The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 14 Mar 2013 @ 5:11pm
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I don't really give a happy damn if it entirely kills their market. That's capitalism. Provide something worth paying for or GTFO.
If they're stand-up businessmen, they'll do like you suggest and build their business around providing value on top of what's available for free. If they're douchebags, they'll try to go the legislative protection route. If they're idiots, they'll keep doing the same thing and go bankrupt.
I honestly don't care which they pick aside from the legislative protection route. If they succeed, they get fat wads of cash for being useful to society. If they fail, someone else will be happy to take our money in their place. As long as there's no protectionism going on, everyone who's not either bloody stupid or a greedy fucktard wins.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 10 Mar 2013 @ 11:06am
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The Xerox Star was the first personal computer released with a mouse in 81. The Apple Lisa came along in 82, I think, as the second one to include a mouse. The VIC-20 hit the shelves in 80.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 10 Mar 2013 @ 6:55am
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Unless you've somehow been literally getting tangled up in your mouse cable (how would you even manage that?) you're coming at it from a strictly aesthetic standpoint. Aesthetics can be nifty but they are by definition not useful.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 9 Mar 2013 @ 11:52pm
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It's slow. It's cumbersome. It's not even on the same order of magnitude of precision as a mouse. It can't even begin to compare with the keyboard in range of input.
It's a gimmick that may prove useful in some limited ways but that's all.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 9 Mar 2013 @ 11:38pm
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Okay, I'll grant you that not having to take the mouse apart to clean it was a big improvement.
Wireless though? Unless you have a specific need for it, all you get is a slightly less responsive mouse that now needs batteries. I'll even be nice and count the "oooh, shiny and new! must have!" crowd under specific need.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 9 Mar 2013 @ 12:20pm
There've been exactly three useful innovations as far as the mouse is concerned since it was invented.
Adding a second button.
Adding a third button.
Making the third button also a scroll wheel.
Everything else is either changing how it plugs into the computer, cosmetic, or extra features that approximately five people in the world find useful.
I'm not saying that it can never be improved upon. It's going to damned near take divine inspiration though because the humble scroll mouse is very close to perfect for its job.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 25 Feb 2013 @ 2:28pm
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That's a good sign. You're not that far off from realizing nothing they say is in any way true and should they actually keep a promise it was simply a coincidence that someone paid them to.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 18 Feb 2013 @ 8:43pm
No thank you. When I buy a book, I take the book, you take the money, and there ends the entirety of our interaction.
I'm not interested in interactivity of any kind in my books. Not even if it saves me a few bucks on shitty books that I'd DNF. I don't care for my books to report anything back to anyone for any reason.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 18 Feb 2013 @ 1:41pm
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When Microsoft started using it? Not so much. It did get ruled generic later though which is why everything is either Microsoft Windows or just Microsoft now.
Which is exactly what any admin's first response should be. Make the bosses demand it if they want another attack vector opened or it'll be your ass when it gets exploited.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 25 Jan 2013 @ 1:50pm
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You know, I don't believe the period has ever been stated or litigated. I always assumed it was simply a minimum of as long as you continue to distribute the binaries.
As for automatic delivery, not necessary and isn't even the norm. They can do anything from throwing it up on the Internet to sending a guy over to recite it to you as far as delivery goes. Most choose putting it on the net because it requires no further action on their part but the method doesn't matter.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 25 Jan 2013 @ 1:29pm
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Only works in theory though. In practice any entity of a non-puny size will have someone who is going to post the code somewhere publicly and there's jack and shit you can do about it since the GPL allows further distribution.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 25 Jan 2013 @ 1:24pm
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Only works in theory though. In practice any entity of a non-puny size will have someone who is going to post the code somewhere publicly and there's jack and shit you can do about it since the GPL allows further distribution.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 25 Jan 2013 @ 1:08pm
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Right or wrong, dunno. I do know if they used GPL code while writing for the DNC they can't give binaries to ANY campaign that isn't directly administered by the DNC unless they release the source.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 25 Jan 2013 @ 1:05pm
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Distributing binaries to the DNC, other campaigns, volunteer organizations, or anyone else not part of the legal entity that is the campaign counts as distribution. Including the 08 campaign vs the 04 campaign because of how they legally structure them.
And since they're acting as private entities while running rather than part of the govt, they can't invoke the "FU, we're the feds" clause and ignore it.
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If they're stand-up businessmen, they'll do like you suggest and build their business around providing value on top of what's available for free. If they're douchebags, they'll try to go the legislative protection route. If they're idiots, they'll keep doing the same thing and go bankrupt.
I honestly don't care which they pick aside from the legislative protection route. If they succeed, they get fat wads of cash for being useful to society. If they fail, someone else will be happy to take our money in their place. As long as there's no protectionism going on, everyone who's not either bloody stupid or a greedy fucktard wins.
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It's a gimmick that may prove useful in some limited ways but that's all.
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Wireless though? Unless you have a specific need for it, all you get is a slightly less responsive mouse that now needs batteries. I'll even be nice and count the "oooh, shiny and new! must have!" crowd under specific need.
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Everything else is either changing how it plugs into the computer, cosmetic, or extra features that approximately five people in the world find useful.
I'm not saying that it can never be improved upon. It's going to damned near take divine inspiration though because the humble scroll mouse is very close to perfect for its job.
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I'm not interested in interactivity of any kind in my books. Not even if it saves me a few bucks on shitty books that I'd DNF. I don't care for my books to report anything back to anyone for any reason.
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As for automatic delivery, not necessary and isn't even the norm. They can do anything from throwing it up on the Internet to sending a guy over to recite it to you as far as delivery goes. Most choose putting it on the net because it requires no further action on their part but the method doesn't matter.
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The GPL certainly does if you want to use GPLed code and distribute binaries to anyone not directly part of your organization.
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And since they're acting as private entities while running rather than part of the govt, they can't invoke the "FU, we're the feds" clause and ignore it.
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