I just can't get past the fact that you recommend Google Docs as a viable alternative to MS Word. I've used both, and there isn't even a valid comparison. Google Docs just plain sucks. Obviously, IMO.
Compare Microsoft Sharepoint to Google Docs, when it comes to collaboration and open sharing of documents, and you'll understand why. If I check out a Sharepoint document and start editing it, nobody else can open and edit it (they only get the option to read the document.) With Google Docs, multiple people can work on the same document at the same time, seeing what each other is doing, and no conflicts. MS Office is clearly rcs where Google docs is svn.
I've use OpenOffice/LibreOffice before, and it doesn't totally suck, but is still an inferior product to MSOffice. Maybe you just haven't used MSOffice?
I have, we are required to use MS Office at work, and I cannot stand it. The fact that MS Office corrupts MS Office documents so horribly from time to time keeps me on the edge with Office. I've had to recover a number of documents so horribly corrupted by MS Office that I'd prefer something that writes in a WYSIWYG format, so that when it gets corrupted I can just grab the text and move it into a new document. If everyone has the exact same version of MS Office, there isn't much problems, but if you have any differences in versions, MS Office is a pain to support.
Now it appears that the "entitlement" argument has been co-opted by the other side. "Can you imagine? Wanting to get paid for creating something that everyone else wants?"
I'm sorry that you feel it has been co-opted, but the truth is that it has always been there. Just as I am not entitled to use someone else's work without their permission, an artist is not entitled to a paycheck, nor are they entitled to control what I do with their work after I purchased it from them (except that copyright law prevents me from taking their work and distributing it.) Yet we too often hear from gatekeepers that the artists aren't getting paid enough and that things like DRM are necessary to prevent us from using their work in ways they do not approve of.
If everyone else wants something, the artist should get paid, but all too often we here the statement that "everyone but us" commits piracy, when if that were true, there would be no money to be made, which is obviously not the case with RIAA/MPAA labels making record profits.
What other industry is there where when you buy something, you get to control what that something is used for?
I just found GIMP for Windows EXCITE. Every couple of months I try and run my home automation programs in Linux. Every six months I get a little closer to my goal.
I use Linux right now to run my home automation. Simple X10 works fine, and I have no problem having my linux plug turn on/off lights and deal with the other automation.
Only thing it currently is having problems with is one-wire-weather, though that is because Dallas doesn't support OWW any more and as a result, everyone has moved on to other solutions. However, it does display the temp/baro/rain fine...I just can't get owfsws to display wind speed/direction correctly. Most of the current weather crap only runs on winblows, which is why I am sticking with OWW.
I have an Android phone and LOVE it. I just got an Android tablet and LOVE it even more. The thing I really like about Android is the openness. But, it doesn't run Office and other Windows apps.
It doesn't run Office, but there is office compatibility in several of the apps that run on Android. Plus, you can always upload the office document to Google docs and be done with it. Why you'd want Windows on a phone is beyond me...I have a hard time justifying installing it on a computer because of its instability and buggyness.
But I am afraid now they will not. Not that I care who "wins", but I was looking forward to running Office on a tablet with a bluetooth keyboard. That would be the true laptop replacement. But if MS is going to lockdown their devices like Apple then forget it. I will stick with Android and run an open office.
In my not so humble opinion, LibreOffice is far superior to anything that Microsoft offers. I have no problem opening Office documents on my Android tablet with bluetooth keyboard. I also have no problem editing them and sending them off. And in most cases, Office is compatible with the Office format, so the receiver can open them and do whatever. The problem is that Microsoft doesn't even follow their own specs, so some times Office corrupts the document after it is opened and edited by a non-Office editor.
If that is scientific proof, I've got this scientifically proven method for cold fusion that would make you millions; I am only asking for a million for it.
Re: Legitimate versions? Try getting a cable subscription!
How would Mike feel if we broke into the Techdirt CMS and took stories that weren't available to the public yet? He would be screaming about how this was violating his privacy etc etc. Yet here he his championing people who break into HBO's admittedly big CMS with an admittedly huge set of authorized members.
He gives it to you if you pay him $15. He doesn't make you pay Google $100 to get it for $15 from him, and he doesn't wait until next year to put it out on DVD form that you can buy.
Not true. They got records, CDs, tapes and T-shirts, which are resellable commodities even today.
I've got a couple Abba T-Shirts and CDs. How much do you think I can reasonably get from reselling them? I hope to make back my investment and would love to make twice the amount I bought them for.
