RMS is being sufficiently blunt, and proposing a set of possibly-unworkable solutions sufficiently far from the status quo, that he gives off that "extreme" vibe.
What you call extremist is already the status quo in Europe (regarding music, not eBooks). See Spain, Hungary, and I guess there are other European countries doing this as well.
I mean, in a fixed pool money system, with positive intrest rates, it's physically impossible to repay all debts for everyone; because the money needed to do that simply don't exist. Simply the total sum of assets is more than the total sum of liabilities.
"If bitcoins were popular enough, an enterprising individual would set up a bitcoin bank where you can invest bitcoins and take out bitcoin loans. There, now you've created bitcoins in exactly the same way that modern banks create money (er, "increase the money supply") without actually mining new bitcoins."
That's not true. How would you able to give more in loans, than what you've collected in debit accounts? It can only work if there's a network of banks, each accepting the virtual/non-cash money of the others. For this to work you need an economy where cash use is rare, and people keep most of their money in bank accounts.
Bitcoin has the feature, that it can't be inflated (claimed by their proponents). However, that's very good reason, why government might want to outlaw it: you're avoiding a tax, the "inflation tax".
They just need some stories about some drug dealers, pedophiles, terrorists who use Bitcoin, and it will be pretty easy to crack it down.
It was intended to be a kind of joke, as RMS often refused to give video interviews if the resulting video was put in proprietary formats (even if you could download the player for free).
ATI on Linux sucks even more. 1, generic oss driver: missing menus in Blender; bascially no 3d acceleration 2, binary driver from vendor site/distro repo: total blank screen, unusable computer (tested on Ubuntu, Centos and Suse)
I thought a "smart" home was one where every light fixture, appliance, or wall socket was connected to an always-on energy consuming whole home computer system that can record everything you do and...
Hungary has a similar law and tax (and quite a few other European countries as well). The tax is currently only distributed among musicians, moviemakers don't get a share, and the distribution ratio is based on popularity ( radio playlists and number of records sold). Downloading copyrighted work is legal*, uploading is illegal. So bittorrent is illegal in theory, as people upload as well, but users aren't prosecuted. (Although, you can't use it in university networks.) Sometimes trackers are shut down. Pay-for-ftp warez servers are quite often the target. And there's BSA. But they only harass corporations.
* Rationale is that users can't know what content is legal and what isn't, but they won't prosecute you even if you're using a pay-for-ftp warez site.
And probably anyone can access it through OpenId (S/A/L), same for Facebook, Yahoo, and anyone who supports OpenId.
"OpenID is rapidly gaining adoption on the web, with over one billion OpenID enabled user accounts and over 50,000 websites accepting OpenID for logins. Several large organizations either issue or accept OpenIDs, including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Microsoft, AOL, MySpace, Sears, Universal Music Group, France Telecom, Novell, Sun, Telecom Italia, and many more.
Who Owns or Controls OpenID?
OpenID was created in the summer of 2005 by an open source community trying to solve a problem that was not easily solved by other existing identity technologies. As such, OpenID is decentralized and not owned by anyone, nor should it be. Today, anyone can choose to use an OpenID or become an OpenID Provider for free without having to register or be approved by any organization."
Can you put a current processor in a motherboard from '95? Can you install DOS to a x64 processor system? Well, no because the structure of things changed.
I was just curious as it's supposed to be bleeding edge, and at the time there was too much bleeding. However, I never had any luck with ATI drivers, as I tried various distros a year ago (Centos, Suse, Ubuntu; HD 3800 card). And even if I use the default driver (ie no 3D acceleration, software rendering), in Blender every second menuitem won't be rendered.
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RMS is being sufficiently blunt, and proposing a set of possibly-unworkable solutions sufficiently far from the status quo, that he gives off that "extreme" vibe.
What you call extremist is already the status quo in Europe (regarding music, not eBooks). See Spain, Hungary, and I guess there are other European countries doing this as well.
I mean, in a fixed pool money system, with positive intrest rates, it's physically impossible to repay all debts for everyone; because the money needed to do that simply don't exist. Simply the total sum of assets is more than the total sum of liabilities.
In a fixed pool currency you can't charge intrest, as there's not enough money to pay them back. So banking wouldn't really work with Bitcoin.
I never said inflation is a bad thing/deflation is good thing.
