OK, after rereading your post I smell troll. Sorry, if this is a bit harsh.
You are claiming "Windows machines" so you have more than one, and they crash once a day on a good day. Either you are on Windows 95, and thus don't deserve the right to post, or you are full of it, or you are not smart enough to fix serious errors in multiple PC's(reboots of this frequency would drive an intelligent person to find the solution or become a neo Luddite).
I run my manditory MS OS's at work VERY hard, and though I detest MS the truth is I only reboot them every 4-12 weeks, and they almost never have crashed on me since windows 98, and back then my Mac was even less stable, and my slackware linux was a pain to install(so none were perfect).
While I have a LOT of experience with MS products I am sure NOT a fan of the company.
That being said... If Vista is crashing like this you have serious problems, and it is NOT likely with vista.
I find problems with memory and bad Power Supplies are quite common really and frustrate the average user. I hope this is the case and this post is legit. (The last fanboi at work that was making claims like this about XP turned out to not even own a "MS based PC", ever since then I have taken claims like this with a healthy dose of salt )
Apple cult members are way too forgiving. If "I had a failed upgrade where I needed to erase my disk clean to get it to work" I would be seriously upset! (and I have done hundereds of installs in my life)
The truth is that Apple has put the Mac users at the BOTTOM of the priority list, pulled way too much talent for other projects, skimped on testing... and none of that matters because the cult members will just take the hit and smile.
Note before you flip out on me, I am not implying that ALL Mac users belong to "the cult".
I think this has to be a joke(otherwise a troll), it would take this PC about five minutes and another 8 gigs of flash to boot the real version of Vista.
As some AC posted, I went with my family to Disney World last week, and they had finger print scanners. Needless to say I refused, and the lady said "what are you afraid of, unless you have something to hide". I reamed her a bit for insinuating that I might have something to hide. Then she started with the bogus line "It is not a fingerprint, it is a biometric. All it does is measure the width and length of your finger". When I still refused, and asked for my parking and admission back, at that point they let my family in quite quickly. Lesson? keep fighting!
THE BIG QUESTION... Where does disney store these, how long, and given the cozy relationship between Disney and the US government - how many of us believe they will not end up in the hands of the government?
Yes, your idea makes sense... The services like iTunes will be that much less attractive now.
The slashdot summary was not well written, leading a LOT of people to assume that copying music for personal use is illegal in Canada.
My concern is usually with the artist, most of whom are not crackheads, and who usually makes nothing off a recording. Artists make money off of touring and usually merchandise. If everyone went to a concert or bought a groups tshirt for one of every 10 "cd's" that they copied(or downloaded), the artists would be richer than if we bought the recording.
Countless stories? Once again, I think I could count all the ones you can point out.
Thousands of people out of over 30 million is not a lot. 47 million of our countrymen who cannot afford health care is on the other hand a number that I cannot count. Yes, Canada does not always have the best health care in every area, and in some parts there are wait times. In other areas they are tops in the world (just look at the research coming out of Calgary and U of Toronto).
You live near the border? Thats nice, so did I... Except, I also lived in the country while on a contract, so I actually know how the common person feels, not just the few disgruntled.
There have been many Canadian doctors move down here, especially when Ontario elliminated extra billing. Our doctors just earn a lot more. HOWEVER the current trend is that we are loosing a lot of those back to Canada. Even though they may like the money, they are somehow becomeing less enamored with our country.
In summary on healthcare, I would agree with you if you said that with an aging population and limited funds that the Canadian Health Care System was in trouble, but only if you admitted that ours was in crisis.
Me misstate facts? I try to be very accurate but still could make mistakes I guess. Oh ya, what is this international treaty that the average Canadian is to worry about? Since we don't abide by any ourselves, even IF one did exist... why should they care? Personal copying of music in Canada was a deal reached (no, pushed!) by the recording industry itself, and accepted by the Canadian Government... Thus, the producers and government came to an agreement...no treaty enacted after the fact can alter that fact.
By the way, if you are talking about the 1997? WIPO treaty, most international experts believe Canada is following it, though not as it is interpreted by the USA... but being wrong has never stopped us from bullying Canada before, why stop now?
And what is with this anti socialist vitriol? Sometimes it is more efficient for the government to do things, and sometimes it should be left to Private firms. Making televisions? - Private Creating and maintaining road networks? - Government Health Care?- Hmmmm, not so clear cut! (Because you declared yourself libretarian, I guess I should state that I would consider myself a small "c" conservative, but want nothing to do with the neofacist, sorry neoconservative movement)
First off, downloading is not a misdead up there. This statement shows you don't understand the topic you are writing about.
Second you say 'Anybody can get care "for free"... if, of course, they can get care at all. Often they can't.' and it is not truthful. Sure there are occasions where the systems are messed up, but it is rare where one cannot get care. Down here, there are people who cannot afford care, and this is a regular occurance.
