You can always go to Slashdot if you're looking for somebody talking out of their ass. There are dozens of DE's/window managers now, GNOME and KDE being the only ones which were foolish enough to set up their own system of libraries, which is, in reality, a huge pain in the ass, since so many programs are developed exclusively for one. I like to being able to switch window managers without even rebooting, meaning your "solution" creates far more problems than it causes for me.
If anybody is following the LEGAL issues about **AA lawsuits, you would notice they can only sue you for 'making [the music] available.' Hence, you were not in trouble until you posted a comment to Slashdot affirming that you uploaded the music at the same time that you downloaded it.
Joyce provokes the reader into encountering truths that they are otherwise distant from - whether these are truths in the versatility of artistic expression (which, for some, is understood as overly complex or even pretentious writing) or truths about life as a whole. Hence, you will find, as a whole, people that enjoy Joyce are usually pretty smart. I can't be much more specific without writing a few pages.
Lots of crap here. Everything in Linux is sure an 'add-on,' but the kernel itself isn't a bloated piece of crap, and users have the choice of what to add on. 'Most mouse software' is clearly a guess - I don't think I've ever seen that myself. Firewalls aren't nearly as bloated on Linux as in windows, as iptables is built right into the kernel, and streamlined like crazy. The reason DirectX compatability isn't done on Linux is because of the plethora of bullshit legal mechanisms erected to destroy Microsoft's competitors. The reason Linux has (basically) no virii is not only because of its low market share, but because it's inherently secure, and requires permissions to do system-vital tasks. Unless you're running every application you open with sudo, in which case you're an idiot. Installing packages on some distros is just as easy as on Mac OS X, even easier sometimes (can you type yaourt -S gedit? see how easy that was?). The reason things like BluRay can't be played yet is because of proprietary limitations.
The dealbreaker for me with using Windows was the knowledge that I had no idea what code was running on my computer, and no control over most of it. That is absolutely unacceptable. I'll put up with shitty drivers, quirky software, whatever, to get away from that alone - not that these issues are even that prominent for me at this point. The only problem with the laptop I'm writing this on is the shitty ATI drivers - every time the card overheats, my screen goes into 'color bars' mode - but this is the ONLY problem with my computer. Next time I reboot, I'm switching to the open source drivers, with the knowledge that they'll progress faster than the proprietary ones.
I've used both operating systems my whole life - but I'm not going back to Windows on my home PC.
You can't shout fire in a crowded theatre because of judges that poorly understood the Constitution and 'stare decisis' (let the decision stand). In actuality, under US law, the Constitution is paramount, and you can say whatever the fuck you want.
Firefox is unstable on Linux, as best as I can tell, only because of either extremely poorly written add-ons or (especially) the Flash plugin. Personally, I prefer Links in graphics mode, since I like my webpages more often without a lot of flashy bullshit.
My concerns with Chrome stem mostly out of the massive privacy concerns, hence the brilliance of the NSA comment. 'Anonymous mode' is no substitute for customizability. My Firefox doesn't leak referrers, can get plugged into Tor with ease, doesn't run scripts unless I tell it to, and has the Web Developer plugin. Meanwhile, Chrome is doing shit like reporting back all the websites I visit to a centralized database.
Excuse me, but isn't playing paintball in any sort of situation where cover is provided essentially identical to a combat situation in every way except how the gun fires? Do you not have to remain stealthy when possible, find cover when available, camouflage yourself, and anticipate your enemy's moves?
This is not to say, of course, that banning paintball will reduce violence in any way. In fact, that's the stupidest goddamn thing I've ever heard. Letting people play paintball encourages them to play paintball. If you want a reduction in violent crime, why don't you fix the broken economy so people don't have to rob stores to eat?
No. The infringement upon obvious market values is instituted by a corrupt government to provide increased revenue and offensive PR for its controlling companies. Information is free, and you are doing no crime by sharing it, rather, you're helping people.
Mmn, let's expand that example out a little. US advertises big "internet is great for PR!" program, gives internet access to impoverished countries.
But wait! They paid for it, so let's not let any of these sites about how the US government is stabbing kittens show up to the people who receive the free internet! Beggars can't be choosers!
But, wait! Aren't we, the customers and the taxpayers, paying for that internet access?
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As long as you don't say "I downloaded it off of BitTorrent," you're fine. People don't seem to understand it's not illegal (aka, eligible for civil compensation) to DOWNLOAD songs, only "making available" is illegal.
Can somebody please develop anonymous PayPal?
Let's see here.
On the left hand, we have the people at Microsoft claiming to make a secure operating system, and putting escrow into the encryption such that data can be seamlessly copied from the operating system to an unknown location. We witness Microsoft as an incredibly corrupt entity, in nearly every possible way - from locking in hardware manufacturers to using Windows to throwing lawsuits at everybody who even vaguely seems to threaten them (remember Lindows?).
On the right hand, we have the code of Linux, FreeBSD, etc. available for the entire world to review, figures of authority are not chosen based on how much of a jackal they are, but how much their experience is worth. OpenBSD and FreeBSD have things like in-kernel crypto, chroot jails, are actually POSIX compliant, and seem to suffer from very little bloat due to the trend to make specific utilities as discrete as possible, and hence nearly as flawless as possible.
Let's just agree to disagree. Or I can just call you an idiot. I'm fine with either.
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You can always go to Slashdot if you're looking for somebody talking out of their ass. There are dozens of DE's/window managers now, GNOME and KDE being the only ones which were foolish enough to set up their own system of libraries, which is, in reality, a huge pain in the ass, since so many programs are developed exclusively for one. I like to being able to switch window managers without even rebooting, meaning your "solution" creates far more problems than it causes for me.
