Wrong. The BSD license specifically gives Microsoft the right to use their code as long as they give the people who created it credit. Microsoft's license on their software makes it quite clear that no one can use their source code or distribute it.
It's no more independent than any other media. In fact, the BBC was charged by one of their own reporters of skewing the news coverage of the Iraq war.
The BBC is a government subsidized quasi-monopoly. Using the BBC as a good example when it comes to media consolidation is abolsutely stupid, since they stand for what we are NOT wanting to happen to US media.
Ultimately, it's the OSS community's fault. If they incorporate patented software and algorithms into their own software, then they are at fault for the consequences.
You're basically saying, "Yea, I stole the car. But since I didn't know it was against the law, and since it was 10 years ago, I shouldn't be held responsible for it. Plus, I don't agree with the law, thus it shouldn't be obeyed."
No, it's not "collective investment" since 40% of American's don't use the internet on a daily basis. It *doesn't* benefit everyone. Thus, you'd be taking tax money from 100% of the population, and then redistributing that to a smaller part of the population.
So, take your "collective investment" bullshit and take it to China. Here in America, you buy things you need and don't rely on the government to tax the population to provide you with non-necessities. Want high-speed access? Sure, buy it yourself. But don't expect me, some guy that doesn't even want it, to pay for it.
Next thing you know, you'll start calling housing, land, and private enterprise "collective investment". No thanks.
However, I don't think it's nearly as easy as he paints it out on his website. He may have a working rocket design, but that's not the hard part. The hard part is getting the guidance system to work with your rocket. That doesn't come "off the shelf", and he's going to have to do a lot of software hacking in order to get it all to work together. Not only does this guy have to be a quasi-expert in rocket design, he's going to have to know a lot about software design.
He's trying to do something that most nations in the world can't even do. It takes entire nations years to come up with even a short-range cruise missile. This guy thinks he can do it in under $5000, by himself? Building a rocket-propelled go-kart is one thing. Making a cruise missile with an accuracy of +/- 100 yards is a whole different level.
And this doesn't even take into account FAA regulations he's going to have to comply with if he plans on lobbing one of those missiles on a 100 mile flight path.
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Actually, academic research wasn't anything close to its original intent either. It was originally designed to be a survivable network for the US government in the event of a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union. Academic use of the internet was an add-on.
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CNN does have an IRC server. It's located at chat.cnn.com channel #cnn.
Tired old argument. If we used that logic, then the world wouldn't have half of the things we have now, not to mention many of the scientific advancements. That same argument has been used in opposition to nuclear power, space exploration, military technology, and now government funded software projects. The government can do more than one thing at a time. It's called multitasking, and that's why we have multiple agencies in government. Besides, exactly how is the little bit of money spent developing this game going to help healthcare? It's a negligible amount of money. We can't destroy all government projects that don't deal with education or healthcare, or we would be working backwards. Besides, this software project created jobs, which in the end helps educations.
Actually, if you check the CIA factbook, the United States and Russia do not recognize any claim to Antarctica. However, both nations reserve the right to claim any amount of territory on the continent. So, essentially, the US and Russia hold claims on Antarctica that virtually trump all others. I also believe that 3 or 4 nations actively claim portions of Antarctica as their own territory.
The actual exploit was posted on buqtraaq yesterday. You can find it here. That link has the original post from the group explaining what the exploit is, how the RIAA is supposedly involved, and it has the exploit as an attachment. Check it out and decide for yourself if it's a hoax.
Um, let's not forget that the internet started out as a governmental network. In a sense, it has always been heavily regulated by the government. It only gained the reputation as a place for free speech because the government chose not to do anything about it (in regards to monitoring it) until recently.
Also, on the topic of a secure and anonymous application, I suggest that you use FreeNet and IIP.
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I believe that more people in the US use cable rather than DSL due to the distance limitations of DSL. Since the population of America is so widely dispersed over a vast land, I think that cable becomes more practical. However, in places like Western Europe and Asia, DSL becomes more practical due to a very dense population. Nevertheless, I think DSL will hit it off big in the major cities and metropolitan areas of America. Cable will make it in more rural areas.
