What I don't understand is why do religions get special treatment from any other philosophy? I understand that for a long time you were persecuted for following ones the king didn't like, but why isn't that solved by Freedom of Thought, not Freedom of Religion?
No it wasn't. English is spoken by pretty much everyone these days, but back then Latin was only spoken by the clergy and the educated few. Average Joseph only knew his mother tongue.
Why not? It's better than Flash, and has better runtimes than Flash on all platforms. You can make a point about getting rid of plugins in general but Adobe isn't any better than Microsoft.
This isn't about software, this is about a specification, and they can charge money for anyone who implements the specification, clean room or otherwise.
I'm implying that there a lot of valuable things that don't make much or no money, like high culture. Do you think theaters could perform Shakespeare if they had to rely on Average Joe to keep them afloat?
The important thing is that 1984 is about a totalitarian communist government. This is about large corporations trying to exert their power over people, the complete opposite.
Wikigroaning is one thing, but I never understood what the problem was with people putting obscure trivia on Wikipedia. It's not like you're short of space.
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What I'm saying is, why not just protect freedom of thought, which includes religion?
What I don't understand is why do religions get special treatment from any other philosophy? I understand that for a long time you were persecuted for following ones the king didn't like, but why isn't that solved by Freedom of Thought, not Freedom of Religion?
And sugar pills.
It's their loss, Avatar is probably the last movie you could enjoy in cam-o-vision.
But if it's in use, and you understand what it means, is it really improper?
Average Joe still couldn't read when the reformation came along and started preaching in the native language.
No it wasn't. English is spoken by pretty much everyone these days, but back then Latin was only spoken by the clergy and the educated few. Average Joseph only knew his mother tongue.
The Church did have a DRM of sorts though: Latin. The common man couldn't read the Bible and had to take the priest's word for it.
Not really, unless you're saying Mozilla protecting its logo is the same as Dianetics.
Oh, I thought you meant proprietary codecs. Well anyway, Moonlight is up to date with Silverlight 2 and a good bit of 3.
It works fine for me, including DRM support. You can probably compile Moonlight for Mac.
Yes, because it's legally binding.
Why not? It's better than Flash, and has better runtimes than Flash on all platforms. You can make a point about getting rid of plugins in general but Adobe isn't any better than Microsoft.
This isn't about software, this is about a specification, and they can charge money for anyone who implements the specification, clean room or otherwise.
You seriously believe that Big Brother watches you from a .mil hostname?
I'm implying that there a lot of valuable things that don't make much or no money, like high culture. Do you think theaters could perform Shakespeare if they had to rely on Average Joe to keep them afloat?
If you only pander to morons, all you'll have left are morons.
And then it's no longer an anarchy, so it's a perfect example or anarchies being a) undesirable and b) temporary.
The difference is that politeness is a style that evolved naturally. Political correctness is an invented newspeak.
No, because 1984 isn't about exploitation of men by men. It's about exploitation of men by a totalitarian communist government.
In communism, the public sector exploits man. In capitalism, the private sector exploits man.
The important thing is that 1984 is about a totalitarian communist government. This is about large corporations trying to exert their power over people, the complete opposite.
Have you actually read the book?
Wikigroaning is one thing, but I never understood what the problem was with people putting obscure trivia on Wikipedia. It's not like you're short of space.
I don't know about TCP/IP, but you could probably port the managed-only crypto implementations from Mono if the license allows it.