Now that I'm unemployed, I feel more secure knowing that I have no money which can be scammed from me because of a "Patriot" Act. Thank God for the state of our Bushist economy!
Exactly, this could be a huge problem if a distributor decides to churn out lots of handy apps alongside their GPL-compliant stuff, and then, BOOM, when a solid (like, huge) user base has been built up, they could go all DRM on us etc. Now, how realistic is this within the next few years? Not very. But in the long run? Perhaps, and then we'll be back where we started.
Aha, but do you agree with me that over time a sort of "corruption" could set in with these developer companies, and we see a sort of "history repeating itself" type thing?
2003 was a terrible year for copy protection for physical media. DVD piracy abounded, thanks to the selection of the weak CSS copy protection scheme, whose primary advantage seems to be low unit cost for the DVD player makers who designed it. Attempts to foment copy protection schemes for audio CDs were mostly laughable.
People break these things because ordinary folks don't want them! I think the music industry should take a hint from their consumers, stop throwing millions of dollars at R&D for Digital "Rights" Management and instead try to work out a sustainable digital media strategy (i.e. ITunes and high-quality downloads etc.). How long (and how much wasted money) before they figure this just isn't going to work out?
But what if these distributors like Red Hat "develop" Linux to the extent that it outdoes every single other Linux distro on the market (because of the availability of capital, which seems to be the argument you're using - more money = better development?)? Then, it would seem, customers are effectively locked in to one particular system even though it is theoretically open and free for anyone to change (most users won't bother).
Of course, one might argue that we'd be back to where we are now, with open source developers working on better solutions on their own time to take market share away from the giants etc. Ah, the irony!
I don't know about you folks, but for me, when it comes to Desktop Linux, the journey really is much more rewarding and interesting than the destination.
While this might be the case for most..."geeks" shall we say, this certainly won't help Linux on the typical home-user market. And part of the problem is that developers also enjoy this "journe"-aspect of the operating system. We have to discipline developers in understanding that most users just want "destination" and that's that.
...it's not organised in the commercial conference kind of sense. But that just means it's a lot more relaxed, the people just talk about technology, they don't try to sell stuff. And these days in the US it's unheard of, you can't make money with this kind of conference, so I go to the Australian one and I go to one in Canada (Ottowa Linux Symposium).
So even Linus admits that the Linux "project" is moving away from its earlier, non-commercial roots. I wonder what effects the increasing commercialisation of Linux will have, through businesses like Red Hat trying to make a profit and so on. Hopefully it won't be all bad, but I'm worried that Linux will just turn into another Microsoft (obviously with open source, but still)...
Yes, you are the only one. This is an example of a very interesting way to solve problems. Case in point: Recently it was decreed that "official" American flags should be produced with inflammable material, i.e. textiles which would prevent them from being burned. The reasoning is rather laughable - let's not look at WHY people are burning our flags, let's just make sure that the material is of such a nature that it is impossible! Of course, it's bound to fail as people who are intent on burning flags will simply sow their own, draw them on paper, or get real cheap ones from China. The same principle will be applied to what you're thinking about.
Ah, so much writing only to respond to a -1, Troll!
If I had access to the code behind PageRank, I could guarantee my clients get excellent pacement. Same with other people. Honest people who just put up a website/page would be left in the dust by spammers.
So how do we know Google isn't doing just that? How can we be _sure_ that Google isn't giving favourable placement to some sites or fixing the data? In fact, there have been several controversies surrounding this. Credibility is not all that much better just because it's closed source, buddy...
Except of course when we flood third-world countries with artificially cheapened goods, and destroy any chance of local producers actually making a living. Ah, gotta love capitalism, baby!
Perhaps the United States govt. could spend just a tiny fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars it is throwing at the oil companies, on some serious R&D into clean energy...Meh.
That is not at all what he is advocating. It is a share of wealth between producers in a society (where everyone owns these means of production), through direct democracy, de-centralization etc - in other words, a true anarchy (http://www.anarchistfaq.org).
Of course the key to your argument is "who can afford to". Those who can't, what are they supposed to do? Efficiency is an unnecessary evil of capitalism, which serves but one purpose - the production of capital. It does not serve society in any way but to strengthen the profit yields for wealthy capitalists.
My chemistry teacher bought this thing from thinkgeek because he was impressed by it. It doesn't shoot rings very far (a few centimeters really) and makes a horrible stink. Not as cool as you might think from the review and all the advertisements...:(
Wouldn't it be interesting if we watched the DVD (say within a few hours of having rented it). Then we heat it or whatever may be necessary to make it useless again (i.e. speed up the decomposition process). Then we return it to the store and say it's useless, and get a refund/new video. Cheap!
Capitalism also needs cheap labour from the 3rd world so we can fuckin exploit them to hell and have a nice condo with a view of the lake and all the latest techno gizmos.
Slashdot Mirror
Imagine using Google to access the cache for Google to access the cache for Google to...AHARHGH!
Ladies and gentlement, let the pissing contest begin!
