Last time I looked, if the RSS 0.91 feed references the DTD, IE7 refuses to display it anyways... it's only of the DTD references is removed that IE7 "works" "properly"
Hmmm... here's an interesting thought. The HGP has the source code for human beings. The Celera project has included the data from the HGP and added some proprietary data of their own and is charging for the use of the database. Does this sound like the BSD license to anyone else?
Well, I have a $1000 Linux Box, about a year old. Current problems:
It's a digital device, so any noise in the signal (and I don't see much) gets amplified and conterted twice. (What was the point of this one? - the input is analog)
Quality degrades even further if I record at low bps rates, which I need to do if I want to record more than 2 hours on a cd.
It's not just a digital device, it's a complicated digital device with a expensive moving parts (cd-burner, HD). At any given time, one or more of these things is worn out, misbehaving, or dirty.
Various other problems. In general, Computers break suddenly and unpredictably.
As long as we're figuring costs, figure the repair bills and the inconvenience of taking the thing in and teach a tech how to use it.
And the cost of replacing the whole thing when the repair bill (generally high) exceeds the value of the machine (which degrades very quickly).
Fast-forward is still very tedious to use.
Commercial skip does not exist. You must do it manually.
In all, my hacking time is better spent building a perl-based caching load-balancing proxy server than duplicating an existing tech. in new and more expensive ways.
Who's getting stable on the 2002 Cadillac first - Linux or NetBSD?
Alright, I've been using software I haven't had to pay for for years, and it does basically fall into two groups that I think of as Open Source and Free Software. These definitions pre-dated the FSF et. al.
Free Software: Binaries you don't have to pay money for. If it breaks, you must bug the author (if you can find him). Open Source: Free Source Code. If you have a use for it and it breaks, fix it and send a patch to the author.
Free Software doesn't mean you have access to the source code, it means the program is free.
There used to be all sorts of 'source code available' deals - usually for ten times the price of the binaries (MajorBBS/WorldGroup comes to mind) And you could only modify it for your own amusement and kiss any warranty goodbye. Any other arguments are just based on what other people have changed them from. IMNSHO, If the source code is not open to changes from joe, harry and bob, it's not open no matter how many people have copies of it.
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Last time I looked, if the RSS 0.91 feed references the DTD, IE7 refuses to display it anyways... it's only of the DTD references is removed that IE7 "works" "properly"
Celera... Solaris... Hmmm...
Well, I have a $1000 Linux Box, about a year old. Current problems: It's a digital device, so any noise in the signal (and I don't see much) gets amplified and conterted twice. (What was the point of this one? - the input is analog) Quality degrades even further if I record at low bps rates, which I need to do if I want to record more than 2 hours on a cd. It's not just a digital device, it's a complicated digital device with a expensive moving parts (cd-burner, HD). At any given time, one or more of these things is worn out, misbehaving, or dirty. Various other problems. In general, Computers break suddenly and unpredictably. As long as we're figuring costs, figure the repair bills and the inconvenience of taking the thing in and teach a tech how to use it. And the cost of replacing the whole thing when the repair bill (generally high) exceeds the value of the machine (which degrades very quickly). Fast-forward is still very tedious to use. Commercial skip does not exist. You must do it manually. In all, my hacking time is better spent building a perl-based caching load-balancing proxy server than duplicating an existing tech. in new and more expensive ways. Who's getting stable on the 2002 Cadillac first - Linux or NetBSD?
Free Software: Binaries you don't have to pay money for. If it breaks, you must bug the author (if you can find him).
Open Source: Free Source Code. If you have a use for it and it breaks, fix it and send a patch to the author.
Free Software doesn't mean you have access to the source code, it means the program is free.
There used to be all sorts of 'source code available' deals - usually for ten times the price of the binaries (MajorBBS/WorldGroup comes to mind) And you could only modify it for your own amusement and kiss any warranty goodbye. Any other arguments are just based on what other people have changed them from. IMNSHO, If the source code is not open to changes from joe, harry and bob, it's not open no matter how many people have copies of it.