Definitely don't vote UKIP - looks like a finely glossed-over bigoted BNP to me.
I voted Green last time (as much as protest vote as anything else) and my region (South-East UK) did get one of the two green MEPs, but the Green campaign leaflet has some nasty anti-science stuff in it and they are opposed to the Euro.. so I'm a bit wary of voting for them this time.
I have voted in every election I've been able to, and this year for the first time I really have no clue who to vote for. All the parties have policies that I seriously disagree with, except maybe the libdems whose leaflet didn't have any policies in it at all so it was difficult to tell (I do normally agree with most of their stuff but this time the leaflet is full of contentless crap)
The UK electoral system desparately needs a kick in the head - at the very least we need a "no suitable candidate" option so that I can exercise my vote without sanctioning any of the dangerous stuff that these people stand for. Still, at least we do get a semblance of a choice unlike the US.
It's important to know the context of this article. One, it's generated from a quote by Oliver Letwin, a leading Conservative MP. Two, the Telegraph is notoriously pro-Consevative and anti-Labour, and these figures are being used to bash the current Labour government.
Knowing that, it's clear to see that the paper will have taken the worst-possible interpretation of whatever figures it could find.
But what happens if you didn't, in fact, murder 'n' people, but have just been accused of it? Does that mean you should have to prove your innocence 'n' times?
(note this is not any kind of direct comment on the specific cases mentioned above)
To be pedantic, the Russian site creates a copy specifically for you - once you've finished downloading it gets deleted - that might make a difference, not sure. This happens because the file you download is encoded specifically for you, with your own desired LAME (or whatever) parameters.
....or the current gen Archos.. my Archos Recorder has an 80Gb drive in it right now (one of the Hitachi/IBM ones) and this would just fit nicely when I next run out of space, hopefully about a year from now when the price has tumbled a bit:)
To clarify - any copying is illegal under UK law, there's nothing special about MP3s. Technically, making a cassette copy of a CD you own for a walkman or for the car is equally illegal.
Since no-one prosecutes for making tapes for the car, I suspect it's unlikely (although entirely possible) that anyone would prosecute you for ripping CDs you own to MP3.
It's always easier to innovate when you're an early adopter. It's much harder to invent new music when the set of potential combinations of sounds and notes has been more thoroughly plundered.
As popular music "matures" (and I don't mean its target age group!) it becomes more difficult to make something new.
So while I would never deny that the Beatles were great innovators, it's not fair to expect any musicians today to have the same degree of innovation.
Quite apart from anything else, any real innovators in music nowadays get shunned by the establishment (RIAA et al.), so they either don't get to survive for 8 years, or they do innovate a lot over 8 years but you don't get to hear it.
Just as a troll: Radiohead changed quite a lot from their debut album through to Kid A in roughly the same sort of time period. They are popular and relevant and loved by the critics and fans alike, although they don't have the singles-market-penetration that the Beatles always had. Does that make them as good as the Beatles? I would argue that it depends upon your definition of "good", which will vary a lot from person to person.
Is anyone else getting so annoyed by pages which grab your keyword and then direct you to Amazon, no matter what the topic? Seems that every time I do a search on Google and find a site which looks interesting they're either just ripping Amazon's content or redirecting me there.
Guys, if I wanted to go to Amazon I would just type "www.amazon.co.uk" into my browser.. If I'm searching on Google it's because I've either already looked at Amazon and didn't find what I want, or because Amazon is really not relevant..
I've started adding "-amazon -kelkoo -dooyoo -pricewatch" and others to my Google searches recently which helps cut down the chaff a little, but doesn't seem to cut out all the Amazon ripoffs.
OK, silly me, I thought it was useful being able to read BBC News, Slashdot and The Register in bed. Ho hum, I'll get over it.
Blanket statements like "it's not useful" miss the point - for me, catching up on the new headlines anywhere in my house is just great - since I'm rarely far from my PDA charger it's not an issue if the battery will only last 2-3 hours while using wireless..
Why on earth would you want to surf for 4 hours continously on a PDA anyhow? I don't get it.. but if you do, that's fine, just remember that not all of us need that length of time in one shot.
