"People are more scared of a center-left documentary maker with an eye than the 400 ways they are filmed every day at the school, the subway, the mall."
Well, yeah. That's because, at the mall, (1) it's a terrible picture, (2) there is no audio, (3) they have so much footage of everybody that nobody's going to find that shot of you with your finger up your nose, and (4) even if they do, they're not going to publish it because they want you to come BACK to the store, and don't want to get sued for big bucks for no good reason.
Contrast that with: (1) Maybe it's a really good picture. In any case, if you're talking to him, you're looking straight into the camera, and it's a close-up. (2) Maybe there's audio as well. Or maybe it's easy enough to read your lips, based on what he remembers about the conversation. (3) He can pick out the interesting (to him) footage, because he saw it all the first time. (4) If he's only a casual acquaintance, how well do I understand his motivations?
I don't know whether I personally prefer mall-surveillance or acquaintance-surveillance, but to assume that people who express a clear preference not to be surveilled by acquaintances don't "get it" shows an overarching hubris and lack of empathy that would make me hesitate to want to be near this guy, even if I would be OK with a different acquaintance videotaping me.
If you can't configure your editor to auto-convert tabs to spaces, and you can't find a different editor you can work with and you can't keep your hands of the tab key, then you can't work for me...
"If you are a longtime C++ programmer, you should also know that C++ and other statically typed / compiled languages are much easier to debug - not only are there more and better tools (e.g. source-level down to machine code debuggers) available, the compiler warnings and errors are *much* more informative compared to all common interpreted languages."
Umm, no.
I used to write lots of assembly language, lots of C, some C++. Device drivers, modem firmware, that sort of thing.
These days, I write stuff in three languages:
1) Python -- around 60% 2) Verilog -- around 40% 3) C -- under 5%
The only language I really get paid for writing (the end product) is Verilog. I use Python for everything possible. I even prototype my Verilog in Python and write my test cases in Python. I use a tiny bit of C if python is too slow. C is the new assembly language. C++ doesn't really fit into my world -- you seem to think it would be easier to debug C++ than Python, but for me, it doesn't work out that way in the slightest. And in the rare case where Python is too slow, I translate to C. Since I'm just optimizing inner loops, I don't bother with C++. Basically, the things that need to be optimized usually don't require that much abstraction. Nonetheless, I quite often cheat, and write my C code using Pyrex, so it still looks like Python.
Having said that, I can envision work environments where I would be using C++ in preference to Python. If the end product had a lot processing involved, and the team was using C++, I would probably consider C++ "good enough" for most tasks. I probably would write a lot of code initially in C++ rather than translate from another language. I probably would write test cases in C++ since I need to fire up the compiler to run the test anyway. But, where programmer time is more important than run time, and where I am not constrained by my choice of language, and where the final product is not C++, I won't use it, because the time-to-good-results which I can achieve with Python far outstrips that I can achieve with other languages.
"Around 1992, combining Linux with the not-quite-complete GNU system resulted in a complete free operating system. (Combining them was a substantial job in itself, of course.) It is due to Linux that we can actually run a version of the GNU system today."
We can agree to disagree, but to me, even this acknowledgment, which you have to dig deep to find, intimates that Linux is a little thing, and all the terribly hard work of adding it to a real OS was done by Stallman or under his direction.
See, BSD stuff uses the Gnu toolchain, but not the GPL. It would be bad PR to claim something with that sort of license.
Apache is a huge thing, which is often compiled using the Gnu toolchain, but uses a different license. Hence, not GNU/Apache.
The Gnu toolchain can be used on many operating systems. When I have to use Windows, I use cygwin, which is compiled using the toolchain. But, of course, Windows is not under the GPL.
You're right, of course, that not everything released under the GPL is claimed by Stallman, but it is interesting that Linux, an OS which happens to be released under the GPL (something that he was going to get around to doing, but never quite got to), is claimed by him, publicly, repeatedly, contentiously, pointlessly.
And don't start on the Hurd. If it's so fantastic, what the hell does he need to claim Linux for?
And these are judges -- so make it a REAL letter, with a stamp and everything.
See if you can find one locally who knows you are a voter. Remember that, just like a big company, these people are nominally in charge, but may clueless about some of the things the organization is doing, so try to politely remind them of their obligations to the public.
I live in Texas, so here's mine:
Hon. Wallace B. Jefferson
Chief Justice
Supreme Court of Texas
P.O. Box 12248, Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
Dear Judge Jefferson:
Today it came to my attention that a group called the "National Center for State Courts", of which you are apparently a board member, has released a new comic book called the "Justice Case Files."
