I say this with all due respect - really, but your deluded. 3 steps forward and 2 steps back is still a net loss of 1 step. Thats all they need to eventually wreck the place.
The problem is that Americans are a bunch of pussies now who arent willing to die for real liberty anymore. To keep my freedoms I would be willing to die in a terrorist attack if chance put me in that position and I wouldnt look at it any different than a car wreck or an earthquake. It appears that we've been subdued with digital cable, SUVs and 70$ jeans to the point where we have completely lost our perspective on whats worth something in this life - like fostering a free and fair society for our children. I just hope those of us who agree or sit silent while this occurs realizes its our children that will pay the price - not us.
You need to make a stronger argument than a dictionary word to prove trademark infringment. By your logic Microsoft can sue window companies for calling their product windows or having that word in their names. This is just ridiculous. Now if someone made an mp3 player named musicPod or ePod, sure you get those guys. If we let people take dictionary words and call them private property without any consideration for context, i think we are in trouble.
I understand the facilities concern, bandwidth can be expensive - but putting that aside, i think public terminals payed for with taxpayer money should be available for extracurricular use. There really are people out there who cant afford a computer, let alone internet access and to reiterate 1000 posts before me - we shouldn't put them at a disadvantage for being poor. If the library is only for research we should throw out any book that is strictly for entertainment purposes - only keeping textbooks, research collections and other items officially labeled as literature - otherwise they are a waste of taxpayer shelf space arent they?
Lets not miss the point, we arent worker ants - life isnt *all* about school and work - at least not the world i want to live in. Books and libraries are about enriching our lives, not furthering someones education - although the two may coexist and often do. The real crime is the lack of resources given to our public entities for delivering these services to the public. Cybercafes often arent free and use of Dennys would require a laptop - something members of the target group don't often have. Don't confuse the management of library resources with the management of our culture as a people.
The value of the PR they get from "winning" default judgements is worth the money they wanted in the first place. To appear to be "right" and "winning" is all they are after from the little guy in the first place. Its not all about money - its about policy.
The title is misleading, the fact is that viable software development activities for any company or individual who dont have millions in the bank or a big patent portfolio to counter-intimidate with, open or closed source, are under attack by holders of software patents that cover obvious or fundamental operations. Yesterdays software innovations are todays status quo practices, citing the object relational bullshit in the article as a perfect example - that is if you believe there isnt prior art in the first place. Perhaps we should make the patent officers liable for damage caused by stupid patent approval, i bet theyd get thier shit together then.
The earth is billions of years old. Lets put things in perspective. If you put it on the scale of a human life, the last thousand years corrosponds to 1 second of an average lifespan. Who cares if its the hottest in 400 years - does it really mean anything in the scope of billions of years? We simply freak out if there is any change whatsoever - it scares us - but it is the only certainty. Unfortunately there will always be those who think that 1) they can somehow stop change from occuring 2) think that anything that is foreign to what they are used to is bad and 3) will miss the point that while we should understand our environment, maintaining it just as it is now is simply never going to be a possibility no matter what we do.
It still affects you because if DRM gets into our devices and into our players on a ubiquitous level it doesnt matter who you buy your music from. Its not about the music its about DRM and your rights.
I dont know enough about AI, or if AI is a simple enough topic to say one language or another is better for it. Python is a great general purpose language with a very strongly developed library/API backing it up - recommended for most purposes.
The real problem is learning languages instead of learning how computers work and how languages give you the ability to controlling them. C is excellent for this task because it gives you a good mix of low and high level techniques and you will learn as much from its limitations as you will from it capabilities. Then once you understand C and why it works the way it does, you will be in a position to appreciate what C++/Java/C# and futhermore OOP does for you. I also think what you learn strongly depends on where you want to end up, if you want to write applications your a fool not to concentrate on OOP in later steps, while if you want to work with hardware or write drivers or low level OS components C/ASM are your best track. I like the suggestion for Perl, id also suggest learning to use grep awk and sed for the same reasons - because cut and paste just doesnt cut it in large code bases, but lisp - i think its a waste of time for most programmers.
The criminals using encryption are already breaking the law and obviously wont turn in their keys to the police. The only people who will be caught up in this legislation are the good people who follow laws. Whomever thought this up should be sacked for pure stupidity.
