Forgive me for asking a somewhat dumb question, but what exactly are nanites? Are they tiny chemical machines (like protiens, viruses, etc.) or are they mechanical machines? Are there any good readings you people know of that could enlighten me a little?
It is free to an extent...I mean, even though I do hear advertisments on the radio, that doesn't mean the advertisers make any money; even if I do go to a store that's advertising a sale on the radio, I don't always buy anything. And, since I'm not the only one that does that, radio stations do sometimes play music to a bunch of non-paying listeners.
if you don't run it. keep in mind that they haven't announced a port yet, and even if they do you still have to option of not using it. Use StarOffice and.rtf if you need to want an Office user to be able to read what you've written.
Hmmm...if North Dakota followed suit and passed a law like this, I could theoretically sue the University of North Dakota's campus lutheran church. I went there once, decided the service was alright and put myself on their mailing list. I have yet to go back (a year and a half later), but they still hammer me weekly with announcements of all the 'fun' stuff going on there. I've emailed them repeatedly telling them to take me off their list, as I don't intend to go back, and I still get my annoying email from them every week. Heh, by now I should almost be able to pay my tuition if I were to sue them for $10/spam. How would you define spam anyhow? Not all mass mailings are advertising that you didn't explicitly sign up for.
``The only thing we know for sure would be bad for consumers is anything that blocks us from being able to innovate Windows or anything that made it so that when people buy Windows they don't know what's in it.''
Uhm...isn't this a contradiction? Opening their source would somehow block their innovation, but keeping it closed will let customers know how it was put together and how everything works? First, they could be in control of what makes it into the main releases of Windows (end of 'we can't innovate' argument). Who knows? Maybe they could get some of those crazy bugs out of their product if they open sourced it? Also, this 'one product to do everything' attitude they seem to have has GOT to stop. There are many places using Windows (banks?) who could really benefit from their own proprietary OS, as the mainstream ones might not get what they need done quite the right way. Having the source for Windows might be beneficial to them. IMO, there are many many more reasons for them to open the source than there are reasons to keep it closed. Or maybe, in the end, they want an open sourced solution to beat them?
would they stick to the series' storyline? Would Maude Flanders be able to show up in the movie? Either way, I'd rather see another season than a movie...
Count me in. The damn marketing people who push the pop culture irritate me to no end. Same goes for the incessant spam, PHBs without a clue, "Network Neighborhood," POS Software2000, the MPAA, Washington D.C. and the sheer incompetance therein, trolls, FUD, frivilous lawsuits, porn, warez, and just about anything else unproductive and/or educational.
Venting aside, how would we establish our own little datahaven asylum-ish place? How would we keep the idjits out?
As callous as it might sound, I have no real sympathy for the people who got the shaft from AOL. Maybe if they bothered to find out *exactly* what would happen if they installed the new software, then I would. IMO, there are too many people who will blindly spend their money on a piece of software solely for the higher version number. I'll cry for them later.
I'm not condoning AOL's blatant "you will use ONLY our software on this computer" attitude, though. If they write software that infiltrates a hard drive to the point where there should be an "AOL Inside" sticker on the case and/or destroys another piece of software's functionality, I say the DoJ should maybe investigate their business tactics. But until then, Joe Consumer, use your head before 'upgrading' your software....
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Forgive me for asking a somewhat dumb question, but what exactly are nanites? Are they tiny chemical machines (like protiens, viruses, etc.) or are they mechanical machines? Are there any good readings you people know of that could enlighten me a little?
It is free to an extent...I mean, even though I do hear advertisments on the radio, that doesn't mean the advertisers make any money; even if I do go to a store that's advertising a sale on the radio, I don't always buy anything. And, since I'm not the only one that does that, radio stations do sometimes play music to a bunch of non-paying listeners.
if you don't run it. keep in mind that they haven't announced a port yet, and even if they do you still have to option of not using it. Use StarOffice and
Not whether or not MS will port office...it's whether or not we'll be able to switch from the paperclip to Tux!
Hmmm...if North Dakota followed suit and passed a law like this, I could theoretically sue the University of North Dakota's campus lutheran church. I went there once, decided the service was alright and put myself on their mailing list. I have yet to go back (a year and a half later), but they still hammer me weekly with announcements of all the 'fun' stuff going on there. I've emailed them repeatedly telling them to take me off their list, as I don't intend to go back, and I still get my annoying email from them every week. Heh, by now I should almost be able to pay my tuition if I were to sue them for $10/spam.
How would you define spam anyhow? Not all mass mailings are advertising that you didn't explicitly sign up for.
``The only thing we know for sure would be bad for consumers is anything that blocks us from being able to innovate Windows or anything that made it so that when people buy Windows they don't know what's in it.''
Uhm...isn't this a contradiction? Opening their source would somehow block their innovation, but keeping it closed will let customers know how it was put together and how everything works? First, they could be in control of what makes it into the main releases of Windows (end of 'we can't innovate' argument). Who knows? Maybe they could get some of those crazy bugs out of their product if they open sourced it? Also, this 'one product to do everything' attitude they seem to have has GOT to stop. There are many places using Windows (banks?) who could really benefit from their own proprietary OS, as the mainstream ones might not get what they need done quite the right way. Having the source for Windows might be beneficial to them. IMO, there are many many more reasons for them to open the source than there are reasons to keep it closed. Or maybe, in the end, they want an open sourced solution to beat them?
would they stick to the series' storyline? Would Maude Flanders be able to show up in the movie? Either way, I'd rather see another season than a movie...
Venting aside, how would we establish our own little datahaven asylum-ish place? How would we keep the idjits out?
University of MN? I dunno, would they let us have a fundraiser anywhere there?
I'm about 300 miles from Minneapolis, but I'd find time to go to an event there if we could get one arranged. Let's do it!
it would be kinda fun to boot a MacOS on my vanilla old k6 :P
I'm not condoning AOL's blatant "you will use ONLY our software on this computer" attitude, though. If they write software that infiltrates a hard drive to the point where there should be an "AOL Inside" sticker on the case and/or destroys another piece of software's functionality, I say the DoJ should maybe investigate their business tactics. But until then, Joe Consumer, use your head before 'upgrading' your software....