I don't have a contract with the TV networks that would require me to see their commercials. They are sending me their signals free right into my house (help! electromagnetic waves! my brain!), so IMHO, I am not allowed to use these signals in any way I want, at *least* inside my house.
Problem is, many apps don't scale well or at all for multi-processor systems. If you are in gaming, the second processor is idle most of the time. If you're unlucky, the 2-proc-system is even *slower* due to the added overhead of SMP proc management.
And even "BusinessLinux" is silly. Sounds like "Windows" or "Word". As if it were the only Linux for Business. Even worse, if it was called e.g. "Heridion", you'd even have to read a whole line of text to know that it's a linux for businesses!
> In the last year my department has been > whittled down from eight employees to me > and another guy. It sucks ass, but I've got > to pay the bills.
hm, can they affort to go down to 1 employee? Would they find a suitable replacement, if you quitted? If not, aren't you in a good position to make demands?
BTW: I did not write her, because it wouldn't be constructive. She won't change her mind, and insulting her would only harm our cause. Besides that, it would waste my time and energy (just like posting on/., so what am I doing here?).
> I'm rather suspicious of whether (a) the sample > is at all representative
It was the official result of the public comments written in. heise online had an article about it back then, and I also read it in this/. discussion (don't find it anymore).
> Most of that article seemed to be well reasoned, > quite well informed, and a generally balanced > and realistic viewpoint.
Emphasis on *seemed*.
> making clear, rational and informed arguments
She already said she's not going to change her mind. There is no point to argue. And her straw-man arguments would have shown it, even if she didn't say it directly.
> be rude and offensive
To tell me that my opinion (and those who she is supposed to protect) doesn't matter at all and won't make any difference is not rude?
heh, platform users charaterized: - Windows: I have no clue, I just do what all the others do - Mac: I want the best and nicest tool - Linux: Give me freedom or give me death
> than to continue with the mess of national > courts and European Patent Office (EPO) systems, > and the drift towards US patent models."
And I thought courts and offices had to do what the lalw says, so she could just as well disallow software patents and "harmonize" things even more. (how do you measure the genuity? if you can't measure it, how can you harmonize it?)
She said "Patents for software inventions will not go away.", so she basically said that my opinion and that of most of the other European people (the vast majority of public comments on software patents opposed it) is irrelevant, yet she claims to represent us. Besides that, she lied with her arguments.
How could I still be polite to her? She should be thrown out of pariament.
Implied:-) for those who forgot about all the "Open-this" and "Open-that" software being tossed about in the early-to-mid-90's that really had nothing open about it at all.
"congress can't stop you ahead of time, but can set up rules for punishing you after the fact if your speech meets certain criteria."
That's the "no censorship" line I hear here in Germany as well. Problem is: that is censorship. "You are may write that you dislike the government's decisions, and you may publish it, we won't stop you, but if you do, you'll go to jail forever, because you threated national security (there could be a riot resulting from your writing!)" surely sounds like censorship for me, but wouldn't be censorship by the "common interpretation" (that the states find convient, that is).
Better would be to introduce a new DNS record. So, you are indeed basically proposing a new standard, and *everybody* wanting to send mail to you will have to adopt it or it will be rejected.
Slashdot Mirror
> I am not allowed to use ...
I meant "I *am* allowed to use...", of course.
> product placement
Yuck!
I don't have a contract with the TV networks that would require me to see their commercials. They are sending me their signals free right into my house (help! electromagnetic waves! my brain!), so IMHO, I am not allowed to use these signals in any way I want, at *least* inside my house.
Problem is, many apps don't scale well or at all for multi-processor systems. If you are in gaming, the second processor is idle most of the time. If you're unlucky, the 2-proc-system is even *slower* due to the added overhead of SMP proc management.
> wxWindows ... looks awfully like Windows APIs.
> (I may be wrong, though)
Seems like I wasn't:
"Porting from MFC is particularly easy due to its similarity" wxWindows Intro.
> Though saying that the API is great is a personal
> opinion. I personally don't think it is great and
> prefer wxWindows.
I was merely comparing with GTK+/glib. Qt is also not my fav toolkit.
