"If the userbase is really fixed then Mozilla should try to maximize their revenue by letting Yahoo! and Google bid for the rights."
They do exactly this. Yahoo's bid was comparable in terms of money, and "better" in terms of Mozilla's mission. For example, Yahoo agreed to respect the Do Not Track setting -- something Google will never do. Because tracking is Google's business.
Since Yahoo is the underdog in search, Mozilla has more leverage to get them to modify things ( evidently a 35-page "things you should change" document was also agreed to). Google's bid is always "Here's $_______ , take it or leave it, we keep our own counsel about how the web should work"
"A english major has very limited problem solving training and have little use in a environment such as Google."
This is *exactly* equivalent to the following sentence: "A CS major has limited creativity and have little use in an artistic environment such as Apple"
The *only* thing your major really tells people about you is what you felt like spending your time on between the ages of 18-22.
Signed, English/Philosophy major, professional Software Developer
Just thank your lucky stars that you're not in Linux-land, or some other godawful free software environment, 'cause you would have to type
>apt-get upgrade
in a terminal. This is obviously way too difficult for any human being, so bless Gates and Ballmer and whoever came after him for letting us not have to type that
Patent monopolies are a *tremendous* gift to inventors, and they should be granted (if ever) only for tremendous gifts to the world. The broken patent system has brainwashed people into thinking that every you ever do needs to be patented so that no one else can ever do it.
The pharma patents always get pushed to the front of the class in these discussions. Fine. Cure cancer & patent your cure. We'll pay you for the favor, and we'll pool money to make sure that all the poor people with cancer can also afford it.
But the relative position of a trackpad and keyboard?
I put it in bad enclosure, I guess: "Modern scholarship has almost universally acknowledged the authenticity of the reference to "the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James" [13] and has rejected its being the result of later interpolation" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...
"his first mention in the writing of Josephus is a fairly obvious forgery, it being neither in his tone or style of writing, and added into a margin"
I'm no historian, but it sounds like you aren't either? Wikiped says >.
There's also: "Scholars generally view these variations as indications that the Josephus passages are not interpolations, for a Christian interpolator would have made them correspond to the New Testament accounts, not differ from them"
Now, you might be 100% right that it is all a pile of lies, etc. But if modern scholarship has almost universally acknowledge the authenticity of a "fairly obvious forgery" you might need to expand your case a bit.
"in the U.S., for example, where compassion and charity are no longer considered Christian"
I wish I had mod points for you. In broad strokes, "Christianity" in America means "Conservative Republicanism". Case in point: Two things that were drilled into me throughout my (Protestant) upbringing were 1) You always vote for the Christian candidate; and 2) Mormons are not Christians.
Can you guess which candidate those people chose in 2012? Romney, in droves
As a net-connected consumer, it is assumed that you read the EULAs and terms for all the sites you visit and the software services you use, and that you go through this process again periodically (every few weeks) in case anything has changed.
Did you know: most people spend 4-5 hours reading terms and EULAs for every 2 hours of using their computers. It's just basic responsibility. It's called the free market, freely-entered-into contracts, meetings of the minds, equal footing, etc. It works grat.
Can't tell what Gaynor's defending here; he correctly pins down the idea-expression divide, but seem unaware that copyright restricts people from creating derivative works. I'm of the opinion that a good beginning to copyright reform would be immediate (or 2-year delayed) permission for anyone to create derivative works that are reasonably distinct from the original. I welcome Gaynor to the fight for more reasonable copyright as soon as he figures out that's the side he's on.
Do you really trust Apple, Microsoft, or Google to put your privacy, security, or freedom before their bottom line? I for one cannot *wait* to get a FoxOS phone. Presumably my communications will be encrypted by default, and I expect better performance on account of not being spied on/tracked/marketed to all the time.
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"If the userbase is really fixed then Mozilla should try to maximize their revenue by letting Yahoo! and Google bid for the rights."
They do exactly this. Yahoo's bid was comparable in terms of money, and "better" in terms of Mozilla's mission. For example, Yahoo agreed to respect the Do Not Track setting -- something Google will never do. Because tracking is Google's business.
Since Yahoo is the underdog in search, Mozilla has more leverage to get them to modify things ( evidently a 35-page "things you should change" document was also agreed to). Google's bid is always "Here's $_______ , take it or leave it, we keep our own counsel about how the web should work"
This, or inventing javascript. Ick.
You wouldn't steal a car, snatch a purse, etc. So why would you reproduce the sequence and structure of an API !? !
... the powers that be are also glad when you do vote. One of the cool things about being a power-that-be is that you win regardless.
When you vote, you're indicating that you consent to be governed by these criminals. The criminals use that as evidence that they are not criminals.
