"I use Fedora for historical reasons." "I thought KDE 4.0 was such a disaster, I switched to GNOME." "I got the update through Fedora, and there was a mismatch from KDE 3 to KDE 4.0. The desktop was not as functional, and it was just a bad experience for me. I'll revisit it when I reinstall the next machine, which tends to be every six to eight months."
A good example of this is Japan, where they attacked p2p strongly, even prosecuting authors of p2p software. The answer was Share and Perfect Dark, stronger anonymity, with anonymous development and deployment.
They feel like white knights suing little girls and grandmas, extorting students and forcing their views on everyone. Don't be surprised when revolution starts and see their heads rolling, French style...
Their model is dead and nobody needs them whipping everyone; everyone is getting pissed, boiling point about to reach... See Sweden, see Greece.
To quote John F. Kennedy: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." March 13, 1962.
The system IS crap and won't let you do anything the big parties don't want, closing any pacific way out. See Greece for example.
These guys are wrong, the RIAA and MPAA, and big game publishers like EA are wrong; this is resistance and they can't stop it, and they won't stop Bittorrent in Australia or anywhere else either. The protocol is not going to be improved to help those who are wrong, it will be improved to resist and bypass the old fools who just don't get it. Put more restrictions and the answer will be widespread strong anonymous p2p. Prosecute sharers and see a rise in cryptographic and stenographic content. This is not cooperation with the system, this is struggle against the system until they behave or get retired.
I am still waiting for the first shutting down of newspaper, really. "El Nacional" is a CIA backed pamphlet. Without US tax payed money, it would have gone bankrupt as its so full of lies few cares to buy anymore.
And i am still waiting for the closing of RCTV. Why is that horrid tv station still operating like its nothing? Well, at least they are not polluting our PUBLIC airwaves anymore, but seriously, they have committed many illegal acts. There is no justice in Venezuela, the rich still have too much power, too many criminals still free and conspiring against our lives and against the state.
Oh? And the neo-liberal fashion of selling all state owned companies including PDVSA was an illusion? Did they not attempted destruction of the company when the "state owned" PDVSA refused to take instructions or auditory from that very same state in 2002? You know, that is the very reason you never achieve anything, you still think of us like idiots, when its your failed model the very reason you are now out.
So what is told in SiCKO by Michael Moore is full of lies and noone of it true? Even the 9/11 rescuers being denied treatment and having to go, omg, to ~socialist Cuba~ for treatment risking getting in trouble with US laws in exchange of their lives?
Can you tell me where you don't find milk or eggs? With each attempt of the rich to try and hide goods and food in a futile attempt to force price rises, our government has reacted with speed and corrected the situation, importing and or purchasing private companies to produce those foods if needed, and distribute them directly to the people or thru the state owned Mercal chain of supply. So no, you can't force anything with your lousy power anymore and this is what you hate the most. So no wonder you'll never like someone like Chavez putting the power directly in the hands of the people and away from the corporate rich.
The current situation of food supply in Venezuela is of full availability, and as soon as something disturbs this, there is quick and swift reaction of the state to put the private sector in check. If you don't like to work like this, you are welcome to sell and leave, we will take care of the business thank you very much, goodbye.
I think you switched your thoughts, as someone who is living in Venezuela right now will tell you. The cuban interrogators, torturers and murderers were right here before Chavez; those cubans are the ones committing atrocities from Miami to the american continent, among them the infamous CIA backed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.
If only a mild of your fiction was true, and you were actually pointed a gun to your head, you would be dead now. Just like your precious colombian government supported para-military narco groups and have done for decades. I agree with the go to both countries first challenge, but i hope you don't get killed in Colombia if you dare raise your voice against "democracy" (ie. Alvaro Uribe/Juan Santos Calderón).
Chavez sending money to Farc? What for? Don't they make buttloads of money with narcotics? Or are you implying the Colombian government lies? We were very busy succeeding in humanitarian rescue efforts combined with France and various countries while your beloved colombian government was killing their leaders risking the lives of hundreds of kidnapped people. In fact closing all future chances with the last operation by using fake red cross and telesur logos.
