There's no such thing as an OS clone.... In the end people just want to run what software they want to and Microsoft is positioned to allow that to happen and I don't see an easy way for someone else to come in and take that away from them.
Yeah sure. So you are saying FreeBSD can't run Linux binaries or Linux can't run any MS Windows (or DOS) programs? From a program's point of view, an OS is just a set of API which help it get its job done. It doesn't really care if it is running MS Windows, Linux, or OS/2. The only problem which has slowed other operating systems from supporting MS Window's API would be that it is constantly changing, so it has grown to this huge beast. It also has so many bugs, nearly every program works around them, so the bugs have to be emulated too, not just the APIs.
If you look at the media cartel's (and Microsoft's) behaviour patterns, they want small time/independent movie makers/musicians/programmers/etc -- just about everyone -- to be the "attacker" (whom they will be able to sue into oblivion), and your computer to be the "recipient" who keeps all the secrets and doesn't allow "unauthorized pirates" (including people who made their own original works) to distribute anything. This way they won't have any competition on any fronts.
MS is the one playing it smart, they can implement it and say "but the media companies forced us to do this" all the while setting themselves up to destroy all competition--not only in the software market, but in media too...
I haven't kept up with recent events, but bone of the antitrust cases I've seen have even tried to address this, yet it will be their worst violation.
Plus, the choice of websites one can visit SHOULD be a factor in browser use.
Yes, because we all love vendor lock in. That's like saying "the choice of roads one can drive on SHOULD be a factor in car use." Why not make roads shaped like a puzzle, so only people with a particular brand of tires or cars will be able to ride on it?
Shaw is a cable internet provider, correct? A cable company throttling bittorrent because they want to prevent piracy? I don't think so.
More likely they want to reduce their user's bandwith usage. One of the things they do so they can claim "unlimited" access, but only try to provide a limited email and web gateway. They'll only take off the shaping if a lot of users complain or leave because of it.
These are the companies who try to set bandwidth quotas to levels below what a dial up user would expect. These are the companies who want to block all UDP traffic. These are the companies who think having outages for 10% (or more) of the time is acceptable. These are the companies who don't want to provide access to Usenet....and so on.
They only want grandmas who will pay insane rates just for a little email traffic and light web browsing.
If those people were not worried about "shopper loyalty" cards which are used to keep track of everything they purchase and store it in some database, then they probably would not be worried about fingerprints either...
... I have no idea why anybody thinks we should become an Orwellian state just so that copyright can be enforced marginally better...
The people who want the Orwellian state think they will be the leaders and therefore not only be immune to it but will also control it.
Then again, you may be right by saying no one wants it. If you look at what the entertainment cartel does, it seems they just want a total monopoly (so all the money flows to them), not an Orwellian state...
By the way, I live underground. They put in a sewer line next to my house and I thought it would be inconvenient to move. Please stop using your toilet. It's starting to stink down here. Thanks in advance.
And maybe it should thus work just fine regardless of which OS you use. Actually, no maybe involved there.
Or which font you use. Unless your font file is f'ed up.
Some fonts are bitmapped, and many systems don't try to scale them because they would look crappy and be hard to read. This means your font size might be rounded to 20 pixels wide instead of the desired 12.
Monitor size doesn't matter either, nor does resolution, the location of the Next link should be fine and the size of the text should be almost the same as Google's.
Wrong. Some font sizes may be specified using pixels, physical metrics or relative to the user's font settings. The older html tags don't specify a specific size at all--it is dependent on the system, web browser and user settings. Maybe you should read up how fonts work with web standards.
Monitor size doesn't matter either, nor does resolution
Why do you think there is a "display resolution" setting in Mozilla/FireFox?
But, again, considering nobody else is pointing the problems he's seeing out so far, and the html and css appear to be fine, and IE, FF (Windows and Linux, just tested) and Opera alike appear to have no problem whatsoever on my end at least, well.
Yeah, but maybe he doesn't use the default settings.
The least the users with mod points could do is actually check it out for themselves. And if they do find problems, perhaps posting rather than modding would be more constructive.
Perhaps, but modding is a dirty job, and someone has to do it.
Maybe he isn't using Windows. Maybe he has different fonts. Maybe his monitor size is different. Maybe your settings for the display resolution (conversion between pixels and inches) are wrong and his are correct (or vice versa). Just because it works on your one system doesn't mean it will work everywhere.
if Lexmark wants to accumulate personal data in spyware fashion they should give something to their customers for the privilege, much like the major grocery store chains do.
What do these grocery stores ever give customers for the cards? All I've ever seen them do was jack up the prices and give "discounts" (really the original price) to card users. They just screw the customers who refuse to get the card...
