You are of course correct that they aren't, of course, using these chips for iTunes or the iPod. Yet. But if the chips are in the machines, they could start using them for such purposes at any time.
In which case my point will no longer hold. But, currently, Apple's DRM scheme isn't nearly as bad what the orignal parent was talking about.
Not one that relies on draconian hardware chips that prevent you from having control over your computer. So while the parent wasn't perhaps as thorough in his explanation, he still had a point.
So the IRS's budget would get reduced, leaving them fewer resources to do their job (of which the scope won't change), so the situation gets worse... I don't see that fining the IRS would do any good.
I would expect both the Dems and our new Neo-con overlords to do exactly the opposite: problem with IRS security? Throw them more money.
That post gets copied and pasted all over the place; especially controversial issues. I've seen it a lot in articles with a lot of MS bashing in the comments.
His request is very reasonable - everyone is benefitting, and those who are in a position to give a little back should do so.
RMS would agree...which is why the GPL mandates making changes public.
For all that BSD'ers criticize the GPL for not being 'truly free,' it is of particular interest to everyone to note Theo de Raadt's irritation concerning having his code used for commercial ventures without contributing the changes back.
It's like..um..dude.....the whole GPL vs. BSD license debate.
The marketdroids want to see success oozing from the vendor, not an air of dishevelment.
They're also trying to figure out if you're going to be around 5 years from now, when they need help. A suit goes a long way to instill confidence in that.
It's not just about the product you sell. It's about whether or not the customer/client's posterior is covered.
Your comment just reminded me that if we did get a regionalized Internet, there would be half as many Gentoo zealots throwing plugs in unrelated topics.
Microsoft's bundling is all about promoting the one protocol or format that the bundled app supports.
Interesting that Office is not bundled with Windows.
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It's called heavy handed regulation.
I have another one: it's called an educated consumer base. If we don't educate consumers, then they (being the majority) won't give a rip about whether or not MS is screwing Linux over. In which case, such regulation could not be acheived through popular consensus.
A lot of people out there get sold on the "corporations are evil, hence we need lots of regulation" mantra, and to me it's just silly. Consumers can fight evil just as effectively as the government which represents those consumers. And if the people all decided that MS screwing over Linux was wrong, they'd sure as hell wouldn't need the government to put an end to it. They could simply stop buying MS products to begin with.
Liberal economic policy tends to divide the populace into the 5% of people smart enough to decide what's best for the other 95%. Which is exactly what I hate about neocons as well, only for them it's richeousness, not intelligence. Arrogance hiding inside a shroud of "do-gooderness."
In America, you have the freedom to create contracts that are both legally binding and not in someone else's best interest. The only thing protecting you from getting screwed is not doing the research yourself.
With the freedom of not having a government telling you what does and does not constitute "fair" comes the responsibility of figuring that out for yourself.
Only, here in America, no one seems to care about much of anything anymore, so corporations walk all over us. If we were smart enough to elect a government that prevented this from happening, then I have to believe that we'd be smart enough to simply prevent it ourselves, through our purchasing decisions.
If it allowed them to offer lower prices to their customers, more power to them.
"Allow" isn't the right word in this instance, because MS just took out those features they had already spent the money developing.
Though you could argue that they used the money the expected to make off of Pro to develop them, I would still disagree since many of the features they "disabled" cost them nothing to make. For instance, Home can only connect to a network through DHCP. The ability to join static networks was taken out.
So you're one of those web developers who has helped make that dim vision of a web where every website is just a container for a massive Flash mess a reality. Please, stop doing this. I don't have Flash. I never will. I want to look at your website, but I guess I nevel will do that, either.
I used to live in China, and shipping CDs to and from was impossible as customs agents would confiscate them. I was living in Guangdong province at the time.
The only problem I see is running a clock high enough in an fpga to capture all that data. I mean, I don't know what HD-DVD resolutions will be, but even 1600x1200 32-bit pixels would be 61,440,000 bits per pixel per plane. At 24 fps, that's 1,474,560,000 bits per second. That's also at least how fast your clock would have to run at.
I hate MS as much as the lext geek, but I believe that if MS didn't charge for their AV services, people would accuse them of price gauging Norton and McAfee. As it stands, their pricing makes them competitive with at least Norton.
Even if MS were completely committed to securing the Windows codebase, there would still be plenty of security problems to deal with. I don't blame them for charging for this at all.
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You are of course correct that they aren't, of course, using these chips for iTunes or the iPod. Yet. But if the chips are in the machines, they could start using them for such purposes at any time.
