It's not about markups dude. Yeah, I know there's a hefty profit margin for Sony, Universal, et al.
Ever go to a restaurant and order soda with your meal? What, it's $1 at fast food joints, probably $2 at a fancy place. What does it cost them? In fast food, the cup itself costs more. I think the cost of a 32 oz soda is something like 3 cents. Does it feel good now? Yup, that's right, McDonald's charged you $1.20 for a soda that cost them ~10 cents. At fancy restaurants it's even cheaper... the glasses are just washed and re-used, the only thing you consumed is the soda and a straw.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered *GASP* that there's a MARKUP on everything we buy!!! Hey, this holiday tin only cost 39 cents for them to make! Why is it $5? Markups, paying off the artists, it's all about making sure people get their cut and the stores turn a profit. Don't like it? Don't buy it. Like the $5 holiday tin? Buy it then. It's your money, if you want it, buy it!
What is a movie worth to me? Most movies I buy are $10-$15 on DVD. Ok, it costs $20 for my wife and I to go see it in the theater, so it's probably worth it for an evening of entertainment. What? I get to KEEP it? Even better!
It's all about what it's worth to YOU, not how much people are making off it.
The RIAA is different... they publish shit I don't want, then when I don't buy it they call me a thief. They assume that CDs are a neccesity, that we can't ever live without it. If we're not buying it, we're obviously stealing it. There's just no other possibility. It can't be that nobody wants our product, it is, after all, a NECCESSITY TO LIVE!
Look at the reverse though... if they put out an album with good artwork, interviews from the band, and a cool looking disc, maybe it's worth $15 even though the RIAA is getting rich off it. Again, what is it worth TO YOU.
BTTF 3 TV edit. Buford is outside waiting for Marty to fight. Buford counts to 10, starts yelling. Marty says "He's an asshole", with the camera directly on his face. On TV, they replaced it with 'idiot'. Possibly the worst edit I've ever seen, since you can VERY plainly see what Marty said.
Ever notice that/.'ers get excited about DVDs and not new albums? RIAA, START PAYING ATTENTION.
I have seen each of these movies at least 3e6 times each. I have them recorded off TV. I own all three on videocassette. I try to watch them when TBS is running them. Even though I can probably recite each movie by heart, guess what: I was waiting for Target to open last Tuesday so I could be the first to own these. Why? I love these movies.
There's so much techological genius in these movies that the 'making of' stuff is worth the cost of the set to me. I haven't even watched the movies yet, I just opened disc 4 and started watching. GOOD STUFF.
My point? I paid $39.99 for something I already had. I did it VOLUNTARILY. I can download all this stuff off Kazaa I'm sure. Why didn't I? Because it's GOOD STUFF THAT'S WORTH THE MONEY. Most music that's out these days is pure crap. I had no idea that I could take a dump in a jewel case and sell it for $15.99. It's not rocket science: put stuff in the package that people WANT, and they will buy.
Last time I checked, you didn't need to use NetWare for the server
I can't find anything on Novell's site, but I've been under the impression that it required a Novell server.
I'm using version 5.5, it could be that 6.0 cleaned up the web interface quite a bit. Even in 5.5, it doesn't suck as bad as Exchange's web UI, but it still pales in comparison to the Groupwise client. What I'm really waiting for is a client that runs on linux. I was on house arrest after surgery and the web interface was so crappy that I installed Windows and the Groupwise client on a spare drive. I can't get past installing Windows Messaging with Wine or Crossover Office. That's the only thing keeping me from running it on linux.
Groupwise isn't perfect. I prefer it over OutHouse, but it's just as restricitive as OutHouse/Exchange. You need a Novell server, you need to pay Novell gobs of money for proprietary software, all to get a package that's incompatible with everything else. It keeps us safe from OutHouse virus attacks, but that's really it's only strong point. The web interface is mediocre at best, and some of the widgets on the client act a little funny. I had a feature wish list I came up with after 2 years of using Groupwise, of course I can't find it now.
Some of the features I like are unique to Groupwise, but on the whole it's everything bad about Exchange wrapped into a different propritary license. The same can be said for Lotus Notes, it has its nice features and it's not M$, but you still have proprietary incompatible software as your mail client.
