Throwing tea into a harbour is one thing. Blowing up buildings with people inside is 100% different. You can replace the tea. Try replacing a human life.
As much as I hate to say it. I agree with you. While I'm very opposed to the death penalty, I think some people just have no right to breath the same air as the rest of us. Not to mention Terrorism almost never works. More often than not it just pisses more people off than promoting your cause. Now when your cause is a purely selfish one, like demanding money, it really doesn't hurt the cause any, but I still think these people should have a nice big old bullet in their heads. Now if it was some kid in his bedroom and just did it to prove it could be done, I think that he should be hired to help them fix the problem.
GNU Service Pack. I like that. I should install the GNU service pack on our systems at school. We are running a poorly configured netware server. Our "admin" doesn't know shit for netware and refuses to learn because "netware is dead". He's waiting till nt5/doze2000/whatever comes out because it will have disk quota support. I've tried to tell him 5000 times that Linux uses resources more effeciently; that samba runs faster than NT; that it does disk quotas NOW. Of course he's in the process of getting his MCSE and refuses to admit that NT is anything less than great. Actually now he will admit nt4 sucks rocks, but that's only cuz nt5 "is right around the corner." It's really sad to see such alegience to an OS that is made by a company that has no alegience to it's customers. What was really funny was to see him coming to me when he needed some email accounts setup. He didn't have m$ exchange server (or whatever it is) setup and he needed them done that day. In about 15 minutes i had created the accounts on the linux server I run and everyone was happy. Oh well, atleast it's nice to know that the revolution is taking place and that it WILL be televised.
You are insulted and your signature is "Long Dong Silver" with an ascii art of a penis? I find it funny. Maybe you don't. Should/. run every article past you first?
I don't know if the FSF can sue if they don't own any of the kernel code, it seems likely that at some point atleast some FSF code snuck into the kernel over the years however, but I'm certain they could handle all of the legal fees and take care of the lawyers 'n' such. They did this with NeXT's objectiv-c compiler.
I think the issue of if this violates the GPL is still in question though. IIRC the GPL expressly forbids linking a binary module to a GPL'd program, but Linus made an exception to the kernel for binary modules. But I think that exception only holds if no kernel modifications are necisary. The modules come with some kernel "patches" so I really have no idea. I'm sure RMS would love the chance to sue these people though.
I was just poking around the 2.2.2 source tree and couldn't find any reference binary only modules at all. Does anyone know exactly where these terms are written out?
I did, and guess what? It comes with the source to the kernel modifications and to the user controll tools. Binary modules are 100% allowed. There is no violation of the GPL here. People really should research first, before they get all worked up.
The GPL is a legal document. It has nothing to do with ideals, it has to do with the law. If someone places any restrictions on the distribution of a patch to the linux kernel they can be taken to court and they will lose. This has already been proven with NeXT's objective-C compiler. They took the gcc source, modified it to be an objective-C compiler then refused to release the source code to it. The FSF took them to court and won.
Actually the last time this happened it was due to confusion with a new webmaster at the company. The company had every intention of releasing the source, they also were providing a pre-compiled kernel for convienece. The new webmaster aparently assumed that only the kernel binary was to be released. The matter was quickly cleared up. Also, beta has 100% nothing to do with it. IIRC under the GPL you can protect the source to a program only if you give it to NO ONE else.
In all fairness the Vice-President of the US is hardly a leader. He's pretty much just there incase the presdent gets killed and to pretend to give a crap about the stuff the president is too busy to pretend to give a crap about
> Here we go, a quote from the man himself: > > The new license is inconvenient and inequitable, > so it remains desirable to avoid using Qt. > > For the clueless, that means just say no to KDE.
Now maybe I'm reading this differently than you but that very much seems like a commandment not to use KDE, "just say no to KDE." This is what I'm complaining about, people blindly following RMS without thinking. If you honestly believe that by using KDE you will give QT controll of Linux, fine, don't use it. I don't give a crap what you do. But DO NOT tell me not to use it. It's my computer and I will do what I want with it.
