less expensive is not equal to bad; just think of the drop in ram module prices. unfortunatelly, the performance enhancements you get with a hardware upgrade is eventually offset by the "hunger" of the next windows upgrade. then, microsoft will tell you you're hardware is "cheap" and "low-end".
There is a tug of war between media corporations and the end users. The media companies would have us believe that they are protecting the artists' rights with DRM. Let us not forget that the main goal of a company is to make money for the shareholders, and that doesn't necessary include the artists who create the content. Was the world a worse place when digital media didn't exist? I don't think so. But then the audio CD was invented and media corporations made a lot more money without thinking that a disc that interacts with a computer is so much easier to copy, not only by them but by users, too. The world is being shaped by this ongoing "bat and moth" fight and it will be interesting to see what comes out of it. Personally, I would never purchase songs or videos that I cannot copy, or convert to any digital format I wish, or send a copy of to my friends. The perfect model is the printed book: I can carry it with me wherever I go, lent it to a friend, and (photo)copy parts of it no questions asked -- no proprietary, patented, DRM-protected device required. And I know that most of my friends think just like me.
$100M is to these "celebrities" what $100 is to many "regular" people. Except that the guy who gives $100 to charities, you never read his name in the newspapers. But for someone like Gates, giving $100M to a charity is also good advertisement for Microsoft Corp. ("I am not so evil, see..."). On the other hand, charities could certainly use that money. Yes, I think we should thank them both but please, keep the donations private; they'll live.
WMP54G v4 works with and without WPA-PSK encryption on Suse 9.3 Pro with a native rt2500 driver (so neither Windows drivers nor NDISWRAPPER are required) but not with the rt2500 driver provided in the distribution. You need to download and install the latest stable rt2500 driver and configuration utility from the rt2x00 Open Source Project at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com (release 1.1.0-b3 worked for me); follow the instructions in the README file. Use an ASCII passphrase w/o spaces and don't forget to reboot after setting up everything.
Time and again, we hear that the available "technology" is not good anymore and a change is in order. To who's benefit, I wonder? Which compaby has a "better technology" under wraps and has started its marketing campaign? What exactly is missing in the current web pages? HTML ensures basic functionality; extra functionality is provided through plug-ins. Installing a new browser supporting some kind of "super-HTML" language would be more cumbersome for te end user than installing a new plug-in.
drop the ads. offer the service to subscribers only. settle for less revenue. remember, acees to "wave" radio is not limited by bandwidth and less by location (think satellite), than net-based radio. there is life for traditional radio after the net, if only they can see the big picture. i hope they do.
I've been using Firefox ever since it has become available -- that is, when it's possible to do so. The problem is, many web sites are incompatible with FF/Mozilla. The fact that FF is "standards-compliant" is irrelevant insofar as those are the sites I visit most often and their webmasters don't care about FF/Mozilla compatibility since IE dominates the market and virtually all of their clients use IE. Besides, IE under XP SP2 in conjunction with the Google Toolbar has eliminated most of the previous security concerns and annoyances. These are the reasons why, in my opinion, FF is losing ground and will continue to do so. For FF to be widely accepted, industry-wide support would be required.
The reason why I wound't buy the RORK...ROKK...ROKR... whatever thingy is, it's a phone with some iPod in it while what I want is an iPod with a phone in it.
Mmmm.... Yeaaahhh.... Then maybe manufacturing kitchen knives should be a criminal offense, too, as criminals might use them to kill people. How about bags? When thieves steal away money, they usually put it in a bag. How about cars, planes, and ships? That's how heroin gets shipped from South America to the United States. Jeez, what a paranoid waste of time combined with corporate a..-kissing.
"no one is going to work for free."
sure not. but to some people there's more than money to succes. think famous. think peer appreciation. think self-importance.
