"* Fuck LimeWire, Morpheus has a check box where you don't automatically share downloaded files. The RIAA can go fuck themselves. Hey guess what they are!"
I don't really understand all the limewire bashing on Slashdot, i use it and although the quality of files i find lately kind of suck ass (compared to say 3 years ago when most of the files found were relevant) i can usually find what i want and download it pretty fast, it even lets you specify a different download to and share from directory so no illegal file sharing issues there... what's the big deal with all the limewire hate?
If there is a way better solution what would it be? right now i have an old pro version i install of limewire whenever i do a new build so i'd be happy to use something "better" if i knew what that was.. sorry i'm just not that into music and all, but do occasionally like to download a track and drill it into my head once in a while.
as long as you don't save the file as the filename / you should be fine, and if you do name a file / rename it FIRST before trying to delete it (from prior bad experience).
"If you have to reinstall windows that often you are doing something seriously wrong."
My current box has been running it's native install for about 2 years now, i don't even run the latest patches as it's behind a hardware firewall and i don't install anything from the internet that i can't run through jotti.org
I check all my startup processes and services with hijackthis after any software install (which helps to keep it running lean, + anything unwanted would show pretty fast) and if i do get suspicious i run root kit revealer.
So far no problems, no reinstalls.. but i don't surf pron so maybe that has something to do with it (although i do crack all of the software i buy).
"he good thing in games is that they let you in their world a lot tighter than movies. (of course this depends on the skill of the director just like in movies) Since games have this thing, their violence or sexualism is even worse for children than those of movies."
Yes please do not expose children to sex or violence, we all know the world is devoid of either so why should they be subjected to, or have to cope with either?
"Nevertheless, that's not to say the db caused the murder. "
No it just facilitated it. Why do we treat some offenders worse than others after they have paid their debt? My wife was a victim of a pedophile, it is not something i take lightly, but i believe our system is supposed to be a deterrent with the ultimate goal of rehabilitation, why then would we punish someone for the rest of their lives for a mistake they have made and paid for?
"Your mom would have had to have owned the particular copy that was used as the source for each of those tracks. Otherwise, you're giving her a "different" thing and it's still copyright infringement."
Oh bullshit, she has a license to listen to the music, not the particular waveform, that's why you can legaly format shift, so whether i rip a copy of my cd instead of her copy of the songs, she still gets a format shifted mp3 file she can listen to legally because of the license she already purchased..
Same deal with downloading MP3s of songs i already own in CD format.. CURRENTLY fair use allows me to do this legally, they are trying to change that into the form that you describe though.
I would say, with the examples you have given, this is already a reality.
Right now it is "restricted" to some flimsy connection to drugs, next it is IP, after that what else is left uncovered by these types of laws? What legal precedent could stop law enforcement from coming into my house and seizing everything i own?
Maybe i play it more than you, i dunno.. maybe you just don't notice it.
"That doesn't matter to me in the least."
I think this says a lot.. i mean the whole reason the game is so fun (to me) and why i think it has been such a hit (for most people) is the satisfaction of playing the game like you would a real guitar.. i mean it's guitar hero.. trying to make you feel like a guitar playing rock star.. not strum along hero. when you nail solos the crowd cheers, when you miss notes you hear them being missed and the crowd jeers.. without the correlation of notes to a real guitar OR the actual notes you would be playing for the song.. it's boiled down to button mashing, fun?
"Uh... are you playing the PS2 version or something? I have the PS3 version, and the graphics aren't pixelated at all. They're anything but generic or bland in any version, for that matter. The bright colors and lighting"
yes i do play the PS2 version, but i have played the 360 and ps3 versions and it's basically the same exact graphics, it's the art style i'm talking about, not the brightness of the colors.. the point counter are pixelated lines (and the x multiplier) ?
"This is a game about music, song selection accounts for about 75% of my enjoyment."
and it's about 25% of mine.. i have a great music collection that i can play air guitar to any time i want.. that's basically what GH3 is now, with the added fun (sarcasm) of button mashing and having to "battle". I mean event he battle.. if it was just about nailing solo's no biggie.. but now you have to purposely try and mess up the other player/bot.. it's a new feeling to the game i think it could definitely have done without meh.
"The core gameplay, however, is the same, the graphics are better, and the song selection is about a billion times better than GH2 (I couldn't stand about half the songs in that game)."
