Your terms of use state "We reserve the right to withdraw permission for any link.". Unfortunately, you have no right to withdraw or grant permission to link to your website, as there is no law stating that permission is required to link to another entity's website.
Furthermore, it states "By using the NPR Web sites, you agree to be bound by these terms of use.". This statement also has no power because a user of the website is not aware of the terms of use upon entering the website. Even if users were made to be aware of your terms of service before entering your site, the legal weight of the terms is still quite dubious.
Gee, this almost looks like our g4 cube, we'd better sue!!
Actually, this uber-cute little box would be even cooler if I could run Mac OSX on it...oh, wait Steve Jobs won't play ball unless you are paying thru the nose for his hardware!
I'm going to play the Devil's advocate here and ask this question: If I own a radio station and I want to sell broadcasting time to the highest bidding customer, what is wrong with that?
Understand that this question changes if one company owns all of the stations but that's a question of monopoly.
I don't understand what the big deal is. I own the damn antenna, I pay money to the FCC to lease the bandwidth, now you're going to tell me how I can run my business?
I like the idea of the robot's brains being somewhere else, safe, controlling the robot wirelessly (satellite maybe), seeing as that's probably the most important and expensive part of it. Kinda like in episode 1 with those robot troopers (I know they lost in that movie, but it's just a movie:)
I wonder what kind of bandwidth would be acceptable to send all of the sensory input and to recieve instructions? It might not be feasible, but all I said was that I like the idea:)
What if this is just a big cover up!!
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What this WHOLE STORY is just a curtain to hide the fact that somebody DID invent this thing!
Anybody can come out with a strain of Free BSD! When the hell are they gonna release the source to Aqua? At least the parts that aren't licensed from other companies (like Adobe).
IMHO, it's the lack of a good desktop (KDE is OK) that's keeping *nix from becoming the premiere desktop and Aqua could help a lot.
I personally don't think this will ever happen simply because Flash is such a huge movement on the Internet.
Soooo many people use it, and some even depend on it for part of their lively-hood. Also, I think it would kinda suck if it where to happen because as Flash gets better and better I think it might have a chance of becoming the predominant interface on the net.
Plus, it's pretty cool what some people do with it.
It looks like we'll have to have AOL to do it, though.
The way this is put so non-chalantly by a slashdotter conjures images of hoardes of hackers using ill-gotten AOL accounts to program their Tivo's so they can watch pirated TV.
Windows is just one component (of many) in the product I'm buying from Dell.
Right, and it's Microsoft's component that Dell signed an contract to package on it's computers. Part of the contract was that you don't mess with the Windows component because you didn't create it. It's not Microsoft's fault that Dell signed the silly agreement. Dell is one of the companies responsible for putting Microsoft on top, and now they're whining to the government to control the beast that they've created.
If they'd only refused to sign those contracts none of this would be happening and maybe we'd all be using Linux on the desktop. I know what you're thinking "But, Microsoft is a monopoly and refusing those kinds of contracts can hurt a business!". Well, I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that the agreement was that Netscape couldn't be INSTALLED on Windows prior to shipping, nothing barring you from packaging a CD that contained Netscape.
IE really is better than Navigator now. Microsoft is banking on the short attention span of the consumer to not remember what they did to Netscape, and it seems people like you are suckered right in.
Banking on me to what? Use IE instead of Netscape? No problem! (when I'm on Windows:) I'll use it any day over the other alternatives for Windows. I really can't say anything else here because you didn't finish your sentence. I do remember what they did to Netscape (they muscled them out and replaced them with a better product) but I don't care, and I'm not a sucker for using IE, as you stated yourself it's a better product and I'd only be using Netscape to spite Microsoft. So who's the sucker?
Why do OEM's care so much about altering the desktop? It's M$'s product, the OEM's shouldn't be allowed to mess with it.
The fact that you can't be a licensed Windows PC Provider AND sell naked PC's or PC's with Linux or ANY OTHER OS on them when you sign the contract with Microsoft is the issue they should be looking at.
If I told you that you could sell PC's with Mandrake on them but if you signed up to do so were then legally inable to sell naked PC's or PC's with Windows on them you'd be pissed too.
I bet I could write any given desktop application, have it work better, look better, and be more user-friendly than any app you could write in C++/Java/Python or any other language in the same amount of time.
