Police has no morality whatsoever; they are not sworn-in to the Constitution like the armed forces are, and so are open to perform all abuses for the rich and powerful.
The same armed forces that tortured prisoners at Abu Gharib?
The problem with the bundling thing is, why should Microsoft NOT be allowed to bundle their apps? Should Ford not be allowed to bundle Ford engines with their cars?
Ah, but Ford don't manufacture 95% of the cars the world uses.
The only reason why car manufacturers' bundling of their own equipment isn't causing anticompetetive problems is that there are a darn sight more car manufacturers than there are OS makers. If Ford made 95% of the cars in the world, bundled an acceptable-quality radio with every car, and only grudgingly let the radio's interface with the car be known, changing it on a regular basis, do you think there would still be an industry left for 3rd party car radios? I don't.
That said, I agree with you that preventing MS bundling stuff isn't the right way to tackle the problem; that's fighting MS on their home turf. No, the way it should be dealt with is to try and get the market like the car manufacturer market, with lots of different players in it. That means they can all bundle stuff, but because there are lots of them, there will still be competition and a lack of a monopolistic market will probably also encourage 3rd party vendors to exist. The obvious way to achieve this is to somehow get everyone to transition to Linux, with all the different distroes being the equivalent of all the different car manufacturers.
Try to play a fighting game with a keyboard. What a pain, it's a chore to do a simple hadouken!
Hah, actually, you can get quite good at it! I can't imagine playing Street Fighter with a gamepad or arcade controls now. I just completed SFA1, got to Akuma and beat him, all with a keyboard.
I remember reading reports a while ago that PC gaming was dying. Everyone was going to consoles, and the PC market was shrinking. What exactly happened? 'Needing an OS for gaming' implies that PC gaming is going strong.
PC, did you know the RIAA are filing lawsuits against a lot of people these days? Yes, and quite rightly so! Good job getting rid of those evil pirates!
Um, but people using me don't get caught. Gadzooks! Why not?
Personally, I think the problem is that we have ended up with a binary choice for elected officals; Assholes and Dimwits. The de-facto two party system just doesn't cover the real-world spectrum of opinion, including those who self-select to opt out of the system because, wah, wah, there is noone who exactly represents them exactly.
I'm ignorant of the US system, so please forgive this question, but WTF is a county prosecutor doing deciding what laws are passed? Surely this guy is going to be seriously biased in trying to keep as many things as illegal as possible, or at least maintaining the status quo.
The 5 year old was at school, you fucking moron. No way should she have been handcuffed, she looked calm when the goddamn police arrived! What do you expect the parent to do, stand in the classroom corner all day?
Just to let you know - the reason it's getting mentioned a lot is because that 'former professor of climatology' (Timothy Ball) was significantly quoted/featured in this recent documentary, as was Richard Lindzen. In fact, I'm not really sure why the/. summary didn't just flat-out refer directly to it.
Wow, you've obviously seen Penn & Teller's Bullshit! episode on recycling; you pretty much made every point they did. You missed one out - it is also beneficial (and profitable) to recycle aliminium.
"British politics is very simple. They have the Conservative Party, which is basically like their (New) Labour Party, our Democratic Party and our Republican Party, and the (New) Labour Party, which is basically like their Conservative Party, our Democratic Party and our Republican Party."
But by that logic, airline ticket prices would inch up over time until nobody could afford to fly.
Nah, by that logic, airline ticket prices would inch up until they reached the price the market would bear, rather than the most competitive price that allowed companies to profit. And that's what happens.
The last mile providers are much more likely to try to extort. They, sometimes, at least have local monopolies (not for long if they tried to much BS).
How?? Who the hell are customers meant to switch to in an area with ONE broadband provider?? Satellite? Don't make me laugh. Try gaming or doing anything on that (hint: latency). Wireless? FAR from ubiquitous. ISPs in a local monopoly or near-local monopoly position NEED regulation.
and i say more companies should take a leaf for their book.... and put a 2000% markup on their products? That's assuming it actually cost MS around $50/sale to develop, which I highly doubt. Seriously, how can anyone contemplate paying over $1000 for an OFFICE SUITE that's not even that much better than numerous other ones out there (Office 2003 included)?
No, sorry, you're wrong. More companies should NOT take a leaf out of MS's ultra-profiteering monopolistic exploitative book. Just because they're selling it to you for a less ridiculous profit doesn't make them heroes.
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Police has no morality whatsoever; they are not sworn-in to the Constitution like the armed forces are, and so are open to perform all abuses for the rich and powerful.
The same armed forces that tortured prisoners at Abu Gharib?
The problem with the bundling thing is, why should Microsoft NOT be allowed to bundle their apps? Should Ford not be allowed to bundle Ford engines with their cars?
Ah, but Ford don't manufacture 95% of the cars the world uses.
The only reason why car manufacturers' bundling of their own equipment isn't causing anticompetetive problems is that there are a darn sight more car manufacturers than there are OS makers. If Ford made 95% of the cars in the world, bundled an acceptable-quality radio with every car, and only grudgingly let the radio's interface with the car be known, changing it on a regular basis, do you think there would still be an industry left for 3rd party car radios? I don't.
