Many businesses talk about taking their ball and going home, but invariably they cave in. Always. I can't think of a single business that actually tried, much less succeeded in, a boycott when profits were at stake.
Instead of calling it GPLv3, make it PRPLv1 (People's Revolutionary Public License) or whatever. It kind of obviates the problem. Linus is right in regard to the GPL being about (in probably most people's minds) open exchange of software, not some kind of general libertarian revolution. Restricting use of the software in other ways is a major step that should be a different license.
Exactly--put yourself in their position. They are mice. They lack self-awareness. You would be completely oblivious to your circumstances. You would not be aware of ethics, and unable to make judgements or to suffer anguish over your fate. You could not protest any more than a tree can protest. Sure, you would squirm when the big animal grasps you and jabs you with a pointy thing. You would do so because you could not choose to do anything else.
That is why animals do not have civil rights. They are objects. Yes, I understand how people can get disgusted by some of the things done to animals, but don't confuse a natural disgust with moral righteousness. There is no rational moral basis for conferring rights on animal, that doesn't pretend that they are basically humans. To illustrate: which animals have rights? If you grant mice rights, then do flies have rights? There is no reasonable ethical distinction between mice and flies, yet I wager few people (Jainists aside) who have qualms over swatting flies. Lacking a criterion for distinction, you have to assume their rights are equal. Being competent to distinguish myself from other animals, I put myself and humanity in one class and the rest in another. Thus, indeed a mouse and a fly have equal rights--equally nonextant.
I read it on teh Intarweb so it must be true! Wait, I read about both global warming being true and about it being false...O Internet, why hast thou forsaken me? Or maybe this is just a quantum juxtaposition. Some day somebody will measure the oceans and they will either jump up 50 meters or stay level.
Maybe what you want is a full scale Mac. The Mac mini compromises power for compactness and price. What, do you expect a $359 Walmart box to play Doom 3, too? Do you expect a $13K compact car to have a V8, 450 HP, handle like a GP car, and get 150 mpg, in addition to the leather seats and 1500 watt stereo system?
It's better to compare pure capitalism to anarchy. Both systems inevitably devolve into a power concentration scenario unless actively prevented. In the case of anarchy, various strong men compete for influence, and usually one seizes ultimate power, thus ending the state of anarchy. In the case of capitalism, a monopoly develops, thus ending capitalism in a kind of privatized . Either system can only be sustained by constantly fighting against those who compete too successfully.
A truly capitalistic government would actually appear to be anticapitalistic in practice.
This "digital convergence" is a crock. It's really an attempt by different players to encroach on other markets. Thus, Nokia the phone manufacturer might decide they want a piece of the PDA pie, so they cram a PDA in their phone. Likewise, they see a handheld game market, so in goes a crappy hand player. I suppose they'll see the massive porn market and add a tissue and lotion dispenser.
I want my tools to do their jobs well. I don't want a screwdriver on the side of my wrench. I don't want my coffee cup to tell me the time. I don't want my shoes to play music. Convergence = crap. I want my vendors specialized on their products. This incessant adding of features is purely a land grab at the expense of quality.
Yes, my phone has no camera. It doesn't play music or video, either. What it does is work with analog, GSM, and TDMA systems to provide voice communications. Wow--a phone that does phone things well.
This is the same situation with the leak about Bush's illegal wiretaps. The administration's response: "We'll launch an investigation to find out who's compromising national security by blowing the whistle on our [illegal] wiretap program." It's just shameless what the government does nowadays.
Bleah, people put too much emphasis on creation. Most real stuff is just rote and mindless. You should have your kids out picking cotton or removing weeds and rocks from the field. Not everyone can be a self-absorbed artiste with a portfolio of original drivel. Odds are your kids, despite whatever advantages you pretend to give them, will end up losers, just like everyone else you know, including yourself. Sure, you can attempt to build a fantasy world for them were what they do matters. You can also pull gold nuggets out of your butt and fly to Venus on a candy cane fire truck. Ok where's mah meds?
It's only a flip-flop if it comes from a Democrat. From a Republican, it just means we are at war with Eastasia and have always been at war with Eastasia.
