They should spend the money to develop the social networking features that their userbase is begging for. Then, they should integrate a calendar and mail client, and only make it available as one big download.
They could call it... Mozilla Navigator...
No, but seriously. How about paying some major contributing developers, and maybe hire some on full time to develop better web standards support, instead of fucking around with features like social networking and offline browsing. Features that are way out o the scope that made Firefox popular to begin with. They need to continue to look at themselves as losing. They need to strike deals with PC manufacturers like Dell to become the default browser on new systems, etc.
"When people succeed, they tend to party. When people fail, they tend to ponder." -- Tony Robbins
Mozilla needs to be pondering, regardless of what their bank account looks like.
I disagree with your philosophy. Rights are something you already have. They're not a restriction, unless you meant it in that it's a restriction for everyone else to violate your right to something. Rights are something every human has. Basic treatment, basic ability, basic starting point. Nothing has ever said "You are granted the right". It's always "You have the right". You have the ability with reason.
Politics are somewhat like religion in this aspect. This country was founded on the notion that humans have certain rights, and the constitution was drafted to protect those rights from other people and the government.
Along the same lines... (speaking generally, not to you in specific) As a human, you have rights. The constitution was created to guarantee your rights are not trampled on. The constitution does not grant anything, it protects right you alredy had from being violated by a government.
Believe it or not, this country was founded upon the experience of people who were ruled by fundamentally corrupt governments. Over the years they've found ways to constrict how the constitution defends your rights... and that's why we have the sad state we're in today.
Welcome to a day and age where "Equality" doesnt mean everyone starts with the same opportunities... it means they bend the rules so that everyone ends up with the same win/loss ratio.
He was "avoiding an API fee", but the data he wanted was not available through the API anyways, so he screen scraped alexa. If alexa had wanted that data available they would have made it available through the API.
The guy (hornbaker) admittedly says he wants to turn this into a PR battle. And I remember him explicitly trying to stick it to amazon before he changed the site name.
I don't really know who the hell to cheer for here, so I'm just gonna sit back and watch.
Given Alaska's location and relatively low power demands, you would think a solar panel array in the north of the state would be a lot more beneficial. It's not like they don't have the extra space...
Right... and the excuse for this is that CS is "too nerdy"?
Because guys don't get called nerdy? The degree should be about the education. They shouldn't alter the education to suit a "balanced" audience. Period.
I say bring it on. I want patent lawsuits to cripple our entire legal system. I want it to get SO bad that they see what a pile of shit it is and do something about it.
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They should spend the money to develop the social networking features that their userbase is begging for. Then, they should integrate a calendar and mail client, and only make it available as one big download.
They could call it... Mozilla Navigator...
No, but seriously. How about paying some major contributing developers, and maybe hire some on full time to develop better web standards support, instead of fucking around with features like social networking and offline browsing. Features that are way out o the scope that made Firefox popular to begin with. They need to continue to look at themselves as losing. They need to strike deals with PC manufacturers like Dell to become the default browser on new systems, etc.
"When people succeed, they tend to party. When people fail, they tend to ponder." -- Tony Robbins
Mozilla needs to be pondering, regardless of what their bank account looks like.
Remember. The terrorists are not winning.
*jedi hand movement*
I could agree with this.
I disagree with your philosophy. Rights are something you already have. They're not a restriction, unless you meant it in that it's a restriction for everyone else to violate your right to something. Rights are something every human has. Basic treatment, basic ability, basic starting point. Nothing has ever said "You are granted the right". It's always "You have the right". You have the ability with reason.
Politics are somewhat like religion in this aspect. This country was founded on the notion that humans have certain rights, and the constitution was drafted to protect those rights from other people and the government.
Mod +1 Perfect Response.
Truer words have never been spoken... (err typed)
In the end, they both look stupid for having this battle.
I'd mod you up if I could.
Along the same lines... (speaking generally, not to you in specific) As a human, you have rights. The constitution was created to guarantee your rights are not trampled on. The constitution does not grant anything, it protects right you alredy had from being violated by a government.
Believe it or not, this country was founded upon the experience of people who were ruled by fundamentally corrupt governments. Over the years they've found ways to constrict how the constitution defends your rights... and that's why we have the sad state we're in today.
I agree! The people behind this act should suffer tremendously for wasting government resources!
The mayor and police chief of boston should resign immediately, followed by whoever the hell proposed this bill to congress.
What if we already have? ;)
Does anybody need to ask anything?
Give the RIAA another 5 years... they're working hard on the case already.
Welcome to a day and age where "Equality" doesnt mean everyone starts with the same opportunities... it means they bend the rules so that everyone ends up with the same win/loss ratio.
So that means you're free to disect that data and rebuild it into your own app?
"Google does it" isn't really an excuse, either... google has been sued over it too.
Well, both mine and the quote above were Dave Chappelle references, but that's cool too... :)
Sounds like it to me... and it wouldn't suprise me. Makes me want to develop an "Open Slogan".
Open Source -- Innovating where others have already innovated before.
or maybe
Open Source -- We'll have that feature soon, too.
Open Source -- So many cooks that no one has been fed in years (except the cooks).
That's like saying "I see the car on the lot... I can drive it whenever I want!".
It's simply untrue. There are terms of service on websites for a reason, and not everything is free reign.
... I didn't realize I was genetically predisposed to like sugars!
...not using the APIs.
He was "avoiding an API fee", but the data he wanted was not available through the API anyways, so he screen scraped alexa. If alexa had wanted that data available they would have made it available through the API.
The guy (hornbaker) admittedly says he wants to turn this into a PR battle. And I remember him explicitly trying to stick it to amazon before he changed the site name.
I don't really know who the hell to cheer for here, so I'm just gonna sit back and watch.
Given Alaska's location and relatively low power demands, you would think a solar panel array in the north of the state would be a lot more beneficial. It's not like they don't have the extra space...
On one hand, your post is intriguing and thought provoking.
On the other hand, this is slashdot and that kind of behavior is not allowed here. We demand you say something funny.
Right... and the excuse for this is that CS is "too nerdy"?
Because guys don't get called nerdy? The degree should be about the education. They shouldn't alter the education to suit a "balanced" audience. Period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailing_Slash ... did anyone else look it up?
You mean it plugs into the framework of firefox, and not that it's a XUL "extension", right?
Side note: the entire slashdot post never even mentions XML. RSS is made of XML... so is this... shouldn't this be called GeoXML?
I say bring it on. I want patent lawsuits to cripple our entire legal system. I want it to get SO bad that they see what a pile of shit it is and do something about it.
He *is* correct, ya know... do a search for COBOL jobs now that all the COBOL guys are retiring, and check out the salaries involved.