I really hate to defend Bitcoin, but ...
"If bitcoins were popular enough, an enterprising individual would set up a bitcoin bank where you can invest bitcoins and take out bitcoin loans. There, now you've created bitcoins in exactly the same way that modern banks create money (er, "increase the money supply") without actually mining new bitcoins."
That's not true. How would you able to give more in loans, than what you've collected in debit accounts?
It can only work if there's a network of banks, each accepting the virtual/non-cash money of the others. For this to work you need an economy where cash use is rare, and people keep most of their money in bank accounts.
Bitcoin has the feature, that it can't be inflated (claimed by their proponents). However, that's very good reason, why government might want to outlaw it: you're avoiding a tax, the "inflation tax".
They just need some stories about some drug dealers, pedophiles, terrorists who use Bitcoin, and it will be pretty easy to crack it down.
Pretty much.
All these WebOS-es are seeming to remove features, not adding them.
With so many meditating gurus, I thought it was outsourced to India.
It was intended to be a kind of joke, as RMS often refused to give video interviews if the resulting video was put in proprietary formats (even if you could download the player for free).
ATI on Linux sucks even more.
1, generic oss driver: missing menus in Blender; bascially no 3d acceleration
2, binary driver from vendor site/distro repo: total blank screen, unusable computer (tested on Ubuntu, Centos and Suse)
They used a non-free codec.
RMS
Not Christ, RMS. There's a difference.
Are you living in Hungary as well? :)
... and solve the unemployment problem all at once ... genious ...
So I guess it's fine if I prostitute my wife and daughters.
I thought a "smart" home was one where every light fixture, appliance, or wall socket was connected to an always-on energy consuming whole home computer system that can record everything you do and ...
And posts it to Facebook. 1984 FTW
Then he would only drink liquor, but not water. You know, fluoridation.
Hungary has a similar law and tax (and quite a few other European countries as well). The tax is currently only distributed among musicians, moviemakers don't get a share, and the distribution ratio is based on popularity ( radio playlists and number of records sold). Downloading copyrighted work is legal*, uploading is illegal. So bittorrent is illegal in theory, as people upload as well, but users aren't prosecuted. (Although, you can't use it in university networks.) Sometimes trackers are shut down. Pay-for-ftp warez servers are quite often the target. And there's BSA. But they only harass corporations.
* Rationale is that users can't know what content is legal and what isn't, but they won't prosecute you even if you're using a pay-for-ftp warez site.
And probably anyone can access it through OpenId (S/A/L), same for Facebook, Yahoo, and anyone who supports OpenId.
"OpenID is rapidly gaining adoption on the web, with over one billion OpenID enabled user accounts and over 50,000 websites accepting OpenID for logins. Several large organizations either issue or accept OpenIDs, including Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Microsoft, AOL, MySpace, Sears, Universal Music Group, France Telecom, Novell, Sun, Telecom Italia, and many more.
Who Owns or Controls OpenID?
OpenID was created in the summer of 2005 by an open source community trying to solve a problem that was not easily solved by other existing identity technologies. As such, OpenID is decentralized and not owned by anyone, nor should it be. Today, anyone can choose to use an OpenID or become an OpenID Provider for free without having to register or be approved by any organization."
http://openid.net/get-an-openid/what-is-openid/
"openid.ax.required
(required) Specifies the attribute being requested. Valid values include:
"country"
"email"
"firstname"
"language"
"lastname"
To request multiple attributes, set this parameter to a comma-delimited list of attributes.
"
http://code.google.com/intl/hu-HU/apis/accounts/docs/OpenID.html
This gives Blue Screen of Death a totally new meaning.
Can you put a current processor in a motherboard from '95?
Can you install DOS to a x64 processor system?
Well, no because the structure of things changed.
"As a developer I know how hard it can be to use technology to get groups of people to accomplish even simple tasks."
Then you're talking about MediWiki, not Wikipedia.
I was just curious as it's supposed to be bleeding edge, and at the time there was too much bleeding. However, I never had any luck with ATI drivers, as I tried various distros a year ago (Centos, Suse, Ubuntu; HD 3800 card). And even if I use the default driver (ie no 3D acceleration, software rendering), in Blender every second menuitem won't be rendered.
Is a questionmark that hard to interpret?
That's why I'm asking.