First mail had a cost (stamps/postage)
Now mail is free (email). Thus I have spam.
First phones had a cost.
Now they will be free (VOIP) what do you think will happen now?
Its Nice to know that the study was put out by a group affilated with Songpeople.com; from the website:
New to Songpeople? Here's how it works...
It's really simple. We conduct online research for the music industry. If you join us, we'll send you a bunch of tracks to listen to or some music videos to watch. All you have to do is answer a few quick questions about it. Was it good / bad, did you love it or hate it? You'll then have the opportunity to give us more detailed feedback if you want to.
All of your feedback goes anonymously to the top people working in the major record labels, radio stations and music television stations around the world.
We help record labels determine whether new music by major up and coming artists will be a hit. We do it by streaming songs / videos and asking the opinion of over 250,000 music lovers like you throughout the world. If you'd like to know more about the Company or have a specific question please contact us:
Your enquiries: team@songpeople.com
Its Interesting that anyone would even take this shit seriously. If your confused, I have prepared an easy to read chart ready:
I feel the same thing, but I'm on the other end. I get peoples irrational fears of "IDENTITY THEFT" everyday as i am a financial aid advisor at a university. The Media really has but the willys into the masses about giving anyone anything that has (god forbid) a social security number on it..or something of that sort.
The contradiction however is that with only their name i have a tax history, grades, ssn's dependants ETC ETC. I even in MOST cases have access to electronicly scanned documents including: Lease Agreements, 1040 filings and many many more.
Once, I tried to talk sense into someone who wasn't going to submit the required documentation so that i could help him. I pulled up his Tax filings and said something to the effect of, "What is on your lease agreement, that is any more sensative than what we allready have." He flipped. He went to my supervisior, and whined that we shouldn't have this information etc etc. We told him to go screw himself, and say goodbye to his aid unless he could be reasonable.
Staples is reacting to the PEOPLE, who freak out. I'm sure they don't mind making money.
My dad was the CFO of Johns-Manville thank you very much, and i can vouch for the intentions of the company as i saw it first hand. Also, asbestos was proved to be 10 times less 'harmful' then previously thought. Putting it on the lvl of breathing post industrial age air.
Your reply does not contradict my statement. If you missed it,which may have been because i was copying and pasting from the nearest dictionary, I had MENT that the connotation be understood as negative. A bit touchy eh?
"Stop saying "Bush regime." You've never experienced life in a REAL regime or seen what a real regime does."
Yeah I'm tired of black people talking about slavery, cuz they haven't experienced life in slavery or seen what real slavery is.
Point being: Its a crafted statement, made to provoke a responce based on the political climate of the US.
I saw the episode, and i really enjoyed it. The Quality blows though, and the MTV handiecam shakey-ness made me kinda wanta vomit. Otherwise looked like quality stuff...
It doesn't matter if the flaw causes a D to look like an O on the third day of the Summer Solstice, but only if that day matches the 4th digit of PI, and only if the computer has calculated the cure for cancer at exactly 15 milliseconds after the user's orgasm.
So.....is that right about the time this flamewar will end?
I hope people start scripting this.......autodownload and rip. Think of what kind of bandwidth 10,000 cable modems users downloading 24/7 could do to your datacenter. MUAHAHAAHAAHAHAH.
On linux, so long as you're playing via/dev/dsp you can always grab the digital signal, for example via vsound. I wouldn't be surprised if that's possible with MacOS X too, or even Windows.
And this is EXACTLY why they want to DRM your Motherboard, your Soundcard, your ram, your TV, your car, and your brain.
It seems that some of you are living under the delusion that it would be hard to run away with this kind of info. As a Financial Aid Advisor at a university i can tell you that with my database access, a database access that you can recieve with an 6 doller an hour work study position, you could run away with more than 50,000 ssn, phone numbers, all the information posted on the FAFSA (which is pretty much a rehash of your tax return) I think screaming, WHY DIDN'T THEY HAVE THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, is being pedantic. noone is doing anything to keep your info safe. I'm sorry.
Well... We've had one of our colder January's in a while here in South Australia - hardly used my swimming pool compared to last year.
Where the hell is global warming when u need it?
Don't you see? Global warming only affects america.
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We are Westerners, and we have a conscience. Neither Chinese nor Koreans would ask such questions...
Why exactly not?
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First mail had a cost (stamps/postage) Now mail is free (email). Thus I have spam. First phones had a cost. Now they will be free (VOIP) what do you think will happen now?
Yeah, I NEVER get shit in the mail.
What are you retarded?
New to Songpeople? Here's how it works ...
