Ah, but in reality it does. As even the 'altruistic' folks need money to live on while they do their 'good deeds'. They also need money for the infrastructure to do their good deeds.
Money and profit is at the root of what makes the modern world go around. With out the drive to gather more, there is no advancement of anything ( and before there was actual "money", it was property ownership and people were driven to collect shiny objects ).
They all spy. All this is for is to give government more control over their people, under the guise of 'privacy'.
If your 'local internet' is isolated, its pretty hard to see what the rest of the world is doing, or let the rest of the world see how badly you are treating your people.
Not really. What will happen is cell data will get to be as expensive ( its already more for most people as the true unlimited plans are long gone )..
Besides, if it ever did become a threat, Comcast would just toss in 'tiered internet' to squeeze them, or just start buying out the smaller companies ( like sprint and t-mobile )
And in that case it will be either that the ISPs has to install firewalls to filter out "unwanted" traffic that otherwise will drive up your bill.
And their incentive to do this is what again? ISPs make money off 'spam' ( in the generic sense ) much as the USPS does.. So why would they care? And where else will you go?
Even our local city government gets a bit of revenue that way, by charging to issue permits to solicit door to door.
"As we are going to suck you dry dear customer, and once we control all mainstream content creation and distribution, we will decide how much we screw you."
Without that 'plague' as you call it, you wouldn't be sitting here on slashdot complaining about it, as there would be no slashdot, no internet, no computers, no electricity...
Of course it would never work at that scale, as few people will have any incentive to excel, and everything slowly falls apart into apathy as most will just sit back and ride on the backs of others. ( until someone comes along and takes over )
With record profits, and laws being passed in their favor all over the world ( beyond just the RIAA but the entire industry ), it would be hard to convince them they are destroying their business.
That is the plan. Until the industry finds a way to charge yo for every time you *think* about a song they are not going to give up any thing to new technology or delivery methods.
If a defect is found in the wall, then they fix it on the clock before more wall is built. If the brick builder knows there is a safety problem and continues on then he should be fired.
Same for the programmer, if the bug isn't found until later and fixed, its on the clock. If he knows there is a bug and lets it slide, then its his fault.
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"Funny money" still filters down to higher rates as the cost of business is pushed to the consumer in the end.
Ah, but in reality it does. As even the 'altruistic' folks need money to live on while they do their 'good deeds'. They also need money for the infrastructure to do their good deeds.
Money and profit is at the root of what makes the modern world go around. With out the drive to gather more, there is no advancement of anything ( and before there was actual "money", it was property ownership and people were driven to collect shiny objects ).
or revolt against
With what, sticks? They already took away your ability to revolt.
Or how about my packets don't go to Germany? Trust is a 2-way street ya know, and i don't trust the German government with my data.
They all spy. All this is for is to give government more control over their people, under the guise of 'privacy'.
If your 'local internet' is isolated, its pretty hard to see what the rest of the world is doing, or let the rest of the world see how badly you are treating your people.
"Digital Curtain"
Not really. What will happen is cell data will get to be as expensive ( its already more for most people as the true unlimited plans are long gone )..
Besides, if it ever did become a threat, Comcast would just toss in 'tiered internet' to squeeze them, or just start buying out the smaller companies ( like sprint and t-mobile )
Where cable is losing the big money is on all the premium bundles.
Which they combat by slowly moving commonly viewed 'basic' channels to the next level bundle.
And in that case it will be either that the ISPs has to install firewalls to filter out "unwanted" traffic that otherwise will drive up your bill.
And their incentive to do this is what again? ISPs make money off 'spam' ( in the generic sense ) much as the USPS does.. So why would they care? And where else will you go?
Even our local city government gets a bit of revenue that way, by charging to issue permits to solicit door to door.
"As we are going to suck you dry dear customer, and once we control all mainstream content creation and distribution, we will decide how much we screw you."
How can you push out propaganda if your main distribution method goes away?
You are an idiot and don't have a clue how the world actually works. Go crawl back under your rock.
Umm where i live 40 is a single person, so 80 hours would be 2 people, not 60 hours. Where do you live that 30 a hour work week is normal?
Without that 'plague' as you call it, you wouldn't be sitting here on slashdot complaining about it, as there would be no slashdot, no internet, no computers, no electricity...
Suck. No matter who provides them.
Didn't mean to imply they weren't driving it.. just that the laws are being passed.
It was classic idealistic communism.
Of course it would never work at that scale, as few people will have any incentive to excel, and everything slowly falls apart into apathy as most will just sit back and ride on the backs of others. ( until someone comes along and takes over )
With record profits, and laws being passed in their favor all over the world ( beyond just the RIAA but the entire industry ), it would be hard to convince them they are destroying their business.
That is the plan. Until the industry finds a way to charge yo for every time you *think* about a song they are not going to give up any thing to new technology or delivery methods.
Well, they have to pay for the purchase somehow, and you cant expect them to take it out of current profits/bank accounts.
This should not even be on the table. A nearly unrelated virtual monopoly, growing even larger.
True, but now try that in the back woods of China, or Antarctica.. you cant go everywhere in person.
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This was great tool for I did not want to store files in the greater 'cloud'.
If a defect is found in the wall, then they fix it on the clock before more wall is built. If the brick builder knows there is a safety problem and continues on then he should be fired.
Same for the programmer, if the bug isn't found until later and fixed, its on the clock. If he knows there is a bug and lets it slide, then its his fault.
Will never work. No more than you can legislate away hatred and bias.
Given that Redhat is now officially cooperating, I'm not entirely sure why CentOS is still relevant
At first glance, it wont be relevant real soon, and i bet wont exist must longer either.