So, I'm confused how the current FAQ can even endeavor to call it "incorrect". At the least they should say "no longer correct" or something.
It's called "rewriting history". It used to be that only dicatorial governments who strictly censored newspapers and other media and dictated what was taught in school could rewrite history to make past events cease to exist. Now, with modern internet technology, that capability is available to anyone!
Seriously though, the idea that Apache started out as a patch to another program is a seen as a bad thing by the current group. I agree with them. It is bad to have people think that your code is somehow smaller than or less important than some other thing.
Not that their situation is unique. The very high quality LAME mp3 encoder used to stand for (Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder) because it was a patch against the Fraunhaufer dist10 MP3 encoder source code. That changed though when they purged the dist10 code and rewrote necessary routines.
Also, WinAmp was originally a port of a command line mp3 player called amp. As they gained popularity they replaced all of the amp code with thier own MP3 decoding routines.
It goes on to describe other abuses. Prohibition, jailing of anti-war protestors during WWI, institution of a draft in various wars (involuntary indentured servitude), FDR's New Deal policies, including the Social Security Act, forcing Japanese-Americans and German-Americans into concentration camps during WWII, the War on Drugs (mandatory minimum sentences, mandatory drug testing in schools, almost no necessary cause for searches, et cetera).
I think the point is that all the people complaining about George W. Bush and the Patriot Act are a bunch of silly whiners. They think that our "freedoms are being eroded", when they've actually been gone a long time.
He's a karma whore, posting the same lengthy response in several places to get karma points from moderators who won't actually read his whole rant, but will instead mod it +1 insightful (or informative).
Also, law firms need to subscribe to the legal research services like Lexis. That costs money. They also need to pay their rent. That costs money too. And as one of the other posters said, the lawyers are taking a gamble on a class action suit. They might lose the case and get nothing but still have to pay their rent, services, lawyers, secretaries, et cetera.
Maybe the law firm got millions of dollars, but they pay their junior lawyers $80k per yer to work 80 hours per week. And they probably had a few lawyers work for 6 months on the case, plus the secretaries and researchers.
Is the $300 better than nothing? Is the millions of dollars that the housing developers had to pay a good deterrant not to do shoddy work again? What would you rather have? No legal system? No possibilty for disputes?
MAME is free. Its source code is free. Selling either is not allowed.
Interesting that Ultracade sells a product of which MAME is an integral and irreplacable component. In other words, without MAME, an Ultracade box would be a functionless product and there seems to exist no alternative component that could be used in its place.
With netflix you can keep three movies for a month and they will only charge you $17.95. Blockbuster would have charged you the rental price for those videos (probably $5.99 each), plus the full retail price for them (probably $29.99 each) at the end of the month. That's $17.95 versus $107.94.
They call it "The End of Late Fees", but Netflix is a much better deal.
(I happen to be a Netflix subscriber. I also happen to have kept DVD's from Netflix without watching them for a month. Is it wasteful? Yes. But some months I watch 15-20 movies from Netflix, so overall it's still far cheaper and more convenient.)
1. Don't. 2. If you feel tempted to violate rule 1, at least wait until you've finished writing the program. 3. Non-trivial programs are never finished.
The sign is to remind myself not to do unnecessary work.
Considering that the UK has roughly 1/5th or so of the population of the U.S. (60 million UK, compared to probably 300 million US), the number of downloads per capita is much larger over there.
Great food and wonderful climate? Obviously this guy has never been to Britain and is basing his observations on movies that are always shot in good weather, actors who have one in a million looks, and fish 'n chips.
If I were a parent I would not want my child walking around with a RFID tag that could give potential assailants information they could use to manipulate my child. If they actually had the child's name, grade on the tag I am sure someone would figure out how to get it.
Nevermind the fact that most kids who are molested are molested by someone they know, like an unkle, grandfather, teacher, coach, or someone else who already knows their name, age, who their parents are, et cetera.
Anyway, this is silly since RFID's are just like a serial number. You need access to the school's database to see what serial number corresponds to which student.
Supermarkets and "big box" stores like Walmart, Home Depot, Best Buy, et cetera don't usually own the parking lot. Their property starts at the front door. Their insurance is a lot cheaper that way.
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So, I'm confused how the current FAQ can even endeavor to call it "incorrect". At the least they should say "no longer correct" or something.
It's called "rewriting history". It used to be that only dicatorial governments who strictly censored newspapers and other media and dictated what was taught in school could rewrite history to make past events cease to exist. Now, with modern internet technology, that capability is available to anyone!
Seriously though, the idea that Apache started out as a patch to another program is a seen as a bad thing by the current group. I agree with them. It is bad to have people think that your code is somehow smaller than or less important than some other thing.
Not that their situation is unique. The very high quality LAME mp3 encoder used to stand for (Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder) because it was a patch against the Fraunhaufer dist10 MP3 encoder source code. That changed though when they purged the dist10 code and rewrote necessary routines.
