I use openbox, conky and a keyboard shortcut to open a terminal. That's my "desktop environment". If you absolutely need icons to open programs, then get one of the countless little dock apps you can find out there, like wbar.
Of course your poem is your creation, but you cannot own words.
In the current system I can have an idea, "register" it, and then either preclude implementations, or sell a lousy implementation myself and keep other people from improving on it.
I have no idea where your communist catchphrase enters the picture...
What your mind creates should not be anyone's property, not even your own. If you want complete control over your ideas and creations, keep them to yourself. Once knowledge is out, it's out, you do not own it, and neither do I.
No, it is not reasonable to expect unlimited bandwidth, but it is totally reasonable to expect the speed you pay for. If they cannot sustain it, they should not offer it.
I do have a huge problem with download caps. I may get only 5 Mib/s from my ISP (the slowest speed they offer), but there is no download quota and I cannot imagine having to worry about how much I download during the month. They have no quotas for their 100 Mib/s plan either, the speed is always a little bit faster than the one you pay for, and they do not throttle - not even bittorrent.
I was once told that the reason ISPs kees raising the slowest speed they offer is because with the introduction of higher speed plans lower speeds become unmanageable; but if they cannot sustain the higher speeds either, then what is the point? The only people who need high speed connections are people who use high-bandwidth applications (like streaming and bittorrent software), so if they are going to throttle those or set ridiculously low quotas, then why bother subscribing? Ditch them and hire a decent provider.
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I use openbox, conky and a keyboard shortcut to open a terminal. That's my "desktop environment". If you absolutely need icons to open programs, then get one of the countless little dock apps you can find out there, like wbar.
Of course your poem is your creation, but you cannot own words.
In the current system I can have an idea, "register" it, and then either preclude implementations, or sell a lousy implementation myself and keep other people from improving on it.
I have no idea where your communist catchphrase enters the picture...
What your mind creates should not be anyone's property, not even your own. If you want complete control over your ideas and creations, keep them to yourself. Once knowledge is out, it's out, you do not own it, and neither do I.
No, it is not reasonable to expect unlimited bandwidth, but it is totally reasonable to expect the speed you pay for. If they cannot sustain it, they should not offer it.
I do have a huge problem with download caps. I may get only 5 Mib/s from my ISP (the slowest speed they offer), but there is no download quota and I cannot imagine having to worry about how much I download during the month. They have no quotas for their 100 Mib/s plan either, the speed is always a little bit faster than the one you pay for, and they do not throttle - not even bittorrent.
I was once told that the reason ISPs kees raising the slowest speed they offer is because with the introduction of higher speed plans lower speeds become unmanageable; but if they cannot sustain the higher speeds either, then what is the point? The only people who need high speed connections are people who use high-bandwidth applications (like streaming and bittorrent software), so if they are going to throttle those or set ridiculously low quotas, then why bother subscribing? Ditch them and hire a decent provider.