The great irony with that commercial is that even when that thing was made, the PC represented an attempt to resist centralized control. Even in 1984 that commercial was bogus misleading tripe.
Even funnier still is how that girl looks distinctly Scandinavian...
When you are destroying data it is far better to err on the side of caution. In this case the solution that "sucks" is more appropriate because it's safer.
Manually manipulating all the data first kind of totally negates the ponit of trying to automate it.
...and now they don't because they decided to dump the leeches.
That's the problem with depending on a "free" service. They were probably spending a lot of money carrying these mooches. Finally they had to cancel the free lunch. Not surprising really.
Now you can pay good money to be an idiot or actually learn how to do for yourself if you're too cheap to pay.
> Federal law is investigated by federal law enforcement agencies.
Yes, and there are far more important federal crimes for the FBI to be concerned with. You really have to wonder what this particular agent had to have done to get assigned this sh*t detail.
All law enforcement agencies have priorities and resource constraints. They can't all go total SWAT over every little jaywalker. Nor would they want to. They're career minded just like everyone else and want experience that will look good for promotion purposes.
You're the one with strange law enforcement fantasies.
> You are lamenting a disparity between local law enforcement and the FBI, and apparently equating movie piracy
Crimes against corporations versus crimes against actual real people. You could be out a lot of money and neither the Feds nor the local PD would care about you as a victim.
This is what this is all about. Many people view Canonical as untrustwory for one reason or another. I could cite a whole litany. However, that's not the point.
Many people find reason to be suspicious of Canonical in a way that isn't comparable to anything regarding the FSF or Apache. It's not a remotely comparable situation.
As a general rule, CLAs originating from any corporation with the standard "fuck everyone else" style charter should be met with skepticism. They're not your friends. They probably aren't even your ally.
Where are the competitors here? What companies can the victims of these jack*sses flee to? If the answer to that is the sound of crickets, then "communist" price controls are entirely appropriate.
They are appropriate for the same reasons that public utilities are heavily regulated.
You're the one living in some sort of out of touch fantasy.
I care about security and safety. Also as a side effect, I get often get better performance. I don't care about "sticking it to the man". I am just trying to prevent the man from infecting me when he tries to "stick it in me".
The crap on some pages is just beyond belief. A pile of crud turning a 2014 broadband connection into a 1994 dialup connection.
At the rate this busybody nonsense is going, hanging will make a comeback. That's all that this meddling nonsense will achieve. It will just eliminate the attempts to make the process less brutal.
Someone should institute the Tudor execution for traitors and then very publically thank Europe for helping pave the way.
Blame Ohio? Don't kid yourself. I blame the European busybodies that want to make a mockery out of civil liberties just because it gives them something to be smug about.
Yes. Personal property rights are part of your civil liberties. Doesn't matter if it's Hollywood or Belgium.
> Why are your schools "so terrible"? > > Because you won't damn well pay for them if some of that money will go to "Some other bastard's idiot children".
Mine aren't. I specifically fled to the suburbs to avoid that.
It's not even about the money. It's about the riffraff. No amount of money will make up for disinterested parents.
> Don't try to twist my words into something I didn't say.
Perhaps you're familiar with this dude called Columbus. He used mathematics and known facts to make a prediction. That's kind of what the other guy did. He took your nonsense and projected it.
The idea that the US is not based on mob rule should be well known to anyone with a decent education.
Texas may be a favorite whipping boy. That just means that you really don't have a terribly broad familiarity with the states. There are 50 of them and the best you can do is name 4.
Really, all you are doing is repeating the bigoted nonsense perpetrate by one or two CITIES in particular.
It's like an American taking a geography test.
I would not be surprised if you haven't been to any of those places or even had a good discussion with someone that has.
> No because it's not FUD. Large scale Commerical Linux users do open themselves up to lawsuits and legal fees in patent lawsuits. It's plain and simple.
You repeating it over and over again like a toddler doesn't make it any more true then when you said it before.
Clearly, the use of XP here doesn't demonstrate that JPM is afraid of patents. What they are afraid of is ANY CHANGE. They are a large risk averse company and they haven't been successfully sold on making ANY change to their ATMs.
Patents have squat to do with it. Even "brand loyalty" doesn't have anything to do with it. Otherwise they would be running a newer version of Windows.
Many PCs predate smart phones entirely. Many PCs that are older than the first iPhone are still quite useful either as is or with minor upgrades.
I have contributed to the PC market bloodbath myself. I have saved 2 machines from the scrapheap this year with cheap video card upgrades. Other machines remain useful even without any sort of "fixes".
Tablets on the other hand, I have thrown onto the scrap pile.
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The great irony with that commercial is that even when that thing was made, the PC represented an attempt to resist centralized control. Even in 1984 that commercial was bogus misleading tripe.
Even funnier still is how that girl looks distinctly Scandinavian...
> I am looked down upon because my laptop of choice comes pre-installed with a certified UNIX OS.
No. You're looked down upon because you think that means something.
When you are destroying data it is far better to err on the side of caution. In this case the solution that "sucks" is more appropriate because it's safer.
Manually manipulating all the data first kind of totally negates the ponit of trying to automate it.
> This is part of the reason Windows is successful: think of a problem, there is likely program out there that solves it already
No. Windows is successful because it's the followup to a product that already owned the market: MS-DOS.
Now you want to talk about nasty user hostile shit, MS-DOS has "script it yourself" Unix beat by a wide margin.
