The way I see it, the RIAA is helping file sharing. Firstly, they're giving it the best press money can buy. A lot of filesharing networks are noticing spikes in usage due to all of these RIAA press releases. The idea of thousands of 'criminals' distributing 'stolen' music for free just sounds too good for a lot of people for them to pass it up because of the miniscule chance they might be sued. Secondly, they are pushing the software along. More measures are being taken to produce software that can not only handle the increased usage, but also can ensure the privacy of the users. The only way I see for the RIAA to combat this is for record stores to have kiosks where you can burn a CD with songs you pick and chose, print out an attractive label and liner notes, for an affordable price. They may be too afraid of the new technology and the (temporary) profit losses to act however...
Like sneak some code in Slashcode that makes it not validate as proper HTML, not close its tables properly, or possibly randomly spit out 500 server errors? I'll see what I can do about that.
Yes. Linux is famous for its wonderful documentation. They say, there's too much documentation for Linux, and not enough code! Oh wait, they don't say that.
Why am I here? Is it not OK to be different? And being different != head up your ass. I'm not wondering about anything, I'm trying to help people realize how ridiculous they are being.
Is it because you don't care that you look like a buffoon in public, and don't mind degrading yourself to a primary school student calling someone else names? Why not just go all out and call M$ Microsux, Microcrap, or Microshit? Surely that would emphasize your point.
You don't see a bunch of immature idiots running around calling Free Software "Forced Free Software" or "0$". Maybe you should think about your own maturity, and your own issues before posting on slashdot.
Ah, who am I kidding! Welcome to slashdot, home of the whiner.
Did you miss the part about your customer being able to give it to redistribute the product to all of your other customers for free? So, for example, with Mandrake, you have a few people who buy it, and then share the "subscribers only" torrent a few days later so no one else has to purchase it. The GPL is equated with communism, because under communism/socialism, everything is shared. No one has more than any other person (except for the hopefully benevolent leader...). In a capitalistic market, customers individually purchase the product. In a communist market, people are given products for free. With the GPL, it is very difficult to sell a product your customers can give away for free. So it is usually free, and shared by the customers. Many people argue that if you continue giving away free software, you will displace commercial software. Hence, everything will be free and no one will be able to make money. Just like communism! Now you know.
So does "Free Software," and it is misued to an extent also. How about I start a store called Free Cookies? I tell everyone that I'm offering Free Cookies (note that capital F to differentiate between regular free cookies). And then when customers come in for their Free Cookies, I sell it to them, but offer them the recipe. Do you think anyone will have different expectations upon hearing about these Free Cookies?
Why not just call it Forced Open Source? Oh, that has a negative connotation? Hmm, how about Forced Future Freedom? Or.. *drum roll,* "Open Source Software." Yeah, that has a nice ring to it.
In the long run? Hopefully they don't go out of business first! A company like Mandrake tries to provide a benefit to users who pay, and the "community" is busy negating/circumventing this, to avoid paying. I don't think that less people buying their product is going to help Mandrake in the long run.
But, you have to realize that this was probably done intentionally to help make it sweeter to sell the philosophy. Everyone likes free things, but not everyone likes arduous restrictions that supposedly help "maintain freedom."
Well, you can clearly see his post is marked troll. Obviously this means that he is not a Slashdot sheepbot, and is having independent thoughts as well as sex.
Your girlfriend is a slut. Why don't you look for someone with some class? Not some whore throwing her body around the internet like a two-day old piece of veil meat.
Very funny. I burn mp3's with WMP every week without any license challenges. Try this Mr. Uber hacker:
Select the mp3s you want to burn Right click (requires two button mouse) Burn to CD Click slightly confusing button labeled "Burn" Bask in your leet hacker skills, bypassing the imaginary DRM in Windows.
Are you aware the OOo Writer, under development for THREE YEARS, is unable to remember what view it used last? I mean, every damn Windows program, from shareware archivers to Microsoft's Office Suite can do this. It's as basic as remember what coordinates the window was at last. Truly, OOo is a worthless piece of shit.
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Never let it be said that Slashdot isn't accepting of differing viewpoints. Your closed mind will be what lets Microsoft continue to step all of your OS and definitively declare it a geek OS.
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Obviously, Windows is capable of meeting all of Bill Gates' needs, while Linux is not capable of meeting Torvalds' needs.
The way I see it, the RIAA is helping file sharing. Firstly, they're giving it the best press money can buy. A lot of filesharing networks are noticing spikes in usage due to all of these RIAA press releases. The idea of thousands of 'criminals' distributing 'stolen' music for free just sounds too good for a lot of people for them to pass it up because of the miniscule chance they might be sued.
