will hopefully be starting a podcast called pariahradio; will be me, my dad, my friend billy who is a fellow lyme sufferer, but also one of the most interesting people EVER. he's got life stories that put to shame just about anyone other than hunter thompson. also hopefully a fellow called richard, a friend of my dad, with lots of smart hippie ideas and ideals
a-way, the idea behind the thing, it'll be a podcast at first, is to talk about anything and everything in an intelligent and productive way. if you ever listened to frankwit's podcast, that's sort of the idea. basically i'll probably be using skype, unless anyone has a better idea, conference calling with all of us, recording, editing, and then uploading the podcast. i feel i have things to say, and i tend to forcast things pretty accurately. might do a youtube show just myself too.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
all OS's must be open source in the end
ok, so for those who don't know, an OS is shorthand for operating system. windows would be the biggest example of a non-open OS. linux would be the major personal computer competitor to windows in the open-source arena. when it comes to smart-phones, things decided to heat up quickly because a very special company called google got involved; and they created someting called android. they could have kept it all for themselves the way microsoft has, the way apple has with OSX, which is the OS used on the iphone, ipad, and actually the apple laptops and desktops as well.
but i have a theory, and it goes along the lines of "information wants to be free". and that theory is that IN THE END, every operating system has to be open source. why???? simply because if it's not, if it's controlled by a company, and thus controlled by that company's CEO (i.e. monarch) you basically have a company (let's call her microsoft for now) that can basically do whatever they wish. they can cut out other competitors. they can force companies to do things their way. they can pressure companies not to put out drivers for linux so, say, your printer or camera or whatever, doesn't work with linux. because if you were to load up ubuntu linux today, you would see that it's absolutely beautiful. in fact it works beautifully, but there are just a few nagging things, and a lot of that comes from microsoft's need to dominate. well; they're now failing. and apple is becoming the new microsoft. MS did pretty well with the xbox360, but they poured money into it and it's hardly a cash cow, will nintendo sits back and prints yen with both their Wii and handhel DS..........but i digress. microsoft cannot adapt. as far as i know they shutdown their tablet pc devision. for god's sake, tablet pc's are teh future. apple knows that. their going to show them how to do it right (in some ways) with the ipad, just because you can't make it work MICROSOFT, doesn't mean it's a bad idea? they haven't had a real good idea since.............................jesus christ? i really can't remember? basically their holding onto their dominance with windows, which was caused by killing the creative possibilities of others. you know what, fuck you microsoft. people don't understand how much damage you've done to the computing community by hording and shutting down any and all competitors. it's time for you to fucking die. and i think google is a fantastic company to do it. you can bitch all you want about how big their getting but fuck, they came out with a smartphone OS, and it's good, and it's fucking open source. they didn't have to do that. they're not kidding with the whole "don't be evil" thing, it's for real for them. and you know what i think is next: get ready for it......................
Google open-source operating system for personal computers. maybe linux based, maybe unix, who knows, but OS's just CANNOT be fucking OWNED. it's too damn stiffling, too dangerous. they have to be open. they can't be dictated, they can't be goddamn monarchy, they need to be a true capitalistic domain where anyone can create something and have a chance for it to take off
want another prediction: android will kill the iphone. you heard it hear first. no, i'm not kidding. everytime google comes out with a new application it turns out to be the best in class. now they've denied google voice and turn-by-turn nav from the iphone, who knows what's next. sooner or later google will have another killer app that the iphone won't get, and then apple it going to start to cringe.
information may want to be free people, but OPERATING SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE FREE; you simply can't put so much control in the hands of one greey CEO. we have yet to see if google will turn, but unless they get new leadership, or some horrible overthrow, i see them continuing to do what they do best: give the people what they want, what they need. and you know what, they deserve some goddamn credit for it. just like the people behind linux. and not just torvalds; i mean all the people who have brought it to the point where it is now completely usable by most personal users, as well as extremely usable on a system and server level.
i'm not saying everything should be free. hell no. you should pay for your software, but microtransactions have taught us that it doesn't have to be so damn expensive. but the OS, the OS, has to be open. it has to be. do you see what i say? do you see it? my contract on my iphone is almost up. i'll be switching to verizon and an android phone. i'll be able to use multiple programs at the same time (which the lack of that on the ipad is ridiculous)...........and i'll have all the wonderful goodies that google does so well including voice, turn-by-turn etc.
