The plans are horrible for anyone who wants to do anything!
$114.95AUD ($95USD) per month gives you 1GB of data with a minimum 12 month contract. Or if that's too much, $84.95AUD for 400MB... $0.30 per MB if you go over the limit.
Will you have me believe that the explosion of p2p mp3 sharing had nothing to do with a) the proliferation of broadband, and b) free music? That if the RIAA hadn't gone on a massive lawsuit campaign, no one would want free music?
No, but the mainstream wouldn't have caught on nearly as quickly if the RIAA didn't go nuts with lawsuits and bands like Metallica didn't kick up a fuss. They made their point clear but they also advertised the avaliability by doing so.
Like with the HD-DVD processing code. It's been avaliable since about Feb but wasn't a big deal until some dude posts the code to Digg (a couple of months later). Threats are made, Digg caves in and - boom - it's in all the major newspapers. If the threats, take-down notices, etc from the industry weren't made, the whole deal wouldn't have made the mainstream news and would have been very quickly forgotten about.
$1.29 for DRM Free tracks,
$.99 for the normal DRM track
$.30 for the upgrade per song
Apparently the DRM tracks also are encoded at a higher quality.... seems odd that they'd offer DRM still, but it will be interesting to see how well they sell vs the cheaper DRM encoded tracks.
DRM-free downloads: EMI Music launches DRM-free superior sound quality downloads. From 1pm London time there will be a live audio webcast of this announcement.
Yeah yeah, we all agree that he sucks as a script writer, over did the re-release of the original trilogy with unnecessary changes and "what was he thinking with Jar-Jar?", etc.
He's made some poor decisions and Empire + Jedi probably would have sucked if he had more to do with them than he did...
But come on, get over it! This is a fan based competition. It's not about the best or most talented judge for the job - the fans relish on the fact that it's GEORGE LUCAS reviewing their movies - the goddamn creator of the series!! Aspiring independant film makers who are star wars fanatics (i.e., the kind of people that love the series so much, they want to make short films based on it), would give anything for that kind of opportunity.
So what? Are you implying that if it's not man made then it's not a problem for us or our responsibility to resolve?
That'd make a fun argument: Citizens vs. Planet Earth.
Citizens: "Planet Earth, you fix the problem, we shouldn't have to as we have evidence to prove that it's not our fault - you're just not playing fair!"
Planet: "Ummmmmmmmmmmm.... naah, fuck ya."
KABOOM
Regardless of all the possibilities of who/what, etc causes climate change, it's all of us who are going to be screwed unless something is done about it.
Like George Carlin said, "The planet's fine. The people are fucked!".
Hey I agree - in the context of alarming, IP is probably not the best medium. What was stated though was that voip does NOT WORK for data modem calls. That's incorrect.
you can set your bandwidth so that fax and modem signals will work
Doesn't this also depend on the codec used to make the call as well as bandwidth? Obviously a codec that doesn't compress data (G.711 at 64kbps) will require more bandwidth than say, G.729 at 8kbps but regardless of bandwidth, the codec needs to be correctly set on both sides too, otherwise data will be lost through compression.
Hello America! That's the British English spelling used by most (if not, all) countries in the British Commonwealth - in this case, the article is from New Zealand so spelling is correct.
We generally use -ise instead of -ize.
Most IPSec implementations suck when the client either doesn't support UDP Encapsulation or it's not turned on at the client and the concentrator. IPSec by itself doesn't play nicely with NAT - most home routers out there automatically work around this but a number of them have trouble handling IPSec. I believe this has something to do with the protocols that need to be routed. From memory, this is Protocol 50, 51. Not quite sure why this happens but my guess is that the router just can't cope with NAT on protocols 50 and 51 which don't seem to use the TCP / UDP type port scheme.
Turn on IPSec Encapsulation if avaliable and you shouldn't have any more problems as all IPSec data will be routed through a single UDP port to the concentrator.
Yeah, I know the feeling - you need something and then the next day it amazingly shows up. It happens and it can seem eerie at the time. But what about all those times you needed or wanted something that didn't show up - those moments are easily forgotten and filtered out. But when you "miraculously" get something you wanted, you remember it because it seemed unusual and special.
Good luck with the lotto ticket but I believe your odds are the same as everyone elses. Your experiences are coincidental. Unfortunatly, it's very hard to prove otherwise.
You make some good points. While they may not be signed up to a label, they may as well be signed from a promotion and marketing perspective.... and unfortunately that's where most of the bullshit lies in the recording industry these days. It all looks a little too slick to be "real".
Perhaps I'm just being too cynical but the only difference I can see between these guys and a signed equivalent is that they don't have anyone distributing shiny dics for them. The marketing crap is all there 100%.
Nice troll. Saying that plasmas are more fragile than LCD's is like saying that automobiles are more fragile than happy meal toys.
