It would make sense if it went like this:
-> Hard-working artist makes music
-> -> Hard-working record label publishes it
-> -> -> Evil organized criminal comes along and pirates it
-> -> -> -> Music lover #123 pays the evil organized criminal to get that piece of piracy
-> -> -> -> -> Music lover #123 spreads it so everyone can have it
Now, there is obviously a problem with this trail of thoughts. It seems like the FBI is either not able or willing to see it.
The bitter sarcasm in the link of organized crime to "piracy"/copyright infringement is that organized crime is behind some of the infringement. However, every infringement can (and it seems like it will) be treated as if organized crime was involved, no matter how stupid. That means: the link has been done, now one is interchangable with the other.
(On a sidenote: it is easier to not go after the organized culprits. It takes too much effort.)
Damn right.
Not only will some nutball be hellbent on doing it with humans because he can, in addition it will lower the respect we have towards life as a whole. I mean, comeon: who seriously can deny now that we try to play god? And very badly so, I might add. I'm just waiting for some madman to come to power that will seperate people by genetical "cleanness".
That said, anyone remembering Dolly and what problems it had later? I'd be very surprised if that poor mouse does not end up like that.
In the end, things die because they are ahead of their time. It's human nature, I think. We as a whole are not made for revolutionary steps, just small evolutionary ones.
I would say "Welcome to the post-modern time", but it is supposed to be over.
Write a well thought-out email or better snail mail to the US Patent Office that explains the prior art and why this patent should not be granted. The more people do this, the better!
...seriously.
What we have here is a game that has been merchandised and capitalised almost to death (how many expansion packs are out again? 4?) and now they have been crossing the borderline from gaming to metagaming. I'm pretty sure a lot of those who metaplay would make interesting vic... patients for modern psychologists.
Very true. I didn't think of that until a bit later.;^)
How big are the chances that it is someone who is involved with FLOSS - Linux in particular - and is in fear, uncertainity and doubt whether Eolas would go after Mozilla (which the mysterious person/company distributes) next?
Not neccessarily publicity. Maybe those are people who have a lot to loose if the browsers and the net are to be as crippled as Eolas wants IE to be.
Maybe, just maybe, those are some companie involved with FLOSS that will be in trouble financially if Eolas attacks Mozilla and them (as they have distributed it and thusly violated the patent).
I think that those were a few of Microsoft's competitors or "partners" that don't want to appear on the screen for whatever reasons so it does not look like they were helping Microsoft. I suspect it would mean bad pr for those if Microsoft decided to spin that in some direction.
On the other hand, maybe that was the ever so famous shadow government. Can't have a thread without conspiracy, can we?;^)
Their and quite a few other project's motto could be "do it like Microsoft, but do it right". Sadly, that would end up in a lawsuit, so we'd better not say that openly.
However, it is interesting to see how easily Microsoft could do something right if they would only abandon their lock-in paradigm. I wonder how long it would take for them to realize that they could have a similar amount of marketshare if they were fair to their customer instead of trying to screw them over.
...this is only when you want to make a difference as you say it. It's a no-brainer to acknowledge that you can't do that if you keep your face hidden (no offense intended).
However, then it is your conscious choice to do so. Anonymity means that if you don't take that choice, you can remain hidden and not be counted anyway because your democratic government thinks you should be.
I see your point, however this laptop would at least generate so much heat to make it practically unusable imho.
On the other hand, you could buy some specially designed docking station/table replacement...
At least we agree on that it is an extreme machine.;^)
At http://www.alistapart.com/ you can find more detailed, praxis-oriented tutorials/examples using CSS and XHTML if you like this way of doing sites. It's especially interesting, because they have quite a lot of things about pure CSS layouts without tables.
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I for one use Joe.
How was this about freedom of choice?
I see. Thank you for explaining it. I feel enlightenened. :)
What about PAM?
It would make sense if it went like this:
-> Hard-working artist makes music
-> -> Hard-working record label publishes it
-> -> -> Evil organized criminal comes along and pirates it
-> -> -> -> Music lover #123 pays the evil organized criminal to get that piece of piracy
-> -> -> -> -> Music lover #123 spreads it so everyone can have it
Now, there is obviously a problem with this trail of thoughts. It seems like the FBI is either not able or willing to see it.
