Funny how everyone that SCO goes after is a group that frustrated Microsoft...
Microsoft is trying to raise a zombie army to attack its opponents so that investors won`t perceive MS as being dishonest.
Don't be surprised if more shell companies either get bought up or formed and have the single goal of attacking Microsoft's "enemies".
And the side bonus is MS being able to say "See? We're not the only ones who think Linux/Google/Whatever is bad!"
Another great bonus is that if any of these entities has to pay for its transgressions by being forced out of business by law or some such, Microsoft can just stand back and laugh that the repriesal didn't touch them.
Although I think the analysis misses a couple of points:
I don't believe the Oracle was "upgrading" Neo every time she gave him something to eat.
Neo would have figured that out because he could "see" the effects the orgasm-cake had on the girl. Same with how he could see Seraph's code.
Neo doesn't need upgrades, he's already got free-will.
That's the reason that the machines NEED humans:
Machines can make choices, yes, because that is built into their programming, but they still don't have free-will, which is something only humans have. The choices the machines make are only the results they have deterministically calculated through their programming.
Free-will on the other hand, you can call it a spark of the divine, or God's gift to us, but it is the thing which transcends programming.
That's why Morpheus said "Everything begins with a choice" at one point. It's also the reason for Smith's insanity.
Being a machine he CAN'T comprehend free-will.
So Smith's choice is oblivion. He wants to destroy everything, humans, machines, the whole earth if he can, just to remove that irritating reminder that he just CAN'T understand free-will.
That's why he's so obsessed with "purpose", because to him causality (programming, really) is the order of the universe, and Neo's free-will is a contradiction which he feels he must eradicate (along with everything else) to set things right.
The Oracle on the other hand recognizes this, and even admits to Neo that he has "surprised her" and "made a believer of her".
So the Oracle realizes that for the machines to evolve, they NEED humans, who have this amazing gift. And I think that she realizes that this evolution should take place in an atmosphere of peace and not war.
That's also why a lot of people drag quantum physics into their analysis of The Matrix:
Observations have led a number of physicists to claim that causality breaks down at the sub-atomic level.
Almost as if God is not only playing dice, but even He has no idea of the outcome of a throw.
Of course, all that rubs a lot of people the wrong way, and a few have even dedicated their life to proving it wrong.
I find it's the most beautiful thing I've ever contemplated:
If there is NO break with causality, then the entire universe is deterministic, and the outcome was a foregone conclusion the instant the big bang happened, which is sad really...
But if there IS something like true choice (or free-will, or indeterminacy) then I have to say that God is one MIGHTY Architect/Engineer to have created the universe in such a way that freedom pervades it like that, and by my (human) rationalization, he must love us very much to let us determine our own destinies instead of being puppets playing back a script.
Although I have to admit that I couldn't really guess what his reasons are, what with my being a mere mortal and all that...
You see, today, most people will take a look at something, and if they don't "get it" right away, they'll dismiss it, usually with a comment like "that's bad" and then proceed to trash it in every public forum they have access to, because that's easier than admitting that they can't see what the artist put into the creation.
So the brothers W come along and make a movie - here I'm quoting them "about the dangers of living an unexamined life"
Predictably, the majority of the public don't understand it and feel threatened by their own shallowness, so they have to jump on it and try to trash it.
To be fair though, if editing destroys a movie, well, you can't become an apologist for the film makers and excuse them, because you DO have to judge the movie on its own.
Thing is, I thought it was great, and I don't feel the editing wrecked it, so here we differ.
It's very easy to defend; the GPL is not usury, so they cannot claim monetary damage or malfeasance when the agreement clearly informs you that you are free to not use the code if you do not agree to the terms.
It's actually the FIRST license I've ever read that tries to be clear BEFORE you open the packaging as to what it's all about.
So there. Firmly grounded in the ideals of freedom that the framers of the constitution put forth, is a totally honest license, and neither SCO, nor Microsoft can claim as much.
Clearly an abuse of the american judicial system, even worse than ENRON for the way they tried to hijack freedom in software, the people behind this ridiculous case shall be accountable and be made to reimburse us all for their collosal waste of judicial resources and the public's time.
It's been said that some day operating systems will be commoditized and that Microsoft knows this, but they aren't quick to step away from a market they make billions from...
So before they retreat from that business-model, we get THIS. An attempt to diry the competition they are afraid of by any means available.
Still, it's ALWAYS bad form to try to raise yourself up by bad-mouthing someone else, isn't it?
And it's ven more sad because it's doomed to blow up in their face...
I just put the variables in the wrong order in the equation:
To me, freedom is the right to do or say anything you want.
Of course, I also believe that your rights end where you start trampling someone else's rights.
What I was trying to get at is that over-regulation of things, as a response to a few who are dishonest is wrong.
It's what is happening all across america right now, isn't it?
Honest citizens are being watched more and more. Honest citizens are being treated as suspects more and more instead of being treated as patriots.
All these things are being done to them, because a few hidden among them are dishonest/dangerous/you-name-it.
