Shouldn't this be titled "Google Got GAIM?" I'm all for the GAIM marriage thing--it will only help Google Kopete against Microsoft-- but the next thing you know, Google will be saying "Send in the GIMP." What kind of Subversion of moral authority would that be?
Surprise surprise. The DMCA was written by big corporations to protect them from competition (especially open source.) Now, if you write a program that works with another commercial program, good luck, especially if that program threatens a coveted corporate market with competition.
The point is not whether they use an Open Source operating system for its own sake. Comparitively speaking, Linux security is much, much better than Microsoft, even with all of their ongoing patches. The more people use Linux/FreeBSD/OS X/DOS, the more secure the internet will be and the less the rest of us will have to deal with our data that is stored on their machines being compromised.
I can understand this licensing scheme if no one made money off of an artist's work.
However, the trouble is that some commercial entity will inevitably pick up the artist's work and use it for making money, exploiting the fact that the work is not protected by copyright. Surely an artist who donates his work to the public without any expectation of compensation does not intend for someone else to profit off of his work.
It seems to parallel the GPL vs BSD licensing scheme. Under GPL, the creator is donating their work under the license requirement that others distributing that work who exploit must also donate their work to the public. Under BSD license, Microsoft--for example--can start exploting BSD for commercial purposes without paying any compensation to the developers or donating any code to the public.
Operator overloading, multiple inheritance? Are you crazy? These things ultimately make code very difficult to maintain and scale because a developer can unnecessarily overload all kinds operations and make it difficult for others to figure out just what the hell is going on. C++ sucks for that very reason when it comes to a production environment. These are only useful in useless settings like school or maybe a Mensa meeting. Have you heard of Mensa? You should join. Especially because you are so subtle and humble about it.:)
Microsoft might be genuinely interested in learning from GNU/Linux since they obviously need all the help they can get. I was reading that Longhorn will finally have GNU/Unix-like user permissions.
Besides, it makes sense from a strategic point. What's the Sun Tzu saying? "Keep your friends close, your enemies closer." Perhaps Microsoft will lure away all of the OSDL developers (aka Mono & the head of Gentoo) with money for starving developers to take the wind out of Linux.
Just tractor beam in all of the major talent and learn from the "enemy."
Podcasting has really taken off. Many companies are trying to jump into podcasting to target consumers with ads, etc. What was once simply common folk making interesting podcasts will soon (if not already) become yet another communication medium saturated with advertisements and promotions, reducing its value.
The prior art probably doesn't matter. The PTO has a huge backlog so their searches are going to be shallow and they will likely not find the prior art. And once someone gets a patent, it is SOO expensive to challenge it that only big companies can do so, meaning the true innovators who if you'll recall were usually the small guys working out of their garage or whatever have no chance.
This is like the "Who" song. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
Whenever you are new (young), you have nothing at stake in the system, so being rebellious is cool. Thus, Apple in 80s was cool, taking on the suits at IBM, which was the corporate establishment. Even Bill Gates was considered a cool rebel, showing up to IBM meetings without wearing even a suit.
But now, the iTimes they are a changin. Steve Jobs is now older and corporately wiser. He wants to become the IBM and the Microsoft and has a good chance at it. But he has to sleep his way to the top, meaning getting in bed with the RIAA & other companies. The only question is, who is screwing whom
The Internet Storm Center Reports that a high pressure coding flaw in PHP has created an error mass large enough to cause a rotation in sysadmin heads and has issued a red hat/flag Internet surf warning for all surfing sites.
Is there such a law against modding the XBox in the US? I knew someone who knew someone who knew someone who was hacking Direct TV cards to get free channels by programming an assembly jmp instruction around the code that performed the authentication. Direct TV kept modifying its cards and moving the authentication code around to get around the hackers. I think eventually Direct TV started going after people who SOLD the hacked cards online but not after the individuals who modded the card.
What's the difference between Linux & OS X? Usability. And that makes all the difference. HUGE difference. KDE is great, Konqueror is nothing short of amazing in its versatility, but the lack of polish can really hurt Linux distributions. Do you want to spend your days trying to figure out why your scanner suddenly doesn't work well under the new Mandrake/Fedora/SuSe or do you want to use your scanner? Usability is important--even for Geeks--because allows you to accomplish what you need/want to do. If you enjoy trying to fix things, that's great, but most people need their computers for work/play and don't have the time or inclination to troubleshoot their main desktop computer.
Actually, I believe it is NOT illegal if no real kids are used. However, if they are used, then it is not a victimless crime and those who purchase or trade in it are contributing to its continuation.
Of course it seems ridiculous to charge someone for this becaues of the possibility of accidental downloadings--not because it is a "victimless" crime.
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"Google to help IBM search for more business."
Good to see they finally got off their arses and wrote about the video iPod. Just kidding.
Shouldn't this be titled "Google Got GAIM?" I'm all for the GAIM marriage thing--it will only help Google Kopete against Microsoft-- but the next thing you know, Google will be saying "Send in the GIMP." What kind of Subversion of moral authority would that be?
You moderators are stupid dumbasses. This is called a "joke." Go Fuddruck yourselves.
