"So just put a README in the folder that says that others are NOT allowed to copy the files without permission from the copyright holder..."
So, why would you need to tell that to others? Generally speaking, it will always be forbidden to make duplicates without permission from the copyright holder (a few exceptions exists). Others should already know this too... (and you certainly haven't given anyone a blankett).
This is a direct attack against the competition from youtube owned by Google. I don't think Microsoft mind at all if there are any videos at all uploaded to soapbox. All that matters is causing bigger legal troubles for Google by "showing a better way to handle content covered by copyright".
Yepp, but if you discuss something with the person next to you, you dont want to reauthorize again. If this happens several times per day it is very frustrating. (Additionally, all people around you should already have their own local accounts. And if you really want to (mis)use another persons account, you just have to wait until the person temporary leaves their computer). I think the security increase given by such a restriction is *very* small (30+ mins or so is okay though to make sure people have logged out when leaving for the day)).
Yeah, and let's require that the password is changed every week too!
(Oh, and don't forget to adjust the screensaver to lock if not using the machine for 10 mins... Oh, how I hate admins who require that in windows networks).
>>Sun will no longer control the only good JVM, and if Sun can't stay at least as good as Harmony, then Sun will no longer control the primary JVM.
How does this differ from the incompatible Java framework released years ago by Microsoft? If Harmony takes "the lead" - will it be possible that it can be taken to court by Sun? Or is it simly because of the monopoly market situation that Microsoft is and were in?
I think SoTuA and you probably mean the same thing: When doing a smaller project (where you have a simple analysis and design), I find that 95% of all code is written very quickly, say in 5% of the total project time. The resting 95% job time (and 5% amount of written code) is spent on testing, bugfixing and reviewing the results.
I see this as a way for Novell to gain more control over the software and its distribution. Sure, the software is still under GPL and will (maybe) be forever. BUT, theres one company that may in the future use this software for commercial purposes, and that is Novell. And as good as this software is still available under GPL, this _is_ a way for Novell to gain money that will not be available for any other company. So, do you want to give your support to Novell more than, say to HP or IBM (now and in the future) by giving them your sign and contribution? And yes, I know the Ximian guys within Novell has written the most code in Evolution and that its now 'only' available under GPL - which brings another question; should a GPL:ed project need to give away its copyrights to sign an agreement or work closely with a GNU project (such as GNOME with Sun)?
Maintaining software does not need to be boring. I think it is quite challenging to enhance, fix things up and make it even more stable. Sure, it's not the same as developing some new hyper cool wireless network driver or application. It's just a different job.
Slightly off-topic, but the previous post reminds me of the following. (The following has been posted by someone on/. before, don't remember who).
Subject: "It's not the size of the CRT that matters...it's the resolution of the image!"
Tell that to some of the people in my company.
User is still using one of the older monitors (15" Trinitron tubes) and made a requisition, complaining for a better monitor. Well, they clamored enough for a while we were told to give her a 19". I set it up during her lunch, and set it to 1024x768.
I thought I was being very conservative with that resolution, because everyone seems to complain about their eyesight.
Next day I walked by it and she apparently set it to 640x480 with large icon and large fonts. She wears glasses too...
(She sure needed the tool for changing resolution.../danme)
The problem with both of your questions is that you really want to control/master the developers. Actually, that is the attitude the "bugzilla etiquette" tries to hinder. The underlying issue is that you're looking for ways to manipulate the developers to do things the way you want - and (at least regarding open-source) that is none of your rights.
What to do? As it always should be done - earn the right to influence people. For example; in normal life - keeping a generous attitude and not going around peoples back; in open-source - by committing patches and getting involved, being active solving other peoples problems.
I think this is something people all over the world do have problems with.
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The problem I see in using cash cards or other cards used for transactions is that there is always somebody else in control, most often the banks. When using regular cash I am in control - no one else can place any extra charges or regulate how it should be used.
In Sweden (where I live) it is quite normal to use cards when paying. To have a card, though, you first have to pay the bank ~$20 (on a yearly basis). The problem is that it is quite expensive for the shops to allow this service to be used. To compensate for this, the shop takes an extra charge when customers is paying with cards (this is becoming more and more common). In the end, the customer is charged _twice_ for helping the bank and the shop to reduce the expenses for handling cash.
In Sweden we have also had a system called "cash cards". These where anonymous cards which you placed a certain amount of money on. There were a couple of problems with this; still expensive for the shops (still controlled by the banks), maximum amount to be allowed on the cards were ~$150, not very user-friendly since you had to move cash from the normal bank account to the card, etc.
For a card system to be really functional, I think it has to be regulated in some way by the goverment. One possible way would be to have it intergrated with the driving license/identification card. (The risk for being tracked might be greater, though).
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So go hunt in China and other parts of eastern Asia then! Do not hunt in the western world!
"So just put a README in the folder that says that others are NOT allowed to copy the files without permission from the copyright holder..."
So, why would you need to tell that to others? Generally speaking, it will always be forbidden to make duplicates without permission from the copyright holder (a few exceptions exists). Others should already know this too... (and you certainly haven't given anyone a blankett).
This is a direct attack against the competition from youtube owned by Google. I don't think Microsoft mind at all if there are any videos at all uploaded to soapbox. All that matters is causing bigger legal troubles for Google by "showing a better way to handle content covered by copyright".
