As little as 200 years ago, sex between young teenagers was perfectly normal. Sex between 18+ year old men and girls as young as 13 and 14 was perfectly acceptable. The age of 16/18 that is used for statutory rape is completely arbitrary, contradicts normal human developmental behavior, and could change at any time. Non-consensual sex should be the only legal definition of rape. Statutory rape is a contradiction in terms and a legal fiction used to punish people for being human.
Do you lack reading comprehension altogether? The GP demonstrated that a system with more/better options and sans-Windows cost less than the Windows version. He proved his point perfectly. He even said that if he brought up the Windows version up to par in hardware specs, it would cost even MORE.
That is not specific to Apple. That is endemic, and actually the point, of DRM of any kind. If that was a reason to target Apple, the target should be broadened to attack any and all DRM.
You're missing the point. It doesn't matter to you if your ISP is Net Neutral or not. It matters that every other ISP will not be. Because it's rather unlikely that the sites you visit the most will be on the same ISP network as you, you will be getting poorer service because their ISP wants to charge them more to carry their traffic at a decent priority.
Swap isn't used when ejecting readonly data, such as code, to make room for the disk cache. If you actually use your system enough to use memory on data files, you'll see your ram usage increase dramatically. And opening a file and reading it doesn't count. Linux won't swap memory that's not been changed if it can be read from the file it came from.
I routinely use a browser, manage a voice chat program, and random other things while playing a game. To be forced to reboot just to play WoW is one of the most stupid things ever. I remember when/. used to denigrate Windows for being relatively poor at multitasking. Now that you can play one of the most popular games in a window or fullscreen while still being able to use the PC for other things, you suggest we use Linux to boot a single-purpose program.
Never mind that only nVidia cards have any real comprehensive accelerated graphics support.
That's not true. Even Linux still uses the BIOS. And that's besides the point. The BIOS runs when the computer boots, so any embedded code has a chance to setup the system to suit itself.
As far as I am concerned, there is no climate problem. It's not that I don't believe that Global Warming is occurring; it's that I don't consider it to be a problem. There will be no serious consequences in my life-time. The absolute worst that will happen is that some species will go extinct. Big deal. That's been happening ever since there were species that could go extinct.
Even in the article you linked to, Linus is not quoted as saying that. From my read of the article, Linus is saying that participating in an activity that will harm other people is wrong. The fact is that Tridgell was an idiot. Before Linus used BK, he used NOTHING. There was ZERO METADATA for Linus's tree at all, for almost 10 years of Linux developement. History at the time was ample proof that developers did not need any metadata that BK controlled in order to develop for the kernel.
Only after using BK for some years did Linus learn to appreciate the benefits of an SCM. That's why he wrote git instead of going back to the old tarball and lots of directories approach.
There was no debacle with BitKeeper. He just got tired of spending so much time on linux-kernel arguing with shits like you.
Also, Linus *still* doesn't require copyright assignment. All that was added was a process for attributing authorship so that the chain of developers for a piece of code can be traced.
I disagree. I think Linus understands the difference between endangering human lives and the application of a technology you don't like. It's a shame slash-shits like you are unable to do the same.
That's a really stupid way to do things. The whole point of adding the dongle is to create a two-factor authentication mechanism. Making the dongle optional invalidates the entire point. And in your scheme, if you lose the dongle, you are screwed if you were using it instead of username/password.
For the majority of music available from iTMS, the ONLY way to get it legally without DRM involved is to buy the CD and rip it yourself. Apple has done absolutely NOTHING to change that situation.
Even before digital audio files became the preferred way to listen to popular music, there has always been a way to get a non-encumbered version. That method has not changed, and it's not likely to change anytime in the forseeable future.
Apple is using the Fairplay DRM to tie iTMS to iPods because they have to have some DRM anyway. Otherwise, Apple would just have used some custom audio format and not licensed that to any other companies.
I heard an interview on NPR yesterday with a tech reviewer that talked with Jobs and other Apple employees at Macworld. He confirmed that there will be no (officially sanctioned) method of loading external software.
See, this just shows that you don't understand people at all. Most "kids" don't go around saying "grow the fuck up", but a rather large number of English-speaking adults do. So obviously, it's not childish to do so, but rather adult.
While it's true that neither agency could stop such postings, you are rather naive to believe they'd try. In all probability, they would be punished for trying because every new beheading video is another bit of fuel for the "War on Terror".
This would be horrible. When war becomes remote and impersonal, war never ends.
The principle argument against the idea that violent video games incite violence is that most people understand the difference between virtual violence against virtual objects and violence against living beings or real-world objects. A video game which caused real people to die would be a complete nightmare.
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As little as 200 years ago, sex between young teenagers was perfectly normal. Sex between 18+ year old men and girls as young as 13 and 14 was perfectly acceptable. The age of 16/18 that is used for statutory rape is completely arbitrary, contradicts normal human developmental behavior, and could change at any time. Non-consensual sex should be the only legal definition of rape. Statutory rape is a contradiction in terms and a legal fiction used to punish people for being human.