I don't see why we should have to worry about wether we train companies to screw us or not screw us. If they were honest in the first place, it wouldn't be a problem. The only real solution is to try only doing business with honest companies. Question is, are there any reputable companies left?
Oh yeah, one shouldn't be allowed to know anything about a service--especially if it is critical.
If you walk into a car rental agency and requested an SUV, you don't have a right to ask the brand or any other information. Who cares if it's a Ford with Firestone tires and, being a knowledgeable mechanic, you have determined the combination causes unexpected blowouts. After all, the manager stated you'll be justly compensated if you are permanently disabled or killed. Why should it matter?
When you say the government financed it, who do you think really paid? Ever hear of taxes?
Secondly, building another internet could be as easy as everyone using WiFi and laying cables to their neighbors. Yeah, there wouldn't be many connections between cities and towns, but creating networks inside city limits would not be difficult.
500 years? Deflecting/destroying the thing wouldn't be the only option. Moving to Mars would be a sound alternative too. It would make a good business model too.
"Ten homes avail. in Cydonia region.
SELLING FAST!!! $100,000 down, $10,000/month. You don't want to be stuck on Earth when the asteriod hits!";-)
No, it's called covering all your bases. The hardware should do all it reasonably can to filter out possible problems. So should the operating system. So should the applications--right down to where the functions receive input. That way nasty bugs (or malicious acts done by users) will not cause nasty problems.
...and your point is? The parent poster was talking about how CNN may be using their influence to sway public opinion. I didn't see anything about legal obligations they may have running their website.
I don't get what you're saying. Wouldn't a thermal blanket keep the PC case (or CPU or whatever you put it on) from losing heat, causing it to be hotter than without the blanket? Seems like it would do the opposite of cooling...
The entire system is password protected so the kids can't use the computer at all during the day? What, does she keep pr0n sitting on her computer or something? What if one of the kids needs to write a report for school? So they're not allowed to use a word processor or anything else on the computer? Does she do the same thing with the television? (Let me guess, that is the babysitter.)
I think someone either needs to remove the stick out of her butt or get a real operating system.
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Except 90% of the things are behind the scenes. The average person won't understand why they can't even copy their own files. They will either believe the propaganda that DRM is "security" or just think their computer is "acting up."
For at least a decade most computers have been buggy as hell and virtually no one does anything about it. They just say "computers are that way, nothing can be done." In fact, many of them demand Microsoft software because they think their computer won't work right without it, but it is the worst.
Don't expect the general public to understand what is going on or try to do anything about it if they do.
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How is that ironic? The poster said he/she was taught with poor teaching methods. He/She writes poorly. Sounds like the opposite of irony to me.
Yeah sure. So you are saying FreeBSD can't run Linux binaries or Linux can't run any MS Windows (or DOS) programs? From a program's point of view, an OS is just a set of API which help it get its job done. It doesn't really care if it is running MS Windows, Linux, or OS/2. The only problem which has slowed other operating systems from supporting MS Window's API would be that it is constantly changing, so it has grown to this huge beast. It also has so many bugs, nearly every program works around them, so the bugs have to be emulated too, not just the APIs.
Who said KDE and GNOME are the only GUIs for Linux? I don't use either one, and I have a GUI.
Not exactly correct.
If you look at the media cartel's (and Microsoft's) behaviour patterns, they want small time/independent movie makers/musicians/programmers/etc -- just about everyone -- to be the "attacker" (whom they will be able to sue into oblivion), and your computer to be the "recipient" who keeps all the secrets and doesn't allow "unauthorized pirates" (including people who made their own original works) to distribute anything. This way they won't have any competition on any fronts.
MS is the one playing it smart, they can implement it and say "but the media companies forced us to do this" all the while setting themselves up to destroy all competition--not only in the software market, but in media too...
I haven't kept up with recent events, but bone of the antitrust cases I've seen have even tried to address this, yet it will be their worst violation.
Yes, because we all love vendor lock in. That's like saying "the choice of roads one can drive on SHOULD be a factor in car use." Why not make roads shaped like a puzzle, so only people with a particular brand of tires or cars will be able to ride on it?
Shaw is a cable internet provider, correct? A cable company throttling bittorrent because they want to prevent piracy? I don't think so.
More likely they want to reduce their user's bandwith usage. One of the things they do so they can claim "unlimited" access, but only try to provide a limited email and web gateway. They'll only take off the shaping if a lot of users complain or leave because of it.
These are the companies who try to set bandwidth quotas to levels below what a dial up user would expect. These are the companies who want to block all UDP traffic. These are the companies who think having outages for 10% (or more) of the time is acceptable. These are the companies who don't want to provide access to Usenet. ...and so on.
