In other words open source that REQUIRES closed source to use is not open source at all.
That certainly depends on what you mean by requires. If the license says, you must use it together with a closed source product, then it does not match the definition of open source. But if an open source product happen to technically depend on some Windows API, but is released under an open source license, then it is still open source. Anybody are allowed to take such a product and remove the dependencies on that API and make it work on some other systems (known as porting). And being allowed to do things like that is exactly what open source is all about. Basically, the license says "no porting". That doesn't sound very open source to me.
...because the most sensitive information stored on any computer is going to stored be the ID3 tags of downloaded music.
You fucking moron.
It appears we've finally been screaming this "copyright is not fair to the digital world!" schtick for so long that many have forgotten how to stop, even in the face of progress being made. That's a god damn shame. Here, Apple is saying "OK, your argument is anoying, unstable, overly limiting DRM software? Fine, no software locks. Your name and email are on the file, though." and you cry FOUL?
"What if my laptop gets stolen?" WTF??!?!?
Tell me your email address and full, real name are not stored anywhere else on that laptop at all for any reason, along with other sensitive data, and I will tell you who the most naive liar I know is.
"But my other information is protected by ENCRYPTION!"
Encrypt your music files.
Anyone who claims this infringes on their rights just wants piracy to be easy enough as it was in the Napster days. Sorry, not happening.
Are you going from "I agree with the grandparent post" to "All religious people in the world make valid, sound arguments against science" in just one move?
They waited because they know it's my birthday, and since I have been trolling/. and praising them over 8 years now, they thought the next revolution in communications technology of a lifetime forever would make me a nice present.
...and Safari. And Explorer. And every single browser that ever implemented JavaScript.
It's like those idiots who try to sue search engines for spidering their sites of exclusive content when they have not set up robots.txt (or adequate user authentication).
First, Bungie strives to bring gaming to the Mac platform. Mac has had the potential for years, but no one saw profit in that market.
Then, just as it was about to all come together, they sold out to Microsoft and pulled the plug on that.
Now, one of the most famous people in ALL of electronic gaming history says "Well, Halo style games aren't my thing, I try to make interesting new experiences with games" (which, by the way, Halo is NOT), and they have the goddamn gal to snap off a comment like that?
Bungie, you're fucking dead to me. And for the record, Unreal Tournament has it all over you.
I am a programmer, and the answer is that if the underlying OS isn't also eating a significant amount of CPU at all times, you'll have the spare cycles to make things look good.
If we didn't give them those rights, they do not have those rights.
Do you think a Congress for the people would allow this kind of behavior? Look around you; your government has been bought and sold like a common commodity, sir.
Digg logins are suspended. Slashdot article will be hitting Fark soon, and then Digg will be burned under the largest unintended flood of internet traffic ever.
We may witness history tonight, as a server room actually catches fire;-)
I always figured there simply wasn't an adequate weather for a satellite flyover to get good pictures in a while, but if they can do it with planes, etc...
Something of the magnitude of the Big Dig is a pretty notable event for a major city, and you'd think they would at least update it for Google Maps' sake. At this point it seems that the maps are correct, but the imagery isn't. Very misleading to those who "don't trust those computer mapping thingamajigs"
You do realize that your point becomes moot the second you bring an OS X window to the front to work with it, as the Menu Bar switches to the menus of the application which owns said window.
If you're working with a certain window, you've certainly clicked on it, no? If you're a power user with 18 screens (way to go there, Swordfish), then you know all the keyboard shortcuts anyway, and therefore activating the frontmost window will switch the relevant keyboard shortcuts on.
This is a large reason why many Mac users prefer the Mac interface; the interface is designed around focused, context-sensitive tasks. Windows is all over the place, as it cannot decide if it should allow access to everything or nothing at once.
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A woman at a geek convention? No wonder they got busted!
The iPhone has been out a week today and you're already bashing the life cycle of the battery cell?
Earth to Gordo...
hey, it's my birthday too! I keep seeing this date everywhere....weird. Well, Happy Birthday!
...because the most sensitive information stored on any computer is going to stored be the ID3 tags of downloaded music.
You fucking moron.
It appears we've finally been screaming this "copyright is not fair to the digital world!" schtick for so long that many have forgotten how to stop, even in the face of progress being made. That's a god damn shame. Here, Apple is saying "OK, your argument is anoying, unstable, overly limiting DRM software? Fine, no software locks. Your name and email are on the file, though." and you cry FOUL?
"What if my laptop gets stolen?" WTF??!?!?
Tell me your email address and full, real name are not stored anywhere else on that laptop at all for any reason, along with other sensitive data, and I will tell you who the most naive liar I know is.
"But my other information is protected by ENCRYPTION!"
Encrypt your music files.
Anyone who claims this infringes on their rights just wants piracy to be easy enough as it was in the Napster days. Sorry, not happening.
Are you going from "I agree with the grandparent post" to "All religious people in the world make valid, sound arguments against science" in just one move?
Troll.
They waited because they know it's my birthday, and since I have been trolling /. and praising them over 8 years now, they thought the next revolution in communications technology of a lifetime forever would make me a nice present.
;-)
Much more big label music was still worth demanding in 1969.
...and Safari. And Explorer. And every single browser that ever implemented JavaScript.
It's like those idiots who try to sue search engines for spidering their sites of exclusive content when they have not set up robots.txt (or adequate user authentication).
...or is it? The irony of my sig indeed.
"You're breaking the law, but we're not going to tell you what you did to break the law, because then you'll keep braking it and crumble!"
First, Bungie strives to bring gaming to the Mac platform. Mac has had the potential for years, but no one saw profit in that market.
Then, just as it was about to all come together, they sold out to Microsoft and pulled the plug on that.
Now, one of the most famous people in ALL of electronic gaming history says "Well, Halo style games aren't my thing, I try to make interesting new experiences with games" (which, by the way, Halo is NOT), and they have the goddamn gal to snap off a comment like that?
Bungie, you're fucking dead to me. And for the record, Unreal Tournament has it all over you.
...the mightiest tree in the forest!
I am a programmer, and the answer is that if the underlying OS isn't also eating a significant amount of CPU at all times, you'll have the spare cycles to make things look good.
If we didn't give them those rights, they do not have those rights.
Do you think a Congress for the people would allow this kind of behavior? Look around you; your government has been bought and sold like a common commodity, sir.
Digg logins are suspended. Slashdot article will be hitting Fark soon, and then Digg will be burned under the largest unintended flood of internet traffic ever. We may witness history tonight, as a server room actually catches fire ;-)
Typewriters with TV sets? It'll never work! Get off my lawn!
The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge
I always figured there simply wasn't an adequate weather for a satellite flyover to get good pictures in a while, but if they can do it with planes, etc...
Something of the magnitude of the Big Dig is a pretty notable event for a major city, and you'd think they would at least update it for Google Maps' sake. At this point it seems that the maps are correct, but the imagery isn't. Very misleading to those who "don't trust those computer mapping thingamajigs"
UH OH!
*sigh* I miss MacsBug
You do realize that your point becomes moot the second you bring an OS X window to the front to work with it, as the Menu Bar switches to the menus of the application which owns said window.
If you're working with a certain window, you've certainly clicked on it, no? If you're a power user with 18 screens (way to go there, Swordfish), then you know all the keyboard shortcuts anyway, and therefore activating the frontmost window will switch the relevant keyboard shortcuts on.
This is a large reason why many Mac users prefer the Mac interface; the interface is designed around focused, context-sensitive tasks. Windows is all over the place, as it cannot decide if it should allow access to everything or nothing at once.