Most smaller countries would probably bend over if you posted something that really bothered some big enough company.
Your best bet is to find a host who agrees with your views. Second best, find someone who might not agree with you, but likes to be trouble to the same guys who might not like your content.
Anti-MS: Post it on/. Anti-Linux: Go MSN Anti-[generic US company]: Post it in France Anti-$cientology: Germany etc.
Remember that *your* powerful enemies has *their* enemies too. They might not be your friends, but they could be your allies. Just be prepared to move when the wind changes...
You forget that Americans trust the government with personal information even less than Corporations. The only situation worse than 1000s of Corporations gathering information, is trusting a government to be the sole gatherer and protector of your personal information
So... the government buys your data from the corporations instead of doing their own data gathering, big gain there...
In *my* HO 1000s of corporations gathering and interchanging data is far worse than one central database. The amount of information about me is at least as large, my insight is zero (my control over a govenment database record might be small indeed, but at least not zero) as are the chanses of correcting incorrect data.
Look at the DeCSS case. If MPAA can't fight a distributed system, how am I supposed to do it?
An easier workaround would be to simply read the whole license text...
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It meant "advanced" as in using every advanced technique in the book. Java applets, flash, javascript effects, lots of gifs, you name it.
Sure, teh design loooked good (if you could get to it) but their solutions put a lot of obstacles between their products and their would be customers wallets. That is seldom a good business practice;-)
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But, initially at least, a large proportion of its potential market was unable to access Boo's site because the website design was too advanced for most computers.
I wonder what they meant by that? Well, it used to be Windows only, for starters. I checked it out when they were new and saw failure coming fast Who buys clothes by mailorder? Not their target group anyway.
If you want to sell something online it has to be either more convenient, cheaper or well stocked than the meat space alternative. Boo was not cheaper, did not offer more choise and was not more convenient than your usual store. "Cool" webdesign might attract visitors, but they will not *buy* anything.
The longer different cultures argue about what should be censored or not, the longer we will have a de cafto uncensored web.
Once The US and France reaches some form of agreement, time comes to China. If the US gets the ability to shut down non-US sites that break US law, China should be able to shut down US sites that breaks chinese law... And then we have Iraq etc...
this comment sais it better, but is not that sentece put there to protect borlands own source code (and more important, code licenced to borland)?
I've not used the free(beer) version, but any major development tool for windows comes with a bunch of proprietary libraries and objects.
Borland are quite nice, since they include the source for their own libraries. My guess is that a full reading of the contract (for those 100 lawyers) reveals the obvious: a) You can distribute your own code b) You can distribute the executable c) You cannot (without explicit licence) redistribute the source of any additional libraries uses in yourt application.
So, if you use GPL-ed libraries, you are free to distribute the whole source. If you use any proprietary libraries, you can not distribute their source (without permission). That means that any other contributor to your application will need a separate licence for those libraries. Only fair.
One government database with reasonable correct data is way better than N corporate databases half filled with trash.
Face it, both the government and the corps likes to keep track of us. They will do it wether we like it or not. If the corps buys their data from the central database, they: a) Has to follow some rules b) At least gets correct data about me, not something someone else entered in my name. c) are less inclined to build their own, more detailed database (esp if that is surrounded with decent laws)
I think we should concentrate on the *use* of personal data rather than the mere existence thereof. (since it will never go away)
I guess I should have said...the CIA was involved...but the CIA often does not represent the United States.
Well,... who *do* they represent? If there had been a military coup here, supported by the GRU I would have blamed it on the SSSR, wether or not it had Leonid Brezjnev's personal approval.
Once Stalin had secured his rule within the USSR, he began efforts to destabilize countries across the globe,[...]From 1945, US policy was containment, preventing the spread of Communism and Russian/Soviet influence.
Well an important tool in that containment policy was (is) to destabilize countries around the globe if the "wrong" people rise to power.
About the quest for domination: Nobody can stay in power for a very long time without some popular support. The communist party had two major points to make in the propaganda. 1) Remember how bad things were under the tsar 2) We will make sure that the next war will *never* be fought on the rodina
The first point became harder and harder to press as time went by. The second was a real killer. You can take a whole lot of oppression from your government, if you truly believe that foreign troops are a likely alternative. The cold war therefore suited the bolsjeviks like a glove. They had a mighty enemy against which thay could unite the people. (In the US, McCarthy played the same game)
BUT those arguments could never work on an international scale. Outside Russia, kremlin domination could only be achieved by power. Maintaining an empire, based only on military power is an impossible task in the long run. The Soviet leaders must have realized that.
I guess we can conclude that living next door to the strongest guy on the block is, at best, a mixed blessing.
I'm Swedish. Here the Russians has been "the big threat" since long before Lenin (or Marx, or Washington) was born. On the other hand we have done our share of invading *them* as well...
Regarding Cuba: I guess a lot of cubans failed to appriciate the distinction between "Cuban Nationalists[...]with some support from the CIA" and the United States. It was non like Batista was a nice guy either,...
Sorry I meant "the power of inertia". Machinery is built with imperial measures, since the tools are imperial, because they build machinery with imperial measures, because...