They only want grandmas who will pay insane rates just for a little email traffic and light web browsing.
I think it would be more accurate to say:
All large organized governments and corporations: the enemies of the free world.
Especially if they distribute $2 bills! ;-)
Exactly. If I wanted their crappy music, I'd buy it. I shouldn't be forced to pay for something I don't use. Just like the M$ tax.
If those people were not worried about "shopper loyalty" cards which are used to keep track of everything they purchase and store it in some database, then they probably would not be worried about fingerprints either...
The people who want the Orwellian state think they will be the leaders and therefore not only be immune to it but will also control it.
Then again, you may be right by saying no one wants it. If you look at what the entertainment cartel does, it seems they just want a total monopoly (so all the money flows to them), not an Orwellian state...
Good point.
By the way, I live underground. They put in a sewer line next to my house and I thought it would be inconvenient to move. Please stop using your toilet. It's starting to stink down here. Thanks in advance.
Some fonts are bitmapped, and many systems don't try to scale them because they would look crappy and be hard to read. This means your font size might be rounded to 20 pixels wide instead of the desired 12.
Wrong. Some font sizes may be specified using pixels, physical metrics or relative to the user's font settings. The older html tags don't specify a specific size at all--it is dependent on the system, web browser and user settings. Maybe you should read up how fonts work with web standards.
Why do you think there is a "display resolution" setting in Mozilla/FireFox?
Yeah, but maybe he doesn't use the default settings.
Perhaps, but modding is a dirty job, and someone has to do it.
Maybe he isn't using Windows. Maybe he has different fonts. Maybe his monitor size is different. Maybe your settings for the display resolution (conversion between pixels and inches) are wrong and his are correct (or vice versa). Just because it works on your one system doesn't mean it will work everywhere.
Or maybe he works on a major project and is tired of everyone demanding all sorts of crap.
Open source developer is not the same as public slave.
What do these grocery stores ever give customers for the cards? All I've ever seen them do was jack up the prices and give "discounts" (really the original price) to card users. They just screw the customers who refuse to get the card...
I don't see why we should have to worry about wether we train companies to screw us or not screw us. If they were honest in the first place, it wouldn't be a problem. The only real solution is to try only doing business with honest companies. Question is, are there any reputable companies left?
Oh yeah, one shouldn't be allowed to know anything about a service--especially if it is critical.
If you walk into a car rental agency and requested an SUV, you don't have a right to ask the brand or any other information. Who cares if it's a Ford with Firestone tires and, being a knowledgeable mechanic, you have determined the combination causes unexpected blowouts. After all, the manager stated you'll be justly compensated if you are permanently disabled or killed. Why should it matter?
When you say the government financed it, who do you think really paid? Ever hear of taxes?
Secondly, building another internet could be as easy as everyone using WiFi and laying cables to their neighbors. Yeah, there wouldn't be many connections between cities and towns, but creating networks inside city limits would not be difficult.
500 years? Deflecting/destroying the thing wouldn't be the only option. Moving to Mars would be a sound alternative too. It would make a good business model too.
This may have to do with apple's patent(s) on font hinting. Here is freetype's take on the subject.
No, it's called covering all your bases. The hardware should do all it reasonably can to filter out possible problems. So should the operating system. So should the applications--right down to where the functions receive input. That way nasty bugs (or malicious acts done by users) will not cause nasty problems.
Are you a Windows programmer or something?
...and your point is? The parent poster was talking about how CNN may be using their influence to sway public opinion. I didn't see anything about legal obligations they may have running their website.
Hmmm.....
I wonder how that happened.
I don't get what you're saying. Wouldn't a thermal blanket keep the PC case (or CPU or whatever you put it on) from losing heat, causing it to be hotter than without the blanket? Seems like it would do the opposite of cooling...
The entire system is password protected so the kids can't use the computer at all during the day? What, does she keep pr0n sitting on her computer or something? What if one of the kids needs to write a report for school? So they're not allowed to use a word processor or anything else on the computer? Does she do the same thing with the television? (Let me guess, that is the babysitter.)
I think someone either needs to remove the stick out of her butt or get a real operating system.
Except 90% of the things are behind the scenes. The average person won't understand why they can't even copy their own files. They will either believe the propaganda that DRM is "security" or just think their computer is "acting up."
For at least a decade most computers have been buggy as hell and virtually no one does anything about it. They just say "computers are that way, nothing can be done." In fact, many of them demand Microsoft software because they think their computer won't work right without it, but it is the worst.
Don't expect the general public to understand what is going on or try to do anything about it if they do.