I'm trying to find a/. article from way back about some manuscript that was digitally stored in 1972 and was unreadable now, and had to go back to egypt or wherever and re-interpret it from the rock it was inscribed on, several thousand years ago. While it isn't practical for terabytes worth of data storage, it does pose the question of why we insist on using digital storage.
with all the stories I've seen about being unable to retrieve data from just 15 yrs ago (because the format is unreadable, not because the media deteriorated) I'm convinced that archiving data using a chisel and a rock is the best way to go.
Buying a copy of OpenBSD seems fundamentally flawed.
Isn't it the OpenBSD folks who are telling people not to make ISOs because the codebase changes frequently enough? Why would you purchase a set of discs to perform multiple installs when OpenBSD developers recommend against using a static copy?
Sure, I can understand buying copies to support OpenBSD. I buy Redhat for the same reason, it's more principle than the actual material in the box. It sounds like you're buying it to actually have a set of BSD discs. It just seems flawed to me. I'd rather grab a fresh snapshot off OpenBSD's servers each install to make sure I'm getting all the latest features.
I suddenly imagined a Radio Shack without all the loud toys with blinking lights that you trip over trying to get to the useful stuff on the back wall. THAT would be cool.
Oh well, I guess it's a start. Now let me write checks for over the amount (especially if I already wrote the check for 3 cents over) and don't ask me what I'm building if you can't figure out why I'd need a transformer, capacitors, rectifiers, and a voltage regulator.
I've been using UltraDNS for over a year now. I had to commit to a year at $5/mo, I figured $60 was worth it, since it'd be awhile before I got BIND set up and running.
WOW. It's so simple to use, updates are instantaneous, it's like running your own DNS server without all the config files. The web interface makes it a breeze to change things around, add domains, records etc. And all for FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH!!!
I'm close to getting my own DNS running, but in the interim the service has been more than worth it. If you've ever wanted the power of your own DNS server without the headaches, this is it.
So this thing is really multisession CD, 1 audio session and one (encrypted) data session. How does this prevent me from listening to it on linux? Even if it's multisession, I should be able to rip to audio tracks digitally.
Is this a ploy for Sony to create the APPEARANCE of proprietary music, trying to get consumers to buy useless software from Sony so Sony can 0wn them?
Why? Home insurance covers hardware. Cat5, switches, PCs, even your house itself... you can buy that with insurance money. For $40/mo, my home is covered. If it gets firebombed by the tree in the backyard when we're not home, what have i really lost? That's right, ANYTHING MONEY CAN'T BUY. Pictures, sentimental gifts, and oh yeah, MY DATA. hard drives are cheap, building a backup server is cheap too. All you need is an old pentium or better, a 10/100 NIC, and some big drives. I have a pair of 80GB drives. I have a 40 in my box and a 20 in my wife's. The box is set up as a Samba share, and cron does it all automatically. Every night at 1 AM, it connects and does diff backups on our boxen. Once a week, it does a full, and on Monday I swap drives in my drawer here at work. It cost me about $200 to make (it was awhile ago), a couple hours to build, and zero effort to maintain.
One thing that really bothers me is that layoffs are done by upper management. Some guy with his tie constricting him in an office miles away decides that employee A isn't "company material" and axes him. Upper manager doesn't even know who employee A is. All the people working with employee A talk about what a mistake it was to lay him off. Those who should go stay, and those who should stay go. I propose bringing layoffs down to the employee level.
Rather than making shots in the dark, why not use a survivor-style method of getting rid of people? Why not have tribal council once a week to vote someone off? That would give a person motivation to find themselves useful, otherwise those around the person would give the axe. Justice in its finest form, sounds good to me.
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It's not about markups dude. Yeah, I know there's a hefty profit margin for Sony, Universal, et al.
Ever go to a restaurant and order soda with your meal? What, it's $1 at fast food joints, probably $2 at a fancy place. What does it cost them? In fast food, the cup itself costs more. I think the cost of a 32 oz soda is something like 3 cents. Does it feel good now? Yup, that's right, McDonald's charged you $1.20 for a soda that cost them ~10 cents. At fancy restaurants it's even cheaper... the glasses are just washed and re-used, the only thing you consumed is the soda and a straw.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered *GASP* that there's a MARKUP on everything we buy!!! Hey, this holiday tin only cost 39 cents for them to make! Why is it $5? Markups, paying off the artists, it's all about making sure people get their cut and the stores turn a profit. Don't like it? Don't buy it. Like the $5 holiday tin? Buy it then. It's your money, if you want it, buy it!
