Putting together a project like that simply because they don't want to use commercial offerings based in the United States is stupid. Without solid motivation, ingenuity and demand, it is doomed to fail.
This story was just made for slashdot. Can a more perfect story have come along? It has everything, a Microsoft insider, Microsoft bashing, a direct video download for easy slashdotting, plenty of fuel for trolls, and even caffeinated beverages.
Its exactly what we want to hear. Its like preaching to a group of fundies that God loves them for hating gays. Oooh, put a cork in it, we can only have one flamewar at a time.
Frankly, I think it looks good. It seems the new interface may finally solve some of the horrible problems with interacting with the user that past versions have had. I'll have to try it first, but I must say that those screenshots make OO.o look like poop on a stick.
Just bottle up a bunch of quinine and send it over to africa along with our western values. The increased commercial revenue pays for the tonic. Problem solved.
You're more likely to be a pro athelete than to be a game dev. Unless your diet centers around cheetos and mountain dew. In that case you have no chance at either.
Sounds like the so called "Microsoft Reference License" is merely a way to show source code to people, let them write software that iteroperates with or replaces some microsoft software, and then to sue them for breach of license.
MS: you copied our code, you were only allowed to look at it, not copy it. Dev: I didn't copy your code. MS: we released it under MRL, you must have looked at it and copied it, even though you werent allowed to Dev: I made every effort to develop my project in a "clean room" environment MS: thats impossible, our code is out there under MRL, you can't expect us to take your word for it Dev: actually I do MS: tell that to our lawyers
And how many spores do I inhale just by walking outside my front door? How many live in the rugs at my place of work? How many may be found in the seats at the movie theater? Millions. Thats why he have an immune system IIRC.
Dont forget, the entire point is the freedom to choose. You always have a choice not to use the software in question. Does he think that the guy who wrote did so in order to conduct business? I don't think so.
Since most of the P2P "snooping" that yields the lawsuits well all read about is done by 3rd party companies on behalf of the RIAA/MPAA, I don't see how this would help at all.
I don't use PeerGuardian because I know it offers no _real_ security.
This is a nice article with many nice points, BUT, this guy doesn't make a single suggestion about how to make things better. If he is so smart, then how exactly does he think we should go about solving this problem? Forget that, I dont need to know exactly, just generally. Anything? Nope.
I, for one, have found that the most productive interface I have ever used is bash or zsh, preferably with several instances next to eachother on a screen so that I can look back and forth between them.
If any Linux zealot ever engages in a debate with me about why Linux not taking over the planet, or that big business is forcibly holding down the OSS movement, I will simply point to this and say that the people behind the GPL don't seem to grasp how the world really works. I agree that software patents are bad, but I assure you this is the wrong way to go about changing it. These people seem to go out of their way to restrict themselves into obscurity.
In other news, residents of Monterey, California have witnessed the formation of a new river originating somewhere in town. It seems that authorities have actually taken the advice of their critics and managed to "cry us a river". We can only hope now that the publishers of this article will manage to drown themselves in it.
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Putting together a project like that simply because they don't want to use commercial offerings based in the United States is stupid. Without solid motivation, ingenuity and demand, it is doomed to fail.
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Cant stop me from buying the latest "mod" chip from over seas and making the thing report my name as "John Smith, SS#1234567890"
There are lots of ways to hardlock a linux system PERIOD. You don't even need ATI's drivers.
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This story was just made for slashdot. Can a more perfect story have come along? It has everything, a Microsoft insider, Microsoft bashing, a direct video download for easy slashdotting, plenty of fuel for trolls, and even caffeinated beverages.
Its exactly what we want to hear. Its like preaching to a group of fundies that God loves them for hating gays. Oooh, put a cork in it, we can only have one flamewar at a time.
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See subject.
That stupid little parasite got what he deserved. Just look at him, he's a punkass. Have fun in prison, beyotch.
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Frankly, I think it looks good. It seems the new interface may finally solve some of the horrible problems with interacting with the user that past versions have had. I'll have to try it first, but I must say that those screenshots make OO.o look like poop on a stick.
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Its gonna be BitTorrent with extra logging capabilities.
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pirate all music, save in .mp3 format, which is generally compatible with most players out there.
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Might as well ban women in the workplace.
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Just bottle up a bunch of quinine and send it over to africa along with our western values. The increased commercial revenue pays for the tonic. Problem solved.
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You're more likely to be a pro athelete than to be a game dev. Unless your diet centers around cheetos and mountain dew. In that case you have no chance at either.
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How is this linux? OO.org runs on linux, BSD, Windows, OSX... Yet, it gets the linux tag?
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Sounds like the so called "Microsoft Reference License" is merely a way to show source code to people, let them write software that iteroperates with or replaces some microsoft software, and then to sue them for breach of license.
MS: you copied our code, you were only allowed to look at it, not copy it.
Dev: I didn't copy your code.
MS: we released it under MRL, you must have looked at it and copied it, even though you werent allowed to
Dev: I made every effort to develop my project in a "clean room" environment
MS: thats impossible, our code is out there under MRL, you can't expect us to take your word for it
Dev: actually I do
MS: tell that to our lawyers
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They are reverse engineering iTunes. I'd be willing to bet on it.
And how many spores do I inhale just by walking outside my front door? How many live in the rugs at my place of work? How many may be found in the seats at the movie theater? Millions. Thats why he have an immune system IIRC.
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An "ask slashdot" that I actually will want to read.
Never thought this day would come.
Dont forget, the entire point is the freedom to choose. You always have a choice not to use the software in question. Does he think that the guy who wrote did so in order to conduct business? I don't think so.
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Dupination
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Since most of the P2P "snooping" that yields the lawsuits well all read about is done by 3rd party companies on behalf of the RIAA/MPAA, I don't see how this would help at all.
I don't use PeerGuardian because I know it offers no _real_ security.
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They don't like it because it is true :P
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This is a nice article with many nice points, BUT, this guy doesn't make a single suggestion about how to make things better. If he is so smart, then how exactly does he think we should go about solving this problem? Forget that, I dont need to know exactly, just generally. Anything? Nope.
I, for one, have found that the most productive interface I have ever used is bash or zsh, preferably with several instances next to eachother on a screen so that I can look back and forth between them.
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If any Linux zealot ever engages in a debate with me about why Linux not taking over the planet, or that big business is forcibly holding down the OSS movement, I will simply point to this and say that the people behind the GPL don't seem to grasp how the world really works. I agree that software patents are bad, but I assure you this is the wrong way to go about changing it. These people seem to go out of their way to restrict themselves into obscurity.
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This is a good introduction to a powerful, well thought-out article. Now, where is the rest of it?
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In other news, residents of Monterey, California have witnessed the formation of a new river originating somewhere in town. It seems that authorities have actually taken the advice of their critics and managed to "cry us a river". We can only hope now that the publishers of this article will manage to drown themselves in it.
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