I have a big problem with any company defaulting to "we noticed you didn't use the approved XXX Brand, but Brand YYY, (a company that didn't pay to have exclusive rights). Therefore, it's your problem".
Like in the car example, warranty/insurance companies/mfg. cannot invalidate your warranty just because you have modifications. Now, if the modifications are shown to have been the cause of the failure, then you're on your own. I think that's a pretty fair standard.
It also means that IBM could do the same thing as SCO should they so desire. It might very well be in Big Blue's best interests to keep this as an ace in hand to anyone who might pose a threat to their linux operations.
Try this one. It's only $140 and can take upto 3.1 megapixel, takes SD/MMC cards, and has a USB hookup. I honestly think that you should give up on the durability idea. Price/Reliability/Durability, pick 2. At $140 even if they break 1 or 2, it's not a bad deal considering how expensive disposables/film processing/time lost/what-if-they-fuck-up-my-film is in the long run. Hell, I'd look into getting a discount if you buy like 5 or more. As for conditions, just buy a really sturdy/waterproof case. Hell, get a watertight tackle box and shove it in there.
OMG! your sig rules! I love logan's run! I bought the dvd and I'm sampling the behind the scenes. My friend & I are going to redo the soundtrack and make it a drum&bass soundtrack.
This reminds me of that SNL skit about the threat index...
NaturalEnormous risk of terrorist attack BoneGigantic risk of terrorist attack PuttyEnormous risk of terrorist attack CreamImmense risk of terrorist attack Off-whiteHuge risk of terrorist attack
"Now, some of you may have noticed we used Enormous twice. This was a mistake, and we didn't have time to correct it."
WTF is it that people feel the need to spoon feed their audience? Now, I have much respect for EPIC and applaud them on their efforts to protect privacy but I am dismayed by their choice to continue the simple color chart index to promote their cause. This is a serious & complex issue that doesn't deserve to be dumbed down to green light - go, red light - stop.
Yes, however most money in the U.S. has traces of illegal drugs on them. Does that mean that paper money should be illegal? By your logic it would be. Directly though, I am against companies, or anyone for that matter, making money off of emulators. They should be created and used b/c people have a genuine desire to run stuff they no longer can. I use RockNES for the simple pleasures of great old games like contra and mike tyson's punch out.
I do not hold the process of selection to be censoring, but the reasoning behind the selection to be censoring. Also, though self-censorship may not be something you believe in, it would be foolish to say that this word has no meaning. A quick search on google of self-censorship yields over 43,000 results. Censorship is not merely the act of selection. While it may contain the process of selection, that process is just a piece of what makes up censorship.
I am disappointed in the media at large for their failure to not question our elected represenatives. I see large media conglomerates internalizing values, something I see as a more realistic threat to our freedom than state censorship. I would like to give you a small selection on self-censorship in the Czechoslovakia from someone who lives there:
"To be honest with you, there were no censors in sight", explained one former editor of an important daily in Prague. "We knew what we had to write, what the party line was. We knew our limits when we wanted to criticize something. Nobody had to bother to stand behind our back. We censured ourselves."
In fact, journalists were expected to be critical of the system. They were encouraged to bash low-level corruption and other minor negative elements of the system. As long as they kept reminding their readers that the system itself was superior, they were on the right track.
There were no gulags in Czechoslovakia in the sixties and seventies, no concentration camps, no torture chambers. Those who crossed the line by choosing honesty and professionalism were not kidnapped. Parents of dissidents were not tortured before their eyes. There were no extra-judicial executions (unlike in our colonies in, say, Central America). Those who decided to tell the truth simply lost their jobs, became unemployable or were forced to become manual workers or window washers. Only a few of those who decided to stand against the system were imprisoned. They included several dissidents, among them Vaclav Havel.
