"At this rate there won't be many safe applications left to use."
One can only hope this comes to pass. Perhaps if mostly everything on the planet is compromised people will actually care enough to do something about it.
The goal is to get p2p criminalized outright, and they gotta start somewhere. Start with easy extortion and get the next generation used to it, then slowly raise the bar.
Ummmm, where in my post did i say they are illegal? I don't see it because i didn't say it.
One you are legally declared a monopoly the rules of business change. Acts such as buying out Yahoo! is an example of what they should NOT be allowed to do, as a monopoly.
Next time try actually reading what is said before commenting, and don't make up words that really arent there, out of your apparently limited vocabulary. Or are you lacking in these 'brains' you suggest others go out and purchase?
Due to advancements 10 year old computers and software are still viable today ( office 97, PIII 900, for example ) and today's machines will be useful in another 10 if not longer.
ALso lots of agreements force you to upgrade within a certain amount of time after the old release is retired. I suppose a lease may be fine for some, but ill *never* lease if i have any say-so in the matter. I want ownership of the software and hardware and retain the freedom of choice down the road.
I can see a lot of us going back to that actually. Point to point communications to people you trust, no packet sniffing, throttling, spying... Sure 56k will suck for speed, but it will at least be secure.
Sort of what freenet offers, but it risks throttling/banning from your ISP since it uses the 'cloud'.
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just install freenet and make your entire organization trusted with itself. Expand the local store by several GB.
"At this rate there won't be many safe applications left to use."
One can only hope this comes to pass. Perhaps if mostly everything on the planet is compromised people will actually care enough to do something about it.
The goal is to get p2p criminalized outright, and they gotta start somewhere. Start with easy extortion and get the next generation used to it, then slowly raise the bar.
We had competition here, then comcast bought out my local cable company. Now i have cable or dsl as my 'choice'.
Waiting for my monthly bill to start going up soon as well.
Are once again proven right. The government by definition is not to be trusted. Ever.
Just like the old days where you got x minutes per month. ( CompuServe anyone? GEnie? )
Unlimited is what brought the internet out into the open and changed the face of the earth because of it, this will shut it back down.
Yet another example of why you never want to sign up with one. No matter how good the company is, *today*.
You may not directly use their 'services' but I think you would notice over time due to collateral damage to other seemingly untreated projects.
One more step towards eradication of that pesky OSS movement.
Ok, thanks for clarifying, but nothing you said changes the basic premise of what i was saying: toss the bastards out with force.
And before anyone accuses me of being a hypocrite, i think we should do the same here in the states.
Two words: FreeNet and Revolution
If they are allowing an IP company dictate federal law there, they are screwed and need to take action.
Sounds nice in principle, but when you don't have any choice in your area, you are sort of screwed.
Even if you do have choice today as more buy-outs/mergers take place that choice will go up in smoke.
Not to start a flame war, but i can do that in KDE just fine. I would imagine GNOME can too, and perhaps your configuration is hosed?
Women still need someone to take out the trash.
Didnt we just go thru this in 2007 ? I know at least in the local cases they backed down and apologized.
This IP nonsence is really getting out of hand. ( and i hate sports, so it doesn't effect me directly )
It looks like typical operating procedures to me.
Ummmm, where in my post did i say they are illegal? I don't see it because i didn't say it.
One you are legally declared a monopoly the rules of business change. Acts such as buying out Yahoo! is an example of what they should NOT be allowed to do, as a monopoly.
Next time try actually reading what is said before commenting, and don't make up words that really arent there, out of your apparently limited vocabulary. Or are you lacking in these 'brains' you suggest others go out and purchase?
Oh, and everyone else making life rough for paying customers, and treating them like criminals.
Perhaps it wasn't a mistake and was intentional.
More like 'owned'. Sounds like they are ignoring the fact they were declared a monopoly.
Well, yahoo, it was fun while it lasted.
Shhhh, you cant start making sense, its not allowed.
Who died and made him king?
Who cares what some over dressed pimp that pushes a bunch of old tired worn out ideas to the masses?
I doubt they had confidence in *politics* even back then.
When was there ever public confidence in politics?
Due to advancements 10 year old computers and software are still viable today ( office 97, PIII 900, for example ) and today's machines will be useful in another 10 if not longer.
ALso lots of agreements force you to upgrade within a certain amount of time after the old release is retired. I suppose a lease may be fine for some, but ill *never* lease if i have any say-so in the matter. I want ownership of the software and hardware and retain the freedom of choice down the road.
I can see a lot of us going back to that actually. Point to point communications to people you trust, no packet sniffing, throttling, spying... Sure 56k will suck for speed, but it will at least be secure.
Sort of what freenet offers, but it risks throttling/banning from your ISP since it uses the 'cloud'.