The trouble is that many people don't want to use DRM but are forced to, because it's part of the software on their computer and they cannot change that software....what? When has that ever happened? And don't give me the old BS about having the ability to play DRMed files being the same as being "forced to use DRM".
They don't give a shit about alternative distribution models so long as they get paid for work for which they own the copyright, as is their legal (and, imo, moral right). They're not trying to shut down new bands and their MySpace pages, they're trying to shut down networks where the number one use is distributing their work for free.
The only way you could be concerned about the RIAA "destroying any possible competition" in relation to P2P lawsuits is if you consider taking peoples' work for free legitimate competition to buying it.
Allofmp3, for its part, is a far less clear cut case.
Now twitter, don't you remember the last time you did this, with me? And I made you look like a cretin by replying to each and every one of your "arguments" and making them look stupid? And you posted the link to your post everywhere, with my reply IN FULL VIEW?
Same shit.
I also love how "defending M$" (against unsubstantiated allegations and fud) is an unbelievable sin in your eyes, and that the only feelings you can have for any software are unconditional hatred and unconditional love...quite silly. Talk about thinking of the world in black and white.
These guys are not claiming doomsday from climate change.
No, they're not. They're saying that as concern about climate change grows, governments will run to nuclear power, which has its own inherent risks with regard to nuclear proliferation (see: the current hoohah over Iran). Do keep up.
Attempted copyright infringement my ass. So, basically, if I go to http://joe-baldwin.net/lotsofcopyrightedmovieswhoo psielol! with the express intent of downloading copyrighted movies (even though there are none there), that's "attempted copyright infringement"?
For fucks sake. They'd have a better chance just downloading some real torrents and looking at who they're uploading to...
I see where you're coming from, but I'd prefer to call twitter out on the amount of toxic FUD he posts on Slashdot...and then comes the humour element of having someone accusing just about everyone of being Microsoft astroturfers for pointing out what a pile of shit he's talking, like a crazy old man thinking the Jews are out to get him or something. I get a laugh out of it basically, that's all.
And yes, it was me who made fun of his wife's appearances, and tbh I'm not very pleased with myself for it. That was low.
I have met a stalker that thinks Windows Media Player is superior to Amarok and who is also a Debian developer
No, you haven't. Amarok is superior to Windows Media Player for a start. Did you not see the part where I called WMP's tagging functions "pisspoor"? Also, I ain't a stalker, I just get a kick out of pointing out where raving zealots get their facts wrong/fuck up. Nor am I a Debian developer.
I'm too rude for any kind of customer service? HAHA! So, being shall we say less than reverent to a specific person = general rudeness all round? God you're a moron.
I thought you'd say something retarded. And boy, you delivered the goods.
For a start, I don't and didn't "love" WMP. I pointed out that your bullshit assumptions about Amarok being infinitely better were, well bullshit. Logically flawed, at least.
Note correlation between Slashdot homepage, the link I gave above (and the software package linked to from the front page of it) and the name and software package listed on the ftpmaster page. (By the way, I'm not a Debian developer, saying so implies I hold some kind of formal position within the Debian structure. I just happened to get a package mentored. Big difference.)
Oh, and you've pulled out the old "astroturf" card. How nice for you. I've given you evidence (photographic evidence, even) that I work for a supermarket (and not TEH EVUL M$) for fucks sake, but, hey, it's your delusion.
Hi there twitter, I was wondering if you'd take the time to reply to this post. Or would it make you look too much of a tool to admit that you were wrong?
Hi there twitter, I was wondering if you'd take time out of posting baseless accusations and FUD to reply to this reply to some of it. Or would it make you look too much of a tool to admit that you were wrong?
Hi there twitter, I was wondering if you'd take the time to reply to this post. Or would it make you look too much of a tool to admit that you were wrong, especially in light of you saying that you quit using MS software around 1999, which effectively proves my first point in that comment?
Hi there twitter, I was wondering if you'd take the time to reply to this post. Or would it make you look too much of a tool to admit that you were wrong?