Perhaps I already know the difference between "who's" and "whose" but I didn't remember it when I typed this reply. Does not remembering something make me an idiot? No. I'm sure that you've forgotten things in the past, are you an idiot?
Thinking that you know everything makes you an idiot because everyone knows that nobody can know everything.
I do not appreciate being called an idiot because I do not pretend to know everything. You, on the other hand, must think that you know everything to be calling me an idiot. Therefore, it is you who is idiotic, not I.
I don't visit websites who's forums are in the Chinese language and make an ass out of myself, so why don't you do yourself a favor and and learn the language first?
You're talking about C and C++, I'm talking about VB, COM, XML, DOM, IE, Services, etc. On *nix and other systems there is so much fragmentation that you can't depend on any particular system environment being there. On Windows, you can.
Besides, the documentation is better and there are more and more reliable resources to use for Windows anyway.
Once again, just my opinion. I've been programming windows for years and I haven't had to touch C++ once to do anything because doing it on a higher level language is so much easier. (Plus, I haven't learned it yet.)
Other companies do it! Why do you think most printer warranties are voided if you use non-oem cartridges? Same thing for warranties on most other products that have 3rd party competitors.
Everyone does it.
Should Apple be required to let competitors build clones? Of course not, it's proprietary info and you can't play unless they want you to.
Personally, I like programming on M$ better than any other platform because everything fits like pieces to a puzzle unlike what I see out of most Open Source endeavors where too many chefs spoil the soup.
This is my OPINION of course, but I guess that makes me a troll on/.
What is illegal about this? W3C comes out with standards for HTML. Companies build products around the standard. One company makes extensions for it so it works better and so they don't have to wait for a standards organization to approve it. No developer is forced to use the extensions.
I can build my products the way I want until RedHat says I can't? What's the uproar about?
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Dear NPR,
Your terms of use state "We reserve the right to withdraw permission for any link.". Unfortunately, you have no right to withdraw or grant permission to link to your website, as there is no law stating that permission is required to link to another entity's website.
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And you're sooo sexy with that coil of ethernet slung over your shoulder like you're Tarzan or something...<giggle>
I blocked all content coming from akamai.net. Man, why can't they just use ad*.akamai.net instead of a bunch of numbers!!??
Well, if you have to ask then you're still not sure of what your definition of "reall journalism" is yet!
Really though, I think /. technically qualifies as real journalism because not all of the stories are from other sites and sources right?
You're right, I have no clue either.
Gee, this almost looks like our g4 cube, we'd better sue!!
Actually, this uber-cute little box would be even cooler if I could run Mac OSX on it...oh, wait Steve Jobs won't play ball unless you are paying thru the nose for his hardware!
I'm going to play the Devil's advocate here and ask this question: If I own a radio station and I want to sell broadcasting time to the highest bidding customer, what is wrong with that?
Understand that this question changes if one company owns all of the stations but that's a question of monopoly.
I don't understand what the big deal is. I own the damn antenna, I pay money to the FCC to lease the bandwidth, now you're going to tell me how I can run my business?
I like the idea of the robot's brains being somewhere else, safe, controlling the robot wirelessly (satellite maybe), seeing as that's probably the most important and expensive part of it. Kinda like in episode 1 with those robot troopers (I know they lost in that movie, but it's just a movie :)
:)
I wonder what kind of bandwidth would be acceptable to send all of the sensory input and to recieve instructions? It might not be feasible, but all I said was that I like the idea
What this WHOLE STORY is just a curtain to hide the fact that somebody DID invent this thing!
Do you think that's possible?
Anybody can come out with a strain of Free BSD! When the hell are they gonna release the source to Aqua? At least the parts that aren't licensed from other companies (like Adobe).
IMHO, it's the lack of a good desktop (KDE is OK) that's keeping *nix from becoming the premiere desktop and Aqua could help a lot.
Soooo many people use it, and some even depend on it for part of their lively-hood. Also, I think it would kinda suck if it where to happen because as Flash gets better and better I think it might have a chance of becoming the predominant interface on the net.
Plus, it's pretty cool what some people do with it.
The way this is put so non-chalantly by a slashdotter conjures images of hoardes of hackers using ill-gotten AOL accounts to program their Tivo's so they can watch pirated TV.
sig, nah...
