The corporations holding patents, and the governments they controls will sooner or later go up against the people they "server" or "protect".
There are many things that are good to fight for. patents and the right to create *should* not be one of them. it will pointless and all around bloody when it happens.
well considering, imho, the popular use of the word "hack" is wrong in essence, this isn't really all that surprising. I really wish they would switch to crack, since hacking doesn't even make sense in most cases it is wrongfully applied. A hack is generally a non-harmful trick to get something done ("I hacked together spare junk for a purpose), whilst cracking is a harmful use of technology(or social engineering in this case) to cause pain or suffering or to perpetrate a criminal act.
I know plenty of hackers, but know very few crackers.
See, this is how it should work. what if Mozart or Beethoven had wrapped their music up in modern day copyright? Our music culture would not only suck, it wouldn't have evolved the same way at all.
This also is a problem with jazz musicians. I know a few that hate that their record holds the keys to the kingdom, so to speak. Jazz has always been an open culture, and locking it up under fascist copyright regimes is retarded.
Life is about sharing.
There should be alot more sharing.
That is what we were told as children, what the hell happened?
the reasons for that have nothing to do with patents. frankly sun didn't have the product to push. Which is sad, because i like MySQL, OOo, (sometimes)Java, and their Solaris stuff (specifically zfs). Sun was an innovative company and it is sad to see them get gobbled up.
But, it all comes back to lack of product. I know very few people who have actually worked on a sun box in the last ten years. Maybe the oracle acquisition is exactly what sun needs.
Holy crap, 165 comments.
Well for 166:
I personally do use an ad blocker. It isn't out of any desire to "rob" any website of their "earned" revenue. It is completely because most ad, especially moving ads, or ones that interfere with my browsing, are unacceptable to me. I have tried to use emails in the past, and they were promptly ignored. As a result I currently use an ad blocker over all my internet browsing. Currently only adwords are whitelisted, and that is because text ads aren't annoying.
As for support of the content creator, I have personally bought items that Techdirt has offered through their CFW+RTB experiment, and I have to say it was worth every penny. I would much rather spend my money directly either through merchandise or donations.
Up until this weekend, I was thinking about getting an Ars subscription, but since they put me, a would-be customer, in the same group as all of their straw-men, I have not only not bought a subscription, but i have removed Ars from my list of sites i visit period. If they want to treat me like a criminal, then I will not use their service.
point one: linux clocks in at 20 million lines of code.
point two: linux is a target, just not a consumer target. it is easier to get a virus from the internet through stupidity then someone actively hacking your network.
Point three: are you meaning linux as a whole? or the kernel? the kernel is damn near rock solid. the whole, including userland? yea, I can problems, but that doesn't mean Linux is at fault. Apache may be, but the kernel is strong.
Point four: obviously you are the one who needs to actually learn a thing or two about software development instead of spouting bs.
one quibble, the us poverty line was set in 1950. it is hardly the correct number now. I have heard that 50000$USD is the true poverty line.
and if you think catholic priests are bad, you should see charismatic heretics, errr, "preachers".
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Re: Re: Re: Re: I like Facebook\\\\\\\'s response
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_people#Ten_oldest_people_currently_living
1895, for fucks sake!
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Re: Internet condom
(sorry, i had to :) )
On the post: Facebook Threatens Greasemonkey Script Writer
Really, facebook, a small subset of your users are going to use this, just back the hell off.
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Re: /dev/null
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Re: Re: Re: Status Quo
The corporations holding patents, and the governments they controls will sooner or later go up against the people they "server" or "protect".
There are many things that are good to fight for. patents and the right to create *should* not be one of them. it will pointless and all around bloody when it happens.
unless 1984 comes first, then we are all screwed.
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Re:
actually this sound familiar somehow...
(Godwin's law doesn't apply here... yet)
On the post: Disgruntled Ex-Auto Dealer Employee Hacks Computer System To Disable Over 100 Cars
Re: See?
My professor just told us we would all be raging alcoholics within ten years and gave us a chance to back out.
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Re: Hack? What hack?
I know plenty of hackers, but know very few crackers.
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i mean, WHY?
What the fuck is the point in this? are companies full of damned idiots?
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This also is a problem with jazz musicians. I know a few that hate that their record holds the keys to the kingdom, so to speak. Jazz has always been an open culture, and locking it up under fascist copyright regimes is retarded.
Life is about sharing.
There should be alot more sharing.
That is what we were told as children, what the hell happened?
On the post: Former Sun CEO: Tech Companies Suing Over Patents Is An Act Of Desperation
Re: hmmm
But, it all comes back to lack of product. I know very few people who have actually worked on a sun box in the last ten years. Maybe the oracle acquisition is exactly what sun needs.
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Well for 166:
I personally do use an ad blocker. It isn't out of any desire to "rob" any website of their "earned" revenue. It is completely because most ad, especially moving ads, or ones that interfere with my browsing, are unacceptable to me. I have tried to use emails in the past, and they were promptly ignored. As a result I currently use an ad blocker over all my internet browsing. Currently only adwords are whitelisted, and that is because text ads aren't annoying.
As for support of the content creator, I have personally bought items that Techdirt has offered through their CFW+RTB experiment, and I have to say it was worth every penny. I would much rather spend my money directly either through merchandise or donations.
Up until this weekend, I was thinking about getting an Ars subscription, but since they put me, a would-be customer, in the same group as all of their straw-men, I have not only not bought a subscription, but i have removed Ars from my list of sites i visit period. If they want to treat me like a criminal, then I will not use their service.
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Re: Tautology Club
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Re: It's beyond crazy
the elite airborne programmer squad?
what would be the halo jump of programming? a working HURD kernel?
On the post: More Random And Arbitrary iPhone App Removals: WiFi Finders Disappear
Weakness is strength.
Black is white.
Life is death.
On the post: Utah Wants To Own State Microbes; May Demand Royalty On Any Products Developed
Re: Even Bigger Sigh
Though Utah does seem to have alot of nutjobs in high places.
On the post: Microsoft Security Exec Suggests Internet Tax To Pay For 'Computer Health Care' Program
Re: Linux
stupid people shouldn't be allowed computers.
(or reproduction rights)
On the post: Microsoft Security Exec Suggests Internet Tax To Pay For 'Computer Health Care' Program
Re: WOW Little mikee m's ignorance shines
point two: linux is a target, just not a consumer target. it is easier to get a virus from the internet through stupidity then someone actively hacking your network.
Point three: are you meaning linux as a whole? or the kernel? the kernel is damn near rock solid. the whole, including userland? yea, I can problems, but that doesn't mean Linux is at fault. Apache may be, but the kernel is strong.
Point four: obviously you are the one who needs to actually learn a thing or two about software development instead of spouting bs.
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Re: Re: Uh huh...
thats the kicker isn't? Stupid people buy computers.
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and if you think catholic priests are bad, you should see charismatic heretics, errr, "preachers".
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