This was on the way to and from Inverness for some FC thingy, the specifics of I can't quite remember. Surprisingly it wasn't too expensive since 0845 numbers were inclusive on the long-unavailable Everyday 50 tariff on Orange. (I've still got the tariff!)
I've been trying to work out who you are, but I've been failing miserably on that. However I am still a Linux geek and now the day job also includes Linux geekery. I can't complain (too loudly).
The slashdot article is wrong. The codexsinaiticus website says it's 1600 years old, which would put it at about 400AD (or 400CE for the politcally correct crowd), not 400BC.
There are some parts of the world where they think it's a good idea for mobile phone owners to pay to receive calls, rather than have the caller pay for the privilege of reaching someone who is out and about.
Don't give them ideas. Next thing they'll start to release collectors editions on FlexPlay.
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The owners can do what they like with it. Anyone who receives a copy is bound by the licence, so if the owners want to flog DVDs for profit they can, but no-one else can.
What do you mean, "English or normal dates"? Us English folk (in.uk) use DD/MM/(YY)YY. Did you mean to write "American or normal dates", since they use the curious MM/DD/(YY)YY format.
Either way, apart from the users of YYYY/MM/DD, 02/07 would mean February 2007 to most of us.
If the iPhone were a CDMA device, it would be fair to say that there would be no story here, the user would not have run up any roaming bill at all from Europe.
Bear in mind the poster you replied to is in the UK (and the original poster didn't state his location).
The UK Intellectual Property Office implies here that although posting something to yourself (by Special Delivery) and not opening it upon receipt doesn't prove you created it, it does give you proof you held that information on that date.
This is the MPAA we're talking about. It's quite obvious from this that they are above the law, that US law just doesn't apply to them. Anything they do is legal because of who it is who is doing it. The victim is therefore automatically in the wrong.
OK, this is (hopefully) complete bullsh!t but I'd actually like to see some evidence that what I wrote in the above paragraph is wrong.
If this software package is a GUI glue program that just executes the GPL'd binaries (and the GPL'd bits are stand-alone executables in the application's area) then it may be a case that the glue app isn't violating the GPL even if it's closed source, provided the company gives the source code to the GPL'd components upon request. If one program called another made the caller a derivative of the callee, that would raise some interesting issues concerning starting GPL'd apps in Windows from Windows Explorer (and its shortcuts facility).
Of course, if the GPL'd bits were subsumed into one big binary which did all the functionality then of course this would be a GPL violation.
Another unwanted mental picture: Richard Stallman wearing a kilt and wearing blue paint on his face.
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You can extend this idea by using it to charge your portable gadgets too, using car charger adapters. I have a relatively small panel (15W) and suitable battery, and I can't remember the last time any of my portable gadgets (laptop aside) have seen mains electricity.
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This was on the way to and from Inverness for some FC thingy, the specifics of I can't quite remember. Surprisingly it wasn't too expensive since 0845 numbers were inclusive on the long-unavailable Everyday 50 tariff on Orange. (I've still got the tariff!)
I've been trying to work out who you are, but I've been failing miserably on that. However I am still a Linux geek and now the day job also includes Linux geekery. I can't complain (too loudly).
Yep, that would be me! ... am I really that obvious? ^^;;
the fact that this apparently dates to 400BC
No it doesn't. The slashdot article is wrong. The codexsinaiticus website says it's 1600 years old, which would put it at about 400AD.
The slashdot article is wrong. The codexsinaiticus website says it's 1600 years old, which would put it at about 400AD (or 400CE for the politcally correct crowd), not 400BC.
My Echostar and Nokia freeview boxes still work after several years, and my parents' Pace box (one of the first Freeview ones) is still going strong.
We have this here too in Ol' Blighty, under the name of NHS Direct.
Don't forget about Philip's Music Writer. Not as well known as some, but the quality of output is such that some publishers will use its output.
Haiku is 5-7-5, not 5-5-7.
There are some parts of the world where they think it's a good idea for mobile phone owners to pay to receive calls, rather than have the caller pay for the privilege of reaching someone who is out and about.
Some even charge to receive SMS messages.
...yet.
(Who said the Americans are totally closed to new "ideas" from their former colonial masters?)
Don't give them ideas. Next thing they'll start to release collectors editions on FlexPlay.
The owners can do what they like with it. Anyone who receives a copy is bound by the licence, so if the owners want to flog DVDs for profit they can, but no-one else can.
itadakima.su ....are all taken, and if the scant information given is anything to go by, all taken by the same person.
arima.su
arigatougozaima.su
What do you mean, "English or normal dates"? Us English folk (in .uk) use DD/MM/(YY)YY. Did you mean to write "American or normal dates", since they use the curious MM/DD/(YY)YY format.
Either way, apart from the users of YYYY/MM/DD, 02/07 would mean February 2007 to most of us.
Then you're doing something that is patently false. By writing "This page intentionally left blank" and initialling it, the page is no longer blank.
s/should/did/
If the iPhone were a CDMA device, it would be fair to say that there would be no story here, the user would not have run up any roaming bill at all from Europe.
Bear in mind the poster you replied to is in the UK (and the original poster didn't state his location).
The UK Intellectual Property Office implies here that although posting something to yourself (by Special Delivery) and not opening it upon receipt doesn't prove you created it, it does give you proof you held that information on that date.
This is the MPAA we're talking about. It's quite obvious from this that they are above the law, that US law just doesn't apply to them. Anything they do is legal because of who it is who is doing it. The victim is therefore automatically in the wrong.
OK, this is (hopefully) complete bullsh!t but I'd actually like to see some evidence that what I wrote in the above paragraph is wrong.
Hint: What's the name of the web-magazine that published the article?
(PC World here aren't much better than Circuit City or Best Buy.)
A bit of irony here:
Here in UK, "PC World" is a computer store in a similar vein to Circuit City and Best Buy...
I'll leave you with one final thought.
According to legend, what do Scotsmen typically wear under their kilts?
If this software package is a GUI glue program that just executes the GPL'd binaries (and the GPL'd bits are stand-alone executables in the application's area) then it may be a case that the glue app isn't violating the GPL even if it's closed source, provided the company gives the source code to the GPL'd components upon request. If one program called another made the caller a derivative of the callee, that would raise some interesting issues concerning starting GPL'd apps in Windows from Windows Explorer (and its shortcuts facility).
Of course, if the GPL'd bits were subsumed into one big binary which did all the functionality then of course this would be a GPL violation.
Another unwanted mental picture: Richard Stallman wearing a kilt and wearing blue paint on his face.
You can extend this idea by using it to charge your portable gadgets too, using car charger adapters. I have a relatively small panel (15W) and suitable battery, and I can't remember the last time any of my portable gadgets (laptop aside) have seen mains electricity.