From my poking around Google trends I have noticed that there appears to be a general declining bias for most search terms that either has to do with the declining popularity of Google (i.e. less folks were using Google for the past two years) or with the declining amount of searches in general (which is highly unlikely)
It would have to mean that less people are searching, because what else would these mysterious people be using to search with if not google? The browserbar that some spammer hijacked onto their copy of IE? Google is search; so it's reasonable to assume that if less people are using it, it means that less people are searching.
Basically, the only real things I can see the Free Software Movement compromising on are things such as patents and Trusted Computing. The people/companies who are pushing for software patents are doing so for the sake of establishing or maintaining dominance in the software feild, and the rise of Trusted Computing will eventually lead to a TIVO-like situation where your PC will be unable to run any self-made operating systems (or, possibly, they may be cut off from accessing the internet at the router level).
These aren't issues that you can honestly 'compromise' on. These issues mean the difference between there being Free(dom) Software or there NOT being Free Software.
ESR should be able to see that, and I honestly have to question his motives in advocating 'compromise'. Whatever they may be, I suspect they're very short-sighted and not involving any sort of concern for the well-being of the Free Software Community.
tl;dr ESR should stick to fucking up the jargon file and fetchmail and STFU.
Who cares? That's about like my whining about "how it feels" to be a non-japanese speaker on 2ch. Your question would be a lot more poignant if you were talking about english speakers invading non-english forums.
What makes me want to cry is Lord anything making more of an impassioned stand for civil liberties than any of the people we've elected recently in our american 'democracy'.
It's past time to bail out; but there's no where to bail out to.
So....Microsoft can give them security, Apple can give them paying listeners. Seems like a simple decision to me, but this is the [MP||RI]AA we're talking about.
Microsoft has spent too many years chasing after corporate/enterprise appeal, whereas apple has always worked to maintain a hipper, more artsy appeal (which is all the macs have now they're intel-based, but I digress). For that reason, apple had a better idea of what the kids want, and the kids were more receptive to the ipod than they're ever gonna be to zune whatever.
In short, MS has neither the credibility, nor understanding of what the market they're selling to wants (unless you consider "their market" to be the content industry, as opposed to consumers). It won't kill MS, but apple has no reason to loose any sleep either.
>Slashdot's new comment system uses AJAX to make my Slashdot experience shittier.
Fixed to reflect the truth. The new comment system might be circlejerk omg! web 2.0 AJAX Ponies! compliant; but as a dialup user I find it a huge pain in the ass, though I think it would still suck even if I had better bandwidth (I read at -1, and I have to adjust the threshold for each thread? Fcuk that!).
I can't speak for anyone else, but the minute they eliminate the old comment system is the minute I'll probably abandon slashdot.
Somewhere, a person is gaining unauthorised access to network or computing resources that they are not supposed to have. We will report further details as they happen (...happen to get cleared by our legal department, that is!)
Oh, wait; I forgot about diebold. Um, wellll...vote democrat? Oh, wait, they suck the ??AA teat too.... Ok, guys; I got nothin'...looks to me like we're fucked.:-(
The problem is that you seemed to imply that it was within your rights to distribute copies.
Not at all; I'm saying it is my right to make as many copies for my own use as I want. No one gets hurt unless I distribute copies; at that point, there's a whole slew of laws covering that.
Could this be lights out for intel?
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Of course, as we all know, THIS the year that Linux takes over the desktop, and MS goes down the drain.
when you do things which adversely affect someone else
When you make unauthorized copies without paying royalties, you hurt the original creator.
I should be able to make as many copies as I want...no one is hurt unless and until I distribute them. But no, no one gets hurt as long as I am making copies of my own property. No one has the right to stop me from doing that. That's what used to be considered 'fair use' until the [MP||RI]AA started buying laws.
But I guess those folks don't fall into the category of "someone else."
The point where 'someone else' wants to come between me and my Fair Use rights they become 'someone who must be stopped'.
Ironically, all of your exaggerated and extreme examples only come into play when you do things which adversely affect someone else. IE causing pollution which drives down your neighbors property, fire a weapon which can maim or kill someone else or engaging in fraud which damages the income and reputation of someone else.
At the end of the day I'm allowed to do what I want with my property, but I'm held responsible for the mis use (ie, printing up a gazillon copies and selling them on ebay) of it as well.
So, that said; the freedom to do what you want with something which you have paid money for is a fundamental right. Period. That does not release you from accepting responsibility for your mis-use of what you do with it; but if you don't have the freedom to misuse it, you don't really own it.
Ownership -property rights- is the cornerstone of a free country.
The current climate is eroding the concept of personal property through the means of limited use/rental (you rent -not own- the films and music you download, in the future you will rent -not own- the copy of Windows you operate) as well as eroding the already-established concept of fair use and ownership.
YES! What particularly rubs me the wrong way is the way that you cannot get quicktime without itunes. I hate itunes, I hate the interface and I particularly hate the way that it bumps up the size of my download when I'm trying to get quicktime over a dialup connection.
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'NSA clears Shuttle Atlantis for Sunday Launch'? Blah, I need more coffee.
It would have to mean that less people are searching, because what else would these mysterious people be using to search with if not google? The browserbar that some spammer hijacked onto their copy of IE? Google is search; so it's reasonable to assume that if less people are using it, it means that less people are searching.
