We need the corporation to, on a one-to-one basis, support a proprietary format for an open format.
asf *and* ogg (I know the latter is audio-specific... are there Free video formats ?), for example.
This way it will still be possible to give the public to choose between Free Art or blockbusters.
Until then then we could call this a kind of monopoly as we are only given the choice to upgrade hardware that'll at the end not belong to us anymore (this is IMHO the final consequence of such digital dictatorship as this is the only way to forbid hackers to even look at these devices' internals).
This Legal clockwork not only assumes we're potentially guilty (by charging us a fee for each blank media bought) but now intends to force us to upgrade our digital media devices in order to make even more money on our back.
Every clockwork has its limit, just put it in some sand...
By encouraging Free Art models (such as the EFF proposed model or GNUArt) we may achieve a parallel distribution model which will de facto have to cohabit with the existing industrial model.
For example, GNUArt agrees that, for example, Free Music songs may appear on commercial compilations ("Best Of"), provided there is a notification of its GPL'ed status.
That's why the way to avoid such industrialization of entertainment would be to:
Artists, put some of your works under the protection of the GNU General Public License (or any other, as you which)
Consumers, open yourselves to Free Art, as in the industrial world, there are things you'll like, and things you won't. Just share your favorites around, speak of these, make Free Art another obvious choice.
What if they are better at selling code their badly trained students developped than other unis at selling perfectly designed code ?
No... it would be worse.
Their code should remain Free as it is the only chance they have to attract investors otherwise.
"Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien"
on
Slashdot Code Update
·
· Score: 5, Informative
In English : "Better is Good's foe".
See that grey pearl besides your comment's details ?
click on it:
Slashdot Friend/Foe System
So how do you perceive Cmdr Taco ?
So how do you perceive cyborg_monkey ?
So how do you perceive Klerck ?
So how do you perceive Jon Katz ?
...
Friend
Neutral
Foe
Note: Who you like and dislike is not private; it can and will be used against you.
Do you mean I may get sacked if I happen to feel some sympathy for some of the trolls ?
I believe this is a little dangerous unless we have the guarantee that you are trustworthy enough to use this.
I am sure something will remain...
Take the way you walk... Your relatives recognize its sound... Even a pet does.
So there should be something with the typing rythm.
...companies certifications ?
I guess an SAP-certiufied consultant, or a Java-certified developper or an Oracle DBA or whatever else whose company could afford the short but intensive training costs could show quite a worthy piece a paper to a company willing to hire him for specific purposes...
There are also company who claim they'd pay the costs of a complete university degree (MBA, for example) to their best employees, that's why until you actually know what you expect I'd advice you to just impress your chiefs.
BTW, if you are willing to relocate in foreign countries, then I agree you *need* at least a Bachelor to obtain the work VISA.
I once read about a hack which consisted of analyzing the "typing rythm" of a user : this way, the system could determine whether the user was hwo he claimed to be by analyzing the time he took to enter his passwd characters, as well as the period of inactivity between pressures on each of the keyboard keys.
Of course applying it may require some learning session from the software...
I however think it is high time we got pressure-sensitive keyboards so that we may finally derivate such idea in some kind of computer-graphology (BTW these keyboards would be great for musicians as well as hard core gamers who need enhanced versatility while fragging around).
Until then, I presume it would still be be possible to use the mouse to write the password instead of typing it.
An advantage of either concept is that the annoying 3 second waiting time we have after a wrong passwd entry could be avoided if the login daemon detects that the attempt is too long to be part of a brutal force/dictionary attack.
The problem is that there are lots of newbies who recently began voting on IMDB hence this "all new - all beautiful" effect this had on the votes.
Now, I'd be curious to see if it'll still be at the same place in several months whenever an even more over-hyped blockbuster will have taken place.
Don't take me wrong, I am not flaming whoever for this choice but I firmly consider that there should be a separate voting booth for the film which are less than 2 years old (IE: which are either still playing or not yet available on DVD/LD/DivX;-)/VHS/Betamax... ).
No : As music (as a digital binary) contains all the information needed for another musician to re-create/modifiy it, it is hence considered as its own source code.
So, if a musician can hear its subtilities, he then can interpret it, hence adapt it.
Now, if you make a program that plays music, you'll have to distribute its source code.
Scenes are missing, other are incredibly shortened, others have been moved so that the progression is different from Tolkien's plot.
It seems that they wanted to focus on the action.
