I suggest the moon; No people there. THAT solves our problem. Come on you guys, we all know that all governments on a national scale are corrupt. Just in different ways. Whether USA or UK, the laws are stupid. USA has people who do too much _TO_ their country, the UK doesn't seem to have many who will do anything _for_ theirs. Oh well. So be it. Just do what you can to uphold what is right.
And this is why Open source is much better for the end user. It is not said to be perfect, but you get updates that fix all the problems because of such a huge user base. It would be absurdly simple for the closed source people to emulate this in a little way, have automated bug reports (ala bugzilla, kinda) and do the "release often" thing. Hm... I feel like i am quoting Eric S. Raymond right now...
Anyway, Apple has a new installer that fixes this, less than a day after the original installer was released. that is actually rather good for a large company, I think.
OK... You people never were in debate in school, were you? the link is right there on this page. READ what it says and comment on that. NOT on what _you_ think it going to say. It is an external firewire drive. Move the files over there. done. *sigh* Maybe we need to have/. post an article that is outrageous with a link telling the people who follow it to not post anything that day and see how many people feel like fools the next day for their idiotic posts (first posting aside). Bet there would be a lot.
What about open source encoding? From what I have heard about the other possibilities, this is a better one.
and Microsoft is only out to get more money and more restrictive licenses. Big surprise with this move. I wonder how much was put on (or under) the table for this one?
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> The world got a lot colder and meaner Tuesday.
I'm sorry. This is not true. Most of the sheltered Americans have finally had their eyes opened to what is going on in the world. We paid in spades for no recognizing the reality of our age, not in casualties (they were horrific by any standard) but in our mutual psyche. Now we have to face the world with eyes wide open, seeing that we are never as safe as we think we are. Ask anyone who lives in California around the time Home Invasion fad that terrorized at least the Central Valley area. As this last decade has shown, we are not special in the world. We are not a perfect society with everything in control. There are, and have been, forces at work that are not out for anyone's good, and to sit back and say "it can't happen here, to me, to my family" is just plain foolish and dangerous. Take measures, change something, don't just be passive and let things happen to you. It is your life.
"No man is an island..."
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You are beautiful. Thank you for making my point a bit more eloquently than I would have, sans expletives.
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This was not a true Jihad. A Jihad is a war against invading infidels, people who will harm you and your family and those around you. These men did not do what the Koran told them. They harmed innocent people, women and children (a thing not to be done), they harmed and disrespected others of the Book (Jews and Christians).
On a personal note, I just had a friend, an Egyptian friend, receive a death threat. It blamed him for the attack. He is a good man, a follower of the teaching of Mohamed, and he is respectful and admiring of my take of religion (Christianity) as well as my Jewish friend. We are all scholars so this might have something to do with our open view on things, but man, I am just 19 years old. It is not that difficult to understand that EVERY religious group has its extremists that are horribly degrading to everyone related to them. Very few sects of the Islamic religion are militant. We American's view of Muslims are shaped in by a very warped image shown to us by the media. It is time to get to know these people in our own back yards and realize, they are like us all; some bad with the good.
Before I end this I must point out that the US has done much to accommodate the Corporations that have sprung up from our soil. These actions have led these businesses to think that they can do what ever they want with US backing and they have done horrible things. Look up Coke and Colombia. Rather interesting. Research how corporate colonialism has destroyed cultures that are older than our country by far. No, I don't wish our lifestyle on others; it is unsustainable, especially if it is practiced world wide. I am not going to start on the selfish military actions that this once proud country has committed to. Just think about all sides of this whole deal, then you will understand what actions need to be taken. We, as a country, need to shape up, and get our noses out of our asses and start thinking about this "world culture" all these industrialists are talking about. OOPS. Industrialists! sounding familiar now?
