What I find interesting, is that these taxes are popping up in countries with the Leftist (by American standards) governments — Canada, France, Spain. Meanwhile, the supposedly "corporate-owned" Republican-controlled America is holding up...
Yes, even though the blank CDs intended for music recording are taxed here since 1998, the ones for data are not...
There is no parallel. The prohibitions on freedom of speech on and information about the different forms of government are uniquely self-perpetuating. Prohibitions on alcohol, drugs, and almost anything else are not like that and can be abolished by the popular will within a reasonably democratic society because discussing them remains legal, even if using is not.
Sorry if I bite the flamebait, but... so I must wait for my code -and therefore, my work- to be reused and sold by money by commercial software houses without any benefit to the community, just because I'm too lazy to tar up some source code?
How is the benefit to the "community" (whatever that is) reduced by someone packaging and selling your work on their own? Your source is still just as available...
I can see, how this could increase the benefits — especially, when you consider this reseller to be part of the "community", but even if you do not, being able to buy your work from someone may be of benefit to some of the users.
But how does anyone suffer from the legality of reselling your work, if you wanted to give it away for free anyway?
Even the simple news helicopters have come a long way.
They are still targeted at professionals. Ever compared a pro video camera with a consumer model?
There are no consumer helicopters:-( There is not even simple infrastructure (like landing pads), refueling stations.
Government's spending of countless billions of dollars on roads (very few of them of military import) is what skews the market away from alternative transportation — railroads for large cargo, air, boats and ferries. It very is possible, that car is the solution in many cases, but the skewing makes us use it even where we should not.
Even the original ford model T was easier to drive than even the most advanced helicopters of today.
You mean, it was easier to learn to drive. Maybe so... My grudge, however, is that the helicopters have remained, where they were 40 years ago, while the cars have improved tremendously.
Helicopters are much more complicated to control than cars.
Of course, they are, I know. That was my point — if the amount of innovation, that was directed into making better cars (ABS, electronic stability control, airbags, automatic transmission), by, literally, government's fiat, were left to the market, we may well have had generally usable 'copters by now.
Phones are not entirely dissimilar — the government-created (with best intentions, as usual) monopoly stalled innovation for decades... The basic tech for cellular phones existed, when AT&T asked — and received — monopoly power. Sometimes I wish, we had a similar company (GM?) holding monopoly on the road use — the outrage would've resulted in a complete overhaul of the system, instead of the currect suffocating traffic jams, which aren't going anywhere any time soon...
Offer them a HTTPS webmail server to deal with those cases.
This kind of "medicine" is worse, than the decease. There are two modern e-mail protocols: IMAP for reading, and SMTP for sending.
Various "Webmail" implemements are nothing but either excuses for advertisers (like Google, MSN, Yahoo! "e-mail" services), or hacks and works around moronic firewall policies.
As I say in the subject, there is no "Mail" in Hyper Text Transfer Protocol...
What you wanted to write, was something like:
Tell them to use your SMTP-server for outgoing e-mail with the server-verifiable SSL certificates (google for STARTTLS).
Or maybe we shoulda worked harder on tele-transporting.
Tele-transporting may be a stretch, but helicopters could've been practical by now, had the federal government not invested the taxpayers' monies so heavily into highways, while charging their users very little.
The system's military purpose was, probably, sensible, but the infamous Alaskan bridge to nowhere is only the most recent "poster child" of how all government projects get out of hand, and why we should be highly sceptical of the new ones, and attach automatic expiration dates to all of them.
You should encrypt it before sending it out to the service provider. This way you don't care, what method THEY are using. In fact, you'd rather they used none at all.
Personally, I am happy with CCrypt, which is a secure replacement for the simple-minded Unix crypt(1) utility. The FreeBSDport makes installing a breeze, as usual.
If some kid can get his jollies at the same time, I say that's a bonus. In fact, I'd go so far as to encourage that behaviour; it makes for an enjoyable passtime and a bonding experience with mates
I stayed away from kids like this in my childhood, and would not want such feelings encouraged in my future children. Maybe, that's the government's concern — well, either the government's, or the anticipated critics', whom the government is trying to pre-empt:-)
The very ones who Congress is trying to put out of business
While the Legislative branch is trying to put these people out of business, the Executive branch is outsourcing data-collection to them. Very interesting. Very Constitutional...
what's wrong with picking a toad up by its leg, and then pelting it at concrete? Its quick and painless if done with enough enthusiasm.
Yes, and some kids smash them with golf clubs. Probably, the point is, you are not supposed to enjoy the killing — this is why the rather elaborate method is picked. This is, likely, more of an ethical thing, than strictly biological/veterinarian.
You ever been out on a freezing night without a jacket? You think freezing to death is painless?