"A english major has very limited problem solving training and have little use in a environment such as Google."
This is *exactly* equivalent to the following sentence:
"A CS major has limited creativity and have little use in an artistic environment such as Apple"
The *only* thing your major really tells people about you is what you felt like spending your time on between the ages of 18-22.
Signed,
English/Philosophy major, professional Software Developer
Just thank your lucky stars that you're not in Linux-land, or some other godawful free software environment, 'cause you would have to type
>apt-get upgrade
in a terminal. This is obviously way too difficult for any human being, so bless Gates and Ballmer and whoever came after him for letting us not have to type that
You should be able to upgrade/downgrade/sidegrade to any version that suits your needs
"a wide range of errors, from 800F0092 to 80070003, for which there are no solutions from Microsoft."
Story of our Lives. Here we are.
Agree with you 100%
Patent monopolies are a *tremendous* gift to inventors, and they should be granted (if ever) only for tremendous gifts to the world. The broken patent system has brainwashed people into thinking that every you ever do needs to be patented so that no one else can ever do it.
The pharma patents always get pushed to the front of the class in these discussions. Fine. Cure cancer & patent your cure. We'll pay you for the favor, and we'll pool money to make sure that all the poor people with cancer can also afford it.
But the relative position of a trackpad and keyboard?
I put it in bad enclosure, I guess:
"Modern scholarship has almost universally acknowledged the authenticity of the reference to "the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James" [13] and has rejected its being the result of later interpolation"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...
"his first mention in the writing of Josephus is a fairly obvious forgery, it being neither in his tone or style of writing, and added into a margin"
I'm no historian, but it sounds like you aren't either? Wikiped says >.
There's also: "Scholars generally view these variations as indications that the Josephus passages are not interpolations, for a Christian interpolator would have made them correspond to the New Testament accounts, not differ from them"
Now, you might be 100% right that it is all a pile of lies, etc. But if modern scholarship has almost universally acknowledge the authenticity of a "fairly obvious forgery" you might need to expand your case a bit.
"in the U.S., for example, where compassion and charity are no longer considered Christian"
I wish I had mod points for you.
In broad strokes, "Christianity" in America means "Conservative Republicanism". Case in point: Two things that were drilled into me throughout my (Protestant) upbringing were 1) You always vote for the Christian candidate; and 2) Mormons are not Christians.
Can you guess which candidate those people chose in 2012? Romney, in droves
I cut the cable about 8 months ago, and (almost as healthy) quit smoking 1 month ago
"people have started to do every normal activity we would do on the Internet through those two portals because it costs them zero"
Typical reductive garbage. The internet is important for 5 billion reasons. Sharing photos is just on of those.
This is like saying "people watch every normal TV show through those three channels (ABC,NBC,CBS)
As a net-connected consumer, it is assumed that you read the EULAs and terms for all the sites you visit and the software services you use, and that you go through this process again periodically (every few weeks) in case anything has changed.
Did you know: most people spend 4-5 hours reading terms and EULAs for every 2 hours of using their computers. It's just basic responsibility. It's called the free market, freely-entered-into contracts, meetings of the minds, equal footing, etc. It works grat.
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They have to build a custom shell so that later it can be hosted as a service.
Can't tell what Gaynor's defending here; he correctly pins down the idea-expression divide, but seem unaware that copyright restricts people from creating derivative works.
I'm of the opinion that a good beginning to copyright reform would be immediate (or 2-year delayed) permission for anyone to create derivative works that are reasonably distinct from the original.
I welcome Gaynor to the fight for more reasonable copyright as soon as he figures out that's the side he's on.
Windows XP is the only operating system stable & secure enough to handle sensitive transactions such as cash dispensing.
"graphics = sales"
Nonsense. The most profitable game pretty much ever has crummy graphics by comparison to the "standard"
"Gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown"
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Do you really trust Apple, Microsoft, or Google to put your privacy, security, or freedom before their bottom line?
I for one cannot *wait* to get a FoxOS phone. Presumably my communications will be encrypted by default, and I expect better performance on account of not being spied on/tracked/marketed to all the time.
thank you
"Eventually everyone is going to have a quality home theatre"
This is ridiculous. For a lot of people, a "home theater" is not something they care to spend money on.
Book Appraiser: you read a book and offer your expert opinion about what the real price is.
(This is a joke, btw. Note that it is a silly, nonsensical concept -- whether the object is a book or a house)
"Any attempt would be instant bad-faith and crash-and-burn in the courts."
Prevailing "in the courts" takes this pretty far out of the hands of ordinary users, "regular consumers"
The advantage of non-encumbered codecs is that you never end up in court for using them.