How do you know that this law will not encourage the use Facebook to research applicants? You don't know the minds of all employers.
The problem is that the employer holds too many cards but that is the nature of his position. If the employer finds something that he doesn't like on your Facebook then there is no law that can stop him from hiring someone else. Where he browses is his private business. The solution is to not tie illicit information to your real name. Keep two Facebook accounts, don't use it, etc.
As for Baby boomers they have common characteristics within Westerns societies and this has been written about extensively. There were plenty of German hippies and revolutionaries during the 60's and this group is now grown up and shares a lot of the beliefs of US boomers.
You can search through Ubuntu forums and sort by date if you like.
Or you can stick your head back in the sand and hope that the year of the Linux desktop will just magically happen.
Intellectual property laws are also based on scarcity. Intellectual production is not a constant, most of it is funded with capital. Certain types of intellectual development only exist because of government protection. People do not want to spend their free time organizing into groups of 50 to work on medical billing analysis software.
As for you comment about business sense, how much software do you use that requires support? How often do video games require support? Especially when there is so much free help online? How many businesses would pay for Photoshop or AutoCad if they could get it for free? How many individuals would pay $60 for a game if it was legal to get a free copy for $0?
Even Red Hat has acknowledged that their business model wouldn't work for most software companies. There are economic models here that would be flat out destroyed. Too much software development depends on intellectual property laws. As I said before investors would simply go elsewhere. Productivity and entertainment software would stagnate.
Most software is proprietary and is sold through the licensing model, not through support and external services. You would absolutely wreck the economy if you declared intellectual property laws to be void. You would destroy trillions of dollars worth of assets overnight. Investors would flee any area of the market that depends on intellectual property laws. Hundreds of billions of R&D would disappear. The entire global economy would go into a massive shock and you would be declared as the one of the worst people to ever exist.
Some DRM has been effective at delaying piracy.
AC2 could have lasted a lot longer if they had some programmers that were security experts. Their idea was sound but the implementation was spotty. But it still stayed uncracked far longer than most games.
A big company like Ubisoft or EA could make a pretty nasty always-on DRM system. If they could boost sales it might be worth it. I wouldn't personally support such a system but I could see the rational behind the investment when pc piracy rates are so high.
For small and medium sized companies investing in DRM is a waste of limited resources.
If anything this law will just remind employers that they can use facebook to read about applicants. As if you can stop anyone from looking at facebook.
What about where cameras are used to make sure employees are working? What about companies that have high rates of employee theft?
I'm going to go ahead and assume these laws were written by baby boomers. That generation is obsessed with "sticking it to the man" to the point of total idiocy.
without copyright laws the digital market would also collapse.
Most software including video games is developed under the assumption that the government will ensure that the producer is the exclusive seller.
Take away that assumption and most software wouldn't be developed. Wall Street investors would simply pull out of the software market.
The global economy would likely go into a depression from the shock. This is a multi-billion dollar industry after all.
There would just be a big hole where there was once a thriving market. Supply would not meet demand. Most software companies cannot use the Red Hat model since most software does not require support. Intellectual property laws make sense from an economic perspective. It's well established that certain types of intellectual work will only get developed if the government offers protection to the producer. The best evidence of this is the poor selection of GPL'd games and industry-specific software.
the best solution is to move some of the code to the server.
The chunk method can keep pirates at bay but an effective implementation would be cost prohibitive. Games just aren't designed to be broken up into a hundred pieces.
MMOs and web games are the future of pc gaming since they keep so much code server side. That and casual games that are purchased by demographics that have low piracy rates.
which was released in 2007. There is also the separate issue of binary compatibility between distro versions.
There is no 10 year stable API anywhere in the system. Even kernel tree drivers get broken.
Google "wireless broke by kernel update" to see this wonderful system at work.
As for upgrades distros routinely ditch 2 year old releases when it comes to updated packages. Ubuntu even does this with their "LTS" versions. Want the latest version of a browser that includes security improvements? Well that requires packages x,y and z which require a full system update!
Printer broke after update:
The problem described here can also occur for non-HP USB printers, in general when the printer is accessed via libusb. This does not only happen when the printer is accessed through the "hp" CUPS backend of HPLIP but also via the "usb" backend of CUPS when the "usblp" kernel module is blacklisted or via manufacturer-supplied libusb-based CUPS backends. In any case do a full system-update to get the updated libusb.https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/595650
Shouldn't you accuse me of astroturfing for Adobe?
Or maybe simply I don't think an image editing program should have a derogatory name?
Most english speaking CTOs would not be comfortable rolling out a program called The Gimp. Perhaps they all have Adobe stock?
MS used the similar arguments for creating their own implementation.
I also don't see how you can call J2ME useless when there are thousands of mobile games that are written for it. A lot of those games in fact have been ported over to Android. It isn't as if Android games are in 3D and high def.
Google created Android to avoid licensing issues and lock developers into their own platform. Sorry if that reality is too harsh for Google lovers.
They are aware of the issue and have basically said tough shit to English speaking countries.
Of course it would be trivial to change the name to something less offensive but they are offended by the idea of changing the name.
