I listened to Freah Air for a couple of years before it got a website. The first time I saw a picture of Terry I was *very* sad. That someone with a voice like hers should look like she does makes me sad. But yes her voice is very nice.
I'm listening to it now and as usual Terry has done her homework. She gives Linus plenty of time to explain copyright, the GPL, and the issue of selling GPLed software and he does a good job and it seems like she gets it in the end. This is *very* worth listening to.
The reason their Video Drivers are so closed is first because of various NDAs that they (Nvidia) had to sign to get bits of tech from other people and also because one of their great strengths in the video market is the unified driver setup that they have. Whether you agree with then or not (I don't) it seems clear why they would think that keeping that info close to their chests would be a good thing. In the MoBo chipset market it is a diffrent story these things need to be open and everybody else has them open. Also the entire history of the Linux drivers seems to indicate that they really did want to open them and just found themselves unable to do so. Comparing that with this is apples and oranges and it seems obvious they will do the right thing here.
You are wrong. But is a common mistake. They do in fact have to give source or make it possible to get source when they distribute the binaries to you.That would mean that either the box set has cds with the source on them or they have a ftp site somwhere with the source. They do not have to give the source to anyone to whom they do not give binaries. So if for example I go buy a boxset and burn and give you a copy of the binary cds. I and not YDL would be the one who at that point would owe you the source.
That can not be it. I'm thinking they are talking spoiler as in things that we did not know before the movie. For example this does contain the first shots of The Enemy that I have heard of so far and also we know who does the voice of Gollum in the context of a set of books that has been around this long those are the only things that could really be called "spoilers". In any case I'm all pumped up.
I"ve not looked at PC Gamer for many a moon but it used to review only final shipping unpatched product and it was *very* honest. As a result when I still paid attention to such things the reviews tended to be about a month or two behind everyone else but you could be sure it was dead on accurate.
You are both right it just depends on where you are at. The first poster is clearly from England and under the laws there he is right but under Usian laws you are right.
Debian-Jr. is going a long ways towards making this happen you might want to take a look at it. I do agree though. That and it would be really nice if some of the bigger sites for young children www.pbskids.org www.playhousedisney.com and www.nickjr.com would be more nix friendly. Oh well my so loves tux racer and I'm converting him but in households without nix you are %100 right.
Arthur, I need a port of at least one Arthur game or at least to be able to get it to work under Wine. Blue's Clues would be cool also but I really need Arthur.:)
This all of course assumes that you want to run a software business. Most of the software produced does not have *any* sale value be it closed or open source simply because it is not produced for sale. As a model of choosing what software to use to run your business with opensource is a better model on many levels and that is where most of the money in any economy is at and that is why opensource is better for a country and an economy then closedsource. So the question is not are there companies making money by making opensource software the question should be are there companies that are making money by using opensource software. And the answer there is yes a great many companies are. This is what is important.
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No but for some reason he does get karma every time he posts thsi:)
No GPL software is not sold it is licensed just like most software. Think about what the L in GPL stands for. It is licensed under terms that give you much more control in comparison to other licenses but it is still licensed otherwise anybody could do anything they want with the code. Which they can't. With the exception of public domain all software is licensed.
RSBAC (http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feat ure_story-2.html)is better. We need to make an RSBAC module that is this simple to implement. That would be a *really* good thing. Also if I understand the link right this would by default make remote admin tasks impossible and that would suck.
to think that this is perhaps the start of the end for HP-UX? You have no idea how happy that would make me. In any case this makes it all the easier to sell Debian to people. And as far as the printers go there are very good config tools and drivers on the net.
"he's"
If you are going to post a comment on how someone should be careful about their syntax you really should make sure that you have no mistakes in it. In particular in a one line post.:)
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"It's like spending $100K of hard-earned money on a Ferrari, but not bothering to keep it clean." Which a lot of geeks do. The simple fact is that if you look at some of the things that Rob has said and written on this subject that no it would appear that he does not care. Others on/. might care, Rob still thinks and acts like it is his page. I for one like it. I like a person who cares more about getting the message across then rules. For example are you going to tell me that if I spell a lot "alot" that you *really* don't understand what I mean? The simple fact is that Rob is not a journalist he is a coder who happens to run a weblog. That is what the "go to CNN" comment was about.
