...doesn't it bother people when the 'lin' in Linux syllable replaces the 'win' syllable in Windows? Linmodems, LindowsOS...it makes it sound like cheap imitation cereal with crappy names like "Honey Buzzles" instead of "Honey Combs" and "Nutty Nuggets," etc.
Of course, Hilary says that the RIAA wouldn't abuse this capability. Luckily, some of the lawmakers are dubious.
[The boss from Office Space] Umm, yeahhhh. Good job guys, now If we could just get you to stop sponsoring DRM chips and bills that allow broad interpretation of "illegal" activity that infringe on fair use, that'd be great, yeah.
Warm and fuzzy feeling aside, how do we convince companies to use this? Is it at all possible? Are there any success stories (I know it's new and all)?
The answer is simple: due to the network effect, the more users you have, the greater your strength in the marketplace. And it doesn't matter if their Windows is pirated or not
I disagree with this article--Microsoft already got it's massive marketshare for PC's in China, and then tried to crackdown on piracy because it already had hundreds of millions of users there. It's not like Windows is just now entering the country. The 'network effect' worked its magic years ago...
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Don't use a lot of graphics. They take time and cost money to download, and they're not cached so they have to be downloaded again and again. If you do need to use graphics, make them as small and lightweight as possible.
I sure wish people would do this for normal websites:) This is another good reason why honestly all websites should have a text-only version (on top of links).
Exactly--no one seems to realize its the pronunciation that's a problem--I can't physically say "guh new slash linux" out loud without stumbling over myself. There's also another cool thing here--when the Hurd is ready for widespread use, we "get" to drop the "linux" and simplify the name. Everything will be all simpler when the core OS is all GNU (is the implication)...
Perhaps they're doing what they claim Linus is doing--wanting to propogate their software.
Single sign on is coming people, and when it arrives not only will 95% of the computer using population be more secure because of it, but computers will be dramatically easier to use as well.
I've read the liberty specs in more detail than most of the people here on slashdot I'd bet, as I'm working on a server that contains an (open source) implementation of them. No, it's not released yet, perhaps in a few months. But believe me, the LA specs are not scary, they will not force you to tell the government what your favourite colour is, they will not take your first born child. They will make your life easier.
I totally agree with you--the Liberty Alliance from what I gathered is basing it's platform on being free and open for everyone. I haven't read the specs as you have, but I've read more from the page than perhaps most here.
There's way too much FUD being spread around here for my tastes.;)
I really hope it will work with linux. If it does we will have a free ride onto passport-only sites.
I really hope it doesn't myself, I understand why others might have the need. Well, I went over to the Liberty Alliance, and though the website looks rather 'corporate' and polished, it says in big bold on the front (my bolding):
The mission of the liberty alliance project is to establish an open standard of federated network identity through open technical specifications...
Since it's all open, a linux client would be easily implemented, and if us OSS users would choose LA's solution, it could put a small dent in Microsoft's network identity marketshare.
The federated network identity is simply corporate jargon for the obvious (from their website's FAQ):
On a very basic level, federated network identity means consumers and businesses can allow separate entities to manage different sets of identity information.
...who drew back in fear at the sight of this article. There is hope;)
Mac OS X is becoming, whether by design or by accident, a Digital Rights Management operating system where the rights in question are the user's rights--and they are expansive. Apple's Digital Hub concept continues to take shape in the OS, the add-on applications and third-party products such as EyeTV, typically enhancing the user's ability to do what he or she wants.
This makes me very pleased--if anyone finds real evidence that this is merely a pr move and that Macs will take a turn for the worse, by all means let me know a bit later on from now--I want a few hours to enjoy my bliss.
Richard Simmons, popular television motivational speaker for the obese (and a rampant homosexual), miraculously gave birth to triplets last Thursday. Authorities are still coming to consensus as to the biological classification of the "lil' rascals," as Simmons calls them, but they have agreed definitively that they are not human. "The babies have large amounts of hair both on their heads and on their chests, and yet their testosterone level is actually near zero," said one doctor, present at the birth, who declined to disclose his name. "This, among other things, does not support any traits of humans."
