I've done a search of my hard drive, and found that have 1000 copies of the GPL. Is that enough if I get audited, or do I need more that say I can use and distribute software in any manor I see fit as long as I contribute any changes to the community?
I see you are insightful by the moderation, so whatever I say will probably be for naught, but I'm going to say it anyway.
Not everyone with a brain in this world is a computer geek, or "lUSER". There are doctor's, lawyer's, nurse's, physicist's, and many other non-computer related specialists who look for easy to use programs and interfaces to communicate. AOL's interface is easy, intuitive, although a pain in the ass with the advertising. This is why, even though I run Linux for everything for games and AOL, that I still keep a dual boot system. Don't get me wrong, I love computers, programming, and hardware as well as the next person...but there is more to life than that.
Since when does./configure, make, and make install have no value for general users? Anybody can install optomized software for their system with no fuss.
Those grocery store devices have been around for a long time. I used one for inventory ordering in 1979...even transmitted the grocery order over the phone to the supplier.
Perhaps...but those consulting costs will be paid to mexican workers who will spend money in their country rather than having it siphoned off to a U.S. corporation.
Yes, that's the same dork next door who has been told that if his kids don't get computer experience, they won't have a very promising future too look forward to. So he goes out and drops some bucks that were most likely earmarked for next months electric bill on a $800 PC only to find out his modem gets fried the next week, or his monitor goes on the blink.
Here I thought you leased domain names, not bought them. The judge sounds pretty smart to me. The guy may be guilty of fraud, but definitely not theft.
for each user name on your box? I work for a non-profit hospital and it really irks me to think of all the cash going out to M$ because they use Windows when that money could be used for better equiptment.
I decided to become an RN and keep computers and programming as a hobby. I do use GAIM often to talk to friends, but I also meet new friends in chat rooms. There are many Doctors, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, etc who use computers without having the time to learn all the in's and out's of the operating system because they have other interests in life. As far as the service itself, using an ISP for $9.95 and connecting to AOL for $9.95 gives you 8 email addresses and close to 20mb of web space is you'd like to use it. You can change all but 2 of your identies at will. The total cost if very comparable to other premium ISP's.
Linux is an operating system akin to Unix first written by Linus Torvalds and worked on by thousands of programmers around the world. There are many different distro's available in all different flavors. I use it as my main OS, but has Win95 to talk to my friends on AOL, as do my kids. Partitions divide a large hard disk into smaller disks, so one can use multiple operating systems, or even back up data. With Linux, the drives are numbered HDA, HDB, etc...with the partions numbered HDA1, HDA2, etc. The kernel is the workhorse of the operating system. It's maintained by Linus, has regular snapshots available, and I'm looking forward to 2.40 "not test" being available in the near future.
After reading many of the decisions, most of them seem to make sense. Generally, if it is pretty obvious that someone has been sitting on domain names to sell them, use a name to redirect people to other sites, or if the respondant does not reply the decision goes to the complainant.
On the other hand, as in the Penguin.org decision, when the respondants show that they do have a valid interest in the domain they do prevail.
For those who did not read that dispute, Penquin.org is owned by a person whose nickname is Penquin, he likes penquins, and uses Linux.
That's why used bookstores are so fun to browse. There are a lot of old treasures to found there that can't be found anywhere else.
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Don't you use gcc precisely because it is compatable? My linux runs great on x86, and didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for my computer...lots of hardware easy to find hardware...great knowledge base for it...the instruction set really isn't that hard...little endian encoding makes it simple to convert between byte, word, dword, qword...etc. Hey, I'm all for breaking out of "boxes", that's why I use linux. But Linux makes sense because it allows you to be from proprietory commercial software. Apple locks you into their hardware, so I can't even see why any Linux user would consider it an option.
Another obvious problem with your plan is that with income tax, people are motivated to make more money, while with an expense tax they would motivated to buy less. Doesn't sound very productive.
Now AOL can bring all their benevolence to the whole internet. Everyone will be protected from whatever Steve Case deems to be obscene. And of course lets not forgot their wonderful proprietory protocals!
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This is truly funny...too bad no one will catch the reference until they scroll /. main page.
I've done a search of my hard drive, and found that have 1000 copies of the GPL. Is that enough if I get audited, or do I need more that say I can use and distribute software in any manor I see fit as long as I contribute any changes to the community?
