Lol... The spellchecker guy mis-spelled his own spelling. The English grammar is a beast that contradict itself. Unlike programming, where the rule is constant, English grammar is a variable changing with time, location and context. Not very reliable I would say. As a tool, English fails.
Maybe the University could charge **AA's using the same Hollywood Accounting scheme. First they could make every student pay for the music tax each semester. Next the University can charge the **AA for overhead + installation + administration + server + stamp + bandwidth + maintenance + software + network. In the end, the University won't have to pay anything because they post a loss in sales.
University should restrict itself to Academic purpose and the propagation of knowledge. The only extra fees I pay are the medical and library fees. Any other fees that I could avoid (especially the ones that cannot block my degree), I would not pay. I don't particpate in any clubs either for that sake. I prefer making my own club thank you.
legal 256kbps+ DRM free music. That comes out to be $25/month,
Considering that I have spent LESS THAN $25 ON MUSIC all my life (25 years for the record). Charging $100 each semester on music is a real cutthroat. Who cares about your class postions. I measure people by their contributions: publications or codes.
I started bootlegging every single last piece of merchandise that you every produced and gave it away for free or at just cost? Your t-shirts, your stickers, your cds, everything.
No big deal... At least I could save a little bit on advertisement. Of course an official version will have a concert stamp on it.
How about I just take your latest source code and market it as my own?
You're welcome. Isn't that the whole point of having it GPL. I wouldn't mind you becoming a billionaire on my software, as long as you get the citation correct and redistribute the codes.
I happen to be of the opinion that copyright is a real property right
Our ancestors made the mistake of dividing the earth among themselves and created the division of poor and rich. Let's not make the same mistake again shall we.
Agreed... I yearn for the time when copyright is short and extending it requires parliament approval. Look at what James Watt have to do to obtain an extension for his steam engine:
From wikipedia:
An extension of the patent was successfully obtained (James Watt's Fire Engines Patent Act, 1775 (15 Geo 3 c. 61), which in those days required an Act of parliament.
That way we can be sure each extension is actually necessary and contributes to public good.
If the University is going bad on me, I would just remove all documentations and code it more archaic, remove all the indents and turn it into some resource eating monster. Even better if you can recode it into assembly, just to make sure nobody understood what you're doing. I always make it a policy to do misleading documentations whenever I was contracted to do an underpaid job.
Afterwards, I'll get whatever degree I deserve and make a new software with some new features, cleaner documentations etc.
You have chosen to live in a society and by extension have chosen to live by society's rules.
Oh.. really. But the internet has a different society (world) and in here BT is OK. Protecting ourselves from the people, laws and morality of the physical world is justifiable.
A meltdown is good, at least those ISP will start to upgrade their services. Those ISPs have been living on a free income for too long.
I think the first step is for Open Office to adopt Microsoft fonts. Those fonts are not free, but I think they can take care of it with enough donations. That will take care most of the using MS office on Linux.
Second is the Audio. I have no comments on this one.
last is convincing those game makers to make Linux version of their games. Distros can make a joint venture somehow to smoothen the process.
When MS last had an OS flop, they followed it up with their most successful OS ever
That was when Gates is CEO. Ballmer only know how to throw chairs. I'm sure Gates is funneling his money out of Microsoft at this moment. The next Windows 7 will be the epic fail and we can all say bye2 to XP and Vista software updates forever.
Either that, or DOJ gets a new idea on how to break Microsoft.
Nobody forces you to use anything if you're really hungry. You can use the knive (sharpen it a little dude) to kill some livestock, stew them up, then eat.
No need to use the spoon that has limited use, and restrict you from eating anything else other than soup. No wonder you're hungry all this while
You can easily convert it to pdf and is accesible on all platform. It is better at writing equations and you can easily change the article format, layout etc. Anything more ambitious than writing a letter your mom ought to use latex.
It's not all bad, since it forces pupils to focus on principles (Feynman-style) but it can easily give a totally wrong impression of what science is really like.
