That's stupid. That's not how any other industry works.
All sales are final, ever heard of it? Perfectly acceptable and legal. If you don't do due diligence before you buy the responsibility is yours. It just so happens providing support is USUALLY in the best interests of both parties. Hence why manufacturors offer limited warrenties for certain durations. Fixing 10 year old code is a net negative for the manufacturor: not doing so does not loose them enough sales to offset the cost.
I find most of MS's products reasonably priced and geniounly useful. I still run Linux on my own, since it is most "interesting". It's silly to say that all their products are at a standstill.
They do benefit from integration. Which has the side effect of shutting out competitors. It also has the side effect of bringing well integrated software to the market. Works for them both ways. Solution? I see none.
Eh. If it requires government interference to keep the internet deregulated by nature, then it is in fact regulated.
Man, some people really don't understand the term regulated. Regulated, controlled or monitored or managed by government.
If the FCC says to Comcast, "No, you cannot do X Y and Z with your lines," then that is in fact REGULATION. The lack of the FCC saying something is DEREGULATION.
If you want to see Linux on desktops, get out there and build desktops with Linux on them. Stop fucking around with proposed regulation forcing OEMs to do anything. Just go solve the problem on your own. OEMs don't do it because they don't see money in it. Convince them they are wrong. By showing them, not by posting stupid words on the internet.
200,000 is not to ruin. Sorry. It's huge, but she can certainly pay it in a decade or two.
As to 'proportion to his fault', seems reasonable. Convicted of violating the distribution rights for 24 songs, a reasonable fine was applied for each individual conviction.
Case over.
The RIAA won because she broke the law. A law the majority (sorry, it's true) put into place. This case has nothing to do with the DMCA. This is basic copyright law.
I don't know. I slightly agree that it's "high", but I also can't really argue that it's appropiate.
$20 a CD. How many times were the files downloaded? That adds up pretty quickly. I can see that hitting hundreds of thousands pretty easily if you leave Kazaa running 24/7.
Of course you can argue till you're blue in the face that nobody would have bought the music anyways. Which is not really the point. The company placed a selling price on it. Somebody distributed it without paying the price N times. N * sales price.
It would be sort of like arguing that just because you stole something doesn't mean you're liable to replace the seller with the selling price or give the item back. You can argue there that nobody would have bought it either, but it's not very relevent.
To me it seems pretty obvious. Giving away music is copyright infringement. Don't do it and get caught. And if you do get caught doing it in massively high volumes, expect to get fucked.
My personal view with this is that a CHOICE has been removed. Not your choice. Not my choice. But the owner of the establishment's choice. It's his choice whether he likes people smoking in his bar or not, it's your choice whether you want to go into said bar.
If the propriater felt it better served his interests, he would voluntarily not allow smoking.
That's my only beef, choice. I don't feel it's "right" for the government to instruct him on what he can and cannot do in his own establishment, in this case.
I'm not aware of any such drivers on Ubuntu. Are you talking about the non.deb NVidia provided driver package? You shouldn't be using that. Ubuntu includes drivers.
So you did read the part of the license where it said you can do exactly what was done, right? Remove the license as long as the copyright notice is in tack. There is even a specific line which says you can distribute it under the terms of the GPL.
A competitor to Exchange. A good email client that works with it flawelessly and has all the abilities of Outlook.
CRM software integrated into that.
A single-authenication package that is ready to go. Like AD. This means making all current software use Kerberos flawelessly and fixing all the outstanding issues with LDAP lookups (caching, offline support, etc).
I dunno. I've set it up at least 7 times now. apt-get install mythtv-frontend and backend... run mythsetup... enter the database password (it's like setting up any other MySQL app), and you're good to go.
mythsetup does a pretty good job of walking you through selecting the TV tuner.
The main hard part is getting your video output working right. Just because NVidia has a bunch of weird options in xorg. But that's fine, 2 minutes later it was working.
Geeze man. Talk about a limited understanding, even for/. They released the SPECIFICATIONS, that is, the information about how to BUILD on. So you can modify the specs and build your own. What, do you expect to be able to recompile your CPU?
This is stupidly alarmist. Yes, they have an install CD that runs on Windows. All it does is:
a) Get a private DHCP address, before modem registration. All modems, when not registered, can get one of these. b) Use a web page on the private network to register the modem. This is as simple as a web form with a Register button. c) Once registered, the modem resets itself, obtains it's new configuration. d) PC regains DHCP from the modem, this time getting a public address.
This is not rocket science, and you can do every step of it with Linux or Mac. Yes, 85% of their installation techs don't know HOW, and only know how to let the CD walk them through these steps, but it's super easy. On top of that, YOU can call Comcast, read them your modem's MAC address, and get it registered yourself, skip to step d. I've done this 4 times for replacement cable modems.
This is all just plain TCP/IP and web pages. There is no magic. And yes, I have only three Linux boxes at my house, no Windows or Mac at all.
Wait let me get this straight. You say they need evidence of a person committing a crime. Then you suggest they serve a warrant to get the evidence. Then than an IP doesn't identify a person.