I like wxWindows in general, but from a quick look at the API, it looks awfully like Windows APIs. (I may be wrong, though)
Luckily, Bruce Perens says himself that he doesn't like the name and asks for better ideas. Maybe that would be a good and useful slashdot discussion.
Agreed.
And even "BusinessLinux" is silly. Sounds like "Windows" or "Word". As if it were the only Linux for Business. Even worse, if it was called e.g. "Heridion", you'd even have to read a whole line of text to know that it's a linux for businesses!
As mentioned before, that's what an external developer costs per week. I bet that the great Qt API, docs and tools save many weeks per year.
Bug 14328
Next time, please search bugzilla before rambling on slashdot.
> In the last year my department has been
> whittled down from eight employees to me
> and another guy. It sucks ass, but I've got
> to pay the bills.
hm, can they affort to go down to 1 employee? Would they find a suitable replacement, if you quitted? If not, aren't you in a good position to make demands?
> But where does it leave the FreeBSD people?
Maybe "Give me a real operating system"?
BTW: I did not write her, because it wouldn't be constructive. She won't change her mind, and insulting her would only harm our cause. Besides that, it would waste my time and energy (just like posting on /., so what am I doing here?).
> Software patents do exist elsewhere in the world,
/. discussion (don't find it anymore).
> notably in the US.
Why do we have to bother? Do we have to do every crap the US does?
> This effectively disadvantages European software
> writers compared to American ones;
No
> I'm rather suspicious of whether (a) the sample
> is at all representative
It was the official result of the public comments written in. heise online had an article about it back then, and I also read it in this
See also the hearing for small/midsize companies
> Most of that article seemed to be well reasoned,
> quite well informed, and a generally balanced
> and realistic viewpoint.
Emphasis on *seemed*.
> making clear, rational and informed arguments
She already said she's not going to change her mind. There is no point to argue. And her straw-man arguments would have shown it, even if she didn't say it directly.
> be rude and offensive
To tell me that my opinion (and those who she is supposed to protect) doesn't matter at all and won't make any difference is not rude?
heh, platform users charaterized:
- Windows: I have no clue, I just do what all the others do
- Mac: I want the best and nicest tool
- Linux: Give me freedom or give me death
> KHTML *is* best-of-breed when compared to Gecko
hahaha.
> uniting NextStep and *BSD
NextStep used BSD as well.
> It would have full compatibility with
> MS Office from Office 97 to Office XP
How? Apple magic?
> Bill Gates is going to have to just suck it
> down.
Um, no. They can easily play their dirty little file format trick they use on everybody else everywhere.
> than to continue with the mess of national
> courts and European Patent Office (EPO) systems,
> and the drift towards US patent models."
And I thought courts and offices had to do what the lalw says, so she could just as well disallow software patents and "harmonize" things even more. (how do you measure the genuity? if you can't measure it, how can you harmonize it?)
> The only possibility they found to manipulate
> this into a positive result
Yup. Talk about biased.
> was to invent the concept of "economic majority"
Money rules?
Moneyocracy? (Intentionally mixing in an American word)
> politely tell her your views
She said "Patents for software inventions will not go away.", so she basically said that my opinion and that of most of the other European people (the vast majority of public comments on software patents opposed it) is irrelevant, yet she claims to represent us. Besides that, she lied with her arguments.
How could I still be polite to her? She should be thrown out of pariament.
DVB-T? Are you living in Berlin? Or is that broadcasted somewhere else as well?
"congress can't stop you ahead of time, but can set up rules for punishing you after the fact if your speech meets certain criteria."
That's the "no censorship" line I hear here in Germany as well. Problem is: that is censorship.
"You are may write that you dislike the government's decisions, and you may publish it, we won't stop you, but if you do, you'll go to jail forever, because you threated national security (there could be a riot resulting from your writing!)"
surely sounds like censorship for me, but wouldn't be censorship by the "common interpretation" (that the states find convient, that is).
Ah, that's why Virgil "has a good lawyer". ;-P
Better would be to introduce a new DNS record.
So, you are indeed basically proposing a new standard, and *everybody* wanting to send mail to you will have to adopt it or it will be rejected.
Yeah, let's let AOL and Earthlink and MS shape the future of the internet. That must end up being a success for all.