Folks, to be fair, you need to acknowledge that ALL public or commercial institutions in Russia are using genuine Windows (if they aren't using Linux). The situation with pirated Windows has drastically changed over the last few years. With chances of legal pursuits considerably high, the use of pirated Windows is a major no-no for any organization. Period.
However, that push started as early as in 2006, with the MS vs. Ponosov case:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponosov's_case
And that's when people understood, that if a low-paid school teacher could face criminal charges for the use of pirated MS products in his school, that could get repeated everywhere. Period.
It's really a shame that Clifford Levy didn't even mention Aleksandr Ponosov in his article. Yes, that person didn't voice anti-Governmental claims. But it's that case, when the MS started its push of the big corporation against an usual person. Period.
By the way, I am buying a notebook in Russia, and it will come with the pre-installed legal Windows system. There is no chance to find a notebook with pre-installed Linux. I believe there's a sort of a mafia deal between the MS, hardware producers and shops owners. And what do you think about it?
The idea of "proxy" androids to investigate the Moon was introduced in a 1987 Lem's novel "Peace on Earth". If you haven't did it yet, read it, it's totally worthy! Besides "proxy androids", the novel explores issues of an arms race and lobotomy. Yes, exactly:-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_on_Earth_(novel)
Dymovsky was detained for making threats against the investigators, as they say. There's a criminal case opened against him, they suppose he stole 1,000 USD of governmental money while serving as a cop. Whether he did it or not, it's nothing too serious to be concerned much about him.
Read in Russian:
http://lenta.ru/news/2010/01/22/appregend/
Given the broad Russian fan-club of Dymovsky, no wonder the story appeared at SlashDot.
Surely you don't think of it as of a pure official invention? The Day of Programmer is celebrated unofficially for several years now. It was invented by programmers. The Governmental decision is just the official recognition of the existing tradition.
Russia would handle similar cases similarly, but I don't remember a professor in Russia jailed for engaging his student to work! It's fully your American invention, and I'm glad to see that you are feeling well about it.
Read less of American newspapers. Who does Russia oppress in Eastern Europe? There are lots of guys claiming stuff like that, because they are imbeciles, morons, and can't change their Russophobic mind 20 years since the collapse of the Communism.
Why to have a cybersecurity Czar? Better have a real one. The American Czar will establish an Empire, and it's a kewl thing. People think that a Czar is Undemocratic, but when you have a Czar it's he who would decide what is Democratic.
In America, every Citizen would have a right to be the Czar, but the only Czar would be Obama, because it's Democratic.
>The problem of world peace is one of leadership. It's not only a struggle for resources, but a struggle for supremacy,
> which guides our national policies. America believes it cannot continue to exist without controlling others.
If your leaders were fair enough to declare it this way, there would be no tensions with Russia. At least, all tensions would fit in a concise dialog:
US: We have a right to control everything.
Russia: Fuck off.
After which we could focus on discussing stuff that really matter.
Perhaps it were Chinese who proposed to buy it. Anyway, the story looks more like an urban legend.
It's very interesting to learn, however, how did the US support MIR. Clearly, all of its parts were designed and manufactured in Russia.
I guess that maintainance of space modules is sheduled/directed by their manufacturers. Since various modules aren't produced in a single center, but are created by different countries, it may be impossible for a single country to lead on the whole project.
Then, there are concerns of national prestige. When MIR was to be destroyed, there were proposals to sell it to China. For some reason, the different option was chosen. Same concerns might take place for other space-faring countries as well.
That's why I'm not sure Russia received any proposals to keep some other national modules. But if such proposals exist -- I don't see why not to make it into another mini-international project.
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Folks, to be fair, you need to acknowledge that ALL public or commercial institutions in Russia are using genuine Windows (if they aren't using Linux). The situation with pirated Windows has drastically changed over the last few years. With chances of legal pursuits considerably high, the use of pirated Windows is a major no-no for any organization. Period. However, that push started as early as in 2006, with the MS vs. Ponosov case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponosov's_case And that's when people understood, that if a low-paid school teacher could face criminal charges for the use of pirated MS products in his school, that could get repeated everywhere. Period. It's really a shame that Clifford Levy didn't even mention Aleksandr Ponosov in his article. Yes, that person didn't voice anti-Governmental claims. But it's that case, when the MS started its push of the big corporation against an usual person. Period. By the way, I am buying a notebook in Russia, and it will come with the pre-installed legal Windows system. There is no chance to find a notebook with pre-installed Linux. I believe there's a sort of a mafia deal between the MS, hardware producers and shops owners. And what do you think about it?
The idea of "proxy" androids to investigate the Moon was introduced in a 1987 Lem's novel "Peace on Earth". If you haven't did it yet, read it, it's totally worthy! Besides "proxy androids", the novel explores issues of an arms race and lobotomy. Yes, exactly :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_on_Earth_(novel)
Dymovsky was detained for making threats against the investigators, as they say. There's a criminal case opened against him, they suppose he stole 1,000 USD of governmental money while serving as a cop. Whether he did it or not, it's nothing too serious to be concerned much about him. Read in Russian: http://lenta.ru/news/2010/01/22/appregend/ Given the broad Russian fan-club of Dymovsky, no wonder the story appeared at SlashDot.
Surely you don't think of it as of a pure official invention? The Day of Programmer is celebrated unofficially for several years now. It was invented by programmers. The Governmental decision is just the official recognition of the existing tradition.
Russia would handle similar cases similarly, but I don't remember a professor in Russia jailed for engaging his student to work! It's fully your American invention, and I'm glad to see that you are feeling well about it.
Ha-ha! Finlands looks to be just a proper country to conquer! Bloody Russian.
There are different views on it. One view is exactly, that Katyn massacre was done by NKVD officers. But I didn't dig much into it.
Okey then. I'm also Russian, and I regard your right to have your view, but I entirely disagree with it.
Read less of American newspapers. Who does Russia oppress in Eastern Europe? There are lots of guys claiming stuff like that, because they are imbeciles, morons, and can't change their Russophobic mind 20 years since the collapse of the Communism.
Why to have a cybersecurity Czar? Better have a real one. The American Czar will establish an Empire, and it's a kewl thing. People think that a Czar is Undemocratic, but when you have a Czar it's he who would decide what is Democratic. In America, every Citizen would have a right to be the Czar, but the only Czar would be Obama, because it's Democratic.
>The problem of world peace is one of leadership. It's not only a struggle for resources, but a struggle for supremacy, > which guides our national policies. America believes it cannot continue to exist without controlling others. If your leaders were fair enough to declare it this way, there would be no tensions with Russia. At least, all tensions would fit in a concise dialog: US: We have a right to control everything. Russia: Fuck off. After which we could focus on discussing stuff that really matter.
Perhaps it were Chinese who proposed to buy it. Anyway, the story looks more like an urban legend. It's very interesting to learn, however, how did the US support MIR. Clearly, all of its parts were designed and manufactured in Russia.
I guess that maintainance of space modules is sheduled/directed by their manufacturers. Since various modules aren't produced in a single center, but are created by different countries, it may be impossible for a single country to lead on the whole project.
Then, there are concerns of national prestige. When MIR was to be destroyed, there were proposals to sell it to China. For some reason, the different option was chosen. Same concerns might take place for other space-faring countries as well.
That's why I'm not sure Russia received any proposals to keep some other national modules. But if such proposals exist -- I don't see why not to make it into another mini-international project.
I hope the tiny independent republic of Texas, former state of the U.S., will make a good use of Linux-based systems in its national education.
I guess, military operations in villages of Pakistan do count as aggression?
Risky guys are running the U.S. Government!