It never was about money. They're only suing SHARERS, not downloaders. They're deliberately trying to kill P2P. If it was about money, they would sue the DOWNLOADERS. More revenue stream from that, wouldn't you say? It's about power and who determines what music gets to be popular.
And they don't want that who to be *you*. They want it to be THEM. THEY control the media, THEY control the masses. Screw you for picking the music you like. You'll take what we give you and LIKE IT!
This would kill p2p networks; I say this because they are going after only the people that shares. But not after the people that download. Well if no one shares then there will be nothing to download.
Stupid of them? No, not stupid.
Duh! Think about it. Isn't that the point? To kill P2P networks? They're not looking for revenue from lawsuits, all they want is to stop the file sharing. Make it so no one shares, the problem is solved.
It isn't a revenue thing, and it never was. This is a power thing. Only the RIAA will determine what music gets to be popular and what does not. Not the listeners. HEIL, ROSEN! *salutes*
The biggest problem with managing IT as an investment is measuring ROI. Sure, you can see "this process costs us n dollars and the process before costs us n*2 dollars" but then how much of that is taken up by the fact that you need to maintain additional IT resources? In many cases, IT projects end up being cost shifting rather than cost savings.
In theory you'd just figure in the IT costs, but many PHBs don't do that. All they see is the *business* side and tend to look at the IT department as some separate thing.
It sounds like this book handles that scenario. I'm eager to take a look at this book in the future.
In the rest of the world, phones have SIM cards (small smart cards). To change provider all you have to do is get a new SIM card, which costs around $7-15, depending on the provider that you're switching to.
Some, but by no means all, phones here have SIM cards. And you *can* use them to switch providers, it's just that most providers give you a free or very very cheap phone when you sign up for a new service agreement, and it's often got newer technology/features/styles than the old phone you were previously carrying around, so most people just don't bother.
It's obviously a move to gain consumer support and get customers to switch. Now that they've got their opposition fighting the FCC, they can say: "Look, we're the biggest PROPONENTS of cell number portability, and our competition is still fighting it. So switch to us!"
I'm sick to death cell carriers and their sleaziness -- it's like the long distance carrier battles of the 90s all over again. You guys offer a commodity product, compete on price because nothing else differentiates you anymore.
Yeah, but the last line of Stallman's statement just... well... smell's funny to me:
Linux itself is no longer essential: the GNU system became popular in conjunction with Linux, but today it also runs with two BSD kernels and the GNU kernel. Our community cannot be defeated by this.
I'm not saying Stallman cooked this whole thing up with SCO. But I do think he's taking advantage of the 'negative press' (as it were) Linux is receiving as a result of the SCO lawsuit to basically promote 1) the name GNU/Linux, and 2) to rally support for GNU/Herd.
Yes, it comes with KMozilla. For RPM based systems it can be found in the kdebindings3-mozilla, which contains the XParts-libraries for embedding arbitrary non-KDE applications.
No, it doesn't. Some *distributions* might still include a kdebingings3-mozilla package, but while kdebindings might be included in kde-base, kdebindings3-mozilla is NOT. There used to be homepage for kmozilla, but it is non-existant now.
Their design philosophy makes sense, but doesn't always lead to good designs. IMHO, the Microsoft Dove Bar mouse was one of the worst designs as it had a lot of usability problems -- the buttons (esp. the big one) were notorious for sticking, and the odd differently sized left and right buttons left much to be desired.
Yeah, I know. The triple-boot scenario is a real pain too. The Romulans show up, start firing on us, and we're like "Quick. Fire photon torpedoes!" And, well, sadly the photon torpedo driver is closed source and no one's reverse-engineered one for Linux yet, so we have to sit there and take a pounding while the damn ship boots Windows 2349 Starship Edition.
KDE doesn't come with Kmozilla, and I've been unable to find it in a long time. I'm thinking that the project was dropped after KHTML started to become more and more stable.
I've been using the the nightly builds since 0.5 was released. Mozilla Firebird is definitely *not* bug free (the releases are of course pretty stable), but I'm sure they could really use your help in testing it.:) The Firebird team has been really, really responsive about fixing bugs, and most bugs are usually fixed in the next nightly build.
My personal favorite feature is the ability to customize the toolbars. Admittedly, it's been a feature in Konqueror (my other favorite browser) since the beginning, but Firebird's toolbar customization is cooler as it supports drag-and-drop, while in Konq you have to use a Microsoft Office-style dialog box.
Interestingly enough, I typed "The Internet" into Google so I get the Google cache in case it got Slashdotted, but look what comes out at the top. Weird huh?:)
Slashdot Mirror
You'd have much better luck starting a fire with a string of miniature christmas lights, or Athlons, or something.
Athlon -- because sometimes your Zippo just runs out of fluid!
This post brought to you by AMD(tm) who invite you to try out their Athlon-series firestarters^Wprocessors!
It never was about money. They're only suing SHARERS, not downloaders. They're deliberately trying to kill P2P. If it was about money, they would sue the DOWNLOADERS. More revenue stream from that, wouldn't you say? It's about power and who determines what music gets to be popular.
And they don't want that who to be *you*. They want it to be THEM. THEY control the media, THEY control the masses. Screw you for picking the music you like. You'll take what we give you and LIKE IT!
This would kill p2p networks; I say this because they are going after only the people that shares. But not after the people that download. Well if no one shares then there will be nothing to download.
Stupid of them? No, not stupid.
Duh! Think about it. Isn't that the point? To kill P2P networks? They're not looking for revenue from lawsuits, all they want is to stop the file sharing. Make it so no one shares, the problem is solved.
