and I noticed the reference to this slashdot article at the bottom. Wow. That's fast.
This is because too many people, when using Wikipedia, fall into Data Hoarding Mode, accumulating as much information as possible. In the process, however, they miss the value of editorial discretion - the selection of that which is truly valuable and the elimination of the rest, which helps make the site more informative, even if less thoroughly exhaustive in its information, thanks to improved clarity.
For me this seems fairly similar to claiming that Doom, Quake and a number of other FPS games should not exist because they're clones of Wolf3D.
Yeah... if you've never played any of them. A tetris clone has identical gameplay in all respects
Well, not quite.
The official versions of Tetris have changed some of the rules over the years. Most Tetris clones are more like Tetris circa 1990, which is actually what a lot of the experienced players want.
The consequences, I'm afraid, of writing a legal document, if you want it to accomplish anything at all.
Not necessarily. The Sleepycat License is a lot like the new BSD license, except with a copyleft provision like the GPL's.
Right. The Sleepycat license does a fine job of conveying its intent. But the effect of a legal document isn't a function of its intent but rather by precisely what its text contains. Sleepycat doesn't define things like "The DB software" or what it means to "use" "The DB Software", what means of distributing the source code are acceptable, what constitutes "reasonable conditions" which may be imposed upon the software's distribution, etc.
A lot of time and effort has gone into making sure that the GPL not only conveys its intent, but does so in a way that can make the conditions of the license carry legal weight.
Just goes to show you the amazing lengths spoiled children will go to to get momma to give them another cookie! If they can't comply with the license it should be pulled and should never have been allowed in in the first place.
You totally lost me with your cookie analogy. Perhaps an analogy involving cars might work better?
I don't think anyone really expected this issue to be resolved in any way other than the removal of the app in question from the iTunes store. But even if something you hope for is unrealistic, there's nothing wrong with asking, you know? It's a long shot if you do ask, but it's a 0% chance if you don't ask.
If Chrome does this, then this is a flaw. Transparent clipboard modification should never be done, by any program.
A (much) better method would be to insert the protocol string when the user clicks on the URL bar.
I can't stand all this extra logic they've stuck into URL bars (and other text fields, for that matter) in the last ten years or so... It's a text entry field, it should act like one. It shouldn't select all when I click on it, it shouldn't try to guess where I want my selection to end, snap it to word boundaries or whatever... And the simplest, most straight-forward way of making the protocol selectable for copy/paste is just to have it in the URL bar in the first place.
I had to strip someone of their geek cred the other day (they had never seen the Original Trilogy nor knew what it was when I referenced it (and you lose points if you don't get that without more help)).
only the authors said many times in public, at comicon, during interviews that there WOULD be scientific explainations, that it would add up. They sure found a way to add things up : 0 + 0 * 0 = 0 nothing happened, ever. Nothing to prove, or explain. (yeah, I'm pissed off)
Why do I refuse to see the new Star Trek, despite loving all things Star Trek?
That question contains its own answer.
One tired old meme deserves another...
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That word, I do not think it means what you think it means...
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In short, J J Abrams is a bit of a tool.
<cough>STARTREK... Guh... goddamn pollen...
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How can you worry about the Earth melting when the entire Solar System is going to be wiped out by Sirus A exploding in a supernova?
Man, get your priorities straight. We need to develop interstellar propulsion just to save the species!
I got a message on my voicemail about some kind of public works hearing over an eminent domain issue. Said something about papers being on file on Alpha Centauri... Do you think that's important? I'm going to be out this week, maybe I could look into it when I get back on Friday...
It's like Lost.... in -space-...
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I have no idea what Lost is. Should I feel bad about that?
The shitty TV show by the war criminal who made the most recent shitty Star Trek movie...
(I was going to say "the shitty Star Trek movie", but, I mean, come on...)
Slashdot Mirror
I just checked out this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tetris_Company
and I noticed the reference to this slashdot article at the bottom.
Wow. That's fast.
This is because too many people, when using Wikipedia, fall into Data Hoarding Mode, accumulating as much information as possible. In the process, however, they miss the value of editorial discretion - the selection of that which is truly valuable and the elimination of the rest, which helps make the site more informative, even if less thoroughly exhaustive in its information, thanks to improved clarity.
For me this seems fairly similar to claiming that Doom, Quake and a number of other FPS games should not exist because they're clones of Wolf3D.
Yeah... if you've never played any of them. A tetris clone has identical gameplay in all respects
Well, not quite.
The official versions of Tetris have changed some of the rules over the years. Most Tetris clones are more like Tetris circa 1990, which is actually what a lot of the experienced players want.
How does this effect people who already bought the game?
I think you're missing a noun there. What is being "peopled"? "nations" who already bought the game?
I thought that was 'Harold.' In either event, it explains the 'H' in 'Jesus H. Christ.'
Man, where did that H come from, anyway?
It's not about the bully, dumbass. It's about the asshole who's paying the bully $1 a time for every kid punched.
That kid's rich, though. His parents give him like $200 a week for allowance.
