I began to doubt the whole "change" thing back when Obama started to stack his administration with people from Clinton's and even Bush's administration. I guess change is a relative thing.
I was hoping that he brought them in because they know how to get things done, but that he'd force them to get good things done.
In the case of patents, copyrights, and other issues of freedom, it seems I was tragically mistaken.
I was actually willing to give the administration the benefit of the doubt for a while there. I thought to myself that it must be difficult to negotiate a proposed treaty when the press can print every little revision that occurs during negotiations. So I could kind of see the benefit in keeping a treaty's details secret until it was ready to be proposed to Congress.
But several things have eroded my trust: the apparent inclusion of a anti-rights industry people, the apparent omission of pro-rights people (EFF, etc.), and the "secrets" claim.
This is like the crap Cheney pulled with energy policy and oil industry groups, but it's arguably much worse because it could become an actual treaty.
I was hoping that the "Hope I Can Believe In" would make it to the two-month mark, but apparently not. This leaves me really despirited.
Clearly you misunderstood his post. Working for free for a "decent chance" of it paying off "eventually" is not good business sense in any way, shape, or form.
I assumed that if he really wanted to work on compilers or kernels, then it must be a personal interest.
If he would view working on open-source compilers/kernels as an unpaid chore for "the man", then it's probably a good thing that he didn't get a job working on such software in the first place.
Not one of Bill Gates biggest fans, but he had a great lecture for students. In one part of it, he said something to the effect that schools do everything in their power to try and make things fair. The faster you understand that the world is not fair and does not care if you think it owes you something the better you will do.
Sadly, none of them survived the lesson, as he subsequently "cut off their air supply" to make his point.
A virtuous man says the world isn't fair, but he'll try to fix that. Bill Gates says the world isn't fair, so fuck you.
I have seen a growing trend of what I would call 'TV reality' college graduates â" kids who graduated school in the last few years and seem to have a view of the workplace that is very much fashioned by TV programs, where 22-year-olds lead billion-dollar corporate mergers in Paris and jet around the world.
They just don't realize that the show is, "The Office".
Well, I decided to try and contact them using their website. I e-mailed them and said I was game and got bounced to a government jobs website which happened to be broken and also had none of the jobs for the program listed. After a few more hours of fruitless searching, I gave up. What does it matter how they treat their nerds if the interested ones can't even land face time with someone who knows how to screen them?
Silly, all of the successful applicants hacked the website and found the hidden application page.
How about a new question then: When's the last time that the citizenry successfully resisted an attempt by the federal government to expand its powers or otherwise work against the will of the People?
mptions entirely. Open everything wide up. Yes, that might increase the threat slightly from external enemies. But it will dramatically decrease the threat from internal enemies, who are far more dangerous.
So you think the DoD should grant FOIA requests regarding where our ballistic missile submarines will be operating on a given date? Or regarding the launch codes to our nukes? Or our specific plans for where and when to raid Al Quaeda hideouts in Afghanistan?
I propose something more limited, such as having the SCOTUS review any and all claims of national security.
Of course, with as soft as the population has gotten lately and so indifferent to the affairs of its government, such a call to action is all but futile...
It sounds like you're appealing to a time in (recent?) U.S. history when the people had more balls regarding government.
But the most recent time I can think of was the Civil War, which certainly wasn't recent.
They're counting on making their money back and more selling the e-books over that network
If Amazon would like to try this approach, that's fine. But our personal right to do what we will with our property trumps Amazon's business model. If Amazon's business model won't work in a free society, it has no business working at all.
That's a neat theory. But the courts will likely disagree with you, and they have the police to force your obedience.
I think most people on/. would be willing to tell the government to get stuffed regarding the DMCA. However, few or none of us are willing to suffer the consequences.
Gaaaahhh! Are you crazy? Those two memes have never been combined before! We have no idea how your post will be moderated! Is there some way you can delete it before they notice?
I am all for punishing the bad guys and everything, but how would US authorities have jurisdiction over an attack that happened on Estonia from Russia? Can they prove that it crossed American networks?
Maybe on the theory that they were enemy combatants against a U.S. ally?
I'd rather have 10,000 locked, binary drivers to which I have no access to source code over 1,000 fully-open drivers. Most people don't choose their OS for ideological reasons.
It's not really an idealogical thing, at least for me. Generally speaking, when I reinstall XP I have to do a web search for every major driver my system needs: sound, video card, printer, and on a really Catch-22 day, Ethernet.
In my experience, when I install Linux all of the drivers tends to be already installed. And at least with Ubuntu, if I have a video card sporting a closed-source driver, Ubuntu lets me know right after installation that the driver is available. Installing it just takes a few clicks and entering my password.
So for me it really is about convenience and lack of headaches.
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I began to doubt the whole "change" thing back when Obama started to stack his administration with people from Clinton's and even Bush's administration. I guess change is a relative thing.
