Implying that because someones product isn't open source that they must be afraid of something is most definitely not apolitical.
Hmm let's see here:
You know. I love open source, but people like you annoy me. Claiming that because someone doesn't subscribe to the same ideology as you that they are "afraid" is stupid. It's all about freedom, until someone exercises the freedom to not open their sandbox for the public to pee in.
In reality, if closed source was such a horrible thing, Opera would either be an insecure or crappy webbrowser, and it is neither. On the same token, I love Firefox. How about we judge things by their merits and not by weither or not RMS approves of it.
Your entire post (minus the inimitable first paragraph) is one hundred per cent assertions. You assert that the OP belongs to the Free Software ideology, a claim for which you provide no proof. You assert that software freedom is not important, because one product (Opera) is of good technical quality. You provide no facts or argument to back this up.
You assert some extremely broad claims, and then fail to provide an argument to back them up. Because of this fact, you have no argument. Your follow-up post defending it, then, does not make logical sense, because it is not possible to defend your point when you have no argument.
At least we know the US judicial system isn't completely buggered yet. I can't imagine what the world would be like if any more of those fuzzy terms were introduced into law; It would make everything subjective
"I know it when I see it". --Potter Stewart
Of course, it's important to note that he later recanted this view.
Part of their decreased console offerings is due to being basically taken over by Sammy. Also, they might be doing less because of the console transition, but I haven't read anything like this.
The 9 months ending 2005 are not the years this article is talking about. Also, Sega does not own Sammy; rather, Sammy owns a controlling interest in Sega, thus your data is more representative of Sammy (and they are primarily a pachinko company).
Code-generated art is a really good idea. I played a concept demo of a 96k FPS that generated its textures by emulating how artists make textures for games. A smart game engine could be designed that "creates" the art in the background while you are playing, and then caches it for later use.
This will not destroy Myspace, and for several reasons.
The first is that it is owned by News Corporation. That's right, Rupert Murdoch, Mr. I-can-broadcast-my-ideology-to-billions-worlwide himself. There is no way that it could financially ruin the company.
The second is that Myspace is not, right now, seen as a profit-making business. It is more a venture into social websites, and what they can be good for in business. This may not even be profit, as other strategic things (like social control) could be more advantageous.
I love it. Instead of posting a reply about why it doesn't make sense for Opera to go "open source", you attack the poster. Hmm, isn't there a name for that kind of thing?
Second, the OP did not state his reasoning as to why he believes Opera should go "open source". Perhaps he added this comment because he believes it makes good business sense for Opera to open up their code. There is absolutely nothing whatsoever to suggest the assertion that the OP supports any ideology. The term he used was "open source", and that term is apolitical.
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The Mozilla project is now more Free than Opera. If you care about software freedom, you should use the browser that supports them most fully. I like Opera, but I recognize that Free Software is ultimately what allows user freedom to exist. Until Opera catches up, I'm going to use Firefox (or Konqueror, or Epiphany, etc).
While you make a good point, I think it is important to look at other areas of law that might apply here. For example, energy laws. The Current Occupant has a lot of ties to the oil industry. Now if you look at the legislation that has been introduced to Congress over the last 6 years that has dealt with energy, much of it has favored those in oil and other entrenched energy industries, instead of promoting competition and environmental protection.
If Congress legislates on Net neutrality, it is only a matter of time until a telco-friendly president or group of congressmen starts a massive FUD campaign to gut it and create nasty loopholes.
Option B: take 5 minutes to create a setup where you can plug and unplug your console(s) and other electronics quickly and easily. Then you can use the other 2 hours and 55 minutes to brag on slashdot about how you're so smart.
Well, the PS2 has had a bunch of revisions. If the model used in this article was a version that was a lot higher or lower (in terms of power usage) than the rest, it kind of throws off the comparisons.
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Hmm let's see here:
Your entire post (minus the inimitable first paragraph) is one hundred per cent assertions. You assert that the OP belongs to the Free Software ideology, a claim for which you provide no proof. You assert that software freedom is not important, because one product (Opera) is of good technical quality. You provide no facts or argument to back this up.
