The best tool for a particular job might be proprietary software. However, maybe Brazil's long term goal is to alleviate themselves of proprietary software.
Certainly any software tool could be created using open source. After a few years of such creation all the best tools would be open source and Brazil will no longer be reliant any anyone but themselves. Sounds like a pretty good goal to me.
Oh I know plenty of Christian who do not fit the description I provided. Unfortunately you have trouble reading. I narrowly defined Christians as those who identify themselves as such for a reason. I know plenty of people who are Christians are highly intellectual, who are very open minded, and are highly moral. But I was not referring to those people.
In my experience, the more a Christian identifies themselves as such, the more they fit my description. There are exceptions, but there are exceptions in almost everything. Merely because helium balloons rise does not negate the laws of gravity.
You wrote, âoeIt clear you have a lot of contempt for Christianity.â
Once again, you should try reading. I never said anything about a contempt for Christianity. I merely pointed out problems I have with a defined group of people for the reasons I described.
You wrote, âoeAren't you the one who is narrow minded?â
Letâ(TM)s set the record straight. Iâ(TM)m of the opinion that being narrow minded is not a good thing. I think we should never pre-judge the differences we find but should investigate and study before making any judgments. How can that make me narrow minded? Thatâ(TM)s the opposite of narrow minded.
Anonymous Coward wrote: "Yet another group that want's to "protect" people from the devious/develish influences of..."
Gee, it's one thing not to read the link, but you didn't even read the inital blurb. It stated that the law "would let individuals sue spammers for $1000 per message."
If YOU want to stop getting spam, YOU can sue. No one could protect you via this law but yourself.
From my experience those who identify themselves as Christian are small minded and immoral. They have no qualms about cheating on their taxes, ripping people off, drinking to excess, etc., but at the same time they righteously criticize any perceived immorality for any non-Christian.
They also have no tolerance for anything outside their narrow view of the world. I canâ(TM)t believe how much flack my wife and I get from Christians for not scarring our son, i.e., not circumcising him. And we know plenty of Christians who refuse to respect my wifeâ(TM)s decision to keep her own last name. Theyâ(TM)ll address all letters to her using my name.
They also tend to be anti-intellectual. Related to their narrow mindedness, they see any exploration of what they are not already familiar with as some sort of threat. They seem to wallow in their ignorance and take great pride in it.
And lastly, Christians always use their perceived morality as a shield. Whenever they get caught doing something wrong, itâ(TM)s OK, because Christ forgave them. That mentality trickles down to their children who tend to have all the manners of feral children.
I just canâ(TM)t stand the smugness, the righteousness, and the lack of intellect. Luckily they avoid me, as I tend to point out the numerous contradictions in the Bible, which is ironically something they never bothered to read and study. Heck, the only people I know who ever read and study the Bible are atheists.
I agree that the idea is stupid, But PLEASE don't compare the Amiga to Win 3.1. That's just mean. The Amiga was an amazing system, well ahead of its time. While Win 3.1 simply sucked.
I know, why would anyone? Why does Apple even include FireWire connections on their laptops?! Computers are not made for doing things, they should be made to be so slow as to make any real work impossible. This "pointless meggahurtz race" has to end!
The guy was sued for building a perfectly legal search engine. Microsoft has the same feature built into their OSes. Essentially the guy was sued and was made to pay for doing absolutely nothing wrong. If that is not worthy of a hyperbolic response, I don't know what is!
Why should someone ask permission to search for files?! You're buying the RIAA's ridiculous argument that searching is illegal or is somehow wrong.
As stated before, Windows has the built in ability to search for MP3s files on a network. Google allows people to search for MP3s. The internet is dead without the ability to search across it. I think others are right, the RIAA is attempting to shut down the internet by making searching illegal. These are just tiny steps in that direction.
As have been pointed out elsewhere, Microsoft's OSes have built in software to allow searching across networks, which could easily be used to search for MP3s. Does the RIAA intend to go after Microsoft? That wouldn't make much sense, as Microsoft would bury it.
Here's a question. Let's say that a student sets up a web-page explaining how students could use Windows' built-in Search app to find files, including MP3s, across the university's network. Would the RIAA sue the student for merely explaining how to use it?! It think they would.
I agree about the pointless "meggahurtz race." When I'm rendering video I want it to take as long as possible. When I'm gaming, I want it to run as choppy as possible, not smoothly. That's why I run XP Pro on a 386, speed sucks!!!
