How is that? There is no difference between source and executable, except the Compiler in between. You can't run source, and distributing Source is meaningless gesture. AND without Copyrights, source could be distributed without attribution as well. IF you said that distribution equates with ownership, then you would at least be consistent, regardless of source or executable.
So, exactly how is distributing compiled executable different from distributing source ?
So, with the GPL 3 license it goes well beyond copyright, and into "restricting" the usage of said work. IF RMS was truly about "open source" he'd go with Berkley style license.
RMS is a hypocrite. He want to control his work, while at the same time criticizing others for doing the same. But he is too myopic to see how.
Probably not. All the new laws in place for "low flow" flushing. Do not underestimate the need for new innovations to improve upon government regulations.
I'm pretty sure this guy doesn't know what "open source" means. I'm pretty sure that the process to make TP is widely known (open source). However, the toilet probably has a couple patented items in it, so he will have to dispose of his own shit by himself. I'm pretty sure that there are laws that prevent that in most cities.
I always thought, that the fairest court of all, would be the one where the "prosecutor" (for lack of better term) would be searching for the "truth", not necessarily going for "conviction". This would remove the adversarial nature of the whole court process, it would be about discovering the "truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth".
The flip side is, that if you "did the crime" you'd be offered two choices. Plead or trial, with much stiffer penalties for trial than for pleading. How many trials are for people so obviously guilty that everyone in the court already knows they did it (film, witnesses, caught in the act etc) that get trials because they want the charade of a trial.
To Temper the Prosecution's zeal, they would be held accountable for all the prosecutions they have, and if they get a "conviction" of someone who is later proved innocent (i.e. DNA proof), that they are tossed in Jail for the remainder of the plaintiffs sentence.
All Lawyers would be "public" lawyers, and would be assigned randomly to one side or the other side of the case. Lawyers with extensive experience and a proven record would be eligible for Judgeships.
I'm sure it isn't a perfect system, but I suspect that it would function better than the crapshoot and Lawyer Wars we have now.
Most websites are "NOT SECURE" enough, so pretending that they are is simply dangerous. Wanna know how secure that website is? The Login is not on a SSL connection. Nuff Said!
The HSR would be useful only if the train didn't stop every 50 miles. Which is the plan. If it was non-stop between Sacramento and LA, that would be useful. But it won't be. It is going to stop in every podunk town in between (look on a map, there isn't much between them. Having a train go 200MPH makes that a two hour trip without stops. THAT would be useful. Put cars on the train... even more useful. But that is not going to happen. California is too big to not have a car. This isn't the Beltway.
California is longer than Boston to Raleigh NC is . And not as densely populated. Most of CA is in San Diego / LA Metroplex, and Sacramento Bay Area. Separated by couple hundred miles of farmland and open space.
You saying that $.53 gallon isn't enough to provide base infrastructure? Then raise the taxes until it does. THAT is the only fair way to pay for it all.
I pay Fuel Taxes that are "supposed" to support infrastructure. They are included in the price of gasoline. And in my state, they tack on 7.25% sales tax on top of the other taxes (double taxation). Currently, it is about $.35 gal for California taxes (plus sales tax) and $.184 for Federal Taxes (plus sales tax).
Or do those taxes not count?
Oh, and btw, I'm not against Gas Taxes, provided they DO go towards infrastructure. So, I'm not sure what your complaint is.
You're assuming that there is no other way to spend the money on infrastructure that would have more benefits. How about adding a dozen more regional airports? Same effect, only doesn't cost tax payers on an ongoing basis.
LOL, you say that, without knowing the ticket prices or the ongoing subsidies that will be required to keep the system running. You're just guessing based on feelings (warm fuzzy ones) that HSR gives you.
I can get a ticket for $65 right now, takes me to LA on Southwest Air. $67 for Greyhound, and Greyhound takes nine hours. Amtrak is cheaper at $58, but takes 14 hours. It is six and half hours by car, and costs about $54 in gas (28 MPG/$4 gal).
THAT is all single person fares. Put my family in a car, and the cost per person goes down to $14 / person driving.
I actually believe they were striving for similar goals, not identical. One believes less government is the solution, while the other does not. One was promoting using democratic principles to change the politics of DC, the other was promoting anarchy. The funny thing is, the anarchists want more government and the ones playing by the rules want less.
