Chances are they smoked some of the pot they confiscated... I've seen cops first hand treat citizens like shit, and/or alienate them. A lot of police officers are arrogant and think their shit doesn't stink.
I know this will be flagged as flame-bait but I'm going to post it anyway. The aggressive release schedule could make for quite a different windows if they strip out all the bloat and DRM. It's easier to strip things out than build them in.
Alright, OOXML has been ratified an official standard by the ISO organization. But what does that mean? Just because ISO has made OOXML a standard doesn't mean somebody is putting a gun to someone's head forcing them to use it. All of the good standards have been discovered over time, by the trial of time. If people do not use OOXML, then the fact that it is a standard would be moot.
I don't believe that vulnerability fixes should be cryptic in the changelog. For one as stated before it helps distributions patch and fix their kernels for the end-user. It also would make it a big hassle for more technical users who patch their own kernel. The 'security through obscurity' way of disclosing vulnerabilities has been debunked several times. It's counter-productive against the very openness of Linux.
What really disappoints me is how greedy a company can get. They lie to avoid paying taxes in India when they make billions in revenue a year. I guess making billions isn't enough for them.
This is a prime example of why the United States patent system is broken. People can patent vague ideas such as custom error messages. I've seen custom 404 error pages for a long time.
I need to know something, what do you own these days? It seems that companies believe that they own every aspect of the product you own, including how you use it. If Ford can restrict people making a calandar of Ford cars what can other people do next? The U.S. car industry is in major trouble, you'd think they would be happy that people are buying their cars?
I find it funny that all these people would let the feds read their email. The internet may be a public network but that doesn't mean they have the right to snoop your email. For example would you want some person going into your mailbox at home and reading all of your personal email, I bet all of you would feel that you privacy had been violated, what's the difference between e-mail? It's the same exact idea as regular mail only in an electronic form. If people keep letting the government step on their feet and get more and more power to violate your rights then eventually they will systematically eliminate little freedoms one by one. These are little freedoms so many people won't notice at first or think its a big deal, but every freedom eliminated puts the Bush administration one step closer to being able to control the people. Bush is like a spoiled little rich kid that whines when he doesn't get what he wants, and will break the law to get it.
I find it funny how you find it easy to just work for the system than fight against it. Imagine if the early Americans didn't fight the British just because it was easier to put up with the bogus stuff going on. Going with the system might be easier, but that doesn't make it right. Microsoft has a grudge against Linux and is hoping to destroy it. They've already split the community into two sides. Have you ever heard of the idea of, embrace, extend, exterminate? People like you that just sit back and let it happen are the reason that many unmoral things happen. If I was running my own Linux distribution I wouldn't sign any of their patent exemption bullcrap because if you agree to it, you are giving their idea that Linux violates intellectual property ideas credibility.
It seems that Microsoft can't handle the fact that they aren't getting some people's money when it comes to installing or choosing an operating system. Basically they seem to think they have the right to everyones money no matter the circumstances. I guess billions of dollars isn't enough for them.
I'm another one of these people that have been reading Slashdot for quite some time without registering an account here. I've been reading the site since about 1999 or so.
I wouldn't want the code I've contributed to be used against another Linux distribution. The bottom line is I don't think we should have to pay for interoperability, it's something that should be expected due to standards and what not. Is that not the whole reason standards were put in place, to make it so that applications could implement them and freely exchange the information?
Personally I don't see why the newsposter would include the link to the Youtube video (although it has been taken off by now) it seems that posting a link to the video would be a partial contribution to the problem.
What I find funny about all of these patent deals, is that these Linux distributions are selling out, and they are also alienating their userbase. I also believe by signing these patent deals the companies are acknowledging that Linux does violate Microsoft's patents and are giving these patents a sense of validitity. I won't be using these products anyway.
I don't see why this particular police officer wouldn't want him being video taped at that particular moment. For one the police cars usually have video recorders taping the entire incident. If he didn't want to be taped, maybe he wasn't doing his job necessarily legal, police officers tend to have a history of bending the law. Police officers are a public figure, I don't see why they need to ruin the life of someone just because they video taped a cop.
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Chances are they smoked some of the pot they confiscated... I've seen cops first hand treat citizens like shit, and/or alienate them. A lot of police officers are arrogant and think their shit doesn't stink.
Ballmer is like a spoiled kid who whines because he didn't get a toy during the family trip to Walmart.
He may be right that the iPhone store and Apple need to practice more openess, but it also doesn't change the fact that he is a hypocrite.