That is certainly not Feynman. Feynman did say shut up and calculate. He did promote better understanding of principles but not at the expense of rigor.
If you asked me, CS is one of those new degrees that should have never existed in the first place.
Is complex differentiation that hard for you?? You should have tried tensors. To make it more fun, let's do it in de-sitter space.
If you can't find the libraries to solve a problem, eventually you have to develop your own. If your basics is merely pasable, expect hell. But my expectation is that you will give up before you even started.
I beg to differ. How many of us learnt to program games or did science experiments because they were fun? And how many students do you think will pay more attention in class if they are enjoying the work?
Agreed. My only advice is that the teachers should not even try to make it fun. Nor should the textbook makers or anyone else try for that matter. Let the students discover it themselves. As far as I can remember, the only thing fun or exciting is when the teacher issued a challenge or quiz. Most of the fun I make is on deriving all those stuff they ask you to memorize.
Most people forget that teachers are supposed to be just a guide. You should learn everything by yourself and ask for help only when you're stuck.
I don't know what kind of math you do but without the insticts you developed on numerical questions, it is very hard to do math. I do agree however that the current application of numerical questions is an overkill. The emphasize on the abstract part of math is severely lacking.
A computer is great as a helper. It really speeds up the calculation especially when your only objective is the answer. Knowing how to solve it mathematically however is the one that will increase your original publications. Computer don't have creative process, programming teaches some creative thinking style but the ultimate creativity tool is math.
The old style emphasize too much memorization, the new style lessen the amount of memorization but substitute it with a lower scoring scale. The problem however are not the high school, it is the elementary school. The old style focus too much stuff to learn at high school but the elementary are taking quite a relaxed stride. We should disperse the syllabus a little. Allowing ample time for students to study it without having to memorize.
The current system of teaching only basic arithmetic and reading for 4 or more years are simply absurd. Most student have decent grasp of that subject after 2 years. Some subjects could also be skipped periodically. I propose a system that teach redundant subject such as English for grade 1, 2, 3, 5 , 7, 9, 12 only. Those credits are better devoted to other subjects.
Yup, the third party work isn't GPL if what he does is take two source and link them together only. I wouldn't even say that he owns any of the work and surely cannot apply any copyright for that. Using is not modifying the codes.
The definition of all 'subsidiary works' in that context is to modify or fork the original/modified codes. Even if he makes a new program, he is only using the codes from 2 licenses. He has no copyright on any of the two. You only obtain a GPL license for modifying a code that is GPL-copyright or make your own from scratch.
As a response, I cannot believe that the third-party can even apply for copyright. If he did here is some from provison from the license.
You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License (including any patent licenses granted under the third paragraph of section 11).
GPL is a valid license. If the originator of the source already obtain a GPL license, then automatically all subsidiary works is GPL too. You cannot claim any of the code is yours. To apply for GPL license, the originator usually applied for a copyright using real name of course. After that, all subsidiary works become GPL automatically. The holders of GPL works are not all anonymous. FYI some of them have real copyright for that work.
DCMA is moot point for open source projects. Not a lot of projects are in a website that you can pull down anytime, most of them are in sourceforge or in IRC.
The great thing about working open source projects is that most are anonymous, so you can easily set up a new channel in IRC. You cannot sue anonymous person. You need at least have his real name and address. The few not anonymous person has real copyright for their codes, so you can't sue them too.
Plagriarism??? They should quote in their CD cover or just mention it somewhere that they are mixing these and these tracks. Problem solved. A complete citation is encouraged.
They shouldn't just stop there. In fact they should also filter everything that spelled movie, mp3, songs and share including those from content providers.
They can argue that they are only are trying to filter illegal content but the technology sucks and everything got filtered. I bet this would cause quite a reaction from the people which would eventually bring the government to their senses.
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Lol... The spellchecker guy mis-spelled his own spelling. The English grammar is a beast that contradict itself. Unlike programming, where the rule is constant, English grammar is a variable changing with time, location and context. Not very reliable I would say. As a tool, English fails.
