Great. Way to give them free advertising on a very popular website. As much as Slashdot has users that for the most part hate spam, we also have trolls and people who just don't care and see this as a way to make money. I can hear them cheering right now.
On another note, perhaps legislation should be put forward to outlaw distributed (this would have to be defined further... perhaps third party or in a different physical location, obviously wouldn't want it to affect legitimate servers) mail delivery like this. There's not really any point in a widescale distributed email delivery system OTHER than delivering spam that I can think of... Though I'm sure spam companies would try to come up with something. In this case, I think legislation may be a good thing.
A bit off topic, but does anyone know how to repair headphone jacks? My laptop headphone jack seems to be a bit touchy, the stereo goes on and off, etc. I don't really want to have to ship my computer back to California (from Ontario) to get it repaired either as I need this laptop. Anyone know where I could get some info on how one would go about fixing this on one's own? I am A+ certified and I've had some experience with hardware repair.
What, exactly, are you trying to say here? It seems to me that you're saying that ease of use isn't what's holding people back from Linux... so... what? What is, if not ease of use? Or are you trying to advocate that Linux should ONLY be used by techies? Or perhaps that we should try to defeat Microsoft by doing... what? "Kick them in the balls?"
Look, people need to be aware that Linux exists, sure, but ease of use IS A PROBLEM. If the average person used to Windows tried to install a distro of Linux on their system, they'd run away from the computer screaming (with the exception perhaps of something like Xandros). And then they'd swear never to touch it again.
Normal people *want to avoid a command line as much as possible*. Sure, it's good and a necessity to have it there, but we already have that, let's work to create a workable, efficient, useable user interface that lets people get things done quickly, and with as little possible issues as possible (dependancies, necessity to drop to a command prompt, non-working drivers, etc.). Linux is on its way there, but attitudes like that of the parent will not get us anywhere.
Um... Some things are more important than others. As much as these icons would make sense, I wouldn't want a bill like this to be opposed (or at least, more so) by some of the largest corporations out there (namely Microsoft) due to some of the additions that you have here. Spyware is constantly becoming more and more a problem for new computer users who aren't aware of it, as I'm very much aware (posting from my tech support job right now;^).
You know what else is morally wrong? Suing your customers because you're not willing to explore other, decent ways of selling a digital product.
Copyright DOESN'T WORK with digital, copyable works. If the RIAA et al wanted people to respect them more while simultaneously stopping the need to sue their own customers, they would explore some of the new ways of selling works in this age, such as the Digital Art Auction or the Street Performer Protocol, where basically, money, or offers to purchase a work at a specified price, and the work is released to the public domain when the artist gets the money offered for the creation of the work and the offers reach a certain, specified level.
One of the problems is that these both have a one-time payment, and don't offer a renewable source of income from a work, but really, we want to pay for the work itself, not the marketing, advertising, and so forth that go along with it, right?
I really doubt an NSA employee is actively reading Slashdot (well... as part of his job anyway) right now. More than likely, they route all communications and scan them, flagging suspicious words like "bomb" or "Al Qaeda", and marking it to be read if it goes over a certain level.
And in that vein, bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb.;^)
Check out the results of a quick search on MobyGames for a list of Metroid games Nintendo has produced. If you're looking to try a recent one, I higly recommend Metroid: Zero Mission, though IMHO the best one is Super Metroid (which you can try on an emulator if you can't get the cartridge / don't have a SNES.
To be honest, I couldn't find anything in a cursory search of the US Code saying that it had to be in writing, so you may be right in saying that this is considered a contract. IANAL, but to my knowledge the validity of click-through agreements, especially in terms of contract law, hasn't really be tested in court.
Note the document says Terms of Sale, and not Contract (anywhere therein). Is it a license to use the music or a contract?
Anyway, I don't use iTunes and I'm not going to. I'll just keep waiting for companies to smarten up and realize that we listen to music on computers now, and we don't want to have to deal with their BS restrictions.
Agreed on all points. I wish Slashdot would please stop posting articles which express the viewer's opinion in such a direct manner. This is SUPPOSED to be a news and discussion site, but keep the news, news, and keep opinions to the discussion.
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Great. Way to give them free advertising on a very popular website. As much as Slashdot has users that for the most part hate spam, we also have trolls and people who just don't care and see this as a way to make money. I can hear them cheering right now.
On another note, perhaps legislation should be put forward to outlaw distributed (this would have to be defined further... perhaps third party or in a different physical location, obviously wouldn't want it to affect legitimate servers) mail delivery like this. There's not really any point in a widescale distributed email delivery system OTHER than delivering spam that I can think of... Though I'm sure spam companies would try to come up with something. In this case, I think legislation may be a good thing.
