Hello? Can someone say interstate? Trucking? It is a pretty safe assumption if you live in an industrialized nation that 99% of every material good you own or use has at one point travelled by car or truck. I think that qualifies as a significant change. Ever heard of the suburbs? They were created by the car. Prior to the 20's and 30's (in US) you either lived in a rural area or in the city. How about gas? Petroleum is the most political (usable, i.e. not gold) substance in history, and the only reason its worth anything is because of the automobile. Next time look outside of your little box before refuting common knowledge...
There is a big difference between a "good" movie and a movie people love. Millions of people love Star Wars, but serious movie criticism has not been too kind to it, for justified reasons. Lucas may go down as one of the most famous directors, but has never been called a "great" director. The hype may be oppressive, but let's all see TPM for the same reasons we love the prior three, the lovable one-dimensional characters, the memorable cheesy dialog, and the amazing universe this classic fairy tale takes place in.
This is not "virtual property". People are paying for the labor and skill of others. There is no difference here between buying bytes on a hard drive somewhere or buying the copyright to a work of art. This is so un-revolutionary it has been done for hundreds of years. Mr. Katz apparently got all excited about using this buzzword, he forgot to realize what the hell he was talking about.
As to the gaming aspect, this simply adds the realism we all crave in our RPG's. Some people come into this world with priveleges, some with disadvantages. If you want a fair game, play chess. Deal with it.
As a [former] civil engineer, I am intimately acquanted with the reason that engineers are registered. This is because when a civil engineering project fails, people can get killed. This trickles down into alot of legal responsibility, but that is the heart of the matter. There should be a federal certification/registration process that identifies those capable of handling critical software applications. This would apply to safety and medical software as well as automotive, monitoring, and many others. Keep in mind that the american professional registration project does not require everyone to get registered, just the person that stamps the plans. This person can be (and usually is) employed mainly to review plans. Software kind of works this way now, with Q and A, but I would feel safer if a process was put into place for software that is responsible for my life.
Hello? It seems to me that *nix admins cost alot more than NT admins. They are more expensive to train too. And the cost of the OS doesnt even come close to making up for the difference. *nix admins cost at least $10k more, which far outweighs the cost of the software. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The reason Microsoft has dominated is because they provide the best all-around solution. Yes, its a vicous cycle of more software means more popularity means more software, but that's life and the only reason these companies are complaining is because they just cant build a better product. I choose the best system for the job. Our mail servers, sure they run linux, and some of our web servers too, but nobody has even come close to providing the desktop apps that are just as important when running a business.
They could be doing it for all the big brother reasons people are suggesting, but they are probably also doing it for accountability reasons. We run a free email provider, and we keep the typical sendmail logs that everyone else does. Why? Because we have a responsibility to the Internet public to stop abuse of our systems (and subsequently other systems). The most common use here is spam. In the rare event that someone sends out a "spam" (which by many supposed anti-spam activists has been expanded to the mean email from anyone you don't know), we need to do what we can to stop that person. The only way we can do this is by checking the IP they sent the mail from. If someone is doing someing illegal, like child pornography, law enforcement will request logs. These are really the only reason for having them. We dont have reports on all our users, we dont use logs for demographic targetting, but keeping this information is essential to keeping the Internet a usable environment. My personal opinion is that the anonyminity the Internet used to provide was an anomaly, not a right. You should be willing to accept the consequences of your actions.
Forget landlines, just get a retractable satellite dish. If the satellites go down then chances are there are more serious problems in the world than checking your email. So just keep a good supply of porn for the 30 or 40 years you are going to be underground (8
Despite being a class AA geek/nerd, whatever (yes we do have dual T-1, 30+ machines, etc, etc, in our 4 room apartment), I dont have any of these wascky things, cuz I am waiting for the Ultimate Gadget. It will be a wireless palmtop and will have:
High speed net access (>1 mbit)
IR/Radio
Cell phone
High Color screen
GPS
Voice recognition
Digital camera (w/ motion)
MP3 player with headphone jack
Fully intelligent self management (like different notifications for special emails/phone calls)
Voice recorder/playback
Last at least 24 hours with a removable battery
Drop-in docking bay to home cpu
Other monitoring devices, like temp, etc.
Communicate with other intelligent devices (like smart fridges and cars) to remind/schedule shopping, getting gas, picking up dry cleaning.
Ayn Rand's model looks good at first, but it is built on the ideals of pure capitalism, which are completely false. The capitalism she envisioned is not at all like today's world, and is extremely harsh. I think America has proven in the past that unbridled capitalism (i.e. US Steel) is detructive and socially wrong, while "socialized capitalism", as I like to call it, (welfare/social security/unions) is undeniably the most productive system ever inplemented, despite is inefficiencies. Pure socialism is no better, probably worse than pure capitalism, but the wavering happy medium is doing very well right now.
