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Comment Re: My opinion on the matter. (Score 1) 826

From what I gather here, systemd sounds like it is based on launchd, which Apple developed (I think from scratch), then Open Sourced under the Apache 2.0 License nearly a decade ago, and which OS X has been booting (quite rapidly) on since OS X 10.4 (Tiger), IIRC.

So, if that is the case, that makes it fairly proven technology, given the Millions of OS X systems that are using it.

Not trying to start a platform war inside of a platform update war; just trying to understand, since this sounds like kind of old news (at least to OS X devs) , OS-development-wise.

Comment Re: Why focus on the desktop? (Score 1) 727

Actually, statistically speaking, Mac users have a pretty good record overall when it comes to being ethical, with shareware and commercial apps. And before someone wants a citation, I can,t remember where I read that, but I definitely did.

But, we ALL also have read our share of Linux users on these comment-pages that believe that paying for software (and I don't mean FOSS) is something that doesn't apply to them.

You're right about one thing, though: Windows users, by and large, are the hands-down biggest software thieves on the planet!

Comment Re: Why focus on the desktop? (Score 0) 727

Let's not be silly. OSX is free if you steal it. More power to you for doing so, but don't pretend that building a 'hackintosh' and running an illegal copy of OSX on it makes OSX free. Haha! I agree.

However, it is equally stupid to include the price of a Mac (especially a grossly inflated one in the price of OS X, and then pretend that the hardware that Linux runs on has no cost.

You can purchase a perfectly serviceable Mac mini brand new for $600, not the $2000 stated above). I'm pretty sure you can't purchase a similarly-spec'ed, ASSEMBLED, tested, and WARRANTED unit for much less. That argument has been done to death on Slashdot.

...And I didn't even factor in all the actually useful (not crapware or "trial") apps that come with that Mac.

Comment Re:Why focus on the desktop? (Score 0) 727

Free with $2000 purchase, fucktard. And you can't downgrade. Moving from Snow Leopard to Lion was my greatest mistake. Up to that point I had been a satisfied, kool-aid drinking, cash-spending Appletard.

1. You missed my comment about Hackintoshes. Plus, real Macs start at just under $1k.

2. Lion, especially when it first came out, was apparently somewhat of a POS. I simply avoided it; because, apparently unlike you, I have enough experience with computers and OSes in general that I never install a new version of anything the minute it comes out.

Everyone is allowed to have a "meh" release once in awhile. Apple actually has a fairly good track record in that regard (MUCH better than Windows, where it is a common joke that you "avoid the even-number releases"). I'm sure Linux is no different.

And please tell me what kept you from re-installing Snow Leopard after a Drive Format? Or, better yet, from that Backup that Apple encouraged you to make (and which you could have done totally automatically if you'd bothered to use Time Machine)? I've personally seen Time Machine start with a completely bare HD and restore EVERYTHING to an EXACTITUDE, all with a couple of Clicks. You could have EASILY "Downgraded" using that method.

Oh, and a quick Google search reveals BUNCHES of Posts on how to downgrade from Lion to Snow Leopard. You obviously didn't even try... So, who's the '"tard" now???

Comment Re:Torvalds is true to form.... (Score 1) 727

On macosX everything is typically in a fat binary.

I don't think that means what you think it means.

"Fat Binaries" are a term that originated back in the days of Apple's first CPU-platform migration (back in the MacOS days). "Fat Binaries" are Applications that have been targeted to install and run on Macs with different CPU Architecture (in the original case, either 68k or PPC, then later in OS X, either PPC or Intel).

They are "Fat" because they actually have the necessary "CPU-specific" code duplicated for the different hardware platforms.

Apple just had a "Launcher" (can't remember the actual name) in the OS that would silently and automagically pick the proper version of the App to load and launch.