Here's a question. If all of the annoyances I mentioned are bringing in profit, then why does Ballmer think Microsoft needs a wakeup call? Assuming you're correct, Microsoft does not need any help and Ballmer is simply wrong. That doesn't make much sense.
Or could it be that those annoyances are pissing off customers who are either switching or thinking of switching to Linux. Now that makes perfect sense.
First, Microsoft should dump all money losing divisions. As I'm sure everyone here has heard, Microsoft's OSes and Office products generate over 80% profits, which the company uses to fund losers such as WebTV, MSN, the Xbox, etc.
By dumping those loses, Microsoft could drastically drop prices AND continue making the same profits. I'd be a win-win situation.
Second, drop product activation. No one likes being treated like a criminal. And as I've written here before, product activation does NOT stop real piracy, i.e., piracy for profit. The ISO for XP Professional was readily available and instructions for installing SP1 were easy to follow via tweaktown.com's instructions. Simply put, pirates were still able to copy and sell XP Pro without ANY impediment.
The real purpose of product activation is to stop friends and family from sharing copies. If Microsoft's software was lower in price, (see my first point) people would simply buy their own copy.
Third, stop the egregious software assurance type deals that only serve to piss off your customers. If you really want Linux to fail, stop giving your customers a reason to use it!
Fourth, stop with those outrageous deals to stop Linux. You know the ones, when India, China, or Germany wants to switch to open source, Microsoft bends over backwards to give practically free software. This totally pisses off customers paying way too much via software the draconian deals imposed in my third point. Secondly, it gives them an incentive to look into switching to Linux.
Fifth, stop using the BSA police to force deals. When public schools canâ(TM)t afford your software, donâ(TM)t send the police force a deal. When I didnâ(TM)t buy a GM car, they were kind enough NOT to send the police to check out my garage. We expect the same courtesy from Microsoft!
Sixth, I could go on and on and on. But since my boss expects me to work for money, Iâ(TM)ll quit here and let others post some suggestions.
There is not even piracy here. Nothing was taken or stolen. It's well established law in the US that once you put trash on the curb it's fair game for anyone who wants it.
I'm the dumbshit but yet you know obviously know NOTHING about copyright history in the US?
Here's a quote from the link: "If the owner pays the fee, the copyright will continue for whatever duration Congress sets."
EVERY TIME Disney wanted the copyright extened, Congress extended it. EVER SINGLE TIME!!! This act would give Congress an out. They could say that they are protecting the public domain AND protecting the property rights of Disney and others.
Like I said it would kill ANY chance of getting our real public domain back and would give perpetual rights to everyone who wanted them!
This is exacly what Disney and the entire copyright industry wants. They get to keep copyrights forever and we get shafted.
I say we fight for the real public domain and settle for nothing less. If this compromise gets passed we'll never get a chance to get the public domain back.
I totally agree. Whenever I come across a supporter of the Tablet PC I'll ask what task it can do that a much cheaper laptop or PDA couldn't do. And as of yet no one has come up with such a task.
As I've stated in a previous post, the alleged solution the Tablet PC is attempting to solve is to provide a familiar pen/paper interface for people who cannot type. But as I also stated previously, anyone who has been able to avoid using computers for this long is unlikely to buy an overpriced Tablet PC. And even more importantly, the hand writing recognition on Tablet PCs is awful. If someone is going to be frustrated with a keyboard that works each and every time, they sure in heck will be frustrated with a $2000 pen and paper replacement that barely works!
As slashnot.com stated: "The Viewsonic Tablet PC is an excellent way to pay twice as much for a laptop by removing the keyboard, CD-ROM drive and Floppy."
Let's face it, Tablet PCs are essentially expensive stripped down laptops. While they might have some very handy specific uses, for the vast majority of people a laptop is a much better solution, i.e., cheaper with more value.
Microsoft's push for the Tablet PC is an attempt to get people who don't know how to type to buy computers. There are many people who never typed before and are frustrated by computers. The paper/pen metaphor is supposed to appease those people. Unfortunately, anyone who has avoided computers up to now clearly has NO USE for a computer. Especially one that costs SO much!
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Either you signed a contract with your employer which states that you might have to work 12 hour days 7 days a week or you didn't.
If you did. Shut up.
If you didn't. Sue for breach of contract.
Great point!
The best tool for a particular job might be proprietary software. However, maybe Brazil's long term goal is to alleviate themselves of proprietary software.
