A and B frequently share files, documents, presentations etc.
Ex-Employee tips off the BSA that company B has illegal software.
BSA does an audit, and 100% of company B's application are licensed, but there is a problem.
Company A had purchased font sets, which they used in documents now stored on Company B's network. Company B has no license to those fonts on any of the 500 workstations in the facility. BSA says B owes fees for each font in every document, times the number of workstations.
Does company B have the right to archive, store, and use the documents they received from Company A or not ?
If the max speed of the volkswagen is 110mph, and light moves at 670,616,629 mph, and there are 8765.76 hrs/year...
Wow, that is close, only 243,860,592.36 volkwagen Bug Top Speed years away ! I'll pack my stuff now.
Can I trust Sony ? If they don't know why a DVD was in the drive, or how it got there, why should I believe they know a blu-ray disc was in the other machine ?
While they can "account for inflation", they failed to account for the lack of increase in salary I experienced during the time of the inflation they accounted for.
The face is scary. Connections with Bill makes me think connections with the government. The direct copy cat interface of google, reminds of recent requests for google searches from the DOJ.
All in all, I find the search engine scary, and won't use it. I just can't get over the fealing that it might be an instrument of big brother, and the AI isn't to get better search results, but to analyse the search itself.
I support more invasive monitoring of the terrorists who left Americans dying on their rooftops.
I've heard they frequently have communications with people outside the country, including terrorist friendly nations like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, and Pakistan.
Yep. I already own an iPod. I already have a collection of music.
I do not want a new hardware device with an interface more cumbersome than my iPod, and I certainly don't want a monthly bill to listen to my music. Pre-loaded ? That's not a selling point for me either.
Might as well make their slogan "Pay cash, own nothing". Oh wait, that's the napster slogan.
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Whatever.
1) Does not sync with iPod. How can anything be an iTunes replacement if it can't sync with the iPod. There are F/OSS projects that sync with iPod, so why can't this project do it ? iTunes is a way to manage music on my iPod. I think the thundersongbirdfox team missed a critical feature by not including sync support.
2) How many F/OSS projects were initially windows only, and then went on to be a major cross platform success ? Right, so already we can see that this team is not interested in the bulk of the F/OSS community.
3) Does not support music I already own. Weather or not they agree with my choices, I own music with fairplay DRM, and I want to keep playing those songs. They will have to support DRM laden songs if they want to replace iTunes.
This project is destined to fail. Too many things are working against them for it to gain any momentum.
Then *they* should have to recuse themselves from assigning a rating to this film.
Clearly they are biased against this film, and gave it the NC_17 rating as payback. They clearly have a personal dispute with the film maker if the police have been involved.
I suspect, anyways.
I'm more interested to see this film now, than I was before, just to if the NC-17 is a fair rating.
That's one option, be nice and quiet.
I plan to get into their conversations. Forcefully and as rudely as necessary to make the point that I can hear them, and can't get away.
It's because on slashdot one gets e-cred for ripping their whole music library to either FLAC or OGG, and then moderated insightful for bitching that the industry doesn't support their superior format choices.
The record companies followed the true American dream of quick profits at the expense of quality and longevity. The artists they promote are the musical equivalent of rubber dog shit, fake vomit and whoopie cushions. Good for a few moments of entertainment, but not really worth the money it costs. It's obvious the Artist of the day is just a new texture of vomit or a new scent of shit. That's why the industry burns through them so quick, they are disposable products to the execs.
Given the mass bombardment of the crap on the airwaves, it's no suprise people don't buy CDs at the rate they used to. I'm sick of the crap the first week a new single comes out. Luckily that same single will still be on the playlist 3 years from now. The radio no longer entices me to get to the record store to buy the CD I want, it reminds me of why I haven't been to the record store since the 90s.
Anyways, I don't know anyone who blows a hard earned paycheck on adding to their rubber vomit collection on a frequent basis.
A realistic business plan ? 1) Leave the faith based community. A lot of their statistics assume people want to own this crap.
