That's goofy. You've got a huge list of TLDs for earth (com, edu, net, org, and countries) and only one for everywhere else?
Divide your namespace properly, man. Major space-borne bodies should have their own TLDs. Maybe group the asteroid belt all under one, the way the.us domain is chopped up now. Vehicles and space stations to be registered under their controlling entities...
He's just following the Pattern. Certain other open-source companies' leaders have done the same thing.
It goes something like this:
You decry, very publicly, the pitiful state of technology available in the open source world. You point to a mass of people who suffer the horrible plight of working with open source software, despite the fact that it's missing Technology X. Never mind that Technology X creates more problems than it solves, or that the mass of suffering users doesn't exist. This is just foundation work.
Step two, you trot out your shoddy implementation of your Bad Idea, and proclaim to the world *outside* the open source community that you have just heroically stepped up to the plate and saved the day. No longer will the masses have to bear the agony of living without Technology X, you tell them, for you have delivered it. (Again, it doesn't matter that T-X sucks, that nobody really wanted it, or even that there was probably already a better solution in place.... you didn't control that one, your name wasn't all over it.)
Then you sit back and watch the newbies come directly to you, because they've heard about all the great, innovative things you've done, and how anachronistic and unusable your competitors' products are. I mean, you told them so, right?
It's obnoxious as all hell, but this isn't the first time it's happened and I'm sure it won't be the last. After all, it seems to work.
RPM, Lizard (the Caldera installer), Mono... it's all the same scam.
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"$len = @a.length() / 10;"
Why is that ugly? The order of ops seems pretty clear there, to me.
(This isn't a troll, incidentally... I just don't see what you find objectionable there.)
Yes, but the point is to share. If I'm interested in one of your build scripts, is it really in the spirit of free software for you to lump it into a binary file 650MB in size and say "yeah, here ya go, it's in there."?
If I came over to your house to borrow a cup of sugar, would you pack it in a five hundred pound, ten-foot-cubed crate, and tell me I'd need to take the whole thing? Even if you professed to be part of a food-sharing movement?
I know, it's a lousy analogy, but it more or less works.
Finally, someone on Slashdot who recognizes that the GPL has a 'spirit', and that this isn't all about playing lawyer.
There are so many companies right now who pay lip service to the free software movement but hew strictly to the wording of the GPL, bending it wherever possible, that I was beginning to worry that everyone was missing the point.
When you can only get someone's source and build scripts in a 650MB CD image, it seems to me they're not paying attention.
Eek! And I'm sitting here running it, too. How embarrassing.
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You might want to consider that, whether a "crusade" or not, there are real justifications for regulating what kind of vehicle you may drive.
Not everything is a God-given right, and it seems to me that people who act as if the freedom to choose a huge fucking truck is some sort of immutable birthright are missing the point. This is a society we're running here, and that means sometimes the greater good simply outweighs your petty desires.
(Kudos for choosing the bike method, by the way.)
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I don't want to take sides here just yet, but you're missing a factor. If attaching your name to your actions means you'll most likely be caught and stopped, and your actions carry your message, then it only makes sense to perform them in secret.
If you burn down one mansion on the edge of a nature preserve and then are caught and jailed, everyone's going to forget about you in pretty quick time. If some unknown person keeps burning down mansions on the edge of nature preserves, well, that tends to stay in the headlines and keep people's attention for a bit longer.
Is this a wise approach? Got me, I'm no philosopher. But it's important to understand someone's reasoning before you criticize them on the basis of their conviction.
I don't think they've ever claimed a lack of bias... They just claim that their bias is better. Generally, I tend to agree.
But frankly, indymedia's bias is why I read it (though not as regularly as I used to). You're unlikely to find truly neutral journalism anywhere, so why not at least find a couple of sources whose viewpoints are clear (and preferably at odds)?
I gotta tell ya, 99% of Americans really don't care if their phone can run java apps. They want it to (A) place telephone calls, (B) receive telephone calls, and maybe (C) store phone numbers and (D) handle text messaging.
Roughly nobody wants to browse the web on their phone... maybe they would if the displays didn't suck, but I suspect most people would be more interested in a smaller phone than in a better display.
