We have lived in such a rare time. We had access to a communication tool like no other in history. And for a brief moment, it was free - totally free. Unencumbered by the dictates of rich and powerful, it was without parallel in history. Anybody who connected to this great web of systems had just as much chance to make his message heard as anyone else.
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But people who have acquired wealth and power don't like it when any old slob can do what they do. I mean, what good is being rich and powerful if it doesn't let you move to the head of the line? Now, a race is on to crush the experiment in liberty that has been the Internet. I guess it was too radical, too much of a danger to tyranny and concentrated wealth, to last very long.
We should all feel privileged for having seen the rise of this rarest of creatures - the fully open agora of information and ideas - and we should all feel sad that it couldn't be defended from the greedy and power hungry.
Great, great post.
Even if a few days late, my compliments for expressing so well something I've been trying to explain to friends and family.
What else is Microsoft going to do with their mountains of money? I suppose they could hand out more dividends
They not only could, but they should.
For some time now, MSFT new projects amount to nothing more that burning shareholder's money to satisfy Gates/Ballmer's megalomania, with no other discernible benefit.
If the stock is still flat in one year, don't be surprised by class-action lawsuits.
I don't use Opera, but from what I've heard it's a decent browser that supports standards.
A small correction: Opera isn't just a decent browser, it's the Mercedes of browsers. Nothing comes even close. Use it for a while, tweak it to your particular style of browsing (BTW, did I mention that Opera is completely configurable), and you cannot go back. Other browsers become physically painful.
DYAF and give it a chance. You'll be grateful you did.
the ps3 is doomed because of its high price and its high price is there because of blu-ray. that will be the succinct epitaph written for the ps3 in 5 years.
Well, maybe, and maybe not. I guess that in just a year we'll know if it's a winner or a loser.
Let's talk again in the unavoidable/. FIRST ANIVERSARY! story.
This kind of thing doesn't even have a chance until broadband is as ubiquitous and as reliable as electricity.I think that we're still a good 10 years out from this even beginning to happen.
Well, for a lot of us it is so right now, and I'm talking about home, not only at work. I've been without connection maybe half an hour in three years. So, it's not like everybody's changing at once. Big news.
And yes, once you become used to having always-on broadband you begin to transfer a lot of your activities to web apps, even without trying to do so. They're just convenient. I definitely see a trend, but, as always, YMMV.
They make it seem(Especially in Boston Legal) that the defendant or plaintif just tells the attourneys their problem and then just go to court and argue it.
And right next day, not after months or even years.
The PS3 is Sony's way to reach four different stategic objectives with just one weapon. Judging by your posts, you seem to be perfectly able to discern them by yourself.
Will they succeed? To early to say, but if forced to bet on it, I would bet yes.
I think the reasoning is if you have a pile of money in Google stock, you might want to take that and start a company to work on your own stuff 100% of the time.
If you think that starting a company will give you much time to work in your stuff, let alone 100% of it, I'm afraid you'll be sorely disappointed.
Been there, done that. The money is OK, but you spend your most time with lawyers, accountants, customers, bureaucrats, and the ilk. Better think hard and long if that is the kind of life you want. Some people do, some don't. Geeks mostly don't.
Fair enough, but that entire list sounds more like a single OS X upgrade - something OS X users only pay around $100 for. With Vista, the first "real" option you can buy is more like $300! Basically, you are buying Vista Tiger Edition.
And also sounds a lot less that upgrading to Mandriva 2007, which I did for exactly $ 0 and has far better 3D eyecandy out of the box. Not to mention thousands and thousands of software packages.
Unless and until the judge in the SCO-IBM case says the case was not merely insufficient, but utterly without merit, it's unlikely SCO can be hit for manipulation.
Thousands of would-be Slashdot readers are so so so so SO SO SO incredibly fucking sick of the "I for one welcome our joke-which-was-only-the-very-slightest-bit-humorou s-in-its-original-form bludgenoning-the-living-shit-out-of overlords" redundant unfunny shitposts that we just grimace and go read the New York Times instead
Just to be fair, also state the downside. It looks like you win, we win.
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Great, great post.
Even if a few days late, my compliments for expressing so well something I've been trying to explain to friends and family.
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Yup, you're quite right. I forgot the first rule: never translate technical terms from memory.
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Actually, it is, under its correct name of arbitration.
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She was on a (fat) commission from somebody. Guess who?
Of course she did.
It seems you have never worked at retail? Lucky you...
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They not only could, but they should.
For some time now, MSFT new projects amount to nothing more that burning shareholder's money to satisfy Gates/Ballmer's megalomania, with no other discernible benefit.
If the stock is still flat in one year, don't be surprised by class-action lawsuits.
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Wow! You really creamed the asshole. Great explanation.
Sorry I'm out of moderation points.
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A small correction: Opera isn't just a decent browser, it's the Mercedes of browsers. Nothing comes even close.
Use it for a while, tweak it to your particular style of browsing (BTW, did I mention that Opera is completely configurable), and you cannot go back.
Other browsers become physically painful.
DYAF and give it a chance. You'll be grateful you did.
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With pleasure...
Well, that was a quick K.O. (Standing ovation)
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that's a date, my friend.
Already agended.
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the ps3 is doomed because of its high price and its high price is there because of blu-ray. that will be the succinct epitaph written for the ps3 in 5 years.
/. FIRST ANIVERSARY! story.
Well, maybe, and maybe not.
I guess that in just a year we'll know if it's a winner or a loser.
Let's talk again in the unavoidable
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Well, for a lot of us it is so right now, and I'm talking about home, not only at work. I've been without connection maybe half an hour in three years.
So, it's not like everybody's changing at once. Big news.
And yes, once you become used to having always-on broadband you begin to transfer a lot of your activities to web apps, even without trying to do so.
They're just convenient.
I definitely see a trend, but, as always, YMMV.
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And right next day, not after months or even years.
And yes, I'm a Boston Legal fan nevertheless.
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I wasn't aware it was a mystery, but YMMV.
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Es un chiste...
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Wrong.
The PS3 is Sony's way to reach four different stategic objectives with just one weapon.
Judging by your posts, you seem to be perfectly able to discern them by yourself.
Will they succeed? To early to say, but if forced to bet on it, I would bet yes.
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Why? Most people are going to buy anything new in HD.
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Do you mean there are other OSes besides Linux?
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If you think that starting a company will give you much time to work in your stuff, let alone 100% of it, I'm afraid you'll be sorely disappointed.
Been there, done that. The money is OK, but you spend your most time with lawyers, accountants, customers, bureaucrats, and the ilk.
Better think hard and long if that is the kind of life you want. Some people do, some don't. Geeks mostly don't.
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We have one still running Windows 95, you insensitive clod!
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What I find interesting is that now MSFT apologists are saying this.
Maybe we're near a tipping point?
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You're in friends list.
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And also sounds a lot less that upgrading to Mandriva 2007, which I did for exactly $ 0 and has far better 3D eyecandy out of the box.
Not to mention thousands and thousands of software packages.
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Does "astonishing lack of evidence" ring a bell?
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Just to be fair, also state the downside. It looks like you win, we win.
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Well, the recipe tells you not only what and where, but also when and how...
My personal opinion would be neither, so at least in this point we seem to agree.
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