Presumably to protect your important messages from the imperial japanese navy. Reality is service providers don't and have never taken their customer's privacy very seriously, and how can you, really, if your customer's private data is a second revenue stream for you. Nice thing if you have an app-installable smart phone you can encrypt your communications yourself. Bad thing is few user's take their communication privacy seriously either.
"And what the hell does a "clean operating system" mean?"
Linux doesn't qualify as a "clean operating system"? In whose twisted world? (Besides the French?) In any case, perhaps they felt that Microsoft's own tax on OEM systems (in which the "privilege" of selling a system pre-bundled and non-opt outable Windows install cost is born by the consumer, thanks Bill) was tax enough?
The internet was started in spite of the military, not because of it. The myth that the internet was the result of research initiated by request of the Pentagon is getting old. The military jumped in only after it was shown that computer networks were possible. Arpanet was the result of military funding, yes. But inter-connected data networks were the result of model train geeks at MIT. Read Steven Levy's Hackers.
'seven people in a room coined the term "open source"...'
Still, seems like the term has been around longer than that. I remember installing my first slackware installation and that was back in '94, and I seem to recall the "slackware" was synonymous with "open source", and both terms were in use. But that's going back a bit and my feeble mind imagines pink elephants explaining how to mount fs' on Ubuntu these days so I dunno...
I was going to say, way to close the rather banal article with a real hackle-raiser. I personally try not to get into arguments with theists. Its really annoying to watch them fail again and again and know they lack the wherewithal to understand why they fail.
I'm not so sure that asking permission is always necessary. In this case Apple appears to have resorted to a quirk in California law to force the litigation. Without it there may gave been nothing Apple could have done. Comedians are protected from slander suits, why not products? It would truly be a marvelous country if everyone with a stick up his ass sued anyone who said anything about them. Er...
"So if you slap on the 'parody' label everything is allowed?"
In every post some idiot does this. Why? Its not like you can cover your tracks, my post is still available for all to see... You have obviously omitted the "clever" part to make your post needlessly relevant and contrary. The product has to be a CLEVER parody. If you want to argue with me then argue, but don't resort to immature trickery.
Nonsense. An arguably powerful man who doesn't know a clever parody of himself is a fool. If Jobs were truly a clever man he'd have recognized a clever marketing gimmick and made some kind of deal with this Chinese company for these figures and made a mint; both Apple and the Chinese firm could have made a fortune selling an iPad collector's edition complete with Jobs figure. The figures themselves are hardly embarrassing, they're just slightly out of proportion, other than that they are quite lifelike and not bad looking at all, I was wanting one as soon as I saw it, and I'm a Linux fanboy.
Instead A[[le's opted for the dickheaded approach and "banned" something really clever, even if they have the right to do so. As we see time and time again; just because you have the legal right to do something doesn't mean its a smart move. All this does is make Apple look like the the land of Mordor even more than before.
Yeah... uh, what previous and next posters say... another "slick", glossy, brain dead fluff rag/web site that will feature some new iPhone app or some bit of consumer plastic you can hook up to your xbox? Do we really need this? We even already have that on G4 with "Attack of the Show", which used to be a really great show "The Screen Savers" hosted by Leo Laporte and focused on true geek tech. Apparently that was too geek so they glossed it up to the abomination it is today. As though we really need more media junk food.
"Anybody else think maybe we have this backwards?"
Had many long discussions going back to the early 80's with friends in Europe and Israel about America's puritanical & bi-polar attitude toward sexuality. Its bizarre to me.
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Its one more stab to the heart of free speech. Might get overturned in a federal challenge. One hopes.
What are you, retarded?
Going to the grocery store is one thing, but going to the job is something else. Its often not possible to live near your job, ask any New Yorker.
Kind of goes against the current trend of people moving to suburbs though, don't it?
Presumably to protect your important messages from the imperial japanese navy. Reality is service providers don't and have never taken their customer's privacy very seriously, and how can you, really, if your customer's private data is a second revenue stream for you. Nice thing if you have an app-installable smart phone you can encrypt your communications yourself. Bad thing is few user's take their communication privacy seriously either.