That appears to be precanned Javascript,etc. that alot of people have done before. This is Java programming and debugging straight to 100% browser compatible HTML and Javascript. The only group larger than the google fanboy club is the google is smarter than me and i hate them club.
Perhaps Microsoft wouldn't seem like such a maniac for asking if they provided the predicates that caused the contact to be made. If they said that someone told us your not legal or you have registered 1000 machines and bought 900 licenses that would make sense - without this much i wouldnt even bother with corrosponding. They have nothing to lose by disclosing their concerns.
This argument doesnt work because its relative to whom your talking about. I know plenty of people who cant handle their macs or windows machines and i know plenty that can run *NIX or Linux like its second nature. If his point is that if its too hard for him to use - its not useful, well... thats an argument. The only "skill sets" i needed to run Linux was how to read and use basic input/output devices. Another thing to keep in mind here is that most Linux software is still server software, or at least multiuser network systems software and shouldnt be compared directly to desktop Windows, most Windows users cant configure and run the Windows Server products properly either.
The price of tickets will rise until there starts to be empty seats in the shows. Period. You dont get to be as rich as Madonna or Paul McCartney by being nice or worring about what your fans have to spend to see you perform.
So they show up at your shop, you show them the "No Solicitation" sign and then you show them the door. If they don't leave immediately, you call the cops and have them removed like the common extortionist thugs they are. Another question, why are all of these companies reporting these statistics anyways - who's business is it how many naked PCs you sold?
One of the white supr. dudes owned the hosting company and was also charged with putting up hate messages. There were no innocent parties caught up in this according to the article. The question im left with i does Canada have any laws protecting free speech explicitly?
You dont mod something troll because you disagree with it. That being said, parent post, try CentOS - read their site for details of why.
There is nothing in RedHat or the other "unfree" linuxes that would signify bait and switch - simply a more conservative approach to the same software with value added - like support. The difference is that some distributions are concerned with cutting edge technology while others are focused on stability. Perhaps you need a newer feature or driver for specific hardware, you may have to use one of the less stable distributions - like Fedora Core - in order to get those features. You should be buying your hardware with OS in mind, so this really shouldnt be an issue anyhow. If your just running a mail or web server or maybe your a developer and want stability - go for Debian or CentOS which focus on stability. I haven't seen the Mozilla Corp. try and sell anything and just because some of us dont understand their business model doesnt justify an alarmists stance. Expecting things to stay the same in software, id say thats a unrealistic goal regardless of operating system.
The moral of the story is, if you can get the job done with free open source products and your staff - save a buck, if you cant - pick an unfree alternative and understand that its the cost of doing business. Note that open source means you can download the source code - which means you can build it and run it in most cases - even RedHat, but this requires that you have some expertise in-house. Also, remember instances in which your software doesnt do what you want it to, where OSS really shines - you have the source code, you can change it - something closed source shops will either refuse outright or expect big $ to do.
As far as your consultants are concerned, if you dont like what they do for you - get new ones. If they sell you Linux as a solution, it should work the way they provide it to you, it should accomplish the tasks you asked for and it should come with a price tag that you can compare to competitors. There is no such thing as a free lunch: it will either cost you time, money, external/internal expertise or all of the above to get the job done.
We were talking in the realm of workers and competition, you can certainly debate the application of soveriegn power on other countries to the discussion of human rights but its a much larger and more complicated debate. The fact is there are laws in the US protecting workers, at least to some point, and many other countries look at their workers as cogs in machines, not caring if they live or die - ducking that point doesnt make it untrue.
Rule of thumb: If someone cant see the difference between the topic of discussion and their favorite cause, their a slashdot poster.
You can't beat the man, give up. They have you by the balls. Which balls, the balls = 99% of consumers who don't give a shit that big businesses can do whatever they please and think its "un-American" to question capitalism, even when the markets are obviously and publicly manipulated. I mean whats the alternative, letting people steal Orin Hatch's wildly popular music? Unthinkable.
One is proficient in a skill, not at it. Also, you misused the comma twice in your second sentence and need one in your fourth. Resorting to grammatical arguments is sad and you might want to perfect yours so you don't look like an idiot. I agree with you about the divine right to a certain job, the concept is pure nonsense.
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I say this with all due respect - really, but your deluded. 3 steps forward and 2 steps back is still a net loss of 1 step. Thats all they need to eventually wreck the place.
