i totally agree. i fiddled with AbiWord and KWord for a while, but didn`t like them. i wrote my papers on a *gasp* windows computer in a lab. now, I use emacs and LaTeX for everything. it makes sense (i like to code my papers...). it looks good too, and I can print my PDFs from the macs (it works better than printing for linux at my school...). it just seems nicer than Word to me, as good as word can be at times.
They're not. But most people are scared by such things and will take down their site if threatened. Who wants to actually read laws when a big scarw lawyer/company/country tells you what to do? Not most people...
Yeah, but I think logically, not where each line should go. It frees me to write, not be an artist. Then again, Im not really a write, per se. Oh well, math is good, and LaTeX does it...
hmmph, I write all my papers in emacs. Then I LaTeX them into dvi, dvips, ps2pdf, and get a document that just about any computer can read. For how much money? None!!
and if they give us binaries, are they really gonna care about architectures other than i386? Can you say endianness problems? Hell -will- freeze over when Linux/PPC runs a microsoft product...
Getting around this is easy, though. Just make a program, call it cddb-back or something. Open up, say, a DCOP connection to/from it. Send the TOC data or whatever (from cddb-front). The cddb-back will maybe pop up an invisible window or something (heh) with the data and cache it. Now say cddb-front can read the cache and DCOP it over to kscd or grip (yeah, no DCOP, yes, yes). Now does this satisfy the criteria? Lets see-- 1) Advertize for CDDB
The logo comes up. Maybe in the taskbar or something. Great
2) Use CDDB exclusively
Yep, sure. Freecddb-front can use something else...
3) You must not store or redistribute the data you get from cddb. This is including, but not limited to submitting the data back to freedb. I believe caching is allowed, at least for local use only. Not sure about putting the data into ID3 tags and the like. Well, cddb-back caches the data, and some other DCOP application rips it off and submits it to freeDB. That bad app, ripping off of CDDB, bad, bad, bad... But it works!
Now, Ive submitted info to CDDB before, so they can make money off of my time now? I say no. [Its my time because i had to type in the names, etc. ] I dont like this....
>>I already recieve mail under a pseudonym
Yeah, me too.
What's really fun to do is to piss off the people who collect info, like regestration cards. I did (something like) this to a Belkin USB hub [reg form]:
Name: Bill Coughup ...
How many USB Perepherials do you own? 150,000
How many people are in your family? 73.45
And then it said to tape not staple the card. So I wrote ``OK'' next to the command to tape it and proceeded to wrap the whole damn thing in tape. No way of opening that sucker:-). Then I wrote ``Oops...'' next to the `don't staple' and stapled it like 150 times. Ha ha ha. It felt good. You all should do it:-)
That's the problem with the system today. Pretty sad if you do have AIDS and you can't get loans or insurance or credit cards. How can you live like that? How is that not discrimination?
I'm kind of tired of pointing Linux towards people that can't use computers (is that a mouse or a CD-ROM). If you can't type
tar xIvf cool-program-1.0.tar.bz2
cd cool-program-1.0 ./configure
make && sudo make install
then use Windows. I can, and like to compile everything from source. It's easy; and compatable.
Did you know that it's illegal to use "kiddie" and "porn" in the same sentence? And adding "I like'" to the mix is a federal crime. Don't you know that the 1st ammendment was repealed yesterday. You're goin' to jail, sonny.:-)
At my school if someone breaks into your account, it's yourfault. Then again these bright ``policy makers" are the same ones who think burning Debian CDs is illegal and that you cannot send e-mail from off campus. Yeah, right retards!! (Like they're smart enough to use a web browser and read this anyway)
Basically the same here at IMSA. You're also guilty until proven innocent. And the RCs are computer illeterate "you can't send e-mail from off-campus", "is that a mouse or a CD-ROM?", etc. How fun to live there:-)
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i totally agree. i fiddled with AbiWord and KWord for a while, but didn`t like them. i wrote my papers on a *gasp* windows computer in a lab. now, I use emacs and LaTeX for everything. it makes sense (i like to code my papers...). it looks good too, and I can print my PDFs from the macs (it works better than printing for linux at my school...). it just seems nicer than Word to me, as good as word can be at times.
