I know I'm not in the most sympathetic crowd for this kind of thing, but does anyone else find it irritating that as soon as anyone in power sides with the **AA on the copyright issue, they are guilty of corruption (or at the very least, brainwashing)? Could these human beings genuinely believe that copyright infringement is actually a problem?
Granted though, these claims are both sensationalist and far-fetched. I mean, they've managed to invoke "the children" and "national security". Who can withstand THAT?
Please invite Mr. Crook to an interview, talking about the apology and his views on the abolishment of fair use rights. I think we all need a good vocal idiot to tear apart right about now.
I don't use Opera much, but I still have it installed alongside Firefox. The reason is that Firefox tends to render pages a little differently to IE (making them seem more...compressed vertically). I find that Opera does a better job of imitating the IE renderer.
Please make this shortcut to slashdot much, much more obscure. You are insulting our geekiness, and not providing us with any kind of challenge. Thank you.
Dell tests their computers at the final stage of construction, Windows being installed earlier. I tried to get a blank laptop, but they said they couldn't test it to make sure the hardware was working properly. They really do need to have an OS installed, otherwise you may get shipped a computer with one or more components not working.
I'm guessing you are not left-leaning, and that you are trolling (without much subtlety or wit, I'm afraid). Nevertheless...
generalizations coming - yes, there are exceptions
What you are doing exceeds generalisation. You are vilifying the left by applying traits that not only not representative of lefties as whole, but that seem to be present roughly evenly across the board.
Leftists/Socialists tend to: a) follow the herd
Anyone can follow the herd. It just depends which herd you fall into initially. If your parents, your friends, your mentors/idols were all right-wing as a kid, you would follow that herd. Right wing/left wing makes no difference.
b) not rock the boat
That's utter rubbish. I don't even know how you came up with that one. For example, the global warming issue. It's supported heavily by the left, and if it doesn't qualify as "rocking the boat", I don't know what does.
c) not have enough independent thought to try something new.
Same BS argument, same reply.
d) be unwilling to work on something that's "too hard"; that's why they want the gov't to do everything for them.
Finally, something Left-specific! Still rubbish, but Left-specific.
This could well be true for a select few, but for most, there are much better reasons for government involvement. They can create a standard of living in certain facets of life that could not be present if individuals alone were in control. For example, with unified gun legislation, people can feel safer no matter where they go.* Government is also good for keeping markets healthy and free (ironic isn't it?) and stop a single company from stifling competition. Basically, government intervention can be good for many things.
And so obviously, your conclusion is based on faulty assumptions. Please disregard and try again later.
Windows users represent people who just use their computers and don't think about anything else around them. These are the same people who get pissed off when news of a new terrorist threat or attack is on TV... not because they feel a connection with the rest of the world, but because it interrupted their favorite sitcom.
As a Windows user, I take offence to that. I like OSS as much as the next/.er, and I do advocate change in an otherwise stale market. I also use Ubuntu, and Firefox/OOo on both OSs.
On the other hand, Windows is standard, and a standard that I have to deal with. I needed a laptop, and I had to deal with an OAM version of Windows. I kept it, and I use it sometimes. Why does this suddenly mean that I like watching sitcoms, hate terrorists, and am cut off from the rest of society?
More importantly, why do we feel the need to insult those who don't make the same choices that we did? Are people really deserving of vilification for trying to keep their computing simple?
There's no such thing as a lot of things, yet we still the word to describe it. I for one had absolutely no trouble understanding what the poster was referring to. To put it another way: if it didn't mean that before, it does now.
It's not really a problem. You can either stay landlocked in Britain, rejecting surveillance, or you can accept surveillance and get the hell outta there!
is internet trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the legal community?Of course. What kind of blockhead would think otherwise? Stupid poster and all those other knee-jerk republicans.
This is undoubtably the most interesting discussion I've seen on/. for a while. It's so nice to have occasional breaks between the constant stream of RIAA/rights-infringements/doom and gloom FUD.
Yup, that'll fly. It would be the end of DRM and copy protection. You know FairPlay, Plays4sure (or whatever it's called), CSS, AACS, and all those other copy protection mechanisms that those companies spent so much time and money on? All would be illegal. But I guess there are always casualties when you make laws like that.
