Anyone know exactly how the RIAA is going about prosecuting these days? I'm one of a lot of people who used to do a lot of filesharing and have since cleaned up their act (I went the way of iTunes). I deleted music I didn't honestly own and haven't obtained any illegally since; my question is, is the RIAA suing indiscriminately based on IPs possibly logged many many months (or even years) ago, or are they going after still-current offenders?
It seemed in the beginning that they were making a statement, and that (based on decreased Kazaa traffic) the message got through. The fact that they're still suing people is scary of those of us who got that message long ago but no longer have the opportunity to sign onto the now-defunct amnesty list (which was plagued by legal issues anyway).
That would be ideal, but not much different from what they're already doing anyway.
I think that any DRM licensing should be industry-wide, rather than targeting a specific company. I happen to think that iPod sales wouldn't really be hurt too badly if suddenly every other avenue were opened, WMA included. There's a reason Apple is dominating the market with the iTMS and the iPod; people prefer it. Standardize the DRM OR license all available DRMs, and chances are iPod sales will only continue to go up.
In the earlier days of the iTunes music store, Apple itself reported very meager earnings indeed. It's long been Apple's policy to charge less for software and more for hardware; if this were to happen, sure, the resulting surge in sales would probably be high, but would iPod sales take a hit? Who knows. It seemed to me that Apple introduced iTunes and the music store on both Apple and PC platforms in order to help drive up iPod sales, from which it makes a tidy bundle. It may be pure speculation, but one could probably assume that doing this would probably hurt iPod sales, and the company in the process.
Sorry, but I got the impression there would be no text. Tick marks maybe? It's a lot easier to look at a digital readout temp gage and see that it's 62.8 degrees than it is to try to determine an exact temp from a VU. And the color comment was simply from the proof-of-concept that got them here.
But to be fair, I do get a generally more comforting sense of temp and time from analog than by merely reading digital numbers. So I suppose this does have its place.
You know, they can outlaw people using false information in the WHOIS, but it really won't be any different than outlawing suicide. Once it's done it's done; if you're good you really won't be tracked. Not that I have anything to hide, I just think there are more worthwhile things for our politicians to be doing.
But if you had one for everything, wouldn't you just be surrounded by a lot of (eventually) confusing colors? I still prefer a single device with a sensible display. Sure, this looks fun, but after the novelty wears off I think it'll be not only annoying but inexcusably inaccurate.
I like in North Dakota. We know how to dress in the winter. I can easily get away with regular sneakers and no gloves if I've properly bundled otherwise (several torso layers and a hood).
Interesting about carpal tunnel and the like though. In most cases though, the way we dress here is enough to withstand -20F windchills (and I do have arthritis).
As someone else who lives in a cold climate (-20F windchill today) yes, I agree that it's good to keep your ears warm, but you'll find that heating your torso area will help keep those extremities warm as well.
Sounds neat and all, but they've already shown that maintaining a certain temp in your torso area will help keep those extremities warm. I'd think it would use heatpads on your chest.
Because chances are, if the SCO does win in the courts, the first people they'll go after will be those who had that injunction filed. Bully syndrome again; the simple truth is that people are afraid of them.
The problem is the legal bit. If our system was less beaurocratic (consider what just happened when the SCO failed to come forward with any real backup to their claims in court) we really could sue them for extortion.
I'm all for standing up to the bully. The question is, how do we do it?
I have to agree...it wasn't very professional to end the letter that way. Of course he was justified in saying so.
What has me curious is if everyone were to follow suit, will this actually stop the SCO, or will it be more like a "Verizon vs. the RIAA" kind of thing? The SCO may stop picking on these guys temporarily, but that doesn't mean they'll stop altogether. Chances are they'll simply find another route. Folks with homebrew servers, beware!
No, I read it; obviously the sensors in my little 1MP cam won't be anything near what's in the pancam, but I can do something about the lens. Grab an eye doc friend who can get some decent prescription-ground lenses and go for the stereo effect. I'm not sure; one might have to write a small program to make it work, but it could be fun to see the results.
The NASA guys had to start somewhere. Their biggest advantage will be the sensors, but there's no reason we can't replicate the rest. If one wanted to go all-out, it might even be feasable to use an array from a high-mp camera and configure it to use multiple sensors to produce 1px.
The Spirit being from NASA, I was assuming it had at least 6MP cameras. This really is pretty cool. Perhaps I'll dust my old 1MP camera off and see if I can do anything similar. If nothing else, they've proven that it's not completely worthless yet. Pretty nifty.
Because the server I was installing was on a linux box, and I was learning the whole thing from scratch. I hadn't connected yet because I was replacing an existing server by myself and didn't want to do it live.
It's a long, unnecessary way around, I've since learned. The book would still have been helpful though, and I still plan to get it.
This is a godsend to those of us who are just starting out. Sure there is a lot of decent online documentation, but that requires running back and forth from machine to machine and taking a lot of notes.
You're right. I didn't mean to objectify it. This is a computer, and deserves the same respect that is the right of every computer regardless of speed, platform or form factor.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm inclined to think rumor, but that might be because the site slashdotted at the first inclination that actual traffic MIGHT be on its way.
So um...anybody mirror this thing before it crashed? That didn't take long.
Anyone know exactly how the RIAA is going about prosecuting these days? I'm one of a lot of people who used to do a lot of filesharing and have since cleaned up their act (I went the way of iTunes). I deleted music I didn't honestly own and haven't obtained any illegally since; my question is, is the RIAA suing indiscriminately based on IPs possibly logged many many months (or even years) ago, or are they going after still-current offenders?