Keep listening to your right or left wing extremist news sources like most people... it will assure you never have to grapple with the truth. It would be nice if people who think they know so much ever tried living elsewhere for a year or so.
If the retailer is implying there is a tax on music in canada to compensate for copying they are wrong... What is new? There is no special music tax in Canada to compensate artists. The tax is on the media - blank cd's and tapes. The only exemption are organizations like record companies or churches who produce content and distribute/sell tapes.
Otherwise I still have to respond to your statement "so you're already paying more to make up for those who break the law" Ahemm... How many times will I write this... THEY ARE NOT BREAKIN THE LAW IN CANADA.
I have mod points I would love to use, but I have no chance because no one is correcting the Myth of Piracy.
In Canada it is NOT piracy to copy a song for personal use. It is not stealing, it is not copyright infrigement. It is a right granted by law, a law that was encouraged by the music industry back in the Audio Cassette days. Yes, they now regret it... too bad!
You know you may be right, that is what M.R. has been counting on for the last 4 plus years. It has never happened.yet! Some day it could, but even most people who buy a windows PC ask a "expert" friend about the purchase. Since most of those "experts" will be familiar with Ubuntu or Fedora - The people will decide "on thier own" to obtain Ubuntu (or Fedora?).
(full disclosure, I don't love either Ubuntu or Fedora that much, but that does not change the fact that the winner will NOT be Linspire)
Sorry, how is Linspire a bridge between windows and Linux? It is Linux and it is not appreciably better than the others in ANY area (yes, I have installed it several times). A better bridge would be Mandriva 2008 PowerPack. Even in 2007 they included Cedega for gaming (the biggest stumbling block), a DVD player, etc. And all this without chasing away the volenteers by conspiring with MS. PLUS, they have no problem with GPL 3 code, Linspire can't distribute that.
I went and re-read it, and I think you give the troll too much credit. I think he really believed you download formats. His references to downloading "pirated formats" really solidifies this perception. After all, how many Linux users do you know that pirate programs to read file formats? Ya, I don't know of any either.
Micheal forgot that most Linux users are created by OTHER linux users. They will not usually view the betrayal to MS very well...so will they be installing Linspire on the newbies PC? I think not.
Many Linux users can handle closed drivers/apps in their distro.(mandriva even gives you the choice) But almost NO ONE likes the sell out to MS. ooops, is that a problem Micheal?
As a Longtime follower of Linspire, I noticed Micheal Robertson slipping. He started out well, hoping for a return on the investment. He was not a hardcore RMS follower from the beginning, but a year and a half ago(or so) I felt he seemed to start panicing about whether Lindows/Linspire would ever pay off. That seemed to culminate in this desperite MS deal.
I'd say if Linspire does not start breaking even, he will pull the plug within two years. (but maybe the MS deal was rich enough that he can hold out much longer. Who know how much MS paid him for the patent deal)
What kinda drugs can a troll be on to write this diatribe. Downloading Formats? What???
I guess we could do a poll on whether he is an Apple or MS fanboy, but from the IQ level I would bet MS. There is no way this sucker could earn enough to buy the shiney toys Steve Jobs makes.
Novell can ask for anything they want, what the judge says is what counts.
SCO CANNOT win in the long term, but boy are they good at playing the legal system. If this Bankrupcy judge remains as nieve as he appears... the money will be gone by the time he wakes up. We will see.
How SCO's law firm (BSF) avoids being on the hook for millions, and how the SCO executive tries to stay out of jail will be as interesting as this whole saga... Groklaw has many years of material left just with SCO alone.
Sorry to pick on you, but you got modded high enough (why?) that I noticed your post. Reading through all the responses to this Kilo article I can only ask DOES ANYONE READ THE FREAKEN ARTICLE(that means moderators as well)????
The background is that back in the 1890's (or something) they made a bunch of identical Kilo cylinders and kept one as the master. Now this master weighs LESS than all the others because it now has less mass than the others to varying degrees.
The real question is... Did the master weight loose mass or did the other gain it.
So no, it is NOT because of where they weighed it.
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OK, after rereading your post I smell troll. Sorry, if this is a bit harsh.
You are claiming "Windows machines" so you have more than one, and they crash once a day on a good day. Either you are on Windows 95, and thus don't deserve the right to post, or you are full of it, or you are not smart enough to fix serious errors in multiple PC's(reboots of this frequency would drive an intelligent person to find the solution or become a neo Luddite).
I run my manditory MS OS's at work VERY hard, and though I detest MS the truth is I only reboot them every 4-12 weeks, and they almost never have crashed on me since windows 98, and back then my Mac was even less stable, and my slackware linux was a pain to install(so none were perfect).