Says the man who thinks there are seven linux distros.
If anybody is following the LEGAL issues about **AA lawsuits, you would notice they can only sue you for 'making [the music] available.' Hence, you were not in trouble until you posted a comment to Slashdot affirming that you uploaded the music at the same time that you downloaded it.
Joyce provokes the reader into encountering truths that they are otherwise distant from - whether these are truths in the versatility of artistic expression (which, for some, is understood as overly complex or even pretentious writing) or truths about life as a whole. Hence, you will find, as a whole, people that enjoy Joyce are usually pretty smart. I can't be much more specific without writing a few pages.
Lots of crap here. Everything in Linux is sure an 'add-on,' but the kernel itself isn't a bloated piece of crap, and users have the choice of what to add on. 'Most mouse software' is clearly a guess - I don't think I've ever seen that myself. Firewalls aren't nearly as bloated on Linux as in windows, as iptables is built right into the kernel, and streamlined like crazy. The reason DirectX compatability isn't done on Linux is because of the plethora of bullshit legal mechanisms erected to destroy Microsoft's competitors. The reason Linux has (basically) no virii is not only because of its low market share, but because it's inherently secure, and requires permissions to do system-vital tasks. Unless you're running every application you open with sudo, in which case you're an idiot. Installing packages on some distros is just as easy as on Mac OS X, even easier sometimes (can you type yaourt -S gedit? see how easy that was?). The reason things like BluRay can't be played yet is because of proprietary limitations. The dealbreaker for me with using Windows was the knowledge that I had no idea what code was running on my computer, and no control over most of it. That is absolutely unacceptable. I'll put up with shitty drivers, quirky software, whatever, to get away from that alone - not that these issues are even that prominent for me at this point. The only problem with the laptop I'm writing this on is the shitty ATI drivers - every time the card overheats, my screen goes into 'color bars' mode - but this is the ONLY problem with my computer. Next time I reboot, I'm switching to the open source drivers, with the knowledge that they'll progress faster than the proprietary ones. I've used both operating systems my whole life - but I'm not going back to Windows on my home PC.
Isn't it possible that your life is dumb and boring as well, but you don't realize it for lack of meaningful comparison?
You can't shout fire in a crowded theatre because of judges that poorly understood the Constitution and 'stare decisis' (let the decision stand). In actuality, under US law, the Constitution is paramount, and you can say whatever the fuck you want.
Firefox is unstable on Linux, as best as I can tell, only because of either extremely poorly written add-ons or (especially) the Flash plugin. Personally, I prefer Links in graphics mode, since I like my webpages more often without a lot of flashy bullshit.
My concerns with Chrome stem mostly out of the massive privacy concerns, hence the brilliance of the NSA comment. 'Anonymous mode' is no substitute for customizability. My Firefox doesn't leak referrers, can get plugged into Tor with ease, doesn't run scripts unless I tell it to, and has the Web Developer plugin. Meanwhile, Chrome is doing shit like reporting back all the websites I visit to a centralized database.
Use your damn heads.
Excuse me, but isn't playing paintball in any sort of situation where cover is provided essentially identical to a combat situation in every way except how the gun fires? Do you not have to remain stealthy when possible, find cover when available, camouflage yourself, and anticipate your enemy's moves?
This is not to say, of course, that banning paintball will reduce violence in any way. In fact, that's the stupidest goddamn thing I've ever heard. Letting people play paintball encourages them to play paintball. If you want a reduction in violent crime, why don't you fix the broken economy so people don't have to rob stores to eat?
Brilliant. Mod parent up.
Mod parent down, for having a stupid username, and being ugly.
Mod parent up, for being modded down by an asshat who uses the word "troll" to mean "person I disagree with."
Mod parent up, for being modded down by an asshat with no capability for abstract thought.
Yeah. Really.
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No. The infringement upon obvious market values is instituted by a corrupt government to provide increased revenue and offensive PR for its controlling companies. Information is free, and you are doing no crime by sharing it, rather, you're helping people.
Mmn, let's expand that example out a little. US advertises big "internet is great for PR!" program, gives internet access to impoverished countries. But wait! They paid for it, so let's not let any of these sites about how the US government is stabbing kittens show up to the people who receive the free internet! Beggars can't be choosers! But, wait! Aren't we, the customers and the taxpayers, paying for that internet access?
absolutely!
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Ah, the ridiculous sound of the idiot laughing at his liberties being taken from him at gunpoint.
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It may be illegal, but the law is quite impotent without a means for identification and enforcement.
As long as you don't say "I downloaded it off of BitTorrent," you're fine. People don't seem to understand it's not illegal (aka, eligible for civil compensation) to DOWNLOAD songs, only "making available" is illegal. Can somebody please develop anonymous PayPal?
Let's see here. On the left hand, we have the people at Microsoft claiming to make a secure operating system, and putting escrow into the encryption such that data can be seamlessly copied from the operating system to an unknown location. We witness Microsoft as an incredibly corrupt entity, in nearly every possible way - from locking in hardware manufacturers to using Windows to throwing lawsuits at everybody who even vaguely seems to threaten them (remember Lindows?). On the right hand, we have the code of Linux, FreeBSD, etc. available for the entire world to review, figures of authority are not chosen based on how much of a jackal they are, but how much their experience is worth. OpenBSD and FreeBSD have things like in-kernel crypto, chroot jails, are actually POSIX compliant, and seem to suffer from very little bloat due to the trend to make specific utilities as discrete as possible, and hence nearly as flawless as possible. Let's just agree to disagree. Or I can just call you an idiot. I'm fine with either.