As long as the OSS community is allowed to exist, then we will continue to see projects.
If someday it becomes too hard ( politically, via IP suits or financially, via DRM entry fees ) to have a community, then major OSS projects will dissapear and we will be stuck with mostly $ software.
While the National Rifle Association is always asking for donations to fight for our rights, last i heard you didnt have to declare anything to them...
Finding open WIFI is easier then catching speeders.
The speeders are a moving target and you have to be there at the same point in time, while the WIFI sitting in your bedroom is not. The cops have plenty of time to slowly ( and quietly ) cruise around town finding them. Then triangulating them down to the street address, with a warrant to search in hand.
All provider TOS limitations taken into account, the government does not have a right to tell me i cant share something i *PAID* for with my neighbors.
What is next, banning of the neighborhood BBQ? Cant share that meat and beer you bought with your friends that live across the street. noooo
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Really? No kidding? ( sorry for the sarcasm )
Dont buy your stuff from iTunes.. Buy the CD and rip it yourself, support your local groups.
Yes, that is my understanding. You can store userdata and extend what is installed.
I fully admit ive not tried it being a BSD guy, but I believe that is possible.
It also supports unencumbered MP3 and wave files.
I dont see any 'lock-in' here.
i believe knoppix does this now, if you want a linux variant.
That is the idea, ( though id prefer a much simpler OS, as its less prone to 'breakage' ) but i was thinking more like solid state ROM for the media.
Its faster, and no mechanical issues to deal with.
No, i was being dead serious. It worked fine for us for many many years.
Still does, ever hear of the 'embedded market' ?
Sounds like we need to go back to when your OS was mostly in ROM ( like the Ataris for example ).
At least then if you get exploited, the next time you reboot the exploit goes away.
Using your analogy:
Telling a person to "go kill your wife" is far different then giving them a gun "this could kill your wife".
I dont think grokster ordered anyone to commit an illegal act. If that is the case and they did, then id retract my opinion on the case.
Same concept. No explanation needed.
Manufacturers should *never* be held liable for what their customers do with their product.
I dont care how it was advertised. Its the *consumers* choice to use said product illegally.
To blame/penalize the company is wrong. Period.
I guess you arent in the IT field, or live under a digital rock.
If you dont know who BO is, or how to find out its not worth explaining it to you.
( hint: they are perhaps the largest provider of business analysis software )
Lets see, some of their users get involved with 'pirating' but its Grokster's fault and they get 'punished'?
So does that mean i can sue Ford because some moron hit me while driving a mercury?
Oh, and wasnt some of the 'offenders' using Grokster improperly using Windows? Then Microsoft is at fault too.
This is insane.
As long as the OSS community is allowed to exist, then we will continue to see projects.
If someday it becomes too hard ( politically, via IP suits or financially, via DRM entry fees ) to have a community, then major OSS projects will dissapear and we will be stuck with mostly $ software.
So not only do they infect my PC, but now i have to get ads just to listen to some music?
Huh?
While the National Rifle Association is always asking for donations to fight for our rights, last i heard you didnt have to declare anything to them...
Except that a *single* desktop will *never* happen.
People have preferences. Some of us really dislike gnome. While others dislike kde. The same goes for anything else that comes along.
Should we have 100 to support? No of course not, but expecting a single unified desktop to be shoved down our throats isnt realistic either.
Donno if you consider them major, but they are KDE 'based'.
And locking documents in your drawers?
A lot of admin types are in the 'sea of cubes' and get by just fine with security.
If you think a office door will secure you, give me 15 seconds with a rake and tension wrench. ( if you have to ask, go look it up )
Dont forget the home user too.. realistically they have little choice.
Why should i be forced by law to go thru that extra step?
Finding open WIFI is easier then catching speeders.
The speeders are a moving target and you have to be there at the same point in time, while the WIFI sitting in your bedroom is not. The cops have plenty of time to slowly ( and quietly ) cruise around town finding them. Then triangulating them down to the street address, with a warrant to search in hand.
All provider TOS limitations taken into account, the government does not have a right to tell me i cant share something i *PAID* for with my neighbors.
What is next, banning of the neighborhood BBQ? Cant share that meat and beer you bought with your friends that live across the street. noooo
No, its rather entertaining to poke at 'the public' once in a while.
The response i get from the ignorant masses out there is interesting.
Most technological advances would be impossible today.
Sure, *invention* would be possible, but you couldnt tell anyone else you did it.
It only matters what i think and do. Nothing else is relevant.
You can keep your 'alternatives' to yourself.
If you think your representatives give a damn, you dont deserve to vote. They could care less about you, unless you can donate cash or power.
And if you can do either , please deposit your citizenship at the door, we dont need you.
Oh btw, we dont have a democracy here.. never really did.
And im done with you.