The legal system says it is illegal to install an operating system in the privacy of your home because Microsoft has registered themselves as the rightful extortionists for some of the things that your operating system does.
The fact that it has such laws is what makes it corrupt.
The fact that it has such laws is what makes this extortion possible.
It is entirely ok to install whatever you want on your computer. You are causing no harm. The police should not be bothering you.
As for their dependence on the windows codebase, it is not for you or anyone else to step up and say "Sorry, you made you're choice, you're fucked now, your efforts to get out from under are not permitted."
Just because the legal system says it will assist you in extorting money from people doesn't mean you're entitled to it. It just means you've successfully utilized the legal system to screw the rest of us over.
With all due respect, there is a world of difference between "Can't do it because it's not allowed" and "Can't do it because it's not able to be done".
Having a re-implementation means you can't run Silverlight on Linux in the same way that I can't burn you a free copy of Windows.
The end result of all this re-implementing will be that countries that respect the concept of IP will become increasingly less competitive on the world stage than countries that do not until they are eventually marginalized by their legacy of stupidity.
To release those who might be dependent on applications developed with it from the Windows codebase.
IP IS extortion. It's protection money you pay an organization so they won't use the power they have in our corrupt legal system to bring the power of the state to bear on you despite the fact that you have done no harm.
If you define installing an operating system on your computer in the privacy of your home or office as harm, you've either drifted a little too far into the abstract or you need to check your sense of entitlement at the door.
If the fundamental argument for the use of the proxies and security in schools is that the students are youths, to be protected from the corruption of the internet for the very reason that they are impetuous and easily led astray at this tender stage of their life, then it's inconsistent to punish them for the failures of those measures.
Clearly, the systems exist to protect the corrupt society from idealistic youth who are not materially benefited by the society. But it's a hard sell politically.
Fascism is a type of totalitarianism that is established by the collusion of the Military and Corporate Industry, maintained by fear and propaganda and ongoing continual war against enemies real or imaginary.
Remains to be seen if Vista will ever achieve enough market penetration to apply such pressures effectively
Once you're unable to buy a new computer with any version of Windows except Vista, the uptake of Vista should be pretty brisk. I just manually installed XP yesterday, and it's a safe bet that Microsoft has guaranteed that no user is going to want to go through that horrible process, assuming they also are willing to pay full retail "nobody really pays this" price to "downgrade".
Do not underestimate how much Microsoft owns their user base. Did you not get Windows Genuine Advantage?
Familiar with Dell? Have a problem with the statement "Dell has always been one of Microsofts staunchest supporters"?
In response to user reaction to Vista, Dell has begun re-offering Windows XP, and has also begun offering Ubuntu pre-installed on desktops and laptops.
Don't overestimate how much Microsoft owns their user base.
The interesting bit of the article was the part where it suggests that this will lead application developers for windows to start writing programs that don't need escalated privileges. Long term, such pressures are good for the "software ecosystem".
Remains to be seen if Vista will ever achieve enough market penetration to apply such pressures effectively, but still...
Such systems could use their knowledge of where groups congregate to turn down the air conditioning when there are only a few people in one part of the building, for example. In an emergency, electronic signs could direct people to the nearest available escape route when one becomes congested.
Low-tech signs to indicate all exit methods. High tech signs to indicate the best exit method, taking into account that there are 200 people trying to jam their way out the closest exit, and one of the two alternative exits is on fire.
Google are a one trick pony. They did their innovation when they were in their garage, and they've been Microsofting ever since. Why would you want to work there?
Soon they won't need to issue these types of notices. They'll just erase it off your hardware, and revoke the playback keys for your backups. It will be a lot more convenient, and less alarming for the populace. Just be patient, these convenient technologies are being deployed even as we speak.
Sounds to me like they took a bunch of inconclusive findings, then made a sensationalist rebuttal to the cell phone argument to prevent problems in the market.
But the results are "highly preliminary" and are from only a few hives from Le Grand in Merced County, UCSF biochemist Joe DeRisi said. "We don't want to give anybody the impression that this thing has been solved."
N. ceranae is "one of many pathogens" in the bees, said entomologist Diana Cox-Foster of Pennsylvania State University. "By itself, it is probably not the culprit... but it may be one of the key players."
This doesn't refute anything that was put forth before. It doesn't demonstrate any causality whatsoever.
I like money, and I like stuff. I like money and stuff so very much that when you were out there studying the world we live in, or the arts, or technology, I was studying money, and the systems that move it around and attribute power to individuals in the system.
I know what patents and copyrights are for. They're so people like me can pluck your creations up and use them to squeeze money out of other people. Everyone in this industry knows thats what they're for, that's why we like them so much.
I do not want the system to be fair. I want it slanted towards me. I don't want fair reward for good work, if I did, I would have studied something that had a practical utility. I studied the art and science of fleecing suckers because that's what I want to do.
