Didn't AOL and Time Warner teach shareholders anything? Old media and new media don't mix on Wall Street. It's better to stick with partnerships. Of course, if the insiders are looking to short sell their shares, they could get nice and rich off a potential fiasco as this. However, they risk becoming roommates with Bernie Ebbers of WorldCom fiasco fame.
The Consitution is not a suicide pact. If regulating certain commerce is stupid, we shouldn't do it. There is such a thing as prudence. You can't tear down barriers by building new ones.
All files are copyrighted, except those that have been intentionally and deliberately placed in the public domain. Even GPL files are copyrighted, but they are licensed for sharing. Look it up.
Not according to Thomas Jefferson. According to Thomas Jefferson, "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
If people define the rights of other people, then people can take them away. If their Creator endowed them with unalienable rights, they cannot be taken away by lesser beings than the Creator.
That's a straw man arguement, and the last thing you offer is a false dilemma.
And consider this--some of the earliest libertarians were George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton; perhaps not in party name, but definitely in principle. Look it up.
I can name a crazy Libertarian or two also. That doesn't mean you can demonize all members of that party. One of the principles of the Libertarian party is that its members are free to interpret freedom from their own personal perspective. For instance, Neal Boortz and Bill Maher would probably disagree on a lot of issues, but they are both Libertarians.
Do the people of these EU countries even elect their EU representatives directly? Or is it just a room full of appointees that say, "hey, let's spy on our citizens!"?
And am I really actually seeing people argue over whether or not this is wrong? For those of you who think there's nothing wrong with this, ask yourself this: Why do Americans have the right to a secret ballot? There's a lot more to Freedom than living sans shackles.
Good God! Orwell would be spinning!
By the way, when was the last time the EU actually granted you any rights, Europeans? Every time I look, you're either losing rights or fighting to keep them.
Let's see... We have Apple widgets, MS gadgets, konfabulator, SuperKaramba, KDE, GNOME, whatever Yahoo has, blah, blah, blah.
I don't see how you can call any of these "blatant rip offs" of each other anymore, given that they are such common parts of any modern operating system. But if you want to get technical, the first modern GUI came from Xerox, and they didn't even want it so they literally gave it to Apple. So get over it, people; the idea of a GUI, in general, is de facto public domain.
What you should really be debating is trademark infringement, and if that can even apply to a word like "widget," which my electrical engineering professors were using in lectures as a hypothetical device produced by the proverbial "Company X." Try to enforce that trademark in court.
The burden of proof is still on the plaintiff, even in civil court, though to a lesser extent. It is not a crime or a tort to share your wireless internet access with a neighbor, whether on accident or on purpose.
It will be a sad day in America if a judge rules otherwise.
It'll never beat the value of iTunes, even if they do have name recognition. I predict another MSNBC, which is a third place runner in a three man race.
On a side note, didn't RealNetworks recently announce a settlement and a partnership with Microsoft aimed at taking on iTunes?
One consequence of freedom is that some people can and will abuse it. What happened to John Seigenthaler Sr. is immoral and wrong, but it is equally immoral to denigrate a forum of free speech. You cannot attack all of Wikipedia just because a few bad people abused it.
"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it." --George Washington
Step 1) Format c:
Step 2) Put SuSE install disc in drive.
Step 3) Reboot, and learn it all over again.
(It's really not any harder than the first time you used Windows.)
I'm in total agreement. And I'm a conservative, but a true conservative, not one of those neo-cons. They've got it backwards.
It's supposed to be freedom first, then safety next, not the other way around. If safety was the #1 priority, we'd all be socialists.
But the next big bad thing isn't the PATRIOT Act (which is Orwellian double-speak), but property rights. The whole damn country is facing a crisis, when elderly couples are forced out of their post-WW2 era homes to make way for the next big shopping mall.
Scientists versus fundamentalist Christians, eh? I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. There are plenty of non-scientists and scientists on either side. And Christians aren't the only ones who believe in a Deity.
It's scientists that theorize the beginnings of life without a deity versus scientists that theorize the beginnings of life with One. You think there aren't any Christians, Jews, or Muslims in med school?
Neither one of you are correct. The whole reason people cannot stand for the DMCA (myself included) is because it is so broad (plus it turns civil disagreements into criminal cases, but that's another can of worms). The DMCA outlaws ALL forms of defeating encryption, why it is defeated or how weak the encryption is.
Prices would only go down if you bought it without software warranty (aka tech support), which is the most common source of income for open source companies. When you buy a computer from Dell where tech support is a big concern, you either pay for it through Dell to Microsoft, or you pay it to Dell for open source support. The difference here is that with open source, you have the option to buy support or not. Microsoft forces you to pay for the software, and then you get "free" tech support that sucks.
However, if you're like most people on Slashdot, myself included, tech support isn't important because we are DIYers, and we end up saving quite a bit of money by cutting out Microsoft (as well as open source support). Dell has a problem with that, because DIYers build their own, they don't buy Dell.
On a side note, if I did buy prebuilt computers, Dell would be at the top of my list of vendors. They are good at what they do!