I also have some Creed CDs. Those ought to be worth at least three times what I bought for them. Yeah, good investment there.
I am sorry, Fans don't resell CDs, T-Shirts, etc. Fans buy them to support the artist (though most of us are realizing the artist isn't getting much for them) to continue making music we want to listen to. MP3s may be worthless to you, but I think Creed CDs, T-Shirts, etc., are equally worthless. The only value they have to me is to support the music, and I suspect that is a common attitude you'll find outside of the music industry.
Not true. They got records, CDs, tapes and T-shirts, which are resellable commodities even today.
I've got a couple Abba T-Shirts and CDs. How much do you think I can reasonably get from reselling them? I hope to make back my investment and would love to make twice the amount I bought them for.
I also have some Creed CDs. Those ought to be worth at least three times what I bought for them. Yeah, good investment there.
I am sorry, Fans don't resell CDs, T-Shirts, etc. Fans buy them to support the artist (though most of us are realizing the artist isn't getting much for them) to continue making music we want to listen to. MP3s may be worthless to you, but I think Creed CDs, T-Shirts, etc., are equally worthless. The only value they have to me is to support the music, and I suspect that is a common attitude you'll find outside of the music industry.
The first rule of government spending: why have one when you can have two for twice the price?
As someone familiar with government spending, I believe you are being a little conservative on your numbers. Usually it is at least three times the price.
Re: Re: Of course I'm for helping artists, but why do you care?
I'm going to recycle your statement into what a Pro-Label troll would say:
You're always against labels making any of their profit. You call labels trolls for bribing the government to enforce the copyright laws. So why do you want to celebrate something that turns the industry into trolls?
Most of us here don't have a problem with labels bribing the government to enforce copyright laws. The problem I see, and I believe many of us agree with, is the labels bribing the government to make new laws that favor a very small, and predominantly international set of corporations over artists and the people of the US instead. And the fact that the government can accept those bribes even though such acceptance would be illegal anywhere else.
Oh, the legal argument fizzled so now you want to talk about the morality of it. How about the morality of taking the creative output of another without compensating the owner? That's moral? Legal?
I totally agree. The RIAA should immediately compensate the owner of Dejaz1 for taking the creative output of the site without compensating the owner. The RIAA used a flimsy accusation, not backed up by evidence, to take the creative output away from Dejaz1.
Rouge = Any site that doesn't buy MAFIAA protection.
Yeah, but the article was about Rogue sites, not red sites. I prefer hanging out at red sites like Techdirt, which isn't a rogue site, unless you are a shill.
Re: Re: Re: Re: It turns out the MPAA and the RIAA are not so stupid...We are!
Well that is great example of trying to double dip into peoples pockets and that is why it was rejected.
Oh, I agree. I voted it down personally myself, not because of the fact they were going after the money, but because they were going to charge both parties (multiple parties) the same fee regardless to who caused or was mostly at fault for the accident. If I am following all the rules and someone runs into me, I don't see why I should have to pay for it.
However, for cash strapped cities, it is only a matter of time before they look to new and innovative ways to screw the citizen who is already paying taxes. For alarm calls, I don't mind paying, as it forces folks to keep their alarms in good working order (and I have not had a single false alarm in a very long time.) However, asking for citizens to pay for fees to access law enforcement when they need it when they are already paying for it through taxes is not the way to go.
Re: Re: It turns out the MPAA and the RIAA are not so stupid...We are!
Home security systems. Every alarm (true or false) requires a police response at taxpayer expense, of course.
I pay for a permit every other year, and along with that permit comes one free alarm. After that, I pay $50 for the first alarm, $100 for the second alarm, and $150 for each alarm after that. They don't pay that police officer $150 for the 15 minutes to walk around the house (but then again, I don't have my alarm going off.) I wouldn't have it any other way though...I should be asked to pay for the services rendered, and I believe I get what I paid for.
Some cities don't charge for alarm calls, but many do. My city even went so far as to attempt to collect fees for traffic accidents (when police are called,) but that was rejected by voters.
Therefore, Apple users are twice as likely as Android ones to defect to the Windows Phone platform.
Ick...well, at least Microsoft will protect them from guys dressing up as copy machines, walls, and desks. I'd prefer to use a real operating system on my phone, thank you.
I just wish the Android vendors were a little more on the ball keeping up to date. They seem more interested in the sale than they do in the support, but luckily, with a rooted phone and the awesome guys at Cyanogenmod, I have no problems with support.
