And Hotmail deleted my e-mail account without telling me, yahoo wont give me back my account that I've had for years (yes - craznar is me the world over).
It comes down to a simple fact - did you break the rules that were there when you signed up, however stupid they were ?
If the answer is yes - then you are to blame for your loss of identity.
I think complaining about them taking the freakin' servers down once a week in peak time is something worth of headlines.
Anyway - when they ban brand names, then I'll be screwed:)
So, I can buy some songs, as long as they are popular, but not too popular and recent and local and have the letter B in the title and {etc} and as long as I want to pay more than geting a real CD.
By the way, most artists see $0.00 from the record companies as well - so if getting money to the artist is the issue I'd much prefer to pay the russian mafia than the US mafia.
Well - in that case the artists are no worse off with allofmp3 than with the current arrangement of not being able to buy it at all.
At least I'm not breaking the law now.
So - back to my original point.... if and when the music companies stop playing silly buggers and let me buy the music I want to buy, then I'll just have to deal with allofmp3.
PS : In Australia I can buy music/movie etc from any country that can legally sell it (i.e. as if I was in that country).
PPS: You need to investigate further about where the 2c goes.......
You should feel lucky that you can buy all your music on CD, however - around 70 tracks are currently unavailable to me on CD, so electronic is all that is left.
Now - because the allofmp3 money is going to the artist (as much as buying a CD is).... I feel that getting a quality MP3 from them (legally) is acceptable given that the only other option is NO MONEY going to the artist.
So the point is - that given the choice of giving the artist ZERO DOLLARS (Bittorrent) and giving them 2c (AllofMP3)... one is obviously significantly better.
Now once the music companies pull their finger out and let the market buy the music ANYWHERE... then that is the best option available to me.
Slashdot Mirror
Even for friggin' nervous.
... MAKE THEM WET THEIR PANTS.
So - lets pick on the people that find flying stressful and
Is this an adaptation of the let's only give loans to the wealthy, or health insurance to the rich ideas ?
As me types in 'whimper' as the security word for this post - I wonder.
If they target Sony/BMG websites with the attack :)
Do I hear "Foot self in the shoot" anyone ?
Why... cause it demonstrates that there is still some lines that even the biggest company cannot cross.
I'm happy about that.
". The nonprofit organiztion that controls internet domains is based in the USA. I therefore infer that the US Government is in control."
As in - yes, the US Government could pass a law telling that organisation to kick all Chinese IP addresses off the face of the DNS.
That means - it has control, that is currently chooses not to exercise it is a separate issue.
Ok - so company.com and company.com.au have to fight it out over ownership.
.US name space.
.... have a chat to amazon.ca :)
Name space collisions aren't an issue, when one name space is relatively 'empty' as in the
As for there wouldn't be a microsoft.us
Great idea except how do we resolve namespace collisions ?
Then we could have companies buying the root.Us names as well ?
Microsoft would then become Microsoft.Us ?
Google.Us ?
Mmmmmm ?
blah.com.au might look up in a local DNS ... but before that it had to look up au in a root.
If there is two roots - which one do I look up.
Well - it is broke.
How would the US feel if China or the EU could turn off www.whitehouse.gov by passing a law ?
Like it or hate it - the internet is now a critical bit of planetary infrastructure.
It needs fixing - but NOT through UN involvement.
I doubt having a bunch of arguing governments would be any better than having one incompetent government in charge.
In my opinion what is needed is three corporate based committees (US, EU, JP/Asia for example) each 'in control' of a portion of the internet roots.
Any disputes could then be resolved via a 3 way 'vote'.
Two things need to be avoided at all costs.
1. US government control (either direct or inferred)
2. A root split
'2010'
:)
Seems like all good ideas come from SF
And 8 years is how far back you pushed your site with this one rant from your's truly.
Seems that WoW and Mr Slashdot have something in common after all...
If you wanted a WoW rant, maybe you should have started a more generic article, and post one or two times within it with your specifics.
And Hotmail deleted my e-mail account without telling me, yahoo wont give me back my account that I've had for years (yes - craznar is me the world over).
:)
It comes down to a simple fact - did you break the rules that were there when you signed up, however stupid they were ?
If the answer is yes - then you are to blame for your loss of identity.
I think complaining about them taking the freakin' servers down once a week in peak time is something worth of headlines.
Anyway - when they ban brand names, then I'll be screwed
Signing off
Schwartzkopf@Proudmore.WoW
That's about it.
So, I can buy some songs, as long as they are popular, but not too popular and recent and local and have the letter B in the title and {etc} and as long as I want to pay more than geting a real CD.
Yes.... definitely a LOL.
By the way, most artists see $0.00 from the record companies as well - so if getting money to the artist is the issue I'd much prefer to pay the russian mafia than the US mafia.
Well - in that case the artists are no worse off with allofmp3 than with the current arrangement of not being able to buy it at all.
At least I'm not breaking the law now.
So - back to my original point.... if and when the music companies stop playing silly buggers and let me buy the music I want to buy, then I'll just have to deal with allofmp3.
PS : In Australia I can buy music/movie etc from any country that can legally sell it (i.e. as if I was in that country).
PPS: You need to investigate further about where the 2c goes.......
Luckily, it's very hard to commit theft in relation to music, only in relation to physical items (CDs etc).
As for copyright infringment - that may be something one just has to live with as part of the process of eventually getting money to the owner.
That is - until the dufus bosses of the recording companies actually LET ME BUY THEIR FUCKING SONGS.
You should feel lucky that you can buy all your music on CD, however - around 70 tracks are currently unavailable to me on CD, so electronic is all that is left.
.... I feel that getting a quality MP3 from them (legally) is acceptable given that the only other option is NO MONEY going to the artist.
... one is obviously significantly better.
Now - because the allofmp3 money is going to the artist (as much as buying a CD is)
So the point is - that given the choice of giving the artist ZERO DOLLARS (Bittorrent) and giving them 2c (AllofMP3)
Now once the music companies pull their finger out and let the market buy the music ANYWHERE... then that is the best option available to me.
So - in summary, you are wrong.
Seems to be alot of moronic yanks that don't realise that SOME countries allow you to buy music OUTSIDE that country.
It's legal in Russia - it's legal in Australia.
Live with it moron.
What's different is that it isn't illegal for me to buy music legally in another country .... in Australia.
Already signed up here in frustration http://www.allofmp3.com/
Only 2 weeks ago.
..as an excuse for not doing something to hard.
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That's it.
This is the shorted puzzle I've ever created.
It is linguistic, mathematic and a touch cryptic.
Just fill in the missing digit:
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From country that exports death in a thousand forms - you are worried about a company selling software used for filtering internet traffic.
Is this the same ideology that blanks out Janet's tits, but allows 100 people to be shot in a half hour TV show ?
Get your priorities right.
Most Television adverts don't change the channel I'm watching, so they are an annoyance for a minute or two then go away.
.... that's the problem.
Printed ads, sit calmly beside the content I am reading.
Internet ads that sit ON TOP of the content, or pop up a new website
That's the difference.