They have no idea what to do with their 2GB Gmail accounts. A subject with RIN 1400-AB93 would be easy to filter / label, and they could start filling the account up quite fast.
Also, it's good reading material when Slashdot has no news to post.
David told me that they were working with I.B.M. to design what may be the world's most powerful supercomputer. The machine, code-named C64, is being built for a United States government agency.
I mean, I loved my C64 too, but it's no supercomputer.
...probably just got tired of getting spam and 419ers in his Hotmail inbox / Outlook Express. So instead of developing better filters, he decided to take them out.
Someone might as well invite BillG to Gmail already.
Preventing the spread of AIDS will not help those who are already afflicted with it. And it is that section of the population that the Brazilian government is trying to save.
I cannot speak for Slashdot, but I would side with life over a patent.
Inflammatory messages, intentionally posting an outrageous argument deliberately constructed around a fundamental but obfuscated flaw or error, and messages containing an obvious flaw or error are all examples of trolling.
Perhaps I do have a strange definition of what a troll is. But there seem to be others who agree with me.
I can understand your frustration when you get flooded with spam, but I suggest you see an execution first before suggesting death sentence as a punishment. There is simply no reason to use the death sentence for anything.
Life imprisonment is a far worse punishment. As an added benefit, it also allows prisoners to redeem themselves and make themselves a useful part of society.
Also, if death sentences worked as a deterrent, violent crime would be far lower than it is.
Brazil is only breaking patents so that it can produce anti-AIDS medication for its people, as it can't afford expensive drugs. Brazil is breaking patents, because it can't afford anything else.
GPL code is usually free. I don't see how Brazil can not afford free.
In any case, if there was a choice between life and death for millions of people (like there is with AIDS), and using Microsoft meant life for those people, I'd be ok if they used Microsoft. Of course, that's not happening.
Also, I meant that the OP was trolling in the sense he was accusing Slashdotters of doing something they aren't.
GPL code has already ended up in unauthorized programs in the US and other countries which recognize IP. In any case, the GPL is about copyright rather than patents, which is what your link was about. This is no reason to keep open-source products out of Brazil or any other country.
Given the president's insistence on using FOSS products, I think most people assume he will help them out if GPL copyright is violated.
I don't believe Slashdotters are against copyright, but they are against patents. I suggest you read a few of the comments Slashdotters have posted before trolling.
How many people are going to find office suites and other products they need online? And how are they supposed to get all of it on 15 hours of dialup a month?
Unfortunately, price is not the only determinant. The hardware could be different. And most Linux distros come with a variety of tools, like office suites, graphic editors, games, etc.
Perhaps it's not hot air after all, if you look at the big picture.
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They have no idea what to do with their 2GB Gmail accounts. A subject with RIN 1400-AB93 would be easy to filter / label, and they could start filling the account up quite fast.
Also, it's good reading material when Slashdot has no news to post.
Exactly. We have something like that in Hong Kong already: Smart Identity Card
It is an identity card, on a MULTOS 4.06 operating system that supports the ISO7816 standard.
An RFID-based system is not much more useful than a Smart card.
Is this another April Fools article?
David told me that they were working with I.B.M. to design what may be the world's most powerful supercomputer. The machine, code-named C64, is being built for a United States government agency.
I mean, I loved my C64 too, but it's no supercomputer.
I guess it's still April the first somewhere in the world.
Did you RTFA yourself? The /. summary is pretty much the same as the first paragraph of the article.
They cache it. For example, here's a Google cache of Google.
You happen to be only one of the millions of people searching for adult pictures online.
You are about as anonymous as it gets.
...probably just got tired of getting spam and 419ers in his Hotmail inbox / Outlook Express. So instead of developing better filters, he decided to take them out.
Someone might as well invite BillG to Gmail already.
Welcome, oh Anonymous Farker.
Most appropriate comment was generated by Slashdot itself.
Mod Slashdot +5, Funny
Preventing the spread of AIDS will not help those who are already afflicted with it. And it is that section of the population that the Brazilian government is trying to save.
I cannot speak for Slashdot, but I would side with life over a patent.
Perhaps you should read this.
Inflammatory messages, intentionally posting an outrageous argument deliberately constructed around a fundamental but obfuscated flaw or error, and messages containing an obvious flaw or error are all examples of trolling.
Perhaps I do have a strange definition of what a troll is. But there seem to be others who agree with me.
I can understand your frustration when you get flooded with spam, but I suggest you see an execution first before suggesting death sentence as a punishment. There is simply no reason to use the death sentence for anything.
Life imprisonment is a far worse punishment. As an added benefit, it also allows prisoners to redeem themselves and make themselves a useful part of society.
Also, if death sentences worked as a deterrent, violent crime would be far lower than it is.
Brazil is only breaking patents so that it can produce anti-AIDS medication for its people, as it can't afford expensive drugs. Brazil is breaking patents, because it can't afford anything else.
GPL code is usually free. I don't see how Brazil can not afford free.
In any case, if there was a choice between life and death for millions of people (like there is with AIDS), and using Microsoft meant life for those people, I'd be ok if they used Microsoft. Of course, that's not happening.
Also, I meant that the OP was trolling in the sense he was accusing Slashdotters of doing something they aren't.
The US is still the world's largest spammer. Perhaps we should imprison American spammers rather than Brazilian ones if we want to reduce spam.
Brazil only produces 6.17% of all the spam in the world, compared to US's 42.53%.
GPL code has already ended up in unauthorized programs in the US and other countries which recognize IP. In any case, the GPL is about copyright rather than patents, which is what your link was about. This is no reason to keep open-source products out of Brazil or any other country.
Given the president's insistence on using FOSS products, I think most people assume he will help them out if GPL copyright is violated.
I don't believe Slashdotters are against copyright, but they are against patents. I suggest you read a few of the comments Slashdotters have posted before trolling.
Sometimes the buffer is re-used without being wiped, causing dupes like this.
Ask Dell to put OOo and Firefox and the like on a Windows PC? There is no way they'd risk angering Redmond like that.
How many people are going to find office suites and other products they need online? And how are they supposed to get all of it on 15 hours of dialup a month?
There are a lot of benefits to this scheme.
Students would need it for school work. Adults may need it to do their own work. There are plenty of reasons.
If all they end up doing is playing games and surfing for porn, they'd have saved some cash in doing so.
Unfortunately, price is not the only determinant. The hardware could be different. And most Linux distros come with a variety of tools, like office suites, graphic editors, games, etc.
Perhaps it's not hot air after all, if you look at the big picture.
In that case, if word got out that Microsoft was installing WMP via upgrades, they'd have a serious problem with the EU on their hands.
I don't think they'd be that stupid to do that.
Also, I don't understand why I was mod'd as flamebait. It was a legitimate question.
Personally, I blame Chris Rock's guns-for-knives program.
The DA is clearly just an attention whore.
How do you update something that doesn't exist on your PC?
For now, yes, until they can figure out how to sell Windows XP N64 without Nintendo finding out.