Sheesh. Google started out at approximately $100- I'd expect something like this to start out much lower. I was thinking something like $20-30, but if it's $200 like that VALinux, that seems like a bad deal.
I'd go ahead and guess that Torvalds has a comprehensive, in depth knowledge of the Kernel, and Stallman probably used to have a comprehensive knowledge of the GNU userland (though I would be surprised if he still does enough coding to keep up with the changes to that).
The fact is, though, that you "can" know it is enough- because that means you can look up/audit/reference any part that you end up needing to know about.
And like I alluded to earlier, there's a difference between a full computer and something like, say, embedded hardware.
Is there an estimated opening price for this? I'm not really familiar with how IPOs work, but if the shares are low enough in price to begin with, even someone who doesn't have a lot of spare cash could invest in MySQL- I would love to invest in Free/Open Source software but I also don't want to be pissing half the money I spend on the "investment" on a brokerage firm and related stuff.
The invisible hand of the free market has failed left and right. Standard Oil. Carnegie Steel. Ma Bell. Microsoft. No thanks- I'll take a regulated market that guarantees individual rights by taking some away from corporations.
Stall the internet's progress?
I'd say allowing the cable companies to charge people for delivery of content would halt it entirely- there'd be no more small innovations, you would have to be a big player to have a website, period. Nothing new would be possible from the average person- only from the large corporations.
And what happens if all the ISPs make a deal that they will all refuse to honor net neutrality? Because that's what would happen- they'd all make a deal behind the scenes. That's what happens today- corporations ganging up to rape the consumer.
If this suceeds, I think we basically win the internet freedom war against the telcoms and cable companies- it'll be a long time before they can do any more damage.
Technically inaccurate, yes (though only the hardcore techies distinguish between the "internet" and the "world wide web". To most-likely including this senator- it's all the same.) Metaphor useful for getting the point across? I think so.
Congrats, you're a fascist parent. While your attitude is arguably correct for a 9-year old, it is beyond inappropiate once your child enters high school. If my parents tried pulling that level of bullshit on me, they'd find every computer in the household wiped clean. Of everything. I strongly suspect you're already not raising a child, but brainwashing one. Considering what you said about your religion, I already know you're a large part of the problem with this country.
It's certainly possible on a Free/Open Source platform. Granted, looking at the source code for every single application would be a humongous task on a typical GNU/Linux user's computer, but it's possible to do so on a smaller lightweight distro, or if you installed LinuxFromScratch.
The linux advocate pointed out the free software license, contrasting it with "piracy". Hopefully this is the start of free software making a real impact in the mainstream media.
How big is Canada's bloc of religious wackos who think anything sexual is so horrible it needs to be banned? I'm hoping it's significantly smaller than it is in the US so that this excellent example of free speech will hold up as something for America to follow.
Then it's still TV. You're just getting rid of cable (or satellite, or wahtever).
Replacing coax cable with cat-5 and "downloading" movies is no different than what Comcast has with its OnDemand service. So if you're talking about the delivery method, there's nothing new here- a switch to using the internet as a whole instead of "just comcast/knology/whatever" is not a "big deal" technologically- it's an obvious step away from the monopolization of TV, and doesn't really use any new technology.
A lot of people have paid a lot of money for bigscreen TVs. Do you really think they're going to give them up on a whim because Gates says so? There's a ridiculous amount of money in the TV industry right now- you can't block ads on live TV. People wouldn't be happy if their 50" widescreen plasma OMGHDTVOMGDLPOMG is rendered useless.
TV is here to stay. I'm fine with that. It gives me something to plug my Wii into.
It'd be fairly hard to put it into practice (would require the person to download a LOT without interrupting the download, say, by turning the computer off- though in theory that's able to be worked around) and would end up damaging the public perception of linux. Right now, most people don't know what linux is or have a vague idea that it's something that goes on computers and think it's for tech nerds.
A "linux virus" would be just the thing Microsoft needs to completely vanquish any and all hope of people switching to linux.
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Sheesh. Google started out at approximately $100- I'd expect something like this to start out much lower. I was thinking something like $20-30, but if it's $200 like that VALinux, that seems like a bad deal.
I'd go ahead and guess that Torvalds has a comprehensive, in depth knowledge of the Kernel, and Stallman probably used to have a comprehensive knowledge of the GNU userland (though I would be surprised if he still does enough coding to keep up with the changes to that).