Um... keep in mind they are about to put out XP... It really sucks, even in the demos. forcing their browser down everybody's throat, THEN forcing their sound format (with a crappy player) and NOW they are going to try to make the WWW what they want it to be. Remember, the www is for everyone, to be coustomized by anyone. MS is not changing the internet like others did, by the draw of what they are doing, but by the force of their staff/marketing/market share. Sorry to bring up the hacker ethic stuff. It is kinda the basis for the www. I am rather afraid that only ms apps will be able to view sites after they are done with exerting their influence on the webmasters. Is that too far feched?
Hi. I am Chuy. Please don't take my computer away from me! hi, I'm the RIAA. Please don't take my possible profit! the difference here is what is, and what is imagined. I understand that my idea is important, and unique. Yet, if someone takes this idea, incorporates it into their work, or is the basis for their work i have no reasonable control over this. MAYBE I might want some recondition, but that is all i am entitled to. Welcome to science. Tech is science and guess what the patenting office is made to do? To protect profits of people from others who would claim it as their own. People are supposed to build off others' ideas (via the patent office) to make this a more successful country.
Just think... what if America had this type of corporate dynamic with the industrial revolution. We would have no progress. This is not just stifling free speech, it is killing some incredible possibilities.
--Me
Has anyone on this thread ever actualy read the contents, not summeries of the licences. This would have been a lot shorter of an argument. It would have been the argument of the innate(sp) longing of information to be free or not. Don't make me write a paper on this crap...
It is odd. For all the finger pointing, the "PC" market seems to be making the same decisions that seemed laughable about 2 years ago. Don't worry, it is not that bad. You will realize that they suck in comparison to the new standards. BTW. firewire is wonderful. My constant use of both of these peripheral connectors tells me that USB 2.0, if any similar to 1.1 is a bit less unreliable than firewire. I am sure that this is partially due to the throughput.
A note to those who are wondering about firewire drawbacks, here is one. With USB one is able to actually use a cord longer than 3'. With firewire you have to get a power box to allow for length. I have to have my burner on my instead of where I want it.
"When, I ask, *when* has Microsoft ever been known to do something solely for the benefit of a community or industry? Unless I haven't been keeping up to date with the Microsoft Corporation Ethics Department, it has been my experience that whatever Microsoft does, it does it for money."
http://danny.oz.au/freedom/ip/aidfs.html
Interesting thing here, off topic tho. Check out the language support part... Disgusting.
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I suggest the moon; No people there. THAT solves our problem. Come on you guys, we all know that all governments on a national scale are corrupt. Just in different ways. Whether USA or UK, the laws are stupid. USA has people who do too much _TO_ their country, the UK doesn't seem to have many who will do anything _for_ theirs. Oh well. So be it. Just do what you can to uphold what is right.
And this is why Open source is much better for the end user. It is not said to be perfect, but you get updates that fix all the problems because of such a huge user base. It would be absurdly simple for the closed source people to emulate this in a little way, have automated bug reports (ala bugzilla, kinda) and do the "release often" thing. Hm... I feel like i am quoting Eric S. Raymond right now...
Anyway, Apple has a new installer that fixes this, less than a day after the original installer was released. that is actually rather good for a large company, I think.
Wow.... i hope that that is a joke. That is the most revolting webpage I have ever seen. Islam:Talaban::Christianity:Landover Baptist.
Wow...
OK... You people never were in debate in school, were you? the link is right there on this page. READ what it says and comment on that. NOT on what _you_ think it going to say. It is an external firewire drive. Move the files over there. done. *sigh* Maybe we need to have /. post an article that is outrageous with a link telling the people who follow it to not post anything that day and see how many people feel like fools the next day for their idiotic posts (first posting aside). Bet there would be a lot.
What about open source encoding? From what I have heard about the other possibilities, this is a better one.
and Microsoft is only out to get more money and more restrictive licenses. Big surprise with this move. I wonder how much was put on (or under) the table for this one?
> The world got a lot colder and meaner Tuesday.
