They have to figure out how to screw the customer?
Just change the TOS and start charging. then hope the competition ( what is left anyway ) doesn't undercut them.
Also: "We are going to make sure incentives are in place to reduce or modify [data]uses so they don't crowd out others in the same cell sites." incentives my foot... they aren't waving the carrot around, they are threatening to use the stick.
For example, should competing big companies be allowed to use their economies of scale to make and sell cheaper products based on open hardware designs developed by small start-ups without payment?
Hardware isn't special in requiring money/time to develop so why is it that this question only really gets asked when an open philosophy is applied to physical objects?
There's also the problem that hacking designs for physical objects like open source cars may have safety implications
No not really, any liability would presumably be on the one that took the blueprints and actually build the device. After all, it is an open deisgn that can be modified by the manufacturer of choice.
I agree on the 2nd point. There wont be liability for a *design*. Its the people that build it that are responsible.
Except one would hope that you could trust what you get from a site like this. Not everyone can scour the source/binary of every app they get from a 'trusted' site.
And if you cant trust the 'trusted' sites for the free stuff, then the entire FreeOS movement is dead in its tracks.
If we have a *drastic* fork like this, its only fair that the linux side of the fork should be renamed. With luck the FreeBSD branch wont get absorbed and become commercial, now that its being 'continued' by a for profit company. But if so, then so be it and ill just roll my own.
Guns are bad, remember? Who cares if its possible to legally have one its all about the evil gun. Over in parts of the UK i believe its illegal to even have a model gun, so having a lego weapon would be a crime in itself.
Glad i don't live there. ( actually, id have moved long ago )
Software nuke the drive several times then physically destroy it and toss it in someone else's garbage can.
This is just nuts and the ACLU. EFF.... someone needs to get involved ( assuming f course, the guy is telling the truth.. but i can see how it happened, its not that hard to get to the wrong place and get something you don't want..
If the media should actually lose ( and they should, i call 'fair use' here ), you can guarantee the verdict will be buried on page 1000. When you control the content, you control the news.
The days of the government stepping in and help out the citizens have long since past. Might as well get used to the idea of all our content ( and eventually, knowledge ) being controlled by 1 or 2 giant monopolies. And later, our freedom as they buy more 'ip enforcement' laws.
While i hate microsoft as much as the next guy, i have to side with them on this one.
Now, if they reached out and bricked your console we would have troubles, but they can ban you from THEIR network for having blue hair if they wanted.. Banning people may not be a good business/PR move, but its well within their rights.
So they have the ip address. Big whoop. It doesn't reveal WHO posted, just the modem that was used.
Could have been a wifi user out at the street corner, a virus.. someone broke into the home and posted.. An IP in a vacuum isn't evidence.. its a suggestion..
Even the old implimentations (which have had their problems) were overall far supperior to paper books - the fact that I cary about 150 books in my bag now is proof positive of that, as is the fact that I now have access to millions of public domain books on a device that reads as well as having the paper versions.
I agree, but up to a point. Try reading things are are 'image' driven, like art books, many manuals and you will see the epaper format isnt quite there yet. For raw text, its great.
And what is this 'single font' non sence in the story, my kindle displays more then one font..
Considering the days they were being manufactured, that is not true, and they diverge even more overtime due the use habits of their owner. If you ever worked on the things ( or related devices like line printers ) you would understand, each is a beast unto its own.
Besides, a electronic simulation will never have the character of a mechanical device..
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They have to figure out how to screw the customer?
Just change the TOS and start charging. then hope the competition ( what is left anyway ) doesn't undercut them.
Also: "We are going to make sure incentives are in place to reduce or modify [data]uses so they don't crowd out others in the same cell sites." incentives my foot... they aren't waving the carrot around, they are threatening to use the stick.
Sure they can, if they want to. They could add native PDF support in an update for us Gen 1 owners too, but haven't, so don't hold your breath :(
This is a bad thing? Personally i like that feature.
