I've got to hand it to Bob Young, as he is a really stand up guy. It's a shame he no longer works at RedHat, but at least he's still working on something admirable, and it's nice to see him still taking interest in his former company.
If only more execs were like him, we would have a much better business atmosphere here in the U.S. of A.
Thanks Mr. Young, I've always had the utmost respect for you.
No, Heinlein was not "into" incest. In his work, he illustrates WHY incest is a Bad Thing(TM). No, it is not because it is *perverted; it is purely because of genetics. Before it was understood that incest caused nasty things to happen in offspring, there weren't social mores against such things.
Indeed, Heinlein makes many good predictions about future social behavior.
You are simply trapped into the social constructs of your time, like most are.
Manhunt has you killing to stay alive; you're being forced to participate in making "snuff" films. At least know what you're talking about first.
BTW, the game is title "Manhunt," not "Manhunter"...
Furthermore, if someone enjoys killing people in a *GAME*, why is that anyone else's business? Please stay the fuck out of other peoples' minds, thanks.
Heh, have YOU ever enjoyed seeing a "badguy" die in a film or book? Don't deny it; you certainly have.
You obviously don't know where McBride got his small fortune from.
Here's a hint; he sued someone.
Also, our legal system HAS awarded SCO plenty already. Simply by its complete inaction, SCO has profited greatly in the form of stock pumping. Every other country in which they operate has forced them to "put up or shut up." SCO has chosen the latter, of course.
There's plenty other examples of our legal system awarding ridiculous behavior.
What Linus may not understand is that many "Adults" in America have actually grown _down_ since childhood. McBride takes, "gimme gimme gimme mommy he won't gimme" to the next level, ie. the "Adult" level.
Pretty fucking pathetic when you sit back and read the garbage SCO has spewed, and also very sad that it's coming from people who have far more money than most of us will ever have.
Ironic that the U.S. legal system that was founded on principles of personal responsibility now rewards immaturity and greed.
Try a new distro, most configure stuff like soundcards for you. There's also the possibility that your soundcard simply isn't/can't be supported in Linux.
Winamp2's GUI is just stupid. I hate the skinning, etc., I'd rather have a "normal" GUI. Maybe I'm missing something, I haven't used Winamp in a while now.
iTunes is an excellent music player with the absolute best GUI, IMO. You'd probably have to remake your playlists, as I don't think it does m3us, though.
Meh, whatever, I was just offering an alternative. YMMV, whatever works for you, etc.
Do you have to use their software to transfer your music to the device, or can you mount the device as a filesystem and copy files manually?
I'm just curious, as I'm cautious about having to use proprietary software to use a device. What happens in several years if the company goes under and there was a bug in the software that prevents it from working on newer systems? I've been burned before... Burns are painful:D
Please don't make ridiculous blanket statements. Linux has some great GUIs, GNOME and KDE have both proven to be easier to use than Windows in formal studies.
Linux has other problems that are holding it back, namely lack of out-of-the-box hardware support, lack of a good GUI is not the problem.
Back on-topic - Winamp has a piss-poor GUI. In fact, its GUI is second to worst I have ever used, worst being xine. I would prefer using the KB to using the Winamp GUI.
But why not try iTunes for Windows? It is really an excellent player. It categorizes all your music by Genre/Artist/Album, and you can make playlists, etc. I use Rhythmbox on Linux, which is almost a clone, and I have used iTunes, and they're very nice. I wouldn't go back to xmms/winamp if I was paid to.
Heh, I emailed google once regarding scientology-related censorship. It was one of those times when scientology was pressuring google to remove some pages from their index, and I just sent a polite email voicing my opinion about the situation.
I didn't expect a reply, but several days later I got a personal response from someone at google explaining what they were going to do about the problem and agreeing with what I said.
Indeed, a very classy establishment, especially when compared to other U.S.-based companies these days...
It seems to me that our current political "leaders" are only interested in ensuring that the current class system, where 1% of the population controls 90% of the wealth, continues to remain as it is.
Anti-trust law has been entirely shirked during this administration. In the last, the DMCA was brought into law. It seems to me that the divide between Democrats and Republicans is simply a minor power-struggle in the top class.
Every new politician who might care is used as a pawn, and they will either have to sell out their people to become part of the upper class, or get ousted from the political machine.
Then there is the push by the top powers in the world for "free trade" that is starting to look to me to be anything but.
But here's the real kicker. There is not really any group or persons who controls this political machine, it is simply the manifestation of the greed of the top 1% as a whole. Each one may not see themselves as "selling out" their people, but each one doing so in minor (sometimes more than minor) ways creates this monstrosity of a machine that keeps the rich rich and the poor poor and the middle class working harder and harder.
Apple is using just HOW much OS software these days? GCC, BSD(including all of the BSD unix tools), Khtml, etc, etc.
And someone copies a fucking simple WM feature and people bitch about OS not being innovative!? That's fucking ridiculous!
