Whistler became Windows XP. Longhorn became Windows Vista. Blackcomb is becoming Windows Vienna, although I expect a second name change at a later date.
And you believe those engines (with the exception of MSN, perhaps:) wouldn't similarly support Firefox if *they* were the default? We made Google the default in Firefox long before Firefox was popular because we believed Google provided the best service to our users.
Yes, it had nothing to do with the fact that Google used to have a search referral program.
Actually, you forgot the "of" and "of the" which appears in 4 of the titles.
Harry Potter and the... Philosopher's Stone Chamber of Secrets Prisoner of Azkhaban Goblet of Fire Order of the Phoenix Half-Blood Prince Deadly Hallows
Oh, and the sequels which take place after he graduates from Hogwarts:
Harry Potter and the... Malady of Magic Revenge of the Malfoys Phantom Menace Fountain of Youth
That analogy doesn't work, because to play Counter-Strike, I'm already paying my Internet service provider and the CS server owner is already paying his Internet service provider. Both of this in addition to the money I already spent for the game.
Since you know what CGI stands for, perhaps you should read the description of it as well. Emphasis added by me.
The Common Gateway Interface, or CGI, is a standard for external gateway programs to interface with information servers such as HTTP servers.
Webservers don't create the CGI environment unless they're calling a CGI script. Some webserver modules duplicate the CGI environment as well: SSI and PHP as examples.
The referrer is an HTTP header, specifically the Referer header. I also mentioned Browser, so I'll point out the User-Agent header as well.
It's not really a good idea calling them CGI parameters, as they're sent with every request whether or not there's a CGI script at the other end. This is what goes in web server logs and why your web server logs list things like Referrer and Browser.
This has to do with DRM because...? You did remember that was the subject of this conversation, right?
Yes, but you for some reason brought up the topic of running MacOS on Windows. Which also has nothing to do with DRM. Windows' copy protection does, because it is explicitly DRM - and affects the system when running as intended on legal owners' platforms.
No, you brought up the topic of running MacOS on x86 machines:
It's probably perfectly possible - many people have run MacOS X on non-Apple x86 boxes.
I only pointed out that it would be illegal because of the DMCA.
How? With a DMCA notice. Why? Apple has encrypted some of the binaries that must be modified to get OSX to run on non-Apple systems.
Again, what evidence is there that it would be illegal to modify it? From what I understand, the DMCA refers to breaking encryption that is part of a copy-protection mechanism. But the encrypted parts in MacOS are not part of a copy-protection mechanism. After all, I can use it on as many different Macs as I like - making many different copies, and it won't stop me. It's not using unique serial codes or anything to prevent unlicensed copying. So, wouldn't running MacOS on a vanilla PC fall under reverse-engineering exemptions?
The DMCA reads like so: "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title." Also, the Reverse Engineering clause is very specific: It only applies if you're reverse engineering one program to work with another independently created program. It says nothing about hardware.
The Librarian of Congress's recent rulings only apply to obsolete hardware, dongles, and wireless telephone firmware.
The only real reason to move to Vista is if you want more eye candy or want the User Access Control stuff... which can mostly do with XP as it exists now.
So, seriously, there isn't a big reason to switch.
That is, until DirectX 10 games start hitting the shelves, as Microsoft has publically stated that they won't be releasing DX10 for earlier versions of Windows.
If Intel makes their latest 3D graphics chip work on Linux guess whose drivers aren't going to pass Microsoft's signing requirements?
Replace "Intel" with "ATI" or "nVidia."
But wait, those do make Linux drivers. The catch is that they're binary. However, said drivers do exist.
Here's the other rub:
The Windows driver system was designed as an API to encourage third parties to write drivers.
The Linux driver system is heavily dependant on the kernel interface, which as we've learned, is not stable. To quote:
You think you want a stable kernel interface, but you really do not, and you don't even know it. What you want is a stable running driver, and you get that only if your driver is in the main kernel tree.
In other words, third party drivers are going to break at some point unless you contribute it to the kernel, and more importantly, that the kernel team accepts it.
(Side note: stable_api_nonsense.txt is in the kernel tar.gz files under linux-x.y.z/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt where x.y.z is the kernel version)
As long as the FSF continues to list gNewSense by name and just refer to everything else as "other free software distributions," then yes, it is an implicit goal of this campaign.
Additionally, I was speaking explicitly of distributions that contain the Linux kernel regardless of whether they also have GNU software. The status quo is that they all do, but that hinges on no one ever creating a distribution that uses a different libc and tools.
"Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting."
This quote, in context, is referring to versions of Windows prior to Vista.
I'm not arguing the proprietary part, but restrictive? Other than not being able to rewrite the kernel, windowing system (and technically, you can do that), and other parts of the core OS, what is there on, say, FreeBSD that a good programmer/programming team can't write to run under Windows?
Here's the catch: Apple is actively trying to convert people to the Mac religion. Did you forget that it was Apple that runs the Switch (now Get A Mac) campaigns?
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For a while they were ski resorts.
