You want a pessimistic futurist? Try reading some of Belyaev's stories.
I remember reading one of his stories about the future (2000?), where an artificial island has been built in the Atlantic Ocean, to help aircrafts cover the distance between Europe and America.
Which means, less one-day, only-for-money crap, that somehow got qualified as "music" this days? No new albums from Beyonce, Shakira, J Lo and the likes?
Where do I sign up?
Maybe I'm biased - ok, definitely I'm biased - but this just doesnt feel like "open source" to me so much as "beta-testing with a peek at the code" or, to be blunt, "do our debugging for us."
We have a term for this already. This is called Crowdsourcing
Unfortunately I'm responsible for at least half of those....once for each time I've had to re-install.....
And I'm responsible for none of those despite the fact that I did Linux install 200 million times for the last three years, so we kinda cancel each other out.
For the same reason that someone who signs a contract without reading it and/or insisting on changes, deserves to be screwed. It's called a manual, it comes with the device, and you are allowed to read it. There is no "deception", only ignorance on the part of the user.
I really wouldn't say that. Once you've used a browser that renders pages considerably faster than your old browser, there's no going back. It makes a *big* difference.
Yes, it does makes difference, but on desktop feature set is much more important and there is no way I'm trading NoScript + CookieSafe + Firebug + Foxmarks + Slashdotter for a slight increase in speed.
From what I've seen the speed rankings in all tests always have Opera and Safari leading with IE and FF being behind.
Opera aims at different market -- small gadgets. This is where the speed is really critical. For IE and FF good enough is enough, since performance on modern desktops is not that critical.
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As a billionaire, he is always right.
You want a pessimistic futurist? Try reading some of Belyaev's stories. I remember reading one of his stories about the future (2000?), where an artificial island has been built in the Atlantic Ocean, to help aircrafts cover the distance between Europe and America.
Which means, less one-day, only-for-money crap, that somehow got qualified as "music" this days? No new albums from Beyonce, Shakira, J Lo and the likes? Where do I sign up?
Bill
Your nickname is kinda apt now :)
same thing
You can even get two chicks at the same time!
At least now Viagra and penis enlargement ads will be distributed among those ... err... interested!
It is IFPI actually, not ipfi.
I hope somebody patents/finds a patent for this stupid business model.
Well, unregistered users will have to read it anyway. Do you imagine what kind of people does this invite to /. community?
Go to Firehose and vote this waaaay down. I recommend a "stupid" tag.
WOW! Somebody uses this for things other than testing site layout in IE?
We have a term for this already. This is called Crowdsourcing
I think CowboyNeal deserves to have a black hole named after him.
At my previous place of employment this reason for keeping software closed was actually named several times by different people.
I don't think anyone needs an excuse for having sex.
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Here. Fixed that for you too ;)
Since comments are a valuable part of the site, no, this is not "his", or "their" site now. It's ours.
Well, Linus is lucky he happen to pick a free license. Who would've bothered to join the development community, if his kernel was proprietary?
And I'm responsible for none of those despite the fact that I did Linux install 200 million times for the last three years, so we kinda cancel each other out.
Yeah, exactly
Actually, people at Pepsi Co sales get fired for drinking coke. So, yes, CEO of Pepsi Co drinking coke *is* a front page news.
Yes, it does makes difference, but on desktop feature set is much more important and there is no way I'm trading NoScript + CookieSafe + Firebug + Foxmarks + Slashdotter for a slight increase in speed.
Opera aims at different market -- small gadgets. This is where the speed is really critical. For IE and FF good enough is enough, since performance on modern desktops is not that critical.