Just an observation --
the people who preface their messages with ``This is a troll``, usually arent. Interesting...
They're not. But most people are scared by such things and will take down their site if threatened. Who wants to actually read laws when a big scarw lawyer/company/country tells you what to do? Not most people...
Yeah, but I think logically, not where each line should go. It frees me to write, not be an artist. Then again, Im not really a write, per se. Oh well, math is good, and LaTeX does it...
hmmph, I write all my papers in emacs. Then I LaTeX them into dvi, dvips, ps2pdf, and get a document that just about any computer can read. For how much money? None!!
not if you change that requirement in the registry :-)
and if they give us binaries, are they really gonna care about architectures other than i386? Can you say endianness problems? Hell -will- freeze over when Linux/PPC runs a microsoft product...
Getting around this is easy, though. Just make a program, call it cddb-back or something. Open up, say, a DCOP connection to/from it. Send the TOC data or whatever (from cddb-front). The cddb-back will maybe pop up an invisible window or something (heh) with the data and cache it. Now say cddb-front can read the cache and DCOP it over to kscd or grip (yeah, no DCOP, yes, yes). Now does this satisfy the criteria? Lets see--
1) Advertize for CDDB
The logo comes up. Maybe in the taskbar or something. Great
2) Use CDDB exclusively
Yep, sure. Freecddb-front can use something else...
3) You must not store or redistribute the data you get from cddb. This is including, but not limited to submitting the data back to freedb. I believe caching is allowed, at least for local use only. Not sure about putting the data into ID3 tags and the like.
Well, cddb-back caches the data, and some other DCOP application rips it off and submits it to freeDB. That bad app, ripping off of CDDB, bad, bad, bad... But it works!
That might actually work... wanna write it?
nobody said anything about freebd, its db, retard... *smile*
Now, Ive submitted info to CDDB before, so they can make money off of my time now? I say no. [Its my time because i had to type in the names, etc. ] I dont like this....
Youre wrong. Nothing will happen. Words are words. He didnt have to sign... And all quitting at once? Cool, man!
Lets not mention this to Miscrosoft, though. Dumb things are fun to laugh at. Imagine everyone pirating copies with the clock setting......
Well, like or not, GPS is open source! Anyone install Linux on that thing yet :-) ??
Make world is how you build the XServer, you luser!
I LOVE being modded down!
*ahem*
:-)
Um...that's the wrong PDA
Yeah, me too.
What's really fun to do is to piss off the people who collect info, like regestration cards. I did (something like) this to a Belkin USB hub [reg form]:
...
And then it said to tape not staple the card. So I wrote ``OK'' next to the command to tape it and proceeded to wrap the whole damn thing in tape. No way of opening that suckerName: Bill Coughup
How many USB Perepherials do you own? 150,000
How many people are in your family? 73.45
Why would that be good/bad? E-Mail??
That's the problem with the system today. Pretty sad if you do have AIDS and you can't get loans or insurance or credit cards. How can you live like that? How is that not discrimination?
Sorry, but I had to. Mod me down, I'm at -1 anyway. :-)
I'm kind of tired of pointing Linux towards people that can't use computers (is that a mouse or a CD-ROM). If you can't type
./configure
tar xIvf cool-program-1.0.tar.bz2
cd cool-program-1.0
make && sudo make install
then use Windows. I can, and like to compile everything from source. It's easy; and compatable.
Did you know that it's illegal to use "kiddie" and "porn" in the same sentence? And adding "I like'" to the mix is a federal crime. Don't you know that the 1st ammendment was repealed yesterday. You're goin' to jail, sonny. :-)
At my school if someone breaks into your account, it's yourfault. Then again these bright ``policy makers" are the same ones who think burning Debian CDs is illegal and that you cannot send e-mail from off campus. Yeah, right retards!! (Like they're smart enough to use a web browser and read this anyway)
Basically the same here at IMSA. You're also guilty until proven innocent. And the RCs are computer illeterate "you can't send e-mail from off-campus", "is that a mouse or a CD-ROM?", etc. How fun to live there :-)
It was a joke. It was funny. Really :-)
Wow, your engine can install packages. .RPM s to be precice! Get it -- RPM!! :-)