They are not my ideas, they are the very foundation of our country. Try reading them sometime. Don't like the rules here, get the hell out of my country. ( as if you don't agree with the constitution, its not your country and you don't deserve to be here )
( yes. I'm making the assumption that you are an American. If you aren't, then take your socialist ideals and shove them.
They distributed code that is owned by someone else, against their wishes. HOWEVER - the damages are not likely to be very big, because Oracle is still distributing the same code for free.
That sort of argument didn't work well for Kevin Mitnik. He still went to prison.
I do know that criminals almost always want easy money, not conflict -- they want your money, not you.
Sure, not every time, but sometimes they do, and you can go to hell if you think you can dictate what i can and cant do in order to prevent it. You can take chances with your life, its your right. But its my right not to be a victim ( dead or alive ) if i don't want to.
Pointing a gun at a criminal greatly increases your chance of getting shot; the mentally unstable (either natural or drug-assisted) may freak out and shoot. A tip for the inexperienced: If they want your money, give it to them; it's just money, it's not worth your life or health.
If you are to the point of having pointing a gun at someone and not in the process of shooting them, then you are irresponsible.
Odd, i have only had 2 problems with my apple products ( all the way back to the first ][ i bought, new ): 2 failed hard drives ( in 2 different machines ), which is hard to rationally blame on Apple.
I have never had 'strange lockups', 'erasures', etc.. the stuff has 'just worked'.
But yes, the practice of locking people out is annoying.
Remember that we are talking about PHONES here, traditionally a locked down *appliance* for several reasons, not desktop or laptop computers. Just beacuse they are now much more functional doesn't mean the market mentality has changed.
Once they start locking down general purpose computers,then we can talk.
Most consumers don't even have a clue what is being discussed, or care. As long as they can make calls, surf and buy stuff they wont know the difference.
Why should i pay to work? Are they going to fix my PC when it breaks? Upgrade it? Compensate me for depreciation? They going to monitor and control what i do with it?
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No, id like them to be doing actual labor, to help pay back their victims and society for their crime and cost of incarceration
Why are they being allowed to play games in the first place?
Yup, bring back the old days when the actual content was king, not the flash. ( pun 1/2 way intended )
Yay, more crappy commercials to ignore.
Because they can. Its their content, they can have any rule they want attached to it.
They aren't stable enough to rely on here on earth, and are no where near 'hard' enough to be out of our atmosphere's protection.
They are not my ideas, they are the very foundation of our country. Try reading them sometime. Don't like the rules here, get the hell out of my country. ( as if you don't agree with the constitution, its not your country and you don't deserve to be here )
( yes. I'm making the assumption that you are an American. If you aren't, then take your socialist ideals and shove them.
They distributed code that is owned by someone else, against their wishes. HOWEVER - the damages are not likely to be very big, because Oracle is still distributing the same code for free.
That sort of argument didn't work well for Kevin Mitnik. He still went to prison.
I do know that criminals almost always want easy money, not conflict -- they want your money, not you.
Sure, not every time, but sometimes they do, and you can go to hell if you think you can dictate what i can and cant do in order to prevent it. You can take chances with your life, its your right. But its my right not to be a victim ( dead or alive ) if i don't want to.
Pointing a gun at a criminal greatly increases your chance of getting shot; the mentally unstable (either natural or drug-assisted) may freak out and shoot. A tip for the inexperienced: If they want your money, give it to them; it's just money, it's not worth your life or health.
If you are to the point of having pointing a gun at someone and not in the process of shooting them, then you are irresponsible.
And while i realize its not a guarantee in the digital world, it will kill off the concept of 'free speech' for the individual.
Is this technically feasible on a large scale? If so, then does it really matter if we have '2 Internets' for the foreseeable future?
Just take a real small torx, epoxy it to the silly thing then remove it. Afterward replace it with a standard screw.
Odd, i have only had 2 problems with my apple products ( all the way back to the first ][ i bought, new ): 2 failed hard drives ( in 2 different machines ), which is hard to rationally blame on Apple.
I have never had 'strange lockups', 'erasures', etc.. the stuff has 'just worked'.
But yes, the practice of locking people out is annoying.
I doubt this is even legal, unless they offered the screwdrivers for sale.
I'm rich enough now and don't feel like working.
Is no standard at all, and will just be a mess. "ya, we are HTML compliant", which will become meaningless.
Remember that we are talking about PHONES here, traditionally a locked down *appliance* for several reasons, not desktop or laptop computers. Just beacuse they are now much more functional doesn't mean the market mentality has changed.
Once they start locking down general purpose computers,then we can talk.
Most consumers don't even have a clue what is being discussed, or care. As long as they can make calls, surf and buy stuff they wont know the difference.
Since when is that piracy? That's fair use.
So they can remain relevant?
In geek circles I feel like a suspected plague carrier because I carry a windows laptop instead of running ubuntu or carrying an apple.
So YOU are that guy..
Transfers the cost to the taxpayers, and makes fishing expeditions pretty painless, and zero risk, for the companies doing it.
Following HIPAA regulations is different then a simple violation of an AUP.
For several reasons that come to mind:
Why should i pay to work? Are they going to fix my PC when it breaks? Upgrade it? Compensate me for depreciation? They going to monitor and control what i do with it?
ya,right.