The Philadelphia area will also soon be 10 digits. It's really funny, they split up the 215 area code a few years ago into 610 and 215 saying the new numbers would last another 30 years. It's been about 6 and they are almost out. So now we get two new area codes AND 10 digit phone numbers. Go progress.
Am I the only one who really doesn't give a crap what RMS thinks? Sure he started a great movement and I'm greatful to him for that. But he has gone overboard. He has no more right to tell me what I can or cannot run than that unknown redmond company does. I run KDE. Why don't I use GNOME? Mostly because I was using KDE before GNOME existed. I like KDE, it works. Do I care that QT's license isn't more open source friendly? Yes, to an extent. Not to the extent that I will abandon an excelent suite of applications though.
For memebers of the church of RMS, that means I'll do whatever I want. RMS isn't my daddy.
Sound Forge works really well w/ 990131. Few minor cosmetic problems, and the not so minor problem that saving crashes wine. Note, this can probally be worked around since IIRC Sound Forge does all of it's operations directly to a disk file, so saving just renames the file or some such voodoo. I really like WINE. If you think you can do a better job, do it. Don't complain, help.
While I agree that capitalism sucks, it's not a type of government, and neither is socialism. They are both types of economies, entirely different from government. You could easily have a capitalist dictatorship, or a socialist democracy, or a communist republic. I also wasn't aware that Sweden and New Zealand were socialist countries.
Does anyone else get the impression that most of these trolls just post this shit to get us all worked up. I mean, come on, this statement is just plain stupid. If someone honestly meant it he/she is obviously dumb.
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Throwing tea into a harbour is one thing. Blowing up buildings with people inside is 100% different. You can replace the tea. Try replacing a human life.
As much as I hate to say it. I agree with you. While I'm very opposed to the death penalty, I think some people just have no right to breath the same air as the rest of us. Not to mention Terrorism almost never works. More often than not it just pisses more people off than promoting your cause. Now when your cause is a purely selfish one, like demanding money, it really doesn't hurt the cause any, but I still think these people should have a nice big old bullet in their heads. Now if it was some kid in his bedroom and just did it to prove it could be done, I think that he should be hired to help them fix the problem.
GNU Service Pack. I like that. I should install the GNU service pack on our systems at school. We are running a poorly configured netware server. Our "admin" doesn't know shit for netware and refuses to learn because "netware is dead". He's waiting till nt5/doze2000/whatever comes out because it will have disk quota support. I've tried to tell him 5000 times that Linux uses resources more effeciently; that samba runs faster than NT; that it does disk quotas NOW. Of course he's in the process of getting his MCSE and refuses to admit that NT is anything less than great. Actually now he will admit nt4 sucks rocks, but that's only cuz nt5 "is right around the corner." It's really sad to see such alegience to an OS that is made by a company that has no alegience to it's customers. What was really funny was to see him coming to me when he needed some email accounts setup. He didn't have m$ exchange server (or whatever it is) setup and he needed them done that day. In about 15 minutes i had created the accounts on the linux server I run and everyone was happy. Oh well, atleast it's nice to know that the revolution is taking place and that it WILL be televised.
If you hate /. so much stop reading it. Most of your recent posts have been complaining about slashdot. No one is forcing you to come here.
You are insulted and your signature is "Long Dong Silver" with an ascii art of a penis? I find it funny. Maybe you don't. Should /. run every article past you first?
your statement "this bowl is blue" is politically incorrect. I am color blind and cannot see the color blue.
your statement "I ate breakfast this morning" is politically incorrect. I am poor and cannot afford to eat breakfast.
I think my point is that it's damned near impossible to be 100% politically correct.
See the big foot w/ the "It's funny, laugh" comment. It's funny, laugh. I know I did.
I needed a good laugh after smashing my car last night, that helped.
I'm just going by what I read somewhere. It's entirely possible what I read was wrong. Anyone know the real answer?
I don't know if the FSF can sue if they don't own any of the kernel code, it seems likely that at some point atleast some FSF code snuck into the kernel over the years however, but I'm certain they could handle all of the legal fees and take care of the lawyers 'n' such. They did this with NeXT's objectiv-c compiler.