The TP should have looked more like OWS and OWS should have looked more like the TP.
There is going to be hell when the TP stops working within the system (because the system is broken) , because unlike the limp wristed OWS crowd, it is gonna get real messy
Trains only work when government subsidizes them. FOR the cost of the new California High Speed Rail, that won't actually be useful until just before it is completed (i.e. nobody could ride it anywhere useful), you could give every man, woman and child a whole bunch of passes on Airlines from more places in the state than the CA HSR would actually go. And it would take less time to travel to said places. And cheaper.
The way I explain it, we already have HSR, they are called Airplanes. HSR was designed for one thing only, to curry favor with the Unions that will build and run them. It is a Union Make Work Program .
Here's the math...
Cost of the HSR system (current est) 65,400,000,000 (this is nearly 50% more than the ballot said it would be) It will be much higher when all is said and done.
Actual Population of California 38,000,000
Short versions of the numbers 65,400 / 38 = $1721 per man/woman/child Cost of a plane ticket $68-$250 one way. That is SEVEN free (high cost) tickets per man woman and child in CA. THIS does not count the actual cost of the ticket to ride the train. And all the projections, even from the Rail Authority, tell us that the cost will have to be continually underwritten by the tax payers.
I have yet to have a person make any sort of reasonable argument why we should spend that kind of money in a state that is going broke.
When are people going to get a clue and do proper network isolation of servers... especially Database servers. There should be no way to attach to a database from outside network. Production and testing servers should all be on sandboxed networks that don't touch the outside.
I'm tired of the two parties picking the most milktoast of candidates or worse, picking the most radical because "he is not Bush".
My wish, is really simple. It is for people to get out of the (D) bad, (R) good (or visa versa) mentality and realize that there are some good ideas on both sides of the isle .
What I wish we had, was a real discourse on ideas, not ideology.
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How is that? There is no difference between source and executable, except the Compiler in between. You can't run source, and distributing Source is meaningless gesture. AND without Copyrights, source could be distributed without attribution as well. IF you said that distribution equates with ownership, then you would at least be consistent, regardless of source or executable.
So, exactly how is distributing compiled executable different from distributing source ?
So, with the GPL 3 license it goes well beyond copyright, and into "restricting" the usage of said work. IF RMS was truly about "open source" he'd go with Berkley style license.
RMS is a hypocrite. He want to control his work, while at the same time criticizing others for doing the same. But he is too myopic to see how.
The problem with our adversarial position is that those with the $ to buy legal counsel can manipulate the system and twist it beyond "the truth".
Probably not. All the new laws in place for "low flow" flushing. Do not underestimate the need for new innovations to improve upon government regulations.
I'm pretty sure this guy doesn't know what "open source" means. I'm pretty sure that the process to make TP is widely known (open source). However, the toilet probably has a couple patented items in it, so he will have to dispose of his own shit by himself. I'm pretty sure that there are laws that prevent that in most cities.
A job as Senator for the great state of _______________ and future President?
I always thought, that the fairest court of all, would be the one where the "prosecutor" (for lack of better term) would be searching for the "truth", not necessarily going for "conviction". This would remove the adversarial nature of the whole court process, it would be about discovering the "truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth".
The flip side is, that if you "did the crime" you'd be offered two choices. Plead or trial, with much stiffer penalties for trial than for pleading. How many trials are for people so obviously guilty that everyone in the court already knows they did it (film, witnesses, caught in the act etc) that get trials because they want the charade of a trial.
To Temper the Prosecution's zeal, they would be held accountable for all the prosecutions they have, and if they get a "conviction" of someone who is later proved innocent (i.e. DNA proof), that they are tossed in Jail for the remainder of the plaintiffs sentence.
All Lawyers would be "public" lawyers, and would be assigned randomly to one side or the other side of the case. Lawyers with extensive experience and a proven record would be eligible for Judgeships.
I'm sure it isn't a perfect system, but I suspect that it would function better than the crapshoot and Lawyer Wars we have now.
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Hey, how about a Modern Warfare game with this tech. Now when you peer around a corner, and the other guy snipes you, your real head explodes! Yeah!
Most websites are "NOT SECURE" enough, so pretending that they are is simply dangerous. Wanna know how secure that website is? The Login is not on a SSL connection. Nuff Said!
