Just downloaded the VMWare image, and it booted to a usable state in < 20 seconds. That compares with around 90 seconds for a Knoppix ISO image to boot from the same VMWare console.
When there are some apps for Haiku, I'll definitely be installing it on my home machine as an alternative and something to play with.
Point 4 - yes, you have that right up until you distribute your work.
Point 5 - no - no matter what you say they can do, they can do what they like with the copies they have.
It is only copyright law that gives you an artificial right of distribution - so without a copyright law you certainly do not have the right to say what people can do with your creations once they have a copy.
Point 6 - no - all those rights are only artificially created by copyright law.
Point 7 - in reality, if you tell me I'm not allowed to make more copies of a copy of your work that I have acquired, then I'd just tell you to fuck off, and without a copyright law there's nothing you could do to stop me making as many copies as I pleased.
So don't try to assert that an artificial right granted by law is the same as the rights that you inherently have before the act of distribution has taken place - it just isn't.
The intrinsic value of a piece of music, or a novel, or a textbook is virtually nil in the absence of copyright, since anyone who is willing to make the effort can copy the work, and now that digital formats are commonplace the effort required to make a copy is neglegible.
It is only copyright that ensures that these works have value, by artificially restraining others from making copies.
And why don't you make a living for yourself instead of expecting to receive royalties for your parents' works?
You're a leech just as much as a P2P downloader, in that case.
Don't be silly. If I make something, I own it. No one has any rights to it unless and until I say so. Then, I decide how and when some or all of those rights are transferred, not you. Copyright didn't create those rights, it just recognizes and protects something that has always existed.
How wrong you are.
If you make somthing physical, then you own it. If you then sell the item, the new owner has the right to do whatever they wish with it within the applicable laws.
Copyright is fundamentally different - it adds to your existing property rights the right of distribution, allowing you to forbid those that purchase your goods from copying and selling the copies.
Thus it doesn't recognise and protect something that already exists, it creates a new, wholly artificial right.
That's why any proposed extension to copyright terms needs to be questioned - it is absurd that an artificial right should be extended without very good reasons, just as it is absurd that a 28 day detention without charge can be extended to 42 days without any good reason at all.
Copyright is essentially a restriction of the rights of the public to do as they wish with something they have bought, and as such it is a privilege granted to the original producer of a work that should obtain for the shortest possible period.
the people of Cuba are old enough to remember living in a free and democratic Cuba or have heard first hand stories about it.
Free and democratic?
Under Batista?
GTFO, moron - Cuba was neither free nor a democracy before the revolution, and the major factor in delaying democracy in Cuba has been the US embargo and the failure of successive US regimes to engage the Cubans diplomatically.
True, the linked Wiki does substantiate the idea that race is a valid categorisation.
But to jump from there to 'natural perdispositions... aptitude...' is not justified in the slightest - unless you ascribe behaviour 100% to nature rather than nurture.
It's tantamount to saying something like "niggers aren't interested in <job x> because they're not predisposed to it" and then following up with "and spics can't do <job y> because they just haven't got the aptitude", though you did hide that well in your pseudo-scientific verbiage, you racist twat.
Sorry - you've just brought to mind a quote from 'Brassed Off'. Mr Chuckles the clown is entertaining a group of kids in a church hall, but he's just about had enough. He comes out with:
So God was creating man. And his little assistant came up to him and he said: "Hey, we've got all these bodies left, but we're right out of brains, we're right out of hearts and we're right out of vocal chords." And God said: "Fuck it! Sew 'em up anyway. Smack smiles on the faces and make them talk out of their arses." And lo, God created the Tory Party.
Tha's got ta be kidding, lad - t'differentiation of culture didn't 'appen 'til t'Great Schism when Lancashire became separated from God's Own Land, and t'Pennines were erected as a barrier.
A lot of these cyclists are vegetarian communist types, and as everyone knows, the methane emissions of a vegetarian communist far exceed in their contribution to global warming the CO2 emissions of a regular SUV.
Now if we banned vegetarianism and cycling, the world would not only be far less malodorous, but cooler too.
Whether or not a statement is true, if you believe in its truth when you say it, you are not lying.
No, you're just deluded.
It's perfectly rational not to want your children taught delusions - semantics aside, a delusion that persists in the face of physical evidence to the contrary is in fact dishonest, and the use of the word 'lie' in this context is therefore perfectly reasonable.
It's the judges' interpretation of the law that is moving - and since the ultimate conclusion of a legal battle is down to the judges' discretion, 'fair use' is an increasingly important concept.
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Just downloaded the VMWare image, and it booted to a usable state in < 20 seconds. That compares with around 90 seconds for a Knoppix ISO image to boot from the same VMWare console.
When there are some apps for Haiku, I'll definitely be installing it on my home machine as an alternative and something to play with.
It was a joke, silly :o)
And yes, but not since about 1979 :o)
I know - total failure of the mods sarcasm detectors.
I'm used to it :o)
Points 1-3 - OK
Point 4 - yes, you have that right up until you distribute your work.
