Umm.. don't you mean the cup-of-tea just got a little
hotter? Either that or it just got a little bit bigger, but it still feels like it's at medium size.
No - it's gotten bigger, but not hotter - it's changed in one way, but in other ways it's the same old, same old.
Personally I want an operating system that just works so that I don't need the source code.
That's why I wrote "To each her own". I guess I'd always want the source code, no matter how well the operating system "just works" - to improve further upon, if nothing else. In fact, often I wish I was using something like a Lisp Machine, or BRiX - something based on functions rather than "applications" or "software products".
Except that they haven't compensated the creators of that OS.
Maybe they're unable to do so to the extent that (i.e.) Microsoft wants.
Isn't it morally contradictory to say that someone is entitled to the fruits of another's labors, yet they are not entitled to compensation in return?
There's no contradiction unless you (as you seem to do) rely on certain axioms regarding trade and fairness.
As a thought experiment, imagine that you thought that "From each according to ability, to each according to need" was a good idea. In that scenario, it makes perfect sense for people to use Microsoft Windows without paying.
Just don't try to spin the unauthorized use of another's intellectual property as "empowerment".
Again, your axioms and ideals shine through very clearly.
As you probably know, what's commonly called "Intellectual Property" is a social construction designed to facilitate compensation in a way resembling trade of physical things. A traditionalist approach (if by "traditionalist" one means a North American, post-Lockean perspective).
I'm not a proprietarian, and I tend to judge what's so often lumped together as "Intellectual Property" on a case-by-case basis.
GNU/Linux is still empowering these people to do something they couldn't do otherwise - use their computer without paying for an operating system. That's great!
Personally, I want source code and other niceties, so I'm sticking with Debian for now. But to each her own.
Anyone storing xxx.jpg in the same directory with XXX.jpg needs to be shot.
Or, instead of having to go to the lengths of the death penalty, how about having a file system that's case insensitive except in the rare cases of ambiguity.
must host every song ever, available for immediate speedy download in more than a few different formats/bitrates
Why is "hosting every song ever" a requirement for you to by music from them? After all, you're not buying their entire catalog, just the stuff you want.
...sells unencumbered oggs and mp3:s, both around 192 kbps, your choice to download both or either. (I usually just go for the vorbis.)
I hate plugging stuff but it's a really small company, they don't seem to do much advertising, and, first and foremost, noone seems to have heard of them, and they deserve better than that. They've been great to me and they have stuff that's often hard to find on p2p.
IMHO, his Doom Patrol run is his best work. I didn't like his (albeit great) Animal Man run as much as I liked Milligan's or Delano's, but his Doom Patrol run rivals my other favourite comic (Milligan's Shade the Changing Man v2) and might even be number one. I'm also fond of the second and third volume of The Invisibles.
She's also in John Byrne's (currently ongoing) revival of that series. I recommend readers to skip that and go directly to Grant Morrison's run from around fifteen years ago.
"It's not exactly the book I wrote then. It's not exactly the book I'd write now. It's a joint effort but, heh heh, I don't have to give him [Pratchett's younger self] half the royalties. He'd only waste them."
Terry Pratchett on his revisions to The Carpet People.
I've been thinking about that... The prequel trilogy seems to be more extreme than the original. Will it really work to watch them in the supposed chronological order? (Of course, the movies will go from worse to better, that's one advantage...)
People always hate the big guy until they get a chance to be a part.
No shit!
Both in the case of Microsoft, and US foreign policy, the "big guy" actually hurts others, and that's where the hatred comes from. If you join the big guy, you won't get hurt anymore, so of course some people will do it.
Are you saying companies shouldn't be applauded for using standards?
The more openness, the more applause, of course.
But Apple is very much looking out for themselves first and foremost, and they still have a very long way to go before I give them a full-on standing ovation.
It's still vendor lock-in. It's still proprietary programs (Safari is closed, WebCore isn't).
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No - it's gotten bigger, but not hotter - it's changed in one way, but in other ways it's the same old, same old.
That's why I wrote "To each her own". I guess I'd always want the source code, no matter how well the operating system "just works" - to improve further upon, if nothing else. In fact, often I wish I was using something like a Lisp Machine, or BRiX - something based on functions rather than "applications" or "software products".
