As the zealot in me would say:
"That would be anti-competitive! why should any program be allowed to get special treatment?
I believe Windows installer should ask if I want linux and other OS, and also I believe that every distribution of linux should ask me if I want any other distribution. I Want Freedom and I don't care if it takes a week to get everything running and goes against every freedom of the market!
Also I want to eat whoppers at McDonalds!"
Its ridiculous when "Free" software crusaders and idiotic judges think they can enforce freedom, its their product you don't like it you don't use it, there are plenty of alternatives out there.
Consumers aren't babies, stop treating them like their mothers would.
They wrote code that uses GPLed source, does that means they do not own the code they've wrote? No, the article does not says they copied all the code it says they've used some portion of GPLed code.
My comment is about ownership not copyright.
First of all: Microsoft OWNS the copyright so they can change the license for whatever they want, whenever they want, GPL does not imposes restrictions on ownership;
Second: They released a first driver as not being GPL, and then they released it as GPL, but there is nothing in GPL that says that former versions of the code have to be GPL(that would be stupid), only derivative ones;
Third: I remember again they own the code (until someone proves they do not at least), GPL cannot, and does not, restricts ownership, and as a owner they can do anything they want, even change to other license;
Fourth: If Intel decides that their processor implementation is GPL would that mean that every program made for an Intel processor would have to be GPL by "Freedom Advocates" reasoning, because it would be a derivative work of the processor.
I rest my case, freedom is about choice, it is not about senseless whining and forcing others to do things your way, so if you embrace this kind of thinking stop calling yourself freedom advocate and start calling yourself totalitarian.
Yes but today most linux distribution are as close to the other as they ever were 10+ years ago. They still use the same kernel (I admit with minor patches but still essentially the same), they do not start modifying the kernel to suit the distribution needs and because of that they remain a distribution: a bunch of programs on top of an operating system that in essence is the same for everyone of them.
That is not the case for most today's BSDs they evolve without fear of modifying the OS from which they derive as independent OSes with independent goals.
RHEL, I think, is another case, if I remember correctly RHat initially modified the kernel to suit its needs never intending much cross-compatibility.
Having to work on a schedule makes most people work more efficiently(no more time lost playing "Who can hit the beer bottle with a piece of paper" or "lets paint Carl's face while he is a asleep").
Also if its security oriented I would never expect it to have a long release cycle (12 months is a lot of time in terms of security)
Lets Get The Facts:
Most BSDs - Kernel code is significantly different - Operating Systems
Most Linux Distributions - Kernel code is mostly the same - Distributions
So you can say they share a initial common base (4.4BSD in the case of Free and Net, since Open is a Fork of Net), but I welcome you to compare the code between them and then compare it between Linux Dists and see for yourself the difference.
Saying they're the same is the same as saying Solaris and HP-UX are the same(because they share a common base in System Vr4).
Damn I read it as "Introducing the Warship", that would be funnier who knows what lurks beyond the Kupier Belt
Anyway the ship looks nice, its a shame that warp drives or something like a Holtzman Drive are not going to be a reality in any predictable near future... in despite of that I also recall that in the nineteen century humans flying was still something absurd for most people... so maybe not so unpredictable.
Anyway I really would like to pay a visit to our Insect Overlords from outer space...
So never wondered why there are thousands of insect species on earth? Insectoid Overlords That's Why!
The root of android is androgynous, meaning
1, Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic.
2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.
Anything displaying such characteristics would be termed android. (See also human, humanoid; paranoia, paranoid;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-oid
Plain Wrong.
Android comes from the ancient greek Andros that means man and from a derivative form of Eidos that means idea depending on the context.
So android means something that has the idea of man(remember Plato?)
or at least visually related to it.
Because of this we have the term Gynoid used usually by some SF feminist circles.
Androgynous comes from Andros and Gyne' that mean man and woman respectively and is totally unrelated to Android.
Even comparing a pre-standard wireless(802.11N) to a 14 years old 100Mb Ethernet standard shows that it does not have that many benefits.