That fee will steadily increase. After 5 years it will be $50 extra on your bill.
Maybe the University could charge **AA's using the same Hollywood Accounting scheme. First they could make every student pay for the music tax each semester. Next the University can charge the **AA for overhead + installation + administration + server + stamp + bandwidth + maintenance + software + network. In the end, the University won't have to pay anything because they post a loss in sales.
University should restrict itself to Academic purpose and the propagation of knowledge. The only extra fees I pay are the medical and library fees. Any other fees that I could avoid (especially the ones that cannot block my degree), I would not pay. I don't particpate in any clubs either for that sake. I prefer making my own club thank you.
legal 256kbps+ DRM free music. That comes out to be $25/month,
Considering that I have spent LESS THAN $25 ON MUSIC all my life (25 years for the record). Charging $100 each semester on music is a real cutthroat. Who cares about your class postions. I measure people by their contributions: publications or codes.
I started bootlegging every single last piece of merchandise that you every produced and gave it away for free or at just cost? Your t-shirts, your stickers, your cds, everything.
No big deal... At least I could save a little bit on advertisement. Of course an official version will have a concert stamp on it.
How about I just take your latest source code and market it as my own?
You're welcome. Isn't that the whole point of having it GPL. I wouldn't mind you becoming a billionaire on my software, as long as you get the citation correct and redistribute the codes.
I happen to be of the opinion that copyright is a real property right
Our ancestors made the mistake of dividing the earth among themselves and created the division of poor and rich. Let's not make the same mistake again shall we.
Agreed... I yearn for the time when copyright is short and extending it requires parliament approval. Look at what James Watt have to do to obtain an extension for his steam engine:
From wikipedia:
An extension of the patent was successfully obtained (James Watt's Fire Engines Patent Act, 1775 (15 Geo 3 c. 61), which in those days required an Act of parliament.
That way we can be sure each extension is actually necessary and contributes to public good.
If the University is going bad on me, I would just remove all documentations and code it more archaic, remove all the indents and turn it into some resource eating monster. Even better if you can recode it into assembly, just to make sure nobody understood what you're doing. I always make it a policy to do misleading documentations whenever I was contracted to do an underpaid job.
Afterwards, I'll get whatever degree I deserve and make a new software with some new features, cleaner documentations etc.
You have chosen to live in a society and by extension have chosen to live by society's rules.
Oh.. really. But the internet has a different society (world) and in here BT is OK. Protecting ourselves from the people, laws and morality of the physical world is justifiable.
A meltdown is good, at least those ISP will start to upgrade their services. Those ISPs have been living on a free income for too long.
I think the first step is for Open Office to adopt Microsoft fonts. Those fonts are not free, but I think they can take care of it with enough donations. That will take care most of the using MS office on Linux.
Second is the Audio. I have no comments on this one.
last is convincing those game makers to make Linux version of their games. Distros can make a joint venture somehow to smoothen the process.
Other than those 3, linux is good enough already.
When MS last had an OS flop, they followed it up with their most successful OS ever
That was when Gates is CEO. Ballmer only know how to throw chairs. I'm sure Gates is funneling his money out of Microsoft at this moment. The next Windows 7 will be the epic fail and we can all say bye2 to XP and Vista software updates forever.
Either that, or DOJ gets a new idea on how to break Microsoft.
What is HL2?
HL2 - Half Life 2...
DISCLAIMER: I might be wrong,
Just drink that soup from the bowl. noob.
Nobody forces you to use anything if you're really hungry. You can use the knive (sharpen it a little dude) to kill some livestock, stew them up, then eat.
No need to use the spoon that has limited use, and restrict you from eating anything else other than soup. No wonder you're hungry all this while
Use Latex.
You can easily convert it to pdf and is accesible on all platform. It is better at writing equations and you can easily change the article format, layout etc. Anything more ambitious than writing a letter your mom ought to use latex.
