And I will mooch this place to repost a very relevant comment.
In part: The problem isn't that information can be published anonymously. The problem is that people put too much weight on completely unsubstantiated rumors and trivial misbehaviors.
Take heed. Free speech must remain free. It says, "...no law..."
Look, it doesn't matter who you got up there on camera. The army of bureaucrats must be fed. They are the people who run your government. They make the rules. You answer to them.
THe customers are able to tell facebook what the terms will be. Will we ever see the same here? Now is the time to show all these people who's boss here. Do not buy crippled hardware!
Yeah, it is the point. Mac and linux have more bases covered every day. Windows is becoming irrelevant. The big hassle with linux now is the lack of standardization in package management. And a big pain in the ass it is. And of course microsoft seems fully intent on dragging linux through patent and copyright hell. So they have two things going for them, inertia and the law. That is the thread they hang on today. But we no longer need them. Provided you're not using a Canon printer on an RPM based system. But then, I blame Canon for lack of support there. Let me show you a little something where linux blows microsoft out of the water. If this was an open source project, a script would have been written to automate the entire process. Time to say bye bye, MS. I only tinker with it to stay up to speed for the people that need my help. But I finally got a client with an eee pc. She couldn't happier, except for the damn canon. Everything else she figured out on her own. Wireless, the works. And also, for people who want to upgrade their HPs and Compaqs back to XP, good luck finding drivers. You gotta search through older models to find one that works. Linux? Out of the box, ready to run. There is no need to be a Windows Defender.
You are aware of the concept of inertia, aren't you? I don't care if it still sells. That doesn't make it less crappy. People buy crap all the time, even when a perfectly good alternative is right there beside it. Microsoft is a forgettable operation now. We have plenty of good options before us. But here we are with the old "lead a horse to water" routine. I guess some people still prefer swill. Fine by me.
I'm using 7 now. It's junk. Being marginally better than Vista don't cut it. And we already have many things that are better, including of all things XP. And Linux supports new hardware better than XP now because fewer people are making XP drivers. Nope, the new Windows is still dog slow on anything less than a massive cluster that would fill a 747. Unimpressed I am.
Oh what's the point? It's like the woman with the two black eyes. I've already told you twice how to effectively change their behavior. Their software is already losing its clout. This is just beating the proverbial dead horse.
to abuse their monopoly. As convicted monopolists, they should be forced to forfeit the patent. This is a perfect place to apply what I said before in the EU thread.
To be perfectly redundant, as a whole lot of others have said, that would be called plagiarism, pawning off somebody else's work as your own. Either way, I believe the dissenting opinion to be the correct one. Chalk it up as another failure of majority rule.
Well, if you have another suggestion that might work, I'd love to hear it. I happen to think that what I offered up would put a quick end to the whole matter.
That won't help much if they ever start cutting you off for mere suspicion of wrong doing. Proxies are great for "fooling" the guy at the other end. Don't know how well it will protect you from the guy in the middle, or close to your end of the connection.
Like to tell me why recommending effective punishment for possible wrongdoing is silly? When violating the law becomes more profitable than abiding by it, it's time to try something that has a few teeth. Fine, let them keep their damn IP and Let's just revoke their corporate charter. But I'm getting the message that nobody is actually interested in extracting justice. You all seem to think taking a nickle out of their pocket is good enough. But I can guarantee you that they would behave a bit more righteously under the threat of a corporate death penalty. Right now, they are happily singing "can't touch this", and with all your bellyaching about how evil they are, you won't demand anything that has a chance of correcting it. A convicted felon loses many rights, a convicted monopolist should also lose some rights, their IP is a good place to start.
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Like putting a single eyelash on the door to see if it's been opened. But the better trick is the ol' bucket of water on top.
You forgot hands. Yes hands, and brains. They might not show it, but terrorists use brains too. All memories should be blurred. Mine are.
And I will mooch this place to repost a very relevant comment.
In part: The problem isn't that information can be published anonymously. The problem is that people put too much weight on completely unsubstantiated rumors and trivial misbehaviors.
