The absolute best way to get your ratio up is to release your own torrents, and do it often. I've managed to rescue my ratio more than once this way, and usually in 24 hours or less.
I experimented with this for a while. Now my ratio on Emporni...er, "Demonoid" is somewhere around 23,000. Of course I don't use it on any private tracker that I actually care about, but it was interesting to see this little weakness in action
I'm going to have to agree with you on this one. I gave up the label thing (and ended any personal party affiliation) long ago when I finally realized it doesn't really mean all that much, but this borderlines on FUD and it actually happens in quite a few places.
They're blowing it so far out of proportion that I'm going to go ahead and say they're wrong. People have the option of simply not using Latitude, not updating their location, etc. Crisis averted.
Don't forget all the innocent people, and backing illegal evidence gathering methods. MediaSentry? And there's probably a legal minefield around SoundExchange. I mean, why is the RIAA gathering money on artists they don't own? How is that legal? And how to licenses come into this? Couldn't I sue the RIAA for collecting royalties on my music that I've licensed under a noncommercial, free-to-distribute Creative Commons license?
Honestly, I'd like a company to sit down and design a stable OS, not based on any existing OS, that's created with some sort of multitouch input in mind and that bridges the gap between reality and fantasy (well, technically cyberpunk). Then make it suitable for mainstream use. Gaming will still be possible, graphical work will still be possible (and probably better/easier). For the most part, everything will still be possible just like it is now. Not to mention it would simply be so damn cool.
But think of the actual, good Windows distros and how much better WINE and ReactOS will be suddenly. It'll take a while, though, because of the hospital visits to reattach asses.
That's exactly how we end up with the niches and clubs: people find a distro they like and they stick with it, ensuring no hiccups in upgrade processes, software installs, etc. for themselves. But anyone who isn't a stranger to Linux knows that already. So nevermind.
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Wii discs can't be read by a normal PC, either (well, not supposed to). And then there's every other cartridge-based console...
Charge a pornographic price and we will pirate it.
So anything $69 and up?
They're there in their room.
Sorry, Slashdot. I so rarely get a chance to use that.
The absolute best way to get your ratio up is to release your own torrents, and do it often. I've managed to rescue my ratio more than once this way, and usually in 24 hours or less.
I experimented with this for a while. Now my ratio on Emporni...er, "Demonoid" is somewhere around 23,000. Of course I don't use it on any private tracker that I actually care about, but it was interesting to see this little weakness in action
Before long, the site will become so laden down with useless cruft, it will slashdot itself.
Slashdot has already slashdotted itself.
Maybe authors get higher royalties for audio books, and they are worried that authors will lose some of the potential higher earnings.
I see some RIAA/AG tinfoil hattery coming after that comment.
I'm going to have to agree with you on this one. I gave up the label thing (and ended any personal party affiliation) long ago when I finally realized it doesn't really mean all that much, but this borderlines on FUD and it actually happens in quite a few places.
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You must not have heard about The Innernette from Cinco Technology. One hundred and three sites with no e-worms!
Them being in any way involved with the gaming industry makes me embarrassed to be a jobless shut-in.
They're blowing it so far out of proportion that I'm going to go ahead and say they're wrong. People have the option of simply not using Latitude, not updating their location, etc. Crisis averted.
Don't forget all the innocent people, and backing illegal evidence gathering methods. MediaSentry? And there's probably a legal minefield around SoundExchange. I mean, why is the RIAA gathering money on artists they don't own? How is that legal? And how to licenses come into this? Couldn't I sue the RIAA for collecting royalties on my music that I've licensed under a noncommercial, free-to-distribute Creative Commons license?
Call him out on taking Bush's side on the wiretapping bill, then.
By reading my comment you are violating a inferred, personal NDA between your eyes and brain.
Top that!
Honestly, I'd like a company to sit down and design a stable OS, not based on any existing OS, that's created with some sort of multitouch input in mind and that bridges the gap between reality and fantasy (well, technically cyberpunk). Then make it suitable for mainstream use. Gaming will still be possible, graphical work will still be possible (and probably better/easier). For the most part, everything will still be possible just like it is now. Not to mention it would simply be so damn cool.
Actually, fat floats.
Doh, feel free to mod me -5 PHB.
They don't pay for the OS, noob: it comes free with the computer.
Check your invoice next time you buy a prebuilt machine. You're in for a big surprise.
Wow! Microsoft makes 211% profit? Incredible!
But think of the actual, good Windows distros and how much better WINE and ReactOS will be suddenly. It'll take a while, though, because of the hospital visits to reattach asses.
You would dare to defy Torvalds, God of Linux?
That's exactly how we end up with the niches and clubs: people find a distro they like and they stick with it, ensuring no hiccups in upgrade processes, software installs, etc. for themselves. But anyone who isn't a stranger to Linux knows that already. So nevermind.
And I get my news from Spike.
Seriously I thought this was an intellectual community
wat ur srs? lolol
nobody cares about mtv
lol! ur silly. Ok, that one's actually true.