No, your analogy is not realistic. It's more like banning heroin. You know, there may be legitimate uses for heroin, but guess what? 90% or more of the heroin users are not "legit".
Ohhhhh! Ooooooo! You'll get modded down! How dare you point out an obvious truth that goes against the Slashdot Party Line!
I would bet that more than 75% of the P2P users out there have LOADS of stuff that is not "fair use". But people here tend to try to "justify" it, ignoring the fact that they are only fooling themselves.
The focus of the column seems to be on the use of mod chips as a way to circumvent game copy controls and glosses over legitimate uses
Like P2P, there certainly are "legitimate" uses. But it is still true that people here tend to "gloss over" the fact that just like P2P, people DO use mod chips to pirate games. One of the biggest reasons that claims of "fair use" and such fall on deaf ears is that it is simply a fact that mod chips and P2P are used for pirating.
All in all, I'm very impressed by the European attitude about corporate FUD, I suspect this "end-round" will not work well for SCO in the short or long run. The Europeans seem less inclined to accept bullshit from silly American companies. More, they seem to be able to more quickly address silly American corporat BULLSHIT, and say things like "gee, that's nice, but it doesn't apply here, go home."
Yes, I know, there is much to not like about European politics and they sometimes have strange ways about doing things. And the taxes, holy cow. But at least they know that the United States does not rule the world.
Being an avid (insert random technology here), I think Linux on the (insert random hardware plaform here) is a largely untapped medium. I think that the power and flexibility of Linux on something as small and effecient as a (insert random hardware plaform here) is an excellent combinaiton. I also think that the open nature of Linux would work to the (insert random hardware plaform here) advantage. There are numerous times I wish I could tweak settings or applicaions on my (insert random hardware plaform here) but I am not able to do so. I hope this is the beginning of a long-term shift in the (insert random hardware plaform here) market.
This is really an interesting question. For example Monsanto has sued farmers that are growing "their" soybeans, yet these farmers are actually growing from stocks of their own crop that has been contaminated by virtue of cross pollenization. Sort of the Genie out of the bottle thing.
Nice of you to stereotype when you know almost NOTHING about me... person who was arrested was never even charged with a crime
Yap, yap, yap. Arrest records are public records. Again, when it works for the "Government Must Be Open" crowd, public records are OK, but Geezzze, when you actually start to think about PRIVACY you don't like it? WORKS BOTH WAYS!
You are being sarcastic.
I'm sorry, but this is PUBLIC information. If *you* violate the law, your arrest records are a matter of public record. It's funny how you types hate it when PUBLIC records are held back by authorities, but GEEZ, when you don't like it, PUBLIC records should be restricted?
Those who are innocent will want lawyers who relentlessly pursue the truth. The rest need lawyers who know what people can get away with. In our oppositional based legal system, the demand for scummy lawyers will be equal or greater than honest lawyers.
This is so true. There is nothing wrong with what these lawyers are doing, it is no more or less than anyone with a skill to sell would do if they wanted to eat well and have nice shoes.
People seem to think lawyers are like doctors or priests, but this is not the case. Lawyers are proficient at understanding, arguing, and otherwise working with "The Law". They are not priests. There is no real modern reason that lawyers should not use the same marketing tools every other business uses. Lawyers have a service and a product, not some Holy mission from God.
If you where not a AC, I'd call you a Karma Slut. Not just "whore", but SLUT. I mean look, CNN does not require a subscription or login, and has never (will never) be "Slashdotted". So what is your point?
"I run Fedora Core 2"... the packages sometimes are a couple revisions behind
Fedora PERIOD is not a stable or production server. It's fine to play around with, but for serious tasks where stability is a necessary quality, Fedora ain't there. And, as an experimental Linux distro, it's not surprising packages are not up-to-date. Not a flame, just pointing out that Fedora is the playground distro, you get what you get.
As a Linux "lite weight" I can honestly say that I have found installing from source not a bit more complex than packages, packages are just quicked for default installs. I prefer source because it's really not that hard, and I can play with the configuration. It seems to me to almost not even be a question.
The two distinguished gentlemen Strumpf and Oberholzer-Gee have most likely made RIAA executives choke on their lunches.
When people agree with you they are "distinguished", but when they disagree with you, they are hacks. So, it's not surprising that the Slashdot bunch beam and bubble at the "findings" of these "distinguished" gentlemen, while calling the RAII "hacks". Why? Because the Slashdot crowd does not wish to give up getting music for free while more responsible people go to the store and pay for it as they should.
You are not living in reality, or have not been exposed to any large "enterprise" in the last 50 or 60 years. The CEO nor even anyone at the client writes the FUD. This is the domain of PR firms, as a few zillion posts above this have stated.
Another thing PR firms are good at is re-writing text to exclude words like "um...".
