Well, if you had the resources to launch a spacecraft, fly up to Eros, pick the right landing spot, grab the sattelite, take off again and bring it safely back to orbit around earth where it can be inspected by astronauts (or taken back down to earth), I really don't think you would learn much from studying NEAR.
NASA didn't want to. They decided it would be better to keep it there and gather as much data as they could rather than try flying again which would do nothing for science (although a lot for publicity).
I am proud NASA made the right decision for once. Gathering data is much more valuable than putting junk into space.
By living in the first wave of the oncoming singularity, as predicted by Vernor Vinge, I hope to avoid its bad effects (the singularity is a moment of infinitely fast technological progress that occurs when computers become intelligent and design their own replacements).
Yeah, it has always paid off to be early adopters of new technology. I think I can wait for the first bugfixes, you go first!
If you think about this, you are in fact the bad guy here. You have knowingly tricked your employer into paying you for making something they can't use. Also, you unecessarily scare your managers away from GPL'd software. It is good that your software is released under the GPL. It is bad of you to enforce this on the company itself, who by any reasonable standard should be the legal copyright holders.
The ethical thing for you to do is to immediately transfer copyright to your employer, apologize, and stay out of trouble. (Please don't make a bad name for the free software and open source communities!)
Now, channels like CNN want to remain a news based channel and they mostly act accordingly. You respect them for their news and even though they are commerically driven they're fairly respectable.
Yeah, news, right...
We've got a reporter at the scene of the <big event> in <some location>. And tell us, <insert reporters name>, what is the situation like now?
Well, the situation is calm for the moment. We heard some rumors that something was going to happen but for the moment things are still calm.
Is there some truth to the rumors of <something happened>?
As of this moment that is difficult to tell. I have tried to reach <famous person> for a comment, but they all seem to be quite busy for the moment. I will of course report back to you as soon as we find out.
All right, we all know that whatever the outcome of this event, it will be exciting. Can you tell us something more about the situation down there <reporters name>?
Well, we've been here for over two hours now. I think everyone here is eager to see what is going to happen, but right now it is very difficult to judge the outcome. It is of course entirely possible that <random speculation>, but at this time it is difficult to confirm or deny any rumors.
Thank you <reporters name>. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Right now, let's look at the situation in <other place> where <other reporter> is on the scene. Is anything new happening there <other reporters name>?
I have not much experience with kites except for my own childhood experiments, but it seems to be difficult to get a kite to fly really high. The problem is that the wire will be dragged by the wind, so when you release more wire it will not necessarily make the kite fly much higher (most of the movement will be horizontal).
Now, using a really big kite, you will of course be able to get higher, as you don't need to double the surface area of the wire to double it's strength. I wouldn't know, anyone who knows enough physics to do some calculations? How about atmospheric conditions, etc...
Still, I can't start to imagine the size and forces involved in this, we are talking about using a kite as a launching platform, right? You are going to launch rockets from this thing. In a jet-stream... Or were you just thinking about putting wings and a big wire on a rocket, and drop them when you were high enough?
Nope, that doesn't work because the shell expands wildcards before "mv" get's a chance to see them. It works under dos, though.
It is one thing I don't like to admit, but here dos actually have a better command-line than unix. But for every task other than renaming files, I still think I prefer Unix. I just hate that renaming files is so darn difficult:-)
And "DNS-style abuse" doesn't even refer to the DNS system per se, but to the current policies surrounding the use of DNS on the Internet. Read: trademark-disputes, cybersquatting, etc...
Oh, I still think most gamers would prefer to look at Lara's face rather than mine. I'm not that pretty. But of course I would be flattered... (especially if it were female gamers).
I am pretty sure you quote him out of context here. DNS is not a kludge, it is a relatively good way of naming hosts. Especially if people would still use it as a hierarchy. As a general naming system for web-content, it is a kludge.
Well, that would certainly be undeserved here. The article appeared on gayteenresources.org, you would expect at least some of the people there to admit they are gay!
Javascript isn't Java, they aren't even related in any way.
Yes, they are. Both contains the word Java in their name (with the possible exception of ECMAScript). Both are associated with the web. Both can be run on the client side. Their syntax looks somewhat superficially similar.
But of course, these are about the only similarites involved. Not too surprising, that is enough to confuse most people.
I hate netscape engineers (or was it marketers) for coming up with the name javascript, if they had called it anything else, most people wouldn't have this problem.
We aren't simply playing at killing someone, we're killing someone in a different reality.
I think this is a funny way to look at it, so I most definitely would agree...
This is all well and good in Quake, where the person respawns. But what about Rainbow 6, where there is no respawning? Is this murder? Could I prosecute someone for that?
Well, sure, it is murder. So if there exist a court system in Rainbow 6 someone could probably prosecute you. But don't forget that that is in a different reality than this, so you can't be punished here for what you do in that other reality;-)
So I guess the Dreamcast will increase the total number of murders in all realities, but just don't forget that most of those murders will not be in this reality;-)
If you don't agree to the terms in the GPL, you are not allowed to use, modify or distribute GPL-licensed code. Exactly the way any other license works!
Nope, but that doesn't mean that it is not a good idea to point them out to them. And given the average slashdot user intelligence, I bet some of them are working as consultants as well.
Shouldn't there be a more unified standard for GUI's? I mean, there are so many different ones out there that it's so confusing, and sometimes incompatible.
Probably...
If Linus would sanction one API that would have the advantage over tha others, most people would have less problems.
Yeah, and if Linus would sanction one OS kernel, then all the others would simply disappear, right?
Seriously, this is complete nonsense. Nobody can dictate what applications I would want to run (or the kernel for that matter). Would you switch mail-reader if Linus told you to? Would you use another windowing system than X if Linus told you to? Would you jump if Linus told you to?
