The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery, and with limited exceptions, such as those convicted of a crime, prohibits involuntary servitude.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_ammendment. And those convicted of a crime would logically be slaves to the US government. Now, in the interest of good public opinion the government chooses to not use that part of it most of the time, but saying that the government cannot own slaves is just plain wrong.
Every MMORPG I have played once a cheat arises, they go on a banning raid. Doesn't matter if you don't even know what a bot is, they will ban you. However, banning raids are rarer in paid-for MMORPGs because they don't want to kill the revenue stream they have.
Yes, but the software itself is not illegal. Does Blizzard have a right to ban you from WoW if you cheat? Yes. Can Blizzard ban you in real life... no.
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OMG! I just installed it from Ubuntu!!!
Sure, development may have stopped, but you can still get it.
Using Sun's Energy to Split Water Means Solar Power All Night
Well perhaps using Sun's energy is easy for you, but for those of us who don't live close to Sun's headquarters, it is impractical to buy a 100 mile long extension cord.
But in a screwed up judicial system like the US has, this one instance will be put to use on many, many other things that aren't on the same level.
For example, if you are playing any MMORPG, or any other online game, and you call someone a noob, or say GTFO, or something like that, they could in theory sue you. and the if this convicts the trolls, the judges, even the few who are still sane, are nearly 100% bound by this law.
Ubuntu has some of the OSE, I have installed them before. I don't know about Debian, I just used that as an example because.deb is the Debian package format, not the Ubuntu one (yes, yes, I know Ubuntu uses it)
But there are truly open companies such as Red Hat that even though there are clones using the Red Hat source (such as Cent OS) Red Hat still has yet to go bankrupt from that.
See, this is one part where a package management tool comes in handy. For example, the binaries that are provided by Sun are not free, BUT when Debian takes the GPL'd source, and makes a.deb file, it is free.
What would be so odd about that? With a real XP install a cold boot has to go through A) The BIOS (about 3-4 seconds) B) The bootloader (depends) and C) The actual boot up. With a VM you only have to do C. And that isn't including any tweaks that the VM authors have done to speed up XP.
Because, by keeping some parts of things proprietary, Sun comes off as a hypocrite. We either want a company to praise (such as Red Hat) or a company to hate (such as Microsoft), but one that keeps some things proprietary and some things in the open just makes us wonder why. For example, we know the main reason why Apple went on an open-sourcing binge when OS X was released, to keep Apple relevant, but Sun never really had a down time like Apple did around the OS 9 era.
Honestly, I don't think that most Linux-users will be picking VIA. VIA is known for making really cheap hardware, but it many times doesn't last as long nor run as fast as Intel/AMD chips. Yes, the gPC and others use it, but for the average person who walks into a store and buys a computer, it will have an AMD or Intel chipset most likely.
That said, I think that it is great that VIA is opening up docs, and I can't wait for nVidia to do the same, compiz cubes for everyone!
I honestly don't think Apple really cares about this. It is a niche project made by the same guys who would probably try to get Aqua out of an OS X DVD and port it to Linux, sure it may be illegal technically, but Apple doesn't really try to appeal to the geeks (at least in marketing) but rather the average user, and the average user won't be buying this. Basically, Apple has little to no marketshare they stand to lose by allowing this.
The main reason to get a Mac is because the hardware and software have designed for each other. Things "just work".
For Joe Sixpack yes, but if you looked at/.'s slogan, it is "news for nerds" not "news for the mainstream public", most of us want a A) fast OS B) Secure OS C) Good looking OS and D) compatible OS. Out of all of the OSes, Windows only has good software compatibility but nothing else, BSD and Linux are fast, secure and can be good looking, but a lot of niche software isn't written for them. With OS X you get a fast OS, secure because it is UNIX, looks nice, and is compatible with a lot of apps (Note: I am not a Mac fanboy, I don't even own a Mac).
How much software on ebay, do you think, is legitimate?
I don't really care if it is pirated onto blank CD-Rs. But no one is going to track me down for buying pirated software, most of the time they will treat you as some victim of some evil crime. On the other hand, if Apple catches you uploading a hacked version of OS X onto BitTorrent, they would most likely sue you.
The problem with OSX86 is that most of the time it relies on pirated software or software of questionable legality. I mean, sure you could argue that it is fair use, but when the download directs you to a torrent on The Pirate Bay, it makes you have second thoughts. Then there is the issue of updating, etc.
Would I like to install Tiger on my EEE just for the fun of it? Yes. And if I could just buy a Tiger install disk off of e-Bay and hack it easily that way I probably would, but pirating an entire OS... I just don't really agree with it.
The real remedy is to not use Comcast and pick another provider, even if it costs more, and not purchase their cable service. The masses of idiots crying about being forced to eat their own shit, but not actually doing anything about it are the reason the major ISP market is such garbage these days to begin with.
