Because the RIAA labels deal in slightly more nebulous items with slightly less cohesive boundaries, they're allowed to collude all they want and nobody bats and eye.
How can you say that, at the daily meetup of the RIAA eye-batting squad?
Be appears to have been set up specifically to cater to high bandwidth/geeky users. I just switched from Virgin precisely because of this; when I told them where I was going Virgin stopped trying to hold on to me - I don't think they don't want that kind of customer. Especially one that's bothered by their interference with the mail.
That said, I don't think the kind of bandwidth caps which are coming into force in the US are unreasonable - 250GB is quite a lot; I'm pretty sure I don't get anywhere near that in a month. Full disclosure, that's the key.
Keep on calling it "OPEN SORES" and you'll keep on getting modded Flamebait.
I'm sure many people here would agree with you that Opera are responsible for a lot of recent browser innovation. Personally I prefer to use Firefox because of its open architecture - ie its massive array of Add-Ons, mostly built by third party devs. I'm not sure whether Opera's extension API is as easy to use, or even if it's open at all, but it sure doesn't get used by anything like that many people. That's one clear benefit of open source. Also you have other browsers, like Flock, derived from the Firefox source code. Impossible to do this with Opera. But still, Opera is a good browser, and a much better choice than IE.
My original point was, though, that bigging up OS is not spreading FUD. But, just to keep you happy, here's some FUD about Opera:
What if the company went bust tomorrow, without revealing their source code? No more security patches, so once an existing security flaw is discovered, the browser would be open to attack with no defence possible. Of course it's not very big on the desktop, and there are alternatives, but this would be very serious for mobile devices whose web browsing capabilities are based around Opera.
Sounds like you distrust not only the client but The Cloud, too. Fair enough, but some people want to access the same data from multiple computers. Given that, I think a web app is probably the best solution; certainly easiest from a development point of view.
Something tells me you're not into World of Warcraft.
Why is that more insane than a desktop app which ties into an online database? It's practically the same thing, except you get (nearly) instant portability. It's a whole different elderberry bush full of kippers from what I was describing before, not really a website at all, but not that crazy.
Client machines and browsers are powerful things, and javascript can be an elegant and powerful language - why not harness that power?
Almost right. You can't trust javascript on the client, but there is still a reason to use it. Once you have a solid, server-side application which works over HTTP using regular HTML, javascript is a great usability enhancer. Got a long list of options in a form in your plain vanilla site? Use js to hide the less-frequently used options unless needed. Enhance search boxes with autocompletion. Validate client-side as well, to save a server hit. etc. That's not glitz, it's making the experience better for users with js enabled.
This sounds good but doesn't quite add up because some artists spend most of their time crafting and honing their recorded music. The same applies to film, really - there is no performance as such, just an artefact that can (now) be copied millions of times for pennies.
We might as well get this right now and admit that property (especially so-called intellectual property) is theft, because when the matter replicator is perfected there really will be no need for money.
It is also the name of a place in England (the setting of The Office TV show, namechecked in The Jam's 'Eton Rifles', etc). Mistake one: capitalization; mistake two: missing apostrophe, as you said. They're pretty minor, I admit - my point is that even tiny errors like these tend to make me think less of the writer.
not knowing how to spell words makes you look really, really stupid.
Agreed. I just visited the FAQ for that game Kudos (after reading about the developer's response to pirates) and found myself wondering if the guy was really smart enough to make a game of this complexity, even though he clearly is, and whether the game would be littered with spelling and grammar errors. And that was mainly because he wrote "... for some reason, setting a video game in slough amuses me. Almost all video game heroes start out in New York or Tokyo. Sloughs time has come" (ie two mistakes involving Slough). If there had been spelling mistakes on there too I might not even have downloaded the demo. It may be just me, but I think you will find this attitude quite prevalent in the real world.
When myself and some friends decided to launch an upmarket fanzine back in the 90s, someone copied Photoshop 2.5 for us, which I duly learned to use. Since then, as I have moved from job to job, I have been the direct reason that at least four distinct copies of Photoshop, not including upgrades, have been purchased. Smart developers know this - why do you think Adobe's trial versions are only 'protected' by a serial?
I usually like to pick a nit as much as anyone, but if one reads "scripting language" as "environment in which script can run in a browser", which is not that much of a stretch, it makes perfect sense.
You may be right that Israel is a rotten cesspit; that's not why people are calling you a bigot. You're a bigot because you presumed an entire mindset for someone based on the sound of his name, and - given that he's apparently a music biz apologist - tarred all Jewish people with the same brush.
What if you wanted to watch them while offline? My Archos 605 can play.flv files, and while admittedly it also has built in wireless, they haven't yet got around to fitting the transport I use with free wireless - and when I'm travelling is when I watch music videos^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B user generated content.
I take it that you posted this AC because you don't agree. It's interesting that you mention employers and the state - groups who have disproportionate power over us. If we ever have an equal society, we won't need anonymity; the consequences for our actions will be precisely as they should be: eg people who behave loutishly may be shunned, but not condemned to poverty.
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They're doing it again. Isn't it about time we had a Free browser?
Konqueror?
Trademarks may lapse if they aren't legally defended. This is to prevent IE8 being renamed 'Microsoft Firefox'.
Because the RIAA labels deal in slightly more nebulous items with slightly less cohesive boundaries, they're allowed to collude all they want and nobody bats and eye.
How can you say that, at the daily meetup of the RIAA eye-batting squad?
First there was Pippin. Then there was the wii little Mac mini.
Then Pestilence and Death.
Oh, maybe you were answering his other question.
