No one in their right mind would so someone for that kind of a reason. Napster is sitting on the fence right now between ok and illegal depending who you talk to.
It's in napsters best interest to keep their mouth shut. They could sue... but that would only result in a countersue by BNL and they would most likely end up losing lots more then they ever planned to get out of it.
Besides, I don't really think napster cares what kind of music is shared. That's the whole idea behind it. They pretend to ignore that people are download illegal songs, and therefore have no grounds to sue BNL because the songs they are posting are legal.
How can it be abuse to Napster?? To be that, then they would have to have a clause saying, you can only share complete versions of real songs. This would just open themselves up to more lawsuits by condoning the actions of it's users.
Don't you guys get it... It's a joke!!! Someone is trying to auction off the internet and they just made up the story about Al Gore. Send the story to Segfault.
Someone should create a wave scanner to pick out key characteristics of certain forms of music. Then it would just be a matter of running them thru and out comes the format.
But then again, who will determine what constitutes a genre of music.
You just have to remember that you must not only check the prices with other places on the web, but now at amazon, check each price with every browser that you have installed on your machine. (or at least IE and Netscape).
I wonder what kind of prices you get with other browsers.
Opera $36.99
Mozila $0.00
It's funny for me too. I'm using Netscape 4.73 on Red Hat and it's all messed up. It's either a bug in the post or in the slash code.
(Sorry this is a bit off topic)
Is it just me, or does the list of "new" features look a bit skimpy. I'm sure there are more changes then what is listed on the notes. If not, then there is not much point in getting the new release. Perhaps they are just getting tired of writing long articles on what is new. Or is this release just coming out because Red Hat just release PinStripe just a few weeks ago? It makes you wonder if they are just following the crowd so it gives the impression that the software is "new".
If anyone has installed this yet, or has the more recent cookers, what else is new.
Cool. I though they were way more then that. Last Time I checked Digital (Compaq) didn't have their prices on their website and I'm not a business, so I wasn't going to get a business quote.
I've used alphas at my last work. It was a really old one running VMS 6.2.
I know. The alphas are great, but are really for commercial use. I'd buy one for my desktop but I don't have that kind of cash. We need a good 64 bit processor for the desktop.
I don't understand why Intel and AMD don't start to work on non x86 based processors. The pentium IIIs and athlons already have far too much code to keep them backwards compatible. As far as software goes, Microsoft has already abandoned DOS totally, so why keep the processor architecture to run DOS.
I think they should come up with a new design for a good 64 bit processor. Something that is RISC, but not worrying about x86.
Make Microsoft port all their code for a change to the new processor. They've had it easy. Linux can run on countless platforms and would be easily ported.
I don't know why people don't like mozilla (havn't tried netscape SP2) for windows. I'm using it right now (to post this) and it's fine. It loads is 2 seconds and is as fast as any other application.
I don't know much about the mac version, but I can see people still use IE for the mac. For some reason IE for mac is much better then the windows version anyway (this could just be the API used). It would be hard for mozilla to compete
If your wondering how Pizza Hut got the money... Pizza Hut is owned by Pepsi. I could see Pepsi being the first ones to do this sort of thing. I guess they just wanted to give Pizza Hut some publicity.
Even microsoft knows this. They have developed some 'new' technology that allows gives a remote computer access to a local machine. I think it's called WMI or something like that. Anyway, it's part of windows 2000 and let's people take remote control over your system.
It sounds like X or VNC. The point is that even microsoft is trying to get more of the features of X in their 'new' technology
The whole point of a "standard" is that everyone will conform to it. Microsoft has this habbit of not conforming to standards, and makeing their own standards.
So what is there in place to keep a company in line with today's standards. The standards are great, but with no way to enforce them, they don't do any good with companys that feel they can do whatever they want.
Since there is really no way to get microsoft to take these 'new' and 'better' features out...
If ya can't beat them, Join them!
This has already happend to mozilla with the "microsoft specific" DHTML. Why not continue on this trend by adding new code to deal with the extras in 5.5.
I know for a fact that disabling popup windows can be fixed in any browser simply by disabling Javascript. But is this really an answer. The reason a browser has Javascript is so that extra features can be provided other than simple HTML.
Maybe from a lawsuit like this, It may require browser makers to put in features to disable certain Javascript commands (ie for popup windows).
But still, it's the Web Site that has control over ads and not the ISP, so I don't see this lawsuit really going to go anywhere.
You have no idea what you are talking about. I play trombone and have for 7 years. I also play bass guitar (tried fretless a few times).
The frequency of the pitch of C# is identical to Db. That's just the way it is. Yes you have analog control over the position of your notes, but if you play a perfectly in tune not C#, you have also played a perfectly in tune Db.
The only reason to change from this would be if your instrument was out of tune, and in that case, both C# and Db would change up or down together.
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No one in their right mind would so someone for that kind of a reason. Napster is sitting on the fence right now between ok and illegal depending who you talk to.
It's in napsters best interest to keep their mouth shut. They could sue... but that would only result in a countersue by BNL and they would most likely end up losing lots more then they ever planned to get out of it.
Besides, I don't really think napster cares what kind of music is shared. That's the whole idea behind it. They pretend to ignore that people are download illegal songs, and therefore have no grounds to sue BNL because the songs they are posting are legal.
How can it be abuse to Napster?? To be that, then they would have to have a clause saying, you can only share complete versions of real songs. This would just open themselves up to more lawsuits by condoning the actions of it's users.
