Exactly. A story has no utility. Thank God that AC knows what is going on. Listen: Just because the patent application has been published doesn't mean that the patent has been granted. They're working on a 2 1/2 year backlog, and they publish applications to stop people from applying for things over and over again.
max born, no one has been able to come up with an example of prior art for the Amazon one-click patent. Honestly, if that's not a case of a decent software patent, what is?
You reply only serves to show what a giant tool you are. He was making fun of you, and you write a huge, serious retort. He wasn't comparing your huge Star Wars collection with your sig, he was comparing you with a giant tool (such as a Monster Truck or crane).
Works fine for the DVD version. Great CD by the way. By far some of the most introspective and powerful lyrics to date, although the beats get old after a while (i.e., one week of constant listening).
"...You laugh til your motherfuckin' ass gets drafted When you're in band camp thinkin' the crap can't happen 'Til you fuck around get an anthrax napkin Inside a package wrapped in Saranwrap wrappin' Open the plastic, and then you stand back gaspin' Fuckin' assassins hijackin' Amtraks crashin' All this terror, America demands action Next thing you know, you've got Uncle Sam's ass askin' To join our Army, or what you do for their Navy You just a baby gettin' recruited at 18 You're on a plane now eatin' that food and that baked beans I'm 28, they gon' take you 'fore they take me." -Eminem, "Square Dance"
Eminem writes all his own lyrics, and the majority of the songs on the CD are produced by him. In the rap industry this means he made the beats and basically put the song together by himself.
"Italian Professor, Severino Antinori, told reporters that two of the women were from the former Soviet Rebublic, and one from an Islamic country."
Is Prof. Antinori cloning Osamma???
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"I'm sure the users want a system that by default only gives them 85% of the bandwidth because it reserves the rest for talking to Microsoft's servers (this is an XP out of the box default)."
This was a lie propagated by people who are too lazy to hit F1 and find out more information about the checkbox that they were un-checking. But, I guess once we've found something to badger MS about, it doesn't really matter whether it's true or not. After all, this is SlashDot, not some sort of forum for open thought.
I had XP BSoD on me two days ago. I was running IRC, an FTP server, Outlook, Winamp and an N64 emulator. I switched out of full-screen on the emulator, and it all went to hell. XP's BSoD is kind of prettier than previous ones, but instead of hanging on the screen, the box automatically reboots, so I unfortunately didn't get to see much. However, I did notice some reds, and probably some greens in there. Also, the shade of blue is the new "XP Blue" color that you see on the login box, menus and stuff. It's much, much nicer to look at.
On a related note, has anyone gotten ASPI to work in XP? Or for that matter, any CD burning apps with native CDI support?
If he just kept the money flowing and wrote an article on how he felt, no one would care. Withholding the money isn't because he has a grudge, it's to get people's attention. This was the smartest move he could make.
On another note, I think this was a horrible post. The quote was just sort of thrown in there without any rhyme or reason. That's my rant.
Well, I just got back from church, so I'm feeling especially qualified to comment at this point. Every person I've seen Dogma with (I've seen it at least 3 times), including my aunt who has a doctorate in theology, has enjoyed it and agreed that it's a great movie. In fact, Catholics appreciate the movie more than anyone else. As with any parody, the more familiar you are with the original, the better you appreciate the parody.
Obviously you haven't seen the movie. The "net subplot" in actuality drives the movie. The net is J&SB's reason for "striking back."
Anyway, I'd just like to say that the movie had some very funny moments, but like Katz says, it leaves you feeling like you just watched a series of one-liners. The ending is great, too.
"I can conclude you are in favor of 5 & 6 year olds (kindergarden and 1st grade) accessing porn (and/or pedophilia) from a school computer or a public library."
If children who are 5 and 6 are looking at pr0n, I think our society has bigger problems than we realize. I don't even let my 7-year-old brother touch the computer without supervision, and his knowledge of the PC consists of Duke Nukem 2 and Nickelodeon.com. Getting back to what you were talking about, I do not understand what the problem with pr0n is. *I* have no objection to it. You are trying to force your beliefs on me (I think there was something in our history about that, I just can't put my finger on it.... oh yeah! The Puritans, Irish, Germans, and every other mass migration that has taken place throughout history).