Wow, nice job inventing bogus quotes to suit your argument!
"The type-writer will usher in a new generation of literacy as the convenience of quickly conveying thought to paper afforded by this wonderful invention permits the rapid honing of one's literary talent." -- Nat'l Scrivener's Assoc., 1894
"With the adoption of the ball point stylus, students can concentrate on perfecting their grammar and style rather than vainly contending with the fickle and messy fountain pen of their forebears." -- Teacher's Gazette, 1962
I thought Bush said we were behind in science, not that our children were orchestrating complex research projects for regional science fairs. Then again, it's usually safe to believe the opposite of what he says.
I've never been in combat, but I was part of an exercise where Navy SEALs simulated an invasion of a camp in the woods we were supposed to defend. I had an M16 with blanks and was a forward sentry. I can tell you, it's amazing how disorienting things can be. I was in my foxhole and could hear gunfire on one of the other sides of the camp. Should I radio in? Should I approach the point of contact? Should I hold my position against flanking action? Should I just keep my head down? It's tense, and not in a good way. I eventually fell back, not receiving any orders, and hearing plenty of gunfire close in. I'm still not sure if I died, although I think I surprised a SEAL. My M16 did jam, BTW. That's a real bummer when your life depends on killing first.
Everything is hackable. I don't know WTF the manufacturers are thinking, this shit will be cracked as soon as somebody actually makes a board that supports it (and HD-DVD/BluRay arrive). I'm assuming they will attempt to use the DMCA against any cracks, but our friendly overseas comrades will no doubt help us out.
Punishing people for hating is punishing people for having an opinion. Rationalizing it in terms of outcomes is irrelevant. We have laws for the purpose of making possible the common goals of society. Individual opinions (in a free society) are what determine the common goals. Punishing opinions is the government exercising an independent goal, which is not compatible with a society-purposed government. It's the behavior of a government with its own agenda, which is typical of governments that operate for the benefit of a privileged few. That's why we have concepts like free speech, so we can arrive at a common purpose.
Furthermore, punishing people for what they MAY do is completely in violation of the concept of free will, a necessary legal fiction in a free society. Just because a hate criminal may be more predisposed to further violence eliminates the possibility of redemption. You might as well just kill anyone who disagrees with you, with that attitude. Judging what a person MAY do dehumanizes them, reduces them to a clockwork orange, strips them of the same dignity you no doubt claim. Should I presume that you, being a dolt, are likely to vote stupidly, and should have that right taken away from you? That's the arrogance you implicitly assume, and I reject.
I predict the collapse of the US economy in 2008. Republicans tend to leave the economy in ruins, and this one is doing a crackerjack job.
Signs of the apocalypse: 1- China floats yuan 2- Gold prices skyrocket 3- Petrodollars become petroeuros 4- Ford and GM go bankrupt/sell out 5- US real estate prices plummet in a wave of bank repos
1 is happening slowly. The Chinese are already adjusting the yuan upward slowly, hoping to avert a sudden collapse of the dollar. 2 looks like it might happen soon; simpletons invest in gold as an inflation hedge. 3 will take awhile, and more likely will happen after the dollar collapse. 4 will happen soon after the second wave of Chinese cars, as the first wave may be laughed off like Hyundai was, although they may have their ducks lined up for a successful first wave. 5 might be mitigated by massive inflation which would erase large amounts of paper debt, although job scarcity might negate that.
...and 10 years from now, the exact same mouse design will STILL be the norm. Maybe it will use accelerometers and add a Windows Vista button, but bad designs never die once entrenched.
I personally use a thumb trackball. I never run out of mouse pad, and I can set it at an angle on my leg or the armrest.
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Many businesses talk about taking their ball and going home, but invariably they cave in. Always. I can't think of a single business that actually tried, much less succeeded in, a boycott when profits were at stake.
Instead of calling it GPLv3, make it PRPLv1 (People's Revolutionary Public License) or whatever. It kind of obviates the problem. Linus is right in regard to the GPL being about (in probably most people's minds) open exchange of software, not some kind of general libertarian revolution. Restricting use of the software in other ways is a major step that should be a different license.
