Actually, that's one of the greatest strengths of the internet. True freedom of speech.
That's true freedom of speech proportionate to access, which is often a function of wealth. People on dial-up or using the facilities in their local library have significantly less of this freedom of speech than you or I, as do schoolkids without home access. Those using public facilities may also find that their freedom of speech is curtailed by restrictions placed by the providers of that service. That's without even touching on the inability of those less tech-savvy (sometimes through choice) to fully exercise this same freedom or those living under more restrictive regimes.
The freedom you describe is that of the individual, not an overarching concept or automatic right enjoyed by the entire net community.
Maybe in the near future we will see some sort of robots.txt page at the start of every book. That would be a solution publishers could use.
Yeah, maybe it could say something like "All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers."
You see, the fact that all 19 of the Sept. 11 hijackers were Middle-Eastern should never be factored into who gets searched at the airport and who doesn't, because we all know that a 70-year-old white female American citizen is just as likely to be a terrorist as a 20-year-old arab male who's here on a student visa.
Ever heard of hostages? "Just take this parcel to the airport and we won't cut any more of your kid's limbs off."
Having RTFA, these guys are anticipating a probable mid-2006 launch stateside even without a delay. That's something which equates to a token handful on the shelves for Christmas '06 and an '07 launch here in Europe anyway.
...you failed to clarify that the Urchin in question isn't just a random guttersnipe, but actually one of a number that the benevolent Mozilla Society Representative gives lodgings to in his gruel-serving workhouse.
"Those Mozilla Society rapscallions! I'll give them what for!"
Guess we can look forward to nothing but basic fighting and driving games for a couple of years until programmers figure the new systems out.
Rehashed Tekken and Gran Turismo with slightly better graphics anyone?
Anything they come up with? What will the OSS community provide for downloading? Will it be the services and sponsorship too, or only Open Source facsimiles of the products?
Not sure about the cash grab idea since these things will be selling at a loss like all consoles do. I could see that by going so early they give themselves a chance to fuck up royally and still get another shot with X-Box 3 on the market during the next generation. As long as they believe it will profit them in the long run Microsoft can throw money at the console market until they own it.
Another time at the same supermarket, my friend got carded. The cashier didn't recognize the out-of-state driver's license and got the manager, who examined it for a while before deciding: "MARY-land? No way." He'd never heard of the state of Maryland.
And thanks to the American Dream, that cashier now sits in the Oval Office itself.
"If a user is advanced enough to change the install directory and uninstall options, they should realize the impact of what this does. End of subject."
Yeah, because everyone installs Firefox themselves. You never hear people boasting about how they installed Firefox for half a dozen non-techie friends, parents, five year old nieces and pet cats. Nuh-uh.
Tycho (I think) indicated in a news post not so long ago that he hoped for Penny Arcade to outlast the involvement of either of you.
What value do you believe the brand would have without its two mainstays? Did the Doggett and Reyes debacle teach you nothing?
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Speaking of Wikipedia, you gotta love it! Updated already with the latest squid pics and info.
Not anymore!
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Don't forget search terms or mistyped URLs entered into the address bar.
Matched up with all the other data they collect those Google databases on all of us must be pretty damn full!
Actually, that's one of the greatest strengths of the internet. True freedom of speech.
That's true freedom of speech proportionate to access, which is often a function of wealth. People on dial-up or using the facilities in their local library have significantly less of this freedom of speech than you or I, as do schoolkids without home access. Those using public facilities may also find that their freedom of speech is curtailed by restrictions placed by the providers of that service. That's without even touching on the inability of those less tech-savvy (sometimes through choice) to fully exercise this same freedom or those living under more restrictive regimes.The freedom you describe is that of the individual, not an overarching concept or automatic right enjoyed by the entire net community.
Maybe in the near future we will see some sort of robots.txt page at the start of every book.
Yeah, maybe it could say something like "All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers."That would be a solution publishers could use.
Oh wait, this one already does!
You see, the fact that all 19 of the Sept. 11 hijackers were Middle-Eastern should never be factored into who gets searched at the airport and who doesn't, because we all know that a 70-year-old white female American citizen is just as likely to be a terrorist as a 20-year-old arab male who's here on a student visa.
Ever heard of hostages? "Just take this parcel to the airport and we won't cut any more of your kid's limbs off."Terrorists don't tend to play fair.
Type in a bogus website? Microsoft knows.
Same goes for Google if you're using Firefox and haven't changed the keyword.url pref.
Jingle all the way...
I, for one, would welcome never hearing the word "productizing" ever again.
Since we know that the Cybermen are coming, I'd put money on it being called Mondas.
;)
Naturally I'll be converting the rest of my assets to gold
Asa Dotzler must be damn pleased to be ahead of the game.
"Those Mozilla Society rapscallions! I'll give them what for!"
From what I understand the giant chickens are sat safely at home giving the orders, not being ridden into battle.
For example, he's a Sci-Fi writer. That doesn't affect his insane Christian homophobia, but it does impugn his judgment about "society"...
"First they tracked the sex offenders and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a sex offender..."
Guess we can look forward to nothing but basic fighting and driving games for a couple of years until programmers figure the new systems out. Rehashed Tekken and Gran Turismo with slightly better graphics anyone?
I thought it was knwon as Mumbai now?
Maybe they figured out that if they didn't seem to appreciate it you'd make them watch it again until they did ;)
New startup will offer innovative products and services to Firefox users, while sponsoring development of FlashGot, Bandwidth Tester, ExtensionsMirror and other projects
Anything they come up with? What will the OSS community provide for downloading? Will it be the services and sponsorship too, or only Open Source facsimiles of the products?
Not sure about the cash grab idea since these things will be selling at a loss like all consoles do. I could see that by going so early they give themselves a chance to fuck up royally and still get another shot with X-Box 3 on the market during the next generation. As long as they believe it will profit them in the long run Microsoft can throw money at the console market until they own it.
And thanks to the American Dream, that cashier now sits in the Oval Office itself.
:D
"Oh, say, can you seeee..."
I think you'll find that's "occurred once" and "six thousand years ago" ;)
Yeah, because everyone installs Firefox themselves. You never hear people boasting about how they installed Firefox for half a dozen non-techie friends, parents, five year old nieces and pet cats. Nuh-uh.
No danger of that considering they're counting downloads of 1.0.1 as more NEW users coming on board, rather than existing ones updating ;)
Tycho (I think) indicated in a news post not so long ago that he hoped for Penny Arcade to outlast the involvement of either of you. What value do you believe the brand would have without its two mainstays? Did the Doggett and Reyes debacle teach you nothing?
Not as long as the Google News beta.