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If we let the unauthorized derivative works go on for too long, I'm afraid we will create an estoppel that would limit the effect of the GPL.

If nothing else, you'd give rise to a defense of laches, which can be asserted in © actions (actually, just about any civil action).

Parsimonious

I though it was shorn, as in sheared, like what you do to a sheep... Shorn?

I just can't tell with the accent, Shaun and Shorn are about the same in British English.

I though it was shorn, as in sheared, like what you do to a sheep... Shorn?

I just can't tell with the accent, Shaun and Shorn are about the same in British English.

Looking here, these two definitions appear to conflict badly:
2 ... b : writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation c : writing designed to appeal to current popular taste or public interest
It appears that to be a successful journalist, one must carefully straddle the line between these two meanings.

Bloggers may well fit definition c., though admittedly most blogs are not well 'designed.'

I have this blogservation:
Ben's Rule of Bloggers: Everyone will make someone else famous for 15 minutes.

And finally, my off-the-cuff definition:
Journalism: The promotion of and belief in the inherent goodness of Journal Bearings

From the Merriam-Webster dictonary
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Diction ary&va=journalism&x=0&y=0:

Main Entry: journalism
Pronunciation: 'j&r-n&l-"i-z&m
Function: noun
1 a : the collection and editing of news for presentation through the media b : the public press c : an academic study concerned with the collection and editing of news or the management of a news medium
2 a : writing designed for publication in a newspaper or magazine b : writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation
c : writing designed to appeal to current popular taste or public interest"

And I always pictured The Shire in England somewhere...

"Middle Earth" might = Mediterranean. See #'s 2 & 3.

Merriam-Webster online appears to disagree; "journalist":

1 a : a person engaged in journalism; especially : a writer or editor for a news medium b : a writer who aims at a mass audience

News about Apple is still News, and while a blog is not a traditional medium, it nonetheless is a medium. Perhaps a judge will also disagree with you. From the circuit court CDA decision (eventually upheld by SCOTUS):

"As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion."

Of course, the California journalist's shield is not absolute, even for ink-and-paper journalists, and it may be on that basis that the judge plans to compell response... but that wasn't what you were saying. It would be sad if "All the News That's Print to Fit" outfits like the Weekly World News were more protected than pro-am's like these guys were.

hyperbole: extravagant exaggeration.

so your assertion is that the us hasn't put people in prison based on their ethnicity and/or religion without specific charges? that the us isn't denying people so detained access to lawyers? that it isn't using torture? that the attorney general didn't endorse it as acceptable prior to being confirmed? that it isn't creating a bankrupting debt that future generations will have to pay off? that one in six of returning iraqi war veterns don't qualify for a section 8? that almost all of them haven't been repeatedly exposed to depleted uranium dust? that social security and medicare aren't heading for the chopping block? that the us isn't spying on people's library use? that creationism hasn't replaced evolution in many schools? that the majority of children polled don't think the first amendment is too permissive? etc., etc.? well, if so you're either ignorant or a liar -- go research any of the above with google, i've got better things to do with my time. if you want to ignore reality or lie about it, go ahead, but i'm sure not sticking around longer than i have to.

I think Mr. Ray is at the pinnacle of meaningless drivel

Then you have entirely missed the point of that website. You might as well say that Landover Baptist was a heretic church, or The Onion a disreputable journal of opinion.

Just because it's stupid doesn't mean the author is stupid. Feel free to learn about humor. It'll help you in the interactions with mammals.

Main Entry: medium
Pronunciation: 'mE-dE-&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural mediums or media
Etymology: Latin, from neuter of medius middle

a spatial distortion cause by a port lacelle malfunction

Aren't they all made up, by -- so to speak -- definition?

It's all fun and games till someone confuses a noun with a verb! (But, hey, this is Slashdot, and my UID is about 100000 higher than yours, so what do I know?)

It's all fun and games till someone confuses a noun with a verb! (But, hey, this is Slashdot, and my UID is about 100000 higher than yours, so what do I know?)

