I don't mean to sound condenscending, but the only Mac related topics that people should need manuals for are APIs and their associated tools, and widgets.
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Millions of people actively participate in piracy. I have been witnessing it (music piracy) going on, heavily, for a little over three years now. Many people that download music either no longer purchase music, or do so very little.
I have a lot of family, a lot of friends, and a lot of coworkers (all in all, about 50 people that I converse with weekly, and at least 15 of whom I converse with daily). All but a few of them participate in music piracy. All of them used to buy cassettes and CDs. I can't remember the last time that I saw any of them even set foot in a music store. I don't know anyone that has purchased a CD in the past year. I have one friend that is a manager at a Warehouse music, the other worked at Sam Goody's. The Sam Goody's closed down, after 6 years of doing awesome business, three years ago sales slowed to a crawl. You want to know what their biggest selling products were? Blank CD/RWs and MP3 players. The Warehouse Music is a pitiful shell of it's former self - they now sell more movies and blank CD/RWs than music. And despite this lack of sales in record stores, millions of songs created by today's modern artists are downloaded daily - even though they supposedly suck and lack creativity bla bla bla.
I can't be alone in my observations.
People can blame a lack of creativity, a reduction in available albums, etc. But I find it amazing that people are so quick to dismiss the effects that rampant, undeniable piracy is having on the music industry. I stopped buying music years ago because I realized that the prices were too high. However, my morals prevent me from stealing, hence I do not pirate music.
"It's probably good for Mono as well. But does Novell have the cash to continue development of all these?"
I think the question should rather be "does Novell have any interest and/or strategic advantages in continuing the development of all of them?". I say this because Novell certainly has more revenue and excess funds then Ximian did (or at least I hope hope so, it would be rather bleak for Novell if they didn't).
Might not be about the desktop war
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This is different, in that all of the above were doomed to begin with. WordPerfect had a fledging career, but with the monopoly woes and everything else, no one really expected it to survive (no people in IT anyways). Novell wants to use Ximian as a tool (server administration with a decent GUI), I reckon, and not use it to try to create a viable desktop alternative.
Novell can now skip all of the time needed to build every aspect of some kind of a Linux client/desktop, and instead begin with the progress that Ximian has made.
Winning the desktop is one thing, but I think Novell wants to use Ximian as an access point to a Linux server running all kinds of Netware "packages" (the Netware services Novell will be deploying for Linux).
I want to see Novell survive. My first two years in the IT business was supporting a huge Netware environment, and I have always liked it (Netware) since. With Novell's planned shipment of Linux products, it would also make sense to build a strong Netware client for Linux. Aqcuiring Ximian and all of it's tools is a good start.
A good Indie MMOG: Rubies Of Eventide. I have only heard good things about Rubies'.
Personally, I have an Indie game of my own invention. Although it doesn't take much thought, it does demand agility when using both a mouse and a keyboard with one hand at the same time. It's basic premise has to do with three open browser windows, the web site images.google.com, the text strings "angelina jolie" - "salma hayek" - "britney spears", a scroll mouse, and a big wad of tissue.
My girlfriend is not very fond of the game, and adamantly refuses to play along with me. I even offerred to let her use the joy stick instead of the keyboard.
It's a fun sounding idea (Snapster), but to me, it complicates itself too much and draws upon too many factors. This over complication and wide variety of factors (factors that must all be met in order for the entire "system" to work) leaves too many targets for the RIAA to attack with legistlation change.
In other words, the RIAA could lobby for a law change that effects one little aspect (factor) of Snapster, which could cause the whole mess to come into question, which leads to failure.
Fail, Snapster will. The dark side I sense in you.....
Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Watching I keep waiting still anticipating love
Never hesitating to become the fated ones
Turning and returning to some secret place to hide
Watching in slow motion as you turn to me and say
Take my breath away
Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Watching every motion in this foolish lover's game
Haunted by the notion somewhere there's a love in flames
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn to me and say
Must be how that guy found out that my phpnuke code had a mySQL injection flaw in the news module. My article about a Hulk doll with big penis wasn't exactly fine journalism, but I would imagine that it was better then 40 lines of "hacked by Stacey 100% brasil LOL" that it was overwritten with.
