Re:Example for mandatory open sourcing
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By putting the source in more hands we get more speech and interesting ideas put into the public domain, this is the kinda of thing closed source and excessively long copyright terms deny....
This idea isn't 'interesting,' it's inane. Most copyrighted software isn't intended to be put into the public domain anyway.
Another Free Software Gunslinger...
I have just one question.....
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Why?!?!?!?!
This is perhaps the biggest ever display of time-wasting I have ever seen. This project, I can safely say, is useless to pretty much anyone. If anyone else thinks differently let me know. (Note: the fact that text-mode makes you 1337 doesn't count!)
Excuse me while a go write a program that will help Windows render my wallpaper as a text box of ASCII characters...
According to UPS [here] you can't ship any alcoholic beverages at all. But A-OK are sulfuric acid (up to 50% concentration), sodium hydroxide solution, and everyone's favorite, hydrofluoric acid (up to 60% concentration, but that's OK, it'll kill you anyway).
It's called "pay for our software so we can pay the programmers..." I hear it works well. For example, Microsoft is not a "cubicle" company... everyone gets an office with a door. Companies can afford to give their workers rooms to "play" in on their breaks, too. But I guess that's the difference between paid workers and volunteers. Life's a sad story, isn't it?
Their software is the biggest piece of spyware around. Shoot, you have to make like 15 changes when installing just to make it not do sneaky things around your system, and disable the ads. People bash Microsoft all the time, but I think Windows Media Player has hit it home. For one thing, I remember it occasionally checking for upgrades, and telling you that an upgrade was available. Meanwhile, with Real Player, it tells you something like "There is a new version of Real Player available... Download this bloatware and use it, or you will burn in hell forever!" Real Player is a memory hog (20+ MB), yet they insist that it preloads when Windows starts (don't know bout the Linux version). In the latest versions, they have attempted to make the "SmartCenter" even harder to disable for newbie users... it's about three or four dialogs deep...
Even better is in the installer. It asks you if you want certain "announcements" (read: ads) and let's you check them off. Of course, it's a scrolling listbox. The boxes in view are unchecked, but if you scroll down, there are checked boxes. Damn sneaky. It also likes to take over all media extensions on your PC (like I need freaking RealPlayer to play a wave file... come on) if you don't disable that.
Steve Gibson (grc.com) has an article about the controvertial RealDownload --- Real can basically find out what you're downloading, and track your habits!!!
Now they are touting this "RealOne" player... I guess it's they're answer to the new verions of WMP; e.g., it includes CD Burning, etc. Of course they charge $10 for their player; WMP is free with all versions of Windows. You also have to make an account with Real before you can use the player!! That's like WMP telling me I have to make a.NET passport before I can use WMP. What bullshit, RealNetworks.
The only reason that I touched RealOne was when I tried to listen to Christmas music using RealPlayer, I was told that this version of the software didn't support the stream. So I "upgraded" only to find out that their new portal has NO Christmas music. A whole lot of the content is pay, too.
Sorry, Real, you lost the battle.
By the way, you can still fetch RealPlayer 8 at http://www.real.com/player/8/index.html --- there are still (unfortunately) so many sites using Real streams.
I've got the same modem. "Burst" rates are 38/10... but sustained rates are only 3/1. Kinda like your ATA/100 hard drive... ever see it sustain a rate that fast?
Ooh Wow, another Microsoft indentured servant!
It's obvious you haven't used Mozilla recently (like, the last three releases). Fantastic standards-compliant browser with excellent USER-FRIENDLY - as opposed to ADVERTISER-FRIENDLY - customization and privacy options.
My question to you is, why still use a browser that's "getting there," when IE has kicked its ass long ago? I mean, jeez, the scrollbars don't even work right in the preferences dialog box. It obviously shows that Mozilla, while I appreciate the effort, is still a work in progress.
So Mozilla is open source. So what? Who cares? Remember what browser this came from? Netscape. I remember the days when I had a choice between IE and Netscape --- I could pay the $50 for Netscape or download IE for free. I chose IE (duh), and stuck with it ever since. The Microsoft programmers behind IE are a talented bunch. I'm not saying that the Mozilla crew isn't, but by its model, progress will be slow. IE is already 3 miles ahead in the 500 m dash. And IE keeps getting better. There's no going back.