Most computers and routers nowadays have Gigabit or better Ethernet.
So if you compare 802.11N to Gigabit or even 10Gb, that are the true competition of the N proposal you'll get the picture.
Common household users are... well quite not intelligent beings(I believe they may belong to some primate species that looks like a human being to lure its predators).
I guess I could get most Americans to vote for the replacement of Ethernet with Token Ring if I said that it would help capture Osama.
A majority does not make something right, they just make it look right.
Those commies... unrestricted copying? Do you think you're in Soviet Russia?
The FSF is the very back bone that supports the structure of the great axis of evil of terror that has declared itself enemy of the holy western world!
I like to be brief so I am going to put it in simple terms:
Google is a Partner with some anti-piracy orgs;
Google removes copyright content when asked to (remember youtube, Google Books, etc, etc, etc);
Pretend you have made a map of your neighbourhood:
If someone sells drugs in some part of it you are not liable in a case against the selling of the said drugs;
You didn't check the place for illegal activities, and are not required to unless you're an officer of the law investigating the place;
(this would be a metaphor for indexing in case you haven't notice);
As much as I like some of the attitudes of TPB they have sometimes behaved almost like children when asked to remove.torrent files of Cped material, so that only proves that they are unwilling to help anti-piracy orgs;
Torrents are useless without a tracker, TPB is a also a tracker so that makes them an active entity in the violation of copyright, Google does not actively engages in copyright violation(it once did in google books but they do not anymore);
This works much like drug trafficking, just because you are just driving a truck full of drugs without caring about your cargo it does not make unliable before the law, only if you were totally unable to check the cargo(TBP can check the torrent to which they serve as a tracker);
1-Libertarian Socialism is a concept that includes most of the non-capitalist forms of anarchism;
2-Read Bakunin about his opinion about the State and how to solve things(you can get much more classical in anarchism... is either him, Proudhon or Sand);
3-There are anarchists throwing bombs at WT meetings;
I think people should stop thinking about how pure your desktop/OS/toaster/"insert what you wish" is and start talking about freedom.
Nobody forces you to use non-open-source(GPLed or not) software, you have the choice. Also if you want to try out the new XZY closed-source driver then you must have the choice to do it.
Open-source supporters(and I am one)like to talk about freedom in a whole bunch of things, and I think this is a good way of taking this thoughts into action.
People should always have the right to choose even if the majority think is wrong, as long as it is not related to anyone else they should do whatever is their wish, and I don't see how using closed-source sofware in a open-source OS on my own computer is going to be anyone's business.
Well you can always clean it before shutdown, it should be fast and I doubt its easy to recover from that, as for the speed I don't see how can a memory made from discrete components be slower than a circuit, its just a matter of time and miniaturization also no-one can complain about the price, its far more expensive to use MOSFETs to make a bit.
Also being able of keeping a memory of the current that passed it I wonder if it can be of good use in making neural networks(the non-simulated type).
You have STOLEN some of my time, and deprived me of income that I should have received for creating a program that you have found useful.
Your argument is a fallacy.
How would I be stealing your time? The time you spent doing the game is the same whether 1000 thousand people copies it or none.
No time of yours is lost when someone copies it.
I have two arguments for you:
(1)If I got to the supermarket and copied a box of Cherrios with my nanoreplicator would that be theft? I did not deprive no one of nothing material, nor have I taken something that was yours.
(2)If I copy, synthesize, a medicine without consent from the patent owner am I stealing anything from him? As with the argument above all the work involved is mine, the work he had discovering the medicine is exactly the same whether or not I copy it without permission.
You can only argue that by making a copy of your game, DVD or whatever, I have not paid you royalties for the copyright that is rightfully yours.
That is not the same as theft, I am only paying because I acknowledge the value of something, but if I did not buy you your product the time and money you invested it would be exactly the same.
Only the income changes and in that case I think you will not accuse people of theft for not buying your products.
I've confirmed that translation.
