Then don't download pirated content and you should be fine.
Oh really? Where exactly does TFA say you have to actually download anything to get disconnected?
But this agreement now denies Eircom's own customers all future access to due process when accused of infringement. All that is needed to terminate an Internet connection is three accusations from a narrow set of third-party companies.
I am still not sure what it is an example of, seeing how it's not 1.0. As for being a troll, I don't mind: what's karma good for if I don't burn it?
The One True Versioning Practice, of course. You release a new major version when it's done. The FOSS community does not have external deadlines to ship, so we can take our time, and make sure a major release is a quality one. Read this as well, it's pretty interesting. If you never heard about KDE, and they tell you the two latest versions are 3.5.9 and 4.1.0, which one would you think was worth installing?
Of course, the primary source of confusion may have been that the KDE devs were saying Framework, while the users heard Desktop Environment...
Wine is an exercise in futility 6 days a week and reverse-engineering on Sundays. It's silly to say that its shortcomings are a typical feature of OSS.
Wine does have its flaws, but that's not my point. A.0 is a release the developers feel is ready to, as ESR would say, to bet their reputation on it.
Sorry you got modded troll, wine was a bad example. How about Mplayer? It's been winning awards since 2003 and still 1.0RC2.
Are you kidding? Slashdot's general consensus has not been merciful towards KDE. In fact, most of what I have read has been "I switched to [GNOME|xfce|fluxbox] because of KDE4". Pretty damning.
Gee, the fact that they explicitly say "don't use this, not for end users", and you can't fucking read makes it their problem?
The fact they named it 4.0 is much louder than whatever they said.
Remember how Wine took a decade to reach 1.0? That's what we expect from Open Source. You can scream and bitch all you want, but if you named it.0, it's your fault if it sucks.
Surrounding projects have done no better -- Amarok currently will not transcode automatically from flac to aac for ipods; it insists on mp3. This is a bug; it used to work. The stable Amarok won't fix the bug, because it's being depricated in favor of the kde4 version of Amarok, which doesn't yet support transcoding. WTF?
This is how good projects die: they start over from scratch. Remember Netscape?
i agree - most people 'taking notes' on laptops in lectures don't pay much attention to the lecture and instead are playing with their computer.
And why exactly is that a bad thing? During the 14 years of my education I had exactly two teachers who told me anything that wasn't in the book.
Of course, being the curious geeky type, I already read the book the day they made me buy it. Why should I pay attention if I pass the test with the highest score in the class?
Yes, smart thinking. If Google can't make Youtube profitable so they have to be more intrusive with advertising, then someone will come up with an ad free alternative.
Ads are not the main problem. DMCA takedowns and content replaced with ads are.
Having the most popular content removed means less users, which means less $$$ for Youtube. That they're filling the blanks with more ads is guaranteed to not bring new users.
The box I'm posting from is a 2 GHz Celeron with 256 Mb RAM. Latest Debian runs just fine with KDE3 and Opera (I admit, firefox was too much). Imagine putting Vista on it.
All of you who shuddered at the thought: that's bloat.
I think Jurily's point was that an economic downturn wouldn't necessarily make people switch to Linux, but rather would increase the volume of Windows piracy instead.
I really need to articulate my thoughts more clearly.
My point: Microsoft does not sell tangible stuff, like cars. They already paid most of the money they needed to make their product. The cost of making more of said product is negligible. They have a huge profit per new units sold. Maybe, if they lowered their prices, they could sell more.
Sorry for the flamefest, I'll be more precise next time:)
They have to dump anything if they get a copyright complaint if they want to keep their Safe Harbor protections as per the DCMA.
I know, that's why I'm waiting for a swedish Youtube-equivalent to take over.
I was complaining about the term "illegal". Doublethink at its finest.
Google has been experiencing much slower growth in ad revenue lately and AdSense publisher revenues are much worse and are looking for new exciting revenue streams to try and get that triple digit growth rate again.
Yeah, driving youtube in the ground will surely make that happen.
Except that if you're going to avoid lawsuits and possibly criminal prosecution, you're going to be obtaining them through legitimate channels.
I said technically, and I meant it. There is no inherent difference in cost, except for copyright.
Why does everyone assume I'm talking about "piracy", when I thought "putting ones and zeroes on physical media so you can sell it" or "selling ones and zeroes online"?
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It wasn't profitable.
New Sig Time!
Then don't download pirated content and you should be fine.
Oh really? Where exactly does TFA say you have to actually download anything to get disconnected?
But this agreement now denies Eircom's own customers all future access to due process when accused of infringement. All that is needed to terminate an Internet connection is three accusations from a narrow set of third-party companies.
I wonder what the logic was.
"If they were stupid enough to pay for that, they deserve to suffer."
Sounds like a BOFH to me.
but to only point to opening weekend numbers is almost meaningless.
Oh, it's meaningful alright, but it doesn't measure how good the movie is. It measures the marketing.
I am still not sure what it is an example of, seeing how it's not 1.0. As for being a troll, I don't mind: what's karma good for if I don't burn it?
The One True Versioning Practice, of course. You release a new major version when it's done. The FOSS community does not have external deadlines to ship, so we can take our time, and make sure a major release is a quality one. Read this as well, it's pretty interesting. If you never heard about KDE, and they tell you the two latest versions are 3.5.9 and 4.1.0, which one would you think was worth installing?
