I've almost filled the 250 gig drive I got for xmas already. I got Adelphia's 4000/512 at about the same time. It often goes as fast as 7Mbit. But here's what I've downloaded:
Every single episode of Babylon 5 is 46 gigs, every episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force is 4.5 gigs, every episode of Sealab 2021 is 5.5 gigs, All the episodes of Zim, The Office, Ghost In The Shell (SAC and 2nd Gig + both movies), Myth Busters, Sifl & Olly, and Red vs Blue is 60 Gigs, plus a bunch of movies, plus a few other shows most people have never heard of. And that's my Television folder. My Music folder is constantly growing, but right now it's about 20 gigs, not counting audiobooks. That's another 5 gigs. The game ISOs take up 60 gigs. Plus all the programs I need to install after a reinstall of windows. That's about 5 gigs.
That's why programs such as CloneCD are great, because they do a bit-for-bit copy of the CD/DVD including copy protection. I think Alcohol 120% is the same way.
Here's a fun fact: If a woman is drunk when she agrees to have sex with you, and later on realizes that it was probably a bad idea, she can press rape charges against you.
She was not in a clear enough state of mine to make decisions like that.
Because ANY DRM, no matter how easy it is to crack, is too much. By saying "Oh, some DRM is fine" is like saying "Oh, getting raped in the ass is alright some of the time"
"argues that the most revolutionary years for personal computing are yet to come."
... while we're choked with DRM that phones home to make sure that we only use our computers for what we paid for, and that all the installed programs are owned by us.
Before the interview, Chris said on his site's forum that he's never heard of/. before he was contacted for the interview. He read through some of the posts under the "Ask" story, and pretty much realized that the majority of the people here don't know who he is, and are too rabid with their opinions that they'd rather post "OMFG WHO THE FUCK IS THIS GUY AND WHY SHOULD I CARE" than google for 2 seconds. If you were asked to answer some questions from a random group, and it turned out that the group was full of assholes, would you really care about answering the questions?
I worked in the IT department of my local High School, and we had PILES of p2 233s sitting on top of a pile of Pentiums. From the pile of about 45 computers, we were able to get about 15 computers that worked. And we had to buy hard drives for them. The total cost for the hard drives was more than it would have cost to get 10~ year or two old computers.
Oh, and don't donate monitors. That pissed us off. People would leave monitors in the office for us, and we had about 50. It costs money to get them disposed of properly, so we just piled them up in a closet. ASK before you donate anything.
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I've almost filled the 250 gig drive I got for xmas already. I got Adelphia's 4000/512 at about the same time. It often goes as fast as 7Mbit. But here's what I've downloaded:
Every single episode of Babylon 5 is 46 gigs, every episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force is 4.5 gigs, every episode of Sealab 2021 is 5.5 gigs, All the episodes of Zim, The Office, Ghost In The Shell (SAC and 2nd Gig + both movies), Myth Busters, Sifl & Olly, and Red vs Blue is 60 Gigs, plus a bunch of movies, plus a few other shows most people have never heard of. And that's my Television folder. My Music folder is constantly growing, but right now it's about 20 gigs, not counting audiobooks. That's another 5 gigs. The game ISOs take up 60 gigs. Plus all the programs I need to install after a reinstall of windows. That's about 5 gigs.
Maybe not to a blank DVD +-R/RW, but you can rip it to your hard drive.
That's why programs such as CloneCD are great, because they do a bit-for-bit copy of the CD/DVD including copy protection. I think Alcohol 120% is the same way.
I stopped believing in invisible men when I was 8.
As soon as you can prove that they exist, I'll believe you. Until then, you're wrong.
You stole that from bash.
It's April 1st in the US, where /. is located.. 9pm EST as I post. So only a few more hours left.
Do you use jHymn?
Here's a fun fact: If a woman is drunk when she agrees to have sex with you, and later on realizes that it was probably a bad idea, she can press rape charges against you.
She was not in a clear enough state of mine to make decisions like that.
You're assuming that we have souls.
Which we don't.
Good job having an incorrect opinion, though.
I just spent like 5 minutes reading through the entire bill looking for any mentions of specific sites... for.. science.
Not only is it a dupe, but it's an editor approved dupe!
Put on your hard hat.. This guy seems to be putting up a troll bridge...
You seem to have missed the entire point.
You need to learn to comprehend what you read, BOY. Good God, you're a cockbag.
Because ANY DRM, no matter how easy it is to crack, is too much. By saying "Oh, some DRM is fine" is like saying "Oh, getting raped in the ass is alright some of the time"
Any DRM is too much DRM.
"argues that the most revolutionary years for personal computing are yet to come."
... while we're choked with DRM that phones home to make sure that we only use our computers for what we paid for, and that all the installed programs are owned by us.
Revolutionary?
Before the interview, Chris said on his site's forum that he's never heard of /. before he was contacted for the interview. He read through some of the posts under the "Ask" story, and pretty much realized that the majority of the people here don't know who he is, and are too rabid with their opinions that they'd rather post "OMFG WHO THE FUCK IS THIS GUY AND WHY SHOULD I CARE" than google for 2 seconds. If you were asked to answer some questions from a random group, and it turned out that the group was full of assholes, would you really care about answering the questions?
How do you know he ever signed up for the iTMS? If he didn't ever agree to their terms, he's not breaching any contract.
A pound of what? Chocolate? Marbles?
Nice popunder on your personal website.
I worked in the IT department of my local High School, and we had PILES of p2 233s sitting on top of a pile of Pentiums. From the pile of about 45 computers, we were able to get about 15 computers that worked. And we had to buy hard drives for them. The total cost for the hard drives was more than it would have cost to get 10~ year or two old computers.
Oh, and don't donate monitors. That pissed us off. People would leave monitors in the office for us, and we had about 50. It costs money to get them disposed of properly, so we just piled them up in a closet. ASK before you donate anything.
But the Megahertz aren't what's important anymore.
(For Example: AMD)
I have an Athlon 64 3400+ clocked at 2.2ghz, and it blows away my friend's 2x as expensive p4 3.2ghz.
The idea that Megahertz matters still is just another Intel Marketing plan that backfired on them in the end.
Legally, even if it WAS abandonware, it would still be infringement.
Abandonware is just a term us Infringers use to make our piracy seem less nasty. ^_^
So why didn't he submit it when he first found out about it?
And if it we haven't heard about it, isn't it NEW to us?