How about "AppleiPhoneTax"
If you think AT@T are not passing on the "Apple iPhone Tax" to the end users your in fairy land. If not, the question arises that are Nokia users paying the "Apple iPhone Tax" when using to AT@T ?
This is all about being able to access Targets and any other companies public portal without any discrimination. If Target and many other public websites simple stuck to web standards instead of using broken flashy bouncing beach ball proprietary rubbish this whole issue would not have turned into the mess it is today. Too many idiots are opening graphical web development tools and putting together sites that are based on code that to put is simple is total shite.
I'm a hardware geek but a few years ago I jumped the fence into marketing. Before I jumped off the IT wagon I would be hard up using 2GB of space but now my email archive is over 30GB of customer files, general emails, product information, legal files, internal memo's, details sent to customers. When your dealing with customers on the coal face it is wise move to keep a copy of all correspondence unless you can remember thousands of names, numbers and were you last left. So saying "I only use 500mb" is irrelevant unless you talk to those who depend on their email archive as part of their job.
Locking a phone that has been purchased in full then terminating a users account and charging them "again" must be the most anti-capitalist/competitive thing ever thought up. I would put this on par with Dell cutting a deal with Microsoft then forcing its users to only be able to visit set websites that have huge markups on common services and if the user decides to use swap to lets say an Apple setup they get charged to do so even though they own the hardware. Oh look I used Apple and anti-competitive in the same paragraph, strange that.
I think everyone is missing the real issue. I personally don't give a stuff what Microsoft bundles with their OS if the users are happy. What does piss me off is how Microsoft makes removing the bundled applications and replacing them with ones I prefer intentionally difficult. It's simple, Microsoft needs to open their desktop up for competition and remove the built in walls that restrict it.
when LG are just about to release their new VX10000 mobile phone that leaves the Apples offerings for dead. People forget the iPhone does not support 3G and most users in Europe and Asia now want 3G. If you have 3G then you want a proper QWERTY keyboard and the VX10000 has one of those too and you can change your battery and add more storage with a MicroSD card all features missing on the iPhone.
The reason why no sane company will challenge the GPL is very simple, even if you win you lose. As soon as you have removed the GPL hurdle you then have the nightmare of copyright law to face. The GPL does not remove copyright its a usage agreement, so if the "agreement " is annulled in court then the code falls under well tested copyright law and thats even worse to deal with.
The CSIRO I dare say want to make sure they don't lose the rights to the technology they developed and I dont blame them. Many large companies have already made it clear they will do anything to (even if its illegal) strip the CSIRO of its patent right to technologies that are part of WiFi because they want a "free ride". The real issue here is not the CSIRO but the companies trying to leverage the technology out of their hands. Im not surprised in the least that this loggerhead has been created by the "we dont want to pay for patents even though we force everyone else to do the same" multinationals.
It's about time AutoCAD and other proprietary software companies with very harsh and restrictive user licenses stop saying they are "selling software" but admit they are "leasing software". It is becoming a joke, it looks like a lease is works like a lease and has all the restrictions of a leased product DUH! I know its a "lease".
The headache now is that most file systems are optimised for mechanical based storage media so wont this also mean we will have to look at changing to new file systems ?
Who actually wants this data, many will think it just some Russian hacker but this doesnt feel right to me. I wouldn't be surprised its a government agency collecting data the easy way.
[sarcasm] PFFFT!!..Everyone knows this is impossible, how can a star have a tail 30,000 light years in length when the whole of the Universe is only 10,000 years old [/sarcasm]
Ive seen security analysts demonstrating breaking into websites with a web browser, you dont need specific hacking tools in many cases because what is available will often do the job just fine.
If I look back over history at the California gold rush era what comes to mind is how few actually got rich from digging for gold compared to those who sold supplies (shovels,food,horses). The music industry is in the same rut, they are digging for gold when they should really be selling a service with extra frills to add value to each file. A good example is "premium accounts" to gain early access to new releases, another would be "music file insurance", pay an extra 10c per file or a yearly subscription fee and that covers you for a limited period in case you lose the file by by accident ie PC stolen, hardisk wiped, then you can download the same file again for free. It doesnt take much thought but then again these guys cant see the trees because they keep staring at the forest.