I am the one that is investing in the patent system, I want it to stay broken, and I will fight you tooth and nail to my last dollar to keep it that way.
Considering the climate change projections, we should expect the southern US to be an unbearable hellhole, while Canada becomes more moderate.
With that in mind, I propose we build the Great Wall of Canada, to keep all the refugees out.
The best way would probably be to suggest the idea to the Americans now while they're paranoid, then they can build it for us. Once they get it finished, we just nail all the doors shut from the northern side.
If we are trading a billion dollars worth of minerals, water, energy, lumber and manufactured goods out for a billion dollars worth of permission to something that would be free for the taking if we changed our laws, it makes it pretty fucking clear what we should do.
We should dump the laws entirely. If that means trade drops such that we keep our billion dollars worth of stuff for ourselves and don't receive a billion dollars worth of empty "permission to copy" notes, we are much better off.
The fact that it isn't happenening speaks to the motives of our elected officials.
It is only by the mandated rules of the government, speaking with the voice of all the people, that Microsoft has any rights to charge people for this at all.
It is only by the mandated rules of the government(s) that their money has any value period.
The EU cannot overstep their mandate where Microsoft is concerned.
Am I the only one that thinks to themselves, "One of these days, some really smart person is going to come out with a new and better theory of reality that reveals all this quantum mechanics stuff to be a bunch of quackery."?
Broadcast media IS a corrupt corporate institution that values ratings more than anything.
It should be exclusively reserved for use by the government.
It should never be sensationalist, and it should never be for the private motives of any individual at all.
It should be dry and boring as unbuttered toast, and the target should be a complete absence of any falsehood or factual inaccuracy.
Pull media, on the other hand, should be completely uncensored.
There are times when it is necessary that the world intrude into my space and tell me things without me initiating the activity. But no private individual or institution with selfish motives should be able to do it to me systematically.
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The legal system says it is illegal to install an operating system in the privacy of your home because Microsoft has registered themselves as the rightful extortionists for some of the things that your operating system does.
The fact that it has such laws is what makes it corrupt.
The fact that it has such laws is what makes this extortion possible.
It is entirely ok to install whatever you want on your computer. You are causing no harm. The police should not be bothering you.
As for their dependence on the windows codebase, it is not for you or anyone else to step up and say "Sorry, you made you're choice, you're fucked now, your efforts to get out from under are not permitted."
Just because the legal system says it will assist you in extorting money from people doesn't mean you're entitled to it. It just means you've successfully utilized the legal system to screw the rest of us over.
With all due respect, there is a world of difference between "Can't do it because it's not allowed" and "Can't do it because it's not able to be done".
Having a re-implementation means you can't run Silverlight on Linux in the same way that I can't burn you a free copy of Windows.
The end result of all this re-implementing will be that countries that respect the concept of IP will become increasingly less competitive on the world stage than countries that do not until they are eventually marginalized by their legacy of stupidity.
The US got started by doing this to the British.
To release those who might be dependent on applications developed with it from the Windows codebase.
IP IS extortion. It's protection money you pay an organization so they won't use the power they have in our corrupt legal system to bring the power of the state to bear on you despite the fact that you have done no harm.
If you define installing an operating system on your computer in the privacy of your home or office as harm, you've either drifted a little too far into the abstract or you need to check your sense of entitlement at the door.
If the fundamental argument for the use of the proxies and security in schools is that the students are youths, to be protected from the corruption of the internet for the very reason that they are impetuous and easily led astray at this tender stage of their life, then it's inconsistent to punish them for the failures of those measures.
Clearly, the systems exist to protect the corrupt society from idealistic youth who are not materially benefited by the society. But it's a hard sell politically.
Thus this ridiculousness.
Fascism is a type of totalitarianism that is established by the collusion of the Military and Corporate Industry, maintained by fear and propaganda and ongoing continual war against enemies real or imaginary.
The US have been Fascists for generations.
Because they're fascists, not idiots.
The answer is obvious. Send a male crew, with a hooker to take care of all their needs.
Remains to be seen if Vista will ever achieve enough market penetration to apply such pressures effectively
Once you're unable to buy a new computer with any version of Windows except Vista, the uptake of Vista should be pretty brisk. I just manually installed XP yesterday, and it's a safe bet that Microsoft has guaranteed that no user is going to want to go through that horrible process, assuming they also are willing to pay full retail "nobody really pays this" price to "downgrade".
Do not underestimate how much Microsoft owns their user base. Did you not get Windows Genuine Advantage?
Familiar with Dell? Have a problem with the statement "Dell has always been one of Microsofts staunchest supporters"?
In response to user reaction to Vista, Dell has begun re-offering Windows XP, and has also begun offering Ubuntu pre-installed on desktops and laptops.
Don't overestimate how much Microsoft owns their user base.
