How about just using first names of people? They'd be easy to pronounce/remember, there's an effectively limitless supply to draw from (just get one of those "Name Your Baby" books), and you could even group servers topically (Joe's Deli gets Russian female names, John's Delivery gets African male names, etc).
What is your point? If you want to commercialize your code, then don't license it under the GPL. Simple.
Or are you saying that you would like it to be impossible for me to release my code under the GPL, because someone using my Free Software program might be less interested in paying you for yours? Sorry bud, I'm going to release my code how I see fit. Neither you nor Craig Mundie has any business telling me how my stuff should be licensed.
Amen. I saw a band perform at a bar last night. They were selling their latest CD for $5. They were so much more talented than the vast majority of the RIAA's cash cows^H^H^H^H^H...uh, artists.
It's my greatest wish that bands like this are the future of music. Musicians: screw record contracts, publish your stuff yourselves, because you love making music.
"The average consumer thinks Windows is "included" with their PC purchase."
The average computer/manufacturer/ thinks this as well. A friend of mine tried to get a Windows rebate from Dell. He was told it wasn't possible, because Windows came free with the computer (ha!).
Since when do the studios get a cut of blank VCR tapes The Supreme Court told them where they could go with the "we have a right to ban or tax technology" argument in the Betamax case.
As for the tax on blank "music" CD-Rs, MiniDiscs, and DAT tapes, that's real. But if the Congress and Sony had shown any sense when the record companies started making threatening noises about DAT, they would have told the record companies where to go, and we would suffer from neither the tax, nor SCMS, nor the DMCA.
Thanks for the clarification, AC. Hey, check it out...just by quoting your post, I have effectively given it a +2, Insightful. I am giddy with power:)
They already settled with VCRs...they get a cut of every blank video tape sold. The RIAA gets a cut of every blank CD-R sold too (as long as it's labeled "for music").
As I understand it, that's where the "video game" interface comes in. It displays all the letters of the alphabet on screen, and you "type" your passphrase using the mouse, naver touching the keyboard.
The keylogger will get all your other keystrokes, but not your GPG passphrase...maybe the onscreen keyboard can be invoked at other times too.
What are you talking about? No one said anything in defense of communism. The point is that MS thinks it's fine when they slander Free Software as "communist" ans "un-American", but when someone says using MS software in a public institution is a Bad Idea, suddenly they're being "slandered".
I thought that's what everyone wanted? To be taken serious...
I don't think so. Linus's book isn't called "Just to be Taken Seriously".
Today, most Linux developers are volunteers. They hack linux for the love of coding, or for recognition, or whatever. It's a hobby, and that's what makes it great, IMHO. When you have IBM/HP/etc. stepping in and saying "hey, stop coding that MP3 player, we need you to work on this database backend"...well, I just don't see that going over well with most hobbyist Linux developers. Which probably means that more and more linux devs will be doing it as their job, not as their hobby. Which is going to make Linux a lot less fun.:(
The International Space Station is at an altitude of 400 km. Geostationary orbits are more like 36000 km, which is far beyond the reach of the Space Shuttle, which would be the logical (i.e., only) choice for collecting space debris and transporting it to ISS.
These web stats might explain why Bioware doesn't necessarily feel the need to put "Released for LINUX!!!" on their front page in large, blinking letters...
eh, maybe the slashdotting this story produced will change their minds:)
The topic you're referring to at the center of the supposed red-hot controversy is the first law of thermodynamics, a.k.a conservation of energy. There is no "debate" on the reality of conservation of energy. It's one of the most well-established facts of our universe. The scientific community is not "sharply divided" on the theoretical possibility of perpetual motion machines (no matter how many posts you might find on that pillar of scientific discourse, slashdot).
In short, it's irresponsible for the journalist
to claim that there is a controversy here. It's inflating a non-story for pure sensationalism.
It happens all the time, and I think it's one reason science literacy is so low in our society.
window decorations, yes...there are some gnomish iceWM decorations available (actually I haven't used gnome in a while, so the one I'm thinking of might be considered outdated among gnomes). Icons...I'm not aware of a Gnome-like icon set for KDE. Anyway, you couldn't really reproduce the gnome icons because they use SVG (AFAIK); KDE uses simpler bitmapped icons.
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How about just using first names of people? They'd be easy to pronounce/remember, there's an effectively limitless supply to draw from (just get one of those "Name Your Baby" books), and you could even group servers topically (Joe's Deli gets Russian female names, John's Delivery gets African male names, etc).
What is your point? If you want to commercialize your code, then don't license it under the GPL. Simple.
Or are you saying that you would like it to be impossible for me to release my code under the GPL, because someone using my Free Software program might be less interested in paying you for yours? Sorry bud, I'm going to release my code how I see fit. Neither you nor Craig Mundie has any business telling me how my stuff should be licensed.
heh...feeling a bit prescient after changing my sig yesterday. :)
"That's because McCain is a Democrat in Republican clothing."