"It's about time my New Year's Resolution came true," said the 54 year old. "Is it too much to ask to have a few bundles of sunshine of my own?" As he said this, he picked up infant Rupert, the first of the babies who left the alleged "birth canal," and began to sing "You Are my Sunshine" softly.
Not all are pleased about this, however. Many in the nearby community have expressed outrage at the newest three members of the community. "I don't want my newborn going to school with them 5 years from now. Either they move, or I do," said a local resident. Others fear the sudden emergence of yet three more to bear the Simmons name. "That guy was pregnant? Christ, we already have like four Baldwins, and we know how bad that is. Well, this will definately be worse," said another in outrage.
Though a controversial topic with much uncertainty and doubt with respect to the outcome, the fact that this was indeed a conception without sexual contact is universally accepted.
Yeah we've begun to lean towards the side of the copyright holder too much--I like to write and record my own music. If someone wanted to change that in any way and resell it (providing my cut of profit isn't damaged too badly) I say let them. Too many artists take themselves too seriously, and not only are we buying into it, but so are the big companies.
I'm not trying to make a huge broad claim here or anything--just noting that there are negative impacts from the view of creators selling a hugely limited and controlled access to content, rather than selling the content itself and explicitly disallowing only fairly narrow acts that threaten profit and such.
In addition, the Department is very much aware of the concerns expressed by individual Internet stakeholders that ICANN is not always responsive to inquiries regarding DNS management issues. Although not specifically referenced in the MOU, the Department hopes that ICANN will develop processes and set aside appropriate resources to ensure it promptly responds to constituent inquiries. The Department hopes ICANN will include in its quarterly status reports details on how the organization implements processes and mechanisms to ensure responsiveness to such inquiries.
I for one do not share the DOC's enthusiasm. ICANN has consistently not done the Right Thing (TM) as a business--which is the entire cause of the dilemna. I also don't like how the DOC is shaping it's position based on what it hopes will happen, instead of what has happened. I wish Microsoft wouldn't do a lot of things, and hope they'd start doing others, but that doesn't change my negative opinion of them (sorry for yet another "M$" reference, but it seemed applicable).
I hate being wordy but it's become necessary here as people like to think they've somehow "defeated" you by prying open minute details and vague contingencies istead of, well, discussing.:)
I have seen that commercial too. These commercials are funded by the Chamber of Commerce, and are airing in about 7 states. Perhaps the big businesses that make up the CoC are afraid of further goverment infringement on their rights (which would come after the loss of ours), whatever those may be. The point I'm making is that because the government is so diverse, it's not ironic that one entity is in disagreement with the other. It is somewhat comforting that the big guns that make up the CoC are on "our side," so to speak.
MS has a monopoly. McDonalds does not. Therefore, the same does NOT apply to MS.
You are using faulty logic.
This is a hypothetical situation. The situation can be proven wrong if and only if the conclusion can not be derived from the accepted premises. You cannot disprove the conclusion because the premises aren't true--the premises are never true by the very nature and definition of what a hypothetical is--a rhetorical journey on a particular train of thought.
Hypotheticals are designed to put something in a different perspective and explain via analogy. They are not proofs, and cannot therefore conclude anything, but they can get you to see something from a different light. Therefore, if I were going to make a valid claim in critiquing the parent, I would say that everyone already understands that perspective allready, and it is merely preaching to the choir, so to speak.
The downside? It is currently only going to available in a P4 chipset that Intel has not authorized."
Keyword: currently. I'm sure the technology will be available soon for plenty of other motherboards. I don't consider this much of a downside (feel free to set me straight if I'm wrong).
...that Apple is starting to use the OSS major.minor.teeny versioning system--looks like they really are making every effort to also appeal to hackers.