This book is full of legal inaccuracies and misrepresentation, claiming that internet file downloading is a state crime, punishable by years in prison, when in fact, this sort of copyright infringement is a federal civil matter.
I do not engage in copyright infringement; however, I am incensed at the malicious PR campaign undertaken by the RIAA and the MPAA, which apparently has co-opted this organization of which you are a board member. It makes the National Center for State Courts, and those associated with it, look foolish at best, mendacious at worst.
As I'm sure you are aware, rule 8.04(a)(3) of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct requires that "a lawyer shall not... engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation," and comment 7 on this section additionally clarifies that "Lawyers holding public office assume legal responsibilities going beyond those of other citizens. A lawyer's abuse of public office can suggest an inability to fulfill the professional role of attorney. The same is true of abuse of positions of private trust. See Rules 8.04(a)(2), 8.04(a)(3), 8.04(b)."
Please take a look at this comic. If you find it as laughably erroneous as I think you will, please do the right thing and publicly disavow its publication and use your position on the board to try to stop it. Believe it or not, several hundred thousand influential internet users are watching this issue very closely.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
For example, the head of it is the "Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts."
Most state bars have requirements related to acting ethically. I wonder if those responsible for this pack of lies could be handled with a bar complaint?
The overtime laws are quite inflexible. For a non-exempt employee, it is ILLEGAL to move hours from one week to another week.
So, if a non-exempt employee works 60 hours one week and 20 the next, he effectively gets paid for an extra 10 (Time and a half for 20 of the 60 hours.)
So guess what? Most employers don't like paying extra for their employees' flexibility, so the flexibility disappears for non-exempt people...
They do their best to keep google from being able to inform you...
Maybe it's not a very good EULA
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The AGPL does appear to try to be a EULA.
The GPL keeps you from making copies. The AGPL additionally keeps you from doing certain things with your copy, unless you hand over the source to your modifications.
However, it may not do this in a very well thought-out manner. Thought experiment: Party A modifies a AGPL package and ONLY gives a copy to party B. Party A's obligation is done, since they gave B both binary and source. Now, party B puts up a website using the AGPLed package. The AGPL requires someone who modifies a package to provide source to that package, but this obligation may not be a burden for either party A or B -- A didn't use the software on a website, and B didn't make any modifications...
As far as EULAs not being enforceable, the jury (or supreme court) is still out on this. Different districts have approached the problems with different results. See, e.g. Wikipedia's software licensing page.
The judge is obviously a goofball, but the way the courts work, if something appears to be unopposed, it often gets through.
Viewed in that light, one of the main bad actors here is DynaDot. I think when this is all over, DynaDot will be very sorry they didn't fight this. I know I will never host a domain there.
This has nothing to do with Microsoft OR Intel. At home, I have used Linux since 99, and I haven't owned an Intel processor since the 386. Currently, I run Ubuntu on AMD boxes.
I ordered a laptop in December.
My credit card was billed December 17th.
I finally got curious, tried to track it. Get this message from the website: "We are working hard to ship all XO Laptops. If you are unable to track your laptop or have not received it, please contact OLPC Donor Services by calling 1-800-201-7144 for assistance"
I tried to call up. I was on hold for two hours, then had to leave.
I sent an email, explaining that I couldn't track it online or reach a human, and was curious when I could expect the laptop.
Received the following response:
Hello *******- Thank You for participating in our Give One Get One program. I'm sorry that we did not keep our word and get the laptop to you by January15th. We are working really hard to get that laptop out to you ASAP- we're shipping laptops daily. Remember -you can track your order by going to www.laptopgiving.org and clicking track your order- you then provide your e-mail address as well as your reference number- you will then be provided with a tracking number or a message. If you have any questions/concerns call and speak to a representative 1(800) 201-7144. Thank You for your patience. OLPC Donor Services
Now you can call this FUD all you want, but this a FACTUAL DESCRIPTION of MY interaction with the OLPC project. You only have so long to dispute a VISA transaction, so I want to make sure they have a record of my transaction on their end. I'm not getting that warm fuzzy, so after a couple of weeks, I will probably have to explain to my VISA card issuer to cancel the transaction due to non-delivery.
I could write off the whole thing as a donation, but that wasn't the deal, and nothing pisses me off more than someone unilaterally altering the deal, and I don't care whether the alteration is due to malice or incompetence. I donate a lot to charity. I will give someone the shirt off my back if they ask nicely, but if they try to take it away from me, I will probably kill them.
