"Free software" clearly means "software without cost"
Clearly? It's not clear at all. Please refer to GNU's definiton of free. From what I've observed, all the big name "FOSS" licences treat open source as having access to the code and free as having freedom to do what you wish with that source. I don't think any of them require being without cost.
And if they are capable of flashing the firmware on the keyboard to hijack the BIOS password (which only works if someone has entered the correct BIOS password recently, which doesn't happen often) they are capable of flashing the firmware on the keyboard to remove the key sequence blocker.
Only if the password is stored in volatile memory, which isn't always the case. And if one has physical access to the hardware to reset the password, they also have physical access to reflash the firmware to remove the block.
You could block the key sequences used to boot off a CD or external drive, which could actually be a useful feature for corporations or schools wanting to prevent booting from external media, since the other methods to prevent that don't work that well.
It's quite likely even giving away the program on the app store would also be unethical, because you still cannot modify it, recompile it and run it unless you pay Apple $100.
I don't think that would be unethical. As long as getting access to the source doesn't cost more than the cost of the binaries and it is possible to set up your own toolchain, it is fine. The GPL does not forbid running the code on a platform that charges money. The TiVo situation is different is because TiVo prevents you from running custom code period. Apple charging $100 to licence the platform is no different to Microsoft charging money for Windows and having GPL apps run on it.
I'm not saying that in the future, a GPLvN -will- exist that includes terms regarding sale of GPL(vN)'ed software - but in the given case, why wouldn't there be.
Because RMS himself says it is acceptable to charge money for GPL software as long as the terms are followed. It's not something he dislikes and feels the need to remove like the TiVo incident.
Memristors in CPU/logic would not be viable because of their low wear cycles and very high latencies.
That's a current manufacturing limitation, not something inherent to what a memristor is. Had these been discovered much sooner, we would be much better at manufacturing them and they probably would have made a significant impact.
I can think of a 3rd. Prevent neighbours from leeching bandwidth and costing you money. That's right, many people live in areas where bandwidth isn't free.
Under 12k? No problem. Get us back into an economy with a real backing standard to stop inflation and you'll get prices back down to something sane rather than the bullshit we have now.
You suggest it is trivial to fix the economy, and expect the designers of a car to go about fixing the economy as a prerequisite to completing the car. Sure, in a perfect world pretty much anything can be done. But we aren't in a perfect world, and we have to perform in the environment we are in.
As an example of what the customer wants:
Ask them what they want in a car and they'll say an SUV with room for 8, at least 50 MPG, all the latest gadgets and costs less than $12,000. And they want it now, in the current economy.
Yes, I guess I should have accused the Apple shills of modding me down over a Microsoft thread.
Or accuse yourself of writing what is in my opinion a rather uninteresting sentiment that is expressed rather loudly rather frequently and most people are sick of hearing it. That's why I would have modded it down. Why is it that todays society plays the blame game so agressively?
Back to the blame game, why are you letting Intel shills off the hook? The whole debate is over Intel and Microsoft making an agreement to lower requirements so Intel can clear out their old stock of underperforming parts.
How did you get mod points, by extortion or sexual favors? It certainly isn't based on basic neurological capabilities like context.
It certainly didn't involve blatantly insulting other users for disagreeing with them. Feel free to browse my comment history if you want to know more.
Macs are perfectly capable of running Vista with the full Aero experience (as long as it is an Intel Mac, not PowerPC). Their minimum supplied graphics chipsets are the 945, which works fine for Aero and is well supported.
Where in the parent that only Microsoft and its shills could be dishonest.
Right here:
Looks like the immoral, unethical, dishonest and really quite pathetically retarded Microsoft shills are getting mod points these days.
Your post claims they are Microsoft shills based purely on those traits that apply to other groups as well.
I'm protesting getting modded a troll in the parent, and it's pretty damned obvious that some worthless piece of crap Microsoft shill has got some mod points.
Oh look, you did it again. I would mod you down myself, but I can't do that and reply at the same time.
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It's only using GTK+ for now since it is reusing Maemo code. They will transition to Qt in the near future.
"Free software" clearly means "software without cost"
Clearly? It's not clear at all. Please refer to GNU's definiton of free. From what I've observed, all the big name "FOSS" licences treat open source as having access to the code and free as having freedom to do what you wish with that source. I don't think any of them require being without cost.
Is it me or is there a subtle jab a Richard "GNU is not Unix" Stallman there.
Don't worry, it's just you.
And if they are capable of flashing the firmware on the keyboard to hijack the BIOS password (which only works if someone has entered the correct BIOS password recently, which doesn't happen often) they are capable of flashing the firmware on the keyboard to remove the key sequence blocker.
Only if the password is stored in volatile memory, which isn't always the case. And if one has physical access to the hardware to reset the password, they also have physical access to reflash the firmware to remove the block.