However, talking about "Dependencies", OS X (and even the original MacOS) was (and is) VERY nice about not Spraying stuff all over your Drive (like Windows STILL does!!!). That's why, by and large, you can move an Application (which looks like a single Icon, but is in reality just a Folder full of stuff) simply by Dragging it to virtually anywhere on any accessible volume, and Uninstall it by Dragging it to the Trash and clicking "Empty Trash". It will probably leave behind a Preference file of a few Kilobytes; but, compared to excising a Windows App (or apparently a Linux one), it is a beauty thing...

Comment Re:Torvalds is true to form.... (Score 0) 727

You have absolutely no fucking idea what you are talking about.

Sez the pusillanimous AC.

At least I placed my Karma on the line to state my opinion . (and I notice, in typical immature Slashdot fashion, I'm being downmodded for expressing my opinion .

What did you do to advance the discussion?

And what did you do to explain why I have "absolutely no fucking idea what [I'm] talking about", eh?

What are you, like 12? I am an embedded developer with over 3 decades (almost 4) of PAID experience.

What's your Computer Geek "Street Cred"?

Comment Re:Why focus on the desktop? (Score 0) 727

We need a free desktop OS. Linux is the only contender.

Um, OS X is free. Yes, as in Beer.

The Mac App Store doesn't check your s/n, just your AppleID. Plus, you can Torrent pretty much any version of OS X the nanosecond it is released.

And if you're as smart as you think you are, you don't even have to pay the mythical "Apple Tax"; just build up a Hackintosh.

You'll have generally inferior build quality; but you'll still have a nice Unix-y underpinning, AND the ability to actually use apps that the "real world" uses (AND your F/OSS apps Too!)

Or do you have some fantasy that you might need to actually code something yourself in the Linux Kernel?

Comment Re:Torvalds is true to form.... (Score -1, Troll) 727

perhaps you can enlighten us as to why he's wrong, and what the linux kernel has to do to better support desktop environments?

How about "Coalesce into the 'One True Distro(tm)' "? At least for the Desktop.

Seriously. The problem is, there isn't just one "Linux", but rather a plethora of "Linuces".

So, from the (non-Kernel) Developer POV, it's just like the horseshit that goes on in HTML to support multiple browsers.

Until the DESKTOP Linux babies quite thinking they have "THEWay", there will NEVER be significant outside (that is, outside of the Linux-Cult Community) Application Development. Period.

Comment Re:Amost sounds like a good deal ... (Score 1) 376

So, if I say that I have evidence that you're using water flowing into your house to make drugs, I guess you're absolutely fine with having that water cut off until you can prove that you're not indeed using it to make drugs. If you are making drugs, I guess you're ok with your family going thirsty even though it's not their crime.

That's why Congress stopped all the "Forfeiture" stuff that didn't require anything more than a "Confidential Informant" pointing a finger.

Now, Forfeiture requires a CONVICTION.

That's why you stopped hearing about it allofasudden about a decade and a half ago. Before that, there were even software packages that showed how Police Departments could Fund themselves through "Forfeiture".

That really stemmed the tide of "[Governmental Entity] v. $50,000, a Corvette, and 2915 Any Street" cases...

Comment Re:"Hard redirect" (Score 1) 376

Change ISP at first sign of this. Then contest the contract. Then contest the past bill. Let them take it tocollections. Good luck with that. Make it cost the ISP more than the $10-20 that shitheads want. Let the ISP slam the door in there face.

Actually, if you do any "consulting" (think hard!) with your computer, using the internet (as many, many Slashdotters do), or if your job requires you respond to work emails in a timely manner, the MONETARY DAMAGES to you can mount up PRETTY FAST...

THINK!!!

Comment Re:Unconstitutinal (Score 1) 376

Not in civil cases - there's only apreponderence of the evidence. Besides, I'm pretty sure the ToS you agreed to with your ISP would never let you get past a mediator, let alone into a courtroom.

