I am pretty sure that limit is put in there by the hosting service so that other customer's websites who share the server with the article in question remain responsive. If you keep hitting refresh eventually you will get lucky (only 9 concurrent servings as you connect) and the page will load just fine.
I found it interesting in this graph in the article that, beginning around 2004, the popularity of Python closely follows the popularity of Delphi. Is this some kind of flaw in the methodology in how the data was collected, like too small a sample size (as Delphi has nothing to do with Python I think)? Or is there some overall pattern causing this? A few others are pretty close in some spots, too, in terms of first derivatives.
Note that the server isn't really/.ed at the time I am writing this, but is throttling itself based on limitations of the hosting account (says only 10 concurrent servings). If you keep trying (aka refreshing the browser) you will get the image I linked to above.
Actually, I would bet that this is exactly what those Scientology nuts wanted to happen. Thanks to the Fair Game policy, identified critics of the Scientology get harassed or may even "disappear". These things are happening right now. This is why you see people wearing masks at the Scientology protests.
Now this guy has been clearly identified. They now know his name and where he lives. Getting in trouble for some kind of "hate crime" thing is way better than having the cult of Scientology harassing you the rest of your life. Having the case thrown out isn't much of a victory at all.
This is trying to restrict distributing copyrighted material. This had nothing to do with free speech.
Actually, there is an important relationship here between copyright and free speech. There is one argument out there stating that current copyright laws are incompatible with democracy and free speech. Democracy, which relies heavily on free speech to function properly, requires that citizens be able to have private communication between each other, free to say whatever they want. However, to fully enforce copyright law as it is now, all communications must be monitored and searched for possible infringement, hence there can be no private communications.
This would be a weak argument and a fallacy here if I was saying that we have to choose either one or the other, that you can't have both at the same time. No, I would say that you can, but copyright law needs to be turned way, way down from where it is right now. The terms are ridiculously long, the restrictions are overly extensive, and the fines dangerously large. In the end, copyright is supposed to be serving the public, not individuals.
Agreed. The Ubuntu website is the amateurish one that breaks the rules. For example, it is fixed width and doesn't flow to fit the screen, and it fails validation (Debian's site passes validation and flows). I also feel it just isn't as functional as the simpler, cleaner Debian site.
However, I am a bit of a minimalist (use IceWM, Emacs (small by today's computing resources), play nethack, etc.), making me less likely to be interested in Ubuntu anyway (besides some other reasons).
information about myself (credit card number/ SSN)
Note that credit card numbers aren't that big of a deal. In the US at least, you are only responsible for the first $50 in fraudulent charges, so by transferring the number insecurely, such as over the phone as you said, you are risking at most $50. The good news is that if something does happen you will most likely (almost guaranteed) not even be charged that $50. Just be diligent with keeping an eye on your statements.
Debit card numbers are another thing, I believe (not sure). Careful with those.
is it too much to ask that we take away the free speech of people who are encouraging the killing of not only those men and women, but of ourselves and our friends?
With the first link, a chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged. --Judge Aareon Satie
This too will be shown to just be an approximation which doesn't actually reflect how the universe works. That's all physics is in the end. +0.99999997387120382 Insightful
So the universe isn't so complex after all: it simply runs on a Pentium.
Professors now how to prevent their students from reading certain material: you make it a required reading. The Morman church should have applied the same principle.
Pidgin can still send YouTube URLs through MSN if you (and the person at the other end) use something like Pidgin-Encryption. The reason is because they don't know what you are saying in the first place: end-to-end encryption.
Sadly this is the same reason we don't have a cpan-ish repository of Emacs extensions. It would be convenient to, within Emacs, be able to say something like
(repo-install "slime") (repo-update "erc")
And it would fetch those extensions and update/install them for you. However, RMS has stated that in doing that there would be potential for someone to make a non-free repository which would allow people to install non-free extensions too easily, so this sort of thing is discouraged. Someone could still set this up, but it would never be a part of the official Emacs code.
A default install of Ubuntu does not contain any non-free software
Actually, that's not quite true. The default install contains some non-free, look-but-don't-touch binary blobs, which is why gNewSense was created, which is Ubuntu with those non-free components removed.
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Can't you read? He wasn't eating his hands. He was eating the Pringles cans.
There was no #3. Trust me.
