But is it just me, or is there a huge amount of irony here? This is practically cracking into a person's computer to make sure they aren't doing any cracking. Whoo, that makes a lot of sense there.
That's kind of unfair. You just stole someone else's post and are taking credit for it. jcostantino wrote this post first, post #6724617
Honestly I don't think it was that great of a comment, but that doesn't change the fact that you stole the post from him. He should be the one with the posotive modifier, not you.
Do you think that the guy would have been able to get away with it if he was running Linux, or another open source platform? Though there certainly are binaries out there for Linux, it's generally assumed that Linux users tend to stay toward open source software. So all in all, do you think the courts would accept such an excuse from someone using Linux?
If I found out that people were secretly installing Linux on their computers behind my back, I would hug them, probably until they became uncomfortable. Not because I want them to be uncomfortable, I'd just be that happy.
Then again, I guess I'd have to have a job for such a thing to happen.
Remember those old "Traffic Counters" that at one time even some companies had on their websites? If you haven't noticed, those have become less and less popular lately. But a new trend is going to start showing up on the 'Net... the Lawsuit Counter! It looks kind of like this:
You are our |359,385|th
lawsuit victim
since 07/17/03
It really shouldn't come as any surprise, but it looks like the search companies are just trying to push for more visitors, rather than focusing on a better product. It's this very same concept that made Yahoo become what is, in my opinon, it's biggest problem: bloatware. Let's face it, Google is the closest we have to a website that's really focused on being a search engine anymore. Hopefully this won't change anytime soon.
And this doesn't make them go away. Earlier this year I bought a Lexmark printer. Not only did it work like ass, but it was very misleading by the box.
You see, the advertisement on the box showed this humongous Linux penguin. I thought to myself, "Finally! A company that embraces Linux!" I was excited, and I'm more than happy to support any company that supports my favorite operating system. But when I tried to install it on Linux, I discovered, much to my dismay, that the drivers were all binaries. Not open source at all. Not only that, but the binary drivers worked like shit. On top of all this, the printer itself was shitty, and Lexmark refused to provide any technical support for their crappy product.
Needless to say, it didn't take long until I brought that thing back to the store.
Actually along these lines of thought, it's a very wise idea that Red Hat is doing an open source version with the help of Sun. This way, there can't be any lawsuits like the one with SCO popping up and taking hold.
A very well-known top lawyer at the RIAA, while making threats of further legal actions, referred to himself as a 'dentist' that I would not want to 'have another visit with'
So wait a minute... dentists are supposed to be the ones working for you. So, it seems to me that he's saying he's not the kind of guy you'd want to hire twice. Nevertheless, his comment sounds a lot like this:
Booga booga booga!
First of all, I would like to note the difference between ADD and ADHD. ADHD is Attendion Defecit Hyperactive Disorder, while ADD is Attention Defecit Disorder. Attention Defecit Hyperactive disorder tends to be what is misdiagnosed of the two of them, as its easy to claim normal hyperactivity as a defecit.
I was perscribed with ADD as a child, and I definetly had it. Still, I believe that many people are misperscribed for Attention Defecit Disorder or Attention Defecit Hyperactive Disorder. It seems clear to me that you, poster whom I am replying to, were one of these people.
You see, ADD and ADHD are checmical misbalances in the brain. For a person that has ADD or ADHD, ritalin, adderall, etc. should restore this balance. But for someone who doesn't have either of these, the effect will be largely negative, and actually produce effects like that of a person with ADD or with ADHD. It's like sending in a bunch of engineers to work on a problem that doesn't exist and making them either tighten or loosen a piece of machinery that was perfect the way it was. You're making a problem by trying to fix it, just like the perscription of any other medication.
The software industry was doing the same thing as the music industry for quite a while: it was pushing an effort to ban piracy. Did you notice that we don't see big corporations making as many attempts as we did a few years back? I do. And I think the reason is quite obvious, especially to slashdotters. Open source software.
Now what I would like to point out is that open source programmers aren't programming for money (rarely anyways), they are doing it because it's what they love to do. There are some fantastic musicians out there that make some great music, but not for money, but because they love doing it. Take for example Jim's Big Ego; they encourage copying and trading amongst friends. All they ask is that if you are going to pay for a copy of their music to please buy it from them, because they're independent artists, and quite frankly they don't need the money.
The point is that we can move away from the record industry's control. We just need to stop suppording the record industry itself, and start supporting great independent artists. Support those who are making music because they love making music, not because they love making money.
Hm.