This kind of sucks, because I wouldn't mind being able to write java apps for my phone.;)
There's a difference between being able to execute applications and being able to execute a message someone sends you. The latter is just unnecessary. It's a message... messages are data. If you want to send me your message in video form, fine. You can even send me the player. But why the hell would I want my message-handling software to execute that player? All it needs to do is deliver the damn thing to me, and I'll take it from there.
Yeah, the telcos are a bitch if you actually need some variety of customer service from them... but you have to differentiate, here. There's a difference between "I need a DSL line, and I'd like to talk to a human (who preferably does not SUCK as a human) about it" and "I need telephone service".
The latter, they're very good at.;)
In terms of access and availability, I don't think I've ever been anywhere in the U.S. (aside from well within the confines of one or national parks) where I was more than a short walk from a functional land line and handset. If I'm in anything resembling a populated area, I can promise you I'll have no trouble whatsoever finding a phone that is both accessible and available for my use. The last two times I've moved, I've had telephone service connected and functional within an hour.
If all this sounds familiar to you, then consider that the phrase "one of the best" may just include your Nation of Choice in "the best". Nobody claimed vast superiority over the entire world, here.
Don't read too much into that "almost always".;) In the U.S., losing phone service is also very rare... I've lost it only in severe storms (the kind that flood town and knock trees-- and telephone poles-- over) and natural disasters (hurricanes, which I suppose are storms).
I've been unable to get a call through (despite having a functional line) exactly once, and it was just after a hurricane. When nearly every person in a city tries to place or answer a phone call at the same time, yeah, the grid gets overloaded...
Blackouts are a non-issue, because the phone circuit carries its own power.
In short, next time an earthquake or hurricane hits your part of Sweden, try calling a few friends.:)
I'd like to be the first to congratulate you on your remarkable ability to miss a dead-obvious point completely.
It's not that they were clever enough to "bypass" stuff that we weren't... Around, oh, the end of World War II, we had such a head start on everyone that in many areas other nations didn't catch up until recently (and some still haven't). And, well, damn. If the going tech when they caught up was fiber optics, and not copper, of course they're gonna start with fiber and leapfrog us a bit, because we're kinda stuck using the network we started building a long time ago and rely upon.
The other point the thread originator made was equally valid... You'll note that damn near everyone has a phone (and it's extraordinarily reliable), and we've managed to do some ridiculously cool things on a network that was originally designed to simply connect telephone A to telephone B.
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Idunno, maybe it's just me, but those all sound like perfectly good reasons to see a movie. ;)
I did, and it was funny as hell. I just wish I hadn't blown my moderator status on this thread...
It's only the still-standing anti-trust penalties holding them back.
If you're looking for a White Knight to save you from the dreaded Microsoft, you'd better look elsewhere.
Divide your namespace properly, man. Major space-borne bodies should have their own TLDs. Maybe group the asteroid belt all under one, the way the .us domain is chopped up now. Vehicles and space stations to be registered under their controlling entities...
It goes something like this:
You decry, very publicly, the pitiful state of technology available in the open source world. You point to a mass of people who suffer the horrible plight of working with open source software, despite the fact that it's missing Technology X. Never mind that Technology X creates more problems than it solves, or that the mass of suffering users doesn't exist. This is just foundation work.
Step two, you trot out your shoddy implementation of your Bad Idea, and proclaim to the world *outside* the open source community that you have just heroically stepped up to the plate and saved the day. No longer will the masses have to bear the agony of living without Technology X, you tell them, for you have delivered it. (Again, it doesn't matter that T-X sucks, that nobody really wanted it, or even that there was probably already a better solution in place.... you didn't control that one, your name wasn't all over it.)
Then you sit back and watch the newbies come directly to you, because they've heard about all the great, innovative things you've done, and how anachronistic and unusable your competitors' products are. I mean, you told them so, right?
It's obnoxious as all hell, but this isn't the first time it's happened and I'm sure it won't be the last. After all, it seems to work.
RPM, Lizard (the Caldera installer), Mono... it's all the same scam.
Why is that ugly? The order of ops seems pretty clear there, to me.
(This isn't a troll, incidentally... I just don't see what you find objectionable there.)