I found that Sfc rather strange, maybe it is an acronym for something? Can only remember of starfleet command and space filling curve.
Also it appears to be structured in some way(the lines start in different positions).
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Buy Apple products? Is that the same Apple that bricked a couple of IPhonys?
As the zealot in me would say: "That would be anti-competitive! why should any program be allowed to get special treatment? I believe Windows installer should ask if I want linux and other OS, and also I believe that every distribution of linux should ask me if I want any other distribution. I Want Freedom and I don't care if it takes a week to get everything running and goes against every freedom of the market! Also I want to eat whoppers at McDonalds!" Its ridiculous when "Free" software crusaders and idiotic judges think they can enforce freedom, its their product you don't like it you don't use it, there are plenty of alternatives out there. Consumers aren't babies, stop treating them like their mothers would.
Yeah... now they have only a medieval warlord named Balmer without Bill to stop his attack on Google with chairs.
They wrote code that uses GPLed source, does that means they do not own the code they've wrote? No, the article does not says they copied all the code it says they've used some portion of GPLed code. My comment is about ownership not copyright.
Yes, "if they were".
First of all: Microsoft OWNS the copyright so they can change the license for whatever they want, whenever they want, GPL does not imposes restrictions on ownership;
Second: They released a first driver as not being GPL, and then they released it as GPL, but there is nothing in GPL that says that former versions of the code have to be GPL(that would be stupid), only derivative ones;
Third: I remember again they own the code (until someone proves they do not at least), GPL cannot, and does not, restricts ownership, and as a owner they can do anything they want, even change to other license;
Fourth: If Intel decides that their processor implementation is GPL would that mean that every program made for an Intel processor would have to be GPL by "Freedom Advocates" reasoning, because it would be a derivative work of the processor.
I rest my case, freedom is about choice, it is not about senseless whining and forcing others to do things your way, so if you embrace this kind of thinking stop calling yourself freedom advocate and start calling yourself totalitarian.
Yes but today most linux distribution are as close to the other as they ever were 10+ years ago. They still use the same kernel (I admit with minor patches but still essentially the same), they do not start modifying the kernel to suit the distribution needs and because of that they remain a distribution: a bunch of programs on top of an operating system that in essence is the same for everyone of them.
That is not the case for most today's BSDs they evolve without fear of modifying the OS from which they derive as independent OSes with independent goals.
RHEL, I think, is another case, if I remember correctly RHat initially modified the kernel to suit its needs never intending much cross-compatibility.
Having to work on a schedule makes most people work more efficiently(no more time lost playing "Who can hit the beer bottle with a piece of paper" or "lets paint Carl's face while he is a asleep").
Also if its security oriented I would never expect it to have a long release cycle (12 months is a lot of time in terms of security)
Lets Get The Facts: Most BSDs - Kernel code is significantly different - Operating Systems
Most Linux Distributions - Kernel code is mostly the same - Distributions
So you can say they share a initial common base (4.4BSD in the case of Free and Net, since Open is a Fork of Net), but I welcome you to compare the code between them and then compare it between Linux Dists and see for yourself the difference.
Saying they're the same is the same as saying Solaris and HP-UX are the same(because they share a common base in System Vr4).
Damn I read it as "Introducing the Warship", that would be funnier who knows what lurks beyond the Kupier Belt
Anyway the ship looks nice, its a shame that warp drives or something like a Holtzman Drive are not going to be a reality in any predictable near future... in despite of that I also recall that in the nineteen century humans flying was still something absurd for most people... so maybe not so unpredictable.
Anyway I really would like to pay a visit to our Insect Overlords from outer space...
So never wondered why there are thousands of insect species on earth? Insectoid Overlords That's Why!
from the planet Omicron Persei 8 and I want revenge for you have been killing our offspring in the nursery planet you Humans call Mars.
The root of android is androgynous, meaning 1, Having both female and male characteristics; hermaphroditic. 2. Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior. Anything displaying such characteristics would be termed android. (See also human, humanoid; paranoia, paranoid;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-oid
Plain Wrong.
