You don't HAVE to do anything, you can simply fork the code and tell the FSF to get lost. When your superior version of GCC gains support everyone will use that instead.
It doesn't do all of c++ yet, it doesn't do i386, it doesn't do debugging on anything but OSX. You're a bit too quick to call LLVM superior when it's only benefits are theoretical or yet to be done.
The only thing that has made Apple contribute large resources to LLVM is because they don't want to use the GPLv3 in GCC which is why they're rushing to get LLVM as a workable replacement. That doesn't mean LLVM is bad however I don't believe Apple ever had good intentions to start out with.
The GPL exists to get another projects to change their license.
The GPL exists to stop people taking what someone else has written and not giving away the source code with the binary like the author intended. Anyone who has started a GPL project hasn't done it to convert anyone to their cause, they just want a way for their intentions to be enforced when it comes to the things they've created.
If you don't like that you can simply keep your changes private and not redistribute any GPL code. If you still don't like that then you don't have to use their code at all (hence why we have BSD in the first place).
This latest trend of GPL projects relicensing BSD code so the BSD project can't use the improvements makes me seethe those.
Why would this annoy you? You should be celebrating over the freedom the BSD license gives developers to allow such a thing.
Obviously the BSD license isn't for you because you don't believe in the freedoms that the BSD license grants developers. Perhaps you should consider updating the BSD license to better enforce your intentions when redistributing code rather then whining about it.
Wearing things on your face for 2 hours is a completely different matter to colour or stereo sound. It's also extra annoying if you already have to wear glasses anyway.
The only reason they're making everything 3D is so people can't cam it anyway, stop making it sound like it's some kind of breakthrough in technology when it only exists to charge you extra.
Why would you advocate wasting time and money on the effect (energy usage) rather than the problem (production of energy) . Simple fact of the matter is energy usage is going to get bigger and bigger regardless of how little we use it individually.
I searched around and the achievement of creating a low cost solar cell is great, but I couldn't find anywhere you can get them from. Since he's been doing this since 1991 (?) I'm guessing they'd have come to market by now.
One site I saw listed it as being 100W m2 but having a price to go along with it would be good for comparison with other solar cells.
They need to do all that regardless of knowing someone broke in. If their systems have been using the username admin with no password for many years then everything needs to be checked anyway.
I agree with you 100%. It doesn't matter what medical conditions he has, it doesn't matter WHY he was doing it, he hacked government servers.
That's the bottom line.
No he didn't The machines he accessed had no password. He logged in to foreign government servers that he shouldn't have accessed.
If the username/password is admin/password then it was only a matter of time until someone did this. Either way he shouldn't be extradited simply because Americans are too damn stupid to look after their own computers from a retarded script kiddy.
If the UK had prosecuted him there (which is what should have happened), then none of this would be necessary.
This isn't true. The US has been pushing hard to extradite him for years. They DON'T want him to go to jail in the UK which is what McKinnon WANTS. The guy would rather go to jail in the UK then one of your rape prisons for decades, what a surprise!
Since everyone on slashdot regularly complains that they don't have a choice in ISPs I doubt that'd be a problem and lets be honest, if a non-slashdot person got that kind of notification their first thought wouldn't be "i must change ISPs" it'd be either:
1 - Lie to the ISP, "yeah it's fixed"
2 - Panic and get their computer cleaned.
and what journal was this report submitted to anyway? Oh wait, none! They just made it up themselves with guestimate math. Slashdotters do this on a regular basis!
It's not even an independent report. It got signed off by the industry.
Replace drones with mages, ship with character and you've basically described every other MMO such as Warcraft Battlegrounds or even guild wars.
I know a lot of Eve fanboys modded you up but what I said still stands. The kind of skill you're talking about isn't flying a ship, it's communicating, assessing a situation and applying tactics which you have to do in every game.
To dumb it down it's basically world of warcraft but in space. What I mean by that is you're constantly button mashing while you watch your model ship circle around your target shooting at something. When eve players talk about "skill" they're talking about it in the same sense as WoW players do, knowing when to mash the right buttons and when to run away.
If you go in thinking this is a game of flying or shooting skill similar to elite prepare to be disappointed.
Yes, that doesn't make much difference though does it. Scanning on 11 different channels and driving at an average of 30 Mph what you going to get? Absolutely nothing interesting at all and if it is encrypted all you're going to get is junk.
Do you get pissed at people listening to your "private" conversation while walking by Mr double standards? No, didn't think so. I hope you come to realise how ridiculous you sound.
Google has a patent pending on the method they used to collect this data
They used code from a different project. Just because they have patented the technique (which is stupid in itself because of how novel it is) doesn't mean it's in anyway related to the data collection they've been doing.
Yeah, but that wasn't the GPs point which was an app that's activated by calling or sms. Obviously a device that it activated by some other means would work.
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You don't HAVE to do anything, you can simply fork the code and tell the FSF to get lost. When your superior version of GCC gains support everyone will use that instead.
It doesn't do all of c++ yet, it doesn't do i386, it doesn't do debugging on anything but OSX. You're a bit too quick to call LLVM superior when it's only benefits are theoretical or yet to be done.
