Pssh. It's just a big, rectangular white case with a little blue puzzle piece decal in the middle with the words "Click here to get the plugin" underneath.
What's the advantage of having to click your case to get at the power supply?
Here's the text of the website, just in case it gets slashdotted:
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Smells like... NewsPosted by krow on Tuesday October 29, @09:45 from the 40-thousand-years-we-have-been-painting-in-caves dept. Is this working, fee, fi, foe, fum....
( Read More... | 0 of 1 comment ) Apple: Darwin 6.0.2 for x86 Released!?!?!?! OS X (Apple)Posted by pudge on Monday October 28, @16:24 from the foo-on-you-in-th'-hizouse-yo-yo dept. Jos Louis writes "Apple has released the x86 version 6.0.2 of Darwin, the FreeBSD-based core of Mac OS X Jaguar. You can download the bootable ISO from here." Commence the raising of the roof... now!...
I'm not an audiophile, but I know high-quality sound when I hear it. That's definitely the case with the VPR Matrix 200A5, thanks to the Sonopür Digital Audio system, with its patent-pending 24/192 upsampling technology. This system dramatically enhances digital music and offers very rich sound.
I'm not a stable hand, but I know horse shit when I smell it.
I mean, I know I'm supposed to either be 'ooh'-ing or 'aah'-ing, but the best I can manage is a 'hwah?' Sonopür? What, does the umlaut act as a built-in sounding board for the thumping, thumping base this ultraslim laptop undoubtedly cranks out? Upsampling and high fidelity used in the same sentence? Right.
Hey, cnet! I've got this little Gaussian blur filt--uh, I mean, JPEG Edge Enhancement System, with patent-pending Blürfexxion(tm) technology! Care to give me a writeup?
So, from the above we see that GPL compatible licenses are licenses for code which permit you to modify that code and redistribute it under the GPL, not licenses that are "equivalent" to the GPL.
Upon further reading, I readily concede that public domain is not equivalent to the GPL. I was confused (shock!) by what I had read on the FSF site.
The original poster is quite right in that promoting public-domain software would make RMS mad and Bill Gates happy.
I further concede that favoring licensed software over software released into the public domain makes RMS quite mad, indeed.
Public Domain.
Being in the public domain is not a license--rather, it means the material is not copyrighted and no license is needed. Practically speaking, though, if a work is in the public domain, it might as well have an all-permissive non-copyleft free software license. Public domain status is compatible with the GNU GPL.
From a Senator like Helmes, this is a old school shakedown...I have a low opinion of Helmes...
Dude, at least spell his name correctly. Misspelling it puts you on par with people who yammer on about "Linux Torvalds"...
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As of this week, spies among us can just waltz in with their routine cell phones, zap the photos of the Iraq attack plan over the air, and nobody is the wiser.
Well, seeing as nothing seems to make those drafting the Iraq attack plan any wiser, I'd say it's at least worth a shot...
(Attack Plan of the Day, Hint #48: Rhymes with "Fomb the buck out of them and pet up a suppet.")
My god, why didn't you tell me this sooner? Had I known that money wouldn't flow like water forever, I might have tried to make some financially responsible decisions, like not buying more crap than I could afford to buy! *forehead smack*
You might be amazed--nay, astonished--to learn that there are a whole bunch of people our age who are weathering this storm just fine. Not everybody lived like the movies told us to live, you know.
In SF where a woman was killed in the hallway exiting her apartment, BY A DOG that was on a leash, there is now (today) a proposal to make ALL parks in SF off leash areas for owners of dogs. These are parks where almost all have signs now that say that they are NOT off leash areas. People do not obey the signs now, and kids have been bitten by dogs off leash. The law would be if you can control your dog by voice. How vague is that?
Dogs tend to be more aggressive when they're on a leash; having off-leash laws makes a fair amount of sense, safety-wise. Of course, there'll still be dog owners that train killing machines; in all honesty, a leash law isn't going to be that big of a factor to this type of person. In any case, making one's decisions on policy changes based on isolated, highly-publicized events is not a wise approach.
Dogs urinating and defecating on the fields where children play. Hmm I'd have to wonder if that would spread some new diseases, like discentary.
Hear, hear. Why can't it be like it was when I was growing up, when domesticated and wild animals alike urinated and defecated in clearly marked no-child zones? Hell inna handbasket, I say!
News flash: the occasional generation of small children has been known to grow into adulthood despite the unsanitary conditions of outdoor play areas.
Methinks you're a little too worried about the health risks of animals shitting in the park...
Kofi Annan: Again, Mr. Bush, I implore you. Please reconsider taking unilateral action against Iraq! George Eliza Bush: What makes you think I'm taking unilateral action against Iraq? KA: Your insistence on impossible timelines, your unflagging determination to find reason to invade... GEB: Tell me more about my impossible timelines. KA: You know fully well what I am referring to, Mr. Bush. Respectfully, I ask that you show some moderation in your demands. Your current course of action will serve only to alienate your nation from the global community... GEB: But why do you think that my current course of action will serve only to alienate my nation from the global community?
...you may be on to something. Eliza certainly wouldn't go around inventationalizing wordages and grammarcism, at the leastly.
"The trousers, to be launched in the UK next year under Levi's Dockers brand, contain mobile phone pockets with "anti-radiation lining to prevent possible health risks""
And cuts off all ability to actually recive a call while in the pocket..
...unless, of course, they're only shielding the body-facing portions of your pockets. Whether or not they were bright enough to do it this way is an exercise left to the consumer.