The fact is, though, that you "can" know it is enough- because that means you can look up/audit/reference any part that you end up needing to know about.
And like I alluded to earlier, there's a difference between a full computer and something like, say, embedded hardware.
Is there an estimated opening price for this? I'm not really familiar with how IPOs work, but if the shares are low enough in price to begin with, even someone who doesn't have a lot of spare cash could invest in MySQL- I would love to invest in Free/Open Source software but I also don't want to be pissing half the money I spend on the "investment" on a brokerage firm and related stuff.
You do realize the feds just let AT&T, Southwestern Bell, SBC, and Bellsouth merge?
You're confusing American freedom/democracy rhetoric vs the actual reality of American corporatist oligarchism.
The invisible hand of the free market has failed left and right. Standard Oil. Carnegie Steel. Ma Bell. Microsoft. No thanks- I'll take a regulated market that guarantees individual rights by taking some away from corporations.
You pay extra for broadband instead of dialup, don't you? That's your low-latency pipe. There's a difference.
I'm curious- why do you think basically every Internet service costs about the same?
Stall the internet's progress?
I'd say allowing the cable companies to charge people for delivery of content would halt it entirely- there'd be no more small innovations, you would have to be a big player to have a website, period. Nothing new would be possible from the average person- only from the large corporations.
And what happens if all the ISPs make a deal that they will all refuse to honor net neutrality? Because that's what would happen- they'd all make a deal behind the scenes. That's what happens today- corporations ganging up to rape the consumer.
If this suceeds, I think we basically win the internet freedom war against the telcoms and cable companies- it'll be a long time before they can do any more damage.
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.
Ambrose Bierce
Correct you are.
Technically inaccurate, yes (though only the hardcore techies distinguish between the "internet" and the "world wide web". To most-likely including this senator- it's all the same.) Metaphor useful for getting the point across? I think so.
Congrats, you're a fascist parent. While your attitude is arguably correct for a 9-year old, it is beyond inappropiate once your child enters high school. If my parents tried pulling that level of bullshit on me, they'd find every computer in the household wiped clean. Of everything. I strongly suspect you're already not raising a child, but brainwashing one. Considering what you said about your religion, I already know you're a large part of the problem with this country.
In short,
Fuck you.
It's certainly possible on a Free/Open Source platform. Granted, looking at the source code for every single application would be a humongous task on a typical GNU/Linux user's computer, but it's possible to do so on a smaller lightweight distro, or if you installed LinuxFromScratch.
The linux advocate pointed out the free software license, contrasting it with "piracy". Hopefully this is the start of free software making a real impact in the mainstream media.
If you want to read it, I copied it here, it's 1100+ words, so I won't paste it into the forums.
You hit the nail square on the head. It's a shame we can't explain it to the politicians that way. After all, they think the tubes belong to them.
A true gentleman, for providing a reference to a video game?
My princess must be in another castle.
How big is Canada's bloc of religious wackos who think anything sexual is so horrible it needs to be banned? I'm hoping it's significantly smaller than it is in the US so that this excellent example of free speech will hold up as something for America to follow.
Why was the unstable branch fixing known bugs in the stable branch? Am I missing something?
I'd say you are, if you want a stable version to be getting changes made to it.
Then it's still TV. You're just getting rid of cable (or satellite, or wahtever).
Replacing coax cable with cat-5 and "downloading" movies is no different than what Comcast has with its OnDemand service. So if you're talking about the delivery method, there's nothing new here- a switch to using the internet as a whole instead of "just comcast/knology/whatever" is not a "big deal" technologically- it's an obvious step away from the monopolization of TV, and doesn't really use any new technology.
A lot of people have paid a lot of money for bigscreen TVs. Do you really think they're going to give them up on a whim because Gates says so? There's a ridiculous amount of money in the TV industry right now- you can't block ads on live TV. People wouldn't be happy if their 50" widescreen plasma OMGHDTVOMGDLPOMG is rendered useless.
TV is here to stay. I'm fine with that. It gives me something to plug my Wii into.
"I, for one, welcome our Google Maps overlords!"
It'd be fairly hard to put it into practice (would require the person to download a LOT without interrupting the download, say, by turning the computer off- though in theory that's able to be worked around) and would end up damaging the public perception of linux. Right now, most people don't know what linux is or have a vague idea that it's something that goes on computers and think it's for tech nerds.
A "linux virus" would be just the thing Microsoft needs to completely vanquish any and all hope of people switching to linux.