Thats the problem. It's not the FSF, it's a member of the FSF blogging on their site. No one seems to get that. Look at the address: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/apple-challenge . That said, the blogger is completely insane.
There seems to be a lot more going on here than what we see.
The conspiracy side of me thinks that there's something fishy going on in the department. He found out and got fired because of it. Except he acted fast and hijacked the network. Hence why he only gave the password to the mayor...
Not only that, but OSS hasn't done all the disgusting things MS has.
OSS hasn't tried to sabotage the OLPC. MS has. (I am referring to MS's circling around behind and persuading governments to not get OLPC's XOs)
OSS hasn't harmed the environment by intentionally making an OS that wastes system resources so that people will have to get new hardware. Ms has. Notice that this further wastes money.
OSS hasn't used anticompetitive methods to slow down development in CS. Development that may have saved lives. MS has.
OSS doesn't take money from to use it which means that money can stay in, say, hospitals or poor countries.
OSS hasn't used a monopoly to force users to use an insecure OS. MS has.
The world would be a better place without MS.
Furthermore, the Gates charity isn't without its flaws. First of all, they wantonly invest in companies (including ones that do things contrary to their goals as rms points out). Secondly, although I can't find the Slashdot article, I seem to remember Gates porting his antitrust methodology to his charity...
I really don't think you can criticize rms for his comments. As I previously said, rms isn't without some backing for the things he says. Can we stop the rms bash fest now? Notice: I'm not attacking a person. I'm attacking MS and pointing out that what rms said isn't nearly as bad as everyone's making it out to be.
They can't make you pay. Once it's a inheritable factor they can't make you pay again (there'd be no way to get rid of it). They'd just make you pay a lot the first time...
I remember seeing a article about houses that controlled the lives of their inhabitants for them. It wouldn't work because people aren't willing to give up control.
It's one of the things I always think of when I hear `technological singularity': people won't be willing to give up control. They want to be the smartest. So they won't make machines that are smarter than them: they'll make themselves smarter.
Not only could basic arithmetic functions and memory be built in, but also internet connectivity and even interfacing with body-protecting nanobots (personal control side steps the privacy problems). They could be designed to pass on to offspring (sperm and ova carry them)(would be necessary because it makes them permanent and secure in the perception of the general world).
The implications would be massive. We'd probably see the disappearance of most other computers, decentralization (why live near by when we can VOIP in our heads?), longer lifespans, and many other things.
This is of course overlooking ethics. Should we really mess with our bodies like this?
I hope it's open. I also hope they add some of their other nice features to all their motherboards. It would be nice if they let you use a USB key for BIOS in case you mess up... Because if it's open people will fiddle with it...
Also, If they make it writable, you might be able to rig it to boot and then mount a separate/usr from your HDD. Combine this with other up coming technologies (SSD, DDR3, Quad-Cores, et cetera) you could have REALLY fast boot times.
Some of the above are ridiculous. For instance, the argument that the Earth is flat makes no sense seeing as the Bible says that it is a globe (although this requires going back to the original Hebrew where the same word is both globe, sphere, and circle). The aliens can't exist is based on the convoluted logic that: The Bible only mentions life on Earth --> We can't come up with a reason that God would create life elsewhere --> Ergo, life only exists on Earth.
It's paranoid but still worth discussing...
If you are right, than the scenario must be pretty good. Either microbial, non intelligent, et cetera or friendly. If it was really urgent they wouldn't have time for this sort of preparation.
If she didn't already know... He might not have to tell her. He posted this on Slashdot. News for Nerds. I wouldn't be surprised if she finds it herself. How many people could it be...
Signature: Salveque
(PS. Could a lawyer rework the above into something that they won't be able to use against it. This response is a great idea though, the 'personal attack' stuff is obviously directed, at least in part, at Slashdot and it's users.)
PATENTS do have maintenance fees. This is copyright.
This system is dangerous. As many people have pointed out it favors the powerful organizations. It will make open source impossible. A better system would be to make shorter copyright terms so that personal and private copyrights fall into the public domain at the same rate.
I'm not sure I understand.
A DC motor works through the simple mechanism of two electromagnets attracting and repelling a magnet. This causes the magnet to spin. After a half-turn the flow of electricity inverts causing it to go back the other way. Momentum causes it to go up the other side.
However, it's the MAGNET that moves. If one supplies an outside magnet the internal magnet should try to align with it, slowing it down when it's moving away but speeding it up when it's coming towards.
So unless he's alternating the filed some how (which wasn't in the article) this doesn't make sense.
Galileo Galilei was right and the Bible is wrong! No. The bible never states that the Earth is flat. Galileo was right but that doesn't mean that the Bible was wrong. The flat Earth belief was around before the Bible and was simply the belief at the time.
So it's perfectly okay for a Creationist to demand that he be allowed to give a speech at a biology department? It's perfectly okay for him/her to demand it. And if someone agrees to allow said Creationist than they have the right to go give the speech. Presumably, if their invited, they have a worthy contribution.
Like wise, the Pope might not be a Physics major but university's teach other things than physics like Theology which the Pope could be said to be an expert in.
