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yeah, because no geek has ever heard the word "marathon" before, and wouldn't know what one is or how it works. right.
I've heard the word, I know what it is and how it works but I still fail to see how an analogy based on a chocolate bar works here! (or why why people are referring to exercise. Is it to work off the calories after the marathon?)
What does the average user need that requires configuration file editing or source code compilation in Ubuntu?
I installed Kubuntu 7.04 on my machine this week and the only thing for which I had to edit configuration files was Apache. Your average user doesn't need Apache.
When I do my wife's machine tomorrow I fully expect it to be 100% point and click
Only if you believe that freedom is a digital, on or off, affair.
If you think that there can be degrees of freedom, or even separate conflicting axis of freedom then the idea of freedom in society is not such a meaningless concept.
At the risk of upsetting the Merkins, only "absolute freedom in society", or indeed "absolute freedom" is an oxymoron.
In the name of providing video sharing services or Search engines, these sites indulge in mass copyright violation that requires the owners of copyrights (server admins) to set things like robots.txt etc.
The owners of copyrights may not even have a website
...and even if they do they may not put their videos up there
...and even if they did a robots.txt would make no difference. YouTube et al do not send out spiders to collect videos. The videos are uploaded by users who are unfamiliar with, or just don't give a damn about, copyright law.
Having said that, I can see where you are coming from in that such sites do enable the uninformed or unconcerned to infringe on others' copyrights. However such sites also have a legitimate use as venues for user generated content. The UGC on such sites may not interest you but, to judge my stepsons behaviour and that of their friends, there is an upcoming generation that does appreciate it and is more willing to create content rather than just be a passive consumer. As far as I'm concerned this is a positive thing and criminalising the video sharing sites to protect the rights of big business is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
There are always those looking for a free ride. You do what you can to reduce such attempts so that whatever you are doing is worth while and live with the rest. (Unless you work for big media businesses in the 21st century in which case you try to buy politicians and laws to put budding competitors out of the picture.)
The EP.....decided that criminal sanctions should apply only to infringements deliberately carried out to obtain a commercial advantage. Piracy committed by private users for personal, non-profit purposes is therefore
I see a lot of commentary around the web that YouTube's only valid business model is due to turning a blind eye to uploaded copyrighted clips. Having seen how my stepsons use YouTube and similar sites I am not at all convinced that this is the case. They are quite happy with the user generated content.
I have an older non-technical site that gets a couple of thousand visits a day and a new web development related site that gets 20 visits a day (if it's lucky). Guess which one has the higher Alexa rank? Yep, the technical one. Only a couple of orders of magnitude out.
Your boss makes hiring decisions based on random phone calls he gets? Wow. I'm going to apply for a job then get my aunt to call him and say I'm Jesus Christ incarnate.
And, unless it's a catering job, exactly what good is that going to do?
Fair enough. I just tend to find it makes advertising far more obviously advertising so you can then enjoy it on its own terms rather than wondering whether it is trying to mislead you (it is, so otherwise ignore it).
In fact, they probably hire armies of engineers who work for peanuts in Timbuktoo. The same forces that are offshoring techie jobs is making spam practical.
While I appreciate this attempt to make it look as if the current, over zealous, use of outsourcing is making spam worse I suspect the opposite is true.
The techies are there, their legal framework may not be as up to date, so if they don't have an outsourced job to do perhaps they'd be using their skillz to spam instead. Outsource now, and save our email;)
No, the best thing Microsoft has ever released is Age of Empires. In fact, I would be completely satisfied if Microsoft would focus on programming games, they are good at that
Not even that. They published AoE. It was developed by Ensemble Studios
The example given was meant purely to fit in with the general theme of the topic
To take off the pedant hat. I would agree with you that most works connected to religion were nominally created to advance the religion by those who claimed they followed the religion. And yes I would agree that it indicates a tendency to not follow the religion.
My own beliefs are simply a list of likelihoods of different ideas being correct and not fixed at all. However, limited to that subset of ideas in which the universe has a creator, personally I find it more likely that in that case we are more in the position of either lab rats or penicillin. I have trouble with the idea of omniscience and the complexity of entities that are allowed to exist without a creator due to Occam's Razor. I also believe that a lot of people who claim to be Christian technically are not (although I may be putting my pedant hat back on now).
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Just wait 18 months and there'll be one with twice the number of comments!
yeah, because no geek has ever heard the word "marathon" before, and wouldn't know what one is or how it works. right.
I've heard the word, I know what it is and how it works but I still fail to see how an analogy based on a chocolate bar works here! (or why why people are referring to exercise. Is it to work off the calories after the marathon?)
What does the average user need that requires configuration file editing or source code compilation in Ubuntu?
I installed Kubuntu 7.04 on my machine this week and the only thing for which I had to edit configuration files was Apache. Your average user doesn't need Apache.
When I do my wife's machine tomorrow I fully expect it to be 100% point and click
Along with comments, in a review about Ubuntu 7.04, along the lines of "some people had problems with this in version 6.10"!
Where are the comments saying well I managed this in Vista but some people couldn't in XP?"