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Well, yeah. That's because, at the mall, (1) it's a terrible picture, (2) there is no audio, (3) they have so much footage of everybody that nobody's going to find that shot of you with your finger up your nose, and (4) even if they do, they're not going to publish it because they want you to come BACK to the store, and don't want to get sued for big bucks for no good reason.
Contrast that with: (1) Maybe it's a really good picture. In any case, if you're talking to him, you're looking straight into the camera, and it's a close-up. (2) Maybe there's audio as well. Or maybe it's easy enough to read your lips, based on what he remembers about the conversation. (3) He can pick out the interesting (to him) footage, because he saw it all the first time. (4) If he's only a casual acquaintance, how well do I understand his motivations?
I don't know whether I personally prefer mall-surveillance or acquaintance-surveillance, but to assume that people who express a clear preference not to be surveilled by acquaintances don't "get it" shows an overarching hubris and lack of empathy that would make me hesitate to want to be near this guy, even if I would be OK with a different acquaintance videotaping me.
Did you replace the batteries in your smoke detector and in your sarcasm-ometer last fall?
Yes.
If you can't configure your editor to auto-convert tabs to spaces, and you can't find a different editor you can work with and you can't keep your hands of the tab key, then you can't work for me...
"If you are a longtime C++ programmer, you should also know that C++ and other statically typed / compiled languages are much easier to debug - not only are there more and better tools (e.g. source-level down to machine code debuggers) available, the compiler warnings and errors are *much* more informative compared to all common interpreted languages."
Umm, no.
I used to write lots of assembly language, lots of C, some C++. Device drivers, modem firmware, that sort of thing.
These days, I write stuff in three languages:
1) Python -- around 60%
2) Verilog -- around 40%
3) C -- under 5%
The only language I really get paid for writing (the end product) is Verilog. I use Python for everything possible. I even prototype my Verilog in Python and write my test cases in Python. I use a tiny bit of C if python is too slow. C is the new assembly language. C++ doesn't really fit into my world -- you seem to think it would be easier to debug C++ than Python, but for me, it doesn't work out that way in the slightest. And in the rare case where Python is too slow, I translate to C. Since I'm just optimizing inner loops, I don't bother with C++. Basically, the things that need to be optimized usually don't require that much abstraction. Nonetheless, I quite often cheat, and write my C code using Pyrex, so it still looks like Python.
Having said that, I can envision work environments where I would be using C++ in preference to Python. If the end product had a lot processing involved, and the team was using C++, I would probably consider C++ "good enough" for most tasks. I probably would write a lot of code initially in C++ rather than translate from another language. I probably would write test cases in C++ since I need to fire up the compiler to run the test anyway. But, where programmer time is more important than run time, and where I am not constrained by my choice of language, and where the final product is not C++, I won't use it, because the time-to-good-results which I can achieve with Python far outstrips that I can achieve with other languages.
Media whoring skills, no.
Calling bullshit on media manipulation and media whoring skills, yes.
We can agree to disagree, but to me, even this acknowledgment, which you have to dig deep to find, intimates that Linux is a little thing, and all the terribly hard work of adding it to a real OS was done by Stallman or under his direction.
Apache is a huge thing, which is often compiled using the Gnu toolchain, but uses a different license. Hence, not GNU/Apache.
The Gnu toolchain can be used on many operating systems. When I have to use Windows, I use cygwin, which is compiled using the toolchain. But, of course, Windows is not under the GPL.
You're right, of course, that not everything released under the GPL is claimed by Stallman, but it is interesting that Linux, an OS which happens to be released under the GPL (something that he was going to get around to doing, but never quite got to), is claimed by him, publicly, repeatedly, contentiously, pointlessly.
And don't start on the Hurd. If it's so fantastic, what the hell does he need to claim Linux for?
If I hadn't already posted, and if I had mod-points, I'd do it myself.
But Stallman does seem to think he's directly responsible for any and all software which is released under the license. 25 years old my a**.
That's gNews to me.
Oh, wait, it's just Stallman pretending like he did it all himself again.
Yes. Don't.
I live in Texas, so here's mine:
Hon. Wallace B. Jefferson
Chief Justice
Supreme Court of Texas
P.O. Box 12248, Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
Dear Judge Jefferson:
Today it came to my attention that a group called the "National Center for State Courts", of which you are apparently a board member, has released a new comic book called the "Justice Case Files."
This book is full of legal inaccuracies and misrepresentation, claiming that internet file downloading is a state crime, punishable by years in prison, when in fact, this sort of copyright infringement is a federal civil matter.
