In Linux there is no "Core OS". Package management should definitely not be in the Kernel (makes no sense) and not in glibc (makes no sense either) so it must be some kind of separate program.
Wrong: In Windows you specify a directory and then lots of important files go to the Windows Directory (and things go into the registry).
If we fix this it should be fixed in a way so everything a programs uses is in the programs's directory including configuration (no registry) and every library shipped with the program (although I would prefer package management systems with dependencies for that).
A train crash close to London gets more coverage than a train crash in Chile.
Sure it does. Otherwise the people might notice that a lot more people die in car, train and other "small" crashes and would demand more focus on that but you can't manipulate people with the "War against train crashes" as well as you can with the "War against Terrorism" (they won't allow you to remove basic rights to make trains safer because they know these are not connected)
An even better way would be to filter HTML Mail completely. You kill two birds with one stone:
1. You don't get Mail from Spammers
2. You don't get Mail from Morons sending Text-Mails as HTML with Outlook or similar programs
Nobody talked about "everyone". He said something about the majority and consumers are a majority compared to media producers. Sure, it would change the entertainment and other information industries quite a bit if we changed the laws to match public opinion but I don't think the outdated model of "Intellectual Property" will stay forever
AFAIK Warez distributors don't make any money from what they do and Warez do not present a hazard to the health of the consumers so what was your point again?
The one thing I don't understand with copy protection is why it is still there after proving to be totally inefficient to stop pirates for years. It costs money and is an inconvenience for the legal customers but does not slow down pirates at all.
I don't think most pirates are like that. I would guess the majority are simply people without enough money to buy the things they want or people too lazy to go to the store, search half the DVD/CD Department for one Movie/Song and stand half an hour in the queue.
And who the hell said this is interesting because of movies? Normal DVDs are more than enough for one movie. Bigger Media are interesting for Data Storage and I don't know about you but 33.5 GB sounds almost small compared to harddisks of today to me.
I think the release schedule thing has much to do with bad code. You have good intentions but when the deadline is near you drop them to "just get the thing done at all".
Not to mention that with Opera ignoring Features you don't use is easy as the Browser is still faster/more responsive than Firefox even with a Mail and a Chat Client built in (I don't use these two).
Guess what, Tabbing is MDI with a Switchbar and Opera had the current Popup blocking longer than I even know about the existance of something called Firefox, perhaps you mean the (bloated and unusable) Mozilla Suite?
2) I tried to switch from Opera to Firefox more than once but was back after a few days because Firefox clearly is inferior, the integration of the plugins is far worse than the corresponding features in Opera and the Browser is often unresponsive for several seconds.
3) I use Closed Source Software when it is clearly better and at the Moment Opera is although I use Open Source Software for anything else
4) I started with the Ad-Supported version, then I cracked it for a few months but since it is the Software I use most and I now earn money I thought it was worth to buy it so I did even though I did not get any advantages over the cracked version simply because I wanted to support the Development of my favorite Browser
5) Opera uses very little Screen Real Estate now as I use a minimal theme, deactivated the big button bar and the Panel Selector on the left. the only things I have left are the Tab Bar, the Address Bar, the Menu Bar and one bar with my favorite Bookmarks (and the Scroll Bar on the right). Combined with the Ratpoison Window Manager that does not use a Window Bar I can use over 90% of the Screen for the current Webpage.
I don't have to worry about backing up 10-20 seperate pst/mbx/dbx/whatever email files.
This is one of the worst things with Email Clients in Windows. In Unix there are 3 or 4 common mail-storage formats (mbox,maildir) which are used by all MTAs, MUAs and similar programs. In addition they are all human-readable. When using IMAP or POP3 with the "leave on server" option they can even be backuped in a very easy way and even if they are downloaded you could just use centralized storage for the home directories and achieve the same.
Why is this all made so complicated in Windows with all their shitty binary proprietary, everyone-makes-it-own formats which are saved at custom locations as well? Outlook is one of the worst there. I had problems to import an old.pst in a new Outlook version more than once when I worked at a place where Outlook was used by part of the company.