Politically immature, not immature in any other way, which is probably true. This has no bearing on his vision, integrity or ability. The author was simply stating that RMS ingeniously helped create something great that was intended to have no "master", yet he adamantly enforces something as miniscule as the correct variation of its name.
I for one will call it linux. GNU Linux is silly and when you say it, its like, "Hey I didn't even know there was an old linux".
With the exception of supporting moderate welfare and socialized healthcare, I consider myself a capitalist (more specifically an entrepeneur). I have determined that the only thing that separates capitalism from the anarchy (or barbarism that idealist/socialists call it) is the legal system. Capitalism, in the last 100 years, has innovated in ways all other forms of government since the dawn of civilization combined cannot remotely match. While people have shown that they WILL work for the greater good, they will not do it as fast or effective as when they do it for their own good. The net has been in a semi-mature state for about 20 years now, but look at it in actual utility/value today vs. 2 years ago. Ecommerce has forced the pace to be quickened. While we have moguls making vast sums of money, we can also reap the benefits of thier innovation/effort by doing practically everything online, where the old.edu-dominated net was simply a big messy library. Back to the point: IP laws should be designed to grant an immediate benefit to the few who concieve it, and a long term benefit to the public. This is why patents have lifespans. WIthout IP laws, the big corps that everyone is so afraid of would dominate completely because of thier vast production resources. The little guys would have no chance to grow and we would basically become a corporate state, which almost identical to a socialist state if you really think about it....
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When did open source and free software become synonymous? Apple should be able to distribute its software any way it wants. If they say that you must give them two years hard labor and your firstborn, so what? They are far from a monopoly so you are completely not obligated to use thier software. All of you hippies can live in your little everything-is-free bubble, but the rest of us have to make some cash.
What most infuriates me is not only that most of you would probably never even use an Apple product, but that several so-called "experts" have ranted about the "problems" with Apple's open source liscence, while they cant even grasp the general economic concept of the whole thing.
Last time I checked Apple was not (intentionally) the business of giving stuff away for free and losing money. All of you whiny snapperheads should be glad that it's open source for all the right reasons, like security and flexibility. I know alot of stuff in there is not thiers, but they arent claiming it is. $500 is a drop in the bucket for an unlimited liscence (most of you get paid more than that for installing free systems), so cough it up.
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Hello? Can someone say interstate? Trucking? It is a pretty safe assumption if you live in an industrialized nation that 99% of every material good you own or use has at one point travelled by car or truck. I think that qualifies as a significant change. Ever heard of the suburbs? They were created by the car. Prior to the 20's and 30's (in US) you either lived in a rural area or in the city. How about gas? Petroleum is the most political (usable, i.e. not gold) substance in history, and the only reason its worth anything is because of the automobile. Next time look outside of your little box before refuting common knowledge...
There just aren't enough jokes like this (that are actually funny) to break the heavy discussions here at /.
There is a big difference between a "good" movie and a movie people love. Millions of people love Star Wars, but serious movie criticism has not been too kind to it, for justified reasons. Lucas may go down as one of the most famous directors, but has never been called a "great" director. The hype may be oppressive, but let's all see TPM for the same reasons we love the prior three, the lovable one-dimensional characters, the memorable cheesy dialog, and the amazing universe this classic fairy tale takes place in.
This is not "virtual property". People are paying for the labor and skill of others. There is no difference here between buying bytes on a hard drive somewhere or buying the copyright to a work of art. This is so un-revolutionary it has been done for hundreds of years. Mr. Katz apparently got all excited about using this buzzword, he forgot to realize what the hell he was talking about.
As to the gaming aspect, this simply adds the realism we all crave in our RPG's. Some people come into this world with priveleges, some with disadvantages. If you want a fair game, play chess. Deal with it.
As a [former] civil engineer, I am intimately acquanted with the reason that engineers are registered. This is because when a civil engineering project fails, people can get killed. This trickles down into alot of legal responsibility, but that is the heart of the matter. There should be a federal certification/registration process that identifies those capable of handling critical software applications. This would apply to safety and medical software as well as automotive, monitoring, and many others. Keep in mind that the american professional registration project does not require everyone to get registered, just the person that stamps the plans. This person can be (and usually is) employed mainly to review plans. Software kind of works this way now, with Q and A, but I would feel safer if a process was put into place for software that is responsible for my life.
Hello? It seems to me that *nix admins cost alot more than NT admins. They are more expensive to train too. And the cost of the OS doesnt even come close to making up for the difference. *nix admins cost at least $10k more, which far outweighs the cost of the software. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The reason Microsoft has dominated is because they provide the best all-around solution. Yes, its a vicous cycle of more software means more popularity means more software, but that's life and the only reason these companies are complaining is because they just cant build a better product. I choose the best system for the job. Our mail servers, sure they run linux, and some of our web servers too, but nobody has even come close to providing the desktop apps that are just as important when running a business.
