You used (P)urge again! My god, you're some kind of comedy genius. No, wait, I was thinking of Bill Hicks. You're just an idiot.
I'd love to see the sales figures of Zunes (when released) compared with Zauruses (and the plural of Zaurus is...?). I'd really love that. We'll see whether people want a Zaurus more than a "DRM suck hole filled with adverts" (notice that adverts have merely been postulated as an idea on Slashdot, and not actually confirmed by MS, and that most people would like to be able to play DRMed music that they've bought).
It's because it's GPLed, and anything that isn't GPLed is worse than non-GPLed software on a functional level merely because it isn't GPLed. Also because twitter thinks not being able to play DRMed music is a good thing, when most people would think the inability to play (NOTE: not download or buy, play) is a crippling omission.
I seem to remember a post (possibly a troll) about the "Linux Fault Threshold", whereby something isn't the problem of the kernel team/distributors/programmers, but rather somebody else's problem. Basically, if somebody starts talking less about how to solve a problem and more about how it's everyone else's fault that a problem cannot be solved, they've passed the LFT.
I was just reminded of that by your post (and others by you in this thread).
It won't. Microsoft is collaborating with Mozilla on getting Firefox working on Vista, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GODDAMN FUCKING ARTICLE IS ABOUT. And Microsoft doesn't have to embrace anything, helping Firefox to run isn't "embracing", it's tech support.
Use IE? Fuck no. Firefox for me, ta. I'm just pointing out that, for the first time in as many years, MS seems to have realised that IE is a POS and is working towards fixing that.
As a business, they would be insane and/or suicidal if they didn't. Would you prefer they just said "We don't give a fuck if you use Windows. Go on. We don't care. Do it or not."
The IE mess is just today's EEE
No, it's not. If anything, it's Microsoft not developing IE at all to match current trends in, well anything. This happens when you've got around 95% market share; stagnation.
And Microsoft doesn't have to "embrace Firefox". They could easily just improve IE, which they seem to be at least making an effort at doing with IE7. And yet again you say how IIS factors into the equation, when it quite clearly doesn't (a web server is generally agnostic to the browser you use or the HTML put on it...the discussion is irrelevant, even more so to a home user).
And for christ's sake..."Microsoft will continue to develop IE"? What did you expect?
You know, this is all rapidly degenerating into something like the Demented Cartoon Movie. I'm convinced that one day Slashdot's meme will be him coming on television, saying "Developers developers developers" and blowing up the world.
Actually, that would be good, now I think about it.
You didn't happen to notice the "Download" link in the Flash streamer thing did you? You know, that link, with the word "Download" on it, that links to the MP3 so you can download it? I guess not.
Years ago I used to read the Detroit Free Press, which had a little grid in the back, which summarised what various critics thought of films. I learned which leaned most often my way and followed their advice.
In the UK, the Guardian does the same thing just with all the daily newspapers rather than named critics...at least I know I'm not alone in hating the piece of shit that was Lady In The Water:)
So you're worried about breaking DRM being illegal, but not so concerned about P2Ping music being illegal. Lovely. I now know exactly where you stand on this one...
If a CD doesn't play in a car because of DRM then that's no reason to buy a new one (not only because another copy would have exactly the same problem). If the CD breaks then you pay again because you pay for both the WORK (because royalties are distributed based on copies sold) and for the CD because they are one and the same. It isn't an either-or proposition, you're paying for BOTH. But really though, how often do CDs break? I have CDs from 7 years ago that have been thrown around, beaten up and scratched like hell and they still play (and rip) fine. I've rolled over CDs in a roller chair before and they've come out unscathed...
Not all countries have the levy on blank media, so you're not paying again there. And even if it did, you're not paying for THE WORK again, you're paying for blank media so you can back up your copy of THE WORK. You're saying that if I wanted to back up my copy of Office 2000 onto a CDR I'm paying for Office 2000 again, which is patently not true in the slightest.
I know you didn't mention piracy, but that's exactly what a lot of people try to justify with all this shit...
For a start, that's bollocks about "both car and house" because as far as I know there's no DRM that can stop things being physically moved about, and the software DRM is easily got around (remember, backup copies are fair use). If the CD breaks and you don't have a replacement, that's your fault for not making that backup. And saying you listened to a song on the radio justifies piracy because you've already paid for that song is just so retarded it's unbelievable.
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You used (P)urge again! My god, you're some kind of comedy genius. No, wait, I was thinking of Bill Hicks. You're just an idiot.
I'd love to see the sales figures of Zunes (when released) compared with Zauruses (and the plural of Zaurus is...?). I'd really love that. We'll see whether people want a Zaurus more than a "DRM suck hole filled with adverts" (notice that adverts have merely been postulated as an idea on Slashdot, and not actually confirmed by MS, and that most people would like to be able to play DRMed music that they've bought).
It's because it's GPLed, and anything that isn't GPLed is worse than non-GPLed software on a functional level merely because it isn't GPLed. Also because twitter thinks not being able to play DRMed music is a good thing, when most people would think the inability to play (NOTE: not download or buy, play) is a crippling omission.