I know this will be flagged as flame-bait but I'm going to post it anyway. The aggressive release schedule could make for quite a different windows if they strip out all the bloat and DRM. It's easier to strip things out than build them in.
I agree with the comment on the Red Ring being an integral part of the community, I've went through 4 systems due to RRoD.
Alright, OOXML has been ratified an official standard by the ISO organization. But what does that mean? Just because ISO has made OOXML a standard doesn't mean somebody is putting a gun to someone's head forcing them to use it. All of the good standards have been discovered over time, by the trial of time. If people do not use OOXML, then the fact that it is a standard would be moot.
I'm not sure if anyone happened to catch this, but it said the coldest year in the 21st century, which means the coldest year in the last 8 years.
I don't believe that vulnerability fixes should be cryptic in the changelog. For one as stated before it helps distributions patch and fix their kernels for the end-user. It also would make it a big hassle for more technical users who patch their own kernel. The 'security through obscurity' way of disclosing vulnerabilities has been debunked several times. It's counter-productive against the very openness of Linux.
Possibly because they didn't want to?
What really disappoints me is how greedy a company can get. They lie to avoid paying taxes in India when they make billions in revenue a year. I guess making billions isn't enough for them.
This is a prime example of why the United States patent system is broken. People can patent vague ideas such as custom error messages. I've seen custom 404 error pages for a long time.
I need to know something, what do you own these days? It seems that companies believe that they own every aspect of the product you own, including how you use it. If Ford can restrict people making a calandar of Ford cars what can other people do next? The U.S. car industry is in major trouble, you'd think they would be happy that people are buying their cars?
It's kind of strange that this didn't come up while people were beta testing OS X 10.5. Samba is used in many places. I hope they get it fixed soon.
I find it funny that all these people would let the feds read their email. The internet may be a public network but that doesn't mean they have the right to snoop your email. For example would you want some person going into your mailbox at home and reading all of your personal email, I bet all of you would feel that you privacy had been violated, what's the difference between e-mail? It's the same exact idea as regular mail only in an electronic form. If people keep letting the government step on their feet and get more and more power to violate your rights then eventually they will systematically eliminate little freedoms one by one. These are little freedoms so many people won't notice at first or think its a big deal, but every freedom eliminated puts the Bush administration one step closer to being able to control the people. Bush is like a spoiled little rich kid that whines when he doesn't get what he wants, and will break the law to get it.
For some reason I was thinking they were talking about the Bay City area (which is in Michigan) though California makes more sense.
I find it funny how you find it easy to just work for the system than fight against it. Imagine if the early Americans didn't fight the British just because it was easier to put up with the bogus stuff going on. Going with the system might be easier, but that doesn't make it right. Microsoft has a grudge against Linux and is hoping to destroy it. They've already split the community into two sides. Have you ever heard of the idea of, embrace, extend, exterminate? People like you that just sit back and let it happen are the reason that many unmoral things happen. If I was running my own Linux distribution I wouldn't sign any of their patent exemption bullcrap because if you agree to it, you are giving their idea that Linux violates intellectual property ideas credibility.
It seems that Microsoft can't handle the fact that they aren't getting some people's money when it comes to installing or choosing an operating system. Basically they seem to think they have the right to everyones money no matter the circumstances. I guess billions of dollars isn't enough for them.
I'm another one of these people that have been reading Slashdot for quite some time without registering an account here. I've been reading the site since about 1999 or so.
I wouldn't want the code I've contributed to be used against another Linux distribution. The bottom line is I don't think we should have to pay for interoperability, it's something that should be expected due to standards and what not. Is that not the whole reason standards were put in place, to make it so that applications could implement them and freely exchange the information?
Personally I don't see why the newsposter would include the link to the Youtube video (although it has been taken off by now) it seems that posting a link to the video would be a partial contribution to the problem.
What I find funny about all of these patent deals, is that these Linux distributions are selling out, and they are also alienating their userbase. I also believe by signing these patent deals the companies are acknowledging that Linux does violate Microsoft's patents and are giving these patents a sense of validitity. I won't be using these products anyway.
I don't see why this particular police officer wouldn't want him being video taped at that particular moment. For one the police cars usually have video recorders taping the entire incident. If he didn't want to be taped, maybe he wasn't doing his job necessarily legal, police officers tend to have a history of bending the law. Police officers are a public figure, I don't see why they need to ruin the life of someone just because they video taped a cop.