And what EXACTLY were they supposed to do otherwise, hmmm? For all the big talk here nobody seems to want to accept reality. Nokia is bleeding to death, dumb phones are going the way of 8-tracks (even the third world is starting to have home grown smartphones which all predict will kill the dumb phone), android is beyond saturated, MeeGo is a turd, and Apple and HP won't sell iOS and WebOS respectively.
They should have concentrated on further developing Maemo, which runs perfectly fine on the N900. A little spit and polish would have made it shine on all their future smart phones.
True. But Redhat put a lot of work into Linux, and I'm happy for my company to help fund those coders, so I buy RHEL licences.
Couldn't agree more. I use to run out and plunk down $ every time a new release came out whether I was running RH as my distro or not until they quit selling personal editions.
So here's an idea: pick the environment that fits your needs. Gnome, KDE, XFCE, or heck, throw components together that fit your needs. But quit expecting these projects to be infinitely flexible, it's completely unreasonable.
That was my solution when I saw I didn't like the direction KDE4 was going. Openbox with netwmpager, fbpanel, and feh allowed me to keep my environment free of garbage all over my desktop.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare..."
Does not guaranteed healthcare promote the "general welfare" of American citizens?
And you probably never will when pushing for policies that are designed to punish those with the resources to develop such technologies instead of rewarding them for researching solutions.
Look, I know I should give up when I'm behind...but does it really make sense to inhibit those who have the infrastructure in place to tackle such problems in favor of allowing those who are behind to catch up?
I beg both of your pardons. It's just that I read an article not too long ago of fears that the battle for the US drug market would spill over the border and that was the first thing that came to mind.
Not really. The U.S. member states constantly share information across borders and it's justified as "being tough on crooks".
Like how we manipulated Mexico and Central America to be our battlegrounds in our "War On Drugs?" Smooth move! One would think Europeans would be too smart to fall for this though.
Any aspect he has heard of (most likely through Doctorow or Geist) he makes a case for it being a violation of privacy. Without even reading all of it, he knows it's illegal.
Could you please post a link to all the ACTA documents? If not, all we can assume is it just as bad as the naysayers say.
Despite being one who would be labeled as a socialist by the likes of Limbaugh and O'Reilly, I do agree with you. Punishing humans for being human is really quite absurd. Religious nuts have been trying to do so for millennia and have yet to keep people from fornicating. Yes, the climate will change and no, penalizing people will not stop it from happening.
Sequester the CO2, absorb the CO2, utilize the CO2? Many smarter people than me who aren't obsessed with penalizing over cure can probably provide even better solution paths than I. If a car analogy is needed think air bags over removing driving privileges.
Perhaps, but if you obsess on stopping Jane from throwing balls your just wasting your time. Far better would to be focus your efforts on preventing the ball from hitting the window instead.
Though I agree that humans are a significant contributor to climate change arguing the point is a waste of effort. Once the window is broken it really doesn't matter whether it was Billy or Jane who was the culprit, the most important thing is to replace the glass to prevent the basement from flooding.
If this is a give a fish/teach to fish case wouldn't the best thing for the Haitian people be to instruct them how to connect without ISPs? That way they would be free from both NGO dependence and protected from profiteers.
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The lives of insects scurrying around in darkness are measured in days, the lives of trees basking in sunshine are measured in centuries.
Still can't believe they murdered a fine sci-fi action adventure series with that garbage.
And what EXACTLY were they supposed to do otherwise, hmmm? For all the big talk here nobody seems to want to accept reality. Nokia is bleeding to death, dumb phones are going the way of 8-tracks (even the third world is starting to have home grown smartphones which all predict will kill the dumb phone), android is beyond saturated, MeeGo is a turd, and Apple and HP won't sell iOS and WebOS respectively.
They should have concentrated on further developing Maemo, which runs perfectly fine on the N900. A little spit and polish would have made it shine on all their future smart phones.
...the Cell might have had when they locked down the PS3.
...processor is that the company selling it's flagship product decided to lock out people wanting to experiment with it.
...platform where you don't have to worry about some idiot company dictating what software you run on the hardware you purchased, don't you think?
...even for us old farts.
In Firefox preferences you can disable loading images, why wouldn't there be an option to do the same with video?
True. But Redhat put a lot of work into Linux, and I'm happy for my company to help fund those coders, so I buy RHEL licences.
Couldn't agree more. I use to run out and plunk down $ every time a new release came out whether I was running RH as my distro or not until they quit selling personal editions.
Firefox warns that "this website (apirocks.com) is asking to store data on your computer for offline use." No thanks, I'll pass on that.
So here's an idea: pick the environment that fits your needs. Gnome, KDE, XFCE, or heck, throw components together that fit your needs. But quit expecting these projects to be infinitely flexible, it's completely unreasonable.
That was my solution when I saw I didn't like the direction KDE4 was going. Openbox with netwmpager, fbpanel, and feh allowed me to keep my environment free of garbage all over my desktop.
Now if only iPhone owners could do what they want with the hardware they purchased.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare..."
Does not guaranteed healthcare promote the "general welfare" of American citizens?
And you probably never will when pushing for policies that are designed to punish those with the resources to develop such technologies instead of rewarding them for researching solutions.
Look, I know I should give up when I'm behind...but does it really make sense to inhibit those who have the infrastructure in place to tackle such problems in favor of allowing those who are behind to catch up?
I beg both of your pardons. It's just that I read an article not too long ago of fears that the battle for the US drug market would spill over the border and that was the first thing that came to mind.
No one needs to read a whole document once you find one illegality. Just that one makes the whole document illegal. No need to read further.
Guess you've never read a Microsoft EULA, eh?
Not really. The U.S. member states constantly share information across borders and it's justified as "being tough on crooks".
Like how we manipulated Mexico and Central America to be our battlegrounds in our "War On Drugs?" Smooth move! One would think Europeans would be too smart to fall for this though.
Any aspect he has heard of (most likely through Doctorow or Geist) he makes a case for it being a violation of privacy. Without even reading all of it, he knows it's illegal.
Could you please post a link to all the ACTA documents? If not, all we can assume is it just as bad as the naysayers say.
I see you think like I do, so obviously you are not smarter than I me. Hopefully those who are are focusing their time on the cure, not the cause.
Despite being one who would be labeled as a socialist by the likes of Limbaugh and O'Reilly, I do agree with you. Punishing humans for being human is really quite absurd. Religious nuts have been trying to do so for millennia and have yet to keep people from fornicating. Yes, the climate will change and no, penalizing people will not stop it from happening.
Sequester the CO2, absorb the CO2, utilize the CO2? Many smarter people than me who aren't obsessed with penalizing over cure can probably provide even better solution paths than I. If a car analogy is needed think air bags over removing driving privileges.
Perhaps this would be a decent start?
Perhaps, but if you obsess on stopping Jane from throwing balls your just wasting your time. Far better would to be focus your efforts on preventing the ball from hitting the window instead.
Though I agree that humans are a significant contributor to climate change arguing the point is a waste of effort. Once the window is broken it really doesn't matter whether it was Billy or Jane who was the culprit, the most important thing is to replace the glass to prevent the basement from flooding.
If this is a give a fish/teach to fish case wouldn't the best thing for the Haitian people be to instruct them how to connect without ISPs? That way they would be free from both NGO dependence and protected from profiteers.