"what if MS stumbles upon a cure for cancer...you just gonna ignore it, because MS discovered it?"
We dont need no DRM enabled cancer cure. The GPLed treatment is almost as good. Granted you need to swap out about half of your body parts to be compatible with it.
"But why would I spend $220 on that 512 MB flash based player when the 4GB ipod mini is only $30 more?"
Because the iPod is $30 more, weighs more, is larger and has shorter battery life?
Lets go over this again. You claim to only need 400MB of storage. You COULD get a light weight power efficient and small flash MP3 player. OR you could spend more money on a larger, heavier iPod with shorter battery life. And you dont see a reason NOT to get the iPod? You sir are a sales drones wet dream.
Also, the computer isn't going to throw a hissyfit when they lose. Or am I the only one who watches chess just for the losing nerd thorwing a complete wobbler and whining like a little girl?
"Second, morality is relative -- if a person doesn't believe the system of copyright is the right way to do things and that there is no such thing as intellectual property, then it certainly wouldn't go against their moral code to infringe on copyrights."
True, morality is relative. If you think that taking someones work without their consent is OK then I have to disagree with your standard of morals. In addition, if you think there is no such thing as intellectual property I would have to ask what you do for a living. If you dont work in finished goods (ie, somthing that you can hold or touch) then why are you getting paid? By your own value system you dont produce anything. So then everyone NOT working in a construction/assembly style job should starve to death in the streets since they should have no money because they dont produce anything tangible and only phisical property is worth money. Sorry, but as a software engineer I have to disagree with that. What I do is worth somthing, regardless of what you think.
"How about judging them on something other than their profit margin, like ethics, respect for rights, etc.?"
Fine, but nothing they can do makes copywrite infringements moral. If you dont like them, boycot their product. That means that you dont get to see the movie.
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Apple is of the opinion that two buttons on a mouse is overwhelming. Do you realy expect them to think that we the consuming masses can handle more then one desktop?
After all, this can be done with just about any source. An iPod is not required. In fact you can get parts to make a much stronger FM transmiter at radio shack for far less that can be used with any MP3/tape/record/8track player.
"Linux: free, Windows: $435" Redhat Linux Workstation at Compusa: 99$.
"Linux: fast, Windows: bloated" When was the last time you used Linux? GNOME/KDE are VERY bloated these days. Hell, there talking about adding blogging into the UI.
"Linux: small memory footprint, Windwos: 256K min" Windows runs fine in 128mb, Linux with GNOME requires about the same.
"linux: open source, Windows: closed" Most people dont care.
"Linux: cli and GUI, Windows: GUI only" Linux CLI only with an addin GUI. Windows GUI only with an addin CLI. No dif'.
"Linux: scalable, Windows: scalable only with Server versions ($$$)" Since when can Linux scale past four CPUs with a customized version that costs major $$$ for support?
"compilers! you can't program sh*t on a windows install without buying separate software."
There are many compilers out there for many languages. Other then VC++ I cant think of any language that dosn't have a free compiler out there for Windows.
"your choice of how your desktop environment looks" There are so many desktop replacments/customizers out for windows I wouldn't even know where to start.
"games, not just freecell and solitaire" Are you REALY trying to claim that there are more freeware games out for Linux then for Windows? Even the most basic of searches will prove this wrong.
"real networking tools, such as nmap, a variety of firewalls, heck the list is too long to begin here" Most of them are available for windows.
"a powerful command prompt for expert users" Ok, whats the diference between the BASH/TCSH/etc shell on Linux and the same shell on Windows?
Everything you listed is just a download away. I fail to see the problem.
My PocketPC plays Divx and Xvid encoded video files at full FPS on its 640x480 screen. (shrug) There are enough VGA PocketPC devices out there at this point, and PocketPC 2003se looks very nice at that res.
Its not. In fact the prosecution failed to demonstrate that consumers where hurt by Microsofts actions. Something that is required in many such anti trust cases.
Seeing as this WM has no stereo separation, it is not "true" 3D and thus would look flat on the Sharp display. To work right you would need a method to display stereoscopic 3D using one of the standard methods like field sequential or scan line alternating (where the left eye image is on alternating video fields or scanlines). Then you would need a system for 3D input. THEN you could use the Sharp display.
PS: You cant use interpolation to generate 3D from the 2D as there is no movement to base it off of.
Had them for years. I still have an old SpaceBall 2002 sitting around in a box. Just do a google search for "6DOF input" or "3D mouse" and you'll find all sorts of neat stuff from back when VR was going to change the world.
So you claim to get around 370Kb/s off of a 24x CF card? Hate to tell you, but there is somthing wrong with your reader or your card. Thats about 10x too slow.
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It didn't? Let me check. Nope, seems to still work. All my network monitoring pages are still on my desktop.