I've owned Apple computers since 1978 starting with my 48k Apple ][.
I gave up on Apple when they gave up on my Apple ][e. Although, I do like their PowerBookPros, but they are expensive hardware to run Linux on. Never had one fail, but an Asus or Toshiba laptop is a lot cheaper.
It was supposed to be a sarcastic comment. I am not naive enough to believe A] I can perform music well enough that people would want to listen to it and B] that even if A was true that signing onto a record label would be smart.
Sorry, it just looked like the common TAM screed. I should have my sarcasm meter checked, because it has been failing quite a bit lately.
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Re: Re: Re: This is a sad move indeed
Compare Microsoft Sharepoint to Google Docs, when it comes to collaboration and open sharing of documents, and you'll understand why. If I check out a Sharepoint document and start editing it, nobody else can open and edit it (they only get the option to read the document.) With Google Docs, multiple people can work on the same document at the same time, seeing what each other is doing, and no conflicts. MS Office is clearly rcs where Google docs is svn.
I've use OpenOffice/LibreOffice before, and it doesn't totally suck, but is still an inferior product to MSOffice. Maybe you just haven't used MSOffice?
I have, we are required to use MS Office at work, and I cannot stand it. The fact that MS Office corrupts MS Office documents so horribly from time to time keeps me on the edge with Office. I've had to recover a number of documents so horribly corrupted by MS Office that I'd prefer something that writes in a WYSIWYG format, so that when it gets corrupted I can just grab the text and move it into a new document. If everyone has the exact same version of MS Office, there isn't much problems, but if you have any differences in versions, MS Office is a pain to support.
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Re: Re:
I'm sorry that you feel it has been co-opted, but the truth is that it has always been there. Just as I am not entitled to use someone else's work without their permission, an artist is not entitled to a paycheck, nor are they entitled to control what I do with their work after I purchased it from them (except that copyright law prevents me from taking their work and distributing it.) Yet we too often hear from gatekeepers that the artists aren't getting paid enough and that things like DRM are necessary to prevent us from using their work in ways they do not approve of.
If everyone else wants something, the artist should get paid, but all too often we here the statement that "everyone but us" commits piracy, when if that were true, there would be no money to be made, which is obviously not the case with RIAA/MPAA labels making record profits.
What other industry is there where when you buy something, you get to control what that something is used for?
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Re: Re: Re: This is a sad move indeed
I use Linux right now to run my home automation. Simple X10 works fine, and I have no problem having my linux plug turn on/off lights and deal with the other automation.
Only thing it currently is having problems with is one-wire-weather, though that is because Dallas doesn't support OWW any more and as a result, everyone has moved on to other solutions. However, it does display the temp/baro/rain fine...I just can't get owfsws to display wind speed/direction correctly. Most of the current weather crap only runs on winblows, which is why I am sticking with OWW.
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Re: MS Office Replacement
I haven't tried that one. Will have to look into it.
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Re: This is a sad move indeed
It doesn't run Office, but there is office compatibility in several of the apps that run on Android. Plus, you can always upload the office document to Google docs and be done with it. Why you'd want Windows on a phone is beyond me...I have a hard time justifying installing it on a computer because of its instability and buggyness.
But I am afraid now they will not. Not that I care who "wins", but I was looking forward to running Office on a tablet with a bluetooth keyboard. That would be the true laptop replacement. But if MS is going to lockdown their devices like Apple then forget it. I will stick with Android and run an open office.
In my not so humble opinion, LibreOffice is far superior to anything that Microsoft offers. I have no problem opening Office documents on my Android tablet with bluetooth keyboard. I also have no problem editing them and sending them off. And in most cases, Office is compatible with the Office format, so the receiver can open them and do whatever. The problem is that Microsoft doesn't even follow their own specs, so some times Office corrupts the document after it is opened and edited by a non-Office editor.
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Re: Scientific Proof of the success of paywalls!
If that is scientific proof, I've got this scientifically proven method for cold fusion that would make you millions; I am only asking for a million for it.
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Re: Legitimate versions? Try getting a cable subscription!
He gives it to you if you pay him $15. He doesn't make you pay Google $100 to get it for $15 from him, and he doesn't wait until next year to put it out on DVD form that you can buy.
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Re:
Techdirt has ads?!? Oh, oops, turning off adblocker for this site. Sorry about that Mike.
