you do not realize that if net neutrality is gone, the control of internet will be given to 2 major controlling providers in united states, without needing 50 years, without needing to go through government, without needing anything else.
at least, you have SOME control on government. but, you do NOT have ANY control over any corporation.
universal rule. never forget. it doesnt matter what you think, what you believe, how you rationalize, or how you see fit, who you are, whom you are with.
what goes around, comes around, sooner or later. and it grows. if it comes later, its impact is bigger due to cause-effect chains, if it comes sooner, it may come back as it went.
the relevance ? well. our current civilization has become an increasingly brutal civilization... think and imagine.
microsoft lost this case. Ec doesnt like this kind of thing. they will shave off ie, or force other browsers, OR, force ms to shove the ability to choose multiple browsers in people's eyes.
my best bet, they may require a central, nonprofit organization to list available browsers for windows, and an easy way to remotely fetch them from there on selection and install.
consumers do NOT have to be hardworking, or care to have better choices inside a product they BOUGHT in order to conduct their daily lives or business.
they buy it to make their lives EASIER. not HARDER. they are NOT buying an operating system in order to have to WORK HARD and not be lazy to 'have options'.
there are millions of people in each country that have NO idea of what does even a 'web browser' mean. for them, they open up windows, and then connect to 'internet'. internet explorer is 'internet' for them. leave aside trying out new 'browsers'...
and no, you cant discount these people. for, these are the masses.
as always, they managed to pull off a stunt for their leashholders. excuse me but there can be no less strong language here. it is exactly that. cut off funding for broadband public development so that everyone keeps sitting in at&t, comcast's lap.
they totally kill the game for me. let me give an example:
there are many games coming out set in spanish main, bent on buccaneering, privateering, pirating and such, after the success of pirates of the caribbean movie and all that pirate hype.
you get the game, its set in 1600s, there are huge towering carracks and all that galleonish piratish ships advertised in cover of the box. but you start playing, but you immediately notice 2 things :
ships are not of 1600s, but 1700s. it matters a great deal, because with that specific 100 years you go from towering carracks, galleons to low, flat, standard age of sail frigates. the main focus of the game, the ships, are totally out of place.
and another thing, music, atmosphere sucks. some put in carribbean/reggae music, something that does not have any realistic connection to the age game is portraying. a product of late 150 years is being put in, because some people think its 'caribbean'. couple this with all the other atmosphere elements that are out of place, like 1600s people wearing 1750s outfits, even napoleonic hats and so on, you totally lose the atmosphere. it doesnt feel like it anymore.
same important criteria is valid for every other game. be it star wars or call of duty, any game needs to follow the two important premises of realistic elements (even if its a fantasy game, we have certain acceptable limits to what can be shoved in), and atmosphere. if these two lack, the game sucks. big time.
I honestly believe that a lot of you haven't used Windows recently. I have XP running on 50 computers with 20 of those being laptop scattered all over the US. I can't remember the last time I had to fix a problem that directly involved Windows XP. 99.9% of my issues are due to drivers and third-party software that we use.
you probably support xp machines being used by employees.
support costs do not come from these people in the main, in my opinion. support costs come from people who open the windows of the room, when you ask them to open a new window. end users. home users.
leave aside support activity being a bitch in itself. the shittiest thing in i.t. is probably support ?
with this fashion, ms would cut support costs, and make better profit selling more expensive office items and serves and stuff to an enlarging userbase.
BUT....
all of us here know that microsoft wont do that even if hell freezes over, so there's no point in arguing. that's bad for them. and good for us. with 'us', i mean the free world.
in turkey, ibda-c had rented villas, tied the people who didnt cooperate with them with their hands and feet behind their back, and left them to die in basements. then they buried them in the villas' gardens. and these people who killed were islamists too, not even others. police cleanup operation lasted 1-3 months. we watched the raids and the following horrible discoveries live, from newscasts.