Android comes from the ancient greek Andros that means man and from a derivative form of Eidos that means idea depending on the context.
So android means something that has the idea of man(remember Plato?) or at least visually related to it.
Because of this we have the term Gynoid used usually by some SF feminist circles.
Androgynous comes from Andros and Gyne' that mean man and woman respectively and is totally unrelated to Android.
Get your facts right.
...at least for corporate and speed hungry users.
Even comparing a pre-standard wireless(802.11N) to a 14 years old 100Mb Ethernet standard shows that it does not have that many benefits.
Most computers and routers nowadays have Gigabit or better Ethernet.
So if you compare 802.11N to Gigabit or even 10Gb, that are the true competition of the N proposal you'll get the picture.
Common household users are... well quite not intelligent beings(I believe they may belong to some primate species that looks like a human being to lure its predators).
I guess I could get most Americans to vote for the replacement of Ethernet with Token Ring if I said that it would help capture Osama.
A majority does not make something right, they just make it look right.
Those commies... unrestricted copying? Do you think you're in Soviet Russia?
The FSF is the very back bone that supports the structure of the great axis of evil of terror that has declared itself enemy of the holy western world!
[/ironic]
(this would be a metaphor for indexing in case you haven't notice);
The telegraph is wrong once again... Nobody talked about 3 cups but 7 cups of instant coffee. Here is the study from a more reliable source
This is totally out of topic but:
1-Libertarian Socialism is a concept that includes most of the non-capitalist forms of anarchism;
2-Read Bakunin about his opinion about the State and how to solve things(you can get much more classical in anarchism... is either him, Proudhon or Sand);
3-There are anarchists throwing bombs at WT meetings;
4-???
5-$$$
(well I could not resist)
I think people should stop thinking about how pure your desktop/OS/toaster/"insert what you wish" is and start talking about freedom.
Nobody forces you to use non-open-source(GPLed or not) software, you have the choice.
Also if you want to try out the new XZY closed-source driver then you must have the choice to do it.
Open-source supporters(and I am one)like to talk about freedom in a whole bunch of things, and I think this is a good way of taking this thoughts into action.
People should always have the right to choose even if the majority think is wrong, as long as it is not related to anyone else they should do whatever is their wish, and I don't see how using closed-source sofware in a open-source OS on my own computer is going to be anyone's business.
Memristors and how they work: HP Labs Memristor FAQ.
Well you can always clean it before shutdown, it should be fast and I doubt its easy to recover from that, as for the speed I don't see how can a memory made from discrete components be slower than a circuit, its just a matter of time and miniaturization also no-one can complain about the price, its far more expensive to use MOSFETs to make a bit.
Also being able of keeping a memory of the current that passed it I wonder if it can be of good use in making neural networks(the non-simulated type).
Quoth Spun:
You have STOLEN some of my time, and deprived me of income that I should have received for creating a program that you have found useful.
Your argument is a fallacy. How would I be stealing your time? The time you spent doing the game is the same whether 1000 thousand people copies it or none. No time of yours is lost when someone copies it. I have two arguments for you: (1)If I got to the supermarket and copied a box of Cherrios with my nanoreplicator would that be theft? I did not deprive no one of nothing material, nor have I taken something that was yours. (2)If I copy, synthesize, a medicine without consent from the patent owner am I stealing anything from him? As with the argument above all the work involved is mine, the work he had discovering the medicine is exactly the same whether or not I copy it without permission. You can only argue that by making a copy of your game, DVD or whatever, I have not paid you royalties for the copyright that is rightfully yours. That is not the same as theft, I am only paying because I acknowledge the value of something, but if I did not buy you your product the time and money you invested it would be exactly the same. Only the income changes and in that case I think you will not accuse people of theft for not buying your products.
I've confirmed that translation. I found that Sfc rather strange, maybe it is an acronym for something? Can only remember of starfleet command and space filling curve. Also it appears to be structured in some way(the lines start in different positions).