A proprietary software company would never use a name that was a derogatory term in the largest software market. Like it or not having to sell a product comes with accountability. With a volunteer project like GIMP it doesn't matter if you have 10k or 100 million users.
You want the latest driver for a printer? Well you need a full system upgrade then.
You want version x.xx of a program? Well for the program we are only packaging it for system version y.yy. You need a system upgrade.
Oh whoops looks like the new system upgrade broke your wireless card. Hopefully that will be fixed with the next update.
This is what happens when you don't have a stable abi. Now please tell me how I am wrong and make excuses for Linux as it sits at 1% for another 10 years. Excuses and denial seem to be working well.
Please also include an anecdote about how Linux works for your [relative]. We haven't seen enough of those in this thread.
Most geeks I know are aware of Linux and don't run it. If they would pay extra for Windows then you obviously have a bigger problem than marketing.
Macs at least have a decent library of games to choose from and also MS office and Adobe suites as well. What does Linux have to offer when it comes to games? Tux Racer? Some 90's knock-offs and Quake 3 mods? Linux hasn't gone anywhere because its followers all want a GNU WORLD ORDER where proprietary developers don't exist. Sorry but proprietary developers are the ones that add value to a platform. People want to play Popcap games, The Sims and Wow without screwing with Wine. Linux has been hamstrung by the belief that all software should be open source. It's a freaking stupid outlook that just leaves you with weekend warriors that make hobby games like Tux Racer. Or you get an office suite that is maintained by a company that is more interested in selling database software.
Windows 7 crept past 1% before it was released.
Am I the only person here that wonders if *gasp* Linux is the problem?
I just read through a thread here the other day where people were complaining about sound mixing problems. Didn't Windows have that problem solved in 98?
This of course is heresy to many of you but it is almost 2011 and Linux can' t hold 1% of the desktop. Maybe it is time to listen to the heretics, because after all, what is there to lose?
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Let me guess, your commercial software either uses the command line or doesn't make sound or 3D calls.
What is the Linux equivalent to the windows installer? A bunch of faqs on how to deal with differing package types?
Linux is not friendly to commercial software unless it is open source or command line based.
How do you know that this law will not encourage the use Facebook to research applicants? You don't know the minds of all employers.
The problem is that the employer holds too many cards but that is the nature of his position. If the employer finds something that he doesn't like on your Facebook then there is no law that can stop him from hiring someone else. Where he browses is his private business. The solution is to not tie illicit information to your real name. Keep two Facebook accounts, don't use it, etc.
As for Baby boomers they have common characteristics within Westerns societies and this has been written about extensively. There were plenty of German hippies and revolutionaries during the 60's and this group is now grown up and shares a lot of the beliefs of US boomers.
You can search through Ubuntu forums and sort by date if you like. Or you can stick your head back in the sand and hope that the year of the Linux desktop will just magically happen.
Intellectual property laws are also based on scarcity. Intellectual production is not a constant, most of it is funded with capital. Certain types of intellectual development only exist because of government protection. People do not want to spend their free time organizing into groups of 50 to work on medical billing analysis software.
As for you comment about business sense, how much software do you use that requires support? How often do video games require support? Especially when there is so much free help online? How many businesses would pay for Photoshop or AutoCad if they could get it for free? How many individuals would pay $60 for a game if it was legal to get a free copy for $0?
Even Red Hat has acknowledged that their business model wouldn't work for most software companies. There are economic models here that would be flat out destroyed. Too much software development depends on intellectual property laws. As I said before investors would simply go elsewhere. Productivity and entertainment software would stagnate.
Most software is proprietary and is sold through the licensing model, not through support and external services. You would absolutely wreck the economy if you declared intellectual property laws to be void. You would destroy trillions of dollars worth of assets overnight. Investors would flee any area of the market that depends on intellectual property laws. Hundreds of billions of R&D would disappear. The entire global economy would go into a massive shock and you would be declared as the one of the worst people to ever exist.
Some DRM has been effective at delaying piracy.
AC2 could have lasted a lot longer if they had some programmers that were security experts. Their idea was sound but the implementation was spotty. But it still stayed uncracked far longer than most games.
A big company like Ubisoft or EA could make a pretty nasty always-on DRM system. If they could boost sales it might be worth it. I wouldn't personally support such a system but I could see the rational behind the investment when pc piracy rates are so high.
For small and medium sized companies investing in DRM is a waste of limited resources.
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If anything this law will just remind employers that they can use facebook to read about applicants. As if you can stop anyone from looking at facebook.
What about where cameras are used to make sure employees are working? What about companies that have high rates of employee theft?
I'm going to go ahead and assume these laws were written by baby boomers. That generation is obsessed with "sticking it to the man" to the point of total idiocy.
without them the property market would collapse.
without copyright laws the digital market would also collapse.
Most software including video games is developed under the assumption that the government will ensure that the producer is the exclusive seller.
Take away that assumption and most software wouldn't be developed. Wall Street investors would simply pull out of the software market.
The global economy would likely go into a depression from the shock. This is a multi-billion dollar industry after all.