Ah ha! No wonder I don't hate him...
I thought that was really funny at first. Then I realized it wasn't funny at all. Not even a little bit.
God, I wish that was funny
It's my greatest wish that bands like this are the future of music. Musicians: screw record contracts, publish your stuff yourselves, because you love making music.
"The average consumer thinks Windows is "included" with their PC purchase."
/manufacturer/ thinks this as well. A friend of mine tried to get a Windows rebate from Dell. He was told it wasn't possible, because Windows came free with the computer (ha!).
The average computer
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google.
com.
See also Cringely's article on it.
Since when do the studios get a cut of blank VCR tapes The Supreme Court told them where they could go with the "we have a right to ban or tax technology" argument in the Betamax case.
As for the tax on blank "music" CD-Rs, MiniDiscs, and DAT tapes, that's real. But if the Congress and Sony had shown any sense when the record companies started making threatening noises about DAT, they would have told the record companies where to go, and we would suffer from neither the tax, nor SCMS, nor the DMCA.
Thanks for the clarification, AC. Hey, check it out...just by quoting your post, I have effectively given it a +2, Insightful. I am giddy with power
They already settled with VCRs...they get a cut of every blank video tape sold. The RIAA gets a cut of every blank CD-R sold too (as long as it's labeled "for music").
As I understand it, that's where the "video game" interface comes in. It displays all the letters of the alphabet on screen, and you "type" your passphrase using the mouse, naver touching the keyboard.
The keylogger will get all your other keystrokes, but not your GPG passphrase...maybe the onscreen keyboard can be invoked at other times too.
doh, sorry.
:)
That'll teach me to ignore ACs...then again, maybe not
What are you talking about? No one said anything in defense of communism. The point is that MS thinks it's fine when they slander Free Software as "communist" ans "un-American", but when someone says using MS software in a public institution is a Bad Idea, suddenly they're being "slandered".
It's about their double standard.
I thought I read you needed a monitor for the install, but that it could be set up to use a TV afterwards.
*shrug*
I thought that's what everyone wanted? To be taken serious...
:(
I don't think so. Linus's book isn't called "Just to be Taken Seriously".
Today, most Linux developers are volunteers. They hack linux for the love of coding, or for recognition, or whatever. It's a hobby, and that's what makes it great, IMHO. When you have IBM/HP/etc. stepping in and saying "hey, stop coding that MP3 player, we need you to work on this database backend"...well, I just don't see that going over well with most hobbyist Linux developers. Which probably means that more and more linux devs will be doing it as their job, not as their hobby. Which is going to make Linux a lot less fun.
The joke is that "The Mayo Clinic" is named after someone named "Mayo", not someone named "Clinic".
Ha ha.
Citation and use of ideas don't constitute copyright infringement. You'd have nothing to worry about.
The International Space Station is at an altitude of 400 km. Geostationary orbits are more like 36000 km, which is far beyond the reach of the Space Shuttle, which would be the logical (i.e., only) choice for collecting space debris and transporting it to ISS.
Go, LoseNotLooseGuy, Go!!
:)
I'm really suprised you've only corrected this four times so far...you must have just created the account today.
These web stats might explain why Bioware doesn't necessarily feel the need to put "Released for LINUX!!!" on their front page in large, blinking letters...
:)
eh, maybe the slashdotting this story produced will change their minds
The topic you're referring to at the center of the supposed red-hot controversy is the first law of thermodynamics, a.k.a conservation of energy. There is no "debate" on the reality of conservation of energy. It's one of the most well-established facts of our universe. The scientific community is not "sharply divided" on the theoretical possibility of perpetual motion machines (no matter how many posts you might find on that pillar of scientific discourse, slashdot).
In short, it's irresponsible for the journalist
to claim that there is a controversy here. It's inflating a non-story for pure sensationalism.
It happens all the time, and I think it's one reason science literacy is so low in our society.
window decorations, yes...there are some gnomish iceWM decorations available (actually I haven't used gnome in a while, so the one I'm thinking of might be considered outdated among gnomes). Icons...I'm not aware of a Gnome-like icon set for KDE. Anyway, you couldn't really reproduce the gnome icons because they use SVG (AFAIK); KDE uses simpler bitmapped icons.
You mean staying up til 12:45 am? I guess I don't get it...
Nice explanation. For a graphical representation of the difference, go to http://kstars.sourceforge.net/kde3-screens/
The menu bar labeled "KDE2" has antialiased text, the menu bar labeled "KDE3" does not.
(this page is actually to illustrate something else entirely, but this discussion reminded me that I had these side-by-side screenies...)