The problem is most Canadians are paying around $40 CAN a month for broadband. $80 CAN might look good to an American, but it stinks from where I'm sitting.
Unfortunately, over the last few years, the music industry has been faced
with a growing problem of unauthorized CD "ripping" leading to illegal
Internet distribution of music - a practice that is hurting everyone from
recording artists to songwriters to record stores. This illegal copying is
taking place on a massive scale, with literally millions of copies being
made without any compensation to the creators of the music.
Lies, lies, lies. The only thing they describe that's illegal is unauthorized distribution. It doesn't matter if I'm not "authorized" to rip a CD, I don't need their permission, it's my legal right to do so.
Did I say it shouldn't read and write Office documents? Of course not. Would MS Office have gained as much market share as it has without supporting Word Perfect formats? Probably not.
Right, so if you're an open source developer and you want to change this do something about. But don't try to enforce your standards on other people. Help develop a product or standard that's better then what Microsoft can provide. Contribute to Open Office's software development for example. Telling someone they're helping an evil empire take over the world when they send you a word document isn't going to help. You can catch more flies with honey you know...
Right, which would be a valid point, if we were talking about a car. We're not. We're talking about a word processor. My word processor doesn't cost $26,000. I can't loose my life using a spreadsheet. There's a difference. I'm willing to bet most Star Office users haven't even "looked under the hood". I know I haven't.
I don't know what's more sad. The fact that someone had the audacity to ask you to send something in word format, or the fact that a network engineer can't open up Star Office and save something as a doc file. Honestly, when you're working with a lot of other companies, yes, they do use Word for the majority of text documents (they may not need to but that's another story). The fact is with most businesses if you're not sending Word docs you're in the minority. You're not dealing with UNIX network engineers you know.
This is why people that don't use standard communication methods (telephone and yelling) to talk to each other piss me off. Whenever you start using computers there exists the possibility for a security flaw.
We've seen it before and we'll see it again.
For this reason, please do the following:
DO NOT use computers
DO NOT use ports
DO NOT use TCP/IP
DO NOT use the internet
And the same for other high tech gadgetry! Speech communication is the only safe alternative.
I hate to break to everyone, but there seems to be a lot of people saying you should switch telephone providers to avoid getting your calling information collected. Here's a news flash, all telephone providers collect this information, and they've been doing it for a long time now. They mainly use this information for network utilization purposes, however, it does also have obvious marketing advantages. Not to mention the fact that all the Telcos use each others networks, so even if you're not a Qwest customer you will at one point have a call sent through one of their switches, and the information about that call will be recorded. The only news here is it seems Qwest is planning on using this information to do some marketing, and they decided to inform their customers about it.
If you expect me to believe that because MS uses Berkley code in FTP.exe that's proof that the "FreeBSD network stack that is now in Win2k and XP" you're putting up a extremely week argument. I've ran find in my system32 directory before, I'm well aware that MS uses Berkley code, but the fact that MS is using the standard Berkley implementations finger, ftp, and nslookup proves absolutely nothing. None of the files you've mentioned have anything to do with the internals of the TCP/IP stack in Win2K or XP.
It is, is it? When did you look at the source code for Win2K and XP and figure this out? While I'm sure ever implementation of TCP/IP is loosely based on some BSD code, this is hardly proof that MS ripped off FreeBSD's network stack.
What's more interesting is if MS has the patent on such technology and that law gets passed every OS manufacture could be forced to pay MS to implement DRM. Essentially the law itself would force OS developers to pay MS. You can imagine what a company could do with that much power. They could simply not grant licenses and force every OS out of businesses.
"Yes, it exists, and this research network is not even in the U.S.!"
As if that's something hard to believe... considering the fast networks already developed and in development in Canada and Japan you'd think we could give other countries the credit they deserve. It's not like the US is the only country that knows how to string an Ethernet cable.
It's by no means started. As far as I know development work hasn't even begun on it. It could be what the original poster is after, but he'll be waiting a looooong time for it unfortunately.