It works for the computer industry....
Hardware isn't special in requiring money/time to develop so why is it that this question only really gets asked when an open philosophy is applied to physical objects?
No not really, any liability would presumably be on the one that took the blueprints and actually build the device. After all, it is an open deisgn that can be modified by the manufacturer of choice.
I agree on the 2nd point. There wont be liability for a *design*. Its the people that build it that are responsible.
Except one would hope that you could trust what you get from a site like this. Not everyone can scour the source/binary of every app they get from a 'trusted' site.
And if you cant trust the 'trusted' sites for the free stuff, then the entire FreeOS movement is dead in its tracks.
Amazon has sold bunches, so while it may not be YOUR market at these prices, there is one.
If we have a *drastic* fork like this, its only fair that the linux side of the fork should be renamed. With luck the FreeBSD branch wont get absorbed and become commercial, now that its being 'continued' by a for profit company. But if so, then so be it and ill just roll my own.
American companies don't make money, they steal money.
Some do. Not all, not by a long shot. Eventually the market will correct for this and they will be held accountable.
Guns are bad, remember? Who cares if its possible to legally have one its all about the evil gun. Over in parts of the UK i believe its illegal to even have a model gun, so having a lego weapon would be a crime in itself.
Glad i don't live there. ( actually, id have moved long ago )
Sorry, request denied per the protection granted by the 4th amendment of our constitution.
The DA is immune to prosecution. Just as are the investigators that actively look for it.
I have always wondered how it worked for the jury tho.. they are citizens..
Well, if he was assigned a PD hes not paying for his attorney anyway.
Software nuke the drive several times then physically destroy it and toss it in someone else's garbage can.
This is just nuts and the ACLU. EFF.... someone needs to get involved ( assuming f course, the guy is telling the truth.. but i can see how it happened, its not that hard to get to the wrong place and get something you don't want..
If the media should actually lose ( and they should, i call 'fair use' here ), you can guarantee the verdict will be buried on page 1000. When you control the content, you control the news.
The days of the government stepping in and help out the citizens have long since past. Might as well get used to the idea of all our content ( and eventually, knowledge ) being controlled by 1 or 2 giant monopolies. And later, our freedom as they buy more 'ip enforcement' laws.
Get bigger.
Once they are big enough, they will be bought by Disney for a true 'end to end' control of the market.
While i hate microsoft as much as the next guy, i have to side with them on this one.
Now, if they reached out and bricked your console we would have troubles, but they can ban you from THEIR network for having blue hair if they wanted.. Banning people may not be a good business/PR move, but its well within their rights.
Shouldn't a beta program be free?
So they have the ip address. Big whoop. It doesn't reveal WHO posted, just the modem that was used.
Could have been a wifi user out at the street corner, a virus.. someone broke into the home and posted.. An IP in a vacuum isn't evidence.. its a suggestion..
Even the old implimentations (which have had their problems) were overall far supperior to paper books - the fact that I cary about 150 books in my bag now is proof positive of that, as is the fact that I now have access to millions of public domain books on a device that reads as well as having the paper versions.
I agree, but up to a point. Try reading things are are 'image' driven, like art books, many manuals and you will see the epaper format isnt quite there yet. For raw text, its great.
And what is this 'single font' non sence in the story, my kindle displays more then one font..
That uses existing IA86 core technology..
Marketing guys are smoking too much 'cloud' i think.
Considering the days they were being manufactured, that is not true, and they diverge even more overtime due the use habits of their owner. If you ever worked on the things ( or related devices like line printers ) you would understand, each is a beast unto its own.
Besides, a electronic simulation will never have the character of a mechanical device..
Its just a box, as bland as the next guys.
Now, real honest to god typewriter has character, every one is unique.
So i can get people cut off if they forward me useless chain emails? Cool.
Oh, and bunnies are pink..