Of course he makes sense, thats how he gets such a large group of followers prepared to die! I've no doubt that he actually believes what he is saying aswell. Even so that doesn't excuse his actions
Funny how the above statement applies equally well to Bush and his troops, as it does to bin Laden and his followers.
From webmonkey: For content sites (like the one you're reading right now), credibility is everything. Webmonkey is owned by Lycos, and our overlords have desires. They wish for you, our readers, to search the Web using HotBot, set up your Web site using Tripod, and buy trinkets using LycoShop. Thankfully, these services do not conflict with our core mission: providing information for Web developers.
What a lie. Just as Wired is out of touch these days, so is Hotwired/Lycos. Webmonkey has only headed downhill in recent years, producing progressively simplistic, shallow, "beginners" articles suited to who? None other than the beginners using Tripod and Lycos.
To claim Webmonkey (or Hotwired) have been unaffected by their own ownership dramas is outrageous
Remember, Webmonkey are the same people who claimed ownership and copyright of everything posted to their email discussion list - prompting users to leave and form evolt.org
In contrast, Slashdot has continued to operate as it always has - the material posted hasn't changed, and I do believe that roblimo et al would leave if the site's editorial independence truly were in jeopardy. That will be our signal, as site visitors, to stop using Slashdot.
Mike Shaver said: I've been asked by my new employer to not disclose the details of where I'm going next, but I should be able to say more in the next little while. Suffice it to say that I'm quite excited about it.
..He'll probably be the next person to disappear into the shadowy halls of Transmeta..:) ---
Yeah, we have fucked the Earth up something royal, but that alone shouldn't stop us from trying again to do better... We are going to have to deal with Mars sometime, we can't stay here on Earth forever.
I agree, but I don't think the time is right. Go now, we will fuck Mars up royal too. I'm sorry, I do not trust humans at this point in time. We don't have the smarts. Yet.
Who says that this is automatically bad. The Internet, GPS and others are old DoD projects. While I'll admit they often go bad, it is not predestined.
I reject this argument for defense spending. DoD love to point at defense research spinoffs and quote the "trickle-down effect" of research. This is quite insane. Instead of investing billions into military research in the hope that a hundred million worth will trickle down to ordinary consumers, why not invest the billions in non-military research in the first place?
No, this isn't off-topic. Because in the current runaway Capitalist situation any manned Mars expedition would be inextricably linked to defense research.
The plan is for all the products to be given away for free, and then charge for support, a common revenue model.
While I support this model as the way of the future for the software industry.. it occurs to me that it may or may not be whats best for the consumer.
On the one hand, the company would wish to make a good product so that more people are using it (and potentially purchasing support). On the other hand, the company has less incentive to make the product easier to use - since the more intuitive it is, the less is the demand for support (resulting in lower revenues).
Not a big issue at the moment, since most open source software isn't aimed at the "average user". But this could be something to watch for the future. Particularly in areas such as this one - "Office" type applications.
*Please* read the article with a highly critical mind.
The author is John Markoff. He has proven his inability to report accurately in the past. Not to mention lack of journalistic integrity. And arrogance. And profiteering.
With that in mind, I'd also like to point out the spelling mistake on his very first line. Surely he means "ensure".
Well! I'd just like to add that IF the world does disappear in a puff of nothingness, then at the VERY least we should get nominated for THE GALACTIC DARWIN AWARD.
For service to the evolution of beings everywhere..
Its just another Netscape. Microsoft is working against Real rather than with them. And Microsoft will win.
They'll win in the same way, too. Windows 2000 will include IE, Media Player, and native support for all things Microsoft Audio. What average user will bother downloading anything else?
Only the court case could change anything. But does anyone seriously believe that it will?
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Funny how the above statement applies equally well to Bush and his troops, as it does to bin Laden and his followers.
Which, I think, was the parent's point.
And how could Ogg possibly improve the size of their sounds? Ogg is a container format. I think they mean Vorbis, the compression codec.
I know I'm being anal retentive. I don't care.
What a lie. Just as Wired is out of touch these days, so is Hotwired/Lycos. Webmonkey has only headed downhill in recent years, producing progressively simplistic, shallow, "beginners" articles suited to who? None other than the beginners using Tripod and Lycos.
To claim Webmonkey (or Hotwired) have been unaffected by their own ownership dramas is outrageous
Remember, Webmonkey are the same people who claimed ownership and copyright of everything posted to their email discussion list - prompting users to leave and form evolt.org
In contrast, Slashdot has continued to operate as it always has - the material posted hasn't changed, and I do believe that roblimo et al would leave if the site's editorial independence truly were in jeopardy. That will be our signal, as site visitors, to stop using Slashdot.
Bad form, Webmonkey!
..He'll probably be the next person to disappear into the shadowy halls of Transmeta.. :)
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Yeah, we have fucked the Earth up something royal, but that alone shouldn't stop us from trying again to do better. .. We are going to have to deal with Mars sometime, we can't stay here on Earth forever.
I agree, but I don't think the time is right. Go now, we will fuck Mars up royal too. I'm sorry, I do not trust humans at this point in time. We don't have the smarts. Yet.
Who says that this is automatically bad. The Internet, GPS and others are old DoD projects. While I'll admit they often go bad, it is not predestined.
I reject this argument for defense spending. DoD love to point at defense research spinoffs and quote the "trickle-down effect" of research. This is quite insane. Instead of investing billions into military research in the hope that a hundred million worth will trickle down to ordinary consumers, why not invest the billions in non-military research in the first place?
No, this isn't off-topic. Because in the current runaway Capitalist situation any manned Mars expedition would be inextricably linked to defense research.
I have two sources of reservation on this topic:
- It will give the defense forces even more justification for their exhorbitant research budget
- We have fucked up one planet already. I think we should leave the others alone until we've learned how to be better managers of the environment.
Space probes sent to other planets are heated to sterilise them. Try doing that to a human.
While I support this model as the way of the future for the software industry.. it occurs to me that it may or may not be whats best for the consumer.
On the one hand, the company would wish to make a good product so that more people are using it (and potentially purchasing support). On the other hand, the company has less incentive to make the product easier to use - since the more intuitive it is, the less is the demand for support (resulting in lower revenues).
Not a big issue at the moment, since most open source software isn't aimed at the "average user". But this could be something to watch for the future. Particularly in areas such as this one - "Office" type applications.
*Please* read the article with a highly critical mind.
The author is John Markoff. He has proven his inability to report accurately in the past. Not to mention lack of journalistic integrity. And arrogance. And profiteering.
With that in mind, I'd also like to point out the spelling mistake on his very first line. Surely he means "ensure".
Well! I'd just like to add that IF the world does disappear in a puff of nothingness, then at the VERY least we should get nominated for THE GALACTIC DARWIN AWARD.
For service to the evolution of beings everywhere..
Its just another Netscape. Microsoft is working against Real rather than with them. And Microsoft will win.
They'll win in the same way, too. Windows 2000 will include IE, Media Player, and native support for all things Microsoft Audio. What average user will bother downloading anything else?
Only the court case could change anything. But does anyone seriously believe that it will?