i'm trying to abandon this thread, but I am confused as how calling Apple corporate bastards in this case makes me an Apple fanboi. I
Agreed.
I used to be a fan of Apple products till they started acting like a bastard. When OS X came out, I cheered for the shell access, but became dismayed with all their sleazy, megacorporation, business-based shenanigans. For the record, I don't think all corporations are bastards. FTR2, when my friend told me that Jobs had died, I said, "Good... It's about time." Paying lawyers in 11 countries (and possibly greasing the local politico) only adds to the overall cost of the product the consumer pays for.
Using Linux is like being a one eyed telepath in a world full of blind people, and you smell funny, so they grimace at you when you pass them but they don't have any clue why they need to.
...we apologize for the vastly larger set of rude or unkind behaviors.
Why should you have to apologize for something you didn't do? It's the same as saying you're embarrassed by someone who committed an embarrassing act. Case in point, I don't apologize for the acts of the American government to anyone where I may travel outside of the USA.
Hell, how are we supposed to know that they actually killed him?
Exactly. Even if they did show us evidence, I'm sure there's some good Photoshoppers employed by the gov. And, I have to ask, why the heck did they make his files public when there could be 'information in the clear' acting as code for operatives? How does the US gov know that the info they retrieved even safe to release? If they can release this info only one year after his death, why can't they release more than a couple grainy photos of the Pentagon being struck on 9/11 ??
I think you're confusing apples with oranges. GPL is protection from people profiting from others' work to make a product in tended to be free for use --just like like copyright/patents may be for-profit works. Derived work, though, is a fact of progression. Rarely will you see a paradigm-changing piece of work that hasn't had an influence from some other part of a whole.
"Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal" -Picasso*
I realize this is snark, but having a currency that is semi-anonymous, convenient, and resistant to meddling by central banks would be quite valuable to some.
I laughed at the notion of 'semi-anonymous'. That's one of the best oxymorons I've heard in a long time.
The problem is that their business models are threatened by innovation, and therefore the innovation must be stopped ( usually by making the innovation illegal by new legislation ).
The view of Big Media;
Innovation is bad and can cause the loss of jobs and even entire industries to collapse. Old business models must be protected, and innovation threatens that.
Really? I'm pretty sure they loved it when the CD was created because their profit margins have only gone up since then. I recall the CEO of BMG bragging how they got the cost of making one CD (with jewel case and paper insert) down to $.10/unit.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but a coercive monopoly with guns is far worse than a mere merchant with a huge market share.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson
I'd have to say that money has more power than guns ever will. When Facebook moved their HQ to Dublin so they could get better tax breaks, who were they telling to FO ?
The United States hasn't used rubber bullets against protesters as Georgian president Sakashvili did multiple times in recent years
I have to completely disagree with this, as my roommate showed me pictures where he and his girlfriend got hit with rubber bullets while protesting the FTAA in 2003.
He and his gf were hit on their legs and arms, but one woman was hit on her temple and he said she was completely knocked out and they had to help carry her off into the 'ghetto' where the police were forcing protesters to move into --he was also a camera operator at that protest and was told by locals in that 'sub par' neighborhood that 'non-locals' attempting to wear gang colors were trying to incite the locals to beat up and harass the protestors and "steal their cameras". Those that were being told to take their camera equipment were the very same people that actually took them into their houses and gave them shelter and helped treat their wounds.
If I had to explain antitrust in a single word, it would not be 'competition' — it would be 'power.' The power to raise prices above a competitive level; the power to punish people who break your rules.
So, would this be comparable to people being charged more for their utilities (in Texas) because they have a poor credit score? Seems mighty unfair to be charged more for your insurance with a poor credit score, too. Insurance companies make the claim that poor credit scores indicate a potential risk. Such practices unfairly penalize the majority who lost a good credit rating with an unintended hospital stay or lost their house because they were laid off. Personally, I'd like to see the end of the current credit rating system, as its metrics aren't even understood by the masses, much less made available to the public-at-large.
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What does this have to do with a 'love boat' where beautiful people come for a week of dodgy lust? It's more like the 'love' of dodging taxes.
If you want to dodge taxes, just incorporate in Nevada.
i'm trying to abandon this thread, but I am confused as how calling Apple corporate bastards in this case makes me an Apple fanboi. I
Agreed.
I used to be a fan of Apple products till they started acting like a bastard. When OS X came out, I cheered for the shell access, but became dismayed with all their sleazy, megacorporation, business-based shenanigans. For the record, I don't think all corporations are bastards. FTR2, when my friend told me that Jobs had died, I said, "Good... It's about time." Paying lawyers in 11 countries (and possibly greasing the local politico) only adds to the overall cost of the product the consumer pays for.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has also blasted Comcast's discriminatory bandwidth cap as a violation of network neutrality.
Exactly what network neutrality is he referring to??
if you found that hard to read, your probably the won in need of communications lessons.
And you're the one in need of spelling and grammar lessons.
Using Linux is like being a one eyed telepath in a world full of blind people, and you smell funny, so they grimace at you when you pass them but they don't have any clue why they need to.
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They probably grimaced because you haven't showered in over five days.
...we apologize for the vastly larger set of rude or unkind behaviors.
