First of all the Napster of now and the Napster of old have nothing to do with each other other than the name. Secondly, why should Google be rewarded with exclusive rights to books, which the authors has to opt-out of Google getting, after blatantly ignoring other people's copyrights? This isn't even getting into the fact that not even all the authors that Google will be making money off of will get anything out of this.
Yeah cause it's not like the kernel devs have ever turned down ideas that later they would implement themselves after years of denial that there's even a problem with their original design. *cough* Complete Fair Scheduler *cough*
Exactly. The only reason why that fight went on so long was due to Monty's butthurt that he can't sell MySQL as a proprietary product anymore now that he sold off the copyright. I truly feel so sorry for him and his billion dollars.
Are you kidding? What consumer wants to spend $300 on Photoshop?
They wouldn't. They'd be paying for the much discounted Photoshop Elements. It's always funny to hear people compare Duh Gimp to the highest end version of Photoshop when making the comparison and completely ignoring the consumer-oriented version of Photoshop that's been around for 9 years.
Then you're apparently illiterate. To quote the link
We have now added the following Roots to the repository:
Buypass, a Norwegian CA. This CA has been provisionally EV enabled, please see below. Testsites 1, 2, EV. CNNIC, China Internet Network Information Centre. Testsite. Note: Currently we are missing a HTTP CRL for the intermediate certificate for this site, so the site will unfortunately not show a padlock. We are working with CNNIC to resolve the problem, which may include adding a CRL override. Secom (a Japanese CA) has issue a new SHA-256 Root, as part of many CAs transition to more secure certificate signatures: Testsite
Apple doesn't come with a 'this is a trap' label on it. So many unsuspecting users buy an apple product and then shortly after start getting pulled into the costly trap.
If these people are truly "unsuspecting" then they must be idiots. Especially in light of Apple explicitly telling people the limitations of the device.
I'm somewhat more sceptical that many consumers like that that "lock" is enforced by criminal law and that they'll be jailed if they ever try to leave the Apple store.
So which jail do I go to to visit all the people who have been thrown in for jailbreaking their iPhone and using something other than Apple's app store? Oh you mean no one has been thrown in jail for doing this? Yeah, I thought so.
I'm happy for a worthwhile organisation like the FSF to hijack a little for it's cause.
This is assuming that anyone at the event actually even remotely cared about the whopping 6 people protesting outside while everyone else was having fun on the inside. Their own pictures at the event shows that no one even bothered to look at them.
The voters are the ones that vote in the politician in the first place.
Ignoring the fact that the only remotely viable choices to make were bad ones?
The "blame big business" schtick is just an easy way for voters to excuse their own ignorance and poor voting behavior.
Only if you completely ignore the reality of the fact that the only viable candidates for any significant political office is going to be those with wealthy special interests backing them.
Possibly, but it's a far cry from this notion that they are doing it over some protest over Chinese censorship. They've been whores to the Chinese government for years.
You aren't forced to use any of them. Who is sitting there pointing a gun to your head and forcing you to call the 9/11 for the police or fire department to come help you?
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First of all the Napster of now and the Napster of old have nothing to do with each other other than the name. Secondly, why should Google be rewarded with exclusive rights to books, which the authors has to opt-out of Google getting, after blatantly ignoring other people's copyrights? This isn't even getting into the fact that not even all the authors that Google will be making money off of will get anything out of this.
But which hardly translate to Linux having "won that already" when their combined percentage is around 10%.
Yeah cause it's not like the kernel devs have ever turned down ideas that later they would implement themselves after years of denial that there's even a problem with their original design. *cough* Complete Fair Scheduler *cough*
OTOH, if most people can't manage to mention Photoshop Elements by name then it can't be terribly pervasive now can it?
Yeah, it's only listed #19 on Amazon's software list. That clearly shows that it's some obscure product. Oh wait...
It's the phone in the pocket which is the current battleground, and Linux has won that already.
That's funny cause Symbian owns 50% of the smart phone market.