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/. was just for serious news
Don't you guys get it... It's a joke!!! Someone is trying to auction off the internet and they just made up the story about Al Gore. Send the story to Segfault.
I though
Although it was a good joke...
Someone should create a wave scanner to pick out key characteristics of certain forms of music. Then it would just be a matter of running them thru and out comes the format.
But then again, who will determine what constitutes a genre of music.
You just have to remember that you must not only check the prices with other places on the web, but now at amazon, check each price with every browser that you have installed on your machine. (or at least IE and Netscape).
I wonder what kind of prices you get with other browsers.
Opera $36.99
Mozila $0.00
it seems to be fixed now
It's funny for me too. I'm using Netscape 4.73 on Red Hat and it's all messed up. It's either a bug in the post or in the slash code. (Sorry this is a bit off topic)
Is it just me, or does the list of "new" features look a bit skimpy. I'm sure there are more changes then what is listed on the notes. If not, then there is not much point in getting the new release. Perhaps they are just getting tired of writing long articles on what is new. Or is this release just coming out because Red Hat just release PinStripe just a few weeks ago? It makes you wonder if they are just following the crowd so it gives the impression that the software is "new".
If anyone has installed this yet, or has the more recent cookers, what else is new.
Cool. I though they were way more then that. Last Time I checked Digital (Compaq) didn't have their prices on their website and I'm not a business, so I wasn't going to get a business quote.
I've used alphas at my last work. It was a really old one running VMS 6.2.
Nope. They removed the restart in DOS mode... The "DOS mode" no longer exists. It's like NT.
I know. The alphas are great, but are really for commercial use. I'd buy one for my desktop but I don't have that kind of cash. We need a good 64 bit processor for the desktop.
I'm using an Athlon 650.
If Microsoft needs to use emulation if the new processor is so different, I think our friends at WINE may get a visit...
Think about how much windows code they can run with incomplete documentation. It's not that slow either.
I don't understand why Intel and AMD don't start to work on non x86 based processors. The pentium IIIs and athlons already have far too much code to keep them backwards compatible. As far as software goes, Microsoft has already abandoned DOS totally, so why keep the processor architecture to run DOS.
I think they should come up with a new design for a good 64 bit processor. Something that is RISC, but not worrying about x86.
Make Microsoft port all their code for a change to the new processor. They've had it easy. Linux can run on countless platforms and would be easily ported.
I don't know why people don't like mozilla (havn't tried netscape SP2) for windows. I'm using it right now (to post this) and it's fine. It loads is 2 seconds and is as fast as any other application.
I don't know much about the mac version, but I can see people still use IE for the mac. For some reason IE for mac is much better then the windows version anyway (this could just be the API used). It would be hard for mozilla to compete
If your wondering how Pizza Hut got the money... Pizza Hut is owned by Pepsi. I could see Pepsi being the first ones to do this sort of thing. I guess they just wanted to give Pizza Hut some publicity.
Remote display absolutely ROCKS
Even microsoft knows this. They have developed some 'new' technology that allows gives a remote computer access to a local machine. I think it's called WMI or something like that. Anyway, it's part of windows 2000 and let's people take remote control over your system.
It sounds like X or VNC. The point is that even microsoft is trying to get more of the features of X in their 'new' technology
The whole point of a "standard" is that everyone will conform to it. Microsoft has this habbit of not conforming to standards, and makeing their own standards.
So what is there in place to keep a company in line with today's standards. The standards are great, but with no way to enforce them, they don't do any good with companys that feel they can do whatever they want.
Since there is really no way to get microsoft to take these 'new' and 'better' features out...
If ya can't beat them, Join them!
This has already happend to mozilla with the "microsoft specific" DHTML. Why not continue on this trend by adding new code to deal with the extras in 5.5.
Cool. As you can tell I don't use AOL.
I have a solution... Don't use AOL! Worked for me.
I know for a fact that disabling popup windows can be fixed in any browser simply by disabling Javascript. But is this really an answer. The reason a browser has Javascript is so that extra features can be provided other than simple HTML.
Maybe from a lawsuit like this, It may require browser makers to put in features to disable certain Javascript commands (ie for popup windows).
But still, it's the Web Site that has control over ads and not the ISP, so I don't see this lawsuit really going to go anywhere.
No more email viruses...
How you ask??
Well... You see, you will no longer need to download them in email form, they just magically appear on your computer.
I can see it now, Cracker makes kickass virus and infects his 'own' computer thus infecting everyone else.
Or what about this...
Format c:
WTF?? I just formatted the internet...
You have no idea what you are talking about. I play trombone and have for 7 years. I also play bass guitar (tried fretless a few times).
The frequency of the pitch of C# is identical to Db. That's just the way it is. Yes you have analog control over the position of your notes, but if you play a perfectly in tune not C#, you have also played a perfectly in tune Db.
The only reason to change from this would be if your instrument was out of tune, and in that case, both C# and Db would change up or down together.
One modification though...
getchar(); not getch();
getch() doesn't work with the Win32 API. Why not, I have no idea. I guess microsoft just likes to be different
I know the real reason Microsoft is making C#...
Example of the new syntax:
#include "visualj.h"
#include "visualbasic.h"
//#include "c.h"
#inlcude "non-standard-C.h"
void newLanguage(C#)
{
VisualStudioPrice+=400$;
if(userMachine != Windows2000Professional)
requireUpgrade(400dollarsMore);
}
Just another product to sell...
C# is Db. Always has been Always will be. Trebble clef, bass clef, tenor clef and alto clef.
exactly
Bachelor of Computer Science != programmer in C++ (or any other language for that matter)