Well, not really. But I am a user of Nokia 7710 for about two years and I just don't get it what the fuss is all about. I've seen dozens of smartphones with features Apple advertises, I've seen people using them and dumping them the next time they bought a new phone... Mainly because all the features are not worth the money.
Maybe it is because I am European, but I shall not buy iPhone. I would rather die than be a member of the flock. My Nokia is serving me well, it has all I need and when i decide to buy a new phone it will be an ordinary one. I am only using about 10% of the features it has anyway.
Apple has the best advertising in the world and enough people to fall for it. If I would have iPhone I would be ashamed not proud, if I would have an iPod I would hide it not show it as it would clearly project a wrong image of myself. Having those gadgets is like carrying a big sign above the had saying: "Small brains here!"...
The letter does not say why. It only states that he will get his equipment back as the case was dropped. More research would have to be undertaken to get the answer to this question.
As for the police and bribery. I suspect the story is most likely to go something like this: American studios found the site, contacted whoever is in charge of cases like this in the USA (FBI?), the request was passed to Slovene authorities who MUST act on any request (either from a citizen or foreign institution), they followed the procedure, passed the information to the state attorney and the courts. No ground for continuing the case was found and it was dropped.
There are no institutions in Slovenia who would actively seek out file sharers so the information must have come from USA.
Ok, ok... I read a lot of posts and I would agree with most of them. But Linux is not easy to use. Really, really! I am sorry to say so. I use it (FC4), but I have to use WinXP as well, because using Linux is like eating a sandwich but what I would really want is a tasty coq-au-vin. Here are the problems as I see them:
1. Before one can really use it, you have to do some serious installing by yourself which means adding repositories and to know how, you really have to learn a lot about Unix and Linux. I started using Linux about a year ago and have given up after one month. Had to solve all sorts of problems all the time... how to startup applications by default, how to listen to MP3s, how to... It took me five times longer to do anything at all. And I need the computer every day.
2. To setup to access NTFS partitions and to watch movies was a pain too. Having to optimize some settings for the processor (AMD) it took me a while to make all things work as they should. I was really angry that it was so complicated. Did I mention that there was no driver for S3 graphics chipset that would support 3D?
3. Every application has it's own look and feel. When will the developers realize it takes more time if you put different functions in different menus for each application. In Windows all feels and looks the same, one can quickly find all even if an application would be used for the first time. In Linux it is not so. And it will not be so for a long time it seems.
4. The last setback was that the scanner I use and have is not supported by Linux and it is not a no-name scanner as many may think. It is a HP scanner, 3500 series. Not supported to this day. Oh, and btw, no Linux OCR can compare to Abbyy Finereader 7 or 8.
So, I gave up on Linux (Fedora core 3). Fortunately I am stubborn enough to try to learn new things and I installed Ubuntu the moment I heard about it. Had to delete it though as it did not work with the laptop I use (the fan was constantly on). Had to install FC4 instead. Now it works.
You see. Linux is not easy to use. Even for me and I am using computers since 1985. My mom would go crazy! So would most of my friends.
But I am optimistic. I predict that in two years Linux distributions will be superior in most features Windows will by then have (in the context of the above mentioned problems) but at this moment it is just too complicated to setup. If MP3s and DivX movies could play out of the box, a lot would be done already. Making a desktop "for newbies" that would include some features users know and use in windows already would also be a step in the right direction.
But that is the future. I support Linux and will try my best to do so but to say that Linux is easy to use is just not true.
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Well, not really. But I am a user of Nokia 7710 for about two years and I just don't get it what the fuss is all about. I've seen dozens of smartphones with features Apple advertises, I've seen people using them and dumping them the next time they bought a new phone ... Mainly because all the features are not worth the money.
Maybe it is because I am European, but I shall not buy iPhone. I would rather die than be a member of the flock. My Nokia is serving me well, it has all I need and when i decide to buy a new phone it will be an ordinary one. I am only using about 10% of the features it has anyway.
Apple has the best advertising in the world and enough people to fall for it. If I would have iPhone I would be ashamed not proud, if I would have an iPod I would hide it not show it as it would clearly project a wrong image of myself. Having those gadgets is like carrying a big sign above the had saying: "Small brains here!"...
The letter does not say why. It only states that he will get his equipment back as the case was dropped. More research would have to be undertaken to get the answer to this question.
As for the police and bribery. I suspect the story is most likely to go something like this: American studios found the site, contacted whoever is in charge of cases like this in the USA (FBI?), the request was passed to Slovene authorities who MUST act on any request (either from a citizen or foreign institution), they followed the procedure, passed the information to the state attorney and the courts. No ground for continuing the case was found and it was dropped.
There are no institutions in Slovenia who would actively seek out file sharers so the information must have come from USA.
I am just glad Sloncek is off the hook.
Ok, ok... I read a lot of posts and I would agree with most of them. But Linux is not easy to use. Really, really! I am sorry to say so. I use it (FC4), but I have to use WinXP as well, because using Linux is like eating a sandwich but what I would really want is a tasty coq-au-vin. Here are the problems as I see them:
1. Before one can really use it, you have to do some serious installing by yourself which means adding repositories and to know how, you really have to learn a lot about Unix and Linux.
I started using Linux about a year ago and have given up after one month. Had to solve all sorts of problems all the time... how to startup applications by default, how to listen to MP3s, how to... It took me five times longer to do anything at all. And I need the computer every day.
2. To setup to access NTFS partitions and to watch movies was a pain too. Having to optimize some settings for the processor (AMD) it took me a while to make all things work as they should. I was really angry that it was so complicated. Did I mention that there was no driver for S3 graphics chipset that would support 3D?
3. Every application has it's own look and feel. When will the developers realize it takes more time if you put different functions in different menus for each application. In Windows all feels and looks the same, one can quickly find all even if an application would be used for the first time. In Linux it is not so. And it will not be so for a long time it seems.
4. The last setback was that the scanner I use and have is not supported by Linux and it is not a no-name scanner as many may think. It is a HP scanner, 3500 series. Not supported to this day. Oh, and btw, no Linux OCR can compare to Abbyy Finereader 7 or 8.
So, I gave up on Linux (Fedora core 3). Fortunately I am stubborn enough to try to learn new things and I installed Ubuntu the moment I heard about it. Had to delete it though as it did not work with the laptop I use (the fan was constantly on). Had to install FC4 instead. Now it works.
You see. Linux is not easy to use. Even for me and I am using computers since 1985. My mom would go crazy! So would most of my friends.
But I am optimistic. I predict that in two years Linux distributions will be superior in most features Windows will by then have (in the context of the above mentioned problems) but at this moment it is just too complicated to setup. If MP3s and DivX movies could play out of the box, a lot would be done already. Making a desktop "for newbies" that would include some features users know and use in windows already would also be a step in the right direction.
But that is the future. I support Linux and will try my best to do so but to say that Linux is easy to use is just not true.