"MS" is not software like "GNU" is. So it doesn't work that way.
MS owns Windows. GNU does not own Linux. So it doesn't work that way either.
The relation that works is that Linux uses GNU therefore it gets GNU in it's name. (If you subscribe to the opinion that you should list accompanying software in its name.)
You would think with RMS calling all the shots for Linux it would be running GPL 3. Or it could be that RMS isn't running the Linux show and "Billly Gates" is a clueless troll that you should not feed.
Arch generally resolves problems by working directly with upstream projects themselves. So yes, sooner or latter bits of Arch end up in everyone's distribution. This is true of any good distribution. Good distributions work in upstreams to the greatest extent possible rather than hording large wads of patches to themselves. Being more recent and more vanilla than most distributions helps a lot to that end. You give up some stability (although surprisingly not as much as one would think) but bugs often get resolved more quickly.
Arch is just too much fun to be seriously stable or brainlessly automatic but, yeah, we're still in your upstream to some extent.
All those "social integration" features end up increasing the footprint of the browser, even if you don't use them.
Do you have some evidence of such? Because I haven't seen a damned bit of this ZMGBLOATZ! you speak of. Memory usage is down and performance is up when compared to both previous versions of Firefox AND current versions other browsers which lack such functionality.
Put up or shut up. Show me something concrete which demonstrates your terrible loss.
Don't forget that they even suck outside of the browser. We had to have an act of congress (not a figurative reference, this actually had to be addressed with your tax money) to stop the hearing loss due to TV and radio ads being 10x louder than the show content.
This. When they approach Google, MS, FB, asking for data, it's data that they already know is there. They're tapped into every major Internet peering node in the US and an untold number of them over seas. They likely have agents and eavesdropping devices at interesting companies like MS. They know that the data they collect is illegal so they need to manufacture chain of evidence that they can actually use. That's the only reason they send requests/warrants.
Well Google did get the FIRST! post on the issue. MS came in late to the party, as usual, mimicking the behavior of those who did the market research before them.
i can tell you a shitload of them already just blast their entire existence onto their FB page anyway
No. They. Don't.
It's a common man fallacy intended to lull the general population into not thinking about the problem.
The truth is people do not put "everything on FB." They tell LIES on FB and scream to FB about privacy when they're caught in their tangled web. Your phone records, bank statements, medical records, on and so on are not on FB for the world to see either. When you choose to put something on FB it's your choice. You cannot opt out of the NSA. You cannot unfriend them. You can't click a check box to restrict them in any way.
Stop pretending that people do not use the privacy controls on FB to limit what people can see.
Slashdot Mirror
So what the fuck are they doing with Mir? Polishing a turd?
LFS isn't an OS because it's not branded?
No.
"MS" is not software like "GNU" is. So it doesn't work that way.
MS owns Windows. GNU does not own Linux. So it doesn't work that way either.
The relation that works is that Linux uses GNU therefore it gets GNU in it's name. (If you subscribe to the opinion that you should list accompanying software in its name.)
You would think with RMS calling all the shots for Linux it would be running GPL 3. Or it could be that RMS isn't running the Linux show and "Billly Gates" is a clueless troll that you should not feed.
Stop bothering the trolls with facts.
And don't be an asshole like this guy who provided a URL that you can't click on. http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.11
Rubber stamps are fast.
Arch generally resolves problems by working directly with upstream projects themselves. So yes, sooner or latter bits of Arch end up in everyone's distribution. This is true of any good distribution. Good distributions work in upstreams to the greatest extent possible rather than hording large wads of patches to themselves. Being more recent and more vanilla than most distributions helps a lot to that end. You give up some stability (although surprisingly not as much as one would think) but bugs often get resolved more quickly.
Arch is just too much fun to be seriously stable or brainlessly automatic but, yeah, we're still in your upstream to some extent.
Without transparency, how will you know when the bullshit stops?
and there will be a new NSA official dedicated to transparency efforts.
NSA appointed officials are useless to us.
Wait... They make phones?
You profiled it down to that specific feature? You know, using a tool that isn't subject to personal bias?
Also, please explain how do such features impact performance when they aren't even loaded in memory.
All those "social integration" features end up increasing the footprint of the browser, even if you don't use them.
Do you have some evidence of such? Because I haven't seen a damned bit of this ZMGBLOATZ! you speak of. Memory usage is down and performance is up when compared to both previous versions of Firefox AND current versions other browsers which lack such functionality.
Put up or shut up. Show me something concrete which demonstrates your terrible loss.
Uninformed bullshit. AOO is basically not moving next to LO.
The NSA has very few "servers." Their boxes consume not serve.
I almost stopped reading at "Slashdot" but my peripheral vision glimpsed Groklaw so I continued reading. For a split millisecond, however...
Context: http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.6
Don't forget that they even suck outside of the browser. We had to have an act of congress (not a figurative reference, this actually had to be addressed with your tax money) to stop the hearing loss due to TV and radio ads being 10x louder than the show content.
This. When they approach Google, MS, FB, asking for data, it's data that they already know is there. They're tapped into every major Internet peering node in the US and an untold number of them over seas. They likely have agents and eavesdropping devices at interesting companies like MS. They know that the data they collect is illegal so they need to manufacture chain of evidence that they can actually use. That's the only reason they send requests/warrants.
I like how we have to "guess" about what our government is doing.
Well Google did get the FIRST! post on the issue. MS came in late to the party, as usual, mimicking the behavior of those who did the market research before them.
What Obama means when he says "nobody" is listening to your phone calls is that computers doing speech-to-text are technically nobody.
It's not as if the lack of surprise is a declaration of approval.
No. They. Don't.
It's a common man fallacy intended to lull the general population into not thinking about the problem.
The truth is people do not put "everything on FB." They tell LIES on FB and scream to FB about privacy when they're caught in their tangled web. Your phone records, bank statements, medical records, on and so on are not on FB for the world to see either. When you choose to put something on FB it's your choice. You cannot opt out of the NSA. You cannot unfriend them. You can't click a check box to restrict them in any way.
Stop pretending that people do not use the privacy controls on FB to limit what people can see.
Out with Dr. Watson, in with Dr. Freud.