Um, I know in 2003 I had a palm pilot which had a touchscreen in which I entered commands, possible with my finger if I lost my stylus. I'm sure PDAs have been around for a few years prior to 2003 if I had one in 2003. I could record voice, play music, and perform other functions covered by the broad definition of a portable electronic device (remote control was awesome for messing with people).
If you catered to rich clientel, more than likely none of the roads near the rich clientel would be gravel. Typically stores off of gravel roads cater to farmers or are local markets.
They find "talent" promote that "talent" and distribute the product. The real reason you get so much crap music is the Universal, Sony etc are really good at convincing people to care about fake "artists" and the "crap" they produce.
They don't even do that anymore. They put out the schlubs and let the masses chose the processed crap. Sure, there's a choice, but they're all still shills.
Most of the US is uneducated, and know squat about its history, much less the ideal it embodies
As I was always taught that learning history was to prevent mistakes from happening again. I believe in the old adage, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". The question now is, when?
It could be inserted as static text, preprocessed on their server side instead of a script appended to the page. That way the source would look just like Google had put it there themselves. I can't imagine that's legal, or at least I used to think that stuff wouldn't be legal.
"Learning" is downloading at hand the sources and compiling it at hand (also the dependencies), not using emerge.
I didn't necessarily mean learning as emerging, but Gentoo does force you to get into the command line and config files. Just that base is enough to manage just about any *nix/BSD type system.
Granted, I would learn magnitudes more from doing the sources by myself but writing ebuilds does teach a bit as well. I've stuck with Gentoo simply because I love the control I have over my computer. Most people think it doesn't matter if none, some, or all flags are enabled but I love having the choice. To me, that choice is what Linux and FOSS is all about.
Well, I think Gentoo is more "time wasting" than "difficult":)
I must say that I have learned exponentially more using Gentoo than any other distro and I definitely don't consider learning anything wasting time. Besides, while I'm doing updates, it's not like I can't use my computer or even just leave it be and play with my kids.
It is not the same as automakers at all. Firstly, there's more competition in the auto market, hence better pricing scheme. Secondly, costs for reproduction of automobiles and music / video are no where near each other. Cars are tangible, using physical resources. Data is easily reproduced and can cost next to nothing. The same cannot be said for cars. There's no reason why an electronic copy of a song should be as costly as that on a physical medium (a la iTunes). And I'm more than positive that if the media industry had its way, the costs would be even less fair to the consumer.
Once again, I agree that copyright holders are due their Constitutionally granted rights, but within the limits that the free market define. The Constitution was not written just for the big corporations with huge payrolls, it's supposed to protect the little guys too.
Not at all, I understand that artists need to be compensated and I agree with you. But we need to be at a middle point with the media industry. The exchange needs to be fair for both parties and right now it isn't. At this point I don't see the media industry coming back to reasonable terms under their own will. The only solution I can see is a consumer revolution.
I believe we're in the beginning of that as more and more people see ways to get access to the content they want in the way that they want it (hence demand). The supplier is trying to make it more difficult for the demand to be met. Instead of embracing the change in demand and compromising, they fight the change. How many people who used to get their shows via iTunes will go back to methods a bit more shady?
I personally don't download shows or such but I can agree and support the argument for people to do it. I firmly believe the free market will bring prices back down to a reasonable level, so long as the majority of people voice their opinion through various means (boycott, pirating, etc...) to the media companies that their product is not worth what they are charging.
Riiiiiiight, because market forces are absolutely pointless so we shouldn't do anything about anything because it might go away. Maybe if more people revolted against the media controlling culture they would change to accommodate us. Supply is supposed to try and meet the demand, not the other way around.
Not really, every few months I'll use hfslip to slipstream the updates and nLite to customize an install so I'll have an up to date disc. Besides, I wanted to learn perl and this project really helped. Besides, at least my way I can get updated drivers for my hardware.
I do an update via VMware. I wrote a script for apache that displays all hits (through squid) to Windows Update. I then download the files manually. I use the via a perl logon script I have for my Samba domain (which is easily portable to a flash drive) which does silent updates with logging, so if something doesn't take, I can just install manually. With the consideration of autopatcher going down, I may release said scripts so other geeks can still have a useful way to help non-geeks. Did I mention this is the easiest way to get the notorious rootsupd.exe and any Windows Update updates? Which in turn can be used for slipstreaming.
If anyone wants it, e-mail me and I'll bzip it up for ya with some instructions (uses squid and perl enabled apache, which if I get enough requests I'll convert to php).
Many cable systems operate as local monopolies in the United States, as only one cable company typically receives the right to serve a region as a result of a franchise agreement with a local government. For some franchises the agreement is explicitly exclusive; for others the local authority retains the right to franchise overbuilders but does not do so. In some areas that is changing as competition has been allowed to enter the market, including, in some cases, city run cable systems. The rise of Direct Broadcast Satellite systems providing the same type of programming using small satellite receivers, and of Verizon FiOS, have also provided competition to cable TV systems, opening the possiblity of cable television declining.
[blockquote]But it's a cop-out to say there isn't enough competition. What that means is there isn't enough demand for better service.[/blockquote]
(Emphasis mine)
I don't think that word means what you think it means. It is a fact that due to a lack of competition in my area, I have only one choice for broadband. I can't help that the average citizen considers the Internet to consist of checking their e-mail and visiting YouTube. To me, the Internet is a means of communication for the betterment of society. Comcast set a bar for service and is now trying to lower it. In order to utilize the free market to keep everything fair, I don't even have a option of voting with my wallet. How many others in my neighborhood are in the same situation? To say there isn't enough demand for better service is also a false assumption.
