Well, actually FC1 works much better than FC2. That's been my personal experience with exactly this situation. It's to the point that I hardly ever use Windows anymore on that computer. In fact, I'm very seriously considering backing up my files and wiping the Windows hard drive and going with FC1 throughout. It just works better for my purposes.
If you're not using 802.11a, you can brind down a wireless network by using cordless phones that also use 2.4 GHz as their broadcasting band. That happens all the time in my house.
Well, producing a CD is work. Do you know how many times performers record a song in the studio just to make it sound the way they want it to? Studio sessions (which aren't cheap, by the way) can last for upwards of 8 hours for a couple of CD tracks. That's part of what the $25 is for. Paying the studio for the recording time. It is work, after all.
And paying after they die is sometimes a valid point, because the family or estate does deserve the money from that CD sale too. After all, no less work went into the CD because the artist died. What about posthumously-relased CDs that were intended for release at that time anyway, yet the artist died before paying off the recording studio?
Yes, copyrights should expire. It should be at a reasonable time after the artist's death, though. 25 years should be enough to protect such rights.
Downloading without paying is stealing at the end of the day. It's still wrong. Music is worth the price. There needs to be some copyright reform, and the labels are an archaic thing. However, this isn't the way to stop them.
That's usually what most of the Linux fans say about Linspire (formerly Lindows). However, it does run on the Linux kernel, so it does qualify as being "Linux". It isn't free (as in beer). That's part of why I'm so hostile to it. That, and it does recommend that you log in as root, which is a disaster waiting to happen.
I seem to recall this article, which mentioned the fact that this was in the back of a car wash. Might just be me.
But hey, Toronto is lucky. They have a store where they can prevent having to do the maintenence that I'm doing to my dad's computer (installing Firefox, Ad-Aware, and Spybot). Can you believe that he's been running that computer for three years without running Ad-Aware or Spybot? It's just a normal Winblows box, too!
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TMBG on DRM
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What the labels need to do to get more circulation isn't DRM, but instead to oppose legislation that allows media giants to buy up radio and television stations son that such stations can back those artists who push the messages that those companies want the people to hear.
This era in music is so depressing because the bands that are out there for the music are being drowned out by the bands out there for the money and sex, which is what the corperate machine would like to have people hear, in order to push a less-regulated business world into the mass mindset. This country suffers from severe groupthink, as has been demonstrated several times. The media companies want this. We, the music fans, just get screwed.
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Ah, another Go fan! And yes, Go is more difficult than Chess. Simply put, despite the simplicity of the rules (relative to chess), it's quite harder to surround your opponent when your opponent can move anywhere on the board. There are simply more possible moves at any given time in Go (except there at the end).
You know, I once heard of Walmart planning to sell boxes with Lindows (before the name change) for under $200. But yeah, as much as I hate Wal-Mart, if they were to develop their own line of Linux machines and sell them in stores, MS could be beaten.
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Provided you can find Earth Logic at SCO.
But then, given GNU"GNU's Not Unix", it would take a break from Earth Logic to get too GNU=Unix.
MS Office doesn't exactly load quickly, you know.
Well, actually FC1 works much better than FC2. That's been my personal experience with exactly this situation. It's to the point that I hardly ever use Windows anymore on that computer. In fact, I'm very seriously considering backing up my files and wiping the Windows hard drive and going with FC1 throughout. It just works better for my purposes.
Well, it's not like they've sued other massive companies before. It's quite doutbtful that they would.
Oh, wait. There was the IBM suit...and the AutoZone suit...and the DaimlerChrysler suit...
What aboout OpenOffice.Org Impress?
Second, don't be a Nazi. I'll say 'slave' anytime I want. Praise Jesus.
Mr. Godwin says that you lose that argument, and the particular argument in question is over.
Well, if I were Microshaft, I'd dump the products. But I'm not Microshaft.
If you're not using 802.11a, you can brind down a wireless network by using cordless phones that also use 2.4 GHz as their broadcasting band. That happens all the time in my house.
I think that's their next case: claiming that they invented the hard drive and demanding royalties from Apple.
Distasteful to whom? Microshaft? They're the only ones who might suffer by a mass switch to anything but Winblows.
However, the problem remains that they really need many more eyes to fix Windows, if that's possible.
Mozilla Thunderbird.
One question: Why the hell are you purchasing liscences from SCO? Yes, there may be a lawsuit out there, but it's filed on dubious grounds at best.
Well, producing a CD is work. Do you know how many times performers record a song in the studio just to make it sound the way they want it to? Studio sessions (which aren't cheap, by the way) can last for upwards of 8 hours for a couple of CD tracks. That's part of what the $25 is for. Paying the studio for the recording time. It is work, after all.
And paying after they die is sometimes a valid point, because the family or estate does deserve the money from that CD sale too. After all, no less work went into the CD because the artist died. What about posthumously-relased CDs that were intended for release at that time anyway, yet the artist died before paying off the recording studio?
Yes, copyrights should expire. It should be at a reasonable time after the artist's death, though. 25 years should be enough to protect such rights.
Downloading without paying is stealing at the end of the day. It's still wrong. Music is worth the price. There needs to be some copyright reform, and the labels are an archaic thing. However, this isn't the way to stop them.
Well, it's really a matter of principle, really. We cheer for any store that doesn't sell Microsoft stuff. That's what it's about.
"The article doesn't mention whether the toolbar actually lived up to its claims of automatically applying security patches."
If it really did, Microsoft would have a fit! Either that, or it'd automatically download and install the Linux distro of the writer's choice.
That's usually what most of the Linux fans say about Linspire (formerly Lindows). However, it does run on the Linux kernel, so it does qualify as being "Linux". It isn't free (as in beer). That's part of why I'm so hostile to it. That, and it does recommend that you log in as root, which is a disaster waiting to happen.
I seem to recall this article, which mentioned the fact that this was in the back of a car wash. Might just be me.
But hey, Toronto is lucky. They have a store where they can prevent having to do the maintenence that I'm doing to my dad's computer (installing Firefox, Ad-Aware, and Spybot). Can you believe that he's been running that computer for three years without running Ad-Aware or Spybot? It's just a normal Winblows box, too!
What the labels need to do to get more circulation isn't DRM, but instead to oppose legislation that allows media giants to buy up radio and television stations son that such stations can back those artists who push the messages that those companies want the people to hear.
This era in music is so depressing because the bands that are out there for the music are being drowned out by the bands out there for the money and sex, which is what the corperate machine would like to have people hear, in order to push a less-regulated business world into the mass mindset. This country suffers from severe groupthink, as has been demonstrated several times. The media companies want this. We, the music fans, just get screwed.
Ah, another Go fan! And yes, Go is more difficult than Chess. Simply put, despite the simplicity of the rules (relative to chess), it's quite harder to surround your opponent when your opponent can move anywhere on the board. There are simply more possible moves at any given time in Go (except there at the end).
My mom loves Ken! However, I'm seeing strains of the old "21". I don't know what to think.
Why do I suddenly hear "WiFi in the Sky with Diamonds" playing in my head? Perhaps I've been listening to too much Beatles.
Is that paid or free registration? If it's free, there's always Bug-Me-Not on Mozilla and Firefox.
You know, I once heard of Walmart planning to sell boxes with Lindows (before the name change) for under $200. But yeah, as much as I hate Wal-Mart, if they were to develop their own line of Linux machines and sell them in stores, MS could be beaten.
Perhaps I should have been on my Linux box, not my laptop (which I use for my iPod). Then I would have known to count. Read: I didn't see that period.
I iz so SMRT!