Those modder fuddruckers! Every modder fuddurcking time I see that modder fuddrucking restaurant, I start cussing like a modder fuddrucker.
Surprise surprise. The DMCA was written by big corporations to protect them from competition (especially open source.) Now, if you write a program that works with another commercial program, good luck, especially if that program threatens a coveted corporate market with competition.
The point is not whether they use an Open Source operating system for its own sake. Comparitively speaking, Linux security is much, much better than Microsoft, even with all of their ongoing patches. The more people use Linux/FreeBSD/OS X/DOS, the more secure the internet will be and the less the rest of us will have to deal with our data that is stored on their machines being compromised.
I can understand this licensing scheme if no one made money off of an artist's work.
However, the trouble is that some commercial entity will inevitably pick up the artist's work and use it for making money, exploiting the fact that the work is not protected by copyright. Surely an artist who donates his work to the public without any expectation of compensation does not intend for someone else to profit off of his work.
It seems to parallel the GPL vs BSD licensing scheme. Under GPL, the creator is donating their work under the license requirement that others distributing that work who exploit must also donate their work to the public. Under BSD license, Microsoft--for example--can start exploting BSD for commercial purposes without paying any compensation to the developers or donating any code to the public.
Operator overloading, multiple inheritance? Are you crazy? These things ultimately make code very difficult to maintain and scale because a developer can unnecessarily overload all kinds operations and make it difficult for others to figure out just what the hell is going on. C++ sucks for that very reason when it comes to a production environment. These are only useful in useless settings like school or maybe a Mensa meeting. Have you heard of Mensa? You should join. Especially because you are so subtle and humble about it. :)
Microsoft might be genuinely interested in learning from GNU/Linux since they obviously need all the help they can get. I was reading that Longhorn will finally have GNU/Unix-like user permissions. Besides, it makes sense from a strategic point. What's the Sun Tzu saying? "Keep your friends close, your enemies closer." Perhaps Microsoft will lure away all of the OSDL developers (aka Mono & the head of Gentoo) with money for starving developers to take the wind out of Linux. Just tractor beam in all of the major talent and learn from the "enemy."
Podcasting has really taken off. Many companies are trying to jump into podcasting to target consumers with ads, etc. What was once simply common folk making interesting podcasts will soon (if not already) become yet another communication medium saturated with advertisements and promotions, reducing its value.
Time to start wearing a mask everywhere you go if you want to protect your privacy.
It certainly ads up in revenue.
I'll bet Karl ROV wishes he was underwater. God knows I do.
The prior art probably doesn't matter. The PTO has a huge backlog so their searches are going to be shallow and they will likely not find the prior art. And once someone gets a patent, it is SOO expensive to challenge it that only big companies can do so, meaning the true innovators who if you'll recall were usually the small guys working out of their garage or whatever have no chance.
Unlawful reading? It's time for a legal revolution. There are too many things that are illegal to protect the people with the money.
This is like the "Who" song. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Whenever you are new (young), you have nothing at stake in the system, so being rebellious is cool. Thus, Apple in 80s was cool, taking on the suits at IBM, which was the corporate establishment. Even Bill Gates was considered a cool rebel, showing up to IBM meetings without wearing even a suit. But now, the iTimes they are a changin. Steve Jobs is now older and corporately wiser. He wants to become the IBM and the Microsoft and has a good chance at it. But he has to sleep his way to the top, meaning getting in bed with the RIAA & other companies. The only question is, who is screwing whom
I always thought of Fujitsu as "Fuck You" Jitsu, and selling Suse is one more way of Fujitsuing Microsoft.
If the Sky OS is falling and no one is around to hear it, does it make a Syllable?
The Internet Storm Center Reports that a high pressure coding flaw in PHP has created an error mass large enough to cause a rotation in sysadmin heads and has issued a red hat/flag Internet surf warning for all surfing sites.
Is there such a law against modding the XBox in the US? I knew someone who knew someone who knew someone who was hacking Direct TV cards to get free channels by programming an assembly jmp instruction around the code that performed the authentication. Direct TV kept modifying its cards and moving the authentication code around to get around the hackers. I think eventually Direct TV started going after people who SOLD the hacked cards online but not after the individuals who modded the card.
"Make you rent." Sounds like this game will make you bus sick.
What's the difference between Linux & OS X? Usability. And that makes all the difference. HUGE difference. KDE is great, Konqueror is nothing short of amazing in its versatility, but the lack of polish can really hurt Linux distributions. Do you want to spend your days trying to figure out why your scanner suddenly doesn't work well under the new Mandrake/Fedora/SuSe or do you want to use your scanner? Usability is important--even for Geeks--because allows you to accomplish what you need/want to do. If you enjoy trying to fix things, that's great, but most people need their computers for work/play and don't have the time or inclination to troubleshoot their main desktop computer.
Actually, I believe it is NOT illegal if no real kids are used. However, if they are used, then it is not a victimless crime and those who purchase or trade in it are contributing to its continuation. Of course it seems ridiculous to charge someone for this becaues of the possibility of accidental downloadings--not because it is a "victimless" crime.
What are Linus' favorite lyrics? "Yo, BeOS, get out the way, get out da way. Yo, BeOS, get out da way, get out da way." just my fidy cents