Why are you so paranoid about it? Why don't you just not participate? Google's not putting a gun to your head saying "All your URL's do belong to us".
Their business has always been information. It's never been otherwise.
On the other hand, I will concede: we may all look back on Microsoft fondly in a decade or two. After all, MS is mega rich and dumb as a brick. Google...not so much.
How about this: A trojan that sets up one of those temporary domain dealies (I forget what they're called), and little mini pop and smtp daemon. Let it scan the hard drive of the host for phone numbers, and register all of them.
Except...if Linus (god forbid) gets hit by a bus tomorrow. Then we're all in deep shit for a while until the community finds a new maintainer it trusts.
I used to think they might have some useful purpose, but now I'll warn my clients that if they use them, they'll get sued if they criticize the product in public.
<i>When someone is calling you names, it's usually a lot more effective to embrace it than to try and distance yourself from it.</i><br><pb> And what, exactly, are you basing this on? I've never seen it done worth a damn.
I think your right about being careful about the terminology we use. After all, in my software company, we are careful to correct each other's terminology all the time--it is understood by all that careful, clear communication is a necessity in a business like ours.
Unfortunately, I had to laugh at your statement, "Hopefully the media coverage on this will highlight some of the issues, like HOW the media companies think...". In other words, "I hope they cover themselves in a bad light over this.".
Sadly, it is this contradiction that has allowed this situation to linger on so very, very much longer than it should have, in my opinion.
One problem I do forsee is if they get millions of bugmenot email addy's, they'll just make that not allowed. I'm not quite sure how to get around that. Any ideas?
Torque comes the closest today, IMHO. www.garagegames.com. It's what I'm using for my game, and it does let me spend, oh, half my time actually "making the game".
This is definitely true with a lot of folks, but mostly I think they THINK that's what they care about. Put 'em in front of Katamari Damacy and watch them roll in the aisles having fun, despite the merely adequate graphics.
Not to mention, I don't want a government that has to make a decision about every person it deals with, "Is this guy a part of the Torturable/UnTorturable group?".
On top of all of this, to those that think that administration officials are going to lie and ignore any and all laws anyway, then what difference does any wording of any law really make?
Neat idea. Now wrap it in a foreach loop using bugmenot emails, with a second command to respond to the bugmenot emails, and voila, you can put every possible phone number into the registry.
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Didn't Newscorp pay $10 billion for MySpace..and get the whole damn thing?
It could be a problem depending on what yer searching for.
Why are you so paranoid about it? Why don't you just not participate? Google's not putting a gun to your head saying "All your URL's do belong to us".
Their business has always been information. It's never been otherwise.
On the other hand, I will concede: we may all look back on Microsoft fondly in a decade or two. After all, MS is mega rich and dumb as a brick. Google...not so much.
Hm. Sounds like Apple is illegally distributing copyrighted album covers.
I agree. Now they just need to get the prices down to a reasonable place for a string of bytes. 4 cents or so.
How about this: A trojan that sets up one of those temporary domain dealies (I forget what they're called), and little mini pop and smtp daemon. Let it scan the hard drive of the host for phone numbers, and register all of them.
And mine, too.
...and nobody seems to be observing very much how Microsoft really is self-destructing.
They can't do a fucking thing right any more. I really think they're doomed to second-rateness in the next decade or so.
I propose a new distro, "gentoobuntu", which will be all things to all men.
I don't see a problem with this plan.
I agree. There is no danger. None.
Except...if Linus (god forbid) gets hit by a bus tomorrow. Then we're all in deep shit for a while until the community finds a new maintainer it trusts.
What heated discussion? I read slashdot every day, why don't I know about this?
Or what's more, even care?
I used to think they might have some useful purpose, but now I'll warn my clients that if they use them, they'll get sued if they criticize the product in public.
True enough, isn't it?
I mean why are we still talking about it on /.? It doesn't mean a god damned thing.
<i>When someone is calling you names, it's usually a lot more effective to embrace it than to try and distance yourself from it.</i><br><pb>
And what, exactly, are you basing this on? I've never seen it done worth a damn.
I think your right about being careful about the terminology we use. After all, in my software company, we are careful to correct each other's terminology all the time--it is understood by all that careful, clear communication is a necessity in a business like ours.
Unfortunately, I had to laugh at your statement, "Hopefully the media coverage on this will highlight some of the issues, like HOW the media companies think...". In other words, "I hope they cover themselves in a bad light over this.".
Sadly, it is this contradiction that has allowed this situation to linger on so very, very much longer than it should have, in my opinion.
One problem I do forsee is if they get millions of bugmenot email addy's, they'll just make that not allowed. I'm not quite sure how to get around that. Any ideas?
Torque comes the closest today, IMHO. www.garagegames.com. It's what I'm using for my game, and it does let me spend, oh, half my time actually "making the game".
This is definitely true with a lot of folks, but mostly I think they THINK that's what they care about. Put 'em in front of Katamari Damacy and watch them roll in the aisles having fun, despite the merely adequate graphics.
It does help if the box has pretty pictures, tho.
Not to mention, I don't want a government that has to make a decision about every person it deals with, "Is this guy a part of the Torturable/UnTorturable group?".
And this is why you're ok with this?
Neat idea. Now wrap it in a foreach loop using bugmenot emails, with a second command to respond to the bugmenot emails, and voila, you can put every possible phone number into the registry.
That would be great.
Seems to me, a physical recording. That's it.
LICENSE MY ASS. SHOW ME THE CONTRACT.
Sez who?
People make assumptions like this all the time. Try it and see. Or failing that, find another job when you get back. It's not that hard.
That's great that he's settled with the police department. But what about Circuit City's cumuppance?
Dude...it's called saving. Try it.
They really are stupid motherfuckers and this will succeed in exactly the same way as MTV's Urge.