A "For Loop" is a compiler trick. Assembly code on the RISC processors I've programmed don't include For Loops. Loops in assembly are handled with combinations of bit tests and gotos (program counter manipulation), or, in the case of For Loops, executing an instruction, incrementing a counter, and then comparing the counter to the number of times execution should take place.
It stands to reason that a properly optimized Cell compiler would have no problem executing For Loops.
It says parents and guardians are exempt when it pertains to children or wards under their own care and/or supervision.
All this bill does is prevent kids from breaking the rules. It doesn't prohibit any video game creation or sale, which I would never support, no matter what the content is.
Freedom of speech is preserved while parents have more control over their kids. It's not even as restrictive as "carding" someone before they buy beer. Even parents cannot give their own minor children beer.
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Didn't AOL and Time Warner teach shareholders anything? Old media and new media don't mix on Wall Street. It's better to stick with partnerships. Of course, if the insiders are looking to short sell their shares, they could get nice and rich off a potential fiasco as this. However, they risk becoming roommates with Bernie Ebbers of WorldCom fiasco fame.
The Consitution is not a suicide pact. If regulating certain commerce is stupid, we shouldn't do it. There is such a thing as prudence. You can't tear down barriers by building new ones.
All files are copyrighted, except those that have been intentionally and deliberately placed in the public domain. Even GPL files are copyrighted, but they are licensed for sharing. Look it up.
This could really backfire on ethical programmers that need trade secret protection.
Just so you know, I'm a Linux fan, and I find Windows to be a substandard, overpriced POS (that ain't code for Pretty Operating System).
Not according to Thomas Jefferson. According to Thomas Jefferson, "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
If people define the rights of other people, then people can take them away. If their Creator endowed them with unalienable rights, they cannot be taken away by lesser beings than the Creator.
And consider this--some of the earliest libertarians were George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton; perhaps not in party name, but definitely in principle. Look it up.
I can name a crazy Libertarian or two also. That doesn't mean you can demonize all members of that party. One of the principles of the Libertarian party is that its members are free to interpret freedom from their own personal perspective. For instance, Neal Boortz and Bill Maher would probably disagree on a lot of issues, but they are both Libertarians.
And am I really actually seeing people argue over whether or not this is wrong? For those of you who think there's nothing wrong with this, ask yourself this: Why do Americans have the right to a secret ballot? There's a lot more to Freedom than living sans shackles.
Good God! Orwell would be spinning!
By the way, when was the last time the EU actually granted you any rights, Europeans? Every time I look, you're either losing rights or fighting to keep them.
I don't see how you can call any of these "blatant rip offs" of each other anymore, given that they are such common parts of any modern operating system. But if you want to get technical, the first modern GUI came from Xerox, and they didn't even want it so they literally gave it to Apple. So get over it, people; the idea of a GUI, in general, is de facto public domain.
What you should really be debating is trademark infringement, and if that can even apply to a word like "widget," which my electrical engineering professors were using in lectures as a hypothetical device produced by the proverbial "Company X." Try to enforce that trademark in court.
Big Brother is watching you. I mean, can there be any denial over that? Good God! I hope this doesn't come to the US.
It will be a sad day in America if a judge rules otherwise.
It'll never beat the value of iTunes, even if they do have name recognition. I predict another MSNBC, which is a third place runner in a three man race.
On a side note, didn't RealNetworks recently announce a settlement and a partnership with Microsoft aimed at taking on iTunes?
Gee, how's that workin' out for you there, Real?
Ask yourself this--would the music industry grow faster if those things didn't exist?
Of course not!
"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it." --George Washington
Big Brother is watching you.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Google rocks!
No kidding. Studies can be made to say anything. Try both of them. Use the one you like more.
The Soviets and the rest of the communists didn't dissappear. They just changed their name to "social democrat."
Step 1) Format c: Step 2) Put SuSE install disc in drive. Step 3) Reboot, and learn it all over again. (It's really not any harder than the first time you used Windows.)
It's supposed to be freedom first, then safety next, not the other way around. If safety was the #1 priority, we'd all be socialists.
But the next big bad thing isn't the PATRIOT Act (which is Orwellian double-speak), but property rights. The whole damn country is facing a crisis, when elderly couples are forced out of their post-WW2 era homes to make way for the next big shopping mall.
The middle class is under attack.
It's scientists that theorize the beginnings of life without a deity versus scientists that theorize the beginnings of life with One. You think there aren't any Christians, Jews, or Muslims in med school?
At least be intellectually honest.
The US built it. The US paid for it. It's US property, and it's not for sale. You want one, too? Build your own.
Repeal the DMCA.
However, if you're like most people on Slashdot, myself included, tech support isn't important because we are DIYers, and we end up saving quite a bit of money by cutting out Microsoft (as well as open source support). Dell has a problem with that, because DIYers build their own, they don't buy Dell.
On a side note, if I did buy prebuilt computers, Dell would be at the top of my list of vendors. They are good at what they do!
It stands to reason that a properly optimized Cell compiler would have no problem executing For Loops.
Never say "Never."
All this bill does is prevent kids from breaking the rules. It doesn't prohibit any video game creation or sale, which I would never support, no matter what the content is.
Freedom of speech is preserved while parents have more control over their kids. It's not even as restrictive as "carding" someone before they buy beer. Even parents cannot give their own minor children beer.