Seems to me this is a lot like the software security situation. Virus makers make a virus. It gets fingerprinted and blocked. The virus maker evolves the virus around the AV software and the game continues indefinitely.
Since the legal code is really just like software for running courts, the same sort of evolution will continue indefinitely between free software and proprietary software vendors. What happens in this situation is the lawyers will profit greatly.
The most effective tool in this battle is publicity. Get the word out about free software and why people should care that the software they run is free. An event is coming up for this purpose...software freedom day. Why not participate? Join or start a team at http://softwarefreedomday.org/
I think there's a subtle bit of irony in my dialogue. I hope you caught it. Are American's in Iraq for the pursuit of happiness and life and liberty? Yes and no. I sincerely doubt any insurgent would hate us for that of all things. Probably has more to do with lethal firepower coming their way.
Therapist: Why don't you tell me about your encounter with the combatbot?
Insurgent: I saw something that looked like a little tank. You know too small to have a grunt inside...but then I don't know what happened. People were yelling. There was dust all over the place and I was missing my leg.
T: And how did you feel about that?
I: I was in tremendous pain but thankfully, I came out of it ok.
T: Now, that you've had some time to think about it, how do you feel about the events of that day?
I: Well I felt sort of cheated. I mean how could a robot hate me enough to shoot me like that. And my leg? That was a low blow. I'm doing this for a purpose. I hate the Americans and what they stand for with their pursuit of happiness and life and liberty. And I understand they're soldiers want me dead as well. But that robots just bolts and code and stuff. I mean, WTF?
T: How do you feel the robot's lack of feelings illegitimizes its attack on you?
I: It's like this. See, we fight wars because we believe in them. Because we want a better life for ourselves. But what can a robot gain?
T: I see, if the stakes were similar for the robot in terms of risk/reward you'd be ok fighting them.
I: Yes, that fucker needs to feel pain if it's going to be in this war.
T: And that's not for us to decide. The Americans have brought robots so what can you do?
I: Exactly. I feel demoralized. I was really amped before but now, it's getting old fighting robots. WTF am I supposed to do now? Be a carpenter? I guess the jihad's just not in me anymore.
Ok, you got me. I was hyperbolic. I also used English idioms and phrases when in fact I am not English.
Seriously though, there may not be much demand in retail for Linux but that's not to say that there isn't demand in the UK or anywhere else for a Linux supporting desktop computer. Nobody's really won the Linux desktop war in terms of manufacturers and I think this kind of 1-2 PR punch is a pretty smart way to go about it if you were thinking about offering Linux.
Very, very clever indeed ol' boy. Acer, you ravishing young chap, you've really done your homework. First you trash Vista as not providing anything exciting to the PC makers and business community. Then you follow it with the comment that there's "No demand" for Linux somewhere(anywhere). I can think of no surer way to incite riotous demand for your linux-loaded hypothetical product.
I say, you must have stolen a marketing strategist or two from Google or Apple. Don't worry. I won't say, "I told you so" when you finally do offer Linux in the UK and everywhere else. I'll just be standing by and by with a golf clap saying, "Good show, Guvna."
I'm no expert in partnerships and marketing but there's something about the AT&T/iPhone deal that's a little strange.
Apple is advertising like crazy for the iPhone but it's almost as if AT&T is forbidden from advertising using this relationship. Has this struck anyone else as strange or am I having too much coffee?
While not conceived as a ticket tracking app, phpBMS might be able to suit your business better than a plain old ticket tracker. phpBMS runs on LAMP and can manage customers, invoicing, and sales/prospecting. I found it while looking for a way to do billing but it's turned out to be good for managing contacts.
So the parents will all band together and get Office 2007 for $100. Some will download that compatibility pack. Finally, some will try OpenOffice and will probably suffer no hiccups at all. Someone should do a study on this situation and report back. We'll be waiting...
Dear fat friend,
It's been nice knowing you but unfortunately I read Slashdot today. They said you're bad for me. Maybe you should use this alone time to get in shape.
See ya when you're thin,
Concerned (It's-you-not-me) Friend
The summary is mis-leading the reader as it makes it seem like all fees are paid for by the RIAA and the defendant got off untouched. Depending on how solid her fees were, it could still end very badly for the defendant. If her stated fees are actually due, this judgement will still cost her about $46k which doesn't sound like much of a victory to me.
Finally some numbers. Let's see...that's 20 lbs of ammonia and 62 lbs of sludge per new job per day. Yup, sounds like a bargain alright.
If I may, I'd just like to make one suggestion. Let's offer a free Hummer to any of those 80 workers who would like to take their share of waste products home each day.
"the boom in mobiles and portable devices that accomplish myriad tasks has created a generation incapable of operating the simple devices of daily life."
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I for one am waiting until SP1SP1 comes out. I'm no early adopter.
Egyptian sales of bikinis, tanning lotions and Vaseline intensive care are through the roof.
Though I've never looked for an Egyptian site before, my curiousity may have added a little to the problem:
The server at www.egypt.gov.eg is taking too long to respond.
Thanks for this post. This exercise should be required for all students at some point in their lives.
Where's their online store and to which paypal address do I send the funds?
I link to the voting record. This should be in the summary in my opinion.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll836.xml
Seems to me this is a lot like the software security situation. Virus makers make a virus. It gets fingerprinted and blocked. The virus maker evolves the virus around the AV software and the game continues indefinitely.
