I got an account on gnu.org recently, and what amazed me was the complete lack of security. Everybody can read everything. Everbody can also write most of everything. If you want a mail alias you go and edit the aliases file yourself, you don't even have to _tell_ the sysadmin.
(This leads to some hilarious dialogues in the comments in that file)
But other than fun, it's also very easy and quick to work where you don't have to go asking around for permission to do this and that.
You can use one of the several free-of-cost newsservers,
mentioned at newsservers.net (among other places) but unfortunately that does not solve the problem of archives/searching old posts (as ghoti mentioned in this thread)
Since when is the protection of copyrigted material bad for anything?
protection of copyrighted software has always been bad for people who use software. The case for free(as in freedom) music is much the same as the case for free software. The only difference is that refusing to share software causes material harm to the other person, because it something you use, and without which you cannot do the job. The case for free music is weaker because music is not something you use. But everything else said about software being free applies to music also.
You've always criticised Unix for not having file version numbers. In your earlier writings you mentioned that GNU would have them. You had even described a "wierd hairy scheme to make version numbers fit..."
Well, what happened ? There's all sorts of version control, but why don't we still have file version numbers as part of the OS itself ?
Note that releasing a new version of the GPL with more restrictive conditions would not work, since people can choose to use any (later) version. A whole new license would be required.
I'm no X programmer, but if you could make the mouse ptr move slightly slower on buttons etc.,you could "simulate" large size and they'd be easier to click due to Fitt's Law...
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No it doesn't, because saying you can't walk around with a loaded gun does not imply that nobody will walk around with a loaded gun.
I got an account on gnu.org recently, and what amazed me was the complete lack of security. Everybody can read everything. Everbody can also write most of everything. If you want a mail alias you go and edit the aliases file yourself, you don't even have to _tell_ the sysadmin. (This leads to some hilarious dialogues in the comments in that file)
But other than fun, it's also very easy and quick to work where you don't have to go asking around for permission to do this and that.
You can use one of the several free-of-cost newsservers, mentioned at newsservers.net (among other places) but unfortunately that does not solve the problem of archives/searching old posts (as ghoti mentioned in this thread)
Try using the IP address... nslookup says 64.19.195.26
protection of copyrighted software has always been bad for people who use software. The case for free(as in freedom) music is much the same as the case for free software. The only difference is that refusing to share software causes material harm to the other person, because it something you use, and without which you cannot do the job.
The case for free music is weaker because music is not something you use. But everything else said about software being free applies to music also.
Well, what happened ? There's all sorts of version control, but why don't we still have file version numbers as part of the OS itself ?
Note that releasing a new version of the GPL with more restrictive conditions would not work, since people can choose to use any (later) version. A whole new license would be required.
I'm no X programmer, but if you could make the mouse ptr move slightly slower on buttons etc.,you could "simulate" large size and they'd be easier to click due to Fitt's Law...