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Connie Neil - Dec 20, 2004 10:08:40 am PST #655 of 10003
brillig

They are not supposed to be sold outright, in theory.

t snicker, chortle, guffaw Remembering Microsoft support days: "No, ma'am, I'm sorry, but six other people in two other states have registered that product already. No, ma'am, I can't give you support for a non-registered product. Not even if you ask nicely. Especially not if you swear at me. Good-bye, ma'am."


Jon B. - Dec 20, 2004 11:41:03 am PST #656 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

What does OEM mean?

In this context, they mean the stereo that comes included with a new car.


Wolfram - Dec 20, 2004 11:55:31 am PST #657 of 10003
Visilurking

Goodnight Nova. You were Supr.

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xnera - Dec 20, 2004 12:10:48 pm PST #658 of 10003
I delurk, therefore I am.

Rather interesting opinion article on the Bittorrent stuff: [link] Says that the MPAA's actions are just going to incite hackers to come up with a better tool--say, a version of Bittorrent that's decentralized.

And this CNET article says that the Nova that was supr folks are already working on one: [link]


Katie M - Dec 20, 2004 12:23:41 pm PST #659 of 10003
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

as of November, 35% of all traffic on the Internet was BitTorrent-related

Wow.


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2004 12:25:02 pm PST #660 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

as of November, 35% of all traffic on the Internet was BitTorrent-related

Sorry, guys!


Wolfram - Dec 20, 2004 12:25:35 pm PST #661 of 10003
Visilurking

Wasn't November when Bittorent added porn?


tommyrot - Dec 20, 2004 12:26:17 pm PST #662 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

as of November, 35% of all traffic on the Internet was BitTorrent-related

I've heard that stat a lot. I've also seen it disputed.


Connie Neil - Dec 20, 2004 12:46:26 pm PST #663 of 10003
brillig

Where/how is the best place to get one song online? I've seen you mention various places, but I'm willing to drop a dollar or so just to get a copy of Ozzy's "Mama I'm Comin' Home." I've got a dial-up connection on Win98 with IE6. There's got to be some place that panders to my run-of-the-mill setup.


§ ita § - Dec 20, 2004 12:48:35 pm PST #664 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Have you tried iTunes?

Which reminds me -- MusicMatch JukeBox has a super-tagging feature which tries to look up an MP3 in the CDDB based on its filename. Very good for clearing up stuff that was sloppily tagged.

I can't find that functionality in iTunes. Does it exist?