Yeah, but it was a Jerry Bruckheimer (sp?) film, and thus a sell-out by definition.:)
Some great action sequences, and always played with tongue firmly in cheek, but not an artistic success by any measure... I'm sure it made good money though.
You think Netscape is going to issue a patch for 4.7x now that version 7 is out?
Bad example -- Netscape 4.80 came out about three weeks ago.
Besides, with the amount of money Microsoft had banked from Office sales over the years, surely they could have used some of that to ensure that problems like this could be fixed for versions that are still widely used by the general public (e.g. Word 97)?
I could always hire or convince someone else to fix a problem for me (with open source software), but that might rapidly amount to an obscene monetary of temporal cost (for an individual to bear) after adding up each fix requested, and doing so still leaves the decision to someone else.
Other people may also think it is a problem, which could help to amortize the cost somewhat. (This, of course, is also true of closed source software.)
The difference with open source software is that you can bring the advantages of the market to bear -- there could well be five or ten different companies or individual authors who are familiar with the source code in question, and could make the requested changes, and you can choose the quickest/cheapest/highest quality/whatever other criteria you choose. This is not an option with the closed source software, where you end up petitioning the original developer and they decide whether or not to do it based on their needs, not yours.
All of this is somewhat hypothetical, of course, and I'm sure there are some closed source vendors who add features in return for payment, but I'd imagine those payments are probably a good deal higher, due to the 'lock-in' inherent in the relationship.
Yeah, at least it would make a change, and at least Scott would provide a different brand of insane and cunning wackiness to that which Bill and Steve do:)
"This program was brought to you by Subway... Eat Fresh[tm], and God Bless America!" directly followed by a replay of the planes hitting? I don't think so.
I propose a new flag in the standard TCP/IP packet... If the flag is set false, Slashcode will automatically generate numerous, random, 'this page has been slashdotted' posts requesting a link to a mirror.
To misquote Douglas Adams: "There is another theory that states that this has already happened."
Right now, Sun and IBM are effectively providing a lifeboat, but a lot of us don't seem to want to be rescued.
Watch out for that lifeboat -- Sun or IBM would be doing much the same things as Microsoft if they were in the dominant position in the industry. It's not all black and white out there, more shades of very dark grey.:)
I'm not the best person to ask -- I'm probably pretty close to communitarian anarchy in my political beliefs, I don't believe in property rights beyond those necessary to immediate survival and I wouldn't drink down the pap the major media companies try to feed me if you paid me to. Go ask someone who already drank the Kool-Aid.
I'd argue that the companies, small and large, should change the way they do business, and concentrate on producing content of such quality that people are encouraged to pay for it to make sure its production is guaranteed. I'd imagine this would favour the smaller companies, because good work rarely comes from large, committee-style decisions.
Wake me up when this happens... but I won't be holding my breath.:)
I think that the majority already agrees on the benefits on the "freedom to tinker". What companies currently cannot solve, is the free-riding problem. It does not matter how much you preach about tinkering, as long as it damages existing business, it is freedom stinker for many companies. Dr Felten is clearly a clever man, maybe he could put his energy in solving that instead.
If your business model revolves around restricting others' freedom, and it's easier to change laws than to actually provide the public with a product worth buying, isn't that a sign that something is seriously fucked up? Obviously not... let's just work on improving the bars and chains, then.
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
Basically, if you're not a government doing it to your own people or you don't have the backing of the (somewhat fuzzy) guidelines of 'international law', it's terrorism. In other words, it's a pretty broad definition.
As an anarchist (minimal government model) I believe that there should be no lawful use of force, and that one of the main priorities of government would be to act in force proportionally against those people breaking that law... but then most of my politics are a thought experiment, so forget I even mentioned it:)
Is that Apple's fault or yours? You're the one who changed the provided default interface in this case.
(Even if it wasn't a very good default interface in this case, I would argue that having 'training wheels that you can't take off' -- i.e. a browser icon that won't go away -- is an even worse idea. If I want new users to sit down at my computer and not be able to use a damn thing, that should be my choice -- after all, it's my computer.:)
Try this - put some newbies in front of Mac OS 9 and tell them to launch the browser. They won't be able to do it. Where is the browser? 4 levels down, inside the Apps folder, with no visible way to get there.