Basically, the only real things I can see the Free Software Movement compromising on are things such as patents and Trusted Computing. The people/companies who are pushing for software patents are doing so for the sake of establishing or maintaining dominance in the software feild, and the rise of Trusted Computing will eventually lead to a TIVO-like situation where your PC will be unable to run any self-made operating systems (or, possibly, they may be cut off from accessing the internet at the router level).
These aren't issues that you can honestly 'compromise' on. These issues mean the difference between there being Free(dom) Software or there NOT being Free Software.
ESR should be able to see that, and I honestly have to question his motives in advocating 'compromise'. Whatever they may be, I suspect they're very short-sighted and not involving any sort of concern for the well-being of the Free Software Community.
tl;dr ESR should stick to fucking up the jargon file and fetchmail and STFU.
Who cares? That's about like my whining about "how it feels" to be a non-japanese speaker on 2ch. Your question would be a lot more poignant if you were talking about english speakers invading non-english forums.
all of those bloggers making SoaP jokes? They were laughing at, not with the marketroids and hollywood in general. It was derision, nothing else.
I know that I don't generally shell out cash for things I'm derisive of, that's for sure.
Yes, indeed it does.
What makes me want to cry is Lord anything making more of an impassioned stand for civil liberties than any of the people we've elected recently in our american 'democracy'.
It's past time to bail out; but there's no where to bail out to.
Probably not; otherwise their mission would include exploring strange new places in their mom's basement.
Nope. Just get the spam page. Thanks for trying, though.
So....Microsoft can give them security, Apple can give them paying listeners. Seems like a simple decision to me, but this is the [MP||RI]AA we're talking about.
Microsoft has spent too many years chasing after corporate/enterprise appeal, whereas apple has always worked to maintain a hipper, more artsy appeal (which is all the macs have now they're intel-based, but I digress). For that reason, apple had a better idea of what the kids want, and the kids were more receptive to the ipod than they're ever gonna be to zune whatever.
In short, MS has neither the credibility, nor understanding of what the market they're selling to wants (unless you consider "their market" to be the content industry, as opposed to consumers). It won't kill MS, but apple has no reason to loose any sleep either.
>Slashdot's new comment system uses AJAX to make my Slashdot experience shittier.
Fixed to reflect the truth. The new comment system might be circlejerk omg! web 2.0 AJAX Ponies! compliant; but as a dialup user I find it a huge pain in the ass, though I think it would still suck even if I had better bandwidth (I read at -1, and I have to adjust the threshold for each thread? Fcuk that!).
I can't speak for anyone else, but the minute they eliminate the old comment system is the minute I'll probably abandon slashdot.
Somewhere, a person is gaining unauthorised access to network or computing resources that they are not supposed to have.
We will report further details as they happen (...happen to get cleared by our legal department, that is!)
These days, we use 'emerge', the truly 1337 make up custom USEFLAGS.
You get an IDE? I thought that was with the pro version (and that the pro version cost $$$).
echo "216.109.112.135 yahoo.cm">>/etc/hosts
Oh, wait; I forgot about diebold. Um, wellll...vote democrat? Oh, wait, they suck the ??AA teat too.... :-(
Ok, guys; I got nothin'...looks to me like we're fucked.
Being able to use an exploit or two doesn't require near as much skill as knowing how to block all or most exploits.
(cue all "the safest pc is the one that's unplugged" comments)
...it shows up in pkgsrc? I might actually get a chance to check it out this year. (boy am I glad I don't use debian any more!)
Not at all; I'm saying it is my right to make as many copies for my own use as I want.
No one gets hurt unless I distribute copies; at that point, there's a whole slew of laws covering that.
Of course, as we all know, THIS the year that Linux takes over the desktop, and MS goes down the drain.
Gee, I love living in Slashdot Land!
I should be able to make as many copies as I want...no one is hurt unless and until I distribute them.
But no, no one gets hurt as long as I am making copies of my own property. No one has the right to stop me from doing that. That's what used to be considered 'fair use' until the [MP||RI]AA started buying laws.
The point where 'someone else' wants to come between me and my Fair Use rights they become 'someone who must be stopped'.
Ironically, all of your exaggerated and extreme examples only come into play when you do things which adversely affect someone else. IE causing pollution which drives down your neighbors property, fire a weapon which can maim or kill someone else or engaging in fraud which damages the income and reputation of someone else.
At the end of the day I'm allowed to do what I want with my property, but I'm held responsible for the mis use (ie, printing up a gazillon copies and selling them on ebay) of it as well.
So, that said; the freedom to do what you want with something which you have paid money for is a fundamental right. Period. That does not release you from accepting responsibility for your mis-use of what you do with it; but if you don't have the freedom to misuse it, you don't really own it.
Ownership -property rights- is the cornerstone of a free country.
The current climate is eroding the concept of personal property through the means of limited use/rental (you rent -not own- the films and music you download, in the future you will rent -not own- the copy of Windows you operate) as well as eroding the already-established concept of fair use and ownership.
This is a condition to be resisted; not embraced.
YES! What particularly rubs me the wrong way is the way that you cannot get quicktime without itunes. I hate itunes, I hate the interface and I particularly hate the way that it bumps up the size of my download when I'm trying to get quicktime over a dialup connection.
Bundled downloads are crap.