Is it common for Nintendo to release games in a separate UK English version? Anything whose major market was the US wouldn't have the word "chav" in it. That causes me to doubt the story.
All because a small percentage of people *might* use it to make meth, even though you, me, and likely no one that either of us know has known anyone that has actually done it.
Spend some time in the "heartland of America" outside the major cities, and you'll encounter sad masses of people who have fallen victim to meth.
there's a bazzilion players out there that play Ogg Vorbis and FLAC right out of the box. If these free codecs are so important to you, why not buy the device that actually already does what you want
Read my post again. The iPod is not the only device that plays those formats, but only a certain class of player will get you those benefits. The generic Chinese MP3 players the German poster above is probably thinking of do not offer such support.
Sometimes you don't want just an "MP3 player" but something with support for more formats, including Free Software ones like Ogg, FLAC and Speex. And the ability to play some fun games is a plus. An iPod with Rockbox installed will give you all this. So will a few other quality players. But the cheap MP3 players that are little more than USB sticks with a headphone jack seem awfully limited in comparison. One player is not necessarily equal to another.
And your comparison with public services is irrelevant. Music is not a public service, it's entertainment, so my subsidizing someone else's choice of commercial entertainment is completely without basis.
In most developed countries, music is not just mere entertainment, but vital cultural expression, and so it receives generous subsidity. The US is the odd man out for the paltry support given to the arts.
For all the hype that Android was to be an open platform, there's no sign yet of a phone that is completely hackable by the end user. The docs are out there, such as The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development, so we could see a utopia of community-driven apps, but it seems like Google is uninterested in the end user's extendibility of the platform, which was supposedly it's raison d'etre.
Can you? For me, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. And even when it does work, I've still got that stupid Play symbol superimposed over the video after I click it.
Whenever a discussion about certs comes up here, plenty of actual real-world managers post comments along the lines that certs are worthless and anyone proud of his certs is a dubious hire.
We shouldn't celebrate mediocrity just because it offers some sound bites for our use, but all too often in the Slashdot community we either do that, or elevate people like Lessig who, in fact, pursue goals different from what we'd like to see. Would that there were more critical voices of this Slashdot establishment figures.
Fortunately, they are not critical components of our economy
Actually, export of "intellectual property" is one of the only things keeping the US economy going nowadays, as most of its manufacturing base has been shipped overseas. That's why there are strong links between politicians and the entertainment industry.
A lot of people complained about copyright even when terms were quite short. Publishers on one side of the Atlantic tried desperately to ignore the copyrights of publishers on the other side for decades. And copyright never made any sense at all to most of the world's population, being a peculiar Western concept that only rose within the last several hundred years. Even today, if you tell the typical Indian, Eastern Europe or Southeast Asia that there should be a law to prevent them duplicating media as they see fit, they'd think you're a madman.
Seriously, the first people to go to Mars would almost have to have a deathwish to do so.
In Kim Stanley Robinson's novel of Mars colonization Red Mars, the author suggests that any colonists would have to be somewhat eccentric. That's not because of the dangers they will face, but because they are leaving behind friends, family and the general wider human society for the rest of their lives. Administrators would have a bunch of misfits on their hands and would have to assign expert psychologists to handle the situation.
But as for the dangers of radiation, you just build underground, though of course working on the surface will expose you to a lot.
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Monkey's Audio is abandonware, while FLAC still sees active support for Xiph.org.
Is it common for Nintendo to release games in a separate UK English version? Anything whose major market was the US wouldn't have the word "chav" in it. That causes me to doubt the story.
Spend some time in the "heartland of America" outside the major cities, and you'll encounter sad masses of people who have fallen victim to meth.
A ski mask can be had for $5 if you shop around. Wearing that, you can run by and snatch someone's iPod out of their hands. I just saved you $35.
Slashdot doesn't represent the "vast majority of people".
Read my post again. The iPod is not the only device that plays those formats, but only a certain class of player will get you those benefits. The generic Chinese MP3 players the German poster above is probably thinking of do not offer such support.
Sometimes you don't want just an "MP3 player" but something with support for more formats, including Free Software ones like Ogg, FLAC and Speex. And the ability to play some fun games is a plus. An iPod with Rockbox installed will give you all this. So will a few other quality players. But the cheap MP3 players that are little more than USB sticks with a headphone jack seem awfully limited in comparison. One player is not necessarily equal to another.
Obama can do Jedi mind tricks?
In most developed countries, music is not just mere entertainment, but vital cultural expression, and so it receives generous subsidity. The US is the odd man out for the paltry support given to the arts.
For all the hype that Android was to be an open platform, there's no sign yet of a phone that is completely hackable by the end user. The docs are out there, such as The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development , so we could see a utopia of community-driven apps, but it seems like Google is uninterested in the end user's extendibility of the platform, which was supposedly it's raison d'etre.
TSA has already announced that they are relaxing the no liquids rule.
Can you? For me, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. And even when it does work, I've still got that stupid Play symbol superimposed over the video after I click it.
That's the new name for reiserfs.
Whenever a discussion about certs comes up here, plenty of actual real-world managers post comments along the lines that certs are worthless and anyone proud of his certs is a dubious hire.
A certain drooling moron who repeatedly shouts "GIT-R-DONE!" would seem to offer evidence against your assertion.
We shouldn't celebrate mediocrity just because it offers some sound bites for our use, but all too often in the Slashdot community we either do that, or elevate people like Lessig who, in fact, pursue goals different from what we'd like to see. Would that there were more critical voices of this Slashdot establishment figures.
Why do you hate freedom?
Unless private enterprise succeeds.
On the other hand, his lack of connection to modern society could set him up for a successful career in law.
I hear NUTS has an exchange program with Ball State University.
Hopefully you'll work on your writing skills before sending the application away. Few universities admit illiterates.
Actually, export of "intellectual property" is one of the only things keeping the US economy going nowadays, as most of its manufacturing base has been shipped overseas. That's why there are strong links between politicians and the entertainment industry.
A lot of people complained about copyright even when terms were quite short. Publishers on one side of the Atlantic tried desperately to ignore the copyrights of publishers on the other side for decades. And copyright never made any sense at all to most of the world's population, being a peculiar Western concept that only rose within the last several hundred years. Even today, if you tell the typical Indian, Eastern Europe or Southeast Asia that there should be a law to prevent them duplicating media as they see fit, they'd think you're a madman.
The theory that the asteroid belt is the remains of some planet is an old one that has long since fallen out of favour.
In Kim Stanley Robinson's novel of Mars colonization Red Mars , the author suggests that any colonists would have to be somewhat eccentric. That's not because of the dangers they will face, but because they are leaving behind friends, family and the general wider human society for the rest of their lives. Administrators would have a bunch of misfits on their hands and would have to assign expert psychologists to handle the situation.
But as for the dangers of radiation, you just build underground, though of course working on the surface will expose you to a lot.