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    First off, I wish again to give my compliments to Darko for his balanced, informative and beautifully expressed reply. Chapeau!

     

    Second, I remember, in my old days, that forums and the whole WWW was based on a spirit of collaboration, sharing, teaching, helping... in a word: giving.

     

    I don't think that those times are obsoletes as we still come here with the hope to find something 'free', offered with generosity. Generosity that will fuel our own generosity, pushing us to give in exchange. And the uploaders are not the only one that are giving. In fact, my compliments to Darko are exactly for this very reason: I have found the same ol' generous spirit in his reply, with respect and compassion (that is not a bad word) added as a good measure.

     

    I understand that there is a need for money that become more and more pressing, but I also understand that there are platforms created for this. I mean personal blog or the like, where peoples may offer software in exchange of premium accounts. But not in a forum like this one, where there is a philosophy based on friendship and collaboration that is really evident. Take a look at the Shoutbox and you will find many incipt that may push you to simply find a friend. And I mean someone that is able to 'give you' something for free, just for the pleasure that 'giving' gives back.

     

    So, even if I agree with voxx1, and the necessity to search for 'good' free servers, I think that we may do something more. I've already proposed the creation of some kind of Usenet tutorial, I may also suggest a simple .torrent search for the title that may be so interesting in that moment, or the simple Google with a search made with the post titles.

     

    This is what I do when i find 'impossible' situations like the ones that voxx1 prospected.

     

    I think that Cyberphoenix has all the possibility to become a very famous place, and I also think that the only way to achieve this is to start to give, then give, and finally give again. In this way, we may really stand up as 'different' from everyone else on the net.

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    The practice to push 'doubtful' business practices basing them in less 'attentive' countries, which have bigger financial concerns, was introduced by the East India Company and seems to flourish brightly nowadays. Nothing new under the sun, alas... Even if I hope that the synthetic meat produce, with all its lateral implications concerning the possibility of direct genetic experimentation on stems and cells, may overcome the direct use of living beings in those kind of affairs...

     

    But then, someone may came up saying that even a cell has a soul. and my judgement may change....

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    At least they become 'honest' admitting it publicly. And there is no NSA, or gov based agencies concern in here. The real problem is that Google may trace a precedent that may cause the real privacy death in all private communications for commercial exploitation purposes...  A real mess! I fear something like "Minority Report" scenario, where with a retina scan 'they' are able to push 'personal' advertising to everyone. That was a real nightmare to me :(

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    Computerworld - Mozilla will launch Firefox for Microsoft's Windows 8 "Modern" user interface in mid-December, more than a year after the operating system's launch, according to the open-source developer's planning documents.

     

    Thanks to the one that have quoted the word 'modern' to define Windows 8 user interface. Is just plain funny to follow from afar (happily mac based, but still running Windoze on VMWare and Parallels) MS 'evolution' :D

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    I think that the main mistake for them is to have concentrated too much efforts on the 'serious' corporate business, loosing the ludic side, and the large consumer base that enjoys that, mostly in 'corporate business'. Corporates change very fast and that is what has happened. Who wants something that is only made for work, with some, ill implemented that get you guilty when you use them, 'features'.

    To me, this fall is due to too much rigidity and seriousness...

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