It's important to note that the SBC was basically taken over a number of years back (see section V: "Issues and Controversies"). It used to be more moderate, but some folks in high places (who incidentally have lots of money) tipped the right scales to make it a hard-line fundamentalist group.
The same tactics are now being used against Methodists and the United Church of Christ. Once I listened to the episode linked there, a lot of things became clear to me with regard to American politics and the Church.
I'm really wondering how much of a shift the new court will show in its rulings. I don't know if Rhenquist was tons different from Roberts/Alito, but I certainly believe they'll differ from O'Connor.
Wrong. Parody does not require you pay any royalties.
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Companies will not take two decades to create a game
Then what is Doom 3? OK, Wolf 3D came out in '92, so it's not two decades. However, most evolutions in the FPS genre have been in graphics and "story", with tiny little steps in gameplay along the way.
I ran into a video the other day that was some obscure divx format, so I decided to install the "official" divx software. I didn't read the installer super-closely, but on the 'select components' step, I unchecked everything I didn't want.
But wait! Lo and behold, Google Toolbar for Firefox was installed. And Google Desktop Search. Yeah, just start indexing my entire drive without asking, thanks! I should've known something was up with a download size of 14 megs.
And yes, I know about ffdshow and all those super-mega-happy "codec packs". I can never get them set up to just play the damn videos.
Wrong. Firefox has an integrated search bar. This is simply a component of Firefox, and the only thing it has to do with Google is the fact that the default setting points to Google search.
The Google toolbar is something completely different. It is a program that has a bunch of Google-specific features. I believe it also collects information about your browsing habits, which would be very useful to a company that makes most of its money through advertising.
Google makes nearly all of their money through advertising. They do this through having lots of information about the users they are targeting. What does PDF have to do with either of these? Are they going to implant tracking code and ads into every PDF that Acrobat creates? Just because Adobe is a tech company does not make them a good buyout candidate for Google.
Also, PDF is a free, open standard. Google buying Adobe would only give them the information that Adobe keeps secret (which is probably not much when you make something a free, open standard).
I love the./'rs that say I wont touch it until this that or the other [...] All that proves is that you are NOT a Videophile and are certainly NOT a Audio/Videophile early adopter.
No. Audio/videophiles do not just value a higher-bandwidth signal. Some value things like the freedom to make backups, or the freedom to hook things up they way we want to. Macrovision on VCRs was bad enough.
If/when I have kids, I will most definitely teach them about privacy and being safe. My parents did this for me (and my brother), and I'm glad they did.
Unfortunely, at least in my case, the first panic attack meant that next time I was in a similar circumstance I was worried more which seemed to help induce another panic attack.
I don't have panic attacks. However, I read in a book on anxiety that this is one of the reasons people keep having panic attacks. The anxiety of worrying about having an attack builds up, and can actually cause one to happen. It's sort of the same with depression, where a person starts believing all the bad thoughts they have.
Well, the Firefox implementation is quite a bit better than IE. In IE, I believe you have to restart your browser in order to change the image resize option. In Firefox, viewing a huge image makes your cursor into a magnifying glass, and you can click to toggle scaled and un-scaled.
Google are running away with the search market - and with it, the future of advertising. New entrants have no chance, so the only competition is going to come from the existing players getting their act together.
Um, what? Google was a startup that turned Yahoo (and everyone else) on their heads. They didn't come from "one of the existing players". Stop thinking like 99% of the "business majors" that colleges love cranking out these days.
Good job changing your argument. First you claim that apple is sooo open by linking to a bunch of projects at Apple that are apparently "open source". Never mind the fact that these projects represent a tiny percentage of the code needed to run an actual system.
Now you're claiming that in order to make "commercial software", companies must not "give away" their "intellectual property". Yeah, that's really the same argument as before. Not.
So either you're admitting defeat, or you simply cannot express a coherent argument. I think I'm done here. I won't be responding to further replies from you in this thread.
PS: Red Hat makes a ton of "commercial software" and "gives away" their stuff, yet they still make money. How can this be? I mean, obviously, since you're posting here on slashdot, you must be right. Red Hat must have a pact with the devil or something. How can they violate your sacred rules and still make money?
PSS: You meant proprietary software, not commercial software.
PSSS: "Intellectual property" IS NOT PROPERTY. You can't steal an idea.
PSSSS: Stallman has never been part of, nor wishes to be part of, the "'open source' 'community'".
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It sounds like you do get it.
However, like the other reply to your comment stated, there are some instances when the "upstream" provider does have to make the source available.
It's important to note that the SBC was basically taken over a number of years back (see section V: "Issues and Controversies"). It used to be more moderate, but some folks in high places (who incidentally have lots of money) tipped the right scales to make it a hard-line fundamentalist group.
The same tactics are now being used against Methodists and the United Church of Christ. Once I listened to the episode linked there, a lot of things became clear to me with regard to American politics and the Church.
