Is it just me, or does the Opaque/Transparent distinction seem too vague to be enforcable? The portion indicating that HTML is sometimes but not always opaque seems the best example of this, but overall the distinction seems to be problematic.
I disagree entirely. Patents, Trade Secrets, Copyright, they all need to go. Trademark should be weakened to just the product name. The idea of owning ideas is just stupid.
After having read the update, and recognizing the name of Theo der Raadt as being one of the more problematic people in the BSD movement, it seems likely that Joode is entirely in the right. In fact, if I were Joode at this point, I would keep openssh.org as it is currently, not turn it over to anyone, and write some nice essays that make it clear how much of a loony Theo is. It's clear that Theo is doing his best to smear Joode...
Xenix may have been popular, but it was widely regarded as being very very outdated...
SCO bought Xenix from Microsoft, and then later renamed it.
WRT all the services you mention, many of them already have parallels or implementations on Unix. XPCOM is proably a suitable replacement for COM.. unless they get a clue and go CORBA, in which case there are lots of choices... Unicode is already pretty much there.
There are plenty of database libraries you can use ... I don't really see how ODBC is really an interesting technology...
It seems that most of the things you want to talk about are OLE and friends....
While I wouldn't claim that it'd be an easy port, I doubt it'd take nearly as much reinenting the wheel as you describe.
OTOH, perhaps it's a good thing that there isn't Office on Linux -- if staroffice becomes enough of a standard, then when Linux crushes windows, no parts of microsoft will manage to ride the tide...
Most of us don't fly every day of our life. What might be a negligable risk for an occasional traveler could add up to being a sizable risk for someone who is exposed every day. Ever gotten a little dizzy from the gasoline fumes while filling your car? Me too, and although I doubt it's had any long term effects because I don't need to fill the tank very often, if it happened multiple times every day, I'd probably try harder to avoid it (hold my breath?)
You could also ask them about statistics
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You could ask them some basic questions about statistics and they'd get that wrong too. What's your point?
How throughly do these things get tested? I'd prefer not to get cancer in 30 years just because of genetic corruption caused through exposure to radiation...
Considering his poor health, it's very understandable that he wouldn't want to stay his full term. It's interesting how this kind of does seal his temporary replacement's bid for the office though..
Get your burners, and burn copies of decss to a CD, stick them in jewel cases with just the label _DVD_Decoding_Software_, and drop them off in malls, schools, and other high-traffic (ideally commercial) areas all over the country. Don't stick your name on it, and you have a way to help fight IP without disclosing your name:)
Last I heard, the primary g77 developer gave up on it, and its status is in limbo. In any case, g77 isn't very close to fortran-90 compatibility. OTOH, I find it hard to imagine that too many ppl on Linux/Alpha have a big use for fortran anyhow..
I dunno about humans (except.. maybe it would be fitting for people convicted of violent crimes) but I think it'd be really really useful to implant into my pet cat so the next time he manages to slip out the door (he's a housecat), I don't end up spending 6+ hours looking for him like I did a week ago.
Atheism doesn't really free you from morality
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After all, many different religions advocate different moral systems, and some don't advocate a moral system at all. If you have a given set of morals, you can probably find a religion that's ok with them, making you no less free than if you were an atheist. Atheism, like theism, is a broad category of beliefs, and it's difficult to generalize about either. Mysticism, materialists, some forms of humanism, and various other philosophies all fit under the broad banner of atheism, just as christians, hindus, believers in the greek gods, and many others fit under the broad banner of theism.
To directly respond to your paragraph arguing "How is atheism responsible...", if you're religious, there's little difference. You find the moral framework you like, then find the religion that can justify it. Accept god? Which one? It doesn't seem clear why jehovah is really much of a better candicate than zeus, krishna, or various other supposed deities for worship -- there's no evidence for any of them existing, there's a good reason to believe that they all were made up in order to secure social order, and they're all described in fanciful texts with plenty of things that we now can scientifically verify as error.
My grandparents visit Vegas regularly, and they have a great time. They don't ever come back with more than they left with, but they seem to enjoy gambling, and they never gamble enough to cause themselves any serious financial harm.
Dandy for Windows, but bites for other OS's
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I can see why it'd be useful on windows (even though it's position on the keyboard kind of bites), but what about people using other OS's on their computer?
It'd be amusing for them to have an outer case that looked like a Bob-omb (mario series). Seriously though, is it intended to observe the surface, or to dig into the soil?
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Is it just me, or does the Opaque/Transparent
distinction seem too vague to be enforcable?
The portion indicating that HTML is sometimes
but not always opaque seems the best example of
this, but overall the distinction seems to be
problematic.
