Yes but they offer no solution. We really do have only one true choice - buy it or don't. We can complain sure, but that doesn't change anything. You say consumers shouldn't accept it. But what other action can consumers take? We protest with our money in this system.
It's the other way around actually. Dems = blue, reps = red. But that's just an over analysis of tie color by news pundits.
For instance GWB used a blue tie for all of this State of the Union addresses. Commentators said it was a good will gesture towards the dems. But he may have just liked the color blue.
I know right. Why should anyone worry about a country that loathes personal freedoms? They just want to be left alone after all. Poor old China, always getting the shaft.
Well I understand the concern. But the thing is the UK has over 4M cameras in use already with over 500,000 being in London alone. Think about how much coverage they already have.
I think this is more of a new toy they want to play with, but it won't really have much impact on the privacy there. They already have close to zero privacy.
Yeah agreed. I don't understand the obsession with being some professional suit behind a desk. If anything I want to be more like the plumber who works with his hands and understands his worth because it's self-evident. How people view me is not my concern, it's how I feel about myself and my work that matters.
As far as salary goes, well hell I sit behind a desk and stare at a glowing rectangle for a living! Sure it's challenging otherwise I wouldn't do it, but it beats a lot of other jobs. Like say, being a mason. Back breaking work, no health benefits, and a lot of the jobs are taken by illegal immigrants.
It's that whole "are you happy where you are at" thing. Some aren't. But I am. IT has treated me well. I don't know of any other profession that I can make 6-figures without a degree of any sort. If you think this industry isn't merit based you haven't been around long enough. Money talks and bullshit walks, or is forced out with pink slip in hand. I like that it is still that way and has not turned into a game of "my paper on the wall is fancier than yours" like so many professions have.
Helicopters are already here. I don't see any outrage over those.
Besides, it's a little late to say "oh you know we may have privacy issues" in the UK of all places. There's a camera on every street corner and then some.
I'm not for this or against it. IMHO it's just like a helo circling all day which in some places, like LA, is not too far from the current reality.
After 15 years I can say to the younger generation coming in with 100% certainty - go independent.
What does this mean? Well obviously you need experience so getting a job to bootstrap yourself and pay your rent is first priority. But what you do on the side will impact your career greatly.
Things you can do in your spare time: 1. Work on an Open Source project and wrap it into a solution you can sell as a service 2. Create your own shrink-wrapped application and sell it
Either way you are partaking in the foundation of wealth - ownership. Only through ownership can you be truly "free" in the western world. Owners are first class citizens in any country. Everyone else is just a worker bee.
Just to convince you let me break down a little math for you. I currently bill our clients at around $190/hr for my programming services and I'm in an average "enterprise software" development position. But I only get a fraction of that - let's say around $50/hr for argument's sake. Some goes to infrastructure but the majority of that profit goes to the ownership. If you are the owner you get it all. Yes it's more work. But let me ask you this - would you put in 10-20 more hours per week to make 3-4 times as much? And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Some indy developers have really made a name for themselves and a fortune to boot.
And if it all fails, you still have that experience to learn from. Nothing ventured nothing gained.
Don't be a developer. They will work you 24/7. You will be cuffed to your desk most of the day. Your hair will turn gray and fall out around the edges so you'll have a friar cut. They'll water board you for overtime. They make you buy your own computer, desk, and chair. You aren't allowed outside except for one hour a day of supervised time in the yard. Coworkers will shank you with shivs made from sharpened USB drives. You'll have to gang up to get respect. First thing you'll have to do when you come to work is shank someone, to let them know you mean business! Wages are a lie. You'll be paid in honey buns and cans of tobacco so you can roll your own. If you work hard enough you can get a free day with your spouse, but this depends on company performance.
Overall being a developer is the most horrible job in the world. If I were young and choosing a career I would do something else. Like be a reality star or join the circus.
Given that one of the main reasons for buying music over simply downloading it is art work, lyrics, and extra content, this might not be a bad idea. IF you can truly restrict access. Otherwise you're just giving more reason to pirate the format.
That depends on the definition of success used. If you use the definition "to include the most developers globally" then you would be right. But I suspect their definition is more along the lines of "return on shareholder investment".
They can't access their work? There are no copies of this code? That's a bad joke. Like you said, they only host the projects so no real harm done. Host elsewhere. Problem solved. Team Forge FTW.
Also, they never said they would violate a country law to enforce an open source ideal. It doesn't work that way. Copyrights, patents, trademarks - these things can be disputed in civil court. You violate federal laws you go to prison. There is no choice to be made at all.
That's what they sell - the ideal self image. I am smart hence I use a mac. Stupid people use Windows. The irony is they've dumbed everything down so it becomes "I'm so smart I need my hand held doing the most rudimentary tasks".
But I'd like to point out to the topic poster - there would be no OSX without Open Source. So saying it hasn't delivered is a bit off.
LOL, ok now i get it. OP's point was valid. IE6 really does have bugs in the wild that are older than firefox itself. Mozilla is pretty old so that would be possible, but not FF technically.
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Mod parent up please, very informative!
Yes but they offer no solution. We really do have only one true choice - buy it or don't. We can complain sure, but that doesn't change anything. You say consumers shouldn't accept it. But what other action can consumers take? We protest with our money in this system.
..it was an oratorical pause.
Also known as the "Horatio".
"And that my friends .. is how the cookie crumbles"
It's the other way around actually. Dems = blue, reps = red. But that's just an over analysis of tie color by news pundits.
For instance GWB used a blue tie for all of this State of the Union addresses. Commentators said it was a good will gesture towards the dems. But he may have just liked the color blue.
