Are we really going to stand for a society where to express any kind of opinion that runs contrary to the norm (corporate line) results in rejection and sacking?
The end result will be a society where people report each other for holding non-conformist opinions as a way of getting promotion.
... that to all itents and purposes it looks like an Operating System. It will give the use a limited amount of funciontality in order to maintain it's cover. Secretly it will report back to its maker about what you do on your computer and...
Oh, wait a minute...
So Microsoft have released another bunch of statistics that show that their product is better than their competitors.
Does anyone actually believe this crap?
The more they do this sort of thing the more obvious it is that Linux is starting to make their eyes water.
Squeezed tight enough yet Bill?
Some builds of Firefox around the 0.9/1 mark did sometimes make the processor run flat out.
But, those days are long gone. I use FF all the time on everything, (mandrake, Ubuntu, Mepis, Suse, even the unmentionable) and it peforms just fine all the time on all of them.
The big problem with all such apps is the fascism that goes with them. I must use application x,y & z or I'm not cool/educated or "in the know".
Browser schmowser. If it works use it if it doesn't don't.
Just don't brag about IE to me.
Now where's my brown shirt?
is that it's essentially English humour. This probably doesn't translate too well for US/World audiences.
It's about a bewildered Englishman, who spends the whole thing in his pyjamas (agony for an Englishman).
Zaphod is not meant to be nasty, the doors are supposed to talk. The Vogons don't kidnap Trillian. Deep Thought is not on Magrathea. The list is endless.
It's about the pettyness of reality versus the majesty of the cosmos.
How is a black New Yorker saying "what if I told you I wasn't from Guildford" supposed to be anything other than dumb?
Yet another example of idiot film makers thinking they can do what they like to a story and missing the whole point altogether.
A sad day for HHG fans.
They won't stop until no one can download anything except from registered (probably subscription based) sources. EVERY currently "free/anonymous" channel will be busted and busted and harrassed and threatened and it's users prosecuted under outrageously restricitve legislation until there's only sanctioned channels left.
The future is dark.
Ain't no difference from where I'm standing.
"With intent to deprive" is legal arse speak.
Anyone who wants to help themselves to something they plainly know they should have paid for is depriving someone somewhere. Whether or not they contemplated it is besdies the point.
Haven't read all the comments so apologies if this is a repitition. If I went to a record store and stole a few albums and then took them home and made pressings of them and left the pressings in a box outside my house, which of you would NOT call that theft?
Similarly, if I went to an art supply store and stole one of every brush and paint type in the shop and made them available, would this not be called shoplifting?
Why then is it somehow OK because it's done electronically?
I personally think that 99.9% of everything released by Hollywood and the various record companies is utter drivel. This is in no way justifies stealing it.
Stealing is stealing is stealing.
Because part of the Ubuntu philosophy is that Ubuntu is free and will always remain completely free.
This coincides with Mr. Stallmans free software vision.
Never-the-less, this has all the potential for being said mark. It will be brought to you on the grounds of "now we can keep track of the children and the dog and granny" and "now you don't have to carry cash anymore." "Now we can stop credit card fraud, muggings, identity theft, etc" It is written, "and he causes all to receive a mark that without this mark they might not buy or sell".(Slightly paraphrased). The penalty for taking this mark is awful. As of yet I see no compulsion to take any mark and I can still buy and sell with cash. But, one would be a fool not see the potential of the rfid system to be used in this way and we are given only one clue so we can tell the mark when it comes "THAT WITHOUT IT WE MAY NOT BUY OR SELL" No glowing red eyes, no dodgy 666 mark on the scalp, no hell hounds, no occult rituals etc. I do hope I am wrong. I do not want to starve to death on the sreets. But I will take no chip/mark/implant. Ever.
well I downloaded the Sasser.d patch yesterday using Epiphany running on Mandrake 10ce.
There is a difference between the standard Windows update page and the specific posted patches for worms et al.
So no cd key no update is about as true as Windows is more secure than Linux.
Microsoft?
Doh!
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What, now I need an extra license if somebody's visiting and they want to check their mail? No no no no no, don't say that, you'll give them ideas.
Sounds like an episode of Yes Minister.
Are we really going to stand for a society where to express any kind of opinion that runs contrary to the norm (corporate line) results in rejection and sacking? The end result will be a society where people report each other for holding non-conformist opinions as a way of getting promotion.
I was thinking more of Lindows and Microsoft's argument that to even sound like "windows" was not allowed.
You can't even name software using a word that sounds like Windows! Copyrighting the English language is foolish but not without precedent.
