You will have to download from one of the better-connected mirrors, as poor Ilfak has already had to move hosts once. I guess he's a victim of his own popularity.:-(
"In the final days of December, Anti became a vocal supporter of journalists at the Beijing Daily News who walked off the job after the top editors were fired for their increasingly daring investigative coverage, including some recent reporting on the recent police shootings of village protestors in the Southern China. (For all the gory details on the current press crackdown click here, here, here, and here.)
In other words, Microsoft is scratching China's back in supporting the slaughter of innocents, and shutting the mouth of whoever tries to bring that to the public.
If that's not Draconian, my friend, then I don't know what the eff it is.
a) Sometimes you can't transfer files with firewalls or some weird net configs b) If you accidentally close the window while transferring, wham! c) Where's the frigging "resume download"?
I've tried apps like WASTE, but configuring them is nearly a ditto of time.
I'd gladly welcome an app which allowed you to share files between your buddies. I have a friend who's a fan of car races and he doesn't stop sending me small racing clips. If we had an easy way to share (and resume) files by pulling i.e. http (instead of MSN's pushing), i wouldn't have to wait 30 minutes for the transfer to finish.
they only care about testing against their own applications, breaking third party programs in the process is a bonus
Which is another reason for having the MS specs FULLY AVAILABLE FOR FREE. If your program breaks, it's because it doesn't follow the specs.
And that, is why Microsoft is having so much trouble. They design around FEATURES, not specifications. And why is that? Because of their "Embrace and extend" policy, which is extending the specifications in non-standard, and often non-documented ways.
Microsoft has been digging its own grave, and they don't even know!
The problem is not the Copyright laws per-se, but the copyright-ENFORCING laws and initiatives. Like DMCA, "Trusted" Computing and all that garbage. Where's FAIR USE?
Are there really that many people, even on Slashdot, that think stealing intellectual property is not wrong?
I think you meant to say...
"Are there really that many people, even on Slashdot, that think committing copyright infringement in certain cases (note: copyright infringement is NOT stealing - and please DON'T mix copyright with patents by using this absurd term "intellectual property") is not wrong?"
Or maybe:
"Are there really that many people, even on Slashdot, that think sharing overpriced content (owned by evil monopolies who exploit and underpay innocent musicians) is not wrong?"
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From the article:
:-(
:( bummer!
You will have to download from one of the better-connected mirrors, as poor Ilfak has already had to move hosts once. I guess he's a victim of his own popularity.
Why can't we get credit for THAT?
First of all - have you actually read any Chinese laws? No? You can get them in translation, and they are not really all that draconian;
*AHEM*
From the RConversation blog:
"In the final days of December, Anti became a vocal supporter of journalists at the Beijing Daily News who walked off the job after the top editors were fired for their increasingly daring investigative coverage, including some recent reporting on the recent police shootings of village protestors in the Southern China. (For all the gory details on the current press crackdown click here, here, here, and here.)
In other words, Microsoft is scratching China's back in supporting the slaughter of innocents, and shutting the mouth of whoever tries to bring that to the public.
If that's not Draconian, my friend, then I don't know what the eff it is.
Thirdly, it sounds grand, all this drivel about 'ignore immoral laws'; just you try to do that in America.
File sharing, anyone?
* DiGiorno's pizzas.
:P
Seems to work.
So that's rounding towards positive infinity, right?
Quite funny, if you consider it's about LEGO blocks.
Microsoft Rescue... isn't that an oxymoron? :P
Scientist: Finally. The cure for cancer will appear inside this carefully-nurtured stem cell!
(Opens fluid-filled chamber)
Cat: Nya!!!! =^_^=
Scientist: Alright, who edited my research wiki!!
...but sadly, it is.
:)
AH! But then it's GOOD NEWS!
don't mod BOTH posts (mine and the one below) redundant at the same time! Now the joke has vanished!
we have to call it FreedomFox now?
I wonder how long it will take other formerly taboo technology to come around... I'm not all that afraid to have a nuclear reactor in my backyard
Apparently, the Chinese aren't afraid, either.
Haven't we seen those in various Anime?
DOS apps only required one directory to install. You could run them from floppy disks.
And then, came Windows... and the registry.
Just wait till another hurricane hits the coasts. And we never know who will be in charge of the next administration.
A bit like MSN Messenger, but without the chat :-P
Yes, but MSN has various problems:
a) Sometimes you can't transfer files with firewalls or some weird net configs
b) If you accidentally close the window while transferring, wham!
c) Where's the frigging "resume download"?
I've tried apps like WASTE, but configuring them is nearly a ditto of time.
I'd gladly welcome an app which allowed you to share files between your buddies. I have a friend who's a fan of car races and he doesn't stop sending me small racing clips. If we had an easy way to share (and resume) files by pulling i.e. http (instead of MSN's pushing), i wouldn't have to wait 30 minutes for the transfer to finish.
Bet they sure could save tons of HD space if they just had one clip of Kenny's death.
1. Save clips of Kenny's death.
2. ???
3. Profit!!
watercooling the power supply? :P
they only care about testing against their own applications, breaking third party programs in the process is a bonus
Which is another reason for having the MS specs FULLY AVAILABLE FOR FREE. If your program breaks, it's because it doesn't follow the specs.
And that, is why Microsoft is having so much trouble. They design around FEATURES, not specifications. And why is that? Because of their "Embrace and extend" policy, which is extending the specifications in non-standard, and often non-documented ways.
Microsoft has been digging its own grave, and they don't even know!
So the best way to fight evil is to commit evil acts yourself?
I do not consider file sharing to be EVIL. So your logic is flawed. Perhaps you meant to say...
"So the best way to fight evil is to commit ILLEGAL acts yourself?"
Whether something is illegal or not, depends only on written laws. But laws do not make an action good or evil.
The problem is not the Copyright laws per-se, but the copyright-ENFORCING laws and initiatives. Like DMCA, "Trusted" Computing and all that garbage. Where's FAIR USE?
How can private information be protected without intellectual property laws?
:)
With PRIVACY laws, perhaps?
Are there really that many people, even on Slashdot, that think stealing intellectual property is not wrong?
:) Now I can raise my hand.
I think you meant to say...
"Are there really that many people, even on Slashdot, that think committing copyright infringement in certain cases (note: copyright infringement is NOT stealing - and please DON'T mix copyright with patents by using this absurd term "intellectual property") is not wrong?"
Or maybe:
"Are there really that many people, even on Slashdot, that think sharing overpriced content (owned by evil monopolies who exploit and underpay innocent musicians) is not wrong?"
There!
It's tricky to do something like this.
How can a criminal be elected so he can depenalize the very same things he's illegally doing?
It would be like naming Al Capone for the US senate to ban the Dry Law.
The solution: Name a person who doesn't have a record of file sharing (or name a scapegoat for him) and propose him for the ellections.
(For those who R'd TFA)
..."?
Don't you love cool images that make you say "wow!" and have a tiny caption at the bottom, saying:
"The impact may have looked something like this" or
"artist's rendering of
I think I'd stay with the real thing, thank you.
#define foreach(x,it) for(typeof((x).begin()) it = (x).begin();it!=(x).end();++it)
This can be done because typeof is implemented in the GNU C++ extensions, but not in standard C++. Why not begin with a handy feature such as this?