Freedom in society means absolutly NOTHING
Only if you believe that freedom is a digital, on or off, affair.
If you think that there can be degrees of freedom, or even separate conflicting axis of freedom then the idea of freedom in society is not such a meaningless concept.
At the risk of upsetting the Merkins, only "absolute freedom in society", or indeed "absolute freedom" is an oxymoron.
I don't know who flamebait'd you, but they don't understand sarcasm.
Looks like they came back as well.
I think he just forgot the <sarcasm> tags.
It's easily done. I do it all the time
In the name of providing video sharing services or Search engines, these sites indulge in mass copyright violation that requires the owners of copyrights (server admins) to set things like robots.txt etc.
Having said that, I can see where you are coming from in that such sites do enable the uninformed or unconcerned to infringe on others' copyrights. However such sites also have a legitimate use as venues for user generated content. The UGC on such sites may not interest you but, to judge my stepsons behaviour and that of their friends, there is an upcoming generation that does appreciate it and is more willing to create content rather than just be a passive consumer. As far as I'm concerned this is a positive thing and criminalising the video sharing sites to protect the rights of big business is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
There are always those looking for a free ride. You do what you can to reduce such attempts so that whatever you are doing is worth while and live with the rest. (Unless you work for big media businesses in the 21st century in which case you try to buy politicians and laws to put budding competitors out of the picture.)
Party politics is a bastardisation of democracy.
I'll vote for anybody who promises to introduce a "None of the above" option in Britain... or I would if I believed them!
From the fine article
The EP.....decided that criminal sanctions should apply only to infringements deliberately carried out to obtain a commercial advantage. Piracy committed by private users for personal, non-profit purposes is therefore
I see a lot of commentary around the web that YouTube's only valid business model is due to turning a blind eye to uploaded copyrighted clips. Having seen how my stepsons use YouTube and similar sites I am not at all convinced that this is the case. They are quite happy with the user generated content.
Yes ratings can be hugely misleading
I have an older non-technical site that gets a couple of thousand visits a day and a new web development related site that gets 20 visits a day (if it's lucky). Guess which one has the higher Alexa rank? Yep, the technical one. Only a couple of orders of magnitude out.
I could care less about those grammar errors...
You loose!
Your boss makes hiring decisions based on random phone calls he gets? Wow. I'm going to apply for a job then get my aunt to call him and say I'm Jesus Christ incarnate.
And, unless it's a catering job, exactly what good is that going to do?
Fair enough. I just tend to find it makes advertising far more obviously advertising so you can then enjoy it on its own terms rather than wondering whether it is trying to mislead you (it is, so otherwise ignore it).
2) All advertisements must not:
a) Use any form of direct or indirect sexual association to influence the viewer
I thought you said "ideal world"? This one's in the wrong list!
I am special. And I'm going to be famous.
"Considering you're an Anonymous Coward, we'll never be able to prove you wrong."
Considering they're an Anonymous Coward, they've already proved themselves wrong. Nothing special. Plenty of them around.
In fact, they probably hire armies of engineers who work for peanuts in Timbuktoo. The same forces that are offshoring techie jobs is making spam practical.
While I appreciate this attempt to make it look as if the current, over zealous, use of outsourcing is making spam worse I suspect the opposite is true.
The techies are there, their legal framework may not be as up to date, so if they don't have an outsourced job to do perhaps they'd be using their skillz to spam instead. Outsource now, and save our email ;)
Set up your own then.
Tee Aich Ee Pee Ay Gee Ee Cee Ay En En Oh Tee Bee Ee Dee Eye Ess Pee Ell Ay Why Ee Dee.
but it will play in the same CD player that all your RIAA CDs play in
but it will play in the same CD player that some your RIAA CDs play in
It's a linux dist story on Slashdot. Obviously the comments should be assumed to be case sensitive ;)
No, the best thing Microsoft has ever released is Age of Empires. In fact, I would be completely satisfied if Microsoft would focus on programming games, they are good at that
Not even that. They published AoE. It was developed by Ensemble Studios
Um. Never have, never likely to as I don't check /. sufficiently often but still I have to ask why not?
Is there something wrong with doing something you enjoy that somebody else benefits from?
PC's are dirt cheap! I would say 800 - 1000 for a nice PC with tons of ram and a Geforce4 128 meg card
I don't know where you are buying your dirt but, trust me, you are being ripped off!
The example given was meant purely to fit in with the general theme of the topic
To take off the pedant hat. I would agree with you that most works connected to religion were nominally created to advance the religion by those who claimed they followed the religion. And yes I would agree that it indicates a tendency to not follow the religion.
My own beliefs are simply a list of likelihoods of different ideas being correct and not fixed at all. However, limited to that subset of ideas in which the universe has a creator, personally I find it more likely that in that case we are more in the position of either lab rats or penicillin. I have trouble with the idea of omniscience and the complexity of entities that are allowed to exist without a creator due to Occam's Razor. I also believe that a lot of people who claim to be Christian technically are not (although I may be putting my pedant hat back on now).