This is a short history of the P2P revolution that proves your point.
1. Napster lets you download any song you want. You can only download from one person at a time. Downloads frequently died. No resume download feature. Downloading full albums was frustrating.
They kill Napster
2. Kazaa emerges and lets you download any song you want, plus warez movies or anything else. Downloads are spread across many people. Very reliable. Ok speeds. Pausing and resuming is possible. Downloading full albums is still a pain.
They kill Kazaa by flooding it with bogus files.
3. Bittorrent comes out and now instead of downloading a single song you can grab the whole album in the same amount of time.
Each time they kill off a technology the next generation is always much better. I can't wait to see what is after bittorrent.
I used Emusic.com back when I had disposable income. You get something like 30 songs for $15 a month. MP3 format with no copy protection what-so-ever. It's mostly independent music but I've found some truly amazing music that is far better than stuff on the radio. You just have to dig a little bit. They have a good trial you can check out.
Statistics are usually nothing more than a marketing tool. They are simple and get a point across easily. But nothing is ever that simple. So many variables are in there like who paid for the study, how was it done, etc. But this never matters because once the statistic is out there everyone repeats it and the number becomes fact.
1. Run Peerguardian in the background to block RIAA watchdogs
2. Download torrent of album.
3. Listen 20 minutes later.
It's not that hard to download. Now if I could download a full album with no copy protection for a reasonable price, lets say $5, then I would buy them in a heartbeat. $1 for a compressed and crippled music file that is not truly mine works out to roughly $15 for an album. Insanity.
I think pissing on their customers has become more of a hobby rather than a necessity to protect their money. Once you have an absolute monopoly what else is there to do? How can you top that? Might as well use the power for something.
Why does MS care? They never cared about napter or Kazaa. Why Bittorrent? They were all super popular in their time. I just don't see how this is crushing any existing or potential markets for them. Anyone care to explain?
I thought MacOS was still only going to run on Macs, not generic PCs. Am I missing something? Will I be able to run it on my PC now? If so I am very happy.
I have to admit it and come clear right now. I don't know roman numerals. I just don't. So please Final Fantasy, I realize they make you look cool and it's essential to your brand image, but for my sake USE REGUALR GOD DAMN NUMBERS. Thank you.
Distributed.net would be tough to talk a consumer into. Hey here is this really cool distributed computing project where we try and break encryption. Isn't that fun?!
Of course Al-queda has a chatroom. Al-queda is EVERYWHERE. Only people who hate America don't know that. I think there is even a Yahoo Chat clause in the Patriot act somewhere.
Well what did they think was going to happen? Opening up chat rooms to the public with I'm assuming very little moderation is just asking for trouble. The article says people asked to become moderators but Yahoo never responded.
I've never used Yahoo chat before. Do they have very many non user created rooms? Sounds like they just destroyed their chat service.
I do allot of internet research for my own purposes so I don't need to keep a list of sources. What kind of software is out there to aid in research? There has to be a better way than dumping all my notes and links into notepad. Or some advice on how other people organize information while researching would be extremely helpful.
Some times just for fun I'll use type in a random 3 digit security code when ordering online (with my own card of course). My order usually goes through without a hitch. Try it some time. It seems pretty useless to me.
Sorry about being off-topic but I've been thinking, since Linus is a normal guy and not some super human CEO, he must go through a "family tech support guy" hell that only exists in only our darkest of nightmares. I pity him.
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Or they could just buy Norway. It's a better PR move than killing thousands of people.
This is a short history of the P2P revolution that proves your point.
1. Napster lets you download any song you want. You can only download from one person at a time. Downloads frequently died. No resume download feature. Downloading full albums was frustrating.
They kill Napster
2. Kazaa emerges and lets you download any song you want, plus warez movies or anything else. Downloads are spread across many people. Very reliable. Ok speeds. Pausing and resuming is possible. Downloading full albums is still a pain.
They kill Kazaa by flooding it with bogus files.
3. Bittorrent comes out and now instead of downloading a single song you can grab the whole album in the same amount of time.