I assume you mean the QuickTime player because h.264 is just an encoding method, not a content player. Flash Player 9 supports h.264
Slow down speedy, we have to take a shit on it first. Then we move on.
I always loved the pause in JFK's original speech:
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon.. <pause while JFK thinks>
and do the other things.. (?)
The mouse is a valid fucking point. It's dumbed down.
So why don't you SUCK MY DICK you fucking fanboy.
I know right. Why should anyone worry about a country that loathes personal freedoms? They just want to be left alone after all. Poor old China, always getting the shaft.
Well I understand the concern. But the thing is the UK has over 4M cameras in use already with over 500,000 being in London alone. Think about how much coverage they already have.
I think this is more of a new toy they want to play with, but it won't really have much impact on the privacy there. They already have close to zero privacy.
Yeah agreed. I don't understand the obsession with being some professional suit behind a desk. If anything I want to be more like the plumber who works with his hands and understands his worth because it's self-evident. How people view me is not my concern, it's how I feel about myself and my work that matters.
As far as salary goes, well hell I sit behind a desk and stare at a glowing rectangle for a living! Sure it's challenging otherwise I wouldn't do it, but it beats a lot of other jobs. Like say, being a mason. Back breaking work, no health benefits, and a lot of the jobs are taken by illegal immigrants.
It's that whole "are you happy where you are at" thing. Some aren't. But I am. IT has treated me well. I don't know of any other profession that I can make 6-figures without a degree of any sort. If you think this industry isn't merit based you haven't been around long enough. Money talks and bullshit walks, or is forced out with pink slip in hand. I like that it is still that way and has not turned into a game of "my paper on the wall is fancier than yours" like so many professions have.
Helicopters are already here. I don't see any outrage over those.
Besides, it's a little late to say "oh you know we may have privacy issues" in the UK of all places. There's a camera on every street corner and then some.
I'm not for this or against it. IMHO it's just like a helo circling all day which in some places, like LA, is not too far from the current reality.
After 15 years I can say to the younger generation coming in with 100% certainty - go independent.
What does this mean? Well obviously you need experience so getting a job to bootstrap yourself and pay your rent is first priority. But what you do on the side will impact your career greatly.
Things you can do in your spare time:
1. Work on an Open Source project and wrap it into a solution you can sell as a service
2. Create your own shrink-wrapped application and sell it
Either way you are partaking in the foundation of wealth - ownership. Only through ownership can you be truly "free" in the western world. Owners are first class citizens in any country. Everyone else is just a worker bee.
Just to convince you let me break down a little math for you. I currently bill our clients at around $190/hr for my programming services and I'm in an average "enterprise software" development position. But I only get a fraction of that - let's say around $50/hr for argument's sake. Some goes to infrastructure but the majority of that profit goes to the ownership. If you are the owner you get it all. Yes it's more work. But let me ask you this - would you put in 10-20 more hours per week to make 3-4 times as much? And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Some indy developers have really made a name for themselves and a fortune to boot.
And if it all fails, you still have that experience to learn from. Nothing ventured nothing gained.
Don't be a developer. They will work you 24/7. You will be cuffed to your desk most of the day. Your hair will turn gray and fall out around the edges so you'll have a friar cut. They'll water board you for overtime. They make you buy your own computer, desk, and chair. You aren't allowed outside except for one hour a day of supervised time in the yard. Coworkers will shank you with shivs made from sharpened USB drives. You'll have to gang up to get respect. First thing you'll have to do when you come to work is shank someone, to let them know you mean business! Wages are a lie. You'll be paid in honey buns and cans of tobacco so you can roll your own. If you work hard enough you can get a free day with your spouse, but this depends on company performance.
Overall being a developer is the most horrible job in the world. If I were young and choosing a career I would do something else. Like be a reality star or join the circus.
"Most" of the time it will be full proof.
Reminds me of the Sex panther advertisement: 60% of the time it works all the time.
Only on slashdot can a reply to a comment on a thread I started get marked redundant.
Dear moderator: I am the OP! I am the person the Parent was responding too. Should I not respond because someone posted the similar thoughts?
Man this whole article, comments, and related are all TLDR; I need a summary. Do I need to update my Linux kernel?
The mouse. Nuff said.
Given that one of the main reasons for buying music over simply downloading it is art work, lyrics, and extra content, this might not be a bad idea. IF you can truly restrict access. Otherwise you're just giving more reason to pirate the format.
That depends on the definition of success used. If you use the definition "to include the most developers globally" then you would be right. But I suspect their definition is more along the lines of "return on shareholder investment".
They can't access their work? There are no copies of this code? That's a bad joke. Like you said, they only host the projects so no real harm done. Host elsewhere. Problem solved. Team Forge FTW.
Also, they never said they would violate a country law to enforce an open source ideal. It doesn't work that way. Copyrights, patents, trademarks - these things can be disputed in civil court. You violate federal laws you go to prison. There is no choice to be made at all.
That's what they sell - the ideal self image. I am smart hence I use a mac. Stupid people use Windows. The irony is they've dumbed everything down so it becomes "I'm so smart I need my hand held doing the most rudimentary tasks".
But I'd like to point out to the topic poster - there would be no OSX without Open Source. So saying it hasn't delivered is a bit off.
Psh, you think your safe? Not as much as me. I don't even run a fucking computer. I'm transcribing this via telephone to a guy in Malaysia.
LOL, ok now i get it. OP's point was valid. IE6 really does have bugs in the wild that are older than firefox itself. Mozilla is pretty old so that would be possible, but not FF technically.
Windows 7 can still be targeted by a IE bug that's been in place since IE6. Safari doesn't have zero day bugs *that* old
How would you know? Zero-day means a non-public exploit.