Linksys makes some really swell wireless devices based on modified code that was released under the GPL. Linksys does not release the source code, and obfuscates the process of retrieving the code when you ask for it.
To date, many people have asked, no one has recieved.
It looks like Linksys wants to use superior GPL code, but doesn't want to play by the rules and let competitors in on the action. If they were going to act this way, than they should have stuck to proprietary works.
Man, that's something that you would expect to see in a Bond movie.
You know, the plane is blowing up, Bond puts two in the bad guy and grabs a boogie board then straps it to his back. The music kicks in ("DAA DAA DOOOM DAA-DAA, DAA-DAA-DAA"), Bond grabs the gal, and whoosh, out the door.
From the CNN article: "He said cloud cover meant he could not see where he was going and had to follow his two planes across the Channel.". I bet nobody believed the pilot of the 747 at first. "No really, was a guy, with a rocket pack or something, honest!".
It's also compelling to note that it appears to be more cost effective to "upgrade" to Linux, spend money on the migration and training, and run VMware (man, all those licenses must cost a ton) - then it is to upgrade to Windows XP and Office XP, even with all of the discounts that Balmer threw in at the last second.
I never thought about it much, but when you actually do the math, the long-term cost of Windows XP and Office XP, along with the added costs of virus scanning software, is way more expensive then Linux training. Let's pretend that it costs $300 to train each person how to use *insert Linux application suite here*. It would still sots at least $300 more per 3 year period for Windows XP + Office XP. And then, at the end of the cycle, you have to upgrade again......
I found the book Learning Java, 2nd Edition to be a tremendous and rewarding enrichment to my object oriented programming repetoire. Head First Java was an amazing suplement to my studies, as it was thoroughly well written and could double as much as a reference for a seasoned pro as it could for a rank amatuer (such as myself).
The highlight of my reading would have to have been the erotic imagery left behind by some Barnes and Nobles passer-by (the previous reader of the book left some provacative, awe inspiring bra-busting imagery of his former girlfriend - a little note that accompanied the images detailed a narrative of how these images came to be).
I'm not sure if it's normal to get that excited when reading about an object oriented programming langauge, but I have to say, it was certainly the greatest computer science book that I have ever read in my 35 years.
If it wasn't on an actual NASA.gov server, I would swear that was a joke. I would half be expecting to see a rendition of that image in ASCII, posted in full crap flooder fury with the caption "PENIS SHUTTLE - PENIS SHUTTLE" or something.
At last an actual entity to send my contributions too. I was getting tired of sending them to mozdev (which was always a fishy procedure).
I like eggs and butter. I like toast and ham. I also like that girl from Pirates of the Caribbean a lot too. Is it just me, or does she look like a really hot version of Wynona Rider? Big daddy likes! YOU TROLL!!!!!! STOP CRAP FLOODING!!!!
Understanding why the average person equates online music piracy to theft is easy - it just takes a little reflection on what is really going on.
Theft: the act of stealing. Stealing: to take the property of another without right or permission.
At one instant in time you did not own a copy of that song, encoded in any given format, on any given form of media. Should you choose to acquire the song, the owner of the song demands that they be paid a set price for it, and that it be distributed on a specific media. So, in order to obtain the desired song, you must purchase the designated media at the designated price.
Instead, you choose to circumvent the process and obtain that song from someone else, who is not authorized by the song owner to distribute it, in a format and media that is not approved. In effect, you never acquired the designated media that contained the song, hence, you were never granted use of the copyrighted work. You now are in ownership of a tangible item (the encoded song). In most cases, you may have even placed this song onto another, solid media (such as a CDROM). You have just obtained the property of another without right or permission. This is why logical people relate this act to theft. In today's information age, with the manipulation of data so easily performed, downloading a song off Kazaa is akin to walking out of a Warehouse music with a CD that you didn't pay for.
