Sorry, I don't agree. By taking that sort of philosophy you are judging a person or a company on his past actions to represent his future actions. People and companies change, sometimes from good to bad, sometimes from bad to good, maybe even swinging back and forth.
I used that argument myself to justify my piracy years ago, and then I quickly realized it was just a convenient lie to get what I wanted. I contemplated about pirating and then sending money directly to the artist, although I'm sure there's a clause in their contract that would require them not to accept it.
Although I will point out that if I have bought a movie I will download the soundtrack, and to hell with whatever they have to say about that. With all the streaming out there however, you can get by listening to what you want for the most part.
After reading the various comments from some who know more about this than I do, I think I can safely say there is not much agreement. Most arguments have valid points, but perhaps that is where we are with the GNU community, a bunch of ideas that share a similar philosophy, but no one particular direction. Much like the rest of the human race.
That's exactly why I went with Android. Sure the iPhone works great, I think it's a well-made smartphone, but I can't abide with their control-freak attitude so I avoid it.
As an owner of a 360, I don't really see much need for another console yet. One of my main concerns is will it play my older games. I'm sure as hell not going to buy the next-gen console only to find there aren't enough games and no compatibility to previous consoles.
A few months ago a friend of mine was complaining about how difficult it was to get an appointment to see her doctor in Canada. She couldn't leave a voicemail as the box was full and the message said that someone would be only available in the office for 2 or 3 hours in the day. I do realize the potential for privacy concerns especially with medical, but an email system to create/confirm appointments would be ideal. I hate voicemail personally, and much prefer an email so I can quickly review it. So if this was incorporated into a government email plan I think it would be ideal.
I started boycotting Sony after their CD rootkit fiasco, it didn't effect me personally, but I felt it was necessary. Apple will be joining that list now as well, they like to use the free stuff, namely the foundation of their OSX, BSD, but they don't give much back.
1. Market share of the OS is a simple, but incomplete metric. Apple makes more money than any other PC maker, and is just shy of greater profits and revenue than MS. So claiming MS has "won" is not so cut and dry.
I disagree, MS is the most prevalent OS on PC's around the world, you can call it an incomplete metric, but the fact is there are far more Windows OS than Apple OS.
I see your point and while the X-Prize does have it's benefits, DARPA does seem to have the better approach. Maybe the first attempt should be to launch a satellite to photograph the moon from lunar orbit, then increase the difficulty each subsequent year(s).
An Android device was tested at the upper limits of a balloon ascent and descent. http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/12/android-in-spaaaace.html Not that the iPhone wouldn't perform similarly, but I would think the open-source nature would be a better fit for this project. I'd hate to have a launch being delayed because I was waiting for the app to be approved.
Reading your story reminded me of something similar, I was employed at a small private college and my main job was IT instructor, with network administration as a close second. The owner didn't understand the slightest about computers (he thought he had a VPN connection to a server when in fact it was a shared passworded folder to his main computer setup by the previous instructor, I literally shuddered when I learned that) yet he demanded all sorts of crazy things that just couldn't be done. We had 2 tapes for backup, that's it just 2.
I really enjoyed the instructing, definitely one of my favorite jobs, but like all good things (and bad things) they come to an end. I had seen the signs for some time, there wasn't enough enrollments to continue the program, and I had been making preparations for a couple of months. One morning the owner was in the server room at one of the servers talking on the phone and the moment he saw me, he asked me to go to his office. After a few minutes he told me that the program was being canceled and I would be laid off, not like I didn't know anyway and to go on Unemployment for a few months would give me some time to catch up on other things. The reason he was in the server room was to change the Administrator password so that I wouldn't go crazy and delete everything, one of the big problems is that the person who he was on the phone with was the IT admin at another campus guiding him as to how to disable my account and he didn't really understand IT. They assumed I would use the main Administrator account, which actually had been changed to another name and a dummy account created with the name of Administrator. He was puzzled to see it as already disabled and they actually re-enabled it and changed the password. And then couldn't understand why Administrator couldn't access anything of importance.
Interesting, my car had some trouble starting this morning, if it weren't so cold I could have popped the hood and checked out to see what the problem was. I blame the sun too.
I can see it as well from an Enterprise security vantage point, in which case, yes it makes sense. But from a personal smartphone point of view, I'd like to adjust those laws as I see fit.
But Apple doesn't seem to have any interest in the enterprise. Most of their products are end-user oriented and in one way you could say they would like the client-facing side of the enterprise, if they want any part of it. AFAIK they've never put in anything serious for enterprise servers, and I don't think they want that.
Of course I wonder why Google didn't pick up Sun when it had the chance. They shared a lot of common philosophies, especially those in regards to the open source community. Not to mention avoid the upcoming Oracle vs. Android lawsuit as they would have had Java in their back pocket. Of course Ellison might have found another reason to sue them anyway.
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Crazy Microsoft, you can download Skype for free...
Thanks that comment made my day! :)
It doesn't scare me that a nutjob misinterpreted the First Amendment as such, it scares me that so many other 'nutjobs' were pushing on this.
Sorry, I don't agree. By taking that sort of philosophy you are judging a person or a company on his past actions to represent his future actions. People and companies change, sometimes from good to bad, sometimes from bad to good, maybe even swinging back and forth.
