I didn't think people actually used auto-updaters. I know the absolute most I've ever used is something that'll tell me if there's updates, and then ask me if it wants to get them.
That's the default behavior if I read the 'what's new' notes correctly (I haven't installed the beta): Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
I wouldn't want an update to be fully automatic without any sort of notification & confirmation-dialog... Automatic checks for updates are fine, updating automatically isn't.
Cute screenshot indeed, but since it's a screenshot of bblean (a 'Blackbox for Windows' shell-replacement, not developed by Blackbox) what is it doing here?
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And if your logic is sound, we shouldn't be able to use a browser anymore since it allows access to illegal content.
With all due respect, if you crossed a quiet road for four years without looking both ways, you'd think "hey, works for me". Until you got run over. If you understand the gotchas, then you understand just how fine a line you are walking with them.
And somehow that argument cannot be applied to PostgreSQL? If so, please explain why...
I'm not saying MySQL is better than PostgreSQL or vice versa (I lack knowledge to make such an assessment), but I am genuinely interested in why your line of reasoning applies to MySQL but not to PostgreSQL.
They can however be inappropriate in some settings. A computer in Iran for instance. There are still places in the world where women get stoned for sex outside of marriage (even in so-called 'liberal' places like Turkey, legal or not). Do you really think the people who are okay with these stonings are also okay with said pictures?
Again, this has nothing to do with your idea or mine of what is porn/offensive/inappropriate and what isn't (I agree these images are far from those). But Ubuntu does state on their site that "Our work on Ubuntu is driven by a philosophy on software freedom that we hope will spread and bring the benefits of software technology to all parts of the globe."
BTW, I never said or meant to imply that all pictures of naked people are porn, don't worry. But I also don't think my ideas of what is right & wrong are representative of everybody else's.
No clothes, but NOT porn. Depends on yer culture/geographical location. Try telling a woman in a small town in Saudi Arabia or a Mormon-settlement to walk around dressed like that. Things are not as simple as 'it's not offensive to me, so it's not to anybody else either'.
It has everything to do with cultural differences and Ubuntu wanting to appeal to people from not just Western cultural backgrounds. These images are considered bad taste in many cultures, whether you agree with that or not.
Also, to many people & cultures, showing images of people killing other people is also considered bad taste/inappropriate. Just cuz it happens doesn't mean everybody thinks it should.
I can't go around installing shit on everyone's PC no can I. There are plenty of players out there that do not need installing and support OGG, MP3, etc... XMPlay for one (it will even play WMA if needed)... It'll happily run from yer portable HD and play every track on there...
any disabled person with a specially adapted car would be legally entitled to drive it through crowds of pedestrians Let's hope none of em have ever heard of Carmageddon then!
That's the GPL in a nutshell. No it's not. You must make the source code available under the GPL, not so with this one. As pointed out, more similar to BSD than GPL.
Yes, they did a lot of good work, but they were also a relatively unknown foundation themselves unfortunately... Maybe if they'd been a bit more pro-active (not thru spam:)) to get their name across to the general public as well, there would've been more volunteers to help them (and/or even more funding) and they wouldn't have to close down... A sad loss.
I've never entered any contract with Google, the lawbook doesn't even mention the company, Google doesn't rent apartments, and I owe them nothing. So why should I obey Google's rules ? The reverse holds true as well.
Experienced rush hour cyclists are like fish, they always make sure to be in the middle of the flock/school as much as possible so that others may get hit 1st, reducing one's chance of getting hurt...
Not to mention over here in the Netherlands you are ridiculed when riding a 'Spartamet', which is a bike with an additional small electrical motor, unless yer 60+ or something:)
Also, the Netherlands is probably the only country where on a Saturday evening in the major cities you expect to leave yer home with a bike and return home with another one ('stealing' bikes is the national pass-time)...
The grandparent was referring to the use of the word 'sans', which IRL means 'without' (in French), but is also used to signify a font-type (sans-serif, which is often shortened to plain 'sans').
You didn't miss a whole lot therefore, it wasn't a very funny post.
Someone abusing the copywrite system for individual gain??? (notoriety/press, shareware fees), it's standard practice. So might makes right? Just cuz something is 'standard practice' doesn't make it right.
It's plain wrong to just assume that everybody who contributed to this project will agree with the license-change (I've yet to see any shred of evidence that he actually asked all of the contributors if they would let him use their code with the new license, only evidence of the opposite). Whether this is 'standard practice' or not is irrelevant.
There's a vast difference between knowing enough German to order a loaf of bread at the local bakery in German and knowing enough German to follow a tutorial on the technological intricacies of FreeBSD in German.
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I didn't think people actually used auto-updaters. I know the absolute most I've ever used is something that'll tell me if there's updates, and then ask me if it wants to get them.
That's the default behavior if I read the 'what's new' notes correctly (I haven't installed the beta):
Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
I wouldn't want an update to be fully automatic without any sort of notification & confirmation-dialog... Automatic checks for updates are fine, updating automatically isn't.
