I wouldn't say that it should be removed from Google due to an Australian ruling, it should be removed from https://www.google.com.au/. I don't know anything about Australian law, but their laws should not affect our results, and vice versa. I'm sure this is what you meant, but I just wanted to clarify that point, just in case.
While it would definitely suck if these companies took on policies for the sole purpose of promoting the interests of another company, regardless of damages it might inflict on the public. We still have a choice to use another service.
If Google can't find what you're looking for, we'll find another search engine. If Facebook is stopping you from sharing information with your friends, people will find a new medium to share that information over. If banks stop processing payments... pretty sure that is illegal, so after switching to a different bank, and possibly pressing charges against your current bank, that would be resolved as well.
On the upside, when sharing something that *might* be protected by copyright is blocked, at least it won't be a criminal act that will put you or your loved ones behind bars.
A lynching sends a very explicit message from a community regarding some perceived threat.
It is true that lynching sends an explicit message, but mysterious deaths send a message too. Why is an explicit message worse?
What does the method of delivery matter when the end result is that you fear for your life on a daily basis? Communication is obviously occurring here, whether the message is implicit or explicit. However, now the targets of the communication have little support from society, depending on how ambiguous the message really is. The implicit message is just as dangerous, it is the silent and stealthy killer, the one that doesn't get caught, the one who makes you fear the shadows about you.
Not always true, I worked at a company with a receptionist who originally came from Australia. The first time she gave me some Vegemite, I was in love.. mix it with some Mountain Dew, and you have a recipe for yumminess.:) Now if only I knew where to find it locally, mind you, I am lazy, so I haven't looked very hard.
In fact its ability to isolate faulting apps is excellent.
I think its ability to isolate faulting apps is a little too excellent. Often times, Vista will report that an app has hung or is not responding and should be closed when it is simply performing a rigorous task. This leads to calls where the user keeps complaining about a crashing app, Photoshop or Quark usually (although Quark truly does crash very often). Often times in my experience, Vista is simply being impatient, and conveying that impatience on the user (who really doesn't need assistance in this aspect). *face palm*
What really sucks is that XP is a just-fine OS as well.. but if you try to config a system on Dell now with XP it is an EXTRA $150 (!!).
It is a secret to no one that Microsoft offers incentives to OEM vendors who comply with their policies. I'm sure no one here, including yourself is surprised about this. If the OEM vendor doesn't comply, they will suffer serious repercussions in their ability to compete with other vendors who do comply. Whether this is a bad thing, or a good thing is completely relative to your perspective.
Agreed, the Internet is an opt in service of interconnected networks. An entity only has power if you recognize them via route configuration and authority. I personally think that the idea of moving ICANN out of the US is a good one. I also don't think that any country should have a voice though. I think that only countries whose current infrastructure policies do not breach a certain code of ethics should be allowed to participate. So a country like China would need to get their policies inline before being allowed to have any voice in the matter.
As for defining the policies that must be adhered to, I will leave that to others more talented than myself. However, I would think that something like the code of ethics on lopsa.org would be a good base to start with.
Not only that, but this data comes from an unknown subset of websites. So what this information actually tells us is the Operating System trend for people who visit those websites provided they don't obfuscate their useragent in some manner. Most people don't do this, so it is probably fairly accurate for that purpose.
I would only consider this a VERY rough estimate of the market, as in their may have been 1% Linux share a long time ago that simply didn't visit their subset of sites. The truth is, no one knows for certain. These numbers obviously also omit server usage as well... so bluntly, this is a rough estimate of the OS trend of user devices and workstations that visit an unknown subset of websites. Make of it what you will.
I don't want these companies to be using my Internet connection to distribute their software and enhancing their profits.
As far as this point goes, I'd say just set your upload rate to 1Kb/s if you want to be like that. However, I think you are looking at it from the wrong perspective. Think of the peers as your... well.. peers. You are sharing a download that you find useful with others who have similar interests. If you choose not to help, that's your choice, and no one is stopping you from it. If uploading causes you inconvenience or additional charges, I don't see any problem with you opting out from uploading and just leeching. Some other generous soul will likely make up for your inability to participate.
