Using "free speech" rights to quash the list in America is, in my opinion, an abuse of the constitution. Mind you, it's not the first time it's been mangled and abused for the benefit of some interested party.
The Supreme Court has upheld that while people have the right to say nearly anything, they don't have the right to force someone else to listen. The telemarketers are trying to get it quashed on free speech grounds, but they're not going to be able to. They may get it quashed saying similar rules should apply to charitable organizations--on which they may have a real point--but that's it.
When search grows up, it will look like Star Trek: you talk into the air ("Computer! What's the situation down on the planet?") and the computer processes your question, figures out its context, figures out what response you're looking for, searches a giant database in who-knows-how-many languages...
Only the kernel needs to be ported, and they have ported Linux 2.4.22 for you, and they're working on NetBSD, FreeBSD, and have almost finished Windows XP.
I think the state wants to only consider software that uses open data formats, whether the software is open source or closed source. The data formats must be open.
I agree, mostly. There are some products where the data format is what they're selling. The best example would be OracleSQL. In situations like this, the OracleSQL product should be considered if Oracle distributes a program to convert the data format to a suitable open SQL format (most likely mySQL or PostGreSQL), with the database software.
New features have been added to the file format? Ok, I guess that's possible. However, my copy of Netscape 3 still displays standards-compliant webpages pretty well (as long as they use formatting other than CSS). When it sees a DOCTYPE declaration of the HTML document shows a newer spec than was known at the time it was made, Netscape 3 doesn't refuse to attempt to render the document.
Since Office 97 only very minor changes have occured and documents from Office 97, 2000, XP, and 2003 (as well as the Mac versions since Office 98) can be exchanged without any significant loss (maybe some formatting here and there).
But if you send me a Word XP document, I can't open it with Word 97, despite the fact that the changes are "very minor".
You try to pretend you know very little about the actual mechanics of what gets done behind the scenes to make whatever it is happen (a difficult proposition, but you should be able to get relatively close).
Ideally, the backend coder(s) and UI coder(s) would be completely separate. Ideally.
My opinion of Cerulean Studios just changed when I found out they submitted their Yahoo fix to Gaim, but not it's just changed back. O well. I liked them for 10 minutes.
According to the Gaim website, Trillian submitted the patch to Gaim as well as their paying customers. My opinion of Cerulean Studios has just improved.
China should be concentrating money and energy on improving Linux, or heck, if we don't want to release the code changes, we can take one of the BSDs too.
You don't have to release changes you make to a GPL'd program. The GPL only affects the terms you can release changes under.
Well, I still use the Gimp in the usage range that you seem to say Photoshop Elements fills. Maybe Photoshop Elements would be better than the Gimp for new users, but I already know the Gimp pretty well.
Photoshop is very mature. That doesn't mean it can't add more features, but it is stable and almost completely bug-free (i.e., I don't know of any bugs, but every program has at least one).
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I'm glad I got a response like this. I was trying to say the right doesn't know what the left is doing, but didn't think of that.
I thought the general consensus of librarians was that the USA PATRIOT Act was wrong. Why would they further promote it?
(Yes, I know it's the San Francisco Public Library, but it has to be a very isolated incident.)
Yea. I re-read it and noticed that. But they are trying to get people who can work on it.
They've ported Linux 2.4.22 and are nearly done with a port of Windows XP. If it's relatively easy to change these, I will definitely try it.
Only the kernel needs to be ported, and they have ported Linux 2.4.22 for you, and they're working on NetBSD, FreeBSD, and have almost finished Windows XP.
Since you posted this, I'm going to assume the summary didn't originally include the HTML link. Moderators should know this.
New features have been added to the file format? Ok, I guess that's possible. However, my copy of Netscape 3 still displays standards-compliant webpages pretty well (as long as they use formatting other than CSS). When it sees a DOCTYPE declaration of the HTML document shows a newer spec than was known at the time it was made, Netscape 3 doesn't refuse to attempt to render the document.
The grassroots people are running blogforamerica.com?
Or it's a drama--you don't hear them clapping when Sam Waterston convicts somebody in Law & Order.
But if only distributed to government offices it would most likely not count.
Well, if Dean's staff makes decisions like this during his campaign, they will do so during his presidency.
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My opinion of Cerulean Studios just changed when I found out they submitted their Yahoo fix to Gaim, but not it's just changed back. O well. I liked them for 10 minutes.
According to the Gaim website, Trillian submitted the patch to Gaim as well as their paying customers. My opinion of Cerulean Studios has just improved.
Hey hey hey--this isn't the SCO story.
Certainly possible.
Most of the bookstores around my campus require the book to be in shrinkwrap for it to be returned.
Well, I still use the Gimp in the usage range that you seem to say Photoshop Elements fills. Maybe Photoshop Elements would be better than the Gimp for new users, but I already know the Gimp pretty well.