I'll just put a plug in for this very professional, GPLed, nonlinear audio/video editing tool - Broadcast 2000. I just used it to put together a music "collage" for some fireworks our city does every summer and it absolutely rocked. The guy I worked with on it couldn't stop commenting on how excellent and intuitive it is, much less that it's free. If you have to do any audio editing (including adding effects, compression, fades, etc), this is the tool. Not sure about the video side, but I'd wager it's as good.
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No mention in the release notes: Is there decent native support for scrolling wheel mice now. I can use my scrolling wheel with X3, but I thought there was a real standard coming that all apps could use.
Indeed, one would think that Joe/Jane netizen would be befuddled by IJB (which I started using as a result of this DoubleClick fiasco and have no intention of stopping), but I helped spread the word on my other haunt, the decidedly non-slashdot-like ParentsPlace and several of my pals there were surprised by the privacy invasion and used several different solutions to block doubleclick cookies.
I may turn the ads back on since the ads are paying sites' bills, but the cookies are byebye!
for a college to justify a blocking Napster because it's a tool of piracy, or the devil's work, or whatever... That's a misrepresentation
I think you've actually invalidated your own point here. You've shown that 40% of your collection is illegal. I presume you're implying that you could easily give up that 40% and stick with the stuff you own legally. But you haven't. You've done quite a fine job, actually, of demonstrating that Napster is indeed a popular "tool of piracy."
If a college wants to shut it down on grounds of bandwidth concerns, that's fine
If it is truly fine, then why are you publishing information on how to use anonynmizers on your web page? Maybe it's not so fine after all and you are indeed misrepreseting yourself, against your own wishes.
All of them, except the freely available ones from MP3.com. How do 99% of the people who use Napster justify the IP theft? I guess maybe they're just greedy and don't care because it's not being enforced.
Credit cards do have many of the features of ecash but lack a critical one - private anonymous electronic transaction. I would like to have the option of paying "cash" online so large anonymous companies cannot track what I spend and where. If ecash is ridiculous then I suppose privacy and anonymity are ridculous also.
As for trusting a closed source program with my info: Your information is already in the hands of several closed-source (till their dying breath) companies - Banks & Brokerages. You fret about whether "somebody manages to get ahold of your private finances." If "somebody" refers to a person that cracks your machine, then the fact that your finance app is closed source amounts to jack. Then you need some open source crypto instead. If "somebody" refers to some faceless corporation(s) knowing your financial status and spending habits then unless you keep cash in your mattress, I'm afraid you are out of luck there as well.
I do like the idea of ecash and wish it had taken off more by now. There are a lot of barriers to adoption there. Seems we need smart cards and the like in meatspace for that type of thing to catch on. I think there are too many "powers that be" that dislike anonymous electronic cash for it to take off without a major public groundswell.
First, with Moneydance, you're forking your toll over to once company instead of the other. It is not free (read the license from the download page). Second, if you add up all of the features of the rest of the options you mention, you're not going to add up to last year's version of Quicken but maybe version 1 or 2 from 5 or 6 years ago. That's not to disrespect GnuCash at all - if it meets your needs then by all means, use it. I just think you've painted far too rosy a picture of the current landscape.
Indeed, tal, you must have gone to a really good school to have learned such gems as must of and real good. I hope enrollment is down at that school for all of our sakes.
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OK, Dad. Sorry. I'll go clean my room now. Mom told me to tell you not to forget you blood pressure medication.
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People don't like drug laws and such and there have been many, many, many attempts to override them through similar attempts at civil disobedience; however all of these have failed
You forgot the 21st Amendment. There's you first failed assertion.
(then, from a later post in the thread)
I would rather have my pride/honor/respect/and freedom than play DVDs on unsupported OSs.
If you are prevented from doing what you will in the privacy of your own home, specifically as it regards watching a movie you've paid to be able to watch, haven't you actually lost (some of) your freedom? If you are unwilling to stand up for something you believe is important, haven't you relinquished your pride and honor? This would appear to be another failed assertion.
Based on these comments holding up so poorly to scrutiny, what exactly are you trying to say? That you don't mind being [Valenti|Gates|Eisner|CEOx]'s bitch because it doesn't hurt that much?
Corporations wage war on the people all the time. In this case the weapon they've chosen is knowledge/information and I'd like to think in that arena I (and my fellow/.ers, etc) am much more well-armed than Mr. Valenti and his celluloid minions and worldwide rent-a-cops. Yeah, it may still come down to money, but I can at least hope that a jury of my peers can still see (and still cares about) truth and freedom through the lawyer-induced fog of mis-/dis-information being slung about by the MPAA.
Just in case, slashdot-terminal, why don't you send 65 bucks to the EFF and we can all laugh about how frivolous this was a year from now?
