If it works, and if working is all you care about, who cares. It won't matter if the source is available to us. Leave that to the OS programmers. There are other things in life to do than reading source code.
My win2k works, so I'll leave it at that. Guess what my win2k uptime is? It's been up for almost 2 weeks. Last time I rebooted due to a power outtage.
It may be expensive now, but the earlier DTV is standardized, the earlier prices will go down, and the earlier everyone will have high bandwidth lines going into their house. This will also force the cable companies to get their ass moving on laying out higher bandwidth cables. It may be costly to them at the beginning, but it'll eventually pay off anyway.
FCC is doing the right thing. This is one good way to get the industry to move ahead.
And how does the store verify that your certificate is valid? There must be a way for them to verify it. Hence a database of valid certificates. Now we're back at the same place where we started.
> The US doesn't play ball forever with governments that spurn international intellectual property rights. If they try to screw us over by not releasing the "red flag" distro with full sources, that's going to be one more big red mark against them. Couple that with infanticide and other human rights violations.
But the US does play ball with countries that has a huge untapped market. I think the US puts capitalism above human rights. Why do you think China is still has the most favored status? This country is such a hypocrite.
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At least get the facts right before you go on about your nonsense.
> China has low computer usage despite the many components that are made there
Taiwan makes most of the components, not China.
> See SETI stats in China or CNN stats claims 7.1 surfers million by 2001.
I have four computers at home, and none of them run the SETI client. You might as well make the numbers up instead of using the SETI stats. The CNN stats are internet-use stats. There may be a lot more computers in use, but not connected to the 'net due to government restrictions.
> China's greatest contribution for the forseable future will remain their steady stream of immigrants to the western world.
A steady stream of smart immigrants, and you should be thankful for it. America would probably be a lot dumber without them. A lot of your "immigrants" return home after getting their degrees, and mostly MSs and PhDs. There are not enough higher education institutions in China to satisfy the demands, therefore the competition for college entrance is extremely tough. Thus some opt for the easier way - coming to America. Look for the proof in your local graduate institutions, especially the better ones, MIT, Berkeley, etc.
> It is bizare that a nation as good at exporting all maner of manufactured goods has not been able to modernize it's agricultural sector, and the country as a whole is still very poor.
It is bizarre that a nation as rich as ours still have people living in poverty and starving.
> I would not trust a Chineese Binary.
Hey, there is probably one running on your computer right now. I think you should start rewriting every single piece of software running on your computer now to make sure there are no Chinese binary.
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If it works, and if working is all you care about, who cares. It won't matter if the source is available to us. Leave that to the OS programmers. There are other things in life to do than reading source code.
My win2k works, so I'll leave it at that. Guess what my win2k uptime is? It's been up for almost 2 weeks. Last time I rebooted due to a power outtage.
man, this guy just want attention doesn't he?
:)
who does he wanna become? "The man who prevented the downfall of Microsoft"? hehehe
How is this a bad thing?
It may be expensive now, but the earlier DTV is standardized, the earlier prices will go down, and the earlier everyone will have high bandwidth lines going into their house. This will also force the cable companies to get their ass moving on laying out higher bandwidth cables. It may be costly to them at the beginning, but it'll eventually pay off anyway.
FCC is doing the right thing. This is one good way to get the industry to move ahead.
And how does the store verify that your certificate is valid? There must be a way for them to verify it. Hence a database of valid certificates. Now we're back at the same place where we started.
> This was simply a moneymaking venture by Lucas, nothing more.
Gee, and I suppose that wasn't the case when he made the other 3 movies? How about the special editions?
seems to me Lucus is the biggest in the world. he wants SW fans to get a life though we pay his bills.
> The US doesn't play ball forever with governments that spurn international intellectual property rights. If they try to screw us over by not releasing the "red flag" distro with full sources, that's going to be one more big red mark against them. Couple that with infanticide and other human rights violations.
But the US does play ball with countries that has a huge untapped market. I think the US puts capitalism above human rights. Why do you think China is still has the most favored status? This country is such a hypocrite.
It doesn't matter who controls the development if it's going to be open source.
Hey 1 billion Chinese typing randomly away on their keyboards. They're bound to produce some awesome code!
Hey, that's always false :)
At least get the facts right before you go on about your nonsense.
> China has low computer usage despite the many components that are made there
Taiwan makes most of the components, not China.
> See SETI stats in China or CNN stats claims 7.1 surfers million by 2001.
I have four computers at home, and none of them run the SETI client. You might as well make the numbers up instead of using the SETI stats.
The CNN stats are internet-use stats. There may be a lot more computers in use, but not connected to the 'net due to government restrictions.
> China's greatest contribution for the forseable future will remain their steady stream of immigrants to the western world.
A steady stream of smart immigrants, and you should be thankful for it. America would probably be a lot dumber without them. A lot of your "immigrants" return home after getting their degrees, and mostly MSs and PhDs. There are not enough higher education institutions in China to satisfy the demands, therefore the competition for college entrance is extremely tough. Thus some opt for the easier way - coming to America. Look for the proof in your local graduate institutions, especially the better ones, MIT, Berkeley, etc.
> It is bizare that a nation as good at exporting all maner of manufactured goods has not been able to modernize it's agricultural sector, and the country as a whole is still very poor.
It is bizarre that a nation as rich as ours still have people living in poverty and starving.
> I would not trust a Chineese Binary.
Hey, there is probably one running on your computer right now. I think you should start rewriting every single piece of software running on your computer now to make sure there are no Chinese binary.