TBL never intended URLs to be exposed to users anyway
er, TBL didn't invent DNS. (These are DOMAIN NAME disputes, not necessarily anything to do with the WWW)
Just because the internet is a global network doesn't mean we have to throw out all rules
No one's suggesting that.
"It's the law. Deal with it."
It's not the law though. Nowhere is there any law which states that domain names must be qualified by a unique legal jurisdiction. There are other, more sensible ways of dealing with it. Even WIPO is a far more sensible way than what you are suggesting.
We still live in a world with nations that have their own laws. Every domain should have a ccTLD, so the applicable laws apply.
Yes but individual states also have their own laws. And in many countries individual towns have their own laws. So by your argument, every domain should be geography-specific enough that it is in one, undebatable, jurisdiction. Even if it means going several subdomain layers down. Most people would consider that an unnacceptable sacrifice. The internet is a global network. That's one of its strongest benefits.
Re:how is it GNU-based if it has a _BSD_ kernel?
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Yes. In the olden days computers were so hard that technicians were employed full time to operate them. These technicians were not the people using the computers for research. They were just there to operate the machines. When the operation of the machines became automated, the system that did this was called an "operating system". So you're right, the term operating system is a lot lower level than many people realise. Anything that isn't to do with multiplexing the hardware isn't part of the OS. It's part of the user environment.
Re:Xfree is sufferring from poor PR
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Reading your first link, it's amusing to see that even ten years ago there were a lot of ridiculous IP shenanigans. Such as
"Ashton-Tate is once again pushing its case for a copyright on the
programming language used in DBase.
".
And the numerous silly patents, such as
'Emacs
is threatened by IBM patent number 4,674,040 which covers "cut and paste
between files" in a text editor. Many Emacs features are threatened by
patent number 4,458,311, which covers "text and numeric processing on
same screen." Patent 4,398,249 covering the general spreadsheet
technique known as "natural order recalc" stops us from using it in GNU
'
The first "me too" post isn't until two years into the archive. I suppose that says something about the intelligence of the usenet demographic back then.
Your protectionist bigotry is truly alarming. Consider the way you declare "the living conditions and quality of life is vastly different in China and India than it is in the US" as though it's some sort of natural order. Well actually, in the long term, the quality of life in those countries may well start approaching that in your country. If, that is, racial supremacists such as yourself don't get your way with your misanthropic desire to keep the bulk of humanity below the poverty line.
Interpreted languages (Java, Perl, Python, etc.) won't compile themselves.
There is absolutely no fundamental reason why this should be the case (though it often is). You are making an arbitrary and irrelevant distinction between "compiled" and "interpreted". Watch out for perl.. rumours are that it will soon be self hosting. As noted elsewhere in these comments, Sun's javac is written in java.
The only real requirement for a language to be self hosting is that it is Turing complete.
Do you remember that Bill Gates interview where he was asked what single discovery would have the greatest impact on computing? "A way to efficiently factor large primes" was his answer.
Simple idea: make me a PDA that includes the following:
-A BIOS that handles power management and screen taps, as well as a fairly safe routine for handling flash functions
-Easily swapped OS
-Versatility of an iPaq, batteries of a Palm (rechargeable is best
-USB cradle
Put that out as an OEM device. You can even ship it with WinCE if you like (PalmOS 5/ARM would probably be a better choice of course), but make sure the world knows you can hack it.
/Ideut
Re:Probably hard to boot from
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Not exactly. OpenBIOS is a freeware implementation of the Open Firmware standard that Apple uses for the boot ROMs on their PCI machine. I don't think OpenBIOS is anywhere even close to a working product, actually, and Apple has been using OF since 1995.
Well, I'm using a Chambers dictionary and one of the definitions given for the word liberal is simply "free".
Please note that you tried to counter my accusation of Murkins abusing the word "liberal" by referring to a Murkin dictionary!
Oh look, another definition is "not bound by authority". That rather spoils your utterly fatuous attempt at branding communists/socialists as "liberals who went just a tad too far". As you will be aware, systems requiring high levels of state ownership of property are automatically authoritarian.
Any use of the word "liberal" which is disconnected from some notion of freedom is an abuse in my book. Ideut.
You seem unable to spot the common root of the words "liberal" (in your post) and "liberty" (in your sig). Why do Murkins insist on abusing the word liberal? It has the ill effect of most freedom-cherishing people in the States claiming to be "libertarian", when what they actually mean is "liberal".
The US has already destroyed two important political words (democratic and republican) by having major political parties named after them.
Now that Oskar Sandberg, an eminently talented prgrammer, is working full time on freenet, its development can only speed up. The mailing lists are characterised by the wicked humour of Mr Bad and the level-headed stewardship of Ian Clarke. There is an exciting buzz as everyone works towards a common goal.
Fred 0.4 is about to be released, and with the new friendlier windows client, use of the free network will surely skyrocket.
OK, I don't personally have time to work on freenet, but if I did, I think I would insist that there was a -core list for the platform and a -devl or something for the application level. Merely having seperate lists would help stop people confusing things so much. The group's most talented coders should concern themselves with improving the properties of the network. They don't need to track endless debates about "think cash", "metadata", or anything else application level. They should be ensuring that when I request a key, I get what I asked for, as frequently and quickly as possible (within the other constraints on the network's behaviour).
I also think that the project is sufficiently high profile that it's going to attract people to its mailing lists whose input is simply unhelpful. They're going to need to start moderating some of the lists at some point. (Just listen out for people squealing "don't censor me!").
As for my comment about sloppiness, that wasn't at all justified. Give me a chance, I was only trying to get back down to my -1 posting default. It's not my fault some moderator thought I was "interesting" or "insightful" or something.
