In Germany licenses can't be "untransferable" - If you buy something you can sell it - you can do anything you want (except violate its copyright) with it, because you OWN that copy - Microsoft tried to forbid reselling of Windows licenses here once, but the lawsuit failed in court
it's the same reason why we are also allowed to install all vista versions in VMs...
making Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise work better together. The first priority for the lab team will be to ensure interoperability between Microsoft and Novell virtualization technologies.
notice, that the aim is interoperability with NOVELL, not GNU+Linux
This must mean that they're mixing SUSE with MS Patents again, which means more vendor lock-in for Novell customers...
I don't think there is any reasonable explanation, why MS is creating vendor lock-ins for Novell customers, except that they plan to buy Novell some day... (remember: Steve Ballmer saied they had found THE strategy against linux, "the enemy" - and only 7 month later, after "several months of negotiations" they made the deal with Novell.... there HAS to be something wrong about that....)
I never thought about using ad-blocking techniques - not even when they started moving - I even punched the monkey once... but when freakin' flash sites started moving OVER the sites i wanted to see and the F***ING [X] Button redirected me to the advertised site, THAT WAS TOO MUCH...
It's not immoral to block such crap - its immoral to force such crap on users!
In other news:
Consumers say "screw you, Copyright Alliance, we take our money elsewhere than to you selfish bastards"
next weeks news:
CD and DVD sales dropping again - Copyright Alliance says "Piracy has increased"
just to remind you: At that time Hitler took control of Germany by spreading fear of terrorism (after a staged terrorist attack on the Reichstag). He got all the power he needed for his "war on terror"... soon the word "terrorist" included jews and anyone who disagreed with the NSDAP
right now I really hate living in Germany
SOMEBODY HELP US!!!
What if the timeline were reversed, and we were moving from online apps to the desktop.
sounds right - I mean if we were going backwards it would be like
"we think DRM sucks - we kicked it out"
"no more eye candy - we now focus on computing - we kicked out 3d desktops"
"animations on the internet were a pita - we destroyed flash, shockwave, silverlight etc."
"no more eye candy - we now focus on computing - we kicked out GUIs and now use shells"
"now you don't need top of the line hardware anymore, you can buy cheaper, hardware, that uses less energy"
"MS products suck. We now use unix-like systems - they're far better"
"we think Programming languages are blown up - we developed a language that uses only 1s and 0s"
"we think it's more cost- and energy efficient to build hardware that does one thing and nothing more (like a CPU)"
"we are sick of all this technical stuff - we decided to live closer to nature"
I'm not sure if this is a default setting, but with NoScript you can disable Java for all sites except the ones on the whitelist... I just tested it, the applet is not started... so much for "Can't Stop"
in germany the government did the same thing (they say it was "only" 12 times so far) until a court forbade it... now our equivalent of the DHS tries to legalize it.
interestingly the head of our DHS, Wolfgang Schäuble, is trying to pass pretty much the same laws, that hitler did - and using the same "this is neccessary against terror" propaganda that hitler did....... and appallingly 60% of our stupid citizens are with him... I think one "successfull" act of terrorism in our country would be enough to start the fourth reich... (and remember that hitler staged the terrorist attacks back then)
if this year and next year 75% only of the customers renew their subscription, then they have lost 43.75% of their customers (100-0.75^2*100)
if the next year they lose another 25%, then 57.8125% are gone (100-0.75^3*100)
if the next year they lose another 25%, then 68.359375% are gone (100-0.75^4*100), more than two thirds
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why does this remind me to kids paying their lunch-money to bullies?
In Germany licenses can't be "untransferable" - If you buy something you can sell it - you can do anything you want (except violate its copyright) with it, because you OWN that copy - Microsoft tried to forbid reselling of Windows licenses here once, but the lawsuit failed in court
it's the same reason why we are also allowed to install all vista versions in VMs...
This must mean that they're mixing SUSE with MS Patents again, which means more vendor lock-in for Novell customers...
I don't think there is any reasonable explanation, why MS is creating vendor lock-ins for Novell customers, except that they plan to buy Novell some day... (remember: Steve Ballmer saied they had found THE strategy against linux, "the enemy" - and only 7 month later, after "several months of negotiations" they made the deal with Novell.... there HAS to be something wrong about that....)
I never thought about using ad-blocking techniques - not even when they started moving - I even punched the monkey once... but when freakin' flash sites started moving OVER the sites i wanted to see and the F***ING [X] Button redirected me to the advertised site, THAT WAS TOO MUCH...
It's not immoral to block such crap - its immoral to force such crap on users!
an 18 meter solar plane flying for over 50 hours...
and still we don't have solar cars...
the oil industry must bribe politicians...
man, reading that boring pile of prejudices was a real waste of time...
when net neutrality falls, the next day all ISPs block the pirate bay and get lots of money from the mafiaa...
In other news:
Consumers say "screw you, Copyright Alliance, we take our money elsewhere than to you selfish bastards"
next weeks news:
CD and DVD sales dropping again - Copyright Alliance says "Piracy has increased"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SUBGtRIiXo
just to remind you: At that time Hitler took control of Germany by spreading fear of terrorism (after a staged terrorist attack on the Reichstag). He got all the power he needed for his "war on terror"... soon the word "terrorist" included jews and anyone who disagreed with the NSDAP
right now I really hate living in Germany
SOMEBODY HELP US!!!
"we think DRM sucks - we kicked it out"
"no more eye candy - we now focus on computing - we kicked out 3d desktops"
"animations on the internet were a pita - we destroyed flash, shockwave, silverlight etc."
"no more eye candy - we now focus on computing - we kicked out GUIs and now use shells"
"now you don't need top of the line hardware anymore, you can buy cheaper, hardware, that uses less energy"
"MS products suck. We now use unix-like systems - they're far better"
"we think Programming languages are blown up - we developed a language that uses only 1s and 0s"
"we think it's more cost- and energy efficient to build hardware that does one thing and nothing more (like a CPU)"
"we are sick of all this technical stuff - we decided to live closer to nature"
Microsoft [...] said it could not rule out payment
but said it wrote no checks yet
"We provided no financial incentives [...] yet
fixed it...
I'm not sure if this is a default setting, but with NoScript you can disable Java for all sites except the ones on the whitelist... I just tested it, the applet is not started... so much for "Can't Stop"
finally we've got a COMPLETE plan for profit!!!
c'mon, this is slashdot, it has to be microsofts fault...
Alan Turing and Gordon Rice Call for Senators who know what the heck they're talking about
in germany the government did the same thing (they say it was "only" 12 times so far) until a court forbade it... now our equivalent of the DHS tries to legalize it.
interestingly the head of our DHS, Wolfgang Schäuble, is trying to pass pretty much the same laws, that hitler did - and using the same "this is neccessary against terror" propaganda that hitler did....... and appallingly 60% of our stupid citizens are with him... I think one "successfull" act of terrorism in our country would be enough to start the fourth reich... (and remember that hitler staged the terrorist attacks back then)
they could offer an hd-dvd player with 300 hd-dvds
lets collect money for this ad:
"Tired of this adware OS? Try GNU/Linux!"
so why don't people sue tv stations for showing misleading commercials?
if this year and next year 75% only of the customers renew their subscription, then they have lost 43.75% of their customers (100-0.75^2*100)
if the next year they lose another 25%, then 57.8125% are gone (100-0.75^3*100)
if the next year they lose another 25%, then 68.359375% are gone (100-0.75^4*100), more than two thirds