Since the legal code is really just like software for running courts, the same sort of evolution will continue indefinitely between free software and proprietary software vendors. What happens in this situation is the lawyers will profit greatly.
The most effective tool in this battle is publicity. Get the word out about free software and why people should care that the software they run is free. An event is coming up for this purpose...software freedom day. Why not participate? Join or start a team at http://softwarefreedomday.org/
I think there's a subtle bit of irony in my dialogue. I hope you caught it. Are American's in Iraq for the pursuit of happiness and life and liberty? Yes and no. I sincerely doubt any insurgent would hate us for that of all things. Probably has more to do with lethal firepower coming their way.
Therapist: Why don't you tell me about your encounter with the combatbot?
Insurgent: I saw something that looked like a little tank. You know too small to have a grunt inside...but then I don't know what happened. People were yelling. There was dust all over the place and I was missing my leg.
T: And how did you feel about that?
I: I was in tremendous pain but thankfully, I came out of it ok.
T: Now, that you've had some time to think about it, how do you feel about the events of that day?
I: Well I felt sort of cheated. I mean how could a robot hate me enough to shoot me like that. And my leg? That was a low blow. I'm doing this for a purpose. I hate the Americans and what they stand for with their pursuit of happiness and life and liberty. And I understand they're soldiers want me dead as well. But that robots just bolts and code and stuff. I mean, WTF?
T: How do you feel the robot's lack of feelings illegitimizes its attack on you?
I: It's like this. See, we fight wars because we believe in them. Because we want a better life for ourselves. But what can a robot gain?
T: I see, if the stakes were similar for the robot in terms of risk/reward you'd be ok fighting them.
I: Yes, that fucker needs to feel pain if it's going to be in this war.
T: And that's not for us to decide. The Americans have brought robots so what can you do?
I: Exactly. I feel demoralized. I was really amped before but now, it's getting old fighting robots. WTF am I supposed to do now? Be a carpenter? I guess the jihad's just not in me anymore.
*** Mission Really Accomplished ***
That little guy has been keeping us dumb(and annoyed) for years.
Ok, you got me. I was hyperbolic. I also used English idioms and phrases when in fact I am not English.
Seriously though, there may not be much demand in retail for Linux but that's not to say that there isn't demand in the UK or anywhere else for a Linux supporting desktop computer. Nobody's really won the Linux desktop war in terms of manufacturers and I think this kind of 1-2 PR punch is a pretty smart way to go about it if you were thinking about offering Linux.
Or maybe Acer's head is just a negative Nancy.
can't we just continue calling this Vista?
Very, very clever indeed ol' boy. Acer, you ravishing young chap, you've really done your homework. First you trash Vista as not providing anything exciting to the PC makers and business community. Then you follow it with the comment that there's "No demand" for Linux somewhere(anywhere). I can think of no surer way to incite riotous demand for your linux-loaded hypothetical product.
I say, you must have stolen a marketing strategist or two from Google or Apple. Don't worry. I won't say, "I told you so" when you finally do offer Linux in the UK and everywhere else. I'll just be standing by and by with a golf clap saying, "Good show, Guvna."
I'm no expert in partnerships and marketing but there's something about the AT&T/iPhone deal that's a little strange.
Apple is advertising like crazy for the iPhone but it's almost as if AT&T is forbidden from advertising using this relationship. Has this struck anyone else as strange or am I having too much coffee?
While not conceived as a ticket tracking app, phpBMS might be able to suit your business better than a plain old ticket tracker. phpBMS runs on LAMP and can manage customers, invoicing, and sales/prospecting. I found it while looking for a way to do billing but it's turned out to be good for managing contacts.
So the parents will all band together and get Office 2007 for $100. Some will download that compatibility pack. Finally, some will try OpenOffice and will probably suffer no hiccups at all. Someone should do a study on this situation and report back. We'll be waiting...
Dear fat friend, It's been nice knowing you but unfortunately I read Slashdot today. They said you're bad for me. Maybe you should use this alone time to get in shape. See ya when you're thin, Concerned (It's-you-not-me) Friend
The lack of a stable userspace driver api was that last thing stopping soccer moms and grandmothers from running Linux on the desktop.
My sarcasm is so extreme, I think what I said above may have actually been true.
'ogmdemux rms-talk.ogg -nv' gave me this file: http://rapidshare.com/files/44102394/rms-talk-audi o-only.ogg.html
The summary is mis-leading the reader as it makes it seem like all fees are paid for by the RIAA and the defendant got off untouched. Depending on how solid her fees were, it could still end very badly for the defendant. If her stated fees are actually due, this judgement will still cost her about $46k which doesn't sound like much of a victory to me.
I also cannot believe there's such a thing as a Zune scene.
No, cracking your own DRM won't allow you to reach your Zune sales goals either.
I agree completely on X. Y, I've never heard of but given the code I've written I wouldn't be surprised.
Finally some numbers. Let's see...that's 20 lbs of ammonia and 62 lbs of sludge per new job per day. Yup, sounds like a bargain alright.
If I may, I'd just like to make one suggestion. Let's offer a free Hummer to any of those 80 workers who would like to take their share of waste products home each day.
"the boom in mobiles and portable devices that accomplish myriad tasks has created a generation incapable of operating the simple devices of daily life."
There. That's better.