But have you noticed? It seems like repressive measures almost NEVER inconvenience those who are not law-abiding.
Only the good folk end up suffering.
So that's why I applaud when attempts to legislate the Internet or free enterprise fail, because it wouldn't have discouraged the people who are ruining things, it would have penalized everyone else.
I may not be a lawyer, but I DO know that any restriction put into place as a pretext to help the small guy is usually just another ruse by someone much more powerful to bend things to his/her advantage and still come off smelling like a rose...
I'm not saying lying is the ultimate expression of freedom, I'm saying having the choice to do anything you want, including lying is what makes us free.
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freeweed... I like the name.
Anyway, do you remember the days when Big Blue was perceived to be the devil and Microsoft was like David in David & Goliath?
I remember when DOS 5 came out and everybody was saying Microsoft cared more about their clients than IBM did.
Seems like the minute ANY little guy gets big, s/he becomes an evil megalomaniac.
I suppose I'm stating the obvious; that open-source is really the ONLY way to keep it fair. More people and governments are realizing it every day.
I wonder what kind of pitfalls (there are sure to be some!) await us on that road?
Funny how everyone that SCO goes after is a group that frustrated Microsoft...
Microsoft is trying to raise a zombie army to attack its opponents so that investors won`t perceive MS as being dishonest.
Don't be surprised if more shell companies either get bought up or formed and have the single goal of attacking Microsoft's "enemies".
And the side bonus is MS being able to say "See? We're not the only ones who think Linux/Google/Whatever is bad!"
Another great bonus is that if any of these entities has to pay for its transgressions by being forced out of business by law or some such, Microsoft can just stand back and laugh that the repriesal didn't touch them.
Informative.
Thanks, Ender.
Although I think the analysis misses a couple of points:
I don't believe the Oracle was "upgrading" Neo every time she gave him something to eat.
Neo would have figured that out because he could "see" the effects the orgasm-cake had on the girl. Same with how he could see Seraph's code.
Neo doesn't need upgrades, he's already got free-will.
That's the reason that the machines NEED humans:
Machines can make choices, yes, because that is built into their programming, but they still don't have free-will, which is something only humans have. The choices the machines make are only the results they have deterministically calculated through their programming.
Free-will on the other hand, you can call it a spark of the divine, or God's gift to us, but it is the thing which transcends programming.
That's why Morpheus said "Everything begins with a choice" at one point. It's also the reason for Smith's insanity.
Being a machine he CAN'T comprehend free-will.
So Smith's choice is oblivion. He wants to destroy everything, humans, machines, the whole earth if he can, just to remove that irritating reminder that he just CAN'T understand free-will.
That's why he's so obsessed with "purpose", because to him causality (programming, really) is the order of the universe, and Neo's free-will is a contradiction which he feels he must eradicate (along with everything else) to set things right.
The Oracle on the other hand recognizes this, and even admits to Neo that he has "surprised her" and "made a believer of her".
So the Oracle realizes that for the machines to evolve, they NEED humans, who have this amazing gift. And I think that she realizes that this evolution should take place in an atmosphere of peace and not war.
That's also why a lot of people drag quantum physics into their analysis of The Matrix:
Observations have led a number of physicists to claim that causality breaks down at the sub-atomic level.
Almost as if God is not only playing dice, but even He has no idea of the outcome of a throw.
Of course, all that rubs a lot of people the wrong way, and a few have even dedicated their life to proving it wrong.
I find it's the most beautiful thing I've ever contemplated:
If there is NO break with causality, then the entire universe is deterministic, and the outcome was a foregone conclusion the instant the big bang happened, which is sad really...
But if there IS something like true choice (or free-will, or indeterminacy) then I have to say that God is one MIGHTY Architect/Engineer to have created the universe in such a way that freedom pervades it like that, and by my (human) rationalization, he must love us very much to let us determine our own destinies instead of being puppets playing back a script.
Although I have to admit that I couldn't really guess what his reasons are, what with my being a mere mortal and all that...
That way, they can continue concentrating and isolating themselves, and we can all develop another system that renders them irrelevant.
Every time you try to close your fist around the population like that, you will lose.
Let's just hope it happens quickly!
There is no hook.
(no spoon either)
You see, today, most people will take a look at something, and if they don't "get it" right away, they'll dismiss it, usually with a comment like "that's bad" and then proceed to trash it in every public forum they have access to, because that's easier than admitting that they can't see what the artist put into the creation.
So the brothers W come along and make a movie - here I'm quoting them "about the dangers of living an unexamined life"
Predictably, the majority of the public don't understand it and feel threatened by their own shallowness, so they have to jump on it and try to trash it.
To be fair though, if editing destroys a movie, well, you can't become an apologist for the film makers and excuse them, because you DO have to judge the movie on its own.
Thing is, I thought it was great, and I don't feel the editing wrecked it, so here we differ.
Did you ever stop to think that The Matrix IS deep, and that perhaps you just didn't understand it?
