3) A semantics peeve - piracy is a bloody and violent crime which is still widespread in some parts of the world, and which often results in the death of its victims. The term "illegal copying" is more accurate
I hate to break it to you, but many words out there have multiple meanings. Among the definitions of piracy is:
The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material: software piracy.
So "illegal copying" is certainly no more accurate than piracy.
Flamebait!?! Have you ever seen the show? Piss poor animation (the baby's head looks like a freaking football, for crying out loud). Stupid story lines. Juvenile humour.
Face it people: the show sucks.
And just because you might disagree with my opinion, that doesn't make it flamebait.
And I don't think anybody could argue against the fact that The Simpsons is probably the best animated show to ever hit the airwaves-- but even the die-hard fans realize deep down that the show today is a pale imitation of what it once was.
That may be, but it's still one of the two best TV shows currently running (Buffy being the other).
the last "good" kernel in the 2.4 series is 2.4.11.
So, in your opinion, the last "good" kernel is the one that's listed as "linux-2.4.11-dontuse.tar.bz2" on the ftp servers? Wow. That's a pretty daring statement:-)
If you want an alternative to the closed src NVIDIA drivers, get a Matrox. They have very high quality drivers (this of course, if you don't do gaming at high res and 32bit).
Or you can get a Radeon 7500 and have open source drivers as well as gaming at high res and 32 bit.
Just because you can't get it to work doesn't mean you have to blast us for saying they work well when they do just that.
Just because you can get it to work doesn't mean that you have to blast others for saying they don't work well when, quite frankly, they don't work well. I have a dual-proc (Pentium III) system with a VIA chipset. My Radeon handles it beautifully. My GeForce2 craps out. So I hate to break it to you, but the nVidia driver do not work well for everyone. Believe it or not, there are others who have similar problems with nVidia's drivers.
There are not open source, but they work very well.
Every release of their linux drivers have been buggy to varying degrees for me. None have worked flawlessly and most, including their most recent version, have locked up my machine within 5 minutes of starting any GL application, so please stop with the they work very well BS.
Pro-OSS folks say "That's a BENEFIT to the OSS model, we don't rush things through the door before they are ready, therefore there are less bugs in our released
products.
On the contrary... Pro-OSS folks who know what they're talking about will say that one of the benefits of the OSS model is "release early, release often". They'd also point out that while really show stopping bugs will make their way in to a stable release (of whatever project we're talking about), just as they'll make their way into the stable releases of closed-source projects, with OSS software you're not forced to wait till some company finally decides to admit there's a problem and release a patch.
Anyone who says that all releases of OSS software are inherently more stable and secure than closed source software is a moron. And anyone who says that all releases of closed source software are inherently more stable and secure than OSS software is also a moron.
You're right that this is why nVidia's drivers are closed source, though not for the specific reason you give. nVidia's drivers are undoubtedly closed source because they undoubtedly pull the exact same kind of crap, but probably even more frequently.
The only reason this is bad is because they might have mislead people into buying their card because of Quake benchmarks. People base their buying decisions
heavily on Quake framerates, whether or not they're going to run Quake all the time.
Then it's their own damn fault for buying a card based exclusively on Q3A benchmarks.
One of the worst aspects of the DMCA is that it makes violation a federal crime. No lawsuit is required.
This is completely false. It may indeed be a federal crime, but there is a lawsuit. The US Federal government is the ones that has to pursue the lawsuit.
If I could get hardware accelerated 3D, as well as high quality video recording, working under FreeBSD, I'd switch. Till then, I won't be making that switch.
So by your logic I suppose the US can blow it out its arse when it tries to stop US citisens from downloading material illegal in the US from sites in countries where such material is legal because these countries do not feel bound by US laws??
As long as the US it trying to stop it's citizens, and not the website that's dishing out this material, there's no contradiction with this ruling. France can still make it illegal for French citizens to participate in on-line nazi-memorbilia auction.
Everyone knows it's legally wrong, but most people do not believe it is ethically wrong (as proven by the sheer usage volume of services like Napster and MusicCity).
Unless over half the world's population is using services like Napster and MusicCity, you have no way of knowing if most people do not believe it is ethically wrong.
It's not every conceivable OS. It's Linux. I'm sure you've heard of it - the operating systme that is taking over the low-end server market and is just now starting to get some traction on the desktop?
Of course I've heard of it, I use it every day. And they key words are just now starting. It still makes very little sense for a company like Apple to port their product to such a minor operating system.
If Linux isn't "mainstream" it's certainly the next-thing to it these days.
Next thing to it doesn't count for shit.
It has at least as much impact as Mac, in my opinion.
Well, first, your opinion is wrong, IMHO:-) Second, Mac is made by Apple. This is why Apple supports Quicktime on the Mac! The only reason they support Windows is due to the marketshare that Windows has. Again, there's just no incetive for them to port their product to Linux.
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3) A semantics peeve - piracy is a bloody and violent crime which is still widespread in some parts of the world, and which often results in the death of its victims. The term "illegal copying" is more accurate
I hate to break it to you, but many words out there have multiple meanings. Among the definitions of piracy is:
The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material: software piracy.
So "illegal copying" is certainly no more accurate than piracy.
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You do realize, of course, that this isn't a Slashdot interview? It's simply a link to another interview with Adam.
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More like the breasts... it's hard to get started in life without access to some.
And then, once started in life, you never need/want to see them again.