While I have a LOT of experience with MS products I am sure NOT a fan of the company.
That being said... If Vista is crashing like this you have serious problems, and it is NOT likely with vista.
I find problems with memory and bad Power Supplies are quite common really and frustrate the average user.
I hope this is the case and this post is legit. (The last fanboi at work that was making claims like this about XP turned out to not even own a "MS based PC", ever since then I have taken claims like this with a healthy dose of salt )
Apple cult members are way too forgiving. If "I had a failed upgrade where I needed to erase my disk clean to get it to work" I would be seriously upset! (and I have done hundereds of installs in my life)
The truth is that Apple has put the Mac users at the BOTTOM of the priority list, pulled way too much talent for other projects, skimped on testing... and none of that matters because the cult members will just take the hit and smile.
Note before you flip out on me, I am not implying that ALL Mac users belong to "the cult".
I think this has to be a joke(otherwise a troll), it would take this PC about five minutes and another 8 gigs of flash to boot the real version of Vista.
As some AC posted, I went with my family to Disney World last week, and they had finger print scanners. Needless to say I refused, and the lady said "what are you afraid of, unless you have something to hide". I reamed her a bit for insinuating that I might have something to hide.
Then she started with the bogus line "It is not a fingerprint, it is a biometric. All it does is measure the width and length of your finger".
When I still refused, and asked for my parking and admission back, at that point they let my family in quite quickly. Lesson? keep fighting!
THE BIG QUESTION... Where does disney store these, how long, and given the cozy relationship between Disney and the US government - how many of us believe they will not end up in the hands of the government?
Cmon, for a PR persn,that is effectivly an admission of guilt, with a statement of "too bad, it is not illegal" tacked on.
Yes, your idea makes sense... The services like iTunes will be that much less attractive now.
The slashdot summary was not well written, leading a LOT of people to assume that copying music for personal use is illegal in Canada.
My concern is usually with the artist, most of whom are not crackheads, and who usually makes nothing off a recording. Artists make money off of touring and usually merchandise. If everyone went to a concert or bought a groups tshirt for one of every 10 "cd's" that they copied(or downloaded), the artists would be richer than if we bought the recording.
Countless stories? Once again, I think I could count all the ones you can point out.
Thousands of people out of over 30 million is not a lot. 47 million of our countrymen who cannot afford health care is on the other hand a number that I cannot count. Yes, Canada does not always have the best health care in every area, and in some parts there are wait times. In other areas they are tops in the world (just look at the research coming out of Calgary and U of Toronto).
You live near the border? Thats nice, so did I... Except, I also lived in the country while on a contract, so I actually know how the common person feels, not just the few disgruntled.
There have been many Canadian doctors move down here, especially when Ontario elliminated extra billing. Our doctors just earn a lot more. HOWEVER the current trend is that we are loosing a lot of those back to Canada. Even though they may like the money, they are somehow becomeing less enamored with our country.
In summary on healthcare, I would agree with you if you said that with an aging population and limited funds that the Canadian Health Care System was in trouble, but only if you admitted that ours was in crisis.
Me misstate facts? I try to be very accurate but still could make mistakes I guess.
Oh ya, what is this international treaty that the average Canadian is to worry about? Since we don't abide by any ourselves, even IF one did exist... why should they care? Personal copying of music in Canada was a deal reached (no, pushed!) by the recording industry itself, and accepted by the Canadian Government... Thus, the producers and government came to an agreement...no treaty enacted after the fact can alter that fact.
By the way, if you are talking about the 1997? WIPO treaty, most international experts believe Canada is following it, though not as it is interpreted by the USA... but being wrong has never stopped us from bullying Canada before, why stop now?
And what is with this anti socialist vitriol? Sometimes it is more efficient for the government to do things, and sometimes it should be left to Private firms. Making televisions? - Private Creating and maintaining road networks? - Government Health Care?- Hmmmm, not so clear cut! (Because you declared yourself libretarian, I guess I should state that I would consider myself a small "c" conservative, but want nothing to do with the neofacist, sorry neoconservative movement)
No, since downloading/copying music for personal use is legal up there, it is perfectly legal to use bittorrent.
First off, downloading is not a misdead up there. This statement shows you don't understand the topic you are writing about.
Second you say 'Anybody can get care "for free"... if, of course, they can get care at all. Often they can't.' and it is not truthful. Sure there are occasions where the systems are messed up, but it is rare where one cannot get care. Down here, there are people who cannot afford care, and this is a regular occurance.
Keep listening to your right or left wing extremist news sources like most people... it will assure you never have to grapple with the truth. It would be nice if people who think they know so much ever tried living elsewhere for a year or so.
How does one download music illegally in Canada? That would be a neat trick.