Amazon did sue Barnes and Noble. But hang on, even the FSF ended their boycott of Amazon. It seems they haven't gone after anyone else.
I'm really wondering how much of a shift the new court will show in its rulings. I don't know if Rhenquist was tons different from Roberts/Alito, but I certainly believe they'll differ from O'Connor.
Wrong. Parody does not require you pay any royalties.
Then what is Doom 3? OK, Wolf 3D came out in '92, so it's not two decades. However, most evolutions in the FPS genre have been in graphics and "story", with tiny little steps in gameplay along the way.
I've heard this parable as well. Googling for fisherman parable turns up the version I heard, as well as another version.
I ran into a video the other day that was some obscure divx format, so I decided to install the "official" divx software. I didn't read the installer super-closely, but on the 'select components' step, I unchecked everything I didn't want.
But wait! Lo and behold, Google Toolbar for Firefox was installed. And Google Desktop Search. Yeah, just start indexing my entire drive without asking, thanks! I should've known something was up with a download size of 14 megs.
And yes, I know about ffdshow and all those super-mega-happy "codec packs". I can never get them set up to just play the damn videos.
Wrong. Firefox has an integrated search bar. This is simply a component of Firefox, and the only thing it has to do with Google is the fact that the default setting points to Google search.
The Google toolbar is something completely different. It is a program that has a bunch of Google-specific features. I believe it also collects information about your browsing habits, which would be very useful to a company that makes most of its money through advertising.
Google makes nearly all of their money through advertising. They do this through having lots of information about the users they are targeting. What does PDF have to do with either of these? Are they going to implant tracking code and ads into every PDF that Acrobat creates? Just because Adobe is a tech company does not make them a good buyout candidate for Google.
Also, PDF is a free, open standard. Google buying Adobe would only give them the information that Adobe keeps secret (which is probably not much when you make something a free, open standard).
I seem to remember the BeFS developer going to work for Apple. I think this explains Spotlight...
Ext3 can be incompatible with ext2. This is only if you enable some of its new features, like hashed directories.
is [subsidizing] only a bad thing when Sony does it?
When did Sony do it? They certainly didn't for the PS1 or PS2.
I love the ./'rs that say I wont touch it until this that or the other [...] All that proves is that you are NOT a Videophile and are certainly NOT a Audio/Videophile early adopter.
No. Audio/videophiles do not just value a higher-bandwidth signal. Some value things like the freedom to make backups, or the freedom to hook things up they way we want to. Macrovision on VCRs was bad enough.
They don't think about privacy all day long.
If/when I have kids, I will most definitely teach them about privacy and being safe. My parents did this for me (and my brother), and I'm glad they did.
Kids are going to make mistakes whether or not you "watch" them. The problem lies in those who are trying to create a bubble life for them.
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Unfortunely, at least in my case, the first panic attack meant that next time I was in a similar circumstance I was worried more which seemed to help induce another panic attack.
I don't have panic attacks. However, I read in a book on anxiety that this is one of the reasons people keep having panic attacks. The anxiety of worrying about having an attack builds up, and can actually cause one to happen. It's sort of the same with depression, where a person starts believing all the bad thoughts they have.
Well, the Firefox implementation is quite a bit better than IE. In IE, I believe you have to restart your browser in order to change the image resize option. In Firefox, viewing a huge image makes your cursor into a magnifying glass, and you can click to toggle scaled and un-scaled.
But yeah, it's not the best feature.
Google are running away with the search market - and with it, the future of advertising. New entrants have no chance, so the only competition is going to come from the existing players getting their act together.
Um, what? Google was a startup that turned Yahoo (and everyone else) on their heads. They didn't come from "one of the existing players". Stop thinking like 99% of the "business majors" that colleges love cranking out these days.
ask.com is not powered by yahoo or google, and they seem to be OK.
Good job changing your argument. First you claim that apple is sooo open by linking to a bunch of projects at Apple that are apparently "open source". Never mind the fact that these projects represent a tiny percentage of the code needed to run an actual system.
Now you're claiming that in order to make "commercial software", companies must not "give away" their "intellectual property". Yeah, that's really the same argument as before. Not.
So either you're admitting defeat, or you simply cannot express a coherent argument. I think I'm done here. I won't be responding to further replies from you in this thread.
PS: Red Hat makes a ton of "commercial software" and "gives away" their stuff, yet they still make money. How can this be? I mean, obviously, since you're posting here on slashdot, you must be right. Red Hat must have a pact with the devil or something. How can they violate your sacred rules and still make money?
PSS: You meant proprietary software, not commercial software.
PSSS: "Intellectual property" IS NOT PROPERTY. You can't steal an idea.
PSSSS: Stallman has never been part of, nor wishes to be part of, the "'open source' 'community'".
Those stores aren't "all across the midwest".