I dunno, seems to me that most of the libertarian leaning folks around here are usually all about personal responsibility. WTF is up with parents buying computers that they can't police? If a parent buys their teenager a firearm and the kid kills himself or a friend or commits a crime with it, is it unrealistic to blame the parent then? If not, why with the computer?
Parents I know, who are concerned about their kids activities online, have simple methods that require no technical expertise whatsoever to police: put the computer in a public room of the house, put a password on it, buy a firewall (like the ones from Linksys) that have parental controls that are easy to use.
You don't leave power tools around for your kids to screw with and hurt themselves, you monitor them to be sure they are using them safely. Why wouldn't you do the same with any other tool?
Wow, you mean there's a whole industry dedicated to selling devices that use illegal copies of software, namely iPods and their ilk? Remember, MP3 players predate iTunes and other for pay services by quite a bit, and I don't recall the RIAA going after those manufacturers then or now. Even though you'd think that eliminating one avenue of the demand for these "illegal copies" would be obvious....
If a parent/employer needs this program to "get some power back", then they are complete idiots and should ship that computer back to its manufacturer.
The fact that it's impossible to distinguish between an MP3 I downloaded from the net, and one that I legally ripped from my own $18 CD. You might as well tell clueless parents to do the windows equivalent of find / -name \*.mp3 -exec rm -f {} \; Note that I have no clue what that equivalent might be.
I have to say that the whole premise of the article is just wrong, and trying to address it on it's own terms is confusing:-)
The fact is, customers who are doing high end stuff (huge data warehouses, heavy compute tasks, etc etc) are not using Windows. The only "won" here is "the desktop" and quite honestly, I don't think Unix ever had a lot of the desktop outside of engineering/science.,br>
Solaris might have been successful had it been available for x86 (before Linux) and with low-cost desktop versions available that were properly pushed.
I still don't get this whole talking about Solaris in the past tense thing. Solaris is alive and active and thriving, even if Sun is struggling. Solaris has more advanced capabilities today than all other commercial unixes and Linux and BSD as well. Sun's failures have primarily to do with designing and marketing hardware, not writing a good operating system. And now that it's x86 and open code (even if it's not GPL), I doubt it's going away any time soon, any more than BSD is.
And in 30 minutes time, they'd be able to design a look just as good as what our slashdot overloards have already provided. To do CSS *well* on the other hand....
Obviously you haven't used quicken lately. The *FREE* online stuff automatically downloads your stock prices, your bank transactions for reconciling, etc. There's a bit more to it than simple spreadsheeting.
So I suppose the question is who is the audience for that website. It looked to me like the audience was the general public, hence my reaction (well that and not being an ME). If it was simply a glorified report for class, then I'd concede that you're right.
I think the fact that they call this a simple equation gives a pretty accurate vision of the likelihood it will actually work. That definitely looks like bullshit with which to baffle.
Given how often the developers list has shouted down independant GUI consultants trying to provide feedback, I'd have to agree with your concern. Though I suppose that if the GIMPs are ASKING for input, maybe they'd be more reasonable about acepting it.
The "raving loony" part is the "OMG!! IT'S INEVITABLE! THEY'RE TAKING AWAY MY RIIIIIGHTS!! THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO EXCEPT BITCH ABOUT IT ON SLASHDOT!!!1"
Believe it or not, you have the power to NOT BUY DRM limited media. And you don't have the "right" to make other people provide you their creations on your terms.
You can do something else with your free time, you can buy media that isn't limited, you can start making your own and not DRM it....
The Chicken Little song and dance about how all the sheeple will make it so you can't watch good movies is a crock. Find like minded people and create your own good movies. Convince those making good movies not to let themselves be shackled by DRM (and prove your point by not funding them if they do). Convince your representatives in Congress to change the laws back. "I haven't got money to compete against corporate interests"; guess what? Old people didn't used to either, but now they've gotten organized and have something called AARP. Organize, and if enough people agree with you to matter, you CAN make a difference.
My original post never said a single word about what anyone wants to do. I double checked. Not one word about what anyone wants to do.
Woo hoo. So you can technically wiggle out of this, despite your second post saying: This is why they want a Trust Enforcer chip as standard embedded in every new computer.
You're a raving loony. "They" are out to get you. Go find a bunker somewhere, and leave us in peace, ok?
Raving about what "they" want to do is building a strawman, at least from the perspective of anyone who doesn't buy the fact that you can read "their" minds.
