It's not the amount they are fined that matters, it is the fact that they are being fined. They "suggested" an orgy. It's not even as if one occurred where no nudity was shown, it was merely "suggested".
This is ridiculous.
DRM is treating consumers as criminals, hypocrite!
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It's funny that he thinks it's wrong to treat consumers as criminals, yet endorses DRM.
The entire idea of DRM seems to be that you prevent people from passing the file to someone else. This idea is flawed, because the "someone else" will always be able to get the file from elsewhere, illegitimately, and the "original customer" will probably end up doing the same because DRM is an inferior product when compared with illegitimate versions of the same thing.
This idea assumes that the original customer is a criminal. All DRM treats the customer (the person who has decided to pay for the file) as a criminal.
Just get a long monitor cable, and a wireless keyboard and mouse. Then you can put your noisy little hot-air maker anywhere you want, as long as the monitor cable can reach.
Well, yeah, it's useless for Vista. It turns out that poor people don't need eye-candy or bloat.
Bill Gates is just annoyed that this laptop isn't running Windows. Microsoft was originally trying to get involved in this project, but they were not accepted, so now they're FUDing it.
Now that the organisation making this laptop has rejected Microsoft, it's crap? Forgive me for being paranoid, but I don't think that's genuine concern...
From this article:
Even tech titans like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell are talking to Negroponte about his plans. Jobs initially dismissed the laptop as a "science project" but is now contributing ideas. Dell had his staff vet the cost of the device's components. And Gates would like Negroponte to use Microsoft software rather than the free open-source alternatives that Negroponte currently favors.
... and this article:
Software behemoth Microsoft has also yet to determine its involvement in the $100 laptop scheme, although at present the use of open source software will preclude it from contributing a Windows operating system.
However, Bill Gates met with Nicholas Negroponte, founder of MIT's Media Lab, who is involved with the $100 laptop project, to discuss Microsoft's participation in the scheme, the WSJ reported.
Interesting how Microsoft initially wanted to be involved. Bill Gates wasn't mocking the project then, but now it seems Microsoft isn't involved, and even though the laptop itself hasn't changed, Bill Gates is having a go at it.
Yeah, I did consider pointing out Microsoft's major conflict of interest there, but figured most people have probably heard enough about it, anyway.
It's great for them that they can sell their users a problem for a few hundred dollars and then charge a yearly subscription fee for a "treatment" (note: not "fix") for the problem. Sucks to be one of their customers, though.
One interesting development that I think will come out of Vista/Trusted-Computing/Windows-OneCare is the fact that Microsoft will probably be able to squash piracy, now. Trusted Computing in Vista will probably mean that it will be very difficult to get Windows updates without having a legitimate copy. Assuming it's a given that Vista will eventually require security updates (safe bet) people won't be able to do much other than purchase Windows. OneCare will probably end up checking whether the copy of Vista is legit, too, since virus scanners updating themselves every week or so is a great way for Windows to constantly "phone home".
The end result might be illegitimate copies of Vista being impossible to update, which effectively means that no one will want an illegitimate version of Vista. I think this will end up being a big mistake for MS, though. Most home users do not want to pay a few hundred dollars for Vista PLUS a yearly subscription fee. If MS didn't think people would need the OneCare subscription for Vista, they wouldn't be selling it.
The one way that Vista could weasel its way onto everyones' computers would be by getting it pre-installed on all new computers. Companies like Dell only offering Windows seems like a very important part of MS maintaining their strangle-hold on the home OS market.
Proprietary software doesn't always present immediate and obvious problems.
I'd say that proprietary software is more of a "limitation" than a "problem", and that there is a difference between the two. Limitations are not a problem as long as you never want to do the things that the limitations prevent you from doing. When you do become limited in a way that affects you, it evolves into a "problem".
You're right, but I meant same version of Office, but one with JotSpot's "extensions", and the other without. In other words, apart from the other incompatibilities that already exist, this will add yet another.
These guys are going to make MS Office even more incompatible with other Office suites than it already is. They're probably going to try and make it at least partially incompatible with itself, too.
This is like adding another layer of Microsoft on top of a layer of Microsoft.
Woohoo. That sounds awesome. I have just one question, though.
Mine is telling me "connection could not be established". Now we're late, and I still can't get the damn thing to send. What should I do? On the old system, I could've written this down and we'd have been on our way 10 minutes ago!
Poor Amazon. What awful timing. Google are about to offer the same thing for free, yet Amazon think people will pay $0.15 per month ($1.80 a year) per gigabyte stored?
For businesses, a tape backup is better and cheaper than S3. For home users, a DVD+/-R is better and cheaper than S3.
Google's won't be better than the tape/DVD options, but at least it will be cheaper. (free)
Of course, this is all assuming Google are going to offer their storage service for free, but I think that's a safe bet.
Wasn't virtualization supposed to go into the kernel at some point? I was under the impression it got delayed for some reason. Anyone know the status of it? Is the virtualization in the kernel what Red Hat are going to use to provide this?