The system in Czechoslovakia functioned almost flawlessly. Extreme violence was unnecessary. Fear of losing privileges did the trick. Almost all journalists knew their duties: they knew what was expected from them. Mostly they didn't have to be told what to think and what to write: they knew it intuitively. They may have lacked integrity, but they weren't stupid, after all. And they had families to feed and houses to furnish!
neocon, First, let me praise you for responding intelligibly (a rare occurence here). Now, while I can appreciate your belief that self-censor is vague & useless, I believe that the networks selection (the choices they have made & continue to make) is self-censorship as the view of events which they purport to be whole story are not. It is not the act of selection but the spirit behind it that makes it self-censorship.
It is in my view and many others here, that the freedom of the press, freedom to not take things at face value, freedom to find out what the real intentions, motives, and beliefs is not being exercised which angers so many on here. And though I respect your opinion to consider this trivial, I do not agree. Governments are not the only ones who censor materials.
Self-censorship is not a contradiction. Censor(v) merely means to examine and expurgate. Every time you speak, you achieve self-censorship if your intentions are to withold information of value to your enemy.
counter-intelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
To answer your question directly, it is generally considered censorship to make repeated, deliberate choices that fail to give the audience a complete and honest representation of the events while at the same time making claims as such.
Yes, that is correct. I remember watching the report on the news when it broke about how HPD's crime lab was sloppy and they showed the video of a lab tech picking up a piece of evidence, it slipping out of her hands onto evidence from a different case and just picking it up and continuing. Then the police chief came on the next day talking about how he was sure the crime lab had followed all proper procedures only to go before a state congressional hearing to say that the lab work couldn't be trusted and needed fixed.
You should take a look at deviant art. I know of a couple semi-pro (side jobs ya know) that reguarly post work there. It's not just photos though, but there is a rather large userbase.
While I appreciate your glancing similarities between Red Hat and Microsoft, a closer examination of the facts reveals some questions which need answering.
Price Hikes?
What do you believe would be a fair price for what Red Hat is offering?
Draconian licenses
First, nobody's forcing you to. Second, seeing how they must give you 10 days written notice, it must take place during the business's normal business hours, this is not the only license offered for their product line, and the maximum penalty is 20% for taking advantage of them. I hardly view this as Draconian given that Red Hat's total market share of their target market is still smaller than most of their competitors. Red Hat is putting a lot behind their product, and I personally would be more shocked if there wasn't some enforceability clause in there. The honors-system & capitalism just don't mix. Again, I would like to reinfoce the fact that this offering is geared specifically towards businesses, not individuals.
"Enterprise"?? What's that, a buzzword to sell more licenses?
Absolutely. And probably a very smart move. Adopting your product to your customers habits is almost always a good idea.
And the licensing, oh boy. What do you mean I can't install my copy everywhere??? I already paid for it, damn it!!
This version of redhat is targeted at businesses, not home/power users, hobbyists, and all others who would get no added benefit from their offering. In most people's view, businesses should play by different rules than neighbors. A quick analogy: Neighbor Bob asks me if I will teach him to use widget X. I gladly show Bob free of charge. I am always glad to help out a neighbor. Next, Business Bill's shop comes to me and asks that I teach them to use widget X. Now, I would be glad to. For a price.
Monopolistic practices that push other competitors out of the server business
Would you care to elaborate on this point? For generalization purposes, the 3 main branches of GNU/Linux stem from redhat, slackware, and debian. All of these are alive and kicking. Let's not forget SuSE. Though not as popuplar in the U.S., SuSE has garnered a substantial portion of the international market. IMHO, suse is redhat's nearest "enterprise-level" linux competitor.
And yes, if you don't like it, your can run Debian. Or SuSE, or slackware, or any of the other 150+ distributions. Oh, you want an engineer to go along with all that piece of software? I'm sure the company that sold you your hardware will be glad to help you out. Redhat is just another choice.
And for the record, I am a jaded linux/slashdot user. >:b
Whoa, you mean there's actually people who upload warez instead of just leeching it?! And I think it shouldn't be called a server, it should be called a depository.;)
Your post has to be one of the most intelligible, well written, and effective arguments I've read on the subject in the past 6 months (the previous being from grammarlady.com). As a person who used to pride myself on correct spelling & grammar, I was shocked to discover the uglytruth. All too often, I used to rant and rave at people for some simple word transposition or misspelling. Never did I state as clearly as you just did why grammar, spelling, and diction is important.