At least link to real words

At least link to real words

I wonder, have you ever heard of laughter it is a typical response when someone tells a joke.

Yes, but laughter more frequently occurs after a joke that is actually funny.

I wonder, have you ever heard of laughter it is a typical response when someone tells a joke.

Yes, but laughter more frequently occurs after a joke that is actually funny.

I wonder, have you ever heard of laughter it is a typical response when someone tells a joke.

Yes, but laughter more frequently occurs after a joke that is actually funny.

does the same thing.
If anybody wants to tell me I'm an idiot for holding this opinion, go right ahead. I'm not interested in arguing

No, she is never interested in arguing. That would imply listening to my opinion. She just wants me to listen to her opinions, not have to listen to mine if they differ!

Again, like my wife, I notice that even though you aren't 'interested in arguing', you are interested in stating your position, then defending it if anyone attacks it.

Assuming 'tune' and 'music' are mostly interchangeable, lets look at the definitions (courtesy of Merriam-Webster Online):

• Main Entry: music
• Pronunciation: 'myü-zik
• Function: noun
• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English musik, from Old French musique, from Latin musica, from Greek mousikE any art presided over by the Muses, especially music, from feminine of mousikos of the Muses, from Mousa Muse
• 1 a : the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity b : vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony
• 2 a : an agreeable sound : EUPHONY b : musical quality
• 3 : a musical accompaniment
• 4 : the score of a musical composition set down on paper
• 5 : a distinctive type or category of music

and here is the definition of 'tune':

• Main Entry: tune
• Pronunciation: 'tün, 'tyün
• Function: noun
• Etymology: Middle English, alteration of tone
• 1 a archaic : quality of sound : TONE b : manner of utterance : INTONATION; specifically : phonetic modulation
• 2 a : a succession of pleasing musical tones : MELODY b : a dominant theme
• 3 : correct musical pitch or consonance -- used chiefly in the phrases in tune and out of tune
• 4 a archaic : a frame of mind : MOOD b : AGREEMENT, HARMONY c : general attitude : APPROACH
• 5 : AMOUNT, EXTENT

What do all the relevant definitions have in common? They all deal with *sound*, not the lack of it. If you can claim rights to silence, then I'm going to buy your 'tune', and then sue you for false advertizing.

First, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A good way to try to sidestep the fact that they're all butt-ugly! :-) (It's a cute saying, and it's good for avoiding arguments, but it's not helpful in figuring out what's good.)

Are you saying that the measure of beauty is not subjective?

300+ cases mean *choice*. I want a case to match my purple with orange polkadot wallpaper? I bet I can find one.

If you have purple and orange polkadot wallpaper, I question your ability to judge beauty.

And sadly, in the PC world, "choice" means "I can find one butt-ugly enough to match my butt-ugly wallpaper".

No... you'd simply have a different set of aesthetics. Some people like to dress in clothes that have colors/patterns that are not "beautiful" to me. However, I assume that they think they are, otherwise they wouldn't be adorning their bodies with those clothes.

Personally, I think wasting time over a case is kinda silly because I can always put an ugly case in a closet or otherwise out of sight, as long as the case has other qualities I like, such as good airflow, nice mounting brackets, etc.

Translation: "Hey, this PC case isn't ugly! OK, this one is, but you have choice -- not all PC cases are ugly! I mean, OK, they're all ugly, but who cares?"

Nope, again... you have the choice to make your case as nice or as plain/ugly as you want. Also, what about the PC mods that are put into Mac cases. Does this somehow mean that those cases are no longer belovedly Apple beautiful?

Anybody who's banged his head on the desk trying to put a CD in an out-of-sight PC tower should realize that it matters. Tear up my geek membership card if you must, but being able to put a CD in the drive without (literally) hitting my head on my desk is far more important than "nice mounting brackets".

Most PC users are smart enough not to repeatedly bang their heads on a desk.

Sure they are... the committee decided those are the only cases you will get. No choice, you have to like them or love them.

Jonathan Ive (or was that Princell Leia?): "I am *not* a committee!"

