How can we ever compare common thievery with institutional thievery? Abuse of power? Please.
Anyway, I used to be the kind of person who hated SW piracy to death (to name some "evil thievery" thing) - until i met REALLY poor people. And this was in 92, Linux was simply out of the radar. I realized that sometimes the law was evil.
People grow, kids stop being naive. When they mature, they'll realize not everything's black and white.
Where I work at, our bandwidth is dedicated to the servers, so we can't play stream download songs. So I bought myself a portable radio and tune my favorit e station.
I think most jobs are like this. Anyway, didn't we think that "video killed the radio stars" about 20 years ago? IMO, Radio's still alive and kicking.
But think about it. Houses or offices can have their "mini nuclear power station" and recharge their standard batteries there. Who knows? You might see "beta benders" out there in the future. Just insert a coin and put your battery there.
(Hmmmm wasn't this idea shown in the sci-fi game 'Flashback' by Delphine soft?)
Did the ipod come with a warning label? If it didn't, it could be the cause for a lawsuit. "It didn't say 'do not open with a screwdriver or may result in severe injuries'".
My question is, if someone finally gets the money to upgrade their low-end CPU to something faster, why should the OS stop working?
The point is to help poor countries develop, not to just "help poor people in poor countries do basic stuff".
What if those poor countries were given high-end computers as DONATIONS? Like for schools, universities, etc?
IMO Microsoft is asking for BIG trouble here. Key term: Discrimination.
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Don't you mean Crówt, son of Trollbot, son of Thorgard, son of Geernon, son of Erik from Valdalesc, son of Arval Gristlebeard, son of Harken, who killed [Error: Bandwidth limit exceeded]
Usability expert. N. Person determined to annoy the hell of a programmer if the tiniest detail in the user interface appears to SLIGHTLY bother him. Adj. "RTFM killer." Adj. "Joe User" to the Nth power.
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As long as they're abiding by the terms of the license, does Apple, any corporation, or any entity for that matter, have any obligation to contribute anything back to the project?
If you don't like that people JUST obey the license, then change the license!
i.e. If a company decides to launch a similar product based on this source code, they're obligued to keep a revision history in a previously agreed format (i.e. CVS, SVN, etc) so that the authors can track down their improvements.
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Microsoft had allowed pirate copies of Windows to flourish so they'd get more revenue later.
How can we ever compare common thievery with institutional thievery? Abuse of power? Please.
Anyway, I used to be the kind of person who hated SW piracy to death (to name some "evil thievery" thing) - until i met REALLY poor people. And this was in 92, Linux was simply out of the radar. I realized that sometimes the law was evil.
People grow, kids stop being naive. When they mature, they'll realize not everything's black and white.
Where I work at, our bandwidth is dedicated to the servers, so we can't play stream download songs. So I bought myself a portable radio and tune my favorit e station.
I think most jobs are like this. Anyway, didn't we think that "video killed the radio stars" about 20 years ago? IMO, Radio's still alive and kicking.
Anywho, hopefully this will provide webmasters with enough incentive to create proper standard HTML pages instead of designing them for IE only.
:D
I'm hoping for XULRunner to come out so we can start dev'ing our XUL apps
Still, there are always the fearful. FUD or truth?
But think about it. Houses or offices can have their "mini nuclear power station" and recharge their standard batteries there. Who knows? You might see "beta benders" out there in the future. Just insert a coin and put your battery there.
(Hmmmm wasn't this idea shown in the sci-fi game 'Flashback' by Delphine soft?)
and then start stabbing it with a screwdriver...
Oh no. First it was the "run linux". Then the "welcomed overlords".
What's next? "Does it explode when punctured?"?
Did the ipod come with a warning label? If it didn't, it could be the cause for a lawsuit. "It didn't say 'do not open with a screwdriver or may result in severe injuries'".
Cool! Now we only have to discover 10 security flaws and disclose each monthly. Then we'll have 800 million downloads! :D
My question is, if someone finally gets the money to upgrade their low-end CPU to something faster, why should the OS stop working?
The point is to help poor countries develop, not to just "help poor people in poor countries do basic stuff".
What if those poor countries were given high-end computers as DONATIONS? Like for schools, universities, etc?
IMO Microsoft is asking for BIG trouble here. Key term: Discrimination.
Crow T. Trollbot
Don't you mean Crówt, son of Trollbot, son of Thorgard, son of Geernon, son of Erik from Valdalesc, son of Arval Gristlebeard, son of Harken, who killed
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How do you know they're usability experts?
Usability expert. N. Person determined to annoy the hell of a programmer if the tiniest detail in the user interface appears to SLIGHTLY bother him.
Adj. "RTFM killer."
Adj. "Joe User" to the Nth power.
From TFA: "Having your FOSS project depend on a non-free tool can be a big problem in terms of adoption."
Oh, really?
Picture him in a wizards hat and cloak, making dire predictions
"This isn't the iPod you're looking for." (waves hand)
I didn't enjoy it, it seemed so pointless. And whenever that stupid thing became crazy shooting sparks everywhere...
i mean, that's it? This is "using the force"? Frankly I was disappointed by the thing (and i was 8!). I had more fun admiring my starwars bedsheet.
Never underestimate the power of the force. B-)
As long as they're abiding by the terms of the license, does Apple, any corporation, or any entity for that matter, have any obligation to contribute anything back to the project?
If you don't like that people JUST obey the license, then change the license!
i.e. If a company decides to launch a similar product based on this source code, they're obligued to keep a revision history in a previously agreed format (i.e. CVS, SVN, etc) so that the authors can track down their improvements.
Ta-da!
They're probably back up and operating at a new site already.
Yes, but with this precedent, expect the sites to be shutdown just as fast as warez sites.
Can't you (slashdot) create a seperate field where...
/. to be more like a "drop it, let it grow with the rain" kind of forum.
Dude, this is slashdot. We've been whining for them to fix the rendering problem for months. Have they done anything?
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Is it just me, or everytime Microsoft innovates something is because they're PUSHED to do it?
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Boba didn't die in the Sarlacc pit.
:)
No, he was kept alive for around 100 years in a VERY SLOW and PAINFUL digestion.
When are we going to see a pac man movie?
Apparently he ate the film by accident.
"I swear!!! There were millions of dots in it!!! I SWEAR!!!"
Should I post the link to the Coral Cache of the Mirrordot?
Or the Mirrodot of the Coral Cache?
Hmmm... tough one.
but does it run? :P
*ducks*
a)Give us an alternative physics / tech newswire, and we'll follow.
b)If it costs more, what makes you think the consumer will buy it in the first place?
c)If you had researched on nanotube displays, you'd see that it's the evolution of CRT's - hence the same (or more) lifetime.
d) This is slashdot! Why do you think we get news on the Space Elevator when it's years or decades away? Doh!