It depends
If you (legally) download via a P2P client, then you are only paying tax on the media.
If you (also legal) download from a payed service, then you are paying twice.
I still don't think people are comprehending that personal copies of music are LEGAL in Canada.
If the retailer is implying there is a tax on music in canada to compensate for copying they are wrong... What is new?
There is no special music tax in Canada to compensate artists. The tax is on the media - blank cd's and tapes. The only
exemption are organizations like record companies or churches who produce content and distribute/sell tapes.
Otherwise I still have to respond to your statement
"so you're already paying more to make up for those who break the law" Ahemm... How many times will I write this... THEY ARE NOT BREAKIN THE LAW IN CANADA.
The parent is actually being funnier than he thinks. There is no money in taxing illegal downloads in Canada. Downloading music is legal.
I will soon sound like a broken record, but I must point out that downloading from another individual is legit in Canada.
I have mod points I would love to use, but I have no chance because no one is correcting the Myth of Piracy.
In Canada it is NOT piracy to copy a song for personal use. It is not stealing, it is not copyright infrigement. It is a right granted by law, a law that was encouraged by the music industry back in the Audio Cassette days. Yes, they now regret it... too bad!
It is software companies like this that force us to save in MS formats!
You know you may be right, that is what M.R. has been counting on for the last 4 plus years. It has never happened.yet!
Some day it could, but even most people who buy a windows PC ask a "expert" friend about the purchase. Since most of those "experts" will be familiar with Ubuntu or Fedora - The people will decide "on thier own" to obtain Ubuntu (or Fedora?).
(full disclosure, I don't love either Ubuntu or Fedora that much, but that does not change the fact that the winner will NOT be Linspire)
Sorry, how is Linspire a bridge between windows and Linux? It is Linux and it is not appreciably better than the others in ANY area (yes, I have installed it several times).
A better bridge would be Mandriva 2008 PowerPack. Even in 2007 they included Cedega for gaming (the biggest stumbling block), a DVD player, etc.
And all this without chasing away the volenteers by conspiring with MS. PLUS, they have no problem with GPL 3 code, Linspire can't distribute that.
I went and re-read it, and I think you give the troll too much credit. I think he really believed you download formats. His references to downloading "pirated formats" really solidifies this perception. After all, how many Linux users do you know that pirate programs to read file formats? Ya, I don't know of any either.
Micheal forgot that most Linux users are created by OTHER linux users. They will not usually view the betrayal to MS very well...so will they be installing Linspire on the newbies PC? I think not.
Many Linux users can handle closed drivers/apps in their distro.(mandriva even gives you the choice) But almost NO ONE likes the sell out to MS. ooops, is that a problem Micheal?
As a Longtime follower of Linspire, I noticed Micheal Robertson slipping. He started out well, hoping for a return on the investment. He was not a hardcore RMS follower from the beginning, but a year and a half ago(or so) I felt he seemed to start panicing about whether Lindows/Linspire would ever pay off.
That seemed to culminate in this desperite MS deal.
I'd say if Linspire does not start breaking even, he will pull the plug within two years. (but maybe the MS deal was rich enough that he can hold out much longer. Who know how much MS paid him for the patent deal)
What kinda drugs can a troll be on to write this diatribe. Downloading Formats? What???
I guess we could do a poll on whether he is an Apple or MS fanboy, but from the IQ level I would bet MS. There is no way this sucker could earn enough to buy the shiney toys Steve Jobs makes.
Novell can ask for anything they want, what the judge says is what counts.
SCO CANNOT win in the long term, but boy are they good at playing the legal system. If this Bankrupcy judge remains as nieve as he appears... the money will be gone by the time he wakes up. We will see.
How SCO's law firm (BSF) avoids being on the hook for millions, and how the SCO executive tries to stay out of jail will be as interesting as this whole saga... Groklaw has many years of material left just with SCO alone.
Boy, Good thing we are not getting tired of these Taco Linux troll and Linux bashing pieces!
You would think it would be so transparent that he would be embarrased, but no - that does not seem to worry him.
So, Keep the anti Linux Fud coming Taco, no one seems to notice!
Taco, it never tires us to have another piece either pushing Apple or questioning Linux. lol
You could be more subtle about it though, even a seven year old would catch on to this trend.
Sorry to pick on you, but you got modded high enough (why?) that I noticed your post. Reading through all the responses to this Kilo article I can only ask DOES ANYONE READ THE FREAKEN ARTICLE(that means moderators as well)????
... Did the master weight loose mass or did the other gain it.
The background is that back in the 1890's (or something) they made a bunch of identical Kilo cylinders and kept one as the master. Now this master weighs LESS than all the others because it now has less mass than the others to varying degrees.
The real question is
So no, it is NOT because of where they weighed it.