Well if Mr. Bush didn't decide to forbid weapon and military sales to Venezuela, we wouldn't have turned to Russia and China to replace our obsolete american equipment. Don't come crying later if we favor China and India for oil exports later, thats how brilliant the Bush administration handles foreign policy.
Human Rights Watch president and aide entered Venezuela using a tourist visa (for tourism and recreation purposes only) and then proceeded with commercial/job related activities, delivering a fake report to his employers accusing the Venezuelan state, its institutions and people without any evidence whatsoever of infringing Humans rights; when it was Chavez who ended torture practices, ended forced draft (see constitution) among many other changes. On these grounds, our country used our sovereignty rights and expelled these people, whose business is blackmailing countries or else.
None of you can prove, but the private medicine has had several malpractice scandals, some even denying care based on political affiliation, which does NOT occur in the Venezuelan-Cuban universal health care program called Barrio Adentro who has saved the lives of more than 400000 people without charging a cent.
As for staying in power, go to the facts. He is proposing a constitutional reform for re-election to be consulted in a referendum, the same where you have Yet Another Chance (tm) to end (revoke) his term, in a democratic and constitutional (art. 71-74) way.
Problem is, you failed to convince the majority in 11 of 12 electoral events since Chavez won the presidential elections of 98. You don't like the truth and love to live in a media backed fantasy of lies and politic fiction, always blaming others when the truth hits you in the face.
I don't think you have what you need to change the 60% popularity Chavez has even now after 10 years of presidential terms, regardless of the fantasy you may think you live in, Venezuelans want Chavez to stay.
Bullshit. You are part of the lies spread by media moguls, completely groundless anyone immediately verifies as soon as they set step in our country.
You are in fact spiting Chavez on TV, radio and newspapers everyday 24/7. I dare you do the same in the States and count how long before you end in guantanamo bay as a "terrorist", in Cuba no less.
The people you don't name, in jail, more than opponents are criminals, not in for dissident ideas, but for actual crimes: killing, scamming, rape, etc. The other cowards living in Miami with the rest of american backed terrorism (see: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles]Posada Carriles[/url]).
I agree, mine was 320$ last year nov-dec when there was a rush for them (Anandtech article: 8800 GT, "The only card that matters") they were always out of stock so i had to rush with a PNY OC edition + state taxes:(
For 100$-120$ its a steal. I play most games at 1600x1200 and they go fine.
You must also add the risks of getting raided for selling illegal goods. For returning discs, ask if you can right before you buy, they usually let you as long as you do it fast, ie. test it today, fails to read, then go tomorrow; not like a week later or so.
So in China the studios decided to sell movies for like 3$ to combat illegal copies, well games should follow. 60$ way is too much, not including DRM or "anti-copy" junk, which is already removed in "illegal" copies, making them the superior product.
Maybe you only have a single game, or don't switch games often, but i do and i'll tell you its damn annoying. Having working no-cd cracks are a must for me. Of the games i have, i have like 3 whose current no-cd cracks are not working, and its a pain, where did i left that cd again? And worse, the cd detection sometimes fail, it is not 100% reliable, more like 80%, take into account how long it takes for the game to load and then fail to run. This without considering both drive and discs wear.
The games i play are online multiplayer, those need a working serial, and that pretty much ensures validity. The main problem with no-cd cracks is when they update the game, you have to wait for the community to release a new working no-cd crack. This is stupid, DRM and other forms of "copy protection" only punishes paying customers.
Unless DRM is dropped, I'm not buying games anymore. It was painful enough to deal with "CD must be in drive" hoping for a good no-cd crack to be released by the community; but now this... XP style activation? Limited number of activations? Unacceptable.
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Lol, No fish for you!
(Congratz with the 100k)
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/
I think you are confused with "Vorbis"... You see, Ogg is to mp3 what Avi is to xvid: A container.
And cdparanoia... No one remembers the importance of improving the main cd audio ripper beyond proprietary EAC.