Seriously, though, Apple computers aren't designed by committee. They're designed by Jonathan Ive, and his team. You can tell because they have what Fred Brooks and Alan Cooper call conceptual integrity. Dells and HPs don't -- they obviously *were* designed by committee.

Ok... Apple computers are designed by a [self-]constituted organization for the promotion of a common object, which happens to be the definition of "committee" as per Merriam Webster I guess in this case, it's a Steve-constituted organization though.

People do have a choice about what to like. Not all Apple products are loved. The first iBooks, for example, were hated by many (including me); the new design is much, much better.

This statement completely contradicts what you said above. You implied that beauty is not subjective and yet here you clearly say it is.

When it comes down to it, as an expression of personality, the modding scene is much, much more evident in the PC world than in the Mac world. There may be a number of reasons for this ranging from... PCs are initially ugly and modders make them 'beautiful' to their own tastes, PC modders simply have the artistic and mechanical skills to personalize things they already have, to Mac users are of a single mind-set and know no better than to embrace what the Great Steve blesses them with from time to time.

Honestly... since the Mac Mini was released and seeing the comments in this thread of Maclots claiming that the Mini is the "true SFF", form over function arguments, proclaiming that all PCs are ugly and Macs are embodied perfection... the more that "The Cult of Mac" makes sense. It's more of a religion to Mac users than anything else. As I saw elsewhere, The Great Steve could probably relieve himself in a Mac M

Did you just make that up?

There's no such definition according to Webster's.

Well, sure. When I like something a lot, I want to do it a lot. (see: sexual intercourse ) So, to some extent, everything fun has to be somewhat addictive.

And about the hiring someone with a psychology degree to help make games more addictive? Come On! When has anyone heard of someone with a psychology degree getting a job?

"Btw, my job is to make holograms :)"

Perhaps you'd better have a look at this then. You can even tell your boss it's work related. ;) Besides, when the average person hears "hologram", they think "3D".

Then you'd better tell the people at Merriam-Webster, as it seems they disagree:
burglarize

See here.

Looks good to me.

What a pile of shit.

GPL is copyright, fuck what it says about 'derivative work', so long as my work contains nothing that is copyrightable they can't do anything.

Lets say I dynamical link against ATI's openGL library, and then someone loads my code using MESA, does it then become GPL?

As an example here is a link. Does /. now have to bow down to the copyright of Websters.. NO.

I'm so sick and tired of the words "Innovation" and "Technology" used in the same sentence coming from the mouths of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer (Story from earlier)

Netscape pretty much goes under for 4 years, has limited resources, and out comes Mozilla from scratch.

IE sits for 4 years and festers. A company with unlimited resources is going to just stick a label on it and call it #7 with no innovation.

From www.m-w.com
Main Entry: innovation
Pronunciation: "i-n&-'vA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the introduction of something new
2 : a new idea, method, or device

I understand that the submitter is just confused between dispense and disburse, but I know for a fact that I never want a fish, yummy or otherwise, dispersed in my home.

I understand that the submitter is just confused between dispense and disburse, but I know for a fact that I never want a fish, yummy or otherwise, dispersed in my home.

I understand that the submitter is just confused between dispense and disburse, but I know for a fact that I never want a fish, yummy or otherwise, dispersed in my home.

They should check a dictionary, then. The correct way is:

nü-klE-r

"I love Macs because they represent cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement, they are merry, bright and lively, they have vivid and joyful style."

Fully fledged? WTF? So is this server capable of independent flight or is it covered with feathers?

Does it? Have you actually read their material, or just the brief summary linked to by Slashdot?

Yes, I've read as much as I could bear of their material.

and it's entire legitimate to poke at it. To fail to do so is to be unscientific.

Kind of like accusing them of incompetence or corruption without backing evidence, huh?

Perhaps you need to check the definition of 'maybe' in the dictionary. Or do you believe everyone is competent and incorrupt all the time?

One problem. It's betta fish. Pronounced like "better" by a Bostonian, not like a Greek letter. You got a high ranking for a common typo.

