Yeah, that works in theory, but what happens when all the software vendors are putting this clause in their license agreement... which you know is going to happen?
First, it starts with things like AutoDesk, then it trickles down to Adobe and their Creative Suite, then it hits the console game market... pretty soon you won't have any other option. And how exactly am I going to purchase a PlayStation game that I can create in-house? or create a Photoshop alternative in-house?
I couldn't agree with you more. I have a PS3 which I haven't turned on since January. I tried to make it into a media center, but Sony fought me with constant upgrades that broke media formats, restricted access to the system and basically did everything in their power to ensure I had a miserable experience using their system.
Games may look better, but everything I play seems buggy (Granted this falls more onto the developers, but from what I hear, the developers are treated pretty bad as well). I'm seriously thinking about getting an XBox and I'm a Mac user.
Sorry Sony. You've lost in my house.
Uhm... er... just why does the RIAA think it can write laws? Merely because they've had success in the past influencing legislation does not mean they have a right to such influence continuing.
Because the paid damn good money to get their guys into office!
Gershengorn, left, a partner with RIAA-firm Jenner & Block, represented the labels against Grokster (.pdf) and will be in charge of the DOJ Federal Programs Branch. That’s the unit that just told a federal judge the Obama administration supports monetary damages as high as $150,000 per purloined music track on a peer-to-peer file sharing program.
Donald Verrilli, associate deputy attorney general — the No. 3 in the DOJ, who unsuccessfully urged a federal judge to uphold the $222,000 file sharing verdict against Jammie Thomas.
Tom Perrilli, as Verrilli’s former boss, the Justice Department’s No. 2 argued in 2002 that internet service providers should release customer information to the RIAA even without a court subpoena.
Brian Hauck, counsel to associate attorney general, worked on the Grokster case on behalf of the record labels.
Ginger Anders, assistant to the solicitor general, litigated on the Cablevision case.
My best guess is that Apple is trying to create a nice "walled-garden" for content providers. Apple has been trying for years to get all the big content providers from TV, Film, etc on the Mac, but these guys saw what happened to the music industry so they have been slow to move. When the iPhone came out you finally had a operating system that the normal user (i.e. not people who are JailBreaking there stuff) couldn't access.
Now they have the iPod, iPad, and the soon to be released iTV (rumor). If they want to get the content, they have to prove to these guys that they have a "safe" environment. It makes sense that Apple is going to try and spread this to the desktop.
I don't like it, but I understand why they are doing it.
You are delusional if you think the U.S. is the only country trying to persuade foreign policy. Every country, and I mean EVERY country is only looking out for it's own interest. And as a U.S. citizen, I don't have a problem with that. If you want to be mad at anyone, then be mad at your elected officials (or kings, dictators, or whatever) for accepting the terms in the first place.
You expect other countries to give you money and support with no strings attached? Wake up, that's not how the world works.
But you know, the minute we stop providing cash, then these governments are going to start complaining to their citizens how evil we are for not giving support.
Mention those governments, please. And also note that giving cash is not the same as a trade embargo. And also note that giving cash to buy weapons the US produces is not helping.
...having willfully used WMDs against civilians (carpet bombing, nuclear weapons)
Unfortunately at the time, that was the only way to bomb people. We haven't "carpet bombed" anyone is a loooonggg time. And we weren't the only ones to use this technique. As for the nuclear weapons, it's not like we're lobbing those at countries left and right. We used two, "Fat man" and "Little Boy". We gained a lot of knowledge after using them and one of the things we learned is how horrific they are. I'm not really sure if these smaller countries understand that. Their more concerned with being able to use it as a bargaining chip without thinking about the responsibility that goes along with it.
...continues to stockpile nuclear weapons munitions while chastising the rest of the world for doing so using trade and political embargoes...
I'm pretty sure we wouldn't make anymore if no one else was trying to make them, but guess what. That's the problem. Countries still want to make these dammed things. And I find it somewhat laughable that you mention that we are "using trade and political embargoes" as if that's a bad thing. What would you rather us do, bomb them? How else are we going to convince countries not to pursue something against our interest? "Hey Iran, can you pretty please not pursue nukes!".
This is how the system is supposed to work, i.e. using non-violent means to convince them to not do something. We also give out a lot of monetary incentives for the exact same thing. I think the big problem is that these countries want to take the money, but they don't want to follow the conditions. But you know, the minute we stop providing cash, then these governments are going to start complaining to their citizens how evil we are for not giving support.