A good example of this is Japan, where they attacked p2p strongly, even prosecuting authors of p2p software. The answer was Share and Perfect Dark, stronger anonymity, with anonymous development and deployment.
They feel like white knights suing little girls and grandmas, extorting students and forcing their views on everyone. Don't be surprised when revolution starts and see their heads rolling, French style...
Their model is dead and nobody needs them whipping everyone; everyone is getting pissed, boiling point about to reach... See Sweden, see Greece.
To quote John F. Kennedy: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." March 13, 1962.
The system IS crap and won't let you do anything the big parties don't want, closing any pacific way out. See Greece for example.
These guys are wrong, the RIAA and MPAA, and big game publishers like EA are wrong; this is resistance and they can't stop it, and they won't stop Bittorrent in Australia or anywhere else either. The protocol is not going to be improved to help those who are wrong, it will be improved to resist and bypass the old fools who just don't get it. Put more restrictions and the answer will be widespread strong anonymous p2p. Prosecute sharers and see a rise in cryptographic and stenographic content. This is not cooperation with the system, this is struggle against the system until they behave or get retired.
Sharing is caring, period.
I am still waiting for the first shutting down of newspaper, really. "El Nacional" is a CIA backed pamphlet. Without US tax payed money, it would have gone bankrupt as its so full of lies few cares to buy anymore.
And i am still waiting for the closing of RCTV. Why is that horrid tv station still operating like its nothing? Well, at least they are not polluting our PUBLIC airwaves anymore, but seriously, they have committed many illegal acts. There is no justice in Venezuela, the rich still have too much power, too many criminals still free and conspiring against our lives and against the state.
Oh? And the neo-liberal fashion of selling all state owned companies including PDVSA was an illusion? Did they not attempted destruction of the company when the "state owned" PDVSA refused to take instructions or auditory from that very same state in 2002? You know, that is the very reason you never achieve anything, you still think of us like idiots, when its your failed model the very reason you are now out.
So what is told in SiCKO by Michael Moore is full of lies and noone of it true? Even the 9/11 rescuers being denied treatment and having to go, omg, to ~socialist Cuba~ for treatment risking getting in trouble with US laws in exchange of their lives?
Can you tell me where you don't find milk or eggs? With each attempt of the rich to try and hide goods and food in a futile attempt to force price rises, our government has reacted with speed and corrected the situation, importing and or purchasing private companies to produce those foods if needed, and distribute them directly to the people or thru the state owned Mercal chain of supply. So no, you can't force anything with your lousy power anymore and this is what you hate the most. So no wonder you'll never like someone like Chavez putting the power directly in the hands of the people and away from the corporate rich.
The current situation of food supply in Venezuela is of full availability, and as soon as something disturbs this, there is quick and swift reaction of the state to put the private sector in check. If you don't like to work like this, you are welcome to sell and leave, we will take care of the business thank you very much, goodbye.
I think you switched your thoughts, as someone who is living in Venezuela right now will tell you. The cuban interrogators, torturers and murderers were right here before Chavez; those cubans are the ones committing atrocities from Miami to the american continent, among them the infamous CIA backed terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.
If only a mild of your fiction was true, and you were actually pointed a gun to your head, you would be dead now. Just like your precious colombian government supported para-military narco groups and have done for decades. I agree with the go to both countries first challenge, but i hope you don't get killed in Colombia if you dare raise your voice against "democracy" (ie. Alvaro Uribe /Juan Santos Calderón).
Chavez sending money to Farc? What for? Don't they make buttloads of money with narcotics? Or are you implying the Colombian government lies? We were very busy succeeding in humanitarian rescue efforts combined with France and various countries while your beloved colombian government was killing their leaders risking the lives of hundreds of kidnapped people. In fact closing all future chances with the last operation by using fake red cross and telesur logos.
Well if Mr. Bush didn't decide to forbid weapon and military sales to Venezuela, we wouldn't have turned to Russia and China to replace our obsolete american equipment. Don't come crying later if we favor China and India for oil exports later, thats how brilliant the Bush administration handles foreign policy.
I pick them. I know what happens in my own country where i live every day, thank you.