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Re: Re:
I've got a couple Abba T-Shirts and CDs. How much do you think I can reasonably get from reselling them? I hope to make back my investment and would love to make twice the amount I bought them for.
I also have some Creed CDs. Those ought to be worth at least three times what I bought for them. Yeah, good investment there.
I am sorry, Fans don't resell CDs, T-Shirts, etc. Fans buy them to support the artist (though most of us are realizing the artist isn't getting much for them) to continue making music we want to listen to. MP3s may be worthless to you, but I think Creed CDs, T-Shirts, etc., are equally worthless. The only value they have to me is to support the music, and I suspect that is a common attitude you'll find outside of the music industry.
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Re: Re:
I've got a couple Abba T-Shirts and CDs. How much do you think I can reasonably get from reselling them? I hope to make back my investment and would love to make twice the amount I bought them for.
I also have some Creed CDs. Those ought to be worth at least three times what I bought for them. Yeah, good investment there.
I am sorry, Fans don't resell CDs, T-Shirts, etc. Fans buy them to support the artist (though most of us are realizing the artist isn't getting much for them) to continue making music we want to listen to. MP3s may be worthless to you, but I think Creed CDs, T-Shirts, etc., are equally worthless. The only value they have to me is to support the music, and I suspect that is a common attitude you'll find outside of the music industry.
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Re:
As someone familiar with government spending, I believe you are being a little conservative on your numbers. Usually it is at least three times the price.
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Re: Re: Of course I'm for helping artists, but why do you care?
You're always against labels making any of their profit. You call labels trolls for bribing the government to enforce the copyright laws. So why do you want to celebrate something that turns the industry into trolls?
Most of us here don't have a problem with labels bribing the government to enforce copyright laws. The problem I see, and I believe many of us agree with, is the labels bribing the government to make new laws that favor a very small, and predominantly international set of corporations over artists and the people of the US instead. And the fact that the government can accept those bribes even though such acceptance would be illegal anywhere else.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
I totally agree. The RIAA should immediately compensate the owner of Dejaz1 for taking the creative output of the site without compensating the owner. The RIAA used a flimsy accusation, not backed up by evidence, to take the creative output away from Dejaz1.
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Re: Rouge sites
Yeah, but the article was about Rogue sites, not red sites. I prefer hanging out at red sites like Techdirt, which isn't a rogue site, unless you are a shill.
:-)
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Re: Re: Re: Re: It turns out the MPAA and the RIAA are not so stupid...We are!
Oh, I agree. I voted it down personally myself, not because of the fact they were going after the money, but because they were going to charge both parties (multiple parties) the same fee regardless to who caused or was mostly at fault for the accident. If I am following all the rules and someone runs into me, I don't see why I should have to pay for it.
However, for cash strapped cities, it is only a matter of time before they look to new and innovative ways to screw the citizen who is already paying taxes. For alarm calls, I don't mind paying, as it forces folks to keep their alarms in good working order (and I have not had a single false alarm in a very long time.) However, asking for citizens to pay for fees to access law enforcement when they need it when they are already paying for it through taxes is not the way to go.
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Re: Re: It turns out the MPAA and the RIAA are not so stupid...We are!
I pay for a permit every other year, and along with that permit comes one free alarm. After that, I pay $50 for the first alarm, $100 for the second alarm, and $150 for each alarm after that. They don't pay that police officer $150 for the 15 minutes to walk around the house (but then again, I don't have my alarm going off.) I wouldn't have it any other way though...I should be asked to pay for the services rendered, and I believe I get what I paid for.
Some cities don't charge for alarm calls, but many do. My city even went so far as to attempt to collect fees for traffic accidents (when police are called,) but that was rejected by voters.
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Re: Platform Defections
Ick...well, at least Microsoft will protect them from guys dressing up as copy machines, walls, and desks. I'd prefer to use a real operating system on my phone, thank you.
I just wish the Android vendors were a little more on the ball keeping up to date. They seem more interested in the sale than they do in the support, but luckily, with a rooted phone and the awesome guys at Cyanogenmod, I have no problems with support.
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Re: Re:
I gave up on Apple when they gave up on my Apple ][e. Although, I do like their PowerBookPros, but they are expensive hardware to run Linux on. Never had one fail, but an Asus or Toshiba laptop is a lot cheaper.
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Re: Dear UK residents
It was funny in the post about Italy...now its just spam.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Wait
Sorry, it just looked like the common TAM screed. I should have my sarcasm meter checked, because it has been failing quite a bit lately.
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