Exactly. If I write software, and release it under the GPL, it says alot about MY character and politics. Mainly, I am writing software for the end-user. If that user CHOOSES to pay ANOTHER company a per seat license agreement, why should I interfere? This is alot like sticking my nose where it doesn't belong. Part of the reason that code is given out is because people are supposed to be free - free to modify to suit one's needs, free to choose software based on the strength of its code, and CERTAINLY they should be free to execute that code on ANY platform they wish. Somehow it seems as though Stallman is leaning less towards the free as in speech and focusing more on the free as in beer....
Hrmm... Mira looks like an X terminal with a nifty little touchsensitive LCD display. I'd be willing to bet that you could make one for linux with minimal effort if you used 802.11b for the ethernet card. Maybe using one of those existing web tablets.
I wonder what it would take to replace XP's version of the explorer shell with the simple plain version that 2K used. I know that there is an appearance option that does something similar, but it's not good enough.
That said, I would love to replace IE with Mozilla 1.0 (not here yet), Outlook Express with Evolution(not possible), Messenger would be stricken from the hard disk and replaced with gAIM (not possible). Media Player would get swapped for Xine (not possible), and I would use Sun's JVM. Y'Know, I have all of these things on my Mandrake partition, and I love it! Why bother with windows?
I wonder if the key is in plain text inside of the service pack's binary. Can I change the key that it looks for in the code and have a working copy with a hex editor?
...is really addicted to soap operas. This way, when he buys his new HDTV and compatible recording device he finds himself unable to record his favorite soaps. I also hope he scratches every single DVD he owns and accidently buys a few from another marketing zone.
I will not be helping their case by forfeiting my right to time shift, skip commercials, and record whatever I damn well please. That is the reason most of us bought the box to begin with. It is NOT illegal, and this whole thing is just the beginning of a greater movement by the government to force us into communism. China tells its people what they can and can't watch on the internet and TV. The US tells its people what they can and can't watch on the internet and TV FOR FREE. Utter bullshit...
You make a good point, and how exactly is this any different than getting up to go to the bathroom, or changing channels during a commercial? It is up to the advertisers to come up with new draconian technology to keep us all glued to the screen. Until they strap me down to a chair and tape my eyes open (while applying eye drops and playing Beethoven's ninth) I will choose not to watch cheesy commercials. Now there ARE commercials that I do watch. They are the ones that are clever, funny, and amusing. If all commercials were amusing, I would be less likely to "skip on the spot".
See Spot. See Spot Skip. Skip Spot; skip! Skipping Spot is stealing. See Spot steal. Good boy spot!
Soda is not free, not only do you have to pay $0.75 for a can of coke, but the source code for CocaCola is locked up in a safe somewhere. I think there should be GNUCola (pronounced "guh nuke ola").
If you do work in a high magnetic field, then the watches tend to stop working. I have a friend who built a cyclotron and the magnet is very powerful. Whenever it is on, his Swiss watch stops working. He now places it inside of a Faraday cage or far away from the magnet BEFORE he works....
And if I wasn't a breather, I wouldn't breath. If only they made a machine that would release oxygen into my blood and get rid of all the carbon dioxide, I would never breath again. Your argument is ambiguously phrased.
I always thought that it would be a nice feature for some of the open source AIM Clients to include automatic public key encryption as an option for those clients that support it.
I'm interested in people's opinions. What is so terrible about directed marketing (NOT SPAM), but advertising targeted at a particular group of people? If no names are exchanged and there is no government conspiracy, is there really an issue? It would seem that targetted ads are more effective, thereby being less intruisive (they show you things that you actually care about), and reduce the need for more invasive methods of advertising which is like shooting in the dark. I agree, I don't want my porno preferences and sleeping arrangements sent to Big Biz, but is there actually harm in letting a little bit of information out? Just wondering....
Here's a little secret (don't tell anyone) but reverse engineering is not illegal! Looking at assembly language and understanding it is NOT illegal. And one doesn't even have to agree to a license to install something or to see the code. Not that I'm saying that this is what happened because a packet sniffer can reveal so much more for so much less effort. I say that the burden of proof is on Blizzard...
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Actually, I here there is a NESticle plugin for that!
