Could be. Could also be that this is how certain members of the community are reacting to the current funding restrictions, by acting unethically. It would be interesting to know if this is the case, not that I'd really trust anybody posting to slashdot... I have to admit that the "story" does smell fishy.
Pointing out multiple inconsistencies in the post is much more helpful than just pointing to a single example of terminology usage. Thanks!
Best of luck Adam, though I doubt you'll need it:) You're one of the best NWN community storytellers out there. Shadowlords and Dreamcatcher blew me away.
I mean, seriously. Am I alone in thinking that this sounds MORE like the morality police casting about desperately for a reason to discredit the man and his work?
What you dub morality science dubs ethics, and it can and should be the cornerstone of science.
Once trust has been breached it can never be restored, and this violation makes it difficult for any ethical scientist to trust that Dr. Hwang is honest and follows by the same set of rules as they do.
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another great one is "The Years of Rice and Salt", wel worth a read (an alternative history based on Europe being hard hit by the black death, and science as we know it being developed elsewhere... neal stephenson's baroque cycle reminded me of it at times.
Funny that you should say that. I read both "Years of Rice and Salt" and the Baroque cycle in very close proximity and had a similar impression. I loved Years of Rice and Salt... well-written, easy to just pick up and read thanks to the heavily chapterized format, and non-traditional plot structure to keep things interesting.
I cannot tell you how many times I picked up this book, read three lines, and stopped reading it, only to come back to it weeks later. It took me a great deal of effort to read. Don't regret the final immersion in the least, when I finally just dove in to it.
Dhalgren is a mind-blowing, surreal experience. Highly recommended.
Agreed, but the fact that it outlines that it is a debian based system, therefore it is set to follow debians intended purpose and mission statement...
Sorry, I'm not quite getting how one follows from the other... simply being based off of debian doesn't imply adopting the community's philosophy, regardless of what their press release claims, especially since they seem to be outside the community altogether. Their perspective will ultimately dictate what they become, and only time will tell what that perspective is (though we can certainly make some wild speculative assumptions at this point).
I think the bnetd case pretty much gives software publishers carte-blanche in restricting what you can do. They held that (1) the EULA was enforceable (2) it removes the consumers rights granted by copyright and DMCA laws (3) The UCC covers the transaction because the software is goods sold (4) the software is licensed, not sold, because the EULA says so.
The bnetd case only dictates the legality of EULAs in the 8th circuit, which includes such illustrious beacons of civil rights as Arkansas, Missouri, the Dakotas, and Nebraska. If you are unfortunate enough to live within the enforceable jurisdiction, I feel for you, and advise you to consider moving now; when the revolution comes, you really won't want to be on the wrong side of the fence.
The format is not proprietary, but the algorithms to create files in the format are. The Fraunhofer corporation visciously defends its mp3 patent against any software on the market incorporating an mp3 encoder.
To those in the world of proprietary software, with companies available to pay royalty fees, it is a meaningless distinction. But to those of us in the free software community, the fraunhofer patent is a major annoyance, because we can't legally ship mp3 encoders in our favorite distros/oses. It's one of the many motivations in developing the ogg vorbis codec and flac.
[/pedant mode]
If what you meant was something like "the mp3 format is ubiquitous, unrestricted, and unencumbered for most people", then I apologize, as that is definitely true.
- Concertina (peeved that iTunes does not support more open formats)
There may not be much web page activity or official updates, but cvs has been active, and project activity level (according to sourceforge) is at 97.99%.
The project is suffering from too few developers, but I wouldn't count it out just yet.
The article in which that graph was posted also showed a practically uknown distro (Yoper) trouncing the contenders for favorite linux distribution; Yoper users flooded the poll. Yoper runs KDE by default. While Yoper results were removed from the distrubtion preferences data, it doesn't look like their answers were removed from the rest of the survey.
If you're going to refer to poll results to bolster your position, please ensure that they're both valid and meaningful.
Portland is truly awesome. I had forgotten about the free wireless, and was flying through there for the first time and discovered it. It totally made my day.
Bonus: at this rate, not too long before the whole city has free wifi. w00t!
You say "suitable for company" as if cup-o-noodles don't fit the bill.
Touche. Yeah, I've got a stick up my butt sometimes. Thanks for taking it in good humor.
It's true about cooking being awesomely sexy. Of course, I find most geeks incredibly sexy, be they gourmet geeks or artist geeks or tech geeks, so my opinion probably counts for jack shit.
Dude, if your partner has set sacred, inviolable laws like "Do not touch these cables EVER! I've spent the last five hours setting up the perfect home theatre system! If you change anything. you'll break it, and I will never let you hear the end of it!", I sincerely doubt you would want to hook up a new piece of equipment to said setup. Or even touch the existing equipment. Regardless of your technical competence.
Furthermore, would you hold the same level of implied contempt for a husband who "feigned helplessness" at the idea of cooking a meal suitable for company?
I have the PVR I built myself, women can claim to be experts on the simpler DVR, I think they were designed to be female proof.