I would expect a lot of posts basically saying "patents are (or have become) for rich corporations to hoard their cash and take out the little guy. Here's my.02 cents:
If the lawyers are charging that much, do some research on your own and figure out how to do it yourself. Here are some quick links as starting points I found from google (I could wonder why the author didn't do this first, but oh well):
You're on your own here, but a google search also returns some commercial websites that automate the process for you. The sponsored ad that came up in google seems reasonable. Another sponser ad was a book, which details how to apply for patents yourself (the reviews seem nice, but they always are).
Those of us on/. who know better can put together a nice system with yesterday's parts, but I think the average user still equates processor speed to overall performane. Even when Joe claims to consider RAM, he seldom considers the speed of that RAM, and never the FSB or the hdd speed.
Intel marketed it's processors on the basis of the clock speed. While the 2.8 Ghz did have a 533 Mhz FSB, for the most part, the common joe-driven PC market has grown up thinking that CPU speed makes the biggest difference.
I think perhaps people have just gotten tired of buying new computers--it's just not the next 'big' thing like it has been for the last 10 years.
The RIAA, Microsoft, and others have done a really good job of portraying the big guns as getting the short end of the stick. The judges, legislators, etc. have adopted a view that end-users are screwing them over (mainly vis-a-vis piracy). With that frame of mind, things like authorizing corporations to crack into people's internet connections and boxes are making sense to them. These licenses seem even more plausible than that, since acceptance of the EULA is optional. We need to both educate our representatives or elect new ones that will realize that certain agreements are completely bogus, draconian, constitute usery, and therefore are illegal. Any contract that steps beyond the bounds of a compensative or mutual agreement and enters the realm of gaining control is illegal--Hollings (sp) knows this, the judges all know this, and we all know this--it's time we made them think about the digital age in the same way.
Michael often makes statements that are wildly speculative or unsupportable.
Well, to be fair, I'd have to say that the statements are unsupported, but that's only because they're made to spark discussion, and not to prove a point of his. Plus there's just not enough room. At any rate sometimes the statements are so "wildly speculative" that they cannot possibly spur an intelligent discussion.
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Can someone please clue me into how the GPL has been violated? The link in the article doesn't say any details.
I doubt that the result of this will be any license conversion on Epson's part. This type of situation could potentially illustrate conflicts between "Free" and "Open Source" software since a less restrictive license could have allowed this Linux product to remain as it was (and therefore a host of others in the same situation)--the more of these pieces of software that cannot enter an essentially OSS platform the less attractive OSS and FSF look. On second thought, maybe a more in-depth analysis of the violation is needed here.
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...doesn't it bother people when the 'lin' in Linux syllable replaces the 'win' syllable in Windows? Linmodems, LindowsOS...it makes it sound like cheap imitation cereal with crappy names like "Honey Buzzles" instead of "Honey Combs" and "Nutty Nuggets," etc.
Anyone else get annoyed by this?
[The boss from Office Space] Umm, yeahhhh. Good job guys, now If we could just get you to stop sponsoring DRM chips and bills that allow broad interpretation of "illegal" activity that infringe on fair use, that'd be great, yeah.
Warm and fuzzy feeling aside, how do we convince companies to use this? Is it at all possible? Are there any success stories (I know it's new and all)?
I disagree with this article--Microsoft already got it's massive marketshare for PC's in China, and then tried to crackdown on piracy because it already had hundreds of millions of users there. It's not like Windows is just now entering the country. The 'network effect' worked its magic years ago...
Xiph.org is coming up with a video codec entirely on their own called Ogg Tarkin, and it will have been made entirely from scratch.
Moderators: I'm making a joke about the parent's .sig--of course I'm offtopic :)
From your sig:
The words of the prophets are written on the Slashdot walls...
[appending] Like bathroom stalls...
I was but a troll on slashdot
"Trolls," said I "you do not know"
Flaming like a cancer grows.
I turned my browser to the ar-ti-cle,
I read the news-it wasn't hard at all.
