For people who find the Chinese people accepting censorship hard to imagine, just picture the numerous Americans who still think the Patriot Act exists to protect them.
America's on it's "Road to China", albeit in the name of terrorism, copyright and "protecting the children".
I thought the answer was blatantly obvious: product differentiation.
Nokia and their high costs in both location and labour will never be able to compete at a cost-level with companies like HTC who can push out android phones faster and cheaper than European companies.
If they lose their only differentiating factor (software), they're reduced to little more than a hardware-assembling company.
Hold their own? Considering China's population and the rate their education is progressing, they can do far more than "hold their own". It's not hard to forsee a future (20 years? - the next generation or two) where China surpasses US as the technology leader.
The current draconian IP protection ways US is currently taking will definitely bite them back really hard in future. It is simply a matter of time.
I'm really curious about how the US legal system works.
When a user shares a song, they pay statutory damages hundreds or thousands of times of the song's original value. When a corporation rips off the public (by accident or on purpose), they get to just refund what they took without any "encouragement" to make sure it doesn't recur.
Story 1: Dead HDD due to old hardware. Solution: Backup your data using drive cloning, swap the disk, done. Story 2: Need a new version? Solution: Contact the company for a new version's license code, perhaps by presenting the fact you've had all the upgrade codes. Story 3: New OS breaks backwards compatibility. Solution? Reinstall the old OS. Story 4: And this generalization also generalizes the problem with the tech industry.
The tech industry moves too fast for individual consumers, and in recent years more and more time is spent on adding bells and whistles instead of any real functionality. Games, for example, are constantly adding better and better graphics and hogging more space, but I often find that they lose the core gameplay concepts which makes games, well, fun. Software, for example, are trying to become more flashy and bloated, such as Office and iTunes, piling on feature after feature which are sometimes redundant.
People should upgrade because they want the new functionality. Today, the tech industry forces them to upgrade because not upgrading will cause them compatibility pains in the future. The reason? Profits from selling a new software version with "great new enhanced features" yearly.
You know what will get those soldiers out of harm's way? QUITTING THE WAR!
Seriously, instead of pressuring EA to remove Taliban, these groups should divert their efforts to lobbying for a withdrawal. They're doing nothing but deceiving themselves by hiding/masking the truth...
I do pirate some (not all) content, especially content that is priced extremely unreasonably (eBooks fall in this category).
Corporations have gotten used to screwing the individual consumer; consumers are simply responding in kind.
If the content is worth it, I'll buy it when it drops in price in retail later on.
Personally, I feel that this sends a signal that someone is interested in their content, and they should lower prices to tap on this potential audience.
Simply not consuming will also hurt the artistes anti-piracy Slashdotters are trying to protect: publishers will simply pass their work off as unpopular and mediocre.
I'm simply working with my moral guidelines; if you disagree; well they're a reason why they're called MY moral guidelines;)
The point everyone is making is that ChromeOS is redundant and a waste of time. Want web browsing? Choose Android with a web browser with other apps removed.
There's no need to rework the whole platform, when Android is already finished and can flexibly any needs, be it big or smal.
Before trolling, it helps to read the context first.
Imagine if you spent years building a brand name, only to have some other company calling their products by the same name.
That's what trademark law is here to protect, and it protects both indie firms and big-name firms alike.
Copyright and patent systems are broken, yes, but trademarks have been comparatively clear.
And the answer to the broken systems above isn't removal, it's reform.
Read the original linked source.
The source repositories were not compromised; rather, the mirror servers were.
The mirror servers had the tarballs replaced with malicious code.
Your analysis neglects the basis of comparison, in which case is traditional voting methods on paper.
If you can walk in with a screwdriver to mess up an election with the electronic system but can't do the same to the paper method, then clearly there is some impact to security.
I think thats an indication of uncommon hardware.
I used to have such problems, but after custom building my current PC with rather well-reviewed (and hence popular) parts, I've never had such weird issues anymore.
As much as Linux users want you to think, drivers can still be a hit and miss affair, especially if the manufacturer is a small one with no resources to dev for linux.