Isn't the combined size of the molex connector and the ide connector larger than the size of a mini-cd? I doubt you'll find a drive meeting your requirements. The only way I could see this working would be one that used the floppy ide/power connectoions. Of course, creating a cd-rom drive that can only hold less information than it's competition (zip drive) probably wouldn't do very well. But, gook look in your quest.
Slashdot Mirror
Where, oh, where would we be without the karma whores?
I have a big problem with any company defaulting to "we noticed you didn't use the approved XXX Brand, but Brand YYY, (a company that didn't pay to have exclusive rights). Therefore, it's your problem".
Like in the car example, warranty/insurance companies/mfg. cannot invalidate your warranty just because you have modifications. Now, if the modifications are shown to have been the cause of the failure, then you're on your own. I think that's a pretty fair standard.
From a business standpoint what's to stop a shoplifter from just doing a kill command on desired merchandise?
Boobs? Did you say full of boobs?!
Oh.. Noobs. Damn, nevermind.
Wait! Maybe the slashdot trolls will start chanting Natalie Portman's noobs!
It can't be any worse than those In Soviet Russia jokes.
It also means that IBM could do the same thing as SCO should they so desire. It might very well be in Big Blue's best interests to keep this as an ace in hand to anyone who might pose a threat to their linux operations.
Try this one. It's only $140 and can take upto 3.1 megapixel, takes SD/MMC cards, and has a USB hookup. I honestly think that you should give up on the durability idea. Price/Reliability/Durability, pick 2. At $140 even if they break 1 or 2, it's not a bad deal considering how expensive disposables/film processing/time lost/what-if-they-fuck-up-my-film is in the long run. Hell, I'd look into getting a discount if you buy like 5 or more. As for conditions, just buy a really sturdy/waterproof case. Hell, get a watertight tackle box and shove it in there.
probably b/c there's no "Ain't that the truth!" modifier. ;)
Wow.. I really need to adjust my /. filters. This whole thread is nothing but you. Hahaha. That or maybe its proof that my filters actually work. :)
OMG! your sig rules! I love logan's run! I bought the dvd and I'm sampling the behind the scenes. My friend & I are going to redo the soundtrack and make it a drum&bass soundtrack.
Damn, just because he's white don't mean you need to call him a cracker. Besides, white people aren't crackers, they just smell like dog.
This reminds me of that SNL skit about the threat index...
Natural Enormous risk of terrorist attack
Bone Gigantic risk of terrorist attack
Putty Enormous risk of terrorist attack
Cream Immense risk of terrorist attack
Off-white Huge risk of terrorist attack
"Now, some of you may have noticed we used Enormous twice. This was a mistake, and we didn't have time to correct it."
WTF is it that people feel the need to spoon feed their audience? Now, I have much respect for EPIC and applaud them on their efforts to protect privacy but I am dismayed by their choice to continue the simple color chart index to promote their cause. This is a serious & complex issue that doesn't deserve to be dumbed down to green light - go, red light - stop.
I thought it was alredy established that 128k is not broadband.
/. moves from dupes to contradicting stories? ;)
Soo,
Yes, however most money in the U.S. has traces of illegal drugs on them. Does that mean that paper money should be illegal? By your logic it would be. Directly though, I am against companies, or anyone for that matter, making money off of emulators. They should be created and used b/c people have a genuine desire to run stuff they no longer can. I use RockNES for the simple pleasures of great old games like contra and mike tyson's punch out.
I am disappointed in the media at large for their failure to not question our elected represenatives. I see large media conglomerates internalizing values, something I see as a more realistic threat to our freedom than state censorship. I would like to give you a small selection on self-censorship in the Czechoslovakia from someone who lives there:
source
neocon,
First, let me praise you for responding intelligibly (a rare occurence here). Now, while I can appreciate your belief that self-censor is vague & useless, I believe that the networks selection (the choices they have made & continue to make) is self-censorship as the view of events which they purport to be whole story are not. It is not the act of selection but the spirit behind it that makes it self-censorship.
