No kidding. Car threw a rod on the way home from work. Sourcing a replacement on eBay and doing it myself will be way cheaper than paying someone or buying a new car.
I think in the Australia episode (somewhere in the first couple of seasons?) the subject of ridicule wasn't so much Australia as it was stereotypical American views of Australia.
The license is a contract. A contract is a memorial of an understanding between two parties. One party cannot be the sole arbiter of the interpretation of the license.
Sorry, but this is just plain wrong. A contract is a contract, whereas a license is... well, a license.
The terms of licensing are set solely by the copyright holder. The only 'understanding' between the licensor and licensee is 'take it or leave it.'
The second definition is much lengthier than what I have quoted. I saw nothing in either definition to indicate that a license is not a type of contract.
The license is a contract. A contract is a memorial of an understanding between two parties. One party cannot be the sole arbiter of the interpretation of the license. If only one of two parties wrote the contract, courts are supposed to give any 'coin tosses' to the party who did not write the contract.
More to the point, most people don't give a shit about the four freedoms.
It certainly has the most paid-for software on it.
Say-what-now? What kind of software? Have you forgotten where you're posting? If it's not in an apt-get repository or in a torrent somewhere, it just does not exist. That's the only reason I can figure for all of the hate.
That particular machine you mention opens up some possibilities for me personally to engage in more than a few bits of undermining the authority of others.
Generally reasonable points. (I know, wtf, this is an Apple article). One thing to keep in mind is that Apple has certainly done the analysis and determined that making things open enough for one geek to purchase their products would result in changes sufficient to prevent X number of non-geeks from buying them, where X > 1. This would make them less money and given how much cash and cash equivalents they have on hand, Apple is very much interested in money.
The more interesting figure would be how many additional sales they may use. There have been *some* sales based on 'my geeky friend said Mac is better than Windows'. Do they still matter? Dunno. I'm guessing that Apple, a rather large and successful company, BTW, has figured out that it doesn't.
TLDR; Apple makes more money selling to non-geeks than to geeks or than it would trying to sell to both.
If it doesn't for you, you might not be as smart or as valuable as you like to think you are. In that case your options are to find a different job where you're valued more appropriately, or come to terms with being the ultimately replaceable cog in a grander machine that you actually are.
You have just uttered the thoughts that make most readers of slashdot wake in a cold sweat, desperately clutching their stuffed Tux and whimpering for their mothers. Against all their beliefs to the contrary, they are not special and other people are smarter than they are.
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How did the previous American Civil War depolarize the US? 145 years after it ended there are still Confederate flags and talk of secession.
Well it did vent a lot of feelings! But I was more thinking a civil war used to split the country up into 2 separate countries.
There's a map for that.
No kidding. Car threw a rod on the way home from work. Sourcing a replacement on eBay and doing it myself will be way cheaper than paying someone or buying a new car.
1. Do something. Or perhaps nothing.
2. Sue!
3. Profit!!! [1]
[1] Profit only available to lawyers and other assorted douchebags.
I think in the Australia episode (somewhere in the first couple of seasons?) the subject of ridicule wasn't so much Australia as it was stereotypical American views of Australia.
Except that some people never truly live.
But how easily can you carry it with you?
If he ever leaves his mother's basement, he'll tell you.
Sorry, but this is just plain wrong. A contract is a contract, whereas a license is... well, a license.
The terms of licensing are set solely by the copyright holder. The only 'understanding' between the licensor and licensee is 'take it or leave it.'
[Citation needed]
And in return:
License: "4) n. a private grant of the right to use some intellectual property such as a patent or musical composition."
Contract: 1) n. an agreement with specific terms between two or more persons or entities in which there is a promise to do something in return for a valuable benefit known as consideration.
The second definition is much lengthier than what I have quoted. I saw nothing in either definition to indicate that a license is not a type of contract.
The obligatory wikipedia link begins: "A software license agreement is a contract..."
Apologies for not having a definition from Black's, but IANAL and I'm not going to spend money for a more authoritative source to prove you wrong.
No, I'm wasting my employer's time. What's your excuse?
Anyone who even tries to equate the GOP to the Democrats is either totally ignorant, completely conned, or lying his ass off.
These options are not mutually exclusive.
I have Frotz installed on my non jailbroken iPhone 4.
The license is a contract. A contract is a memorial of an understanding between two parties. One party cannot be the sole arbiter of the interpretation of the license. If only one of two parties wrote the contract, courts are supposed to give any 'coin tosses' to the party who did not write the contract.
More to the point, most people don't give a shit about the four freedoms.
A place where people who were much cooler than you in high school visited in order to fornicate.
Are you 12?
pSony, Nontendo, crApple, Diablow?
No, scratch that, my kid at 8 is more mature than that.
It certainly has the most paid-for software on it.
Say-what-now? What kind of software? Have you forgotten where you're posting? If it's not in an apt-get repository or in a torrent somewhere, it just does not exist. That's the only reason I can figure for all of the hate.
Apple barely makes any money from the iTunes stores.
Didn't you get the memo from the haters? Apple is literally! RAPING developers by charging them 30% at the app-store. Literally.
At least we can agree it's a "log".
It's better than bad, it's good?
Name any of that "Interesting Innovation".
Would not happen to be no multitasking or no copy-paste would it?
No kidding. Apple did that YEARS ago.
(Posted from an iPhone 4)
That particular machine you mention opens up some possibilities for me personally to engage in more than a few bits of undermining the authority of others.
Give credit where it is due, the man knows how to get his customers to shell out the $$$$.
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
When you don't actually sign your posts, I automatically assume that you intended to use the 'indication of troll' signature.
Generally reasonable points. (I know, wtf, this is an Apple article). One thing to keep in mind is that Apple has certainly done the analysis and determined that making things open enough for one geek to purchase their products would result in changes sufficient to prevent X number of non-geeks from buying them, where X > 1. This would make them less money and given how much cash and cash equivalents they have on hand, Apple is very much interested in money.
The more interesting figure would be how many additional sales they may use. There have been *some* sales based on 'my geeky friend said Mac is better than Windows'. Do they still matter? Dunno. I'm guessing that Apple, a rather large and successful company, BTW, has figured out that it doesn't.
TLDR; Apple makes more money selling to non-geeks than to geeks or than it would trying to sell to both.
If it doesn't for you, you might not be as smart or as valuable as you like to think you are. In that case your options are to find a different job where you're valued more appropriately, or come to terms with being the ultimately replaceable cog in a grander machine that you actually are.
You have just uttered the thoughts that make most readers of slashdot wake in a cold sweat, desperately clutching their stuffed Tux and whimpering for their mothers. Against all their beliefs to the contrary, they are not special and other people are smarter than they are.
You forgot the added bonus of working with angry, whiny douchebags like the ones responding to this article. How could anyone turn that down?
Now that's an interesting question: will Sarah Palin blend?
I must have missed his reply due to the loud sound of crickets chirping.