It isn't a revenue thing, and it never was. This is a power thing. Only the RIAA will determine what music gets to be popular and what does not. Not the listeners. HEIL, ROSEN! *salutes*
It's amazing what a memorable TV commercial can do to perception. You really feel that Miller Light is less filling
Taste's great!
Well, yeah, that's the biggest reason I hated it actually, as I'm left-handed. But I'm ambimoustestrous, so I often forget about such things... :)
The biggest problem with managing IT as an investment is measuring ROI. Sure, you can see "this process costs us n dollars and the process before costs us n*2 dollars" but then how much of that is taken up by the fact that you need to maintain additional IT resources? In many cases, IT projects end up being cost shifting rather than cost savings.
In theory you'd just figure in the IT costs, but many PHBs don't do that. All they see is the *business* side and tend to look at the IT department as some separate thing.
It sounds like this book handles that scenario. I'm eager to take a look at this book in the future.
In the rest of the world, phones have SIM cards (small smart cards). To change provider all you have to do is get a new SIM card, which costs around $7-15, depending on the provider that you're switching to.
Some, but by no means all, phones here have SIM cards. And you *can* use them to switch providers, it's just that most providers give you a free or very very cheap phone when you sign up for a new service agreement, and it's often got newer technology/features/styles than the old phone you were previously carrying around, so most people just don't bother.
It's obviously a move to gain consumer support and get customers to switch. Now that they've got their opposition fighting the FCC, they can say: "Look, we're the biggest PROPONENTS of cell number portability, and our competition is still fighting it. So switch to us!"
I'm sick to death cell carriers and their sleaziness -- it's like the long distance carrier battles of the 90s all over again. You guys offer a commodity product, compete on price because nothing else differentiates you anymore.
Right. I just noticed that myself after I posted that...I hit help about and got:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030622 Mozilla Firebird/0.6
but the spirit of my post is not incorrect -- Firebird isn't by any means behind the main trunk and is by no means still using the 1.3 code base.
Yeah, but the last line of Stallman's statement just ... well ... smell's funny to me:
Linux itself is no longer essential: the GNU system became popular in conjunction with Linux, but today it also runs with two BSD kernels and the GNU kernel. Our community cannot be defeated by this.
I'm not saying Stallman cooked this whole thing up with SCO. But I do think he's taking advantage of the 'negative press' (as it were) Linux is receiving as a result of the SCO lawsuit to basically promote 1) the name GNU/Linux, and 2) to rally support for GNU/Herd.
Just an observation.
Yes, it comes with KMozilla. For RPM based systems it can be found in the kdebindings3-mozilla, which contains the XParts-libraries for embedding arbitrary non-KDE applications.
No, it doesn't. Some *distributions* might still include a kdebingings3-mozilla package, but while kdebindings might be included in kde-base, kdebindings3-mozilla is NOT. There used to be homepage for kmozilla, but it is non-existant now.
Who'd have thought that the filthy socialist hippy would be right?
:)
Um, that would a "filthy socialist GNU/hippy" to you, pal!
Well, first off, these guys only designed the original Microsoft "dove bar" mouse, none of the current designs. Other designs include the and of course the Palm V, which is looking a bit tired these days. Interestingly enough they also designed the Handspring Treo and the the Handspring Edge.
Their design philosophy makes sense, but doesn't always lead to good designs. IMHO, the Microsoft Dove Bar mouse was one of the worst designs as it had a lot of usability problems -- the buttons (esp. the big one) were notorious for sticking, and the odd differently sized left and right buttons left much to be desired.
Weird. How did that partial URL get in the subject line?
Yeah, I know. The triple-boot scenario is a real pain too. The Romulans show up, start firing on us, and we're like "Quick. Fire photon torpedoes!" And, well, sadly the photon torpedo driver is closed source and no one's reverse-engineered one for Linux yet, so we have to sit there and take a pounding while the damn ship boots Windows 2349 Starship Edition.
A real pain, let me tell you.
The 8.4-inch monochrome Cholesteric LCD praised as an optimal display for e-Book devices.
:(
I'll have to steer clear of that, unfortunately. My doctor says my cholesterol is high enough.
The nightlies are already based on the Moz 1.4 code base. Firebird closely follows the main tree and has since day one.
KDE doesn't come with Kmozilla, and I've been unable to find it in a long time. I'm thinking that the project was dropped after KHTML started to become more and more stable.
I've been using the the nightly builds since 0.5 was released. Mozilla Firebird is definitely *not* bug free (the releases are of course pretty stable), but I'm sure they could really use your help in testing it. :) The Firebird team has been really, really responsive about fixing bugs, and most bugs are usually fixed in the next nightly build.
My personal favorite feature is the ability to customize the toolbars. Admittedly, it's been a feature in Konqueror (my other favorite browser) since the beginning, but Firebird's toolbar customization is cooler as it supports drag-and-drop, while in Konq you have to use a Microsoft Office-style dialog box.
As far as gcc being better optimizaed for x86 that is a debious assumption
:)
Is that some sort of crack at the Debian folks?
Phew. Okay. here's the google cache in case it gets Slashdotted!
What about a serious dose of static electricity? vandegraaff generators anyone?
RFID tags in cigarette packaging? Oh, shit, time to stop smoking!
Interestingly enough, I typed "The Internet" into Google so I get the Google cache in case it got Slashdotted, but look what comes out at the top. Weird huh? :)
I dunno. I think you'd need at least a Ford Excursion full...but even then, where would the drive sit? :)