I think the issue of if this violates the GPL is still in question though. IIRC the GPL expressly forbids linking a binary module to a GPL'd program, but Linus made an exception to the kernel for binary modules. But I think that exception only holds if no kernel modifications are necisary. The modules come with some kernel "patches" so I really have no idea. I'm sure RMS would love the chance to sue these people though.
I was just poking around the 2.2.2 source tree and couldn't find any reference binary only modules at all. Does anyone know exactly where these terms are written out?
I did, and guess what? It comes with the source to the kernel modifications and to the user controll tools. Binary modules are 100% allowed. There is no violation of the GPL here. People really should research first, before they get all worked up.
The GPL is a legal document. It has nothing to do with ideals, it has to do with the law. If someone places any restrictions on the distribution of a patch to the linux kernel they can be taken to court and they will lose. This has already been proven with NeXT's objective-C compiler. They took the gcc source, modified it to be an objective-C compiler then refused to release the source code to it. The FSF took them to court and won.
Actually the last time this happened it was due to confusion with a new webmaster at the company. The company had every intention of releasing the source, they also were providing a pre-compiled kernel for convienece. The new webmaster aparently assumed that only the kernel binary was to be released. The matter was quickly cleared up. Also, beta has 100% nothing to do with it. IIRC under the GPL you can protect the source to a program only if you give it to NO ONE else.
But most of the time your console is lost until you reboot. If fbcon gets a lot of work in 2.3 that problem will go away.
In all fairness the Vice-President of the US is hardly a leader. He's pretty much just there incase the presdent gets killed and to pretend to give a crap about the stuff the president is too busy to pretend to give a crap about
> Here we go, a quote from the man himself:
>
> The new license is inconvenient and inequitable, > so it remains desirable to avoid using Qt.
>
> For the clueless, that means just say no to KDE.
Now maybe I'm reading this differently than you but that very much seems like a commandment not to use KDE, "just say no to KDE." This is what I'm complaining about, people blindly following RMS without thinking. If you honestly believe that by using KDE you will give QT controll of Linux, fine, don't use it. I don't give a crap what you do. But DO NOT tell me not to use it. It's my computer and I will do what I want with it.
The Philadelphia area will also soon be 10 digits. It's really funny, they split up the 215 area code a few years ago into 610 and 215 saying the new numbers would last another 30 years. It's been about 6 and they are almost out. So now we get two new area codes AND 10 digit phone numbers. Go progress.
Am I the only one who really doesn't give a crap what RMS thinks? Sure he started a great movement and I'm greatful to him for that. But he has gone overboard. He has no more right to tell me what I can or cannot run than that unknown redmond company does. I run KDE. Why don't I use GNOME? Mostly because I was using KDE before GNOME existed. I like KDE, it works. Do I care that QT's license isn't more open source friendly? Yes, to an extent. Not to the extent that I will abandon an excelent suite of applications though.
For memebers of the church of RMS, that means I'll do whatever I want. RMS isn't my daddy.
Sound Forge works really well w/ 990131. Few minor cosmetic problems, and the not so minor problem that saving crashes wine. Note, this can probally be worked around since IIRC Sound Forge does all of it's operations directly to a disk file, so saving just renames the file or some such voodoo. I really like WINE. If you think you can do a better job, do it. Don't complain, help.
IIRC they sold Russia U.S. developed technology.
I'm pretty certain that AMD has publicly stated that they will not pull this kind of crap.
I agree. I really hate to think what I must sound like to someone who speeks spanish as their native tongue.
While I agree that capitalism sucks, it's not a type of government, and neither is socialism. They are both types of economies, entirely different from government. You could easily have a capitalist dictatorship, or a socialist democracy, or a communist republic. I also wasn't aware that Sweden and New Zealand were socialist countries.
Does anyone else get the impression that most of these trolls just post this shit to get us all worked up. I mean, come on, this statement is just plain stupid. If someone honestly meant it he/she is obviously dumb.