Secondly, they are pushing the software along. More measures are being taken to produce software that can not only handle the increased usage, but also can ensure the privacy of the users.
The only way I see for the RIAA to combat this is for record stores to have kiosks where you can burn a CD with songs you pick and chose, print out an attractive label and liner notes, for an affordable price. They may be too afraid of the new technology and the (temporary) profit losses to act however...
Like sneak some code in Slashcode that makes it not validate as proper HTML, not close its tables properly, or possibly randomly spit out 500 server errors? I'll see what I can do about that.
Yes. Linux is famous for its wonderful documentation. They say, there's too much documentation for Linux, and not enough code! Oh wait, they don't say that.
We aren't interested in fair here!
Why am I here? Is it not OK to be different? And being different != head up your ass. I'm not wondering about anything, I'm trying to help people realize how ridiculous they are being.
So anyone who makes a mistake, or says something you disagree with is a troll? Haha, you must live in a small world.
Can you explain why you use the M$ in Micro$oft?
Is it because you don't care that you look like a buffoon in public, and don't mind degrading yourself to a primary school student calling someone else names? Why not just go all out and call M$ Microsux, Microcrap, or Microshit? Surely that would emphasize your point.
You don't see a bunch of immature idiots running around calling Free Software "Forced Free Software" or "0$". Maybe you should think about your own maturity, and your own issues before posting on slashdot.
Ah, who am I kidding! Welcome to slashdot, home of the whiner.
If you are into hating something else more than liking what you use, Linux will work out great for you.
Sounds like Slashdot!
90% of Windows users unhappy
KDE: The most user friendly interface: EVER!
Linux: 18 million users...
and so it goes.
Did you miss the part about your customer being able to give it to redistribute the product to all of your other customers for free? So, for example, with Mandrake, you have a few people who buy it, and then share the "subscribers only" torrent a few days later so no one else has to purchase it. The GPL is equated with communism, because under communism/socialism, everything is shared. No one has more than any other person (except for the hopefully benevolent leader...). In a capitalistic market, customers individually purchase the product. In a communist market, people are given products for free. With the GPL, it is very difficult to sell a product your customers can give away for free. So it is usually free, and shared by the customers. Many people argue that if you continue giving away free software, you will displace commercial software. Hence, everything will be free and no one will be able to make money. Just like communism! Now you know.
So does "Free Software," and it is misued to an extent also. How about I start a store called Free Cookies? I tell everyone that I'm offering Free Cookies (note that capital F to differentiate between regular free cookies). And then when customers come in for their Free Cookies, I sell it to them, but offer them the recipe. Do you think anyone will have different expectations upon hearing about these Free Cookies?
Why not just call it Forced Open Source? Oh, that has a negative connotation? Hmm, how about Forced Future Freedom? Or.. *drum roll,* "Open Source Software." Yeah, that has a nice ring to it.
In the long run? Hopefully they don't go out of business first! A company like Mandrake tries to provide a benefit to users who pay, and the "community" is busy negating/circumventing this, to avoid paying. I don't think that less people buying their product is going to help Mandrake in the long run.
Agreed 100%.
But, you have to realize that this was probably done intentionally to help make it sweeter to sell the philosophy. Everyone likes free things, but not everyone likes arduous restrictions that supposedly help "maintain freedom."
Well, you can clearly see his post is marked troll. Obviously this means that he is not a Slashdot sheepbot, and is having independent thoughts as well as sex.
Even with that pathetic kind of grovelling, I'm not moderating (positively, anyway) this pathetic excuse for a joke.
Who are you to criticize, with your comma splices.
I think your signature summarizes pretty effectively why you will never have a date.
Your girlfriend is a slut. Why don't you look for someone with some class? Not some whore throwing her body around the internet like a two-day old piece of veil meat.
Very funny. I burn mp3's with WMP every week without any license challenges. Try this Mr. Uber hacker:
Select the mp3s you want to burn
Right click (requires two button mouse)
Burn to CD
Click slightly confusing button labeled "Burn"
Bask in your leet hacker skills, bypassing the imaginary DRM in Windows.
Because users like software, not developing it? I know this must be hard for Mr Uber Leet AC to understand.
Are you aware the OOo Writer, under development for THREE YEARS, is unable to remember what view it used last? I mean, every damn Windows program, from shareware archivers to Microsoft's Office Suite can do this. It's as basic as remember what coordinates the window was at last. Truly, OOo is a worthless piece of shit.
Never let it be said that Slashdot isn't accepting of differing viewpoints. Your closed mind will be what lets Microsoft continue to step all of your OS and definitively declare it a geek OS.
Mental note: subtract two IE users from stats to compensate.