There would just be a big hole where there was once a thriving market. Supply would not meet demand. Most software companies cannot use the Red Hat model since most software does not require support. Intellectual property laws make sense from an economic perspective. It's well established that certain types of intellectual work will only get developed if the government offers protection to the producer. The best evidence of this is the poor selection of GPL'd games and industry-specific software.
the best solution is to move some of the code to the server.
The chunk method can keep pirates at bay but an effective implementation would be cost prohibitive. Games just aren't designed to be broken up into a hundred pieces.
MMOs and web games are the future of pc gaming since they keep so much code server side. That and casual games that are purchased by demographics that have low piracy rates.
There have been numerous $20 DRM-free indy games that were pirated just as much as everything else.
There is no reward for companies that go DRM-free. The people that pirate do so because the pirated version is $0. Good will does not convert pirates.
The only solution is remote processing. Don't let the client have all the code.
All Steam games get cracked, a little tidbit the article failed to mention.
Just let them go to consoles?
Funny how your sig is a snide comment about religion and yet you act like a zealot when it comes to dissenting views.
He is questioning Creationism? He must be with the devil.
He is questioning Linux? He must be with Microsoft.
Anecdotal evidence that doesn't change the fact that:
1. The Gimp is a derogatory term
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gimp
2. Multiple users have requested that the name be changed
http://marc.info/?l=gimp-user&m=115965440614876
What would be lost if the name was changed? Is it really that great of a name?
Thank you for providing the aforementioned anecdote.
which was released in 2007. There is also the separate issue of binary compatibility between distro versions.
There is no 10 year stable API anywhere in the system. Even kernel tree drivers get broken.
Google "wireless broke by kernel update" to see this wonderful system at work.
As for upgrades distros routinely ditch 2 year old releases when it comes to updated packages. Ubuntu even does this with their "LTS" versions. Want the latest version of a browser that includes security improvements? Well that requires packages x,y and z which require a full system update!
Printer broke after update:
The problem described here can also occur for non-HP USB printers, in general when the printer is accessed via libusb. This does not only happen when the printer is accessed through the "hp" CUPS backend of HPLIP but also via the "usb" backend of CUPS when the "usblp" kernel module is blacklisted or via manufacturer-supplied libusb-based CUPS backends. In any case do a full system-update to get the updated libusb. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/595650
Shouldn't you accuse me of astroturfing for Adobe?
Or maybe simply I don't think an image editing program should have a derogatory name?
Most english speaking CTOs would not be comfortable rolling out a program called The Gimp. Perhaps they all have Adobe stock?
They also have a successful desktop OS.
Or perhaps I am a realist that has grown tired of treating Linux like a religion.
MS used the similar arguments for creating their own implementation.
I also don't see how you can call J2ME useless when there are thousands of mobile games that are written for it. A lot of those games in fact have been ported over to Android. It isn't as if Android games are in 3D and high def.
Google created Android to avoid licensing issues and lock developers into their own platform. Sorry if that reality is too harsh for Google lovers.
They are aware of the issue and have basically said tough shit to English speaking countries.
Of course it would be trivial to change the name to something less offensive but they are offended by the idea of changing the name.
A proprietary software company would never use a name that was a derogatory term in the largest software market. Like it or not having to sell a product comes with accountability. With a volunteer project like GIMP it doesn't matter if you have 10k or 100 million users.
You want the latest driver for a printer? Well you need a full system upgrade then.
You want version x.xx of a program? Well for the program we are only packaging it for system version y.yy. You need a system upgrade.
Oh whoops looks like the new system upgrade broke your wireless card. Hopefully that will be fixed with the next update.
This is what happens when you don't have a stable abi. Now please tell me how I am wrong and make excuses for Linux as it sits at 1% for another 10 years. Excuses and denial seem to be working well.
Please also include an anecdote about how Linux works for your [relative]. We haven't seen enough of those in this thread.
Most geeks I know are aware of Linux and don't run it. If they would pay extra for Windows then you obviously have a bigger problem than marketing.
Macs at least have a decent library of games to choose from and also MS office and Adobe suites as well. What does Linux have to offer when it comes to games? Tux Racer? Some 90's knock-offs and Quake 3 mods? Linux hasn't gone anywhere because its followers all want a GNU WORLD ORDER where proprietary developers don't exist. Sorry but proprietary developers are the ones that add value to a platform. People want to play Popcap games, The Sims and Wow without screwing with Wine. Linux has been hamstrung by the belief that all software should be open source. It's a freaking stupid outlook that just leaves you with weekend warriors that make hobby games like Tux Racer. Or you get an office suite that is maintained by a company that is more interested in selling database software.
Windows 7 crept past 1% before it was released.
Am I the only person here that wonders if *gasp* Linux is the problem?
I just read through a thread here the other day where people were complaining about sound mixing problems. Didn't Windows have that problem solved in 98?
This of course is heresy to many of you but it is almost 2011 and Linux can' t hold 1% of the desktop. Maybe it is time to listen to the heretics, because after all, what is there to lose?
Some of the patents are related to the VM.
Just because it translates bytecode to a different VM does not mean that it is 100% original.
Your logic may be strong but the groupthink here is stronger.
Mod me down too please.