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Why Yes, you can sell the Free books. ProteusQ writes "Project Gutenberg has released a 'Best Of' CD, April 2003 Edition. The CD compilation is copyrighted and licensed under a Creative Commons license that allows unlimited non-commercial duplication and distribution. You can even sell it, provided that you share 20% of the gross profits with Project Gutenberg. It contains almost 500 books, and the 'Best Of' project itself based on the Open Source model. All of the work was performed by volunteers (mostly by me, in this case), with the goal of building a volunteer base to create about three editions per year."
Welcome to the American legal system, mind your footing. An anonymous reader submits: "In an e-mail discussion that took place 24 and 25 April, SCO-Caldera Senior Vice President Chris Sontag told MozillaQuest Magazine that there is SCO-owned code in Red Hat and SuSE Linux distributions. He also told MozillaQuest Magazine that the tainted code is not in the Linux kernel that Linus [Torvalds] and others have helped develop. We're talking about what's on the periphery of the Linux kernel."
On this topic, Random BedHead Ed writes "IBM has released its denial of SCO Group's charges that it borrowed proprietary UNIX code in its development of the GNU/Linux system. Story at News.com.com.com.etc. The battle continues.
Also, check out PCLinuxOnline.com for a good summary of the events thus far. They also have a Boycott SCO page if you're interested."
The height of practicality. Jerami Campbell writes "I just saw your article in Slashdot 'Building a stained glass computer case?' I have made several stained glass computer cases, I thought you might be interested in checking them out. You can see all of my cases at lucentrigs.com. I will have a new one finished in a couple of days. It is black glass with a red lava lamp mounted in the front."
Gun buffs have well-adjusted sights. In regards to the MP3-player-in-a-rifle-magazine posted the other day, Mat S. writes "I would be reaaaaally surprised if this fit a standard AK-47, as it is an SVD (Russian infantry rifle, as opposed to the AK, which is in fact a carbine, although called an assault rifle) mag. It accommodates much more powerful ammo, and the cartridges are about 50% longer than the AK's. Thank you for your attention. I still WANT this player. Might be a bit on the heavy side, though. this case is stamped steel, about 3 mm thick :)"
Fair and balanced, naturally. An anonymous reader writes "For those of you who were unable to obtain the Microsoft propaganda about Unix, it's up at MIT."
Note for the humorless: the UHH is not "Microsoft propaganda."
The best Congress money can buy. If you thought Hilary Rosen writing Iraq's copyright law was an isolated incident, don't worry, she's not alone. theodp writes "The RIAA paid $18,000 for the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee to travel to Taiwan and Thailand to make it clear to government officials that the pressure to enforce U.S. laws against pirating of music and movies 'is a unified message coming from all levels of the U.S. government.' Watchdog groups say the trip may have violated House ethics rules, and one is calling for a House Ethics Committee investigation. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., said he could have used committee funds to pay for the trip but, 'I thought I would save the taxpayers some money on this.'"
Thanks a bundle.
A considerate way to fool your friends and family. We've mentioned the blink-twice Trompe L'Oeil Windows-looking desktop XPde a few times before; now xexen writes "On April 26th 2003, I received an email. The XPde Team released XPde 0.3.5, a major upgrade to the XPde desktop environment and window manager. Check out the announcement, view the screenshots, or read the detailed ChangeLog."
Build up your frequent flyer miles. A few weeks ago we mentioned that the proceedings of the most recent linux.conf.au (a Linux gathering Down Under) were available as an ISO; hemos, who was on hand at the conference, passes on word that the CDs have been sent out, and points to some more info on the next LCA.
All my rifles play ogg.
"Ask not for whom the bone bones. It bones for thee." --Bender
Fair and balanced.... like Fox News?
Business News and Resources: www.usasource.net
So I didn't have to "wget -r" their entire FTP server from the local college's multiple T3 lines? Sorry guys.
(Just a joke, no need for you to do the same to my server.)
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
As cool as it might look, I cant imagine having a lava lamp on the front of your case is too practical - those things get verrry hot. If your anything like me, youd prefer to have it as bare bones as possible, concentrating more on temperature, in order to get the fan speeds down ( = less noise).
