Well, I have planted over 500,000 trees. I own a managed forest that used to be scrub-land. Well I didn't physically plant them, I paid 175 people to do it for me. What have YOU done apart from re-cycle your tin cans? Stop being a hypocrite and start using your brain. It doesn't matter HOW MUCH we "conserve" if we don't stop breeding like rabbits, the J curve is going to happen. But in the mean-time I have a lot of hardwood to sell to humanity.
While I'm not sure what exactly you are going for with the rabbit part, thta was one of the more interesting things I've read all day. I don't think I've ever read a post from someone who owns a managed forest.
I've heard some funny things about the mobile version of Safari, too... I don't know if it is true or not, but one person said things like tinyMCE didn't work, which meant bloggers had to put in actual coding and weren't able to use the javascript WYSIWYG editors.
Is it? I can run a full screen video no problems on my laptop, I can play 3D games and so forth. How exactly is it slow?
That... doesn't really mean much.
I am able to use a word processor on a 286 AND on my current quad core system. I guess the speeds are the same.
Just because you can do something functionally on your current hardware does not mean the software is well written. Horridly typical example: I can make Windows secure. That doesn't mean it's secure by design. I can make Linux unsecure. I guess Linux is a horrible operating system!
And yet, most Linux users on Slashdot expect folks to take advice on Windows and PCs from UNIX/Linux developer types...
You were possibly joking, but just because someone is a.NET dev doesn't mean he's stupid. It doesn't even mean he doesn't use Linux. It just means he makes his money doing.NET stuff...
We wanted to be surfing the web in under 10 seconds, and give people a fantastic web experience. We also wanted it to be possible to upgrade from that limited usage model to a full desktop.
That's a strange definition of "instant." 10 seconds.
I agree, there are definitely cases that make it difficult. Most people that I've met, though, aren't interested in those hard-to-find/discontinued things. Most people go along with whatever is popular at the time. Slashdot is probably not a good sample of those people... and the typical Slashdotter is probably not the person targeted by recording industries' music production.
I guess it's probably a lot more difficult in other countries because of the geographical stuff. I'm in the US, so my perception is based on that, and my usage of "illegal downloaders" would be referring to those in the US. Frankly, we have access to legal paid-for downloads for pretty much everything I've ever wanted, save a few rather old albums and some classical music that is very rarely recorded.
I am not arguing that this or that company, artist, or recording company is good or bad; I'm arguing that the statement "I would download it legally if I could, if it was cheap enough" has not been true in my experience. People BRAG about how much they got for free, illegally. They don't WANT to download it legally; downloading it illegally and "beating the system" is part of the fun for them, I guess.
That is true, they could be doing that. In my experience, most people aren't doing that. Most people that I know that illegally download music are downloading tons of albums, either just for the fun of it or because they don't want to pay for it. Usually, they will say "if I like it, I'll pay for it." However, anyone can claim that and make themselves feel better. How many people actually DO that, I don't know.:)
My main point was that someone claiming "oh yeah, I would do it legally [if it was cheap enough]" is largely predicated on a subjective idea: what IS cheap enough?
Legal paid-for downloads for most music that most people listen to, in my experience, exists.
I'll boil the questions down to simply one: why do we (or anything else) exist.
It goes back to why anything exists. At the beginning, God apparently created the entire world with man in mind, and created man for mutual enjoyment of the mutual relationship. God apparently enjoys having a relationship with man, and created man to enjoy having that relationship with Him.
So there is the purpose, or original purpose, of life in general and each individual life. Certainly, other meanings and purposes and goals exist for various individuals, but this is from the perspective of a worldview, not an individual point in time.
That relationship with God has been broken by man by choice... but out of love and not because of human merit, God Himself provided a means to repair that relationship for each individual life forever, if accepted.
And frankly, I didn't really display any of that love, which is where that shame part comes in, and I hesitate to even attempt to answer the questions now, because of the poor example I was in this thread of them, heh.
Bridges aren't supposed to be speculation. You aren't expected to stop at the start of the bridge and gauge the risks, decide whether or not you are likely to make it across, etc. The stock market is a gamble. It's an "investment" risk. Things happen.
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hehe... :) To be fair - I didn't do a whole lot of research either.
I did mean "value" and not "higher [retail] prices" but hit submit before I noticed. hehe.
That said, I can see your reasoning as well.
It also demonstrated that the Linux users were willing to shell out double compared to Windows users for quality games.
Scarcity means higher prices, perhaps? There aren't that many Linux games to begin with.
it is ran by a slashdot editor? ... I can't tell if that was a joke or an extremely well-timed typo. ;)
The grammar on the website is awful, complete with "were" instead of "where," breaking apart words that shouldn't be broken apart...
I think it's easy to see why Ubuntu stole Mandriva's thunder.
Yes, it is. He has a name and a net worth of about $225 million.
Well, I have planted over 500,000 trees. I own a managed forest that used to be scrub-land. Well I didn't physically plant them, I paid 175 people to do it for me. What have YOU done apart from re-cycle your tin cans? Stop being a hypocrite and start using your brain. It doesn't matter HOW MUCH we "conserve" if we don't stop breeding like rabbits, the J curve is going to happen. But in the mean-time I have a lot of hardwood to sell to humanity.