Perhaps as an Apple fanboi you kinda missed their point.
Let me re-iterate to you: APPLE STIFLES INNOVATION AND LIKES TO ABUSE THEIR POWER OVER DEVELOPERS.
Do you seriously think that armed with a NDA-protected, $99/year developer fee, restricting nearly all aspects of development and content and NOT providing alternative app stores will EVER match up to Android?
The concern was never about the current job, which will either be shortlived or without any future prospects (this will look bad for promotions). The problem is all tech companies who Google their employees will know about this, and it kills any potential job opportunities for him in the industry.
I think the site has done a good job on the analysis. Gizmodo was a greedy site who wanted more hits, the author's an asshole who just wanted to cause more trouble for that guy for kicks.
Sure, he lost a prototype, but does he deserve his career ruined at other firms too? Definitely not. Especially problematic in the tech industry where employers are sure to run a Google search on prospective employees.
Consoles are merely a platform whereas the internet is a medium.
I can easily imagine a future (or even partially present) where internet speeds make it viable for optical media to be obsolete, and hence allowing for games to easily and confidently implement online multiplayer components without alienating their player base that suffers from poor connections. (though it might be a sad one with DRM).
Newsflash: The average Joe that needs the security the CD affords doesn't live their computer on 24/7 and doesn't mind rebooting either.
If you're capable enough to know what a live CD is and what a VM does, then you probably handle your own security and stop flaming a bank's step in the right direction.
And this is incredibly ironic.
For Facebook, one of the most commonly used tool for viral marketing today, not to realize the possible Streisand effect is foolish to say the least.
https://www.startssl.com/
StartSSL is offering free SSL certificates.
From the fact that the link above displays the EV green bar on my browser, I believe these free SSL certificates won't display any untrusted warnings.
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For people who find the Chinese people accepting censorship hard to imagine, just picture the numerous Americans who still think the Patriot Act exists to protect them.
America's on it's "Road to China", albeit in the name of terrorism, copyright and "protecting the children".
I thought the answer was blatantly obvious: product differentiation. Nokia and their high costs in both location and labour will never be able to compete at a cost-level with companies like HTC who can push out android phones faster and cheaper than European companies. If they lose their only differentiating factor (software), they're reduced to little more than a hardware-assembling company.
Hold their own? Considering China's population and the rate their education is progressing, they can do far more than "hold their own".
It's not hard to forsee a future (20 years? - the next generation or two) where China surpasses US as the technology leader.
The current draconian IP protection ways US is currently taking will definitely bite them back really hard in future.
It is simply a matter of time.
I'm really curious about how the US legal system works.
When a user shares a song, they pay statutory damages hundreds or thousands of times of the song's original value.
When a corporation rips off the public (by accident or on purpose), they get to just refund what they took without any "encouragement" to make sure it doesn't recur.
Is that right, or am I missing something?
Story 1: Dead HDD due to old hardware. Solution: Backup your data using drive cloning, swap the disk, done.
Story 2: Need a new version? Solution: Contact the company for a new version's license code, perhaps by presenting the fact you've had all the upgrade codes.
Story 3: New OS breaks backwards compatibility. Solution? Reinstall the old OS.
Story 4: And this generalization also generalizes the problem with the tech industry.
The tech industry moves too fast for individual consumers, and in recent years more and more time is spent on adding bells and whistles instead of any real functionality.
Games, for example, are constantly adding better and better graphics and hogging more space, but I often find that they lose the core gameplay concepts which makes games, well, fun.
Software, for example, are trying to become more flashy and bloated, such as Office and iTunes, piling on feature after feature which are sometimes redundant.
People should upgrade because they want the new functionality.
Today, the tech industry forces them to upgrade because not upgrading will cause them compatibility pains in the future.
The reason? Profits from selling a new software version with "great new enhanced features" yearly.
You know what will get those soldiers out of harm's way? QUITTING THE WAR!
Seriously, instead of pressuring EA to remove Taliban, these groups should divert their efforts to lobbying for a withdrawal.
They're doing nothing but deceiving themselves by hiding/masking the truth...