Because, quite frankly, the US government created the internet. All other TLDs such as.net,.org, and.com are not limited to US companies and organizations. The same thing most likely applies to the new TLDs that will be proposed. These are just additional TLDs to the already existing country code TLDs.
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Mods, please check the links of the people you are modding up. In this case, the link in the parent post goes to goatse.cx. Mindless moderation runs so rampant on slashdot.
Mods, please check the links of the people you are modding up. In this case, the link in the parest post goes to goatse.cx. Mindless moderation runs so rampant on slashdot.
Wrong. This is proof of not being able to afford to light up the fiber. There's a reason why all of it was put in the ground in the 90's. That's because people were pouring money into it without thinking. That gave the companies the money to lay it. Now, the economy is flat, and companies are barely making money on broadband as it is. This isn't some ploy to personally screw you over.
2) Of the people that are from the US, many are too young to vote.
3) Of the people that are from the US, many are not registered to vote.
4) The people on slashdot do not all think alike. That's right: I don't like the majority of what people say here, and a lot of people here don't like what I say or believe.
5) Since the slashdot population that is within the US is so widely dispersed, it's impossible to mount an effective voting bloc.
6) Of the 1 million accounts on this site, only a fraction of the accounts are actually used. Some are just simply not used, and others are just duplicate accounts.
Given the reasons I stated, plus many more, it'll be impossible at best to mount any type of effective voting bloc. What you suggest is rather childish. There are plenty legitament political parties in the US. I'm sure that one of them will have policies you agree with. Donate to them rather than trying to organize people on a for-profit website.
What? That's how the legal system works. You don't have to pay the bill. You have a choice of either paying the bill for the music you are accused of pirating, or you can take it to court and make them prove that you pirated it. This is no different than a company or individual accusing you of vandalizing property, and then sending you a bill for the damages with a letter attached saying, "Pay up, or we'll sue."
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Wrong. The BSD license specifically gives Microsoft the right to use their code as long as they give the people who created it credit. Microsoft's license on their software makes it quite clear that no one can use their source code or distribute it.
In fact, American workers are more productive per hour than their German and British counterparts.
Whoever modded the parent up got trolled hard.
It's no more independent than any other media. In fact, the BBC was charged by one of their own reporters of skewing the news coverage of the Iraq war.
The BBC is a government subsidized quasi-monopoly. Using the BBC as a good example when it comes to media consolidation is abolsutely stupid, since they stand for what we are NOT wanting to happen to US media.
Ultimately, it's the OSS community's fault. If they incorporate patented software and algorithms into their own software, then they are at fault for the consequences.
You're basically saying, "Yea, I stole the car. But since I didn't know it was against the law, and since it was 10 years ago, I shouldn't be held responsible for it. Plus, I don't agree with the law, thus it shouldn't be obeyed."
No, it's not "collective investment" since 40% of American's don't use the internet on a daily basis. It *doesn't* benefit everyone. Thus, you'd be taking tax money from 100% of the population, and then redistributing that to a smaller part of the population.
So, take your "collective investment" bullshit and take it to China. Here in America, you buy things you need and don't rely on the government to tax the population to provide you with non-necessities. Want high-speed access? Sure, buy it yourself. But don't expect me, some guy that doesn't even want it, to pay for it.
Next thing you know, you'll start calling housing, land, and private enterprise "collective investment". No thanks.
However, I don't think it's nearly as easy as he paints it out on his website. He may have a working rocket design, but that's not the hard part. The hard part is getting the guidance system to work with your rocket. That doesn't come "off the shelf", and he's going to have to do a lot of software hacking in order to get it all to work together. Not only does this guy have to be a quasi-expert in rocket design, he's going to have to know a lot about software design.
He's trying to do something that most nations in the world can't even do. It takes entire nations years to come up with even a short-range cruise missile. This guy thinks he can do it in under $5000, by himself? Building a rocket-propelled go-kart is one thing. Making a cruise missile with an accuracy of +/- 100 yards is a whole different level.
And this doesn't even take into account FAA regulations he's going to have to comply with if he plans on lobbing one of those missiles on a 100 mile flight path.