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Thats the problem. It's not the FSF, it's a member of the FSF blogging on their site. No one seems to get that. Look at the address: http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/apple-challenge . That said, the blogger is completely insane.
I agree completely.
There seems to be a lot more going on here than what we see.
The conspiracy side of me thinks that there's something fishy going on in the department. He found out and got fired because of it. Except he acted fast and hijacked the network. Hence why he only gave the password to the mayor...
Not only that, but OSS hasn't done all the disgusting things MS has.
OSS hasn't tried to sabotage the OLPC. MS has. (I am referring to MS's circling around behind and persuading governments to not get OLPC's XOs)
OSS hasn't harmed the environment by intentionally making an OS that wastes system resources so that people will have to get new hardware. Ms has. Notice that this further wastes money.
OSS hasn't used anticompetitive methods to slow down development in CS. Development that may have saved lives. MS has.
OSS doesn't take money from to use it which means that money can stay in, say, hospitals or poor countries.
OSS hasn't used a monopoly to force users to use an insecure OS. MS has.
The world would be a better place without MS.
Furthermore, the Gates charity isn't without its flaws. First of all, they wantonly invest in companies (including ones that do things contrary to their goals as rms points out). Secondly, although I can't find the Slashdot article, I seem to remember Gates porting his antitrust methodology to his charity...
I really don't think you can criticize rms for his comments. As I previously said, rms isn't without some backing for the things he says. Can we stop the rms bash fest now? Notice: I'm not attacking a person. I'm attacking MS and pointing out that what rms said isn't nearly as bad as everyone's making it out to be.
Also, write Jim Prentice, the proponent of bill C-61, at Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca
They can't make you pay. Once it's a inheritable factor they can't make you pay again (there'd be no way to get rid of it). They'd just make you pay a lot the first time...
I remember seeing a article about houses that controlled the lives of their inhabitants for them. It wouldn't work because people aren't willing to give up control.
It's one of the things I always think of when I hear `technological singularity': people won't be willing to give up control. They want to be the smartest. So they won't make machines that are smarter than them: they'll make themselves smarter.
Not only could basic arithmetic functions and memory be built in, but also internet connectivity and even interfacing with body-protecting nanobots (personal control side steps the privacy problems). They could be designed to pass on to offspring (sperm and ova carry them)(would be necessary because it makes them permanent and secure in the perception of the general world).
The implications would be massive. We'd probably see the disappearance of most other computers, decentralization (why live near by when we can VOIP in our heads?), longer lifespans, and many other things.
This is of course overlooking ethics. Should we really mess with our bodies like this?
For the sake of having a place to dump ideas I'll post here.
The Noise stuff seems to suggest pointlessness. What if it's just a distraction?
I've been trying anagrams. There's lots of good tools on the net.
This isn't the rise of geekdom... It's the rise of pseudo-geekdom.
I'm not sure I'm disappointed... Microsoft has demonstrated its amazing ability to cause problems in everything they touch.
I hope it's open. I also hope they add some of their other nice features to all their motherboards. It would be nice if they let you use a USB key for BIOS in case you mess up... Because if it's open people will fiddle with it...
Also, If they make it writable, you might be able to rig it to boot and then mount a separate /usr from your HDD. Combine this with other up coming technologies (SSD, DDR3, Quad-Cores, et cetera) you could have REALLY fast boot times.
Some of the above are ridiculous. For instance, the argument that the Earth is flat makes no sense seeing as the Bible says that it is a globe (although this requires going back to the original Hebrew where the same word is both globe, sphere, and circle). The aliens can't exist is based on the convoluted logic that: The Bible only mentions life on Earth --> We can't come up with a reason that God would create life elsewhere --> Ergo, life only exists on Earth.
It's paranoid but still worth discussing... If you are right, than the scenario must be pretty good. Either microbial, non intelligent, et cetera or friendly. If it was really urgent they wouldn't have time for this sort of preparation.
Probably better than if I wasn't born at all...
If she didn't already know... He might not have to tell her. He posted this on Slashdot. News for Nerds. I wouldn't be surprised if she finds it herself. How many people could it be...
Signature: Salveque (PS. Could a lawyer rework the above into something that they won't be able to use against it. This response is a great idea though, the 'personal attack' stuff is obviously directed, at least in part, at Slashdot and it's users.)
PATENTS do have maintenance fees. This is copyright. This system is dangerous. As many people have pointed out it favors the powerful organizations. It will make open source impossible. A better system would be to make shorter copyright terms so that personal and private copyrights fall into the public domain at the same rate.
I'm not sure I understand. A DC motor works through the simple mechanism of two electromagnets attracting and repelling a magnet. This causes the magnet to spin. After a half-turn the flow of electricity inverts causing it to go back the other way. Momentum causes it to go up the other side. However, it's the MAGNET that moves. If one supplies an outside magnet the internal magnet should try to align with it, slowing it down when it's moving away but speeding it up when it's coming towards. So unless he's alternating the filed some how (which wasn't in the article) this doesn't make sense.