
Emerald (like Cyan)
Isn't cyan blue? Reminds me of an old sketch by the Frantics:
"I remember her eyes over the yawning abyss of a week and a half. I remember their brown glow lighting the room like a shock of azure sky...
Azure...
Blue. Right. They were blue. Blue as ocean water, in its deepest emerald hues....
Emerald.... Green.
Right. They were... they were green, kind of a greeny-blue... Sort of aquamarine, with browninsh flecks.....
OK, I remember her tits.
Bah, my DNA's been playing Life for ages.
You can catch more trout with the latter.
Here is a helpful start.
Not that I want to ruin a perfectly boring anti-MS joke...
...and yet you did! Good show, chap.
I fail to see how hardware running linux is going to use markedly more or less power than hardware running any other operating system.
Actually, Windows requires less energy to run, since users spend half their time powering down and rebooting.
Who cares about that...?
The GNU folks, obviously. Some people put a higher value on personal and/or ethical beliefs.
why not Amazon or Bookpool?
Try here for some discussion.