Maybe they're unable to do so to the extent that (i.e.) Microsoft wants.
There's no contradiction unless you (as you seem to do) rely on certain axioms regarding trade and fairness.
As a thought experiment, imagine that you thought that "From each according to ability, to each according to need" was a good idea. In that scenario, it makes perfect sense for people to use Microsoft Windows without paying.
Again, your axioms and ideals shine through very clearly.
As you probably know, what's commonly called "Intellectual Property" is a social construction designed to facilitate compensation in a way resembling trade of physical things. A traditionalist approach (if by "traditionalist" one means a North American, post-Lockean perspective).
I'm not a proprietarian, and I tend to judge what's so often lumped together as "Intellectual Property" on a case-by-case basis.
GNU/Linux is still empowering these people to do something they couldn't do otherwise - use their computer without paying for an operating system. That's great!
Personally, I want source code and other niceties, so I'm sticking with Debian for now. But to each her own.
Censoring the Internet is like censoring the telephone system.
Both are information tools, use them with care.
Or, instead of having to go to the lengths of the death penalty, how about having a file system that's case insensitive except in the rare cases of ambiguity.
Why is "hosting every song ever" a requirement for you to by music from them? After all, you're not buying their entire catalog, just the stuff you want.
...sells unencumbered oggs and mp3:s, both around 192 kbps, your choice to download both or either. (I usually just go for the vorbis.)
I hate plugging stuff but it's a really small company, they don't seem to do much advertising, and, first and foremost, noone seems to have heard of them, and they deserve better than that. They've been great to me and they have stuff that's often hard to find on p2p.
You can contact them about it. Sure, the chance that they'll change is slight, but it's there.
It's using the tubes in a digital way.
IMHO, his Doom Patrol run is his best work. I didn't like his (albeit great) Animal Man run as much as I liked Milligan's or Delano's, but his Doom Patrol run rivals my other favourite comic (Milligan's Shade the Changing Man v2) and might even be number one. I'm also fond of the second and third volume of The Invisibles.
Thanks for the TPB tip, very much appreciated.
The thread was about which tape was best for all three of those purposes - flexibility as well as durability.
I'd rather have just one sliderule (an RPN sliderule, of course!) if I can rely on a good tape.
(Has there ever been a thread on
She's also in John Byrne's (currently ongoing) revival of that series. I recommend readers to skip that and go directly to Grant Morrison's run from around fifteen years ago.
The old silver age stuff is nice, too.
Not unless the game developers provide recompiles for all platforms. The only programs that are truly "platform independent" come with source code.
How about an anarchist article in Linux Gazette using toll roads as a metaphor for proprietary software?
"It's not exactly the book I wrote then. It's not exactly the book I'd write now. It's a joint effort but, heh heh, I don't have to give him [Pratchett's younger self] half the royalties. He'd only waste them."
Terry Pratchett on his revisions to The Carpet People.
Like with Japanese, when Yoda speak somebody is using, the verb always last comes. Random it is not.
I've been thinking about that...
The prequel trilogy seems to be more extreme than the original. Will it really work to watch them in the supposed chronological order? (Of course, the movies will go from worse to better, that's one advantage...)
IE has this bug, too.
Personally, I prefer to know where my news comes from; I read subjective news from many different points of view.
I've never seen a truly "NPOV" newscast in my life. So why pretend?
I think it's great that the distribution focuses on only one DE.
No shit!
Both in the case of Microsoft, and US foreign policy, the "big guy" actually hurts others, and that's where the hatred comes from. If you join the big guy, you won't get hurt anymore, so of course some people will do it.
The more openness, the more applause, of course.
But Apple is very much looking out for themselves first and foremost, and they still have a very long way to go before I give them a full-on standing ovation.
It's still vendor lock-in. It's still proprietary programs (Safari is closed, WebCore isn't).
Why should I have to write a better iCal? Had it been free, I could've "stood on it's shoulders". Apple Mail is also a program I'd want a better free version of.
Well, duh, but is Jabber really the best for that? How about, for example, BEEP?