"and written by us, and codenamed after a cartoon." somehow I doubt that kuro5hin was written by Rob and crew or that is is codenamed after a cartoon. So Rob's statement was %100 right. Taking a quote out of context does not work so well when the original is being displayed in the same window and can be cut and pasted into a response. Now go to http://www.m-w.com and look up the word "humor".
I'm just going to answer all of the why use Jabber questions here. Security. Jabber has support for ssl and some clients (Gabber) have built in support for pgp. Also because it is really free and open you can set up an internal server if you want and never go to the internet. It supports most of the protocols. I can still talk to my friends who use ICQ and can talk to my friends who are on Jabber and my friend who uses MSN from one client. I have my profile wherever I go. Since contacts and all the other information are all serverside I can have the same setup at home, at work, on the road with no effort. Even if it was nothing but an ICQ replacement that feature would make it worth it. It is open. That is a good thing by itself.
In short Jaber is good use it and support it add squadboy@jabber.org to your contacts.:)
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I just checked and Kitame has.9 debs up. Hopefully there will be better ones first (I like having them broken down into componenets) but they are out there.
You are right but of course in Jon's little world anything he has not heard of is new and must be foolproof. Yea lets hide mp3s in a jpeg just your normal everyday 5 meg jpeg. As you point out steganography works best with *very* small amounts of data. Crypto can not really be used to secure the "right" to trade music. A real use of crypto to preserve freedom is rubberhose. http://www.rubberhose.org. But of course Jon will never write about it because he can't understand it.
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I listened to Freah Air for a couple of years before it got a website. The first time I saw a picture of Terry I was *very* sad. That someone with a voice like hers should look like she does makes me sad. But yes her voice is very nice.
I'm listening to it now and as usual Terry has done her homework. She gives Linus plenty of time to explain copyright, the GPL, and the issue of selling GPLed software and he does a good job and it seems like she gets it in the end. This is *very* worth listening to.
The reason their Video Drivers are so closed is first because of various NDAs that they (Nvidia) had to sign to get bits of tech from other people and also because one of their great strengths in the video market is the unified driver setup that they have. Whether you agree with then or not (I don't) it seems clear why they would think that keeping that info close to their chests would be a good thing. In the MoBo chipset market it is a diffrent story these things need to be open and everybody else has them open. Also the entire history of the Linux drivers seems to indicate that they really did want to open them and just found themselves unable to do so. Comparing that with this is apples and oranges and it seems obvious they will do the right thing here.
http://www.media-visions.com/icann.htm a very good analysis of why ICANN is bad and what we can do about.
You are wrong. But is a common mistake. They do in fact have to give source or make it possible to get source when they distribute the binaries to you.That would mean that either the box set has cds with the source on them or they have a ftp site somwhere with the source. They do not have to give the source to anyone to whom they do not give binaries. So if for example I go buy a boxset and burn and give you a copy of the binary cds. I and not YDL would be the one who at that point would owe you the source.
That can not be it. I'm thinking they are talking spoiler as in things that we did not know before the movie. For example this does contain the first shots of The Enemy that I have heard of so far and also we know who does the voice of Gollum in the context of a set of books that has been around this long those are the only things that could really be called "spoilers". In any case I'm all pumped up.
I"ve not looked at PC Gamer for many a moon but it used to review only final shipping unpatched product and it was *very* honest. As a result when I still paid attention to such things the reviews tended to be about a month or two behind everyone else but you could be sure it was dead on accurate.
You are both right it just depends on where you are at. The first poster is clearly from England and under the laws there he is right but under Usian laws you are right.