It's not all bad, since it forces pupils to focus on principles (Feynman-style) but it can easily give a totally wrong impression of what science is really like.
That is certainly not Feynman. Feynman did say shut up and calculate. He did promote better understanding of principles but not at the expense of rigor.
If you asked me, CS is one of those new degrees that should have never existed in the first place.
Is complex differentiation that hard for you?? You should have tried tensors. To make it more fun, let's do it in de-sitter space.
If you can't find the libraries to solve a problem, eventually you have to develop your own. If your basics is merely pasable, expect hell. But my expectation is that you will give up before you even started.
I beg to differ. How many of us learnt to program games or did science experiments because they were fun? And how many students do you think will pay more attention in class if they are enjoying the work?
Agreed. My only advice is that the teachers should not even try to make it fun. Nor should the textbook makers or anyone else try for that matter. Let the students discover it themselves. As far as I can remember, the only thing fun or exciting is when the teacher issued a challenge or quiz. Most of the fun I make is on deriving all those stuff they ask you to memorize.
Most people forget that teachers are supposed to be just a guide. You should learn everything by yourself and ask for help only when you're stuck.
I don't know what kind of math you do but without the insticts you developed on numerical questions, it is very hard to do math. I do agree however that the current application of numerical questions is an overkill. The emphasize on the abstract part of math is severely lacking.
A computer is great as a helper. It really speeds up the calculation especially when your only objective is the answer. Knowing how to solve it mathematically however is the one that will increase your original publications. Computer don't have creative process, programming teaches some creative thinking style but the ultimate creativity tool is math.
The old style emphasize too much memorization, the new style lessen the amount of memorization but substitute it with a lower scoring scale. The problem however are not the high school, it is the elementary school. The old style focus too much stuff to learn at high school but the elementary are taking quite a relaxed stride. We should disperse the syllabus a little. Allowing ample time for students to study it without having to memorize.
The current system of teaching only basic arithmetic and reading for 4 or more years are simply absurd. Most student have decent grasp of that subject after 2 years. Some subjects could also be skipped periodically. I propose a system that teach redundant subject such as English for grade 1, 2, 3, 5 , 7, 9, 12 only. Those credits are better devoted to other subjects.
Don't you know?? The department of education mission is on the lowering of education level. Orwell forgets to add that department.
The definition of all 'subsidiary works' in that context is to modify or fork the original/modified codes. Even if he makes a new program, he is only using the codes from 2 licenses. He has no copyright on any of the two. You only obtain a GPL license for modifying a code that is GPL-copyright or make your own from scratch.
As a response, I cannot believe that the third-party can even apply for copyright. If he did here is some from provison from the license.
You may not propagate or modify a covered work except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to propagate or modify it is void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License (including any patent licenses granted under the third paragraph of section 11).
GPL is a valid license. If the originator of the source already obtain a GPL license, then automatically all subsidiary works is GPL too. You cannot claim any of the code is yours. To apply for GPL license, the originator usually applied for a copyright using real name of course. After that, all subsidiary works become GPL automatically. The holders of GPL works are not all anonymous. FYI some of them have real copyright for that work.
DCMA is moot point for open source projects. Not a lot of projects are in a website that you can pull down anytime, most of them are in sourceforge or in IRC.
The great thing about working open source projects is that most are anonymous, so you can easily set up a new channel in IRC. You cannot sue anonymous person. You need at least have his real name and address. The few not anonymous person has real copyright for their codes, so you can't sue them too.
Plagriarism??? They should quote in their CD cover or just mention it somewhere that they are mixing these and these tracks. Problem solved. A complete citation is encouraged.
They shouldn't just stop there. In fact they should also filter everything that spelled movie, mp3, songs and share including those from content providers.
They can argue that they are only are trying to filter illegal content but the technology sucks and everything got filtered. I bet this would cause quite a reaction from the people which would eventually bring the government to their senses.
Mathematica??free software??? I could solve it analytically myself. No thanks.