I do not engage in copyright infringement; however, I am incensed at the malicious PR campaign undertaken by the RIAA and the MPAA, which apparently has co-opted this organization of which you are a board member. It makes the National Center for State Courts, and those associated with it, look foolish at best, mendacious at worst.
As I'm sure you are aware, rule 8.04(a)(3) of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct requires that "a lawyer shall not ... engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation," and comment 7 on this section additionally clarifies that "Lawyers holding public office assume legal responsibilities going beyond those of other citizens. A lawyer's abuse of public office can suggest an inability to fulfill the professional role of attorney. The same is true of abuse of positions of private trust. See Rules 8.04(a)(2), 8.04(a)(3), 8.04(b)."
Please take a look at this comic. If you find it as laughably erroneous as I think you will, please do the right thing and publicly disavow its publication and use your position on the board to try to stop it. Believe it or not, several hundred thousand influential internet users are watching this issue very closely.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Best regards,
Most state bars have requirements related to acting ethically. I wonder if those responsible for this pack of lies could be handled with a bar complaint?
It might not have a direct effect, but who knows?
Lock 'em up for their own safety, since they're obviously too dumb to live in the modern world unassisted.
DOL regulations apply to what employees DO, not what they are CALLED.
So, if a non-exempt employee works 60 hours one week and 20 the next, he effectively gets paid for an extra 10 (Time and a half for 20 of the 60 hours.)
So guess what? Most employers don't like paying extra for their employees' flexibility, so the flexibility disappears for non-exempt people...
I assumed that underclocking is required because the TP is being used to process a substance which is as "slow as shit."
They do their best to keep google from being able to inform you...
The GPL keeps you from making copies. The AGPL additionally keeps you from doing certain things with your copy, unless you hand over the source to your modifications.
However, it may not do this in a very well thought-out manner. Thought experiment: Party A modifies a AGPL package and ONLY gives a copy to party B. Party A's obligation is done, since they gave B both binary and source. Now, party B puts up a website using the AGPLed package. The AGPL requires someone who modifies a package to provide source to that package, but this obligation may not be a burden for either party A or B -- A didn't use the software on a website, and B didn't make any modifications...
As far as EULAs not being enforceable, the jury (or supreme court) is still out on this. Different districts have approached the problems with different results. See, e.g. Wikipedia's software licensing page.
I live in Texas. We use doors to keep heat OUT!
The way to a man's heart hangs directly below his stomach.
The judge is obviously a goofball, but the way the courts work, if something appears to be unopposed, it often gets through.
Viewed in that light, one of the main bad actors here is DynaDot. I think when this is all over, DynaDot will be very sorry they didn't fight this. I know I will never host a domain there.
This has nothing to do with Microsoft OR Intel. At home, I have used Linux since 99, and I haven't owned an Intel processor since the 386. Currently, I run Ubuntu on AMD boxes.
I ordered a laptop in December.
My credit card was billed December 17th.
I finally got curious, tried to track it. Get this message from the website: "We are working hard to ship all XO Laptops. If you are unable to track your laptop or have not received it, please contact OLPC Donor Services by calling 1-800-201-7144 for assistance"
I tried to call up. I was on hold for two hours, then had to leave.
I sent an email, explaining that I couldn't track it online or reach a human, and was curious when I could expect the laptop.
Received the following response:
Hello *******- Thank You for participating in our Give One Get One program.
I'm sorry that we did not keep our word and get the laptop to you by
January15th. We are working really hard to get that laptop out to you ASAP-
we're shipping laptops daily. Remember -you can track your order by going
to www.laptopgiving.org and clicking track your order- you then provide your
e-mail address as well as your reference number- you will then be provided
with a tracking number or a message. If you have any questions/concerns
call and speak to a representative 1(800) 201-7144. Thank You for your
patience.
OLPC
Donor Services
Now you can call this FUD all you want, but this a FACTUAL DESCRIPTION of MY interaction with the OLPC project. You only have so long to dispute a VISA transaction, so I want to make sure they have a record of my transaction on their end. I'm not getting that warm fuzzy, so after a couple of weeks, I will probably have to explain to my VISA card issuer to cancel the transaction due to non-delivery.
I could write off the whole thing as a donation, but that wasn't the deal, and nothing pisses me off more than someone unilaterally altering the deal, and I don't care whether the alteration is due to malice or incompetence. I donate a lot to charity. I will give someone the shirt off my back if they ask nicely, but if they try to take it away from me, I will probably kill them.
that you can wait on hold for 3 hours and still not talk to anybody.
How do you convince somebody of something if you can't communicate with them???????