And who decided to venture over to my page and use my services? YOU DID. The javascript source doesn't do anything without the server communicating with it.
Stallman's argument has been that one should distribute the source if one distributes the binary.
There's no binary. There's only source with Javascript, and it is cached in the browser so that you can read it. Whether or not it is beneficial to allow people to license that code and use the API to interface with the server is strictly up to the person who controls the server. As it should be.
Stallman has never been so worried about free software as he has been about promoting business models which suit his political philosophy. He never anticipated the web service as a business model, and he really doesn't know how to attack it because it neuters his mantra.
The funny thing about ad blocking is that it doesn't work on home grown text ads, which I have had great success with.
All in all, I have no problem whatsoever with someone cutting off access to web services if they know their ads are being blocked by a particular browser or plugin. The reason I think this isn't happening is that IE still has the lion's share of the market, and doesn't do much in terms of blocking ads.
The way I see it, if I build a site to generate revenue by providing a service, and that source of revenue is ads, then if you refuse to see the ads, then you refuse to use the service.
They should be recognized as douchebags and fired on the spot.
Proper management and planning means you don't need a Josh on your team. The guy should have been fired before he was ever allowed to become so integral to their solutions that getting rid of him would mean pain for the group.
There are very few irreplaceable workers in this world, and none of them work on code.
... Linux has nothing to worry about, that's good enough for me. After all, he's undoubtedly got many cases of intellectual property litigation under his belt that would lead us to believe that he knows what he's talking about.
It's common knowledge to anyone who pays attention that the only reason east and west coasters are so against oil drilling in their backyards is because they don't want it to affect beachfront property values. Oil rigs are largely a huge boon to the local fish populations, because they are essentially giant man-made reefs.
Abandoned oil rigs need to remain abandoned, at least during hurricane season. Last thing emergency officials need are a bunch of earth-firsters not following protocol and being stranded in the middle of a storm. It makes a lot more sense to topple the rigs.
Well, my data shows that it'll be Year {X+5}. Just enough years ahead to give plausible deniability. At least, that's what Linux zealots have been claiming since I started fooling around with Slackware back in 96.
Still won't change anything. OSS will have a better shot at making Photoshop and the rest of the Adobe suite work on Linux than they will at getting graphics professionals to switch to a product nobody in the industry uses. If they aren't willing to recreate Photoshop down to the last feature and work exactly like that product does, they're fighting a losing battle.
The Print Industry: Paying More So We Can Think Less.
... was that you couldn't talk to everyone on your team to get them all on the same page. When you only have voice chat with 3 other guys, it's hard to coordinate your efforts if two of your squad members decide to go off and do their own thing. The game pretty much requires a high level of teamwork in order to be successful on offense, because there's no deathmatch or slayer game type.
Faith can be falsified quite easily. I once had faith that creationism was the truth. I read plenty of books and pamphlets to back up that idea. But then one day, it occurred to me that in order for creationism to be the truth, there had to be a vast scientific conspiracy out there, ranging from paleontologists to biologists.
So I started paying attention to science.
I now know that I was incorrect. My faith was wrong. I was blind and now I see.
There's a huge difference between declining assistance and going off on a childish diatribe because a businessman offered his services to you. Putin seems to be playing up to the state-owned press in Russia which lionizes everything he does.
Maybe in the California suburbs, oil rigs are giant monstrosities that destroy all life as we know it, but down in communities near the Louisiana and Texas coasts, oil rigs are artificial reefs that put to shame every other attempt by man to create such a structure. When offshore fishing guides discuss where they're going to find their fish, they use the oil platforms to describe the location because that's where the fish are.
Not only that, but many old rigs can be knocked over after they've finished their life cycle to have permanent aquatic reefs. Good for the environment, good for the oil companies. This doesn't always have to be a religious issue.
There were more women in my higher level mathematics classes than there were men. They had no problem understanding the concepts and theory. If anything, I'd guess that women have a higher natural aptitude for analytical thought, they just haven't been encouraged to pursue scientific careers.
We raise girls to be nurturers and boys to be tinkerers. Small children are all given little dolls, which act as security blankets. But when little girls get their next toy, it's another doll. A little boy will get a toy truck, or car. The girl gets the Barbie dream house. The boy gets the lego set. We define gender roles for children from the time they are small, then are amazed when they don't break out of those roles.
... take the gf out to dinner, then go see a movie, then pick up some dessert on the way back. I figure whoever was elected on Tuesday will still be the President-elect on Wednesday, and the crowds should be smaller than usual to boot.
This is what a PHB would to with the information you provided him:
(1) He will fly into an angry purple rage that you even attempted to detail the possible consequences of your actions (2) When he calms down, he will explain away any possible problems regarding the scraping, completely clueless about the technology you have to develop, complete with cheesy grin and thumbs up before going to lunch on the company dime (3) When you do indeed get caught, he will say that the problem is obviously your lack of programming skills and experience, since he tried to counsel you on the best way to handle the situation
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And who decided to venture over to my page and use my services? YOU DID. The javascript source doesn't do anything without the server communicating with it.
Stallman's argument has been that one should distribute the source if one distributes the binary.
There's no binary. There's only source with Javascript, and it is cached in the browser so that you can read it. Whether or not it is beneficial to allow people to license that code and use the API to interface with the server is strictly up to the person who controls the server. As it should be.
Stallman has never been so worried about free software as he has been about promoting business models which suit his political philosophy. He never anticipated the web service as a business model, and he really doesn't know how to attack it because it neuters his mantra.
