you can make your own cool recorder with a mini-ITX motherboard, a harddisk and a tv card. plus you don't need to pay a subscription. you can even put it in a teddybear for that cute and cuddly look.
google continue their world domination attempts, next thing you know we'll have google linux, google word pro, and google tunes (gTunes?)... they'll release it all in a single package and call it googogogol
everyone should read ...
on
United Linux Dead
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
this letter linked from the article I mentioned in an earlier post. the letter is from SCO to members of congress, quoting the last paragraph:
"we take these actions secure in the knowledge that our system of copyright laws is built on the foundation of the constitution and that our rights will be protected under law. we do so knowing that those who believe 'software should be free' cannot prevail against congress and the ruling of seven supreme court justices who believe that 'the motive of profit is the engine that ensures the progress of science.'"
they may as well call all linux users a bunch of commie reds, recall mccarthy, and get the execution chambers ready:(
SCO - "I'll just get me coat"
on
United Linux Dead
·
· Score: 3, Interesting
the title of the SCO website is SCO grows your business. unless of course you rearrange the word unix, put an 'L' in front, and give it away for free.
also found this link - SCO says "Linux hurts US". is this company into sadomasochism?
if any of you folks is thinking of adding to BGs wealth, consider donating to this guy, he needs it (or at least he says he does). or you could always buy a mac, they're pretty:D
but you have to remember that they are doing it for business reasons. just like pharmacutical companies dump useless drugs in poverty/famine stricken countries and regions (well ok, maybe not that cynical). there's probably some tax write-off they can make, plus they get to permeate the market so that other OSs don't get a look in. i also think BG wants to make himself look a great guy, need proof? check out the BMG foundation website.
sorry about the ot post, but if anyone wants to know more about the Nestle dispute goto here.
back to M$ i think they are trying to get into the market before anyone realises there are cheaper (well free!) alternatives available. good business decision, and you could probably compare it to some of the deals apple have done in education.
its a shame that the first thing that these big companies do when they make a minor discovery is to patent it. its also infecting academia too, read a paper in a top journal or conference and most likely the author has already got his lawyer on the case six months previously. of course people should benefit from discovery but now it seems that exploiting your own work is at the expense of preventing others from adding to it (without paying a hefty royalty fee). its particularly disturbing when applied to software, human genes (which surely we all own), and business prctices... none of which i think should allow patents. software is automatically copyrighted, and that should give some degree of protection to the original author. if a patent had been taken out we could all be talking about xerox computers on slashdot... that is a scary thought:)
"members of the GOP committee staff exploited a computer glitch that allowed them to access restricted Democratic communications without a password. Trolling through hundreds of memos"
my god, that is horrid. GWB commanded his subversive agents to go through Democrat documents inserting phrases like:
think of the power of Howard Dean in a Beowulf cluster
i don't have any WMDs... you insensitive clod!
all your polling booths are belong to us
i'd just LOVE to pour some hot grits over Ann Coulter
this seems to me quite similar to dvds and region codes. can they not make up their minds about globalisation? it should mean that the consumer has the power to choose when and where they can purchase an item - not that industry can control who can buy an item and at what price.
what the record industry doesn't understand is that a lot (not all admittedly) of people who download music _also_ buy albums... shock horror. but I hear you say, surely these people are criminals, the lowest of scum why would they ever buy something that they could get for FREE. some people just like to try before they buy, some people actually want to support the artists, others just like collecting albums. another thing they don't understand is that ten downloaded albums is not the same as ten stolen albums... many people would download albums that they would never even consider buying. why would you spend ten pounds on an album you're not sure about, or only think one or two tracks are any good. now I'm not saying that piracy is great and everyone should do it... I just think that the execs in their ivory towers just don't understand their consumers and need to start looking at smarter and cheaper means of distribution. forcing a retailer to charge 2 more is never going to ingratiate them to the consumer.
the word is paraphrase, not plagarise (which would imply that I did not add anything to it and just did ctrl-c ctrl-v)... every time I refer to what someone was saying do I need to point out in BIG TYPE who it was?? most slashdotters know who Bill Hicks was and what he said and I think it is particularly appropriate here. clearly the British music industry believe that they can con the people who pay there wages, or should I say pay for cheap rubbish pop acts like the mindless filth that come out of popid*l.
did you see the story about the american student who found a way around the copy protection... he held the shift key down. laughed? I almost wet my self when it knocked millions off the companies share price.:D
sleep and dream... it's all alright now. Remember, you are free - free to do what we tell you. Moooooooo. Chew your cud, shop at Virgin, buy at HMV, drink Coke, eat McDonalds -You'll feel much better in the morning.
Slashdot Mirror
only when I eat a curry ;)
cripes - does no one see anything creepy about this. I'd be worried about sitting on the toilet, you might get a nasty (painful) surprise.
you can make your own cool recorder with a mini-ITX motherboard, a harddisk and a tv card. plus you don't need to pay a subscription. you can even put it in a teddybear for that cute and cuddly look.
