"There will always be proprietary video codecs, just get over it."
Yes, and there will always be corrupt governments and unethical, immoral big businesses (i.e. M$) that are only in it for the monetary gain and not for the common good of the people. Does that mean that we should just get over it as far as they're concerned?
I realize that this isn't exactly in the same ballpark with your comment, but that very attitude is a part of what is bringing down our society and what we used to value as our way of life. It is the complacency and the attitude that "Well, it's going to happen anyway. We should just get used to the idea." that's hurting us.
That kind of thinking is what eventually lead to our Revolution; we got sick and tired of the out-of-touch, big-headed, greedy, self-righteous, arrogant douche-bags telling us what to do and how to do it.
This country and our way of life has been steadily heading right into the proverbial crapper because far too many people ignorantly and/or lazily, simply go-along with what they're told by the media and the big-businesses that control what we do, how we think and what the government's next step should be, is the best way to act/think/behave.
One only needs to examine the various versions of our American dictionary (and for those of you that believe we should add more Spanish to the book that helps define our language and the way we communicate, just remember that all that that book holds originally comes from the Queen's English) to realize that our language continues to degrade simply due to laziness and the unwillingness of the masses to conform to what we used to think of as "proper". Have you read any books that were written over a hundred years ago? Can't you see what a huge difference there is between then and now in the spelling of common, every-day words and the changes our grammar has taken? Have you read of the numerous cases where many among us believe that Ebonics should be taught along-side proper English, because they believe that this (Ebonics) lackadaisical approach to our language should actually be considered an official dialect and that teaching young African-Americans English alone is confusing for them? Ebonics is nothing more that a form of slang, or "jive" and stems from those too lazy to teach their children proper English.
But pardon me, I digress. The entire reason for this rant is that your attitude of "...just get over it" simply will not do if our culture is to survive. If however, you are willing to eschew the ideals this once-great country was founded on, if you will allow those that want to see us fall do as they wish, if you no longer care about the very beliefs that made this country what it was, then by all means, allow M$ to continue in it's quest for total dominance.
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"There will always be proprietary video codecs, just get over it."
Yes, and there will always be corrupt governments and unethical, immoral big businesses (i.e. M$) that are only in it for the monetary gain and not for the common good of the people. Does that mean that we should just get over it as far as they're concerned?
I realize that this isn't exactly in the same ballpark with your comment, but that very attitude is a part of what is bringing down our society and what we used to value as our way of life. It is the complacency and the attitude that "Well, it's going to happen anyway. We should just get used to the idea." that's hurting us.
That kind of thinking is what eventually lead to our Revolution;
we got sick and tired of the out-of-touch, big-headed, greedy, self-righteous, arrogant douche-bags telling us what to do and how to do it.
This country and our way of life has been steadily heading right into the proverbial crapper because far too many people ignorantly and/or lazily, simply go-along with what they're told by the media and the big-businesses that control what we do, how we think and what the government's next step should be, is the best way to act/think/behave.
One only needs to examine the various versions of our American dictionary (and for those of you that believe we should add more Spanish to the book that helps define our language and the way we communicate, just remember that all that that book holds originally comes from the Queen's English) to realize that our language continues to degrade simply due to laziness and the unwillingness of the masses to conform to what we used to think of as "proper". Have you read any books that were written over a hundred years ago? Can't you see what a huge difference there is between then and now in the spelling of common, every-day words and the changes our grammar has taken? Have you read of the numerous cases where many among us believe that Ebonics should be taught along-side proper English, because they believe that this (Ebonics) lackadaisical approach to our language should actually be considered an official dialect and that teaching young African-Americans English alone is confusing for them? Ebonics is nothing more that a form of slang, or "jive" and stems from those too lazy to teach their children proper English.
But pardon me, I digress. The entire reason for this rant is that your attitude of "...just get over it" simply will not do if our culture is to survive. If however, you are willing to eschew the ideals this once-great country was founded on, if you will allow those that want to see us fall do as they wish, if you no longer care about the very beliefs that made this country what it was, then by all means, allow M$ to continue in it's quest for total dominance.