Also, WinAmp was originally a port of a command line mp3 player called amp. As they gained popularity they replaced all of the amp code with thier own MP3 decoding routines.
It goes on to describe other abuses. Prohibition, jailing of anti-war protestors during WWI, institution of a draft in various wars (involuntary indentured servitude), FDR's New Deal policies, including the Social Security Act, forcing Japanese-Americans and German-Americans into concentration camps during WWII, the War on Drugs (mandatory minimum sentences, mandatory drug testing in schools, almost no necessary cause for searches, et cetera).
I think the point is that all the people complaining about George W. Bush and the Patriot Act are a bunch of silly whiners. They think that our "freedoms are being eroded", when they've actually been gone a long time.
He's a karma whore, posting the same lengthy response in several places to get karma points from moderators who won't actually read his whole rant, but will instead mod it +1 insightful (or informative).
Three digit userid.... oooh...
TiVo in translucent blue plastic.
Translucent blue plastic is so 2000... Apple style 2005 is all about shiny white plastic or blue anodized aluminum.
kuro5hin is biased too, in the left-wing technocommunist direction.
I recently paid $499 for the same thing. I basically bought it for the cool color screen. I could care less about the photo features.
Also, law firms need to subscribe to the legal research services like Lexis. That costs money. They also need to pay their rent. That costs money too. And as one of the other posters said, the lawyers are taking a gamble on a class action suit. They might lose the case and get nothing but still have to pay their rent, services, lawyers, secretaries, et cetera.
Maybe the law firm got millions of dollars, but they pay their junior lawyers $80k per yer to work 80 hours per week. And they probably had a few lawyers work for 6 months on the case, plus the secretaries and researchers.
Is the $300 better than nothing? Is the millions of dollars that the housing developers had to pay a good deterrant not to do shoddy work again? What would you rather have? No legal system? No possibilty for disputes?
Yeah, you pimply Slashdotters... wait til you have kids.
I think you are overestimating the majority of pimply slashdotters.
MAME is free. Its source code is free. Selling either is not allowed.
Interesting that Ultracade sells a product of which MAME is an integral and irreplacable component. In other words, without MAME, an Ultracade box would be a functionless product and there seems to exist no alternative component that could be used in its place.
I'm thinking that if they priced it right, this could be one way to sell dvd's and games. You can rent all you want, if you like it, keep it.
I'd rather return the rental and buy a new copy than keep one with a scratched disk and an instruction booklet that some little kid drooled on.
By the way, what, exactly, does this have to do with my rights online?
You have the right to use Netflix, which doesn't suck.
With netflix you can keep three movies for a month and they will only charge you $17.95. Blockbuster would have charged you the rental price for those videos (probably $5.99 each), plus the full retail price for them (probably $29.99 each) at the end of the month. That's $17.95 versus $107.94.
They call it "The End of Late Fees", but Netflix is a much better deal.
(I happen to be a Netflix subscriber. I also happen to have kept DVD's from Netflix without watching them for a month. Is it wasteful? Yes. But some months I watch 15-20 movies from Netflix, so overall it's still far cheaper and more convenient.)
Unnecessary Optimization Rules:
1. Don't.
2. If you feel tempted to violate rule 1, at least wait until you've finished writing the program.
3. Non-trivial programs are never finished.
The sign is to remind myself not to do unnecessary work.
In English it's per capita.
Considering that the UK has roughly 1/5th or so of the population of the U.S. (60 million UK, compared to probably 300 million US), the number of downloads per capita is much larger over there.
It being 1:36am where I am, my sarcasm decector failed.
Great food and wonderful climate? Obviously this guy has never been to Britain and is basing his observations on movies that are always shot in good weather, actors who have one in a million looks, and fish 'n chips.
Is it? I thought English girls were supposed to be all slightly overweight with sickly white skin.
Can you imagine how much money your stock options would be worth today if you had started working at Microsoft in 1984?
I don't want to think about it.
If I were a parent I would not want my child walking around with a RFID tag that could give potential assailants information they could use to manipulate my child. If they actually had the child's name, grade on the tag I am sure someone would figure out how to get it.
Nevermind the fact that most kids who are molested are molested by someone they know, like an unkle, grandfather, teacher, coach, or someone else who already knows their name, age, who their parents are, et cetera.
Anyway, this is silly since RFID's are just like a serial number. You need access to the school's database to see what serial number corresponds to which student.
It's the same thing as pædophile or paedophile.
Supermarkets and "big box" stores like Walmart, Home Depot, Best Buy, et cetera don't usually own the parking lot. Their property starts at the front door. Their insurance is a lot cheaper that way.
If it hadn't been for the girls [who says geeks can't date like demons?].
I think geeks generally do date like demons (bad manners, poor social skills), which may be part of the cause of their general unpopularity.