> If you took Joe Six-pack and actually took the time to educate him on the fact that he can't mess with the chips in *HIS* playstation 2 legally because of some weird-ass law called the DCMA...
You have a strange idea of who "Joe Six-Pack" is. Joe six-pack is shooting squirrels with his 12-gauge while he spits chewing-tobacco into a coffee can which is overflowing onto his shoes, staining them the color of this god-awful Slashdot section. I don't think he has had much luck soldering hacked chips into any consumer electronics lately, and he surely isn't worried about the DCMA.
In reply to corporations being entities so there is someone to sue, perhaps we should sue the individual human being sitting behind a desk that decides it would be a good idea to use 8 year olds in sweatshops to make shoes.
I don't agree that the public has ultimate oversight over what corporations are doing. I'm sure we only know the tip of the iceberg of what goes on behind closed doors. I for one don't have access to what the CEOs and congressmen are agreeing to on the golf course.
You are 100% right though, in the end, that us shareholders (myself included) are just checking our return on investment and moving our money to whoever is giving us the most profit. I personally have no idea what companies my mutual funds are invested in and have made no attempt to find out what kinds of practices those companies engage in. Guilty as charged.
> Both the Clinton and Bush administrations have signed copyright laws into effect. Even the DMCA was signed under Clinton's presidency. So you'll have to vote Green or some other left-left-wing party if you want to revoke some of these laws
Yes, that is because the current trend towards "1984" is not coming from the Democrats or the Republicans. It is coming from the powerful corporations that have no term limits, no democratic votes, no national boundaries, and little oversight from the public.
We started down this slippery slope long ago when lawyers decided a corporation was an "entity" much like a human being, only without a natural lifespan, a brain, or a moral sense.
There are two kinds of secrets in the world. Those that one person knows and those that everyone knows. Microsoft's source code is now in the second category.
It's got all the usual stuff install by default. Sendmail, Apache, etc... I set it up to handle my email and some test sites running PHP in a few minutes. I also installed my own ColdFusion server and am using that as well. I've had the server for several months with no complaints.
Get an inexpensive UML (User-Mode-Linux) virtual server and it's just like having a whole server online. I use Tektonic. Their cheapest plan is only $15/month. For more money you get larger slices of the CPU and RAM. There are several other good ones as well.
> Wrong. A centrally planned national economy will always fail. The dynamic efficiency is not good enough to sustain it over time.
Wrong. There is a huge difference between "sustain" and "prosper". There are many nations that coast along with 90% of their population in poverty while a select few live literally like kings. Without outside influences the USSR could have continued to exist with terrible efficiency, eventually leading to poverty, starvation, depravation, etc. As long as the elite could channel their lion's share of the resources into their own security at the cost of the population they could continue the status quo.
For examples, see most Arabic nations, China, etc.
> Linux and open source will never beat Microsoft. Microsoft will crumble from within, and beat itself.
Just like the USSR collapsed from within. But it wouldn't have happened without the economic pressure of competing against the US (military spending). Likewise, it won't happen to Microsoft without the pressure of competition from Linux (and Open Source, and Apple, etc).
> the core Starbucks customer, an affluent 25- to 50-year-old who's likelier to be tuned in to NPR than to MTV or one of the nine gazillion radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc., probably feels ignored by the music industry
Ignored isn't the right word. "Persecuted" is closer... "Prosecuted", that's it, "prosecuted" is the right word.
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> If you took Joe Six-pack and actually took the time to educate him on the fact that he can't mess with the chips in *HIS* playstation 2 legally because of some weird-ass law called the DCMA...
You have a strange idea of who "Joe Six-Pack" is. Joe six-pack is shooting squirrels with his 12-gauge while he spits chewing-tobacco into a coffee can which is overflowing onto his shoes, staining them the color of this god-awful Slashdot section.
I don't think he has had much luck soldering hacked chips into any consumer electronics lately, and he surely isn't worried about the DCMA.
I think it is much more likely that open source software will sabotage Green Hills Software.
You bring up many interesting and valid points.
In reply to corporations being entities so there is someone to sue, perhaps we should sue the individual human being sitting behind a desk that decides it would be a good idea to use 8 year olds in sweatshops to make shoes.
I don't agree that the public has ultimate oversight over what corporations are doing. I'm sure we only know the tip of the iceberg of what goes on behind closed doors. I for one don't have access to what the CEOs and congressmen are agreeing to on the golf course.
