The irony is, when they say they are objective and balanced, it's just like NBC saying the same thing (they do it more subtle and understated). Fox is merely more overt. If you know they're biased, you can watch objectively and fact check as needed (if people think that only Fox needs fact-checking, they're as dumb as the people who believe Fox is always correct.)
Meh. All news is biased. The more you know that, the better you are. People who ONLY watch Fox are like people who ONLY watch MSNBC. They are looking for validation of their opinions rather than facts. Television news of any stripe is packaged to elicit a reinforcement of bias. Just watch how stories are presented on any news network, and you'll see there is no objectivity. Not even on Public Television. If you close your mind to anyone who disagrees with you, you won't ever grow as a human being. I loathe Bill Maher and Rachel Maddow, but I watch them to see what their opinions are (and believe me, most of what they cover is pure opinion and editorial).
You confuse people who watch Fox News with people who believe the earth is flat and 6000 years old.:) While those people most definitely DO watch Fox and only Fox... they do not represent the majority. Just like the militant SUV-burning lesbians of the EDF (or whatnot) worship MSNBC and Al's TV channel...
And since the age of the interwebs... it's easy to fact check them all. And believe me, most of them (all across the political spectrum) are biased in some form or fashion. It gives credence to the phrase "the more you know..."
I thought the workprint version of Alien 3 was much better... it was much more of a "complete" movie than the theatrical release. However, I did not like much of anything from Alien 4, except maybe Ron Perlman (who's in everything these days..)
My friends and I spent hours discussing the possibilities for the origins of the creatures... It was good geek sci-fi fun. If they put out an origin story, it'll just ruin all that speculative stuff that has given the Alien franchise legs in spite of its age...
That's like asking why people believe the earth is round. Big oil is paying billions to convince us that the world is round! We must fight this fraud!
But seriously folks... Dr. Wakefield's conclusion was wrong. His conclusion brought back diseases almost eradicated by vaccinations. Jenny McCarthy uses her "experience" over REAMS and VOLUMES of studies that PROVE NO LINK. I don't care if the BMJ gave Brian Deer a BJ to 'attack' Wakefield. That doesn't make Wakefield right. It doesn't make him more evil. I am so sick of these celebretards getting a bully pulpit to push their horseshit agendas (Oprah, I'm looking at you). STOP listening to famous people who don't know any better than you! (I'm speaking of the royal you in this case, I mean.)
I don't mind a little skepticism... but FFS, why in Jehovah's name are we giving anything like this even a MICROSECOND of our attention when vaccinations are SAFE and WORK? It boggles the mind. Wakefield has poisoned the well... it's going to take DECADES to undo what he and Jenny and Oprah have wrought... All because someone has an autistic kid and reads on the internet that MMR caused it. IT MUST BE TRUE!
Yep. And if they're on the mailing list, they know who wants it. I doubt anyone has asked, but if we were to ask after supplying an email address (which seems to be the current method).... I suspect we wouldn't get the source.
1. I find that hard to believe considering the list of contributors on the sourceforge site.
2. I doubt that seriously based on the CVS tree. Why remove 0.8 if you "forked" a 0.9? Why call it WinMTR in the first place if you wrote it "from scratch"?
If you removed the source from sourceforge because it was "abandonware", put it back up, since your "WinMTR" contains none of the original's code. You can't co-opt a GPL project, remove all other versions and pretend that you're doing it with "new" code.
3. You still have to provide the source to those who want it. Read the GPL. Check with your lawyers all you want. You are in direct violation of the GPL. So peddle your excuses somewhere else.
You've agreed with me without agreeing with me. (Software patents are evil, btw.)
They want to co-opt choice. Right now, it's transparent. And like people have said, these companies (Apple, MS, Oracle) are adopting the drug pusher business model... "the first one's free." I'd rather use standard video and watch it on an open device than be locked into a system that won't let you out once you get in... If others do, that's their choice, but the irony is that in their choice, they have chosen to lose choice.
the OSS community is not the same group as those who "want it handed to them". There's room for both, but Apple is co-opting their rather nice desktop OS into their phone OS and making their computer less useful in the process. It may "get things done" for some people, but it's not what everyone wants. And that is where they fail.