It is no longer a privacy problem, since all they would now be supplying is information about publicly available websites.
The only problem now is that the government expects to get this information for free from Google, whereas Google would now be providing a service to the government, and the government should have to pay for that service at whatever rate Google decides on.
I'm an Australian who has just returned to Australia from a 1.5-month long trip to Sweden. Sweden is doing so many things right and it's really unfortunate that Australia isn't a bit more like Sweden.
First of all, there's not nearly as much crime in Sweden as there is in Australia. The Swedish government takes proper care of their people, so no one feels a need to commit crime. There's no homeless people sleeping in parks at night. People are much, much friendlier.
They also don't have any terrorist panic. There's no "terrorism alert levels", and there isn't much security. There's not even nearly as many police around as there is in Australia. The Swedes haven't made enemies for themselves by invading other countries, so they don't need to be afraid of any terrorists attacking them. The Swedes are more "free" than Americans are, which proves that terrorists don't hate America because they "hate freedom", as George Bush wants everyone to think. They attack America because America attacked them and is occupying their countries.
Sweden will probably also now lead the way in having free culture. They will soon show that money can be made even from creating free culture. Hopefully the rest of the world will follow their lead. Unfortunately, the rest of the world seems to be going crazy.
I just hope everyone who reads this post can imagine what life would be like to live in a country where you don't need to be afraid of terrorism or crime, a country where almost all of the population gets a good education, and all this despite alcohol (and probably other drugs) being more easily accessible in this country. Americans have been brainwashed into thinking that such a country can't exist, but it's important that everyone knows it does, for that is how other countries can follow the Swedes' lead in being a more peaceful, calmer, and better educated population.
I think Ubuntu has a far greater chance of replacing Windows for average office or desktop users. Novell do make valuable contributions to Free Software, but everyone would be better off if they threw some more money behind Ubuntu.
Especially with Dell saying that they would support Linux if only there was one "major" distribution... I'm afraid that Novell are probably doing more harm than good, here.
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It's not the amount they are fined that matters, it is the fact that they are being fined. They "suggested" an orgy. It's not even as if one occurred where no nudity was shown, it was merely "suggested".
This is ridiculous.
It's funny that he thinks it's wrong to treat consumers as criminals, yet endorses DRM.
The entire idea of DRM seems to be that you prevent people from passing the file to someone else. This idea is flawed, because the "someone else" will always be able to get the file from elsewhere, illegitimately, and the "original customer" will probably end up doing the same because DRM is an inferior product when compared with illegitimate versions of the same thing.
This idea assumes that the original customer is a criminal. All DRM treats the customer (the person who has decided to pay for the file) as a criminal.
Exactly. If Intel really want to make this stuff easy to buy/use, then all they need to do is drop the DRM crap and put it on some fast servers.
Just get a long monitor cable, and a wireless keyboard and mouse. Then you can put your noisy little hot-air maker anywhere you want, as long as the monitor cable can reach.
Putting a gaming machine in a closed cupboard might not be such a good idea. It could eventually end up overheating.
Uncyclopedia is so inaccurate!
Try the Wikipedia article instead.
Ubuntu is getting very close. Try out a LiveCD and decide for yourself, perhaps? You can get CDs sent to you for free.
You're absolutely right. At $100, these things are great. They also fold into little briefcases, and they're not very big, either.
They're very sturdy. Great for camping.
I want one.
Well, yeah, it's useless for Vista. It turns out that poor people don't need eye-candy or bloat.
Bill Gates is just annoyed that this laptop isn't running Windows. Microsoft was originally trying to get involved in this project, but they were not accepted, so now they're FUDing it.
I guess you haven't tried the Kororaa LiveCD with Xgl and Compiz. Linux can actually now be the prettiest out of Windows, Mac, Linux...
That's a load of crap. When Microsoft was trying to get involved in this project, he thought it was great.
Now that the organisation making this laptop has rejected Microsoft, it's crap? Forgive me for being paranoid, but I don't think that's genuine concern...
From this article:
... and this article:
Even tech titans like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell are talking to Negroponte about his plans. Jobs initially dismissed the laptop as a "science project" but is now contributing ideas. Dell had his staff vet the cost of the device's components. And Gates would like Negroponte to use Microsoft software rather than the free open-source alternatives that Negroponte currently favors.
Software behemoth Microsoft has also yet to determine its involvement in the $100 laptop scheme, although at present the use of open source software will preclude it from contributing a Windows operating system.
However, Bill Gates met with Nicholas Negroponte, founder of MIT's Media Lab, who is involved with the $100 laptop project, to discuss Microsoft's participation in the scheme, the WSJ reported.
Interesting how Microsoft initially wanted to be involved. Bill Gates wasn't mocking the project then, but now it seems Microsoft isn't involved, and even though the laptop itself hasn't changed, Bill Gates is having a go at it.
Interesting.
I wonder if the licence agreement has a clause stating that if you don't agree, you can return them for a full refund.
Maybe the UK could get money back for the fighters they have already bought.