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Didja mean Faux News? =)
"The RIAA paid $18,000 for the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee to travel to Taiwan and Thailand
Why is this buried in a Slashback? Come on! This is huge news.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
PlanetMirror has the UHH here.
Enjoy (yeah, second time i've posted this - the last time got deleted - thanks guys)
I note that since the original story was posted, a disclaimer has been put up at the site (no doubt in response to the humorless):
I don't exactly know what the u.s. equivalent is, but in Germany there is something called negative Feststellungsklage which means that Suse could apply for a court order declaring that SCOs claims are false and prohibits them to repeat their allegations.
If SCO seeks to achieve a precedent by sueing Suse this might be the appropriate backfire.
Just a thought.
I grabbed the UHH from the MIT guy and threw it on a Purdue server. Download away.
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http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~anthontj/random/ugh.pd
So which of the 4 poor saps sued by the RIAA (and then settled) paid for the congressman's trip?
including this personal favourite of mine:
;-)
I'm a avid reader of Slashdot, I'm a Linux guru, I'm a BOFH, I'm a geek, Why the hell would I want this f#@#ng software?
Sorry, but I think this is not the project for you. (well, at least geeks like any kind of tech, so if you want to look at the source code..
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Wow, that'll affect all of SCO's 3 customers...?
GStreamer - The only way to stream!
Can this project be sued by Microsoft?
;-)
We don't know, we are not lawyers. But in any case, we are ready for that. We don't use any of Microsoft's registered trademarks, graphics, logos, or anything. This means someone could create a complete theme that mimics the Windows XP environment - where the dialogs are the same, the controls are positioned in the same places and with the same text.
Maybe that would be illegal, but *we* don't include *copyrighted* material. In the case Microsoft have ownership over (for example) a-dialog-that-shows-running-processes (i.e. TaskManager) and our dialog has the controls in the same positions as the Windows one, we are right now creating the translation system. This translation system will also allow "anyone" to position the controls of any dialog in any place. We can create a version with completely different dialogs (the same controls in different places) and *someone* could create a theme which modifies these controls to the Windows XP places.
But this is not our problem. Could Microsoft have copyrighted an environment like the taskbar concept? Could Microsoft have copyrighted the start menu concept? Could Microsoft have copyrighted the tray icon concept? Could Microsoft have copyrighted the desktop concept? In that case every desktop has a problem
The solution here is that we are not going to ship a complete Windows XP interface clone out-of-the-box, but it will be so easy to configure that *someone* could make it look *exactly* like the Windows XP interface. We won't provide this configuration.
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Telling thing is, it made perfect sense to me the first time I scanned it.
Malike Bamiyi wanted my assistance.
The RIAA paid $18,000 for the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee to travel to Taiwan and Thailand
Now you know what they needed those students' money for.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I know that ibiblio exists to serve up stuff like this, but is there someone out there with a compressed copy of April's CD that could post a .torrent?
Slashdotters have been good lately about using BitTorrent to shoulder some of the bandwidth load (for example, when the Matrix Reloaded trailer was released.)
The US Army: promoting democracy through unquestioned obedience
I know Unix like I know the back of my hand. I love Unix like I love the palm of my hand.
fifth sigma, inc.
A carbine is a short rifle (barrel length under 20").
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"assault rifle" is a general term some anti-gun activists and politicians and media have created.
In the People's Republic of California, it is (defined by law as) a semiautomatic centerfire rifle with any of the following characterics:
a pistol grip
a flash suppressor
magazines holding more than 10 rounds
folding or collapsible butt stock
See here or here for more exact PRC legal info.
Nothing to see here; Move along.
I noticed that the XPDE screenshots use mozilla/netscape with the classic skin. There is an Internet Explorer skin at mozdev.org they could be using. (if they want to copy windows explorer, this would be a must)
Best PG book ever:
Square Root of 4 To A Million Places, The
A must read...
I'm a chainsmokin' alcoholic sociopath, so-ci-o-path
Just to be clear, until about 1990 or so, any dictionary and encyclopedia (as people have been missing the obvious lately, I feel the need to say 'that I was able to get my hands on to look at') defined assault rifle with the additional charactaristic 'Must be capable of burst fire and fully automatic fire'.