And I came back with my knowledge and wrote a well thought out post,
But my karma's toast,
It was lost in the thresholds of slashdot.
I sure wish people would do this for normal websites :) This is another good reason why honestly all websites should have a text-only version (on top of links).
Exactly--no one seems to realize its the pronunciation that's a problem--I can't physically say "guh new slash linux" out loud without stumbling over myself. There's also another cool thing here--when the Hurd is ready for widespread use, we "get" to drop the "linux" and simplify the name. Everything will be all simpler when the core OS is all GNU (is the implication)... Perhaps they're doing what they claim Linus is doing--wanting to propogate their software.
I totally agree with you--the Liberty Alliance from what I gathered is basing it's platform on being free and open for everyone. I haven't read the specs as you have, but I've read more from the page than perhaps most here.
There's way too much FUD being spread around here for my tastes. ;)
I really hope it doesn't myself, I understand why others might have the need. Well, I went over to the Liberty Alliance, and though the website looks rather 'corporate' and polished, it says in big bold on the front (my bolding):
Since it's all open, a linux client would be easily implemented, and if us OSS users would choose LA's solution, it could put a small dent in Microsoft's network identity marketshare.
The federated network identity is simply corporate jargon for the obvious (from their website's FAQ):
This makes me very pleased--if anyone finds real evidence that this is merely a pr move and that Macs will take a turn for the worse, by all means let me know a bit later on from now--I want a few hours to enjoy my bliss.
Richard Simmons, popular television motivational speaker for the obese (and a rampant homosexual), miraculously gave birth to triplets last Thursday. Authorities are still coming to consensus as to the biological classification of the "lil' rascals," as Simmons calls them, but they have agreed definitively that they are not human. "The babies have large amounts of hair both on their heads and on their chests, and yet their testosterone level is actually near zero," said one doctor, present at the birth, who declined to disclose his name. "This, among other things, does not support any traits of humans."
"It's about time my New Year's Resolution came true," said the 54 year old. "Is it too much to ask to have a few bundles of sunshine of my own?" As he said this, he picked up infant Rupert, the first of the babies who left the alleged "birth canal," and began to sing "You Are my Sunshine" softly.
Not all are pleased about this, however. Many in the nearby community have expressed outrage at the newest three members of the community. "I don't want my newborn going to school with them 5 years from now. Either they move, or I do," said a local resident. Others fear the sudden emergence of yet three more to bear the Simmons name. "That guy was pregnant? Christ, we already have like four Baldwins, and we know how bad that is. Well, this will definately be worse," said another in outrage.
Though a controversial topic with much uncertainty and doubt with respect to the outcome, the fact that this was indeed a conception without sexual contact is universally accepted.
Yeah we've begun to lean towards the side of the copyright holder too much--I like to write and record my own music. If someone wanted to change that in any way and resell it (providing my cut of profit isn't damaged too badly) I say let them. Too many artists take themselves too seriously, and not only are we buying into it, but so are the big companies. I'm not trying to make a huge broad claim here or anything--just noting that there are negative impacts from the view of creators selling a hugely limited and controlled access to content, rather than selling the content itself and explicitly disallowing only fairly narrow acts that threaten profit and such.
I for one do not share the DOC's enthusiasm. ICANN has consistently not done the Right Thing (TM) as a business--which is the entire cause of the dilemna. I also don't like how the DOC is shaping it's position based on what it hopes will happen, instead of what has happened. I wish Microsoft wouldn't do a lot of things, and hope they'd start doing others, but that doesn't change my negative opinion of them (sorry for yet another "M$" reference, but it seemed applicable).
I hate being wordy but it's become necessary here as people like to think they've somehow "defeated" you by prying open minute details and vague contingencies istead of, well, discussing. :)
The Chamber of Commerce funded the commercials that criticize the Patriot Act and ask Americans to protect their liberties more diligently.