I don't agree that SCO produces "nothing," because they are clearly selling server computers and such on their website. Yet I would agree that they produce nothing unique, new, or innovative (quite like Microsoft... sorry, couldn't help it). I spent a while looking over their "products and services" and I couldn't find a single thing a sysadmin couldn't get somewhere else. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but sysadmins are SCO's main customers, and even more specifically, Unix sysadmins.
Now I got thinking: most Unix sysadmins are Linux and Open Source advocates. At least this has been my experience. So it seems to me that even if SCO won this lawsuit, they would lose most of their customers. As I said before, SCO doesn't provide anything unique, new or innovative in any form, so there are plenty of viable alternatives to their services us sysadmins can move on to. In conclusion: this lawsuit is a lose-lose situation to SCO no matter what. Either they lose the lawsuit and their company collapses, or they win the lawsuit and angry system administrators simply move on to any of the billion other companies that provide exactly the same things they do.
A short note before I wrap this up: I sent a message like this to SCO early on in their lawsuit against IBM, urging them to cancel it quickly. After clicking the send button, I noticed a little message that said something like "Thank you for your input, you will hear from us soon!" I realized at that moment that I was stupid enough to write in my personal email address in that email, rather than my standard spam distraction. Well, I did get a message from SCO very quickly, in a way, for the next day my inbox was littered with spam... something I had never gotten before I wrote that message.
Thanks SCO. Thanks.
I agree. People shouldn't be so hard on Microsoft.
And another thing: it just plain isn't right that Slashdot is making Bill Gates look like the Borg. See, the Borg want to assimilate everyone, but that isn't the goal of Microsoft. Microsoft doesn't want to assimilate and take control of everything on this planet... they just want to unify Earth and all this people. Why can't everyone understand that? That guy that works for the XBOX company does!
Slashdot Mirror
I closed down my site. It does have a thing that says "to enter click here"... but here leads not to my site, but to the website of the protest.
Next you can be taxed for the use of an advanced nervous system within your organic mobility suit.
But is it just me, or is there a huge amount of irony here? This is practically cracking into a person's computer to make sure they aren't doing any cracking. Whoo, that makes a lot of sense there.
Perhaps soon enough we will be able to do away with the elderly, and replace them with these robotic suits!
That's kind of unfair. You just stole someone else's post and are taking credit for it. jcostantino wrote this post first, post #6724617
Honestly I don't think it was that great of a comment, but that doesn't change the fact that you stole the post from him. He should be the one with the posotive modifier, not you.
Heard playing from the womb: "I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date."
Do you think that the guy would have been able to get away with it if he was running Linux, or another open source platform? Though there certainly are binaries out there for Linux, it's generally assumed that Linux users tend to stay toward open source software. So all in all, do you think the courts would accept such an excuse from someone using Linux?
I have a dream that one day everyone will use the terms hacker and cracker correctly. Well, I guess that one's not going to happen today.
If I found out that people were secretly installing Linux on their computers behind my back, I would hug them, probably until they became uncomfortable. Not because I want them to be uncomfortable, I'd just be that happy.
Then again, I guess I'd have to have a job for such a thing to happen.
You go fix it.
Remember those old "Traffic Counters" that at one time even some companies had on their websites? If you haven't noticed, those have become less and less popular lately. But a new trend is going to start showing up on the 'Net... the Lawsuit Counter! It looks kind of like this:
You are our
|359,385|th
lawsuit victim
since 07/17/03
You people and your tin foil hats! FOOLS! We all know tin foil hats do NOTHING.
Bow instead to the power of.... THE CHEESE HAT!
It really shouldn't come as any surprise, but it looks like the search companies are just trying to push for more visitors, rather than focusing on a better product. It's this very same concept that made Yahoo become what is, in my opinon, it's biggest problem: bloatware. Let's face it, Google is the closest we have to a website that's really focused on being a search engine anymore. Hopefully this won't change anytime soon.
Soon enough, they'll find a planet that's even younger than the universe. That's how fast science is progessing.
If only it were possible for.... OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE!
And this doesn't make them go away. Earlier this year I bought a Lexmark printer. Not only did it work like ass, but it was very misleading by the box.
You see, the advertisement on the box showed this humongous Linux penguin. I thought to myself, "Finally! A company that embraces Linux!" I was excited, and I'm more than happy to support any company that supports my favorite operating system. But when I tried to install it on Linux, I discovered, much to my dismay, that the drivers were all binaries. Not open source at all. Not only that, but the binary drivers worked like shit. On top of all this, the printer itself was shitty, and Lexmark refused to provide any technical support for their crappy product.
