It seems that everyone is missing the point even though they are right on target with consumer rights. But this isn't just an issue of the the bourgeous beating down on the working class, this is a plain out fascist policy.
First let me define how it is fascist by revealing fascist economic: the consumer is not important and should have no rights to protest the will of the corporations because the corporations support the state in ways greater than any individual could.
The intent of this law is obviously fascist in nature--for one it doesnot benefit the greater society in anyway (those that pay the tax, that is) and all the tax money goes to fund the RIAA and their artists. A tax on the people to support a coroporation is a strictly fascist ideal, and I am surprised to see something like this come out of such a usually liberal government. This is truely ashame. Hopefully our Fascist regime in America won't pick up this tactic.
I sometime ago bought a SanDisk Cruzer mini, which has served me quite well. It's performance has been great and I have has no trouble with it what so ever. I carry it everywhere I go and can attest to the fact that it is quite durable. So durable in fact I had oneday forgot to check my pockets before I washed my clothes and it had went through the wash and dry cycles before I noticed the next day when I went to put on a pair of pants that I had just washed, that I had found my missing USB drive. I pluged it back and all the data on it was still there and it still works fine
The world be nice, but unfortunately we live in an overly Conservative, materialistic society that values the all-mighty dollar above all. Open source is great example of how some aspects of socialism actually help business competition, but the fact remains that most people in America (or even the world) actually can interepret socialism and derive a useful system from it.
Yes it is true that socialism was a driving force behind communism which eventually killed the Soveit economy, but on the other hand if it moderate socialism is applied to democracy then the result would be amazing. Now if we can only convince the idoits in the White House that a little business regulation can actually boost competition and inginite innovation.
When did the Movie Industry and the Music Industry become the police of the internet? They are even working to get ISPs to regulate port activity and bar users who uare using too much bandwidth. So what if all that bandwidth I'm using is for legit purposes such as hosting my own website. Sounds like the MPAA/RIAA might hbe doing some shady business with the tech industry.
On top of that, what give a company the right to store someone's personal information on their servers for these IP bullies to review. If I was {insert big tel-com co here} I would NOT be storing such sensitive information, nor would I allow any information be disclosed to any organisation that wasn't OFFICAL government law enforcement. So whose side are the ISPs on anyways?
Perhaps this lawsuit is long overdue. And so too I hope the MPAA/RIAA get what they deserve too... a boycott and multiple lawsuits by hundreds of people over the issue of privacy and IP bullying.
The first decade of 3rd millienum is staring to shape up economically like the 1920s. Take a look at the Red Scare, the maldistribution of wealth, ect. Then compare those tactics to the shit politicans businessmen are using now.
Another thing to point out is that the Great Depression didn't start in 1929, it was already there. The average American was making 1/2 of what he was in 1928 compared to 1919 and 1/4 in 1933. On the surface the 20s looked like an economic boom, but all the money remained in the hands of the corporations.
The fact that corporations are calling municapal services "communist" is no surprise, it's the same old tactic used that been used throught modern american economics.
Also to note, the administration during the 1920s was also extremely Republican... can we see a similarity.
I see so many posts on the subject that linux will never gain any significant mindshare because it is too "fragmented" and eventually this fragmentation will cause linux to break up into many smaller OSes. First of all this will never happen beecause all major distro have to adhere to compatibility standards such as the LSB to ensure their distro will work with the standards so in esscence it does not reall matter whether vi or emacs is better or if one perfers fluxbox over KDE or GNOME.
Second, the amount of diversity in the linux community allows for a broader range of choice and user comstomisation. I would dread to see KDE of GNOME totally dominate, as both bring new and innovative features to the desktop and are great in their own ways. The same holds true for package mangement: RPM is great for some, so is TGZ and portage, but personally I like APT+synaptic (Debian) or RPM+YAST (SuSE). With linux, I'm not stuck with a system that I have to install twenty third party apps like in Windows to customise my system.
Therefore, stating that linux will never appeal because it isn't consistient amoung all distros is moot thinking, because its that choice that allows for innovation and competetion. Each distro trying to patch together a compatible, viable, distinct, usable, and attrive package that can be customised to the users needs with a little effort. THat is what linux is about, try getting that kind of customisation in Windows without having to install a crapload of third party apps...
The problem with the GPL and the reason some people do not like it is because it has very dubious interpretations. A close look at the GPL reveals an outdated and old license that creates a political and legal minefield for both the software developers and commercial distributors.
On top of that licsences such as the BSD and LGPL do a lot better job at describing its limitations and uses so there is less to be left to legal interpretation by the courts. In addition the BSD and LGPL help both businesses and individual,m so everyone wins. While the GPL is more focussed on noncomerical use.
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But does it run FreeBSD?
