I see no reason why I can't make a phone that uses whatever charger I want
You (as the company) think this way because you see a charger that only you can provide as a method to increase your profits with no drawbacks. However everyone else (the government, 'society') has to deal with things like waste, or put another way the drawbacks of the companies wasteful choices.
There are many things that the government shouldn't stick their noses into, but there are also things they should because the average person and company can not see past the end of their own nose. Reducing unnecessary waste is something that would have to be regulated as the companies producing all these redundant parts see no need to reduce the amount of waste they produce on their own.
Would you have also modded the other copy and paste jobs funny?
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Actually yes, a whole lot of people who call themselves techies are stupid. They also think they are far more intelligent then they are. On top of that, many who call themselves techies believe they are so far above blue collar 'mouth breathers' that with very little work they can completely confuse them. I mean, hell, you just did something similar here. You assumed that the article writer must be an idiot because, well, you said so. Go ahead and rethink your logic and consider that perhaps something happened, maybe even several times, that prompted the writer to write what he did.
Most people are idiots, that they call themselves a techie doesn't change that.
Ya, no one ever needs to use the Active Directory or Windows Internal Database/MSDE. Everyone only every runs a small gaming machine, why does Windows support these things in the first place?
If Psystar want's to compete, let them compete. Apple competes by creating products, Psystar is simply riding their coat tails. The government forcing a company to operate in areas they deem unprofitable is not fair competition in the marketplace.
Most of it was also just a carbon copy of what was being done in the US. At some point in time, intelligent people say 'lets just buy the wheel and move on to making a cart.'
Not Invented Here slows down a lot more progress then it helps.
Jobs not doing keynotes and Apple announcing that Jobs took a leave of absence is Apple trying to clue investors into the fact that more then one person works at Apple. It's investors that think otherwise, not Apple putting it's eggs in one basket.
Routers do not require NAT, they never have and they never will. However, with the way customer ISP's are set up, small consumer routers would almost certainly have NAT functionality.
It's either:
"These guys do the same stuff that everyone else does, except they do it with style because they use OS X" or "These guys do the same stuff that everyone else does, except they do it without style because they use Linux."
Since the story is about Debian, I suppose the latter is the correct fix.
There seems to be a big stretch between a serial killer and some guy writing malicious code
"Not for the purpose of the point that was being made, "scum should be treated as such." It doesn't matter what they did to be labeled scum.
If anything, Microsoft made the mistake of making the computer too friendly. They released technologies that gave people too many options
So if I buy a door that happens to have a lock with a flaw, it's the fault of the lock maker that my stuff gets stolen? Sorry, but no, the fault lies solely on the shoulders of the thief. Windows has many problems, but all the fault for exploiting it is on the malware authors.
Many of the "nerds" I know are not socially inept because of lack of training. It's because they have a disorder or disease
ProTip: Nerds are not that way because most, or even because a majority, have assburgers syndrome. They just don't care. They've convinced themselves they are above the rest of the world with their little societal rules. There is no disease or disorder, they're just stupid.
As a corollary, having Asperger's syndrome is not cool. It's not a badge of honour. It's not something to be proud of. If you are, you don't have it.
Two things. First, OpenSolaris is being created to be as desktop friendly as Fedora or Ubuntu. It's not exactly like they're shipping Solaris with nothing but CDE as a desktop. Second, done properly an app written on Solaris or Linux would compile and run on the other. As in, not writing to Linuxisms and using standards instead. Complaining that Linux has so much more apps then OpenSolaris does is the same as complainging that Linux has so many more programs then FreeBSD does. An app that runs on Linux and not FreeBSD or OpenSolaris, unless it is interacting directly with the Linux kernel, is an app that is not following the many API standards that exist.
The internet is a whole hell of a lot more then the US. How are any security regulations not a waste of time and taxpayers money?
The Federal government can require security procedures for federal agencies just the same as they most likely require secure handling of sensitive physical document. I don't see a Commission or a chairman of Dead Tree Security so why is the money wasted on something that just has a more menacing name.
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You (as the company) think this way because you see a charger that only you can provide as a method to increase your profits with no drawbacks. However everyone else (the government, 'society') has to deal with things like waste, or put another way the drawbacks of the companies wasteful choices.
There are many things that the government shouldn't stick their noses into, but there are also things they should because the average person and company can not see past the end of their own nose. Reducing unnecessary waste is something that would have to be regulated as the companies producing all these redundant parts see no need to reduce the amount of waste they produce on their own.