Ahhh, FEMALE proof. I guess that's supposed to be a polite euphamism for "idiot proof." Nice.
Furthermore, what the hell is your point about building a PVR yourself? I've built a mythtv pvr myself with rather questionable hardware, and it's hardly rocket science, despite the expenditure of countless hours debugging and fiddling with X drivers to make things work flawlessly. In fact, the only difficult thing it's brought about for me is making me question the wisdom of using my time so inefficiently, when I could just purchase a PVR and be done with it. But since I enjoy tinkering anyways, this doesn't amount to much of an existential crisis, so I deal. What is building a PVR supposed to prove?
The ipw2200 drivers do not support monitor mode. Read the fucking project page next time.
I will, but only if you bother reading my post next time, sweetie. *smooch*
Please point out to me where I ever say that the ipw2200 drivers support monitor mode.
I do not program. I am a user. Furthermore, the specs and documentation for the card have not been released. How the fuck could I implement something not documented even if i wanted to? Thank you, and please shut the fuck up.
You could try:
Donating to the project. Obviously, a lot of progress has already been made with the drivers, with no specs.
Paying for a private company to develop drivers.
Doing some research and instead purchasing technology that already does what you want with supported drivers.
Encouraging your programming friends to help with the project.
Intel is being evil by not releasing specs. But that doesn't mean you should sit back and take it. Or even worse, bitch at the people who are trying to make progress.
You seem upset about the monitor mode thing. Be patient. The code is in the ipw2100 drivers, it's only a matter of time before it's implemented in the ipw2200 drivers as well.
Those drivers suck, for all intents and purposes. They do *not* support monitor mode which is necessary to do a lot of things, including war driving. Intel's official drivers for ipw2200 will be a much needed improvement over what we have.
Which drivers suck?
The ipw2100 drivers have supported monitor mode since version 0.44 ( currently at version 1.02).
The ipw2200 drivers are much newer. Contribute the monitor mode code yourself if you're unhappy with the speed of development.
Alternatively, if you're talking about using ndiswrapper plus the windows drivers, please include a little more context in your post.
The important thing to remember when buying CD-Rs is to examine the packaging carefully. Some Fujis (particularly the spindle packs) are manufactured by Taiyo Yuden; some are not. The manufacture should always be listed somewhere on the packaging.
Now that I'm halfway through my dwindling spindle of Mitsui Golds, I supplement with Taiyo Yuden Fujis found at Fry's Electronics. I've never had a problem with either the Mitsuis or the Fujis.
Correction: A booming government-protected cable monopoly. To me, ascribing the term "industry" implies competition and there sure as hell isn't any cable competition Canada. There are 3 major cable companies, each has an exclusive geographic territory and each is a monopoly within that territory. 5 years ago, some small pocket territories were swapped to provide a more geographically consistent picture for these monopolies. Speaking as one who was swapped from the best of the 3 to the worst, I say that the system sucks.
FYI, this is exactly the way the cable "industry" operates in the US. Privatization does indeed suck.
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Could be. Could also be that this is how certain members of the community are reacting to the current funding restrictions, by acting unethically. It would be interesting to know if this is the case, not that I'd really trust anybody posting to slashdot ... I have to admit that the "story" does smell fishy.
Pointing out multiple inconsistencies in the post is much more helpful than just pointing to a single example of terminology usage. Thanks!
Huh? I would call myself a computer programmer among a non-savvy crowd, even if I'm really a software engineer.
I really don't see how your point is relevent. Please feel free to attack the poster on the merits, but don't make ad-hominem attacks.
Uh oh, better forget all those silly LAMP acronyms and learn to play Web 2.0 bullshit bingo!
(I kid, I kid. Mostly.)
Err. That should read the comments, not this thread. Sorry.
Why do you assume there would be an uproar?
Judging from this thread, I would say the shoe fits.
Best of luck Adam, though I doubt you'll need it :) You're one of the best NWN community storytellers out there. Shadowlords and Dreamcatcher blew me away.
What you dub morality science dubs ethics, and it can and should be the cornerstone of science.
Once trust has been breached it can never be restored, and this violation makes it difficult for any ethical scientist to trust that Dr. Hwang is honest and follows by the same set of rules as they do.
Funny that you should say that. I read both "Years of Rice and Salt" and the Baroque cycle in very close proximity and had a similar impression. I loved Years of Rice and Salt
-Concertina
I cannot tell you how many times I picked up this book, read three lines, and stopped reading it, only to come back to it weeks later. It took me a great deal of effort to read. Don't regret the final immersion in the least, when I finally just dove in to it.
Dhalgren is a mind-blowing, surreal experience. Highly recommended.
Agreed, but the fact that it outlines that it is a debian based system, therefore it is set to follow debians intended purpose and mission statement ...
... simply being based off of debian doesn't imply adopting the community's philosophy, regardless of what their press release claims, especially since they seem to be outside the community altogether. Their perspective will ultimately dictate what they become, and only time will tell what that perspective is (though we can certainly make some wild speculative assumptions at this point).