It's really simple. We conduct online research for the music industry. If you join us, we'll send you a bunch of tracks to listen to or some music videos to watch. All you have to do is answer a few quick questions about it. Was it good / bad, did you love it or hate it? You'll then have the opportunity to give us more detailed feedback if you want to.
All of your feedback goes anonymously to the top people working in the major record labels, radio stations and music television stations around the world.
We help record labels determine whether new music by major up and coming artists will be a hit. We do it by streaming songs / videos and asking the opinion of over 250,000 music lovers like you throughout the world. If you'd like to know more about the Company or have a specific question please contact us:
Your enquiries: team@songpeople.com
Its Interesting that anyone would even take this shit seriously. If your confused, I have prepared an easy to read chart ready:
1) Pay Organization for study
2) Watch study favor your industry! (WOW!)
3) ??????????
4) PROFIT!
I feel the same thing, but I'm on the other end. I get peoples irrational fears of "IDENTITY THEFT" everyday as i am a financial aid advisor at a university. The Media really has but the willys into the masses about giving anyone anything that has (god forbid) a social security number on it..or something of that sort. The contradiction however is that with only their name i have a tax history, grades, ssn's dependants ETC ETC. I even in MOST cases have access to electronicly scanned documents including: Lease Agreements, 1040 filings and many many more. Once, I tried to talk sense into someone who wasn't going to submit the required documentation so that i could help him. I pulled up his Tax filings and said something to the effect of, "What is on your lease agreement, that is any more sensative than what we allready have." He flipped. He went to my supervisior, and whined that we shouldn't have this information etc etc. We told him to go screw himself, and say goodbye to his aid unless he could be reasonable. Staples is reacting to the PEOPLE, who freak out. I'm sure they don't mind making money.
Since when on slashdot did we start using "About the same time apple runs on intel chips" as a unit of time?
I would still contend that the PowerPC is technologically and aesthetically superior to x86
I had modpoints, but this is the best comment ever on slashdot. EVER.
My dad was the CFO of Johns-Manville thank you very much, and i can vouch for the intentions of the company as i saw it first hand. Also, asbestos was proved to be 10 times less 'harmful' then previously thought. Putting it on the lvl of breathing post industrial age air.
Used to write a giant VOID on the signature line....never once caught any flak for it.
Your reply does not contradict my statement. If you missed it ,which may have been because i was copying and pasting from the nearest dictionary, I had MENT that the connotation be understood as negative. A bit touchy eh?
Obviously brain damaged.
That just made me wanta vomit. What state?
"Stop saying "Bush regime." You've never experienced life in a REAL regime or seen what a real regime does." Yeah I'm tired of black people talking about slavery, cuz they haven't experienced life in slavery or seen what real slavery is. Point being: Its a crafted statement, made to provoke a responce based on the political climate of the US.
you guys want to deny that parent is right?
I saw the episode, and i really enjoyed it. The Quality blows though, and the MTV handiecam shakey-ness made me kinda wanta vomit. Otherwise looked like quality stuff...
I wonder if there could be a standard computer literacy test in computer operation and use...
I'd like to see the result as i feel the US lags FAR behind.
It doesn't matter if the flaw causes a D to look like an O on the third day of the Summer Solstice, but only if that day matches the 4th digit of PI, and only if the computer has calculated the cure for cancer at exactly 15 milliseconds after the user's orgasm.
So.....is that right about the time this flamewar will end?
From the clouds Zonk looks across the fertile lands of the Slashdotians.
Zonk: This peace and quiet makes me SICK! Boy I wonder what could make discussion on slashdot degenerate to incoherant flamewar.................
I hope people start scripting this.......autodownload and rip. Think of what kind of bandwidth 10,000 cable modems users downloading 24/7 could do to your datacenter. MUAHAHAAHAAHAHAH.
On linux, so long as you're playing via /dev/dsp you can always grab the digital signal, for example via vsound. I wouldn't be surprised if that's possible with MacOS X too, or even Windows.
And this is EXACTLY why they want to DRM your Motherboard, your Soundcard, your ram, your TV, your car, and your brain.
It seems that some of you are living under the delusion that it would be hard to run away with this kind of info. As a Financial Aid Advisor at a university i can tell you that with my database access, a database access that you can recieve with an 6 doller an hour work study position, you could run away with more than 50,000 ssn, phone numbers, all the information posted on the FAFSA (which is pretty much a rehash of your tax return) I think screaming, WHY DIDN'T THEY HAVE THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE, is being pedantic. noone is doing anything to keep your info safe. I'm sorry.
We are Westerners, and we have a conscience. Neither Chinese nor Koreans would ask such questions... Why exactly not?