Yepp, but if you discuss something with the person next to you, you dont want to reauthorize again. If this happens several times per day it is very frustrating. (Additionally, all people around you should already have their own local accounts. And if you really want to (mis)use another persons account, you just have to wait until the person temporary leaves their computer). I think the security increase given by such a restriction is *very* small (30+ mins or so is okay though to make sure people have logged out when leaving for the day)).
Yeah, and let's require that the password is changed every week too!
(Oh, and don't forget to adjust the screensaver to lock if not using the machine for 10 mins... Oh, how I hate admins who require that in windows networks).
Children under the age of two should play with Penguine toys. Children from two years and above should play with Linux.
>>Sun will no longer control the only good JVM, and if Sun can't stay at least as good as Harmony, then Sun will no longer control the primary JVM.
How does this differ from the incompatible Java framework released years ago by Microsoft? If Harmony takes "the lead" - will it be possible that it can be taken to court by Sun? Or is it simly because of the monopoly market situation that Microsoft is and were in?
What will be distributed first - Security fixes or Antivirus definitions?
I think SoTuA and you probably mean the same thing: When doing a smaller project (where you have a simple analysis and design), I find that 95% of all code is written very quickly, say in 5% of the total project time. The resting 95% job time (and 5% amount of written code) is spent on testing, bugfixing and reviewing the results.
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.a sp
I see this as a way for Novell to gain more control over the software and its distribution. Sure, the software is still under GPL and will (maybe) be forever. BUT, theres one company that may in the future use this software for commercial purposes, and that is Novell. And as good as this software is still available under GPL, this _is_ a way for Novell to gain money that will not be available for any other company. So, do you want to give your support to Novell more than, say to HP or IBM (now and in the future) by giving them your sign and contribution? And yes, I know the Ximian guys within Novell has written the most code in Evolution and that its now 'only' available under GPL - which brings another question; should a GPL:ed project need to give away its copyrights to sign an agreement or work closely with a GNU project (such as GNOME with Sun)?
My guess is that SCO is Microsoft's hit man...
If they are happy - I'm not happy...
I might finally get rid of these irritating ads (and popups?) at my work place! :-)
And now we only have to wait for the FUD to come along from Redmond on this topic too ...
Since GNOME 1.0 or at least 1.4 if I remember correctly, so yes.
"PSU pulverisation"
:-)
Ahh... I tried this when I was going in college. Do I have to say that I didn't get very popular in the eyes of the system administrator...
(I thought there would be an over-voltage protection built-in and I wanted to test it... I'm much more well-informed now...
>>Maintaining an older kernel is boring...
Maintaining software does not need to be boring. I think it is quite challenging to enhance, fix things up and make it even more stable. Sure, it's not the same as developing some new hyper cool wireless network driver or application. It's just a different job.
"The more they want to cooperate with us, the more we can cooperate."
:-)
Funny way of cooperating...
Slightly off-topic, but the previous post reminds me of the following. (The following has been posted by someone on /. before, don't remember who).
/danme)
Subject:
"It's not the size of the CRT that matters...it's the resolution of the image!"
Tell that to some of the people in my company.
User is still using one of the older monitors (15" Trinitron tubes) and made a requisition, complaining for a better monitor. Well, they clamored enough for a while we were told to give her a 19". I set it up during her lunch, and set it to 1024x768.
I thought I was being very conservative with that resolution, because everyone seems to complain about their eyesight.
Next day I walked by it and she apparently set it to 640x480 with large icon and large fonts. She wears glasses too...
(She sure needed the tool for changing resolution...
When will something like this be introduced against the companies that allows spamming on my mail account...
The problem with both of your questions is that you really want to control/master the developers. Actually, that is the attitude the "bugzilla etiquette" tries to hinder. The underlying issue is that you're looking for ways to manipulate the developers to do things the way you want - and (at least regarding open-source) that is none of your rights.
What to do? As it always should be done - earn the right to influence people. For example; in normal life - keeping a generous attitude and not going around peoples back; in open-source - by committing patches and getting involved, being active solving other peoples problems.
I think this is something people all over the world do have problems with.
The problem I see in using cash cards or other cards used for transactions is that there is always somebody else in control, most often the banks. When using regular cash I am in control - no one else can place any extra charges or regulate how it should be used.
In Sweden (where I live) it is quite normal to use cards when paying. To have a card, though, you first have to pay the bank ~$20 (on a yearly basis). The problem is that it is quite expensive for the shops to allow this service to be used. To compensate for this, the shop takes an extra charge when customers is paying with cards (this is becoming more and more common). In the end, the customer is charged _twice_ for helping the bank and the shop to reduce the expenses for handling cash.
In Sweden we have also had a system called "cash cards". These where anonymous cards which you placed a certain amount of money on. There were a couple of problems with this; still expensive for the shops (still controlled by the banks), maximum amount to be allowed on the cards were ~$150, not very user-friendly since you had to move cash from the normal bank account to the card, etc.
For a card system to be really functional, I think it has to be regulated in some way by the goverment. One possible way would be to have it intergrated with the driving license/identification card. (The risk for being tracked might be greater, though).
>>Carmack has said they have it "running" on Xbox. .... ;-)
Stripped down version
Hmmm... I think I will try to patent the idea of painting streets in blue...