I'm not shy, I'm stalking my prey
the term was in use circa WWII to denote automatic weapons firing cartridges more powerful than pistol ammunition (used in submachine guns), but less powerful than a typical rifle bullet. The rationale is that most infantry combat took place at shorter range than what made a regular rifle necessary, and it's difficult to fire an automatic rifle using the more powerful cartridges.
Germany had a couple in WWII, the Russians had one too, I think. The U.S. went with the M14 (looks a lot like the M1, but has a detachable magazine and automatic fire) for a while, which was an automatic rifle by this definition. Then the M16.
Given a choice between Unix and Windows ...
Nerd: Derogatory term typically directed at anybody with a lower Slashdot ID than you.
- "Saturday Night Specials" (cheap handguns)
- "Military-style handguns" (expensive handguns)
- "Assault rifles" (cheap rifles)
And then last summer, they started in on "sniper rifles", or expensive rifles. If I didn't know better, I'd think they were trying to eliminate guns entirely!What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Maybe he meant Forged News.
You're right. But the problem with using the term Linux for the OS is, for me, not related to a movement, and nothing against Linus, and not because I am a zealot. It's for clarity. SCO has said that none of the "tainted" code is in the kernel itself. So the legal battle between IBM and SCO promises to be very confusing when both sides argue about code in "Linux" and each side is speaking about a different thing.
As has been said, the original (and for me, the "true") definition of an assault rifle is that it can fire like a machine gun, and is typically smaller than a "main battle rifle" like the M1 of World War II. Legislators in the U.S. have used the term for semiautomatic (= "self-loading") rifles; these fire 1 shot each time you pull the trigger. Legislators in various places use the term for any "scary-looking" rifle, especially those with a pistol grip, a flash hider, a metal lug for attaching a bayonet, a removeable magazine that holds a lot of cartridges, & on, & on...
Imagine that you're a WWII German soldier assaulting a position outside Stalingrad. You're a lot happier when you get issued something that fires like a machine gun. Also, its cartridges are less powerful than standard rifle cartridges of the era, and that makes these weapons more controllable in fully-automatic fire than if they'd used the usual rifle ammunition. The ammunition is lighter, as well, so you can carry more ammunition than before with an equivalent amount of fatigue. The Allies had enough M1s, Enfields, Mosin-Nagants, guys, tanks, ships, aircraft, etc., etc., etc., that a nifty infantry weapon wasn't enough to help the Wehrmacht much. Still, the concept has been adopted all over the world. The AK-47 and M16 (especially in its current M4 (yes - carbine!) variant) both act like assault rifles, though I think the US military calls the M16 a main battle rifle. Maybe somewhat redundant, but HTH.
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I'm actually overclocking a 1.2ghz t-bird to 1.4 in it right now. The lava has no effect on the computer once it gets up two speed. The two 40-watt bulbs are only used to heat it in a hurry. otherwise it take several hours to heat it up. It's been running for a week solid now and I havn't had any stability issues. I am changing the system in it back to the xp 2200+ for a LAN party later this month. I'm playing with it now to get a feel for how things will work with it. cooling isn't a problem though.
Yeah, I meant the first (bullets per minute). :
Given what you said, maybe the best definition of an assault rifle is
a rifle intended to kill large numbers of people efficiently (as opposed to animals).
Damn! This must be prime time in France or something. But I'll school ya.
Of course there are WMDs in Iraq! Our leaders wouldn't lie. We have to put our unwavering blind faith in our Great Leader. You wouldn't want people to think you are one of those candy assed Saddam loving liberals, now would you? And remember, only by becoming a Police State can we defend the liberties that America stands for. Back in the good old days we could all sit around and shoot the bull about policy, but in these more serious post 9/11 times dissent only helps the terrorists. You wouldn't want to help the terrorists, right?
Democrat delenda est
Boycotting Amazon or music companies is hard work and a great personal loss, but boycotting SCO? Sure, can do!! Done it my whole life and honestly, it hasn't degraded my quality of living at all!
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