Marketplaces are loud, noisy things filled with confusion, different ideas and ideals. The competition in the marketplace is what keeps people honest and allows people to bring new products and ideas to market. It isn't normal to not have choice.
this is software. car analogies wont hold in every aspect of software.
for you, it may be perfectly acceptable to have the marketplace as you describe before. average joe and jane dont like that. they want clear choice when dealing with important stuff. therefore, windows. we need some name to match against this. a keyword. when you say it, they will know. like firefox.
look at how many different names you mention while counting. gnome and apt, ubuntu, kde, yast, opensuse, yum, fedora.
how do you expect telling a non tech (even linux) savvy average joe/jane all about these ? they will get confused even before you start explaining them in detail.
we need one name prominent like what's firefox now :
- hey need an alternate browser ? why, try firefox !
We need a main, reliable, one size fits all DESKTOP distro. that's what we need.
and yes, all other distros should continue, for really many of them are for niche markets.
linux basically equals webserver as of now. whereas many IIS servers house 1-2 company sites (and many of them are in-house boxes), linux distros host hundreds each.
but on desktop we dont have a strong name presence so that when you name it, everyone will know. we need that.
hezboullah and hamas kill lebanese and palestinians regularly. after israel's last response in gazza, 150 palestinians who supported fatah were gathered and tortured. numerous were killed, or maimed by guns as an 'example'. it doesnt matter who are they fighting - a terrorist organization has a life of its own. its basically a fascist level rigid hierarchy ideological organization
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no joke. there is an alliance. google, ebay, et al fought against this kind of bullshit the last time it happened 1-2 years ago.
time to call in the troops again, while citizens push on the other front.
you do not realize that if net neutrality is gone, the control of internet will be given to 2 major controlling providers in united states, without needing 50 years, without needing to go through government, without needing anything else.
at least, you have SOME control on government. but, you do NOT have ANY control over any corporation.
wake up.
i said that the civilization grew increasingly more brutal, and you actually spoke against this but actually supported it ?
that being said, brutality context here is not limited to wars and brutality in between mankind.
the brutality in history is disorganized and comparably small by percentage.
today its mass manufactured, standardized, spanning the globe.
universal rule. never forget. it doesnt matter what you think, what you believe, how you rationalize, or how you see fit, who you are, whom you are with.
what goes around, comes around, sooner or later. and it grows. if it comes later, its impact is bigger due to cause-effect chains, if it comes sooner, it may come back as it went.
the relevance ? well. our current civilization has become an increasingly brutal civilization ... think and imagine.
microsoft lost this case. Ec doesnt like this kind of thing. they will shave off ie, or force other browsers, OR, force ms to shove the ability to choose multiple browsers in people's eyes.
my best bet, they may require a central, nonprofit organization to list available browsers for windows, and an easy way to remotely fetch them from there on selection and install.
do your preparations accordingly everyone.
consumers do NOT have to be hardworking, or care to have better choices inside a product they BOUGHT in order to conduct their daily lives or business.
they buy it to make their lives EASIER. not HARDER. they are NOT buying an operating system in order to have to WORK HARD and not be lazy to 'have options'.
before this thing starts to smell bad.
oooook ok. i did.
there are millions of people in each country that have NO idea of what does even a 'web browser' mean. for them, they open up windows, and then connect to 'internet'. internet explorer is 'internet' for them. leave aside trying out new 'browsers' ...
and no, you cant discount these people. for, these are the masses.
the question is 'what spoils a GAME for you'.
which dumbass modded parent offtopic ?
im saying was, because she died of cancer when i was 5 years old, very probably of DDT. they were using it like there's no tomorrow in 1970s.
shove that ddt in your ass of yours.
as always, they managed to pull off a stunt for their leashholders. excuse me but there can be no less strong language here. it is exactly that. cut off funding for broadband public development so that everyone keeps sitting in at&t, comcast's lap.
