Agreed. Most of the stuff that I now know the most about I was never taught. I had to look it up myself. Conversely, most of the stuff that I was taught has now been forgotten.
If employees can successfully persuade employers to let them use Macs for productivity, does this mean that it has become easier to do the same for GNU+Linux as well? After all, a distro can easily be installed on the original hardware. No need to go out and buy a new machine. Users can also dual-boot if they still need Windows around for that occasional Windows-only task.
PS - why is it called the "Genius Bar" if they are such idiots about these things? The same reason Bust Buy calls its tech assistance "Geek Squad," even though it seems that most of them are completely inept at computers once you get past what the marketing department taught them.
You get people using it at home/school and they will want it at work. It's a double-edged sword. Companies will use the OS that their workers are most familiar with, but schools/homes will teach/use the OS that is most likely to be used in the workplace. This is one of the reasons why Windows has been so sucessful in keeping their market share.
Microsoft will not be able to stand much longer for a few reasons. One is that they have to alway's be on the defensive and eventualy they have to cave in. Another reason why they wont is that there too anti-competitive. They have already lost 4 antitrust lawsuits to the EU and a fith one is still pending. Also there is that the opposition to microsoft is soo strong and vast that they can't keep on doing what they are doing. Again there is the fact that there competing with the ultimite OS, Linux, and windows dosn't have the power in anything to be able to surpress in any way shape or form. 1. Being on the defensive isn't a problem when you basically have de facto control over the entire industry. 2. So far, it seems like Microsoft has only been getting slaps on the wrist. Nothing has yet threated to actually end their monopoly. 3. There are plenty of people who still love Microsoft and practically worship Bill Gates, and a much larger percentage of people (everyone else) who could care less.
How exactly is that a valid analogy? The Nazis were actually killing their enemies, not just rounding them up. I haven't read the PRO-IP Act, but I'm pretty sure that it doesn't mention anything about allowing these copyright cops to kill offenders.
Ubuntu, Linspire, Xandros, DSL, MEPIS, Knoppix, and several other distributions all depend on Debian's code base. If Debian suddenly finds themselves without resources, these other distros will pitch in, if only so that they themselves can continue to exist.
Given the choice between the ability to fly and being allowed to encrypt my e-mails, I would choose flight. If I really need to say something in private, I could just fly over to the person's house. The amount saved in gas bills is well worth it.
From the article:
Congress is now taking a stab at solving the problem with two new bills just introduced by Howard Berman (D-CA) in the House and by Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate Call me paranoid, but if Berman introduced this bill than there must be some angle.
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Agreed. Most of the stuff that I now know the most about I was never taught. I had to look it up myself. Conversely, most of the stuff that I was taught has now been forgotten.
If employees can successfully persuade employers to let them use Macs for productivity, does this mean that it has become easier to do the same for GNU+Linux as well? After all, a distro can easily be installed on the original hardware. No need to go out and buy a new machine. Users can also dual-boot if they still need Windows around for that occasional Windows-only task.
Firefox has gained considerable market share, as well as the attention of malware authors, and hasn't lost its fanatical base yet.
How many of these people are running Windows on these Macs during their business activities, as opposed to using Mac OS X for everything?
3-step process for repairing Macs:
1. Throw away defunct Mac
2. Buy new Mac
3. Profit!!!
2. So far, it seems like Microsoft has only been getting slaps on the wrist. Nothing has yet threated to actually end their monopoly.
3. There are plenty of people who still love Microsoft and practically worship Bill Gates, and a much larger percentage of people (everyone else) who could care less.
How exactly is that a valid analogy? The Nazis were actually killing their enemies, not just rounding them up. I haven't read the PRO-IP Act, but I'm pretty sure that it doesn't mention anything about allowing these copyright cops to kill offenders.
You forget that the media are the ones pushing for the bill in the first place.
Wow. Godwin's Law invoked in the first post.
Just about the time they got the National Minimum Drinking Age Act passed.
Ubuntu, Linspire, Xandros, DSL, MEPIS, Knoppix, and several other distributions all depend on Debian's code base. If Debian suddenly finds themselves without resources, these other distros will pitch in, if only so that they themselves can continue to exist.
It isn't a DMCA violation if the DRM producers themselves provide the decryption tools for you.
People who are to arrogant and "busy" to learn new operating systems.
If there was a War on Little Chocolate Donuts, the police would strike.
In this day and age, the police no longer need warrents.
Given the choice between the ability to fly and being allowed to encrypt my e-mails, I would choose flight. If I really need to say something in private, I could just fly over to the person's house. The amount saved in gas bills is well worth it.
And risk getting caught up in Apple's legal actions against Pystar? I think not.
If there was a Mac mini inside the case, then we would save seen the back of it in the video.
However I agree that this video does not guarentee authenticity. For all we know, he could have installed the "Hackintosh" version.
...that this software will get him laid?
The answer is demons. Demons are helping the RIAA.
Damn. Should have read the article.
...but do they work?