Just get the major record labels to sue Microsoft and it's employees for music copyright infringement. How could you not share music at work using an outstanding multimedia enabled OS like Windows XP?
MINIX is a free UNIX clone that is available with all the source code. Due to its small size, microkernel-based design, and ample documentation, it is well suited to people who want to run a UNIX-like system on their personal computer and learn about how such systems work inside. It is quite feasible for a person unfamiliar with operating system internals to understand nearly the entire system with a few months of use and study.
MINIX has been written from scratch, and therefore does not contain any AT&T code--not in the kernel, the compiler, the utilities, or the libraries. For this reason the complete source can be made available (by FTP or via the WWW).
1) Opportunity. People who work programming might work for the equitable distribution of technology, so that computer users don't become a powerful elite in control of a culture that excludes the technologically illiterate, a social nightmare already well underway.
2) Responsibility. People who program need to consider its social implications, applications and consequences.
3) Access. Unfettered access to the source code, its information unrestricted and unregulated by corporations or government except in the most dire circumstances.
4) Civics. Democracy and inclusion, using source code to break down elites, to bring more people into the development process, provide them more information, and give them new ways to express their opinions and attitudes.
5) Civility. Another ethical goal might be a civil society online - especially a new kind of media -- where source code is gathered and shared openly, solutions are approached rationally rather than ideologically, facts replace confrontation and dogma, argument is encouraged but personal attacks viewed as the unethical assaults on the free movement of ideas that they are.
Either support a monopoly that exploits children, violates the basic human rights of its workers, and bankrupts small businesses or support another monopoly that abuses its monopolistic power in anti-competitive ways, stifles innovation, and limits comsumer choice.
The "freenet" movement based in Cleveland, USA has failed to connect the vast majority of citizans in any way shape or form. Furthermore "freenets" are not accessable to millions of adults and hundreds and thousands of communities by virtue of the complex, politically sensitive, corporate setup, operating system and sponsorship of these entities. We are therefore, faced with an ever widening gap between those who are connected to the Internet and those who are not. The inforich get richer and the infopoor who will probably never be connected to the Internet in any form. Not under the current conditions anyways. The "freenet" groups are inaccessable, suscpetable to political pressures and capricious changes in their policies as a result of political and corporate pressures. The commercial internet and information services providers simply do not tolerate unconventional thought and divergant beliefs, opinions or practices. They are in any event simply too expensive and complicated for the vast majority of human beings to access in the forseeable future. There is no place for poor people, dissent or minority representation. What is required is a non-profit, international and apolitical internet services provider. An organization that will give any community server a free connection to the internet regardless of costs. A Free Community Network bringing the global Village the information revolution without pre-conditions, economic blackmail or controlling strings. Any group anywhere may set up a Community Server with whatever equipment they may have at hand. The Free Community Network provides whatever connectivity the group needs... from a 2400 baud weekly dial-up UUCP connection to 24 hour a day ISDN and beyond. All without preconditions... the exception neing that the participating community server makes no profit from the services they in turn provide. The Free Community Network will take donations of money equipent, time and resourxes from any and all sources. All contracts with the
Free Community Network will be written to preclude the possibilty of anyone profiting from our services or from political or economic pressure being exerted through the various donations. A Free Community Network is essential to the creation and survival of the community servers which will be essential to propogating the knowledge and information of the Internet to the people of the world. Without a Free Community Network we will face a world in which the majority of people live in conditions of knowledge blackout and extremely dangerous and unbalanced situation. Discussions towards creating the Free Community Network have already begun. International participation is encouraged and welcome. Let's make the Free Community Network a reality to ignite an explosion of Community Servers that will finally bring all of humaity into one vast forum. Let us make it happen.
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Just get the major record labels to sue Microsoft and it's employees for music copyright infringement. How could you not share music at work using an outstanding multimedia enabled OS like Windows XP?
>the everyday reader doesn't want to read Sci-Fi anymore
>i suppose good Sci-Fi is just too difficult for most to understand
Spiderman, the science fiction film has made $114 million. And your're telling me people aren't interested in science fiction?