Only a criminal that is attempting to justify their crime would try to over-analyze the situation and find semantic technicalities that make them seem "less guilty". Regardless of the mask you try to hide behind, you're still a petty theif.
Theft is theft. Anyone sued by the RIAA, like the kid that lost his life savings, deserved it. If you don't approve of their business tactics then don't buy their products. Stealing makes you no better then them.
If you want the US to do something about spam, then pony up the cash. Our government won't help you (or our own citizens) unless they get paid. I always wonder why the Europeans have a hard time grasping that simple fact. Microsoft is putting their money where their mouth is, and by doing so, are able to redefine spam and make it their own. $10 says that eventually (and probably soon) the US government will turn to Microsoft to "save us from spam". Why? Because Microsoft will pay them money, and also take on the expenses, both of which make our filthy politicians happy.
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I have a lot of family, a lot of friends, and a lot of coworkers (all in all, about 50 people that I converse with weekly, and at least 15 of whom I converse with daily). All but a few of them participate in music piracy. All of them used to buy cassettes and CDs. I can't remember the last time that I saw any of them even set foot in a music store. I don't know anyone that has purchased a CD in the past year. I have one friend that is a manager at a Warehouse music, the other worked at Sam Goody's. The Sam Goody's closed down, after 6 years of doing awesome business, three years ago sales slowed to a crawl. You want to know what their biggest selling products were? Blank CD/RWs and MP3 players. The Warehouse Music is a pitiful shell of it's former self - they now sell more movies and blank CD/RWs than music. And despite this lack of sales in record stores, millions of songs created by today's modern artists are downloaded daily - even though they supposedly suck and lack creativity bla bla bla.
I can't be alone in my observations.
People can blame a lack of creativity, a reduction in available albums, etc. But I find it amazing that people are so quick to dismiss the effects that rampant, undeniable piracy is having on the music industry. I stopped buying music years ago because I realized that the prices were too high. However, my morals prevent me from stealing, hence I do not pirate music.
I think the question should rather be "does Novell have any interest and/or strategic advantages in continuing the development of all of them?". I say this because Novell certainly has more revenue and excess funds then Ximian did (or at least I hope hope so, it would be rather bleak for Novell if they didn't).
Novell can now skip all of the time needed to build every aspect of some kind of a Linux client/desktop, and instead begin with the progress that Ximian has made.
Winning the desktop is one thing, but I think Novell wants to use Ximian as an access point to a Linux server running all kinds of Netware "packages" (the Netware services Novell will be deploying for Linux).
I want to see Novell survive. My first two years in the IT business was supporting a huge Netware environment, and I have always liked it (Netware) since. With Novell's planned shipment of Linux products, it would also make sense to build a strong Netware client for Linux. Aqcuiring Ximian and all of it's tools is a good start.
Now that is one tough, durable fellow. I would have split my own head open with a .44 slug by the start of the third album.
Air Supply, now there was a real band! ;)
Either that, or just craft a magnificent anti-SCO karma whore and somehow find a way to link to your site in it.
A good Indie MMOG: Rubies Of Eventide. I have only heard good things about Rubies'.
Personally, I have an Indie game of my own invention. Although it doesn't take much thought, it does demand agility when using both a mouse and a keyboard with one hand at the same time. It's basic premise has to do with three open browser windows, the web site images.google.com, the text strings "angelina jolie" - "salma hayek" - "britney spears", a scroll mouse, and a big wad of tissue.
My girlfriend is not very fond of the game, and adamantly refuses to play along with me. I even offerred to let her use the joy stick instead of the keyboard.
Funny, I just got done reading something else that sounds famailar: Science is a process
In other words, the RIAA could lobby for a law change that effects one little aspect (factor) of Snapster, which could cause the whole mess to come into question, which leads to failure.
Fail, Snapster will. The dark side I sense in you.....
Sweet, imagine all of that unencrypted, insecure pr0n beaming through the Rockies.........