The song notes don't match up like they did in the previous 2 versions (notes don't hit at the same time they play, note placement has very little correlation to how a real guitar would play them), the graphics are actually worse (pixelated, genericified, very bland), and other than agreeing on a very nice song selection i can't for the life of me see how you can say this version is any better.
"That's a little "tinfoil hatish" if you ask me. "
I agree, but it seems like there is a lot of stuff going on behinds the scenes that keep him a small player.. rigged phone polls, microphone amplified ridicule at debates, online poll result skewing...
I don't know if you have seen a lot of the bruhaha about these types of things but there is definitely a grass roots movement behind Mr Paul who keep showing these types of inconsistencies...
Also he seems to be one of the ONLY candidates who is for radically smaller government, something all the other politicians and corporate sponsors definitely don't want...
"re: "The side of the room", I think that Ron Paul is attracting the fringes because the fringes are those who are hurt the most consistently by government being powerful."
This is very astute, the main problem with a politician standing up for what the founding fathers envisioned is that they are ostensibly standing up for those you would not like to associate with, because this is who the constitution and bill of rights protects.. the minority so that we can all be considered "equal" under the law.
that's what confuses me about people who rag on the ACLU, whose rights do you think they are defending? In fact it is Yours, your turn under the spotlight just hasn't arrived yet.
We should WANT a politician who values the rights and freedoms that effect EVERY American and fights to defend all of us equally, isn't that what democracy is all about?
""Believing that looting and class warfare are fundamentally wrong" (but does it anyway?)
""Pandering to whatever some target demographic thinks" (yah repubs never pander to their group, amen)
""Bush halving the budget deficit" (wow, he halved what he created? kudos)
""Hmm, they have nukes" (even though EVERYONE else is saying they don't have a nuclear program anymore ?!? hmm, just like another ira* i could think of)
I agree that they can just change the envelopes, seems like the simplest answer, but even if they paid a "surcharge" how does 17c extra per envelope translate into a 70c reduction in profit?
"I have (had) two friends who are (were) hardcore heroin junkies."
Which mirrors the behavior of everyone everywhere. good point.
"Next time, before you make some infantile statements about subjects you know nothing about, grow some balls, move out of your mom's basement and get a first life, fucktard."
when you can accurately reflect my true lifestyle and converse rationally i might listen to your advice. I happen to know a lot about the subjects i speak of and your irrational response shows you are heavily emotionality invested in the issue so possibly are not open to rational discussion. I see a lot of the laws and prohibition surrounding drugs being driven by the same fears and feelings. It's actually sad.
"and it didn't have anything to do with issues of government control or availability,"
I would believe you except for the fact that if we substituted X for smoking or alcohol it wouldn't make any sense.
I feel bad for your loss if in fact you did lose someone do to their inability to control their habits, but why do I have to be punished for their actions?
Let's take all of your statements and change it to alcohol or smoking, hmm they don't make much sense do they.
currently i have only played the single player of the game, and for all of them that is mainly what i was talking about. 4 was set in "modern" times but it was the same exact game, same game play (although the AC130 gunship mission stood out) and such.
Maybe the multiplayer is good, i couldn't say unfortunately, but it wasn't really what i was talking about. Maybe the multiplayer does make all the difference and could make my point less poignant, so i'll capitulate to you on that.
"So, the internet is a "pipe" but people who describe it as a "tube" are ridiculed. Typical Gen-Z lunacy."
yah like how they derided "trucks" to denote the transfer of data, i mean data is sent in "packets" which is analogous to trucks.. right? and everyone know's it's a series of pipes.. not one.
"Hmmm. Sounds awfully like a heroin addict's rant about how they're in control and no-one can judge them unless they are on heroin too."
Agreed, i'd much rather have someone who has never tried herion and has no idea of it's effects creating policy on the use and availability of herion than someone who has experienced it first hand. do you work for the government? Possibly in some facet of drug control policy?
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"* Fuck LimeWire, Morpheus has a check box where you don't automatically share downloaded files. The RIAA can go fuck themselves. Hey guess what they are!"
I don't really understand all the limewire bashing on Slashdot, i use it and although the quality of files i find lately kind of suck ass (compared to say 3 years ago when most of the files found were relevant) i can usually find what i want and download it pretty fast, it even lets you specify a different download to and share from directory so no illegal file sharing issues there... what's the big deal with all the limewire hate?