Sorry, I'm not quite getting how one follows from the other
I think the bnetd case pretty much gives software publishers carte-blanche in restricting what you can do. They held that (1) the EULA was enforceable (2) it removes the consumers rights granted by copyright and DMCA laws (3) The UCC covers the transaction because the software is goods sold (4) the software is licensed, not sold, because the EULA says so.
The bnetd case only dictates the legality of EULAs in the 8th circuit, which includes such illustrious beacons of civil rights as Arkansas, Missouri, the Dakotas, and Nebraska. If you are unfortunate enough to live within the enforceable jurisdiction, I feel for you, and advise you to consider moving now; when the revolution comes, you really won't want to be on the wrong side of the fence.
The format is not proprietary, but the algorithms to create files in the format are. The Fraunhofer corporation visciously defends its mp3 patent against any software on the market incorporating an mp3 encoder.
To those in the world of proprietary software, with companies available to pay royalty fees, it is a meaningless distinction. But to those of us in the free software community, the fraunhofer patent is a major annoyance, because we can't legally ship mp3 encoders in our favorite distros/oses. It's one of the many motivations in developing the ogg vorbis codec and flac.
[/pedant mode]If what you meant was something like "the mp3 format is ubiquitous, unrestricted, and unencumbered for most people", then I apologize, as that is definitely true.
- Concertina (peeved that iTunes does not support more open formats)
There may not be much web page activity or official updates, but cvs has been active, and project activity level (according to sourceforge) is at 97.99%.
The project is suffering from too few developers, but I wouldn't count it out just yet.
The article in which that graph was posted also showed a practically uknown distro (Yoper) trouncing the contenders for favorite linux distribution; Yoper users flooded the poll. Yoper runs KDE by default. While Yoper results were removed from the distrubtion preferences data, it doesn't look like their answers were removed from the rest of the survey.
If you're going to refer to poll results to bolster your position, please ensure that they're both valid and meaningful.
Portland is truly awesome. I had forgotten about the free wireless, and was flying through there for the first time and discovered it. It totally made my day.
Bonus: at this rate, not too long before the whole city has free wifi. w00t!
Touche. Yeah, I've got a stick up my butt sometimes. Thanks for taking it in good humor.
It's true about cooking being awesomely sexy. Of course, I find most geeks incredibly sexy, be they gourmet geeks or artist geeks or tech geeks, so my opinion probably counts for jack shit.
And malls ... well ... malls are just evil.
Dude, if your partner has set sacred, inviolable laws like "Do not touch these cables EVER! I've spent the last five hours setting up the perfect home theatre system! If you change anything. you'll break it, and I will never let you hear the end of it!", I sincerely doubt you would want to hook up a new piece of equipment to said setup. Or even touch the existing equipment. Regardless of your technical competence.
Furthermore, would you hold the same level of implied contempt for a husband who "feigned helplessness" at the idea of cooking a meal suitable for company?
Ahhh, FEMALE proof. I guess that's supposed to be a polite euphamism for "idiot proof." Nice.
Furthermore, what the hell is your point about building a PVR yourself? I've built a mythtv pvr myself with rather questionable hardware, and it's hardly rocket science, despite the expenditure of countless hours debugging and fiddling with X drivers to make things work flawlessly. In fact, the only difficult thing it's brought about for me is making me question the wisdom of using my time so inefficiently, when I could just purchase a PVR and be done with it. But since I enjoy tinkering anyways, this doesn't amount to much of an existential crisis, so I deal. What is building a PVR supposed to prove?
I will, but only if you bother reading my post next time, sweetie. *smooch*
Please point out to me where I ever say that the ipw2200 drivers support monitor mode.
You could try:
Intel is being evil by not releasing specs. But that doesn't mean you should sit back and take it. Or even worse, bitch at the people who are trying to make progress.
You seem upset about the monitor mode thing. Be patient. The code is in the ipw2100 drivers, it's only a matter of time before it's implemented in the ipw2200 drivers as well.
Which drivers suck?
The ipw2100 drivers have supported monitor mode since version 0.44 ( currently at version 1.02).
The ipw2200 drivers are much newer. Contribute the monitor mode code yourself if you're unhappy with the speed of development.
Alternatively, if you're talking about using ndiswrapper plus the windows drivers, please include a little more context in your post.
That is all.
From the debian-ssh mailing list:
The important thing to remember when buying CD-Rs is to examine the packaging carefully. Some Fujis (particularly the spindle packs) are manufactured by Taiyo Yuden; some are not. The manufacture should always be listed somewhere on the packaging.
Now that I'm halfway through my dwindling spindle of Mitsui Golds, I supplement with Taiyo Yuden Fujis found at Fry's Electronics. I've never had a problem with either the Mitsuis or the Fujis.
I think the author of the Forbes article is trying to say we're a bunch of granola-eating hippies.
HTH!
FYI, this is exactly the way the cable "industry" operates in the US. Privatization does indeed suck.