Actually, most small record companies also are not making any off their artists. They just organize things as a way to promote music and as a hobby.
Also, you can listen A LOT of music for free on myspace for example. Why not just go there, if you want this stuff for free?
The ugly truth is that if it weren't for record labels and RIAA, the artists would probably never get ANY money for their work.
And in the times when there really weren't big record companies, artists were being ripped off BIG TIME by concert organizers. You can read about this stuff from band biographies like Led Zeppelin... ugly stuff.
Linux is not an operating system. It's a kernel. Ubuntu is an OS, for example.
For every gaming platform in the known computer existence, there has been some kind of copy protection. Now all the yokels are calling ALL these mechanisms "DRM" and they are supposed to be all ee-vil.
So please tell me, how would a gaming company finance their operation, if the games would have no copy protection? You maybe forgetting back in the day of Amigas and C64, there was no bit torrent and the gaming companies made little or no money even back then.
MS provides PLENTY of support for running old software on a new operation system like Vista. Think how many Windows 95/98/Me application STILL run on Windows XP and Vista. You really think that's just a coincidence? Yes many things don't work but the majority still does. Microsoft also provides basic drivers for USB, mice, keyboards and stuff like that, but a vendor can choose to bundle their own software with such product.
Maybe the solution for the bleeding edge problem is to have STABLE Linux kernel APIs for graphics cards. You know, just like how the rest of the world works.
Geeks get lost in the details, because it's their job to get lost in the details, and find their way out. Suits manage the bigger picture. If a geek starts to worry about the big picture, he/she is in danger of becomng a suit:)
You don't "write web services" using.NET or Java or what ever. You IMPLEMENT them. You write web services using WSDL and XML.
That's the whole point of them.
Do you know how the Russian footmen got close enough to use the gasoline, and not get mowed down by machine guns? They charged and charged until those guns run out of ammo: Mongolian "soldiers" with horses and swords against German tanks... worth practically nothing and expendable for Stalin.
What does DRM has to do with this? Everyone and their dog knowns torrent sites like demonoid exist only to spread torrents to copyrighted material. There's really no nice way to say it.
Well, not buying as in "buying from a store". But as "buying into the business". By making the choice, you express your support for the business.
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He WAS right although not in the same sense. The "quality" here with in McDonalds is not in the food or service, but in the way the business and franchising works. WHich makes it indeed one of the best restaurant in the world, business wise.
The same way Windows is by far not the best operating system, but the whole Windows family as a business model and the way Microsoft has forced nearly to play along, makes it the best operating system. Business wise.
It's all of them; it's the average quality of the package.
How is that so hard to "get"? I own an Ipod Nano. It is very good for what it does. It's really that simple.
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It does not help the attacker at all if he/she knows the encryption is based on those standards.
So then you would agree if ISPs only blocked illegal warez downloads, so you would get a better P2P experience :) ?
Actually, most small record companies also are not making any off their artists. They just organize things as a way to promote music and as a hobby. Also, you can listen A LOT of music for free on myspace for example. Why not just go there, if you want this stuff for free? The ugly truth is that if it weren't for record labels and RIAA, the artists would probably never get ANY money for their work. And in the times when there really weren't big record companies, artists were being ripped off BIG TIME by concert organizers. You can read about this stuff from band biographies like Led Zeppelin... ugly stuff.
Not to mention you just posted the information on Slashdot... change the password now dude.
Linux is not an operating system. It's a kernel. Ubuntu is an OS, for example. For every gaming platform in the known computer existence, there has been some kind of copy protection. Now all the yokels are calling ALL these mechanisms "DRM" and they are supposed to be all ee-vil. So please tell me, how would a gaming company finance their operation, if the games would have no copy protection? You maybe forgetting back in the day of Amigas and C64, there was no bit torrent and the gaming companies made little or no money even back then.
If they are not funny, why do people tag them as funny? By accident?
MS provides PLENTY of support for running old software on a new operation system like Vista. Think how many Windows 95/98/Me application STILL run on Windows XP and Vista. You really think that's just a coincidence? Yes many things don't work but the majority still does. Microsoft also provides basic drivers for USB, mice, keyboards and stuff like that, but a vendor can choose to bundle their own software with such product.
I don't know what your sign is, but it seems to me you were born under a bad one :)
Maybe the solution for the bleeding edge problem is to have STABLE Linux kernel APIs for graphics cards. You know, just like how the rest of the world works.
Geeks get lost in the details, because it's their job to get lost in the details, and find their way out. Suits manage the bigger picture. If a geek starts to worry about the big picture, he/she is in danger of becomng a suit :)
Maybe his open source shoes are still in alpha stage, and not to be trusted in a real environment. Still improving, though.
You don't "write web services" using .NET or Java or what ever. You IMPLEMENT them. You write web services using WSDL and XML.
That's the whole point of them.
But it was not Microsoft that actually made the graphics driver, or the underlying hardware? Why are you blaming them? Oh wait, this is Slashdot.
Hey! I resent that. Booze is not a drug :)
FUD. The option to turn Clippy off and to use the standard help system has always been there.
Do you know how the Russian footmen got close enough to use the gasoline, and not get mowed down by machine guns? They charged and charged until those guns run out of ammo: Mongolian "soldiers" with horses and swords against German tanks... worth practically nothing and expendable for Stalin.
What does DRM has to do with this? Everyone and their dog knowns torrent sites like demonoid exist only to spread torrents to copyrighted material. There's really no nice way to say it.
You are probably referring to iTunes Store, and not the iTunes player. Many people including me, use just the player and not the store.
Oh come on. They install Linux because it's free, not because it's open source.
How abut a story about "Evil Slashdot" that is used as a massive tool for concentrated DDOS attacks? Oh wait...
Well, not buying as in "buying from a store". But as "buying into the business". By making the choice, you express your support for the business.
He WAS right although not in the same sense. The "quality" here with in McDonalds is not in the food or service, but in the way the business and franchising works. WHich makes it indeed one of the best restaurant in the world, business wise. The same way Windows is by far not the best operating system, but the whole Windows family as a business model and the way Microsoft has forced nearly to play along, makes it the best operating system. Business wise.
I guess Apple's products are really well marketed, because people think these 200$ USD devices are luxury products :)
Ah, AmiPro... it was really fast even with those 33mhz 386 machines. Which were pretty fast back then, anyway :)
It's all of them; it's the average quality of the package. How is that so hard to "get"? I own an Ipod Nano. It is very good for what it does. It's really that simple.