Really. I read the complaint, and it sounds pretty leak-proof, but don't you think they should be suing the manufacturers of the products, instead of the poor retail stores? Because really—what could Best Buy do about this? Not sell stuff? No, the manufacturer should be made to include the GPL in the manual of the affected products, with a link to where one can download the source code. I think that would be fair.
As it stands, though, I think they should go through with the lawsuit, and bring it to the attention of the public that Free Software (as in Freedom) is not something rare and unclean, but something that none of us could live without in modern life.
Both rovers have been in this same sort of situation before. The first time it happened, NASA took a full-scale model out into their back yard to test various methods of getting them out. They've gotten the rovers out of sand before, they can do it again.
My upgrade has been quite painless, though that might be because I simply did a fresh install. My hardware is fairly old (Athlon XP processor, 1GB RAM) and Karmic is running quite well. Conky works, OpenGL works, Flash works, etc. The only thing that tripped me up was the switch to GRUB2, which left me, like many others, wondering where "menu.lst" went.
I agree. I doubt Apple would actually implement advertising in their OS because their customer loyalty is based on good service since their customers pay a premium. If Apple gets this patent and doesn't use it, then no one else would be able either (without Apple's permission).
It's a joke. Period. Physicists have a sense of humor too, and the whole community is laughing at our sorry butts for falling for it. The two physicists that are perpetrating this joke seem more like pranksters than crackpots to me.
On the other hand, it was a very well-played joke.
I write plenty of stuff in my own notebooks (not school-related, think da Vinci), but I never use cursive. Heck, I have a hard time reading cursive. I could probably write in cursive if I had to, but I prefer well-shaped, articulate letters rather than a mess of loops.
It depends on the child. I, along with several people I know, could have benefited greatly from this approach. Instead of forcing someone to go to a school where they learn very little, they should offer the option of teaching oneself at home at their own pace and then administer regular exams to keep track of progress. There are, unfortunately, many more children who wouldn't benefit from this, and who would simply slack off and play video games all day.
I agree 100% with you. You should have a license before being able to drive a car because you can easily hurt someone else if you're incompetent. With a computer, you can only hurt yourself (unless you're throwing it at someone). You have to be more than competent to hurt someone else through the internet (emotions caused by insults don't count, I'm talking hacking). Nothing you can do in the way of violating users' privacy will stop hacking.
I think it depends on the type of game. For FPS games, where you "are" the character, graphics really help with the feeling of immersion. For simpler RPG games, graphics are less important and the storyline becomes more important. For more complex RPG games, where exploration of the virtual world is big on the agenda (like RuneScape and WOW), graphics are a larger part of the experience than simple RPGs like Pokemon.
Then there are the strategy games, like Freeciv, which depend on one's own experience and playing style to deliver a pleasant gaming experience. Of course, we can't forget older games (e.g. Super Mario Bros, Need For Speed II, Pacman), in which the fun is in the familiarity. For someone born recently who didn't grow up in a Super Mario Bros household, the original Super Mario might seem to suck because of its crappy graphics. But someone who grew up with Super Mario Bros would still enjoy it today due to that feeling of nostalgia and familiarity. Personally, I still prefer the older Need For Speed games over the new ones. Because I grew up with them, I feel more comfortable with their familiar appearance and gameplay, despite their crappy graphics (compared to today's standards).
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Really. I read the complaint, and it sounds pretty leak-proof, but don't you think they should be suing the manufacturers of the products, instead of the poor retail stores? Because really—what could Best Buy do about this? Not sell stuff? No, the manufacturer should be made to include the GPL in the manual of the affected products, with a link to where one can download the source code. I think that would be fair. As it stands, though, I think they should go through with the lawsuit, and bring it to the attention of the public that Free Software (as in Freedom) is not something rare and unclean, but something that none of us could live without in modern life.
Both rovers have been in this same sort of situation before. The first time it happened, NASA took a full-scale model out into their back yard to test various methods of getting them out. They've gotten the rovers out of sand before, they can do it again.
My upgrade has been quite painless, though that might be because I simply did a fresh install. My hardware is fairly old (Athlon XP processor, 1GB RAM) and Karmic is running quite well. Conky works, OpenGL works, Flash works, etc. The only thing that tripped me up was the switch to GRUB2, which left me, like many others, wondering where "menu.lst" went.
I agree. I doubt Apple would actually implement advertising in their OS because their customer loyalty is based on good service since their customers pay a premium. If Apple gets this patent and doesn't use it, then no one else would be able either (without Apple's permission).
It's a joke. Period. Physicists have a sense of humor too, and the whole community is laughing at our sorry butts for falling for it. The two physicists that are perpetrating this joke seem more like pranksters than crackpots to me. On the other hand, it was a very well-played joke.
Lulz. I thought the same thing.
I write plenty of stuff in my own notebooks (not school-related, think da Vinci), but I never use cursive. Heck, I have a hard time reading cursive. I could probably write in cursive if I had to, but I prefer well-shaped, articulate letters rather than a mess of loops.
Not impressed with Haiku. Linux ftw.
That's one way to crash a Windows 7 party.
It depends on the child. I, along with several people I know, could have benefited greatly from this approach. Instead of forcing someone to go to a school where they learn very little, they should offer the option of teaching oneself at home at their own pace and then administer regular exams to keep track of progress. There are, unfortunately, many more children who wouldn't benefit from this, and who would simply slack off and play video games all day.
I agree. This is just another reason for me to play only FOSS games. (Well, I like X-Plane and some older EA games, too.)
I agree 100% with you. You should have a license before being able to drive a car because you can easily hurt someone else if you're incompetent. With a computer, you can only hurt yourself (unless you're throwing it at someone). You have to be more than competent to hurt someone else through the internet (emotions caused by insults don't count, I'm talking hacking). Nothing you can do in the way of violating users' privacy will stop hacking.
I think it depends on the type of game. For FPS games, where you "are" the character, graphics really help with the feeling of immersion. For simpler RPG games, graphics are less important and the storyline becomes more important. For more complex RPG games, where exploration of the virtual world is big on the agenda (like RuneScape and WOW), graphics are a larger part of the experience than simple RPGs like Pokemon. Then there are the strategy games, like Freeciv, which depend on one's own experience and playing style to deliver a pleasant gaming experience. Of course, we can't forget older games (e.g. Super Mario Bros, Need For Speed II, Pacman), in which the fun is in the familiarity. For someone born recently who didn't grow up in a Super Mario Bros household, the original Super Mario might seem to suck because of its crappy graphics. But someone who grew up with Super Mario Bros would still enjoy it today due to that feeling of nostalgia and familiarity. Personally, I still prefer the older Need For Speed games over the new ones. Because I grew up with them, I feel more comfortable with their familiar appearance and gameplay, despite their crappy graphics (compared to today's standards).