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Um, I know in 2003 I had a palm pilot which had a touchscreen in which I entered commands, possible with my finger if I lost my stylus. I'm sure PDAs have been around for a few years prior to 2003 if I had one in 2003. I could record voice, play music, and perform other functions covered by the broad definition of a portable electronic device (remote control was awesome for messing with people).
If you catered to rich clientel, more than likely none of the roads near the rich clientel would be gravel. Typically stores off of gravel roads cater to farmers or are local markets.
I was just in Traverse a few weeks ago, it was kinda warm... oh wait, you mean real whales.
Or if you use squid or privoxy to proxy. That's how I get the updated Microsoft drivers and such from Windows update and flash based clips...
That's no moon...
Did something change, I got the web browser for my Wii free, it was on the shop channel but it cost 0 points...
Well Mr. AC, he is correct. May I point you in the direction of precedent: Fox and the Real Duff Beer and Microsoft and Mike Rowe.
Most of the US is uneducated, and know squat about its history, much less the ideal it embodies
As I was always taught that learning history was to prevent mistakes from happening again. I believe in the old adage, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". The question now is, when?
It could be inserted as static text, preprocessed on their server side instead of a script appended to the page. That way the source would look just like Google had put it there themselves. I can't imagine that's legal, or at least I used to think that stuff wouldn't be legal.
Here is the funniest one I've seen lately: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=313513&cid=20811281
Have you thought about what you want to do when you decide to retire from the /. admin dept or will you continue to here until your fingers fall off?
Granted, I would learn magnitudes more from doing the sources by myself but writing ebuilds does teach a bit as well. I've stuck with Gentoo simply because I love the control I have over my computer. Most people think it doesn't matter if none, some, or all flags are enabled but I love having the choice. To me, that choice is what Linux and FOSS is all about.
But you can make it as obviously wrong as the rejected rejection of the obviously obvious...
It took all of about 10 minutes and would only take about another 20 searching for all of the fsockopen's to ensure nothing else was going on.
Beats the crotch cancer I now think I have!
But it might have been his blog! :GASP: Now you've taken away the rightful income that is guaranteed!
I apologize for the above, but I hate blog trolls...
It is not the same as automakers at all. Firstly, there's more competition in the auto market, hence better pricing scheme. Secondly, costs for reproduction of automobiles and music / video are no where near each other. Cars are tangible, using physical resources. Data is easily reproduced and can cost next to nothing. The same cannot be said for cars. There's no reason why an electronic copy of a song should be as costly as that on a physical medium (a la iTunes). And I'm more than positive that if the media industry had its way, the costs would be even less fair to the consumer.
Once again, I agree that copyright holders are due their Constitutionally granted rights, but within the limits that the free market define. The Constitution was not written just for the big corporations with huge payrolls, it's supposed to protect the little guys too.
Not at all, I understand that artists need to be compensated and I agree with you. But we need to be at a middle point with the media industry. The exchange needs to be fair for both parties and right now it isn't. At this point I don't see the media industry coming back to reasonable terms under their own will. The only solution I can see is a consumer revolution.
I believe we're in the beginning of that as more and more people see ways to get access to the content they want in the way that they want it (hence demand). The supplier is trying to make it more difficult for the demand to be met. Instead of embracing the change in demand and compromising, they fight the change. How many people who used to get their shows via iTunes will go back to methods a bit more shady?
I personally don't download shows or such but I can agree and support the argument for people to do it. I firmly believe the free market will bring prices back down to a reasonable level, so long as the majority of people voice their opinion through various means (boycott, pirating, etc...) to the media companies that their product is not worth what they are charging.
Riiiiiiight, because market forces are absolutely pointless so we shouldn't do anything about anything because it might go away. Maybe if more people revolted against the media controlling culture they would change to accommodate us. Supply is supposed to try and meet the demand, not the other way around.
Not really, every few months I'll use hfslip to slipstream the updates and nLite to customize an install so I'll have an up to date disc. Besides, I wanted to learn perl and this project really helped. Besides, at least my way I can get updated drivers for my hardware.
I do an update via VMware. I wrote a script for apache that displays all hits (through squid) to Windows Update. I then download the files manually. I use the via a perl logon script I have for my Samba domain (which is easily portable to a flash drive) which does silent updates with logging, so if something doesn't take, I can just install manually. With the consideration of autopatcher going down, I may release said scripts so other geeks can still have a useful way to help non-geeks. Did I mention this is the easiest way to get the notorious rootsupd.exe and any Windows Update updates? Which in turn can be used for slipstreaming.
If anyone wants it, e-mail me and I'll bzip it up for ya with some instructions (uses squid and perl enabled apache, which if I get enough requests I'll convert to php).
By government, you didn't assume I meant the United States Government, did you?
[blockquote]But it's a cop-out to say there isn't enough competition. What that means is there isn't enough demand for better service.[/blockquote] (Emphasis mine)
I don't think that word means what you think it means. It is a fact that due to a lack of competition in my area, I have only one choice for broadband. I can't help that the average citizen considers the Internet to consist of checking their e-mail and visiting YouTube. To me, the Internet is a means of communication for the betterment of society. Comcast set a bar for service and is now trying to lower it. In order to utilize the free market to keep everything fair, I don't even have a option of voting with my wallet. How many others in my neighborhood are in the same situation? To say there isn't enough demand for better service is also a false assumption.