No, NO NO!!! Don't do this!!! This means that every time you get a spam, the bandwith usage of the spam is multiplied by 45k. You are costing people a lot of money. This isn't good for anybody except maybe the stockholders of Cis... ummm... excuse me I need to log into etrade for a minute.
Would you argue that speech can't be Free in the "libre" sense? Why or why not?
Yes I would. Many would be surprised to find that the phrase "free speech" is not in the 1st ammendment to the US constitution. The phrase "freedom of speech" is in the 1st ammendment. Obviously it applies to the speaker and not what he says.
The Constitution also enumerates powers of Congress including:
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited
Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings
and Discoveries;
Many have pointed out that the Constitution is just a legal document and not the final arbiter of morality. Nevertheless, the founding fathers who wrote it characterized the moral foundation of the US and plainly respected both the right of "free speech" and "intellectual property" which are the terms that modern US English speakers use to describe these concepts. The founders apparently saw some need to respect both concepts. I tend to agree with them.
Any way, "end users" in my lexicon, are by definition not capable of modifying code. In the *NIX world many end users are also "developers" (people capable of modifying code intelligently) and in that community the distinction is thus lost on a lot of people. The division between user and developer is much more apparent in the world at large, outside of geek circles. In that world, granting end-users the right to modify code is like granting penguins the right to fly.:)
With GPL, it's the importance of the code's freedom
That's why the GPL is such bolix. Code can't be free in the "libre" sense. It's not even sentient. Only people can be Free.
How ironic this all is. Anti-IP advocates (who often side with the GPL) are always the first to say that using someone's IP can't harm them. But then Apple comes along and uses somebody elses IP in a way that they don't like, and all of the sudden using somebody's IP harms them? Sorry guys. You can't have it both ways. Either IP has value, or it doesn't.
No they aren't. They are enthusiastic shareholder supporters. Reducing costs by not being beholden to one OS provider is just good business. Next, they are enthusiastic customer supporters. If customers want Linux apps, they'll deliver. Serving the customer is their business and ties in closely with the goal of serving shareholers.
I doubt Linux is high on their real priorities, if it's even on the list. It just so happens that Linux serves the means to their ends right now. When it ceases to do that, they will no longer support it, nor should they.
Blind allegiance to the Free Software ideology wouldn't serve stockholders or customers in the long run. There are some very obvious examples of this, but I need not mention them...
If you're going to have recursion, just make sure there is some way to trap stack faults and/or prevent hard drive thrashing... "ERROR--program foo caused a THRASH EXCEPTION in module bar. Please choose one of the following: [abort] [thrash for 30 more seconds] [keep thrashing until the process is killed or terminantes on its own]"
I agree. We had fax machines before the 80s too. In fact, there were cumbersome faxes in the 19th century.
The keyword here is "we". If the "we" is companies and individuals with lots of money and/or very special needs, then "we" had mobile telephony a long time ago.
What you really should have said was "could we have had inexpensive mobile telephony aimed at average consumers in the 1960s". The answer is most likely "no".
Museums. Did you read the article? I wonder how many museums can afford the estimated $2 million + price though. Maybe Bill Gates will buy it and put it in Microsoft's lobby.
Does anybody care to pick all the errors out of that guy's reply? With a little luck we can exponentially crapflood the internet with discussions about grammar.
The article begins "One way to learn to deployment Tomcat web applications is to explain fully the steps required to deploy a Tomcat web application manually."
What kind of English is that? I don't usually nitpick over grammar, but when there is stuff like that going on in the first paragraph I have to wonder if the rest is worth reading.
A "quality food product"? Did you type that with a straight face? Quite possibly the only thing funnier than that, associated with SPAM, is this oldy but goody.
Surely a corporation as large as IBM must have a sidewalk they could use for testing purposes. I sure hope they test their software better than they tested the chalk.
