Whatever the blurb says 3G might be designed to do I've not used a phone in years that didn't have an automatically assigned NAT address and they are not addressable externally (not a problem - who would run a server on a phone?).
1. Property isn't threat, property is theft. Copying isn't theft, copying is copying. Hence IP != P.
2. Yes, a project could be destroyed if it were (necessarily) based on patented algorithms (although not all jurisdictions allow patenting of algorithms (yet). If it were based on copyright code the copier could be in for a world of hurt (and quite right too). Trademarks? I'm writing this using Debian IceWeasel.
SCO UnixWare includes stolen copyright code, but who other than the people who've gone to all the effort of disassembling it know? Closed source can (try) to get away with a lot of shit that Free Software or even Open Source wouldn't dream off.
1. IP doesn't exist. Please clarify - are you talking about trademarks, copyright or patents?
2. If you're talking about copyrights then Open Source or Free Software is inherently better protected against copyright violations than closed source - after all if the source is available it's pretty easy to see if there is a copyright violation. Who knows what the hell goes on in closed source projects?
Sorry, DJB's software is released under no license at all - he claims that simple copyright law is all that's needed:
"In the United States, once you own a copy of a program, you can back it up, compile it, run it, and even modify it as necessary, without permission from the copyright holder. See 17 USC 117".
"What does all this mean for the free software world? Once you've legally downloaded a program, you can compile it. You can run it. You can modify it. You can distribute your patches for other people to use. If you think you need a license from the copyright holder, you've been bamboozled by Microsoft. As long as you're not distributing the software, you have nothing to worry about."
I never said anything about how things should be, just how they are.
Me:
The UN is powerless 'cos that's how the US (and others) want it to be.
You:
Each member nation of the United Nations is a sovereign entity, and agreements between such entities can only be reached through cooperation. This is the very reason why each permanent member of the UN Security Council holds veto power. If a sovereign nation disagrees with the rest of the world, it is still within its rights to act on its own.
And yes, 2007-03-01 is the prefered format when it comes to programming, but I don't think the rest of the population would agree on that format, so we should stick with 01/03/2007 until the nerds unite and rebel.
Swedes are nerds? I thought they were a kind of root vegatable.
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That would be so cool.
1. Property isn't threat, property is theft. Copying isn't theft, copying is copying. Hence IP != P.
2. Yes, a project could be destroyed if it were (necessarily) based on patented algorithms (although not all jurisdictions allow patenting of algorithms (yet). If it were based on copyright code the copier could be in for a world of hurt (and quite right too). Trademarks? I'm writing this using Debian IceWeasel.
SCO UnixWare includes stolen copyright code, but who other than the people who've gone to all the effort of disassembling it know? Closed source can (try) to get away with a lot of shit that Free Software or even Open Source wouldn't dream off.
1. IP doesn't exist. Please clarify - are you talking about trademarks, copyright or patents?
2. If you're talking about copyrights then Open Source or Free Software is inherently better protected against copyright violations than closed source - after all if the source is available it's pretty easy to see if there is a copyright violation. Who knows what the hell goes on in closed source projects?
Been there, done that. Bomb on a TGV in 1983. 2 Dead. Boring.
Bet you don't read many threads about outsourcing, H1B visas or corn to ethanol then.
24, pah. I have 96 (may have miscounted). I use all but one of 'em. (Never got around to programming the "my own" button).
Sounds like you want a psion - maybe a netbook, or a series 5 if you have tiny fingers.
And RAH is dead. So he must have been stupid?
What a bunch of incompetant idiots.
Why don't they know this? Here (France) they do, for example, here's my line:
Longueur de ligne : 3533 mètres
4/10 sur 2623m, 5/10 sur 455m, 6/10 sur 455m
Not only the total length, but the length and type of cable in each segment.
Available in an online database.
I'm at 3533 metres (11591 feet) from my CO and I get 5520/751 Kbit/s (re-adsl2).
I know of people who are even further away who get usable (around 2megabit) speeds.
I have a small one.
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Sure beats changing tapes by hand.
Sorry, DJB's software is released under no license at all - he claims that simple copyright law is all that's needed:
"In the United States, once you own a copy of a program, you can back it up, compile it, run it, and even modify it as necessary, without permission from the copyright holder. See 17 USC 117".
"What does all this mean for the free software world? Once you've legally downloaded a program, you can compile it. You can run it. You can modify it. You can distribute your patches for other people to use. If you think you need a license from the copyright holder, you've been bamboozled by Microsoft. As long as you're not distributing the software, you have nothing to worry about."
http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html
Nothing? Why nothing?
Not many things maybe, but how on earth do you get "nothing".
("Never again!" - uh, Cambodia, "ok, but never again again", uh - Rwanda, "ok, I'll give you that, but never again again again"....)
Why bother recording it? Just get it from Pirate Bay like everyone else.
I never said anything about how things should be, just how they are.
Me:
You:
Same thing, just more words.
Oh yeah, like someone is going to give the UN the means to "protect the world".
The UN is powerless 'cos that's how the US (and others) want it to be.
And any normal person cares about his files - which a Linux virus could fuck up or steal - rather than the OS - which Linux protects rather well.
Stupid. Quit your job, start a company, then the only person with input on the color of the bike shed is you.
No, day/month/year is sane, but backwards (try sorting it). Month/day/year is nuts.
For Tony "abroad" == "USA".
He'll probablty move as soon as he leaves office.
It's about his only chance of staying out of prison (either for corruption or war crimes).
Yup CANDU is great. No other system is better for proliferation - that lovely easy reload without shutdown makes plutonium production so painless.
Well, no. Traditionaly you don't do that because that would be a war crime.
In recent years it has been done, however.
So, who do you expect to pay for your retirement.
Uh, when did the French surrender in the Côte d'Ivoire? I remember them destroying the entire Ivoirian air force, but not surrendering to anyone.