Except that Apple doesn't need them to do anything. This is France trying to pass a law that makes iTunes illegal. If anyone is being blackmailed, it's Apple.
I think the obvious thing for Apple to do if this bill passes is to simply stop selling music on iTunes to people living in France. Is that what the French want? If not, they shouldn't pass this bill.
Java is just as open of a standard as OpenGL. Anyone can implement a version of it, if they have the resources. The issue, in BOTH cases, is that the free implementations are inadequate.
We all know that, to use XGL in GNU/Linux, you need to use non-free binary drivers from nVidia or ATI. That's why Kororaa included them. But, tautologically, these are not free, so XGL is completely useless to the free software community. Please see Richard's essay, which I've linked to above.
There are still reasons why one would prefer a console to a PC. A console will be optimized for group gaming. Having a good time. A PC is optimized for typing, alone, and in the dark, in a barren Linux console session, with ASCII porn streaming down your screen.
Besides, once you separate your gaming machine (PS3) from your PC, you can optimize your upgrades for what you actually use the machine for. You can use a lower-end video card that's well supported in Linux, but not great for games. And you don't really have to worry about upgrading the PS3 at all.
It's obvious that the reason people resent Minix is that it came from outside of the free software community, rather than that it is in any way inferior to Linux (it isn't in any way, except for in polish). I'm tired of $lashdot's LINUX4EVER FUD.
Even RMS can agree that microkernels are superior - the GNU operating system itself is using Mach in its Hurd microkernel.
You have a problem with copyrights whenever they're used to stop people from distributing pirated movies and warez, but you're all for them when they're used to protect GPL software? You're a hypocrite.
What you say is true about the rabble, but these days most professionals and liberals are underproducing offspring. It's just poor people and conservatives that breed enough to keep the US from drowning.
Sony's software and hardware may suck, but you're certainly not the victim you play yourself out to be. You implicitly agreed to let Sony do *all* of those things when you started using their hardware and software - those features/limitations are mentioned right in the manual.
No, it has -no- root password by default. In Linux, you generally disable an account by removing its password.
The password in the log file was the primary account's password. This account is a member of the sudoers group, so the same password can get you root access.
I hate how, when an article comes up about a sensitive issue, 3/4 of the summary text is dedicated to doubletalk.
"[..]unfounded notions of racial superiority[..]" --- yet the linked article states that they may in fact not be so unfounded. If a group can be as a whole different, there's no reason that a group can't be as a whole superior.
Shove this PC bullshit up your ass, you anonymous coward.
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Except that Apple doesn't need them to do anything. This is France trying to pass a law that makes iTunes illegal. If anyone is being blackmailed, it's Apple.
No, it isn't. If France makes a law that outlaws iTunes as it stands today, then they can either adapt iTunes, or not sell songs to the French.
I think the obvious thing for Apple to do if this bill passes is to simply stop selling music on iTunes to people living in France. Is that what the French want? If not, they shouldn't pass this bill.
Does this mean that Linux can now support JPEG, since it's now unencumbered by patents? Hurray!!
Wrong.
Java is just as open of a standard as OpenGL. Anyone can implement a version of it, if they have the resources. The issue, in BOTH cases, is that the free implementations are inadequate.
XGL is free, but shackled.
We all know that, to use XGL in GNU/Linux, you need to use non-free binary drivers from nVidia or ATI. That's why Kororaa included them. But, tautologically, these are not free, so XGL is completely useless to the free software community. Please see Richard's essay, which I've linked to above.
How the heck am I supposed to upgrade from GNU/Linux to Vista??
Does anyone make an affordable tape backup system in the range of 2TB? I wouldn't want to lose my Minix ISOs.
All I have to say is Emacs
It should always be "something you have" and "something you know", so, in addition to removing your thumb, they also need to remove your brain.
There are still reasons why one would prefer a console to a PC. A console will be optimized for group gaming. Having a good time. A PC is optimized for typing, alone, and in the dark, in a barren Linux console session, with ASCII porn streaming down your screen.
Besides, once you separate your gaming machine (PS3) from your PC, you can optimize your upgrades for what you actually use the machine for.
You can use a lower-end video card that's well supported in Linux, but not great for games. And you don't really have to worry about upgrading the PS3 at all.
They're only war crimes if you've agreed to them being so (the USA has shredded up the Geneva Convention already). International politics is anarchy.
It's obvious that the reason people resent Minix is that it came from outside of the free software community, rather than that it is in any way inferior to Linux (it isn't in any way, except for in polish). I'm tired of $lashdot's LINUX4EVER FUD.
Even RMS can agree that microkernels are superior - the GNU operating system itself is using Mach in its Hurd microkernel.
You have a problem with copyrights whenever they're used to stop people from distributing pirated movies and warez, but you're all for them when they're used to protect GPL software? You're a hypocrite.
Not only is KOffice older than OpenOrifice.Org, it's better.
to the kitchen, and recycled the empty Mountain Dew (or Polyjuice Potion, as I call it) bottles. I have a lot more space now.
What you say is true about the rabble, but these days most professionals and liberals are underproducing offspring. It's just poor people and conservatives that breed enough to keep the US from drowning.
Sony's software and hardware may suck, but you're certainly not the victim you play yourself out to be. You implicitly agreed to let Sony do *all* of those things when you started using their hardware and software - those features/limitations are mentioned right in the manual.
1) Music player with your favorite album
2) Anime background picture
3) Transparency
OpenOffice on a P3 500? I feel sorry for you.
I can't even tolerate its glacier like performance on my Dual Xeon system with 8 gigabytes of RAM.
They really have to roll their own update system, because RHEL's isn't really suited for a free product.
You wouldn't hate DRM so much if it was being used to enforce the GPL.
No, it has -no- root password by default. In Linux, you generally disable an account by removing its password.
The password in the log file was the primary account's password. This account is a member of the sudoers group, so the same password can get you root access.
I hate how, when an article comes up about a sensitive issue, 3/4 of the summary text is dedicated to doubletalk.
"[..]unfounded notions of racial superiority[..]" --- yet the linked article states that they may in fact not be so unfounded. If a group can be as a whole different, there's no reason that a group can't be as a whole superior.
Shove this PC bullshit up your ass, you anonymous coward.
-- A.T.