How about we Slashdotters use our influence in the companies we work for to not buy hardware with this crap on it? If companies don't buy it, the manufacturers will play ball with *us*, not MS.
lol although again there is much truth in what you say...I have to say that not everyone would be a great artist or technician or whatever--even with the best education in the world.
Ever meet someone who went to prep schools, but was still a dope?
While I agree with you in principle, I have to say--go to Walmart. Watch the people there for a while. Imagine what they will actually be able to do in this world.
We don't have too many people--we just waste and emit too much.
And the population problem is slowly taking care of itself as the third world gets more developed. The *only* thing that has ever been proven to control population is raising the standard of living. Just look at Japan, Europe, and the U.S.--native born folks don't have near as many children as they used to, because they don't have to and they want to enjoy their lives more:-)
I suspect Android casual games could also be a big factor, here.
The big guys will come along eventually, but the existence of tons of Linux games these days on Android--and presumeably easily portable to the new platform--will gaurantee some level of success in the shorter term, too, I think.
Although I agree with you mostly, the difference these days is the unprecedented *rate* of change, which is causing some fairly large adjustments to happen much more quickly than before.
I think we're going to find there are some legitimate questions to be asked about what unskilled people are going to do for employment in the future. And not the distant future....
Do you also watch the commercials on shows you record on your DVR out of a sense of ethical obligation?
What nonsense. And especially in the case of a poor actor like Wal-Mart.
I'm no Randian, but you might want to read Atlas Shrugged sometime to get a better perspective on ethics, ie. if you're hurting yourself you're not being ethical, just stupid.
I think it should be a rule of thumb that, if you put something out in public--via broadcast or the internet--it is now public.
ie. you can't treat it as if it's some kind of proprietary thing. Exactly how that would work might be open to some interpretation, but I just think pretending it's still under your control when you put it in public is just retarded.
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Agreed. I think the only solution is to push for the dramatic expansion of fair use rights.
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Have you met people?
Yeah, but ya gotta love needing a browser plugin to play a damn game.
Who could complain about that?
Thanks! I hope I don't bore you!
Really? You give up that easily?
How about we Slashdotters use our influence in the companies we work for to not buy hardware with this crap on it? If companies don't buy it, the manufacturers will play ball with *us*, not MS.
WE are the customers.
They are trying to make the point that your data, collected against your will, is not safe.
Unless the people can be made to understand this, they will go along with government requirements like this like sheep.
In this case, I agree with the tactic.
Nice.
They don't give a fsck what their customers think?
Since when is that a good business model?
I like your Act, but I think it still gives them too much leeway to try to own us.
I think the expansion of fair use to cover all non-commercial copying is the only way to go (obviously, as my sig implies).
The various pirate parties are on board with that, as well.
lol I've actually made a fairly extensive game for no money.
Love for it to be ad-supported, though. Solves the piracy problem, too (within reason)
lol although again there is much truth in what you say...I have to say that not everyone would be a great artist or technician or whatever--even with the best education in the world.
:-)
Ever meet someone who went to prep schools, but was still a dope?
I'm in favor of better education, though
I'm pretty sure you're overestimating the gov't. It's easy to do.
After all, if you worked for the NSA and figured out this guy was about to shoot up a movie theater, would you let it go?
The purpose of security is to not have citizens getting shot, after all.
While I agree with you in principle, I have to say--go to Walmart. Watch the people there for a while. Imagine what they will actually be able to do in this world.
All I'm getting from this is I should buy and Android phone if I want free games.
We don't have too many people--we just waste and emit too much.
:-)
And the population problem is slowly taking care of itself as the third world gets more developed. The *only* thing that has ever been proven to control population is raising the standard of living. Just look at Japan, Europe, and the U.S.--native born folks don't have near as many children as they used to, because they don't have to and they want to enjoy their lives more
Well, the CGI form or whatever of the application itself still gets your password in plain text when you log in.
It's hard to win this battle.
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With all due respect, you are incredibly naive.
Hmm have you looked into how often patents get thrown out?
It's far easier and cheaper to pay off the troll.
And that is the real problem.
Look how fast LCD's have supplanted CRT's.
Add a little demand due to high gas prices in there and Musk's estimate is likely too conservative, in my estimation.
I suspect Android casual games could also be a big factor, here.
The big guys will come along eventually, but the existence of tons of Linux games these days on Android--and presumeably easily portable to the new platform--will gaurantee some level of success in the shorter term, too, I think.
Although I agree with you mostly, the difference these days is the unprecedented *rate* of change, which is causing some fairly large adjustments to happen much more quickly than before.
I think we're going to find there are some legitimate questions to be asked about what unskilled people are going to do for employment in the future. And not the distant future....
Do you also watch the commercials on shows you record on your DVR out of a sense of ethical obligation?
What nonsense. And especially in the case of a poor actor like Wal-Mart.
I'm no Randian, but you might want to read Atlas Shrugged sometime to get a better perspective on ethics, ie. if you're hurting yourself you're not being ethical, just stupid.
While that's certainly true, over time I find increasingly that I simply have more confidence in open source software.
Ie. I have confidence it won't pwn my machine, or my information.
There's lots of free software in the Windows world, offered generally as binary blobs, with who knows what bundled in there. Which is kinda the point.
I think it should be a rule of thumb that, if you put something out in public--via broadcast or the internet--it is now public.
ie. you can't treat it as if it's some kind of proprietary thing. Exactly how that would work might be open to some interpretation, but I just think pretending it's still under your control when you put it in public is just retarded.
Agreed. I think the only solution is to push for the dramatic expansion of fair use rights.