I love these analytically challenged types who are constantly having Eureka moments about how hypocritical all the free-software figures are.
"rms talks about everyone being free, but actually *requires things of people who want to distribute his code! Also he probably doesn't think people should be 'free' to chop his arms of etc.!... "
"You talk about open-this, open-that, but when you go to take a dump the door to yr bathroom is *closed!!!!11 zomg."
Why the cloak-and-dagger stuff? I know that Vista and "trusted" computing make it a little more difficult to be openly penguin, but isn't this a bit much?
"The reason for this, says an OSA insider Linux.com interviewed... "
I use a charcoal BBQ and if you know anything about grilling, you know that petroleum products (starter fluid) screw up the food. What this means is that I more-or-less resort to rubbing two sticks together; specifically, I light a bunch of wads of newspaper and sit them under this charcoal-starter apparatus until the coals light.
Yum.
You prolly see where I'm going with this. Gas grills "just work". Most are self-lighting. They make it *very easy to......to
to SCREW UP your food!
To the guy with the gas grill, who's already got his USDA Standard Grade sirloins a-sizzlin' it looks like something is *wrong with my grill as I fuss with it. Little does he know.
Kinda off-topic, but I was wondering. Given that a EULA contains a huge amount of intellectual property, and that the lawyers who drafted it thus have the right to permt/allow/deny every instance of its use, is it legal to quote from EULAs?
Shouldn't there be something you have to click through before reading a EULSA.. something that says basically "you cannot view/use/think about this EULA except under the terms define below... "
Even reading just the very *first sentence of *wikipedia's article on socialism could've helped you avoid revealing your ignorance in this regard.
"Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control."
I use bittorrent daily, to build up my music collection and to try out new software. And I haven't infringed copyright in years. Too bad you don't know me
I lament the fact that acquiring justice, or clearing your name from a SLAPP, requires so much money. I think that there should be punitive damages in addition to legal fees when companies go after individuals in this way.
Does anyone else suspect the DRM stuff in Vista is at least partially an upgrade-forcer? I remember way back when I used XP occasionally to play media I'd get these "acquire license" thingies... lots of users could be persuaded to "upgrade" if their music didn't work anymore in XP
The benefit of freely-modifiable software does *not come from the (untrue) fact that everyone can/wants to recode their system.
It comes from the fact that everyone who wants to can, and there are millions of them. And you can avail yourself of the fruits of their work.
Next time someone's advocating software and you find yourself thinking "why would I want to try to figure out how to improve my computer", see if you can translate that to "why would I want thousands of coders improving my computer at no cost?"
"The most unique new feature is called Readyboost. When you're having performance issues due to insufficient memory, you can use a USB flash drive as an additional cache of memory to boost performance."
I picture a time when there's a big, gaping hole in the top of your computer, and when Windows cruft slows it to a crawl you have a bucketfull of microchips and you just throw 'em in the hole.
Make sure you download the automatic update for your Vista installation so that your DRM features continue to work smoothly. (btw first time an update was ever released before the software it's updating...)
I remember a few years ago, when XP first began phoning home for automatic updates. Some guy at a bank figured out it was actually *illegal to have such software on a bank computer. Federal law, IIRC. Speaking of IIRC, does this sound familiar? Anyone remember the guy's name, or how it turned out?
Seems like DRM and the other "trustworthy" shit in Vista could run into this issue too.
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...and not just little soundbytes and labels, I can oblige. But I'm not convinced you're doing anything but trolling yet.
...can anyone explain Vista's schedule in light of this discovery?
I love these analytically challenged types who are constantly having Eureka moments about how hypocritical all the free-software figures are.
... "
"rms talks about everyone being free, but actually *requires things of people who want to distribute his code! Also he probably doesn't think people should be 'free' to chop his arms of etc.!
"You talk about open-this, open-that, but when you go to take a dump the door to yr bathroom is *closed!!!!11 zomg."
Why the cloak-and-dagger stuff? I know that Vista and "trusted" computing make it a little more difficult to be openly penguin, but isn't this a bit much?
... "
"The reason for this, says an OSA insider Linux.com interviewed
name "Deep Throat" by any chance?