I wonder how long it will be before it crashes.
Time to mod down....
Hey fudgepacker, your link is wrong. Get it straight.
You must be new here. Welcome to Slashdot.
Sorry, but Minix is already taken.
MINIX is a free UNIX clone that is available with all the source code. Due to its small size, microkernel-based design, and ample documentation, it is well suited to people who want to run a UNIX-like system on their personal computer and learn about how such systems work inside. It is quite feasible for a person unfamiliar with operating system internals to understand nearly the entire system with a few months of use and study.
MINIX has been written from scratch, and therefore does not contain any AT&T code--not in the kernel, the compiler, the utilities, or the libraries. For this reason the complete source can be made available (by FTP or via the WWW).
Hello. You must be new here. Welcome to Slashdot.
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1) Opportunity. People who work programming might work for the equitable distribution of technology, so that computer users don't become a powerful elite in control of a culture that excludes the technologically illiterate, a social nightmare already well underway.
2) Responsibility. People who program need to consider its social implications, applications and consequences.
3) Access. Unfettered access to the source code, its information unrestricted and unregulated by corporations or government except in the most dire circumstances.
4) Civics. Democracy and inclusion, using source code to break down elites, to bring more people into the development process, provide them more information, and give them new ways to express their opinions and attitudes.
5) Civility. Another ethical goal might be a civil society online - especially a new kind of media -- where source code is gathered and shared openly, solutions are approached rationally rather than ideologically, facts replace confrontation and dogma, argument is encouraged but personal attacks viewed as the unethical assaults on the free movement of ideas that they are.
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Either support a monopoly that exploits children, violates the basic human rights of its workers, and bankrupts small businesses or support another monopoly that abuses its monopolistic power in anti-competitive ways, stifles innovation, and limits comsumer choice.
Heh. Someone has gotta mod that up.
I agree, he doesn't look recovered just yet. Take a look for yourself.
The "freenet" movement based in Cleveland, USA has failed to connect ... from a 2400 baud weekly ... the exception neing that the participating community
the vast majority of citizans in any way shape or form. Furthermore
"freenets" are not accessable to millions of adults and hundreds
and thousands of communities by virtue of the complex, politically
sensitive, corporate setup, operating system and sponsorship of
these entities. We are therefore, faced with an ever widening gap
between those who are connected to the Internet and those who are
not. The inforich get richer and the infopoor who will probably
never be connected to the Internet in any form. Not under the
current conditions anyways. The "freenet" groups are inaccessable, suscpetable to political
pressures and capricious changes in their policies as a result of
political and corporate pressures. The commercial internet and
information services providers simply do not tolerate unconventional
thought and divergant beliefs, opinions or practices. They are in
any event simply too expensive and complicated for the vast majority
of human beings to access in the forseeable future. There is no place
for poor people, dissent or minority representation. What is required is a non-profit, international and apolitical
internet services provider. An organization that will give any
community server a free connection to the internet regardless of
costs. A Free Community Network bringing the global Village the
information revolution without pre-conditions, economic blackmail
or controlling strings. Any group anywhere may set up a Community Server with whatever
equipment they may have at hand. The Free Community Network provides
whatever connectivity the group needs
dial-up UUCP connection to 24 hour a day ISDN and beyond. All without
preconditions
server makes no profit from the services they in turn provide. The Free Community Network will take donations of money equipent,
time and resourxes from any and all sources. All contracts with the
Free Community Network will be written to preclude the possibilty
of anyone profiting from our services or from political or economic
pressure being exerted through the various donations. A Free Community Network is essential to the creation and survival
of the community servers which will be essential to propogating the
knowledge and information of the Internet to the people of the world.
Without a Free Community Network we will face a world in which the
majority of people live in conditions of knowledge blackout and
extremely dangerous and unbalanced situation. Discussions towards creating the Free Community Network have already
begun. International participation is encouraged and welcome. Let's
make the Free Community Network a reality to ignite an explosion of
Community Servers that will finally bring all of humaity into one vast
forum. Let us make it happen.