For the 5 people who own Zunes, do you really think any of them are running Macs? Not sure how this is anti-trust, there are boatloads of software and hardware that only work in one environment or another, should we sue all of them? or should we just laugh at them for not further opening up the market?
To me this sounds like the creators of Opera are not happy their market share isn't has high as they'd like It's really not a matter of their market share being as high as they'd like. Well, in a way it is, but the underlying issue is that users of MS aren't given a choice. They blindly accept Internet Explorer as the only option in the browser market because thats what came with their brand new, shiny computer. I doubt they're saying get rid of IE on the machine, although that would close up a few hundred MS vulnerabilites.
Obviously things such as country wide internet access would be beautiful, however I think the government would need to have more money to take on a task such as that. Who would control it? I can see the Slashdot title now "Governments wants to set up country-wide internet access". Tagged "WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong"
Nothing essentially. Actually better yet, I'd surround myself with people who actually knew what they were doing - not friends - not political appointments, just people who actually had a fundemental understanding of the problems facing this country.
I know I'm probably going to get bashed for this comment, but I actually really liked Blockbuster's online service up until they limited it. The plans were comparable to Netflix and I could exchange movies in the store on an unlimited basis. One other thing I noticed is that the movies just seemed to arrive sooner through the mail. Bottom line is, I feel as though there were quite a bit of Netflix fanboys that wouldn't admit that Blockbuster had the better service, but now that they've both switched around their services, Netflix has far surpasses Blockbuster again. I'm probably going to switch back - but I was wondering if anyone had any insight into the quality of their movie streaming service?
This is interesting, it reminds me of the NFL with respect to radio and television broadcasts. When I worked for radio, we couldn't say "Super Bowl" nor any of the teams involved. We would have to say, "The Big Game" and "Green Bay" instead of the Packers.
In the end, I always thought it was strange taking pictures of your car like it was part of the family, but to each his own.
I'm not really sure what your point is. Call it whatever you want, that really wasn't my point. Intellectual Property isn't a constant. Eventually given time, all content should enter public domain. I never really made any point that regarded it as property. Maybe it's a misnomer in your opinion, but it is also the common terminology. Call it what you want, it's a legal monopoly on your work for a given amount of time. After which time, that legal monopoly ceases to be.
I'm not totally disagreeing with what he said. I think there are elements here that may actually lead to obesity. I know personally when I'm sitting there playing a video gaming I'm usually eating some kind of snack or whatnot. Whatever the case, I would think for one second this guy might actually realize his firms role in the problem and not pass the buck off.
Judging by how slow they come out with passports, they probably picked 50 as the cut off age because most of those people would be dead by the time they actually got these id cards out.
Or will they be too damn busy investigating steroid use in baseball? No, you didn't hear the postponed it until February.... maybe this means they'll do their jobs for the next month, but the outlook doesn't look too good.
agreed - wasn't this discussed like back in 1787 when the constitution was drafted. Additionally isn't this also the reason the Senate exists? Equal representation throughout the states.
A large majority of the population is only concerned about their own interests. Human beings are selfish, self-centered creatures. We really always have been. Just because a large majority of the population holds a certain belief that doesn't necessarily mean that it should become law. What if a large majority (which I think they do) didn't believe in evolution? Should they be able to legislate that, or do you only support items that you agree with? That being said, intellectual property needs to be protected within limits. In order to keep creative people creative, they need to be able to profit or really to do whatever they want with their property. This is basically the crux of copyright law to begin with. I really can't agree with this legalization of file sharing if it's going to trample over the rights of those creative people.
I haven't really read this particular article, but I imagine they've made some kind of distinction here. At least I hope they have.
It will take MS another 10 years before it's products are enterprise ready. Enterprises use their stuff anyway, but the products aren't ready. I doubt any companies products are "enterprise ready", Linux and Mac included.
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Yeah but as Mozilla user, I've chosen to ignore those advertisements via AdBlock.
It's called a joke... and register for a /. account so I can laugh at you some more.