I mailed them and said I had no friends and will they please let me in. join me.
google continue their world domination attempts, next thing you know we'll have google linux, google word pro, and google tunes (gTunes?) ... they'll release it all in a single package and call it googogogol
"we take these actions secure in the knowledge that our system of copyright laws is built on the foundation of the constitution and that our rights will be protected under law. we do so knowing that those who believe 'software should be free' cannot prevail against congress and the ruling of seven supreme court justices who believe that 'the motive of profit is the engine that ensures the progress of science.'"
they may as well call all linux users a bunch of commie reds, recall mccarthy, and get the execution chambers readythe title of the SCO website is SCO grows your business. unless of course you rearrange the word unix, put an 'L' in front, and give it away for free.
also found this link - SCO says "Linux hurts US". is this company into sadomasochism?
you insensitive clod!
its ironic, but I might change it back
if any of you folks is thinking of adding to BGs wealth, consider donating to this guy, he needs it (or at least he says he does). or you could always buy a mac, they're pretty :D
but you have to remember that they are doing it for business reasons. just like pharmacutical companies dump useless drugs in poverty/famine stricken countries and regions (well ok, maybe not that cynical). there's probably some tax write-off they can make, plus they get to permeate the market so that other OSs don't get a look in. i also think BG wants to make himself look a great guy, need proof? check out the BMG foundation website.
sorry about the ot post, but if anyone wants to know more about the Nestle dispute goto here.
back to M$ i think they are trying to get into the market before anyone realises there are cheaper (well free!) alternatives available. good business decision, and you could probably compare it to some of the deals apple have done in education.
its a shame that the first thing that these big companies do when they make a minor discovery is to patent it. its also infecting academia too, read a paper in a top journal or conference and most likely the author has already got his lawyer on the case six months previously. of course people should benefit from discovery but now it seems that exploiting your own work is at the expense of preventing others from adding to it (without paying a hefty royalty fee). its particularly disturbing when applied to software, human genes (which surely we all own), and business prctices ... none of which i think should allow patents. software is automatically copyrighted, and that should give some degree of protection to the original author. if a patent had been taken out we could all be talking about xerox computers on slashdot ... that is a scary thought :)
"members of the GOP committee staff exploited a computer glitch that allowed them to access restricted Democratic communications without a password. Trolling through hundreds of memos"
my god, that is horrid. GWB commanded his subversive agents to go through Democrat documents inserting phrases like:
think of the power of Howard Dean in a Beowulf cluster
i don't have any WMDs ... you insensitive clod!
all your polling booths are belong to us
i'd just LOVE to pour some hot grits over Ann Coulter
thats why it didn't work :D
this seems to me quite similar to dvds and region codes. can they not make up their minds about globalisation? it should mean that the consumer has the power to choose when and where they can purchase an item - not that industry can control who can buy an item and at what price.
yup, when the rover landed there was a lawyer ready and waiting to serve the SCO law suit :)
1) send expensive toy truck to mars 2) ??? 3) colonize galaxy, defeat the evil Darth Vader and rescue the princess. :D
what the record industry doesn't understand is that a lot (not all admittedly) of people who download music _also_ buy albums ... shock horror. but I hear you say, surely these people are criminals, the lowest of scum why would they ever buy something that they could get for FREE. some people just like to try before they buy, some people actually want to support the artists, others just like collecting albums. another thing they don't understand is that ten downloaded albums is not the same as ten stolen albums ... many people would download albums that they would never even consider buying. why would you spend ten pounds on an album you're not sure about, or only think one or two tracks are any good. now I'm not saying that piracy is great and everyone should do it ... I just think that the execs in their ivory towers just don't understand their consumers and need to start looking at smarter and cheaper means of distribution. forcing a retailer to charge 2 more is never going to ingratiate them to the consumer.
you've got to admit that 2 off every CD is a great sideline for the British Pornographic Industry. hats off to them :)
the word is paraphrase, not plagarise (which would imply that I did not add anything to it and just did ctrl-c ctrl-v) ... every time I refer to what someone was saying do I need to point out in BIG TYPE who it was?? most slashdotters know who Bill Hicks was and what he said and I think it is particularly appropriate here. clearly the British music industry believe that they can con the people who pay there wages, or should I say pay for cheap rubbish pop acts like the mindless filth that come out of popid*l.
did you see the story about the american student who found a way around the copy protection ... he held the shift key down. laughed? I almost wet my self when it knocked millions off the companies share price. :D
sleep and dream ... it's all alright now. Remember, you are free - free to do what we tell you. Moooooooo. Chew your cud, shop at Virgin, buy at HMV, drink Coke, eat McDonalds -You'll feel much better in the morning.