Yeah, we'll catch him like Osama!
Another opportunity to make easy monthly payments!
We're all gonna die anyway, so you might as well blow off work while you're alive regardless of your cancerosity.
I thought NetWare was dead sometime in the mid 90s when it was replaced by either NetBEUI, ArcNet, or sneakernet, I can't remember.
Exactly--put yourself in their position. They are mice. They lack self-awareness. You would be completely oblivious to your circumstances. You would not be aware of ethics, and unable to make judgements or to suffer anguish over your fate. You could not protest any more than a tree can protest. Sure, you would squirm when the big animal grasps you and jabs you with a pointy thing. You would do so because you could not choose to do anything else.
That is why animals do not have civil rights. They are objects. Yes, I understand how people can get disgusted by some of the things done to animals, but don't confuse a natural disgust with moral righteousness. There is no rational moral basis for conferring rights on animal, that doesn't pretend that they are basically humans. To illustrate: which animals have rights? If you grant mice rights, then do flies have rights? There is no reasonable ethical distinction between mice and flies, yet I wager few people (Jainists aside) who have qualms over swatting flies. Lacking a criterion for distinction, you have to assume their rights are equal. Being competent to distinguish myself from other animals, I put myself and humanity in one class and the rest in another. Thus, indeed a mouse and a fly have equal rights--equally nonextant.
What if the TV is showing a picture of a mirror? What then, wise guy?
My brain hurts.
I read it on teh Intarweb so it must be true! Wait, I read about both global warming being true and about it being false...O Internet, why hast thou forsaken me? Or maybe this is just a quantum juxtaposition. Some day somebody will measure the oceans and they will either jump up 50 meters or stay level.
Maybe what you want is a full scale Mac. The Mac mini compromises power for compactness and price. What, do you expect a $359 Walmart box to play Doom 3, too? Do you expect a $13K compact car to have a V8, 450 HP, handle like a GP car, and get 150 mpg, in addition to the leather seats and 1500 watt stereo system?
It's better to compare pure capitalism to anarchy. Both systems inevitably devolve into a power concentration scenario unless actively prevented. In the case of anarchy, various strong men compete for influence, and usually one seizes ultimate power, thus ending the state of anarchy. In the case of capitalism, a monopoly develops, thus ending capitalism in a kind of privatized . Either system can only be sustained by constantly fighting against those who compete too successfully.
A truly capitalistic government would actually appear to be anticapitalistic in practice.
This "digital convergence" is a crock. It's really an attempt by different players to encroach on other markets. Thus, Nokia the phone manufacturer might decide they want a piece of the PDA pie, so they cram a PDA in their phone. Likewise, they see a handheld game market, so in goes a crappy hand player. I suppose they'll see the massive porn market and add a tissue and lotion dispenser.
I want my tools to do their jobs well. I don't want a screwdriver on the side of my wrench. I don't want my coffee cup to tell me the time. I don't want my shoes to play music. Convergence = crap. I want my vendors specialized on their products. This incessant adding of features is purely a land grab at the expense of quality.
Yes, my phone has no camera. It doesn't play music or video, either. What it does is work with analog, GSM, and TDMA systems to provide voice communications. Wow--a phone that does phone things well.
Soon to pass: the "Free Candy for Babies Act", which authorizes police to shoot swarthy persons, or people who just won't shut their big mouths.
This is the same situation with the leak about Bush's illegal wiretaps. The administration's response: "We'll launch an investigation to find out who's compromising national security by blowing the whistle on our [illegal] wiretap program." It's just shameless what the government does nowadays.
It's a good thing you can convert from one lossy format to another without making your music sound like crap.
Um, oh yeah...
Bleah, people put too much emphasis on creation. Most real stuff is just rote and mindless. You should have your kids out picking cotton or removing weeds and rocks from the field. Not everyone can be a self-absorbed artiste with a portfolio of original drivel. Odds are your kids, despite whatever advantages you pretend to give them, will end up losers, just like everyone else you know, including yourself. Sure, you can attempt to build a fantasy world for them were what they do matters. You can also pull gold nuggets out of your butt and fly to Venus on a candy cane fire truck. Ok where's mah meds?
