RMS isn't fighting for software developers-- he's fighting [..] for the users who would get complete rights to use and modify any software that exists.
And that's that. The Free Software movement isn't about "fighting for software developers". Software developers already have enough power in the form of copyright law. If you're looking for someone who is fighting for software developers, go talk to the BSA. They're the RIAA of the software world and if you think the RIAA is underhanded, you aint seen nothin' yet.
Which will result in people fleeing the site as a respectable news source and result in just a big bunch of wankers (like us) frequenting the site and ignoring the advertisements (I use adblock, how about you?) so what's the fuckin' point? Really, this idea that Slashdot "editors" can continue to shirk the responsibilities of their job title will just result in advertisers abandoning the site. Unfortunately it will take time which means a prelonged period where you and I have to put up with them before they are replaced with people who are remotely accurate at attracting real users who actually give a shit about the advertised content - whether that means you or I is another question.
This site already tracks when people press the reply button. That's the trigger that means you're not allowed to change the comment. Preview is an inferior solution.
It's not like you can edit or delete posts.. ya know, like almost every other web forum on the net. It's pretty sad that a news site for "nerds" doesn't even have the simple features that can be found on other non-nerd sites.
So you're horrified, but you agree with me. Ok. Just for the added bit of extremism, I also think that children should be raised seperate from society so that they and their parents may not have an impact upon it. Which basically means that children need to be raised in institutions by childcare professionals. The other alternative is that we solve the freakin' mortality problem already and just stop having children altogether.
anything. It's it great the way we always hear about groundbreaking achievements that "could" be used in future applications, but we never actually hear about the applications? Just once I'd like to see a press release where the scientists say "and it can do this useful function right now which we intend to start a spinoff company to commercialise."
You gotta explain this stuff to the parents. Perferably before they have their kids. Perferably in some sort of compulsory breeding licensing program where you have to undergo a background check and prove you have the financial and emotional means to raise a child.
One option I did not see was the ability to make it so those taking a copy of your objects cannot subsequently turn off the allowed to copy bit. In a world where everything has DRM you need a share and share-alike license more than ever.
Yeah! It's like those new fangled digital radios the kids carry around with them. They don't even know how to go to a call channel and ask if someone is on. The radio does that for them, all they have to do is select the person they want to talk to from a preprogrammed list. When I was a kid you had to learn how to read the power level on your radio and switch to the right frequency to use a repeater. With these new digital radios kids don't have to know anything about their local repeater network, the computer in the handset does it all automatically. I spent years learning morse code and these kids today just type in what they want to say with a keypad.. it's so inefficient too! All this pointless BS is just an excuse to charge access to a radio network. All these unlicensed users are getting ripped off and they don't even know it. They're so disconnected from the skill of using a radio they don't even know they're using one.. the idiots call it a "phone" and they pay through the nose because of it.
Ok, I've played it all day long. I'm still bored out of my god damn mind. What's worse though, I've come to recognise what the future will be like. When we all have access to programmable matter, the world will look like Second Life - a wasteland of absentee land owners dictating what you can and can't do on their land. You'll try to pick something up and the operating system of Earth will intercept your actions and stop you whispering gently into your brain "the owner of this object has not granted you permission to pick it up". To put it in collocial terms, physical objects in the future will have DRM built in. Welcome to the opposite of freedom.
Second Life is a shopping mall with no actual gameplay, but what the hell, I'll give it another go. Maybe I'll actually find someone this time who can show me the 1% of user created content that isn't shit.
The "moderators" don't take any responsibility for the bullshit comments appended by the person who submits the story. That'd be like they were editors or something.
I said it before, I'll say it again, hacking a realtime scheduler into Linux does not a realtime OS make. The hoops you have to jump through to make RTLinux perform means you can't possibly put it on the desktop. Building embedded systems where you get to control the hardware configuration 100% and then touting how lean and mean you've made it is all well and good, but it means nothing for the rest of us using commodity hardware.
since you don't have any constitutional right to tell me what I can and can't say
Sigh. The constitution protects your right to free speech from government interference. As I'm not a part of your government (shit, I'm not even a citizen of your fucked up country) I can tell you to shut the fuck up as much as I like. As such, STFU.
What a complete circle jerk. If they're still arguing about whether or not there is actually a problem without any idea how we can solve it then why the hell do they expect anyone to take them seriously?
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This quote pretty much sums it up:
RMS isn't fighting for software developers-- he's fighting [..] for the users who would get complete rights to use and modify any software that exists.
And that's that. The Free Software movement isn't about "fighting for software developers". Software developers already have enough power in the form of copyright law. If you're looking for someone who is fighting for software developers, go talk to the BSA. They're the RIAA of the software world and if you think the RIAA is underhanded, you aint seen nothin' yet.
