But your address is public information. It's available to anyone who wants to look. Whether you like that or not is a completely different matter. This is about censoring people from publishing public information. Something which is clearly wrong.
Umm... I've seen PLENTY of people banging on about how I should ditch my Windows and use linux, switch to firefox, and use Gimp instead of photoshop. Saying OSS is like Buddhism is somewhat naive at least. The most proselytizing I've seen is from OSS guys.
Personally, I think closed-source enjoys great freedom as there's a real incentive to get it working as best as possible, and to get it to appeal to as many as possible. Just think - those Photoshop creators are paid to work on photoshop. Windows coders are paid to code windows. That's not a luxury you get with most open source software, and it shows. Coherent design, common keyboard commands, more involved QA, etc. It all comes together to make a good app great.
I use OSS quite frequently, and that is the impression I get.
No. We're talking about an averagely poor country with a shitload of workers and a strong desire to be rich. America can't stand up to it. Immitation, innovation, whatever. It doesn't matter. The sheer weight of China is going to do some seriously screwed up things to the US's economy. If you want to survive this next period of economic change, you have to be on the same side as China. I wonder if the US's ridiculous "anti-communism-in-any-form-for-no-good-reason" policy will stand...
"Since China is primarily a society of followers" - some people could interpret that as somewhat racist.
"What have they EVER done right along these lines" - ever seen silk?
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Troll is as troll does, mate. You be trollin'.
No-one can ever say Sony is doing a bad job with consoles. Who won the console war of the 2nd generation? Sony. By miles.
Sony has done an incredible job on their first handheld. They've managed, with their very first effort, to make a handheld that looks very sharp, compared to the nintento DS that looks like some fisher price teaching aid.
I own neither a Sony or Nintendo. I've never owned a games console, so I'm from neither camp. My games are on my PC, so I feel I can add a little input here.
FUD, folks... more FUD. It seems slashdot is now FUD central. madness.
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"little more than a copycat" - that's pretty funny, considering the only other hard-disk based MP3 players out in 2001 were MASSIVE and didn't have (and usually still don't have) firewire. Not to mention the UI and design which are still being copied today.
Is it suddenly cool to bash the ipod? I don't imagine why. It was a LOT more than a copycat.
No, you're reading too much into it. It's like a carpenter refusing to use a perfectly-suited mallet to bash a chisel because of some reason that doesn't affect his chisel-hitting, that's all. It's the old "cutting your nose off to spite your face" trick... Of course, BitKeeper could go nazi and ask for $10 for every byte in your repository, but it won't. I can guarantee that. Every single time someone's said "oh don't use X because if the mfr decides later on to use it to destroy mankind...", their prophecy hasn't happened. Nothing even close to it has. And if something ever did happen, there's ALWAYS a way to get your data out before it's too late.
I'm not on anyone's case here, it's just something I see again and again and again - people using inferior products because of some ideological belief with no practical reasoning.
Aaaah the usual "it doesn't agree with me so it's biassed" routine:). Just because they say something that seems like an "attack" on the US doesn't mean to say the US didn't actually do what was claimed. Also, because talk radio or Fox doesn't agree with it also doesn't make it biassed or untrue.
The BBC has rigorous regulation and has a massive listening station for gathering news, not to mention a massive editorial department to ensure the facts. The fact you even listen to Fox and talk radio (which have proven themselves worthless time and time again) shows what you think makes a good news station, so your opinion isn't so worrying - kind of expected.;)
You probably buy one because the fuel is cheaper, and it requires a lot less mechanical attention. Sure, if you're just out to get an image, you probably want a harley. and a life;)
Not really. Most eye-candy on OSX and Windows is not performed using javascript. Using javascript for such things is ridiculous, as we all have hyper-powerful GPUs that can do this in their sleep - making the CPU do it is pointless.
Anyway, I think it was just something some guy did, and google took it down. No big cover-up, no smoking man, no fucking scully.
You're using the internet. You ARE beholden to big companies. Do you think some mom'n'pop company owns the backbones of the internet? Just make sure you're beholden to the good guys as best you can.
As for everything else, you don't sound like the targetted gmail user - you're putting your own ideology before the technology:)
The acting was as bad as any porno, yet without the sex. Why would anyone want to see this? Some fat midwesterners running around being filmed, pretending to be stormtroopers. I admire their motivation and enthusiasm, but their lack of acting talent means I'll never watch this film without laughing my ass off.
I thought it reminded me of a cross between star wars and Trailer Park Boys, but then I remembered the Trailer Park Boys is a great show.
XP is so removed from 2k it's unbelievable. Sure, they share some common features, but the difference is massive for the user. Themes, better multimedia support, and not to mention the Home version set up for less advanced users. Saying it's effectively SP5 for 2K is rather naive:)
If you have illegally distributed their copyrighted material you HAVE given then permission to root around in your computer/network. It's like saying "I never gave the police permission to come into my house and arrest me! All I did was shoot an old lady in the face with a shotgun at the post-office!"
As they say, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime. They're not trying to make money but protect their copyrighted materials. The reason we hear so much about their lawsuits is they are a deterrant. They publicise each one so we all sit there and think what it would be like to have to pay them for sharing. If they did it secretly, the effect would be minimal.