If there is a way better solution what would it be? right now i have an old pro version i install of limewire whenever i do a new build so i'd be happy to use something "better" if i knew what that was.. sorry i'm just not that into music and all, but do occasionally like to download a track and drill it into my head once in a while.
as long as you don't save the file as the filename / you should be fine, and if you do name a file / rename it FIRST before trying to delete it (from prior bad experience).
"If you have to reinstall windows that often you are doing something seriously wrong."
My current box has been running it's native install for about 2 years now, i don't even run the latest patches as it's behind a hardware firewall and i don't install anything from the internet that i can't run through jotti.org
I check all my startup processes and services with hijackthis after any software install (which helps to keep it running lean, + anything unwanted would show pretty fast) and if i do get suspicious i run root kit revealer.
So far no problems, no reinstalls.. but i don't surf pron so maybe that has something to do with it (although i do crack all of the software i buy).
"he good thing in games is that they let you in their world a lot tighter than movies. (of course this depends on the skill of the director just like in movies) Since games have this thing, their violence or sexualism is even worse for children than those of movies."
Yes please do not expose children to sex or violence, we all know the world is devoid of either so why should they be subjected to, or have to cope with either?
Well said, i just paraphrased.
"So in other words, the next Wii would act like an Sony Eyetoy?"
I sure hope not, the eyetoy sucked ass.
I'm not so sure about the mass-produce part."
I for one, would be willing to have his babies.
"It's not a database that causes a society of hate."
No it just facilitates it. Just like portraying every person who uses drugs as a junkie.
"Nevertheless, that's not to say the db caused the murder. "
No it just facilitated it. Why do we treat some offenders worse than others after they have paid their debt? My wife was a victim of a pedophile, it is not something i take lightly, but i believe our system is supposed to be a deterrent with the ultimate goal of rehabilitation, why then would we punish someone for the rest of their lives for a mistake they have made and paid for?
"Your mom would have had to have owned the particular copy that was used as the source for each of those tracks. Otherwise, you're giving her a "different" thing and it's still copyright infringement."
Oh bullshit, she has a license to listen to the music, not the particular waveform, that's why you can legaly format shift, so whether i rip a copy of my cd instead of her copy of the songs, she still gets a format shifted mp3 file she can listen to legally because of the license she already purchased..
Same deal with downloading MP3s of songs i already own in CD format.. CURRENTLY fair use allows me to do this legally, they are trying to change that into the form that you describe though.
actually Hitler was quite upset at america, he saw all of the best and brightest emigrating to america leaving behind the cruft in his own country.
I would say, with the examples you have given, this is already a reality.
Right now it is "restricted" to some flimsy connection to drugs, next it is IP, after that what else is left uncovered by these types of laws? What legal precedent could stop law enforcement from coming into my house and seizing everything i own?
"I haven't had this problem."
.. trying to make you feel like a guitar playing rock star.. not strum along hero. when you nail solos the crowd cheers, when you miss notes you hear them being missed and the crowd jeers.. without the correlation of notes to a real guitar OR the actual notes you would be playing for the song.. it's boiled down to button mashing, fun?
Maybe i play it more than you, i dunno.. maybe you just don't notice it.
"That doesn't matter to me in the least."
I think this says a lot.. i mean the whole reason the game is so fun (to me) and why i think it has been such a hit (for most people) is the satisfaction of playing the game like you would a real guitar.. i mean it's guitar hero
"Uh... are you playing the PS2 version or something? I have the PS3 version, and the graphics aren't pixelated at all. They're anything but generic or bland in any version, for that matter. The bright colors and lighting"
yes i do play the PS2 version, but i have played the 360 and ps3 versions and it's basically the same exact graphics, it's the art style i'm talking about, not the brightness of the colors.. the point counter are pixelated lines (and the x multiplier) ?
"This is a game about music, song selection accounts for about 75% of my enjoyment."
and it's about 25% of mine.. i have a great music collection that i can play air guitar to any time i want.. that's basically what GH3 is now, with the added fun (sarcasm) of button mashing and having to "battle". I mean event he battle.. if it was just about nailing solo's no biggie.. but now you have to purposely try and mess up the other player/bot.. it's a new feeling to the game i think it could definitely have done without meh.
"The core gameplay, however, is the same, the graphics are better, and the song selection is about a billion times better than GH2 (I couldn't stand about half the songs in that game)."