Right, and it's Microsoft's component that Dell signed an contract to package on it's computers. Part of the contract was that you don't mess with the Windows component because you didn't create it. It's not Microsoft's fault that Dell signed the silly agreement. Dell is one of the companies responsible for putting Microsoft on top, and now they're whining to the government to control the beast that they've created.
If they'd only refused to sign those contracts none of this would be happening and maybe we'd all be using Linux on the desktop. I know what you're thinking "But, Microsoft is a monopoly and refusing those kinds of contracts can hurt a business!". Well, I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that the agreement was that Netscape couldn't be INSTALLED on Windows prior to shipping, nothing barring you from packaging a CD that contained Netscape.
IE really is better than Navigator now. Microsoft is banking on the short attention span of the consumer to not remember what they did to Netscape, and it seems people like you are suckered right in.
Banking on me to what? Use IE instead of Netscape? No problem! (when I'm on Windows :) I'll use it any day over the other alternatives for Windows. I really can't say anything else here because you didn't finish your sentence. I do remember what they did to Netscape (they muscled them out and replaced them with a better product) but I don't care, and I'm not a sucker for using IE, as you stated yourself it's a better product and I'd only be using Netscape to spite Microsoft. So who's the sucker?
Why do OEM's care so much about altering the desktop? It's M$'s product, the OEM's shouldn't be allowed to mess with it.
The fact that you can't be a licensed Windows PC Provider AND sell naked PC's or PC's with Linux or ANY OTHER OS on them when you sign the contract with Microsoft is the issue they should be looking at.
If I told you that you could sell PC's with Mandrake on them but if you signed up to do so were then legally inable to sell naked PC's or PC's with Windows on them you'd be pissed too.
I bet I could write any given desktop application, have it work better, look better, and be more user-friendly than any app you could write in C++/Java/Python or any other language in the same amount of time.
That's all.
I rode my bike about 15 miles yesterday and I didn't start getting tired until about 4 AM (I got up at 10 AM that day)
Usually, I start feeling drowsy around 2 AM without any exercise.
I don't need no steenkin' pills man!
It takes a long time on the computer to find exactly the song(s) you're looking for. You'd pay $0.25 to download what you want, when you want.
;)
C'mon, for an album of 12 songs that's only $3.00 you'd have to be an idiot to waste even 1 hour (unless you make bare minimum wage of course
Also, at that price I could build my own 'Internet' jukebox for clubs and bars and make a fortune!
Perhaps I already know the difference between "who's" and "whose" but I didn't remember it when I typed this reply. Does not remembering something make me an idiot? No. I'm sure that you've forgotten things in the past, are you an idiot?
Thinking that you know everything makes you an idiot because everyone knows that nobody can know everything.
I do not appreciate being called an idiot because I do not pretend to know everything. You, on the other hand, must think that you know everything to be calling me an idiot. Therefore, it is you who is idiotic, not I.
You are also (obviously) a Coward.
Why wouldn't UWB be used for everything that must be transmitted if it's so great?
I don't visit websites who's forums are in the Chinese language and make an ass out of myself, so why don't you do yourself a favor and and learn the language first?
mmmkay?
You're talking about C and C++, I'm talking about VB, COM, XML, DOM, IE, Services, etc. On *nix and other systems there is so much fragmentation that you can't depend on any particular system environment being there. On Windows, you can.
Besides, the documentation is better and there are more and more reliable resources to use for Windows anyway.
Once again, just my opinion. I've been programming windows for years and I haven't had to touch C++ once to do anything because doing it on a higher level language is so much easier. (Plus, I haven't learned it yet.)
Why do care? Why are so many organizations begging for money, bandwidth, or something else on /.? This is pathetic!!
Get Hotline.
Other companies do it! Why do you think most printer warranties are voided if you use non-oem cartridges? Same thing for warranties on most other products that have 3rd party competitors.
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Everyone does it.
Should Apple be required to let competitors build clones? Of course not, it's proprietary info and you can't play unless they want you to.
Personally, I like programming on M$ better than any other platform because everything fits like pieces to a puzzle unlike what I see out of most Open Source endeavors where too many chefs spoil the soup.
This is my OPINION of course, but I guess that makes me a troll on
What is illegal about this? W3C comes out with standards for HTML. Companies build products around the standard. One company makes extensions for it so it works better and so they don't have to wait for a standards organization to approve it. No developer is forced to use the extensions.
I can build my products the way I want until RedHat says I can't? What's the uproar about?