It seems that everyone is missing the point even though they are right on target with consumer rights. But this isn't just an issue of the the bourgeous beating down on the working class, this is a plain out fascist policy.
First let me define how it is fascist by revealing fascist economic: the consumer is not important and should have no rights to protest the will of the corporations because the corporations support the state in ways greater than any individual could.
The intent of this law is obviously fascist in nature--for one it doesnot benefit the greater society in anyway (those that pay the tax, that is) and all the tax money goes to fund the RIAA and their artists. A tax on the people to support a coroporation is a strictly fascist ideal, and I am surprised to see something like this come out of such a usually liberal government. This is truely ashame. Hopefully our Fascist regime in America won't pick up this tactic.
I sometime ago bought a SanDisk Cruzer mini, which has served me quite well. It's performance has been great and I have has no trouble with it what so ever. I carry it everywhere I go and can attest to the fact that it is quite durable. So durable in fact I had oneday forgot to check my pockets before I washed my clothes and it had went through the wash and dry cycles before I noticed the next day when I went to put on a pair of pants that I had just washed, that I had found my missing USB drive. I pluged it back and all the data on it was still there and it still works fine
If only MS could make products this realiable
The world be nice, but unfortunately we live in an overly Conservative, materialistic society that values the all-mighty dollar above all. Open source is great example of how some aspects of socialism actually help business competition, but the fact remains that most people in America (or even the world) actually can interepret socialism and derive a useful system from it.
Yes it is true that socialism was a driving force behind communism which eventually killed the Soveit economy, but on the other hand if it moderate socialism is applied to democracy then the result would be amazing. Now if we can only convince the idoits in the White House that a little business regulation can actually boost competition and inginite innovation.
When did the Movie Industry and the Music Industry become the police of the internet? They are even working to get ISPs to regulate port activity and bar users who uare using too much bandwidth. So what if all that bandwidth I'm using is for legit purposes such as hosting my own website. Sounds like the MPAA/RIAA might hbe doing some shady business with the tech industry.
On top of that, what give a company the right to store someone's personal information on their servers for these IP bullies to review. If I was {insert big tel-com co here} I would NOT be storing such sensitive information, nor would I allow any information be disclosed to any organisation that wasn't OFFICAL government law enforcement. So whose side are the ISPs on anyways?
Perhaps this lawsuit is long overdue. And so too I hope the MPAA/RIAA get what they deserve too... a boycott and multiple lawsuits by hundreds of people over the issue of privacy and IP bullying.
The first decade of 3rd millienum is staring to shape up economically like the 1920s. Take a look at the Red Scare, the maldistribution of wealth, ect. Then compare those tactics to the shit politicans businessmen are using now.
Another thing to point out is that the Great Depression didn't start in 1929, it was already there. The average American was making 1/2 of what he was in 1928 compared to 1919 and 1/4 in 1933. On the surface the 20s looked like an economic boom, but all the money remained in the hands of the corporations.
The fact that corporations are calling municapal services "communist" is no surprise, it's the same old tactic used that been used throught modern american economics.
Also to note, the administration during the 1920s was also extremely Republican... can we see a similarity.
I see so many posts on the subject that linux will never gain any significant mindshare because it is too "fragmented" and eventually this fragmentation will cause linux to break up into many smaller OSes. First of all this will never happen beecause all major distro have to adhere to compatibility standards such as the LSB to ensure their distro will work with the standards so in esscence it does not reall matter whether vi or emacs is better or if one perfers fluxbox over KDE or GNOME.
Second, the amount of diversity in the linux community allows for a broader range of choice and user comstomisation. I would dread to see KDE of GNOME totally dominate, as both bring new and innovative features to the desktop and are great in their own ways. The same holds true for package mangement: RPM is great for some, so is TGZ and portage, but personally I like APT+synaptic (Debian) or RPM+YAST (SuSE). With linux, I'm not stuck with a system that I have to install twenty third party apps like in Windows to customise my system.
Therefore, stating that linux will never appeal because it isn't consistient amoung all distros is moot thinking, because its that choice that allows for innovation and competetion. Each distro trying to patch together a compatible, viable, distinct, usable, and attrive package that can be customised to the users needs with a little effort. THat is what linux is about, try getting that kind of customisation in Windows without having to install a crapload of third party apps...
Freedom of choice....
The problem with the GPL and the reason some people do not like it is because it has very dubious interpretations. A close look at the GPL reveals an outdated and old license that creates a political and legal minefield for both the software developers and commercial distributors.
On top of that licsences such as the BSD and LGPL do a lot better job at describing its limitations and uses so there is less to be left to legal interpretation by the courts. In addition the BSD and LGPL help both businesses and individual,m so everyone wins. While the GPL is more focussed on noncomerical use.