The funny thing about ad blocking is that it doesn't work on home grown text ads, which I have had great success with.
All in all, I have no problem whatsoever with someone cutting off access to web services if they know their ads are being blocked by a particular browser or plugin. The reason I think this isn't happening is that IE still has the lion's share of the market, and doesn't do much in terms of blocking ads.
The way I see it, if I build a site to generate revenue by providing a service, and that source of revenue is ads, then if you refuse to see the ads, then you refuse to use the service.
Well, there's a simple response to Stallman: you're wrong.
If you want to use my service and my resources, then you don't get to dictate your terms to me.
Linux: 15 years of being 5 years away from taking over the desktop!
If you were half the genius you claim to be, you'd be the one running the company.
You aren't, hence, you aren't.
They should be recognized as douchebags and fired on the spot.
Proper management and planning means you don't need a Josh on your team. The guy should have been fired before he was ever allowed to become so integral to their solutions that getting rid of him would mean pain for the group.
There are very few irreplaceable workers in this world, and none of them work on code.
... Linux has nothing to worry about, that's good enough for me. After all, he's undoubtedly got many cases of intellectual property litigation under his belt that would lead us to believe that he knows what he's talking about.
Right?
They've discovered that blisters are caused by friction!
What an amazing discovery!
You don't know the difference between a tanker and a rig, so your point is moot and your opinion invalidated.
It's common knowledge to anyone who pays attention that the only reason east and west coasters are so against oil drilling in their backyards is because they don't want it to affect beachfront property values. Oil rigs are largely a huge boon to the local fish populations, because they are essentially giant man-made reefs.
Abandoned oil rigs need to remain abandoned, at least during hurricane season. Last thing emergency officials need are a bunch of earth-firsters not following protocol and being stranded in the middle of a storm. It makes a lot more sense to topple the rigs.
Well, my data shows that it'll be Year {X+5}. Just enough years ahead to give plausible deniability. At least, that's what Linux zealots have been claiming since I started fooling around with Slackware back in 96.
Right. Which is why Obama's kids have never been to a public school, and neither has he.
All hail the majority. Same as the previous majority for all intents and purposes.
Still won't change anything. OSS will have a better shot at making Photoshop and the rest of the Adobe suite work on Linux than they will at getting graphics professionals to switch to a product nobody in the industry uses. If they aren't willing to recreate Photoshop down to the last feature and work exactly like that product does, they're fighting a losing battle.
The Print Industry: Paying More So We Can Think Less.
... was that you couldn't talk to everyone on your team to get them all on the same page. When you only have voice chat with 3 other guys, it's hard to coordinate your efforts if two of your squad members decide to go off and do their own thing. The game pretty much requires a high level of teamwork in order to be successful on offense, because there's no deathmatch or slayer game type.
Wrong.
Faith can be falsified quite easily. I once had faith that creationism was the truth. I read plenty of books and pamphlets to back up that idea. But then one day, it occurred to me that in order for creationism to be the truth, there had to be a vast scientific conspiracy out there, ranging from paleontologists to biologists.
So I started paying attention to science.
I now know that I was incorrect. My faith was wrong. I was blind and now I see.
There's a huge difference between declining assistance and going off on a childish diatribe because a businessman offered his services to you. Putin seems to be playing up to the state-owned press in Russia which lionizes everything he does.
You get one version of KDE.
Slow.
When you almost always win.
... when the global cooling occurs, it'll get Al Gore to STFU for once.
Yeah, that's right, artists should be sheltered from the realities of everyday life.
Reality check: the musicians who are good enough to make a living by just playing music, do, despite file sharing.
The rest? They need to get a day job just like everyone else.
Nobody is owed a living because they enjoy doing something.
No, he means applets.
Maybe in the California suburbs, oil rigs are giant monstrosities that destroy all life as we know it, but down in communities near the Louisiana and Texas coasts, oil rigs are artificial reefs that put to shame every other attempt by man to create such a structure. When offshore fishing guides discuss where they're going to find their fish, they use the oil platforms to describe the location because that's where the fish are.
Not only that, but many old rigs can be knocked over after they've finished their life cycle to have permanent aquatic reefs. Good for the environment, good for the oil companies. This doesn't always have to be a religious issue.
That's not entirely accurate.
There were more women in my higher level mathematics classes than there were men. They had no problem understanding the concepts and theory. If anything, I'd guess that women have a higher natural aptitude for analytical thought, they just haven't been encouraged to pursue scientific careers.
We raise girls to be nurturers and boys to be tinkerers. Small children are all given little dolls, which act as security blankets. But when little girls get their next toy, it's another doll. A little boy will get a toy truck, or car. The girl gets the Barbie dream house. The boy gets the lego set. We define gender roles for children from the time they are small, then are amazed when they don't break out of those roles.
... take the gf out to dinner, then go see a movie, then pick up some dessert on the way back. I figure whoever was elected on Tuesday will still be the President-elect on Wednesday, and the crowds should be smaller than usual to boot.
You clearly have never worked for a PHB.
This is what a PHB would to with the information you provided him:
(1) He will fly into an angry purple rage that you even attempted to detail the possible consequences of your actions
(2) When he calms down, he will explain away any possible problems regarding the scraping, completely clueless about the technology you have to develop, complete with cheesy grin and thumbs up before going to lunch on the company dime
(3) When you do indeed get caught, he will say that the problem is obviously your lack of programming skills and experience, since he tried to counsel you on the best way to handle the situation