See: Longhorn Resort, Whistler-Blackcomb resort.
Whistler became Windows XP. Longhorn became Windows Vista. Blackcomb is becoming Windows Vienna, although I expect a second name change at a later date.
Have you tried disabling Google's "Safe Search"?
You know, the one that blocks money shots from being shown by default?
Yes, it had nothing to do with the fact that Google used to have a search referral program.
Which is precisely what, as a web designer, I do when I run into stupid problems in Firefox.
This point is moot now, though, as I've already stopped using Firefox because of stupid stuff like this.
...and a short video (Real Video or Google Video) from Avenue Q. It's only the first 30 seconds or so, but you can see where it originally came from.
er... you're aware that "WinFS" is market speak and not an actual file system, right?
I'm not saying that it's perfect, but MS already has a journaling filesystem (NTFS).
Actually, you forgot the "of" and "of the" which appears in 4 of the titles.
:D
Harry Potter and the...
Philosopher's Stone
Chamber of Secrets
Prisoner of Azkhaban
Goblet of Fire
Order of the Phoenix
Half-Blood Prince
Deadly Hallows
Oh, and the sequels which take place after he graduates from Hogwarts:
Harry Potter and the...
Malady of Magic
Revenge of the Malfoys
Phantom Menace
Fountain of Youth
OK, I know I'm being silly now, but eh.
That analogy doesn't work, because to play Counter-Strike, I'm already paying my Internet service provider and the CS server owner is already paying his Internet service provider. Both of this in addition to the money I already spent for the game.
Too bad I don't have any mod points, this really deserves a +1 Insightful.
Although the PS3 isn't selling that great, Sony removed rumble from the PS3 (although they cite some other reason) because they lost this case.
Webservers don't create the CGI environment unless they're calling a CGI script. Some webserver modules duplicate the CGI environment as well: SSI and PHP as examples.
The referrer is an HTTP header, specifically the Referer header. I also mentioned Browser, so I'll point out the User-Agent header as well.
It's not really a good idea calling them CGI parameters, as they're sent with every request whether or not there's a CGI script at the other end. This is what goes in web server logs and why your web server logs list things like Referrer and Browser.
No, you brought up the topic of running MacOS on x86 machines:
I only pointed out that it would be illegal because of the DMCA.
The DMCA reads like so: "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title." Also, the Reverse Engineering clause is very specific: It only applies if you're reverse engineering one program to work with another independently created program. It says nothing about hardware.
The Librarian of Congress's recent rulings only apply to obsolete hardware, dongles, and wireless telephone firmware.
Well, I don't think you can fix HTML rendering errors with Firefox extensions. I recently ran into this one.
"Apple shuts down OSx86 forum"
How? With a DMCA notice.
Why? Apple has encrypted some of the binaries that must be modified to get OSX to run on non-Apple systems.
By the same token, I can make Windows not do product activation.
Did I mention that both are illegal in the US because of the DMCA?
The only real reason to move to Vista is if you want more eye candy or want the User Access Control stuff... which can mostly do with XP as it exists now.
So, seriously, there isn't a big reason to switch.
That is, until DirectX 10 games start hitting the shelves, as Microsoft has publically stated that they won't be releasing DX10 for earlier versions of Windows.
Tell that to gNewSense.
So, in other words, GNU should stoop to Microsoft's level?
Replace "Intel" with "ATI" or "nVidia."
But wait, those do make Linux drivers. The catch is that they're binary. However, said drivers do exist.
Here's the other rub:
The Windows driver system was designed as an API to encourage third parties to write drivers.
The Linux driver system is heavily dependant on the kernel interface, which as we've learned, is not stable. To quote:
In other words, third party drivers are going to break at some point unless you contribute it to the kernel, and more importantly, that the kernel team accepts it.
(Side note: stable_api_nonsense.txt is in the kernel tar.gz files under linux-x.y.z/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt where x.y.z is the kernel version)
As long as the FSF continues to list gNewSense by name and just refer to everything else as "other free software distributions," then yes, it is an implicit goal of this campaign.
Additionally, I was speaking explicitly of distributions that contain the Linux kernel regardless of whether they also have GNU software. The status quo is that they all do, but that hinges on no one ever creating a distribution that uses a different libc and tools.
"Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting."
This quote, in context, is referring to versions of Windows prior to Vista.
I'm not arguing the proprietary part, but restrictive? Other than not being able to rewrite the kernel, windowing system (and technically, you can do that), and other parts of the core OS, what is there on, say, FreeBSD that a good programmer/programming team can't write to run under Windows?
Here's the catch: Apple is actively trying to convert people to the Mac religion. Did you forget that it was Apple that runs the Switch (now Get A Mac) campaigns?
But you forget, this campaign has two agendas:
1. Discredit Microsoft Windows Vista
2. Promote gNewSense
Therefore, I'd be surprised if we see much of other operating systems or even other Linux distributions mentioned.
I don't know about Germany, but England had copyright law in 1710. Beethoven was born 60 years later, in 1770.