If the downloader tool doesn't give you the option of limiting upload rate, use a firewall to either deny or shape traffic.
That HTTP source is painfully slow. You'd think with as much money as they get from subscription, they could afford a decent connection for their download server.
Hardcore gaming isn't a niche market, and never will be. This article has no basis in reality.
It assumes that because one market is booming, that another market has shrunk. That is just plain stupid. The previous market was untapped. Now that it is tapped, they assume the number of the other market is bleeding away into it when the truth is that they are STARVING the hardcore gamers. When is the last time a good game came out that was targeted at hardcore gamers that wasn't just a rehashed dead-end sequel?
The casual gamer will eventually get sick of the cookie cutter titles pushed on them as well. Then some article will come out about some other random phantom menace that is the cause of the death of casual gaming!
I think you meant to respond to the anonymous coward. I basically made the same point as you did, but it was implied in that I was asking something from him that seemed equally ridiculous as what he had asked of Alarindris.
And what OS would you run in that? Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium? If you have a license for those, why run starter edition instead on installing that as the primary OS? If you are going to pirate a copy, why not just install the pirated copy as the primary OS? Running an OS inside an OS on a netbook is too much overhead for too little benefit.
Not to mention *OBSIDIAN* is designing this game instead of the original developers. The company that single handily ruined the sequel to Neverwinter Nights by creating the filth that was Neverwinter Nights 2. Obsidian has a track record of picking up games that other developers had worked on, and ruining them... Just check out their game list on Wikipedia.
Actually, I'd say step one is destroying the said raided "panty" so that they can't be traced back to their original owner who may have... erhm... had an accident.
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I wouldn't say that it should be removed from Google due to an Australian ruling, it should be removed from https://www.google.com.au/. I don't know anything about Australian law, but their laws should not affect our results, and vice versa. I'm sure this is what you meant, but I just wanted to clarify that point, just in case.
Yeah! Those damned Canadians, Mexicans, Brazilians, etc.. always citing U.S. constitution! Curse you Americans!
While it would definitely suck if these companies took on policies for the sole purpose of promoting the interests of another company, regardless of damages it might inflict on the public. We still have a choice to use another service.
If Google can't find what you're looking for, we'll find another search engine. If Facebook is stopping you from sharing information with your friends, people will find a new medium to share that information over. If banks stop processing payments... pretty sure that is illegal, so after switching to a different bank, and possibly pressing charges against your current bank, that would be resolved as well.
On the upside, when sharing something that *might* be protected by copyright is blocked, at least it won't be a criminal act that will put you or your loved ones behind bars.
A lynching sends a very explicit message from a community regarding some perceived threat.
It is true that lynching sends an explicit message, but mysterious deaths send a message too. Why is an explicit message worse?
What does the method of delivery matter when the end result is that you fear for your life on a daily basis? Communication is obviously occurring here, whether the message is implicit or explicit. However, now the targets of the communication have little support from society, depending on how ambiguous the message really is. The implicit message is just as dangerous, it is the silent and stealthy killer, the one that doesn't get caught, the one who makes you fear the shadows about you.
Both are equally fearsome and wrong in my book.
But these are the same people who think that the purpose of X is having more terminal windows open at the same time -- or their spiritual descendants.
Pfft, there is more to it than that! You can also make them partially transparent so you can read more terminals at once! /joke
Not always true, I worked at a company with a receptionist who originally came from Australia. The first time she gave me some Vegemite, I was in love.. mix it with some Mountain Dew, and you have a recipe for yumminess. :) Now if only I knew where to find it locally, mind you, I am lazy, so I haven't looked very hard.
Just checked mspaint in Windows 7 RC1... looks like they added a ribbon interface to it, but it still doesn't antialias when scaling.
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An infraction of ones civil rights?
I'm just guessing here...
In fact its ability to isolate faulting apps is excellent.
I think its ability to isolate faulting apps is a little too excellent. Often times, Vista will report that an app has hung or is not responding and should be closed when it is simply performing a rigorous task. This leads to calls where the user keeps complaining about a crashing app, Photoshop or Quark usually (although Quark truly does crash very often). Often times in my experience, Vista is simply being impatient, and conveying that impatience on the user (who really doesn't need assistance in this aspect). *face palm*
What really sucks is that XP is a just-fine OS as well.. but if you try to config a system on Dell now with XP it is an EXTRA $150 (!!).
