Ignorance is the worst threat to freedom. We need to educate people. I call upon every Slashdotter to explain to at least 3 people tomorrow that it is legal to copy anything for your own personal use, as well as the other issues.
You should begin the conversation with something like, "So, did you hear what the RIAA are doing?!"...
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No no no. Number one is what's happening. It isn't touching anything, it is merely making itself the default browser and dial-up program, AFTER CONFIRMING THIS WITH THE USER!
If they're so pissed off about this, they should be suing a certain other company that has gone a lot further in many areas...
I've seen your rabid flames numerous times on this article. Have you ever used Napster? Allow me to clarify something...
All that the Napster servers do is listing. You connect to a server, look for an MP3, and add it to your download queue. Everything else is DCC, over a random port. How do you suggest *that* is handled? You won't get far by limiting the bandwidth to the Napster servers, as not much bandwidth is used on them from the start - it's all in the DCC transfers.
The only way to prevent the transfers from happening is to block access to the Napster servers so that the transfers cannot be initiated.
Of course, with the Napster protocol being somewhat reverse-engineered now, I wonder how long it will be until a server clone is written and Napster is no longer centralized... Never mind.:)
I have a little packet monitor program that... well... monitors packets. Among other things, it logs every byte transferred and totals it up.
As of now, it is showing that I've transferred about 8,348MB both ways since 10/21/1999 (roughly 3 months ago) - 7,542MB down and 806MB up. This may seem insignificant, until you realize that only about 5% of the time, if that, was my modem working at full capacity.
Pfft... since when is this news? This was done a long long time ago when software was first invented. Everyone knows that software is a black hole that will suck down any storage that will even get close to it. Remember how two years ago you thought that 5GB hard drive would last you forever?
This is a big plus for the online retailers and a huge minus for the credit card companies. A credit card charge is only valid if the person's signature is there. That's right. All of those things that Amazon charged your card weren't really valid. However, if you choose to accept them and don't argue, they become valid. So if someone steals your card and goes on a shopping spree, the online retailers pick up the bill. On the other hand, if the signature is there, your card's insurance pays for it.
I would be willing to wager that Opera will reject the cookies, since it adheres to all the specs in other areas, including HTML, CSS, and similar things about cookies.
However, I have also had some sites not work because of this.
But that doesn't matter, since I block all cookies anyway, except for the ones I need. If you don't do this already, you really should get JunkBuster. Available for Win32 and *nix.
I can't quite put my finger on it, especially since the printing press was invented earlier than 1900, but it is some other invention(s) that help spread information fast. The radio, the fax machine, the copy machine, and (duh) the Internet are on the list. Why?
Why did people evolve so slowly until the 1800's? It's because information could not be shared. It took days, if not weeks or even months, for informatino to travel from one place to another. Why did Linux and OSS evolve so quickly? (OK, I should've come up with a better example. Space exploration? Medicine?) Because information was shared, and things grew together.
If one wizard creates something really cool but can't share it, his creation never sees light, because others always have to build on to it. In order for progress to exist, information has to be shared and exchanged. Without this, nothing else can happen. There is no progress whatsoever without the sharing of information.
Another huge accomplishment, and sort of invention? Public education. I'll let you come up with your own explanations and reasons, since I'm tired of typing and I really should go to bed.
AFAIK, many of the pay-you-to-watch-banners people use DoubleClick's banners. However, many of them use Microsoft's IE controls for grabbing ads, and the controls use the same settings as IE itself, which includes the proxy settings.
With AllAdvantage, I have successfully routed their banners through my proxy and I now have two blank boxes where the banners would be.
If you're a Windows or *nix user, you could try the Internet Junkbuster proxy. If you're willing to pay ($19.95) and use Windows, try interMute. The latter will auto-configure your browsers, including Netscape, IExplode, Opera, and AOL.
Here's my theory. The legislators grew up to be legislators by having a very boring and bland life as teenagers. They either think that's the way things should be, or are simply jealous. What do you think?
She said both of the Internet bills are designed to "get at the porn problem." She responded to First Amendment objections by saying that the proposals have been reviewed by lawyers, who found them constitutional. (The bolding is mine.)
Well, some virus suits are already available for Linux, but they're more about protecting the Windows users before the files get to their boxes. Here are a few:
A long long time ago, videogames were usually written by one person. This person did everything. The little sprites, the game engine, the title screen, etc. One person decided how the game should look, what the gameplay should be like, and how many characters should be in the list of top scores. This gave the games a certain feel, similar to the one you experience when you read a poem or look at a painting. The game was an artform.
Today, the games are developed by teams of people, sometimes past 100 members. There are programmers, artists, marketeers, and even people whose job it is to do nothing but manage the aforementioned people.
This has happened in other areas as well. For example, the movie Terminator was never expected to be a success, and was filmed on a very small budget. After it became popular, a sequel was made, which (IMHO) was nowher near as good, although it cost a lot more, and IIRC was at one time the most expensive movie ever.
Also available, Gay.com free Internet access, Senior.com free Internet access, AltaVista free Internet access... basically, they just slap a different logo on it and sell it.