Which will result in people fleeing the site as a respectable news source and result in just a big bunch of wankers (like us) frequenting the site and ignoring the advertisements (I use adblock, how about you?) so what's the fuckin' point? Really, this idea that Slashdot "editors" can continue to shirk the responsibilities of their job title will just result in advertisers abandoning the site. Unfortunately it will take time which means a prelonged period where you and I have to put up with them before they are replaced with people who are remotely accurate at attracting real users who actually give a shit about the advertised content - whether that means you or I is another question.
Way to go. Tell the guy who has too much shit to rent storage space so he can aquire even more shit. Good plan.
Put this on your action item list:
THE THINGS YOU OWN
THEY END UP OWNING YOU
Just blow it all up.
This site already tracks when people press the reply button. That's the trigger that means you're not allowed to change the comment. Preview is an inferior solution.
What about before? Baby, meet bathwater.
It's not like you can edit or delete posts.. ya know, like almost every other web forum on the net. It's pretty sad that a news site for "nerds" doesn't even have the simple features that can be found on other non-nerd sites.
So you're horrified, but you agree with me. Ok. Just for the added bit of extremism, I also think that children should be raised seperate from society so that they and their parents may not have an impact upon it. Which basically means that children need to be raised in institutions by childcare professionals. The other alternative is that we solve the freakin' mortality problem already and just stop having children altogether.
Bah.. there's good scientific reasons why physicists can't fight, I'm sure astronomers would be no different.
Bah.. there's good scientific reasons why physicists can't fight, I'm sure astronomers would be no different.
anything. It's it great the way we always hear about groundbreaking achievements that "could" be used in future applications, but we never actually hear about the applications? Just once I'd like to see a press release where the scientists say "and it can do this useful function right now which we intend to start a spinoff company to commercialise."
You gotta explain this stuff to the parents. Perferably before they have their kids. Perferably in some sort of compulsory breeding licensing program where you have to undergo a background check and prove you have the financial and emotional means to raise a child.
I think most parents would prefer that kid was at home killing virtual cops than out in the playground with their kids.
One option I did not see was the ability to make it so those taking a copy of your objects cannot subsequently turn off the allowed to copy bit. In a world where everything has DRM you need a share and share-alike license more than ever.
Yeah! It's like those new fangled digital radios the kids carry around with them. They don't even know how to go to a call channel and ask if someone is on. The radio does that for them, all they have to do is select the person they want to talk to from a preprogrammed list. When I was a kid you had to learn how to read the power level on your radio and switch to the right frequency to use a repeater. With these new digital radios kids don't have to know anything about their local repeater network, the computer in the handset does it all automatically. I spent years learning morse code and these kids today just type in what they want to say with a keypad.. it's so inefficient too! All this pointless BS is just an excuse to charge access to a radio network. All these unlicensed users are getting ripped off and they don't even know it. They're so disconnected from the skill of using a radio they don't even know they're using one.. the idiots call it a "phone" and they pay through the nose because of it.
Ok, I've played it all day long. I'm still bored out of my god damn mind. What's worse though, I've come to recognise what the future will be like. When we all have access to programmable matter, the world will look like Second Life - a wasteland of absentee land owners dictating what you can and can't do on their land. You'll try to pick something up and the operating system of Earth will intercept your actions and stop you whispering gently into your brain "the owner of this object has not granted you permission to pick it up". To put it in collocial terms, physical objects in the future will have DRM built in. Welcome to the opposite of freedom.
Second Life is a shopping mall with no actual gameplay, but what the hell, I'll give it another go. Maybe I'll actually find someone this time who can show me the 1% of user created content that isn't shit.
I think it just shows that you're an ingrateful little shit. The Free Software community could do with less people like you.
The "moderators" don't take any responsibility for the bullshit comments appended by the person who submits the story. That'd be like they were editors or something.
The fact that their probe can undergo damage and continue the mission is impressive all by itself.
I said it before, I'll say it again, hacking a realtime scheduler into Linux does not a realtime OS make. The hoops you have to jump through to make RTLinux perform means you can't possibly put it on the desktop. Building embedded systems where you get to control the hardware configuration 100% and then touting how lean and mean you've made it is all well and good, but it means nothing for the rest of us using commodity hardware.
This is a good thing. It means the mainstream has actually become a tiny bit more intelligent.
Anyway..
Sigh. The constitution protects your right to free speech from government interference. As I'm not a part of your government (shit, I'm not even a citizen of your fucked up country) I can tell you to shut the fuck up as much as I like. As such, STFU.
What a complete circle jerk. If they're still arguing about whether or not there is actually a problem without any idea how we can solve it then why the hell do they expect anyone to take them seriously?