Given the choise between living in USA or SSSR, I'd pick USA without second thought. Given the choise between living next to USA or SSSR, it would no longer be so obvious. (oops I *do* live next to the former Soviet union)
No, USA did not invade Canada or Mex,... oops, well not since 1846, anyway;-) However USA had (has) a number of puppet states in latin america. Only in Cuba and Granada did it go as far as invasion (and only in Granada did it succeed), but CIA has been more than willing to help a pro-US dictator against a less pro-US anyone.
I agree that SSSR enforced it's buffert zone in a much more brutal way. Sadly that does not mean that the US has a clean conscience. You can't become (and stay) a superpower just by being nice.
You can have whatever opinion about the Soviet domestic politics. On the foreign arena the two superpowers had more in common than they liked to pretend. After Lenin, Moscow gave up the quest for a communist world domination. They were much more interested in protecting their own borders. (and their own asses)
The "pissing contest" and the puppet governments in eastern europe fits right into that view.
The doctrine was "Show the world how powerful we are and make sure our neighbours behave." exactly the same doctrine as the US of A.
For example, if someone in the previous century saw a film of a 747 flying past, it would not tell them how to build a jet engine, what fuel to use, or what materials to make it out of
So we can conclude that NASA's century/millenium rollover occurs 2000/2001.
Do you honestly believe that any salesman, beyond the rank of con artist, would sell a bad product given the choise of a good one?
Nobody buys a program that does not work (at least not twice) Bells and whistles are what sales people use to get more money out of the same product, or make ppl buy *their* product instead of an alternative with the same functionality, but less appeal.
Yes, from a hacker perspective, it would be nice if people bought software simply on its technical merit. Wake up call: they don't.
A good coder makes the life of a suit easier, a good suit makes the life of a coder easier. A damn good salesman can work with inferior products (if he has to) and a damn good coder can override bad management.
In *my* HO a good salesman sees a demand and amplifies it. Creating one out of thin air is too damn hard (if at all possible).
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Yup.
It's not that I don't like cool games, but I'd rather buy a separate console, than have a PDA feature war.
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Why is it that everyone thinks that developers don't care about UI issues? Most developers I know, including myself, enjoy coding much more when someone other than themselves finds their code useful for something. Why would I spend all my time pouring my energy into a bit of code that I think is groovy and everyone else thinks sucks? </rant>
Why is it that everyone thinks that managers are clueless by default? Sure, some are. They dont tend to make it very far. Their job is to form a middle tier between coders, customers and investors. Sure, sometimes it is easier to have a direct connection, but unless you have better "suit qualities" then the actual manager, it gets very hard to get any "real" work done while talking to every damn user there is.
A good software manufactorer has good suits *and* good coders *and* a good connection in between. Of course the connection is optimal if there are hackers inside the suits, managers behind the keyboards (or even the same people in both roles) but unless you are real renaissance wonders, you have traded better communication for worse managing and/or coding.
I am a developer, I love good managers on my projects. They simply makes my life so much easier.
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Your best bet is to find a host who agrees with your views.
Second best, find someone who might not agree with you, but likes to be trouble to the same guys who might not like your content.
Anti-MS: Post it on /.
Anti-Linux: Go MSN
Anti-[generic US company]: Post it in France
Anti-$cientology: Germany
etc.
Remember that *your* powerful enemies has *their* enemies too. They might not be your friends, but they could be your allies. Just be prepared to move when the wind changes...
The only situation worse than 1000s of Corporations gathering information, is trusting a government to be the sole gatherer and protector of your personal information
So... the government buys your data from the corporations instead of doing their own data gathering, big gain there...
In *my* HO 1000s of corporations gathering and interchanging data is far worse than one central database. The amount of information about me is at least as large, my insight is zero (my control over a govenment database record might be small indeed, but at least not zero) as are the chanses of correcting incorrect data.
Look at the DeCSS case. If MPAA can't fight a distributed system, how am I supposed to do it?
'Course if they started writing space shuttle code like that, it would be "Goodbye World"...
An easier workaround would be to simply read the whole license text...
Sure, teh design loooked good (if you could get to it) but their solutions put a lot of obstacles between their products and their would be customers wallets. That is seldom a good business practice ;-)
I checked it out when they were new and saw failure coming fast
Who buys clothes by mailorder? Not their target group anyway.
If you want to sell something online it has to be either more convenient, cheaper or well stocked than the meat space alternative.
Boo was not cheaper, did not offer more choise and was not more convenient than your usual store. "Cool" webdesign might attract visitors, but they will not *buy* anything.
Once The US and France reaches some form of agreement, time comes to China. If the US gets the ability to shut down non-US sites that break US law, China should be able to shut down US sites that breaks chinese law... And then we have Iraq etc...
I've not used the free(beer) version, but any major development tool for windows comes with a bunch of proprietary libraries and objects.
Borland are quite nice, since they include the source for their own libraries. My guess is that a full reading of the contract (for those 100 lawyers) reveals the obvious:
a) You can distribute your own code
b) You can distribute the executable
c) You cannot (without explicit licence) redistribute the source of any additional libraries uses in yourt application.
