That will not happen until PCs get user-friendly (and reliable) enough for plug-n-play. That's why people love consoles so much--they always work, no drivers to download, no new parts to install (gfx cards, ram), no need to install games then download patches (although the patch thing is unfortunately becoming an issue for the console gamer). Well, that and consoles are much cheaper than a good gaming PC (even the PS3!).
FYI: If you don't want to do all the grunt work yourself, you can install a custom urlfilter.ini to your user profile and have those ads listed block automatically (just like Adblock). I'm sure you can scour Google for various filters, however the few listed in this thread http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t =1073836199 should suit the needs of an average user.
Of course, you can still block individual ads or whole urls or specific directories of urls in addition to using the custom urlfilter.ini. Anything additional you block just adds itself right to the filter, which makes it easy to back up your preferences.
According to TFA, Myspace is supposed to be offering pay-for mp3s of unsigned artists, so I don't think this will be an RIAA issue.
Also from TFA: DeWolfe said MySpace would be "enhancing and customizing" its online music store as the service evolves, aiming to eventually offer copyright-protected songs from major record companies. "I don't think the record companies are going to be interested in distributing music without copy protection anytime soon," said David Card, analyst at Jupiter Research.
I'm sure there will be a blacklist and/or filter in place to screen out RIAA-protected works. Although, I for one, would love to see a litigious duel between the RIAA and NewsCorp!
My thinking is that you must give them a reason to pick you, so you give a few tracks (or lower quality mp3s) for free, familiarizing your prospective audience so they have a reason to give you money for more (or better quality).
Most bands are already doing that. And if they are not allowing the songs they offer for listening to be downloaded, you can just record the streaming audio.
Actually, the big trend now is to like bands (or singers) who are NOT mainstream. Liking indie bands makes you "cooler" or more trendy than your peers. It's okay for some of your peers to like them, but once they hit mainstream, the kids bail and look for a new diamond in the rough. In college, I watched my friends ditch New Found Glory, Jimmy Eat World, and Pedro the Lion when they became more well-known.
What Myspace should really do is sell exclusive pictures of Pete Wentz. That will get all the teeny bopper girls to fork over their allowances.
This is going to turn out to be a pointless argument, so I won't respond to any other comments about this.
I watched Serenity, but I didn't expect it to be Star Wars. I had seen the previews and saw the story it presented. I don't think people are quite as stupid as you suspect. No one left the theater early when I watched it, but no one clapped at the end either. It was a mildly entertaining movie for people who aren't particularly interested in the TV series.
...which might just shake him up more than the suspension. Counseling still carries a stigma in high school (or is this middle school? it's been so long...), so if he's sitting in the guidance counselor's office once a week for the rest of the year, and all of his friends know it, he'll probably stop making those icons (or at least stop showing them to people FFS).
And it might even do him some good in the process.
Plainfield will never win in court. The kid did not state the school's name, and did not post it using school computers or during school hours. And they obviously did not feel it was a "threat" because as the kid's mother points out, they did not call either the Joliet police or the FBI. That makes it obvious they are simply trying to censor him.
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I got Nintendo Monopoly for xmas but I still can't talk my friends into playing it with me. :( I need more nerdy friends.
That's been going on for ages. http://www.peer2mail.com/ Although consistent support and involvement is spotty at best.
Obscure Sly movie reference FTW!
That will not happen until PCs get user-friendly (and reliable) enough for plug-n-play. That's why people love consoles so much--they always work, no drivers to download, no new parts to install (gfx cards, ram), no need to install games then download patches (although the patch thing is unfortunately becoming an issue for the console gamer). Well, that and consoles are much cheaper than a good gaming PC (even the PS3!).
FYI: If you don't want to do all the grunt work yourself, you can install a custom urlfilter.ini to your user profile and have those ads listed block automatically (just like Adblock). I'm sure you can scour Google for various filters, however the few listed in this thread http://www.penny-arcade.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t =1073836199 should suit the needs of an average user.
Of course, you can still block individual ads or whole urls or specific directories of urls in addition to using the custom urlfilter.ini. Anything additional you block just adds itself right to the filter, which makes it easy to back up your preferences.
You may need to install this extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/158/ but yes, you can change that behavior back to what it was like in 1.5.
5) Show me a piece of software with no memory leak issues
Opera 9.0. I have 5 tabs open, inluding one of Flickr, and my mem usage is 62mb. I minimize Opera and mem usage drops to 13mb.
According to TFA, Myspace is supposed to be offering pay-for mp3s of unsigned artists, so I don't think this will be an RIAA issue.
Also from TFA:
DeWolfe said MySpace would be "enhancing and customizing" its online music store as the service evolves, aiming to eventually offer copyright-protected songs from major record companies. "I don't think the record companies are going to be interested in distributing music without copy protection anytime soon," said David Card, analyst at Jupiter Research.
I'm sure there will be a blacklist and/or filter in place to screen out RIAA-protected works. Although, I for one, would love to see a litigious duel between the RIAA and NewsCorp!
My thinking is that you must give them a reason to pick you, so you give a few tracks (or lower quality mp3s) for free, familiarizing your prospective audience so they have a reason to give you money for more (or better quality).
Most bands are already doing that. And if they are not allowing the songs they offer for listening to be downloaded, you can just record the streaming audio.
Actually, the big trend now is to like bands (or singers) who are NOT mainstream. Liking indie bands makes you "cooler" or more trendy than your peers. It's okay for some of your peers to like them, but once they hit mainstream, the kids bail and look for a new diamond in the rough. In college, I watched my friends ditch New Found Glory, Jimmy Eat World, and Pedro the Lion when they became more well-known.
What Myspace should really do is sell exclusive pictures of Pete Wentz. That will get all the teeny bopper girls to fork over their allowances.
This is going to turn out to be a pointless argument, so I won't respond to any other comments about this. I watched Serenity, but I didn't expect it to be Star Wars. I had seen the previews and saw the story it presented. I don't think people are quite as stupid as you suspect. No one left the theater early when I watched it, but no one clapped at the end either. It was a mildly entertaining movie for people who aren't particularly interested in the TV series.
...and it appealed mostly to a niche market
...which might just shake him up more than the suspension. Counseling still carries a stigma in high school (or is this middle school? it's been so long...), so if he's sitting in the guidance counselor's office once a week for the rest of the year, and all of his friends know it, he'll probably stop making those icons (or at least stop showing them to people FFS). And it might even do him some good in the process.
That was my biggest beef with the old design. Italicized text is very difficult to read, especially big blocks of it. So hooray for regular Verdana!
Plainfield will never win in court. The kid did not state the school's name, and did not post it using school computers or during school hours. And they obviously did not feel it was a "threat" because as the kid's mother points out, they did not call either the Joliet police or the FBI. That makes it obvious they are simply trying to censor him.
exactly. eBay is just upset that their monopoly will be threatened. i also welcome the competition.
Isn't that entrapment? And isn't entrapment illegal?
From the title, I was thinking someone set a new record on the NES game "Balloon Fight." But I guess this is also noteworthy. :p