Said like a true non-parent. I for one with a son who will be eligible for a draft in 7 years find it a very compelling argument.
Funny how the "states rights" party is the one pushing for more federal powers.
The problem is that Americans are a bunch of pussies now who arent willing to die for real liberty anymore. To keep my freedoms I would be willing to die in a terrorist attack if chance put me in that position and I wouldnt look at it any different than a car wreck or an earthquake. It appears that we've been subdued with digital cable, SUVs and 70$ jeans to the point where we have completely lost our perspective on whats worth something in this life - like fostering a free and fair society for our children. I just hope those of us who agree or sit silent while this occurs realizes its our children that will pay the price - not us.
You need to make a stronger argument than a dictionary word to prove trademark infringment. By your logic Microsoft can sue window companies for calling their product windows or having that word in their names. This is just ridiculous. Now if someone made an mp3 player named musicPod or ePod, sure you get those guys. If we let people take dictionary words and call them private property without any consideration for context, i think we are in trouble.
I understand the facilities concern, bandwidth can be expensive - but putting that aside, i think public terminals payed for with taxpayer money should be available for extracurricular use. There really are people out there who cant afford a computer, let alone internet access and to reiterate 1000 posts before me - we shouldn't put them at a disadvantage for being poor. If the library is only for research we should throw out any book that is strictly for entertainment purposes - only keeping textbooks, research collections and other items officially labeled as literature - otherwise they are a waste of taxpayer shelf space arent they?
Lets not miss the point, we arent worker ants - life isnt *all* about school and work - at least not the world i want to live in. Books and libraries are about enriching our lives, not furthering someones education - although the two may coexist and often do. The real crime is the lack of resources given to our public entities for delivering these services to the public. Cybercafes often arent free and use of Dennys would require a laptop - something members of the target group don't often have. Don't confuse the management of library resources with the management of our culture as a people.
The value of the PR they get from "winning" default judgements is worth the money they wanted in the first place. To appear to be "right" and "winning" is all they are after from the little guy in the first place. Its not all about money - its about policy.
The title is misleading, the fact is that viable software development activities for any company or individual who dont have millions in the bank or a big patent portfolio to counter-intimidate with, open or closed source, are under attack by holders of software patents that cover obvious or fundamental operations. Yesterdays software innovations are todays status quo practices, citing the object relational bullshit in the article as a perfect example - that is if you believe there isnt prior art in the first place. Perhaps we should make the patent officers liable for damage caused by stupid patent approval, i bet theyd get thier shit together then.
The earth is billions of years old. Lets put things in perspective. If you put it on the scale of a human life, the last thousand years corrosponds to 1 second of an average lifespan. Who cares if its the hottest in 400 years - does it really mean anything in the scope of billions of years? We simply freak out if there is any change whatsoever - it scares us - but it is the only certainty. Unfortunately there will always be those who think that 1) they can somehow stop change from occuring 2) think that anything that is foreign to what they are used to is bad and 3) will miss the point that while we should understand our environment, maintaining it just as it is now is simply never going to be a possibility no matter what we do.
It still affects you because if DRM gets into our devices and into our players on a ubiquitous level it doesnt matter who you buy your music from. Its not about the music its about DRM and your rights.
I dont know enough about AI, or if AI is a simple enough topic to say one language or another is better for it. Python is a great general purpose language with a very strongly developed library/API backing it up - recommended for most purposes.
The real problem is learning languages instead of learning how computers work and how languages give you the ability to controlling them. C is excellent for this task because it gives you a good mix of low and high level techniques and you will learn as much from its limitations as you will from it capabilities. Then once you understand C and why it works the way it does, you will be in a position to appreciate what C++/Java/C# and futhermore OOP does for you. I also think what you learn strongly depends on where you want to end up, if you want to write applications your a fool not to concentrate on OOP in later steps, while if you want to work with hardware or write drivers or low level OS components C/ASM are your best track. I like the suggestion for Perl, id also suggest learning to use grep awk and sed for the same reasons - because cut and paste just doesnt cut it in large code bases, but lisp - i think its a waste of time for most programmers.
The criminals using encryption are already breaking the law and obviously wont turn in their keys to the police. The only people who will be caught up in this legislation are the good people who follow laws. Whomever thought this up should be sacked for pure stupidity.
Would mod funny if i had the points..