Maybe, then again, maybe not. Car makers are like computer hardware makers -- there are many of those competing in the market. Software, on the other hand, is something totally different.
yes, who needs a new os? maybe companies, to gain share market, etc. user's definitely don't. what we, users, need is reliable, easy to use, cross-platform, cheaper software (applications).
"Violence is the last defense of the incompetent" -- Asimov wrote in one of his Foundation series books and, as we can see in this case, not only intelectual terrorism but also being mischievous are the ways of the Recording Industries. These people are playing with fire but they don't seem to realize it... All it takes the hacker community to achieve something on a grand scale is strong motivation focused on a common goal... And guess what? They are beeing pushed into that corner by the Recording Industry...
I do web programming. The fact is, Opera is less compatible with IE in terms of Javascript and rendering than Firefox. Firefox is almost 100% compatible with IE in those respects.
If it's a rental, DRM makes sense... so that it can't be copied. But if I buy it, DRM makes no sense to me. Why? If I buy a bread, can I share it with others? Of course I can. How about my car, can I lend it to my sister's boyfriend? Of course I can. How about a song? Of course, it's digital so I can make a copy of it. That's within my power, the same way making millions of copies at virtually no cost is within the power of the entertainment and software industries. They took the step of distributing it in that particular format, now they should be prepared to accept and adapt to the power of the new technology.
That park is a public place. The artists are getting credit for displayng their works there, it's like a marketing campaign. Have the artists asked for permission from the public to exhibit their works there? One of the conditions for granting such a permission could have been "Let the public take as many photos as they like of those works and do whatever they want with them".
I agree with you. In a few years, the independent developer will likely either have to approach an established company that might be interested in commercializing his/her product under the umbrella of their legal department, or risk losing everything once the product hits the market without any kind of IP protection.
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less expensive is not equal to bad; just think of the drop in ram module prices. unfortunatelly, the performance enhancements you get with a hardware upgrade is eventually offset by the "hunger" of the next windows upgrade. then, microsoft will tell you you're hardware is "cheap" and "low-end".
There is a tug of war between media corporations and the end users. The media companies would have us believe that they are protecting the artists' rights with DRM. Let us not forget that the main goal of a company is to make money for the shareholders, and that doesn't necessary include the artists who create the content. Was the world a worse place when digital media didn't exist? I don't think so. But then the audio CD was invented and media corporations made a lot more money without thinking that a disc that interacts with a computer is so much easier to copy, not only by them but by users, too. The world is being shaped by this ongoing "bat and moth" fight and it will be interesting to see what comes out of it. Personally, I would never purchase songs or videos that I cannot copy, or convert to any digital format I wish, or send a copy of to my friends. The perfect model is the printed book: I can carry it with me wherever I go, lent it to a friend, and (photo)copy parts of it no questions asked -- no proprietary, patented, DRM-protected device required. And I know that most of my friends think just like me.
$100M is to these "celebrities" what $100 is to many "regular" people. Except that the guy who gives $100 to charities, you never read his name in the newspapers. But for someone like Gates, giving $100M to a charity is also good advertisement for Microsoft Corp. ("I am not so evil, see..."). On the other hand, charities could certainly use that money. Yes, I think we should thank them both but please, keep the donations private; they'll live.
WMP54G v4 works with and without WPA-PSK encryption on Suse 9.3 Pro with a native rt2500 driver (so neither Windows drivers nor NDISWRAPPER are required) but not with the rt2500 driver provided in the distribution. You need to download and install the latest stable rt2500 driver and configuration utility from the rt2x00 Open Source Project at rt2x00.serialmonkey.com (release 1.1.0-b3 worked for me); follow the instructions in the README file. Use an ASCII passphrase w/o spaces and don't forget to reboot after setting up everything.