I'm sorry. This is not true. Most of the sheltered Americans have finally had their eyes opened to what is going on in the world. We paid in spades for no recognizing the reality of our age, not in casualties (they were horrific by any standard) but in our mutual psyche. Now we have to face the world with eyes wide open, seeing that we are never as safe as we think we are. Ask anyone who lives in California around the time Home Invasion fad that terrorized at least the Central Valley area. As this last decade has shown, we are not special in the world. We are not a perfect society with everything in control. There are, and have been, forces at work that are not out for anyone's good, and to sit back and say "it can't happen here, to me, to my family" is just plain foolish and dangerous. Take measures, change something, don't just be passive and let things happen to you. It is your life.
"No man is an island..."
You are beautiful. Thank you for making my point a bit more eloquently than I would have, sans expletives.
This was not a true Jihad. A Jihad is a war against invading infidels, people who will harm you and your family and those around you. These men did not do what the Koran told them. They harmed innocent people, women and children (a thing not to be done), they harmed and disrespected others of the Book (Jews and Christians).
On a personal note, I just had a friend, an Egyptian friend, receive a death threat. It blamed him for the attack. He is a good man, a follower of the teaching of Mohamed, and he is respectful and admiring of my take of religion (Christianity) as well as my Jewish friend. We are all scholars so this might have something to do with our open view on things, but man, I am just 19 years old. It is not that difficult to understand that EVERY religious group has its extremists that are horribly degrading to everyone related to them. Very few sects of the Islamic religion are militant. We American's view of Muslims are shaped in by a very warped image shown to us by the media. It is time to get to know these people in our own back yards and realize, they are like us all; some bad with the good.
Before I end this I must point out that the US has done much to accommodate the Corporations that have sprung up from our soil. These actions have led these businesses to think that they can do what ever they want with US backing and they have done horrible things. Look up Coke and Colombia. Rather interesting. Research how corporate colonialism has destroyed cultures that are older than our country by far. No, I don't wish our lifestyle on others; it is unsustainable, especially if it is practiced world wide. I am not going to start on the selfish military actions that this once proud country has committed to. Just think about all sides of this whole deal, then you will understand what actions need to be taken. We, as a country, need to shape up, and get our noses out of our asses and start thinking about this "world culture" all these industrialists are talking about. OOPS. Industrialists! sounding familiar now?
THINK!
Um... keep in mind they are about to put out XP... It really sucks, even in the demos. forcing their browser down everybody's throat, THEN forcing their sound format (with a crappy player) and NOW they are going to try to make the WWW what they want it to be. Remember, the www is for everyone, to be coustomized by anyone. MS is not changing the internet like others did, by the draw of what they are doing, but by the force of their staff/marketing/market share. Sorry to bring up the hacker ethic stuff. It is kinda the basis for the www. I am rather afraid that only ms apps will be able to view sites after they are done with exerting their influence on the webmasters. Is that too far feched?
hi, I'm the RIAA. Please don't take my possible profit!
the difference here is what is, and what is imagined. I understand that my idea is important, and unique. Yet, if someone takes this idea, incorporates it into their work, or is the basis for their work i have no reasonable control over this. MAYBE I might want some recondition, but that is all i am entitled to. Welcome to science. Tech is science and guess what the patenting office is made to do? To protect profits of people from others who would claim it as their own. People are supposed to build off others' ideas (via the patent office) to make this a more successful country.
Has anyone on this thread ever actualy read the contents, not summeries of the licences. This would have been a lot shorter of an argument. It would have been the argument of the innate(sp) longing of information to be free or not. Don't make me write a paper on this crap...
get a massage...
It is odd. For all the finger pointing, the "PC" market seems to be making the same decisions that seemed laughable about 2 years ago. Don't worry, it is not that bad. You will realize that they suck in comparison to the new standards. BTW. firewire is wonderful. My constant use of both of these peripheral connectors tells me that USB 2.0, if any similar to 1.1 is a bit less unreliable than firewire. I am sure that this is partially due to the throughput. A note to those who are wondering about firewire drawbacks, here is one. With USB one is able to actually use a cord longer than 3'. With firewire you have to get a power box to allow for length. I have to have my burner on my instead of where I want it.
http://danny.oz.au/freedom/ip/aidfs.html
Interesting thing here, off topic tho. Check out the language support part... Disgusting.