The only thing that has made Apple contribute large resources to LLVM is because they don't want to use the GPLv3 in GCC which is why they're rushing to get LLVM as a workable replacement. That doesn't mean LLVM is bad however I don't believe Apple ever had good intentions to start out with.
The GPL exists to stop people taking what someone else has written and not giving away the source code with the binary like the author intended. Anyone who has started a GPL project hasn't done it to convert anyone to their cause, they just want a way for their intentions to be enforced when it comes to the things they've created.
If you don't like that you can simply keep your changes private and not redistribute any GPL code. If you still don't like that then you don't have to use their code at all (hence why we have BSD in the first place).
Why would this annoy you? You should be celebrating over the freedom the BSD license gives developers to allow such a thing.
Obviously the BSD license isn't for you because you don't believe in the freedoms that the BSD license grants developers. Perhaps you should consider updating the BSD license to better enforce your intentions when redistributing code rather then whining about it.
You mean the same Intel compiler that detects if you're using an AMD processor and intentionally de-optimises your code? Yeah 10% faster*
* As long as you're using an Intel processor to compile.
Well yeah, when it comes to advocating something over something else you can't do both... what was your point?
Wearing things on your face for 2 hours is a completely different matter to colour or stereo sound. It's also extra annoying if you already have to wear glasses anyway.
The only reason they're making everything 3D is so people can't cam it anyway, stop making it sound like it's some kind of breakthrough in technology when it only exists to charge you extra.
Why would you advocate wasting time and money on the effect (energy usage) rather than the problem (production of energy) . Simple fact of the matter is energy usage is going to get bigger and bigger regardless of how little we use it individually.
Have this guy's solar cells left the lab yet?
I searched around and the achievement of creating a low cost solar cell is great, but I couldn't find anywhere you can get them from. Since he's been doing this since 1991 (?) I'm guessing they'd have come to market by now.
One site I saw listed it as being 100W m2 but having a price to go along with it would be good for comparison with other solar cells.
I'm with you. It's the same as 3D movies which I also hate as does my girlfriend. It adds nothing to the experience, is annoying and just costs more.
They need to do all that regardless of knowing someone broke in. If their systems have been using the username admin with no password for many years then everything needs to be checked anyway.
Except no one ever gets extradited out of the US so I don't think anyone in the UK government would give a shit.
No he didn't The machines he accessed had no password. He logged in to foreign government servers that he shouldn't have accessed.
If the username/password is admin/password then it was only a matter of time until someone did this. Either way he shouldn't be extradited simply because Americans are too damn stupid to look after their own computers from a retarded script kiddy.
This isn't true. The US has been pushing hard to extradite him for years. They DON'T want him to go to jail in the UK which is what McKinnon WANTS. The guy would rather go to jail in the UK then one of your rape prisons for decades, what a surprise!
You're mistake is taking jobs cock out your mouth long enough to talk. Why would you ever fucking what that "feature". The only moron is you mac fag.
This place has been in the news before after they tortured a kid to death. I'm sure the only thing these guys were thinking was "get the fuck away".
Since everyone on slashdot regularly complains that they don't have a choice in ISPs I doubt that'd be a problem and lets be honest, if a non-slashdot person got that kind of notification their first thought wouldn't be "i must change ISPs" it'd be either:
1 - Lie to the ISP, "yeah it's fixed"
2 - Panic and get their computer cleaned.
and what journal was this report submitted to anyway? Oh wait, none! They just made it up themselves with guestimate math. Slashdotters do this on a regular basis!
It's not even an independent report. It got signed off by the industry.
Not sure why you're moderated as flamebait, I was thinking the same thing.
Replace drones with mages, ship with character and you've basically described every other MMO such as Warcraft Battlegrounds or even guild wars.
I know a lot of Eve fanboys modded you up but what I said still stands. The kind of skill you're talking about isn't flying a ship, it's communicating, assessing a situation and applying tactics which you have to do in every game.
Oh man that's horrible. The ad takes up the whole screen. If I had a ton of apps that did that it'd really annoy the hell out of me.
To dumb it down it's basically world of warcraft but in space. What I mean by that is you're constantly button mashing while you watch your model ship circle around your target shooting at something. When eve players talk about "skill" they're talking about it in the same sense as WoW players do, knowing when to mash the right buttons and when to run away.
If you go in thinking this is a game of flying or shooting skill similar to elite prepare to be disappointed.
Yes, that doesn't make much difference though does it. Scanning on 11 different channels and driving at an average of 30 Mph what you going to get? Absolutely nothing interesting at all and if it is encrypted all you're going to get is junk.
Do you get pissed at people listening to your "private" conversation while walking by Mr double standards? No, didn't think so. I hope you come to realise how ridiculous you sound.
They used code from a different project. Just because they have patented the technique (which is stupid in itself because of how novel it is) doesn't mean it's in anyway related to the data collection they've been doing.
Yeah, but that wasn't the GPs point which was an app that's activated by calling or sms. Obviously a device that it activated by some other means would work.