Comments on: people who are too stupid to use google depress me. http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/ Ramblings on law school in New York, free software, and the spaces in between. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:28:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dan http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3464 Dan Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:57:13 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3464 Oh, y'know I hadn't actually seen Dobey's original post. Makes more sense now. Hey Luis, a link to the original post might have helped, this being 2006 and all. :) (See http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/this-is-2006-get-with-the-program-westlaw/) Oh, y’know I hadn’t actually seen Dobey’s original post. Makes more sense now. Hey Luis, a link to the original post might have helped, this being 2006 and all. :) (See http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/this-is-2006-get-with-the-program-westlaw/)

]]> By: jonner http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3463 jonner Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:21:04 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3463 Dan, I don't believe there is a reference to get. From what I can tell, Luis is just saying that Dobey's argument today (in 2006) that non-DRM music is stupid because a non-DRM music store comparable in size and selection to itunes don't exist is as stupid as somebody in 1981 saying that Free / open-source software is stupid because there isn't any that's comparable with what's being offered proprietary software companies. It is true that there are no non-DRM music stores today comparable to iTunes music store (though emusic.com is pretty good), it's also totally unrelated to whether DRM is a good idea or not. Dan, I don’t believe there is a reference to get. From what I can tell, Luis is just saying that Dobey’s argument today (in 2006) that non-DRM music is stupid because a non-DRM music store comparable in size and selection to itunes don’t exist is as stupid as somebody in 1981 saying that Free / open-source software is stupid because there isn’t any that’s comparable with what’s being offered proprietary software companies.
It is true that there are no non-DRM music stores today comparable to iTunes music store (though emusic.com is pretty good), it’s also totally unrelated to whether DRM is a good idea or not.

]]> By: Dan http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3457 Dan Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:57:52 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3457 "Stay tuned for a post from 1981, where I discuss how since there is no free software, free software must be bad." Not sure I got that reference. Actually, I'm sure I didn't. I did, however, try to google it, to no avail. "It is my private blog; I’ll generally speak on it as I see fit, especially, well, frankly, when someone else is being stupid." Given that criteria for topic preference, how do you have time to do anything other than blog? “Stay tuned for a post from 1981, where I discuss how since there is no free software, free software must be bad.”
Not sure I got that reference. Actually, I’m sure I didn’t. I did, however, try to google it, to no avail.

“It is my private blog; I’ll generally speak on it as I see fit, especially, well, frankly, when someone else is being stupid.”
Given that criteria for topic preference, how do you have time to do anything other than blog?

]]> By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3456 Luis Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:43:22 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3456 It is my private blog; I'll generally speak on it as I see fit, especially, well, frankly, when someone else is being stupid. Stay tuned for a post from 1981, where I discuss how since there is no free software, free software must be bad. It is my private blog; I’ll generally speak on it as I see fit, especially, well, frankly, when someone else is being stupid.

Stay tuned for a post from 1981, where I discuss how since there is no free software, free software must be bad.

]]> By: Dan http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3455 Dan Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:37:43 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3455 Whoa... whence the vitriol? Quite a bummer to see such talk on Planet Gnome, unless it was friendly jokery that was funny to insiders. Anyway, I second emusic.com as a good non-DRM choice. And let's hope the upcoming Songbird app has much success in its attempt to integrate with non-DRM music services. Could change the playing field a bit, perhaps. Whoa… whence the vitriol? Quite a bummer to see such talk on Planet Gnome, unless it was friendly jokery that was funny to insiders. Anyway, I second emusic.com as a good non-DRM choice. And let’s hope the upcoming Songbird app has much success in its attempt to integrate with non-DRM music services. Could change the playing field a bit, perhaps.

]]> By: daniels http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3447 daniels Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:16:40 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3447 Yeah, personally I'm boycotting <a href="http://www.bleep.com" rel="nofollow">Bleep</a>, until they finally give me DRMed music. Having access to 320kbps MP3s of exactly the music I want for the last three-odd years is unacceptable. Yeah, personally I’m boycotting Bleep, until they finally give me DRMed music. Having access to 320kbps MP3s of exactly the music I want for the last three-odd years is unacceptable.

]]> By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3446 Luis Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:58:55 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3446 iain: yeah, not sure what part of '2 million+ tracks' or 'you can download tracks from these' was unclear, but hey... <shrug> if he can't be bothered to actually figure out what the services do, his loss, not mine. soren: emusic is also one of the top responses for those searches, at least here. Just further up the page if you read the ads. iain: yeah, not sure what part of ‘2 million+ tracks’ or ‘you can download tracks from these’ was unclear, but hey… if he can’t be bothered to actually figure out what the services do, his loss, not mine.

soren: emusic is also one of the top responses for those searches, at least here. Just further up the page if you read the ads.

]]> By: stephen o'grady http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3442 stephen o'grady Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:24:57 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3442 i get it now. most unfortunate. i get it now. most unfortunate.

]]> By: iain http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3437 iain Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:51:35 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3437 Just cos Dobey's still being an ass (quelle surprise) but doesn't actually have comments on his blog: http://www.emusic.com If the choice isn't comparable to itunes, its not my, or your, fault that he has shit tastes in music... Just cos Dobey’s still being an ass (quelle surprise) but doesn’t actually have comments on his blog: http://www.emusic.com
If the choice isn’t comparable to itunes, its not my, or your, fault that he has shit tastes in music…

]]> By: Søren Hauberg http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3432 Søren Hauberg Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:56:35 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2006/10/29/people-who-are-too-stupid-to-use-google-depress-me/#comment-3432 Ouch! Just for the record: google adds depend on your language. When I perform a search from a browser in Denmark the adds are from danish stores. I guess google adds depends on other stuff as well... Ouch!
Just for the record: google adds depend on your language. When I perform a search from a browser in Denmark the adds are from danish stores. I guess google adds depends on other stuff as well…

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