Oh, you can zip it? Great, let me run out and link the zip libraries into my application. What? There's licensing issues? Well, what do I do know?
ZIPgzip and bzip are all available under very liberal free licenses (no copyleft restriction, OK to use in both closed and open source software).
gzip and bzip2 aren't difficult to use for intermediate (1 to 2 years of experience) C programmers either. I don't know about ZIP because I've never used it, but it's probably not much harder.
If the producer were sitting in the same room with you, would you still warez his work?
If you ask a friend to spend time with you, would you express moral outrage if he denied you? For those who refuse to recognize IP itself as property, remember that it takes time to produce.
IP theft is easy when the victim is someone you don't know, don't have to face, don't have to talk to. Try doing it to a friend. Get indignant when they say "I spent a lot of time on this, I think you're asking too much of me". See how long you have a friend.
Slashdot mentioned VA Linux in this article. This makes it more difficult to complain about the lack of "full disclosure". On the other hand, important material information is still missing.
It seems that in an effort to appear unbiased, the editors are reluctant to post anything about VA Linux at all, even when it is perfectly legitimate to do so. VA Linux hiring top level Samba developers is major news. Don't be ashamed, be proud!
In their effort to avoid being perceived as a PR arm of VA Linux, they are being somewhat evasive and this is backfiring.
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No, NO NO!!! Don't do this!!! This means that every time you get a spam, the bandwith usage of the spam is multiplied by 45k. You are costing people a lot of money. This isn't good for anybody except maybe the stockholders of Cis... ummm... excuse me I need to log into etrade for a minute.
Would you argue that speech can't be Free in the "libre" sense? Why or why not?
Yes I would. Many would be surprised to find that the phrase "free speech" is not in the 1st ammendment to the US constitution. The phrase "freedom of speech" is in the 1st ammendment. Obviously it applies to the speaker and not what he says.
The Constitution also enumerates powers of Congress including:
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
Many have pointed out that the Constitution is just a legal document and not the final arbiter of morality. Nevertheless, the founding fathers who wrote it characterized the moral foundation of the US and plainly respected both the right of "free speech" and "intellectual property" which are the terms that modern US English speakers use to describe these concepts. The founders apparently saw some need to respect both concepts. I tend to agree with them.
Any way, "end users" in my lexicon, are by definition not capable of modifying code. In the *NIX world many end users are also "developers" (people capable of modifying code intelligently) and in that community the distinction is thus lost on a lot of people. The division between user and developer is much more apparent in the world at large, outside of geek circles. In that world, granting end-users the right to modify code is like granting penguins the right to fly. :)
With GPL, it's the importance of the code's freedom
That's why the GPL is such bolix. Code can't be free in the "libre" sense. It's not even sentient. Only people can be Free.
How ironic this all is. Anti-IP advocates (who often side with the GPL) are always the first to say that using someone's IP can't harm them. But then Apple comes along and uses somebody elses IP in a way that they don't like, and all of the sudden using somebody's IP harms them? Sorry guys. You can't have it both ways. Either IP has value, or it doesn't.
How about Compu-global-turbo-linux-care?
Then Bill Gates would have to come and "buy them out".
Anyway, now we understand why they won't merge. Anything computer-related with "turbo" in it can't last, and LinuxLinux is just plain stupid. :)
57 million channels and nothing on.
They [IBM] are enthusiastic Linux supporters.
No they aren't. They are enthusiastic shareholder supporters. Reducing costs by not being beholden to one OS provider is just good business. Next, they are enthusiastic customer supporters. If customers want Linux apps, they'll deliver. Serving the customer is their business and ties in closely with the goal of serving shareholers.
I doubt Linux is high on their real priorities, if it's even on the list. It just so happens that Linux serves the means to their ends right now. When it ceases to do that, they will no longer support it, nor should they.