Now that I'm unemployed, I feel more secure knowing that I have no money which can be scammed from me because of a "Patriot" Act. Thank God for the state of our Bushist economy!
http://www.apple-history.com/movies/1984.mov
Plus, a neato article on it here: http://www.duke.edu/~tlove/mac.htm
Exactly, this could be a huge problem if a distributor decides to churn out lots of handy apps alongside their GPL-compliant stuff, and then, BOOM, when a solid (like, huge) user base has been built up, they could go all DRM on us etc. Now, how realistic is this within the next few years? Not very. But in the long run? Perhaps, and then we'll be back where we started.
Aha, but do you agree with me that over time a sort of "corruption" could set in with these developer companies, and we see a sort of "history repeating itself" type thing?
2003 was a terrible year for copy protection for physical media. DVD piracy abounded, thanks to the selection of the weak CSS copy protection scheme, whose primary advantage seems to be low unit cost for the DVD player makers who designed it. Attempts to foment copy protection schemes for audio CDs were mostly laughable.
People break these things because ordinary folks don't want them! I think the music industry should take a hint from their consumers, stop throwing millions of dollars at R&D for Digital "Rights" Management and instead try to work out a sustainable digital media strategy (i.e. ITunes and high-quality downloads etc.). How long (and how much wasted money) before they figure this just isn't going to work out?
But what if these distributors like Red Hat "develop" Linux to the extent that it outdoes every single other Linux distro on the market (because of the availability of capital, which seems to be the argument you're using - more money = better development?)? Then, it would seem, customers are effectively locked in to one particular system even though it is theoretically open and free for anyone to change (most users won't bother).
Of course, one might argue that we'd be back to where we are now, with open source developers working on better solutions on their own time to take market share away from the giants etc. Ah, the irony!
Ah, you're such a cynic :-) Hey, it's tough doing interviews all day, alright?
I don't know about you folks, but for me, when it comes to Desktop Linux, the journey really is much more rewarding and interesting than the destination.
While this might be the case for most..."geeks" shall we say, this certainly won't help Linux on the typical home-user market. And part of the problem is that developers also enjoy this "journe"-aspect of the operating system. We have to discipline developers in understanding that most users just want "destination" and that's that.
...it's not organised in the commercial conference kind of sense. But that just means it's a lot more relaxed, the people just talk about technology, they don't try to sell stuff. And these days in the US it's unheard of, you can't make money with this kind of conference, so I go to the Australian one and I go to one in Canada (Ottowa Linux Symposium). So even Linus admits that the Linux "project" is moving away from its earlier, non-commercial roots. I wonder what effects the increasing commercialisation of Linux will have, through businesses like Red Hat trying to make a profit and so on. Hopefully it won't be all bad, but I'm worried that Linux will just turn into another Microsoft (obviously with open source, but still)...
If you owe the bank $1000, you've got a problem. If you owe the bank $1,000,000, the bank's got a problem.
Yes, you are the only one. This is an example of a very interesting way to solve problems. Case in point: Recently it was decreed that "official" American flags should be produced with inflammable material, i.e. textiles which would prevent them from being burned. The reasoning is rather laughable - let's not look at WHY people are burning our flags, let's just make sure that the material is of such a nature that it is impossible! Of course, it's bound to fail as people who are intent on burning flags will simply sow their own, draw them on paper, or get real cheap ones from China. The same principle will be applied to what you're thinking about. Ah, so much writing only to respond to a -1, Troll!
If I had access to the code behind PageRank, I could guarantee my clients get excellent pacement. Same with other people. Honest people who just put up a website/page would be left in the dust by spammers.
So how do we know Google isn't doing just that? How can we be _sure_ that Google isn't giving favourable placement to some sites or fixing the data? In fact, there have been several controversies surrounding this. Credibility is not all that much better just because it's closed source, buddy...
Man, nobody's forcing you to do anything. It's a (relatively) free Internet. Just get another distro. Geez...
Except of course when we flood third-world countries with artificially cheapened goods, and destroy any chance of local producers actually making a living. Ah, gotta love capitalism, baby!
Perhaps the United States govt. could spend just a tiny fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars it is throwing at the oil companies, on some serious R&D into clean energy...Meh.
That is not at all what he is advocating. It is a share of wealth between producers in a society (where everyone owns these means of production), through direct democracy, de-centralization etc - in other words, a true anarchy (http://www.anarchistfaq.org).
Of course the key to your argument is "who can afford to". Those who can't, what are they supposed to do? Efficiency is an unnecessary evil of capitalism, which serves but one purpose - the production of capital. It does not serve society in any way but to strengthen the profit yields for wealthy capitalists.
It's a joke. Laugh.
Perhaps we could get his mobile number instead, and spam it with SMS messages. That can be had for free on the internet too.
My chemistry teacher bought this thing from thinkgeek because he was impressed by it. It doesn't shoot rings very far (a few centimeters really) and makes a horrible stink. Not as cool as you might think from the review and all the advertisements... :(
Wouldn't it be interesting if we watched the DVD (say within a few hours of having rented it). Then we heat it or whatever may be necessary to make it useless again (i.e. speed up the decomposition process). Then we return it to the store and say it's useless, and get a refund/new video. Cheap!
Oh, and
3. PROFIT!!!
Capitalism also needs cheap labour from the 3rd world so we can fuckin exploit them to hell and have a nice condo with a view of the lake and all the latest techno gizmos.
>Disney et al. are betting that most people fall into the latter non script kiddy hax0r category.
You're new here, aren't you?