It seemed in the beginning that they were making a statement, and that (based on decreased Kazaa traffic) the message got through. The fact that they're still suing people is scary of those of us who got that message long ago but no longer have the opportunity to sign onto the now-defunct amnesty list (which was plagued by legal issues anyway).
That would be ideal, but not much different from what they're already doing anyway. I think that any DRM licensing should be industry-wide, rather than targeting a specific company. I happen to think that iPod sales wouldn't really be hurt too badly if suddenly every other avenue were opened, WMA included. There's a reason Apple is dominating the market with the iTMS and the iPod; people prefer it. Standardize the DRM OR license all available DRMs, and chances are iPod sales will only continue to go up.
In the earlier days of the iTunes music store, Apple itself reported very meager earnings indeed. It's long been Apple's policy to charge less for software and more for hardware; if this were to happen, sure, the resulting surge in sales would probably be high, but would iPod sales take a hit? Who knows. It seemed to me that Apple introduced iTunes and the music store on both Apple and PC platforms in order to help drive up iPod sales, from which it makes a tidy bundle. It may be pure speculation, but one could probably assume that doing this would probably hurt iPod sales, and the company in the process.
Let's see....
Take a relatively expensive toy,
Add a big ugly knob,
Trade in a lot of your one-touch buttons for lots more scrolling.
Surf for a while, simmer and search for proper recorder hacks. Cross fingers, will serve a few, frustrate many.
But it's cool as hell. Looks like a headache, but I can't not try it.
Sorry, but I got the impression there would be no text. Tick marks maybe? It's a lot easier to look at a digital readout temp gage and see that it's 62.8 degrees than it is to try to determine an exact temp from a VU. And the color comment was simply from the proof-of-concept that got them here.
But to be fair, I do get a generally more comforting sense of temp and time from analog than by merely reading digital numbers. So I suppose this does have its place.
Damon,
You know, they can outlaw people using false information in the WHOIS, but it really won't be any different than outlawing suicide. Once it's done it's done; if you're good you really won't be tracked. Not that I have anything to hide, I just think there are more worthwhile things for our politicians to be doing.
Damon,
But if you had one for everything, wouldn't you just be surrounded by a lot of (eventually) confusing colors? I still prefer a single device with a sensible display. Sure, this looks fun, but after the novelty wears off I think it'll be not only annoying but inexcusably inaccurate.
Damon,
I like in North Dakota. We know how to dress in the winter. I can easily get away with regular sneakers and no gloves if I've properly bundled otherwise (several torso layers and a hood).
Interesting about carpal tunnel and the like though. In most cases though, the way we dress here is enough to withstand -20F windchills (and I do have arthritis).
As someone else who lives in a cold climate (-20F windchill today) yes, I agree that it's good to keep your ears warm, but you'll find that heating your torso area will help keep those extremities warm as well.
Damon,
I'd think it would be easier to use heatpads.
Oops.
Sounds neat and all, but they've already shown that maintaining a certain temp in your torso area will help keep those extremities warm. I'd think it would use heatpads on your chest.
Damon,
Because chances are, if the SCO does win in the courts, the first people they'll go after will be those who had that injunction filed. Bully syndrome again; the simple truth is that people are afraid of them.
Damon,
The problem is the legal bit. If our system was less beaurocratic (consider what just happened when the SCO failed to come forward with any real backup to their claims in court) we really could sue them for extortion.
I'm all for standing up to the bully. The question is, how do we do it?
Damon,
I have to agree...it wasn't very professional to end the letter that way. Of course he was justified in saying so.
What has me curious is if everyone were to follow suit, will this actually stop the SCO, or will it be more like a "Verizon vs. the RIAA" kind of thing? The SCO may stop picking on these guys temporarily, but that doesn't mean they'll stop altogether. Chances are they'll simply find another route. Folks with homebrew servers, beware!
Damon,
I was of the impression it had IR, but I could be wrong.
Damon,
No, I read it; obviously the sensors in my little 1MP cam won't be anything near what's in the pancam, but I can do something about the lens. Grab an eye doc friend who can get some decent prescription-ground lenses and go for the stereo effect. I'm not sure; one might have to write a small program to make it work, but it could be fun to see the results.
The NASA guys had to start somewhere. Their biggest advantage will be the sensors, but there's no reason we can't replicate the rest. If one wanted to go all-out, it might even be feasable to use an array from a high-mp camera and configure it to use multiple sensors to produce 1px.
Damon,
The Spirit being from NASA, I was assuming it had at least 6MP cameras. This really is pretty cool. Perhaps I'll dust my old 1MP camera off and see if I can do anything similar. If nothing else, they've proven that it's not completely worthless yet. Pretty nifty.
Damon,
Because the server I was installing was on a linux box, and I was learning the whole thing from scratch. I hadn't connected yet because I was replacing an existing server by myself and didn't want to do it live.
It's a long, unnecessary way around, I've since learned. The book would still have been helpful though, and I still plan to get it.
Damon,
This is a godsend to those of us who are just starting out. Sure there is a lot of decent online documentation, but that requires running back and forth from machine to machine and taking a lot of notes.
I'll definitely be picking this up.
Damon,
Thank you! Much appreciated.
Anyone have a mirror? I'm really curious on the dock issue, but the site is already /.ed.
So what's to prevent those lawsuits from happening down the road over a slightly different issue?
Moot. Right. I never thought I'd hear that in our [lawsuit] trigger-happy society.
Damon,
You're right. I didn't mean to objectify it. This is a computer, and deserves the same respect that is the right of every computer regardless of speed, platform or form factor.
Damon,