...who say just buy a pc w/o an OS or what's the big deal - just replace the OS, remember that one of the major sticking points of the anti-trust trial was the fact that MS required OEMs to install Windows on every computer sold, whether or not the customer wanted it. Just copying over a new image does not change the fact that whatever came on the computer in the first place was already paid for. This can add up to big bucks for large companies.
And I don't get the airline analogy used in the article. If I buy a first class ticket, I don't have to buy a coach ticket as well. To make the analogy correct, I'd first buy a coach seat, proceed to forget that I ever bought that ticket and then buy a first class seat - no upgrades allowed.
I mean, most of us will openly admit that Napster is unethical, and we'll also openly insist that the RIAA is unethical.
Napster is not unethical. Napster is a tool that makes it easier for people to do unethical things. Big difference.
Remember the NRA motto: Guns don't kill people - people kill people. Napster doesn't illegally download copyrighted material, it just makes it easier for the average Joe to illegally download copyrighted material.
There is diversity within almost any political group. There are old Democrats, young Democrats, white Democrats, black Democrats, etc. The point is not that they are a diverse group - the point is that they have one unifying bond, which is their political disposition.
This article is about a group that has a unifying bond - their excellence with technology - yet does not have a cohesive political disposition.
In this instance, an incredibly powerful group (the geek community) refuses to take an equally powerful part in the political process, which allows various other groups (RIAA, etc.) to dominate legislation. This is a Bad Thing.
Not too long ago (a couple of months, if memory serves), there was a story about a complete failure of a Linux Expo is some midwest city (Kansas City?). Attendance was low, and many vendors bailed out early. The immediate kneejerk reaction to that story was that the Linux phenomenon was dead.
This article demonstrates not only that Linux is very alive and well in the Enterprise environment, but also highlites one of the necessities of a successful expo: have as many big-name community members show up as possible (Alan Cox, Miguel de Icaza, etc.). This factor would obviously limit the number large shows, but this, IMHO, would be a Good Thing. Quantity vs. Quality: have a few high quality shows and you leave them wanting more; have many inadequate shows and you invite burn-out/apathy.
Congrats to those involved: this show sounds like it was Quality.
I don't believe the source code to MS Outlook has been widely distributed, yet so many security flaws have been discovered that the geek community has created a new acronym: YAOE (Yet Another Outlook Exploit).
Gates, as is widely agreed, is pure evil. He defines the "step on the little guy to make a buck" philosophy. He has crushed countless promising software companies and holds the world's desktop users in a proprietary death-grip.
Doctor Frankenstien (sorry, Hunkapiller) has paved the way for numerous medical benefits. However, he has also paved the way for some of our worst nightmares to come true.
Maybe just sticking to p0rn isn't such a bad idea...
Mozilla looks like it'll be a great browser... someday
I have never participated in a large-scale software development project like this one. However, it seems to me that a whole lot of effort was spent on unnecessary components such as the mail client and editor app. Mail could have been left to Eudora or a any of a number of existing, quite competent mail programs, and there are more HTML editors available than you can shake a stick at.
At the same time, as everyone who has ever taken a course in project management knows, throwing extra resources at a problem is not always the best way to speed things up, and this is especially true for software (too many cooks in the kitchen, etc.).
Does anyone think that focusing their limited resources on just the browser component would have helped speed this project along? As far as I am aware, there are no controversies over e-mail standards. A standards complient browser is what we need.
Who was the governing body that originally granted corinthians.com a *.com TLD? There is NO commercial purpose for this site, and thus should have only been granted a *.org TLD.
However, once the mistake was made, the powers-that-be should have allowed the owner to maintain his ownership - it's not his fault the controlling bodies have their heads up their butts!
The key issue here is not what nVidia does with their cards. The issue is that they are leveraging giving small sites free demo cards on the condition that they remove competitors' adds and reviews.
According to payola law, in instances like these, the site publisher is required to inform the consumers that this exchange (free stuff for the reviewer) has taken place. nVidia, for obvious reasons, does not want their 'strong-arm' tactics publicised. And this is where the problem lies. The underlyng idea here is consumer protection.
Hopefully if the bar keeps getting raised on the high end, I'll actually be able to afford that 1Ghz Athlon I'm planning on sticking into my next computer early next year.
You've got a good, valid argument. However, if I were on trial here, I think I would want somebody with no connection whatsoever presiding over the case. A judge that thinks there might be reason to question his impartiality ought to remove himself. Appearances can be mighty powerful.
Heck, even if I were the plaintiff I would want someone who was known to be above reproach. as it currently stands, it will just provide more ammo for an appeal.
On July 14 EFF's defense team filed a motion to disqualify Judge Lewis Kaplan from presiding over the DeCSS trial after discovery revealed that he advised Time Warner on DVD matters while in private practice. Judge Kaplan was a partner in the powerhouse NY law firm Paul Weiss when he counseled Time Warner, a plaintiff in the case, on antitrust issues related to DVD technology, an issue to be decided in this case.
