In their five year investigation of voter fraud, the Bush Administration found 120 prosecutable offenses of voter fraud, out of millions and millions of votes cast. Organized voter fraud is a myth, but organized voter suppression is very real. Republicans know that the higher the turnout, the more likely it is that the Democrat will win. So, they like to spread things like this around to encourage voter suppression efforts Like this one in Ohio.
It was thought that the mineral oil on these PCs would eat at the Rubber seals or the contacts on the motherboard and cause the PC to fail over time. This isn't true. Here's a link to the year-after report on a oil-based PC that Puget Systems built: http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php#update3
The most important part:
"# There is no sign of weakening of rubber seals or PCB. We have found that prolonged exposure to mineral oil does not eat away at any components. However, you will notice in the pictures that the voltage module for the LED light has fallen down. That module was stuck in place with nothing more than a sticker -- it took 9 months for it to come down! We're amazed it stayed up that long, but definitely recommend you do not rely on stickers or tape to fasten anything. Zip ties will be more solid and long lasting."
The way that people are accustomed to using media is that they stick it in whatever player they have for playing it, and they are able to play it.
This is how it was in the olden days. If I had a VHS tape, I could take that tape and use it in any single VHS player, and I could expect it to play with no fuss. If I had a CD, I could take that CD and use it in any single CD player, and I could expect it to play with no fuss.
Today, I no longer can assume that. If I want to watch something on Blu-Ray disc, I have to make sure that my player supports whatever DRM scheme is on that disc (Like BD+). If I want to play the Penny Arcade game, I have to make sure that I am connected to the internet every time I want to play it (I know it's supposed to be a one-time only deal, but that doesn't seem to be the case for me.) If I want to play music that I downloaded from Itunes, I have to make sure my player is itunes compatible, etc. etc.
The bottom line is, I no longer have the ability to use the media I own in the way I am accustomed to. I am no longer able to play it the way I want, and in many cases, I am no longer able to resell the media. That is loss of control.
DRM takes control of the product away from the consumer and put it in the hands of the media owner. When you buy any DRM-encumbered media, you don't control that media. The way you use that media is determined by the content owner. Don't have an HDCP-compatible monitor? Well, I guess you can't view these discs in HD the way they were intended. Don't have a fairplay-compatible MP3 player? Tough, you can't listen to the music you bought and paid for.
The hilarious thing is that every single DRM scheme ever invented has been circumvented by pirates, and only legitimate, law-abiding consumers have to put up with this. Why buy media which is just going to impede your efforts to use it, when you can download it and play it any damn way you want to?
"Transmission is fully open source, with most code licensed under the GNU General Public License and with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License."
They were able to rip the ISOs off of the GameCube discs and then were able to play them by using an exploit in Phantasy star online with the broadband adapter. The discs took longer to load, sure, but you could still play pirated games.
Tell the people running the server to stop using Ventrilo, which costs money for the server edition, and start using Mumble, which is free. It's that simple. If it's a matter of it being hosted at a co-loco, then tell them to switch to a different host that runs mumble servers.
The GPL doesn't give you the freedom to restrict others' freedoms. If you redistribute GPL'd software, you have to give others the same freedoms that the authors gave you. It's that simple.
2. Do I have the ***Freedom*** to copy parts of GPL/LGPL free software into BSD-covered open-source software of FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD projects?
That's a matter of license incompatibility, which affects all free software. You couldn't copy Apache 2.0 licensed code into BSD-covered software, either. The best solution is to just ask the authors if they will license those particular snippets under the BSDL so that you can use it.
Microsoft would first have to get over its "Not Invented Here" syndrome. One of the things that has driven Microsoft to try and achieve domination over all things software is the belief that everything they shit out is GOLD, they can do it better than everyone else, and the other guys's stuff is crap and deserves to fail. They pretty much believe that they're the center of the computing universe.
Opening up and embracing FOSS would mean that other people are LOOKING AT and TOUCHING their code, submitting PATCHES, who do these people THINK they ARE?! This is high-quality Microsoft code, mister! Keep your grubby hands off of it! Oh god, I feel so unclean, the stink won't come off!!
Christ, stop posting this. The GPL provides the users the four freedoms. It ensures these freedoms are preserved by imposing the restriction that you must provide anyone else that you give the software the to same freedoms that were provided to you. It's not fucking about "freedom for the code".
That's the rumor goin' round, since the pictures of Jeff Bonwick (Guy in charge of ZFS) and Linus Torvalds havin' some beers together surfaced: relevent article
Not necessarily. He says that the disks were sealed for the past 15 years. If he also stored them in a cool, dry place, there's a good chance that the media is still good. I've recovered data from ~15 year old floppies that have been stored like this.
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In their five year investigation of voter fraud, the Bush Administration found 120 prosecutable offenses of voter fraud, out of millions and millions of votes cast. Organized voter fraud is a myth, but organized voter suppression is very real. Republicans know that the higher the turnout, the more likely it is that the Democrat will win. So, they like to spread things like this around to encourage voter suppression efforts Like this one in Ohio.