Just like my experience with IE crashing, your experience with IE not crashing is but a personal experience. IE is only stable if your system is set up exactly the way Microsoft wanted. Personally, I had once-in-a-while IE crashes under Win95 OSR2, and way too many crashes under Win98SE. Under Win98, however, IE would not only crash, but it would have a "looped" GPF, meaning that the GPF message would reappear every time you tried to close it, leaving you no other option but a cold reboot. I have seen several other people report the same problem.
Under NT4 and NT5, I've had no real problems with IE, except that IE5 refuses to use my proxy. However, I don't use IE very often anymore, as I use Opera for 90% of my browsing.
There is nothing wrong with Win32's TCPIP stack. OK, well it does work sometimes;) but there's still no reason not to build something that *uses* what's already in place and works, rather that replace it.
While this is true, the following is what I think caused them do what they did. Not everyone has the TCP/IP stack installed. To install it would cause all kinds of annoyances, including requests for the Windows CD, which many people have already used for other purposes. This way, AOL automatically installs all the drivers without the l^Huser worrying about it.
I do appreciate the marketing that AOL makes about being "easier than ever" or whatever...because it keeps most of the people who can't read instructions or help files away, but if they are so truly easy to use, they should also make a product that actually plays nice with the system when the user needs it to.
My theory is that it is impossible to make a product that is easy to use, stable, and system-friendly at the same time. For the moment, anyway.
I have successfully used AOL 4.0 on Windows 2000 Professional. I haven't used it often, and I do recall there being some problems, but I did manage to use it. However, I never tried connecting to AOL directly through dialup - it was always through TCP/IP using my already connected ISP.
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You should begin the conversation with something like, "So, did you hear what the RIAA are doing?!"...
(I don't know whether or not this post is humorous...)
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Actually, the AOL Adapter has been around since the Win32 version of AOL 3.0 (aka AOL95).
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If they're so pissed off about this, they should be suing a certain other company that has gone a lot further in many areas...
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All that the Napster servers do is listing. You connect to a server, look for an MP3, and add it to your download queue. Everything else is DCC, over a random port. How do you suggest *that* is handled? You won't get far by limiting the bandwidth to the Napster servers, as not much bandwidth is used on them from the start - it's all in the DCC transfers.
The only way to prevent the transfers from happening is to block access to the Napster servers so that the transfers cannot be initiated.
Of course, with the Napster protocol being somewhat reverse-engineered now, I wonder how long it will be until a server clone is written and Napster is no longer centralized... Never mind. :)
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As of now, it is showing that I've transferred about 8,348MB both ways since 10/21/1999 (roughly 3 months ago) - 7,542MB down and 806MB up. This may seem insignificant, until you realize that only about 5% of the time, if that, was my modem working at full capacity.
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Then again, IANAL.
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Packard Bell is dead.
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IMAGINING? Why don't you visit me sometime? :P
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However, I have also had some sites not work because of this.
But that doesn't matter, since I block all cookies anyway, except for the ones I need. If you don't do this already, you really should get JunkBuster. Available for Win32 and *nix.
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Why did people evolve so slowly until the 1800's? It's because information could not be shared. It took days, if not weeks or even months, for informatino to travel from one place to another. Why did Linux and OSS evolve so quickly? (OK, I should've come up with a better example. Space exploration? Medicine?) Because information was shared, and things grew together.
If one wizard creates something really cool but can't share it, his creation never sees light, because others always have to build on to it. In order for progress to exist, information has to be shared and exchanged. Without this, nothing else can happen. There is no progress whatsoever without the sharing of information.
Another huge accomplishment, and sort of invention? Public education. I'll let you come up with your own explanations and reasons, since I'm tired of typing and I really should go to bed.
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With AllAdvantage, I have successfully routed their banners through my proxy and I now have two blank boxes where the banners would be.
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You don't have to. Just use a proxy. Allow only the sites where you want cookies to be enabled, and then deny all others. Try JunkBuster.
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Do I really need to comment on this?
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Have a look for yourself: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi- bin/dict.pl?term=virus
Excerpt: "Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses are typically not considered living organisms."
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Today, the games are developed by teams of people, sometimes past 100 members. There are programmers, artists, marketeers, and even people whose job it is to do nothing but manage the aforementioned people.
This has happened in other areas as well. For example, the movie Terminator was never expected to be a success, and was filmed on a very small budget. After it became popular, a sequel was made, which (IMHO) was nowher near as good, although it cost a lot more, and IIRC was at one time the most expensive movie ever.
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Per day. :)
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Explanations here:
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Under NT4 and NT5, I've had no real problems with IE, except that IE5 refuses to use my proxy. However, I don't use IE very often anymore, as I use Opera for 90% of my browsing.
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While this is true, the following is what I think caused them do what they did. Not everyone has the TCP/IP stack installed. To install it would cause all kinds of annoyances, including requests for the Windows CD, which many people have already used for other purposes. This way, AOL automatically installs all the drivers without the l^Huser worrying about it.
I do appreciate the marketing that AOL makes about being "easier than ever" or whatever...because it keeps most of the people who can't read instructions or help files away, but if they are so truly easy to use, they should also make a product that actually plays nice with the system when the user needs it to.
My theory is that it is impossible to make a product that is easy to use, stable, and system-friendly at the same time. For the moment, anyway.
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