You cling to expensive stuff that's broken because it's all you know.
Oh, I bet you mean Windows...and "it's all I know"? Please. I'm using Linux right now and just submitted a small piece of software (just a utility and associated library, not much, certainly nothing big) to the Debian archive. I've been using Linux on and off since about 2001.
Compare and contrast with you, who hasn't actually sat down and used any recent version of Windows enough to form a credible opinion on it.
Show me Google's back up tapes. One of the big reasons they are such a big success is because they bought the cheapest junk hardware they could and made it into one of the world's largest storage networks. All it took was a little brainpower and guts.
Or it could be because they provide best of class services. Just a thought.
Go ahead, sneer at me for not knowing dick about expensive tape drives and other exotic dinosaurs. I don't need it.
Er, no. I'm not sneering at you for not knowing about expensive tape drives, I'm sneering at you because your solution for someone asking for a Windows based piece of backup software for a tape drive was using Linux software and a USB hard disk. You fucking cretin.
Why, what a useful solution! I can see why you're hired full time by a FTSE 100/Fortune 500 class company to do all of their incredibly important back office IT work, what with fantastic and insightful advice like "don't use Windows, use Linux" and "use a generic external hard drive and rsync instead of the backup-oriented tape drive you just bought and some specialised backup software"!
Jesus fucking Christ on an inverted flaming unicycle.
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And when has that ever happened to an independent musician? In the example, Harrison was the defendant, and was hardly independent.
All very nice, but I didn't mention DRM at all in my post.
Now now, let's not stoop to his level ;)
Is there any reasonw why you've copied and pasted previous post about Macthorp, as evidenced by the double-URI bracketing?
The trouble is that many people don't want to use DRM but are forced to, because it's part of the software on their computer and they cannot change that software. ...what? When has that ever happened? And don't give me the old BS about having the ability to play DRMed files being the same as being "forced to use DRM".
They don't give a shit about alternative distribution models so long as they get paid for work for which they own the copyright, as is their legal (and, imo, moral right). They're not trying to shut down new bands and their MySpace pages, they're trying to shut down networks where the number one use is distributing their work for free.
The only way you could be concerned about the RIAA "destroying any possible competition" in relation to P2P lawsuits is if you consider taking peoples' work for free legitimate competition to buying it.
Allofmp3, for its part, is a far less clear cut case.
One can not care about DRM and yet feel greatly about sweatshops. There is a scale for these things.
Now twitter, don't you remember the last time you did this, with me? And I made you look like a cretin by replying to each and every one of your "arguments" and making them look stupid? And you posted the link to your post everywhere, with my reply IN FULL VIEW?
Same shit.
I also love how "defending M$" (against unsubstantiated allegations and fud) is an unbelievable sin in your eyes, and that the only feelings you can have for any software are unconditional hatred and unconditional love...quite silly. Talk about thinking of the world in black and white.
These guys are not claiming doomsday from climate change.
No, they're not. They're saying that as concern about climate change grows, governments will run to nuclear power, which has its own inherent risks with regard to nuclear proliferation (see: the current hoohah over Iran). Do keep up.
There was actually someone on the tower then.
Right now, it's uninhabited.
And, hey, I read somewhere that 2/3 (or was it 1/2) of american men won't munch kitty.
Fucking Yanks. Or not, as the case may be.
We Brits, you see, compensate for our atrocious teeth with superior pussy eating. FACT.
I very much doubt it.
o psielol! with the express intent of downloading copyrighted movies (even though there are none there), that's "attempted copyright infringement"?
Attempted copyright infringement my ass. So, basically, if I go to http://joe-baldwin.net/lotsofcopyrightedmovieswho
For fucks sake. They'd have a better chance just downloading some real torrents and looking at who they're uploading to...
I see where you're coming from, but I'd prefer to call twitter out on the amount of toxic FUD he posts on Slashdot...and then comes the humour element of having someone accusing just about everyone of being Microsoft astroturfers for pointing out what a pile of shit he's talking, like a crazy old man thinking the Jews are out to get him or something. I get a laugh out of it basically, that's all.