My guess is sometime before January 20, 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
I've seen no evidence that Internet Explorer was actually designed with Windows in mind.
For the 5 people who own Zunes, do you really think any of them are running Macs? Not sure how this is anti-trust, there are boatloads of software and hardware that only work in one environment or another, should we sue all of them? or should we just laugh at them for not further opening up the market?
Don't try and sway our opinion with your facts and logic.... you do know where you are, right?
Nothing essentially. Actually better yet, I'd surround myself with people who actually knew what they were doing - not friends - not political appointments, just people who actually had a fundemental understanding of the problems facing this country.
I would wonder how I got a few million people to vote for me, despite the fact that I refused to be controlled by special interest groups.
Oh nevermind, I'd never get elected.
I know I'm probably going to get bashed for this comment, but I actually really liked Blockbuster's online service up until they limited it. The plans were comparable to Netflix and I could exchange movies in the store on an unlimited basis. One other thing I noticed is that the movies just seemed to arrive sooner through the mail. Bottom line is, I feel as though there were quite a bit of Netflix fanboys that wouldn't admit that Blockbuster had the better service, but now that they've both switched around their services, Netflix has far surpasses Blockbuster again. I'm probably going to switch back - but I was wondering if anyone had any insight into the quality of their movie streaming service?
This is interesting, it reminds me of the NFL with respect to radio and television broadcasts. When I worked for radio, we couldn't say "Super Bowl" nor any of the teams involved. We would have to say, "The Big Game" and "Green Bay" instead of the Packers.
In the end, I always thought it was strange taking pictures of your car like it was part of the family, but to each his own.
picture looks photoshopped: http://xkcd.com/331/
Dammit, I was going to declare 2008 the year of desktop Linux... guess I'll have to wait until 2009.
I'm not really sure what your point is. Call it whatever you want, that really wasn't my point. Intellectual Property isn't a constant. Eventually given time, all content should enter public domain. I never really made any point that regarded it as property. Maybe it's a misnomer in your opinion, but it is also the common terminology. Call it what you want, it's a legal monopoly on your work for a given amount of time. After which time, that legal monopoly ceases to be.
Dude - you don't understand... copyright laws should only protect my content, not everyone elses!
I'm not totally disagreeing with what he said. I think there are elements here that may actually lead to obesity. I know personally when I'm sitting there playing a video gaming I'm usually eating some kind of snack or whatnot. Whatever the case, I would think for one second this guy might actually realize his firms role in the problem and not pass the buck off.
Judging by how slow they come out with passports, they probably picked 50 as the cut off age because most of those people would be dead by the time they actually got these id cards out.
About Time!
agreed - wasn't this discussed like back in 1787 when the constitution was drafted. Additionally isn't this also the reason the Senate exists? Equal representation throughout the states.
A word of warning before crossing back:
Police will be carrying guns at all times, but are still pretty much useless
You may have to learn an entirely new language... like Spanish! :-)
Don't plan to get rich
Gun Toting Red-Necks had their own country at one point
In rural places people are typically stupid, expect a lot of identity theft, credit card theft, and overall a large amount of fraud
The taxpayers' money is spent on a lot more useless stuff than Europe... by far... it's not even close.
Welcome back, you'll be strip searching, polygraphed, and racially profiled at the door!
A large majority of the population is only concerned about their own interests. Human beings are selfish, self-centered creatures. We really always have been. Just because a large majority of the population holds a certain belief that doesn't necessarily mean that it should become law. What if a large majority (which I think they do) didn't believe in evolution? Should they be able to legislate that, or do you only support items that you agree with? That being said, intellectual property needs to be protected within limits. In order to keep creative people creative, they need to be able to profit or really to do whatever they want with their property. This is basically the crux of copyright law to begin with. I really can't agree with this legalization of file sharing if it's going to trample over the rights of those creative people.
I haven't really read this particular article, but I imagine they've made some kind of distinction here. At least I hope they have.
Future-proof sounds like a bad thing.