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So, the only way out for anyone who wants to survive is to lobby? Seems like the only solution out to me.

I've always had this problem with lobbying. If everyone has to lobby and I guess it mostly requires money these days then how is it not "legal bribing"?

Maybe a better one would be "Good tools let you produce great work"?

>>> "Don't obsess over your tools. They are not the goal"

Actually, someone from design background once told me "Good tools produce great work".

What makes current train system a more difficult target than these tubes?

A question: I want to read those books. Which one should I start first?

Let's start similar petition for Donald Knuth in the US.

Thank you for this video. It means a lot to me.

A similar question on Quora has not been answered either. http://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-information-about-the-...

I have also been wondering if any such thing exists?

I agree. They lost me as a customer, forever for the same reasons. Fool me once...

I have just asked a question related to yours: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3396823

Since, there are artists who have achieved heights began their careers on youtube, this can be pointed out to them.

There are others like Louis CK as well who may support us(?). Louis CK proved that the model he experimented with his last show worked. Didn't he?

Damage has already been done. With the story of Weebly also making a point that they are not with the proliferation of free speech and Internet. Instead they are more about control.

"So, they can't commit to changing their position on the record in Congress."

Not trustworthy.

I agree. Let's focus on company, one at a time. Hopefully, with enough momentum, including big names, things will have to get better.

I have been calling companies I am a customer or have been a customer of, to withdraw support if they want to keep me as a customer.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...you can't get fooled again, once you're fooled. ~George W. Bush.

The man said it himself. They are not trustworthy.

Yea, I thought so too.

I think it will be a great idea to call the companies you've been customer(s) of. Like I was thinking of calling Microsoft and Apple as I use both of their products.

So, when you call, mention that you are a customer and would love to keep that relationship alive. Maybe if a few hundred calls go this way, some of them will budge.

That's the point of the doc, I think.

* Call them, ask them to withdraw SOPA support. They might tell you (Like Kaspersky did) that they are not. * Edit the doc.

Does this show that they hiding/massaging the actual name?

I think frustration about college can be good as well. I have always used that frustration to put my time to better learning and projects. Each time you encounter those problems, think how can you make things better. Start making things better for yourself, like start your own group for similar minded folks in your college/school. Maybe you will arrive at solutions that may help build better educational resources for people who actually want to learn and not just clear exams.

In some cases, 'learning' CS has a different meaning in India. In fact, learning itself is a very different philosophy at this moment. Even in Engineering schools, learning is mostly bookish, rote and is all about clearing exams to get grades and degree(s).

So, it may happen that the OP might get interested in later semesters, I doubt it. I have been there more than a decade ago and I don't think a lot has changed.

I understand your frustration like many others on this forum. I graduated more than a decade ago, when Web was still in its early stage(s). If I were going to an engg school today, I would have similar thoughts as you are having right now.

I will not advice you to drop-out or in other words, throw a degree out of the window. I think @doosra does mention that you can just do minimal in college to get a degree and I think you should do that.

There are open courses from some of the best universities around and especially now that Stanford has Spring courses online, free; there is no way you should give up.

Spend more time learning and doing. You just don't only have online courses to see but also, the time is ripe to build things. We have an awesome platform and some good problems to solve. Maybe students like you will come up with some, who knows.

Happy hacking!

"Just as guns don’t kill people, ORMs don’t kill databases. Developers do."

Guns do not kill people but, they sure do facilitate killing, don't they?

Oldest I agree but Largest?

Is my wanting to stay with family a rare thing?

I would like to be in NY/NJ area. A recent family tragedy makes me want to stay close.

I write Python scripts, write HTML and jQuery. I do not have anything concrete yet.

This serves as a reminder for me to upgrade my installation.

I was wondering if they flag hacked themes only, installations too.

I am a programmer but I live near DC. Finding something from here is difficult.