I agree with you entirely up to this quote. People absolutely do have the fundamental right to lie, it comes with freedom of speech.
Their lies get no protection, they have no right to stop anyone from pointing out their lies, there is no protection from consequences of people finding out, it's not allowed when you're under oath, it's a bad habit, et cetera, but lying itself is a right and something every human does.
One of the difficulties with the EU constitution is of course that it's not even clear we want one.
Even a perfectly written constitution could fail simply because a significant part of the population does not want their own country to disappear into a EU superstate.
Use the GPL if you have strong philosophical objections to the basic idea of intellectual property.
I don't get this. Without intellectual property (read: without copyright law), it would be like everything was BSD licensed. The GPL relies entirely on copyright law to do its trick.
I've seen a bunch of projects that chose to go with the BSD style licence and it's bit them in the ass. People are using their code left and right, but hardly anyone is contributing back since they don't have to. [...] As long as there are human beings involved, there's going to be people taking advantage of you.
I don't get this. Surely he wanted everyone to use his code, without any further obligations? Since that's exactly the point of the license he used? How can you call that "biting him in the ass", or "taking advantage of"?
BSD is clearly too loose, if you don't want people to keep their changes for themselves. But well, duh, don't use that license then. Most people in the BSD projects are perfectly happy if there code is used somewhere, regardless of ever seeing anything back (or so I've heard - I'm a Linux weenie).
Anyway, in between GPL and BSD license, there's always the LGPL.
Of course the caller can switch. I pay a fixed rate when calling to other people's mobiles, set by my provider, regardless of the provider the callee is with. Providers compete on this.
The only thing is that I have three different rates to pay - to fixed phones, to mobile phones of the same provider as I, and to other mobiles.
TROLLED. YOU WERE TROLLED. holy shit this is frustrating. stop modding this guy up people.
His comment isn't a troll, it's something that's sort of on topic and interesting (look at all the serious replies). I suspect the average actual Theo de Raadt post is more of a troll than this one...
It's a program that has a collection of links to legal music to download; it starts off with a standard list of tracks, you can rate then, and then it tries to find tracks you might like by comparing your ratings to those of other users. So it's legal, based on what you like, and not recycled radio crap.
It's GPL and works on Linux, MacOS and Windows. Heck, it might even run on OpenBSD.
Actually, no, they don't. Take a look around you. Capitalism doesn't care a whit about what's "healthy for the consumer," but rather, "what's healthy for the shareholder."
No, about what's healthy for the CEO and friends, while still looking good to the shareholder.
Shaolin Soccer (english title) is rather extremely goofy too. Not the sucking US cut, but the Hong Kong original is great. Characters bursting into song at random unexpected moments, Matrix style special effects, soccer, a stupid love story, in Hong Kong martial arts style. Classic.
Which, of course, turns the equation on its head, as individuals who are content creators acquire whatever magic rights the entertainment industry chiefs presume are their exclusive domain.
Nah. Individuals can't pay for the lawyers that they can, it's not just the letter of the law that matters. Besides, being an individual content creator probably infringes on a bunch of patents they have.
Your post was the final straw for me. All those laws are imported to Europe, too.
I'm currently a code monkey, holding a master's in CS. Can't keep doing that forever, though. I just ordered a bunch of information for starting on a Law degree in my free time.
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I agree with you entirely up to this quote. People absolutely do have the fundamental right to lie, it comes with freedom of speech.
Their lies get no protection, they have no right to stop anyone from pointing out their lies, there is no protection from consequences of people finding out, it's not allowed when you're under oath, it's a bad habit, et cetera, but lying itself is a right and something every human does.
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And for all those naysayers who claim it can't be done because the sun is too hot - we'd only mine the sun AT NIGHT!
I would have been proud, if I hadn't spelled "their" as "there" on the next line... *bangs head on keyboard*
One of the difficulties with the EU constitution is of course that it's not even clear we want one.
Even a perfectly written constitution could fail simply because a significant part of the population does not want their own country to disappear into a EU superstate.
Use the GPL if you have strong philosophical objections to the basic idea of intellectual property.
I don't get this. Without intellectual property (read: without copyright law), it would be like everything was BSD licensed. The GPL relies entirely on copyright law to do its trick.
I've seen a bunch of projects that chose to go with the BSD style licence and it's bit them in the ass. People are using their code left and right, but hardly anyone is contributing back since they don't have to. [...] As long as there are human beings involved, there's going to be people taking advantage of you.