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Parents I know, who are concerned about their kids activities online, have simple methods that require no technical expertise whatsoever to police: put the computer in a public room of the house, put a password on it, buy a firewall (like the ones from Linksys) that have parental controls that are easy to use.
You don't leave power tools around for your kids to screw with and hurt themselves, you monitor them to be sure they are using them safely. Why wouldn't you do the same with any other tool?
Wow, you mean there's a whole industry dedicated to selling devices that use illegal copies of software, namely iPods and their ilk? Remember, MP3 players predate iTunes and other for pay services by quite a bit, and I don't recall the RIAA going after those manufacturers then or now. Even though you'd think that eliminating one avenue of the demand for these "illegal copies" would be obvious....
If a parent/employer needs this program to "get some power back", then they are complete idiots and should ship that computer back to its manufacturer.
The fact that it's impossible to distinguish between an MP3 I downloaded from the net, and one that I legally ripped from my own $18 CD. You might as well tell clueless parents to do the windows equivalent of find / -name \*.mp3 -exec rm -f {} \; Note that I have no clue what that equivalent might be.
The fact is, customers who are doing high end stuff (huge data warehouses, heavy compute tasks, etc etc) are not using Windows. The only "won" here is "the desktop" and quite honestly, I don't think Unix ever had a lot of the desktop outside of engineering/science.,br>
I still don't get this whole talking about Solaris in the past tense thing. Solaris is alive and active and thriving, even if Sun is struggling. Solaris has more advanced capabilities today than all other commercial unixes and Linux and BSD as well. Sun's failures have primarily to do with designing and marketing hardware, not writing a good operating system. And now that it's x86 and open code (even if it's not GPL), I doubt it's going away any time soon, any more than BSD is.
And in 30 minutes time, they'd be able to design a look just as good as what our slashdot overloards have already provided. To do CSS *well* on the other hand....
Because of course if you're reading slashdot you must be a leet dHTML haxxor.
Obviously you haven't used quicken lately. The *FREE* online stuff automatically downloads your stock prices, your bank transactions for reconciling, etc. There's a bit more to it than simple spreadsheeting.
The grandparent needs to spend more time with http://thedailywtf.com/. I almost never see perl code, but I see bizarre coding every day.
So I suppose the question is who is the audience for that website. It looked to me like the audience was the general public, hence my reaction (well that and not being an ME). If it was simply a glorified report for class, then I'd concede that you're right.
Not only that, but calling that equation "simple" is ludicrous to the point of stupidity.
I think the fact that they call this a simple equation gives a pretty accurate vision of the likelihood it will actually work. That definitely looks like bullshit with which to baffle.
"Signs Point To Yes"
Ears are body parts, aren't they?
In this forum that makes you an exception.
"Google more popular than God"
Given how often the developers list has shouted down independant GUI consultants trying to provide feedback, I'd have to agree with your concern. Though I suppose that if the GIMPs are ASKING for input, maybe they'd be more reasonable about acepting it.
Believe it or not, you have the power to NOT BUY DRM limited media. And you don't have the "right" to make other people provide you their creations on your terms.
You can do something else with your free time, you can buy media that isn't limited, you can start making your own and not DRM it....
The Chicken Little song and dance about how all the sheeple will make it so you can't watch good movies is a crock. Find like minded people and create your own good movies. Convince those making good movies not to let themselves be shackled by DRM (and prove your point by not funding them if they do). Convince your representatives in Congress to change the laws back. "I haven't got money to compete against corporate interests"; guess what? Old people didn't used to either, but now they've gotten organized and have something called AARP. Organize, and if enough people agree with you to matter, you CAN make a difference.
BTW, your post was well reasoned, polite, and made its point well. The previous poster's did no such thing.
Woo hoo. So you can technically wiggle out of this, despite your second post saying: This is why they want a Trust Enforcer chip as standard embedded in every new computer.
You're a raving loony. "They" are out to get you. Go find a bunker somewhere, and leave us in peace, ok?
Sure reads like "speaking to their motives" to me.
Enjoy that tinfoil hat.
The revolution starts with me. Worrying about "the majority of people" is senseless, because you have no control over them.
when almost all knowledge and media of any sort is locked down and you have the choice between.... oh wait - no you won't have a choice.
Won't happen as long as people who DO care are vigilant and work not simply to pirate things but to provide knowledge and media that are free.
You forgot the obligatory "And Sun is teh 3v17"