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In Linux there is no "Core OS". Package management should definitely not be in the Kernel (makes no sense) and not in glibc (makes no sense either) so it must be some kind of separate program.
Wrong: In Windows you specify a directory and then lots of important files go to the Windows Directory (and things go into the registry).
If we fix this it should be fixed in a way so everything a programs uses is in the programs's directory including configuration (no registry) and every library shipped with the program (although I would prefer package management systems with dependencies for that).
If we had more knowledge about the human brain we could prove that I guess.
It is only natural that American Media won't tell about the people the US Military killed in Iraq.
There should be a law that ISPs have to disable the Internet Access of Spam Zombies.
An even better way would be to filter HTML Mail completely. You kill two birds with one stone:
1. You don't get Mail from Spammers
2. You don't get Mail from Morons sending Text-Mails as HTML with Outlook or similar programs
But with cars people know how to recognize problems and when to take their car to the mechanic.
Nobody talked about "everyone". He said something about the majority and consumers are a majority compared to media producers. Sure, it would change the entertainment and other information industries quite a bit if we changed the laws to match public opinion but I don't think the outdated model of "Intellectual Property" will stay forever
AFAIK Warez distributors don't make any money from what they do and Warez do not present a hazard to the health of the consumers so what was your point again?
The one thing I don't understand with copy protection is why it is still there after proving to be totally inefficient to stop pirates for years. It costs money and is an inconvenience for the legal customers but does not slow down pirates at all.
I don't think most pirates are like that. I would guess the majority are simply people without enough money to buy the things they want or people too lazy to go to the store, search half the DVD/CD Department for one Movie/Song and stand half an hour in the queue.
Floppy had a lot more errors than CD and all other optical media I know.
Think outside the box. There are other kinds of data out there except the "one movie per media" type.
It is not evil. They just refuse to be another colony of the USA that pays taxes to king Big-American-Company. Sounds familiar?
And who the hell said this is interesting because of movies? Normal DVDs are more than enough for one movie. Bigger Media are interesting for Data Storage and I don't know about you but 33.5 GB sounds almost small compared to harddisks of today to me.
That is your opinion. You can't say, RMS should have this opinion. That is something you can not change.
He is correct however in one aspect. The question wether they should ship all programs with code shouldn't be up to the vendors.
I think the release schedule thing has much to do with bad code. You have good intentions but when the deadline is near you drop them to "just get the thing done at all".
You could use all your mod points to mod every comment in these "news" stories redundant but I don't think it would be worth it.
Not to mention that with Opera ignoring Features you don't use is easy as the Browser is still faster/more responsive than Firefox even with a Mail and a Chat Client built in (I don't use these two).
Guess what, Tabbing is MDI with a Switchbar and Opera had the current Popup blocking longer than I even know about the existance of something called Firefox, perhaps you mean the (bloated and unusable) Mozilla Suite?
1) You can switch from graphical to text ads
2) I tried to switch from Opera to Firefox more than once but was back after a few days because Firefox clearly is inferior, the integration of the plugins is far worse than the corresponding features in Opera and the Browser is often unresponsive for several seconds.
3) I use Closed Source Software when it is clearly better and at the Moment Opera is although I use Open Source Software for anything else
4) I started with the Ad-Supported version, then I cracked it for a few months but since it is the Software I use most and I now earn money I thought it was worth to buy it so I did even though I did not get any advantages over the cracked version simply because I wanted to support the Development of my favorite Browser
5) Opera uses very little Screen Real Estate now as I use a minimal theme, deactivated the big button bar and the Panel Selector on the left. the only things I have left are the Tab Bar, the Address Bar, the Menu Bar and one bar with my favorite Bookmarks (and the Scroll Bar on the right). Combined with the Ratpoison Window Manager that does not use a Window Bar I can use over 90% of the Screen for the current Webpage.
Why is this all made so complicated in Windows with all their shitty binary proprietary, everyone-makes-it-own formats which are saved at custom locations as well? Outlook is one of the worst there. I had problems to import an old
Correct me if i am wrong, but doesn't outlook use the same mail protocols as anyone else? How is it possible then to recall messages?