In the case of VLC, I'm not faulting Apple, but in the larger ("big picture") I am faulting Apple with their Appstores abandoning choice in favor of a "walled garden" (I used to hate that term, but it really applies here). This kerfuffle illustrates what is bound to happen without FOSS developers going "zealot" on the Apple Appstore. It's coming down the pipe as the grip tightens on what you can and can't do with OS X... iOS is just a sample of how the once vaunted OS X is going to be like someone else in this discussion put it "a game console that checks email."
I used to love Apple's OS... but ever since they got into the phone business, I've been hating them and their direction more and more. And I think I'm not alone in this feeling either... VLC's spat is just a symptom of a greater problem.
h.264 is going to blow up in everyone's face... you just wait. It's like a dormant cancer that will come alive once it's killed off the other codecs... then the patent holders will reach for YOUR wallet to pay for the "privilege" of using their "IP."
I prefer a dodgy GPL'ed version than a proprietary bunch of nonsense that restricts my freedom to do what I want with what I paid for (my computer...) You can keep your "idiocy free" non-FOSS... I side with the "idiots" who are interested in freedom and choice.
Before the "Mac Appstore" I wouldn't have agreed with you (at least w/r/t the desktops), because OS X was so fun to use when it was open (I realize the GUI wasn't, but the rest of the OS was fine...) It is still open now, but Lion is probably going to end the party... I'm glad they went Intel, so I can put Linux on my mini. I'm not interested in supporting the walled garden (I don't want an iPhone/iPad/iwhatever), and the Appstore is another turn for Apple to become the next Microsoft. I wouldn't be surprised if Lion phoned home like Windows does now...
Snow Leopard looks like the last OS X I'll use. These sorts of moves make the original Mac commercial seem ironic.:)
Yeah, like the first one is "user gets digitized into a computer, and with the help of a program that looks like his friend, he defeats the MCP and doesn't get the girl."
Shakespeare this isn't, but it's not THAT bad of a plot. Most plots can be boiled down to their essence. The subplot of Clu's pursuit of perfection was lost on you? It wasn't beating you over the head with it, though.
I never noticed, but I've only been using Dropbox for the last 6 months or so... it's been very stable. I'm impressed with its ability to "stay out of the way..." And it is handy when I use my netbook... I can just get to my private folder and open my password list (1Password).:)
YMMV, but dropbox uses hardly any CPU at all (seamless, really) on my Mac Mini. Even when syncing the files (I use it to keep my 1Password webpage sync so I can use my passwords on my Windows/Linux/Android devices) it uses less CPU than iTunes playing back an mp3.
12737 Dropbox 0.1 17 45.0 MB Intel 66.2 MB
Not bad at all. Hardly evil... almost church-mouse quiet.:) But like I said, YMMV.
You know, I think you have a point. It is the "as long as I got my free money and NASCAR on TV, I don't care if the government takes away my rights!"
They wallow in blissful ignorance. I blame the education system, and in no small part the Dept. of Education (and the NEA) who have turned our educational system into a burger grinder for stupid people not fit to employ at McDonald's.
I don't have a kid, but I still care.. mainly because those who died for the ideals our Constitution represents cannot, and should not be forgotten, and the ideals of the Constitution and our individual liberty should never be taken lightly or with any apathy. I would rather the government shoot me in the head than take away any of my rights. I am a small fish in a big pond, but there will come a time (as we continue down this path) when the government will come after me too. And that's when they can pry the Constitution from my cold, dead fingers. Is it militia-esque of me to say so? Probably... but I believe in the Constitution and the ideal of America 1000% more than I do the government. It has failed me and will continue to do so for the reasons you (and I) mentioned. I weep for democracy when the most pressing problem is getting more handouts from the government... It's OUR money... not theirs. Someone said that this experiment in Democracy would be finished when the government learned that it could bribe its people with their own money.... we've WELL gone past that...
Teacher's Union who have in their back pocket the Dept. of Education... which is just a funding tool to strangle the states out of their ability to form education patterns themselves. Federal interference, I might add....