STEAL - the wrongful or willful taking of money or property belonging to someone else with intent to deprive the owner of its use or benefit either temporarily or permanently. No particular type of movement or carrying away is required.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=octopus
American Heritage Dictionary at the top of the page claims it comes more immediately from New Latin. Merriam-Webster concurs. You can step back further to Greek or Indo-European mother tongue for the etymology, but the pluralization ought to be based on the most immediate source, or on standard English pluralization.

...it's just a little antithetical, if you know what I mean.

After looking up antithetical, I'm afraid I must say I don't know what you mean.

;-)

How else do you propose to name the associate of an associate?

You don't seem to have a clear idea of what the prefix means.

Don't you mean faring ?

I'm not sure, but I don't think the term is frightened by utf-8.

2 a (1) : belief and trust in and loyalty to God

(2) : belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion

b (1) : firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2) : complete trust

3 : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially : a system of religious beliefs

So, which definition of faith does belief in Evolution lie under? Obviously not belief in God. Not belief in the traditional doctrines of religion, as it is based in evidence and subject to peer review and ammendment. It is not firm belief in something for which there is no proof, as there is definiter evidence that evolutionary principles are at play in the natural world. Perhaps the final definition comes into play, as I do believe it with strong conviction. I guess the difference between you and I is that I am willing to put my beliefs into the realm of peer review and scientific testing, whereas your beliefs are based on assumptions that can not be tested and, by their very nature, deny science.

Please do not think I am telling you that you shouldn't be able to wallow in your own ignorance. Thats fine. But pelase, if you must do so, don't pull anyone else down into the mud with you, and don't presume that by splashing around in there you can get some of your filth on the rest of us.

Aardvark's got it right. And one more thing:
I contribute to Heartland, and that's nobody else's business - not the feds, not CmdrTaco, and not the direct-mail outfits who love to get their hands on lists of people who contribute to think tanks like Heartland. I'm not in the networking business, but anyone should be able to anonymously support think tanks that they happen to agree with.

Taco's attack is flagrantly ad hominem. Don't they teach this in school any more?

I only wish you'd kept going, describing "having" as yet another verb or something. It would have been even funnier.

"..or something." Well, at least you admit to not knowing anything other than "noun-verb-object." I'm going to take you up on the challenge though, just to further expose your fraud..that, and you wished for it, and I want to make you happy. I'm a nice guy like that.

Lets look at the sentence in question: "I, and many other folks, recently got set to having 50 invites left."

I - the subject. You called it "noun" instead, yet really...in this sentence it's a pronoun. "I eat" is valid enough, yes? Do you allow for the subject to be a pronoun, or must it be a noun? BTW...you do know that a sentence can have just a SUBJECT and a verb, and no object...correct? Like: "I laugh." No object at all! Craziness.

, and many other folks, - in this situation, this serves as an appositive. I'm making the claim that not only did this happen to me, but (amplifying it) it happened to many other folks as well. Before you question "folks," look it up - "folks" refers to a class of people.

recently - an adverb, modifying the verb that follows it (got).

got - past participle of "get," in this situation (search for it in the page) used as a verbal auxiliary (for set). The dictionary gives "got caught" as an example...which really, structurally speaking, is pretty damn close to "got set." It sounds bad, but isn't -wrong- per se.

set a phrasal verb, when combined with the following prepositional phrase.

to - preposition.

having 50 invites left - a gerund phrase. Sorry that the "having" confuses you, but...its not a verb here. The phrase in its entirety becomes the object of the preposition "to." Gerund phrases are not all that uncommon. Try reading a book sometime.

The fact that you won't answer the questions asked, and instead respond with snide remarks, is very telling. I challenge you to crack open your English textbooks prior to the next time you try to correct someone. And really...don't bother. THIS ISN'T FORMAL WRITING. I did not claim it to be. You, however, stepped into the realm of grammar nazism...and while so doing made several flaws yourself - some of which I bothered to correct. Can you defend your flaws? No. Did I claim mine had none? No. What does that make me? A person writing an informal post in an internet forum. What does that make you? A hypocrite who doesn't know squat about anything other than "noun-verb-object," which is, all by its self, one of the more...interesting... "corrections" you made.

