Add a clause stating that, in return for being granted use of the software under the GPL, the licensee agrees to report any bugs that they happen to find, in the course of normal use.
So if I hand a Red Hat CD which is now covered under your new GPL to a friend, he is now forced to submit bug reports to the author, even if he doesn't want to, simply because he booted off the CD (thus agreeing to use the GPL'd software)?
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My understanding of this, from high school chemistry, was that fluoride (in water, toothpaste, etc) has bonded to something and is unreactive (consider the old "explosive hydrogen plus burny oxygen = water" thing).
Though there was something about fluoride causing problems for bones, but we didn't go over that..
The difference between this and the user-agent is that the user-agent is a documented part of the protocol. What Id did is undocumented, unannounced, and secret.
"Since the computer is a machine developed over many years by many different people, it seems to me that no one should really own the work they do."
Substitute "pen" for "computer" in the above sentence, and see how absurd it sounds.
You can't compare a pen to a computer in this situation, because we're talking about the computer designing something patentable. Pens don't design things.
Actually, I just thought of something... a pen that detects what you're writing, and has a built-in spell checker. Maybe a red light on the back that tells you that the word you just wrote doesn't check.. It would be very user-dependant though and would take quite a bit of training.. Hmm...
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Unless it was a boxed copy of RedHat (with support etc), or a $3 CD...
Yes it does.. (summoning the power of high school chemistry class..)
Water moves from areas of high concentration to low concentration. Pouring salt (or salt water) over the slug lowers the water concentration outside of the slug, so the slug loses its water to its surroundings, much to its dismay..
If you wanted to try the opposite (I have no idea what would happen), try plopping one in some distilled water. It should get bigger, as the water moves from the high concentration outside the slug, to the low concentration inside.
I don't think it is - I saw one question where the guy had made a spelling mistake (he left off a letter on the last word of his question) and the system filled it in in the replies. Could be a spell checker, but a human replying would skip a mistake like that and maybe not see it at all. I'd expect a computer to misunderstand it..
They could spin the CD at 1x long enough to fill a large buffer (5mb would be big enough to fit most songs, longer songs could be re-buffered when the buffer gets near empty). Then the cd spins down and you get the power usage of a Rio, until the next song comes.
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Add a clause stating that, in return for being granted use of the software under the GPL, the licensee agrees to report any bugs that they happen to find, in the course of normal use.
So if I hand a Red Hat CD which is now covered under your new GPL to a friend, he is now forced to submit bug reports to the author, even if he doesn't want to, simply because he booted off the CD (thus agreeing to use the GPL'd software)?
These messages are OFFTOPIC. Whoever moderates this stuff up should go back and read the moderation guidelines. People who don't like these stories can filter them out. Everyone else should be able to read the comments without "Slashdot is/is_not/should_be freshmeat!!" crap clogging everything up.
Regarding Minidisc, consumer-level MD decks all have copy protection, so the RIAA is perfectly happy with them. Its the same as DAT tapes I believe..
My understanding of this, from high school chemistry, was that fluoride (in water, toothpaste, etc) has bonded to something and is unreactive (consider the old "explosive hydrogen plus burny oxygen = water" thing).
Though there was something about fluoride causing problems for bones, but we didn't go over that..
The difference between this and the user-agent is that the user-agent is a documented part of the protocol. What Id did is undocumented, unannounced, and secret.
"Since the computer is a machine developed over many years by many different people, it seems to me that no one should really own the work they do."
Substitute "pen" for "computer" in the above sentence, and see how absurd it sounds.
You can't compare a pen to a computer in this situation, because we're talking about the computer designing something patentable. Pens don't design things.
Actually, I just thought of something... a pen that detects what you're writing, and has a built-in spell checker. Maybe a red light on the back that tells you that the word you just wrote doesn't check.. It would be very user-dependant though and would take quite a bit of training.. Hmm...
Unless it was a boxed copy of RedHat (with support etc), or a $3 CD...
No, triangle setup engine is something that 3D cards have had for a long time. It's different from T&L. T&L is Very Cool...
For Windows: http://www.streambox.com/Products/Ripper/index.asp
Its shareware, but it works for 15 days uncrippled.
Converts from RA/WMA/MP3/WAV/CDDA to WMA/MP3/WAV.
The GeForce was never a high-end vid card. High-end cards cost over $1,000. The GeForce was a high-end gamer's card, but not a high-end video card.
this has something to do with Osmosis
Yes it does.. (summoning the power of high school chemistry class..)
Water moves from areas of high concentration to low concentration. Pouring salt (or salt water) over the slug lowers the water concentration outside of the slug, so the slug loses its water to its surroundings, much to its dismay..
If you wanted to try the opposite (I have no idea what would happen), try plopping one in some distilled water. It should get bigger, as the water moves from the high concentration outside the slug, to the low concentration inside.
Kinda makes you shudder, though.
Is Forum2000 real?
I don't think it is - I saw one question where the guy had made a spelling mistake (he left off a letter on the last word of his question) and the system filled it in in the replies. Could be a spell checker, but a human replying would skip a mistake like that and maybe not see it at all. I'd expect a computer to misunderstand it..
They could spin the CD at 1x long enough to fill a large buffer (5mb would be big enough to fit most songs, longer songs could be re-buffered when the buffer gets near empty). Then the cd spins down and you get the power usage of a Rio, until the next song comes.
I wonder how far someone can carry one of those "nuke" bags through an airport.