They could be doing it for all the big brother reasons people are suggesting, but they are probably also doing it for accountability reasons. We run a free email provider, and we keep the typical sendmail logs that everyone else does. Why? Because we have a responsibility to the Internet public to stop abuse of our systems (and subsequently other systems). The most common use here is spam. In the rare event that someone sends out a "spam" (which by many supposed anti-spam activists has been expanded to the mean email from anyone you don't know), we need to do what we can to stop that person. The only way we can do this is by checking the IP they sent the mail from. If someone is doing someing illegal, like child pornography, law enforcement will request logs. These are really the only reason for having them. We dont have reports on all our users, we dont use logs for demographic targetting, but keeping this information is essential to keeping the Internet a usable environment. My personal opinion is that the anonyminity the Internet used to provide was an anomaly, not a right. You should be willing to accept the consequences of your actions.
Forget landlines, just get a retractable satellite dish. If the satellites go down then chances are there are more serious problems in the world than checking your email. So just keep a good supply of porn for the 30 or 40 years you are going to be underground (8
The average age of the heads of the new divisions is 41, pretty impressive for the most valuable company in the world.
- High speed net access (>1 mbit)
- IR/Radio
- Cell phone
- High Color screen
- GPS
- Voice recognition
- Digital camera (w/ motion)
- MP3 player with headphone jack
- Fully intelligent self management (like different notifications for special emails/phone calls)
- Voice recorder/playback
- Last at least 24 hours with a removable battery
- Drop-in docking bay to home cpu
- Other monitoring devices, like temp, etc.
- Communicate with other intelligent devices (like smart fridges and cars) to remind/schedule shopping, getting gas, picking up dry cleaning.
- Little laser thing to read UPC codes
I think this is at least a few years off...Ayn Rand's model looks good at first, but it is built on the ideals of pure capitalism, which are completely false. The capitalism she envisioned is not at all like today's world, and is extremely harsh. I think America has proven in the past that unbridled capitalism (i.e. US Steel) is detructive and socially wrong, while "socialized capitalism", as I like to call it, (welfare/social security/unions) is undeniably the most productive system ever inplemented, despite is inefficiencies. Pure socialism is no better, probably worse than pure capitalism, but the wavering happy medium is doing very well right now.
Politically immature, not immature in any other way, which is probably true. This has no bearing on his vision, integrity or ability. The author was simply stating that RMS ingeniously helped create something great that was intended to have no "master", yet he adamantly enforces something as miniscule as the correct variation of its name.
I for one will call it linux. GNU Linux is silly and when you say it, its like, "Hey I didn't even know there was an old linux".
With the exception of supporting moderate welfare and socialized healthcare, I consider myself a capitalist (more specifically an entrepeneur). I have determined that the only thing that separates capitalism from the anarchy (or barbarism that idealist/socialists call it) is the legal system. Capitalism, in the last 100 years, has innovated in ways all other forms of government since the dawn of civilization combined cannot remotely match. While people have shown that they WILL work for the greater good, they will not do it as fast or effective as when they do it for their own good. The net has been in a semi-mature state for about 20 years now, but look at it in actual utility/value today vs. 2 years ago. Ecommerce has forced the pace to be quickened. While we have moguls making vast sums of money, we can also reap the benefits of thier innovation/effort by doing practically everything online, where the old .edu-dominated net was simply a big messy library. Back to the point: IP laws should be designed to grant an immediate benefit to the few who concieve it, and a long term benefit to the public. This is why patents have lifespans. WIthout IP laws, the big corps that everyone is so afraid of would dominate completely because of thier vast production resources. The little guys would have no chance to grow and we would basically become a corporate state, which almost identical to a socialist state if you really think about it....
When did open source and free software become synonymous? Apple should be able to distribute its software any way it wants. If they say that you must give them two years hard labor and your firstborn, so what? They are far from a monopoly so you are completely not obligated to use thier software. All of you hippies can live in your little everything-is-free bubble, but the rest of us have to make some cash.
What most infuriates me is not only that most of you would probably never even use an Apple product, but that several so-called "experts" have ranted about the "problems" with Apple's open source liscence, while they cant even grasp the general economic concept of the whole thing.
People suck, someday my robots will crush you all!
Chess is only the beginning.......
Hear Hear.
Last time I checked Apple was not (intentionally) the business of giving stuff away for free and losing money. All of you whiny snapperheads should be glad that it's open source for all the right reasons, like security and flexibility. I know alot of stuff in there is not thiers, but they arent claiming it is. $500 is a drop in the bucket for an unlimited liscence (most of you get paid more than that for installing free systems), so cough it up.