And don't get off on calling me an "apologist." I'm just telling it like it is -- you know it's true.
It is clear that you have very little, if any exposure to linux.
It is clear that you have very little, if any exposure to WinNT.
Ever heard of service packs? They have new builds of all the OS files bundled. Yes, that means a kernel upgrade. Just because the version number didn't increment doesn't mean the build number didn't.
You're saying that a kernel upgrade is an OS upgrade... WRONG!
Someone can go to Windows Update and get new drivers, updates, etc.
If I want to upgrade the OS, sure I'll have to get the upgrade... That's like saying you have to get the upgrade if you want to go from RH 5.2 to 7....
Of course Windows users don't have to face the task of recompiling their kernel every so often. From what I hear, many linux distros are taking the Windows route and encouraging the use of loadable modules (just like Windows) instead of compiling them in.
Maybe a lot of computers in the Internet reside inside the Chinese borders, but what I hear their firewalling policies etc. somewhat limit access and thus any cultural influence through the Internet.
Right. I believe that almost all non-government connections in China have to go through proxy servers. But, I think some other countries do this as well (the UAE? correct me if I'm wrong)...
It just ships in a default configuration that is about as tight as a gay man's asshole.
IIS is an excellent piece of software. I've used it before, and I'll use it again. Remember Code Red, et cetera? Guess what? I didn't have to patch my servers because they were IMMUNE. IIS "flaws" are NOT part of IIS itself, but part of different addon modules that should be easily removed by any knowledgeable sysadmin. Anyone knows that running script modules for everything in the world that you're not using is asking for trouble. IIS just ships that way for ease of use for the consumer. I can easily make IIS just as secure as Apache --- it takes about the same knowledge required to set up apache.
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This idea isn't 'interesting,' it's inane. Most copyrighted software isn't intended to be put into the public domain anyway.
Another Free Software Gunslinger...
This is perhaps the biggest ever display of time-wasting I have ever seen. This project, I can safely say, is useless to pretty much anyone. If anyone else thinks differently let me know. (Note: the fact that text-mode makes you 1337 doesn't count!)
Excuse me while a go write a program that will help Windows render my wallpaper as a text box of ASCII characters...
I'm an engineering major, and I meet really really hot girls a lot, and feel really intimidated. Maybe I should submit that to AskSlashdot!
Ever see those commercials where Sally Struthers will sell you any degree through the mail? You show them college folk! :D
Every five minutes:
Wife: "Honey, how do I...??"
You: "Moooove!!!"
You must be thinking of something else... I just read the whole EULA and there isn't a mention of that.
I guess that makes "can't jack off in your own office" one of the downsides to working at Microsoft.
According to UPS [here] you can't ship any alcoholic beverages at all. But A-OK are sulfuric acid (up to 50% concentration), sodium hydroxide solution, and everyone's favorite, hydrofluoric acid (up to 60% concentration, but that's OK, it'll kill you anyway).
It's called "pay for our software so we can pay the programmers..." I hear it works well. For example, Microsoft is not a "cubicle" company... everyone gets an office with a door. Companies can afford to give their workers rooms to "play" in on their breaks, too. But I guess that's the difference between paid workers and volunteers. Life's a sad story, isn't it?
Donations can be sent in the form of beer....
Their software is the biggest piece of spyware around. Shoot, you have to make like 15 changes when installing just to make it not do sneaky things around your system, and disable the ads. People bash Microsoft all the time, but I think Windows Media Player has hit it home. For one thing, I remember it occasionally checking for upgrades, and telling you that an upgrade was available. Meanwhile, with Real Player, it tells you something like "There is a new version of Real Player available... Download this bloatware and use it, or you will burn in hell forever!" Real Player is a memory hog (20+ MB), yet they insist that it preloads when Windows starts (don't know bout the Linux version). In the latest versions, they have attempted to make the "SmartCenter" even harder to disable for newbie users... it's about three or four dialogs deep...