If you mean that automobiles are more complex, then you're right. If you mean that automobiles are made from cheap plastic and happy meal toys are made from tempered steel, then you're wrong.
Sorry dude, but you are full of crap. TVs, regardless of the tech they use, all have the same purpose - to display a video stream! Therefore, the comparison is legitimate. Automobiles and happy meal toys however, do not have this common use and a comparison would be redundant.
Given that you're an idiot, please let me explain.
You see, automobiles are primarily used as a form of transportation. Happy Meal Toys on the other hand, are intended to entertain children while they eat fatty foods. As you can see, both of these things have a different purpose so it would be rather difficult to compare them.
For example, it is pointless to compare:
Futurama to the Challenger Space Shuttle
Saving Private Ryan to an iMac
Tomato soup to the Latin language
Fish to skyscrapers
But we can easily compare:
LCDs to Plasmas
BMWs to Toyotas
PS3s to XBox 360s
Your brain to a wet sponge
Today, Plasma sets and LCD TV's are both pretty much the same in terms of quality. The only problems with Plasmas that I see are that they weigh a ton and are more fragile than LCD's but if you're not worried about dropping one it probably wont make much difference which one you'd choose.
Personally I'd go with LCD for reasons above but also because I believe that the technology has more longevity than Plasma. LCD screens are used in just about every device with a display these days - phones, desktops, portable media players, etc. and there's a lot of it about which means the cost of common materials comes down. Plasma tech on the other hand, as far as I know, is only used in TV sets.
Go for 1080p too, if possible!
...These discs are easily copied onto your computer, and onto any portable device. You can play them in your car, on your home stereo, and in many other places.
Sometimes you can, but not always and you'll never know if they will be easily copied or not until you buy them (unless you can remember exactly what form of DRM each label was using when the CD was released).
Slashdot Mirror
http://www26.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+much+wood+would+a+woodchuck+chuck
I was satisfied with that result.
Finally, I can sleep again.
http://www.google.com/patents?q=door+bell&btnG=Sea rch+Patents
Scary isn't it?
The plans are horrible for anyone who wants to do anything!
$114.95AUD ($95USD) per month gives you 1GB of data with a minimum 12 month contract.
Or if that's too much, $84.95AUD for 400MB...
$0.30 per MB if you go over the limit.
Diabolical.
Will you have me believe that the explosion of p2p mp3 sharing had nothing to do with a) the proliferation of broadband, and b) free music? That if the RIAA hadn't gone on a massive lawsuit campaign, no one would want free music?
No, but the mainstream wouldn't have caught on nearly as quickly if the RIAA didn't go nuts with lawsuits and bands like Metallica didn't kick up a fuss. They made their point clear but they also advertised the avaliability by doing so.
Like with the HD-DVD processing code. It's been avaliable since about Feb but wasn't a big deal until some dude posts the code to Digg (a couple of months later). Threats are made, Digg caves in and - boom - it's in all the major newspapers. If the threats, take-down notices, etc from the industry weren't made, the whole deal wouldn't have made the mainstream news and would have been very quickly forgotten about.
I've heard about Neo-Geo games for the Wii in Japan, but no mention of this for the rest of the planet. Why?
Neo-Geo Games will be avaliable worldwide on the Wii soon.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/781/781316p1.html
I can't wait!!!
The Non DRM Tunes will not be be released until next month...
Too bad that their "entire digital repertoire" is not the same as their entire catalog.
Still no Beatles... yet...
$1.29 for DRM Free tracks,
$.99 for the normal DRM track
$.30 for the upgrade per song
Apparently the DRM tracks also are encoded at a higher quality.... seems odd that they'd offer DRM still, but it will be interesting to see how well they sell vs the cheaper DRM encoded tracks.
On EMI's website....
http://www.emigroup.com/Default.htm
DRM-free downloads: EMI Music launches DRM-free superior sound quality downloads. From 1pm London time there will be a live audio webcast of this announcement.
Press Release here: http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm
Yeah yeah, we all agree that he sucks as a script writer, over did the re-release of the original trilogy with unnecessary changes and "what was he thinking with Jar-Jar?", etc.
He's made some poor decisions and Empire + Jedi probably would have sucked if he had more to do with them than he did...
But come on, get over it! This is a fan based competition. It's not about the best or most talented judge for the job - the fans relish on the fact that it's GEORGE LUCAS reviewing their movies - the goddamn creator of the series!! Aspiring independant film makers who are star wars fanatics (i.e., the kind of people that love the series so much, they want to make short films based on it), would give anything for that kind of opportunity.
Team America: World Police!
America! Fuck YEAH! Comin' again, to save the motherfuckin day yeah!
Ok but what's your differentiator? I mean, I can get all that right here at Slashdot!
:)
27,964 signatures... naaah, we know better right Blair? They're really 559 new and improved terrorists with "up to 50 identities" each!