We won't need commercial mp3 entities when we've got freenet
The only trouble is, development is being held back by sloppy, haphazard software "engineering" and creeping featurism (before the basic network is even functional).
The lists are flooded with the technically illiterate, who are just along for the ride, and the politically extreme, who want to "destroy global capitalism".
As far as I can see, what was once the most promising p2p platform is now stewing in its own faeces and will fizzle out gradually, to be replaced by an ever changing plethora of http-based systems.
The developers don't even know whether freenet is a Java program or a network protocol.
Slashdot Mirror
er, TBL didn't invent DNS. (These are DOMAIN NAME disputes, not necessarily anything to do with the WWW)
No one's suggesting that.
It's not the law though. Nowhere is there any law which states that domain names must be qualified by a unique legal jurisdiction. There are other, more sensible ways of dealing with it. Even WIPO is a far more sensible way than what you are suggesting.
Yes but individual states also have their own laws. And in many countries individual towns have their own laws. So by your argument, every domain should be geography-specific enough that it is in one, undebatable, jurisdiction. Even if it means going several subdomain layers down. Most people would consider that an unnacceptable sacrifice. The internet is a global network. That's one of its strongest benefits.
Yes. In the olden days computers were so hard that technicians were employed full time to operate them. These technicians were not the people using the computers for research. They were just there to operate the machines. When the operation of the machines became automated, the system that did this was called an "operating system". So you're right, the term operating system is a lot lower level than many people realise. Anything that isn't to do with multiplexing the hardware isn't part of the OS. It's part of the user environment.
I think you're thinking about xvidtune
Gases and liquids are both fluids.
"Ashton-Tate is once again pushing its case for a copyright on the programming language used in DBase. ".
And the numerous silly patents, such as
'Emacs is threatened by IBM patent number 4,674,040 which covers "cut and paste between files" in a text editor. Many Emacs features are threatened by patent number 4,458,311, which covers "text and numeric processing on same screen." Patent 4,398,249 covering the general spreadsheet technique known as "natural order recalc" stops us from using it in GNU '
Star wars is in nine parts. Return of the Jedi was part six. Not much jazz at all really.
The first "me too" post isn't until two years into the archive. I suppose that says something about the intelligence of the usenet demographic back then.
You stay competitive by staying competitive. Cartelising the labor market is not a way to stay competitive.
You cunt.
There is absolutely no fundamental reason why this should be the case (though it often is). You are making an arbitrary and irrelevant distinction between "compiled" and "interpreted". Watch out for perl.. rumours are that it will soon be self hosting. As noted elsewhere in these comments, Sun's javac is written in java.
The only real requirement for a language to be self hosting is that it is Turing complete.
And we all know how sh is self-hosted. Dear oh dear. And PHP is also written in c. Both toys?
one small run in a microwave and the foil hologram is toast. Microwaving euros destroys them already
I've heard of japscat, but what's skatboarding?
Do you remember that Bill Gates interview where he was asked what single discovery would have the greatest impact on computing? "A way to efficiently factor large primes" was his answer.
I read the article, and still couldn't work out what law they were supposed to be breaking. Could you enlighten me?
Fucking retard. They won't turn a profit from the tax deduction. Jesus.
-A BIOS that handles power management and screen taps, as well as a fairly safe routine for handling flash functions
-Easily swapped OS
-Versatility of an iPaq, batteries of a Palm (rechargeable is best
-USB cradle
Put that out as an OEM device. You can even ship it with WinCE if you like (PalmOS 5/ARM would probably be a better choice of course), but make sure the world knows you can hack it.
/Ideut
Not exactly. OpenBIOS is a freeware implementation of the Open Firmware standard that Apple uses for the boot ROMs on their PCI machine. I don't think OpenBIOS is anywhere even close to a working product, actually, and Apple has been using OF since 1995.
Please note that you tried to counter my accusation of Murkins abusing the word "liberal" by referring to a Murkin dictionary!
Oh look, another definition is "not bound by authority". That rather spoils your utterly fatuous attempt at branding communists/socialists as "liberals who went just a tad too far". As you will be aware, systems requiring high levels of state ownership of property are automatically authoritarian.
Any use of the word "liberal" which is disconnected from some notion of freedom is an abuse in my book. Ideut.
The US has already destroyed two important political words (democratic and republican) by having major political parties named after them.
Fucking retards
Here's why.
could someone post a mirror please. The site seems to be completely buggahed by the /. effect. Thanks.
Fred 0.4 is about to be released, and with the new friendlier windows client, use of the free network will surely skyrocket.
OK, I don't personally have time to work on freenet, but if I did, I think I would insist that there was a -core list for the platform and a -devl or something for the application level. Merely having seperate lists would help stop people confusing things so much. The group's most talented coders should concern themselves with improving the properties of the network. They don't need to track endless debates about "think cash", "metadata", or anything else application level. They should be ensuring that when I request a key, I get what I asked for, as frequently and quickly as possible (within the other constraints on the network's behaviour).
I also think that the project is sufficiently high profile that it's going to attract people to its mailing lists whose input is simply unhelpful. They're going to need to start moderating some of the lists at some point. (Just listen out for people squealing "don't censor me!").
As for my comment about sloppiness, that wasn't at all justified. Give me a chance, I was only trying to get back down to my -1 posting default. It's not my fault some moderator thought I was "interesting" or "insightful" or something.
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The only trouble is, development is being held back by sloppy, haphazard software "engineering" and creeping featurism (before the basic network is even functional).
The lists are flooded with the technically illiterate, who are just along for the ride, and the politically extreme, who want to "destroy global capitalism".
As far as I can see, what was once the most promising p2p platform is now stewing in its own faeces and will fizzle out gradually, to be replaced by an ever changing plethora of http-based systems.
The developers don't even know whether freenet is a Java program or a network protocol.
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