Each time they kill off a technology the next generation is always much better. I can't wait to see what is after bittorrent.
I'll take a +1 insightful please. Thank you.
I bought a new connector for my NES and still have the same problems. :(
You and I are among a lost race of highly intelligent beings that realize FIRST GENERATION CONSOLE HARDWARE IS GARBAGE. Welcome to the club.
Modded Insightfull.... I love Slashdot.
I used Emusic.com back when I had disposable income. You get something like 30 songs for $15 a month. MP3 format with no copy protection what-so-ever. It's mostly independent music but I've found some truly amazing music that is far better than stuff on the radio. You just have to dig a little bit. They have a good trial you can check out.
Statistics are usually nothing more than a marketing tool. They are simple and get a point across easily. But nothing is ever that simple. So many variables are in there like who paid for the study, how was it done, etc. But this never matters because once the statistic is out there everyone repeats it and the number becomes fact.
1. Run Peerguardian in the background to block RIAA watchdogs
2. Download torrent of album.
3. Listen 20 minutes later.
It's not that hard to download. Now if I could download a full album with no copy protection for a reasonable price, lets say $5, then I would buy them in a heartbeat. $1 for a compressed and crippled music file that is not truly mine works out to roughly $15 for an album. Insanity.
I think pissing on their customers has become more of a hobby rather than a necessity to protect their money. Once you have an absolute monopoly what else is there to do? How can you top that? Might as well use the power for something.
Why does MS care? They never cared about napter or Kazaa. Why Bittorrent? They were all super popular in their time. I just don't see how this is crushing any existing or potential markets for them. Anyone care to explain?
He has to write a check for the overnight shipping of his letter. Only 48 hours left. What were you thinking?
Does it at least have a better name than Digital Millennium Copyright Act?
I thought MacOS was still only going to run on Macs, not generic PCs. Am I missing something? Will I be able to run it on my PC now? If so I am very happy.
I have to admit it and come clear right now. I don't know roman numerals. I just don't. So please Final Fantasy, I realize they make you look cool and it's essential to your brand image, but for my sake USE REGUALR GOD DAMN NUMBERS. Thank you.
Distributed.net would be tough to talk a consumer into. Hey here is this really cool distributed computing project where we try and break encryption. Isn't that fun?!
Oh god what is really scary is that I can imagine a slick salesman selling someone Antivirus-Antivirus software. It makes sense if you are a laymen.
What happens if your antivirus software is attacked? If it goes down you are vulnerable. Here is a $20 program to protect it.
Goodbye I'm off to get rich.
Of course Al-queda has a chatroom. Al-queda is EVERYWHERE. Only people who hate America don't know that. I think there is even a Yahoo Chat clause in the Patriot act somewhere.
You are advertising "Elegant, Sexy & Daring Lace Tops, European Lingerie and Swim wear" in your sig on Slashdot.... Huh?
:-)
How's that working out for you anyways?
Well what did they think was going to happen? Opening up chat rooms to the public with I'm assuming very little moderation is just asking for trouble. The article says people asked to become moderators but Yahoo never responded.
I've never used Yahoo chat before. Do they have very many non user created rooms? Sounds like they just destroyed their chat service.
I do allot of internet research for my own purposes so I don't need to keep a list of sources. What kind of software is out there to aid in research? There has to be a better way than dumping all my notes and links into notepad. Or some advice on how other people organize information while researching would be extremely helpful.
Usually this mass takeover of the world by one company type of thing scares me. But how can you not like Google? Would you rather it be MS? *shivers*
Some times just for fun I'll use type in a random 3 digit security code when ordering online (with my own card of course). My order usually goes through without a hitch. Try it some time. It seems pretty useless to me.
What kind of 3d technology will it use? Please god don't let it be those red/blue glasses.
Sorry about being off-topic but I've been thinking, since Linus is a normal guy and not some super human CEO, he must go through a "family tech support guy" hell that only exists in only our darkest of nightmares. I pity him.