How about *tabbed browsing? Wasn't Enlightenment the first desktop to have window-snapshot icons(not so dissimilar to OSX's dock/Expose)? Mozilla, Moz Firebird, Galeon, Epiphany, Perl, Python, PHP, Apache.
OS software is driving over half the Internet, the biggest technological phenomenon in the last 30 years.
* People say Opera did this first. I disagree, Opera uses an ugly MDI interface that most sane people never liked;p
You may not be wrong about this sort of thing never having DELAYED a release, but... At least one Microsoft software package was released, virus pre-loaded and all!:P *snicker*
If you dig compiling, recompiling and using x systems on top of each other, not allowing for drag and drop between them, can't set your monitor resolution without turning your machine inside out, don't have the luxury of font management, printing, etc etc. then Linux is for you!
Wow, that's a pretty fucking good joke! Hehe. I have all that stuff on Linux, so you are a good joker! Hehe.</vitriolic sarcasm>
Oh please... The entertainment industry has always held ludicrous positions regarding ALL new technology. If it was 30 years ago, you'd be following the industry's line on VHS, audio cassettes, dual cassette recorders, etc.
Oh no, MP3s are to the record industry as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone! MP3 was developed by communists to destroy the U.S. record industry, and hence undermine good ol' fashioned Amerricn Capitlism.
First of all, the U.S. entertainment is not a good example of capitalism "working," and second, they have always been wrong and backward regarding new technology.
I'm done responding to you; arguing with people who think the entertainment industry represents capitalism working and can't understand 30 years of history is just ridiculous.
The record companies ought to just give you whatever you want on whatever terms you want in exchange for whatever you feel like paying.
You're either illiterate, or you're just plain fucking stupid. In my original post, I addressed this. DRM, as implemented by Apple, isn't stopping anyone from sharing music, so why bother with it?
And I never said "on my terms and with whatever I'll pay", don't be an asshole.
If they would simply sell MP3s, at $.99 or so, and continued going after people who "share" them, I am pretty certain they would make MORE money. They have yet to try this!
As it is now, I, and a large number of consumers, can't use their products. It's as simple as that. They could sell product to more people if they would deliver a product more people could use.
Quit it with your capitalist bullshit, it is completely non-sensical in the context in which you have brought it up.
You have a remarkably naive view of how capitalism ought to work.
"Ought" to work? No, I just disagree with your narrow libertarian viewpoint. It _ought_ to be less hostile.
I know exactly how it works in practice, and sometimes it doesn't work very well at all, especially when a market is cornered by cartels and monopolies.
Thank you for justifying non-delivery of what customers actually want.
Why the fuck should I or anyone have to jump through hoops to use a product purchased?
Like I said, there's a pretty easy loophole that can be used for people who wish to distribute, so why even bother if it's just going to irritate customers?
Grow up and quit whining. This is a business, not the Let's Keep Ender Ryan Perpetually Happy Club.
Seriously, will anyone ever sell non-DRM`ed vanilla MP3`s? Dammit, I just want something I can play in my home and car stereos! Is that too much to ask? If I was interested in "piracy," I'd actually USE these pathetic services and convert them to MP3 (breaking the DMCA probably) and trade them. But that's not what I want to do, I just want to (legally) play some fucking music in my car and home.
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This looks very similar to a little Perl program I recently wrote, although mine doesn't use a CDDB-type system.
Anyway, it's called 'Audiotag,' and is designed to be a decent mass tagger with sane options and supports MP3, OGG, and FLAC.
If you're interested... Audiotag
If only more execs were like him, we would have a much better business atmosphere here in the U.S. of A.
Thanks Mr. Young, I've always had the utmost respect for you.
Indeed, Heinlein makes many good predictions about future social behavior.
You are simply trapped into the social constructs of your time, like most are.
BTW, the game is title "Manhunt," not "Manhunter"...
Furthermore, if someone enjoys killing people in a *GAME*, why is that anyone else's business? Please stay the fuck out of other peoples' minds, thanks.
Heh, have YOU ever enjoyed seeing a "badguy" die in a film or book? Don't deny it; you certainly have.
Correct, but our system was designed in a manner as to try and prevent this; that's what they teach in schools anyway *rolls eyes*
If that's really the case, it is ironic that such a system actually yielded a much quicker descent into a cesspool of greed.
Ironic? Tragic? In any case, it's truly fucking sad...
Here's a hint; he sued someone.
Also, our legal system HAS awarded SCO plenty already. Simply by its complete inaction, SCO has profited greatly in the form of stock pumping. Every other country in which they operate has forced them to "put up or shut up." SCO has chosen the latter, of course.
There's plenty other examples of our legal system awarding ridiculous behavior.
Cheers.
ps. nice nick :D
Pretty fucking pathetic when you sit back and read the garbage SCO has spewed, and also very sad that it's coming from people who have far more money than most of us will ever have.