That in itself requires a greater leap of faith for me than the flying spaghetti monster.
2)Join the real world. The music that will be worth promoting is on mix tapes being distributed underground, small clubs, and lately in peoples homes. Come up with a way to capture the home recording artist without taking advantage of them. The artist already figured out they don't need the record companies. $0.03 a sale from the industry execs for a million album sales at $20 an alubum is the same amount of profit as Ten thousand sales of CDs direct to the consumer when sold for $5 a disc.
3) Profit less. We know how much a CD cost, we know how much color ink costs, we know how much the studio time costs.
$18 for a CD is outrageous. This price is only supported because of the monopoly they have over the distribution channels.
They buttered their own bread.
Todays pop bands are the equivalent of rubber dog shit from hong kong. It's a novelty item meant to be enjoyed and forgotten about, with a low expectation of enjoyment from the get-go. The industry knows it, that's why they keep cycling through "hot new stars". The life span of a musician, whose greatest talent is their marketing team, is very short. People don't want to own this crap, and they have no connection to the marketed talent to even think about buying a CD.
The downward trend in music sales will continue until the RIAA affiliated industries find some musicians that make music that markets itself.
I think of the subscription model as a false value. I don't trust the man. At any point they can change the terms of the contract, and if you don't like it, you just sank a boatload of money into music with nothing to show for it. The library is large, but maybe 3% of it is of interest to me. Of that 3%, maybe 3% of that is worth purchasing.
At any time, the company could go under and you have just lost your investment.
You can always subscribe somewhere else. But, what if your portable players don't support the DRM of their files ? What if the other subscribers require OS upgrades to something supporting the latest and most restrictive media libraries ?
I predict, that eventually subscribers will have the freedom to choose between different skins on their monoploy approved, DRM infected, media system. The burn to CD hole will be closed as CDs become 'obsolete'. The portable will be provided with the subscription,and it will send home information on how much music you have, how much you listen too, what hours, etc, etc. What type of music you like will be linked to big bro's TIA database to screen out potential criminals, terrorist, and those who disagree with official policy.
No thanks. I'll stick with podcasts and mixtapes for exploring music.
If you want to use an obscure file format supported by limited companies, feel free.
It doesn't matter to me, I use either AIFF and mp3. iPod fits my bill, and I don't have to constantly make up excuses for why i don't want an iPod, or pretend the iPod is crippled because it can't support me and 200 other people who ripped our music into a format with limited adoption.
OGG might have better compression and better sound, but it requires more processing power. Processing power drains batteries, which really makes OGG a poor choice for a portable player, while remaining a fine choice for a home jukebox.
It doesn't say anything about research on monkeys ? Why not include monkeys ? Actually, we should oppose reasearch on all primates ? No wait, why not expand and protect all reasoning, pain feeling, warm blooded mammals the research 'duplicates other experimental approaches', and yet that hippie conveniently ignores the many experiments published where there are meaningful differences in the biological systems used in scientific study. Maybe it's not necessary to do tests on monkeys, and chimps. But I think one of them needs to be done.
For some of us, having it work on a fruitfly is not good enough to begin human testing. A warm, fuzzy, and pain fealing animal is going to be used at some point in the development of drugs and the study of diseases. The mouse was intelligently designed 75 million years before the intelligent designer was able to assemble the first human prototype.
How about this. When you fill out your taxes they could have a box.
1) I support federal research on human diseases and wish to receive treatments based on the latest understandings. 2) I oppose federal research on human diseases and wish to wait for the intelligent designer to deliver the cure.
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I always wondered what was going on with Duke Nukem Forever, nice to hear from an AC on the inside.
Look at it another way.
Company A interacts with Company B regularly.
A and B frequently share files, documents, presentations etc.
Ex-Employee tips off the BSA that company B has illegal software.
BSA does an audit, and 100% of company B's application are licensed,
but there is a problem.
