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Submission + - Trent Reznor Vs the Music Labels

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @05:21PM

eldavojohn writes: "While it may not seem pertinent to Slashdot, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, had a frank interview in which he described his pained relationship with his label and record label executives. Reznor complained about his band's latest album, Year Zero, that hasn't sold too well but is still on everyone's iPod. Reznor explains that he asked an executive why the album cost (AUS) $10 more than any other album and got a reply that his fans are loyal so the label knows they'll buy anything at any price. You can imagine that Reznor's reply was not a happy one. One of the more interesting quotes involves Reznor explaining how he would like to release his next album, "If I could do what I want right now, I would put out my next album, you could download it from my site at as high a bit-rate as you want, pay $4 through PayPal." Reminds me of what Stephen King tried years ago. Trent Reznor's interview is an interesting tale from someone on the other side of the RIAA war machine."

Submission + - Mpeg2 Editing in Ubuntu Linux

Submitted by

Synchis

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @02:24PM

Synchis writes: "I've just switched from Windows to Ubuntu Linux (hooray!), but one of my hobbies is video editing. Is there a frame-level mpeg2 video editing package for linux that is reasonably fast and easy to use? Also, I would love to know what is the best package for authoring DVD's in linux. If I could get these last 2 applications, I would forever be rid of Windows. :)"

Submission + - RIAA, MPAA, Microsoft & Co Form Copyright Alli

Submitted by

The Illegal Subset of the Integers

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @02:00PM

The Illegal Subset of the Integers writes: "Not satisfied with the current strength of copyright law, in which children and grandmothers who have never used computers can be forced to face expensive lawsuits to prove their innocence, the RIAA, MPAA, Microsoft, Disney and others have banded together to form the Copyright Alliance. This new lobbying group's members have previously argued for strengthening legal protections for DRM, lowering the standards of proof required for successful infringement claims, and increasing penalties for copyright infringement, while wishing to limit defenses against infringement like copyright misuse and fair use. Reactions fall along predictable lines with Rep. Berman (D-CA), who cites Jack Valenti as his inspiration, praising the new group's creation as "a tremendous idea" while the EFF, CEA & co. are launching the Digital Freedom Campaign to support reforms like Rep. Boucher's (D-VA) Fair Use Act, that would repeal or weaken parts of the DMCA."

Submission + - Woman trades sex for WOW gold

Submitted by JTT on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @01:56PM

JTT writes: There are multiple sites reporting that in April a woman used craigslist to trade sex for WOW gold in order to purchase an 'Epic Flying Mount'. Aparent pictures of the craigslist ads can also be found floating around the net. The 'player' followed up with 'I got MY epic mount AND I got laid which is more than most of you failures can ever hope for.'

Journal Journal: Are most IT people just average users with computer jobs?

Journal by NyteGeek on Wednesday April 11, 2007 @10:56AM

When I was not even a year old the most advanced Intel microprocessor, was an 8bit 8080 running at a whopping 2 megahertz. It sold for around $360 at the time. It was the last stop before the x86 processor. It was used in the MITS Altair 8800. The first programming language written for it was Microsoft's first product, ALTAIR Basic.

Submission + - Vulnerability disclosure for 70 million websites

Submitted by sectest on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @04:47PM

sectest writes: CSO has a "chilling" article about the shifting landscape of vulnerability disclosure from shrink-wrapped software to real-world websites. "Grossman (CTO, WhiteHat Security) claims XSS vulnerabilities can be found in 70 percent of websites." ... "If you apply those number to a recent Netcraft survey, which estimated that there are close to 100 million websites, you've got 70 million sites with XSS vulnerabilities. Repairing them one-off, two-off, 200,000-off is spitting in the proverbial ocean." Also unclear is the legality of even finding a vulnerability in a website. Recent high profile prosecutions have cautioned security researches about sharing their discoveries. And if those people stop looking, "That leaves the malicious ones, unconcerned by the legal or social implications of what they do, as the dominant demographic still looking for Web vulnerabilities."

Submission + - Woman Killed In Wii-Related Competition

Submitted by snuffin on Monday January 15, 2007 @02:40PM

snuffin writes: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st ory=12396 Cleaning the Gene pool. A twenty-eight year old Sacramento mother of three has died of water intoxication after taking part in a local radio competition to win a Wii console. Jennifer Strange was found dead on Friday at her home after taking part in a contest named "Hold your wee for a Wii" at the studios of radio station KDND 107.9. The competition involved drinking large quantities of water, with the last person to go to the toilet winning a Wii console — currently out of stock in most of North America.

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