I was hoping that he brought them in because they know how to get things done, but that he'd force them to get good things done.
In the case of patents, copyrights, and other issues of freedom, it seems I was tragically mistaken.
weird how things seem to stay the same
I was actually willing to give the administration the benefit of the doubt for a while there. I thought to myself that it must be difficult to negotiate a proposed treaty when the press can print every little revision that occurs during negotiations. So I could kind of see the benefit in keeping a treaty's details secret until it was ready to be proposed to Congress.
But several things have eroded my trust: the apparent inclusion of a anti-rights industry people, the apparent omission of pro-rights people (EFF, etc.), and the "secrets" claim.
This is like the crap Cheney pulled with energy policy and oil industry groups, but it's arguably much worse because it could become an actual treaty.
I was hoping that the "Hope I Can Believe In" would make it to the two-month mark, but apparently not. This leaves me really despirited.
Throttling, as in hitting with a stick?
I'd say it's only moral to do that to Comcast or AT&T. The local guys usually don't deserve it.
I assumed that if he really wanted to work on compilers or kernels, then it must be a personal interest.
If he would view working on open-source compilers/kernels as an unpaid chore for "the man", then it's probably a good thing that he didn't get a job working on such software in the first place.
Sadly, none of them survived the lesson, as he subsequently "cut off their air supply" to make his point.
A virtuous man says the world isn't fair, but he'll try to fix that. Bill Gates says the world isn't fair, so fuck you.
You do have a shot:
If you do a good job at one of those for a while, I think there's a decent chance of turning it into a paying job eventually.
They just don't realize that the show is, "The Office".
Silly, all of the successful applicants hacked the website and found the hidden application page.
Can you give an examples where the government worked against the will of the people?
I think so, although some of these could probably be debated:
Didn't Obama say he was all for transparency?
Which part of "He's lying!" did you not understand when the Right was shouting it all the way through his campaign?
I don't remember the right saying that at all. Are you sure that John Stuart covered that?
1960s?
Great point. I feel stupid for missing that.
How about a new question then: When's the last time that the citizenry successfully resisted an attempt by the federal government to expand its powers or otherwise work against the will of the People?
mptions entirely. Open everything wide up. Yes, that might increase the threat slightly from external enemies. But it will dramatically decrease the threat from internal enemies, who are far more dangerous.
So you think the DoD should grant FOIA requests regarding where our ballistic missile submarines will be operating on a given date? Or regarding the launch codes to our nukes? Or our specific plans for where and when to raid Al Quaeda hideouts in Afghanistan?
I propose something more limited, such as having the SCOTUS review any and all claims of national security.
It sounds like you're appealing to a time in (recent?) U.S. history when the people had more balls regarding government.
But the most recent time I can think of was the Civil War, which certainly wasn't recent.
The geeks get hardly any tanks for their had work.
Wouldn't that be geography, not science?
If Amazon would like to try this approach, that's fine. But our personal right to do what we will with our property trumps Amazon's business model. If Amazon's business model won't work in a free society, it has no business working at all.
That's a neat theory. But the courts will likely disagree with you, and they have the police to force your obedience.
I think most people on /. would be willing to tell the government to get stuffed regarding the DMCA. However, few or none of us are willing to suffer the consequences.
It's foolish to leave one's computer insecure, but we should all be ably to rely on after-the-fact prosecution of crimes against us.
Aren't omissions a kind of bug?
It's true that IE8 loads pages blindingly fast.
What MS is missing, however, is that not all pages are supposed to be all blue background + some white text at the top.
In soviet Russia:
1. Attack victim
2. Blame victim
3. ????
4. Profit
Gaaaahhh! Are you crazy? Those two memes have never been combined before! We have no idea how your post will be moderated! Is there some way you can delete it before they notice?
Dude, if they have energy clubs, I'm not even going to try stopping them. I mean, DAMN....
I am all for punishing the bad guys and everything, but how would US authorities have jurisdiction over an attack that happened on Estonia from Russia? Can they prove that it crossed American networks?
Maybe on the theory that they were enemy combatants against a U.S. ally?
At least we can count on the Russian prosecutors to investigate and extradite those responsible in a timely manner.
I'm confused. Are you contesting Douglas Adams' claim that the universe can only contain one principled attorney at a time???
I'd rather have 10,000 locked, binary drivers to which I have no access to source code over 1,000 fully-open drivers. Most people don't choose their OS for ideological reasons.
It's not really an idealogical thing, at least for me. Generally speaking, when I reinstall XP I have to do a web search for every major driver my system needs: sound, video card, printer, and on a really Catch-22 day, Ethernet.
In my experience, when I install Linux all of the drivers tends to be already installed. And at least with Ubuntu, if I have a video card sporting a closed-source driver, Ubuntu lets me know right after installation that the driver is available. Installing it just takes a few clicks and entering my password.
So for me it really is about convenience and lack of headaches.