Geez, I'm old enough to remember when Slashdotters complained about stories being out of date...
It's only a flip-flop if it comes from a Democrat. From a Republican, it just means we are at war with Eastasia and have always been at war with Eastasia.
Wow, nice job inventing bogus quotes to suit your argument!
"The type-writer will usher in a new generation of literacy as the convenience of quickly conveying thought to paper afforded by this wonderful invention permits the rapid honing of one's literary talent." -- Nat'l Scrivener's Assoc., 1894
"With the adoption of the ball point stylus, students can concentrate on perfecting their grammar and style rather than vainly contending with the fickle and messy fountain pen of their forebears." -- Teacher's Gazette, 1962
Et cetera...
I thought Bush said we were behind in science, not that our children were orchestrating complex research projects for regional science fairs. Then again, it's usually safe to believe the opposite of what he says.
I've never been in combat, but I was part of an exercise where Navy SEALs simulated an invasion of a camp in the woods we were supposed to defend. I had an M16 with blanks and was a forward sentry. I can tell you, it's amazing how disorienting things can be. I was in my foxhole and could hear gunfire on one of the other sides of the camp. Should I radio in? Should I approach the point of contact? Should I hold my position against flanking action? Should I just keep my head down? It's tense, and not in a good way. I eventually fell back, not receiving any orders, and hearing plenty of gunfire close in. I'm still not sure if I died, although I think I surprised a SEAL. My M16 did jam, BTW. That's a real bummer when your life depends on killing first.
Everything is hackable. I don't know WTF the manufacturers are thinking, this shit will be cracked as soon as somebody actually makes a board that supports it (and HD-DVD/BluRay arrive). I'm assuming they will attempt to use the DMCA against any cracks, but our friendly overseas comrades will no doubt help us out.
Punishing people for hating is punishing people for having an opinion. Rationalizing it in terms of outcomes is irrelevant. We have laws for the purpose of making possible the common goals of society. Individual opinions (in a free society) are what determine the common goals. Punishing opinions is the government exercising an independent goal, which is not compatible with a society-purposed government. It's the behavior of a government with its own agenda, which is typical of governments that operate for the benefit of a privileged few. That's why we have concepts like free speech, so we can arrive at a common purpose.
Furthermore, punishing people for what they MAY do is completely in violation of the concept of free will, a necessary legal fiction in a free society. Just because a hate criminal may be more predisposed to further violence eliminates the possibility of redemption. You might as well just kill anyone who disagrees with you, with that attitude. Judging what a person MAY do dehumanizes them, reduces them to a clockwork orange, strips them of the same dignity you no doubt claim. Should I presume that you, being a dolt, are likely to vote stupidly, and should have that right taken away from you? That's the arrogance you implicitly assume, and I reject.
I predict the collapse of the US economy in 2008. Republicans tend to leave the economy in ruins, and this one is doing a crackerjack job.
Signs of the apocalypse:
1- China floats yuan
2- Gold prices skyrocket
3- Petrodollars become petroeuros
4- Ford and GM go bankrupt/sell out
5- US real estate prices plummet in a wave of bank repos
1 is happening slowly. The Chinese are already adjusting the yuan upward slowly, hoping to avert a sudden collapse of the dollar. 2 looks like it might happen soon; simpletons invest in gold as an inflation hedge. 3 will take awhile, and more likely will happen after the dollar collapse. 4 will happen soon after the second wave of Chinese cars, as the first wave may be laughed off like Hyundai was, although they may have their ducks lined up for a successful first wave. 5 might be mitigated by massive inflation which would erase large amounts of paper debt, although job scarcity might negate that.
IANAE.
...and 10 years from now, the exact same mouse design will STILL be the norm. Maybe it will use accelerometers and add a Windows Vista button, but bad designs never die once entrenched.
I personally use a thumb trackball. I never run out of mouse pad, and I can set it at an angle on my leg or the armrest.