How is me getting bombarded by ad popups when i go normal 'legit' news sites *my* fault?
How is me getting hit with a DoS *my* fault? How is me getting hit with 10000's of spam email's a day *my* fault? First of all, I never said *I* was infected. We all feel the pain of others that are infected.
If my car comes with a fundamental technical defect beyond my understanding, is it my fault the manufacturer sold me a broken car? How is that different then a PC? This is a similar situation with 99% of the users out there and their PC. They cant be expected to understand the technical risks, the vendor should prevent the problem from the beginning.
Whats even more insulting is the states you didnt mention, the ones that rolled over on the realID nonsence, tossing our privacy out the window without even a fight..
Do you want to pay per use on top of your access charge like we all did in the early days of dialup? ( or are you not old enough to remember CompuServe or Genie ? )
Personaly, i dont. Especially when spam/popups/worms/DoS, etc are all so common these days. I wouldn't want to get hit with a charge because of others. If the ISP cant handle the bandwidth sold, they shouldn't have sold it in the first place.
And i think this is the future of all connections, all bandwidth traffic will just be throttled dwown to where all you get to do is read your ISP sponsored advertisements. "thanks for choosing xyz, and here is a message from our sponsors".
The brain is like a large organic blob of dynamic ram that works on the principle similar to a feedback loop to keep the data fresh.. You block off any part of it, or overload it, and you lose data.
Why not sue Microsoft, the cable company, hell even the power company for being negligent for providing power for this truly stupid user to operate a PC at all.
Geesh. I assume they will sue Ford if they ever get hit while driving a ford vehicle too.
I disagree, its not about how the cost of development was dealt with, that has no final relevance of the produce being free or open in this dicussion.. Plenty of OSS has been developed by paying jobs, and plenty by donated time. its a wash.
Its all about the cost to the end user cost ( licenses, could be part of the discussion ill give you that much )
And no, its not theft, check the courts and there aren't any charges of the criminal charge of theft. Its a civil charge of copyright infringement. Why is it referred the same? Marketing.
Just beacuse another entity watches, doesnt make it right.
We as a regular US citizen should be able to expect a certian level of anonymity ( which is a guranteed right BTW ). Unless you are under court ordered surveillance, not having the government tracking when/where you go or what you did when you get there is a reasonable expectation.
Sure, they cant id the people in teh living room sucking on that hooka, or see what anti American propaganda you are reading, but they can tell that people were at the crime scene, ( and then track you in daylight once you leave the building ) or that you have a hidden grow room in the northwest closet..
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Unless its the cable companies you are speaking of, which have a virtual monopoly in their area. Monopolies dont have to act like 'real businesses'.
Of course it does, its all about me.
Thats the general attitude of most companies, why should they be any different? Especially now.
The interviewer apparently has a issue with outsourcing to india and inserts it into any interview he does.
( not saying outsourcing to india is a good thing, just an observation )
Excuse me?
How is me getting bombarded by ad popups when i go normal 'legit' news sites *my* fault?
How is me getting hit with a DoS *my* fault? How is me getting hit with 10000's of spam email's a day *my* fault? First of all, I never said *I* was infected. We all feel the pain of others that are infected.
If my car comes with a fundamental technical defect beyond my understanding, is it my fault the manufacturer sold me a broken car? How is that different then a PC? This is a similar situation with 99% of the users out there and their PC. They cant be expected to understand the technical risks, the vendor should prevent the problem from the beginning.
Whats even more insulting is the states you didnt mention, the ones that rolled over on the realID nonsence, tossing our privacy out the window without even a fight..
Yes, allowed to travel EVEN IN THEIR OWN STATE, in many cases.
But of course when we all get rfid tags implanted, the point ( and the concept of individual freedom ) will be moot.
Our found fathers are spinning in their graves.
Yes, actually it did. Just no one noticed.
It was the war to retain our prior way of life, which we obviously lost.
There goes the free version. Any other *enterprise ready* free options out there?
And the closest competitor to VMWare? While thats a nice gesture , i am pretty sure that Microsoft is currently #2 in the virtualization market.
Now thats justice if i have ever seen it.
Do you want to pay per use on top of your access charge like we all did in the early days of dialup? ( or are you not old enough to remember CompuServe or Genie ? )
Personaly, i dont. Especially when spam/popups/worms/DoS, etc are all so common these days. I wouldn't want to get hit with a charge because of others. If the ISP cant handle the bandwidth sold, they shouldn't have sold it in the first place.
And i think this is the future of all connections, all bandwidth traffic will just be throttled dwown to where all you get to do is read your ISP sponsored advertisements. "thanks for choosing xyz, and here is a message from our sponsors".
The brain is like a large organic blob of dynamic ram that works on the principle similar to a feedback loop to keep the data fresh.. You block off any part of it, or overload it, and you lose data.
Geniuses and radial thinkers are dangerous to soceity as they often promote change.
Society prefers everyone to fall into line and step in sync with the rest.
A better model for serving ads? My foot. How about stopping the ads in the first place? Problem solved.
Why not sue Microsoft, the cable company, hell even the power company for being negligent for providing power for this truly stupid user to operate a PC at all.
Geesh. I assume they will sue Ford if they ever get hit while driving a ford vehicle too.
That you can track down the original owner who the files were stolen from?
not saying that DRM is the answer either, but you cant run around blaming the people that leased the file in question for it being 'released'.
And they only get to pick from *approved* ones to boot.
I disagree, its not about how the cost of development was dealt with, that has no final relevance of the produce being free or open in this dicussion.. Plenty of OSS has been developed by paying jobs, and plenty by donated time. its a wash.
Its all about the cost to the end user cost ( licenses, could be part of the discussion ill give you that much )
And no, its not theft, check the courts and there aren't any charges of the criminal charge of theft. Its a civil charge of copyright infringement. Why is it referred the same? Marketing.
Go on believing that, I've seen it. It does work.
Just beacuse another entity watches, doesnt make it right.
We as a regular US citizen should be able to expect a certian level of anonymity ( which is a guranteed right BTW ). Unless you are under court ordered surveillance, not having the government tracking when/where you go or what you did when you get there is a reasonable expectation.
If it will be used ONLY for military purposes, why did they discuss using the data in civil cases?
It will be used/abused for any purpose they can. You can count on it.
Think thermal energy.
Sure, they cant id the people in teh living room sucking on that hooka, or see what anti American propaganda you are reading, but they can tell that people were at the crime scene, ( and then track you in daylight once you leave the building ) or that you have a hidden grow room in the northwest closet..
So its not totally useless.
Great. Will they be reading what is on the screen of your ipod and send you a demand for proof of purchase of the song?
Execpt that piracy isnt theft, and OSS is free to the USER, which is what the discussion is about here. Its not about development 'costs'.
The fact you can buy support doesnt mean you have too.
Good luck with that, even tho we paid for the information we dont get access to it.