I'm not defending them, but if the law allows them to protect their copyrights, then you have to expect this sort of behaviour. Effectively, change the law, don't just moan about them walking over people.
Yes, just as if you left your gun on your porch, if someone shot someone with it, you'd be in trouble.
I'm not defending them, but if they can sue someone for copyright infringement, then they have the right to go after those who straight-up enabled it.
Exactly. That's what I'd prefer, which isn't an "open and free" solution. Again, it's all down to revenue protection, which is vital to the continuation of the Beeb.
The window tax makes sense, to me. Poor people couldn't afford as many windows as rich people, so it was a very good indicator of someone's wealth. The only problem was that it's easy to remove windows, whereas it's not easy to remove wealth without one becoming poor. In the days before PAYE and a more sophisticated Inland Revenue, that would have been one of the few ways to achieve anything even approaching a means-tested taxation.
It lasted quite a while, then was replaced with the fore-runner of the council tax we all know and love.
That proposal is not similar, apart from the fact it's a tax.
The "tax" speculated about in the article won't be for every computer, and it's not to offset the economic downside of copyright infringement, but to allow the BBC in particular a way to protect its revenue. The BBC not being your average TV channel, this is understandable.
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But your address is public information. It's available to anyone who wants to look. Whether you like that or not is a completely different matter. This is about censoring people from publishing public information. Something which is clearly wrong.
Personally, I think closed-source enjoys great freedom as there's a real incentive to get it working as best as possible, and to get it to appeal to as many as possible. Just think - those Photoshop creators are paid to work on photoshop. Windows coders are paid to code windows. That's not a luxury you get with most open source software, and it shows. Coherent design, common keyboard commands, more involved QA, etc. It all comes together to make a good app great.
I use OSS quite frequently, and that is the impression I get.
"Since China is primarily a society of followers" - some people could interpret that as somewhat racist.
"What have they EVER done right along these lines" - ever seen silk?
it's still a shit movie.
isn't it a question of wattage, not just voltage?
No-one can ever say Sony is doing a bad job with consoles. Who won the console war of the 2nd generation? Sony. By miles.
Sony has done an incredible job on their first handheld. They've managed, with their very first effort, to make a handheld that looks very sharp, compared to the nintento DS that looks like some fisher price teaching aid.
I own neither a Sony or Nintendo. I've never owned a games console, so I'm from neither camp. My games are on my PC, so I feel I can add a little input here.
FUD, folks... more FUD. It seems slashdot is now FUD central. madness.
Is it suddenly cool to bash the ipod? I don't imagine why. It was a LOT more than a copycat.
I'm not on anyone's case here, it's just something I see again and again and again - people using inferior products because of some ideological belief with no practical reasoning.
The BBC has rigorous regulation and has a massive listening station for gathering news, not to mention a massive editorial department to ensure the facts. The fact you even listen to Fox and talk radio (which have proven themselves worthless time and time again) shows what you think makes a good news station, so your opinion isn't so worrying - kind of expected. ;)
You probably buy one because the fuel is cheaper, and it requires a lot less mechanical attention. Sure, if you're just out to get an image, you probably want a harley. and a life ;)
I admire your ideology-before-productivity attitude, though... inspiring.
I could say something very cutting about the general appearance of OSS, but I'll hold my tongue.
Anyway, I think it was just something some guy did, and google took it down. No big cover-up, no smoking man, no fucking scully.
It will take the net down for those who connect via the ISPs in question :) Pretty quickly, too...
As for everything else, you don't sound like the targetted gmail user - you're putting your own ideology before the technology :)
I thought it reminded me of a cross between star wars and Trailer Park Boys, but then I remembered the Trailer Park Boys is a great show.
It allows for peoples' civil rights to be violated. If you think that's cool, then fine.
XP is so removed from 2k it's unbelievable. Sure, they share some common features, but the difference is massive for the user. Themes, better multimedia support, and not to mention the Home version set up for less advanced users. Saying it's effectively SP5 for 2K is rather naive :)
and I know it's not a crime, before anyone pipes up. That's a saying used to describe non-criminal acts and their punishments, too.
As they say, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime. They're not trying to make money but protect their copyrighted materials. The reason we hear so much about their lawsuits is they are a deterrant. They publicise each one so we all sit there and think what it would be like to have to pay them for sharing. If they did it secretly, the effect would be minimal. I'm not defending them, but if the law allows them to protect their copyrights, then you have to expect this sort of behaviour. Effectively, change the law, don't just moan about them walking over people.
Yes, just as if you left your gun on your porch, if someone shot someone with it, you'd be in trouble. I'm not defending them, but if they can sue someone for copyright infringement, then they have the right to go after those who straight-up enabled it.
Exactly. The space program - Nazi scientists. Supersonic flight - British avionics. Nuclear bombs - Britain/Germany again.
It seems the American dream is hypocrisy.
Exactly. That's what I'd prefer, which isn't an "open and free" solution. Again, it's all down to revenue protection, which is vital to the continuation of the Beeb.
It lasted quite a while, then was replaced with the fore-runner of the council tax we all know and love.
The "tax" speculated about in the article won't be for every computer, and it's not to offset the economic downside of copyright infringement, but to allow the BBC in particular a way to protect its revenue. The BBC not being your average TV channel, this is understandable.