Um, no it dont. It just dosn't force people not to.
So noted, I?ll update the exploit script I hosted on your favorite web site.
So now they have a broweser thats guaranteed to give you repetitive stress syndrome? How is THAT a good thing?
My ass and bladder hurt just thinking about it.
We dont need no DRM enabled cancer cure. The GPLed treatment is almost as good. Granted you need to swap out about half of your body parts to be compatible with it.
Because the iPod is $30 more, weighs more, is larger and has shorter battery life?
Lets go over this again. You claim to only need 400MB of storage. You COULD get a light weight power efficient and small flash MP3 player. OR you could spend more money on a larger, heavier iPod with shorter battery life. And you dont see a reason NOT to get the iPod? You sir are a sales drones wet dream.
Also, the computer isn't going to throw a hissyfit when they lose. Or am I the only one who watches chess just for the losing nerd thorwing a complete wobbler and whining like a little girl?
This is true. My bad.
"Second, morality is relative -- if a person doesn't believe the system of copyright is the right way to do things and that there is no such thing as intellectual property, then it certainly wouldn't go against their moral code to infringe on copyrights."
True, morality is relative. If you think that taking someones work without their consent is OK then I have to disagree with your standard of morals. In addition, if you think there is no such thing as intellectual property I would have to ask what you do for a living. If you dont work in finished goods (ie, somthing that you can hold or touch) then why are you getting paid? By your own value system you dont produce anything. So then everyone NOT working in a construction/assembly style job should starve to death in the streets since they should have no money because they dont produce anything tangible and only phisical property is worth money. Sorry, but as a software engineer I have to disagree with that. What I do is worth somthing, regardless of what you think.
Fine, but nothing they can do makes copywrite infringements moral. If you dont like them, boycot their product. That means that you dont get to see the movie.
Apple is of the opinion that two buttons on a mouse is overwhelming. Do you realy expect them to think that we the consuming masses can handle more then one desktop?
Is the article about that fat geek who's always at the corner Starbucks with his laptop?
Just remember, the anus is natures USB pen storage pocket.
Please explain how to secure a network so that hte users dont have access to data but can still do their job.
So, where you the guy in the front row of Wizard of Oz shouting at the screen "Thats BULLSHIT man, monkeys dont fly!".
After all, this can be done with just about any source. An iPod is not required. In fact you can get parts to make a much stronger FM transmiter at radio shack for far less that can be used with any MP3/tape/record/8track player.
Redhat Linux Workstation at Compusa: 99$.
"Linux: fast, Windows: bloated"
When was the last time you used Linux? GNOME/KDE are VERY bloated these days. Hell, there talking about adding blogging into the UI.
"Linux: small memory footprint, Windwos: 256K min"
Windows runs fine in 128mb, Linux with GNOME requires about the same.
"linux: open source, Windows: closed"
Most people dont care.
"Linux: cli and GUI, Windows: GUI only"
Linux CLI only with an addin GUI. Windows GUI only with an addin CLI. No dif'.
"Linux: scalable, Windows: scalable only with Server versions ($$$)"
Since when can Linux scale past four CPUs with a customized version that costs major $$$ for support?
There are many compilers out there for many languages. Other then VC++ I cant think of any language that dosn't have a free compiler out there for Windows.
"your choice of how your desktop environment looks"
There are so many desktop replacments/customizers out for windows I wouldn't even know where to start.
"games, not just freecell and solitaire"
Are you REALY trying to claim that there are more freeware games out for Linux then for Windows? Even the most basic of searches will prove this wrong.
"real networking tools, such as nmap, a variety of firewalls, heck the list is too long to begin here"
Most of them are available for windows.
"a powerful command prompt for expert users"
Ok, whats the diference between the BASH/TCSH/etc shell on Linux and the same shell on Windows?
Everything you listed is just a download away. I fail to see the problem.
My PocketPC plays Divx and Xvid encoded video files at full FPS on its 640x480 screen. (shrug) There are enough VGA PocketPC devices out there at this point, and PocketPC 2003se looks very nice at that res.
Its not. In fact the prosecution failed to demonstrate that consumers where hurt by Microsofts actions. Something that is required in many such anti trust cases.
Over 500 spam messages so far today on a domain I've had since the mid 90s. This is about normal and what I've come to expect at this point.
PS: You cant use interpolation to generate 3D from the 2D as there is no movement to base it off of.
Had them for years. I still have an old SpaceBall 2002 sitting around in a box. Just do a google search for "6DOF input" or "3D mouse" and you'll find all sorts of neat stuff from back when VR was going to change the world.
So you claim to get around 370Kb/s off of a 24x CF card? Hate to tell you, but there is somthing wrong with your reader or your card. Thats about 10x too slow.
Sounds more like RAID negative one.