Instead of destroying what will be a huge supply of mass and resources why dont we put it into orbit between the moon and earth. One of the major issues with space exploration is "mass and fuel" as it costs a fortune to put it into space. I think we are wasting a huge opportunity here to accelerate space exploration while making it 1,000 times more cost effective.
Groklaw had an intersting look at how Microsoft'shared source worked last year and it was very enlightening. The first paragraph I find the most amusing part of the article as they try to explain in simple human terms how Microsoft views sharing.
When my sister and I were growing up, we were almost always about the same size. We still are, actually. So we shared clothes. It was a way to double our wardrobe. But, from my point of view, I shared mine freely and she never wanted to share back. If I'd say, "I'd like to wear your blue sweater today," her answer would often be, "No, I'm wearing it."
A corner sweet shop in James St London has lost its internet connection apparently because a 4 year old had a tantrum when he got only 3 lollies for his 20 pence. So all you sugar holics on James St have to walk another 200 meters to May St.
Sheesh, must be a slow news day.
your argument holds water until you then look at the countries with a lower population density than the USA and realise even they have better broadband uptake, good example is Australia with land area about the same as the USA but with 10% of the population.
The record and movie industry in my view in their attempt to control "all culture" at the same time have basically been shooting themselves in the foot. Im a perfect example, I dont have time to listen to the radio anymore so I download podcasts then listen to them when I get the time. Thhe media companies have restricted music to such a degree on podcasts that I now dont have a clue what the latest music trends are. If your name or brand or your product isnt being hear or seen by the consumers your dead in the water. Im not surprised in any way that P2P downloads increase music sales because often people dont want to take a chance on a unknown band and fork out the inflated price for CD without some pre existing listening time.
If find it amusing that the same government activities engaged in by the now defunct USSR were maligned by the USA in the 50's, 60's, 70's but here we are with the great land of the not so free anymore doing the exactly the same.
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The if its fine how come this it totally illegal in some countries (France comes to mind). Easy, it anti-competitive and anti-consumer rights.
How about "AppleiPhoneTax" If you think AT@T are not passing on the "Apple iPhone Tax" to the end users your in fairy land. If not, the question arises that are Nokia users paying the "Apple iPhone Tax" when using to AT@T ?
All your culture are belong to us
OH!, MY GOD! its full off assholes.
This is all about being able to access Targets and any other companies public portal without any discrimination. If Target and many other public websites simple stuck to web standards instead of using broken flashy bouncing beach ball proprietary rubbish this whole issue would not have turned into the mess it is today. Too many idiots are opening graphical web development tools and putting together sites that are based on code that to put is simple is total shite.
I'm a hardware geek but a few years ago I jumped the fence into marketing. Before I jumped off the IT wagon I would be hard up using 2GB of space but now my email archive is over 30GB of customer files, general emails, product information, legal files, internal memo's, details sent to customers. When your dealing with customers on the coal face it is wise move to keep a copy of all correspondence unless you can remember thousands of names, numbers and were you last left. So saying "I only use 500mb" is irrelevant unless you talk to those who depend on their email archive as part of their job.
Locking a phone that has been purchased in full then terminating a users account and charging them "again" must be the most anti-capitalist/competitive thing ever thought up. I would put this on par with Dell cutting a deal with Microsoft then forcing its users to only be able to visit set websites that have huge markups on common services and if the user decides to use swap to lets say an Apple setup they get charged to do so even though they own the hardware. Oh look I used Apple and anti-competitive in the same paragraph, strange that.
I think everyone is missing the real issue. I personally don't give a stuff what Microsoft bundles with their OS if the users are happy. What does piss me off is how Microsoft makes removing the bundled applications and replacing them with ones I prefer intentionally difficult. It's simple, Microsoft needs to open their desktop up for competition and remove the built in walls that restrict it.
when LG are just about to release their new VX10000 mobile phone that leaves the Apples offerings for dead. People forget the iPhone does not support 3G and most users in Europe and Asia now want 3G. If you have 3G then you want a proper QWERTY keyboard and the VX10000 has one of those too and you can change your battery and add more storage with a MicroSD card all features missing on the iPhone.