It was thought that the mineral oil on these PCs would eat at the Rubber seals or the contacts on the motherboard and cause the PC to fail over time. This isn't true. Here's a link to the year-after report on a oil-based PC that Puget Systems built: http://www.pugetsystems.com/submerged.php#update3
The most important part:
"# There is no sign of weakening of rubber seals or PCB. We have found that prolonged exposure to mineral oil does not eat away at any components. However, you will notice in the pictures that the voltage module for the LED light has fallen down. That module was stuck in place with nothing more than a sticker -- it took 9 months for it to come down! We're amazed it stayed up that long, but definitely recommend you do not rely on stickers or tape to fasten anything. Zip ties will be more solid and long lasting."
BSD would have only become unencumbered by proprietary code had not the GNU project bugged them about it. read here: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/03/24/bostic.html
The way that people are accustomed to using media is that they stick it in whatever player they have for playing it, and they are able to play it.
This is how it was in the olden days. If I had a VHS tape, I could take that tape and use it in any single VHS player, and I could expect it to play with no fuss. If I had a CD, I could take that CD and use it in any single CD player, and I could expect it to play with no fuss.
Today, I no longer can assume that. If I want to watch something on Blu-Ray disc, I have to make sure that my player supports whatever DRM scheme is on that disc (Like BD+). If I want to play the Penny Arcade game, I have to make sure that I am connected to the internet every time I want to play it (I know it's supposed to be a one-time only deal, but that doesn't seem to be the case for me.) If I want to play music that I downloaded from Itunes, I have to make sure my player is itunes compatible, etc. etc.
The bottom line is, I no longer have the ability to use the media I own in the way I am accustomed to. I am no longer able to play it the way I want, and in many cases, I am no longer able to resell the media. That is loss of control.
DRM takes control of the product away from the consumer and put it in the hands of the media owner. When you buy any DRM-encumbered media, you don't control that media. The way you use that media is determined by the content owner. Don't have an HDCP-compatible monitor? Well, I guess you can't view these discs in HD the way they were intended. Don't have a fairplay-compatible MP3 player? Tough, you can't listen to the music you bought and paid for. The hilarious thing is that every single DRM scheme ever invented has been circumvented by pirates, and only legitimate, law-abiding consumers have to put up with this. Why buy media which is just going to impede your efforts to use it, when you can download it and play it any damn way you want to?
It seriously hindered my enjoyment of the first game. Anytime I disconnected from the internet, it would not recognize my installation as legitimate.
No, this is false. The last patent doesn't expire til' 2017. http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/
If opera's devs are bawwwwwing about not getting enough face time on slashdot, maybe they should just free the source and be done with it.
"Transmission is fully open source, with most code licensed under the GNU General Public License and with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License."
They were able to rip the ISOs off of the GameCube discs and then were able to play them by using an exploit in Phantasy star online with the broadband adapter. The discs took longer to load, sure, but you could still play pirated games.
That was the entire fucking point of the GNU project in the first place!!
Tell the people running the server to stop using Ventrilo, which costs money for the server edition, and start using Mumble, which is free. It's that simple. If it's a matter of it being hosted at a co-loco, then tell them to switch to a different host that runs mumble servers.
The FOSS community is not your personal army of coders. We do not code solely so you can get rich off our labors.
2. Do I have the ***Freedom*** to copy parts of GPL/LGPL free software into BSD-covered open-source software of FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD projects?
That's a matter of license incompatibility, which affects all free software. You couldn't copy Apache 2.0 licensed code into BSD-covered software, either. The best solution is to just ask the authors if they will license those particular snippets under the BSDL so that you can use it.
Uh, wordpress seems to be doing pretty good, and it's GPL-licensed.
Microsoft would first have to get over its "Not Invented Here" syndrome. One of the things that has driven Microsoft to try and achieve domination over all things software is the belief that everything they shit out is GOLD, they can do it better than everyone else, and the other guys's stuff is crap and deserves to fail. They pretty much believe that they're the center of the computing universe. Opening up and embracing FOSS would mean that other people are LOOKING AT and TOUCHING their code, submitting PATCHES, who do these people THINK they ARE?! This is high-quality Microsoft code, mister! Keep your grubby hands off of it! Oh god, I feel so unclean, the stink won't come off!!
Whoops, apologies, I didn't look too closely to see who I was replying to.
BSD == Freedom for the Coder.
GPL == Freedom for the Code.
Christ, stop posting this. The GPL provides the users the four freedoms. It ensures these freedoms are preserved by imposing the restriction that you must provide anyone else that you give the software the to same freedoms that were provided to you. It's not fucking about "freedom for the code".That's the rumor goin' round, since the pictures of Jeff Bonwick (Guy in charge of ZFS) and Linus Torvalds havin' some beers together surfaced: relevent article
Not necessarily. He says that the disks were sealed for the past 15 years. If he also stored them in a cool, dry place, there's a good chance that the media is still good. I've recovered data from ~15 year old floppies that have been stored like this.
Where's the fucking sound clip?
Nope, perl was uncapitalized up until the first O'reilly books came out.
Who is this Sifu you're talking about, and where does he train?