... that to all itents and purposes it looks like an Operating System. It will give the use a limited amount of funciontality in order to maintain it's cover. Secretly it will report back to its maker about what you do on your computer and... Oh, wait a minute...
Couldn't have put it better myself.
They must have super developed sarcasm lobes/glands/whatever it is you call bits of brain.
But this "tiny voiceless minority" is largely responsible for fixing and maintaining "their" pc's. We may be able to shout louder than we think.
So Microsoft have released another bunch of statistics that show that their product is better than their competitors. Does anyone actually believe this crap? The more they do this sort of thing the more obvious it is that Linux is starting to make their eyes water. Squeezed tight enough yet Bill?
ejaculating accidentally isn't one of them!
Some builds of Firefox around the 0.9/1 mark did sometimes make the processor run flat out. But, those days are long gone. I use FF all the time on everything, (mandrake, Ubuntu, Mepis, Suse, even the unmentionable) and it peforms just fine all the time on all of them. The big problem with all such apps is the fascism that goes with them. I must use application x,y & z or I'm not cool/educated or "in the know". Browser schmowser. If it works use it if it doesn't don't. Just don't brag about IE to me. Now where's my brown shirt?
is that it's essentially English humour. This probably doesn't translate too well for US/World audiences. It's about a bewildered Englishman, who spends the whole thing in his pyjamas (agony for an Englishman). Zaphod is not meant to be nasty, the doors are supposed to talk. The Vogons don't kidnap Trillian. Deep Thought is not on Magrathea. The list is endless. It's about the pettyness of reality versus the majesty of the cosmos. How is a black New Yorker saying "what if I told you I wasn't from Guildford" supposed to be anything other than dumb? Yet another example of idiot film makers thinking they can do what they like to a story and missing the whole point altogether. A sad day for HHG fans.
They won't stop until no one can download anything except from registered (probably subscription based) sources. EVERY currently "free/anonymous" channel will be busted and busted and harrassed and threatened and it's users prosecuted under outrageously restricitve legislation until there's only sanctioned channels left. The future is dark.
Never, ever make a joke about tea to an Englishman. It's on the same level as flag burning in the US.
Ain't no difference from where I'm standing. "With intent to deprive" is legal arse speak. Anyone who wants to help themselves to something they plainly know they should have paid for is depriving someone somewhere. Whether or not they contemplated it is besdies the point.
So it comes down to "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" You're not a lawyer by any chance are you?
I don't agree. And patronising people doesn't make you right either.
Haven't read all the comments so apologies if this is a repitition. If I went to a record store and stole a few albums and then took them home and made pressings of them and left the pressings in a box outside my house, which of you would NOT call that theft? Similarly, if I went to an art supply store and stole one of every brush and paint type in the shop and made them available, would this not be called shoplifting? Why then is it somehow OK because it's done electronically? I personally think that 99.9% of everything released by Hollywood and the various record companies is utter drivel. This is in no way justifies stealing it. Stealing is stealing is stealing.
Because part of the Ubuntu philosophy is that Ubuntu is free and will always remain completely free. This coincides with Mr. Stallmans free software vision.
You're no more free in America than anyone else - I saw the footage of American cops beating up anti war protestors.
You have a long history of beating up dissenters.
We're not too different here in the UK anymore either.
Freedom is what you think you have while your prison is fitted with cable tv and bigger shops.
Wake up!
you ever read a history book?
Never-the-less, this has all the potential for being said mark.
It will be brought to you on the grounds of "now we can keep track of the children and the dog and granny" and "now you don't have to carry cash anymore." "Now we can stop credit card fraud, muggings, identity theft, etc"
It is written, "and he causes all to receive a mark that without this mark they might not buy or sell".(Slightly paraphrased).
The penalty for taking this mark is awful.
As of yet I see no compulsion to take any mark and I can still buy and sell with cash.
But, one would be a fool not see the potential of the rfid system to be used in this way and we are given only one clue so we can tell the mark when it comes "THAT WITHOUT IT WE MAY NOT BUY OR SELL"
No glowing red eyes, no dodgy 666 mark on the scalp, no hell hounds, no occult rituals etc.
I do hope I am wrong. I do not want to starve to death on the sreets. But I will take no chip/mark/implant.
Ever.
And so it begins! Be afraid, be very afraid.
well I downloaded the Sasser.d patch yesterday using Epiphany running on Mandrake 10ce. There is a difference between the standard Windows update page and the specific posted patches for worms et al. So no cd key no update is about as true as Windows is more secure than Linux. Microsoft? Doh!