Political correctness is one of the reasons the USA will self-destruct one of these days.
It's not enough that the government is now treating its own citizens as enemies, but the tortured population actually believes it deserves it.
Wake up america, before it's too late.
Mark this as a troll, it's easier than dealing with the truth.
Well *I* think we're funny.
It's a much better name, you know?
And in the years ahead, we'll all look back fondly on that one when it comes up.
I set my preference to the lowest bandwidth usage I could and now it's just a bit of hyperlinked text, with simple formatting and that's fine.
Quick, essential.
Why complicate the plumbing when it'll only stop up the drain?
Does that count as life if the DNA is doing that?
I think you mean 'virii'
So of course the very first thing virus writers will do is write code that makes your computer look like it should for the routers scanning it.
QED
It's not to troll you, but can't SCO's clients simply run Linux instead?
At least you're taking the virtually unrepresented side of SCO's clients in all this, so good for you.
As part of the penalty, I'm hoping that ALL of SCO's code (minus what they are infringing on from others) will be turned over to the public domain.
That way, their clients will at least be able to hire people to work on it.
Hey! That's the idea of open-source right there, isn't it? You CAN'T be held hostage by any corporation if the code is open. Cool.
How many lawsuits before even ignorant investors see SCO as a risk not worth taking?
Couldn't this precisely be what ends up blowing up in their face?
Income tax was introduced as a short-term solution to help fund WWII, and was supposed to be repealed immediately after.
So you're saying that pre-WWII, there were no roads and schools.
Thanks for clearing that up.
That's just a pretext for yet another massive money-grab from John Q. Public's pocket.
Add another layer of bureaucrats to administer it all and in the end we'll be right back where we started from.
When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and when you're a politician, everything looks like a revenue-stream.
Of course it's easier to mod this as a troll than to write an intelligent rebuttal.
That's a great idea!
You give higher bounties to the fastest whitehat hackers!
I bet it really would clean things up.
Sort of cyber-private-eyes...
Paying hackers to track down scammers and spammers.
They seem to be a lot better at it than law enforcement.
No, this is not a troll...
*sigh* whatever...
It's very easy to defend; the GPL is not usury, so they cannot claim monetary damage or malfeasance when the agreement clearly informs you that you are free to not use the code if you do not agree to the terms.
It's actually the FIRST license I've ever read that tries to be clear BEFORE you open the packaging as to what it's all about.
So there. Firmly grounded in the ideals of freedom that the framers of the constitution put forth, is a totally honest license, and neither SCO, nor Microsoft can claim as much.
Clearly an abuse of the american judicial system, even worse than ENRON for the way they tried to hijack freedom in software, the people behind this ridiculous case shall be accountable and be made to reimburse us all for their collosal waste of judicial resources and the public's time.
Thank you.
It's been said that some day operating systems will be commoditized and that Microsoft knows this, but they aren't quick to step away from a market they make billions from...
So before they retreat from that business-model, we get THIS. An attempt to diry the competition they are afraid of by any means available.
Still, it's ALWAYS bad form to try to raise yourself up by bad-mouthing someone else, isn't it?
And it's ven more sad because it's doomed to blow up in their face...
It would not come as a shock if we found out MS was behind the attempt to add a root exploit to the Linux kernel that happened last week...
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Just what lows are they willing to sink to?
Or am I just paranoid?
Let's see, a corporation that stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to an open-source collective effort...
If I were MS, I know I'd be afraid and might even do something like that....
Has there been any new information on the security breach?
I just put the variables in the wrong order in the equation:
;-)
To me, freedom is the right to do or say anything you want.
Of course, I also believe that your rights end where you start trampling someone else's rights.
What I was trying to get at is that over-regulation of things, as a response to a few who are dishonest is wrong.
It's what is happening all across america right now, isn't it?
Honest citizens are being watched more and more.
Honest citizens are being treated as suspects more and more instead of being treated as patriots.
All these things are being done to them, because a few hidden among them are dishonest/dangerous/you-name-it.
But have you noticed? It seems like repressive measures almost NEVER inconvenience those who are not law-abiding.
Only the good folk end up suffering.
So that's why I applaud when attempts to legislate the Internet or free enterprise fail, because it wouldn't have discouraged the people who are ruining things, it would have penalized everyone else.
I may not be a lawyer, but I DO know that any restriction put into place as a pretext to help the small guy is usually just another ruse by someone much more powerful to bend things to his/her advantage and still come off smelling like a rose...
So to recap:
Lying == bad
Freedom == good
Me != lawyer
Stop trolling.
I'm not saying lying is the ultimate expression of freedom, I'm saying having the choice to do anything you want, including lying is what makes us free.
>>Yep. It's like asking "How can we keep people honest?"
And thank God!
I mean the fact that we can't keep people honest by force is proof that they are free.
If the corporate america has the same problem, then it too is free.
Control is nearly always the wrong way to go.
And even when control works, you can't trust it.
You're still responsible for policing the police.