Not to mention what the above poster mentioned about the MPAA deciding who can and cannot produce large scale movies, what about not-so-wide distribution? What if I want to make home movies of my daughter's first steps, put them on DVD, and send them to her Grand- and Great-Grandparents who are flung about the country, some of whom may not own a VCR? Am I going to pay the damn licensing fee? I should think not. This is extortion.
At the very least, consumer decks should play non-encrypted DVDs. Does anyone have a definitive source on whether they do or not?
I think he's just solidified why it is that I have him on my/. blocklist. If he doesn't do OSS or Linux or Biotech or Nanotech or Direct Star Wars Films then what is he really offering? If I read Car & Driver, it's because almost every one of those writers does know how an internal combustion engine works and probably disassembled and reassembled 3 of them this week.
This is one of the main reasons I come to/. is because the people talking are also the people generally doing Now, why don't they get RMS or Bob Young or Linus or some other person in the trenches to do a regular column. That would be super swell. I suppose it's because they're too busy doing to write about it.
4) More civil disobedience might include fliers that point out how to use services like Rewebber. I suspect this might get around some of these pesky filters.
1) Good call that it is indeed an emotional thing. Talk about how all the Christians are going to be repressed when the government controls the filtering software, etc. Find some right wing shit that it filters and show 'em. I know they hate pr0n, but they have to protect their own interests.
2) Civil disobedience. If they do manage to pass this crap, sit outside the library every night for a week (or a month) and pass out fliers describing how to disable the filter. Compile and hand out floppies with.exe files that'll do it in once click.
3) What part of "shall make no law" or "abridging the freedom of speech" is so confusing to these people?
I don't get it. How does despamming my address make me a fugitive black slave?
(From www.m-w.com:)
Main Entry: 1maroon Pronunciation: m&-'rün Function: noun Etymology: French maron, marron, modification of American Spanish cimarrón, from cimarrón wild, savage Date: 1666 1 capitalized : a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also : a descendant of such a slave 2 : a person who is marooned
That must mean there are a lot of Fugitive Black Slaves here on/.
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This guy was a spammer with NetUSA and the form is submitted via email. That means he's collecting email addresses with this bullshit form. I was stupid enough to submit via netscape without de-spamming my address. Now I'm probably going to get tons of crap to my main email address that I kept spam free for years. Shit
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I'll just put a plug in for this very professional, GPLed, nonlinear audio/video editing tool - Broadcast 2000. I just used it to put together a music "collage" for some fireworks our city does every summer and it absolutely rocked. The guy I worked with on it couldn't stop commenting on how excellent and intuitive it is, much less that it's free. If you have to do any audio editing (including adding effects, compression, fades, etc), this is the tool. Not sure about the video side, but I'd wager it's as good.
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No mention in the release notes: Is there decent native support for scrolling wheel mice now. I can use my scrolling wheel with X3, but I thought there was a real standard coming that all apps could use.
There are no k12.edu sites. .edu is for 4 year, degree-granting institutions.
Shouldn't that be Jean-Stéphane?
Indeed, one would think that Joe/Jane netizen would be befuddled by IJB (which I started using as a result of this DoubleClick fiasco and have no intention of stopping), but I helped spread the word on my other haunt, the decidedly non-slashdot-like ParentsPlace and several of my pals there were surprised by the privacy invasion and used several different solutions to block doubleclick cookies.
I may turn the ads back on since the ads are paying sites' bills, but the cookies are byebye!
I think you've actually invalidated your own point here. You've shown that 40% of your collection is illegal. I presume you're implying that you could easily give up that 40% and stick with the stuff you own legally. But you haven't. You've done quite a fine job, actually, of demonstrating that Napster is indeed a popular "tool of piracy."
If it is truly fine, then why are you publishing information on how to use anonynmizers on your web page? Maybe it's not so fine after all and you are indeed misrepreseting yourself, against your own wishes.
That's a great idea. Could you please point me to the archive of journal papers available via napster?
Troll.
How many mp3s do you have where you own the CD?
All of them, except the freely available ones from MP3.com. How do 99% of the people who use Napster justify the IP theft? I guess maybe they're just greedy and don't care because it's not being enforced.
Wow. Guess you can never stop a determined thief.
Credit cards do have many of the features of ecash but lack a critical one - private anonymous electronic transaction. I would like to have the option of paying "cash" online so large anonymous companies cannot track what I spend and where. If ecash is ridiculous then I suppose privacy and anonymity are ridculous also.
Junkbuster does indeed handle SSL proxy and is a breeze to install and configure.
As for trusting a closed source program with my info: Your information is already in the hands of several closed-source (till their dying breath) companies - Banks & Brokerages. You fret about whether "somebody manages to get ahold of your private finances." If "somebody" refers to a person that cracks your machine, then the fact that your finance app is closed source amounts to jack. Then you need some open source crypto instead. If "somebody" refers to some faceless corporation(s) knowing your financial status and spending habits then unless you keep cash in your mattress, I'm afraid you are out of luck there as well.