On this endless ocean finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Watching I keep waiting still anticipating love
Never hesitating to become the fated ones
Turning and returning to some secret place to hide
Watching in slow motion as you turn to me and say
Take my breath away
Through the hourglass I saw you, in time you slipped away
When the mirror crashed I called you, and turned to hear you say
If only for today I am unafraid
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Watching every motion in this foolish lover's game
Haunted by the notion somewhere there's a love in flames
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn to me and say
Take my breath away
My love, take my breath away
Damn script kiddies.
You stop by CNN.com, and a pop-up flashes on screen: "Hello, Mr Thompson, you look like you could use a bigger penis!"
Because the PHBs at these companies really believe that *BSD is dying?
To date, many people have asked, no one has recieved.
It looks like Linksys wants to use superior GPL code, but doesn't want to play by the rules and let competitors in on the action. If they were going to act this way, than they should have stuck to proprietary works.
You know, the plane is blowing up, Bond puts two in the bad guy and grabs a boogie board then straps it to his back. The music kicks in ("DAA DAA DOOOM DAA-DAA, DAA-DAA-DAA"), Bond grabs the gal, and whoosh, out the door.
From the CNN article: "He said cloud cover meant he could not see where he was going and had to follow his two planes across the Channel.". I bet nobody believed the pilot of the 747 at first. "No really, was a guy, with a rocket pack or something, honest!".
This is perhaps the greatest (and one day maybe even the only) threat to Open Source.
I never thought about it much, but when you actually do the math, the long-term cost of Windows XP and Office XP, along with the added costs of virus scanning software, is way more expensive then Linux training. Let's pretend that it costs $300 to train each person how to use *insert Linux application suite here*. It would still sots at least $300 more per 3 year period for Windows XP + Office XP. And then, at the end of the cycle, you have to upgrade again......
Oh yea, the editors are tools.
The highlight of my reading would have to have been the erotic imagery left behind by some Barnes and Nobles passer-by (the previous reader of the book left some provacative, awe inspiring bra-busting imagery of his former girlfriend - a little note that accompanied the images detailed a narrative of how these images came to be).
I'm not sure if it's normal to get that excited when reading about an object oriented programming langauge, but I have to say, it was certainly the greatest computer science book that I have ever read in my 35 years.
If it wasn't on an actual NASA.gov server, I would swear that was a joke. I would half be expecting to see a rendition of that image in ASCII, posted in full crap flooder fury with the caption "PENIS SHUTTLE - PENIS SHUTTLE" or something.
I like eggs and butter. I like toast and ham. I also like that girl from Pirates of the Caribbean a lot too. Is it just me, or does she look like a really hot version of Wynona Rider? Big daddy likes! YOU TROLL!!!!!! STOP CRAP FLOODING!!!!
Theft: the act of stealing. Stealing: to take the property of another without right or permission.
At one instant in time you did not own a copy of that song, encoded in any given format, on any given form of media. Should you choose to acquire the song, the owner of the song demands that they be paid a set price for it, and that it be distributed on a specific media. So, in order to obtain the desired song, you must purchase the designated media at the designated price.
Instead, you choose to circumvent the process and obtain that song from someone else, who is not authorized by the song owner to distribute it, in a format and media that is not approved. In effect, you never acquired the designated media that contained the song, hence, you were never granted use of the copyrighted work. You now are in ownership of a tangible item (the encoded song). In most cases, you may have even placed this song onto another, solid media (such as a CDROM). You have just obtained the property of another without right or permission. This is why logical people relate this act to theft. In today's information age, with the manipulation of data so easily performed, downloading a song off Kazaa is akin to walking out of a Warehouse music with a CD that you didn't pay for.
Only a criminal that is attempting to justify their crime would try to over-analyze the situation and find semantic technicalities that make them seem "less guilty". Regardless of the mask you try to hide behind, you're still a petty theif.
Theft is theft. Anyone sued by the RIAA, like the kid that lost his life savings, deserved it. If you don't approve of their business tactics then don't buy their products. Stealing makes you no better then them.
Ahh, the American way.