Exactly. The only reason why that fight went on so long was due to Monty's butthurt that he can't sell MySQL as a proprietary product anymore now that he sold off the copyright. I truly feel so sorry for him and his billion dollars.
Give it enough time and kdawson will dupe it.
Just because somebody can pick up this project doesn't mean somebody will. Might happen — don't know, don't care.
Well then if no one picks up the project it most likely means that it had an insignificant audience.
So if that were true, then what's all the butthurt over MySQL about?
Are you kidding? What consumer wants to spend $300 on Photoshop?
They wouldn't. They'd be paying for the much discounted Photoshop Elements. It's always funny to hear people compare Duh Gimp to the highest end version of Photoshop when making the comparison and completely ignoring the consumer-oriented version of Photoshop that's been around for 9 years.
Except you tried to claim that the GP was wrong about Opera trusting CNNIC which is patently false based on Opera's own posting from last September.
Then you're apparently illiterate. To quote the link
We have now added the following Roots to the repository:
Buypass, a Norwegian CA. This CA has been provisionally EV enabled, please see below. Testsites 1, 2, EV.
CNNIC, China Internet Network Information Centre. Testsite. Note: Currently we are missing a HTTP CRL for the intermediate certificate for this site, so the site will unfortunately not show a padlock. We are working with CNNIC to resolve the problem, which may include adding a CRL override.
Secom (a Japanese CA) has issue a new SHA-256 Root, as part of many CAs transition to more secure certificate signatures: Testsite
Yeah, because it's not like they couldn't have easily chosen a Mac if they didn't want Windows, right?
You mean other than nv driver they released like 10 years ago?
Part of Calvin and Hobbes' popularity should be contributed to the lack of copyright in the beginning.
What the hell are you talking about? These are the first month of the comics and you can see an explicit copyright on all of them.
Apple has been making locked down devices for almost a decade. That this iPad is a locked-down device should be hardly any surprise to anyone.
Apple doesn't come with a 'this is a trap' label on it. So many unsuspecting users buy an apple product and then shortly after start getting pulled into the costly trap.
If these people are truly "unsuspecting" then they must be idiots. Especially in light of Apple explicitly telling people the limitations of the device.
I'm somewhat more sceptical that many consumers like that that "lock" is enforced by criminal law and that they'll be jailed if they ever try to leave the Apple store.
So which jail do I go to to visit all the people who have been thrown in for jailbreaking their iPhone and using something other than Apple's app store? Oh you mean no one has been thrown in jail for doing this? Yeah, I thought so.
I take it that you believe that the Ipad is just a large Ipod with additional functionality?
Is this ignoring the fact that this is essentially what Apple is marketing this as?
If users like the idea of being locked into the store, fine.
They apparently do considering how popular the iPhone, the iPhone app store and iTunes is. Have you been living under a rock?
I'm happy for a worthwhile organisation like the FSF to hijack a little for it's cause.
This is assuming that anyone at the event actually even remotely cared about the whopping 6 people protesting outside while everyone else was having fun on the inside. Their own pictures at the event shows that no one even bothered to look at them.
There are many places in the world that are *far better* than the US in this regard.
Such as? Please name me these magical utopia countries where none of the politicians are beholden to any special interest groups.
Do that and maybe the level of corruption in the US government could drop to levels that would be comparable with the rest of the developed world.
And yet looking around I see just as much corruption in those countries as anywhere else.
The voters are the ones that vote in the politician in the first place.
Ignoring the fact that the only remotely viable choices to make were bad ones?
The "blame big business" schtick is just an easy way for voters to excuse their own ignorance and poor voting behavior.
Only if you completely ignore the reality of the fact that the only viable candidates for any significant political office is going to be those with wealthy special interests backing them.
Possibly, but it's a far cry from this notion that they are doing it over some protest over Chinese censorship. They've been whores to the Chinese government for years.
You aren't forced to use any of them. Who is sitting there pointing a gun to your head and forcing you to call the 9/11 for the police or fire department to come help you?