While I'm not sure what exactly you are going for with the rabbit part, thta was one of the more interesting things I've read all day. I don't think I've ever read a post from someone who owns a managed forest.
Just felt like it fell behind the times and was no longer the easiest Linux to use anymore.
It's amazing what having millions of dollars to throw into a software project can do.
To my knowledge, Mandriva did not have someone behind it with loads of money.
Push cntrl-B. It slides the bookmark bar into view. And then it's quite easy to access those bookmarks. :)
I'm not really sure. I don't own an iPad or iPhone. Fortunately. ;)
Google's forum doesn't give one very much hope, though.
I've heard some funny things about the mobile version of Safari, too... I don't know if it is true or not, but one person said things like tinyMCE didn't work, which meant bloggers had to put in actual coding and weren't able to use the javascript WYSIWYG editors.
Is it? I can run a full screen video no problems on my laptop, I can play 3D games and so forth. How exactly is it slow?
That ... doesn't really mean much.
I am able to use a word processor on a 286 AND on my current quad core system. I guess the speeds are the same.
Just because you can do something functionally on your current hardware does not mean the software is well written. Horridly typical example: I can make Windows secure. That doesn't mean it's secure by design. I can make Linux unsecure. I guess Linux is a horrible operating system!
And yet, most Linux users on Slashdot expect folks to take advice on Windows and PCs from UNIX/Linux developer types...
You were possibly joking, but just because someone is a .NET dev doesn't mean he's stupid. It doesn't even mean he doesn't use Linux. It just means he makes his money doing .NET stuff...
This is exactly why Apple doesn't want third-party UI systems on the iPad.
Because the only website I visit that might give the iPhone issues are those with Flash... all other websites work perfectly?
We wanted to be surfing the web in under 10 seconds, and give people a fantastic web experience. We also wanted it to be possible to upgrade from that limited usage model to a full desktop.
That's a strange definition of "instant." 10 seconds.
in light of the recent slashdot story.... vimpossible!
I want to know where the 3313 other Saddam Husseins went.
I agree, there are definitely cases that make it difficult. Most people that I've met, though, aren't interested in those hard-to-find/discontinued things. Most people go along with whatever is popular at the time. Slashdot is probably not a good sample of those people... and the typical Slashdotter is probably not the person targeted by recording industries' music production.
Ooooh, I dislike iTunes as software, too... heh.
I guess it's probably a lot more difficult in other countries because of the geographical stuff. I'm in the US, so my perception is based on that, and my usage of "illegal downloaders" would be referring to those in the US. Frankly, we have access to legal paid-for downloads for pretty much everything I've ever wanted, save a few rather old albums and some classical music that is very rarely recorded.
I am not arguing that this or that company, artist, or recording company is good or bad; I'm arguing that the statement "I would download it legally if I could, if it was cheap enough" has not been true in my experience. People BRAG about how much they got for free, illegally. They don't WANT to download it legally; downloading it illegally and "beating the system" is part of the fun for them, I guess.
That is true, they could be doing that. In my experience, most people aren't doing that. Most people that I know that illegally download music are downloading tons of albums, either just for the fun of it or because they don't want to pay for it. Usually, they will say "if I like it, I'll pay for it." However, anyone can claim that and make themselves feel better. How many people actually DO that, I don't know. :)
My main point was that someone claiming "oh yeah, I would do it legally [if it was cheap enough]" is largely predicated on a subjective idea: what IS cheap enough?
Legal paid-for downloads for most music that most people listen to, in my experience, exists.
Let's go with the big one: music. You can even download, legally, for a small price, DRM free MP3s from iTunes, Amazon... etc...
Good point. I'm thinking US.
That's why people illegally download things that they CAN legally download.
Seriously, how many people are going to say "No, I wouldn't do it legally even if it was cheap enough!"
I'm glad we have Google around to make sure the other players are kept in check.
And vice versa.
I'll boil the questions down to simply one: why do we (or anything else) exist.
It goes back to why anything exists. At the beginning, God apparently created the entire world with man in mind, and created man for mutual enjoyment of the mutual relationship. God apparently enjoys having a relationship with man, and created man to enjoy having that relationship with Him.
So there is the purpose, or original purpose, of life in general and each individual life. Certainly, other meanings and purposes and goals exist for various individuals, but this is from the perspective of a worldview, not an individual point in time.
That relationship with God has been broken by man by choice... but out of love and not because of human merit, God Himself provided a means to repair that relationship for each individual life forever, if accepted.
And frankly, I didn't really display any of that love, which is where that shame part comes in, and I hesitate to even attempt to answer the questions now, because of the poor example I was in this thread of them, heh.
Bridges aren't supposed to be speculation. You aren't expected to stop at the start of the bridge and gauge the risks, decide whether or not you are likely to make it across, etc. The stock market is a gamble. It's an "investment" risk. Things happen.
That said, it's a pretty bad excuse.