The reason why no sane company will challenge the GPL is very simple, even if you win you lose. As soon as you have removed the GPL hurdle you then have the nightmare of copyright law to face. The GPL does not remove copyright its a usage agreement, so if the "agreement " is annulled in court then the code falls under well tested copyright law and thats even worse to deal with.
Pffft iPhone thats so yesterday..
The CSIRO I dare say want to make sure they don't lose the rights to the technology they developed and I dont blame them. Many large companies have already made it clear they will do anything to (even if its illegal) strip the CSIRO of its patent right to technologies that are part of WiFi because they want a "free ride". The real issue here is not the CSIRO but the companies trying to leverage the technology out of their hands. Im not surprised in the least that this loggerhead has been created by the "we dont want to pay for patents even though we force everyone else to do the same" multinationals.
It's about time AutoCAD and other proprietary software companies with very harsh and restrictive user licenses stop saying they are "selling software" but admit they are "leasing software". It is becoming a joke, it looks like a lease is works like a lease and has all the restrictions of a leased product DUH! I know its a "lease".
The headache now is that most file systems are optimised for mechanical based storage media so wont this also mean we will have to look at changing to new file systems ?
Who actually wants this data, many will think it just some Russian hacker but this doesnt feel right to me. I wouldn't be surprised its a government agency collecting data the easy way.
[sarcasm] PFFFT!!..Everyone knows this is impossible, how can a star have a tail 30,000 light years in length when the whole of the Universe is only 10,000 years old [/sarcasm]
Ive seen security analysts demonstrating breaking into websites with a web browser, you dont need specific hacking tools in many cases because what is available will often do the job just fine.
If I look back over history at the California gold rush era what comes to mind is how few actually got rich from digging for gold compared to those who sold supplies (shovels,food,horses). The music industry is in the same rut, they are digging for gold when they should really be selling a service with extra frills to add value to each file. A good example is "premium accounts" to gain early access to new releases, another would be "music file insurance", pay an extra 10c per file or a yearly subscription fee and that covers you for a limited period in case you lose the file by by accident ie PC stolen, hardisk wiped, then you can download the same file again for free. It doesnt take much thought but then again these guys cant see the trees because they keep staring at the forest.
Instead of destroying what will be a huge supply of mass and resources why dont we put it into orbit between the moon and earth. One of the major issues with space exploration is "mass and fuel" as it costs a fortune to put it into space. I think we are wasting a huge opportunity here to accelerate space exploration while making it 1,000 times more cost effective.
Groklaw had an intersting look at how Microsoft'shared source worked last year and it was very enlightening. The first paragraph I find the most amusing part of the article as they try to explain in simple human terms how Microsoft views sharing.
When my sister and I were growing up, we were almost always about the same size. We still are, actually. So we shared clothes. It was a way to double our wardrobe. But, from my point of view, I shared mine freely and she never wanted to share back. If I'd say, "I'd like to wear your blue sweater today," her answer would often be, "No, I'm wearing it."
A corner sweet shop in James St London has lost its internet connection apparently because a 4 year old had a tantrum when he got only 3 lollies for his 20 pence. So all you sugar holics on James St have to walk another 200 meters to May St. Sheesh, must be a slow news day.
your argument holds water until you then look at the countries with a lower population density than the USA and realise even they have better broadband uptake, good example is Australia with land area about the same as the USA but with 10% of the population.
The record and movie industry in my view in their attempt to control "all culture" at the same time have basically been shooting themselves in the foot. Im a perfect example, I dont have time to listen to the radio anymore so I download podcasts then listen to them when I get the time. Thhe media companies have restricted music to such a degree on podcasts that I now dont have a clue what the latest music trends are. If your name or brand or your product isnt being hear or seen by the consumers your dead in the water. Im not surprised in any way that P2P downloads increase music sales because often people dont want to take a chance on a unknown band and fork out the inflated price for CD without some pre existing listening time.
If find it amusing that the same government activities engaged in by the now defunct USSR were maligned by the USA in the 50's, 60's, 70's but here we are with the great land of the not so free anymore doing the exactly the same.
USSA (United Soviet States of America) were democracy is waved like a flag but never actually used.