I do like the idea of ecash and wish it had taken off more by now. There are a lot of barriers to adoption there. Seems we need smart cards and the like in meatspace for that type of thing to catch on. I think there are too many "powers that be" that dislike anonymous electronic cash for it to take off without a major public groundswell.
First, with Moneydance, you're forking your toll over to once company instead of the other. It is not free (read the license from the download page). Second, if you add up all of the features of the rest of the options you mention, you're not going to add up to last year's version of Quicken but maybe version 1 or 2 from 5 or 6 years ago. That's not to disrespect GnuCash at all - if it meets your needs then by all means, use it. I just think you've painted far too rosy a picture of the current landscape.
Indeed, tal, you must have gone to a really good school to have learned such gems as must of and real good. I hope enrollment is down at that school for all of our sakes.
OK, Dad. Sorry. I'll go clean my room now. Mom told me to tell you not to forget you blood pressure medication.
You forgot the 21st Amendment. There's you first failed assertion.
(then, from a later post in the thread)
If you are prevented from doing what you will in the privacy of your own home, specifically as it regards watching a movie you've paid to be able to watch, haven't you actually lost (some of) your freedom? If you are unwilling to stand up for something you believe is important, haven't you relinquished your pride and honor? This would appear to be another failed assertion.
Based on these comments holding up so poorly to scrutiny, what exactly are you trying to say? That you don't mind being [Valenti|Gates|Eisner|CEOx]'s bitch because it doesn't hurt that much?
Corporations wage war on the people all the time. In this case the weapon they've chosen is knowledge/information and I'd like to think in that arena I (and my fellow /.ers, etc) am much more well-armed than Mr. Valenti and his celluloid minions and worldwide rent-a-cops. Yeah, it may still come down to money, but I can at least hope that a jury of my peers can still see (and still cares about) truth and freedom through the lawyer-induced fog of mis-/dis-information being slung about by the MPAA.
Just in case, slashdot-terminal, why don't you send 65 bucks to the EFF and we can all laugh about how frivolous this was a year from now?
Not to mention what the above poster mentioned about the MPAA deciding who can and cannot produce large scale movies, what about not-so-wide distribution? What if I want to make home movies of my daughter's first steps, put them on DVD, and send them to her Grand- and Great-Grandparents who are flung about the country, some of whom may not own a VCR? Am I going to pay the damn licensing fee? I should think not. This is extortion.
At the very least, consumer decks should play non-encrypted DVDs. Does anyone have a definitive source on whether they do or not?
I think he's just solidified why it is that I have him on my /. blocklist. If he doesn't do OSS or Linux or Biotech or Nanotech or Direct Star Wars Films then what is he really offering? If I read Car & Driver, it's because almost every one of those writers does know how an internal combustion engine works and probably disassembled and reassembled 3 of them this week.
/. is because the people talking are also the people generally doing Now, why don't they get RMS or Bob Young or Linus or some other person in the trenches to do a regular column. That would be super swell. I suppose it's because they're too busy doing to write about it.
This is one of the main reasons I come to
Damn, where's my moderation points when I need 'em? Now my co-workers have no doubt I'm demented, laughing away in my cube here.
4) More civil disobedience might include fliers that point out how to use services like Rewebber. I suspect this might get around some of these pesky filters.
1) Good call that it is indeed an emotional thing. Talk about how all the Christians are going to be repressed when the government controls the filtering software, etc. Find some right wing shit that it filters and show 'em. I know they hate pr0n, but they have to protect their own interests.
.exe files that'll do it in once click.
2) Civil disobedience. If they do manage to pass this crap, sit outside the library every night for a week (or a month) and pass out fliers describing how to disable the filter. Compile and hand out floppies with
3) What part of "shall make no law" or "abridging the freedom of speech" is so confusing to these people?
I don't get it. How does despamming my address make me a fugitive black slave?
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(From www.m-w.com:)
Main Entry: 1maroon
Pronunciation: m&-'rün
Function: noun
Etymology: French maron, marron, modification of American Spanish cimarrón, from cimarrón wild, savage
Date: 1666
1 capitalized : a fugitive black slave of the West Indies and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries; also : a descendant of such a slave
2 : a person who is marooned
That must mean there are a lot of Fugitive Black Slaves here on
News for Fugitive Black Slaves, Stuff that Matters (to Fugitive Black Slaves)
This guy was a spammer with NetUSA and the form is submitted via email. That means he's collecting email addresses with this bullshit form. I was stupid enough to submit via netscape without de-spamming my address. Now I'm probably going to get tons of crap to my main email address that I kept spam free for years. Shit