I noticed eDonkey2000 is not among the list of P2Ps for which EFF advised turning off upload. Is it because donkey is too small or is it because it is immune from RIAA?
"New Roomba Virus Released; Owners Advised to Lock Roomba (or Pets)"
AP -- NYC
A new strain of CatLover Roomba virus was released yesterday by a Russian hacker. When infected, Roomba will apparently start chasing household cats and dogs and try to electrecute them. Owners are advised to download the lastest patch from roombavirusnomore.com to prevent tragedies. Authorities in US and Russia are collaborating closely in pursuit of the suspect..."
OMG, the horror!
Re:Whatever happened to the Water Drive
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The way FSF is operating is getting closer to the PBS model everyday.
First, they plead for memberships. Pretty soon they will have a yearly membership pledge drive. Perhaps they will start holding off releases until they can reach a goal of 1.5 million dollors every year.
Second, they will solicit corporate sponsorship. Maybe in the next version of emacs, you will have to stare at an ad disclaiming that "Our gold sponsor is Micro$oft Corporation. Micro$oft. We bring windows to your desktop. (Or whatever their tagline is.)" Perhaps when you do C-x C-h you will see first "This feature is sponsored by GeeEee, GeeEee, we bring good things to life."
The problems with PBS model are two fold: 1) it sure is annoying to endure these pledge drives and the sponsorship messages; 2) the sponsorship messages are not much different than commercial ads. It can be argued that PBS is not that much different than your regular commercial station. As such, it is inevitable when your sponsor will exert influence on your content, especially your editorial content.
Similarly, it is not hard to imagine when a sponsor of FSF "gentlely" suggests that a project be cancelled or a feature be altered because of conflict.
That will be the end of the free software movement.
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It will probably never replace the huge rides in amusement parks, for the reason of economy of scale. Disney can put 100+ people on a ride every 5 minutes. It will have to build 50 these tiny Robocoasters to do the same. Cost of real estate, equipment, personnel, and maintenance will be prohibitively expensive.
Another factor is the camaraderie feeling that we are going through the pain together is lost in Robocoaster. All I can imagine is a sort of freak show where you are being thrown about like a piece of equipment while people in line watches in amusement.
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I noticed eDonkey2000 is not among the list of P2Ps for which EFF advised turning off upload. Is it because donkey is too small or is it because it is immune from RIAA?
Why is this rated as 'informative'? Shouldn't it be funny?
I thought Dick Clark is the oldest. He must be 250 years old.
I am recording programs on slices of good Canadian bacon.
Pretty soon you will have people putting their butts against the monitors to photocopy them...
The horror!
Not 72 virgins I hope.
Headline around Christmas in 2006:
"New Roomba Virus Released; Owners Advised to Lock Roomba (or Pets)"
AP -- NYC
A new strain of CatLover Roomba virus was released yesterday by a Russian hacker. When infected, Roomba will apparently start chasing household cats and dogs and try to electrecute them. Owners are advised to download the lastest patch from roombavirusnomore.com to prevent tragedies. Authorities in US and Russia are collaborating closely in pursuit of the suspect..."
OMG, the horror!
3D pr0n! Yay!
Think about all the porn you can put on this thing...
Sweet...
Is it me or does the icon look like a robed penis?
The way FSF is operating is getting closer to the PBS model everyday.
First, they plead for memberships. Pretty soon they will have a yearly membership pledge drive. Perhaps they will start holding off releases until they can reach a goal of 1.5 million dollors every year.
Second, they will solicit corporate sponsorship. Maybe in the next version of emacs, you will have to stare at an ad disclaiming that "Our gold sponsor is Micro$oft Corporation. Micro$oft. We bring windows to your desktop. (Or whatever their tagline is.)" Perhaps when you do C-x C-h you will see first "This feature is sponsored by GeeEee, GeeEee, we bring good things to life."
The problems with PBS model are two fold: 1) it sure is annoying to endure these pledge drives and the sponsorship messages; 2) the sponsorship messages are not much different than commercial ads. It can be argued that PBS is not that much different than your regular commercial station. As such, it is inevitable when your sponsor will exert influence on your content, especially your editorial content.
Similarly, it is not hard to imagine when a sponsor of FSF "gentlely" suggests that a project be cancelled or a feature be altered because of conflict.
That will be the end of the free software movement.
My vote goes to .net server.
It will probably never replace the huge rides in amusement parks, for the reason of economy of scale. Disney can put 100+ people on a ride every 5 minutes. It will have to build 50 these tiny Robocoasters to do the same. Cost of real estate, equipment, personnel, and maintenance will be prohibitively expensive.
Another factor is the camaraderie feeling that we are going through the pain together is lost in Robocoaster. All I can imagine is a sort of freak show where you are being thrown about like a piece of equipment while people in line watches in amusement.
How does this work? How do you alert the deaf person of an incoming call?