What is a movie worth to me? Most movies I buy are $10-$15 on DVD. Ok, it costs $20 for my wife and I to go see it in the theater, so it's probably worth it for an evening of entertainment. What? I get to KEEP it? Even better!
It's all about what it's worth to YOU, not how much people are making off it.
The RIAA is different... they publish shit I don't want, then when I don't buy it they call me a thief. They assume that CDs are a neccesity, that we can't ever live without it. If we're not buying it, we're obviously stealing it. There's just no other possibility. It can't be that nobody wants our product, it is, after all, a NECCESSITY TO LIVE!
Look at the reverse though... if they put out an album with good artwork, interviews from the band, and a cool looking disc, maybe it's worth $15 even though the RIAA is getting rich off it. Again, what is it worth TO YOU.
BTTF 3 TV edit. Buford is outside waiting for Marty to fight. Buford counts to 10, starts yelling. Marty says "He's an asshole", with the camera directly on his face. On TV, they replaced it with 'idiot'. Possibly the worst edit I've ever seen, since you can VERY plainly see what Marty said.
Ever notice that /.'ers get excited about DVDs and not new albums? RIAA, START PAYING ATTENTION.
I have seen each of these movies at least 3e6 times each. I have them recorded off TV. I own all three on videocassette. I try to watch them when TBS is running them. Even though I can probably recite each movie by heart, guess what: I was waiting for Target to open last Tuesday so I could be the first to own these. Why? I love these movies.
There's so much techological genius in these movies that the 'making of' stuff is worth the cost of the set to me. I haven't even watched the movies yet, I just opened disc 4 and started watching. GOOD STUFF.
My point? I paid $39.99 for something I already had. I did it VOLUNTARILY. I can download all this stuff off Kazaa I'm sure. Why didn't I? Because it's GOOD STUFF THAT'S WORTH THE MONEY. Most music that's out these days is pure crap. I had no idea that I could take a dump in a jewel case and sell it for $15.99. It's not rocket science: put stuff in the package that people WANT, and they will buy.
Last time I checked, you didn't need to use NetWare for the server
I can't find anything on Novell's site, but I've been under the impression that it required a Novell server.
I'm using version 5.5, it could be that 6.0 cleaned up the web interface quite a bit. Even in 5.5, it doesn't suck as bad as Exchange's web UI, but it still pales in comparison to the Groupwise client. What I'm really waiting for is a client that runs on linux. I was on house arrest after surgery and the web interface was so crappy that I installed Windows and the Groupwise client on a spare drive. I can't get past installing Windows Messaging with Wine or Crossover Office. That's the only thing keeping me from running it on linux.
HAM? There's ham in there?
I thought it was just pink sludge. Could've fooled me.
You know, Codeweavers Crossover plugin may be able to add that missing functionality. Hey, klez runs under Wine.
Groupwise isn't perfect. I prefer it over OutHouse, but it's just as restricitive as OutHouse/Exchange. You need a Novell server, you need to pay Novell gobs of money for proprietary software, all to get a package that's incompatible with everything else. It keeps us safe from OutHouse virus attacks, but that's really it's only strong point. The web interface is mediocre at best, and some of the widgets on the client act a little funny. I had a feature wish list I came up with after 2 years of using Groupwise, of course I can't find it now.
Some of the features I like are unique to Groupwise, but on the whole it's everything bad about Exchange wrapped into a different propritary license. The same can be said for Lotus Notes, it has its nice features and it's not M$, but you still have proprietary incompatible software as your mail client.
real virus that's spread via hardware/ software... Poof! Kills you in 72 hours."
:-)
Just Wait til the RIAA tries to implement this "copy protection scheme" MWHAHAHAHAHA.......
"Delve not into the affairs of Dragons, for thou art small and crunchy"
and good with ketchup, you insensitive clod!
successful? How? Borland C++ Builder, Delphi, and Kylix GONE. I don't call that successful. I call that anti-competitive.
Interesting stuff.
/. article from way back about some manuscript that was digitally stored in 1972 and was unreadable now, and had to go back to egypt or wherever and re-interpret it from the rock it was inscribed on, several thousand years ago. While it isn't practical for terabytes worth of data storage, it does pose the question of why we insist on using digital storage.