I forgot to answer some of your other comments. I don't know about the multimedia jukebox but the standard jukebox has none of those faults. It supports ID3 tags just fine and never, ever duplicates MP3s (it doesn't have the ability to do that!)
Copy Apple??!! The Archos Jukebox was around for over a year before the iPod came out!
Yeah, yeah, the iPod is smaller, but explain to me how I can A. get open source firmware for it and B. increase the hard disk size to 60Gb.. both of which I have on my original Archos Jukebox, which is now at least 2 and a half years old and still working perfectly despite me taking it to bits and adding a new hard disk..
While it's absoluitely brilliant that we can all benefit from the software, that fact isn't as globally newsworthy as this, it would seem. This is big simply because it stands more chance of getting Linux and open source software into mainstream news, and unfortunately might manage a negative spin on an otherwise extremely positive movement.
That's why it's so important for IBM to blow this out of the water.
Much as I'm also getting slightly bored by these stories, it really is the biggest thing going on for years in the Linux (and maybe the whole Open Source) community. If, somehow, SCO succeeds in winning any of these cases it does have significant repercussions for most people who read Slashdot, somewhere down the line. (I know we all think it can't happen, but someone at SCO obviously believes they stand at least some chance..)
I know, I know, if there's infringing code it can just be pulled out etc, etc, but the PR disaster that would follow could spell real trouble for open source in general - we have to be careful here and not dismiss this totally, just in case it really does happen.
The blanket coverage is justified I think, because the open source movement as a whole really depends on this case being thrown out, or at least won heavily by IBM.
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Definitely don't vote UKIP - looks like a finely glossed-over bigoted BNP to me.
I voted Green last time (as much as protest vote as anything else) and my region (South-East UK) did get one of the two green MEPs, but the Green campaign leaflet has some nasty anti-science stuff in it and they are opposed to the Euro.. so I'm a bit wary of voting for them this time.
I have voted in every election I've been able to, and this year for the first time I really have no clue who to vote for. All the parties have policies that I seriously disagree with, except maybe the libdems whose leaflet didn't have any policies in it at all so it was difficult to tell (I do normally agree with most of their stuff but this time the leaflet is full of contentless crap)
The UK electoral system desparately needs a kick in the head - at the very least we need a "no suitable candidate" option so that I can exercise my vote without sanctioning any of the dangerous stuff that these people stand for. Still, at least we do get a semblance of a choice unlike the US.
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It's important to know the context of this article. One, it's generated from a quote by Oliver Letwin, a leading Conservative MP. Two, the Telegraph is notoriously pro-Consevative and anti-Labour, and these figures are being used to bash the current Labour government.
Knowing that, it's clear to see that the paper will have taken the worst-possible interpretation of whatever figures it could find.
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But what happens if you didn't, in fact, murder 'n' people, but have just been accused of it? Does that mean you should have to prove your innocence 'n' times?
(note this is not any kind of direct comment on the specific cases mentioned above)
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Fantastic sig!
(Based on Yes' Close To The Edge in case anyone was wondering..)
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They already do - both AAC and OGG, as well as others..
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To be pedantic, the Russian site creates a copy specifically for you - once you've finished downloading it gets deleted - that might make a difference, not sure. This happens because the file you download is encoded specifically for you, with your own desired LAME (or whatever) parameters.
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....or the current gen Archos.. my Archos Recorder has an 80Gb drive in it right now (one of the Hitachi/IBM ones) and this would just fit nicely when I next run out of space, hopefully about a year from now when the price has tumbled a bit :)
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You call Little Britain "quality"?! I think that's where the discrepancy between the two views comes from :p
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To clarify - any copying is illegal under UK law, there's nothing special about MP3s. Technically, making a cassette copy of a CD you own for a walkman or for the car is equally illegal.
Since no-one prosecutes for making tapes for the car, I suspect it's unlikely (although entirely possible) that anyone would prosecute you for ripping CDs you own to MP3.
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It's always easier to innovate when you're an early adopter. It's much harder to invent new music when the set of potential combinations of sounds and notes has been more thoroughly plundered.
As popular music "matures" (and I don't mean its target age group!) it becomes more difficult to make something new.
So while I would never deny that the Beatles were great innovators, it's not fair to expect any musicians today to have the same degree of innovation.
