"forces acting in directions other than those considered(e.g gravitational curvature) would interfere with his oh-so-delicate measurements, no?"
Well, yeah, but as I understand it their order of magnitude would be such that measurements would remain meaningful, which is not the case when the major nearby forces are acting on the system.
"Microsoft, with infinite access to the source code of their operating system, would be able to create better tools."
But this would undermine the planned-obsolescence/forced-upgrade strategy, which -- if you hadn't noticed -- is a more important piece of their business than "create better tools".
As a philosopher, I'm amused by the concept of "business rules". Business involves a very complex system and numerous independently-acting free agents. No one has come up with a set of lawlike generalizations that have predictive value for such systems.
Wouldn't it be cool if a distro shipped an "ad-free" version of firefox, i.e. it comes with a hosts file of good repute and just asks you for root password to install it?
I think that should be an installation option on the new generation (Cf. ubuntu) of desktop distros.
...it says it's becoming difficult to compete on functionality. 95% of computers users require the same half-dozen functions, most of those only require a competent browser, and every OS, including BeOS, would serve them just fine. My 5yo used BeOS for the first year of his computing life (last year).
Right with you on this experience. I couldn't believe how annoying the CD burning app that shipped with my laptop was. I intalled Roxio stuff, DeepBurner, and a couple others -- always getting irritated at their performance.
But all I knew about in Linux at the time was the CLI cdrecord, and I wasn't patient enough to learn that. So I'd actually sometimes to boot into Windows to burn discs on crappy burner software. ick.
Finally figured out the glories of k3b, and that's the end of that.
Grokster, if you recall, was explicit about saying that the company was guilty of contributory infringement only because they *encouraged unauthorized copying. The argument that "they benefited" from this copying was insufficient to that holding. Now here's the argument again...
Double dipping with the same argument should just get a case thrown out on the same day it's filed.
"there is another question. Does Microsoft truly think we're so stupid as to buy into any of it?"
Yes, they truly think that. And many many people are exactly so stupid. If BG says it, it's true. And if you point out that it's false, you're just jealous of BG's money.
Well I don't feel like joining in the twitter vs Macthorpe festivities, but one needs very few pieces of data to make an assessment.
If 95% of computers have proprietary OSes on them, and 25% of *all computers are in a botnet, then.95 X.25 = 23.75% is the average % of machines with proprietary OSes that are in a botnet
Now, are 23.75% of machines with free OSes in a botnet? (Hint: no.)
Don't you have to finish the math before making judgment positive or negative, i.e.
25% of computers are bots -- let's say 500 million computers. What % of those run windows? Is it higher or lower than the % of *all computers that are running windows?
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annoyance.
"forces acting in directions other than those considered(e.g gravitational curvature) would interfere with his oh-so-delicate measurements, no?"
Well, yeah, but as I understand it their order of magnitude would be such that measurements would remain meaningful, which is not the case when the major nearby forces are acting on the system.
"Microsoft, with infinite access to the source code of their operating system, would be able to create better tools."
But this would undermine the planned-obsolescence/forced-upgrade strategy, which -- if you hadn't noticed -- is a more important piece of their business than "create better tools".
As a philosopher, I'm amused by the concept of "business rules". Business involves a very complex system and numerous independently-acting free agents. No one has come up with a set of lawlike generalizations that have predictive value for such systems.
"I am an IP lawyer working on music licensing"
How's that working out for you?
'member all those stories from Middle School history about Native Americans being unable to comprehend the concept of "owning" land?
Same thing here with art. Except it's us primitive native pre-DRM guys who are having difficulty comprehending.
Wouldn't it be cool if a distro shipped an "ad-free" version of firefox, i.e. it comes with a hosts file of good repute and just asks you for root password to install it?
I think that should be an installation option on the new generation (Cf. ubuntu) of desktop distros.
"and coming soon"
I can't wait!
Is this old news, or is it just a new productization of old news?
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http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laur
Youtube = 1.6 billion
DoubleClick = 2?
Your thoughts?
...it says it's becoming difficult to compete on functionality. 95% of computers users require the same half-dozen functions, most of those only require a competent browser, and every OS, including BeOS, would serve them just fine. My 5yo used BeOS for the first year of his computing life (last year).
Right with you on this experience. I couldn't believe how annoying the CD burning app that shipped with my laptop was. I intalled Roxio stuff, DeepBurner, and a couple others -- always getting irritated at their performance.
But all I knew about in Linux at the time was the CLI cdrecord, and I wasn't patient enough to learn that. So I'd actually sometimes to boot into Windows to burn discs on crappy burner software. ick.
Finally figured out the glories of k3b, and that's the end of that.
"Hungarian subtitles"
I bet your wife is hot. There are, I think, only 4 or 5 Hungarian women who are not hot, and I've never seen any of them.
Grokster, if you recall, was explicit about saying that the company was guilty of contributory infringement only because they *encouraged unauthorized copying. The argument that "they benefited" from this copying was insufficient to that holding. Now here's the argument again...
Double dipping with the same argument should just get a case thrown out on the same day it's filed.
"there is another question. Does Microsoft truly think we're so stupid as to buy into any of it?"
Yes, they truly think that. And many many people are exactly so stupid. If BG says it, it's true. And if you point out that it's false, you're just jealous of BG's money.
Everyone over 10 has realized that the RIAA is a decaying corpse and (I sincerely believe) would boycott them completely if it were made easy.
Baked beans are off.
I think you can get in deep caca for posting useful formats like MPG in teh intertubes
I'd like to see it, too, if there's a hot chick in it.
Well I don't feel like joining in the twitter vs Macthorpe festivities, but one needs very few pieces of data to make an assessment.
.95 X .25 = 23.75%
If 95% of computers have proprietary OSes on them, and 25% of *all computers are in a botnet, then
is the average % of machines with proprietary OSes that are in a botnet
Now, are 23.75% of machines with free OSes in a botnet? (Hint: no.)
Don't you have to finish the math before making judgment positive or negative, i.e.
25% of computers are bots -- let's say 500 million computers. What % of those run windows? Is it higher or lower than the % of *all computers that are running windows?
Are you suggesting that Bruce Schneier knows more about security than W and friends?
I'm looking forward to color-coded "Vista Alert Level" updates and thousands of other goodies.
Well, if there's one White House that I think might be experts on Security, it's this one
heh. my sentence is supposed to read "Live Nation's technology is now prior art..." So we're both right
Strange women standing on the steps of the Supreme Court distributing BS is no basis for a system of artist compensation.