The pursuit of profit is inherent to money and makes it work. The pursuit of profit has driven science and technology and changed the world largely for the better. Yes it has it's own problems: crises, wars and pollution.
I have a fair understanding of software licensing, thank you. I was not referring to the GPL in particular, nor any other license. It's not a licensing problem and I don't know why you misread my comment in this sense.
Getting the key requires registering an application and may be validated by the company providing the web service. How a normal non-technical user could do it? Even if it is was just creating an account it would be too much for a casual user of an application.
Many web services require developers to get keys for their applications. Open source applications cannot provide users with working apps without disclosing the keys.
I was expecting that parents helping with homework was bad simply because it interferes with and blocks thought and learning abilities of their kids and causes them to be insecure and less independent. Instead the problem seems to be parents are just not good enough helping their kids cheating with homework. Oh well.
A machine readable web was what many people pushed for ten years ago. Then came HTML5 tag soup and "webapps" with messy code. Maybe, as a practical need for a machine readable web arises, old ideas will be reconsidered.
I agree with you. I was obviously referring to pop/rock songs, not to vocal music in general. Western music is born as vocal music. Just think about Ockeghem or Desprez which represent one of highest peaks of our (western) musical culture.
In a sense, you're right. Songs probably don't even try to compete with more articulate music. I think they're fine in their simplicity. What's sad is that the vast majority don't even know what a more refined music is and why they should listen to it.
I have the feeling most people here don't get what "people" means for Ubuntu. Ubuntu targets a mass market. Former Linux geeks (like you and me) will always have plenty of alternatives. We can even build our Linux flavor if we really have to. Ubuntu is totally different. It is for common people that couldn't care less about privacy or technical issues. Obviously they cannot say this openly as the current Linux community is really useful to them for now.
It's pretty sad that in 2013 just pronouncing Marx's name sparks such a shitload of purely ideological comments from people that never actually read any of his books. Well, I think he must have been onto something if he's still perceived as controversial after 1.5 centuries.
I think the most sane approach would be too keep doing releases for the "core system", i.e. kernel and libraries. Applications are the "leaves" in the package dependencies graph and could be made rolling without compromising stability.
How is this Informative? It's just an opinion, a totally unsupported one.
And btw, your "part of the allure was beryl/compiz" recollection is telling. Ever you ever thought that maybe Canonical is going after a more mainstream target than people who enjoyed playing with Beryl and Emerald?
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The pursuit of profit is inherent to money and makes it work. The pursuit of profit has driven science and technology and changed the world largely for the better. Yes it has it's own problems: crises, wars and pollution.
...so you don't get distracted while watching ads!
No, just disable third-party cookies. Then you can whitelist the few legitimate "third-party" domains that use cookies to log you in.
What if I'm developing apps for kids?
I have a fair understanding of software licensing, thank you. I was not referring to the GPL in particular, nor any other license. It's not a licensing problem and I don't know why you misread my comment in this sense.
Hosted? I was mainly referring to desktop applications.
Of course.
Getting the key requires registering an application and may be validated by the company providing the web service. How a normal non-technical user could do it? Even if it is was just creating an account it would be too much for a casual user of an application.
Many web services require developers to get keys for their applications. Open source applications cannot provide users with working apps without disclosing the keys.
I was expecting that parents helping with homework was bad simply because it interferes with and blocks thought and learning abilities of their kids and causes them to be insecure and less independent. Instead the problem seems to be parents are just not good enough helping their kids cheating with homework. Oh well.
You're wrong, Java always passes parameters by reference.
A machine readable web was what many people pushed for ten years ago. Then came HTML5 tag soup and "webapps" with messy code. Maybe, as a practical need for a machine readable web arises, old ideas will be reconsidered.
I agree with you. I was obviously referring to pop/rock songs, not to vocal music in general. Western music is born as vocal music. Just think about Ockeghem or Desprez which represent one of highest peaks of our (western) musical culture.
In a sense, you're right. Songs probably don't even try to compete with more articulate music. I think they're fine in their simplicity. What's sad is that the vast majority don't even know what a more refined music is and why they should listen to it.
I think you really nailed it. Would upvote you if had modpoints today.
Well before the internet, magazines and newspapers relied on advertisements so I fail to see where the "shift of focus" is.
This happens in Italy too. I guess it happens in most of the EU.
I have the feeling most people here don't get what "people" means for Ubuntu. Ubuntu targets a mass market. Former Linux geeks (like you and me) will always have plenty of alternatives. We can even build our Linux flavor if we really have to. Ubuntu is totally different. It is for common people that couldn't care less about privacy or technical issues. Obviously they cannot say this openly as the current Linux community is really useful to them for now.
It's pretty sad that in 2013 just pronouncing Marx's name sparks such a shitload of purely ideological comments from people that never actually read any of his books. Well, I think he must have been onto something if he's still perceived as controversial after 1.5 centuries.
And one where you can be the evil guy if you actually got your predictions right. (I'm thinking Marx here).
Well, centralized or distributed management of updates does not radically change the model.
This is how Mac and Windows have always worked. So no need to talk about mobile in this regard.
I think the most sane approach would be too keep doing releases for the "core system", i.e. kernel and libraries. Applications are the "leaves" in the package dependencies graph and could be made rolling without compromising stability.
How is this Informative? It's just an opinion, a totally unsupported one.
And btw, your "part of the allure was beryl/compiz" recollection is telling. Ever you ever thought that maybe Canonical is going after a more mainstream target than people who enjoyed playing with Beryl and Emerald?
You'll hate *much* more the day the H.264 licensing moster raises its ugly head.
Next round for starting asking for licensing fees is 2015
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Patent_licensing