Thanks for explaining what "free" (GNU/free) software is to us slashdotters. We would not have known had you not given such an insightful definition. Certainly we have not seen the same content over 1000 times on this site. Congratulations on your newfound karma, your preformatted first post with a little addendum tacked on to not be seen obviously offtopic sure has earned it.
The person I replied to has dutifully removed the spam from his sig after my reply. If I am modded flamebait it will be in the service of the greater good.
Tell me you weren't just going for first post with a vaguely related comment to push that "free ipod" pyramid scheme in your sig. I can't believe somebody actually modded this obvious spam insightful.
"No, they're just targeting the wrong audience."
How long did it take you to come up with that gem you worthless spammer? Long enough to get first post?
The thing that makes it hard to target bit torrent users for lawsuits is the structure of the bit torrent networks itself. One network, one file. They can't just search for "Britney Spears - Latest Heap of Crap" and sue people who are sharing it like on kazaa. They also can't just look for the person with the largest library available for dowlnoad like they did with kazaa and Napster because on bit torrent everyone is only sharing one file at a time. The best they can do is connect to as many trackers for their copyrighted material as possible which is complicated by the short life span of most of these trackers and that people may not leave them on for very long. In this environment the best they can do is throw darts blindly in to the network with equal probability of catching a curious first timer or a life-long pirate. hopefully be the time they get to me they will have sued all their customers and nobody will be left to buy their music.
I personally hardly ever get music or movies off bit torrent anymore. Most new music is crap anyway, so I only leach the occasional cool song off kazaa, and for movies netflix coupled with a dvd burner is better than any p2p network. The one thing that bit torrent is ideal for is downloading tv shows the day they air. I've noticed that The West Wing, The Simpsons, and South Park are usually available on suprnova.org they day they air. If the tv networks would just come to their senses and offer their own high quality copies of these shows with commercials included (like Jon Stewarts live televised bitchslapping of Crossfire) viewers (their customers) could use bit torrent like a free tivo.
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Sweet. Used to have to copy and paste possible tubgirl pages to Opera. Internet Explorer's new popup blocker has fixed this. I wonder if they still got my clipboard. Does anyone know if Opera also reveals what is in your clipboard to Lastmeasure? Not that it matters this time as all they got was the url to some very ugly mp3player/sunglasses.
http://www.oakley.com/catalog/eyewear/thump/
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Thanks for explaining what "free" (GNU/free) software is to us slashdotters. We would not have known had you not given such an insightful definition. Certainly we have not seen the same content over 1000 times on this site. Congratulations on your newfound karma, your preformatted first post with a little addendum tacked on to not be seen obviously offtopic sure has earned it.
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-1 karmawhore
-1 redunent
= +4 informative
Sometimes I wonder why I bother
A link on a website leads to a file on a p2p network. This is the killer app of bit torrent and the reason it is likely here to stay.
The person I replied to has dutifully removed the spam from his sig after my reply. If I am modded flamebait it will be in the service of the greater good.
Tell me you weren't just going for first post with a vaguely related comment to push that "free ipod" pyramid scheme in your sig. I can't believe somebody actually modded this obvious spam insightful.
"No, they're just targeting the wrong audience."
How long did it take you to come up with that gem you worthless spammer? Long enough to get first post?
The thing that makes it hard to target bit torrent users for lawsuits is the structure of the bit torrent networks itself. One network, one file. They can't just search for "Britney Spears - Latest Heap of Crap" and sue people who are sharing it like on kazaa. They also can't just look for the person with the largest library available for dowlnoad like they did with kazaa and Napster because on bit torrent everyone is only sharing one file at a time. The best they can do is connect to as many trackers for their copyrighted material as possible which is complicated by the short life span of most of these trackers and that people may not leave them on for very long. In this environment the best they can do is throw darts blindly in to the network with equal probability of catching a curious first timer or a life-long pirate. hopefully be the time they get to me they will have sued all their customers and nobody will be left to buy their music.
I personally hardly ever get music or movies off bit torrent anymore. Most new music is crap anyway, so I only leach the occasional cool song off kazaa, and for movies netflix coupled with a dvd burner is better than any p2p network. The one thing that bit torrent is ideal for is downloading tv shows the day they air. I've noticed that The West Wing, The Simpsons, and South Park are usually available on suprnova.org they day they air. If the tv networks would just come to their senses and offer their own high quality copies of these shows with commercials included (like Jon Stewarts live televised bitchslapping of Crossfire) viewers (their customers) could use bit torrent like a free tivo.
Give him a real challenge: ask him questions from Wikipedia. Encarta doesn't have half the information that Wikipedia has.
I've got one: What is the GNAA?
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 ANNOUNCES VICTORY OVER LASTMEASURE
Sweet. Used to have to copy and paste possible tubgirl pages to Opera. Internet Explorer's new popup blocker has fixed this. I wonder if they still got my clipboard. Does anyone know if Opera also reveals what is in your clipboard to Lastmeasure? Not that it matters this time as all they got was the url to some very ugly mp3player/sunglasses.
http://www.oakley.com/catalog/eyewear/thump/