If I came over to your house to borrow a cup of sugar, would you pack it in a five hundred pound, ten-foot-cubed crate, and tell me I'd need to take the whole thing? Even if you professed to be part of a food-sharing movement?
I know, it's a lousy analogy, but it more or less works.
There are so many companies right now who pay lip service to the free software movement but hew strictly to the wording of the GPL, bending it wherever possible, that I was beginning to worry that everyone was missing the point.
When you can only get someone's source and build scripts in a 650MB CD image, it seems to me they're not paying attention.
*squeal*
ARE YOU BOYS COOKING UP THERE
*pop*
"No..."
*click, whirr*
ARE YOU BUILDING AN INTEROCITER
"NO!"
Eek! And I'm sitting here running it, too. How embarrassing.
Not everything is a God-given right, and it seems to me that people who act as if the freedom to choose a huge fucking truck is some sort of immutable birthright are missing the point. This is a society we're running here, and that means sometimes the greater good simply outweighs your petty desires.
(Kudos for choosing the bike method, by the way.)
If you burn down one mansion on the edge of a nature preserve and then are caught and jailed, everyone's going to forget about you in pretty quick time. If some unknown person keeps burning down mansions on the edge of nature preserves, well, that tends to stay in the headlines and keep people's attention for a bit longer.
Is this a wise approach? Got me, I'm no philosopher. But it's important to understand someone's reasoning before you criticize them on the basis of their conviction.
Even better, it's both!
/var/adm
/var/adm -> log/
logan@mojo:~$ ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 16 22:06
he's not talking about an autoconf/automake system. Maybe you should pull your head out of your ass and .
Kernel 2.4
GCC 2.95.3 (and 3.0 in the contrib directory)
glibc 2.2.3
XFree86 4.1.0
KDE 2.0.1
Gnome 1.4
... yeah, it needed to be 8.0.
But frankly, indymedia's bias is why I read it (though not as regularly as I used to). You're unlikely to find truly neutral journalism anywhere, so why not at least find a couple of sources whose viewpoints are clear (and preferably at odds)?
Or did I read that wrong? ;)
No you weren't. ;)
Roughly nobody wants to browse the web on their phone... maybe they would if the displays didn't suck, but I suspect most people would be more interested in a smaller phone than in a better display.
This kind of sucks, because I wouldn't mind being able to write java apps for my phone. ;)
Maybe in Japan, where the soda density is so much higher...
There's a difference between being able to execute applications and being able to execute a message someone sends you. The latter is just unnecessary. It's a message... messages are data. If you want to send me your message in video form, fine. You can even send me the player. But why the hell would I want my message-handling software to execute that player? All it needs to do is deliver the damn thing to me, and I'll take it from there.
The latter, they're very good at. ;)
In terms of access and availability, I don't think I've ever been anywhere in the U.S. (aside from well within the confines of one or national parks) where I was more than a short walk from a functional land line and handset. If I'm in anything resembling a populated area, I can promise you I'll have no trouble whatsoever finding a phone that is both accessible and available for my use. The last two times I've moved, I've had telephone service connected and functional within an hour.
If all this sounds familiar to you, then consider that the phrase "one of the best" may just include your Nation of Choice in "the best". Nobody claimed vast superiority over the entire world, here.
I've been unable to get a call through (despite having a functional line) exactly once, and it was just after a hurricane. When nearly every person in a city tries to place or answer a phone call at the same time, yeah, the grid gets overloaded...
Blackouts are a non-issue, because the phone circuit carries its own power.
In short, next time an earthquake or hurricane hits your part of Sweden, try calling a few friends. :)
It's not that they were clever enough to "bypass" stuff that we weren't... Around, oh, the end of World War II, we had such a head start on everyone that in many areas other nations didn't catch up until recently (and some still haven't). And, well, damn. If the going tech when they caught up was fiber optics, and not copper, of course they're gonna start with fiber and leapfrog us a bit, because we're kinda stuck using the network we started building a long time ago and rely upon.
The other point the thread originator made was equally valid... You'll note that damn near everyone has a phone (and it's extraordinarily reliable), and we've managed to do some ridiculously cool things on a network that was originally designed to simply connect telephone A to telephone B.