Take heed. Free speech must remain free. It says, " ...no law... "
Look, it doesn't matter who you got up there on camera. The army of bureaucrats must be fed. They are the people who run your government. They make the rules. You answer to them.
They'd be insane not to.
I dunno.
Does the pope shit in the woods?
THe customers are able to tell facebook what the terms will be. Will we ever see the same here? Now is the time to show all these people who's boss here. Do not buy crippled hardware!
...plead the fifth no matter what.
If everybody does that, it will be repealed. Just because you have these rights, it doesn't you can actually USE them.
Yeah, it is the point. Mac and linux have more bases covered every day. Windows is becoming irrelevant. The big hassle with linux now is the lack of standardization in package management. And a big pain in the ass it is. And of course microsoft seems fully intent on dragging linux through patent and copyright hell. So they have two things going for them, inertia and the law. That is the thread they hang on today. But we no longer need them. Provided you're not using a Canon printer on an RPM based system. But then, I blame Canon for lack of support there. Let me show you a little something where linux blows microsoft out of the water. If this was an open source project, a script would have been written to automate the entire process. Time to say bye bye, MS. I only tinker with it to stay up to speed for the people that need my help. But I finally got a client with an eee pc. She couldn't happier, except for the damn canon. Everything else she figured out on her own. Wireless, the works. And also, for people who want to upgrade their HPs and Compaqs back to XP, good luck finding drivers. You gotta search through older models to find one that works. Linux? Out of the box, ready to run. There is no need to be a Windows Defender.
You are aware of the concept of inertia, aren't you? I don't care if it still sells. That doesn't make it less crappy. People buy crap all the time, even when a perfectly good alternative is right there beside it. Microsoft is a forgettable operation now. We have plenty of good options before us. But here we are with the old "lead a horse to water" routine. I guess some people still prefer swill. Fine by me.
I'm using 7 now. It's junk. Being marginally better than Vista don't cut it. And we already have many things that are better, including of all things XP. And Linux supports new hardware better than XP now because fewer people are making XP drivers. Nope, the new Windows is still dog slow on anything less than a massive cluster that would fill a 747. Unimpressed I am.
Oh what's the point? It's like the woman with the two black eyes. I've already told you twice how to effectively change their behavior. Their software is already losing its clout. This is just beating the proverbial dead horse.
I want mine to look like Alice
to abuse their monopoly. As convicted monopolists, they should be forced to forfeit the patent. This is a perfect place to apply what I said before in the EU thread.
The best way to help the weak is to make them strong enough to resist. Otherwise, where's the incentive to change?
I haven't seen pinstripes on a prisoner since the Three Stooges.
To be perfectly redundant, as a whole lot of others have said, that would be called plagiarism, pawning off somebody else's work as your own. Either way, I believe the dissenting opinion to be the correct one. Chalk it up as another failure of majority rule.
They print it in their respective papers. Which one gets sued?
But after how many dollars are wasted? And all the other stress factors? This only further illustrates the necessity of anonymity.
Do not disparage the "Anonymous Coward"
Well, if you have another suggestion that might work, I'd love to hear it. I happen to think that what I offered up would put a quick end to the whole matter.
Maybe I should say that anybody on your side of the proxy can see what you're doing?
That won't help much if they ever start cutting you off for mere suspicion of wrong doing. Proxies are great for "fooling" the guy at the other end. Don't know how well it will protect you from the guy in the middle, or close to your end of the connection.
China's? or the UK's? Tell me, how in the world is your internet going to route around your ISP when they hit the kill switch?
*I'm only bitching because my response to the link was modded down
Like to tell me why recommending effective punishment for possible wrongdoing is silly? When violating the law becomes more profitable than abiding by it, it's time to try something that has a few teeth. Fine, let them keep their damn IP and Let's just revoke their corporate charter. But I'm getting the message that nobody is actually interested in extracting justice. You all seem to think taking a nickle out of their pocket is good enough. But I can guarantee you that they would behave a bit more righteously under the threat of a corporate death penalty. Right now, they are happily singing "can't touch this", and with all your bellyaching about how evil they are, you won't demand anything that has a chance of correcting it. A convicted felon loses many rights, a convicted monopolist should also lose some rights, their IP is a good place to start.