Well, the top five languages in the TIOBE index shown on the page are,
I am pretty sure that limit is put in there by the hosting service so that other customer's websites who share the server with the article in question remain responsive. If you keep hitting refresh eventually you will get lucky (only 9 concurrent servings as you connect) and the page will load just fine.
I found it interesting in this graph in the article that, beginning around 2004, the popularity of Python closely follows the popularity of Delphi. Is this some kind of flaw in the methodology in how the data was collected, like too small a sample size (as Delphi has nothing to do with Python I think)? Or is there some overall pattern causing this? A few others are pretty close in some spots, too, in terms of first derivatives.
Note that the server isn't really /.ed at the time I am writing this, but is throttling itself based on limitations of the hosting account (says only 10 concurrent servings). If you keep trying (aka refreshing the browser) you will get the image I linked to above.
Actually, I would bet that this is exactly what those Scientology nuts wanted to happen. Thanks to the Fair Game policy, identified critics of the Scientology get harassed or may even "disappear". These things are happening right now. This is why you see people wearing masks at the Scientology protests.
Now this guy has been clearly identified. They now know his name and where he lives. Getting in trouble for some kind of "hate crime" thing is way better than having the cult of Scientology harassing you the rest of your life. Having the case thrown out isn't much of a victory at all.
Actually, there is an important relationship here between copyright and free speech. There is one argument out there stating that current copyright laws are incompatible with democracy and free speech. Democracy, which relies heavily on free speech to function properly, requires that citizens be able to have private communication between each other, free to say whatever they want. However, to fully enforce copyright law as it is now, all communications must be monitored and searched for possible infringement, hence there can be no private communications.
This would be a weak argument and a fallacy here if I was saying that we have to choose either one or the other, that you can't have both at the same time. No, I would say that you can, but copyright law needs to be turned way, way down from where it is right now. The terms are ridiculously long, the restrictions are overly extensive, and the fines dangerously large. In the end, copyright is supposed to be serving the public, not individuals.
Agreed. The Ubuntu website is the amateurish one that breaks the rules. For example, it is fixed width and doesn't flow to fit the screen, and it fails validation (Debian's site passes validation and flows). I also feel it just isn't as functional as the simpler, cleaner Debian site.
However, I am a bit of a minimalist (use IceWM, Emacs (small by today's computing resources), play nethack, etc.), making me less likely to be interested in Ubuntu anyway (besides some other reasons).
Note that credit card numbers aren't that big of a deal. In the US at least, you are only responsible for the first $50 in fraudulent charges, so by transferring the number insecurely, such as over the phone as you said, you are risking at most $50. The good news is that if something does happen you will most likely (almost guaranteed) not even be charged that $50. Just be diligent with keeping an eye on your statements.
Debit card numbers are another thing, I believe (not sure). Careful with those.
Except if you are logging into some kind of news-for-nerds website, I guess. :-P
With the first link, a chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we are all damaged.
--Judge Aareon Satie
Good thing then that you don't need Flash to use and view videos on YouTube: Fast Video Downloader and, my favorite, youtube-dl.
As it happens to be, Google was also crazy about its profit too.
So the universe isn't so complex after all: it simply runs on a Pentium.
This may be a hint.
Or maybe China just plans to Rickroll its adversaries. Another strike against human rights for China!
Professors now how to prevent their students from reading certain material: you make it a required reading. The Morman church should have applied the same principle.
Pidgin can still send YouTube URLs through MSN if you (and the person at the other end) use something like Pidgin-Encryption. The reason is because they don't know what you are saying in the first place: end-to-end encryption.
It looks like some clueless person with mod points thought you were being serious.
I always found the BBC's Look Around You science series to be very informative.
I am glad we got that cleared up, though I am a bit dissapointed now.
Didn't they already put a satellite up without the optics? I believe it was called the Hubble something-or-other.
Sadly this is the same reason we don't have a cpan-ish repository of Emacs extensions. It would be convenient to, within Emacs, be able to say something like
And it would fetch those extensions and update/install them for you. However, RMS has stated that in doing that there would be potential for someone to make a non-free repository which would allow people to install non-free extensions too easily, so this sort of thing is discouraged. Someone could still set this up, but it would never be a part of the official Emacs code.
You forgot the last line, which is why you are confused:
Burma-ShaveActually, that's not quite true. The default install contains some non-free, look-but-don't-touch binary blobs, which is why gNewSense was created, which is Ubuntu with those non-free components removed.