In which case my point will no longer hold. But, currently, Apple's DRM scheme isn't nearly as bad what the orignal parent was talking about.
Not one that relies on draconian hardware chips that prevent you from having control over your computer. So while the parent wasn't perhaps as thorough in his explanation, he still had a point.
Only what you need plus a throbbing, aching desire to tell everyone and {his,her} mother about how great you think your distro is.
So the IRS's budget would get reduced, leaving them fewer resources to do their job (of which the scope won't change), so the situation gets worse... I don't see that fining the IRS would do any good.
I would expect both the Dems and our new Neo-con overlords to do exactly the opposite: problem with IRS security? Throw them more money.
His Disney stock could still be in escrow.
In Korea, only old men post comments with content in them.
That post gets copied and pasted all over the place; especially controversial issues. I've seen it a lot in articles with a lot of MS bashing in the comments.
His request is very reasonable - everyone is benefitting, and those who are in a position to give a little back should do so.
RMS would agree...which is why the GPL mandates making changes public.
For all that BSD'ers criticize the GPL for not being 'truly free,' it is of particular interest to everyone to note Theo de Raadt's irritation concerning having his code used for commercial ventures without contributing the changes back.
It's like..um..dude.....the whole GPL vs. BSD license debate.
The marketdroids want to see success oozing from the vendor, not an air of dishevelment.
They're also trying to figure out if you're going to be around 5 years from now, when they need help. A suit goes a long way to instill confidence in that.
It's not just about the product you sell. It's about whether or not the customer/client's posterior is covered.
I recant my opposition, then.
A lot of software for Free OS'es violates software patents and other inane IP law here in the states, so it needs to be hosted outside our borders.
Regionalize the Internet, and I can't play DVDs in Linux anymore.
Microsoft's bundling is all about promoting the one protocol or format that the bundled app supports.
Interesting that Office is not bundled with Windows.
It's called heavy handed regulation.
I have another one: it's called an educated consumer base. If we don't educate consumers, then they (being the majority) won't give a rip about whether or not MS is screwing Linux over. In which case, such regulation could not be acheived through popular consensus.
A lot of people out there get sold on the "corporations are evil, hence we need lots of regulation" mantra, and to me it's just silly. Consumers can fight evil just as effectively as the government which represents those consumers. And if the people all decided that MS screwing over Linux was wrong, they'd sure as hell wouldn't need the government to put an end to it. They could simply stop buying MS products to begin with.
Liberal economic policy tends to divide the populace into the 5% of people smart enough to decide what's best for the other 95%. Which is exactly what I hate about neocons as well, only for them it's richeousness, not intelligence. Arrogance hiding inside a shroud of "do-gooderness."
It's 4am, and I can't reach my word processor, now what?
Time to get a life?
With the freedom of not having a government telling you what does and does not constitute "fair" comes the responsibility of figuring that out for yourself.
Only, here in America, no one seems to care about much of anything anymore, so corporations walk all over us. If we were smart enough to elect a government that prevented this from happening, then I have to believe that we'd be smart enough to simply prevent it ourselves, through our purchasing decisions.
But that would have just been sickening./p?
And your mistake was in trusting the General's daughter.
That is all.
If it allowed them to offer lower prices to their customers, more power to them.
"Allow" isn't the right word in this instance, because MS just took out those features they had already spent the money developing.
Though you could argue that they used the money the expected to make off of Pro to develop them, I would still disagree since many of the features they "disabled" cost them nothing to make. For instance, Home can only connect to a network through DHCP. The ability to join static networks was taken out.
So you're one of those web developers who has helped make that dim vision of a web where every website is just a container for a massive Flash mess a reality. Please, stop doing this. I don't have Flash. I never will. I want to look at your website, but I guess I nevel will do that, either.
If pr0n were a convincing enough argument for my grandma, I would seriously want to shoot myself.
I used to live in China, and shipping CDs to and from was impossible as customs agents would confiscate them. I was living in Guangdong province at the time.
Shipping CDs in and out of China is almost impossible, as they confiscate them pretty much without even looking to see what it is.
The only problem I see is running a clock high enough in an fpga to capture all that data. I mean, I don't know what HD-DVD resolutions will be, but even 1600x1200 32-bit pixels would be 61,440,000 bits per pixel per plane. At 24 fps, that's 1,474,560,000 bits per second. That's also at least how fast your clock would have to run at.
Even if MS were completely committed to securing the Windows codebase, there would still be plenty of security problems to deal with. I don't blame them for charging for this at all.