I agree; the problem seems to be that internet "entrepreneurs" believe they can get something for nothing. It's been reinforced by extreme stock valuations for companies that don't really produce anything, but it should be dying out now...it's quite possible that large, successful businesses will be born on the internet, but they'll have to actually produce/deliver something in the physical world.
Would you prefer to pay for content than to view ads? Because content-oriented sites including/.) rely on ads to make money. Otherwise they will have to charge money for subscriptions -- or fold up shop and go home! Advertisers (tv, web, etc) are doing you a favor by letting you view things for free
Yes. I would rather pay for a quality site on which I don't get ads. Like consumerreports, which is about the cost of a magazine issue, but let's me look up back issues. Or Brittanica. Which is a lot of information for a moderate amount of money.
Well if they don't share the presence of some of the more useful APIs already (yes, I know, that hasn't been proven, why would they share the source code to all of them? They might open source most, but keep a few key ones for themselves.
What parts would these be? Something good I assume. Like maybe those MSN channels. Sure would like to see the source code there. How about that Outlook code; I mean, I have like 50 iluvyou viruses (virii? virons?) on my linux box, pine didn't trigger any of them. I felt left out.
...but Napster contributes a lot more to the world than they do.
What exactly does Napster contribute to the world? I mean, it's not like they're up for a nobel peace prize or are designing a cure for cancer or anything...
I can't access the article (*cough*vbscript error*cough*) but the abstract doesn't make it sound too grim. So we'll get a little flooding, we've gotten it before. And maybe it will compel designers/architects/engineers to put a little ecological thought into home design and construction for a change.
Well the right and left kind of get mixed up when you move far away from the center. And the police in my simcities aren't put in to enforce the law, they're there to protect their cowering mayor in his expensive mansion from crowds of outraged citizenry...
Whenever I play simcity or similar game, my cities always end up incredibly polluted, impoverished, and crime ridden. I always have to end up surrounding the mayor's mansion with police stations, while my fire department, with it's budget of $0, is hard-pressed to extinguish the countless fires that sweep through the city continuously.
Is there any chance of a sequel to Last Chance to See? There are, unfortunately, a lot more species on the brink of extinction, and I'm sure you'd not want for subjects. It was nice to see an unflinching look at biodiversity loss that still managed to convey some hope, and even humor...
Don't worry, I lose karma faster than I make it...
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Blind devotion to Stallman? I think that I've heard more negative opinions than positive ones here and elsewhere, by a factor of at least 3 to 1. I personally disagree with a lot of what he says, but he's always interesting to read, and I still don't understand this blind hatred of the man. I can't speak for everyone, but he never broke into MY house and forced me at gunpoint to only use GPLed software.
And what fragmented UNIX was simply corporate greed.
There is one proven cure for overpopulation; development. Large-scale family planning, such as that practiced in India and China, has pretty much failed because of social pressures; the only way to reduce global population pressures is to spread resources, both technological and educational, around a little bit more evenly.
As for those posters who claim that the earth can support an even larger population, they're right. But it would be at an incredible cost in terms of ecology, health, and quality of life.
Well he's not really part of the linux movement; why should he care? I mean, linux is a subset of the free software movement, not the other way around.
if it's running any flavor of NT then there's already a self-destruct mechanism built in...I mean, how long do you think the data would exist before GPFs necessitate a reinstall...
I always felt more aggressive after a two hours of Doom. Strangely enough, 12 hours of Doom just left me drained (and seeing swirling lights above my head as I tried to sleep).
To descend into seriousness for a minute, I have two comments:
Firstly, if violent video games/movies promote real life violence, why is Japan apparently immune from this? Japanese video games are just as, if not more bloody than their American ports/counterparts. I haven't watched too many movies, but I'm pretty sure they're even more violent than ours. Same with Hong Kong. They don't seem to have these school violence issues,though they might just be underreported. And if you compare TV/movies with those from 10 years ago (at least in America), you'll notice that they're substantially less violent now than they used to be.
Point the second. Violence is a part of the human condition; repressing it totally might not be a good thing. Behavioral scientists have believed for years that emotions are "saved up", to simplify it, and must be periodically released. If they're not, they'll eventually boil over, and I can think of a lot worse ways of expressing violent emotions than plugging people on deathmatch Quake.
Actually that's fallen into disuse in the past few years; it used to be much more accepted to use "CPU" that way. And to tell the truth, I don't see the big deal; it's a central processing "unit", which has a pretty open meaning. I mean, if they called it the central processor I could see your point...
I believe the telephone companies would fight tooth and nail against this, as they are economically interested. Besides the call charges independent telemarketing companies rack up, the telcos themselves supposedly own a sizeable chunk of the telemarketing companies out there. At least I've heard some things to this effect.
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I agree; the problem seems to be that internet "entrepreneurs" believe they can get something for nothing. It's been reinforced by extreme stock valuations for companies that don't really produce anything, but it should be dying out now...it's quite possible that large, successful businesses will be born on the internet, but they'll have to actually produce/deliver something in the physical world.