The interesting bit of the article was the part where it suggests that this will lead application developers for windows to start writing programs that don't need escalated privileges. Long term, such pressures are good for the "software ecosystem".
Remains to be seen if Vista will ever achieve enough market penetration to apply such pressures effectively, but still...
From the article:
Such systems could use their knowledge of where groups congregate to turn down the air conditioning when there are only a few people in one part of the building, for example. In an emergency, electronic signs could direct people to the nearest available escape route when one becomes congested.
Low-tech signs to indicate all exit methods. High tech signs to indicate the best exit method, taking into account that there are 200 people trying to jam their way out the closest exit, and one of the two alternative exits is on fire.
Google are a one trick pony. They did their innovation when they were in their garage, and they've been Microsofting ever since. Why would you want to work there?
George Bush accurately represents the American people. That's why it doesn't really matter who gets elected.
Soon they won't need to issue these types of notices. They'll just erase it off your hardware, and revoke the playback keys for your backups. It will be a lot more convenient, and less alarming for the populace. Just be patient, these convenient technologies are being deployed even as we speak.
Sounds to me like they took a bunch of inconclusive findings, then made a sensationalist rebuttal to the cell phone argument to prevent problems in the market.
... but it may be one of the key players."
But the results are "highly preliminary" and are from only a few hives from Le Grand in Merced County, UCSF biochemist Joe DeRisi said. "We don't want to give anybody the impression that this thing has been solved."
N. ceranae is "one of many pathogens" in the bees, said entomologist Diana Cox-Foster of Pennsylvania State University. "By itself, it is probably not the culprit
This doesn't refute anything that was put forth before. It doesn't demonstrate any causality whatsoever.
Hope it was painful as hell.
Allow me to introduce myself.
I'm an investor.
I like money, and I like stuff. I like money and stuff so very much that when you were out there studying the world we live in, or the arts, or technology, I was studying money, and the systems that move it around and attribute power to individuals in the system.
I know what patents and copyrights are for. They're so people like me can pluck your creations up and use them to squeeze money out of other people. Everyone in this industry knows thats what they're for, that's why we like them so much.
I do not want the system to be fair. I want it slanted towards me. I don't want fair reward for good work, if I did, I would have studied something that had a practical utility. I studied the art and science of fleecing suckers because that's what I want to do.
I am the one that is investing in the patent system, I want it to stay broken, and I will fight you tooth and nail to my last dollar to keep it that way.
Welcome to my world.
Considering the climate change projections, we should expect the southern US to be an unbearable hellhole, while Canada becomes more moderate.
With that in mind, I propose we build the Great Wall of Canada, to keep all the refugees out.
The best way would probably be to suggest the idea to the Americans now while they're paranoid, then they can build it for us. Once they get it finished, we just nail all the doors shut from the northern side.
If we are trading a billion dollars worth of minerals, water, energy, lumber and manufactured goods out for a billion dollars worth of permission to something that would be free for the taking if we changed our laws, it makes it pretty fucking clear what we should do.
We should dump the laws entirely. If that means trade drops such that we keep our billion dollars worth of stuff for ourselves and don't receive a billion dollars worth of empty "permission to copy" notes, we are much better off.
The fact that it isn't happenening speaks to the motives of our elected officials.
Considering that is also part of their mandate, isn't it?
Yes.
And BGH has no proven dangerous effects.
Because they cancelled the testing.
And Depleted Uranium has no proven dangerous effects.
Because they cancelled the testing.
It's all safe!
It is only by the mandated rules of the government, speaking with the voice of all the people, that Microsoft has any rights to charge people for this at all.
It is only by the mandated rules of the government(s) that their money has any value period.
The EU cannot overstep their mandate where Microsoft is concerned.
When the reality is that neither is the center, and both statements are just metaphors used to create a predictive model. Just like most of science.
You could create an accurate predictive model of the universe using the metaphors of religion and the language of words if you were so inclined.
Not that anyone has.
Am I the only one that thinks to themselves, "One of these days, some really smart person is going to come out with a new and better theory of reality that reveals all this quantum mechanics stuff to be a bunch of quackery."?
Don't let the fact that aspartame turns into formaldehyde in your veins hold you back.
This little poison was brought to you by Ronald Regan, Arthur Hayes, Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Shapiro. Thanks, guys!
Broadcast media IS a corrupt corporate institution that values ratings more than anything.
It should be exclusively reserved for use by the government.
It should never be sensationalist, and it should never be for the private motives of any individual at all.
It should be dry and boring as unbuttered toast, and the target should be a complete absence of any falsehood or factual inaccuracy.
Pull media, on the other hand, should be completely uncensored.
There are times when it is necessary that the world intrude into my space and tell me things without me initiating the activity. But no private individual or institution with selfish motives should be able to do it to me systematically.
Freedom of the press needs an overhaul.