Oh please, your sad devotion to APPLE is shytte. The point is APPLE != MALWARE FREE. Pull your own head out of your own dumb ass.
"And what the hell does a "clean operating system" mean?"
Linux doesn't qualify as a "clean operating system"? In whose twisted world? (Besides the French?) In any case, perhaps they felt that Microsoft's own tax on OEM systems (in which the "privilege" of selling a system pre-bundled and non-opt outable Windows install cost is born by the consumer, thanks Bill) was tax enough?
That was just the first one google returned. Your going to tell me Apple has no virus problems? Seriously?
The internet was started in spite of the military, not because of it. The myth that the internet was the result of research initiated by request of the Pentagon is getting old. The military jumped in only after it was shown that computer networks were possible. Arpanet was the result of military funding, yes. But inter-connected data networks were the result of model train geeks at MIT. Read Steven Levy's Hackers.
"Apple has created a situation where people no longer have to live in a world where there machine is pwned by malware."
Stop drinking that kool-aid, fan boy.
Its not a data center at all, its a fabrication plant where they turn kittens and puppies into iPhones and iPads.
'seven people in a room coined the term "open source"...'
Still, seems like the term has been around longer than that. I remember installing my first slackware installation and that was back in '94, and I seem to recall the "slackware" was synonymous with "open source", and both terms were in use. But that's going back a bit and my feeble mind imagines pink elephants explaining how to mount fs' on Ubuntu these days so I dunno...
I was going to say, way to close the rather banal article with a real hackle-raiser. I personally try not to get into arguments with theists. Its really annoying to watch them fail again and again and know they lack the wherewithal to understand why they fail.
This is really good news for the OSS movement. Any large org. that move to put OSS in place on a large scale is good for all of us.
Sure, you're right. His point is really nothing to worry about; lets continue to mortgage our countrie's future. His point is completely off.
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I'm not so sure that asking permission is always necessary. In this case Apple appears to have resorted to a quirk in California law to force the litigation. Without it there may gave been nothing Apple could have done. Comedians are protected from slander suits, why not products? It would truly be a marvelous country if everyone with a stick up his ass sued anyone who said anything about them. Er...
"So if you slap on the 'parody' label everything is allowed?"
In every post some idiot does this. Why? Its not like you can cover your tracks, my post is still available for all to see... You have obviously omitted the "clever" part to make your post needlessly relevant and contrary. The product has to be a CLEVER parody. If you want to argue with me then argue, but don't resort to immature trickery.
Win Facebook, still be a geek LOSER. I think of all the stories I've read on /. this one has to be the one with the least amount of interest for me.
Nonsense. An arguably powerful man who doesn't know a clever parody of himself is a fool. If Jobs were truly a clever man he'd have recognized a clever marketing gimmick and made some kind of deal with this Chinese company for these figures and made a mint; both Apple and the Chinese firm could have made a fortune selling an iPad collector's edition complete with Jobs figure. The figures themselves are hardly embarrassing, they're just slightly out of proportion, other than that they are quite lifelike and not bad looking at all, I was wanting one as soon as I saw it, and I'm a Linux fanboy.
Instead A[[le's opted for the dickheaded approach and "banned" something really clever, even if they have the right to do so. As we see time and time again; just because you have the legal right to do something doesn't mean its a smart move. All this does is make Apple look like the the land of Mordor even more than before.
...there's a clever move., ihatebofa.com, or bofasux.net, or bofarobberbarons.org, or...
OMG.. my eyes are now just empty sockets after viewing this abomination of pure geekery.
Yeah... uh, what previous and next posters say... another "slick", glossy, brain dead fluff rag/web site that will feature some new iPhone app or some bit of consumer plastic you can hook up to your xbox? Do we really need this? We even already have that on G4 with "Attack of the Show", which used to be a really great show "The Screen Savers" hosted by Leo Laporte and focused on true geek tech. Apparently that was too geek so they glossed it up to the abomination it is today. As though we really need more media junk food.
A Vulcan remake of "Behind the Green Door"
"Anybody else think maybe we have this backwards?"
Had many long discussions going back to the early 80's with friends in Europe and Israel about America's puritanical & bi-polar attitude toward sexuality. Its bizarre to me.