This: http://www.vit.com.ve/
See these:
Venezuela's National Strike
Venezuela Kubuntu -- must read
The Venezuelan Educational System
Venezuela Embraces Linux and Open Source Software, but Faces Challenges
Venezuela - Stepping Forward With Debian
Enterprise Unix Roundup: Oracle's Open World
Trollparty in Caracas during World Social Forum
Free software liberates Venezuela
Free Software: Technological Democratization?
No More Microsoft blood in the veins of the Venezuela
Free Software Developers program continues successfully
Open standard Venezuelan law definition
Human Rights Watch president and aide entered Venezuela using a tourist visa (for tourism and recreation purposes only) and then proceeded with commercial/job related activities, delivering a fake report to his employers accusing the Venezuelan state, its institutions and people without any evidence whatsoever of infringing Humans rights; when it was Chavez who ended torture practices, ended forced draft (see constitution) among many other changes. On these grounds, our country used our sovereignty rights and expelled these people, whose business is blackmailing countries or else.
None of you can prove, but the private medicine has had several malpractice scandals, some even denying care based on political affiliation, which does NOT occur in the Venezuelan-Cuban universal health care program called Barrio Adentro who has saved the lives of more than 400000 people without charging a cent.
As for staying in power, go to the facts. He is proposing a constitutional reform for re-election to be consulted in a referendum, the same where you have Yet Another Chance (tm) to end (revoke) his term, in a democratic and constitutional (art. 71-74) way.
Problem is, you failed to convince the majority in 11 of 12 electoral events since Chavez won the presidential elections of 98. You don't like the truth and love to live in a media backed fantasy of lies and politic fiction, always blaming others when the truth hits you in the face.
I don't think you have what you need to change the 60% popularity Chavez has even now after 10 years of presidential terms, regardless of the fantasy you may think you live in, Venezuelans want Chavez to stay.
I predict you'll never understand how wrong you are about Chavez and his right policies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles
Bullshit. You are part of the lies spread by media moguls, completely groundless anyone immediately verifies as soon as they set step in our country.
You are in fact spiting Chavez on TV, radio and newspapers everyday 24/7. I dare you do the same in the States and count how long before you end in guantanamo bay as a "terrorist", in Cuba no less.
The people you don't name, in jail, more than opponents are criminals, not in for dissident ideas, but for actual crimes: killing, scamming, rape, etc. The other cowards living in Miami with the rest of american backed terrorism (see: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles]Posada Carriles[/url]).
I agree, mine was 320$ last year nov-dec when there was a rush for them (Anandtech article: 8800 GT, "The only card that matters") they were always out of stock so i had to rush with a PNY OC edition + state taxes :(
For 100$-120$ its a steal. I play most games at 1600x1200 and they go fine.
You must also add the risks of getting raided for selling illegal goods. For returning discs, ask if you can right before you buy, they usually let you as long as you do it fast, ie. test it today, fails to read, then go tomorrow; not like a week later or so.
So in China the studios decided to sell movies for like 3$ to combat illegal copies, well games should follow. 60$ way is too much, not including DRM or "anti-copy" junk, which is already removed in "illegal" copies, making them the superior product.
Maybe you only have a single game, or don't switch games often, but i do and i'll tell you its damn annoying. Having working no-cd cracks are a must for me. Of the games i have, i have like 3 whose current no-cd cracks are not working, and its a pain, where did i left that cd again? And worse, the cd detection sometimes fail, it is not 100% reliable, more like 80%, take into account how long it takes for the game to load and then fail to run. This without considering both drive and discs wear.
The games i play are online multiplayer, those need a working serial, and that pretty much ensures validity. The main problem with no-cd cracks is when they update the game, you have to wait for the community to release a new working no-cd crack. This is stupid, DRM and other forms of "copy protection" only punishes paying customers.
Unless DRM is dropped, I'm not buying games anymore. It was painful enough to deal with "CD must be in drive" hoping for a good no-cd crack to be released by the community; but now this... XP style activation? Limited number of activations? Unacceptable.