And yes, it was me who made fun of his wife's appearances, and tbh I'm not very pleased with myself for it. That was low.
I have met a stalker that thinks Windows Media Player is superior to Amarok and who is also a Debian developer
No, you haven't. Amarok is superior to Windows Media Player for a start. Did you not see the part where I called WMP's tagging functions "pisspoor"? Also, I ain't a stalker, I just get a kick out of pointing out where raving zealots get their facts wrong/fuck up. Nor am I a Debian developer.
I'm too rude for any kind of customer service? HAHA! So, being shall we say less than reverent to a specific person = general rudeness all round? God you're a moron.
I thought you'd say something retarded. And boy, you delivered the goods.
For a start, I don't and didn't "love" WMP. I pointed out that your bullshit assumptions about Amarok being infinitely better were, well bullshit. Logically flawed, at least.
As for the Debian thing:
My homepage
Debian ftpmaster new packages list (do a search for "Joe Baldwin")
Note correlation between Slashdot homepage, the link I gave above (and the software package linked to from the front page of it) and the name and software package listed on the ftpmaster page. (By the way, I'm not a Debian developer, saying so implies I hold some kind of formal position within the Debian structure. I just happened to get a package mentored. Big difference.)
Oh, and you've pulled out the old "astroturf" card. How nice for you. I've given you evidence (photographic evidence, even) that I work for a supermarket (and not TEH EVUL M$) for fucks sake, but, hey, it's your delusion.
Hi there twitter, I was wondering if you'd take the time to reply to this post. Or would it make you look too much of a tool to admit that you were wrong?
Hi there twitter, I was wondering if you'd take time out of posting baseless accusations and FUD to reply to this reply to some of it. Or would it make you look too much of a tool to admit that you were wrong?
Hi there twitter, I was wondering if you'd take the time to reply to this post. Or would it make you look too much of a tool to admit that you were wrong, especially in light of you saying that you quit using MS software around 1999, which effectively proves my first point in that comment?
Hi there twitter, I was wondering if you'd take the time to reply to this post. Or would it make you look too much of a tool to admit that you were wrong?
To be honest, I very much doubt it. It'd probably be quicker, easier and better for the end user to just get the legal edition from Dell with the PC.
You cling to expensive stuff that's broken because it's all you know.
Oh, I bet you mean Windows...and "it's all I know"? Please. I'm using Linux right now and just submitted a small piece of software (just a utility and associated library, not much, certainly nothing big) to the Debian archive. I've been using Linux on and off since about 2001.
Compare and contrast with you, who hasn't actually sat down and used any recent version of Windows enough to form a credible opinion on it.
Show me Google's back up tapes. One of the big reasons they are such a big success is because they bought the cheapest junk hardware they could and made it into one of the world's largest storage networks. All it took was a little brainpower and guts.
Or it could be because they provide best of class services. Just a thought.
Go ahead, sneer at me for not knowing dick about expensive tape drives and other exotic dinosaurs. I don't need it.
Er, no. I'm not sneering at you for not knowing about expensive tape drives, I'm sneering at you because your solution for someone asking for a Windows based piece of backup software for a tape drive was using Linux software and a USB hard disk. You fucking cretin.
I'd say the same, even after seeing actual retards.
I think you missed the point of my sarcastic reply; i.e. that your...solution is entirely useless.
Oh and as to you posting right after your sockpuppet account Erris, LOL.
Why, what a useful solution! I can see why you're hired full time by a FTSE 100/Fortune 500 class company to do all of their incredibly important back office IT work, what with fantastic and insightful advice like "don't use Windows, use Linux" and "use a generic external hard drive and rsync instead of the backup-oriented tape drive you just bought and some specialised backup software"!
Jesus fucking Christ on an inverted flaming unicycle.
I like my women like my coffee: covered in foam and with a spoon in them.