It is for a cold-blooded creature, presumably. Instead of struggling to maintain mobility as we do, they slow down and fall asleep...
The alternative to clean environment means high child decease and mortality, where only the strongest survive.
This may be Ok for high-birth (no contraception) era, but is pretty bad for the current situation, when most developed countries are facing population aging and even decline.
The humane way to kill them, advocated by the Northern Territory government (which tried to encourage citizens to setup subsidized traps on their land), is to put the captured toads in plastic bags and into freezers. The cold-blooded creatures simply fall asleep as they get colder...
The sad things are:
they never ate the cane beattle, they were brought in to fight;
they are harmless by themselves — only killing the predators, who try to eat them.
Australia's predators (quolls mostly) are lone hunters, so others don't have the chance to learn from a fellow hunter's fate. Park rangers have evacuated some of them off to islands to preserve the already withering species...
Interestingly, the feral cats — another menace to Australia's native wildlife — seem smart enough not to get killed by the poisonous quarry...
It seems like some of Australia's birds of prey — probably, having watched others die — have learned to flip the toads over and eat out the belly, which is not protected by poison. It may not be enough to stop the invasion, though...
As has been stated elsewhere here, it is not the mobile phone divisions that are being merged, but rather the mobile and fixed network divisions.
These are all high-tech fields with high (positive) impact on the world in general, and lots to talk about for the (technical) Slashdot crowd in particular. Instead, we began with "social dramas" — and that's an awful thing...
Also, behind this "technological" advancement social dramas always follow.
This is never a good argument against the advancement. Never... Nor should it even be much of a consideration — especially in Finland, with its generous welfare state and rather (over)pampering unemployment programs.
Two very large players in an advanced technology field are merging together. There are significant implications for the technology itself. We could also talk about the potential (anti-)trust issues.
Instead, the first posts are talking about a handful of people losing jobs... Hello?.. That's not, what the companies are there for.
Maybe then slashdotters, including yourself, should grow a heart then?
How about growing a brain, huh? "Oh, those poor Finns, what will they do now?" Better, and cheaper phones will make everyone better off. It is, likely, something worth celebrating, but nooo, our hearts bleed for the few people, who will NOT be needed to make them...
Are you sure, they did not just ignore him back then? I would not take the Guatemalan court's decision as any kind of proof or confirmation. I'm sure, sympathy for a fellow Guatemalan and considerations like "Microsoft is rich, they can afford it" played a large role in the judges' decision...
From the article:As an example, Eagleton cited recent cooperation between Sun and the wider programmer community that occurred at the LinuxWorld Australia conference.
Almost all articles about an operating system — any operating system — today make (at least, a passing) reference to Linux. Slashdot's own piece today on OpenBSD's WiFi drivers is an example.
Do all such articles belong under "Linux" banner? No, they don't.
That's as Linuxy as it gets.
Actually, I'd say, this is more BSD-ish than Linuxy (participants are more concerned about coding than about licensing). But Solaris is quite an OS on its own (however much pre-Solaris SunOS was a BSD), and trying to stuff it under "Linux" was wrong.
Yes, indeed. This can work both ways. A potential employer may look at your profile and figure: "I like this guy/gal!". May improve someone's chances, even if they were too nervous on the interview, or something.
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What I find interesting, is that these taxes are popping up in countries with the Leftist (by American standards) governments — Canada, France, Spain. Meanwhile, the supposedly "corporate-owned" Republican-controlled America is holding up...
Yes, even though the blank CDs intended for music recording are taxed here since 1998, the ones for data are not...
Sounds like another thing these folks should be worried about.
There is no parallel. The prohibitions on freedom of speech on and information about the different forms of government are uniquely self-perpetuating. Prohibitions on alcohol, drugs, and almost anything else are not like that and can be abolished by the popular will within a reasonably democratic society because discussing them remains legal, even if using is not.
How is the benefit to the "community" (whatever that is) reduced by someone packaging and selling your work on their own? Your source is still just as available...
I can see, how this could increase the benefits — especially, when you consider this reseller to be part of the "community", but even if you do not, being able to buy your work from someone may be of benefit to some of the users.
But how does anyone suffer from the legality of reselling your work, if you wanted to give it away for free anyway?
They are still targeted at professionals. Ever compared a pro video camera with a consumer model?
There are no consumer helicopters :-( There is not even simple infrastructure (like landing pads), refueling stations.
Government's spending of countless billions of dollars on roads (very few of them of military import) is what skews the market away from alternative transportation — railroads for large cargo, air, boats and ferries. It very is possible, that car is the solution in many cases, but the skewing makes us use it even where we should not.