They did, it's called Internet Explorer ;^)
(Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections)
Eh... you sure? And what exactly would be an inconspicuous area? ;^)
A bit off topic, but does anyone know how to repair headphone jacks? My laptop headphone jack seems to be a bit touchy, the stereo goes on and off, etc. I don't really want to have to ship my computer back to California (from Ontario) to get it repaired either as I need this laptop. Anyone know where I could get some info on how one would go about fixing this on one's own? I am A+ certified and I've had some experience with hardware repair.
And that worked real well.
Yeah, I thought it was relevant. Excuse me for wasting your oh so valuable time.
Microsoft buys evil from Satan, says it will be an asset in the new economy.
Dude... CLARIA is spyware.
What, exactly, are you trying to say here? It seems to me that you're saying that ease of use isn't what's holding people back from Linux... so... what? What is, if not ease of use? Or are you trying to advocate that Linux should ONLY be used by techies? Or perhaps that we should try to defeat Microsoft by doing... what? "Kick them in the balls?"
Look, people need to be aware that Linux exists, sure, but ease of use IS A PROBLEM. If the average person used to Windows tried to install a distro of Linux on their system, they'd run away from the computer screaming (with the exception perhaps of something like Xandros). And then they'd swear never to touch it again.
Normal people *want to avoid a command line as much as possible*. Sure, it's good and a necessity to have it there, but we already have that, let's work to create a workable, efficient, useable user interface that lets people get things done quickly, and with as little possible issues as possible (dependancies, necessity to drop to a command prompt, non-working drivers, etc.). Linux is on its way there, but attitudes like that of the parent will not get us anywhere.
Same as you do any other server?
Argh. Damn Public Terminal login. Dah well.
Um... Some things are more important than others. As much as these icons would make sense, I wouldn't want a bill like this to be opposed (or at least, more so) by some of the largest corporations out there (namely Microsoft) due to some of the additions that you have here. Spyware is constantly becoming more and more a problem for new computer users who aren't aware of it, as I'm very much aware (posting from my tech support job right now ;^).
On the other hand, a lot of people do ;^)
:^)
(Check it out, remix of the entire Super Metroid soundtrack
Of course it's morally wrong.
You know what else is morally wrong? Suing your customers because you're not willing to explore other, decent ways of selling a digital product.
Copyright DOESN'T WORK with digital, copyable works. If the RIAA et al wanted people to respect them more while simultaneously stopping the need to sue their own customers, they would explore some of the new ways of selling works in this age, such as the Digital Art Auction or the Street Performer Protocol, where basically, money, or offers to purchase a work at a specified price, and the work is released to the public domain when the artist gets the money offered for the creation of the work and the offers reach a certain, specified level.
One of the problems is that these both have a one-time payment, and don't offer a renewable source of income from a work, but really, we want to pay for the work itself, not the marketing, advertising, and so forth that go along with it, right?
I really doubt an NSA employee is actively reading Slashdot (well... as part of his job anyway) right now. More than likely, they route all communications and scan them, flagging suspicious words like "bomb" or "Al Qaeda", and marking it to be read if it goes over a certain level.
;^)
And in that vein, bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb.
The thing about keeping the gender neutral until the end would be that they'd have to keep the identity of the actress secret and such.
That would be really good actually. Would get a lot of respect from me as a gamer.
Yeah, you are a bit out of touch ;^)
Check out the results of a quick search on MobyGames for a list of Metroid games Nintendo has produced. If you're looking to try a recent one, I higly recommend Metroid: Zero Mission, though IMHO the best one is Super Metroid (which you can try on an emulator if you can't get the cartridge / don't have a SNES.
Erm... not necessarily. >_
So we should expect J.P. Morgan Chase to die within the next year of bad management? Somehow, I doubt that...
Y'know, someone complained about this. Just thought you should know.
To be honest, I couldn't find anything in a cursory search of the US Code saying that it had to be in writing, so you may be right in saying that this is considered a contract. IANAL, but to my knowledge the validity of click-through agreements, especially in terms of contract law, hasn't really be tested in court.
Note the document says Terms of Sale, and not Contract (anywhere therein). Is it a license to use the music or a contract?
Anyway, I don't use iTunes and I'm not going to. I'll just keep waiting for companies to smarten up and realize that we listen to music on computers now, and we don't want to have to deal with their BS restrictions.
Oddly, I don't think that iTunes users signed a contract with Apple when they downloaded the program.
Um... article writer's opinion, but I'm sure you got that.
Agreed on all points. I wish Slashdot would please stop posting articles which express the viewer's opinion in such a direct manner. This is SUPPOSED to be a news and discussion site, but keep the news, news, and keep opinions to the discussion.