but it would be a lot easier to communicate with your pet if it could speak. people have pets for companionship, this would increase companionship. so, good.
this. i say go ahead, do whatever the fuck you want. clone humans, create human-hippo hybrids, do any fucking thing. unless the genes of a creature are >50% human, no human rights need apply. all this tiptoeing is harming science.
The way your post is written, it implies a proprietary product can be "accidentally" "infected" by the GPL and be forced to open. This is not true at all, unless your development methodology is just utterly careless and you routinely lift code from other sources or use libraries without bothering to see how they're licensed.
Microsoft's attitude in all this has been pretty consistent: they love having a wealth of free code out there they can appropriate, modify, close up, and sell. They have little interest in producing any open code of their own, though, and are completely against being forced to do so by any licensing terms (such as those under the GPL.)
I get why, for mercenary reasons, some people are against the GPL. But it is about as fair as any license could be. Don't want to GPL your product? Don't use GPL'ed code. Why is that so hard?
so if i use a gpl'd library, my code is forced to conform to gpl? that is fucked up. using someone else's library is very different from using someone else's code.
You don't get it. An individual software developer may not be easy to replace, but he's still replaceable. You can't replace the whole office. A union can eliminate the question of being replaced entirely and secure appropriate compensation at the same time.
yeah you're correct. without a union, workers are hired and retained based on merit. with union, its a matter of bullying.
This is stunningly ignorant or maybe just naive. Unions exist, in reality, as a method to empower unskilled labor, which cannot properly negotiate on the terms of its employment.
No, unions exist so that any type of workers can band together to push back against their employer when they inevitably get fucked over. Individuals are easy to replace, but there's power in numbers.
not when they're doing something that only a few other people can do. like software developement. they ARE easy to replace if they're doing something any normal human would be able to do, for example driving a garbage truck. in fact, the wiki page on unions redirects from "labor union".
unions exist for unskilled workers, those doing the kind of work that any random healthy person can do, with minimal training. are you suggesting it workers are like that? i don't think so. unions are made to empower workers who are unable to negotiate, usually due to their work being mindless and repetitive.
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Ethics is an important part of Science.
it shouldn't be.
And should be considered whenever you do an experiment.
i disagree. scientific research should be done for no reason other than curiosity. no other consideration should come into the picture.
Do you jump to animal testing before you sit down and do the math and run simulations?
yes, no substitute to real experiments.
i'm sorry for posting an almost identical reply, i had not seen yours.
what is abuse? its just wherever we decide to draw the line, right? lets decide to draw NO LINE. voila! no abuse!
but it would be a lot easier to communicate with your pet if it could speak. people have pets for companionship, this would increase companionship. so, good.
this. i say go ahead, do whatever the fuck you want. clone humans, create human-hippo hybrids, do any fucking thing. unless the genes of a creature are >50% human, no human rights need apply. all this tiptoeing is harming science.
There are no indigenous vegetarians, let alone vegans.
that does not make any sense. many communities in the world eat complete vegetarian.
this is complete FUD. no copyright infringement occurred, no code was copied. this is about patents. please learn about the difference.
2% is just wrong. more like 0.2% or more accurately, a rounding error.
convoluted. install the pc suite that came with your phone, click connect. works like that for me (sony x10 mini and nokia e71).
Let's see: I use Apple stuff because it "Just Works"
just make sure you 'hold it correctly'.
netscape got screwed because ie6 was miles better.
its another goddamn animal! what is it with open source and animals?
and look what it did to firefox!
but i doubt they've release code under GPL. and so they're not cancer?
The way your post is written, it implies a proprietary product can be "accidentally" "infected" by the GPL and be forced to open. This is not true at all, unless your development methodology is just utterly careless and you routinely lift code from other sources or use libraries without bothering to see how they're licensed.
Microsoft's attitude in all this has been pretty consistent: they love having a wealth of free code out there they can appropriate, modify, close up, and sell. They have little interest in producing any open code of their own, though, and are completely against being forced to do so by any licensing terms (such as those under the GPL.)
I get why, for mercenary reasons, some people are against the GPL. But it is about as fair as any license could be. Don't want to GPL your product? Don't use GPL'ed code. Why is that so hard?
so if i use a gpl'd library, my code is forced to conform to gpl? that is fucked up. using someone else's library is very different from using someone else's code.
this is unbelievably paranoid.
wtf does "Hurf durf...Derp derp" mean?
do people immigrate to us and get call center jobs? nope. this is entirely irrelevant.
there is no "Block all www.experts-exchange.com results" button :(
no i have not worked in it. i'm sure it might seem boring, but it is a job that requires a proper education, and some training too.
and this is not how it should be (imo).
You don't get it. An individual software developer may not be easy to replace, but he's still replaceable. You can't replace the whole office. A union can eliminate the question of being replaced entirely and secure appropriate compensation at the same time.
yeah you're correct. without a union, workers are hired and retained based on merit. with union, its a matter of bullying.
This is stunningly ignorant or maybe just naive. Unions exist, in reality, as a method to empower unskilled labor, which cannot properly negotiate on the terms of its employment.
No, unions exist so that any type of workers can band together to push back against their employer when they inevitably get fucked over. Individuals are easy to replace, but there's power in numbers.
not when they're doing something that only a few other people can do. like software developement. they ARE easy to replace if they're doing something any normal human would be able to do, for example driving a garbage truck. in fact, the wiki page on unions redirects from "labor union".
unions exist for unskilled workers, those doing the kind of work that any random healthy person can do, with minimal training. are you suggesting it workers are like that? i don't think so. unions are made to empower workers who are unable to negotiate, usually due to their work being mindless and repetitive.