Of course, they are, I know. That was my point — if the amount of innovation, that was directed into making better cars (ABS, electronic stability control, airbags, automatic transmission), by, literally, government's fiat, were left to the market, we may well have had generally usable 'copters by now.
Phones are not entirely dissimilar — the government-created (with best intentions, as usual) monopoly stalled innovation for decades... The basic tech for cellular phones existed, when AT&T asked — and received — monopoly power. Sometimes I wish, we had a similar company (GM?) holding monopoly on the road use — the outrage would've resulted in a complete overhaul of the system, instead of the currect suffocating traffic jams, which aren't going anywhere any time soon...
This kind of "medicine" is worse, than the decease. There are two modern e-mail protocols: IMAP for reading, and SMTP for sending.
Various "Webmail" implemements are nothing but either excuses for advertisers (like Google, MSN, Yahoo! "e-mail" services), or hacks and works around moronic firewall policies.
As I say in the subject, there is no "Mail" in Hyper Text Transfer Protocol...
What you wanted to write, was something like:
Tele-transporting may be a stretch, but helicopters could've been practical by now, had the federal government not invested the taxpayers' monies so heavily into highways, while charging their users very little.
The system's military purpose was, probably, sensible, but the infamous Alaskan bridge to nowhere is only the most recent "poster child" of how all government projects get out of hand, and why we should be highly sceptical of the new ones, and attach automatic expiration dates to all of them.
You should encrypt it before sending it out to the service provider. This way you don't care, what method THEY are using. In fact, you'd rather they used none at all.
Personally, I am happy with CCrypt, which is a secure replacement for the simple-minded Unix crypt(1) utility. The FreeBSD port makes installing a breeze, as usual.
I stayed away from kids like this in my childhood, and would not want such feelings encouraged in my future children. Maybe, that's the government's concern — well, either the government's, or the anticipated critics', whom the government is trying to pre-empt :-)
Yes, and some kids smash them with golf clubs. Probably, the point is, you are not supposed to enjoy the killing — this is why the rather elaborate method is picked. This is, likely, more of an ethical thing, than strictly biological/veterinarian.
It is for a cold-blooded creature, presumably. Instead of struggling to maintain mobility as we do, they slow down and fall asleep...
The alternative to clean environment means high child decease and mortality, where only the strongest survive.
This may be Ok for high-birth (no contraception) era, but is pretty bad for the current situation, when most developed countries are facing population aging and even decline.
The humane way to kill them, advocated by the Northern Territory government (which tried to encourage citizens to setup subsidized traps on their land), is to put the captured toads in plastic bags and into freezers. The cold-blooded creatures simply fall asleep as they get colder...
The sad things are:
Australia's predators (quolls mostly) are lone hunters, so others don't have the chance to learn from a fellow hunter's fate. Park rangers have evacuated some of them off to islands to preserve the already withering species...
Interestingly, the feral cats — another menace to Australia's native wildlife — seem smart enough not to get killed by the poisonous quarry...
It seems like some of Australia's birds of prey — probably, having watched others die — have learned to flip the toads over and eat out the belly, which is not protected by poison. It may not be enough to stop the invasion, though...
These are all high-tech fields with high (positive) impact on the world in general, and lots to talk about for the (technical) Slashdot crowd in particular. Instead, we began with "social dramas" — and that's an awful thing...
This is never a good argument against the advancement. Never... Nor should it even be much of a consideration — especially in Finland, with its generous welfare state and rather (over)pampering unemployment programs.
Instead, the first posts are talking about a handful of people losing jobs... Hello?.. That's not, what the companies are there for.
Luddites were a disgrace...
How about growing a brain, huh? "Oh, those poor Finns, what will they do now?" Better, and cheaper phones will make everyone better off. It is, likely, something worth celebrating, but nooo, our hearts bleed for the few people, who will NOT be needed to make them...
And I'm only partially baiting flames here...
Almost all articles about an operating system — any operating system — today make (at least, a passing) reference to Linux. Slashdot's own piece today on OpenBSD's WiFi drivers is an example.
Do all such articles belong under "Linux" banner? No, they don't.
Actually, I'd say, this is more BSD-ish than Linuxy (participants are more concerned about coding than about licensing). But Solaris is quite an OS on its own (however much pre-Solaris SunOS was a BSD), and trying to stuff it under "Linux" was wrong.
Why is this bit of "news" listed under Linix-category?
Only one — Craig Newmark's — was quoted in the front-page summary. For Mike McCurry's one does, indeed, have to "click the links". That was my point.
(I'm not your friend.)
Yes, indeed. This can work both ways. A potential employer may look at your profile and figure: "I like this guy/gal!". May improve someone's chances, even if they were too nervous on the interview, or something.