Why should you have to apologize for something you didn't do? It's the same as saying you're embarrassed by someone who committed an embarrassing act. Case in point, I don't apologize for the acts of the American government to anyone where I may travel outside of the USA.
Hell, how are we supposed to know that they actually killed him?
Exactly. Even if they did show us evidence, I'm sure there's some good Photoshoppers employed by the gov. And, I have to ask, why the heck did they make his files public when there could be 'information in the clear' acting as code for operatives? How does the US gov know that the info they retrieved even safe to release? If they can release this info only one year after his death, why can't they release more than a couple grainy photos of the Pentagon being struck on 9/11 ??
All the GPL does is piggy back on "derived work".
I think you're confusing apples with oranges. GPL is protection from people profiting from others' work to make a product in tended to be free for use --just like like copyright/patents may be for-profit works. Derived work, though, is a fact of progression. Rarely will you see a paradigm-changing piece of work that hasn't had an influence from some other part of a whole.
"Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal" -Picasso*
* yeah, I know he may not be the person that actually uttered those words. http://arthistory.about.com/b/2009/01/26/good-artists-borrow-great-artists-steal.htm
Nah, I think it speaks to the scalability, maturity, and flexibility of Linux vs MS.
ehh... seeing that MS can freely change their source, I think it represents the inflexibility of management.
Like the AC said, even in 2012 MS is still the bogeyman.
I think Apple owns that honor now.
I realize this is snark, but having a currency that is semi-anonymous, convenient, and resistant to meddling by central banks would be quite valuable to some.
I laughed at the notion of 'semi-anonymous'. That's one of the best oxymorons I've heard in a long time.
Cook is going to run Apple off a balance sheet, Jobs ran Apple via his "visionary" stance.
Not having to pay for legal services in 11 countries definitely saves a ton of money.
Perhaps every member of Congress should make their Facebook password freely available to their employers, aka, the general public.
It would appear you forgot to check the 'Post Anonymously' option in your hasty defense.
The problem is that their business models are threatened by innovation, and therefore the innovation must be stopped ( usually by making the innovation illegal by new legislation ).
The view of Big Media; Innovation is bad and can cause the loss of jobs and even entire industries to collapse. Old business models must be protected, and innovation threatens that.
Really? I'm pretty sure they loved it when the CD was created because their profit margins have only gone up since then. I recall the CEO of BMG bragging how they got the cost of making one CD (with jewel case and paper insert) down to $.10/unit.
problem is it isnt free to begin with, it is paid for with our taxes since the CBC is subsidized with govt funding.
I'm pretty sure you have to pay for your internet connection in Canada, too, like we do in the good ol USA.
So when Apple starts selling the iGun, we should all be very afraid?
Hell no! Because if every iBullet costs $5000, there will be no more innocent bystanders!
Not to put too fine a point on it, but a coercive monopoly with guns is far worse than a mere merchant with a huge market share.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. Thomas Jefferson
I'd have to say that money has more power than guns ever will. When Facebook moved their HQ to Dublin so they could get better tax breaks, who were they telling to FO ?
It is far easier to say flat out, "sorry we don't have that information" than it is to go dig through months or even years of logs.
If more companies would see it as a way to save money, we might actually start to get corporate interests aligned with personal privacy again.
Actually, most companies have a pricing policy for retrieving such information. What, you think that retrieving information is free??
The United States hasn't used rubber bullets against protesters as Georgian president Sakashvili did multiple times in recent years
I have to completely disagree with this, as my roommate showed me pictures where he and his girlfriend got hit with rubber bullets while protesting the FTAA in 2003.
He and his gf were hit on their legs and arms, but one woman was hit on her temple and he said she was completely knocked out and they had to help carry her off into the 'ghetto' where the police were forcing protesters to move into --he was also a camera operator at that protest and was told by locals in that 'sub par' neighborhood that 'non-locals' attempting to wear gang colors were trying to incite the locals to beat up and harass the protestors and "steal their cameras". Those that were being told to take their camera equipment were the very same people that actually took them into their houses and gave them shelter and helped treat their wounds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_model
Yes, it can be done. I read about it back in 2007. "Tunneling BitTorrent over SSH"
Sorry, I can't trust the words of an organization that is vital to the interest of a dying empire.
Agreed, but I think the proper response is, "We cannot confirm, nor deny, that we are spying on US Citizens."
The Government regards all of us as Lemmings. They want to control every aspect of our lives, and the NSA is just one tool to accomplish this.
I was under the impression that government is simply a tool of the 5-6 central banks that control them.
If I had to explain antitrust in a single word, it would not be 'competition' — it would be 'power.' The power to raise prices above a competitive level; the power to punish people who break your rules.
So, would this be comparable to people being charged more for their utilities (in Texas) because they have a poor credit score? Seems mighty unfair to be charged more for your insurance with a poor credit score, too. Insurance companies make the claim that poor credit scores indicate a potential risk. Such practices unfairly penalize the majority who lost a good credit rating with an unintended hospital stay or lost their house because they were laid off. Personally, I'd like to see the end of the current credit rating system, as its metrics aren't even understood by the masses, much less made available to the public-at-large.
Not like that could ever happen... Oops. http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/03/18/226229/chinese-writers-sue-apple-over-ip-violations