Comment Re:CSI NY (Score 1) 395
Bullets would bounce off his chest, but a punch knocks him down?
Comment What it'll take to get linux main stream (Score 1) 696
Its going to take the removal of any command line usage for mass adoption to do things like install software and setup drivers.
I still have no idea what the commands mean or do, when i need to get something done, i search and find it on a forum somewhere some random letters and slashes and magically things work.
As much as die hard linux users love the command line. Average people want a gui to set up things that does nothing but works. Once linux gets there, it'll stomp MS. Till then, it'll be only for hard core linux heads and those that have a hard core linux head on constant stand by to fix things.
Comment Why have time zones at all? (Score 1) 755
Why not have everyone on UTC?
If you in New York Open your store 0900 in the morning, why can't you just open the west coast store at 1200 in the morning in LA? Just becaue we are use to having things open 9 - 5 in a local time zone there is no reason why that hours can't shift? It'll probably happen after the US switches to metric, but thats my dream.
Submission + - Who owns the rights to a cover song? (pitchforkmedia.com) 1
doroshjt writes: "The Musician M. Ward has a great song which is cover of Daniel Johnston's 'I Go Home' which is now being covered on a Mastercard commercial. Who owns the rights to a cover?
- Though it's hardly a declaration of war, a recent post on M. Ward's MySpace blog points to the possibility of a Waits-ian battle brewing between the Merge songwriter and MasterCard over an advertisement. You've probably seen the ad: it's the one with the baseball fans from all walks of life, and it's for some sort of contest to win a week with your favorite team. It also features a suspiciously familiar song on its soundtrack...
According to the post, "MasterCard was denied permission by M. Ward to use his version of Daniel Johnston's 'To Go Home' [from Ward's recent EP of the same name and Post-War LP] — so MasterCard found some anonymous musicians to re-record the song. Neither M. Ward nor the musicians that appeared on his version have any involvement in this recording or the commercial."
We're not sure of the legality of a company using an inexact replica of a cover (judge all this for yourself by checking out the ad below). And if it came to a lawsuit — not that any legal action is mentioned — are the rights Ward's in this case or Johnston's? Nonetheless, it seems like a shady deal on MasterCard's part: Calling for permission to use a song in a commercial: 10 cents. Being rejected: free. Getting session musicians to cut a version of the song you can use anyway: priceless.
Submission + - Spyware given seal of approval to be installed
smooth wombat writes: Just when you thought headway was being made against spyware, along comes TRUSTe which has certified the first ten applications that have passed the certification process for TRUSTe's Trusted Download Program.
From the press release:
"The companies whose applications have passed the challenging certification process for the Trusted Download whitelist are all demonstrating a commitment to protecting consumer privacy," said Fran Maier, executive director and president of TRUSTe. "By completely informing users about the particulars of the downloads they offer up front, the participating companies are increasing transparency and giving control to users."
Some of the software which has been certified includes Coupon Bar 5.0 from Coupons Inc, Crawler Toolbar 4.5.0 from Crawler LLC and Save/SaveNow from WhenU.com.
From the press release:
"The companies whose applications have passed the challenging certification process for the Trusted Download whitelist are all demonstrating a commitment to protecting consumer privacy," said Fran Maier, executive director and president of TRUSTe. "By completely informing users about the particulars of the downloads they offer up front, the participating companies are increasing transparency and giving control to users."
Some of the software which has been certified includes Coupon Bar 5.0 from Coupons Inc, Crawler Toolbar 4.5.0 from Crawler LLC and Save/SaveNow from WhenU.com.
Submission + - Office 14 in the works
DesertBlade writes: I reported earlier that the next windows OS is due in 2 years. It looks like Microsoft Office is on the same timeline. Microsoft is skipping over Office 13 because of the stigma with the number 13 and moving on to Office 14. There looks to be a lot of changes for 'enterprise use' but it is still in the early plnning phase. They are planning on spend around $930 million A YEAR for development. With spending like that it should be something.