Point 5 - no - no matter what you say they can do, they can do what they like with the copies they have.
It is only copyright law that gives you an artificial right of distribution - so without a copyright law you certainly do not have the right to say what people can do with your creations once they have a copy.
Point 6 - no - all those rights are only artificially created by copyright law.
Point 7 - in reality, if you tell me I'm not allowed to make more copies of a copy of your work that I have acquired, then I'd just tell you to fuck off, and without a copyright law there's nothing you could do to stop me making as many copies as I pleased.
So don't try to assert that an artificial right granted by law is the same as the rights that you inherently have before the act of distribution has taken place - it just isn't.
No, copyright creates added value.
The intrinsic value of a piece of music, or a novel, or a textbook is virtually nil in the absence of copyright, since anyone who is willing to make the effort can copy the work, and now that digital formats are commonplace the effort required to make a copy is neglegible.
It is only copyright that ensures that these works have value, by artificially restraining others from making copies.
And why don't you make a living for yourself instead of expecting to receive royalties for your parents' works?
You're a leech just as much as a P2P downloader, in that case.
How wrong you are.
If you make somthing physical, then you own it. If you then sell the item, the new owner has the right to do whatever they wish with it within the applicable laws.
Copyright is fundamentally different - it adds to your existing property rights the right of distribution, allowing you to forbid those that purchase your goods from copying and selling the copies.
Thus it doesn't recognise and protect something that already exists, it creates a new, wholly artificial right.
That's why any proposed extension to copyright terms needs to be questioned - it is absurd that an artificial right should be extended without very good reasons, just as it is absurd that a 28 day detention without charge can be extended to 42 days without any good reason at all.
Copyright is essentially a restriction of the rights of the public to do as they wish with something they have bought, and as such it is a privilege granted to the original producer of a work that should obtain for the shortest possible period.
Ah, but COBOL's an art (a black art, but still...)
Bugger - Holiday in the Sun was the first single I bought!
I've just come over all 70's thanks to you :o)
Free and democratic?
Under Batista?
GTFO, moron - Cuba was neither free nor a democracy before the revolution, and the major factor in delaying democracy in Cuba has been the US embargo and the failure of successive US regimes to engage the Cubans diplomatically.
I'd not visited TimeCube for a few years, so I thought I'd follow your link.
The guy's even more batshit insane than I rememebered!
Thanks for the grin that site brought to my face :o)
True, the linked Wiki does substantiate the idea that race is a valid categorisation.
But to jump from there to 'natural perdispositions ... aptitude ...' is not justified in the slightest - unless you ascribe behaviour 100% to nature rather than nurture.
It's tantamount to saying something like "niggers aren't interested in <job x> because they're not predisposed to it" and then following up with "and spics can't do <job y> because they just haven't got the aptitude", though you did hide that well in your pseudo-scientific verbiage, you racist twat.
Sorry - you've just brought to mind a quote from 'Brassed Off'. Mr Chuckles the clown is entertaining a group of kids in a church hall, but he's just about had enough. He comes out with:
So God was creating man. And his little assistant came up to him and he said: "Hey, we've got all these bodies left, but we're right out of brains, we're right out of hearts and we're right out of vocal chords." And God said: "Fuck it! Sew 'em up anyway. Smack smiles on the faces and make them talk out of their arses." And lo, God created the Tory Party.
Classic.
But there are around 300 of them, so there still aren't enough v4 addresses to go around...
Tha's got ta be kidding, lad - t'differentiation of culture didn't 'appen 'til t'Great Schism when Lancashire became separated from God's Own Land, and t'Pennines were erected as a barrier.
A real creator would program in...
Assembler!
A more subtle creator would program in...
Self-Assembler!
Guess which one is more likely :o)
I call BS.
A lot of these cyclists are vegetarian communist types, and as everyone knows, the methane emissions of a vegetarian communist far exceed in their contribution to global warming the CO2 emissions of a regular SUV.
Now if we banned vegetarianism and cycling, the world would not only be far less malodorous, but cooler too.
If he drives a Hummer, it's probably karma dogging.
Assoline?
Er...
You do realise that the Tamils are (in the vast majority) Hindus, don't you?
It's the Sinhalese Buddhists that are the Government in Sri Lanka - surely the goverment aren't terrorists?
LOL - I was considering a G&S reference, but thought it too obtuse :o)
Culver's more Pooh-Bah material than Major-General Stanley, though...
No, you're just deluded.
It's perfectly rational not to want your children taught delusions - semantics aside, a delusion that persists in the face of physical evidence to the contrary is in fact dishonest, and the use of the word 'lie' in this context is therefore perfectly reasonable.
But ID isn't a theory - it's a smokescreen for fundie creationists.
That, I think, is the point GP was making.
If you've go an available head of water, you can use a hydraulic ram pump to keep a reservior full, and use a turbine to generate your electricity.
It's a handy way of using gravity, and is essentially free (you're using the power of the water that would flow downhill anyway).
Look - Culver's read some books, so he's special, and not to be trifled with in matters metaphysical.
Just ignore him - it's better for the temper :o)
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