Blind allegiance to the Free Software ideology wouldn't serve stockholders or customers in the long run. There are some very obvious examples of this, but I need not mention them...
http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/ElectronicsBox_f iles/image002.jpg
Viewed source on the webpage. It wouldn't load from the page. It's full of wierd XML stuff. Maybe that's the problem.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. I wouldn't be surprised if the first few minutes of the Soyuz launch was more than 80% of the cost.
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If you're going to have recursion, just make sure there is some way to trap stack faults and/or prevent hard drive thrashing... "ERROR--program foo caused a THRASH EXCEPTION in module bar. Please choose one of the following: [abort] [thrash for 30 more seconds] [keep thrashing until the process is killed or terminantes on its own]"
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It'5 3een a hard daze ni6ht.
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I agree. We had fax machines before the 80s too. In fact, there were cumbersome faxes in the 19th century.
The keyword here is "we". If the "we" is companies and individuals with lots of money and/or very special needs, then "we" had mobile telephony a long time ago.
What you really should have said was "could we have had inexpensive mobile telephony aimed at average consumers in the 1960s". The answer is most likely "no".
Need XML expertise? crism consulting
Museums. Did you read the article? I wonder how many museums can afford the estimated $2 million + price though. Maybe Bill Gates will buy it and put it in Microsoft's lobby.
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Cool.
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Does anybody care to pick all the errors out of that guy's reply? With a little luck we can exponentially crapflood the internet with discussions about grammar.
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The article begins "One way to learn to deployment Tomcat web applications is to explain fully the steps required to deploy a Tomcat web application manually."
What kind of English is that? I don't usually nitpick over grammar, but when there is stuff like that going on in the first paragraph I have to wonder if the rest is worth reading.
Need XML expertise? crism consulting
A "quality food product"? Did you type that with a straight face? Quite possibly the only thing funnier than that, associated with SPAM, is this oldy but goody.
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Read the FAQ.
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Surely a corporation as large as IBM must have a sidewalk they could use for testing purposes. I sure hope they test their software better than they tested the chalk.
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A lot of people on /. will probably not understand your post. See http://eastvillage.about.com/citiestowns/midlantic us/eastvillage/cs/basquit/ for some background. I wouldn't have understood it either, except that several years ago a friend invited me to an art house cinema to see the movie.
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Oh, you can zip it? Great, let me run out and link the zip libraries into my application. What? There's licensing issues? Well, what do I do know?
ZIP gzip and bzip are all available under very liberal free licenses (no copyleft restriction, OK to use in both closed and open source software).
gzip and bzip2 aren't difficult to use for intermediate (1 to 2 years of experience) C programmers either. I don't know about ZIP because I've never used it, but it's probably not much harder.
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're unamerican?
Anarchists hawking goods to protest the capitalist system. How very... American.
If the producer were sitting in the same room with you, would you still warez his work?
If you ask a friend to spend time with you, would you express moral outrage if he denied you? For those who refuse to recognize IP itself as property, remember that it takes time to produce.
IP theft is easy when the victim is someone you don't know, don't have to face, don't have to talk to. Try doing it to a friend. Get indignant when they say "I spent a lot of time on this, I think you're asking too much of me". See how long you have a friend.
Fact:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010417/0071.html
Opinion:
Slashdot mentioned VA Linux in this article. This makes it more difficult to complain about the lack of "full disclosure". On the other hand, important material information is still missing.
It seems that in an effort to appear unbiased, the editors are reluctant to post anything about VA Linux at all, even when it is perfectly legitimate to do so. VA Linux hiring top level Samba developers is major news. Don't be ashamed, be proud!
In their effort to avoid being perceived as a PR arm of VA Linux, they are being somewhat evasive and this is backfiring.
why would someone wish to be launched on a parabolic trajectory?
Because they were waiting in line for 45 minutes, and everybody coming back from the ride said it was worth it.
See http://www.jabber.com/news/release_102400.shtml for a press release from last fall disclosing the partnership between Jabber and VA Linux, Slashdot's corporate parent.