Of course, then the aliens would be able to read and control your cell phone's mind, so maybe you are better off with full tinfoil^H^H^H^H^H^H^H radiation-blocking pockets.
I'm still waiting for them to make something that shields the space between your hand and the steering wheel from dangerous cell phones. I mean, if you wanna talk safety risks...
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What's the advantage of having to click your case to get at the power supply?
Once you change this aspect of the equation, the Ivy League business education suddenly makes all the sense in the world...
First sale only applies in cases where it is not time/cost effective to litigate otherwise.
Unleash the hounds!
Fnord
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Apple: Darwin 6.0.2 for x86 Released!?!?!?!
OS X (Apple)Posted by pudge on Monday October 28, @16:24
from the foo-on-you-in-th'-hizouse-yo-yo dept.
Jos Louis writes "Apple has released the x86 version 6.0.2 of Darwin, the FreeBSD-based core of Mac OS X Jaguar. You can download the bootable ISO from here." Commence the raising of the roof
I'm not an audiophile, but I know high-quality sound when I hear it. That's definitely the case with the VPR Matrix 200A5, thanks to the Sonopür Digital Audio system, with its patent-pending 24/192 upsampling technology. This system dramatically enhances digital music and offers very rich sound.
I'm not a stable hand, but I know horse shit when I smell it.
I mean, I know I'm supposed to either be 'ooh'-ing or 'aah'-ing, but the best I can manage is a 'hwah?' Sonopür? What, does the umlaut act as a built-in sounding board for the thumping, thumping base this ultraslim laptop undoubtedly cranks out? Upsampling and high fidelity used in the same sentence? Right.
Hey, cnet! I've got this little Gaussian blur filt--uh, I mean, JPEG Edge Enhancement System, with patent-pending Blürfexxion(tm) technology! Care to give me a writeup?
And they carry card keys.
Upon further reading, I readily concede that public domain is not equivalent to the GPL. I was confused (shock!) by what I had read on the FSF site.
The original poster is quite right in that promoting public-domain software would make RMS mad and Bill Gates happy.
I further concede that favoring licensed software over software released into the public domain makes RMS quite mad, indeed.
Nothing is more free than Public Domain.
Have you ever even bothered to look at the list of GPL compatible licenses? And I quote:
Public Domain. Being in the public domain is not a license--rather, it means the material is not copyrighted and no license is needed. Practically speaking, though, if a work is in the public domain, it might as well have an all-permissive non-copyleft free software license. Public domain status is compatible with the GNU GPL.
It's really quite undignified of you.
Yo!
Put the Pizaaa down, step away from your hookaaah, and read your fscking heaaadlines!
paaathetic!
Dude, at least spell his name correctly. Misspelling it puts you on par with people who yammer on about "Linux Torvalds"...
Well, seeing as nothing seems to make those drafting the Iraq attack plan any wiser, I'd say it's at least worth a shot...
(Attack Plan of the Day, Hint #48: Rhymes with "Fomb the buck out of them and pet up a suppet.")
Yes, there is. It's very much like Office XP, but without the pee that comes with with the Windows version...
My god, why didn't you tell me this sooner? Had I known that money wouldn't flow like water forever, I might have tried to make some financially responsible decisions, like not buying more crap than I could afford to buy! *forehead smack*
You might be amazed--nay, astonished--to learn that there are a whole bunch of people our age who are weathering this storm just fine. Not everybody lived like the movies told us to live, you know.
Dude, their pilot did better than their webserver...
Dogs tend to be more aggressive when they're on a leash; having off-leash laws makes a fair amount of sense, safety-wise. Of course, there'll still be dog owners that train killing machines; in all honesty, a leash law isn't going to be that big of a factor to this type of person. In any case, making one's decisions on policy changes based on isolated, highly-publicized events is not a wise approach.
Dogs urinating and defecating on the fields where children play. Hmm I'd have to wonder if that would spread some new diseases, like discentary.
Hear, hear. Why can't it be like it was when I was growing up, when domesticated and wild animals alike urinated and defecated in clearly marked no-child zones? Hell inna handbasket, I say!
News flash: the occasional generation of small children has been known to grow into adulthood despite the unsanitary conditions of outdoor play areas.
Methinks you're a little too worried about the health risks of animals shitting in the park...
That way, there's some chance it'll be repealed. How are we to go about fixing this thing if we don't make it painfully obvious that it's a bad law?
Haven't read that one yet--rather, I was just giving you a typical Eliza-like response...
What makes you think that I am Douglas Hofstadter?
Kofi Annan: Again, Mr. Bush, I implore you. Please reconsider taking unilateral action against Iraq!
George Eliza Bush: What makes you think I'm taking unilateral action against Iraq?
KA: Your insistence on impossible timelines, your unflagging determination to find reason to invade...
GEB: Tell me more about my impossible timelines.
KA: You know fully well what I am referring to, Mr. Bush. Respectfully, I ask that you show some moderation in your demands. Your current course of action will serve only to alienate your nation from the global community...
GEB: But why do you think that my current course of action will serve only to alienate my nation from the global community?
If not, I'll stick to my Pioneer drive, thank-you-very-much.
Dude, where in my post did I say "We need a law"?
And cuts off all ability to actually recive a call while in the pocket..
Of course, then the aliens would be able to read and control your cell phone's mind, so maybe you are better off with full tinfoil^H^H^H^H^H^H^H radiation-blocking pockets.
I'm still waiting for them to make something that shields the space between your hand and the steering wheel from dangerous cell phones. I mean, if you wanna talk safety risks...
Huh!
Guess it's about time I upgraded, then...