...and now they don't because they decided to dump the leeches.
That's the problem with depending on a "free" service. They were probably spending a lot of money carrying these mooches. Finally they had to cancel the free lunch. Not surprising really.
Now you can pay good money to be an idiot or actually learn how to do for yourself if you're too cheap to pay.
Once the theater owner objected to his behavior, it was really only a matter of trespassing. That is a local PD matter.
> Federal law is investigated by federal law enforcement agencies.
Yes, and there are far more important federal crimes for the FBI to be concerned with. You really have to wonder what this particular agent had to have done to get assigned this sh*t detail.
All law enforcement agencies have priorities and resource constraints. They can't all go total SWAT over every little jaywalker. Nor would they want to. They're career minded just like everyone else and want experience that will look good for promotion purposes.
You're the one with strange law enforcement fantasies.
Being held without access to counsel is just plain wrong.
The rest of the story is pretty irrelevant.
He should have given them the middle finger and told them he wanted his lawyer. He was far too accommodating.
> You are lamenting a disparity between local law enforcement and the FBI, and apparently equating movie piracy
Crimes against corporations versus crimes against actual real people. You could be out a lot of money and neither the Feds nor the local PD would care about you as a victim.
Lack of trust.
This is what this is all about. Many people view Canonical as untrustwory for one reason or another. I could cite a whole litany. However, that's not the point.
Many people find reason to be suspicious of Canonical in a way that isn't comparable to anything regarding the FSF or Apache. It's not a remotely comparable situation.
As a general rule, CLAs originating from any corporation with the standard "fuck everyone else" style charter should be met with skepticism. They're not your friends. They probably aren't even your ally.
I am not an animal like any other. I can record my objections for posterity.
> Citation Needed. School funding generally comes from the states.
Yes, and the same kind of jerks in the GOP pull the same kind of crap at the state level that they do at the federal level.
"Peoples Republic of California"
That little gem was taught to me by a programmer in LA. The guy was a German. At that point, you really have to wonder just how bad it is.
You are confusing "reading an article" with "blinding accepting the claims of that article".
If the market looks like communism, then sure...
Where are the competitors here? What companies can the victims of these jack*sses flee to? If the answer to that is the sound of crickets, then "communist" price controls are entirely appropriate.
They are appropriate for the same reasons that public utilities are heavily regulated.
You're the one living in some sort of out of touch fantasy.
I care about security and safety. Also as a side effect, I get often get better performance. I don't care about "sticking it to the man". I am just trying to prevent the man from infecting me when he tries to "stick it in me".
The crap on some pages is just beyond belief. A pile of crud turning a 2014 broadband connection into a 1994 dialup connection.
At the rate this busybody nonsense is going, hanging will make a comeback. That's all that this meddling nonsense will achieve. It will just eliminate the attempts to make the process less brutal.
Someone should institute the Tudor execution for traitors and then very publically thank Europe for helping pave the way.
Blame Ohio? Don't kid yourself. I blame the European busybodies that want to make a mockery out of civil liberties just because it gives them something to be smug about.
Yes. Personal property rights are part of your civil liberties. Doesn't matter if it's Hollywood or Belgium.
The final responsibility for education rests with the parents.
As long as you have responsible parents, the problem is not nearly as dire as some would like to make it out.
If parents are negligent in these matters, it really doesn't matter what fundie shenanigans are going on. The result will be total crap either way.
> Why are your schools "so terrible"?
>
> Because you won't damn well pay for them if some of that money will go to "Some other bastard's idiot children".
Mine aren't. I specifically fled to the suburbs to avoid that.
It's not even about the money. It's about the riffraff. No amount of money will make up for disinterested parents.
> Don't try to twist my words into something I didn't say.
Perhaps you're familiar with this dude called Columbus. He used mathematics and known facts to make a prediction. That's kind of what the other guy did. He took your nonsense and projected it.
The idea that the US is not based on mob rule should be well known to anyone with a decent education.
Texas may be a favorite whipping boy. That just means that you really don't have a terribly broad familiarity with the states. There are 50 of them and the best you can do is name 4.
Really, all you are doing is repeating the bigoted nonsense perpetrate by one or two CITIES in particular.
It's like an American taking a geography test.
I would not be surprised if you haven't been to any of those places or even had a good discussion with someone that has.
> No because it's not FUD. Large scale Commerical Linux users do open themselves up to lawsuits and legal fees in patent lawsuits. It's plain and simple.
You repeating it over and over again like a toddler doesn't make it any more true then when you said it before.
Clearly, the use of XP here doesn't demonstrate that JPM is afraid of patents. What they are afraid of is ANY CHANGE. They are a large risk averse company and they haven't been successfully sold on making ANY change to their ATMs.
Patents have squat to do with it. Even "brand loyalty" doesn't have anything to do with it. Otherwise they would be running a newer version of Windows.
> And I guarantee you that each and everyone of the firms you have listed has paid some patent holder licensing fees
No you can't.
Even if you could. That only supports the use of Linux by such companies. It means THAT IT'S ALREADY PAID FOR.
In your rush to make up stupid shit, you failed to think things through.
Many PCs predate smart phones entirely. Many PCs that are older than the first iPhone are still quite useful either as is or with minor upgrades.
I have contributed to the PC market bloodbath myself. I have saved 2 machines from the scrapheap this year with cheap video card upgrades. Other machines remain useful even without any sort of "fixes".
Tablets on the other hand, I have thrown onto the scrap pile.