it's time for Microsoft to die; or let me rephrase, it's time for WINDOWS to die. it's time for an open source OS to replace windows as the dominant OS for most normal folk. personally i think google is the company to do it. microsoft, you tried, you tried to control it all, and you succedded, you succeded in stifling the creativity of so many companies that wouldn't do things your way, but it's time to go away, it's time for the people to have an OS owned by the people
peace
but i have a theory, and it goes along the lines of "information wants to be free". and that theory is that IN THE END, every operating system has to be open source. why???? simply because if it's not, if it's controlled by a company, and thus controlled by that company's CEO (i.e. monarch) you basically have a company (let's call her microsoft for now) that can basically do whatever they wish. they can cut out other competitors. they can force companies to do things their way. they can pressure companies not to put out drivers for linux so, say, your printer or camera or whatever, doesn't work with linux. because if you were to load up ubuntu linux today, you would see that it's absolutely beautiful. in fact it works beautifully, but there are just a few nagging things, and a lot of that comes from microsoft's need to dominate. well; they're now failing. and apple is becoming the new microsoft. MS did pretty well with the xbox360, but they poured money into it and it's hardly a cash cow, will nintendo sits back and prints yen with both their Wii and handhel DS..........but i digress. microsoft cannot adapt. as far as i know they shutdown their tablet pc devision. for god's sake, tablet pc's are teh future. apple knows that. their going to show them how to do it right (in some ways) with the ipad, just because you can't make it work MICROSOFT, doesn't mean it's a bad idea? they haven't had a real good idea since.............................jesus christ? i really can't remember? basically their holding onto their dominance with windows, which was caused by killing the creative possibilities of others. you know what, fuck you microsoft. people don't understand how much damage you've done to the computing community by hording and shutting down any and all competitors. it's time for you to fucking die. and i think google is a fantastic company to do it. you can bitch all you want about how big their getting but fuck, they came out with a smartphone OS, and it's good, and it's fucking open source. they didn't have to do that. they're not kidding with the whole "don't be evil" thing, it's for real for them. and you know what i think is next: get ready for it......................
Google open-source operating system for personal computers. maybe linux based, maybe unix, who knows, but OS's just CANNOT be fucking OWNED. it's too damn stiffling, too dangerous. they have to be open. they can't be dictated, they can't be goddamn monarchy, they need to be a true capitalistic domain where anyone can create something and have a chance for it to take off
want another prediction: android will kill the iphone. you heard it hear first. no, i'm not kidding. everytime google comes out with a new application it turns out to be the best in class. now they've denied google voice and turn-by-turn nav from the iphone, who knows what's next. sooner or later google will have another killer app that the iphone won't get, and then apple it going to start to cringe.
information may want to be free people, but OPERATING SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE FREE; you simply can't put so much control in the hands of one greey CEO. we have yet to see if google will turn, but unless they get new leadership, or some horrible overthrow, i see them continuing to do what they do best: give the people what they want, what they need. and you know what, they deserve some goddamn credit for it. just like the people behind linux. and not just torvalds; i mean all the people who have brought it to the point where it is now completely usable by most personal users, as well as extremely usable on a system and server level.
i'm not saying everything should be free. hell no. you should pay for your software, but microtransactions have taught us that it doesn't have to be so damn expensive. but the OS, the OS, has to be open. it has to be. do you see what i say? do you see it? my contract on my iphone is almost up. i'll be switching to verizon and an android phone. i'll be able to use multiple programs at the same time (which the lack of that on the ipad is ridiculous)...........and i'll have all the wonderful goodies that google does so well including voice, turn-by-turn etc.
it's time for Microsoft to die; or let me rephrase, it's time for WINDOWS to die. it's time for an open source OS to replace windows as the dominant OS for most normal folk. personally i think google is the company to do it. microsoft, you tried, you tried to control it all, and you succedded, you succeded in stifling the creativity of so many companies that wouldn't do things your way, but it's time to go away, it's time for the people to have an OS owned by the people
peace
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