Although I doubt you are aware of it, most of the greatest works of art in the world have pictures of naked people in them. Of all of these, the one that comes to mind first is Michelangelo's "David." Should we ban that? Should we card people when they enter The Met?
Perhaps I'm taking this to an extreme. Perhaps we should force every public place with internet access to install completely ineffective software for the sake of "good intentions." Better yet, we could build a national firewall, keeping all international traffic out, allowing us to censor all content on the Net. Or, we could send out squads of Men in Black With Grenade Launchers to kill anyone accessing inappropriate material on the internet. Or, we could kill people who think dirty thoughts. Then, we can make a new language, with words like "doublethink" and put cameras in everyone's homes (in case you didn't catch it, that was a literary reference).
Don't punish adults just because you want the government to babysit your kids online.
A score is 20, right? The Civil war took place in the 1860's (or thereabouts). The Revolutionary war was 1776 (or thereabouts), which means "Four score and seven years ago" (Gettysburg Address) = 1860-1776
The important thing to understand here is that this is not about money. Metallica, Dr. Dre and the RIAA are trying to curtail internet music in general, before it *does* start to hurt them where it counts (in thier wallets). They seriously believe that they will be able to stop illegal distribution of MP3's and the like. I find it humorous...
An entire generation is growing up with the idea that music should be free if you want it and know how to find it. Napster just made that easier. There is no way to stop us! "Information wants to be free." So, I ask the Metallica, Dr. Dre and the RIAAssh0les to try and stem the MP3 revolution. They may have won a battle, but there is no way they can win the war.
-Mark Radtke radrik2001@yahoo.com
P.S. - I would welcome email from anyone interested in carrying on intelligent discussion on the recent MP3 debate.
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Exactly. A story has no utility. Thank God that AC knows what is going on. Listen: Just because the patent application has been published doesn't mean that the patent has been granted. They're working on a 2 1/2 year backlog, and they publish applications to stop people from applying for things over and over again.
max born, no one has been able to come up with an example of prior art for the Amazon one-click patent. Honestly, if that's not a case of a decent software patent, what is?
if(md5sum("myfile.mp3") == md5sum("Limp_Bizkit-Crap.mp3")
cout "PIRATE!";
You reply only serves to show what a giant tool you are. He was making fun of you, and you write a huge, serious retort. He wasn't comparing your huge Star Wars collection with your sig, he was comparing you with a giant tool (such as a Monster Truck or crane).
-Mark
Works fine for the DVD version. Great CD by the way. By far some of the most introspective and powerful lyrics to date, although the beats get old after a while (i.e., one week of constant listening).
"...You laugh til your motherfuckin' ass gets drafted
When you're in band camp thinkin' the crap can't happen
'Til you fuck around get an anthrax napkin
Inside a package wrapped in Saranwrap wrappin'
Open the plastic, and then you stand back gaspin'
Fuckin' assassins hijackin' Amtraks crashin'
All this terror, America demands action
Next thing you know, you've got Uncle Sam's ass askin'
To join our Army, or what you do for their Navy
You just a baby gettin' recruited at 18
You're on a plane now eatin' that food and that baked beans
I'm 28, they gon' take you 'fore they take me." -Eminem, "Square Dance"
so did he write the music, or the lyrics?
Eminem writes all his own lyrics, and the majority of the songs on the CD are produced by him. In the rap industry this means he made the beats and basically put the song together by himself.
Is Prof. Antinori cloning Osamma???
"I'm sure the users want a system that by default only gives them 85% of the bandwidth because it reserves the rest for talking to Microsoft's servers (this is an XP out of the box default)."
This was a lie propagated by people who are too lazy to hit F1 and find out more information about the checkbox that they were un-checking. But, I guess once we've found something to badger MS about, it doesn't really matter whether it's true or not. After all, this is SlashDot, not some sort of forum for open thought.
-Mark
I had XP BSoD on me two days ago. I was running IRC, an FTP server, Outlook, Winamp and an N64 emulator. I switched out of full-screen on the emulator, and it all went to hell. XP's BSoD is kind of prettier than previous ones, but instead of hanging on the screen, the box automatically reboots, so I unfortunately didn't get to see much. However, I did notice some reds, and probably some greens in there. Also, the shade of blue is the new "XP Blue" color that you see on the login box, menus and stuff. It's much, much nicer to look at.