Debian-Jr. is going a long ways towards making this happen you might want to take a look at it. I do agree though. That and it would be really nice if some of the bigger sites for young children www.pbskids.org www.playhousedisney.com and www.nickjr.com would be more nix friendly. Oh well my so loves tux racer and I'm converting him but in households without nix you are %100 right.
Arthur, I need a port of at least one Arthur game or at least to be able to get it to work under Wine. Blue's Clues would be cool also but I really need Arthur. :)
This all of course assumes that you want to run a software business. Most of the software produced does not have *any* sale value be it closed or open source simply because it is not produced for sale. As a model of choosing what software to use to run your business with opensource is a better model on many levels and that is where most of the money in any economy is at and that is why opensource is better for a country and an economy then closedsource. So the question is not are there companies making money by making opensource software the question should be are there companies that are making money by using opensource software. And the answer there is yes a great many companies are. This is what is important.
No but for some reason he does get karma every time he posts thsi :)
Yes but what of broadband?
I would really like to know.
No GPL software is not sold it is licensed just like most software. Think about what the L in GPL stands for. It is licensed under terms that give you much more control in comparison to other licenses but it is still licensed otherwise anybody could do anything they want with the code. Which they can't. With the exception of public domain all software is licensed.
RSBAC (http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/feat ure_story-2.html)is better. We need to make an RSBAC module that is this simple to implement. That would be a *really* good thing. Also if I understand the link right this would by default make remote admin tasks impossible and that would suck.
Pro/ENGINEER. Hopefully the rumors I keep hearing that something is in the works will come true.
to think that this is perhaps the start of the end for HP-UX? You have no idea how happy that would make me. In any case this makes it all the easier to sell Debian to people. And as far as the printers go there are very good config tools and drivers on the net.
"he's" :)
If you are going to post a comment on how someone should be careful about their syntax you really should make sure that you have no mistakes in it. In particular in a one line post.
Amen brother. Well said.
"It's like spending $100K of hard-earned money on a Ferrari, but not bothering to keep it clean." /. might care, Rob still thinks and acts like it is his page. I for one like it. I like a person who cares more about getting the message across then rules. For example are you going to tell me that if I spell a lot "alot" that you *really* don't understand what I mean? The simple fact is that Rob is not a journalist he is a coder who happens to run a weblog. That is what the "go to CNN" comment was about.
Which a lot of geeks do. The simple fact is that if you look at some of the things that Rob has said and written on this subject that no it would appear that he does not care. Others on
"and written by us, and codenamed after a cartoon."
somehow I doubt that kuro5hin was written by Rob and crew or that is is codenamed after a cartoon. So Rob's statement was %100 right.
Taking a quote out of context does not work so well when the original is being displayed in the same window and can be cut and pasted into a response. Now go to http://www.m-w.com and look up the word "humor".
that Rob is a Debian fanatic are there debs or any plans to make debs?
I'm just going to answer all of the why use Jabber questions here. :)
Security. Jabber has support for ssl and some clients (Gabber) have built in support for pgp. Also because it is really free and open you can set up an internal server if you want and never go to the internet.
It supports most of the protocols. I can still talk to my friends who use ICQ and can talk to my friends who are on Jabber and my friend who uses MSN from one client.
I have my profile wherever I go. Since contacts and all the other information are all serverside I can have the same setup at home, at work, on the road with no effort. Even if it was nothing but an ICQ replacement that feature would make it worth it.
It is open. That is a good thing by itself.
In short Jaber is good use it and support it add squadboy@jabber.org to your contacts.
I just checked and Kitame has .9 debs up. Hopefully there will be better ones first (I like having them broken down into componenets) but they are out there.
You are right but of course in Jon's little world anything he has not heard of is new and must be foolproof. Yea lets hide mp3s in a jpeg just your normal everyday 5 meg jpeg. As you point out steganography works best with *very* small amounts of data. Crypto can not really be used to secure the "right" to trade music. A real use of crypto to preserve freedom is rubberhose. http://www.rubberhose.org. But of course Jon will never write about it because he can't understand it.