It's goes back further then that. Does everyone already forget what happened in East Germany? Athletes were basically adopted by the government when they were teens and given steroids and various other performance enhancing drugs without being told what they are. They were groomed for Olympic competition, like cattle. Many of these athletes were given so many drugs that they now have serious health problems. I laughed when I read the comment "So we're not immediately facing the prospect of watching athletes bred especially for their performance" because it's already happened.
If a company wants to break into an IT market, in which there currently is no competition, open source would probably not be the way to go. You can make a hell of a lot more money when you come into an industry as the only provider of a technology with a monopoly strangle hold (due to lack of competition). Open sourcing the software may provide innovation, however it would also give the competition a starting point. If you're the only company in the field, there is little reason to create competition for yourself.
Isn't that how Linux works (Red Hat for example)? Isn't there the potential for anyone to make money off an open source project without contributing work? Do you think Linus Torvolds doesn't make money as a direct result of his development of the Linux operating system, and the contributions that others made to it for free. And if he does, what's wrong with that? I mean after all it is his creation.
As far as I know this already exists in a way. The department of defense operates the defense switched network (DSN) which is a telephone switch network. DSN is used to do such things as launching nuclear attacks and has priority over the other telecommunications networks in the US (this is my understanding of it). Why doesn't the US just increase the capacity of this network and keep on using it?
Umm... unless you have a number of bank accounts with different banks your bank knows about all your transactions regardless of how many ATM's you go to. And no one can ever have all their purchasing habits kept private, it's how credit card companies establish your credit rating.
I'm not sure is the whole list is true or not but it's partially correct. My local Rock station, CFOX, has banned some of those songs (a lot of them would never be played on the station in the first place). They will not play the Drowning Pool, Saliva, System of A Down, and Dave Matthews Band singles listed on that list.
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The problem is most Canadians are paying around $40 CAN a month for broadband. $80 CAN might look good to an American, but it stinks from where I'm sitting.
"All Jedi had was a bunch of muppets."
- Dante Hicks, Clerks
Just curious, how did your .ca registrar screw you over?
Unfortunately, over the last few years, the music industry has been faced with a growing problem of unauthorized CD "ripping" leading to illegal Internet distribution of music - a practice that is hurting everyone from recording artists to songwriters to record stores. This illegal copying is taking place on a massive scale, with literally millions of copies being made without any compensation to the creators of the music.
Lies, lies, lies. The only thing they describe that's illegal is unauthorized distribution. It doesn't matter if I'm not "authorized" to rip a CD, I don't need their permission, it's my legal right to do so.
Are you saying supporting regularly changing and poorly documented formats isn't a part of writing better software? Because I think it is.
Did I say it shouldn't read and write Office documents? Of course not. Would MS Office have gained as much market share as it has without supporting Word Perfect formats? Probably not.
Right, so if you're an open source developer and you want to change this do something about. But don't try to enforce your standards on other people. Help develop a product or standard that's better then what Microsoft can provide. Contribute to Open Office's software development for example. Telling someone they're helping an evil empire take over the world when they send you a word document isn't going to help. You can catch more flies with honey you know...
Right, which would be a valid point, if we were talking about a car. We're not. We're talking about a word processor. My word processor doesn't cost $26,000. I can't loose my life using a spreadsheet. There's a difference. I'm willing to bet most Star Office users haven't even "looked under the hood". I know I haven't.
I don't know what's more sad. The fact that someone had the audacity to ask you to send something in word format, or the fact that a network engineer can't open up Star Office and save something as a doc file. Honestly, when you're working with a lot of other companies, yes, they do use Word for the majority of text documents (they may not need to but that's another story). The fact is with most businesses if you're not sending Word docs you're in the minority. You're not dealing with UNIX network engineers you know.
This is why people that don't use standard communication methods (telephone and yelling) to talk to each other piss me off. Whenever you start using computers there exists the possibility for a security flaw.
We've seen it before and we'll see it again.