And spending money on education is going to shit the kids don't need to learn properly. Computers waste money that could otherwise go to hiring better teachers, raising standards, and not making a bunch of texting morons.
Paper, pencils, and a good teacher. Worked for fucking centuries.
Since the Federal Government has no business in education... (it's the state's job). And if you think individual states are doing it wrong, well, perhaps we should just stick to basics.... like mathematics and English. The NEA and the other drains on our education system have screwed up schools so much, we can't be certain students are learning a fucking thing. Well, just go to McDonald's and you'll see our kids aren't learning shit.
And instead of buying computers for every little snotnosed curtain climber, let's just focus on getting them able to READ and WRITE... because a computer is not something necessary, even in a high-tech world. Once you have the fundamentals (removing the self-esteem, pluralism, and multi-clutural studies (the "it's Europe and America's fault" classes), learning a computer is a cakewalk.
I am a Libertarian American who doesn't defend his government, but defends his country... because this is the government's fault... not the country's. America is still a great place, but we have to get rid of the current government and replace it with a Constitutionally sound and subservient group of elected officials... not the claptrap we have now. And please refrain from semantics about "the government IS the country" because we still have the Constitution, and until that is gone, the US cannot be the sum of its government goons.
If this allegation is true, and that's a BIG if (considering OpenBSD's vaunted code reviews), I do not defend my government's actions. I love the Constitution and the United States. The government can go fuck itself in the ass with a big rubber dick.
These sorts of restrictions are a daily part of any defense contractor's day (one who handles classified data/info.) The fact that the Pentagon and the government itself doesn't (until recently) hold itself to the same standards it holds its contractors is very telling.
It tells me they don't give a shit. So, let's take the DoD's clearances away until they can demonstrate good data handling of classified information. They do that to contractors they deem "incapable" of keeping secrets all the time. Time for their asses to taste the same medicine.
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The irony is, when they say they are objective and balanced, it's just like NBC saying the same thing (they do it more subtle and understated). Fox is merely more overt. If you know they're biased, you can watch objectively and fact check as needed (if people think that only Fox needs fact-checking, they're as dumb as the people who believe Fox is always correct.)
Really? Dan Rather and the "memo" about Bush's national guard service? Alar on Apples? I could go on....
Meh. All news is biased. The more you know that, the better you are. People who ONLY watch Fox are like people who ONLY watch MSNBC. They are looking for validation of their opinions rather than facts. Television news of any stripe is packaged to elicit a reinforcement of bias. Just watch how stories are presented on any news network, and you'll see there is no objectivity. Not even on Public Television. If you close your mind to anyone who disagrees with you, you won't ever grow as a human being. I loathe Bill Maher and Rachel Maddow, but I watch them to see what their opinions are (and believe me, most of what they cover is pure opinion and editorial).
:) While those people most definitely DO watch Fox and only Fox... they do not represent the majority. Just like the militant SUV-burning lesbians of the EDF (or whatnot) worship MSNBC and Al's TV channel...
You confuse people who watch Fox News with people who believe the earth is flat and 6000 years old.
And since the age of the interwebs... it's easy to fact check them all. And believe me, most of them (all across the political spectrum) are biased in some form or fashion. It gives credence to the phrase "the more you know..."
I thought the workprint version of Alien 3 was much better... it was much more of a "complete" movie than the theatrical release. However, I did not like much of anything from Alien 4, except maybe Ron Perlman (who's in everything these days..)
My friends and I spent hours discussing the possibilities for the origins of the creatures... It was good geek sci-fi fun. If they put out an origin story, it'll just ruin all that speculative stuff that has given the Alien franchise legs in spite of its age...
That's like asking why people believe the earth is round. Big oil is paying billions to convince us that the world is round! We must fight this fraud!
But seriously folks... Dr. Wakefield's conclusion was wrong. His conclusion brought back diseases almost eradicated by vaccinations. Jenny McCarthy uses her "experience" over REAMS and VOLUMES of studies that PROVE NO LINK. I don't care if the BMJ gave Brian Deer a BJ to 'attack' Wakefield. That doesn't make Wakefield right. It doesn't make him more evil. I am so sick of these celebretards getting a bully pulpit to push their horseshit agendas (Oprah, I'm looking at you). STOP listening to famous people who don't know any better than you! (I'm speaking of the royal you in this case, I mean.)
