I'd endorse this book if it had only one page that read "Kill Yourself Now!", because any dummy who shells 90$ for a hardcopy about using Linux, REALLY doesn't get it.
In my (possibly warped?) view of the world, the difference is very small. I don't have very much respect for the law, especially with regard to what's been termed "intellectual property".
Appeal to authority is and remains a mostly fallacious argument when it comes to questions of morals and ethics.
"Doing X (say copyright infringement) is wrong because (say) police are somehow obligated to apprehend culprits."
(Now that's a flawed example, since copyright infringement is a civil matter in most countries, but does my point get through?)
I just have a hard time grasping the validity of modern law, from legislation via interpretation to execution. It seems very corporate-controlled to me.
Staying in a bad relationship makes you a 'darwin target' because you lack backbone and basic self-respect. Honestly, the world's probably better without you.
Breaking away from a bad relationship can be extremely difficult, and be made more or less difficult depending on your background.
Saying that these persons deserve death (which they don't) won't make it any easier.
A piece of advice: if it's going nowhere, just do everyone a favour and end it.
It's not always that easy, especially in a threatening situation.
I guess I'm more annoyed with the general trend (of making the perps "invisible" while laying post-mortem verbal abuse on the victims) than any specific example, your post included. It's a more common phenomenon than you'd think, almost to the point of complete blame-shifting.
Yeah. Actually, it doesn't really make sense that the flash player isn't available as full GPL. Isn't in their interest to get the client out to as many people as possible?
As long as the legal system insists on misunderstanding tech and coming up with bad laws like the DMCA, I'm happy for the slashdot/geek IANALs (and a few IAALs like Lessig, Moglen and Pawlo).
Those formats aren't inherently lossy so you might as well transcode them to a similar nonlossy format, one supported by the iPod, if you were prepared to use them.
Users of Ogg often do so of space- and quality reasons, and I guess most of us don't want to use a lossless codec for our listening music for space reasons, and we don't want to transcode, for quality reasons.
We were initially suspicious of the keyboard shortcuts, we wondered if they'd only work with popular (but vastly overrated) browsers like Internet Explorer. However, we were quite relieved to discover that the shortcuts worked beautifully with our beloved browser Galeon in Linux. They also worked well using Mozilla and Firefox. They even worked well with the crappy Epiphany browser in Gnome.
I don't know about anyone else, but that got an out-loud laugh from me.
If you want to buy a house you can't just find an empty one, send the builders (construction workers, not contractors, construction firms etc) money if the house is actually owned by a bank. Sure, you paid the creators of the house but they have most likely already been paid for that work.
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That should be: "...doesn't get it yet."
If it's not an URI, Firefox will try to load Google's lucky-hit for that string.
Or having a romantic relationship, period. I've seen gay guys break up over console gaming. (I've also seen lesbians happily kick ass together.)
(Neither were slashdotters or what we would call "geeks" though.)
In my (possibly warped?) view of the world, the difference is very small. I don't have very much respect for the law, especially with regard to what's been termed "intellectual property".
Appeal to authority is and remains a mostly fallacious argument when it comes to questions of morals and ethics.
"Doing X (say copyright infringement) is wrong because (say) police are somehow obligated to apprehend culprits."
(Now that's a flawed example, since copyright infringement is a civil matter in most countries, but does my point get through?)
I just have a hard time grasping the validity of modern law, from legislation via interpretation to execution. It seems very corporate-controlled to me.
Maybe, but see my other reply for a further rationale.
Breaking away from a bad relationship can be extremely difficult, and be made more or less difficult depending on your background.
Saying that these persons deserve death (which they don't) won't make it any easier.
It's not always that easy, especially in a threatening situation.
(I'm reading Mimi's Last Coffee right now, which see.)
While it doesn't emit light, it reflects light.
Put some black pigment on it and it will display black.
Ok, thanks.
I guess I'm more annoyed with the general trend (of making the perps "invisible" while laying post-mortem verbal abuse on the victims) than any specific example, your post included. It's a more common phenomenon than you'd think, almost to the point of complete blame-shifting.
Er.. Aren't your points one and two a bit mutually contradicting?
Staying with a bad relationship makes you a "darwin target" and trying to find another relationship makes you a "cheating bitch"?
So damned tired of male hierarchy violence.
And this isn't "appeal to authority"?
Or:
(4) "Never attribute to business-savviness what could be attributed to ignorance."
Using the camera to track the movements isn't the same thing as using some dinky "joy"-stick.
Yeah. Actually, it doesn't really make sense that the flash player isn't available as full GPL. Isn't in their interest to get the client out to as many people as possible?
This is something I've been seriously considering for quite a while.
A changing, evolving definition is better than a ridig one, in this case and IMO.
That said, I agree with the rest of your post.
As long as the legal system insists on misunderstanding tech and coming up with bad laws like the DMCA, I'm happy for the slashdot/geek IANALs (and a few IAALs like Lessig, Moglen and Pawlo).
Those formats aren't inherently lossy so you might as well transcode them to a similar nonlossy format, one supported by the iPod, if you were prepared to use them.
Users of Ogg often do so of space- and quality reasons, and I guess most of us don't want to use a lossless codec for our listening music for space reasons, and we don't want to transcode, for quality reasons.
Volunteerism doesn't mean that you have to bend over forwards and backwards for the opposition.
The FSF aren't using force.
Proprietary/closed-source efforts are (indirectly - they use the legal system / legal enforcement to maintain the copyright system).
See it as a small victory (with plenty of caveats).
Sun is already working on the Glow project.
I thought Webdav wasn't so bad?
Well, which do you prioritize? Doom can wait.
Huh? My suggestion would be to update (to a free operating system, which doesn't have that problem).
I don't know about anyone else, but that got an out-loud laugh from me.
Oh, you mean legally! That explains it.
there's too many middlemen