if I want to use sky I still need to have a DSL connection which means paying for basic phone service from Qwest
Depending on where you are, you just have to ask/demand a "dry-loop" or "naked-dsl" connection. Here in Canada, even the devil-incarnate (Bell) offers dry-loop dsl if you ask.
It depends on where you are, but the good DSL resellers in Canada (Acanac and Teksavvy) both offer dry-loop as well as SIP based VOIP (non-bundled).
You are never going to make those people watching the process monitor happy, but I've never met a person who thinks OO.org is snappy and pleasant to use.
There isn't one on the surface. I suppose burning-garbage > electricity > electric heat may be a less efficient way to heat a house than gasification > gas transport > gas furnace, but that all depends on how good their process is.
That's exactly why an opensource marketplace doesn't have the same direct correlation between big payroll and big install-base. Despite all the comparisons people are making, Ubuntu doesn't have to make billions to be a threat to Microsoft's gravy train.
it needs to be a whole lot more than self-sustaining.
There are plenty of "true businesses" out there right now that would be happy to be able to pay everyone and turn a profit.
There are thousands of small businesses that do that kind of revenue every year, and yet we don't ask if MS is worried about XYZ business.
I think the threat is that a self-sustaining Ubuntu is no longer a rich guy's pet project, and is capable of continued development and growth. MS execs looking 10 years in the future now have to factor in what Ubuntu might do.
But if Microsoft had published this kind of data on users downloading habits, this would have been published under YRO.
That's a pretty strong claim, be it a double standard or hypocrisy. I would say that's unfounded unless you have evidence of an instance in the past where Microsoft collected data transparently, with an opt-in consent system which directly informed the user about the purpose of the survey, provided the user with a way of reviewing the data being sent off, used no coercion, published the data publicly, and the story was published as YRO. Sure/. sensationalizes plenty, but Microsoft (and others) generally deserve the YRO tag because they often don't make these kind of ethical concessions.
So why in the fuck would these people, having been so enlightened, continue to buy music from vendors which behave this way?
I really wish people would ask themselves that. IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Sony & other RIAA and MPAA have been proving for decades that people don't ask that question. Heck, this is pretty mundane compared to some of the consumer-controlling actions these companies have done in the past (rootkits, lawsuits, region codes, lies, locked down file formats, etc).
> Middle-aged people who drank between three and five cups of coffee a day...
Doesn't that amount fall into the "danger" range for hallucinations? I
Hallucinations from 3-5 cups a day?? Either you are mistaken, or this is all a hallucination... wait, if this is a hallucination, than you never said that... oh, I am so confused.
Make no mistake getting people off of windows and onto linux is good for us all
Maybe in persuading 3rd parties to support Linux more explicitly, but simply using Linux does not make them productive members of the community.
There is plenty of ways more users "contribute" indirectly. Word of mouth is the best advertiser. The network admin, back in his dark little room with all the blinking lights, can only talk up Linux so much. When the more usual "good with computers" people start chatting with friends about how they installed Ubuntu, or installing it on friends' machines as a solution to malware, instead of a collection of pirated virus scanners and such, then you get real "mindshare".
I'm sure it's posted elsewhere, but you have to go out of your way to opt-in to send these statistics off. Theres no coercion involved, and you know exactly what it's for when you check that box.
Sure there is plenty of anti-ms sentiment here, but your claim of hypocrisy, in this case, is unfounded and borderline troll.
Just like DRM, it won't stop the ``pros'' (they use CDs anyway). It is there to make people think before handing that external hard drive to their roommate, and it will add a little bit of fear to the mix when people see limewire or whatever on their kid's computer.
If air pressure is 14.7 pounds per square inch, and an 8x12' wall measures 13,824 square inches, that's over 200,000 pounds of force on the wall. Yeah, bricks aren't going to hold.
Which is exactly what the GP seems to have been going for. If they find a pirated track, it has your email address in it, and the signature validates (the file is unmodified), they can delete your account or whatever without having to worry about impersonation.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's also illegal in the U.S. for a lawyer to refuse a case based on their personal opinions one way or the other. Just because a lawyer made a case in court doesn't mean they actually believe their own rhetoric. Lobbyists, now that's another story.
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if I want to use sky I still need to have a DSL connection which means paying for basic phone service from Qwest
Depending on where you are, you just have to ask/demand a "dry-loop" or "naked-dsl" connection. Here in Canada, even the devil-incarnate (Bell) offers dry-loop dsl if you ask.
It depends on where you are, but the good DSL resellers in Canada (Acanac and Teksavvy) both offer dry-loop as well as SIP based VOIP (non-bundled).
(Google "Internet Explorer vulnerability" and restrict to last year)
You are never going to make those people watching the process monitor happy, but I've never met a person who thinks OO.org is snappy and pleasant to use.