I don't mind a little skepticism... but FFS, why in Jehovah's name are we giving anything like this even a MICROSECOND of our attention when vaccinations are SAFE and WORK? It boggles the mind. Wakefield has poisoned the well... it's going to take DECADES to undo what he and Jenny and Oprah have wrought... All because someone has an autistic kid and reads on the internet that MMR caused it. IT MUST BE TRUE!
Yep. And if they're on the mailing list, they know who wants it. I doubt anyone has asked, but if we were to ask after supplying an email address (which seems to be the current method).... I suspect we wouldn't get the source.
1. I find that hard to believe considering the list of contributors on the sourceforge site.
2. I doubt that seriously based on the CVS tree. Why remove 0.8 if you "forked" a 0.9? Why call it WinMTR in the first place if you wrote it "from scratch"?
If you removed the source from sourceforge because it was "abandonware", put it back up, since your "WinMTR" contains none of the original's code. You can't co-opt a GPL project, remove all other versions and pretend that you're doing it with "new" code.
3. You still have to provide the source to those who want it. Read the GPL. Check with your lawyers all you want. You are in direct violation of the GPL. So peddle your excuses somewhere else.
Where did I say I supported Flash?
You've agreed with me without agreeing with me. (Software patents are evil, btw.)
They want to co-opt choice. Right now, it's transparent. And like people have said, these companies (Apple, MS, Oracle) are adopting the drug pusher business model... "the first one's free." I'd rather use standard video and watch it on an open device than be locked into a system that won't let you out once you get in... If others do, that's their choice, but the irony is that in their choice, they have chosen to lose choice.
the OSS community is not the same group as those who "want it handed to them". There's room for both, but Apple is co-opting their rather nice desktop OS into their phone OS and making their computer less useful in the process. It may "get things done" for some people, but it's not what everyone wants. And that is where they fail.
Wait, you mean Windows 7 isn't Linux? I'm going to punch that Best Buy salesman in the testicles next time I see him!
In the case of VLC, I'm not faulting Apple, but in the larger ("big picture") I am faulting Apple with their Appstores abandoning choice in favor of a "walled garden" (I used to hate that term, but it really applies here). This kerfuffle illustrates what is bound to happen without FOSS developers going "zealot" on the Apple Appstore. It's coming down the pipe as the grip tightens on what you can and can't do with OS X... iOS is just a sample of how the once vaunted OS X is going to be like someone else in this discussion put it "a game console that checks email."
I used to love Apple's OS... but ever since they got into the phone business, I've been hating them and their direction more and more. And I think I'm not alone in this feeling either... VLC's spat is just a symptom of a greater problem.
h.264 is going to blow up in everyone's face... you just wait. It's like a dormant cancer that will come alive once it's killed off the other codecs... then the patent holders will reach for YOUR wallet to pay for the "privilege" of using their "IP."
I prefer a dodgy GPL'ed version than a proprietary bunch of nonsense that restricts my freedom to do what I want with what I paid for (my computer...) You can keep your "idiocy free" non-FOSS... I side with the "idiots" who are interested in freedom and choice.
Before the "Mac Appstore" I wouldn't have agreed with you (at least w/r/t the desktops), because OS X was so fun to use when it was open (I realize the GUI wasn't, but the rest of the OS was fine...) It is still open now, but Lion is probably going to end the party... I'm glad they went Intel, so I can put Linux on my mini. I'm not interested in supporting the walled garden (I don't want an iPhone/iPad/iwhatever), and the Appstore is another turn for Apple to become the next Microsoft. I wouldn't be surprised if Lion phoned home like Windows does now...
:)
Snow Leopard looks like the last OS X I'll use. These sorts of moves make the original Mac commercial seem ironic.
Yeah, like the first one is "user gets digitized into a computer, and with the help of a program that looks like his friend, he defeats the MCP and doesn't get the girl."