Would you prefer to pay for content than to view ads? Because content-oriented sites including /.) rely on ads to make money. Otherwise they will have to charge money for subscriptions -- or fold up shop and go home! Advertisers (tv, web, etc) are doing you a favor by letting you view things for free
Yes. I would rather pay for a quality site on which I don't get ads. Like consumerreports, which is about the cost of a magazine issue, but let's me look up back issues. Or Brittanica. Which is a lot of information for a moderate amount of money.
Well if they don't share the presence of some of the more useful APIs already (yes, I know, that hasn't been proven, why would they share the source code to all of them? They might open source most, but keep a few key ones for themselves.
What parts would these be? Something good I assume. Like maybe those MSN channels. Sure would like to see the source code there. How about that Outlook code; I mean, I have like 50 iluvyou viruses (virii? virons?) on my linux box, pine didn't trigger any of them. I felt left out.
What exactly does Napster contribute to the world? I mean, it's not like they're up for a nobel peace prize or are designing a cure for cancer or anything...
And I would have included synthesized fertilizers along with farm machinery.
And taken out the automobile, it was invented in the 19th century.
I can't access the article (*cough*vbscript error*cough*) but the abstract doesn't make it sound too grim. So we'll get a little flooding, we've gotten it before. And maybe it will compel designers/architects/engineers to put a little ecological thought into home design and construction for a change.
Well the right and left kind of get mixed up when you move far away from the center. And the police in my simcities aren't put in to enforce the law, they're there to protect their cowering mayor in his expensive mansion from crowds of outraged citizenry...
Whenever I play simcity or similar game, my cities always end up incredibly polluted, impoverished, and crime ridden. I always have to end up surrounding the mayor's mansion with police stations, while my fire department, with it's budget of $0, is hard-pressed to extinguish the countless fires that sweep through the city continuously.
I'd make a great politician I think.
Is there any chance of a sequel to Last Chance to See? There are, unfortunately, a lot more species on the brink of extinction, and I'm sure you'd not want for subjects. It was nice to see an unflinching look at biodiversity loss that still managed to convey some hope, and even humor...
The main point, if I remember correctly, is that underground missile silos can take a nuclear blast from 100m away, but at 1m it's a lot more iffy...
Don't worry, I lose karma faster than I make it...
Blind devotion to Stallman? I think that I've heard more negative opinions than positive ones here and elsewhere, by a factor of at least 3 to 1. I personally disagree with a lot of what he says, but he's always interesting to read, and I still don't understand this blind hatred of the man. I can't speak for everyone, but he never broke into MY house and forced me at gunpoint to only use GPLed software.
And what fragmented UNIX was simply corporate greed.
There is one proven cure for overpopulation; development. Large-scale family planning, such as that practiced in India and China, has pretty much failed because of social pressures; the only way to reduce global population pressures is to spread resources, both technological and educational, around a little bit more evenly.
As for those posters who claim that the earth can support an even larger population, they're right. But it would be at an incredible cost in terms of ecology, health, and quality of life.
Well he's not really part of the linux movement; why should he care? I mean, linux is a subset of the free software movement, not the other way around.
But I never really had that much fun with diablo...it seemed like just an rpg without the story/puzzles...or gauntlet without the action.
if it's running any flavor of NT then there's already a self-destruct mechanism built in...I mean, how long do you think the data would exist before GPFs necessitate a reinstall...
Trademark law is about unfair competition. Apple farmers do not compete with Apple Computer Inc.
I bet you could port netBSD to an apple (the fruit, not the translucent plastic box)
In 14 years of computer use, programming, living and loving I have never heard the word boxen. It sounds German.
I always felt more aggressive after a two hours of Doom. Strangely enough, 12 hours of Doom just left me drained (and seeing swirling lights above my head as I tried to sleep).
To descend into seriousness for a minute, I have two comments:
Firstly, if violent video games/movies promote real life violence, why is Japan apparently immune from this? Japanese video games are just as, if not more bloody than their American ports/counterparts. I haven't watched too many movies, but I'm pretty sure they're even more violent than ours. Same with Hong Kong. They don't seem to have these school violence issues,though they might just be underreported. And if you compare TV/movies with those from 10 years ago (at least in America), you'll notice that they're substantially less violent now than they used to be.
Point the second. Violence is a part of the human condition; repressing it totally might not be a good thing. Behavioral scientists have believed for years that emotions are "saved up", to simplify it, and must be periodically released. If they're not, they'll eventually boil over, and I can think of a lot worse ways of expressing violent emotions than plugging people on deathmatch Quake.
Actually that's fallen into disuse in the past few years; it used to be much more accepted to use "CPU" that way. And to tell the truth, I don't see the big deal; it's a central processing "unit", which has a pretty open meaning. I mean, if they called it the central processor I could see your point...
No, they'd be sued by me; I've patented the color blue, at all possible wavelengths.
Does this anger you? Then you better send me some more money, because I've patented that emotion.
Whatever else might be said, it's refreshing to see a non-bland government official for once...
Yep, but the screens are too small and there are no keyboards.
I believe the telephone companies would fight tooth and nail against this, as they are economically interested. Besides the call charges independent telemarketing companies rack up, the telcos themselves supposedly own a sizeable chunk of the telemarketing companies out there. At least I've heard some things to this effect.