Would you have also modded the other copy and paste jobs funny?
Actually yes, a whole lot of people who call themselves techies are stupid. They also think they are far more intelligent then they are. On top of that, many who call themselves techies believe they are so far above blue collar 'mouth breathers' that with very little work they can completely confuse them. I mean, hell, you just did something similar here. You assumed that the article writer must be an idiot because, well, you said so. Go ahead and rethink your logic and consider that perhaps something happened, maybe even several times, that prompted the writer to write what he did.
Most people are idiots, that they call themselves a techie doesn't change that.
Ya, no one ever needs to use the Active Directory or Windows Internal Database/MSDE. Everyone only every runs a small gaming machine, why does Windows support these things in the first place?
If Psystar want's to compete, let them compete. Apple competes by creating products, Psystar is simply riding their coat tails. The government forcing a company to operate in areas they deem unprofitable is not fair competition in the marketplace.
I believe that, at least in the case of cat-girls and bunny-girls, that question has already been answered.
You can't sell that! Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos. -Homer
Most of it was also just a carbon copy of what was being done in the US. At some point in time, intelligent people say 'lets just buy the wheel and move on to making a cart.'
Not Invented Here slows down a lot more progress then it helps.
So you want to see 4 really shitty sequels and maybe a shitty TV series?
Jobs not doing keynotes and Apple announcing that Jobs took a leave of absence is Apple trying to clue investors into the fact that more then one person works at Apple. It's investors that think otherwise, not Apple putting it's eggs in one basket.
Stop making live action remakes of animated work. Actually, stop making remakes at all, but damn, some things work in animation for a reason.
Routers do not require NAT, they never have and they never will. However, with the way customer ISP's are set up, small consumer routers would almost certainly have NAT functionality.
RMS doesn't use Debian because it's not free enough, as in it allows you to add the non-free repository. RMS uses GNewSense.
The name should give an idea how useful it is.
It's either:
"These guys do the same stuff that everyone else does, except they do it with style because they use OS X"
or
"These guys do the same stuff that everyone else does, except they do it without style because they use Linux."
Since the story is about Debian, I suppose the latter is the correct fix.
"Not for the purpose of the point that was being made, "scum should be treated as such." It doesn't matter what they did to be labeled scum.
So if I buy a door that happens to have a lock with a flaw, it's the fault of the lock maker that my stuff gets stolen? Sorry, but no, the fault lies solely on the shoulders of the thief. Windows has many problems, but all the fault for exploiting it is on the malware authors.
ProTip: Nerds are not that way because most, or even because a majority, have assburgers syndrome. They just don't care. They've convinced themselves they are above the rest of the world with their little societal rules. There is no disease or disorder, they're just stupid.
As a corollary, having Asperger's syndrome is not cool. It's not a badge of honour. It's not something to be proud of. If you are, you don't have it.
Hate to break it to you, but this is a problem that DRM was designed to be a part of the solution to.
Scares them, doesn't it. But they didn't learn; you don't put all your potatoes in one basket.
NASA was formed to explore space as a peaceful endeavor, not as a conquest.
The company you work for most likely dictates many of the tools you use. This is no different.
Without support from one or a few big vendors, a la Red Hat for Linux, it'll never happen.
Two things. First, OpenSolaris is being created to be as desktop friendly as Fedora or Ubuntu. It's not exactly like they're shipping Solaris with nothing but CDE as a desktop. Second, done properly an app written on Solaris or Linux would compile and run on the other. As in, not writing to Linuxisms and using standards instead. Complaining that Linux has so much more apps then OpenSolaris does is the same as complainging that Linux has so many more programs then FreeBSD does. An app that runs on Linux and not FreeBSD or OpenSolaris, unless it is interacting directly with the Linux kernel, is an app that is not following the many API standards that exist.
Also, wtf is a "Solaris Based Type Network?"
Well for one, it's not so you've lost a lot of the shock you're attempting to drum up.
The Microsoft Excel Saga.
The internet is a whole hell of a lot more then the US. How are any security regulations not a waste of time and taxpayers money? The Federal government can require security procedures for federal agencies just the same as they most likely require secure handling of sensitive physical document. I don't see a Commission or a chairman of Dead Tree Security so why is the money wasted on something that just has a more menacing name.