I have seen that commercial too. These commercials are funded by the Chamber of Commerce, and are airing in about 7 states. Perhaps the big businesses that make up the CoC are afraid of further goverment infringement on their rights (which would come after the loss of ours), whatever those may be. The point I'm making is that because the government is so diverse, it's not ironic that one entity is in disagreement with the other. It is somewhat comforting that the big guns that make up the CoC are on "our side," so to speak.
You are using faulty logic.
This is a hypothetical situation. The situation can be proven wrong if and only if the conclusion can not be derived from the accepted premises. You cannot disprove the conclusion because the premises aren't true--the premises are never true by the very nature and definition of what a hypothetical is--a rhetorical journey on a particular train of thought.
Hypotheticals are designed to put something in a different perspective and explain via analogy. They are not proofs, and cannot therefore conclude anything, but they can get you to see something from a different light. Therefore, if I were going to make a valid claim in critiquing the parent, I would say that everyone already understands that perspective allready, and it is merely preaching to the choir, so to speak.
The downside? It is currently only going to available in a P4 chipset that Intel has not authorized."
Keyword: currently. I'm sure the technology will be available soon for plenty of other motherboards. I don't consider this much of a downside (feel free to set me straight if I'm wrong).
...that Apple is starting to use the OSS major.minor.teeny versioning system--looks like they really are making every effort to also appeal to hackers.
I would expect a lot of posts basically saying "patents are (or have become) for rich corporations to hoard their cash and take out the little guy. Here's my .02 cents:
If the lawyers are charging that much, do some research on your own and figure out how to do it yourself. Here are some quick links as starting points I found from google (I could wonder why the author didn't do this first, but oh well):
The US patent office homepage.
The patent grant and patent application.
The patent database. Your 200$/hr lawyer would probably look here.
You're on your own here, but a google search also returns some commercial websites that automate the process for you. The sponsored ad that came up in google seems reasonable. Another sponser ad was a book, which details how to apply for patents yourself (the reviews seem nice, but they always are).
Those of us on /. who know better can put together a nice system with yesterday's parts, but I think the average user still equates processor speed to overall performane. Even when Joe claims to consider RAM, he seldom considers the speed of that RAM, and never the FSB or the hdd speed.
Intel marketed it's processors on the basis of the clock speed. While the 2.8 Ghz did have a 533 Mhz FSB, for the most part, the common joe-driven PC market has grown up thinking that CPU speed makes the biggest difference.
I think perhaps people have just gotten tired of buying new computers--it's just not the next 'big' thing like it has been for the last 10 years.
The RIAA, Microsoft, and others have done a really good job of portraying the big guns as getting the short end of the stick. The judges, legislators, etc. have adopted a view that end-users are screwing them over (mainly vis-a-vis piracy). With that frame of mind, things like authorizing corporations to crack into people's internet connections and boxes are making sense to them. These licenses seem even more plausible than that, since acceptance of the EULA is optional. We need to both educate our representatives or elect new ones that will realize that certain agreements are completely bogus, draconian, constitute usery, and therefore are illegal. Any contract that steps beyond the bounds of a compensative or mutual agreement and enters the realm of gaining control is illegal--Hollings (sp) knows this, the judges all know this, and we all know this--it's time we made them think about the digital age in the same way.
Well, to be fair, I'd have to say that the statements are unsupported, but that's only because they're made to spark discussion, and not to prove a point of his. Plus there's just not enough room. At any rate sometimes the statements are so "wildly speculative" that they cannot possibly spur an intelligent discussion.
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Can someone please clue me into how the GPL has been violated? The link in the article doesn't say any details.
I doubt that the result of this will be any license conversion on Epson's part. This type of situation could potentially illustrate conflicts between "Free" and "Open Source" software since a less restrictive license could have allowed this Linux product to remain as it was (and therefore a host of others in the same situation)--the more of these pieces of software that cannot enter an essentially OSS platform the less attractive OSS and FSF look. On second thought, maybe a more in-depth analysis of the violation is needed here.