Yeah, I did consider pointing out Microsoft's major conflict of interest there, but figured most people have probably heard enough about it, anyway.
It's great for them that they can sell their users a problem for a few hundred dollars and then charge a yearly subscription fee for a "treatment" (note: not "fix") for the problem. Sucks to be one of their customers, though.
One interesting development that I think will come out of Vista/Trusted-Computing/Windows-OneCare is the fact that Microsoft will probably be able to squash piracy, now. Trusted Computing in Vista will probably mean that it will be very difficult to get Windows updates without having a legitimate copy. Assuming it's a given that Vista will eventually require security updates (safe bet) people won't be able to do much other than purchase Windows. OneCare will probably end up checking whether the copy of Vista is legit, too, since virus scanners updating themselves every week or so is a great way for Windows to constantly "phone home".
The end result might be illegitimate copies of Vista being impossible to update, which effectively means that no one will want an illegitimate version of Vista. I think this will end up being a big mistake for MS, though. Most home users do not want to pay a few hundred dollars for Vista PLUS a yearly subscription fee. If MS didn't think people would need the OneCare subscription for Vista, they wouldn't be selling it.
The one way that Vista could weasel its way onto everyones' computers would be by getting it pre-installed on all new computers. Companies like Dell only offering Windows seems like a very important part of MS maintaining their strangle-hold on the home OS market.
Proprietary software doesn't always present immediate and obvious problems.
I'd say that proprietary software is more of a "limitation" than a "problem", and that there is a difference between the two. Limitations are not a problem as long as you never want to do the things that the limitations prevent you from doing. When you do become limited in a way that affects you, it evolves into a "problem".
You're right, but I meant same version of Office, but one with JotSpot's "extensions", and the other without. In other words, apart from the other incompatibilities that already exist, this will add yet another.
These guys are going to make MS Office even more incompatible with other Office suites than it already is. They're probably going to try and make it at least partially incompatible with itself, too.
This is like adding another layer of Microsoft on top of a layer of Microsoft.
They sell a product that solves (or at least claims to solve) a "problem".
They have an interest in making that problem as large and as wide-spread as possible.
Woohoo. That sounds awesome. I have just one question, though.
Mine is telling me "connection could not be established". Now we're late, and I still can't get the damn thing to send. What should I do? On the old system, I could've written this down and we'd have been on our way 10 minutes ago!
It's crappy in terms of security. Runs the ssh daemon by default.
Poor Amazon. What awful timing. Google are about to offer the same thing for free, yet Amazon think people will pay $0.15 per month ($1.80 a year) per gigabyte stored?
For businesses, a tape backup is better and cheaper than S3.
For home users, a DVD+/-R is better and cheaper than S3.
Google's won't be better than the tape/DVD options, but at least it will be cheaper. (free)
Of course, this is all assuming Google are going to offer their storage service for free, but I think that's a safe bet.
Wasn't virtualization supposed to go into the kernel at some point? I was under the impression it got delayed for some reason. Anyone know the status of it? Is the virtualization in the kernel what Red Hat are going to use to provide this?
It is no longer a privacy problem, since all they would now be supplying is information about publicly available websites.
The only problem now is that the government expects to get this information for free from Google, whereas Google would now be providing a service to the government, and the government should have to pay for that service at whatever rate Google decides on.
I'm an Australian who has just returned to Australia from a 1.5-month long trip to Sweden. Sweden is doing so many things right and it's really unfortunate that Australia isn't a bit more like Sweden.
First of all, there's not nearly as much crime in Sweden as there is in Australia. The Swedish government takes proper care of their people, so no one feels a need to commit crime. There's no homeless people sleeping in parks at night. People are much, much friendlier.
They also don't have any terrorist panic. There's no "terrorism alert levels", and there isn't much security. There's not even nearly as many police around as there is in Australia. The Swedes haven't made enemies for themselves by invading other countries, so they don't need to be afraid of any terrorists attacking them. The Swedes are more "free" than Americans are, which proves that terrorists don't hate America because they "hate freedom", as George Bush wants everyone to think. They attack America because America attacked them and is occupying their countries.
Sweden will probably also now lead the way in having free culture. They will soon show that money can be made even from creating free culture. Hopefully the rest of the world will follow their lead. Unfortunately, the rest of the world seems to be going crazy.
I just hope everyone who reads this post can imagine what life would be like to live in a country where you don't need to be afraid of terrorism or crime, a country where almost all of the population gets a good education, and all this despite alcohol (and probably other drugs) being more easily accessible in this country. Americans have been brainwashed into thinking that such a country can't exist, but it's important that everyone knows it does, for that is how other countries can follow the Swedes' lead in being a more peaceful, calmer, and better educated population.
I think Ubuntu has a far greater chance of replacing Windows for average office
or desktop users. Novell do make valuable contributions to Free Software, but
everyone would be better off if they threw some more money behind Ubuntu.
Especially with Dell saying that they would support Linux if only there was one
"major" distribution... I'm afraid that Novell are probably doing more harm than
good, here.