Actually you'd better not have read the book but I may be a little late;-)
Actually, if you apply for this position it is because you want to be Justice's hand but we have to ensure you'll be fair and unbiaised with them.
It has become to easy to blame Microsoft and we can't just let theirfate in one ordinary basher's hands.
Hence the subject of this mail.
Did you mean "nicer than win98 and simpler than win98" ?
There are actually tons of OSses which are nice and simple around: BeOS, RiscOS, AtheOS...
But no: definitely not win95.
This had indeed quite more features than win3.1 but I am not sure it was that better as all the new features it had were as many reasons to crash.
It therefore seems that stability approaches with 2000 and XP (though the latter crashed at boot time yesterday... nor eason but I had 3 differently moving mouse pointers on screen...).
So, no: What was "nice" with win95 was that it triggered the disparition of the former Presentation Manager Ergonomy features.
It didn't make these as simple, though as it was using many features which were coming from differently designed platforms (NeXTstep, MacOS, RiscOS, AmigaOS...) hence making its behaviour not relevant in some situations... (the situation has not evolved ever since and besides the keyboard text selection flexibility, there is not that much either revolutionary, nice or simple in win95 GUI).
I agree with you, actually I am quite surprise as in France, Fax/Spam is forbidden, unlike mail/spam hence my concerns about my mail (on some hotmail accounts I own^Wopened, I even get 400 spams a week ! - I automatically delete all and don't even attempt to read a single mail from this boxes... I even exploded the junk filter which was limited to 250 addresses... and i don't want to limit incoming mail according to thge only addresses allowed in the inbox protector).
No : mail is far from killing the fax, especially on a juridical point of view:
it is not juridically spam-proof
it is not automatically an evidence (unlike a fax itself which is enough to prove a document transfer)
Slashdot Mirror
We need the corporation to, on a one-to-one basis, support a proprietary format for an open format.
asf *and* ogg (I know the latter is audio-specific... are there Free video formats ?), for example.
This way it will still be possible to give the public to choose between Free Art or blockbusters.
Until then then we could call this a kind of monopoly as we are only given the choice to upgrade hardware that'll at the end not belong to us anymore (this is IMHO the final consequence of such digital dictatorship as this is the only way to forbid hackers to even look at these devices' internals).
Every clockwork has its limit, just put it in some sand...
By encouraging Free Art models (such as the EFF proposed model or GNUArt) we may achieve a parallel distribution model which will de facto have to cohabit with the existing industrial model.
For example, GNUArt agrees that, for example, Free Music songs may appear on commercial compilations ("Best Of"), provided there is a notification of its GPL'ed status.
That's why the way to avoid such industrialization of entertainment would be to
What if they are better at selling code their badly trained students developped than other unis at selling perfectly designed code ?
No... it would be worse.
Their code should remain Free as it is the only chance they have to attract investors otherwise.
In English : "Better is Good's foe".
:
See that grey pearl besides your comment's details ?
click on it
Slashdot Friend/Foe System
So how do you perceive Cmdr Taco ?
So how do you perceive cyborg_monkey ?
So how do you perceive Klerck ?
So how do you perceive Jon Katz ?
...
Friend
Neutral
Foe
Note: Who you like and dislike is not private; it can and will be used against you.
Do you mean I may get sacked if I happen to feel some sympathy for some of the trolls ?
I believe this is a little dangerous unless we have the guarantee that you are trustworthy enough to use this.
Until then, well... Everybody is my friend.
I am sure something will remain ...
Take the way you walk... Your relatives recognize its sound... Even a pet does.
So there should be something with the typing rythm.
I do. ;-(
Most Novell certified engineers I knew have become MCP
...companies certifications ?
I guess an SAP-certiufied consultant, or a Java-certified developper or an Oracle DBA or whatever else whose company could afford the short but intensive training costs could show quite a worthy piece a paper to a company willing to hire him for specific purposes...
There are also company who claim they'd pay the costs of a complete university degree (MBA, for example) to their best employees, that's why until you actually know what you expect I'd advice you to just impress your chiefs.
BTW, if you are willing to relocate in foreign countries, then I agree you *need* at least a Bachelor to obtain the work VISA.
I once read about a hack which consisted of analyzing the "typing rythm" of a user : this way, the system could determine whether the user was hwo he claimed to be by analyzing the time he took to enter his passwd characters, as well as the period of inactivity between pressures on each of the keyboard keys.