The song notes don't match up like they did in the previous 2 versions (notes don't hit at the same time they play, note placement has very little correlation to how a real guitar would play them), the graphics are actually worse (pixelated, genericified, very bland), and other than agreeing on a very nice song selection i can't for the life of me see how you can say this version is any better.
"Get a senator to sponsor a bill called the "Freedom, Puppies, Apple Pie, and Baseball for America Act" "
You forgot to add something about protecting children or stopping terrorism...
"That's a little "tinfoil hatish" if you ask me. "
I agree, but it seems like there is a lot of stuff going on behinds the scenes that keep him a small player.. rigged phone polls, microphone amplified ridicule at debates, online poll result skewing...
I don't know if you have seen a lot of the bruhaha about these types of things but there is definitely a grass roots movement behind Mr Paul who keep showing these types of inconsistencies...
Also he seems to be one of the ONLY candidates who is for radically smaller government, something all the other politicians and corporate sponsors definitely don't want...
"re: "The side of the room", I think that Ron Paul is attracting the fringes because the fringes are those who are hurt the most consistently by government being powerful."
This is very astute, the main problem with a politician standing up for what the founding fathers envisioned is that they are ostensibly standing up for those you would not like to associate with, because this is who the constitution and bill of rights protects.. the minority so that we can all be considered "equal" under the law.
that's what confuses me about people who rag on the ACLU, whose rights do you think they are defending? In fact it is Yours, your turn under the spotlight just hasn't arrived yet.
We should WANT a politician who values the rights and freedoms that effect EVERY American and fights to defend all of us equally, isn't that what democracy is all about?
""Believing that looting and class warfare are fundamentally wrong" (but does it anyway?)
""Pandering to whatever some target demographic thinks" (yah repubs never pander to their group, amen)
""Bush halving the budget deficit" (wow, he halved what he created? kudos)
""Hmm, they have nukes" (even though EVERYONE else is saying they don't have a nuclear program anymore ?!? hmm, just like another ira* i could think of)
"Can the pollen from the terminator plants infect humans and make them sterile? That wouldn't be too good."
What you really have to be worried about is if the terminator plants find sarah connor before she can raise her son.. then we're all doomed.
"Strangely enough, I've noticed that suffering from severe sleep deprivation really helps me get into the zone."
Did you happen to work on IE7 by any chance?
Depends on the size of the people.
I agree that they can just change the envelopes, seems like the simplest answer, but even if they paid a "surcharge" how does 17c extra per envelope translate into a 70c reduction in profit?
"I have (had) two friends who are (were) hardcore heroin junkies."
Which mirrors the behavior of everyone everywhere. good point.
"Next time, before you make some infantile statements about subjects you know nothing about, grow some balls, move out of your mom's basement and get a first life, fucktard."
when you can accurately reflect my true lifestyle and converse rationally i might listen to your advice. I happen to know a lot about the subjects i speak of and your irrational response shows you are heavily emotionality invested in the issue so possibly are not open to rational discussion. I see a lot of the laws and prohibition surrounding drugs being driven by the same fears and feelings. It's actually sad.
"and it didn't have anything to do with issues of government control or availability,"
I would believe you except for the fact that if we substituted X for smoking or alcohol it wouldn't make any sense.
I feel bad for your loss if in fact you did lose someone do to their inability to control their habits, but why do I have to be punished for their actions?
Let's take all of your statements and change it to alcohol or smoking, hmm they don't make much sense do they.
currently i have only played the single player of the game, and for all of them that is mainly what i was talking about. 4 was set in "modern" times but it was the same exact game, same game play (although the AC130 gunship mission stood out) and such.
:P
Maybe the multiplayer is good, i couldn't say unfortunately, but it wasn't really what i was talking about. Maybe the multiplayer does make all the difference and could make my point less poignant, so i'll capitulate to you on that.
But activision really fucked up GH3, so there
"So, the internet is a "pipe" but people who describe it as a "tube" are ridiculed. Typical Gen-Z lunacy."
yah like how they derided "trucks" to denote the transfer of data, i mean data is sent in "packets" which is analogous to trucks.. right? and everyone know's it's a series of pipes.. not one.
"Hmmm. Sounds awfully like a heroin addict's rant about how they're in control and no-one can judge them unless they are on heroin too."
Agreed, i'd much rather have someone who has never tried herion and has no idea of it's effects creating policy on the use and availability of herion than someone who has experienced it first hand. do you work for the government? Possibly in some facet of drug control policy?