Does EVE release a free content update that is 50% of the size of the original game?
Do you lack reading comprehension altogether? The GP demonstrated that a system with more/better options and sans-Windows cost less than the Windows version. He proved his point perfectly. He even said that if he brought up the Windows version up to par in hardware specs, it would cost even MORE.
You are a perfect moron. Really.
Because the RIAA (or your local equivalent) said so.
Really.
Stop blaming the messenger.
Or perhaps the question should be: How many siblings does he have?
That is not specific to Apple. That is endemic, and actually the point, of DRM of any kind. If that was a reason to target Apple, the target should be broadened to attack any and all DRM.
You're missing the point. It doesn't matter to you if your ISP is Net Neutral or not. It matters that every other ISP will not be. Because it's rather unlikely that the sites you visit the most will be on the same ISP network as you, you will be getting poorer service because their ISP wants to charge them more to carry their traffic at a decent priority.
Swap isn't used when ejecting readonly data, such as code, to make room for the disk cache. If you actually use your system enough to use memory on data files, you'll see your ram usage increase dramatically. And opening a file and reading it doesn't count. Linux won't swap memory that's not been changed if it can be read from the file it came from.
Mac OS X supports ACLs.
I routinely use a browser, manage a voice chat program, and random other things while playing a game. To be forced to reboot just to play WoW is one of the most stupid things ever. I remember when /. used to denigrate Windows for being relatively poor at multitasking. Now that you can play one of the most popular games in a window or fullscreen while still being able to use the PC for other things, you suggest we use Linux to boot a single-purpose program.
Never mind that only nVidia cards have any real comprehensive accelerated graphics support.
Unless you laughed. Because laughter is the best medicine.
That's not true. Even Linux still uses the BIOS. And that's besides the point. The BIOS runs when the computer boots, so any embedded code has a chance to setup the system to suit itself.
As far as I am concerned, there is no climate problem. It's not that I don't believe that Global Warming is occurring; it's that I don't consider it to be a problem. There will be no serious consequences in my life-time. The absolute worst that will happen is that some species will go extinct. Big deal. That's been happening ever since there were species that could go extinct.
Even in the article you linked to, Linus is not quoted as saying that. From my read of the article, Linus is saying that participating in an activity that will harm other people is wrong. The fact is that Tridgell was an idiot. Before Linus used BK, he used NOTHING. There was ZERO METADATA for Linus's tree at all, for almost 10 years of Linux developement. History at the time was ample proof that developers did not need any metadata that BK controlled in order to develop for the kernel.
Only after using BK for some years did Linus learn to appreciate the benefits of an SCM. That's why he wrote git instead of going back to the old tarball and lots of directories approach.
There was no debacle with BitKeeper. He just got tired of spending so much time on linux-kernel arguing with shits like you.
Also, Linus *still* doesn't require copyright assignment. All that was added was a process for attributing authorship so that the chain of developers for a piece of code can be traced.
I disagree. I think Linus understands the difference between endangering human lives and the application of a technology you don't like. It's a shame slash-shits like you are unable to do the same.
That's a really stupid way to do things. The whole point of adding the dongle is to create a two-factor authentication mechanism. Making the dongle optional invalidates the entire point. And in your scheme, if you lose the dongle, you are screwed if you were using it instead of username/password.
For the majority of music available from iTMS, the ONLY way to get it legally without DRM involved is to buy the CD and rip it yourself. Apple has done absolutely NOTHING to change that situation.
Even before digital audio files became the preferred way to listen to popular music, there has always been a way to get a non-encumbered version. That method has not changed, and it's not likely to change anytime in the forseeable future.
Apple is using the Fairplay DRM to tie iTMS to iPods because they have to have some DRM anyway. Otherwise, Apple would just have used some custom audio format and not licensed that to any other companies.
I heard an interview on NPR yesterday with a tech reviewer that talked with Jobs and other Apple employees at Macworld. He confirmed that there will be no (officially sanctioned) method of loading external software.
It is not logical to live any other way, unless you believe you are coming back some way or another.
See, this just shows that you don't understand people at all. Most "kids" don't go around saying "grow the fuck up", but a rather large number of English-speaking adults do. So obviously, it's not childish to do so, but rather adult.
While it's true that neither agency could stop such postings, you are rather naive to believe they'd try. In all probability, they would be punished for trying because every new beheading video is another bit of fuel for the "War on Terror".
This would be horrible. When war becomes remote and impersonal, war never ends.
The principle argument against the idea that violent video games incite violence is that most people understand the difference between virtual violence against virtual objects and violence against living beings or real-world objects. A video game which caused real people to die would be a complete nightmare.
CRN is for VARs. Apple doesn't allow/have any VARs.
I was a bit miffed too, until I realized.