Just accept it, anyone that tries to be a grammar nazi on Slashdot and can't bother to proofread their own post while doing it...*they*, at least at that point in time, are the one with the smaller penis. It doesn't even matter if they're responding to a *girl* at that point, they still have a smaller penis. I know you thoroughly enjoy correcting us wee folk from way up in the stratosphere where you reside, but...we don't need it. This isn't a textbook, it is a forum. My audience, and even you, fully understood what I was saying. Come on, dude...if you're not trying

I only wish you'd kept going, describing "having" as yet another verb or something. It would have been even funnier.

"..or something." Well, at least you admit to not knowing anything other than "noun-verb-object." I'm going to take you up on the challenge though, just to further expose your fraud..that, and you wished for it, and I want to make you happy. I'm a nice guy like that.

Lets look at the sentence in question: "I, and many other folks, recently got set to having 50 invites left."

I - the subject. You called it "noun" instead, yet really...in this sentence it's a pronoun. "I eat" is valid enough, yes? Do you allow for the subject to be a pronoun, or must it be a noun? BTW...you do know that a sentence can have just a SUBJECT and a verb, and no object...correct? Like: "I laugh." No object at all! Craziness.

, and many other folks, - in this situation, this serves as an appositive. I'm making the claim that not only did this happen to me, but (amplifying it) it happened to many other folks as well. Before you question "folks," look it up - "folks" refers to a class of people.

recently - an adverb, modifying the verb that follows it (got).

got - past participle of "get," in this situation (search for it in the page) used as a verbal auxiliary (for set). The dictionary gives "got caught" as an example...which really, structurally speaking, is pretty damn close to "got set." It sounds bad, but isn't -wrong- per se.

set a phrasal verb, when combined with the following prepositional phrase.

to - preposition.

having 50 invites left - a gerund phrase. Sorry that the "having" confuses you, but...its not a verb here. The phrase in its entirety becomes the object of the preposition "to." Gerund phrases are not all that uncommon. Try reading a book sometime.

The fact that you won't answer the questions asked, and instead respond with snide remarks, is very telling. I challenge you to crack open your English textbooks prior to the next time you try to correct someone. And really...don't bother. THIS ISN'T FORMAL WRITING. I did not claim it to be. You, however, stepped into the realm of grammar nazism...and while so doing made several flaws yourself - some of which I bothered to correct. Can you defend your flaws? No. Did I claim mine had none? No. What does that make me? A person writing an informal post in an internet forum. What does that make you? A hypocrite who doesn't know squat about anything other than "noun-verb-object," which is, all by its self, one of the more...interesting... "corrections" you made.

Just accept it, anyone that tries to be a grammar nazi on Slashdot and can't bother to proofread their own post while doing it...*they*, at least at that point in time, are the one with the smaller penis. It doesn't even matter if they're responding to a *girl* at that point, they still have a smaller penis. I know you thoroughly enjoy correcting us wee folk from way up in the stratosphere where you reside, but...we don't need it. This isn't a textbook, it is a forum. My audience, and even you, fully understood what I was saying. Come on, dude...if you're not trying

Piracy 3: the unauthorized use of another's production, invention, or conception especially in infringement of a copyright.

Actually, not al anime is a cartoon. From the webster online dictionary, a cartoon is a "a drawing intended as satire, caricature, or humor". Not all anime is intended to be that way. Some of them are drawn realistically. Would you consider the paintings of Da Vinci cartoons? Of course not. The same applies to lots of anime shows and movies. And since anime is a medium rather than a genre, it would be better to call it animation.

Just my two cents.

Like old reports of the imminent extinction of mainframes, any report of a similar fate for Windows is a tad immature.

"windows fanboys" - Perhaps I am just adding fuel to the flame or maybe you are to young to shave and don't see the "fanboy" in the mirror every morning. Either way your post makes for an excellent example of projection (definition 6b).