Shakespeare this isn't, but it's not THAT bad of a plot. Most plots can be boiled down to their essence. The subplot of Clu's pursuit of perfection was lost on you? It wasn't beating you over the head with it, though.
I never noticed, but I've only been using Dropbox for the last 6 months or so... it's been very stable. I'm impressed with its ability to "stay out of the way..." And it is handy when I use my netbook... I can just get to my private folder and open my password list (1Password). :)
YMMV, but dropbox uses hardly any CPU at all (seamless, really) on my Mac Mini. Even when syncing the files (I use it to keep my 1Password webpage sync so I can use my passwords on my Windows/Linux/Android devices) it uses less CPU than iTunes playing back an mp3.
:) But like I said, YMMV.
12737 Dropbox 0.1 17 45.0 MB Intel 66.2 MB
Not bad at all. Hardly evil... almost church-mouse quiet.
You know, I think you have a point. It is the "as long as I got my free money and NASCAR on TV, I don't care if the government takes away my rights!"
They wallow in blissful ignorance. I blame the education system, and in no small part the Dept. of Education (and the NEA) who have turned our educational system into a burger grinder for stupid people not fit to employ at McDonald's.
I don't have a kid, but I still care.. mainly because those who died for the ideals our Constitution represents cannot, and should not be forgotten, and the ideals of the Constitution and our individual liberty should never be taken lightly or with any apathy. I would rather the government shoot me in the head than take away any of my rights. I am a small fish in a big pond, but there will come a time (as we continue down this path) when the government will come after me too. And that's when they can pry the Constitution from my cold, dead fingers. Is it militia-esque of me to say so? Probably... but I believe in the Constitution and the ideal of America 1000% more than I do the government. It has failed me and will continue to do so for the reasons you (and I) mentioned. I weep for democracy when the most pressing problem is getting more handouts from the government... It's OUR money... not theirs. Someone said that this experiment in Democracy would be finished when the government learned that it could bribe its people with their own money.... we've WELL gone past that...
Yep... and it's a shitty one.
Teacher's Union who have in their back pocket the Dept. of Education... which is just a funding tool to strangle the states out of their ability to form education patterns themselves. Federal interference, I might add....
Well thank you Mr. (or Ms.) Pedantic. Department of Education... The NEA is the teacher's union too... not specifically what I meant.
And spending money on education is going to shit the kids don't need to learn properly. Computers waste money that could otherwise go to hiring better teachers, raising standards, and not making a bunch of texting morons.
Paper, pencils, and a good teacher. Worked for fucking centuries.
Since the Federal Government has no business in education... (it's the state's job). And if you think individual states are doing it wrong, well, perhaps we should just stick to basics.... like mathematics and English. The NEA and the other drains on our education system have screwed up schools so much, we can't be certain students are learning a fucking thing. Well, just go to McDonald's and you'll see our kids aren't learning shit.
And instead of buying computers for every little snotnosed curtain climber, let's just focus on getting them able to READ and WRITE... because a computer is not something necessary, even in a high-tech world. Once you have the fundamentals (removing the self-esteem, pluralism, and multi-clutural studies (the "it's Europe and America's fault" classes), learning a computer is a cakewalk.
I am a Libertarian American who doesn't defend his government, but defends his country... because this is the government's fault... not the country's. America is still a great place, but we have to get rid of the current government and replace it with a Constitutionally sound and subservient group of elected officials... not the claptrap we have now. And please refrain from semantics about "the government IS the country" because we still have the Constitution, and until that is gone, the US cannot be the sum of its government goons.
If this allegation is true, and that's a BIG if (considering OpenBSD's vaunted code reviews), I do not defend my government's actions. I love the Constitution and the United States. The government can go fuck itself in the ass with a big rubber dick.
These sorts of restrictions are a daily part of any defense contractor's day (one who handles classified data/info.) The fact that the Pentagon and the government itself doesn't (until recently) hold itself to the same standards it holds its contractors is very telling.
It tells me they don't give a shit. So, let's take the DoD's clearances away until they can demonstrate good data handling of classified information. They do that to contractors they deem "incapable" of keeping secrets all the time. Time for their asses to taste the same medicine.