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Flamebait!?! Have you ever seen the show? Piss poor animation (the baby's head looks like a freaking football, for crying out loud). Stupid story lines. Juvenile humour.
Face it people: the show sucks.
And just because you might disagree with my opinion, that doesn't make it flamebait.
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And I don't think anybody could argue against the fact that The Simpsons is probably the best animated show to ever hit the airwaves-- but even the die-hard fans realize deep down that the show today is a pale imitation of what it once was.
That may be, but it's still one of the two best TV shows currently running (Buffy being the other).
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Maybe it's getting less than stellar ratings because it sucks!
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the last "good" kernel in the 2.4 series is 2.4.11.
:-)
So, in your opinion, the last "good" kernel is the one that's listed as "linux-2.4.11-dontuse.tar.bz2" on the ftp servers? Wow. That's a pretty daring statement
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Just because they don't work for YOU or some other people doesn't mean anything
On the contrary, it means a great deal to me and these other people.
They work well most of the time.
You've done a scientific poll to establish this little fact? Or are you simply speaking from your experience? That's what I thought.
And speaking from my experience, the nVidia drivers aren't worth shit.
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If you want an alternative to the closed src NVIDIA drivers, get a Matrox. They have very high quality drivers (this of course, if you don't do gaming at high res and 32bit).
Or you can get a Radeon 7500 and have open source drivers as well as gaming at high res and 32 bit.
Dinivin
Just because you can't get it to work doesn't mean you have to blast us for saying they work well when they do just that.
Just because you can get it to work doesn't mean that you have to blast others for saying they don't work well when, quite frankly, they don't work well. I have a dual-proc (Pentium III) system with a VIA chipset. My Radeon handles it beautifully. My GeForce2 craps out. So I hate to break it to you, but the nVidia driver do not work well for everyone. Believe it or not, there are others who have similar problems with nVidia's drivers.
Dinivin
There are not open source, but they work very well.
Every release of their linux drivers have been buggy to varying degrees for me. None have worked flawlessly and most, including their most recent version, have locked up my machine within 5 minutes of starting any GL application, so please stop with the they work very well BS.
Dinivin
I want a card that runs stable and runs fast in Linux AND windows (shudder...)
Same here... Which is why I've settled on a Radeon 7500.
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Pro-OSS folks say "That's a BENEFIT to the OSS model, we don't rush things through the door before they are ready, therefore there are less bugs in our released products.
On the contrary... Pro-OSS folks who know what they're talking about will say that one of the benefits of the OSS model is "release early, release often". They'd also point out that while really show stopping bugs will make their way in to a stable release (of whatever project we're talking about), just as they'll make their way into the stable releases of closed-source projects, with OSS software you're not forced to wait till some company finally decides to admit there's a problem and release a patch.
Anyone who says that all releases of OSS software are inherently more stable and secure than closed source software is a moron. And anyone who says that all releases of closed source software are inherently more stable and secure than OSS software is also a moron.
Dinivin
You're right that this is why nVidia's drivers are closed source, though not for the specific reason you give. nVidia's drivers are undoubtedly closed source because they undoubtedly pull the exact same kind of crap, but probably even more frequently.
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The only reason this is bad is because they might have mislead people into buying their card because of Quake benchmarks. People base their buying decisions heavily on Quake framerates, whether or not they're going to run Quake all the time.
Then it's their own damn fault for buying a card based exclusively on Q3A benchmarks.
Dinivin
So because you work a temp job, you think you deserve something things for free?
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(except the journalled FS, which would be relatively easy to add)
For a feature that would be relatively easy to add, it sure is taking a long time for them to add it.
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Oh, Bullshit... Alan hasn't put a thorn in anything. All he's done is make himself look like a fool.
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One of the worst aspects of the DMCA is that it makes violation a federal crime. No lawsuit is required.
This is completely false. It may indeed be a federal crime, but there is a lawsuit. The US Federal government is the ones that has to pursue the lawsuit.
Dinivin
Or it just means that you're a moron.
Dinivin
If I could get hardware accelerated 3D, as well as high quality video recording, working under FreeBSD, I'd switch. Till then, I won't be making that switch.
Dinivin
So you actually polled all those who buy Nazi flags and came up with that 99% figure?
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So by your logic I suppose the US can blow it out its arse when it tries to stop US citisens from downloading material illegal in the US from sites in countries where such material is legal because these countries do not feel bound by US laws??
As long as the US it trying to stop it's citizens, and not the website that's dishing out this material, there's no contradiction with this ruling. France can still make it illegal for French citizens to participate in on-line nazi-memorbilia auction.
Dinivin
Everyone knows it's legally wrong, but most people do not believe it is ethically wrong (as proven by the sheer usage volume of services like Napster and MusicCity).
Unless over half the world's population is using services like Napster and MusicCity, you have no way of knowing if most people do not believe it is ethically wrong.
Dinivin
It's not every conceivable OS. It's Linux. I'm sure you've heard of it - the operating systme that is taking over the low-end server market and is just now starting to get some traction on the desktop?
Of course I've heard of it, I use it every day. And they key words are just now starting. It still makes very little sense for a company like Apple to port their product to such a minor operating system.
If Linux isn't "mainstream" it's certainly the next-thing to it these days.
Next thing to it doesn't count for shit.
It has at least as much impact as Mac, in my opinion.
Well, first, your opinion is wrong, IMHO
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