I'm sure it must be nice to have this view where the US is this evil entity and the rest of the world is perfect, but in reality every government sucks. Iran is still pissed about the Shaw. And honestly, I don't blame them. That was a huge cluster fuck on Carter's watch, but the world was a completely different animal at that time.
If you connect every "major" city with high speed rail, and then let the cities choose to build their own light rail system to handle all the secondary stops, then I think it would work. And when I say major cities, I'm talking things like Kansas City, Las Vegas, Chicago, etc. The minimum distance should be 300 miles or something to that affect.
But if they plan on making this thing stop every 60 miles or so, then it's really not worth it. Most people will drive that distance.
I use GlimmerBlocker, which is a pretty cool little system extension which has a bunch of built in blocking scripts, but also allows you to create your own.
I also use ClickToFlash, but not sure if that does anything to protect you against Flash Cookies.
Then if you really get annoyed at certain sites, you can always edit your host file.
I heard that after the press conference the other day, before reporters could ask questions, the pentagon spokesperson closed his eyes and started yelling "You can't see me! I'm invisible. You can't see me!"
they tried to before.... MS has a lot of shares in Apple as i recall
They did, but it was non-voting stock that was more of a symbolic gesture (the real reason was cross licensing and also it eased investors concerns that Apple might go under). (http://ask.metafilter.com/30833/How-much-of-Apple-Computer-does-Microsoft-own)
they used to have a LOT more but were made to sell them
Um.. who made them sell it? They chose to sell it, because they made a butt-load of cash of doing so.
also as i recall when apple were in deep financial shit they got a govt bailout to keep up the competition
You see see, just because you can post something doesn't necessarily make it a fact. This statement is an absolute falsehood and about as true as pink monkeys are attacking New York!!.
can't be arsed looking for the links but i am sure you can find with a quick blast in google
Or, because there is no truth in what you just posted.
How easy it seems for the US government to manipulate the American public opinion.
Gosh, you would think that dethroning any evil dictator who gases and murders his own citizens, who basically could have avoided the entire war if, you know, he followed the terms of of the first war, but instead did everything possibly not follow those terms.
How naive it seems that the rest of the world is, but yet if something bad happens to them, they expect the US to come running in and help out.
US is also the only country in the world that is constantly in war with other countries
I don't believe we are at war with any "countries" right now.
We are fighting an idealism that is spread amongst many countries, they are criminals that do not adhere to any "rules of war". In essence they are no more than a coordinated street gang of lying, backstabbing, criminals, manipulating the young and the ignorant to wage a so called "holy war" based off a skewed interpretation of religious writing.
Slashdot Mirror
Wake me up when it scores 100% on the acid test.
Ssssshhhhhh....
The first rule of shorting Apple's stock, is that we don't talk about shorting Apple's stock.
Odd, how that correlates with Windows desktop market share
Yea!!! Modern day book burning!!!!
We American's have finally come full circle now. Next week, burning a witch at the stake (Sponsored by Kingford)
sigh...
Yeah, that works in theory, but what happens when all the software vendors are putting this clause in their license agreement... which you know is going to happen?
First, it starts with things like AutoDesk, then it trickles down to Adobe and their Creative Suite, then it hits the console game market... pretty soon you won't have any other option. And how exactly am I going to purchase a PlayStation game that I can create in-house? or create a Photoshop alternative in-house?
...Why doesn't the government worry about securing their own networks before acting like they have the "expertise" to secure the entire internet.
Think of all the other things they could apply this to:
Just think, all of the budget concerns could be over!!! Genius!!
iTunes works great on my Mac. It's fast, never crashes and basically just works.
I've not used iTunes on Windows, so perhaps you meant to say:
They listed the top things users were requesting for a new AppleTV, but I have a sneaking suspicion that their users were maybe the content providers.
Seriously... the number one requested feature is a frick'n DVR!!!
I couldn't agree with you more. I have a PS3 which I haven't turned on since January. I tried to make it into a media center, but Sony fought me with constant upgrades that broke media formats, restricted access to the system and basically did everything in their power to ensure I had a miserable experience using their system. Games may look better, but everything I play seems buggy (Granted this falls more onto the developers, but from what I hear, the developers are treated pretty bad as well). I'm seriously thinking about getting an XBox and I'm a Mac user. Sorry Sony. You've lost in my house.
Because the paid damn good money to get their guys into office!
Source Obama Taps 5th RIAA Lawyer to Justice Dept.
My best guess is that Apple is trying to create a nice "walled-garden" for content providers. Apple has been trying for years to get all the big content providers from TV, Film, etc on the Mac, but these guys saw what happened to the music industry so they have been slow to move. When the iPhone came out you finally had a operating system that the normal user (i.e. not people who are JailBreaking there stuff) couldn't access.
