Not to say it's a PR "stunt" or "trick", but it makes certain vendors conspicuous by their absence from these groups.
If you've got a town where there's a big organization pledging to protect the environment, but the biggest company in the town isn't signing on, it leaves an impression.
The specific thing I'm talking about is extremely simple: whence the natural right to property?
You do not -- *naturally* -- have any right to an object not directly controlled by your person.
The topic you introduce is : your persistent right to dispense with or otherwise control things (the sandwich you laid down for a sec, the acreage you purchased from somebody at some point) that you don't presently possess.
Rights of this type are very complicated, and depend on your society's contract laws, property theory -- a million factors. These are conventional and not natural rights though.
It's pretty simple: a physical thing that you're in possession of cann't be separated from you without violating your natural right to your own body. i.e. the sandwich is yours because I have to fight you to get it away from you.
Of course, this has no bearing on "intellectual property", to which there is no natural right. If you write a haiku, I can memorize it and make as many copies of it as I want, for example on my printing press. To prevent me doing so, you'd have to fight me to get my printing press away from me. Or something.
TFA has a perfect example of andreessen using the right tool for the right job:
"Andreessen, who just helped launch a start-up called Ning for sharing photos, reviews or other content online, acknowledges that Java has its place.
"'My new company is running a combination of Java and PHP. This is something I get no end of crap about,' he said of the technical decision. 'We have a core to our system that is built in Java. It is more like an operating system, like a system programming project. Then we have the entire application level--practically everything you see is in PHP.'"
Nice retraction, but I still found their setup for it to be annoyingly self-serving. "James Prendergast's column... touched a nerve among FOXnews.com's tech savvy readers" ?? This makes us seem like a hypersensitive bunch who are all angry about nothing.
How 'bout: "When we published a monstrously ignorant 'technical' editorial in a manner that contravened, like, 8th-grade level journalistic ethics, FOXnews.com's tech savvy readers called us the F--k out"
"there is no requirement for us to turn over root server control now. If we choose to, that's our business. If we don't, that's our business too."
I wonder you you think the "we" is here. This decision will likely be made by government and corporate power centers, along the usual party lines.
TFA already frames the debate in language that will encourage this: "Will a governmental body running the internet add unnecessary bureaucracy or will it bring clarity and a coherent system?"
Another interesting question is: "could a governmental body running the internet bring it out from under the control of big corporations & ISPs?" Now, I don't think that U.N. control would be an unqualified good; but there are multiple sides.
As for the invention of the thing, I think it's largely irrelevant. It belongs to the world now and being selfish about it would be like Italy trying to keep everyone else from using the radio without permission.
I can't. I've put multiple 2.6 kernels from multiple distros on multiple computers and the only problem I've had is having to rebuild ndiswrapper. And I don't even know what I'm doing.
"I'm sure the EFF will get onto them for this"
But is that enough? Does the EFF's power compare, even in your wildest dreams, with the networks/studios' power?
I've done the what-ever-it-takes-to-get-something-online style PHP work for a year or so now, and have always wanted a mature, nicely-designed codebase to look at (NOT osCommerce!)
I think it's be good for intermediate PHP developers to know that Gallery2 is... whatcha call it.. "real software"
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Not to say it's a PR "stunt" or "trick", but it makes certain vendors conspicuous by their absence from these groups. If you've got a town where there's a big organization pledging to protect the environment, but the biggest company in the town isn't signing on, it leaves an impression.
I don't know what I'd do if they removed the stuff PERMANENTLY!
The specific thing I'm talking about is extremely simple: whence the natural right to property?
You do not -- *naturally* -- have any right to an object not directly controlled by your person.
The topic you introduce is : your persistent right to dispense with or otherwise control things (the sandwich you laid down for a sec, the acreage you purchased from somebody at some point) that you don't presently possess.
Rights of this type are very complicated, and depend on your society's contract laws, property theory -- a million factors. These are conventional and not natural rights though.
It's pretty simple: a physical thing that you're in possession of cann't be separated from you without violating your natural right to your own body. i.e. the sandwich is yours because I have to fight you to get it away from you.
Of course, this has no bearing on "intellectual property", to which there is no natural right. If you write a haiku, I can memorize it and make as many copies of it as I want, for example on my printing press. To prevent me doing so, you'd have to fight me to get my printing press away from me. Or something.
I need help building/maintaining Artists for File Sharing ... which I hope will make Sony and friends obsolete.
It is about a stupid patent and is therefor evil. F google when they pull this crap.
All I require is the (est.) $45 million MA is going to save by moving to OOo
TFA has a perfect example of andreessen using the right tool for the right job: "Andreessen, who just helped launch a start-up called Ning for sharing photos, reviews or other content online, acknowledges that Java has its place. "'My new company is running a combination of Java and PHP. This is something I get no end of crap about,' he said of the technical decision. 'We have a core to our system that is built in Java. It is more like an operating system, like a system programming project. Then we have the entire application level--practically everything you see is in PHP.'"
what's that? I mean, what botanicals do you suppose are in it?
Nice retraction, but I still found their setup for it to be annoyingly self-serving. ... touched a nerve among FOXnews.com's tech savvy readers"
"James Prendergast's column
??
This makes us seem like a hypersensitive bunch who are all angry about nothing.
How 'bout:
"When we published a monstrously ignorant 'technical' editorial in a manner that contravened, like, 8th-grade level journalistic ethics, FOXnews.com's tech savvy readers called us the F--k out"
Anybody remember Me Head? This was discussed there. Hilarity ensues:
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Hey, all you Linux users who are just DYING to use MS Office, raise your hands!! Yeah ... that's what I thought.
I wonder you you think the "we" is here. This decision will likely be made by government and corporate power centers, along the usual party lines.
TFA already frames the debate in language that will encourage this: "Will a governmental body running the internet add unnecessary bureaucracy or will it bring clarity and a coherent system?"
Another interesting question is: "could a governmental body running the internet bring it out from under the control of big corporations & ISPs?" Now, I don't think that U.N. control would be an unqualified good; but there are multiple sides.
As for the invention of the thing, I think it's largely irrelevant. It belongs to the world now and being selfish about it would be like Italy trying to keep everyone else from using the radio without permission.
Inquirer's article is so grossly irresponsible, and the summary so inaccurate, that I think this should just be removed
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Might we see an end -- or at least pause -- in the constant "MySQL sucks"-oriented comments/blog entries/ etc?
In Soviet Russia we were bashing google in 0202
Unstable how? It doesn't boot?!?!?!
mmm... magnetic fields and that's one of my favorite songs (mod irrelevant, but also i agree with you)
"I'm sure the EFF will get onto them for this" But is that enough? Does the EFF's power compare, even in your wildest dreams, with the networks/studios' power?
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I think it's be good for intermediate PHP developers to know that Gallery2 is ... whatcha call it .. "real software"
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In related news: what exactly is "The Power of MSN Premium"? Is it anything?
I also would like to say "so much for the paperless office"