Last I knew, the default install put aliases for browser, mail and the "Connect to the Internet" setup script on the Desktop. (This may have been in the 8.6 days, but I can't see why they would have changed that up to 9.2...)
According to "Showstopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft" it's a combination of good design and flagrant ad-hoccery that produces the (mixed) finished result. (Shows why people wait until v3.0 of an MS product before buying in, I guess...)
The other thing it described that I didn't like was a real "my dick's bigger than yours" macho culture, which may have changed in the intervening years, but I have my doubts about that with Ballmer as CEO.
Yeah, I get your point. Still, a lot of people maintain that drug 'addiction' is a matter of choice, as well.:)
I think it ends up being a karma thing; if they treat people like that long enough eventually it will rebound on them. And I'll have to hope it works that way.
Oh well; I guess I can't fault them for finding a niche and exploiting it.
Isn't that the same argument free-market capitalists use to excuse drug dealers?
In other words, if no-one sees anything wrong with this behaviour then it will continue. But if enough people tell them that they won't be buying their books because they object to their policies, they have to keep hunting out new audiences as they disillusion all of those they come into contact with.
Open Source is an active area of interest inside BCG mainly because it represents an innovative way to organize people to meet a goal.
IT workers of the world, unite!:)
In news that won't be new to the unions, this can effectively be translated as "the corporations want your labour free, or extremely cheap". A good reason to choose the GPL rather than the BSD when writing free software/open source... at least they'll be forced to share any changes they make to your code.
Azathoth, the insane blind god of chaos that rules from the center of nothingness
Some people (not myself, I would hasten to add) would ascribe that role to RMS. I think it fits Bill Gates much better... after all,.NET has more nothingness than anything else I can think of.:)
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, but it was a Jerry Bruckheimer (sp?) film, and thus a sell-out by definition. :)
Some great action sequences, and always played with tongue firmly in cheek, but not an artistic success by any measure... I'm sure it made good money though.
What did Nick Cage do that you considered "sold out"?
Con Air? While Malkovich and Buscemi made enjoyable villains, that movie was no Wild at Heart, or even Raising Arizona.
You think Netscape is going to issue a patch for 4.7x now that version 7 is out?
Bad example -- Netscape 4.80 came out about three weeks ago.
Besides, with the amount of money Microsoft had banked from Office sales over the years, surely they could have used some of that to ensure that problems like this could be fixed for versions that are still widely used by the general public (e.g. Word 97)?
I could always hire or convince someone else to fix a problem for me (with open source software), but that might rapidly amount to an obscene monetary of temporal cost (for an individual to bear) after adding up each fix requested, and doing so still leaves the decision to someone else.
Other people may also think it is a problem, which could help to amortize the cost somewhat. (This, of course, is also true of closed source software.)
The difference with open source software is that you can bring the advantages of the market to bear -- there could well be five or ten different companies or individual authors who are familiar with the source code in question, and could make the requested changes, and you can choose the quickest/cheapest/highest quality/whatever other criteria you choose. This is not an option with the closed source software, where you end up petitioning the original developer and they decide whether or not to do it based on their needs, not yours.
All of this is somewhat hypothetical, of course, and I'm sure there are some closed source vendors who add features in return for payment, but I'd imagine those payments are probably a good deal higher, due to the 'lock-in' inherent in the relationship.
Mozart's work is in the public domain, and has been for, ah, quite a long time.
Surely recent performances are still protected by copyright, though?
Yeah, at least it would make a change, and at least Scott would provide a different brand of insane and cunning wackiness to that which Bill and Steve do :)
Yeah, but who's going to want to advertise today?
"This program was brought to you by Subway... Eat Fresh[tm], and God Bless America!" directly followed by a replay of the planes hitting? I don't think so.
I propose a new flag in the standard TCP/IP packet... If the flag is set false, Slashcode will automatically generate numerous, random, 'this page has been slashdotted' posts requesting a link to a mirror.
:)
To misquote Douglas Adams: "There is another theory that states that this has already happened."
Right now, Sun and IBM are effectively providing a lifeboat, but a lot of us don't seem to want to be rescued.
:)
Watch out for that lifeboat -- Sun or IBM would be doing much the same things as Microsoft if they were in the dominant position in the industry. It's not all black and white out there, more shades of very dark grey.