On a related note, has anyone gotten ASPI to work in XP? Or for that matter, any CD burning apps with native CDI support?
-Mark
If he just kept the money flowing and wrote an article on how he felt, no one would care. Withholding the money isn't because he has a grudge, it's to get people's attention. This was the smartest move he could make.
On another note, I think this was a horrible post. The quote was just sort of thrown in there without any rhyme or reason. That's my rant.
-Mark
Well, I just got back from church, so I'm feeling especially qualified to comment at this point. Every person I've seen Dogma with (I've seen it at least 3 times), including my aunt who has a doctorate in theology, has enjoyed it and agreed that it's a great movie. In fact, Catholics appreciate the movie more than anyone else. As with any parody, the more familiar you are with the original, the better you appreciate the parody.
Obviously you haven't seen the movie. The "net subplot" in actuality drives the movie. The net is J&SB's reason for "striking back."
Anyway, I'd just like to say that the movie had some very funny moments, but like Katz says, it leaves you feeling like you just watched a series of one-liners. The ending is great, too.
"Shit naw, Jersey reppin' proud" -Jay
This article isn't on CNET, it's on ZDNet. Someone better fix this, or there'll be hell to pay...
This site doesn't have any banners.... or did you mean a good site? Oooooops.
It's pretty funny, though.
Use your Iridium phone (as long as you don't collide with the satillites on the way down).
;-)
-Radrik
"I can conclude you are in favor of 5 & 6 year olds (kindergarden and 1st grade) accessing porn (and/or pedophilia) from a school computer or a public library."
If children who are 5 and 6 are looking at pr0n, I think our society has bigger problems than we realize. I don't even let my 7-year-old brother touch the computer without supervision, and his knowledge of the PC consists of Duke Nukem 2 and Nickelodeon.com. Getting back to what you were talking about, I do not understand what the problem with pr0n is. *I* have no objection to it. You are trying to force your beliefs on me (I think there was something in our history about that, I just can't put my finger on it.... oh yeah! The Puritans, Irish, Germans, and every other mass migration that has taken place throughout history).
Although I doubt you are aware of it, most of the greatest works of art in the world have pictures of naked people in them. Of all of these, the one that comes to mind first is Michelangelo's "David." Should we ban that? Should we card people when they enter The Met?
Perhaps I'm taking this to an extreme. Perhaps we should force every public place with internet access to install completely ineffective software for the sake of "good intentions." Better yet, we could build a national firewall, keeping all international traffic out, allowing us to censor all content on the Net. Or, we could send out squads of Men in Black With Grenade Launchers to kill anyone accessing inappropriate material on the internet. Or, we could kill people who think dirty thoughts. Then, we can make a new language, with words like "doublethink" and put cameras in everyone's homes (in case you didn't catch it, that was a literary reference).
Don't punish adults just because you want the government to babysit your kids online.
Opps, didn't mean to post that as Anonymous Coward. I wrote it.
A score is 20, right? The Civil war took place in the 1860's (or thereabouts). The Revolutionary war was 1776 (or thereabouts), which means "Four score and seven years ago" (Gettysburg Address) = 1860-1776
4n+7=1860-1776
4n=77
n ~~ 20
What an intensly scientific proof!
The important thing to understand here is that this is not about money. Metallica, Dr. Dre and the RIAA are trying to curtail internet music in general, before it *does* start to hurt them where it counts (in thier wallets). They seriously believe that they will be able to stop illegal distribution of MP3's and the like. I find it humorous...
An entire generation is growing up with the idea that music should be free if you want it and know how to find it. Napster just made that easier. There is no way to stop us! "Information wants to be free." So, I ask the Metallica, Dr. Dre and the RIAAssh0les to try and stem the MP3 revolution. They may have won a battle, but there is no way they can win the war.
-Mark Radtke
radrik2001@yahoo.com
P.S. - I would welcome email from anyone interested in carrying on intelligent discussion on the recent MP3 debate.