Even better is in the installer. It asks you if you want certain "announcements" (read: ads) and let's you check them off. Of course, it's a scrolling listbox. The boxes in view are unchecked, but if you scroll down, there are checked boxes. Damn sneaky. It also likes to take over all media extensions on your PC (like I need freaking RealPlayer to play a wave file... come on) if you don't disable that.
Steve Gibson (grc.com) has an article about the controvertial RealDownload --- Real can basically find out what you're downloading, and track your habits!!!
Now they are touting this "RealOne" player... I guess it's they're answer to the new verions of WMP; e.g., it includes CD Burning, etc. Of course they charge $10 for their player; WMP is free with all versions of Windows. You also have to make an account with Real before you can use the player!! That's like WMP telling me I have to make a .NET passport before I can use WMP. What bullshit, RealNetworks.
The only reason that I touched RealOne was when I tried to listen to Christmas music using RealPlayer, I was told that this version of the software didn't support the stream. So I "upgraded" only to find out that their new portal has NO Christmas music. A whole lot of the content is pay, too.
Sorry, Real, you lost the battle.
By the way, you can still fetch RealPlayer 8 at http://www.real.com/player/8/index.html --- there are still (unfortunately) so many sites using Real streams.
I've got the same modem. "Burst" rates are 38/10... but sustained rates are only 3/1. Kinda like your ATA/100 hard drive ... ever see it sustain a rate that fast?
Cable modems can only handle 3 Mbit downstream and 1 Mbit upstream... max (that is, in two-way circuits).
The mansion. I live in a good neighborhood.
My question to you is, why still use a browser that's "getting there," when IE has kicked its ass long ago? I mean, jeez, the scrollbars don't even work right in the preferences dialog box. It obviously shows that Mozilla, while I appreciate the effort, is still a work in progress.
So Mozilla is open source. So what? Who cares? Remember what browser this came from? Netscape. I remember the days when I had a choice between IE and Netscape --- I could pay the $50 for Netscape or download IE for free. I chose IE (duh), and stuck with it ever since. The Microsoft programmers behind IE are a talented bunch. I'm not saying that the Mozilla crew isn't, but by its model, progress will be slow. IE is already 3 miles ahead in the 500 m dash. And IE keeps getting better. There's no going back.
And don't get off on calling me an "apologist." I'm just telling it like it is -- you know it's true.
I hear that C# and VB.NET can scale your code down a LOT ;-)...
I'll agree with that. Perhaps the software writers need to be more aware of this when writing their code...
It is clear that you have very little, if any exposure to WinNT.
Ever heard of service packs? They have new builds of all the OS files bundled. Yes, that means a kernel upgrade. Just because the version number didn't increment doesn't mean the build number didn't.
Suck it, Trebek.
You're saying that a kernel upgrade is an OS upgrade... WRONG! Someone can go to Windows Update and get new drivers, updates, etc.
If I want to upgrade the OS, sure I'll have to get the upgrade... That's like saying you have to get the upgrade if you want to go from RH 5.2 to 7....
Of course Windows users don't have to face the task of recompiling their kernel every so often. From what I hear, many linux distros are taking the Windows route and encouraging the use of loadable modules (just like Windows) instead of compiling them in.
Right. I believe that almost all non-government connections in China have to go through proxy servers. But, I think some other countries do this as well (the UAE? correct me if I'm wrong)...
One can make the generalization that German is the most widely used language in Internet porn...
Bic has just sued Paper Mate over "the pen."
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It just ships in a default configuration that is about as tight as a gay man's asshole.
IIS is an excellent piece of software. I've used it before, and I'll use it again. Remember Code Red, et cetera? Guess what? I didn't have to patch my servers because they were IMMUNE. IIS "flaws" are NOT part of IIS itself, but part of different addon modules that should be easily removed by any knowledgeable sysadmin. Anyone knows that running script modules for everything in the world that you're not using is asking for trouble. IIS just ships that way for ease of use for the consumer. I can easily make IIS just as secure as Apache --- it takes about the same knowledge required to set up apache.
So quit the FUD.