For this reason, please do the following:
DO NOT use computers
DO NOT use ports
DO NOT use TCP/IP
DO NOT use the internet
And the same for other high tech gadgetry! Speech communication is the only safe alternative.
I hate to break to everyone, but there seems to be a lot of people saying you should switch telephone providers to avoid getting your calling information collected. Here's a news flash, all telephone providers collect this information, and they've been doing it for a long time now. They mainly use this information for network utilization purposes, however, it does also have obvious marketing advantages. Not to mention the fact that all the Telcos use each others networks, so even if you're not a Qwest customer you will at one point have a call sent through one of their switches, and the information about that call will be recorded. The only news here is it seems Qwest is planning on using this information to do some marketing, and they decided to inform their customers about it.
If you expect me to believe that because MS uses Berkley code in FTP.exe that's proof that the "FreeBSD network stack that is now in Win2k and XP" you're putting up a extremely week argument. I've ran find in my system32 directory before, I'm well aware that MS uses Berkley code, but the fact that MS is using the standard Berkley implementations finger, ftp, and nslookup proves absolutely nothing. None of the files you've mentioned have anything to do with the internals of the TCP/IP stack in Win2K or XP.
It is, is it? When did you look at the source code for Win2K and XP and figure this out? While I'm sure ever implementation of TCP/IP is loosely based on some BSD code, this is hardly proof that MS ripped off FreeBSD's network stack.
What's more interesting is if MS has the patent on such technology and that law gets passed every OS manufacture could be forced to pay MS to implement DRM. Essentially the law itself would force OS developers to pay MS. You can imagine what a company could do with that much power. They could simply not grant licenses and force every OS out of businesses.
"Yes, it exists, and this research network is not even in the U.S.!"
As if that's something hard to believe... considering the fast networks already developed and in development in Canada and Japan you'd think we could give other countries the credit they deserve. It's not like the US is the only country that knows how to string an Ethernet cable.
It's by no means started. As far as I know development work hasn't even begun on it. It could be what the original poster is after, but he'll be waiting a looooong time for it unfortunately.
It's goes back further then that. Does everyone already forget what happened in East Germany? Athletes were basically adopted by the government when they were teens and given steroids and various other performance enhancing drugs without being told what they are. They were groomed for Olympic competition, like cattle. Many of these athletes were given so many drugs that they now have serious health problems. I laughed when I read the comment "So we're not immediately facing the prospect of watching athletes bred especially for their performance" because it's already happened.
What is freedom if not power?
If a company wants to break into an IT market, in which there currently is no competition, open source would probably not be the way to go. You can make a hell of a lot more money when you come into an industry as the only provider of a technology with a monopoly strangle hold (due to lack of competition). Open sourcing the software may provide innovation, however it would also give the competition a starting point. If you're the only company in the field, there is little reason to create competition for yourself.
Isn't that how Linux works (Red Hat for example)? Isn't there the potential for anyone to make money off an open source project without contributing work? Do you think Linus Torvolds doesn't make money as a direct result of his development of the Linux operating system, and the contributions that others made to it for free. And if he does, what's wrong with that? I mean after all it is his creation.
As far as I know this already exists in a way. The department of defense operates the defense switched network (DSN) which is a telephone switch network. DSN is used to do such things as launching nuclear attacks and has priority over the other telecommunications networks in the US (this is my understanding of it). Why doesn't the US just increase the capacity of this network and keep on using it?
Prove to me that they have included BSD code in places and filed off the copyright, and I'll believe you. Works both ways you know.
I don't know, where you live? Am I missing your point?
Umm... unless you have a number of bank accounts with different banks your bank knows about all your transactions regardless of how many ATM's you go to. And no one can ever have all their purchasing habits kept private, it's how credit card companies establish your credit rating.
I'm not sure is the whole list is true or not but it's partially correct. My local Rock station, CFOX, has banned some of those songs (a lot of them would never be played on the station in the first place). They will not play the Drowning Pool, Saliva, System of A Down, and Dave Matthews Band singles listed on that list.
Here's the link to prove it.