I see you are insightful by the moderation, so whatever I say will probably be for naught, but I'm going to say it anyway. Not everyone with a brain in this world is a computer geek, or "lUSER". There are doctor's, lawyer's, nurse's, physicist's, and many other non-computer related specialists who look for easy to use programs and interfaces to communicate. AOL's interface is easy, intuitive, although a pain in the ass with the advertising. This is why, even though I run Linux for everything for games and AOL, that I still keep a dual boot system. Don't get me wrong, I love computers, programming, and hardware as well as the next person...but there is more to life than that.
...it will primarily replace Win32 sales with Linux sales. >>>and this is a bad thing???
Did I misunderstand the whole deal here? I thought all they wanted to do was charge for a service, not the package manager itself?
Really? There are no differences in performance in code compiled for a specific processor? Say a 386 versus a P3? Okay...you've convinced me.
Since when does ./configure, make, and make install have no value for general users? Anybody can install optomized software for their system with no fuss.
Those grocery store devices have been around for a long time. I used one for inventory ordering in 1979...even transmitted the grocery order over the phone to the supplier.
Perhaps...but those consulting costs will be paid to mexican workers who will spend money in their country rather than having it siphoned off to a U.S. corporation.
Sorry, couldn't resist
I've never clicked a {insert your favorite beer} ad on TV either...but I sure buy enough of it.
Maybe it's just me, but I remember it being a lot easier to find good information on the net before "free" information had to be paid for.
According to the system requirements, Mozilla requires a P233 or greater processor...so it must not be for everyone.
Yes, that's the same dork next door who has been told that if his kids don't get computer experience, they won't have a very promising future too look forward to. So he goes out and drops some bucks that were most likely earmarked for next months electric bill on a $800 PC only to find out his modem gets fried the next week, or his monitor goes on the blink.
Here I thought you leased domain names, not bought them. The judge sounds pretty smart to me. The guy may be guilty of fraud, but definitely not theft.
Sound, logical thinking!
Still, I think the RIAA will win this one. Making complete copies of copyrighted works and distributing them really can't be considered fair use.
The DeCSS case on the other hand should have the backing of everyone.
for each user name on your box? I work for a non-profit hospital and it really irks me to think of all the cash going out to M$ because they use Windows when that money could be used for better equiptment.
I decided to become an RN and keep computers and programming as a hobby. I do use GAIM often to talk to friends, but I also meet new friends in chat rooms. There are many Doctors, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, etc who use computers without having the time to learn all the in's and out's of the operating system because they have other interests in life. As far as the service itself, using an ISP for $9.95 and connecting to AOL for $9.95 gives you 8 email addresses and close to 20mb of web space is you'd like to use it. You can change all but 2 of your identies at will. The total cost if very comparable to other premium ISP's.
Linux is an operating system akin to Unix first written by Linus Torvalds and worked on by thousands of programmers around the world. There are many different distro's available in all different flavors. I use it as my main OS, but has Win95 to talk to my friends on AOL, as do my kids. Partitions divide a large hard disk into smaller disks, so one can use multiple operating systems, or even back up data. With Linux, the drives are numbered HDA, HDB, etc...with the partions numbered HDA1, HDA2, etc. The kernel is the workhorse of the operating system. It's maintained by Linus, has regular snapshots available, and I'm looking forward to 2.40 "not test" being available in the near future.
That is a good article, but dang hard to read over those @#$%#$* banner ads....sheeesh.
After reading many of the decisions, most of them seem to make sense. Generally, if it is pretty obvious that someone has been sitting on domain names to sell them, use a name to redirect people to other sites, or if the respondant does not reply the decision goes to the complainant. On the other hand, as in the Penguin.org decision, when the respondants show that they do have a valid interest in the domain they do prevail. For those who did not read that dispute, Penquin.org is owned by a person whose nickname is Penquin, he likes penquins, and uses Linux.
That's why used bookstores are so fun to browse. There are a lot of old treasures to found there that can't be found anywhere else.
Don't you use gcc precisely because it is compatable? My linux runs great on x86, and didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for my computer...lots of hardware easy to find hardware...great knowledge base for it...the instruction set really isn't that hard...little endian encoding makes it simple to convert between byte, word, dword, qword...etc. Hey, I'm all for breaking out of "boxes", that's why I use linux. But Linux makes sense because it allows you to be from proprietory commercial software. Apple locks you into their hardware, so I can't even see why any Linux user would consider it an option.
Another obvious problem with your plan is that with income tax, people are motivated to make more money, while with an expense tax they would motivated to buy less. Doesn't sound very productive.
Now AOL can bring all their benevolence to the whole internet. Everyone will be protected from whatever Steve Case deems to be obscene. And of course lets not forgot their wonderful proprietory protocals!