That's the reply I bet you'll get.
Ah, but each point revision of Linux does more than five years of waiting for the next Windoze version.
If you have some very esoteric hardware and a bug that needs fixing in kernelspace, perhaps.
Now if you mentioned KDE's point releases, you would have a point.
I seem to remember a post (possibly a troll) about the "Linux Fault Threshold", whereby something isn't the problem of the kernel team/distributors/programmers, but rather somebody else's problem. Basically, if somebody starts talking less about how to solve a problem and more about how it's everyone else's fault that a problem cannot be solved, they've passed the LFT.
I was just reminded of that by your post (and others by you in this thread).
It won't. Microsoft is collaborating with Mozilla on getting Firefox working on Vista, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE GODDAMN FUCKING ARTICLE IS ABOUT. And Microsoft doesn't have to embrace anything, helping Firefox to run isn't "embracing", it's tech support.
Use IE? Fuck no. Firefox for me, ta. I'm just pointing out that, for the first time in as many years, MS seems to have realised that IE is a POS and is working towards fixing that.
God there's more penis waving going on in this thread than in a gay porno.
Just imagine; Vista, coded in Javascript and XUL.
Jesus Christ, the thought of that makes me cry.
YouTube has nothing of worth on it except for lots of incredibly unfunny home movies made by 16 year olds and copyrighted music videos.
Seriously twitter, you seem to think most of the public are behind you. They're not. Most people simply don't give a fuck.
They want to keep people on their platform
As a business, they would be insane and/or suicidal if they didn't. Would you prefer they just said "We don't give a fuck if you use Windows. Go on. We don't care. Do it or not."
The IE mess is just today's EEE
No, it's not. If anything, it's Microsoft not developing IE at all to match current trends in, well anything. This happens when you've got around 95% market share; stagnation.
And Microsoft doesn't have to "embrace Firefox". They could easily just improve IE, which they seem to be at least making an effort at doing with IE7. And yet again you say how IIS factors into the equation, when it quite clearly doesn't (a web server is generally agnostic to the browser you use or the HTML put on it...the discussion is irrelevant, even more so to a home user).
And for christ's sake..."Microsoft will continue to develop IE"? What did you expect?
You know, this is all rapidly degenerating into something like the Demented Cartoon Movie. I'm convinced that one day Slashdot's meme will be him coming on television, saying "Developers developers developers" and blowing up the world.
Actually, that would be good, now I think about it.
You didn't happen to notice the "Download" link in the Flash streamer thing did you? You know, that link, with the word "Download" on it, that links to the MP3 so you can download it? I guess not.
I think most of them would have a worse case of the curves.
Insightful?! NOOoooo! I was only trying to make funny :'(
Well, that solves one mystery. :)
Its sort of its own little fantasy world, run by hyperactive squirrels on crack.
You read 4chan too?
Years ago I used to read the Detroit Free Press, which had a little grid in the back, which summarised what various critics thought of films. I learned which leaned most often my way and followed their advice.
:)
In the UK, the Guardian does the same thing just with all the daily newspapers rather than named critics...at least I know I'm not alone in hating the piece of shit that was Lady In The Water
I'd like to see you fly around the US without something to sit on...
Are you talking about pretty elves as in vaguely-female things with titties and pointy ears?
If so, Slashdot has just reached a whole new low.
Or rather "Ooooooh CHAAAAIIRRRR...."
That was terrible, I know. I'll go quietly.
You bought songs from iTunes knowing full well they wouldn't play under Linux, and you choose to piss and moan about that?
So you're worried about breaking DRM being illegal, but not so concerned about P2Ping music being illegal. Lovely. I now know exactly where you stand on this one...
If a CD doesn't play in a car because of DRM then that's no reason to buy a new one (not only because another copy would have exactly the same problem). If the CD breaks then you pay again because you pay for both the WORK (because royalties are distributed based on copies sold) and for the CD because they are one and the same. It isn't an either-or proposition, you're paying for BOTH. But really though, how often do CDs break? I have CDs from 7 years ago that have been thrown around, beaten up and scratched like hell and they still play (and rip) fine. I've rolled over CDs in a roller chair before and they've come out unscathed...
Not all countries have the levy on blank media, so you're not paying again there. And even if it did, you're not paying for THE WORK again, you're paying for blank media so you can back up your copy of THE WORK. You're saying that if I wanted to back up my copy of Office 2000 onto a CDR I'm paying for Office 2000 again, which is patently not true in the slightest.
I know you didn't mention piracy, but that's exactly what a lot of people try to justify with all this shit...
I fail to see how staying in a bus seat which was designated, as part of an unfair law, for people of a certain colour, is not civil disobedience.
I have actually, and it works fine. If I need to reinstall my PC, I just reauthorise it. Done.
For a start, that's bollocks about "both car and house" because as far as I know there's no DRM that can stop things being physically moved about, and the software DRM is easily got around (remember, backup copies are fair use). If the CD breaks and you don't have a replacement, that's your fault for not making that backup. And saying you listened to a song on the radio justifies piracy because you've already paid for that song is just so retarded it's unbelievable.