Ironic that the U.S. legal system that was founded on principles of personal responsibility now rewards immaturity and greed.
Winamp2's GUI is just stupid. I hate the skinning, etc., I'd rather have a "normal" GUI. Maybe I'm missing something, I haven't used Winamp in a while now.
iTunes is an excellent music player with the absolute best GUI, IMO. You'd probably have to remake your playlists, as I don't think it does m3us, though.
Meh, whatever, I was just offering an alternative. YMMV, whatever works for you, etc.
Cheers!
I'm just curious, as I'm cautious about having to use proprietary software to use a device. What happens in several years if the company goes under and there was a bug in the software that prevents it from working on newer systems? I've been burned before... Burns are painful :D
Linux has other problems that are holding it back, namely lack of out-of-the-box hardware support, lack of a good GUI is not the problem.
Back on-topic - Winamp has a piss-poor GUI. In fact, its GUI is second to worst I have ever used, worst being xine. I would prefer using the KB to using the Winamp GUI.
But why not try iTunes for Windows? It is really an excellent player. It categorizes all your music by Genre/Artist/Album, and you can make playlists, etc. I use Rhythmbox on Linux, which is almost a clone, and I have used iTunes, and they're very nice. I wouldn't go back to xmms/winamp if I was paid to.
I didn't expect a reply, but several days later I got a personal response from someone at google explaining what they were going to do about the problem and agreeing with what I said.
Indeed, a very classy establishment, especially when compared to other U.S.-based companies these days...
Anti-trust law has been entirely shirked during this administration. In the last, the DMCA was brought into law. It seems to me that the divide between Democrats and Republicans is simply a minor power-struggle in the top class.
Every new politician who might care is used as a pawn, and they will either have to sell out their people to become part of the upper class, or get ousted from the political machine.
Then there is the push by the top powers in the world for "free trade" that is starting to look to me to be anything but.
But here's the real kicker. There is not really any group or persons who controls this political machine, it is simply the manifestation of the greed of the top 1% as a whole. Each one may not see themselves as "selling out" their people, but each one doing so in minor (sometimes more than minor) ways creates this monstrosity of a machine that keeps the rich rich and the poor poor and the middle class working harder and harder.
How do you stop the machine?
Ahem, pardon my Fren^H^H^H^HAmerican ;-)
Please die, thanks.
And someone copies a fucking simple WM feature and people bitch about OS not being innovative!? That's fucking ridiculous!
How about *tabbed browsing? Wasn't Enlightenment the first desktop to have window-snapshot icons(not so dissimilar to OSX's dock/Expose)? Mozilla, Moz Firebird, Galeon, Epiphany, Perl, Python, PHP, Apache.
OS software is driving over half the Internet, the biggest technological phenomenon in the last 30 years.
* People say Opera did this first. I disagree, Opera uses an ugly MDI interface that most sane people never liked ;p
And you told me to grow up...
Wow, that's a pretty fucking good joke! Hehe. I have all that stuff on Linux, so you are a good joker! Hehe.</vitriolic sarcasm>
Oh no, MP3s are to the record industry as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone! MP3 was developed by communists to destroy the U.S. record industry, and hence undermine good ol' fashioned Amerricn Capitlism.
First of all, the U.S. entertainment is not a good example of capitalism "working," and second, they have always been wrong and backward regarding new technology.
I'm done responding to you; arguing with people who think the entertainment industry represents capitalism working and can't understand 30 years of history is just ridiculous.
The record companies ought to just give you whatever you want on whatever terms you want in exchange for whatever you feel like paying.
You're either illiterate, or you're just plain fucking stupid. In my original post, I addressed this. DRM, as implemented by Apple, isn't stopping anyone from sharing music, so why bother with it?
And I never said "on my terms and with whatever I'll pay", don't be an asshole.
If they would simply sell MP3s, at $.99 or so, and continued going after people who "share" them, I am pretty certain they would make MORE money. They have yet to try this!
As it is now, I, and a large number of consumers, can't use their products. It's as simple as that. They could sell product to more people if they would deliver a product more people could use.
Quit it with your capitalist bullshit, it is completely non-sensical in the context in which you have brought it up.
"Ought" to work? No, I just disagree with your narrow libertarian viewpoint. It _ought_ to be less hostile.
I know exactly how it works in practice, and sometimes it doesn't work very well at all, especially when a market is cornered by cartels and monopolies.
Why the fuck should I or anyone have to jump through hoops to use a product purchased?
Like I said, there's a pretty easy loophole that can be used for people who wish to distribute, so why even bother if it's just going to irritate customers?
Grow up and quit whining. This is a business, not the Let's Keep Ender Ryan Perpetually Happy Club.
That's fucking brilliant...
Oh! That's righ! NOONE has developed ANYTHING to compete with MS BOB! Put that in your pipe!