Friends? Bah! This is Slashdot, we don't need 'friends'!
:)
I'm not the best person to ask -- I'm probably pretty close to communitarian anarchy in my political beliefs, I don't believe in property rights beyond those necessary to immediate survival and I wouldn't drink down the pap the major media companies try to feed me if you paid me to. Go ask someone who already drank the Kool-Aid.
:)
I'd argue that the companies, small and large, should change the way they do business, and concentrate on producing content of such quality that people are encouraged to pay for it to make sure its production is guaranteed. I'd imagine this would favour the smaller companies, because good work rarely comes from large, committee-style decisions.
Wake me up when this happens... but I won't be holding my breath.
I think that the majority already agrees on the benefits on the "freedom to tinker". What companies currently cannot solve, is the free-riding problem. It does not matter how much you preach about tinkering, as long as it damages existing business, it is freedom stinker for many companies. Dr Felten is clearly a clever man, maybe he could put his energy in solving that instead.
If your business model revolves around restricting others' freedom, and it's easier to change laws than to actually provide the public with a product worth buying, isn't that a sign that something is seriously fucked up? Obviously not... let's just work on improving the bars and chains, then.
Going by a dictionary definition:
:)
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
Basically, if you're not a government doing it to your own people or you don't have the backing of the (somewhat fuzzy) guidelines of 'international law', it's terrorism. In other words, it's a pretty broad definition.
As an anarchist (minimal government model) I believe that there should be no lawful use of force, and that one of the main priorities of government would be to act in force proportionally against those people breaking that law... but then most of my politics are a thought experiment, so forget I even mentioned it
LOAD "NASASHUTTLE",8,1
Just make you have one of those speedup cartridges, otherwise they'll be moving too slowly to get into orbit...
Are his degrees real or honorary? You try going for a job with an honorary PhD and see how far it gets you...
Is that Apple's fault or yours? You're the one who changed the provided default interface in this case.
:)
(Even if it wasn't a very good default interface in this case, I would argue that having 'training wheels that you can't take off' -- i.e. a browser icon that won't go away -- is an even worse idea. If I want new users to sit down at my computer and not be able to use a damn thing, that should be my choice -- after all, it's my computer.
Try this - put some newbies in front of Mac OS 9 and tell them to launch the browser. They won't be able to do it. Where is the browser? 4 levels down, inside the Apps folder, with no visible way to get there.
Last I knew, the default install put aliases for browser, mail and the "Connect to the Internet" setup script on the Desktop. (This may have been in the 8.6 days, but I can't see why they would have changed that up to 9.2...)
I hate having to restart apache every time I want to test some code.
Did you check out Apache::Reload?
proven with mathematics
To what extent can mathematics prove anything outside the logical structures set up to define it?
According to "Showstopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft" it's a combination of good design and flagrant ad-hoccery that produces the (mixed) finished result. (Shows why people wait until v3.0 of an MS product before buying in, I guess...)
The other thing it described that I didn't like was a real "my dick's bigger than yours" macho culture, which may have changed in the intervening years, but I have my doubts about that with Ballmer as CEO.
Yeah, I get your point. Still, a lot of people maintain that drug 'addiction' is a matter of choice, as well. :)
I think it ends up being a karma thing; if they treat people like that long enough eventually it will rebound on them. And I'll have to hope it works that way.
Oh well; I guess I can't fault them for finding a niche and exploiting it.
Isn't that the same argument free-market capitalists use to excuse drug dealers?
In other words, if no-one sees anything wrong with this behaviour then it will continue. But if enough people tell them that they won't be buying their books because they object to their policies, they have to keep hunting out new audiences as they disillusion all of those they come into contact with.
Open Source is an active area of interest inside BCG mainly because it represents an innovative way to organize people to meet a goal.
:)
IT workers of the world, unite!
In news that won't be new to the unions, this can effectively be translated as "the corporations want your labour free, or extremely cheap". A good reason to choose the GPL rather than the BSD when writing free software/open source... at least they'll be forced to share any changes they make to your code.
Azathoth, the insane blind god of chaos that rules from the center of nothingness
.NET has more nothingness than anything else I can think of. :)
Some people (not myself, I would hasten to add) would ascribe that role to RMS. I think it fits Bill Gates much better... after all,
I've been listening to my Orb discs recently. :)