Yes, you are missing something.
The bitter sarcasm in the link of organized crime to "piracy"/copyright infringement is that organized crime is behind some of the infringement. However, every infringement can (and it seems like it will) be treated as if organized crime was involved, no matter how stupid. That means: the link has been done, now one is interchangable with the other.
(On a sidenote: it is easier to not go after the organized culprits. It takes too much effort.)
Damn right.
Not only will some nutball be hellbent on doing it with humans because he can, in addition it will lower the respect we have towards life as a whole. I mean, comeon: who seriously can deny now that we try to play god? And very badly so, I might add. I'm just waiting for some madman to come to power that will seperate people by genetical "cleanness".
That said, anyone remembering Dolly and what problems it had later? I'd be very surprised if that poor mouse does not end up like that.
You sure you mean "pothole" and not "plothole"?
In the end, things die because they are ahead of their time. It's human nature, I think. We as a whole are not made for revolutionary steps, just small evolutionary ones.
I would say "Welcome to the post-modern time", but it is supposed to be over.
... I know I have read somewhere about some rather nasty bugs that are still not fixed in this version.
Anyone know anything more about this?
I have read it. I guess it is on a low-traffic server.
Only at the moment.
You'd be foolish to think it will stay this way.
Kind of like Enlightenment has one? Or am I mistaken/confused there?
Write a well thought-out email or better snail mail to the US Patent Office that explains the prior art and why this patent should not be granted. The more people do this, the better!
This is a question of legality, not community. We are facing an incompatibility of licenses, not just some petty squabble.
...seriously.
What we have here is a game that has been merchandised and capitalised almost to death (how many expansion packs are out again? 4?) and now they have been crossing the borderline from gaming to metagaming. I'm pretty sure a lot of those who metaplay would make interesting vic... patients for modern psychologists.
That doesn't mean it is or will be forced down your throat, though.
Very true. I didn't think of that until a bit later. ;^)
How big are the chances that it is someone who is involved with FLOSS - Linux in particular - and is in fear, uncertainity and doubt whether Eolas would go after Mozilla (which the mysterious person/company distributes) next?
Not neccessarily publicity. Maybe those are people who have a lot to loose if the browsers and the net are to be as crippled as Eolas wants IE to be.
Maybe, just maybe, those are some companie involved with FLOSS that will be in trouble financially if Eolas attacks Mozilla and them (as they have distributed it and thusly violated the patent).
I think that those were a few of Microsoft's competitors or "partners" that don't want to appear on the screen for whatever reasons so it does not look like they were helping Microsoft. I suspect it would mean bad pr for those if Microsoft decided to spin that in some direction.
;^)
On the other hand, maybe that was the ever so famous shadow government. Can't have a thread without conspiracy, can we?
Their and quite a few other project's motto could be "do it like Microsoft, but do it right". Sadly, that would end up in a lawsuit, so we'd better not say that openly.
However, it is interesting to see how easily Microsoft could do something right if they would only abandon their lock-in paradigm. I wonder how long it would take for them to realize that they could have a similar amount of marketshare if they were fair to their customer instead of trying to screw them over.
In the meantime: Go, Jabber!
...this is only when you want to make a difference as you say it. It's a no-brainer to acknowledge that you can't do that if you keep your face hidden (no offense intended). However, then it is your conscious choice to do so. Anonymity means that if you don't take that choice, you can remain hidden and not be counted anyway because your democratic government thinks you should be.
I see your point, however this laptop would at least generate so much heat to make it practically unusable imho. On the other hand, you could buy some specially designed docking station/table replacement... At least we agree on that it is an extreme machine. ;^)
At http://www.alistapart.com/ you can find more detailed, praxis-oriented tutorials/examples using CSS and XHTML if you like this way of doing sites. It's especially interesting, because they have quite a lot of things about pure CSS layouts without tables.
That might be a problem with Mozilla, though. No browser at the moment is fully standards compliant. It might be one of Mozilla's quirks.
- produce immense heat unless you put oversized coolers in there
- suck up energy like nothing (for laptop dimensions)
- most likely need a special big case
- would not be mobile at all
and then you would basically end up with a desktop (you know, a real desktop, not like the tower cases). So, it's not really worth it.