But most of the people stuck with Comcast only have Comcast offered even if you are willing to pay $100 a month for internet, there just isn't anyone that will offer you high speed internet. This is the case for a lot of people A) who live outside of a major city and are lucky to even have high speed internet B) who live in college dorms C) live in apartments. A lot of people don't want Comcast but it is either Comcast or dial-up which, in today's internet is absolutely unusable.
Oh yah, like the average person doesn't care about the OS they have either... Yet I still hear people say "Well I got a new computer and it is really good, except it has Vista on it".
Think of it this way, if a restaurant wasn't looked at as a good place to get food because the food was expired and moldy, hiring a new greeter to say welcome isn't going to change people's opinion of the restaurant.
Same with this, if the restaurant/ISP is serving bad food/internet experience, being nice to customers doesn't solve the root problem.
Comcast is now monitoring blogs as a way of improving its image among customers.
Here is an idea don't throttle P2P connections also, don't block websites, don't keep logs, and stand up for fair use and anonymity on the internet. Do that and you might be more liked. But keep throttling P2P connections and acting as a puppet of congress/MPAA/RIAA and people will hate you for it.
Oh yah. We all know this to be true. Lets see, my guess is you think that the people wanting to invade Iran are republicans right? Who are the people saying we need offshore drilling? Who are the people who say we should drill in Alaska? Oh wait, republicans. And lets see, you probably think that democrats would oppose the invasion, but wait, they don't want us to have offshore drilling nor drill in Alaska. Face it, we wouldn't have had $4 a gallon for gas if we just drilled where we have oil, both in Alaska and offshore.
So instead we elect people who change whenever someone mentions America? Seriously, we need someone where we know where they stand, and RMS has always stood for software freedom. And what we need is less compromise in politics. RMS is true to what he believes in, and when McCain or Obama gets elected, we will see that everything they told us in the campaign speeches and ads are unfulfilled promises.
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Oh yah, didn't Microsoft try that with WGA? Oh wait, today I can easily pick up a pirated copy of XP/Vista off of TPB, while the copy I legally purchased copy could be called a pirate (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Genuine_Advantage#Major_Failures_in_WGA_System)
Basically, there is the issue of false positives.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery, and with limited exceptions, such as those convicted of a crime, prohibits involuntary servitude.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_ammendment. And those convicted of a crime would logically be slaves to the US government. Now, in the interest of good public opinion the government chooses to not use that part of it most of the time, but saying that the government cannot own slaves is just plain wrong.
Every MMORPG I have played once a cheat arises, they go on a banning raid. Doesn't matter if you don't even know what a bot is, they will ban you. However, banning raids are rarer in paid-for MMORPGs because they don't want to kill the revenue stream they have.
Yes, but the software itself is not illegal. Does Blizzard have a right to ban you from WoW if you cheat? Yes. Can Blizzard ban you in real life... no.
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Hmmm... Lets see about BNETd... http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=bnetd oh wait... I can install it in Debian
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OMG! I just installed it from Ubuntu!!!
Sure, development may have stopped, but you can still get it.
Really, this isn't such a big deal. Now if it was, say GTA or another game, but not this shovelware that has cropped up on Wii Ware. (Review here: http://www.wiiware-world.com/reviews/2008/07/frat_party_games_pong_toss). Seriously, it is a really crappy overpriced ($8) game.
Let me be the first to say: Woosh
Using Sun's Energy to Split Water Means Solar Power All Night
Well perhaps using Sun's energy is easy for you, but for those of us who don't live close to Sun's headquarters, it is impractical to buy a 100 mile long extension cord.
But in a screwed up judicial system like the US has, this one instance will be put to use on many, many other things that aren't on the same level.
For example, if you are playing any MMORPG, or any other online game, and you call someone a noob, or say GTFO, or something like that, they could in theory sue you. and the if this convicts the trolls, the judges, even the few who are still sane, are nearly 100% bound by this law.
Then the answer is don't say unlimited for example, rather then AT&T saying unlimited data, they should clearly state in ads, but no P2P.
Ubuntu has some of the OSE, I have installed them before. I don't know about Debian, I just used that as an example because .deb is the Debian package format, not the Ubuntu one (yes, yes, I know Ubuntu uses it)
But there are truly open companies such as Red Hat that even though there are clones using the Red Hat source (such as Cent OS) Red Hat still has yet to go bankrupt from that.
See, this is one part where a package management tool comes in handy. For example, the binaries that are provided by Sun are not free, BUT when Debian takes the GPL'd source, and makes a .deb file, it is free.
What would be so odd about that? With a real XP install a cold boot has to go through A) The BIOS (about 3-4 seconds) B) The bootloader (depends) and C) The actual boot up. With a VM you only have to do C. And that isn't including any tweaks that the VM authors have done to speed up XP.
