My own information, including bank account numbers, has been stolen and sold. I received a letter from a company I've never done business with, explaining how it wasn't their fault that they lost information I didn't give them, and trying to reassure me that nothing bad would happen.
The people running these companies should be considered criminally negligent. Maybe then they'll start to take security seriously.
Define 'clean install'. When you install it yourself from a retail or volume license disc, something you've apparently never done.
Media player is perfectly capable of playing DVDs Only if you have the proper codec, which you probably got from your OEM. Otherwise, no, it can't.
And PLEASE don't start to tell me how capable Linux is out of the box with NO additional items I didn't say anything about Linux. We're talking about Windows XP.
Or you could do what I do, which is to rip the couple thousand CDs I own into iTunes. No DRM, and ripped at the highest bitrate. That's exactly what I do, though I don't use iTunes at all. I generally encode things into mp3 format for the iPod, and LAME is better than iTunes for encoding mp3s (at least, it was the last time I tried using iTunes, which was a few years ago).
I have an emusic subscription as well, which is great for discovering new music, and the cost of downloading an album is usually far below the the cost of a real CD. Of coarse, the bitrate isn't always what I'd like, but it's good enough for my iPod.
I'm not going to give up buying CDs anytime soon though, having a physical backup and the ability to rip to whatever format I want is something I appreciate.
Songs bought form iTMS can be played on 5 computers and an unlimited number of iPhones and iPods. That's all well and good until your iPod breaks and you're in the market for another player. Who knows what could be available years from now - there could be some very compelling products on the market that compare quite favorably to the iPod, but you won't have the choice if your music collection is locked with iTunes DRM.
Pictures, videos (I had a video Ipod) I can't really say how well that works, I have a third generation grayscale one.
In theory, anything that uses a recent version of libgpod to talk to ipods should be able to handle video and images. I don't know how well this has been implemented, but given the popularity of video ipods, I would expect it's moving forward if it's not already there yet.
If I can't add, remove, edit songs on any machine I am not interested. I tried open source software for managing it, and that didn't work well at all. Has it been a while since you tried? This has gotten a lot better lately IMO. I use Amarok to manage my iPod; I use it on as many computers as I like, and it lets me pull songs from my (or any) ipod into my collection. It's as seamless as running iTunes, only without the restrictions.
I thought the same thing, the guy going into the bathroom was clearly alluding to that scene in the Godfather - but Tony getting hit doesn't really make sense. The war with New York was over and Phil was dead, who would kill him? Did I miss something?
I was about to post a rant about how it was obscured as well, but right now, Dell has a promotion for Ubuntu PCs on their front page. OK, so it's one of four images shown seemingly at random, but having a promotion shown to 25% of people who visit dell.com isn't bad.
even if you try a DHCP release-and-renew from your ISP, generally they won't issue you a new address until the other one has expired. My ISP assigns an IP based on your MAC address. Just fake your MAC, and you've got a new IP.
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Even better, they're going to push hardware vendors to write Linux drivers:
For hardware options not offered with this release, we are working with the vendors of those devices to improve the maturity and stability of their associated Linux drivers. While this may not happen overnight, we do expect to have a broader range of hardware support with Linux over time.
Why is tax on gasoline in the USA so ridiculously low [compared with Europe]? The problem is that unlike Europe, most of the United States doesn't have a viable public transportation system. Unless you live in a major city, you're pretty much stuck driving - the closest bus stop to my house is about 10 miles away, and I live in one of the more densely populated suburban areas in the country.
In Europe, driving is a luxury, but in most of the US, it's a necessity. I could understand places like NYC imposing a high gasoline tax, but in much of the country, it would be an unfair burden on the working poor.
You can support BSD without supporting copyright, as it doesn't take advantage of many copyright protections. Sure it does, you can't claim that you wrote it. You can repackage it and sell it, but somewhere in there, you have to acknowledge that you're using someone else's code.
You can't support GPL without supporting copyright, as it would be unenforceable without copyright. The GPL would not be necessary if copyright didn't exist. The GPL relies on copyright only to propagate itself. Why would you need a viral license if everything was in the public domain?
Particularly relevant bit from TFA:
The basic argument of copyright abolitionists is that people should be free to share when sharing does not result in any diminution of supply. The GPL simply uses copyright law in a jiujitsu-like manner to enforce this principle, in a legal environment where sharing is prohibited by default and must be explicitly permitted to be legal.
