Great. That works for the 1% of people with the necessary knowledge and skills, or people with the motives and money to pay someone to do it (criminals). What about the other 21,510,000 non-criminal, non-/. reading Australians?
"A New Zealand court has allowed a plaintiff to serve papers on a defendant via Facebook, following a similar ruling from an Australian court last year. But as these rulings do not necessarily mean, as Facebook announced in a press release, that the courts have endorsed Facebook 'as a reliable, secure and private medium for communication.' The trend could lead to abuses if courts start taking 'Facebook service' too seriously." For more of the many words written by Bennett, hop on that curiously named link right below.
A New Zealand court has ruled that a plaintiff can serve papers on a defendant via a message sent to their Facebook account. Last December, an Australian court ruled that a company could serve papers on a couple after failed attempts to reach them by regular mail and e-mail. Facebook responded to the ruling with a statement that said, 'We're pleased to see the Australian court validate Facebook as a reliable, secure and private medium for communication.
I encourage you to not turn off your brain to astrology, Feng Shui, crystal power, and other crap. Instead, test it formally, with double blinds...
It's been done. No reason to waste scientific minds "measuring" a dead horse. On the bright side, cognitive psychology has informed us about the mechanisms behind the superstitions you mentioned above.
Fair Use, by definition, doesn't require a licence. Of course, using CC-BY-SA is a much safer and more productive way of going about this type of thing.
Funny... I bought a DVD player from BestBuy last boxing day. The employee told me he has the same model and it played every DivX file he has downloaded.
From Wikipedia... Parchive (a contraction of parity archive volume set) is an open source software project that emerged in 2001 to develop a parity file format, as conceived by Tobias Rieper and Stefan Wehlus:.[1] These parity files use a forward error correction-style system that can be used to perform data verification, and allow recovery when data is lost or corrupted.
Nvidia's GPU also has VDPAU which means that the GPU can do nearly all of the work decoding video, even HD x.264. So pair it with a weak little power-efficient cpu and you have an excellent video player. Intel can't do that.
You payed for that copy. It's just that you had it tacked on to your tuition regardless of whether you used it or not. A portion of my tuition goes to Microsoft for XP licensing, even though I purely work on a Linux workstation.
That and varsity sports. No, I'm not bitter at all...
Natural selection works to increase the fitness of the average individual in a population sure, but Evolution also includes cases where the average fitness level can go down. Consider, for instance, the founder effect.
In a no-copyright world, you wouldn't be able to make my product and make it proprietary -so, no, it doesn't sound more like the BSD.
In a no-copyright world I could take leaked or decompiled OSX code, modify it and redistribute it (just like I can do currently with any Linux distribution).
The distinction between closed and open source is really just an issue of trade secrets once you get rid of copyright.
That's precisely why tree farming is an epic waste of land. It consumes vast land area that could be growing food, or existing as real forests (much of it is poor farm land), protecting biodiversity and our natural heritage. Anything that reduces our dependence on filling landfills with rotting cellulose is a positive in my book.
Which is why closed is also more of a gamble for the developers themselves. If it had been Open Source, the developers could simply move to any company interested in continuing to use the technology.
Security updates are about the same on either system. I have only really felt the need to upgrade Firefox and OpenSSH on my workstation for security reasons. I have never "patched" either, apt works fine.
In fact, most people don't really need OpenSSH (and I don't really need it). So, were left with Firefox, and plenty of people run older versions of Firefox without issue -so, yes, I could set up a workstation to be left alone for years without administration. No need to "sit in the basement hacking source" just to get some work done.
But, everything you mentioned is just improved versions of technology that was around then. Sure, it was too expensive for the average consumer, but everything from computer networks to robotics to GPS was around in 1989. I could do everything you can do on your iPhone, it just required a computer, a TV, a VCR, etc...
Microsoft can only force you to pay royalties if you sell the card preformatted
That would only apply to the cards themselves. In this case, the unit *reads* a flash card, so it has it's own embedded OS and vFAT drivers. The same would go for any device that accepts flash cards.
That cant be right, 2 years old?? I fail to see how a pre-reading, pre-counting>10 child can install an operating system. He'd be more likely to take the CD and smash it with his toy cars.
Except that installing and configuring Linux is a one-time cost (which can be repeated if desired, when desired). Dealing with malware is a recurring cost and is unpredictable. I could go years on my Linux workstation without doing any administration at all (if I wanted to).
Some of us love our kids, not because some divine entity told us we must, but simply because we love our kids. Anyone that says loving one's children is conditional on a belief in God is a fool or a lier.
Because the models can be made better?? When the models can predict sea level rise to the nearest mm in each region of the globe, the exact quantity of ice during the winter of 2094, or the new ocean currents after a 3 degree rise in average temperature, there will still be improvements that can be made.
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Great. That works for the 1% of people with the necessary knowledge and skills, or people with the motives and money to pay someone to do it (criminals). What about the other 21,510,000 non-criminal, non-/. reading Australians?
the laws about copyright infringement here were passed by a popularly elected, semi-almost-functioning legislature.
..who were receiving millions in campaign donations from the "music" industry.
Money that is a requisite for running a successful campaign in the current system.
Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes
"A New Zealand court has allowed a plaintiff to serve papers on a defendant via Facebook, following a similar ruling from an Australian court last year. But as these rulings do not necessarily mean, as Facebook announced in a press release, that the courts have endorsed Facebook 'as a reliable, secure and private medium for communication.' The trend could lead to abuses if courts start taking 'Facebook service' too seriously." For more of the many words written by Bennett, hop on that curiously named link right below.
A New Zealand court has ruled that a plaintiff can serve papers on a defendant via a message sent to their Facebook account. Last December, an Australian court ruled that a company could serve papers on a couple after failed attempts to reach them by regular mail and e-mail. Facebook responded to the ruling with a statement that said, 'We're pleased to see the Australian court validate Facebook as a reliable, secure and private medium for communication.
huh?
I encourage you to not turn off your brain to astrology, Feng Shui, crystal power, and other crap. Instead, test it formally, with double blinds...
It's been done. No reason to waste scientific minds "measuring" a dead horse. On the bright side, cognitive psychology has informed us about the mechanisms behind the superstitions you mentioned above.
Fair Use, by definition, doesn't require a licence. Of course, using CC-BY-SA is a much safer and more productive way of going about this type of thing.
It's the new Email. ISPs get you to use their VOIP service, then when you decide to switch ISPs you have to change your phone number.
Funny... I bought a DVD player from BestBuy last boxing day. The employee told me he has the same model and it played every DivX file he has downloaded.
Parchive
From Wikipedia...
Parchive (a contraction of parity archive volume set) is an open source software project that emerged in 2001 to develop a parity file format, as conceived by Tobias Rieper and Stefan Wehlus:.[1] These parity files use a forward error correction-style system that can be used to perform data verification, and allow recovery when data is lost or corrupted.
the Station will surpass Venus as the brightest object in the night sky,
Is the sun so obvious that they don't even see it?
Ummm... Since when is the sun in the *night* sky??
Firefox profiles are great for that.
Nvidia's GPU also has VDPAU which means that the GPU can do nearly all of the work decoding video, even HD x.264. So pair it with a weak little power-efficient cpu and you have an excellent video player. Intel can't do that.
*I got a free student copy, which was...
You payed for that copy. It's just that you had it tacked on to your tuition regardless of whether you used it or not. A portion of my tuition goes to Microsoft for XP licensing, even though I purely work on a Linux workstation.
That and varsity sports. No, I'm not bitter at all...
Natural selection works to increase the fitness of the average individual in a population sure, but Evolution also includes cases where the average fitness level can go down. Consider, for instance, the founder effect.
In a no-copyright world, you wouldn't be able to make my product and make it proprietary -so, no, it doesn't sound more like the BSD.
In a no-copyright world I could take leaked or decompiled OSX code, modify it and redistribute it (just like I can do currently with any Linux distribution).
The distinction between closed and open source is really just an issue of trade secrets once you get rid of copyright.
That's precisely why tree farming is an epic waste of land. It consumes vast land area that could be growing food, or existing as real forests (much of it is poor farm land), protecting biodiversity and our natural heritage. Anything that reduces our dependence on filling landfills with rotting cellulose is a positive in my book.
Which is why closed is also more of a gamble for the developers themselves. If it had been Open Source, the developers could simply move to any company interested in continuing to use the technology.
And if you have ever hiked in one of these "recovered" forests, you can marvel at the sterile, rows upon rows of mono-culture.
Tree farming is a horrible waste of land and anything that cuts down on the need for it is a plus.
Security updates are about the same on either system. I have only really felt the need to upgrade Firefox and OpenSSH on my workstation for security reasons. I have never "patched" either, apt works fine.
In fact, most people don't really need OpenSSH (and I don't really need it). So, were left with Firefox, and plenty of people run older versions of Firefox without issue -so, yes, I could set up a workstation to be left alone for years without administration. No need to "sit in the basement hacking source" just to get some work done.
But, everything you mentioned is just improved versions of technology that was around then. Sure, it was too expensive for the average consumer, but everything from computer networks to robotics to GPS was around in 1989. I could do everything you can do on your iPhone, it just required a computer, a TV, a VCR, etc...
Microsoft can only force you to pay royalties if you sell the card preformatted
That would only apply to the cards themselves. In this case, the unit *reads* a flash card, so it has it's own embedded OS and vFAT drivers. The same would go for any device that accepts flash cards.
That cant be right, 2 years old?? I fail to see how a pre-reading, pre-counting>10 child can install an operating system. He'd be more likely to take the CD and smash it with his toy cars.
Except that installing and configuring Linux is a one-time cost (which can be repeated if desired, when desired). Dealing with malware is a recurring cost and is unpredictable. I could go years on my Linux workstation without doing any administration at all (if I wanted to).
Some of us love our kids, not because some divine entity told us we must, but simply because we love our kids. Anyone that says loving one's children is conditional on a belief in God is a fool or a lier.
In other words, the less concerned you are with ethics, the more jobs you can do. I'm not going to argue with that.
Because the models can be made better?? When the models can predict sea level rise to the nearest mm in each region of the globe, the exact quantity of ice during the winter of 2094, or the new ocean currents after a 3 degree rise in average temperature, there will still be improvements that can be made.