""Our goal is to reach pet owners, any way that we can." - Newspeak Droid
Does that include spam and telemarketers, too?
I'm not entirely sure why they're not using 1 Download = 1 Listener, since Audible requires registration. The *best* thing about free podcasts to me is that they're in a format I can use on anything (MP3s). Any measuring method will require DRM and that's simply not something I'm willing to accept for free files, nor for Audible's overpriced content. The only reason I'd pay them for content is to *avoid* advertising, not so they can sell my ears.
Let me shout to the media:
I'M PAYING FOR THE CONTENT I DON'T WANT ADS.
Unfortunately talk radio is missing out on this new technology entirely thanks to bumper music agreements with the RIAA and some unions. One of the few to get around it is the well known Rush Limbaugh, but he can do it largely because of his popularity.
No doubt the majority of/.ers would like to see the CEOs of these companies fined and jailed, but the responsibilty in other matters such as accounting fraud can go down the ladder.
This is not a troll, at least not intentionally, but at what point does malicious programming become a civil or criminial offense for those who know most intimately what the software does and the issues it involves? Intention is a significant part of legal matters, and while I am entirely against "programming malpractice" laws, putting this into "programming malware" could put a dent into the industry. Just the stigma alone of criminality would cut the numbers of programmers doing it.
This is a free* website that you have choosen to visit. The fact that/. has an inate bias shouldn't concern you, it is a private site.
* Ad-supported does not mean free.
I mean, we don't need to know how stuff works. It just does, because that's how God made it.
Well, we got to gits us a committee together to make sure stuff isn't an evil invention of Popery. They don't even believe in the Creation Story, what kind of Good Christians are they?
Also Age of Empires III won't run on anything below XP, but there's no reason I can think of for such a restriction, esp. against Windows 2000, except to push towards the newer platforms.
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Oh ye Godless people, this is a sign from Heaven that the Lord is displeased with thine actions! Darwinism does not exist!
Isn't the point of Geocities that they're an ad-supported site? Why do they buckle under the /. effect so quick?
I don't think they've been told of the wonders of Britney Spears, Nickelback, and Democracy!
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Does that include spam and telemarketers, too?
I'm not entirely sure why they're not using 1 Download = 1 Listener, since Audible requires registration. The *best* thing about free podcasts to me is that they're in a format I can use on anything (MP3s). Any measuring method will require DRM and that's simply not something I'm willing to accept for free files, nor for Audible's overpriced content. The only reason I'd pay them for content is to *avoid* advertising, not so they can sell my ears.
Let me shout to the media: I'M PAYING FOR THE CONTENT I DON'T WANT ADS.
Unfortunately talk radio is missing out on this new technology entirely thanks to bumper music agreements with the RIAA and some unions. One of the few to get around it is the well known Rush Limbaugh, but he can do it largely because of his popularity.
This is not a troll, at least not intentionally, but at what point does malicious programming become a civil or criminial offense for those who know most intimately what the software does and the issues it involves? Intention is a significant part of legal matters, and while I am entirely against "programming malpractice" laws, putting this into "programming malware" could put a dent into the industry. Just the stigma alone of criminality would cut the numbers of programmers doing it.
This is a free* website that you have choosen to visit. The fact that /. has an inate bias shouldn't concern you, it is a private site.
* Ad-supported does not mean free.
Well, we got to gits us a committee together to make sure stuff isn't an evil invention of Popery. They don't even believe in the Creation Story, what kind of Good Christians are they?
Also Age of Empires III won't run on anything below XP, but there's no reason I can think of for such a restriction, esp. against Windows 2000, except to push towards the newer platforms.