I'm trying to find a
with all the stories I've seen about being unable to retrieve data from just 15 yrs ago (because the format is unreadable, not because the media deteriorated) I'm convinced that archiving data using a chisel and a rock is the best way to go.
Buying a copy of OpenBSD seems fundamentally flawed.
Isn't it the OpenBSD folks who are telling people not to make ISOs because the codebase changes frequently enough? Why would you purchase a set of discs to perform multiple installs when OpenBSD developers recommend against using a static copy?
Sure, I can understand buying copies to support OpenBSD. I buy Redhat for the same reason, it's more principle than the actual material in the box. It sounds like you're buying it to actually have a set of BSD discs. It just seems flawed to me. I'd rather grab a fresh snapshot off OpenBSD's servers each install to make sure I'm getting all the latest features.
that going to be our new catchphrase?
I doubt it. Only when talking about webcams or trains will this come up.
Help me out... where did the soviet russia catch phrase come up? And why is it always modded to funny?
but can I mount it on my model train?
The offence, ...., became a sticky constitutional issue.... (emphasis mine)
Something about seeing the word "sticky" in an article about mooning makes me think this wasn't proofread.
You sure about that? I thought gold and white was the alkaline and red was the dry cell. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I remember.
:-).
I have no idea if the battery of the month is still around, but with 4 radio shacks in the area, my toys were always stocked
I thought the title read "RS stops being NOISY".
I suddenly imagined a Radio Shack without all the loud toys with blinking lights that you trip over trying to get to the useful stuff on the back wall. THAT would be cool.
Oh well, I guess it's a start. Now let me write checks for over the amount (especially if I already wrote the check for 3 cents over) and don't ask me what I'm building if you can't figure out why I'd need a transformer, capacitors, rectifiers, and a voltage regulator.
I've been using UltraDNS for over a year now. I had to commit to a year at $5/mo, I figured $60 was worth it, since it'd be awhile before I got BIND set up and running.
WOW. It's so simple to use, updates are instantaneous, it's like running your own DNS server without all the config files. The web interface makes it a breeze to change things around, add domains, records etc. And all for FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH!!!
I'm close to getting my own DNS running, but in the interim the service has been more than worth it. If you've ever wanted the power of your own DNS server without the headaches, this is it.
But does it run on radioactive trees?
Absolutely none. I'm convinced that there's still some DOS lurking in the NT kernel, of course I can't prove that.
Besides, if it's source you want, why not try freeDOS?
Knowing that the RIAA has put an end to piracy. No more downloading MP3s for us, we have to go buy our music.
as typical, I don't get the info I want to know.
So this thing is really multisession CD, 1 audio session and one (encrypted) data session. How does this prevent me from listening to it on linux? Even if it's multisession, I should be able to rip to audio tracks digitally.
Is this a ploy for Sony to create the APPEARANCE of proprietary music, trying to get consumers to buy useless software from Sony so Sony can 0wn them?
data is the last thing I'd worry about losing
Why? Home insurance covers hardware. Cat5, switches, PCs, even your house itself... you can buy that with insurance money. For $40/mo, my home is covered. If it gets firebombed by the tree in the backyard when we're not home, what have i really lost? That's right, ANYTHING MONEY CAN'T BUY. Pictures, sentimental gifts, and oh yeah, MY DATA. hard drives are cheap, building a backup server is cheap too. All you need is an old pentium or better, a 10/100 NIC, and some big drives. I have a pair of 80GB drives. I have a 40 in my box and a 20 in my wife's. The box is set up as a Samba share, and cron does it all automatically. Every night at 1 AM, it connects and does diff backups on our boxen. Once a week, it does a full, and on Monday I swap drives in my drawer here at work. It cost me about $200 to make (it was awhile ago), a couple hours to build, and zero effort to maintain.
One thing that really bothers me is that layoffs are done by upper management. Some guy with his tie constricting him in an office miles away decides that employee A isn't "company material" and axes him. Upper manager doesn't even know who employee A is. All the people working with employee A talk about what a mistake it was to lay him off. Those who should go stay, and those who should stay go. I propose bringing layoffs down to the employee level.
Rather than making shots in the dark, why not use a survivor-style method of getting rid of people? Why not have tribal council once a week to vote someone off? That would give a person motivation to find themselves useful, otherwise those around the person would give the axe. Justice in its finest form, sounds good to me.