I don't get this. Surely he wanted everyone to use his code, without any further obligations? Since that's exactly the point of the license he used? How can you call that "biting him in the ass", or "taking advantage of"?
BSD is clearly too loose, if you don't want people to keep their changes for themselves. But well, duh, don't use that license then. Most people in the BSD projects are perfectly happy if there code is used somewhere, regardless of ever seeing anything back (or so I've heard - I'm a Linux weenie).
Anyway, in between GPL and BSD license, there's always the LGPL.
That's exactly what the link he gives in his submission explains, duh.
+10 nerd props for actually starting the Yahoo group you mention in a /. joke :-)
You mean Kurt Vonnegut . Strange error to make in a correction :-)
Don't forget that means New Line has closer to a billion. Really sounds like they need it...
Of course the caller can switch. I pay a fixed rate when calling to other people's mobiles, set by my provider, regardless of the provider the callee is with. Providers compete on this.
The only thing is that I have three different rates to pay - to fixed phones, to mobile phones of the same provider as I, and to other mobiles.
That's using a Telfort mobile in the Netherlands.
Still, why do it at all? If you use solar or hydro power to create six times as much energy as the ethanol produces, why not use that energy instead?
ARGH! this guy is Theo de Raabt
TROLLED. YOU WERE TROLLED. holy shit this is frustrating. stop modding this guy up people.
His comment isn't a troll, it's something that's sort of on topic and interesting (look at all the serious replies). I suspect the average actual Theo de Raadt post is more of a troll than this one...
Use iRATE.
It's a program that has a collection of links to legal music to download; it starts off with a standard list of tracks, you can rate then, and then it tries to find tracks you might like by comparing your ratings to those of other users. So it's legal, based on what you like, and not recycled radio crap.
It's GPL and works on Linux, MacOS and Windows. Heck, it might even run on OpenBSD.
Of course, e.g. http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~eva/nethack/ways_to _die.html.
Actually, no, they don't. Take a look around you. Capitalism doesn't care a whit about what's "healthy for the consumer," but rather, "what's healthy for the shareholder."
No, about what's healthy for the CEO and friends, while still looking good to the shareholder.
They'd suddenly be able to bittorrent all movies simultaneously.
Yeah, until someone tries to watch one, and then suddenly everybody has only that movie...
Shaolin Soccer (english title) is rather extremely goofy too. Not the sucking US cut, but the Hong Kong original is great. Characters bursting into song at random unexpected moments, Matrix style special effects, soccer, a stupid love story, in Hong Kong martial arts style. Classic.
And why couldn't they, if they really wanted to? If they dedicated themselves to actually doing it?
And why couldn't they fly, if they'd just jump up and stop actually falling down again?
Most people are completely unable to absolutely dedicate their entire life towards one random goal (that we weren't built for, like raising a child).
That sounds a bit high, but maybe mil chutes fall faster? (Perhaps it's the extra weight of the equipment.)
I would guess smaller parachute. You don't want to fall slowly, you're an easy target.
Which, of course, turns the equation on its head, as individuals who are content creators acquire whatever magic rights the entertainment industry chiefs presume are their exclusive domain.
Nah. Individuals can't pay for the lawyers that they can, it's not just the letter of the law that matters. Besides, being an individual content creator probably infringes on a bunch of patents they have.
Your post was the final straw for me. All those laws are imported to Europe, too.
I'm currently a code monkey, holding a master's in CS. Can't keep doing that forever, though. I just ordered a bunch of information for starting on a Law degree in my free time.
Too left handed to become a plumber.
He gets into hefty flame wars on the Linux kernel mailing list. Just not into random discussions about other projects in the media.
Customer: It's the XMSTWINX1024-4400C25PT. Finally!
Sales Clerk: No... I'm still not getting anything... Er, could you try it in a higher register?
Customer: What do you mean in a higher register?
Sales Clerk: What?
Customer (in a high-pitched voice): I wish to have one memory stick XMSTWINX1024-4400C25PT.
Sales Clerk: Ah! That's it, hang on a moment.
Luckily it isn't. Not breaking the law is required to stay clear of it (NOTE: parent was talking about people KNOWINGLY looking at illegal images.
Are you saying there is a law against looking at 'illegal' pictures?