The problem is it evicts the old program's relavent disk cache. FOr instance, Outlook has your PST file open. But its' not actually doing anything with it. It's not loaded into memory. It is part of the disk cache. The disk cache gets dumped basically in FIFO order. The oldest page gets evicted to map a newer page in.
The WDS reads every file on the system. It may immediately discard the data it reads, but the disk pages do get read into the cache, and evict the oldest. If it runs through 16 GB of files, and you have 1 GB of ram, then after WDS reads 1GB of disk, stuff starts getting pushed out.
Then you sit down at Outlook and open an email... and outlook goes and reads it from the PST, but since it's no longer in cache, it has to go to disk. Outlook itself stays in memory, but the data it is using does not. Hence it ends up being sluggish.
The article you referenced in no way explained why the government should ensure that I am able to keep my job. It simply pointed out that markets are not always optimal. I see them as two different things. Markets. Government. Perhaps that's because I lean towards the libertarian.
>> Good luck trying to run a sizable business with no ability to read Office files. Even job hunting is difficult without a resume in Word format.
Once again, I disagree it is the governments job to make sure you can run your business... except for maybe in the case of a hurricane or flood. Office documents? Bah.
Again, you assert that you are entitled to your ideal choice. This is not true of life.
AT&T: Granted a government contract over the phone lines in your home. The government is then free to adjust the terms of said contract to suit it's needs. Standard Oil: Walk. Lazy slob.
Your only assertion is that because they are a monopoly, the rules are different. I disagree. And I assert that because AT&T was granted a government contract for the physical lines running into your house, the situation differs, and they should be held accountable to that contract. Which can say whatever the hell it wants, and if my elected representative doesn't enforce the contract, then me and him can have words.
I still don't agree. If MS wants to put code into their OS to make my software suck, I see that as a reason to not use their OS. Simple as that. If other people don't agree, then it's my job to convince them.
And I vehemently disagree with that line of thinking. I do not think the government's job is to force people to "play nice". If MS uses it's Windows position to take over the browser market, so be it. Obviously they've done their homework.
Again. If you are discontent with their "world", simply leave. Until it involves drinking water, I will disagree.
I am. And I completely disagree with them, and if asked to vote on it, I would vote against making monopolies illegal. Again, except where the threat of violence exists. But that's sort of seperate law.
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That's stupid. That's not how any other industry works.
All sales are final, ever heard of it? Perfectly acceptable and legal. If you don't do due diligence before you buy the responsibility is yours. It just so happens providing support is USUALLY in the best interests of both parties. Hence why manufacturors offer limited warrenties for certain durations. Fixing 10 year old code is a net negative for the manufacturor: not doing so does not loose them enough sales to offset the cost.
I find most of MS's products reasonably priced and geniounly useful. I still run Linux on my own, since it is most "interesting". It's silly to say that all their products are at a standstill.
They do benefit from integration. Which has the side effect of shutting out competitors. It also has the side effect of bringing well integrated software to the market. Works for them both ways. Solution? I see none.
Eh. If it requires government interference to keep the internet deregulated by nature, then it is in fact regulated.
Man, some people really don't understand the term regulated. Regulated, controlled or monitored or managed by government.
If the FCC says to Comcast, "No, you cannot do X Y and Z with your lines," then that is in fact REGULATION. The lack of the FCC saying something is DEREGULATION.
Idiots.
If you want to see Linux on desktops, get out there and build desktops with Linux on them. Stop fucking around with proposed regulation forcing OEMs to do anything. Just go solve the problem on your own. OEMs don't do it because they don't see money in it. Convince them they are wrong. By showing them, not by posting stupid words on the internet.
200,000 is not to ruin. Sorry. It's huge, but she can certainly pay it in a decade or two.
As to 'proportion to his fault', seems reasonable. Convicted of violating the distribution rights for 24 songs, a reasonable fine was applied for each individual conviction.
Case over.
The RIAA won because she broke the law. A law the majority (sorry, it's true) put into place. This case has nothing to do with the DMCA. This is basic copyright law.
I don't know. I slightly agree that it's "high", but I also can't really argue that it's appropiate.
$20 a CD. How many times were the files downloaded? That adds up pretty quickly. I can see that hitting hundreds of thousands pretty easily if you leave Kazaa running 24/7.
Of course you can argue till you're blue in the face that nobody would have bought the music anyways. Which is not really the point. The company placed a selling price on it. Somebody distributed it without paying the price N times. N * sales price.
It would be sort of like arguing that just because you stole something doesn't mean you're liable to replace the seller with the selling price or give the item back. You can argue there that nobody would have bought it either, but it's not very relevent.
To me it seems pretty obvious. Giving away music is copyright infringement. Don't do it and get caught. And if you do get caught doing it in massively high volumes, expect to get fucked.
What do you mean, have an argument? You can't have an argument without facts and evidence to compare.
Last I checked you had none of either. Heresay does not count.
My personal view with this is that a CHOICE has been removed. Not your choice. Not my choice. But the owner of the establishment's choice. It's his choice whether he likes people smoking in his bar or not, it's your choice whether you want to go into said bar.