Because, by keeping some parts of things proprietary, Sun comes off as a hypocrite. We either want a company to praise (such as Red Hat) or a company to hate (such as Microsoft), but one that keeps some things proprietary and some things in the open just makes us wonder why. For example, we know the main reason why Apple went on an open-sourcing binge when OS X was released, to keep Apple relevant, but Sun never really had a down time like Apple did around the OS 9 era.
If you are running Vista, I'm assuming you have 32 GB of RAM, and about 4 8-core CPUs. Unless you mean to say that Hell is very, very slow.
Honestly, I don't think that most Linux-users will be picking VIA. VIA is known for making really cheap hardware, but it many times doesn't last as long nor run as fast as Intel/AMD chips. Yes, the gPC and others use it, but for the average person who walks into a store and buys a computer, it will have an AMD or Intel chipset most likely.
That said, I think that it is great that VIA is opening up docs, and I can't wait for nVidia to do the same, compiz cubes for everyone!
I honestly don't think Apple really cares about this. It is a niche project made by the same guys who would probably try to get Aqua out of an OS X DVD and port it to Linux, sure it may be illegal technically, but Apple doesn't really try to appeal to the geeks (at least in marketing) but rather the average user, and the average user won't be buying this. Basically, Apple has little to no marketshare they stand to lose by allowing this.
The main reason to get a Mac is because the hardware and software have designed for each other. Things "just work".
For Joe Sixpack yes, but if you looked at /.'s slogan, it is "news for nerds" not "news for the mainstream public", most of us want a A) fast OS B) Secure OS C) Good looking OS and D) compatible OS. Out of all of the OSes, Windows only has good software compatibility but nothing else, BSD and Linux are fast, secure and can be good looking, but a lot of niche software isn't written for them. With OS X you get a fast OS, secure because it is UNIX, looks nice, and is compatible with a lot of apps (Note: I am not a Mac fanboy, I don't even own a Mac).
How much software on ebay, do you think, is legitimate?
I don't really care if it is pirated onto blank CD-Rs. But no one is going to track me down for buying pirated software, most of the time they will treat you as some victim of some evil crime. On the other hand, if Apple catches you uploading a hacked version of OS X onto BitTorrent, they would most likely sue you.
The problem with OSX86 is that most of the time it relies on pirated software or software of questionable legality. I mean, sure you could argue that it is fair use, but when the download directs you to a torrent on The Pirate Bay, it makes you have second thoughts. Then there is the issue of updating, etc.
Would I like to install Tiger on my EEE just for the fun of it? Yes. And if I could just buy a Tiger install disk off of e-Bay and hack it easily that way I probably would, but pirating an entire OS... I just don't really agree with it.
The real remedy is to not use Comcast and pick another provider, even if it costs more, and not purchase their cable service. The masses of idiots crying about being forced to eat their own shit, but not actually doing anything about it are the reason the major ISP market is such garbage these days to begin with.
But most of the people stuck with Comcast only have Comcast offered even if you are willing to pay $100 a month for internet, there just isn't anyone that will offer you high speed internet. This is the case for a lot of people A) who live outside of a major city and are lucky to even have high speed internet B) who live in college dorms C) live in apartments. A lot of people don't want Comcast but it is either Comcast or dial-up which, in today's internet is absolutely unusable.
Oh yah, like the average person doesn't care about the OS they have either... Yet I still hear people say "Well I got a new computer and it is really good, except it has Vista on it".
Think of it this way, if a restaurant wasn't looked at as a good place to get food because the food was expired and moldy, hiring a new greeter to say welcome isn't going to change people's opinion of the restaurant.
Same with this, if the restaurant/ISP is serving bad food/internet experience, being nice to customers doesn't solve the root problem.
Comcast is now monitoring blogs as a way of improving its image among customers.
Here is an idea don't throttle P2P connections also, don't block websites, don't keep logs, and stand up for fair use and anonymity on the internet. Do that and you might be more liked. But keep throttling P2P connections and acting as a puppet of congress/MPAA/RIAA and people will hate you for it.
Oh yah. We all know this to be true. Lets see, my guess is you think that the people wanting to invade Iran are republicans right? Who are the people saying we need offshore drilling? Who are the people who say we should drill in Alaska? Oh wait, republicans. And lets see, you probably think that democrats would oppose the invasion, but wait, they don't want us to have offshore drilling nor drill in Alaska. Face it, we wouldn't have had $4 a gallon for gas if we just drilled where we have oil, both in Alaska and offshore.
So instead we elect people who change whenever someone mentions America? Seriously, we need someone where we know where they stand, and RMS has always stood for software freedom. And what we need is less compromise in politics. RMS is true to what he believes in, and when McCain or Obama gets elected, we will see that everything they told us in the campaign speeches and ads are unfulfilled promises.