'sustainable' power does not mean iridium, palladium, zirconium, stupidium and whatnot. it consists of innumerable alternative energy sources.
one of which, is SUN, and a possible other, in future, is cosmic rays. you dont need to sustain these, they just are.
is it possible that the article may be trying to portray the new drive for alternative energy in a bad light ?
they totally kill the game for me. let me give an example:
there are many games coming out set in spanish main, bent on buccaneering, privateering, pirating and such, after the success of pirates of the caribbean movie and all that pirate hype.
you get the game, its set in 1600s, there are huge towering carracks and all that galleonish piratish ships advertised in cover of the box. but you start playing, but you immediately notice 2 things :
ships are not of 1600s, but 1700s. it matters a great deal, because with that specific 100 years you go from towering carracks, galleons to low, flat, standard age of sail frigates. the main focus of the game, the ships, are totally out of place.
and another thing, music, atmosphere sucks. some put in carribbean/reggae music, something that does not have any realistic connection to the age game is portraying. a product of late 150 years is being put in, because some people think its 'caribbean'. couple this with all the other atmosphere elements that are out of place, like 1600s people wearing 1750s outfits, even napoleonic hats and so on, you totally lose the atmosphere. it doesnt feel like it anymore.
same important criteria is valid for every other game. be it star wars or call of duty, any game needs to follow the two important premises of realistic elements (even if its a fantasy game, we have certain acceptable limits to what can be shoved in), and atmosphere. if these two lack, the game sucks. big time.
I honestly believe that a lot of you haven't used Windows recently. I have XP running on 50 computers with 20 of those being laptop scattered all over the US. I can't remember the last time I had to fix a problem that directly involved Windows XP. 99.9% of my issues are due to drivers and third-party software that we use.
you probably support xp machines being used by employees.
support costs do not come from these people in the main, in my opinion. support costs come from people who open the windows of the room, when you ask them to open a new window. end users. home users.
leave aside support activity being a bitch in itself. the shittiest thing in i.t. is probably support ?
with this fashion, ms would cut support costs, and make better profit selling more expensive office items and serves and stuff to an enlarging userbase.
BUT ....
all of us here know that microsoft wont do that even if hell freezes over, so there's no point in arguing. that's bad for them. and good for us. with 'us', i mean the free world.
so we can contribute quickly.
in turkey, ibda-c had rented villas, tied the people who didnt cooperate with them with their hands and feet behind their back, and left them to die in basements. then they buried them in the villas' gardens. and these people who killed were islamists too, not even others. police cleanup operation lasted 1-3 months. we watched the raids and the following horrible discoveries live, from newscasts.
that's the iran type of thing.
Marketplaces are loud, noisy things filled with confusion, different ideas and ideals. The competition in the marketplace is what keeps people honest and allows people to bring new products and ideas to market. It isn't normal to not have choice.
this is software. car analogies wont hold in every aspect of software.
for you, it may be perfectly acceptable to have the marketplace as you describe before. average joe and jane dont like that. they want clear choice when dealing with important stuff. therefore, windows. we need some name to match against this. a keyword. when you say it, they will know. like firefox.
its for people who have to use Windows or Macos.
its for people who cant set out to create their distro according to their needs.
basically its for average joe and jane, in middle of nowhere, to do simple tasks.
look at how many different names you mention while counting. gnome and apt, ubuntu, kde, yast, opensuse, yum, fedora.
how do you expect telling a non tech (even linux) savvy average joe/jane all about these ? they will get confused even before you start explaining them in detail.
we need one name prominent like what's firefox now :
- hey need an alternate browser ? why, try firefox !
everyone gets this.
We need a main, reliable, one size fits all DESKTOP distro. that's what we need.
and yes, all other distros should continue, for really many of them are for niche markets.
linux basically equals webserver as of now. whereas many IIS servers house 1-2 company sites (and many of them are in-house boxes), linux distros host hundreds each.
but on desktop we dont have a strong name presence so that when you name it, everyone will know. we need that.
before u.s. ever thought about using them against ussr.
it started around in 1920s.
hezboullah and hamas kill lebanese and palestinians regularly. after israel's last response in gazza, 150 palestinians who supported fatah were gathered and tortured. numerous were killed, or maimed by guns as an 'example'. it doesnt matter who are they fighting - a terrorist organization has a life of its own. its basically a fascist level rigid hierarchy ideological organization