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  1. Comment - Firefox 2.0 vs. IE7 in Vista: How Close?

    (Oct 25, 2006 - 7:45 PM)

    There is one website in particular that I visit that has an ungodly amount of pop-ups (unfortunately, its the only site with the sheer amount of info that I can use). I tested it with Firefox, IE7 (in Vista RC1), and Opera, and frankly, IE7 is the only one that blocked ALL of the popups. I still prefer Firefox overall, but IE7 seems to moving in the right direction IMO.

  2. Comment - Authorities Raid Largest Torrent Site

    (Jun 1, 2006 - 6:00 PM)

    Another example of legal use...a group just put out an animated short called "Elephant Dreams". The entire thing was done with open source tools, and they are distributing it for free.

  3. Comment - RIAA Sues XM Over Recording Device

    (May 18, 2006 - 7:41 PM)

    Actually, when you factor the number of copies produced by the big labels (millions and millions in some cases), its more like $.20. Most promotion is done with radio play (where a free copy is given), and on average most artists only make a few cents per copy sold.

    Most of the band's that aren't opposed to downloading will tell you that they make their money on tour, and thru merchandising.

  4. Comment - RIAA Sues XM Over Recording Device

    (May 17, 2006 - 7:15 PM)

    Something like that would even get the pirates in the theater...

  5. Comment - RIAA Sues XM Over Recording Device

    (May 17, 2006 - 7:14 PM)

    "Fair use" shot in the a** again...

    The RIAA has been given entirely too much power. What's next, suing anyone who manufactures a stereo that has a tuner and tape deck? After all, that would allow you to record what's on the radio. That won't happen (yet) and here's my opinion on why.

    The issue is that you can get a recording at cd quality, supposedly (I'm not an XM subscriber, so I can't comment on the audio quality). The RIAA didn't give much of a rat's a** about making copies of tapes or recording radio, until there was a way to do the same things digitally, without loss of quality over generations of recording. Now that we, the consumer, have the ability to protect our investments, they're up in arms.