I used that argument myself to justify my piracy years ago, and then I quickly realized it was just a convenient lie to get what I wanted. I contemplated about pirating and then sending money directly to the artist, although I'm sure there's a clause in their contract that would require them not to accept it.
Although I will point out that if I have bought a movie I will download the soundtrack, and to hell with whatever they have to say about that. With all the streaming out there however, you can get by listening to what you want for the most part.
After reading the various comments from some who know more about this than I do, I think I can safely say there is not much agreement. Most arguments have valid points, but perhaps that is where we are with the GNU community, a bunch of ideas that share a similar philosophy, but no one particular direction. Much like the rest of the human race.
That's exactly why I went with Android. Sure the iPhone works great, I think it's a well-made smartphone, but I can't abide with their control-freak attitude so I avoid it.
Did anyone else see the article momentarily as an 11-year-old to drive a 1,325 MPH vehicle?
As an owner of a 360, I don't really see much need for another console yet. One of my main concerns is will it play my older games. I'm sure as hell not going to buy the next-gen console only to find there aren't enough games and no compatibility to previous consoles.
Well if aliens do indeed find the disc and come to Earth with it, I hope their first greeting from us isn't a subpoena.
A few months ago a friend of mine was complaining about how difficult it was to get an appointment to see her doctor in Canada. She couldn't leave a voicemail as the box was full and the message said that someone would be only available in the office for 2 or 3 hours in the day. I do realize the potential for privacy concerns especially with medical, but an email system to create/confirm appointments would be ideal. I hate voicemail personally, and much prefer an email so I can quickly review it. So if this was incorporated into a government email plan I think it would be ideal.
deep packet inspection.
DPI doesn't get past encryption though.
I think Slashdot is responsible for bringing down more websites than Anonymous!
Every time I see that quote now, I hear Leonard Nimoy's voice narrating it.
I started boycotting Sony after their CD rootkit fiasco, it didn't effect me personally, but I felt it was necessary. Apple will be joining that list now as well, they like to use the free stuff, namely the foundation of their OSX, BSD, but they don't give much back.
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Well, real ghost hunters also use a TWR report.
Along with those darned TPS reports....
Three problems...
1. Market share of the OS is a simple, but incomplete metric. Apple makes more money than any other PC maker, and is just shy of greater profits and revenue than MS. So claiming MS has "won" is not so cut and dry.
I disagree, MS is the most prevalent OS on PC's around the world, you can call it an incomplete metric, but the fact is there are far more Windows OS than Apple OS.
I see your point and while the X-Prize does have it's benefits, DARPA does seem to have the better approach. Maybe the first attempt should be to launch a satellite to photograph the moon from lunar orbit, then increase the difficulty each subsequent year(s).
An Android device was tested at the upper limits of a balloon ascent and descent. http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/12/android-in-spaaaace.html
Not that the iPhone wouldn't perform similarly, but I would think the open-source nature would be a better fit for this project. I'd hate to have a launch being delayed because I was waiting for the app to be approved.
Reading your story reminded me of something similar, I was employed at a small private college and my main job was IT instructor, with network administration as a close second. The owner didn't understand the slightest about computers (he thought he had a VPN connection to a server when in fact it was a shared passworded folder to his main computer setup by the previous instructor, I literally shuddered when I learned that) yet he demanded all sorts of crazy things that just couldn't be done. We had 2 tapes for backup, that's it just 2. I really enjoyed the instructing, definitely one of my favorite jobs, but like all good things (and bad things) they come to an end. I had seen the signs for some time, there wasn't enough enrollments to continue the program, and I had been making preparations for a couple of months. One morning the owner was in the server room at one of the servers talking on the phone and the moment he saw me, he asked me to go to his office. After a few minutes he told me that the program was being canceled and I would be laid off, not like I didn't know anyway and to go on Unemployment for a few months would give me some time to catch up on other things. The reason he was in the server room was to change the Administrator password so that I wouldn't go crazy and delete everything, one of the big problems is that the person who he was on the phone with was the IT admin at another campus guiding him as to how to disable my account and he didn't really understand IT. They assumed I would use the main Administrator account, which actually had been changed to another name and a dummy account created with the name of Administrator. He was puzzled to see it as already disabled and they actually re-enabled it and changed the password. And then couldn't understand why Administrator couldn't access anything of importance.
Interesting, my car had some trouble starting this morning, if it weren't so cold I could have popped the hood and checked out to see what the problem was. I blame the sun too.
I can see it as well from an Enterprise security vantage point, in which case, yes it makes sense. But from a personal smartphone point of view, I'd like to adjust those laws as I see fit.
It's full of stars!
But Apple doesn't seem to have any interest in the enterprise. Most of their products are end-user oriented and in one way you could say they would like the client-facing side of the enterprise, if they want any part of it. AFAIK they've never put in anything serious for enterprise servers, and I don't think they want that. Of course I wonder why Google didn't pick up Sun when it had the chance. They shared a lot of common philosophies, especially those in regards to the open source community. Not to mention avoid the upcoming Oracle vs. Android lawsuit as they would have had Java in their back pocket. Of course Ellison might have found another reason to sue them anyway.
And Palin believes the e-mail issue may have caused her the Whitehouse? Lipstick on a pig indeed.