Company A had purchased font sets, which they used in documents now stored on Company B's
network. Company B has no license to those fonts on any of the 500 workstations in
the facility. BSA says B owes fees for each font in every document, times the number of
workstations.
Does company B have the right to archive, store, and use the documents they received from Company A or not ?
If the max speed of the volkswagen is 110mph, and light moves at 670,616,629 mph, and there are 8765.76 hrs/year...
Wow, that is close, only 243,860,592.36 volkwagen Bug Top Speed years away ! I'll pack my stuff now.
Can I trust Sony ? If they don't know why a DVD was in the drive, or how it got there, why should I believe they know a blu-ray disc was in the other machine ?
I think the price is too high for me.
While they can "account for inflation", they failed to account for the lack of increase in salary I experienced during the time of the inflation they accounted for.
So when I see $600, I just wonder, are these going to be available in stores, or is Sony moving the first batch directly on E-bay ?
The face is scary.
Connections with Bill makes me think connections with the government.
The direct copy cat interface of google, reminds of recent requests for google searches from the DOJ.
All in all, I find the search engine scary, and won't use it. I just can't get over the fealing that it might be an instrument of big brother, and the AI isn't to get better search results, but to analyse the search itself.
I support more invasive monitoring of the terrorists who left Americans dying on their rooftops.
I've heard they frequently have communications with people outside the country, including terrorist friendly nations like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Israel, and Pakistan.
Yep. I already own an iPod. I already have a collection of music.
I do not want a new hardware device with an interface more cumbersome than my iPod, and I certainly don't want a monthly bill to listen to my music. Pre-loaded ? That's not a selling point for me either.
Might as well make their slogan "Pay cash, own nothing". Oh wait, that's the napster slogan.
Whatever.
1) Does not sync with iPod. How can anything be an iTunes replacement if it can't sync with the iPod. There are F/OSS projects that sync with iPod, so why can't this project do it ? iTunes is a way to manage music on my iPod. I think the thundersongbirdfox team missed a critical feature by not including sync support.
2) How many F/OSS projects were initially windows only, and then went on to be a major cross platform success ? Right, so already we can see that this team is not interested in the bulk of the F/OSS community.
3) Does not support music I already own. Weather or not they agree with my choices, I own music with fairplay DRM, and I want to keep playing those songs. They will have to support DRM laden songs if they want to replace iTunes.
This project is destined to fail. Too many things are working against them for it to gain any momentum.
PDFBox has been a lifesaver, it's really a must have for anyone trying to work with PDF content.
Then *they* should have to recuse themselves from assigning a rating to this film.
Clearly they are biased against this film, and gave it the NC_17 rating as payback. They clearly have a personal dispute with the film maker if the police have been involved.
I suspect, anyways.
I'm more interested to see this film now, than I was before, just to if the NC-17 is a fair rating.
I don't think you are the only one thinking that.
This movie just made my must see list
I'm laughing my ass off. Good point.
I've started using dollar bills as bookmarks. Turns out it's cheaper than buying a book mark these days.
Just to prove your point that you can't buy much with less than a dollar these days
That's one option, be nice and quiet. I plan to get into their conversations. Forcefully and as rudely as necessary to make the point that I can hear them, and can't get away.
It's because on slashdot one gets e-cred for ripping their whole music library to either FLAC or OGG, and then moderated insightful for bitching that the industry doesn't support their superior format choices.
The record companies followed the true American dream of quick profits at the expense of quality and longevity.
The artists they promote are the musical equivalent of rubber dog shit, fake vomit and whoopie cushions.
Good for a few moments of entertainment, but not really worth the money it costs.
It's obvious the Artist of the day is just a new texture of vomit or a new scent of shit.
That's why the industry burns through them so quick, they are disposable products to the execs.
Given the mass bombardment of the crap on the airwaves, it's no suprise people don't buy CDs at
the rate they used to. I'm sick of the crap the first week a new single comes out. Luckily that
same single will still be on the playlist 3 years from now. The radio no longer entices me to get
to the record store to buy the CD I want, it reminds me of why I haven't been to the record store since
the 90s.