So, if you use GPL-ed libraries, you are free to distribute the whole source. If you use any proprietary libraries, you can not distribute their source (without permission). That means that any other contributor to your application will need a separate licence for those libraries. Only fair.
Keywords and blacklists are too blunt, wouldn't it be a challenge to make a *useful* filter?
I don't mind people looking at naked bodies, but I would very much like to be able to do a "sex AND NOT [porn]" search for example.
(and if it drives the snake oil salesman known as Cyberpatrol at al out of business, I wouldn't mind)
Face it, both the government and the corps likes to keep track of us. They will do it wether we like it or not. If the corps buys their data from the central database, they:
a) Has to follow some rules
b) At least gets correct data about me, not something someone else entered in my name.
c) are less inclined to build their own, more detailed database (esp if that is surrounded with decent laws)
I think we should concentrate on the *use* of personal data rather than the mere existence thereof. (since it will never go away)
Oh come on...
Calm down, he was trolling you.
Netscape and Microsoft have market shares enough that their "features" are used, but none are big enough to set a de facto standard.
Wouldn't it be nice if *one* browser had a flawless implementation of the W3C standard?
Well,... who *do* they represent? If there had been a military coup here, supported by the GRU I would have blamed it on the SSSR, wether or not it had Leonid Brezjnev's personal approval.
Well an important tool in that containment policy was (is) to destabilize countries around the globe if the "wrong" people rise to power.
About the quest for domination: Nobody can stay in power for a very long time without some popular support. The communist party had two major points to make in the propaganda.
1) Remember how bad things were under the tsar
2) We will make sure that the next war will *never* be fought on the rodina
The first point became harder and harder to press as time went by. The second was a real killer. You can take a whole lot of oppression from your government, if you truly believe that foreign troops are a likely alternative. The cold war therefore suited the bolsjeviks like a glove. They had a mighty enemy against which thay could unite the people. (In the US, McCarthy played the same game)
BUT those arguments could never work on an international scale. Outside Russia, kremlin domination could only be achieved by power. Maintaining an empire, based only on military power is an impossible task in the long run. The Soviet leaders must have realized that.
I'm Swedish. Here the Russians has been "the big threat" since long before Lenin (or Marx, or Washington) was born. On the other hand we have done our share of invading *them* as well...
Regarding Cuba: I guess a lot of cubans failed to appriciate the distinction between "Cuban Nationalists[...]with some support from the CIA" and the United States. It was non like Batista was a nice guy either,...
Sorry I meant "the power of inertia". Machinery is built with imperial measures, since the tools are imperial, because they build machinery with imperial measures, because...
Et cetera in absurdum.
Of course!
That was called "Open Force Warfare"
"Better Battles Trough Peer Review"
It was generally percieved as a better alternative to "Closed Force"
Actually that is why the military (MilitSoft) was split up into separate branches (Army, Navy, etc) by the Justice Department.
No, USA did not invade Canada or Mex,... oops, well not since 1846, anyway ;-)
However USA had (has) a number of puppet states in latin america. Only in Cuba and Granada did it go as far as invasion (and only in Granada did it succeed), but CIA has been more than willing to help a pro-US dictator against a less pro-US anyone.
I agree that SSSR enforced it's buffert zone in a much more brutal way. Sadly that does not mean that the US has a clean conscience. You can't become (and stay) a superpower just by being nice.
You can have whatever opinion about the Soviet domestic politics. On the foreign arena the two superpowers had more in common than they liked to pretend. After Lenin, Moscow gave up the quest for a communist world domination. They were much more interested in protecting their own borders. (and their own asses)
The "pissing contest" and the puppet governments in eastern europe fits right into that view.
The doctrine was "Show the world how powerful we are and make sure our neighbours behave." exactly the same doctrine as the US of A.
So we can conclude that NASA's century/millenium rollover occurs 2000/2001.
Boy, am I in a sarcastic mode today?
Of course someone will think those numbers are in meters...
Nobody buys a program that does not work (at least not twice) Bells and whistles are what sales people use to get more money out of the same product, or make ppl buy *their* product instead of an alternative with the same functionality, but less appeal.
Yes, from a hacker perspective, it would be nice if people bought software simply on its technical merit. Wake up call: they don't.
A good coder makes the life of a suit easier, a good suit makes the life of a coder easier. A damn good salesman can work with inferior products (if he has to) and a damn good coder can override bad management.
In *my* HO a good salesman sees a demand and amplifies it. Creating one out of thin air is too damn hard (if at all possible).
It's not that I don't like cool games, but I'd rather buy a separate console, than have a PDA feature war.
Sure, sometimes it is easier to have a direct connection, but unless you have better "suit qualities" then the actual manager, it gets very hard to get any "real" work done while talking to every damn user there is.
A good software manufactorer has good suits *and* good coders *and* a good connection in between. Of course the connection is optimal if there are hackers inside the suits, managers behind the keyboards (or even the same people in both roles) but unless you are real renaissance wonders, you have traded better communication for worse managing and/or coding.
I am a developer, I love good managers on my projects. They simply makes my life so much easier.