In fact, they would be the only casualties. Any kid with knowledge of Basic would be able to create a tool to encrypt files.
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I think I'll stop right there, thank you very much.
Do tell! Why does Linux "suck" so much "ass" that it warrants calling the positively huge pool of developers "untalented" and "stupid"?
Are you sure it's not a case of the everyone-is-stupid/different/weird-but-me syndrome?
I thought it was only slightly chubby...
We've got other things to hate them for.
I know I'm not in the most sympathetic crowd for this kind of thing, but does anyone else find it irritating that as soon as anyone in power sides with the **AA on the copyright issue, they are guilty of corruption (or at the very least, brainwashing)? Could these human beings genuinely believe that copyright infringement is actually a problem?
Granted though, these claims are both sensationalist and far-fetched. I mean, they've managed to invoke "the children" and "national security". Who can withstand THAT?
Please invite Mr. Crook to an interview, talking about the apology and his views on the abolishment of fair use rights. I think we all need a good vocal idiot to tear apart right about now.
Imagine it: +1 Insyghtful, +1 Informatyve, +1 Interestyng, and um... +1 funni.
This post contains over 95% good ol' fashioned humour.
I'm gettin' a PS3!
I don't use Opera much, but I still have it installed alongside Firefox. The reason is that Firefox tends to render pages a little differently to IE (making them seem more...compressed vertically). I find that Opera does a better job of imitating the IE renderer.
Please make this shortcut to slashdot much, much more obscure. You are insulting our geekiness, and not providing us with any kind of challenge. Thank you.
Dell tests their computers at the final stage of construction, Windows being installed earlier. I tried to get a blank laptop, but they said they couldn't test it to make sure the hardware was working properly. They really do need to have an OS installed, otherwise you may get shipped a computer with one or more components not working.
Anyone can follow the herd. It just depends which herd you fall into initially. If your parents, your friends, your mentors/idols were all right-wing as a kid, you would follow that herd. Right wing/left wing makes no difference.That's utter rubbish. I don't even know how you came up with that one. For example, the global warming issue. It's supported heavily by the left, and if it doesn't qualify as "rocking the boat", I don't know what does.Same BS argument, same reply.Finally, something Left-specific! Still rubbish, but Left-specific.
This could well be true for a select few, but for most, there are much better reasons for government involvement. They can create a standard of living in certain facets of life that could not be present if individuals alone were in control. For example, with unified gun legislation, people can feel safer no matter where they go.* Government is also good for keeping markets healthy and free (ironic isn't it?) and stop a single company from stifling competition. Basically, government intervention can be good for many things.
And so obviously, your conclusion is based on faulty assumptions. Please disregard and try again later.
On the other hand, Windows is standard, and a standard that I have to deal with. I needed a laptop, and I had to deal with an OAM version of Windows. I kept it, and I use it sometimes. Why does this suddenly mean that I like watching sitcoms, hate terrorists, and am cut off from the rest of society?
More importantly, why do we feel the need to insult those who don't make the same choices that we did? Are people really deserving of vilification for trying to keep their computing simple?
Have you considered that the GP might be using rather subtle irony?
I for one thought it was mildly amusing.
There's no such thing as a lot of things, yet we still the word to describe it. I for one had absolutely no trouble understanding what the poster was referring to. To put it another way: if it didn't mean that before, it does now.
It's not really a problem. You can either stay landlocked in Britain, rejecting surveillance, or you can accept surveillance and get the hell outta there!
is internet trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the legal community?Of course. What kind of blockhead would think otherwise? Stupid poster and all those other knee-jerk republicans.
I'm just kidding Slashdot, I love you all.
It depends on what you consider to be "full price". "Full price" may well become a lot pricier with HD game development.
And paying based on merit encourages cheating. I guess we wanted lazy teachers, not useless teachers.
I read the title as "Bill Gates Speaks Out Against Immigration...".
This is undoubtably the most interesting discussion I've seen on /. for a while. It's so nice to have occasional breaks between the constant stream of RIAA/rights-infringements/doom and gloom FUD.
In fact, they would be the only casualties. Any kid with knowledge of Basic would be able to create a tool to encrypt files.
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Ah, but this makes sure the government hires only the most dedicated teachers!
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