Anyways, I don't know anyone who blows a hard earned paycheck on adding to their rubber vomit collection on a frequent basis.
A realistic business plan ?
1) Leave the faith based community. A lot of their statistics assume people want to own this crap.
That in itself requires a greater leap of faith for me than the flying spaghetti monster.
2)Join the real world. The music that will be worth promoting is on mix tapes being distributed underground, small clubs, and lately in peoples homes. Come up with a way to capture the home recording artist without taking advantage of them. The artist already figured out they don't need the record companies. $0.03 a sale from the industry execs for a million album sales at $20 an alubum is the same amount of profit as Ten thousand sales of CDs direct to the consumer when sold for $5 a disc.
3) Profit less. We know how much a CD cost, we know how much color ink costs, we know how much the studio time costs.
$18 for a CD is outrageous. This price is only supported because of the monopoly they have over the distribution channels.
They buttered their own bread. Todays pop bands are the equivalent of rubber dog shit from hong kong. It's a novelty item meant to be enjoyed and forgotten about, with a low expectation of enjoyment from the get-go. The industry knows it, that's why they keep cycling through "hot new stars". The life span of a musician, whose greatest talent is their marketing team, is very short. People don't want to own this crap, and they have no connection to the marketed talent to even think about buying a CD. The downward trend in music sales will continue until the RIAA affiliated industries find some musicians that make music that markets itself.
Most insightful joke of the day.
I hear that. I bought the iPod to carry around my music collection, not so I could collect todays crap.
We are probably from different generations.
I think of the subscription model as a false value. I don't trust the man. At any point they can change the terms of the contract, and if you don't like it, you just sank a boatload of money into music with nothing to show for it. The library is large, but maybe 3% of it is of interest to me. Of that 3%, maybe 3% of that is worth purchasing.
At any time, the company could go under and you have just lost your investment.
You can always subscribe somewhere else. But, what if your portable players don't support the DRM of their files ? What if the other subscribers require OS upgrades to something supporting the latest and most restrictive media libraries ?
I predict, that eventually subscribers will have the freedom to choose between different skins on their monoploy approved, DRM infected, media system. The burn to CD hole will be closed as CDs become 'obsolete'. The portable will be provided with the subscription,and it will send home information on how much music you have, how much you listen too, what hours, etc, etc. What type of music you like will be linked to big bro's TIA database to screen out potential criminals, terrorist, and those who disagree with official policy.
No thanks. I'll stick with podcasts and mixtapes for exploring music.
whatever dude, that's what makes america great.
If you want to use an obscure file format supported by limited companies, feel free.
It doesn't matter to me, I use either AIFF and mp3. iPod fits my bill, and I don't have to constantly make up excuses for why i don't want an iPod, or pretend the iPod is crippled because it can't support me and 200 other people who ripped our music into a format with limited adoption.
OGG might have better compression and better sound, but it requires more processing power. Processing power drains batteries, which really makes OGG a poor choice for a portable player, while remaining a fine choice for a home jukebox.
It doesn't say anything about research on monkeys ? Why not include monkeys ? Actually, we should oppose reasearch on all primates ? No wait, why not expand and protect all reasoning, pain feeling, warm blooded mammals
the research 'duplicates other experimental approaches',
and yet that hippie conveniently ignores the many experiments published where there are meaningful differences in the biological systems used in scientific study. Maybe it's not necessary to do tests on monkeys, and chimps. But I think one of them needs to be done.
For some of us, having it work on a fruitfly is not good enough to begin human testing. A warm, fuzzy, and pain fealing animal is going to be used at some point in the development of drugs and the study of diseases. The mouse was intelligently designed 75 million years before the intelligent designer was able to assemble the first human prototype.
How about this. When you fill out your taxes they could have a box.
1) I support federal research on human diseases and wish to receive treatments based on the latest understandings.
2) I oppose federal research on human diseases and wish to wait for the intelligent designer to deliver the cure.