You are 100% right though, in the end, that us shareholders (myself included) are just checking our return on investment and moving our money to whoever is giving us the most profit. I personally have no idea what companies my mutual funds are invested in and have made no attempt to find out what kinds of practices those companies engage in. Guilty as charged.
> Anyone know what's the best SFF for quiet computing?
The Shuttle Zen XPC. Built to be quiet.
> thanks for quoting the movie the corporation.
I never saw it, but if you think I am quoting it then I really should go see it. I'd probably find it very interesting.
> Both the Clinton and Bush administrations have signed copyright laws into effect. Even the DMCA was signed under Clinton's presidency. So you'll have to vote Green or some other left-left-wing party if you want to revoke some of these laws
Yes, that is because the current trend towards "1984" is not coming from the Democrats or the Republicans. It is coming from the powerful corporations that have no term limits, no democratic votes, no national boundaries, and little oversight from the public.
We started down this slippery slope long ago when lawyers decided a corporation was an "entity" much like a human being, only without a natural lifespan, a brain, or a moral sense.
I read a totally different meaning from 'the Pointlessness of "Hours of Gameplay"'...
I thought the article was telling me to get a life!
> Duh? didn't get it!
There are two kinds of secrets in the world. Those that one person knows and those that everyone knows. Microsoft's source code is now in the second category.
"within the 27 eligible countries worldwide "
That is 28 if you count eDonkey as a country.
When a post gets modded up, you should wonder if perhaps there is an in-joke or pop-culture reference there that you just don't get.
Netcraft reports: BSD failed to pay Nigerians and has been snipped.
> Pizza Hut wouldn't deliver without a landline
> Coincidentally, this Pizza Hut is out of business
"Coincidentally"?
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Will someone please photoshop this robot with Will Smith?!
This is a slight misquote. I think the actual quote was:
"We 0wn0rz them now," said police Superintendent Robert Dunford.
> Nice way of avoiding ICBM treaties
Hell, I could do this much easier.
Take an ICBM, put a stewardess inside.
Ta da' It's an airplane, not a missle.
> too shit (resource wise) to do any harm
Give me a login and I'll demonstrate how to do harm (maybe not to YOUR box).
It's got all the usual stuff install by default.
Sendmail, Apache, etc...
I set it up to handle my email and some test sites running PHP in a few minutes. I also installed my own ColdFusion server and am using that as well.
I've had the server for several months with no complaints.
Get an inexpensive UML (User-Mode-Linux) virtual server and it's just like having a whole server online.
I use Tektonic. Their cheapest plan is only $15/month. For more money you get larger slices of the CPU and RAM. There are several other good ones as well.
(oh, and FP).
> Open Source products ... had no improvements in this area
> they aren't listening, are ignoring or don't know how to do this
Or they just don't feel like doing it, and since they aren't being paid to do any of this they will only do what they enjoy doing.
> I think blacktuesday has something to do with a stock market crash back in the day. 1987 maybe? I am not sure.
... "1987" ...
"back in the day"
God I feel old...
> Don't worry, it'll be in SP3
Microsoft announced today that SP3 will be ready very soon. Also, they are rebranding it: "SP3 Forever".
> Wrong. A centrally planned national economy will always fail. The dynamic efficiency is not good enough to sustain it over time.
Wrong. There is a huge difference between "sustain" and "prosper". There are many nations that coast along with 90% of their population in poverty while a select few live literally like kings. Without outside influences the USSR could have continued to exist with terrible efficiency, eventually leading to poverty, starvation, depravation, etc. As long as the elite could channel their lion's share of the resources into their own security at the cost of the population they could continue the status quo.
For examples, see most Arabic nations, China, etc.
> Linux and open source will never beat Microsoft. Microsoft will crumble from within, and beat itself.
Just like the USSR collapsed from within.
But it wouldn't have happened without the economic pressure of competing against the US (military spending).
Likewise, it won't happen to Microsoft without the pressure of competition from Linux (and Open Source, and Apple, etc).
> what's to stop us from engineering a better immune system?
Good luck. We can't even stop SPAM.
> the core Starbucks customer, an affluent 25- to 50-year-old who's likelier to be tuned in to NPR than to MTV or one of the nine gazillion radio stations owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc., probably feels ignored by the music industry
Ignored isn't the right word.
"Persecuted" is closer...
"Prosecuted", that's it, "prosecuted" is the right word.