You could block the key sequences used to boot off a CD or external drive, which could actually be a useful feature for corporations or schools wanting to prevent booting from external media, since the other methods to prevent that don't work that well.
BIOS passwords are rather effective, actually.
It's quite likely even giving away the program on the app store would also be unethical, because you still cannot modify it, recompile it and run it unless you pay Apple $100.
I don't think that would be unethical. As long as getting access to the source doesn't cost more than the cost of the binaries and it is possible to set up your own toolchain, it is fine. The GPL does not forbid running the code on a platform that charges money. The TiVo situation is different is because TiVo prevents you from running custom code period. Apple charging $100 to licence the platform is no different to Microsoft charging money for Windows and having GPL apps run on it.
I'm not saying that in the future, a GPLvN -will- exist that includes terms regarding sale of GPL(vN)'ed software - but in the given case, why wouldn't there be.
Because RMS himself says it is acceptable to charge money for GPL software as long as the terms are followed. It's not something he dislikes and feels the need to remove like the TiVo incident.
So ah, if he wants his last name to be pronounced like "Greyning" then why does he spell it so that it looks like it should be pronounced "Growning?"
Why does he spell his last name correctly as it appears on his birth certificate? I don't know why anyone would ever consider doing that.
Offcourse , we need to implement a sort of timeout , to prevent locking the thread in case the first poster decides not to post.
No we don't, if it's locked and no-one is posting we won't get spam and people might actually read TFA.
People complaining about him leaving are only doing so because they can't maintain the code themselves after his departure.
Yeah, the only reason is because "the coders can't code" without an admin. It has nothing to do with the admin having control of the finances.
Anyone that doesn't respect all lives should be killed.
By someone who respects lives.
The reason you're told not to smile is because the P.R. software has a harder time dealing with it - same with glasses wearers.
So if I want to go blow something up, and not get picked up, all I have to do is smile?
Security through obscurity works every time.
Or not.
Strange, a keyboard sniffing technique where Bluetooth keyboards are safer than wired...
Memristors in CPU/logic would not be viable because of their low wear cycles and very high latencies.
That's a current manufacturing limitation, not something inherent to what a memristor is. Had these been discovered much sooner, we would be much better at manufacturing them and they probably would have made a significant impact.
I can think of a 3rd. Prevent neighbours from leeching bandwidth and costing you money. That's right, many people live in areas where bandwidth isn't free.
Under 12k? No problem. Get us back into an economy with a real backing standard to stop inflation and you'll get prices back down to something sane rather than the bullshit we have now.
You suggest it is trivial to fix the economy, and expect the designers of a car to go about fixing the economy as a prerequisite to completing the car. Sure, in a perfect world pretty much anything can be done. But we aren't in a perfect world, and we have to perform in the environment we are in.
As an example of what the customer wants:
Ask them what they want in a car and they'll say an SUV with room for 8, at least 50 MPG, all the latest gadgets and costs less than $12,000. And they want it now, in the current economy.
That's why the x86 architecture was standardized upon. No one bothers running anything else.
No-one bothers running 64-bit? I find that hard to believe.
If the kernel isn't even standard across distros, how are they supposed to standardize an API across them?
Simple. Standardise on the vanilla kernel, and let the distros deal with any incompatibilities their tweaks introduce.
Virtual PC 2007 does not support USB passthrough, and this is what XPM is based off. VMware and Virtualbox (amongst others) do support it, however.
Back to the point; you won't get hifi at 128mbps
Of course not. 128mbps is 6 orders of magnitude worse than 128kbps.
Yes, I guess I should have accused the Apple shills of modding me down over a Microsoft thread.
Or accuse yourself of writing what is in my opinion a rather uninteresting sentiment that is expressed rather loudly rather frequently and most people are sick of hearing it. That's why I would have modded it down. Why is it that todays society plays the blame game so agressively?
Back to the blame game, why are you letting Intel shills off the hook? The whole debate is over Intel and Microsoft making an agreement to lower requirements so Intel can clear out their old stock of underperforming parts.
How did you get mod points, by extortion or sexual favors? It certainly isn't based on basic neurological capabilities like context.
It certainly didn't involve blatantly insulting other users for disagreeing with them. Feel free to browse my comment history if you want to know more.
Macs are perfectly capable of running Vista with the full Aero experience (as long as it is an Intel Mac, not PowerPC). Their minimum supplied graphics chipsets are the 945, which works fine for Aero and is well supported.
Where in the parent that only Microsoft and its shills could be dishonest.
Right here:
Looks like the immoral, unethical, dishonest and really quite pathetically retarded Microsoft shills are getting mod points these days.
Your post claims they are Microsoft shills based purely on those traits that apply to other groups as well.
I'm protesting getting modded a troll in the parent, and it's pretty damned obvious that some worthless piece of crap Microsoft shill has got some mod points.
Oh look, you did it again. I would mod you down myself, but I can't do that and reply at the same time.