Also notice that the least educated people tend to listen to rap "music", and the associated pop music that these companies churn out? I also notice that quite a few educated people listen to pop music as well - it's just a form of pop that's more acceptable in their social circles. Of coarse, that doesn't stop them from condescending to people with less politically correct tastes.
the privacy above all costs idiots here on slashdot make me want to puke
Currently, my SSN is bought and sold by unscrupulous companies without my knowledge or consent. I can't think of a single way that has made my life more "painless". Why does my SSN need to be published on the internet for a local official to verify my identity for a marriage license?
bolt of lightning for some of you: there are actually real world limits on privacy... that make sense
And this isn't one of them. If you're going to argue that there is an acceptable tradeoff for having our SSNs published online, you're going to have to elaborate a little, because the examples you gave don't cut it.
The article does mention that the claims about Iran "[are] bound to generate skepticism among those suspicious that the Bush administration is trying to find a scapegoat for its problems in Iraq and, some political analysts and White House critics believe, is looking for an excuse to attack Iran." Beyond that, it appears to be the same sort of echoing of administration propaganda (conveyed by unnamed intelligence officials) that we saw in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.
oh just use your standard windows app, and use wine or crossover office 6.
I've never heard of anyone successfully running Pro Tools with Wine (or one of its proprietary forks). If you've got it going, more power to you, but in many cases Wine is no substitute for native apps.
As a previous poster mentioned, this guy should check out Rosegarden and Ardour.
Bloggers who don't receive an income in exchange for their work aren't affected.
Perhaps TFA was misleading, but it gave me the impression that this is not the case. From the article:
"The bill would require reporting of 'paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying,' but defines 'paid' merely as communications to 500 or more members of the public, with no other qualifiers.
Not a car I would ever drive... I prefer my cars with *no* software.
I'm with you, in that I drive older cars, mostly for this reason. I'm all for this "open source car" thing, though; at a certain point the future, virtually every car on the market will have a computer in it. Do we want to be able to service these things ourselves, or are we going to have to take them to a Certified Mechanic who needs an expensive proprietary interface to work on the car?
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My own information, including bank account numbers, has been stolen and sold. I received a letter from a company I've never done business with, explaining how it wasn't their fault that they lost information I didn't give them, and trying to reassure me that nothing bad would happen.
The people running these companies should be considered criminally negligent. Maybe then they'll start to take security seriously.
Codecs are a big deal too - for example, a clean install Windows XP is not capable of playing DVDs.
I have an emusic subscription as well, which is great for discovering new music, and the cost of downloading an album is usually far below the the cost of a real CD. Of coarse, the bitrate isn't always what I'd like, but it's good enough for my iPod.
I'm not going to give up buying CDs anytime soon though, having a physical backup and the ability to rip to whatever format I want is something I appreciate.
In theory, anything that uses a recent version of libgpod to talk to ipods should be able to handle video and images. I don't know how well this has been implemented, but given the popularity of video ipods, I would expect it's moving forward if it's not already there yet.
Hating it? I don't see their competition selling desktop Linux to home users.
I thought the same thing, the guy going into the bathroom was clearly alluding to that scene in the Godfather - but Tony getting hit doesn't really make sense. The war with New York was over and Phil was dead, who would kill him? Did I miss something?
I was about to post a rant about how it was obscured as well, but right now, Dell has a promotion for Ubuntu PCs on their front page. OK, so it's one of four images shown seemingly at random, but having a promotion shown to 25% of people who visit dell.com isn't bad.
In Europe, driving is a luxury, but in most of the US, it's a necessity. I could understand places like NYC imposing a high gasoline tax, but in much of the country, it would be an unfair burden on the working poor.
Particularly relevant bit from TFA: The basic argument of copyright abolitionists is that people should be free to share when sharing does not result in any diminution of supply. The GPL simply uses copyright law in a jiujitsu-like manner to enforce this principle, in a legal environment where sharing is prohibited by default and must be explicitly permitted to be legal.
Luckily, Sony appears to be a major contributer. Look's like we'll FINALLY see their rootkit ported to Linux.
NY Times - U.S. Presents Evidence of Iranian Weapons in Iraq
The article does mention that the claims about Iran "[are] bound to generate skepticism among those suspicious that the Bush administration is trying to find a scapegoat for its problems in Iraq and, some political analysts and White House critics believe, is looking for an excuse to attack Iran." Beyond that, it appears to be the same sort of echoing of administration propaganda (conveyed by unnamed intelligence officials) that we saw in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.
Does Matt Groening even work on The Simpsons anymore? It's had a "design by committee" feel to it for years.
As a previous poster mentioned, this guy should check out Rosegarden and Ardour.
"The bill would require reporting of 'paid efforts to stimulate
grassroots lobbying,' but defines 'paid' merely as communications to 500 or
more members of the public, with no other qualifiers.