I think it's good to force people to use Linux. Then they will be so upset with things not working so they will start to get a life instead of sitting online 10h/day ! That is really a good thing!
If I were forced to switched to windows, I'd give up on computers....
Wasn't the whole idea with the rrdram that it was supposed to be an "open" standard, and then rambus filed a patenet or something and the others were screwed. So much for a promise to make it freely available when working with a standard... When it's free, then we can believe it's free.
The *DSL user that has bought a domain foo.bar that is hosted on a server, somewhere in the world (that doesn't allow mail relaying). And this user want to send mail that originates from the foo.bar domain. Ehhh.. that user is screwed by this.
And patent? Well, that will be very good for making it a technique that every MTA will use.... releasing it as Public Domain? Remember Rambus?
I was just about to write something about a laptop, never mind. Where is this taking us? The optimistic future is that the "content" industry can stop being afraid of all that P2P-mess, and they can start cutting the prices, since P2P is the reason for the high prices...
The more realistic future is that they get an even firmer grip on the consumers and raise prices!
Should I buy some DRM-free hardware today and save for future use? Well, AMD releases new hardware tomorrow....
The distributed internet backup system is anotherway for people that does not have quite as important (important for the rest of the world) data as Linus.
Mod parent as funny!! Who knows? In the future companies might be able to patent buissnis methods, and then demand a special tax to get the lost earnings, due to the fact that the method is so stupid that they can't make any money on it the "usual way"...
First the tracking of the homeless, then this about users commenting on movies... well.. I'm having a hard time to imagine this can be true!! It's so incredible stupid, it can't be true....
I think it's an off-topic troll. I don't think this can be considered "news for nerds" and not "stuff that matters". If you don't have an UPS, you're not a nerd, As simple as that....
very bored with the "to protect against terrorism". How much freedom do we want to give up, to get a false sense of security? Now I don't say that RFID's in the food has anything to do with freedom, but where will they put the RFID next? (I've got a suggestion, but it will probably be considered obscene). As someone said once upon a time, "we gather this information about our customers, we don't know why, but it might be good in the future". That idea, and the believe that technology will save us (from all the bad in the world), that's just so utterly wrong!
The only way to feel secure, is to be selfconfident and show more love, help those who suffer. Then you don't have to vorry about fanatic idiots and other problems (since these seems to muster from problems).
By the way, the taste of coke is acctually very much like... oh, never mind.
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For me, real technology means something that is valuable for all humans, that evolves society.
I'm having a hard time to see how DRM can do this.
"These companies have real technology and a solid technical base
InterTrust (DRM - digital rights management), "
Is it just me, or why do I feel bad when I read "real technology" and DRM in the same text?
I think it's good to force people to use Linux.
Then they will be so upset with things not working so they will start to get a life instead of sitting online 10h/day !
That is really a good thing!
If I were forced to switched to windows, I'd give up on computers....
what's wrong with an ordinary non-ink pencil?
I must be stupid....
Well, what about taking it to the extreme?
ban that special name totaly from google! Then let's see what they like it!
Why do they want to ruin freedom of speech/research when they should arrest him for qmail instead!
Man, have you tried to understand the installation instructions???
how can I set up a jabber server for me and a selected group of people?
I wouldn't imagine that the situation will get any better.
Wasn't the whole idea with the rrdram that it was supposed to be an "open" standard, and then rambus filed a patenet or something and the others were screwed.
So much for a promise to make it freely available when working with a standard...
When it's free, then we can believe it's free.
as I can see it.
The *DSL user that has bought a domain foo.bar that is hosted on a server, somewhere in the world (that doesn't allow mail relaying). And this user want to send mail that originates from the foo.bar domain.
Ehhh.. that user is screwed by this.
And patent? Well, that will be very good for making it a technique that every MTA will use.... releasing it as Public Domain? Remember Rambus?
Well, capitalism would work if people had a brain (i.e. then people wouldn't buy that J.Carry or B. Spears crap) and there would not be any envy...
I was just about to write something about a laptop, never mind.
Where is this taking us?
The optimistic future is that the "content" industry can stop being afraid of all that P2P-mess, and they can start cutting the prices, since P2P is the reason for the high prices...
The more realistic future is that they get an even firmer grip on the consumers and raise prices!
Should I buy some DRM-free hardware today and save for future use? Well, AMD releases new hardware tomorrow....
I really dislike these "in (current year +2) XYZ is going to be the largest/have 70% of the market/be worth z milion dollars"
They are never right anyway!
Get rid of all plugins and give us plain html files with out all the crap!
It will not be inconvenient... if you buy some extra products....
this means that laptops will be even more expensive... why isn't anyone interested in creating a linuxable laptop that is not so damn expensive?
The distributed internet backup system is anotherway for people that does not have quite as important (important for the rest of the world) data as Linus.
d ib s/
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~emin/source_code/
But remember, sometimes you don't miss the things that were lost after a crash... if you don't, then you are a happy person!
Mod parent as funny!!
Who knows? In the future companies might be able to patent buissnis methods, and then demand a special tax to get the lost earnings, due to the fact that the method is so stupid that they can't make any money on it the "usual way"...
I have a patent on this silly idea!
First the tracking of the homeless, then this about users commenting on movies... well.. I'm having a hard time to imagine this can be true!!
It's so incredible stupid, it can't be true....
I think it's an off-topic troll. I don't think this can be considered "news for nerds" and not "stuff that matters". If you don't have an UPS, you're not a nerd, As simple as that....
is when the copymachine get a serious paperjam.
and see what will happen. Then we can say it was good, status que, or if we should start an underground resistanse movement :-)
Do they say if the locks should be locked or unlocked? I think that's a big decision that I can't make myself.
very bored with the "to protect against terrorism".
How much freedom do we want to give up, to get a false sense of security?
Now I don't say that RFID's in the food has anything to do with freedom, but where will they put the RFID next? (I've got a suggestion, but it will probably be considered obscene).
As someone said once upon a time, "we gather this information about our customers, we don't know why, but it might be good in the future".
That idea, and the believe that technology will save us (from all the bad in the world), that's just so utterly wrong!
The only way to feel secure, is to be selfconfident and show more love, help those who suffer. Then you don't have to vorry about fanatic idiots and other problems (since these seems to muster from problems).
By the way, the taste of coke is acctually very much like... oh, never mind.
Well... That's the american way. Good luck with your lousy work as a programmer, writing a wordprocessor in COBOL...
If suing is the best way to make a living, well, I don't have much for that society.
I can understand why they allow publishing on the web, with those ugly colours, no one will ever read it...