Needless to say, it didn't take long until I brought that thing back to the store.
So wait, someone's installing an OS on a retro system... it isn't Linux... yet it's being posted on Slashdot?
What's going on here?
So all their language is in binary then? Unfair. They should have released it open source!
Actually along these lines of thought, it's a very wise idea that Red Hat is doing an open source version with the help of Sun. This way, there can't be any lawsuits like the one with SCO popping up and taking hold.
A very well-known top lawyer at the RIAA, while making threats of further legal actions, referred to himself as a 'dentist' that I would not want to 'have another visit with'
So wait a minute... dentists are supposed to be the ones working for you. So, it seems to me that he's saying he's not the kind of guy you'd want to hire twice. Nevertheless, his comment sounds a lot like this:
Booga booga booga!
What? Burning E-Books? Damn, I don't remember anything about E-Books being burned in Farenheit 451! Nothing is safe from censorship!
First of all, I would like to note the difference between ADD and ADHD. ADHD is Attendion Defecit Hyperactive Disorder, while ADD is Attention Defecit Disorder. Attention Defecit Hyperactive disorder tends to be what is misdiagnosed of the two of them, as its easy to claim normal hyperactivity as a defecit.
I was perscribed with ADD as a child, and I definetly had it. Still, I believe that many people are misperscribed for Attention Defecit Disorder or Attention Defecit Hyperactive Disorder. It seems clear to me that you, poster whom I am replying to, were one of these people.
You see, ADD and ADHD are checmical misbalances in the brain. For a person that has ADD or ADHD, ritalin, adderall, etc. should restore this balance. But for someone who doesn't have either of these, the effect will be largely negative, and actually produce effects like that of a person with ADD or with ADHD. It's like sending in a bunch of engineers to work on a problem that doesn't exist and making them either tighten or loosen a piece of machinery that was perfect the way it was. You're making a problem by trying to fix it, just like the perscription of any other medication.
The software industry was doing the same thing as the music industry for quite a while: it was pushing an effort to ban piracy. Did you notice that we don't see big corporations making as many attempts as we did a few years back? I do. And I think the reason is quite obvious, especially to slashdotters. Open source software.
Now what I would like to point out is that open source programmers aren't programming for money (rarely anyways), they are doing it because it's what they love to do. There are some fantastic musicians out there that make some great music, but not for money, but because they love doing it. Take for example Jim's Big Ego; they encourage copying and trading amongst friends. All they ask is that if you are going to pay for a copy of their music to please buy it from them, because they're independent artists, and quite frankly they don't need the money.
The point is that we can move away from the record industry's control. We just need to stop suppording the record industry itself, and start supporting great independent artists. Support those who are making music because they love making music, not because they love making money.
Hm.
I don't agree that SCO produces "nothing," because they are clearly selling server computers and such on their website. Yet I would agree that they produce nothing unique, new, or innovative (quite like Microsoft... sorry, couldn't help it). I spent a while looking over their "products and services" and I couldn't find a single thing a sysadmin couldn't get somewhere else. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but sysadmins are SCO's main customers, and even more specifically, Unix sysadmins.
Now I got thinking: most Unix sysadmins are Linux and Open Source advocates. At least this has been my experience. So it seems to me that even if SCO won this lawsuit, they would lose most of their customers. As I said before, SCO doesn't provide anything unique, new or innovative in any form, so there are plenty of viable alternatives to their services us sysadmins can move on to. In conclusion: this lawsuit is a lose-lose situation to SCO no matter what. Either they lose the lawsuit and their company collapses, or they win the lawsuit and angry system administrators simply move on to any of the billion other companies that provide exactly the same things they do.
A short note before I wrap this up: I sent a message like this to SCO early on in their lawsuit against IBM, urging them to cancel it quickly. After clicking the send button, I noticed a little message that said something like "Thank you for your input, you will hear from us soon!" I realized at that moment that I was stupid enough to write in my personal email address in that email, rather than my standard spam distraction. Well, I did get a message from SCO very quickly, in a way, for the next day my inbox was littered with spam... something I had never gotten before I wrote that message.
Thanks SCO. Thanks.
I agree. People shouldn't be so hard on Microsoft. And another thing: it just plain isn't right that Slashdot is making Bill Gates look like the Borg. See, the Borg want to assimilate everyone, but that isn't the goal of Microsoft. Microsoft doesn't want to assimilate and take control of everything on this planet... they just want to unify Earth and all this people. Why can't everyone understand that? That guy that works for the XBOX company does!