Certainly any software tool could be created using open source. After a few years of such creation all the best tools would be open source and Brazil will no longer be reliant any anyone but themselves. Sounds like a pretty good goal to me.
Oh I know plenty of Christian who do not fit the description I provided. Unfortunately you have trouble reading. I narrowly defined Christians as those who identify themselves as such for a reason. I know plenty of people who are Christians are highly intellectual, who are very open minded, and are highly moral. But I was not referring to those people.
In my experience, the more a Christian identifies themselves as such, the more they fit my description. There are exceptions, but there are exceptions in almost everything. Merely because helium balloons rise does not negate the laws of gravity.
You wrote, âoeIt clear you have a lot of contempt for Christianity.â
Once again, you should try reading. I never said anything about a contempt for Christianity. I merely pointed out problems I have with a defined group of people for the reasons I described.
You wrote, âoeAren't you the one who is narrow minded?â
Letâ(TM)s set the record straight. Iâ(TM)m of the opinion that being narrow minded is not a good thing. I think we should never pre-judge the differences we find but should investigate and study before making any judgments. How can that make me narrow minded? Thatâ(TM)s the opposite of narrow minded.
Anonymous Coward wrote: "Yet another group that want's to "protect" people from the devious/develish influences of..."
Gee, it's one thing not to read the link, but you didn't even read the inital blurb. It stated that the law "would let individuals sue spammers for $1000 per message."
If YOU want to stop getting spam, YOU can sue. No one could protect you via this law but yourself.
From my experience those who identify themselves as Christian are small minded and immoral. They have no qualms about cheating on their taxes, ripping people off, drinking to excess, etc., but at the same time they righteously criticize any perceived immorality for any non-Christian.
They also have no tolerance for anything outside their narrow view of the world. I canâ(TM)t believe how much flack my wife and I get from Christians for not scarring our son, i.e., not circumcising him. And we know plenty of Christians who refuse to respect my wifeâ(TM)s decision to keep her own last name. Theyâ(TM)ll address all letters to her using my name.
They also tend to be anti-intellectual. Related to their narrow mindedness, they see any exploration of what they are not already familiar with as some sort of threat. They seem to wallow in their ignorance and take great pride in it.
And lastly, Christians always use their perceived morality as a shield. Whenever they get caught doing something wrong, itâ(TM)s OK, because Christ forgave them. That mentality trickles down to their children who tend to have all the manners of feral children.
I just canâ(TM)t stand the smugness, the righteousness, and the lack of intellect. Luckily they avoid me, as I tend to point out the numerous contradictions in the Bible, which is ironically something they never bothered to read and study. Heck, the only people I know who ever read and study the Bible are atheists.
Apple suing claiming that a term is generic. How hilarious!
I agree that the idea is stupid, But PLEASE don't compare the Amiga to Win 3.1. That's just mean. The Amiga was an amazing system, well ahead of its time. While Win 3.1 simply sucked.
I ported the Amiga OS to run on the Dreamcast?
My homebuilt PVR continues to work great! I can skip commericals, view content on every computer in the house, and I don't have to pay a monthy fee.
I know, why would anyone? Why does Apple even include FireWire connections on their laptops?! Computers are not made for doing things, they should be made to be so slow as to make any real work impossible. This "pointless meggahurtz race" has to end!
The guy was sued for building a perfectly legal search engine. Microsoft has the same feature built into their OSes. Essentially the guy was sued and was made to pay for doing absolutely nothing wrong. If that is not worthy of a hyperbolic response, I don't know what is!
Why should someone ask permission to search for files?! You're buying the RIAA's ridiculous argument that searching is illegal or is somehow wrong. As stated before, Windows has the built in ability to search for MP3s files on a network. Google allows people to search for MP3s. The internet is dead without the ability to search across it. I think others are right, the RIAA is attempting to shut down the internet by making searching illegal. These are just tiny steps in that direction.
As have been pointed out elsewhere, Microsoft's OSes have built in software to allow searching across networks, which could easily be used to search for MP3s. Does the RIAA intend to go after Microsoft? That wouldn't make much sense, as Microsoft would bury it.
Here's a question. Let's say that a student sets up a web-page explaining how students could use Windows' built-in Search app to find files, including MP3s, across the university's network. Would the RIAA sue the student for merely explaining how to use it?! It think they would.
I agree about the pointless "meggahurtz race." When I'm rendering video I want it to take as long as possible. When I'm gaming, I want it to run as choppy as possible, not smoothly. That's why I run XP Pro on a 386, speed sucks!!!