Cute screenshot indeed, but since it's a screenshot of bblean (a 'Blackbox for Windows' shell-replacement, not developed by Blackbox) what is it doing here?
And if your logic is sound, we shouldn't be able to use a browser anymore since it allows access to illegal content.
With all due respect, if you crossed a quiet road for four years without looking both ways, you'd think "hey, works for me". Until you got run over. If you understand the gotchas, then you understand just how fine a line you are walking with them.
And somehow that argument cannot be applied to PostgreSQL? If so, please explain why...
I'm not saying MySQL is better than PostgreSQL or vice versa (I lack knowledge to make such an assessment), but I am genuinely interested in why your line of reasoning applies to MySQL but not to PostgreSQL.
They can however be inappropriate in some settings.
A computer in Iran for instance. There are still places in the world where women get stoned for sex outside of marriage (even in so-called 'liberal' places like Turkey, legal or not). Do you really think the people who are okay with these stonings are also okay with said pictures?
Again, this has nothing to do with your idea or mine of what is porn/offensive/inappropriate and what isn't (I agree these images are far from those). But Ubuntu does state on their site that "Our work on Ubuntu is driven by a philosophy on software freedom that we hope will spread and bring the benefits of software technology to all parts of the globe."
BTW, I never said or meant to imply that all pictures of naked people are porn, don't worry. But I also don't think my ideas of what is right & wrong are representative of everybody else's.
No clothes, but NOT porn.
Depends on yer culture/geographical location. Try telling a woman in a small town in Saudi Arabia or a Mormon-settlement to walk around dressed like that. Things are not as simple as 'it's not offensive to me, so it's not to anybody else either'.
It has everything to do with cultural differences and Ubuntu wanting to appeal to people from not just Western cultural backgrounds. These images are considered bad taste in many cultures, whether you agree with that or not.
Also, to many people & cultures, showing images of people killing other people is also considered bad taste/inappropriate. Just cuz it happens doesn't mean everybody thinks it should.
I can't go around installing shit on everyone's PC no can I.
There are plenty of players out there that do not need installing and support OGG, MP3, etc... XMPlay for one (it will even play WMA if needed)... It'll happily run from yer portable HD and play every track on there...
any disabled person with a specially adapted car would be legally entitled to drive it through crowds of pedestrians
Let's hope none of em have ever heard of Carmageddon then!
You can want one, but you ain't getting one. From Segway's Centaur page:
At present time, Segway LLC has no plans to manufacture the Centaur.
That's the GPL in a nutshell.
No it's not. You must make the source code available under the GPL, not so with this one. As pointed out, more similar to BSD than GPL.
Yes, they did a lot of good work, but they were also a relatively unknown foundation themselves unfortunately... Maybe if they'd been a bit more pro-active (not thru spam :)) to get their name across to the general public as well, there would've been more volunteers to help them (and/or even more funding) and they wouldn't have to close down... A sad loss.
I've never entered any contract with Google, the lawbook doesn't even mention the company, Google doesn't rent apartments, and I owe them nothing. So why should I obey Google's rules ?
The reverse holds true as well.
Cuz they already have gmail.google.com... Gee...
Or maybe I'm one of the unlucky few and you are one of the lucky many?
Experienced rush hour cyclists are like fish, they always make sure to be in the middle of the flock/school as much as possible so that others may get hit 1st, reducing one's chance of getting hurt...
Not to mention over here in the Netherlands you are ridiculed when riding a 'Spartamet', which is a bike with an additional small electrical motor, unless yer 60+ or something :)
Also, the Netherlands is probably the only country where on a Saturday evening in the major cities you expect to leave yer home with a bike and return home with another one ('stealing' bikes is the national pass-time)...
Remember, it's not the size that matters, but what you do with it... or so I've heard...
IANAL, but wouldn't these jackets made by Levi's & Philips, from 2001, count as prior art?
The grandparent was referring to the use of the word 'sans', which IRL means 'without' (in French), but is also used to signify a font-type (sans-serif, which is often shortened to plain 'sans').
You didn't miss a whole lot therefore, it wasn't a very funny post.
The domain still does tho (and redirects to VA Software's site obviously)...
So basically what yer saying is that licenses are really meaningless and as long as it's 'business' it's a free-for-all?
Someone abusing the copywrite system for individual gain??? (notoriety/press, shareware fees), it's standard practice.
So might makes right? Just cuz something is 'standard practice' doesn't make it right.
It's plain wrong to just assume that everybody who contributed to this project will agree with the license-change (I've yet to see any shred of evidence that he actually asked all of the contributors if they would let him use their code with the new license, only evidence of the opposite). Whether this is 'standard practice' or not is irrelevant.
Then they send out an offer letter and a drug test packet.
A drug test packet? Wow... What retard came up with that one?!
There's a vast difference between knowing enough German to order a loaf of bread at the local bakery in German and knowing enough German to follow a tutorial on the technological intricacies of FreeBSD in German.