If the propriater felt it better served his interests, he would voluntarily not allow smoking.
That's my only beef, choice. I don't feel it's "right" for the government to instruct him on what he can and cannot do in his own establishment, in this case.
I'm not aware of any such drivers on Ubuntu. Are you talking about the non .deb NVidia provided driver package? You shouldn't be using that. Ubuntu includes drivers.
So you did read the part of the license where it said you can do exactly what was done, right? Remove the license as long as the copyright notice is in tack. There is even a specific line which says you can distribute it under the terms of the GPL.
Nothing to see here.
A competitor to Exchange. A good email client that works with it flawelessly and has all the abilities of Outlook.
CRM software integrated into that.
A single-authenication package that is ready to go. Like AD. This means making all current software use Kerberos flawelessly and fixing all the outstanding issues with LDAP lookups (caching, offline support, etc).
I dunno. I've set it up at least 7 times now. apt-get install mythtv-frontend and backend... run mythsetup... enter the database password (it's like setting up any other MySQL app), and you're good to go.
mythsetup does a pretty good job of walking you through selecting the TV tuner.
The main hard part is getting your video output working right. Just because NVidia has a bunch of weird options in xorg. But that's fine, 2 minutes later it was working.
Not a big deal.
Geeze man. Talk about a limited understanding, even for /. They released the SPECIFICATIONS, that is, the information about how to BUILD on. So you can modify the specs and build your own. What, do you expect to be able to recompile your CPU?
This is stupidly alarmist. Yes, they have an install CD that runs on Windows. All it does is:
a) Get a private DHCP address, before modem registration. All modems, when not registered, can get one of these.
b) Use a web page on the private network to register the modem. This is as simple as a web form with a Register button.
c) Once registered, the modem resets itself, obtains it's new configuration.
d) PC regains DHCP from the modem, this time getting a public address.
This is not rocket science, and you can do every step of it with Linux or Mac. Yes, 85% of their installation techs don't know HOW, and only know how to let the CD walk them through these steps, but it's super easy. On top of that, YOU can call Comcast, read them your modem's MAC address, and get it registered yourself, skip to step d. I've done this 4 times for replacement cable modems.
This is all just plain TCP/IP and web pages. There is no magic. And yes, I have only three Linux boxes at my house, no Windows or Mac at all.
Wait let me get this straight. You say they need evidence of a person committing a crime. Then you suggest they serve a warrant to get the evidence. Then than an IP doesn't identify a person.
So.... who do they file a warrant against again?
Which part of asking somebody for a name of a user being accused of breaking the law is unlawful? Seems reasonable to me.
The problem is it evicts the old program's relavent disk cache. FOr instance, Outlook has your PST file open. But its' not actually doing anything with it. It's not loaded into memory. It is part of the disk cache. The disk cache gets dumped basically in FIFO order. The oldest page gets evicted to map a newer page in.
The WDS reads every file on the system. It may immediately discard the data it reads, but the disk pages do get read into the cache, and evict the oldest. If it runs through 16 GB of files, and you have 1 GB of ram, then after WDS reads 1GB of disk, stuff starts getting pushed out.
Then you sit down at Outlook and open an email... and outlook goes and reads it from the PST, but since it's no longer in cache, it has to go to disk. Outlook itself stays in memory, but the data it is using does not. Hence it ends up being sluggish.
The article you referenced in no way explained why the government should ensure that I am able to keep my job. It simply pointed out that markets are not always optimal. I see them as two different things. Markets. Government. Perhaps that's because I lean towards the libertarian.
>> Good luck trying to run a sizable business with no ability to read Office files. Even job hunting is difficult without a resume in Word format.
Once again, I disagree it is the governments job to make sure you can run your business... except for maybe in the case of a hurricane or flood. Office documents? Bah.
Well, great. All you've done is point out how much our current laws suck, and how they should be removed.
Again, you assert that you are entitled to your ideal choice. This is not true of life.
AT&T: Granted a government contract over the phone lines in your home. The government is then free to adjust the terms of said contract to suit it's needs.
Standard Oil: Walk. Lazy slob.
Your only assertion is that because they are a monopoly, the rules are different. I disagree. And I assert that because AT&T was granted a government contract for the physical lines running into your house, the situation differs, and they should be held accountable to that contract. Which can say whatever the hell it wants, and if my elected representative doesn't enforce the contract, then me and him can have words.
MS has no such contract.
I still don't agree. If MS wants to put code into their OS to make my software suck, I see that as a reason to not use their OS. Simple as that. If other people don't agree, then it's my job to convince them.
And I vehemently disagree with that line of thinking. I do not think the government's job is to force people to "play nice". If MS uses it's Windows position to take over the browser market, so be it. Obviously they've done their homework.
Again. If you are discontent with their "world", simply leave. Until it involves drinking water, I will disagree.
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I am. And I completely disagree with them, and if asked to vote on it, I would vote against making monopolies illegal. Again, except where the threat of violence exists. But that's sort of seperate law.