Time and again, we hear that the available "technology" is not good anymore and a change is in order. To who's benefit, I wonder? Which compaby has a "better technology" under wraps and has started its marketing campaign? What exactly is missing in the current web pages? HTML ensures basic functionality; extra functionality is provided through plug-ins. Installing a new browser supporting some kind of "super-HTML" language would be more cumbersome for te end user than installing a new plug-in.
drop the ads. offer the service to subscribers only. settle for less revenue. remember, acees to "wave" radio is not limited by bandwidth and less by location (think satellite), than net-based radio. there is life for traditional radio after the net, if only they can see the big picture. i hope they do.
I've been using Firefox ever since it has become available -- that is, when it's possible to do so. The problem is, many web sites are incompatible with FF/Mozilla. The fact that FF is "standards-compliant" is irrelevant insofar as those are the sites I visit most often and their webmasters don't care about FF/Mozilla compatibility since IE dominates the market and virtually all of their clients use IE. Besides, IE under XP SP2 in conjunction with the Google Toolbar has eliminated most of the previous security concerns and annoyances. These are the reasons why, in my opinion, FF is losing ground and will continue to do so. For FF to be widely accepted, industry-wide support would be required.
The reason why I wound't buy the RORK...ROKK...ROKR... whatever thingy is, it's a phone with some iPod in it while what I want is an iPod with a phone in it.
Mmmm.... Yeaaahhh.... Then maybe manufacturing kitchen knives should be a criminal offense, too, as criminals might use them to kill people. How about bags? When thieves steal away money, they usually put it in a bag. How about cars, planes, and ships? That's how heroin gets shipped from South America to the United States. Jeez, what a paranoid waste of time combined with corporate a..-kissing.
So, when is that Service Pack due again? :)
"no one is going to work for free." sure not. but to some people there's more than money to succes. think famous. think peer appreciation. think self-importance.
Maybe, then again, maybe not. Car makers are like computer hardware makers -- there are many of those competing in the market. Software, on the other hand, is something totally different.
yes, who needs a new os? maybe companies, to gain share market, etc. user's definitely don't. what we, users, need is reliable, easy to use, cross-platform, cheaper software (applications).
So, when's MacOS X for i386 due? :)
Ever heard of ming? Check out www.opaque.net/ming -- it's freeware for creating Flash MX documents in Perl or PHP. I use both on my website. :)
Again, how much money did they make with this last one already?
"Violence is the last defense of the incompetent" -- Asimov wrote in one of his Foundation series books and, as we can see in this case, not only intelectual terrorism but also being mischievous are the ways of the Recording Industries. These people are playing with fire but they don't seem to realize it... All it takes the hacker community to achieve something on a grand scale is strong motivation focused on a common goal... And guess what? They are beeing pushed into that corner by the Recording Industry...
Because, unfortunately 95% of my "clients" use IE, that's why. :)
I do web programming. The fact is, Opera is less compatible with IE in terms of Javascript and rendering than Firefox. Firefox is almost 100% compatible with IE in those respects.
If only Apple considered releasing MacOS X for Intel... (sigh)... I would dump both Windows and Linux.
If it's a rental, DRM makes sense... so that it can't be copied. But if I buy it, DRM makes no sense to me. Why? If I buy a bread, can I share it with others? Of course I can. How about my car, can I lend it to my sister's boyfriend? Of course I can. How about a song? Of course, it's digital so I can make a copy of it. That's within my power, the same way making millions of copies at virtually no cost is within the power of the entertainment and software industries. They took the step of distributing it in that particular format, now they should be prepared to accept and adapt to the power of the new technology.
Despite what has become a common belief in our western countries, life without computers and the Internet is possible. :)
That park is a public place. The artists are getting credit for displayng their works there, it's like a marketing campaign. Have the artists asked for permission from the public to exhibit their works there? One of the conditions for granting such a permission could have been "Let the public take as many photos as they like of those works and do whatever they want with them".
I agree with you. In a few years, the independent developer will likely either have to approach an established company that might be interested in commercializing his/her product under the umbrella of their legal department, or risk losing everything once the product hits the market without any kind of IP protection.