That said, I agree with you that preventing MS bundling stuff isn't the right way to tackle the problem; that's fighting MS on their home turf. No, the way it should be dealt with is to try and get the market like the car manufacturer market, with lots of different players in it. That means they can all bundle stuff, but because there are lots of them, there will still be competition and a lack of a monopolistic market will probably also encourage 3rd party vendors to exist. The obvious way to achieve this is to somehow get everyone to transition to Linux, with all the different distroes being the equivalent of all the different car manufacturers.
Try to play a fighting game with a keyboard. What a pain, it's a chore to do a simple hadouken!
Hah, actually, you can get quite good at it! I can't imagine playing Street Fighter with a gamepad or arcade controls now. I just completed SFA1, got to Akuma and beat him, all with a keyboard.
I remember reading reports a while ago that PC gaming was dying. Everyone was going to consoles, and the PC market was shrinking. What exactly happened? 'Needing an OS for gaming' implies that PC gaming is going strong.
You will have to buy something to add some basic functionality such as burning an ISO to a CD or risk a malware freebe with a free program.
Bad example. That functionality is built into XP SP2.
they can't even produce a mac address
Hello, I'm a Mac.
And I'm a PC.
PC, did you know the RIAA are filing lawsuits against a lot of people these days?
Yes, and quite rightly so! Good job getting rid of those evil pirates!
Um, but people using me don't get caught.
Gadzooks! Why not?
Because the RIAA can't produce mac addresses.
Aaaaactally, the nose on GPA3 appears 1px too far to the right and to the bottom. ;-P
some still think that buying a naked PC won't be easy. But what about stripping it naked after you buy it?
Doing things that way always gets me waaay more in the mood. Gotta do it slowly though.
They have no problem with staying connected to their friends through the phone, or (*gasp*) through the US Mail.
What's that? Some proposed successor to e-mail?
Personally, I think the problem is that we have ended up with a binary choice for elected officals; Assholes and Dimwits. The de-facto two party system just doesn't cover the real-world spectrum of opinion, including those who self-select to opt out of the system because, wah, wah, there is noone who exactly represents them exactly.
You're totally out of line with that comment.
You have Assholic Dimwits, * 2.
I'm ignorant of the US system, so please forgive this question, but WTF is a county prosecutor doing deciding what laws are passed? Surely this guy is going to be seriously biased in trying to keep as many things as illegal as possible, or at least maintaining the status quo.
Why? Was Clinton the one who started the Feds' enforcement of the War On Drugs?
And, yes, I know about the DMCA.
The 5 year old was at school, you fucking moron. No way should she have been handcuffed, she looked calm when the goddamn police arrived! What do you expect the parent to do, stand in the classroom corner all day?
What utter bullshit. If it's not worth paying for, it's not worth having.
Damnit. That's gonna come as really shitty news to all those poor people who love their partners and/or children.
Apparently, there's at least one decent game available. :-)
6) Which Linux distribution should Dell prioritize on?
- Other: Windows Vista(TM) Business.
If you're gonna dream, at least dream of something more idealistic, panacea-like, and less complex. :-)
Just to let you know - the reason it's getting mentioned a lot is because that 'former professor of climatology' (Timothy Ball) was significantly quoted/featured in this recent documentary, as was Richard Lindzen. In fact, I'm not really sure why the /. summary didn't just flat-out refer directly to it.
Wow, you've obviously seen Penn & Teller's Bullshit! episode on recycling; you pretty much made every point they did. You missed one out - it is also beneficial (and profitable) to recycle aliminium.
Or more accurately:
"British politics is very simple. They have the Conservative Party, which is basically like their (New) Labour Party, our Democratic Party and our Republican Party, and the (New) Labour Party, which is basically like their Conservative Party, our Democratic Party and our Republican Party."
Actually, it was closer to 20% of the electorate. First-past-the-post - crappest electoral system ever. :-(
But by that logic, airline ticket prices would inch up over time until nobody could afford to fly.
Nah, by that logic, airline ticket prices would inch up until they reached the price the market would bear, rather than the most competitive price that allowed companies to profit. And that's what happens.
The last mile providers are much more likely to try to extort. They, sometimes, at least have local monopolies (not for long if they tried to much BS).
How?? Who the hell are customers meant to switch to in an area with ONE broadband provider?? Satellite? Don't make me laugh. Try gaming or doing anything on that (hint: latency). Wireless? FAR from ubiquitous. ISPs in a local monopoly or near-local monopoly position NEED regulation.
I don't know why parent was modded down. This article is indeed very much a dupe.
and i say more companies should take a leaf for their book. ... and put a 2000% markup on their products? That's assuming it actually cost MS around $50/sale to develop, which I highly doubt. Seriously, how can anyone contemplate paying over $1000 for an OFFICE SUITE that's not even that much better than numerous other ones out there (Office 2003 included)?
No, sorry, you're wrong. More companies should NOT take a leaf out of MS's ultra-profiteering monopolistic exploitative book. Just because they're selling it to you for a less ridiculous profit doesn't make them heroes.