HA HA HA! All you stupid little black people now are going to be whiped out in a hurricane and stuff and die because Geoge W. Gates is gonna fucking ass nigger rape you hahahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahhahahahhaha!
Maybe if they make some standards I won't have to spend an hour installing a game on Linux and end up finding out that I had to just copy the files into a folder and click the exectuable that said "Click Me".
I think the claim that Microsoft will "become" anti-patent is actually missing what happens every day. I think all businesses wave anti-patent banners unless they're the ones holding the patent. Microsoft has a lot of patents, so they're usually the ones appearing to be pro-patent.
The fact of the matter is, a corporation--by definition having no intellect--cannot have ideas. It cannot be moral or immoral. The only "good" for a corporation is more money; the law is either an obstacle or an aid. When the law is an aid, the corporation will support it; when the law is an obstacle, the corporation will oppose it. Oftentimes, the exact same law/state of legal affairs will be both supported and opposed by a given company.
This is one reason I'm sad to see the current state of affairs in the Supreme Court. Justices supporting the "personhood" of corporations will only hasten this problem. Will Microsoft be anti-patent in ten years? I would say no more or less so than they are today, although they may be involved in more "anti-patent" litigation as other tech companies grow. Whether patents are "good" or "bad" in any ethical (read: non-monetary) sense is not something Microsoft will ever truly concern themselves with except where it makes for useful rhetoric.
Aren't we a whiny little bastard? Want a bottle because something doesn't comform to a "standard" even though your beloved Linux doesn't have any standards?
I thought EVE Online still had a subscription fee though in order to play it any?
A better example would be Anarchy Online, which you can download the game (without any expansions) and not have to pay any subscription fees until 2007. Talk about a long trial period (and you don't need a credit card).
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HA HA HA! All you stupid little black people now are going to be whiped out in a hurricane and stuff and die because Geoge W. Gates is gonna fucking ass nigger rape you hahahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahhahahahhaha!
We don't have to send data across time anymore to have it secure?
We already have true AI and have had it for several years.
FUCK YOU NIGGERS
What caused all the pollution thousands of years in the past to cause global warming then?
It's just more FUD from the anti-Microsoft fanboys. Move along.
You don't want to buy a video game system JUST because of the video cables? Go fuck yourself in the ass.
Actually it's not bound to a single machine. You can play it on multiple machines, just not at the same time. You loose! Good day sir!
Ha ha ha. STFU fucking nigger n00b jew fuck.
fuck YOU nigger
Maybe if they make some standards I won't have to spend an hour installing a game on Linux and end up finding out that I had to just copy the files into a folder and click the exectuable that said "Click Me".
We should insist that Slashdot articles have more correct splleing.
It's easier to install and play.
JT needs to seriously fucking die.
How the fuck is the parent considered trolling? Go fuck yourselves moderators
I think the claim that Microsoft will "become" anti-patent is actually missing what happens every day. I think all businesses wave anti-patent banners unless they're the ones holding the patent. Microsoft has a lot of patents, so they're usually the ones appearing to be pro-patent. The fact of the matter is, a corporation--by definition having no intellect--cannot have ideas. It cannot be moral or immoral. The only "good" for a corporation is more money; the law is either an obstacle or an aid. When the law is an aid, the corporation will support it; when the law is an obstacle, the corporation will oppose it. Oftentimes, the exact same law/state of legal affairs will be both supported and opposed by a given company. This is one reason I'm sad to see the current state of affairs in the Supreme Court. Justices supporting the "personhood" of corporations will only hasten this problem. Will Microsoft be anti-patent in ten years? I would say no more or less so than they are today, although they may be involved in more "anti-patent" litigation as other tech companies grow. Whether patents are "good" or "bad" in any ethical (read: non-monetary) sense is not something Microsoft will ever truly concern themselves with except where it makes for useful rhetoric.
I agree. Fuck those motherfuckers who fucking modded you down!
Oh? So you little fucking Jews like to fucking mark it up with flambait you little fags? Suck my fucking cock! MICROSOFT RULES
What's the quality of the picture and sound going to be with these movies? I certainly wouldn't want a 30x15 sized film with MIDI sound.
Go fuck yourself you little cocksucking bastard.
Aren't we a whiny little bastard? Want a bottle because something doesn't comform to a "standard" even though your beloved Linux doesn't have any standards?
I thought EVE Online still had a subscription fee though in order to play it any? A better example would be Anarchy Online, which you can download the game (without any expansions) and not have to pay any subscription fees until 2007. Talk about a long trial period (and you don't need a credit card).
It's also a bit like the game GunBound, although it's not really an MMORPG, and it originally didn't have payable items in the game from the get-go.
Open Source Buildings for teh win?
Sure you do. ;-)