2600's defense team has also learned that while in private practice, Judge Kaplan accused its lead litigator, Martin Garbus of professional misconduct and cautioned a co-worker against taking a position in Garbus' law firm. Both incidents create a conflict of interest for the Clinton-appointed federal judge, who has pushed for a speedy trial since the initial court appearance.
Worked directly for one of the major players in an advisory capacity (so he basically worked for the plaintiff) and has what appears to be a rather sizeable grudge against the defendant's lead attorney.
According to Toyota's web page, the Prius is supposed to get 52 highway/45 city on the mileage (your mileage may vary). Since the driving factor (no pun intended) behind purchasing a hybrid econo-box like these is its fuel efficiency, it seems that Honda has a leg up in round one.
The filing also alleges that "IAM.com is informed that virtually every aspect of the site developed by Razorfish fails to meet IAM.com's needs, or basic levels of workmanship in the (W)eb development industry."
And later:
Razorfish is known as one of the leading firms in the Web design industry. It has created pages and sites for AOL, NBC, Warner Music Group, PBS, Polygram Filmed Entertainment and Fox Kids.
So this web design company, apparently well known with many satisfied clients, suddenly decided to suck for IAM? Now, I'm no expert, but except for the over-usage of pop-up windows, IAM didn't look all that bad. I would certainly think that their site meets "basic levels of workmanship in the (W)eb development industry."
MS is so confident in their effective monopoly in the browser market that their efforts to leverage this monopoly is only going to increase. Here's the scary part: what happens when, slowly but surely, they begin to "demonstrate" how much superior their server software is through secret modifications to IE.
Imagine this: IE 6.0 with a 90% market share is coded to include a hidden API that allows MS server software to identify itself. Any server that does not identify itself has a few milliseconds of latency added to each packet. In subsequent pseudo real world tests, MS server software proves to be by far the fastest.
This isn't as inconceivable as some might think. Remember how early versions of Windows could identify the DOS version it was running on (MS-DOS vs DR-DOS) and give the user a false warning that any DOS other than MS-DOS would cause problems.
Certainly not any more of a public accommodation than the Boy Scouts. If the Supreme Court says they can ban gays on the grounds that they are a private entity, then e-bay should be able to ban whomever they choose as well.
To keep the argument within the same industry, what's the difference between banning some foul-mouthed cretin from an internet store and posting a sign on your physical store that says "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service?"
Agreed! It seems to me that the obligation a reviewer might feel to glorify a commercial product they received for free is directly proportional to the actual market cost of that product.
Under this guideline, Linux should be the least over-glorified product on the market.
Even interfering with another's self-autonomy, in a purely philosophical sense, is not evil. You are defining it as evil because you disagree with it. In philosophy, there is nothing inherently evil.
Thank you for exposing the brilliance of the X-Men...
Philosophically, there is no evil action - there are only actions that others who disagree with them brand as evil. Why are the "normal" humans who fear and hate all mutants evil? Because they persecute mutants, thereby causing the mutants to brand them. Why is Magnetto & gang evil? Because he wants to wipe out all of the "normal" humans, thereby causing the humans to brand him as evil. But both of these forces are simply trying to empower their point of view. The evil in their actions is a subjective description forced on them by those that disagree.
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Sounds a lot like double secret probation to me...
And I don't get the airline analogy used in the article. If I buy a first class ticket, I don't have to buy a coach ticket as well. To make the analogy correct, I'd first buy a coach seat, proceed to forget that I ever bought that ticket and then buy a first class seat - no upgrades allowed.
Napster is not unethical. Napster is a tool that makes it easier for people to do unethical things. Big difference.
Remember the NRA motto: Guns don't kill people - people kill people. Napster doesn't illegally download copyrighted material, it just makes it easier for the average Joe to illegally download copyrighted material.
This article is about a group that has a unifying bond - their excellence with technology - yet does not have a cohesive political disposition.
In this instance, an incredibly powerful group (the geek community) refuses to take an equally powerful part in the political process, which allows various other groups (RIAA, etc.) to dominate legislation. This is a Bad Thing.
This article demonstrates not only that Linux is very alive and well in the Enterprise environment, but also highlites one of the necessities of a successful expo: have as many big-name community members show up as possible (Alan Cox, Miguel de Icaza, etc.). This factor would obviously limit the number large shows, but this, IMHO, would be a Good Thing. Quantity vs. Quality: have a few high quality shows and you leave them wanting more; have many inadequate shows and you invite burn-out/apathy.
Congrats to those involved: this show sounds like it was Quality.
...they promise to send all my spam there. Wouldn't it be great to have one e-mail address where all of the spam intended for you could coagulate?
I don't believe the source code to MS Outlook has been widely distributed, yet so many security flaws have been discovered that the geek community has created a new acronym: YAOE (Yet Another Outlook Exploit).
There is no spoon.