Of course, the primary source of confusion may have been that the KDE devs were saying Framework, while the users heard Desktop Environment...
Wine is an exercise in futility 6 days a week and reverse-engineering on Sundays. It's silly to say that its shortcomings are a typical feature of OSS.
Wine does have its flaws, but that's not my point. A .0 is a release the developers feel is ready to, as ESR would say, to bet their reputation on it.
Sorry you got modded troll, wine was a bad example. How about Mplayer? It's been winning awards since 2003 and still 1.0RC2.
Are you kidding? Slashdot's general consensus has not been merciful towards KDE. In fact, most of what I have read has been "I switched to [GNOME|xfce|fluxbox] because of KDE4". Pretty damning.
Including Linus.
Gee, the fact that they explicitly say "don't use this, not for end users", and you can't fucking read makes it their problem?
The fact they named it 4.0 is much louder than whatever they said.
Remember how Wine took a decade to reach 1.0? That's what we expect from Open Source. You can scream and bitch all you want, but if you named it .0, it's your fault if it sucks.
And you think your conclusion will remain valid forever or something? Software tends to change pretty quickly.
Not that much. Fluxbox is still faster.
Surrounding projects have done no better -- Amarok currently will not transcode automatically from flac to aac for ipods; it insists on mp3. This is a bug; it used to work. The stable Amarok won't fix the bug, because it's being depricated in favor of the kde4 version of Amarok, which doesn't yet support transcoding. WTF?
This is how good projects die: they start over from scratch. Remember Netscape?
I just got enough and switched to Gnome.
The proper path to retreat from KDE is Fluxbox, not Gnome. You'll thank me one day.
"In short, KDE4 is basically a year late."
Late for what, though?
For all the hype they generated with releasing 4.0. People expected more from a major version bump.
i agree - most people 'taking notes' on laptops in lectures don't pay much attention to the lecture and instead are playing with their computer.
And why exactly is that a bad thing? During the 14 years of my education I had exactly two teachers who told me anything that wasn't in the book.
Of course, being the curious geeky type, I already read the book the day they made me buy it. Why should I pay attention if I pass the test with the highest score in the class?
Yes, smart thinking. If Google can't make Youtube profitable so they have to be more intrusive with advertising, then someone will come up with an ad free alternative.
Ads are not the main problem. DMCA takedowns and content replaced with ads are.
Having the most popular content removed means less users, which means less $$$ for Youtube. That they're filling the blanks with more ads is guaranteed to not bring new users.
Therefore, I suggest we find a country where the takedown notices don't reach, and get someone there to start anew.
Of course, torrents and streaming videos are different beasts, but you get the idea.
I've said this before, but what the hell.
The box I'm posting from is a 2 GHz Celeron with 256 Mb RAM. Latest Debian runs just fine with KDE3 and Opera (I admit, firefox was too much). Imagine putting Vista on it.
All of you who shuddered at the thought: that's bloat.
I think Jurily's point was that an economic downturn wouldn't necessarily make people switch to Linux, but rather would increase the volume of Windows piracy instead.
I really need to articulate my thoughts more clearly.
My point: Microsoft does not sell tangible stuff, like cars. They already paid most of the money they needed to make their product. The cost of making more of said product is negligible. They have a huge profit per new units sold. Maybe, if they lowered their prices, they could sell more.
Sorry for the flamefest, I'll be more precise next time :)
They have to dump anything if they get a copyright complaint if they want to keep their Safe Harbor protections as per the DCMA.
I know, that's why I'm waiting for a swedish Youtube-equivalent to take over.
I was complaining about the term "illegal". Doublethink at its finest.
Google has been experiencing much slower growth in ad revenue lately and AdSense publisher revenues are much worse and are looking for new exciting revenue streams to try and get that triple digit growth rate again.
Yeah, driving youtube in the ground will surely make that happen.
Except that if you're going to avoid lawsuits and possibly criminal prosecution, you're going to be obtaining them through legitimate channels.
I said technically, and I meant it. There is no inherent difference in cost, except for copyright.
Why does everyone assume I'm talking about "piracy", when I thought "putting ones and zeroes on physical media so you can sell it" or "selling ones and zeroes online"?
Is this how Google lets their inner Evil out?
but illegally uploaded content by other users
You mean, possible copyright infringements?
How about "innocent until proven guilty"?
You personally don't get to make extra copies of Windows and sell them.
Not me. Although here in Hungary, I can legally download anything for strictly personal use.
My point is, manufacturing costs are the same, regardless of the actual software.
a ZERO COST product
Technically, copying Vista costs the same as copying Ubuntu. Development is already paid for.
FTFA:
It's a combination of Linux, missteps by Microsoft, and not enabling Vista for a low-power, long battery-life device.
Translation: it's the most bloated OS, ever.
Let's see, how they handle 7.
Of course the Linux guy will say Linux. And the Apple guy Apple. So on and so forth. And there is probably a mixture of truth to all that.
Oh, and that little global economic crisis may have something there, too...
How is that modded insightful?
Because I'm a Slashdot Certified Karma Whore.
And I meant it as a joke...