Windows does not have the "widest hardware support". It's not even close. It's not even close to being close.
What Windows could be said to have is the *deepest hardware support for the 200 or so devices on the shelf at Best Buy at any given time.
I like GP's BBQ analogy.
... ...to
I use a charcoal BBQ and if you know anything about grilling, you know that petroleum products (starter fluid) screw up the food. What this means is that I more-or-less resort to rubbing two sticks together; specifically, I light a bunch of wads of newspaper and sit them under this charcoal-starter apparatus until the coals light.
Yum.
You prolly see where I'm going with this. Gas grills "just work". Most are self-lighting. They make it *very easy to
to SCREW UP your food!
To the guy with the gas grill, who's already got his USDA Standard Grade sirloins a-sizzlin' it looks like something is *wrong with my grill as I fuss with it. Little does he know.
"and activision was lying in wait."
hehe... freudian typo?
n/t
Kinda off-topic, but I was wondering. Given that a EULA contains a huge amount of intellectual property, and that the lawyers who drafted it thus have the right to permt/allow/deny every instance of its use, is it legal to quote from EULAs?
Shouldn't there be something you have to click through before reading a EULSA.. something that says basically "you cannot view/use/think about this EULA except under the terms define below... "
If your average user could get to that point in a legal proceeding more than, say, 0% of the time, it'd be important that heshe wins.
But they basically can't. So bend over and click "Accept".
Even reading just the very *first sentence of *wikipedia's article on socialism could've helped you avoid revealing your ignorance in this regard.
"Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control."
I use bittorrent daily, to build up my music collection and to try out new software. And I haven't infringed copyright in years. Too bad you don't know me
Every person you can successfully move off of a windows running unauthorized windows is a gain for free software.
Those graphs are dumb. Are people having trouble understanding advance concepts like "100 is more than 38" and ".2 cents is more than .002 cents"?
Am I the only one who thought "Nam-shub of Enki" when I read this?
I lament the fact that acquiring justice, or clearing your name from a SLAPP, requires so much money. I think that there should be punitive damages in addition to legal fees when companies go after individuals in this way.
Every time I run "yum upgrade" I am reminded that I don't even have to make the phone call for them to do this.
Does anyone else suspect the DRM stuff in Vista is at least partially an upgrade-forcer? I remember way back when I used XP occasionally to play media I'd get these "acquire license" thingies... lots of users could be persuaded to "upgrade" if their music didn't work anymore in XP
The benefit of freely-modifiable software does *not come from the (untrue) fact that everyone can/wants to recode their system.
It comes from the fact that everyone who wants to can, and there are millions of them. And you can avail yourself of the fruits of their work.
Next time someone's advocating software and you find yourself thinking "why would I want to try to figure out how to improve my computer", see if you can translate that to "why would I want thousands of coders improving my computer at no cost?"
cracked me the fsck up:
"The most unique new feature is called Readyboost. When you're having performance issues due to insufficient memory, you can use a USB flash drive as an additional cache of memory to boost performance."
I picture a time when there's a big, gaping hole in the top of your computer, and when Windows cruft slows it to a crawl you have a bucketfull of microchips and you just throw 'em in the hole.
Sorry for the profanity, but *please, people!!
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"Sure, an honest mistake. But what are they doing to fix their process so it doesn't happen again?"
It happens *daily or damn near it. Give us a break!
Here's their patent (filed Dec 28, 2006) for having the opacity of your windows change when you hit Alt-Tab.
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=
Anyone with a clue stopped giving MS the benefit of the doubt about 15 years ago. Ugh.
alright, i'll go see if i can find actual data from the patent office's website
Make sure you download the automatic update for your Vista installation so that your DRM features continue to work smoothly. (btw first time an update was ever released before the software it's updating...)
I remember a few years ago, when XP first began phoning home for automatic updates. Some guy at a bank figured out it was actually *illegal to have such software on a bank computer. Federal law, IIRC. Speaking of IIRC, does this sound familiar? Anyone remember the guy's name, or how it turned out?
Seems like DRM and the other "trustworthy" shit in Vista could run into this issue too.