Gates, as is widely agreed, is pure evil. He defines the "step on the little guy to make a buck" philosophy. He has crushed countless promising software companies and holds the world's desktop users in a proprietary death-grip.
Doctor Frankenstien (sorry, Hunkapiller) has paved the way for numerous medical benefits. However, he has also paved the way for some of our worst nightmares to come true.
Maybe just sticking to p0rn isn't such a bad idea...
I have never participated in a large-scale software development project like this one. However, it seems to me that a whole lot of effort was spent on unnecessary components such as the mail client and editor app. Mail could have been left to Eudora or a any of a number of existing, quite competent mail programs, and there are more HTML editors available than you can shake a stick at.
At the same time, as everyone who has ever taken a course in project management knows, throwing extra resources at a problem is not always the best way to speed things up, and this is especially true for software (too many cooks in the kitchen, etc.).
Does anyone think that focusing their limited resources on just the browser component would have helped speed this project along? As far as I am aware, there are no controversies over e-mail standards. A standards complient browser is what we need.
Who was the governing body that originally granted corinthians.com a *.com TLD? There is NO commercial purpose for this site, and thus should have only been granted a *.org TLD.
However, once the mistake was made, the powers-that-be should have allowed the owner to maintain his ownership - it's not his fault the controlling bodies have their heads up their butts!
According to payola law, in instances like these, the site publisher is required to inform the consumers that this exchange (free stuff for the reviewer) has taken place. nVidia, for obvious reasons, does not want their 'strong-arm' tactics publicised. And this is where the problem lies. The underlyng idea here is consumer protection.
Long live progress & competition!
And I'm sure Larry & gang will be much nicer than Microsoft, which deems all you've ever learned to be obsolete when the next rev is released.
Heck, even if I were the plaintiff I would want someone who was known to be above reproach. as it currently stands, it will just provide more ammo for an appeal.
On July 14 EFF's defense team filed a motion to disqualify Judge Lewis Kaplan from presiding over the DeCSS trial after discovery revealed that he advised Time Warner on DVD matters while in private practice. Judge Kaplan was a partner in the powerhouse NY law firm Paul Weiss when he counseled Time Warner, a plaintiff in the case, on antitrust issues related to DVD technology, an issue to be decided in this case.
2600's defense team has also learned that while in private practice, Judge Kaplan accused its lead litigator, Martin Garbus of professional misconduct and cautioned a co-worker against taking a position in Garbus' law firm. Both incidents create a conflict of interest for the Clinton-appointed federal judge, who has pushed for a speedy trial since the initial court appearance.
Worked directly for one of the major players in an advisory capacity (so he basically worked for the plaintiff) and has what appears to be a rather sizeable grudge against the defendant's lead attorney.
Connection looks pretty direct to me.
According to Toyota's web page, the Prius is supposed to get 52 highway/45 city on the mileage (your mileage may vary). Since the driving factor (no pun intended) behind purchasing a hybrid econo-box like these is its fuel efficiency, it seems that Honda has a leg up in round one.
The filing also alleges that "IAM.com is informed that virtually every aspect of the site developed by Razorfish fails to meet IAM.com's needs, or basic levels of workmanship in the (W)eb development industry."
And later:
Razorfish is known as one of the leading firms in the Web design industry. It has created pages and sites for AOL, NBC, Warner Music Group, PBS, Polygram Filmed Entertainment and Fox Kids.
So this web design company, apparently well known with many satisfied clients, suddenly decided to suck for IAM? Now, I'm no expert, but except for the over-usage of pop-up windows, IAM didn't look all that bad. I would certainly think that their site meets "basic levels of workmanship in the (W)eb development industry."
But then again, IANAL.
Imagine this: IE 6.0 with a 90% market share is coded to include a hidden API that allows MS server software to identify itself. Any server that does not identify itself has a few milliseconds of latency added to each packet. In subsequent pseudo real world tests, MS server software proves to be by far the fastest.
This isn't as inconceivable as some might think. Remember how early versions of Windows could identify the DOS version it was running on (MS-DOS vs DR-DOS) and give the user a false warning that any DOS other than MS-DOS would cause problems.
To keep the argument within the same industry, what's the difference between banning some foul-mouthed cretin from an internet store and posting a sign on your physical store that says "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service?"
Under this guideline, Linux should be the least over-glorified product on the market.
...Khappy Kbirthday? (does anybody else think this 'k' thing is out of control?)
What do you think of *.OSS?
Even interfering with another's self-autonomy, in a purely philosophical sense, is not evil. You are defining it as evil because you disagree with it. In philosophy, there is nothing inherently evil.
Philosophically, there is no evil action - there are only actions that others who disagree with them brand as evil. Why are the "normal" humans who fear and hate all mutants evil? Because they persecute mutants, thereby causing the mutants to brand them. Why is Magnetto & gang evil? Because he wants to wipe out all of the "normal" humans, thereby causing the humans to brand him as evil. But both of these forces are simply trying to empower their point of view. The evil in their actions is a subjective description forced on them by those that disagree.