You assert some extremely broad claims, and then fail to provide an argument to back them up. Because of this fact, you have no argument. Your follow-up post defending it, then, does not make logical sense, because it is not possible to defend your point when you have no argument.
"I know it when I see it". --Potter Stewart
Of course, it's important to note that he later recanted this view.
Part of their decreased console offerings is due to being basically taken over by Sammy. Also, they might be doing less because of the console transition, but I haven't read anything like this.
The 9 months ending 2005 are not the years this article is talking about. Also, Sega does not own Sammy; rather, Sammy owns a controlling interest in Sega, thus your data is more representative of Sammy (and they are primarily a pachinko company).
I heard mail-order stores ship things for free sometimes.
Code-generated art is a really good idea. I played a concept demo of a 96k FPS that generated its textures by emulating how artists make textures for games. A smart game engine could be designed that "creates" the art in the background while you are playing, and then caches it for later use.
You claim that FOSS is "spyware infested" and "half stolen". Which projects are you referring to? Oh wait, you're just trolling. Never mind.
This will not destroy Myspace, and for several reasons.
The first is that it is owned by News Corporation. That's right, Rupert Murdoch, Mr. I-can-broadcast-my-ideology-to-billions-worlwide himself. There is no way that it could financially ruin the company.
The second is that Myspace is not, right now, seen as a profit-making business. It is more a venture into social websites, and what they can be good for in business. This may not even be profit, as other strategic things (like social control) could be more advantageous.
Not necessarily.
kids can peek at credit card #s in their parents' wallet or purse, or swipe a carbon from the trash at a restaurant, same as other scam artists
I had a debit card at 15. My brother (who is 16) has a bank card that works as a credit card. They aren't that great at verifying age.
Um, the reason they want old chips is to replace borked ones.
Youtube works fine for me. I use Windows + Firefox, Dapper Drake + Firefox, and Sarge + Firefox.
I love it. Instead of posting a reply about why it doesn't make sense for Opera to go "open source", you attack the poster. Hmm, isn't there a name for that kind of thing?
Second, the OP did not state his reasoning as to why he believes Opera should go "open source". Perhaps he added this comment because he believes it makes good business sense for Opera to open up their code. There is absolutely nothing whatsoever to suggest the assertion that the OP supports any ideology. The term he used was "open source", and that term is apolitical.
http://bash.org/?4278
The Mozilla project is now more Free than Opera. If you care about software freedom, you should use the browser that supports them most fully. I like Opera, but I recognize that Free Software is ultimately what allows user freedom to exist. Until Opera catches up, I'm going to use Firefox (or Konqueror, or Epiphany, etc).
Yeah, screw the gamecube! Nobody wants to play fun games! What a moron...
[Google has] a bigger share of search than MS does of desktops.
Oh really? Let's see some numbers to back this up.
Let's see, Flock has a bunch of annoying shit nobody needs, and caters to the livejournal/myspace crowd. Yep, these guys are going places. (seriously)
While you make a good point, I think it is important to look at other areas of law that might apply here. For example, energy laws. The Current Occupant has a lot of ties to the oil industry. Now if you look at the legislation that has been introduced to Congress over the last 6 years that has dealt with energy, much of it has favored those in oil and other entrenched energy industries, instead of promoting competition and environmental protection.
If Congress legislates on Net neutrality, it is only a matter of time until a telco-friendly president or group of congressmen starts a massive FUD campaign to gut it and create nasty loopholes.
Unfortunately, many places in the US only have one provider. They don't need any monopoly enforcement.
So they want to extinguish their bad-guy image, and extend an embrace towards the GPL?
Wait, maybe I have this backwards...
The only piece of electronics you own is a PS2?
Option B: take 5 minutes to create a setup where you can plug and unplug your console(s) and other electronics quickly and easily. Then you can use the other 2 hours and 55 minutes to brag on slashdot about how you're so smart.
Well, the PS2 has had a bunch of revisions. If the model used in this article was a version that was a lot higher or lower (in terms of power usage) than the rest, it kind of throws off the comparisons.
You must have a pretty sweet couch.