I hear in London, they are planning to do the same thing with Blue Police Boxes
The HSR would be useful only if the train didn't stop every 50 miles. Which is the plan. If it was non-stop between Sacramento and LA, that would be useful. But it won't be. It is going to stop in every podunk town in between (look on a map, there isn't much between them. Having a train go 200MPH makes that a two hour trip without stops. THAT would be useful. Put cars on the train ... even more useful. But that is not going to happen. California is too big to not have a car. This isn't the Beltway.
California is longer than Boston to Raleigh NC is . And not as densely populated. Most of CA is in San Diego / LA Metroplex, and Sacramento Bay Area. Separated by couple hundred miles of farmland and open space.
You saying that $.53 gallon isn't enough to provide base infrastructure? Then raise the taxes until it does. THAT is the only fair way to pay for it all.
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You saying they "trimmed" around the edges?
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I pay Fuel Taxes that are "supposed" to support infrastructure. They are included in the price of gasoline. And in my state, they tack on 7.25% sales tax on top of the other taxes (double taxation). Currently, it is about $.35 gal for California taxes (plus sales tax) and $.184 for Federal Taxes (plus sales tax).
Or do those taxes not count?
Oh, and btw, I'm not against Gas Taxes, provided they DO go towards infrastructure. So, I'm not sure what your complaint is.
You're assuming that there is no other way to spend the money on infrastructure that would have more benefits. How about adding a dozen more regional airports? Same effect, only doesn't cost tax payers on an ongoing basis.
LOL, you say that, without knowing the ticket prices or the ongoing subsidies that will be required to keep the system running. You're just guessing based on feelings (warm fuzzy ones) that HSR gives you.
I can get a ticket for $65 right now, takes me to LA on Southwest Air. $67 for Greyhound, and Greyhound takes nine hours. Amtrak is cheaper at $58, but takes 14 hours. It is six and half hours by car, and costs about $54 in gas (28 MPG/$4 gal).
THAT is all single person fares. Put my family in a car, and the cost per person goes down to $14 / person driving.
I actually believe they were striving for similar goals, not identical. One believes less government is the solution, while the other does not. One was promoting using democratic principles to change the politics of DC, the other was promoting anarchy. The funny thing is, the anarchists want more government and the ones playing by the rules want less.
The TP should have looked more like OWS and OWS should have looked more like the TP.
There is going to be hell when the TP stops working within the system (because the system is broken) , because unlike the limp wristed OWS crowd, it is gonna get real messy
We have 400 MPH Tube Trains ... they are called Airplanes.
SPACE is the next great travel method for grand distances over a certain length.
Trains only work when government subsidizes them. FOR the cost of the new California High Speed Rail, that won't actually be useful until just before it is completed (i.e. nobody could ride it anywhere useful), you could give every man, woman and child a whole bunch of passes on Airlines from more places in the state than the CA HSR would actually go. And it would take less time to travel to said places. And cheaper.
The way I explain it, we already have HSR, they are called Airplanes. HSR was designed for one thing only, to curry favor with the Unions that will build and run them. It is a Union Make Work Program .
Here's the math ...
Cost of the HSR system (current est) 65,400,000,000 (this is nearly 50% more than the ballot said it would be) It will be much higher when all is said and done.
Actual Population of California 38,000,000
Short versions of the numbers 65,400 / 38 = $1721 per man/woman/child
Cost of a plane ticket $68-$250 one way. That is SEVEN free (high cost) tickets per man woman and child in CA. THIS does not count the actual cost of the ticket to ride the train. And all the projections, even from the Rail Authority, tell us that the cost will have to be continually underwritten by the tax payers.
I have yet to have a person make any sort of reasonable argument why we should spend that kind of money in a state that is going broke.
When are people going to get a clue and do proper network isolation of servers ... especially Database servers. There should be no way to attach to a database from outside network. Production and testing servers should all be on sandboxed networks that don't touch the outside.
Um, you're biased idiot who reads too much HUFFPO and watches way too much John Stewart/Colbert Report.
FYI, the TP paid for permits, and OWS generally didn't, So, by "everything right" .. not so much.
I'm tired of the two parties picking the most milktoast of candidates or worse, picking the most radical because "he is not Bush".
My wish, is really simple. It is for people to get out of the (D) bad, (R) good (or visa versa) mentality and realize that there are some good ideas on both sides of the isle .
What I wish we had, was a real discourse on ideas, not ideology.