That appears to be precanned Javascript,etc. that alot of people have done before. This is Java programming and debugging straight to 100% browser compatible HTML and Javascript. The only group larger than the google fanboy club is the google is smarter than me and i hate them club.
Perhaps Microsoft wouldn't seem like such a maniac for asking if they provided the predicates that caused the contact to be made. If they said that someone told us your not legal or you have registered 1000 machines and bought 900 licenses that would make sense - without this much i wouldnt even bother with corrosponding. They have nothing to lose by disclosing their concerns.
Regardless of who gets the money, be assured the lawyers get theirs. The politician just gets free advertising.
This argument doesnt work because its relative to whom your talking about. I know plenty of people who cant handle their macs or windows machines and i know plenty that can run *NIX or Linux like its second nature. If his point is that if its too hard for him to use - its not useful, well ... thats an argument. The only "skill sets" i needed to run Linux was how to read and use basic input/output devices. Another thing to keep in mind here is that most Linux software is still server software, or at least multiuser network systems software and shouldnt be compared directly to desktop Windows, most Windows users cant configure and run the Windows Server products properly either.
The price of tickets will rise until there starts to be empty seats in the shows. Period. You dont get to be as rich as Madonna or Paul McCartney by being nice or worring about what your fans have to spend to see you perform.
So they show up at your shop, you show them the "No Solicitation" sign and then you show them the door. If they don't leave immediately, you call the cops and have them removed like the common extortionist thugs they are. Another question, why are all of these companies reporting these statistics anyways - who's business is it how many naked PCs you sold?
One of the white supr. dudes owned the hosting company and was also charged with putting up hate messages. There were no innocent parties caught up in this according to the article. The question im left with i does Canada have any laws protecting free speech explicitly?
You dont mod something troll because you disagree with it. That being said, parent post, try CentOS - read their site for details of why.
There is nothing in RedHat or the other "unfree" linuxes that would signify bait and switch - simply a more conservative approach to the same software with value added - like support. The difference is that some distributions are concerned with cutting edge technology while others are focused on stability. Perhaps you need a newer feature or driver for specific hardware, you may have to use one of the less stable distributions - like Fedora Core - in order to get those features. You should be buying your hardware with OS in mind, so this really shouldnt be an issue anyhow. If your just running a mail or web server or maybe your a developer and want stability - go for Debian or CentOS which focus on stability. I haven't seen the Mozilla Corp. try and sell anything and just because some of us dont understand their business model doesnt justify an alarmists stance. Expecting things to stay the same in software, id say thats a unrealistic goal regardless of operating system.
The moral of the story is, if you can get the job done with free open source products and your staff - save a buck, if you cant - pick an unfree alternative and understand that its the cost of doing business. Note that open source means you can download the source code - which means you can build it and run it in most cases - even RedHat, but this requires that you have some expertise in-house. Also, remember instances in which your software doesnt do what you want it to, where OSS really shines - you have the source code, you can change it - something closed source shops will either refuse outright or expect big $ to do.
As far as your consultants are concerned, if you dont like what they do for you - get new ones. If they sell you Linux as a solution, it should work the way they provide it to you, it should accomplish the tasks you asked for and it should come with a price tag that you can compare to competitors. There is no such thing as a free lunch: it will either cost you time, money, external/internal expertise or all of the above to get the job done.
We were talking in the realm of workers and competition, you can certainly debate the application of soveriegn power on other countries to the discussion of human rights but its a much larger and more complicated debate. The fact is there are laws in the US protecting workers, at least to some point, and many other countries look at their workers as cogs in machines, not caring if they live or die - ducking that point doesnt make it untrue.
Rule of thumb: If someone cant see the difference between the topic of discussion and their favorite cause, their a slashdot poster.
You can't beat the man, give up. They have you by the balls. Which balls, the balls = 99% of consumers who don't give a shit that big businesses can do whatever they please and think its "un-American" to question capitalism, even when the markets are obviously and publicly manipulated. I mean whats the alternative, letting people steal Orin Hatch's wildly popular music? Unthinkable.
One is proficient in a skill, not at it. Also, you misused the comma twice in your second sentence and need one in your fourth. Resorting to grammatical arguments is sad and you might want to perfect yours so you don't look like an idiot. I agree with you about the divine right to a certain job, the concept is pure nonsense.