It is a secret to no one that Microsoft offers incentives to OEM vendors who comply with their policies. I'm sure no one here, including yourself is surprised about this. If the OEM vendor doesn't comply, they will suffer serious repercussions in their ability to compete with other vendors who do comply. Whether this is a bad thing, or a good thing is completely relative to your perspective.
No... yeah, no... yeah
Agreed, the Internet is an opt in service of interconnected networks. An entity only has power if you recognize them via route configuration and authority. I personally think that the idea of moving ICANN out of the US is a good one. I also don't think that any country should have a voice though. I think that only countries whose current infrastructure policies do not breach a certain code of ethics should be allowed to participate. So a country like China would need to get their policies inline before being allowed to have any voice in the matter.
As for defining the policies that must be adhered to, I will leave that to others more talented than myself. However, I would think that something like the code of ethics on lopsa.org would be a good base to start with.
Please excuse my misuse of the word 'their'.
Not only that, but this data comes from an unknown subset of websites. So what this information actually tells us is the Operating System trend for people who visit those websites provided they don't obfuscate their useragent in some manner. Most people don't do this, so it is probably fairly accurate for that purpose.
I would only consider this a VERY rough estimate of the market, as in their may have been 1% Linux share a long time ago that simply didn't visit their subset of sites. The truth is, no one knows for certain. These numbers obviously also omit server usage as well... so bluntly, this is a rough estimate of the OS trend of user devices and workstations that visit an unknown subset of websites. Make of it what you will.
I don't want these companies to be using my Internet connection to distribute their software and enhancing their profits.
As far as this point goes, I'd say just set your upload rate to 1Kb/s if you want to be like that. However, I think you are looking at it from the wrong perspective. Think of the peers as your... well.. peers. You are sharing a download that you find useful with others who have similar interests. If you choose not to help, that's your choice, and no one is stopping you from it. If uploading causes you inconvenience or additional charges, I don't see any problem with you opting out from uploading and just leeching. Some other generous soul will likely make up for your inability to participate.
If the downloader tool doesn't give you the option of limiting upload rate, use a firewall to either deny or shape traffic.
That HTTP source is painfully slow. You'd think with as much money as they get from subscription, they could afford a decent connection for their download server.
Keyword here is naive. Since when has it ever been a good idea to click around in links that unsolicited mail provides?
Hardcore gaming isn't a niche market, and never will be. This article has no basis in reality.
It assumes that because one market is booming, that another market has shrunk. That is just plain stupid. The previous market was untapped. Now that it is tapped, they assume the number of the other market is bleeding away into it when the truth is that they are STARVING the hardcore gamers. When is the last time a good game came out that was targeted at hardcore gamers that wasn't just a rehashed dead-end sequel?
The casual gamer will eventually get sick of the cookie cutter titles pushed on them as well. Then some article will come out about some other random phantom menace that is the cause of the death of casual gaming!
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SourcesList
All ubuntu installations use the main mirrors by default. Follow the instructions there and have everything downloaded and installed in 30-45 minutes.
I think you meant to respond to the anonymous coward. I basically made the same point as you did, but it was implied in that I was asking something from him that seemed equally ridiculous as what he had asked of Alarindris.
And what OS would you run in that? Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium? If you have a license for those, why run starter edition instead on installing that as the primary OS? If you are going to pirate a copy, why not just install the pirated copy as the primary OS? Running an OS inside an OS on a netbook is too much overhead for too little benefit.
Not to mention *OBSIDIAN* is designing this game instead of the original developers. The company that single handily ruined the sequel to Neverwinter Nights by creating the filth that was Neverwinter Nights 2. Obsidian has a track record of picking up games that other developers had worked on, and ruining them... Just check out their game list on Wikipedia.
Please submit a link to a post where you have done what you are asking of him.
Actually, I'd say step one is destroying the said raided "panty" so that they can't be traced back to their original owner who may have... erhm... had an accident.
Great! Now slashdot is guilty of being "Accessories to pirating" too. ;)