Is Visual Studio actually written in .NET? Eclipse is... Is IIS written in .NET? Tomcat is.
.NET must have lots going for it if even Sun are writing all their tools in it.
If you're a bright programmer wanting to go into web development, I'd say "don't learn Java, learn Django".
Be appears to have been set up specifically to cater to high bandwidth/geeky users. I just switched from Virgin precisely because of this; when I told them where I was going Virgin stopped trying to hold on to me - I don't think they don't want that kind of customer. Especially one that's bothered by their interference with the mail.
That said, I don't think the kind of bandwidth caps which are coming into force in the US are unreasonable - 250GB is quite a lot; I'm pretty sure I don't get anywhere near that in a month. Full disclosure, that's the key.
I'd be quite happy if developers had to remove the red squiggly line from their apps.
Keep on calling it "OPEN SORES" and you'll keep on getting modded Flamebait.
I'm sure many people here would agree with you that Opera are responsible for a lot of recent browser innovation. Personally I prefer to use Firefox because of its open architecture - ie its massive array of Add-Ons, mostly built by third party devs. I'm not sure whether Opera's extension API is as easy to use, or even if it's open at all, but it sure doesn't get used by anything like that many people. That's one clear benefit of open source. Also you have other browsers, like Flock, derived from the Firefox source code. Impossible to do this with Opera. But still, Opera is a good browser, and a much better choice than IE.
My original point was, though, that bigging up OS is not spreading FUD. But, just to keep you happy, here's some FUD about Opera:
What if the company went bust tomorrow, without revealing their source code? No more security patches, so once an existing security flaw is discovered, the browser would be open to attack with no defence possible. Of course it's not very big on the desktop, and there are alternatives, but this would be very serious for mobile devices whose web browsing capabilities are based around Opera.
Agh, fed the troll enough.
Relativistic, surely?
Expressing pro-Open Source sentiment is not spreading Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt - more like Love, Confidence and Trust.
It will probably be based on "known" languages, as for some reason Microsoft find it difficult to produce language files in unknown languages.
Sounds like you distrust not only the client but The Cloud, too. Fair enough, but some people want to access the same data from multiple computers. Given that, I think a web app is probably the best solution; certainly easiest from a development point of view.
Something tells me you're not into World of Warcraft.
Why is that more insane than a desktop app which ties into an online database? It's practically the same thing, except you get (nearly) instant portability. It's a whole different elderberry bush full of kippers from what I was describing before, not really a website at all, but not that crazy.
Client machines and browsers are powerful things, and javascript can be an elegant and powerful language - why not harness that power?
Almost right. You can't trust javascript on the client, but there is still a reason to use it. Once you have a solid, server-side application which works over HTTP using regular HTML, javascript is a great usability enhancer. Got a long list of options in a form in your plain vanilla site? Use js to hide the less-frequently used options unless needed. Enhance search boxes with autocompletion. Validate client-side as well, to save a server hit. etc. That's not glitz, it's making the experience better for users with js enabled.
This sounds good but doesn't quite add up because some artists spend most of their time crafting and honing their recorded music. The same applies to film, really - there is no performance as such, just an artefact that can (now) be copied millions of times for pennies.
We might as well get this right now and admit that property (especially so-called intellectual property) is theft, because when the matter replicator is perfected there really will be no need for money.
It is also the name of a place in England (the setting of The Office TV show, namechecked in The Jam's 'Eton Rifles', etc). Mistake one: capitalization; mistake two: missing apostrophe, as you said. They're pretty minor, I admit - my point is that even tiny errors like these tend to make me think less of the writer.
not knowing how to spell words makes you look really, really stupid.
Agreed. I just visited the FAQ for that game Kudos (after reading about the developer's response to pirates) and found myself wondering if the guy was really smart enough to make a game of this complexity, even though he clearly is, and whether the game would be littered with spelling and grammar errors. And that was mainly because he wrote "... for some reason, setting a video game in slough amuses me. Almost all video game heroes start out in New York or Tokyo. Sloughs time has come" (ie two mistakes involving Slough). If there had been spelling mistakes on there too I might not even have downloaded the demo. It may be just me, but I think you will find this attitude quite prevalent in the real world.
The rose-tinted ones seem to work best.
When myself and some friends decided to launch an upmarket fanzine back in the 90s, someone copied Photoshop 2.5 for us, which I duly learned to use. Since then, as I have moved from job to job, I have been the direct reason that at least four distinct copies of Photoshop, not including upgrades, have been purchased. Smart developers know this - why do you think Adobe's trial versions are only 'protected' by a serial?
I usually like to pick a nit as much as anyone, but if one reads "scripting language" as "environment in which script can run in a browser", which is not that much of a stretch, it makes perfect sense.
You may be right that Israel is a rotten cesspit; that's not why people are calling you a bigot. You're a bigot because you presumed an entire mindset for someone based on the sound of his name, and - given that he's apparently a music biz apologist - tarred all Jewish people with the same brush.
What if you wanted to watch them while offline? My Archos 605 can play .flv files, and while admittedly it also has built in wireless, they haven't yet got around to fitting the transport I use with free wireless - and when I'm travelling is when I watch music videos^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B user generated content.
I take it that you posted this AC because you don't agree. It's interesting that you mention employers and the state - groups who have disproportionate power over us. If we ever have an equal society, we won't need anonymity; the consequences for our actions will be precisely as they should be: eg people who behave loutishly may be shunned, but not condemned to poverty.
I have a feeling that the clue-phone rang for you once, but you let the machine get it.
C'mon! Somebody mod this up!