So what? Are you implying that if it's not man made then it's not a problem for us or our responsibility to resolve?
That'd make a fun argument: Citizens vs. Planet Earth.
Citizens: "Planet Earth, you fix the problem, we shouldn't have to as we have evidence to prove that it's not our fault - you're just not playing fair!"
Planet: "Ummmmmmmmmmmm.... naah, fuck ya."
KABOOM
Regardless of all the possibilities of who/what, etc causes climate change, it's all of us who are going to be screwed unless something is done about it.
Like George Carlin said, "The planet's fine. The people are fucked!".
Hey I agree - in the context of alarming, IP is probably not the best medium.
What was stated though was that voip does NOT WORK for data modem calls. That's incorrect.
Firstly voip does NOT WORK for data modem calls. which alarms rely on.
Yes it does. You do need a very reliable network connection though. Add G.711 and QoS you should be fine.
you can set your bandwidth so that fax and modem signals will work
Doesn't this also depend on the codec used to make the call as well as bandwidth? Obviously a codec that doesn't compress data (G.711 at 64kbps) will require more bandwidth than say, G.729 at 8kbps but regardless of bandwidth, the codec needs to be correctly set on both sides too, otherwise data will be lost through compression.
Hello America!
That's the British English spelling used by most (if not, all) countries in the British Commonwealth - in this case, the article is from New Zealand so spelling is correct.
We generally use -ise instead of -ize.
Most IPSec implementations suck when the client either doesn't support UDP Encapsulation or it's not turned on at the client and the concentrator. IPSec by itself doesn't play nicely with NAT - most home routers out there automatically work around this but a number of them have trouble handling IPSec. I believe this has something to do with the protocols that need to be routed. From memory, this is Protocol 50, 51. Not quite sure why this happens but my guess is that the router just can't cope with NAT on protocols 50 and 51 which don't seem to use the TCP / UDP type port scheme.
Turn on IPSec Encapsulation if avaliable and you shouldn't have any more problems as all IPSec data will be routed through a single UDP port to the concentrator.
Yeah, I know the feeling - you need something and then the next day it amazingly shows up. It happens and it can seem eerie at the time.
But what about all those times you needed or wanted something that didn't show up - those moments are easily forgotten and filtered out. But when you "miraculously" get something you wanted, you remember it because it seemed unusual and special.
Good luck with the lotto ticket but I believe your odds are the same as everyone elses. Your experiences are coincidental. Unfortunatly, it's very hard to prove otherwise.
You make some good points. While they may not be signed up to a label, they may as well be signed from a promotion and marketing perspective.... and unfortunately that's where most of the bullshit lies in the recording industry these days. It all looks a little too slick to be "real".
Perhaps I'm just being too cynical but the only difference I can see between these guys and a signed equivalent is that they don't have anyone distributing shiny dics for them. The marketing crap is all there 100%.
Get the castle. Dating back to 1337 it must have a totally 1337 basement!
Nice troll. Saying that plasmas are more fragile than LCD's is like saying that automobiles are more fragile than happy meal toys. If you mean that automobiles are more complex, then you're right. If you mean that automobiles are made from cheap plastic and happy meal toys are made from tempered steel, then you're wrong.
Sorry dude, but you are full of crap. TVs, regardless of the tech they use, all have the same purpose - to display a video stream! Therefore, the comparison is legitimate. Automobiles and happy meal toys however, do not have this common use and a comparison would be redundant.
Given that you're an idiot, please let me explain.
You see, automobiles are primarily used as a form of transportation. Happy Meal Toys on the other hand, are intended to entertain children while they eat fatty foods. As you can see, both of these things have a different purpose so it would be rather difficult to compare them.
For example, it is pointless to compare:
Futurama to the Challenger Space Shuttle
Saving Private Ryan to an iMac
Tomato soup to the Latin language
Fish to skyscrapers
But we can easily compare:
LCDs to Plasmas
BMWs to Toyotas
PS3s to XBox 360s
Your brain to a wet sponge
Today, Plasma sets and LCD TV's are both pretty much the same in terms of quality. The only problems with Plasmas that I see are that they weigh a ton and are more fragile than LCD's but if you're not worried about dropping one it probably wont make much difference which one you'd choose.
Personally I'd go with LCD for reasons above but also because I believe that the technology has more longevity than Plasma. LCD screens are used in just about every device with a display these days - phones, desktops, portable media players, etc. and there's a lot of it about which means the cost of common materials comes down. Plasma tech on the other hand, as far as I know, is only used in TV sets.
Go for 1080p too, if possible!
...These discs are easily copied onto your computer, and onto any portable device. You can play them in your car, on your home stereo, and in many other places.
Sometimes you can, but not always and you'll never know if they will be easily copied or not until you buy them (unless you can remember exactly what form of DRM each label was using when the CD was released).