I am also pretty sure that:

1. You can only sign your Constitutional Rights away with a SPECIFIC, KNOWING Statement. Burying something like that on Page 115 of a 130-page Click-Through User Agreement will NOT hold up in Court.

Hmmm. On second thought, I wonder if Rightscorp is trying to circumvent your Right to a Jury Trial by making the sum $10 (rather than $20)?

2. Even if you have to use Mediation against your ISP, you signed no such agreement with Rightscorp, period.

3. See my other posting, above, regarding filing Professional Conduct Grievances against Rightscorp and your ISP's Counsel. NOTHING stops that; and actually, if enough people do it in a particular Jurisdiction (while forwarding a copy of same to the American Bar Association and the Solicitor General and Attorney General of the U.S., as well as your State Attorney General's Consumer Fraud Div, and your local Assistant U.S. Attorney), eventually SOMEONE will come up for air...

But one thing that won't help: Bitching about it on Slashdot (other than perhaps to mobilize others, too)...

Comment Re:Unconstitutinal (Score 1) 376

That only applies to the legal system. Rightscorp is bypassing the legal system and instead getting the ISPs to do the work of law enforcement, and with no analogue to the court system. Basically there are three private parties, Rightscorp, the ISP, and the ISP's customer, and any of the three is legally allowed to presume the other two parties are guilty bastards without proof. Also any of the three are able to sue if they feel unfairly treated if they think some laws are being broken, and they can countersue if anyone sues them, if they'd rather spend that kind of money doing so.

Well, Alrighty Then! You just stumbled on the solution.

Since (I assume) no agreement exists between Rightscorp and the ISPs, said ISPs can (and should) simply tell Rightscorp to POUND SAND, because they are simply not under any statutory nor contractual obligation to even READ Rightscorp's request; let alone HONOR it.

Bottom line: If Rightscorp wants to take alleged "infringers" to court, they have to do it the "right" way (i.e., through the DMCA).

They simply cannot turn ISPs into Police, Judge and Jury, at least not in the USA.

INAL, but AFIK, even in civil cases, there are still a modicum of Due Process Rights that one has. Yes, I know this isn't in a Court; but I'm about to change that...

Every single alleged infringer needs to file a Small Claims Court case against their ISP and Rightscorp, suing for the statutory maximum (usually $5k to $10k). It only costs about $50 in most jurisdictions, and in most jurisdictions, corporations MUST hire an attorney (there goes a minimum of about $2500 for them).

Better yet, If you file in regular (Superior or Circuit) Court in your Jurisdiction, it costs a little more (usually around $100-200), but then, the Corporation MUST hire an attorney (while you can ALWAYS represent yourself "pro se"). In both cases, your meme is going to be "extortion", due process violations, and "frivolous and vexatious litigation". Also throw the words "professional misconduct" around.

Speaking of which, while you're at it, when they DO retain an attorney, then write up a "Grievance" to their local Licensing Board (often the Supreme Court in the State they are practicing), alleging Professional Misconduct (attorneys cannot advance frivolous claims), and that you have Standing to do so even though it isn't your attorney, because your Grievance is based on the "Proper Administration of Justice" and because every Attorney is an "Officer of the Court" FIRST, and MUST uphold their Jurisdiction's Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys (you can find them online on your State's website), EVEN ABOVE their duty to "zealously defend their client".

Even if the Licensing Board doesn't formally start a Professional Conduct procedure against the law firm (which they won't), said law firm/attorney HAS to inform their Malpractice Insurance Carrier of the Grievance, which can cause them to be dropped by their carrier, or at least, pay increased insurance rates. Most states also list on their Roll of Attorneys how many Grievances have been filed against them, which can limit their future business, and possibly affect their local Bar Association's "Rating" for them.

IOW, since they are playing fast and loose with the concept of "Justice", you can play "Hardball" with the tools at your disposal, too. All it takes is a few hours of research and typing.

To quote a great line from "Boston Legal": "I like to put the Adversary back into the Adversarial Process."

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