The "1 in 10,000" false alarm rate was just thrown out there by a poster - if not I'd like to see a source for this. Just remember, 87.42% of statistics (including this one) you read on the internet are made up.
Well, if you listen to the postings on Slashdot, this is the 1,427th "straw that broke the camel's back" and yet, curiously, some people out there are still running Windows... Could it be that the entire PC base out there doesn't read Slashdot???
"You have to keep buying your Windows software every year or two"
Microsoft wishes it could put out operating systems that fast. It has been 5 years since XP came out, and Vista doesn't seem to be flying out the door anytime soon...
Ok, once and for all, I retract the word "popular" (even though one of Websters http://www.webster.com/dictionary/popular defitinions for popular is - frequently encountered ). IE is used by more people (possibly under duress, laziness, and/or ignorance) than any other browser. I do not endorse or condone this policy, I am merely stating a fact. I myself do not use IE. But a crapload of other folks do. That's it. Everyone happy now?
Care to explain the difference? I'm pretty sure in this case, either phrase works and is correct. Just because most people use something doesn't infer it's superiority or inferiority to the alternatives. Whatever your personal feelings are, IE is still the most used or "popular" browser.
Yes, it is always better to design for the minority rather than the majority. Why didn't I think of that?? I wasn't implying anything was better, just stating a fact. More people use IE than any other browser? Care to refute that? No, didn't think so, now back down to your parent's basement so you can post more stupid shit annonymously....
What's that in your head? Oh, ideals instead of useful knowledge...
Well, you can blame IE all you want, but you should realize it is still the most popular browser. If you are desinging sites for other people to look at, you may want to keep that in mind. It would suck to lose viewers due to browser politics... (or you could just say screw it and eliminate 75% of web traffic...)
You are only copying if you listen to something, then attempt to duplicate it. Songs can have the sound of another band, without sounding exactly the same, note for note. You get in more trouble by using samples of songs (without the artists permission) than you do by having a similar sound. The burden of proof that you willfully plagarized someone else's song is up to the accuser. John Fogarty was sued by the other members of CCR over his "Old Man Down the Road" song because it sounded similar to CCR's "Run Through the Jungle". The judge sided with Fogarty because the song was just different enough to be an "orignal" sound. Hell, even Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" was a blatant ripoff of Queen/Bowie's "Under Pressure" with just one single note of difference - he never got sued (and if anyone ever deserved to it was him). It's inevitable that somewhere two musicians have the same idea - but that doesn't mean they ripped each other off...
"If I myself want to write songs, record them, and (ObTopic) distribute them using BitTorrent, what steps do you suggest that I take to exclude cryptomnesia in order not to get sued?"
Stay poor. With the costs involved with litigation, the record companies need to go after deeper pockets than a small independent artist.
Seriously though, It's really not the hard to come up with "original" (as it applies to not getting sued by record compaines) sounding music - I manage a rock band http://www.bridgeclubmusic.com/ that sounds a lot like many different bands, but yet doesn't copy exactly anything. Everyone realizes that everything in rock music has already been done before, you just can't recycle it verbatim.
Sorry to hear radio sucks in Fort Wayne - the band I manage isn't signed and they get airplay on 4 different local stations in Minneapolis, and about 30-40 other stations nationally. What you need to get is good promotion and distibution deals. While being signed to a major makes this much, much easier, it is not impossible to do on your own. You just need to educate yourself on the music business as much as you can (espescially music law), and be prepared for a long, uphill battle.
True, but it is much easier to establish who did something first if you register for a copyright. Otherwise you may need to prove that you were using it first, which can be difficult sometimes.
Or according to your post, since "you" is not plural, I believe you is in the wrong message board. Oh I also wanted to ask, is it proper to use "is" or "are" when talking about fish?
PS - the "one or two other guys" are (or were seeing as they are dead) - John Entwistle and Keith "the Loon" Moon. (Kenny Jones also played drums after Moon's death.)
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The "1 in 10,000" false alarm rate was just thrown out there by a poster - if not I'd like to see a source for this. Just remember, 87.42% of statistics (including this one) you read on the internet are made up.
Well, if you listen to the postings on Slashdot, this is the 1,427th "straw that broke the camel's back" and yet, curiously, some people out there are still running Windows... Could it be that the entire PC base out there doesn't read Slashdot???
"You have to keep buying your Windows software every year or two"
Microsoft wishes it could put out operating systems that fast. It has been 5 years since XP came out, and Vista doesn't seem to be flying out the door anytime soon...
No no no no.... It's supposed to be a bad car analogy.