Of course applying it may require some learning session from the software...
I however think it is high time we got pressure-sensitive keyboards so that we may finally derivate such idea in some kind of computer-graphology (BTW these keyboards would be great for musicians as well as hard core gamers who need enhanced versatility while fragging around).
Until then, I presume it would still be be possible to use the mouse to write the password instead of typing it.
An advantage of either concept is that the annoying 3 second waiting time we have after a wrong passwd entry could be avoided if the login daemon detects that the attempt is too long to be part of a brutal force/dictionary attack.
The problem is that there are lots of newbies who recently began voting on IMDB hence this "all new - all beautiful" effect this had on the votes.
;-)/VHS/Betamax... ).
Now, I'd be curious to see if it'll still be at the same place in several months whenever an even more over-hyped blockbuster will have taken place.
Don't take me wrong, I am not flaming whoever for this choice but I firmly consider that there should be a separate voting booth for the film which are less than 2 years old (IE: which are either still playing or not yet available on DVD/LD/DivX
I am not sure this will help people improve their communication skills...
It may help, of course, but not for such trivial things.
Isn't China west from San Francisco ?
No : As music (as a digital binary) contains all the information needed for another musician to re-create/modifiy it, it is hence considered as its own source code.
So, if a musician can hear its subtilities, he then can interpret it, hence adapt it.
Now, if you make a program that plays music, you'll have to distribute its source code.
You can also fight majors'monopoles by endorsing Free Art distribution policies.
There is, for example GNUArt (soon to be translated in English, I swear) which promotes the application of the GNU General Public License to Art.
BTW...
Wasn't a Weezer video clip on the Windows 95 CD ? (an excellent Video Clip made after the "Happy Days" series)
Scenes are missing, other are incredibly shortened, others have been moved so that the progression is different from Tolkien's plot. ;-)
It seems that they wanted to focus on the action.
Actually you'd better not have read the book but I may be a little late
Lots of posters whine because they don't want to spend the 120$ a year for the "extended" service.
If I understood properly, they could also continue with the same slow service for free so, what do they criticize ?
It is Ximian's right (and necessity) to sell something. This something is potentially invaluable (and affordable, BTW) for corporations .
If you really want a quick service with auto updates for free, then take a Debian, but I hope you won't mind the learning curve.
Actually, if you apply for this position it is because you want to be Justice's hand but we have to ensure you'll be fair and unbiaised with them.
It has become to easy to blame Microsoft and we can't just let theirfate in one ordinary basher's hands.
Hence the subject of this mail.
You may want to run such stuff on your XP in order to clean things up a bit...
I don't agree with the word "breaking" as it doesn't damage software to be pirated.
It only damages its security-features'designer's self esteem.
You've got Terraform but I don't know if this'll be sufficient for you. Just take a look to the screenshots and make yourself an opinion.
So, scientists have discovered that this does not only occur on Earth but also elsewhere.
Which impact will this discovery have on the recently overhyped global warming debate?
This may for example help relativize this eternal flame war which have been going on for years between pro and anti-ozone layer militants...
> 01101101301EST
;-)
...3... ???
Might be a typo... or the Y2k2 bug
Did you mean "nicer than win98 and simpler than win98" ?
There are actually tons of OSses which are nice and simple around: BeOS, RiscOS, AtheOS...
But no: definitely not win95.
This had indeed quite more features than win3.1 but I am not sure it was that better as all the new features it had were as many reasons to crash.
It therefore seems that stability approaches with 2000 and XP (though the latter crashed at boot time yesterday... nor eason but I had 3 differently moving mouse pointers on screen...).
So, no: What was "nice" with win95 was that it triggered the disparition of the former Presentation Manager Ergonomy features.
It didn't make these as simple, though as it was using many features which were coming from differently designed platforms (NeXTstep, MacOS, RiscOS, AmigaOS...) hence making its behaviour not relevant in some situations... (the situation has not evolved ever since and besides the keyboard text selection flexibility, there is not that much either revolutionary, nice or simple in win95 GUI).
Hey!? Where's the "Cowboy Neal" option?
If I can't vote for him, I won't be able to express myself!
No : mail is far from killing the fax, especially on a juridical point of view:
The 3DO (I still own one) was the best 2D game console in its time, I remember playing Gex and Road Rash (not really 3D, but how funny) for hours :-)
BTW, I also have Starfighter3K which was the only acceptable non Acorn-RiscOS port of this game.