It is in my view and many others here, that the freedom of the press, freedom to not take things at face value, freedom to find out what the real intentions, motives, and beliefs is not being exercised which angers so many on here. And though I respect your opinion to consider this trivial, I do not agree. Governments are not the only ones who censor materials.
Princeton Review
To answer your question directly, it is generally considered censorship to make repeated, deliberate choices that fail to give the audience a complete and honest representation of the events while at the same time making claims as such.
Yes, that is correct. I remember watching the report on the news when it broke about how HPD's crime lab was sloppy and they showed the video of a lab tech picking up a piece of evidence, it slipping out of her hands onto evidence from a different case and just picking it up and continuing. Then the police chief came on the next day talking about how he was sure the crime lab had followed all proper procedures only to go before a state congressional hearing to say that the lab work couldn't be trusted and needed fixed.
You should take a look at deviant art. I know of a couple semi-pro (side jobs ya know) that reguarly post work there. It's not just photos though, but there is a rather large userbase.
Price Hikes?
What do you believe would be a fair price for what Red Hat is offering?
Draconian licenses
First, nobody's forcing you to. Second, seeing how they must give you 10 days written notice, it must take place during the business's normal business hours, this is not the only license offered for their product line, and the maximum penalty is 20% for taking advantage of them. I hardly view this as Draconian given that Red Hat's total market share of their target market is still smaller than most of their competitors. Red Hat is putting a lot behind their product, and I personally would be more shocked if there wasn't some enforceability clause in there. The honors-system & capitalism just don't mix. Again, I would like to reinfoce the fact that this offering is geared specifically towards businesses, not individuals.
"Enterprise"?? What's that, a buzzword to sell more licenses?
Absolutely. And probably a very smart move. Adopting your product to your customers habits is almost always a good idea.
And the licensing, oh boy. What do you mean I can't install my copy everywhere??? I already paid for it, damn it!!
This version of redhat is targeted at businesses, not home/power users, hobbyists, and all others who would get no added benefit from their offering. In most people's view, businesses should play by different rules than neighbors. A quick analogy: Neighbor Bob asks me if I will teach him to use widget X. I gladly show Bob free of charge. I am always glad to help out a neighbor. Next, Business Bill's shop comes to me and asks that I teach them to use widget X. Now, I would be glad to. For a price.
Monopolistic practices that push other competitors out of the server business
Would you care to elaborate on this point? For generalization purposes, the 3 main branches of GNU/Linux stem from redhat, slackware, and debian. All of these are alive and kicking. Let's not forget SuSE. Though not as popuplar in the U.S., SuSE has garnered a substantial portion of the international market. IMHO, suse is redhat's nearest "enterprise-level" linux competitor.
And yes, if you don't like it, your can run Debian. Or SuSE, or slackware, or any of the other 150+ distributions. Oh, you want an engineer to go along with all that piece of software? I'm sure the company that sold you your hardware will be glad to help you out. Redhat is just another choice.
And for the record, I am a jaded linux/slashdot user. >:b
Screw Lemonade Stand, The Oregon Trail is the shit. (oh yeah, and be the banker, buy nothing but bullets and go hunting everyday.)
Whoa, you mean there's actually people who upload warez instead of just leeching it?! And I think it shouldn't be called a server, it should be called a depository. ;)
Your post has to be one of the most intelligible, well written, and effective arguments I've read on the subject in the past 6 months (the previous being from grammarlady.com). As a person who used to pride myself on correct spelling & grammar, I was shocked to discover the ugly truth. All too often, I used to rant and rave at people for some simple word transposition or misspelling. Never did I state as clearly as you just did why grammar, spelling, and diction is important.
Cheers!
don't forget:
[ ] Natalie Portman's CowboyNeal
Isn't the combined size of the molex connector and the ide connector larger than the size of a mini-cd? I doubt you'll find a drive meeting your requirements. The only way I could see this working would be one that used the floppy ide/power connectoions. Of course, creating a cd-rom drive that can only hold less information than it's competition (zip drive) probably wouldn't do very well. But, gook look in your quest.
Well, down here in the good ole states, everyone's gotta pay tha man.