Now they have the iPod, iPad, and the soon to be released iTV (rumor). If they want to get the content, they have to prove to these guys that they have a "safe" environment. It makes sense that Apple is going to try and spread this to the desktop.
I don't like it, but I understand why they are doing it.
You are delusional if you think the U.S. is the only country trying to persuade foreign policy. Every country, and I mean EVERY country is only looking out for it's own interest. And as a U.S. citizen, I don't have a problem with that. If you want to be mad at anyone, then be mad at your elected officials (or kings, dictators, or whatever) for accepting the terms in the first place.
You expect other countries to give you money and support with no strings attached? Wake up, that's not how the world works.
Gladly, Pakistani flood victims' anger at US
Unfortunately at the time, that was the only way to bomb people. We haven't "carpet bombed" anyone is a loooonggg time. And we weren't the only ones to use this technique. As for the nuclear weapons, it's not like we're lobbing those at countries left and right. We used two, "Fat man" and "Little Boy". We gained a lot of knowledge after using them and one of the things we learned is how horrific they are. I'm not really sure if these smaller countries understand that. Their more concerned with being able to use it as a bargaining chip without thinking about the responsibility that goes along with it.
I'm pretty sure we wouldn't make anymore if no one else was trying to make them, but guess what. That's the problem. Countries still want to make these dammed things. And I find it somewhat laughable that you mention that we are "using trade and political embargoes" as if that's a bad thing. What would you rather us do, bomb them? How else are we going to convince countries not to pursue something against our interest? "Hey Iran, can you pretty please not pursue nukes!".
This is how the system is supposed to work, i.e. using non-violent means to convince them to not do something. We also give out a lot of monetary incentives for the exact same thing. I think the big problem is that these countries want to take the money, but they don't want to follow the conditions. But you know, the minute we stop providing cash, then these governments are going to start complaining to their citizens how evil we are for not giving support.
I'm sure it must be nice to have this view where the US is this evil entity and the rest of the world is perfect, but in reality every government sucks. Iran is still pissed about the Shaw. And honestly, I don't blame them. That was a huge cluster fuck on Carter's watch, but the world was a completely different animal at that time.
If you connect every "major" city with high speed rail, and then let the cities choose to build their own light rail system to handle all the secondary stops, then I think it would work. And when I say major cities, I'm talking things like Kansas City, Las Vegas, Chicago, etc. The minimum distance should be 300 miles or something to that affect.
But if they plan on making this thing stop every 60 miles or so, then it's really not worth it. Most people will drive that distance.
This was the bases of an X-Files episode as well, except it was in humans, not in ants.
I use GlimmerBlocker, which is a pretty cool little system extension which has a bunch of built in blocking scripts, but also allows you to create your own.
I also use ClickToFlash, but not sure if that does anything to protect you against Flash Cookies.
Then if you really get annoyed at certain sites, you can always edit your host file.
Actually they never said it was a software issue. They said it was a attenuation problem that all modern smart phones have.
I'm not saying there's not a problem, but I like to correct people when they just randomly make things up.
I heard that after the press conference the other day, before reporters could ask questions, the pentagon spokesperson closed his eyes and started yelling "You can't see me! I'm invisible. You can't see me!"
Sums things up perfectly...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k&search=ipod%20packaging
They did, but it was non-voting stock that was more of a symbolic gesture (the real reason was cross licensing and also it eased investors concerns that Apple might go under). (http://ask.metafilter.com/30833/How-much-of-Apple-Computer-does-Microsoft-own)
Um.. who made them sell it? They chose to sell it, because they made a butt-load of cash of doing so.
You see see, just because you can post something doesn't necessarily make it a fact. This statement is an absolute falsehood and about as true as pink monkeys are attacking New York!!.
Or, because there is no truth in what you just posted.
Well, apparently you don't have to deal with electricity stealing Werewolves. I for one, am glad someone is finally addressing this problem.
Gosh, you would think that dethroning any evil dictator who gases and murders his own citizens, who basically could have avoided the entire war if, you know, he followed the terms of of the first war, but instead did everything possibly not follow those terms.
How naive it seems that the rest of the world is, but yet if something bad happens to them, they expect the US to come running in and help out.
I don't believe we are at war with any "countries" right now.
We are fighting an idealism that is spread amongst many countries, they are criminals that do not adhere to any "rules of war". In essence they are no more than a coordinated street gang of lying, backstabbing, criminals, manipulating the young and the ignorant to wage a so called "holy war" based off a skewed interpretation of religious writing.