Comment Re:Oracle Extortion (c) (Score 3, Insightful) 30
And Oracle should be charged for their business practices under RICO legislation.
And Oracle should be charged for their business practices under RICO legislation.
The decision makers experienced the benefits of bribery and corruption.
FOSS, being free, cannot afford to bribe anyone.
OK, maybe the Danish morons don't think that, but the rest of the population of Europe sure do.
Have you heard Trump on TV?
The answer is obvious: Insane amounts of paid advertising and shilling
I am surprised you needed to ask.
And no one left to clean up afterwards!
Creators could mark breakpoints where it be less intrusive - or go "whole 1950's American" and actually say "Now here is a word from our sponsor
It is not hard for AI to detect where to split the content so the interruption is slightly less intrusive.
Here in the UK, commercial TV is allowed to show 6 mins of advertising per hour - normally split into 4 off 1.5 min breaks, but sometimes 2 off 3 min breaks or one 6 min break.
On one occasion I saw the three min break at the end of one hour concatenated onto the start of the next hour's six minutes! I presume this was made illegal, since it has not been done again.
I can only assume is due to bribery and corruption is the reason why this does not apply to the internet here.
No need to imagine. You can probably get a 10 year old laptop for nothing if you try.
Personally, I use an Lenovo T43 with Ubuntu daily. I bought it new in 2006. I still have the original H/D with Win2k pro on it - I use it to drive an embroidery machine.
But for everyday use, I have Ubuntu+MATE on a 650GB SSD. Its fine.
I am not a gamer. I am a nerd. My idea of a relaxing evening is laying out a PCB with KiCAD or posting here on
With Lenovo T-series, you can undo one screw, pull out the H/D and push in another in seconds. I thoroughly recommand you keep backups and power down first.
My sister-in-law who is not very computer-literate (to put it politely) was unable to upgrade her Windows laptop - she found it too stressful - and has been a happy Ubuntu user for at least 5 years. I think she has a Dell.
You are the real Sherlock Holmes, and I claim by $5!
Possibly all of them!
Yes - it totally pisses them off, and conveys an "FU customers" image.
But Google have more money that sense, and have already sold their souls to the devil - so nothing to lose!
In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain. -- Pliny the Elder