The whole idea in a democracy is to have visionary leader(s) elected to lead the short-sighted (generalization) masses.
Unfortunately, our leaders today are mostly controlled by short term financial interests, which brings us back to square one.
I do pirate some (not all) content, especially content that is priced extremely unreasonably (eBooks fall in this category). Corporations have gotten used to screwing the individual consumer; consumers are simply responding in kind. If the content is worth it, I'll buy it when it drops in price in retail later on. Personally, I feel that this sends a signal that someone is interested in their content, and they should lower prices to tap on this potential audience. Simply not consuming will also hurt the artistes anti-piracy Slashdotters are trying to protect: publishers will simply pass their work off as unpopular and mediocre. I'm simply working with my moral guidelines; if you disagree; well they're a reason why they're called MY moral guidelines ;)
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30% Informative
40% Interesting
30% Funny
Slashdot math.
Is this new to anyone?
You won't care for the looks when you're 70 and unable to walk with assistance.
The point everyone is making is that ChromeOS is redundant and a waste of time.
Want web browsing? Choose Android with a web browser with other apps removed.
There's no need to rework the whole platform, when Android is already finished and can flexibly any needs, be it big or smal.
Before trolling, it helps to read the context first. Imagine if you spent years building a brand name, only to have some other company calling their products by the same name. That's what trademark law is here to protect, and it protects both indie firms and big-name firms alike. Copyright and patent systems are broken, yes, but trademarks have been comparatively clear. And the answer to the broken systems above isn't removal, it's reform.
Good to see we're moving towards an amoral society where money speaks all. Go capitalism!
Read the original linked source. The source repositories were not compromised; rather, the mirror servers were. The mirror servers had the tarballs replaced with malicious code.
Your analysis neglects the basis of comparison, in which case is traditional voting methods on paper.
If you can walk in with a screwdriver to mess up an election with the electronic system but can't do the same to the paper method, then clearly there is some impact to security.
I think thats an indication of uncommon hardware. I used to have such problems, but after custom building my current PC with rather well-reviewed (and hence popular) parts, I've never had such weird issues anymore. As much as Linux users want you to think, drivers can still be a hit and miss affair, especially if the manufacturer is a small one with no resources to dev for linux.
Perhaps as an Apple fanboi you kinda missed their point.
Let me re-iterate to you:
APPLE STIFLES INNOVATION AND LIKES TO ABUSE THEIR POWER OVER DEVELOPERS.
Do you seriously think that armed with a NDA-protected, $99/year developer fee, restricting nearly all aspects of development and content and NOT providing alternative app stores will EVER match up to Android?
The concern was never about the current job, which will either be shortlived or without any future prospects (this will look bad for promotions).
The problem is all tech companies who Google their employees will know about this, and it kills any potential job opportunities for him in the industry.
I think the site has done a good job on the analysis.
Gizmodo was a greedy site who wanted more hits, the author's an asshole who just wanted to cause more trouble for that guy for kicks.
Sure, he lost a prototype, but does he deserve his career ruined at other firms too? Definitely not.
Especially problematic in the tech industry where employers are sure to run a Google search on prospective employees.
Ridiculous argument. How can you generalize that the developers of these tools are pro-piracy too? Evidence please.
Consoles are merely a platform whereas the internet is a medium. I can easily imagine a future (or even partially present) where internet speeds make it viable for optical media to be obsolete, and hence allowing for games to easily and confidently implement online multiplayer components without alienating their player base that suffers from poor connections. (though it might be a sad one with DRM).
Newsflash: The average Joe that needs the security the CD affords doesn't live their computer on 24/7 and doesn't mind rebooting either. If you're capable enough to know what a live CD is and what a VM does, then you probably handle your own security and stop flaming a bank's step in the right direction.
And this is incredibly ironic. For Facebook, one of the most commonly used tool for viral marketing today, not to realize the possible Streisand effect is foolish to say the least.
https://www.startssl.com/ StartSSL is offering free SSL certificates. From the fact that the link above displays the EV green bar on my browser, I believe these free SSL certificates won't display any untrusted warnings.