"Google actually has permission from Namco, the owners of Pac-man, for a permanent Google/Pac-man logo/diversion :)"
No kidding! Best product-placement advertising deal EVER!
Yeah, got everybody to rush out to the arcades with a REAL big stack of quarters...
The consequences, I'm afraid, of writing a legal document, if you want it to accomplish anything at all.
Not necessarily. The Sleepycat License is a lot like the new BSD license, except with a copyleft provision like the GPL's.
Right. The Sleepycat license does a fine job of conveying its intent. But the effect of a legal document isn't a function of its intent but rather by precisely what its text contains. Sleepycat doesn't define things like "The DB software" or what it means to "use" "The DB Software", what means of distributing the source code are acceptable, what constitutes "reasonable conditions" which may be imposed upon the software's distribution, etc.
A lot of time and effort has gone into making sure that the GPL not only conveys its intent, but does so in a way that can make the conditions of the license carry legal weight.
Just goes to show you the amazing lengths spoiled children will go to to get momma to give them another cookie! If they can't comply with the license it should be pulled and should never have been allowed in in the first place.
You totally lost me with your cookie analogy. Perhaps an analogy involving cars might work better?
I don't think anyone really expected this issue to be resolved in any way other than the removal of the app in question from the iTunes store. But even if something you hope for is unrealistic, there's nothing wrong with asking, you know? It's a long shot if you do ask, but it's a 0% chance if you don't ask.
This says it all:
bukkit:~ bunky$ curl -s http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt |wc -l
339
bukkit:~ bunky$ cat new_bsd_license.txt |wc -l
8
The consequences, I'm afraid, of writing a legal document, if you want it to accomplish anything at all.
If Chrome does this, then this is a flaw. Transparent clipboard modification should never be done, by any program.
A (much) better method would be to insert the protocol string when the user clicks on the URL bar.
I can't stand all this extra logic they've stuck into URL bars (and other text fields, for that matter) in the last ten years or so... It's a text entry field, it should act like one. It shouldn't select all when I click on it, it shouldn't try to guess where I want my selection to end, snap it to word boundaries or whatever... And the simplest, most straight-forward way of making the protocol selectable for copy/paste is just to have it in the URL bar in the first place.
If I were you, I'd demand a full refund.
Ha, that'll learn ya! It is morally wrong to point out flaws in zero-cost software!
Well my "Hello world" program is on version 9001.
So, it's over 8000, then.
I'm just pissed that they put my password out in the open like that.
I know. I have that same combination on my luggage!
You had me at "laser chopsticks".
Interesting... How do you suppose laser chopsticks would compare to, say, a laser spanner, or a sonic screwdriver?
TFA doesn't seem to have any information on how General Alexander might be qualified for this position
He's very experienced and diligent in issuing "A/S/L?" queries.
I had to strip someone of their geek cred the other day (they had never seen the Original Trilogy nor knew what it was when I referenced it (and you lose points if you don't get that without more help)).
What, you mean The Oresteia?
Obviously you weren't paying any attention to the last season at all. It was all explained what/who the black smoke monster was.
Just a recolor of Scorpion with the speed ramped up...
and forgotten.
Damn, you gave it away. FORGOTTEN is to the spin-off...
I thought the follow-up to "LOST" was "KEEP IT TOGETHER"?
It reminded me of the Matrix, where the first movie was more sci-fi and the second and third were all a bunch of confused pseudo-religious nonsense.
Ahh, sorry - you've lost me. There was only ever one Matrix movie.
It was damn good, though! Sometimes I think they should have made sequels...
only the authors said many times in public, at comicon, during interviews that there WOULD be scientific explainations, that it would add up.
They sure found a way to add things up :
0 + 0 * 0 = 0
nothing happened, ever. Nothing to prove, or explain.
(yeah, I'm pissed off)
Or maybe it's more like this...
(1 + -1) + (1 + -1) + (1 + -1) ... = 1 + (-1 + 1) + (-1 + 1) + (-1 + 1)... = 1 + (1 + -1) + (1 + -1) + (1 + -1) ... ... = 0 - so...
(1 + -1) + (1 + -1) + (1 + -1)
0 = 1 + 0
Why do I refuse to see the new Star Trek, despite loving all things Star Trek?
That question contains its own answer.
WHOOOOSH
That word, I do not think it means what you think it means...
In short, J J Abrams is a bit of a tool.
<cough> STARTREK... Guh... goddamn pollen...
How can you worry about the Earth melting when the entire Solar System is going to be wiped out by Sirus A exploding in a supernova?
Man, get your priorities straight. We need to develop interstellar propulsion just to save the species!
I got a message on my voicemail about some kind of public works hearing over an eminent domain issue. Said something about papers being on file on Alpha Centauri... Do you think that's important? I'm going to be out this week, maybe I could look into it when I get back on Friday...
I have no idea what Lost is. Should I feel bad about that?
The shitty TV show by the war criminal who made the most recent shitty Star Trek movie...
(I was going to say "the shitty Star Trek movie", but, I mean, come on...)