Ok, once and for all, I retract the word "popular" (even though one of Websters http://www.webster.com/dictionary/popular defitinions for popular is - frequently encountered ). IE is used by more people (possibly under duress, laziness, and/or ignorance) than any other browser. I do not endorse or condone this policy, I am merely stating a fact. I myself do not use IE. But a crapload of other folks do. That's it. Everyone happy now?
Care to explain the difference? I'm pretty sure in this case, either phrase works and is correct. Just because most people use something doesn't infer it's superiority or inferiority to the alternatives. Whatever your personal feelings are, IE is still the most used or "popular" browser.
Yes, it is always better to design for the minority rather than the majority. Why didn't I think of that?? I wasn't implying anything was better, just stating a fact. More people use IE than any other browser? Care to refute that? No, didn't think so, now back down to your parent's basement so you can post more stupid shit annonymously....
What's that in your head? Oh, ideals instead of useful knowledge...
Well, you can blame IE all you want, but you should realize it is still the most popular browser. If you are desinging sites for other people to look at, you may want to keep that in mind. It would suck to lose viewers due to browser politics... (or you could just say screw it and eliminate 75% of web traffic...)
"You know, when you bring something back from the dead, it's never quite the same again, and you usually wish you hadn't."
This is true whether you are talking about a company, or a loved one or family pet.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098084/
"Can we also blame Windows for the number of viruses and exploits available?"
Well, it would be a brand new concept on Slashdot, blaming Microsoft for something, but what the hell. Blame away...
Sounds like the infamous I-D ten T error to me... The old "error between chair and keyboard"..
Um, yeah the military is generally known for it's use of open-source technology...
Besides, everyone knows that Al Gore invented the internet by himself in a closed source environment...
Why? Everyone knows that criminals can't read...
Hmm, Troll huh? I guess a racist joke on a rascist isn't funny...Oh wait, this is Slashdot. Next time I'll aim the humor a little lower...
You are only copying if you listen to something, then attempt to duplicate it. Songs can have the sound of another band, without sounding exactly the same, note for note. You get in more trouble by using samples of songs (without the artists permission) than you do by having a similar sound. The burden of proof that you willfully plagarized someone else's song is up to the accuser. John Fogarty was sued by the other members of CCR over his "Old Man Down the Road" song because it sounded similar to CCR's "Run Through the Jungle". The judge sided with Fogarty because the song was just different enough to be an "orignal" sound. Hell, even Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" was a blatant ripoff of Queen/Bowie's "Under Pressure" with just one single note of difference - he never got sued (and if anyone ever deserved to it was him). It's inevitable that somewhere two musicians have the same idea - but that doesn't mean they ripped each other off...
"If I myself want to write songs, record them, and (ObTopic) distribute them using BitTorrent, what steps do you suggest that I take to exclude cryptomnesia in order not to get sued?"
Stay poor. With the costs involved with litigation, the record companies need to go after deeper pockets than a small independent artist.
Seriously though, It's really not the hard to come up with "original" (as it applies to not getting sued by record compaines) sounding music - I manage a rock band http://www.bridgeclubmusic.com/ that sounds a lot like many different bands, but yet doesn't copy exactly anything. Everyone realizes that everything in rock music has already been done before, you just can't recycle it verbatim.
Sorry to hear radio sucks in Fort Wayne - the band I manage isn't signed and they get airplay on 4 different local stations in Minneapolis, and about 30-40 other stations nationally. What you need to get is good promotion and distibution deals. While being signed to a major makes this much, much easier, it is not impossible to do on your own. You just need to educate yourself on the music business as much as you can (espescially music law), and be prepared for a long, uphill battle.
You can install the Directory Sevices client http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb; en-us;Q239869 for 98 that will allow NTLM v2 authentication, and you can disable LM - not sure about Kerberos though...
Millions of retailers using Win98 on their POS registers...
Hey, this is Slashdot, where "open source" is the solution to all of life's problems...
In Soviet Russia, engineers reverse you
Beat it AC, we don't serve your kind here....
"In a case where the law contradicts itself, the people with the most money win."
Isn't that the case pretty much regardless of contradictory law??
True, but it is much easier to establish who did something first if you register for a copyright. Otherwise you may need to prove that you were using it first, which can be difficult sometimes.
Do you ever listen to the radio? Do you think every artist gets sued for sounding similar?? No, only when it is exactly the same.
I believe you are in the wrong message board. The grammar discussion board is here - http://www.grammarmudge.cityslide.com/grammardiscu ssion.html
Or according to your post, since "you" is not plural, I believe you is in the wrong message board. Oh I also wanted to ask, is it proper to use "is" or "are" when talking about fish?
PS - the "one or two other guys" are (or were seeing as they are dead) - John Entwistle and Keith "the Loon" Moon. (Kenny Jones also played drums after Moon's death.)