Actually, academic research wasn't anything close to its original intent either. It was originally designed to be a survivable network for the US government in the event of a nuclear attack from the Soviet Union. Academic use of the internet was an add-on.
CNN does have an IRC server. It's located at chat.cnn.com channel #cnn.
Yet another post about yet another perl conference.
It stands for [L]ibrary [o]f [C]ongress.
Tired old argument. If we used that logic, then the world wouldn't have half of the things we have now, not to mention many of the scientific advancements. That same argument has been used in opposition to nuclear power, space exploration, military technology, and now government funded software projects. The government can do more than one thing at a time. It's called multitasking, and that's why we have multiple agencies in government. Besides, exactly how is the little bit of money spent developing this game going to help healthcare? It's a negligible amount of money. We can't destroy all government projects that don't deal with education or healthcare, or we would be working backwards. Besides, this software project created jobs, which in the end helps educations.
Actually, if you check the CIA factbook, the United States and Russia do not recognize any claim to Antarctica. However, both nations reserve the right to claim any amount of territory on the continent. So, essentially, the US and Russia hold claims on Antarctica that virtually trump all others. I also believe that 3 or 4 nations actively claim portions of Antarctica as their own territory.
The actual exploit was posted on buqtraaq yesterday. You can find it here. That link has the original post from the group explaining what the exploit is, how the RIAA is supposedly involved, and it has the exploit as an attachment. Check it out and decide for yourself if it's a hoax.
It must be one of those new slashdot story advertisements.
Um, let's not forget that the internet started out as a governmental network. In a sense, it has always been heavily regulated by the government. It only gained the reputation as a place for free speech because the government chose not to do anything about it (in regards to monitoring it) until recently.
Also, on the topic of a secure and anonymous application, I suggest that you use FreeNet and IIP.
I believe that more people in the US use cable rather than DSL due to the distance limitations of DSL. Since the population of America is so widely dispersed over a vast land, I think that cable becomes more practical. However, in places like Western Europe and Asia, DSL becomes more practical due to a very dense population. Nevertheless, I think DSL will hit it off big in the major cities and metropolitan areas of America. Cable will make it in more rural areas.
Because, quite frankly, the US government created the internet. All other TLDs such as .net, .org, and .com are not limited to US companies and organizations. The same thing most likely applies to the new TLDs that will be proposed. These are just additional TLDs to the already existing country code TLDs.
Mods, please check the links of the people you are modding up. In this case, the link in the parent post goes to goatse.cx. Mindless moderation runs so rampant on slashdot.
Mods, please check the links of the people you are modding up. In this case, the link in the parest post goes to goatse.cx. Mindless moderation runs so rampant on slashdot.
That they use RMS as a test subject. Given his potent odor, their prototype equipment will have an easier time functioning.
Wrong. This is proof of not being able to afford to light up the fiber. There's a reason why all of it was put in the ground in the 90's. That's because people were pouring money into it without thinking. That gave the companies the money to lay it. Now, the economy is flat, and companies are barely making money on broadband as it is. This isn't some ploy to personally screw you over.
1) A lot of people here aren't US citizens.
2) Of the people that are from the US, many are too young to vote.
3) Of the people that are from the US, many are not registered to vote.
4) The people on slashdot do not all think alike. That's right: I don't like the majority of what people say here, and a lot of people here don't like what I say or believe.
5) Since the slashdot population that is within the US is so widely dispersed, it's impossible to mount an effective voting bloc.
6) Of the 1 million accounts on this site, only a fraction of the accounts are actually used. Some are just simply not used, and others are just duplicate accounts.
Given the reasons I stated, plus many more, it'll be impossible at best to mount any type of effective voting bloc. What you suggest is rather childish. There are plenty legitament political parties in the US. I'm sure that one of them will have policies you agree with. Donate to them rather than trying to organize people on a for-profit website.
Oh, yea. Right HERE on the FRONT PAGE.
What? That's how the legal system works. You don't have to pay the bill. You have a choice of either paying the bill for the music you are accused of pirating, or you can take it to court and make them prove that you pirated it. This is no different than a company or individual accusing you of vandalizing property, and then sending you a bill for the damages with a letter attached saying, "Pay up, or we'll sue."