Luckily, Linus is a sensible guy. I don't understand why otherwise intelligent people like you seem to think of him as some kind of omnipotent god, with the power to do anything he wants. Instead you should learn to think for yourself, and hack for yourself!
There's a tribe in Africa (forgot the name) where nodding means "no" and shaking head means "yes". So, with a completely different background, you might misinterprete quite a lot of things.
There's a tribe in Europe, as well. They call themselves Bulgarians:-)
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nuff said
Well, if you had the resources to launch a spacecraft, fly up to Eros, pick the right landing spot, grab the sattelite, take off again and bring it safely back to orbit around earth where it can be inspected by astronauts (or taken back down to earth), I really don't think you would learn much from studying NEAR.
- It wasn't decided to land in the first place
- NASA didn't want to. They decided it would be better to keep it there and gather as much data as they could rather than try flying again which would do nothing for science (although a lot for publicity).
I am proud NASA made the right decision for once. Gathering data is much more valuable than putting junk into space.Yeah, it has always paid off to be early adopters of new technology. I think I can wait for the first bugfixes, you go first!
If you think about this, you are in fact the bad guy here. You have knowingly tricked your employer into paying you for making something they can't use. Also, you unecessarily scare your managers away from GPL'd software. It is good that your software is released under the GPL. It is bad of you to enforce this on the company itself, who by any reasonable standard should be the legal copyright holders.
The ethical thing for you to do is to immediately transfer copyright to your employer, apologize, and stay out of trouble. (Please don't make a bad name for the free software and open source communities!)
Yeah, news, right...
We've got a reporter at the scene of the <big event> in <some location>. And tell us, <insert reporters name>, what is the situation like now?
Is there some truth to the rumors of <something happened>? All right, we all know that whatever the outcome of this event, it will be exciting. Can you tell us something more about the situation down there <reporters name>? Thank you <reporters name>. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Right now, let's look at the situation in <other place> where <other reporter> is on the scene. Is anything new happening there <other reporters name>?I have not much experience with kites except for my own childhood experiments, but it seems to be difficult to get a kite to fly really high. The problem is that the wire will be dragged by the wind, so when you release more wire it will not necessarily make the kite fly much higher (most of the movement will be horizontal).
Now, using a really big kite, you will of course be able to get higher, as you don't need to double the surface area of the wire to double it's strength. I wouldn't know, anyone who knows enough physics to do some calculations? How about atmospheric conditions, etc...
Still, I can't start to imagine the size and forces involved in this, we are talking about using a kite as a launching platform, right? You are going to launch rockets from this thing. In a jet-stream... Or were you just thinking about putting wings and a big wire on a rocket, and drop them when you were high enough?
It is one thing I don't like to admit, but here dos actually have a better command-line than unix. But for every task other than renaming files, I still think I prefer Unix. I just hate that renaming files is so darn difficult :-)
And "DNS-style abuse" doesn't even refer to the DNS system per se, but to the current policies surrounding the use of DNS on the Internet. Read: trademark-disputes, cybersquatting, etc...
Oh, I still think most gamers would prefer to look at Lara's face rather than mine. I'm not that pretty. But of course I would be flattered... (especially if it were female gamers).
I am pretty sure you quote him out of context here. DNS is not a kludge, it is a relatively good way of naming hosts. Especially if people would still use it as a hierarchy. As a general naming system for web-content, it is a kludge.
Nice troll, AC!
Well, that would certainly be undeserved here. The article appeared on gayteenresources.org, you would expect at least some of the people there to admit they are gay!
TeX, vi, anything that can abstract itself away from hardware to run portably and is mature enough for it's users not desperately upgrading each week.
But of course, these are about the only similarites involved. Not too surprising, that is enough to confuse most people.
I hate netscape engineers (or was it marketers) for coming up with the name javascript, if they had called it anything else, most people wouldn't have this problem.
I think this is a funny way to look at it, so I most definitely would agree...
This is all well and good in Quake, where the person respawns. But what about Rainbow 6, where there is no respawning? Is this murder? Could I prosecute someone for that?
Well, sure, it is murder. So if there exist a court system in Rainbow 6 someone could probably prosecute you. But don't forget that that is in a different reality than this, so you can't be punished here for what you do in that other reality ;-)
So I guess the Dreamcast will increase the total number of murders in all realities, but just don't forget that most of those murders will not be in this reality ;-)
Nope, copyright does...
If you don't agree to the terms in the GPL, you are not allowed to use, modify or distribute GPL-licensed code. Exactly the way any other license works!
RTFL! (read the fucking license)
Nope, but that doesn't mean that it is not a good idea to point them out to them. And given the average slashdot user intelligence, I bet some of them are working as consultants as well.
I wasn't aware of this link, but the ethics guidelines there looks good to me. You may also want to check out ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Yeah, let's create a new email-system where you must pay for every message sent. It's bound to be popular!
Probably...
If Linus would sanction one API that would have the advantage over tha others, most people would have less problems.
Yeah, and if Linus would sanction one OS kernel, then all the others would simply disappear, right?
Seriously, this is complete nonsense. Nobody can dictate what applications I would want to run (or the kernel for that matter). Would you switch mail-reader if Linus told you to? Would you use another windowing system than X if Linus told you to? Would you jump if Linus told you to?
Luckily, Linus is a sensible guy. I don't understand why otherwise intelligent people like you seem to think of him as some kind of omnipotent god, with the power to do anything he wants. Instead you should learn to think for yourself, and hack for yourself!
There's a tribe in Europe, as well. They call themselves Bulgarians :-)
Thinking twice about flaming? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?