I understand that content is more important than the presentation, but...
Content is not mor important than content if the user experience is so bad that people flee from it. I don't use LDP because I can find the same information on the net by Googleing with out being insulted by "purists" who surf the net in Lynx.
Slashdot Mirror
Now you've done it.
Man, you people who CAN'T FUCKING GET A JOKE are really starting to piss me.... Oh. Nevermind.
Jesus, Tony, lighten up. Relax. Enjoy a nice cup of java, and let it go.
No, your analogy is not realistic. It's more like banning heroin. You know, there may be legitimate uses for heroin, but guess what? 90% or more of the heroin users are not "legit".
I would bet that more than 75% of the P2P users out there have LOADS of stuff that is not "fair use". But people here tend to try to "justify" it, ignoring the fact that they are only fooling themselves.
Like P2P, there certainly are "legitimate" uses. But it is still true that people here tend to "gloss over" the fact that just like P2P, people DO use mod chips to pirate games. One of the biggest reasons that claims of "fair use" and such fall on deaf ears is that it is simply a fact that mod chips and P2P are used for pirating.
A slut just FUCKS AROUND on you with your best friend, with a WHORE you know where you stand.
At has to do with something I forgot. What's the question? I want a sandwich.
Yes, I know, there is much to not like about European politics and they sometimes have strange ways about doing things. And the taxes, holy cow. But at least they know that the United States does not rule the world.
Good Lord, I'll bet it even uses that PlySkool database, MySQL... It certainly can't be "enterprise" quality... Bahhhh!
Being an avid (insert random technology here), I think Linux on the (insert random hardware plaform here) is a largely untapped medium. I think that the power and flexibility of Linux on something as small and effecient as a (insert random hardware plaform here) is an excellent combinaiton. I also think that the open nature of Linux would work to the (insert random hardware plaform here) advantage. There are numerous times I wish I could tweak settings or applicaions on my (insert random hardware plaform here) but I am not able to do so. I hope this is the beginning of a long-term shift in the (insert random hardware plaform here) market.
This is really an interesting question. For example Monsanto has sued farmers that are growing "their" soybeans, yet these farmers are actually growing from stocks of their own crop that has been contaminated by virtue of cross pollenization. Sort of the Genie out of the bottle thing.
Yap, yap, yap. Arrest records are public records. Again, when it works for the "Government Must Be Open" crowd, public records are OK, but Geezzze, when you actually start to think about PRIVACY you don't like it? WORKS BOTH WAYS!
:ast time I looked, RH9 was still there for download, as is RH Enterprise. For FREE. What are you talking about paying for?
Can't have it both ways, Mr Bleeding Heart.
This is so true. There is nothing wrong with what these lawyers are doing, it is no more or less than anyone with a skill to sell would do if they wanted to eat well and have nice shoes.
People seem to think lawyers are like doctors or priests, but this is not the case. Lawyers are proficient at understanding, arguing, and otherwise working with "The Law". They are not priests. There is no real modern reason that lawyers should not use the same marketing tools every other business uses. Lawyers have a service and a product, not some Holy mission from God.
If you where not a AC, I'd call you a Karma Slut. Not just "whore", but SLUT. I mean look, CNN does not require a subscription or login, and has never (will never) be "Slashdotted". So what is your point?
Fedora PERIOD is not a stable or production server. It's fine to play around with, but for serious tasks where stability is a necessary quality, Fedora ain't there. And, as an experimental Linux distro, it's not surprising packages are not up-to-date. Not a flame, just pointing out that Fedora is the playground distro, you get what you get.
As a Linux "lite weight" I can honestly say that I have found installing from source not a bit more complex than packages, packages are just quicked for default installs. I prefer source because it's really not that hard, and I can play with the configuration. It seems to me to almost not even be a question.
When people agree with you they are "distinguished", but when they disagree with you, they are hacks. So, it's not surprising that the Slashdot bunch beam and bubble at the "findings" of these "distinguished" gentlemen, while calling the RAII "hacks". Why? Because the Slashdot crowd does not wish to give up getting music for free while more responsible people go to the store and pay for it as they should.
And if you've ever looked at Slashcode, you know that's exactly what it is. Slashcode is the best argument against Perl.
Bullshit. Tables are for whatever you want to use them for.
Um... no.
You are not living in reality, or have not been exposed to any large "enterprise" in the last 50 or 60 years. The CEO nor even anyone at the client writes the FUD. This is the domain of PR firms, as a few zillion posts above this have stated.
Another thing PR firms are good at is re-writing text to exclude words like "um...".
Content is not mor important than content if the user experience is so bad that people flee from it. I don't use LDP because I can find the same information on the net by Googleing with out being insulted by "purists" who surf the net in Lynx.
My vote is for CSS.