There isn't one on the surface. I suppose burning-garbage > electricity > electric heat may be a less efficient way to heat a house than gasification > gas transport > gas furnace, but that all depends on how good their process is.
That's exactly why an opensource marketplace doesn't have the same direct correlation between big payroll and big install-base. Despite all the comparisons people are making, Ubuntu doesn't have to make billions to be a threat to Microsoft's gravy train.
it needs to be a whole lot more than self-sustaining.
There are plenty of "true businesses" out there right now that would be happy to be able to pay everyone and turn a profit.
There are thousands of small businesses that do that kind of revenue every year, and yet we don't ask if MS is worried about XYZ business.
I think the threat is that a self-sustaining Ubuntu is no longer a rich guy's pet project, and is capable of continued development and growth. MS execs looking 10 years in the future now have to factor in what Ubuntu might do.
oops, that's ftp.mozilla.org
I know you are joking, but, you can simply type:
ftp.mozilla.com
or
ftp.opera.com
into the address bar of Explorer (the file manager).
your classmates age -40 years. Everybody is 25.
Huh?
That's what GNU shred effectively does (defaults to /dev/urandom).
But if Microsoft had published this kind of data on users downloading habits, this would have been published under YRO.
That's a pretty strong claim, be it a double standard or hypocrisy. I would say that's unfounded unless you have evidence of an instance in the past where Microsoft collected data transparently, with an opt-in consent system which directly informed the user about the purpose of the survey, provided the user with a way of reviewing the data being sent off, used no coercion, published the data publicly, and the story was published as YRO. Sure /. sensationalizes plenty, but Microsoft (and others) generally deserve the YRO tag because they often don't make these kind of ethical concessions.
So why in the fuck would these people, having been so enlightened, continue to buy music from vendors which behave this way?
I really wish people would ask themselves that. IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Sony & other RIAA and MPAA have been proving for decades that people don't ask that question. Heck, this is pretty mundane compared to some of the consumer-controlling actions these companies have done in the past (rootkits, lawsuits, region codes, lies, locked down file formats, etc).
I'm pretty sure Java contributed to that video in one way or another.
> Middle-aged people who drank between three and five cups of coffee a day ...
Doesn't that amount fall into the "danger" range for hallucinations? I
Hallucinations from 3-5 cups a day?? Either you are mistaken, or this is all a hallucination... wait, if this is a hallucination, than you never said that... oh, I am so confused.
Make no mistake getting people off of windows and onto linux is good for us all
Maybe in persuading 3rd parties to support Linux more explicitly, but simply using Linux does not make them productive members of the community.
There is plenty of ways more users "contribute" indirectly. Word of mouth is the best advertiser. The network admin, back in his dark little room with all the blinking lights, can only talk up Linux so much. When the more usual "good with computers" people start chatting with friends about how they installed Ubuntu, or installing it on friends' machines as a solution to malware, instead of a collection of pirated virus scanners and such, then you get real "mindshare".
I'm sure it's posted elsewhere, but you have to go out of your way to opt-in to send these statistics off. Theres no coercion involved, and you know exactly what it's for when you check that box.
Sure there is plenty of anti-ms sentiment here, but your claim of hypocrisy, in this case, is unfounded and borderline troll.
Just like DRM, it won't stop the ``pros'' (they use CDs anyway). It is there to make people think before handing that external hard drive to their roommate, and it will add a little bit of fear to the mix when people see limewire or whatever on their kid's computer.
If air pressure is 14.7 pounds per square inch, and an 8x12' wall measures 13,824 square inches, that's over 200,000 pounds of force on the wall. Yeah, bricks aren't going to hold.
Who has? I'm curious because I would like to have that reference for future use... unless, of course you are just making that up on the spot.
Which is exactly what the GP seems to have been going for. If they find a pirated track, it has your email address in it, and the signature validates (the file is unmodified), they can delete your account or whatever without having to worry about impersonation.
You were concerned about privacy so you started signing emails but not encrypting them??
Or open an anonymous Gmail account (and turn on SSL)?
digging deep into the earth and dredging up old dead dinosaurs to burn.
Argh. No, oil from the ground is not from dead dinosaurs.
It's from the plants that lived during the time of the dinos.
Actually, a significant percentage of it is probably from algae that lived during the time of the dinos.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's also illegal in the U.S. for a lawyer to refuse a case based on their personal opinions one way or the other. Just because a lawyer made a case in court doesn't mean they actually believe their own rhetoric. Lobbyists, now that's another story.
I just love when people think everyone should know that they don't watch TV.
Everyone! I don't read billboards. Please make it known that I don't read billboards. I just thought everyone should know. Tell your friends!