In the US the DMCA would keep you from ever publishing anything you discovered.
Here's a question. If all of the annoyances I mentioned are bringing in profit, then why does Ballmer think Microsoft needs a wakeup call? Assuming you're correct, Microsoft does not need any help and Ballmer is simply wrong. That doesn't make much sense.
Or could it be that those annoyances are pissing off customers who are either switching or thinking of switching to Linux. Now that makes perfect sense.
First, Microsoft should dump all money losing divisions. As I'm sure everyone here has heard, Microsoft's OSes and Office products generate over 80% profits, which the company uses to fund losers such as WebTV, MSN, the Xbox, etc.
By dumping those loses, Microsoft could drastically drop prices AND continue making the same profits. I'd be a win-win situation.
Second, drop product activation. No one likes being treated like a criminal. And as I've written here before, product activation does NOT stop real piracy, i.e., piracy for profit. The ISO for XP Professional was readily available and instructions for installing SP1 were easy to follow via tweaktown.com's instructions. Simply put, pirates were still able to copy and sell XP Pro without ANY impediment.
The real purpose of product activation is to stop friends and family from sharing copies. If Microsoft's software was lower in price, (see my first point) people would simply buy their own copy.
Third, stop the egregious software assurance type deals that only serve to piss off your customers. If you really want Linux to fail, stop giving your customers a reason to use it!
Fourth, stop with those outrageous deals to stop Linux. You know the ones, when India, China, or Germany wants to switch to open source, Microsoft bends over backwards to give practically free software. This totally pisses off customers paying way too much via software the draconian deals imposed in my third point. Secondly, it gives them an incentive to look into switching to Linux.
Fifth, stop using the BSA police to force deals. When public schools canâ(TM)t afford your software, donâ(TM)t send the police force a deal. When I didnâ(TM)t buy a GM car, they were kind enough NOT to send the police to check out my garage. We expect the same courtesy from Microsoft!
Sixth, I could go on and on and on. But since my boss expects me to work for money, Iâ(TM)ll quit here and let others post some suggestions.
If clothes cannot be copyrighted, how can patterns of clothes be copyrighted?
There is not even piracy here. Nothing was taken or stolen. It's well established law in the US that once you put trash on the curb it's fair game for anyone who wants it.
I'm the dumbshit but yet you know obviously know NOTHING about copyright history in the US?
Here's a quote from the link: "If the owner pays the fee, the copyright will continue for whatever duration Congress sets."
EVERY TIME Disney wanted the copyright extened, Congress extended it. EVER SINGLE TIME!!! This act would give Congress an out. They could say that they are protecting the public domain AND protecting the property rights of Disney and others.
Like I said it would kill ANY chance of getting our real public domain back and would give perpetual rights to everyone who wanted them!
From now on PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU POST!!!!
This is exacly what Disney and the entire copyright industry wants. They get to keep copyrights forever and we get shafted.
I say we fight for the real public domain and settle for nothing less. If this compromise gets passed we'll never get a chance to get the public domain back.
I totally agree. Whenever I come across a supporter of the Tablet PC I'll ask what task it can do that a much cheaper laptop or PDA couldn't do. And as of yet no one has come up with such a task.
As I've stated in a previous post, the alleged solution the Tablet PC is attempting to solve is to provide a familiar pen/paper interface for people who cannot type. But as I also stated previously, anyone who has been able to avoid using computers for this long is unlikely to buy an overpriced Tablet PC. And even more importantly, the hand writing recognition on Tablet PCs is awful. If someone is going to be frustrated with a keyboard that works each and every time, they sure in heck will be frustrated with a $2000 pen and paper replacement that barely works!
You spent 2000 bucks on a replacement for paper and pencil?! Boy, I wish I had your bank account!
As slashnot.com stated:
"The Viewsonic Tablet PC is an excellent way to pay twice as much for a laptop by removing the keyboard, CD-ROM drive and Floppy."
Let's face it, Tablet PCs are essentially expensive stripped down laptops. While they might have some very handy specific uses, for the vast majority of people a laptop is a much better solution, i.e., cheaper with more value.
Microsoft's push for the Tablet PC is an attempt to get people who don't know how to type to buy computers. There are many people who never typed before and are frustrated by computers. The paper/pen metaphor is supposed to appease those people. Unfortunately, anyone who has avoided computers up to now clearly has NO USE for a computer. Especially one that costs SO much!