Exactly. If I write software, and release it under the GPL, it says alot about MY character and politics. Mainly, I am writing software for the end-user. If that user CHOOSES to pay ANOTHER company a per seat license agreement, why should I interfere? This is alot like sticking my nose where it doesn't belong. Part of the reason that code is given out is because people are supposed to be free - free to modify to suit one's needs, free to choose software based on the strength of its code, and CERTAINLY they should be free to execute that code on ANY platform they wish. Somehow it seems as though Stallman is leaning less towards the free as in speech and focusing more on the free as in beer....
Hey baby, wanna see my lizard?
Let interface at port 69...
Wanna exchange IP's. Better hurry - I'm dynamic!
On second thought, I'd better resort to large quantities of alcohol...
Hrmm... Mira looks like an X terminal with a nifty little touchsensitive LCD display. I'd be willing to bet that you could make one for linux with minimal effort if you used 802.11b for the ethernet card. Maybe using one of those existing web tablets.
That said, I would love to replace IE with Mozilla 1.0 (not here yet), Outlook Express with Evolution(not possible), Messenger would be stricken from the hard disk and replaced with gAIM (not possible). Media Player would get swapped for Xine (not possible), and I would use Sun's JVM. Y'Know, I have all of these things on my Mandrake partition, and I love it! Why bother with windows?
I wonder if the key is in plain text inside of the service pack's binary. Can I change the key that it looks for in the code and have a working copy with a hex editor?
...is really addicted to soap operas. This way, when he buys his new HDTV and compatible recording device he finds himself unable to record his favorite soaps. I also hope he scratches every single DVD he owns and accidently buys a few from another marketing zone.
Ammend the constitution. Make it part of our bill of rights. And for the love of God, REPEAL the DMCA!
speaking of tailgating, if you are the car samwiched in the middle, I don't see any way for them to ticket you!
I will not be helping their case by forfeiting my right to time shift, skip commercials, and record whatever I damn well please. That is the reason most of us bought the box to begin with. It is NOT illegal, and this whole thing is just the beginning of a greater movement by the government to force us into communism. China tells its people what they can and can't watch on the internet and TV. The US tells its people what they can and can't watch on the internet and TV FOR FREE. Utter bullshit...
See Spot. See Spot Skip. Skip Spot; skip! Skipping Spot is stealing. See Spot steal. Good boy spot!
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on slashdot simply implies
you're a karma whore
This is a haiku
about everything at once
please stop posting these
This is a haiku about everything at once please stop posting these
Yeah, but wait till they run out of single letter prefixes and get to the bigMac
Soda is not free, not only do you have to pay $0.75 for a can of coke, but the source code for CocaCola is locked up in a safe somewhere. I think there should be GNUCola (pronounced "guh nuke ola").
If you do work in a high magnetic field, then the watches tend to stop working. I have a friend who built a cyclotron and the magnet is very powerful. Whenever it is on, his Swiss watch stops working. He now places it inside of a Faraday cage or far away from the magnet BEFORE he works....
... after all, three hundred and twenty one (321) Studios can't be wrong!
... then Microsoft would openly use GPL code and then challenge the GPL in court. Embrace, extend, crush resistance, lather, rinse, repeat....
Yeah, from now on I'm only downloading .MPEGLAYER3
files to put in my music collection.
And if I wasn't a breather, I wouldn't breath. If only they made a machine that would release oxygen into my blood and get rid of all the carbon dioxide, I would never breath again. Your argument is ambiguously phrased.
I always thought that it would be a nice feature for some of the open source AIM Clients to include automatic public key encryption as an option for those clients that support it.
IBM, do you?
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I'm interested in people's opinions. What is so terrible about directed marketing (NOT SPAM), but advertising targeted at a particular group of people? If no names are exchanged and there is no government conspiracy, is there really an issue? It would seem that targetted ads are more effective, thereby being less intruisive (they show you things that you actually care about), and reduce the need for more invasive methods of advertising which is like shooting in the dark. I agree, I don't want my porno preferences and sleeping arrangements sent to Big Biz, but is there actually harm in letting a little bit of information out? Just wondering....
Here's a little secret (don't tell anyone) but reverse engineering is not illegal! Looking at assembly language and understanding it is NOT illegal. And one doesn't even have to agree to a license to install something or to see the code. Not that I'm saying that this is what happened because a packet sniffer can reveal so much more for so much less effort. I say that the burden of proof is on Blizzard...