Quite apart from anything else, any real innovators in music nowadays get shunned by the establishment (RIAA et al.), so they either don't get to survive for 8 years, or they do innovate a lot over 8 years but you don't get to hear it.
Just as a troll: Radiohead changed quite a lot from their debut album through to Kid A in roughly the same sort of time period. They are popular and relevant and loved by the critics and fans alike, although they don't have the singles-market-penetration that the Beatles always had. Does that make them as good as the Beatles? I would argue that it depends upon your definition of "good", which will vary a lot from person to person.
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Is anyone else getting so annoyed by pages which grab your keyword and then direct you to Amazon, no matter what the topic? Seems that every time I do a search on Google and find a site which looks interesting they're either just ripping Amazon's content or redirecting me there.
Guys, if I wanted to go to Amazon I would just type "www.amazon.co.uk" into my browser.. If I'm searching on Google it's because I've either already looked at Amazon and didn't find what I want, or because Amazon is really not relevant..
I've started adding "-amazon -kelkoo -dooyoo -pricewatch" and others to my Google searches recently which helps cut down the chaff a little, but doesn't seem to cut out all the Amazon ripoffs.
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I forgot that a useful reference might help - try this.
Not just feeding trolls but replying to my own posts.. hmm.. bad start to the year.
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Not a troll?!! So, you've never heard of Tim Berners-Lee then?
New Year's resolution - I must not feed trolls, especially not twice in one day..
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Hmm.. I shouldn't feed the trolls, but how about the World Wide Web, without which you wouldn't even be commenting on this article?
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"Unix". No one would ever bother a company over anything to do with Linux
Well, except SCO of course..
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OK, silly me, I thought it was useful being able to read BBC News, Slashdot and The Register in bed. Ho hum, I'll get over it.
Blanket statements like "it's not useful" miss the point - for me, catching up on the new headlines anywhere in my house is just great - since I'm rarely far from my PDA charger it's not an issue if the battery will only last 2-3 hours while using wireless..
Why on earth would you want to surf for 4 hours continously on a PDA anyhow? I don't get it.. but if you do, that's fine, just remember that not all of us need that length of time in one shot.
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And Peter Mansfield was one of my physics lecturers when I was at Nottingham University :) - cool eh?
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Suppose we're gonna see lots of crappy flying car jokes here on /. and russia jokes.Oh crap.
In Soviet Russia, the car flies YOU!
(Oh dear.. my first SR joke and what a bad one..)
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I forgot to answer some of your other comments. I don't know about the multimedia jukebox but the standard jukebox has none of those faults. It supports ID3 tags just fine and never, ever duplicates MP3s (it doesn't have the ability to do that!)
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Copy Apple??!! The Archos Jukebox was around for over a year before the iPod came out!
Yeah, yeah, the iPod is smaller, but explain to me how I can A. get open source firmware for it and B. increase the hard disk size to 60Gb.. both of which I have on my original Archos Jukebox, which is now at least 2 and a half years old and still working perfectly despite me taking it to bits and adding a new hard disk..
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It's times like these that we need a "+1, Worrying" moderation level..
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While it's absoluitely brilliant that we can all benefit from the software, that fact isn't as globally newsworthy as this, it would seem. This is big simply because it stands more chance of getting Linux and open source software into mainstream news, and unfortunately might manage a negative spin on an otherwise extremely positive movement.
That's why it's so important for IBM to blow this out of the water.
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Much as I'm also getting slightly bored by these stories, it really is the biggest thing going on for years in the Linux (and maybe the whole Open Source) community. If, somehow, SCO succeeds in winning any of these cases it does have significant repercussions for most people who read Slashdot, somewhere down the line. (I know we all think it can't happen, but someone at SCO obviously believes they stand at least some chance..)
I know, I know, if there's infringing code it can just be pulled out etc, etc, but the PR disaster that would follow could spell real trouble for open source in general - we have to be careful here and not dismiss this totally, just in case it really does happen.
The blanket coverage is justified I think, because the open source movement as a whole really depends on this case being thrown out, or at least won heavily by IBM.
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Does anyone else find it funny that a guy called Katz is writing about Dogz..?
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You're missing the point - the problem is not that the same person always wins, but that Michael Schumacher always wins...!
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