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Member since March 31, 2000

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    Wally Nowakowski

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  1. Review - Mandriva Linux

    10.0 Beta (Jan 23, 2004)

    kimzn,

    what do you mean by this: "And as for the command line, you manage a whole network with out it"

    Sounds you don't like the command line. Well, it so happens that its one of the best features an operating system can have.

  2. Comment - MIT Builds Alarm Clock That Hides

    10.0 Beta (Mar 27, 2005 - 11:18 AM)

    LOL! If they had clocks like that... i'd be late for...everything.

  3. Comment - Artists Split on Internet File Sharing

    10.0 Beta (Dec 7, 2004 - 12:46 AM)

    Sharing music is not bad at all. The industry is not losing money from this. They're not making the money they wish they made. If I don't make $500 dollars tomorrow, I didn't loose that money, I simply didn't earn it.

    As noted earlier, many people found completely new music because of sharing.

    Turn on the radio and you hear music. How does the radio differ from sharing? The radio station shares music with thousands of listeners. If you say its for promotional purposes, then the music industry completely ignored the untapped potential of music file sharing. Instead of fighting it, they should embrace and utilize it.

    I downloaded Rammstein long time ago by accident and now own all their cds and DVDs. Rammstein wasn't available for legal downloading for a long time. iTunes only recently adopted it. I've downloaded this one song for free because someone was sharing, and the corporate got about $100 from my pocket. Lower the prices of music, make it easily and conveniently available, and profits will soar.

    You also have to look at the majority of people's income. Families that can afford $500 computer certainly is not going to liberally waste 3-4 hours work to buy a 2cd set when other expenses are present. To enjoy music, you need lots of it for different moods and tastes. The high prices of cds is what pushes people away from buying at the store and towards ease and convenience of downloading.

    Stop listening to the bull* that the RIAA and technology backwards people are saying about music sharing. Its here to stay and they need to learn to tap into the technology to work for them.

  4. Comment - Microsoft Aims for High Performance

    10.0 Beta (Jun 27, 2004 - 7:24 AM)

    Any ideas/guesses what or how will MS charge for this? By node? a flat rate?

  5. Comment - Windows XP SP2 Reaches RC2

    10.0 Beta (Jun 18, 2004 - 1:19 AM)

    Yes Slackware is great.

  6. Comment - RIAA Targets Over 500 Additional Music Swappers

    10.0 Beta (Jun 8, 2004 - 2:29 AM)

    Its different with files. You DON'T steal the files when you download them!!! You COPY them, meaning they have the original and you have the copy. Its not the same thing as stealing a car since you leave the owner with NO car.