I disagree entirely. Patents, Trade Secrets,
Copyright, they all need to go. Trademark should
be weakened to just the product name. The idea
of owning ideas is just stupid.
After having read the update, and recognizing
the name of Theo der Raadt as being one of the
more problematic people in the BSD movement,
it seems likely that Joode is entirely in the
right. In fact, if I were Joode at this point,
I would keep openssh.org as it is currently,
not turn it over to anyone, and write some nice
essays that make it clear how much of a loony
Theo is. It's clear that Theo is doing his best
to smear Joode...
Xenix may have been popular, but it was widely
regarded as being very very outdated...
SCO bought Xenix from Microsoft, and then later
renamed it.
WRT all the services you mention, many of them
already have parallels or implementations on
Unix. XPCOM is proably a suitable replacement for
COM.. unless they get a clue and go CORBA, in
which case there are lots of choices... Unicode
is already pretty much there.
There are plenty of database libraries you can use
... I don't really see how ODBC is really an
interesting technology...
It seems that most of the things you want to talk
about are OLE and friends....
While I wouldn't claim that it'd be an easy port,
I doubt it'd take nearly as much reinenting the
wheel as you describe.
OTOH, perhaps it's a good thing that there isn't
Office on Linux -- if staroffice becomes enough
of a standard, then when Linux crushes windows,
no parts of microsoft will manage to ride the
tide...
ibm.net = Advantis -- IBM's (ex) ISP division.
The majority of Universities, I believe, are
public institutions.
The web is also a pain in the butt and a resource
hog. Let's ban HTTP and HTTPS, and that'll save
*TONS* of bandwidth..
Maybe if moderators, or indeed everyone could /.
mark up or down topics/stories, we could prevent
dumb things from being visible to us on
I hope you don't mean that you think a "good"
assembler will produce fast but incorrect code..
Yes! Finally designer bodies :) Just think of :)
what devout fans of certain sci-fi series would
do with custom bodoes
Could you just get tons of stuff free by repeating
the process and always buying ~$350 of computer
equipment?
Most of us don't fly every day of our life. What
might be a negligable risk for an occasional
traveler could add up to being a sizable risk for
someone who is exposed every day. Ever gotten
a little dizzy from the gasoline fumes while
filling your car? Me too, and although I doubt
it's had any long term effects because I don't
need to fill the tank very often, if it happened
multiple times every day, I'd probably try harder
to avoid it (hold my breath?)
You could ask them some basic questions about
statistics and they'd get that wrong too. What's
your point?
He should be posting this this time next year
if he's going to talk of a new millenium
How throughly do these things get tested? I'd
prefer not to get cancer in 30 years just because
of genetic corruption caused through exposure to
radiation...
Considering his poor health, it's very
understandable that he wouldn't want to stay his
full term. It's interesting how this kind of does
seal his temporary replacement's bid for the
office though..
Now we just need to find such a country to host
all our MP3s until we can get IP laws overturned
in our respective countries.
Get your burners, and burn copies of decss to :)
a CD, stick them in jewel cases with just
the label _DVD_Decoding_Software_, and drop them
off in malls, schools, and other high-traffic
(ideally commercial) areas all over the country.
Don't stick your name on it, and you have a way
to help fight IP without disclosing your name
Anyone know of a tool which I can use to snag
files via PNM and/or convert my realmedia files
to mpeg movies/audio on Linux?
Last I heard, the primary g77 developer gave up
on it, and its status is in limbo. In any case,
g77 isn't very close to fortran-90 compatibility.
OTOH, I find it hard to imagine that too many ppl
on Linux/Alpha have a big use for fortran anyhow..
I dunno about humans (except.. maybe it would
be fitting for people convicted of violent crimes)
but I think it'd be really really useful to
implant into my pet cat so the next time he
manages to slip out the door (he's a housecat),
I don't end up spending 6+ hours looking for him
like I did a week ago.
After all, many different religions advocate
different moral systems, and some don't
advocate a moral system at all. If you have
a given set of morals, you can probably
find a religion that's ok with them, making you
no less free than if you were an atheist.
Atheism, like theism, is a broad category of
beliefs, and it's difficult to generalize about
either. Mysticism, materialists, some forms of
humanism, and various other philosophies all
fit under the broad banner of atheism, just as
christians, hindus, believers in the greek gods,
and many others fit under the broad banner of
theism.
To directly respond to your paragraph arguing
"How is atheism responsible...", if you're
religious, there's little difference. You
find the moral framework you like, then find the
religion that can justify it. Accept god? Which
one? It doesn't seem clear why jehovah is really
much of a better candicate than zeus, krishna,
or various other supposed deities for worship --
there's no evidence for any of them existing,
there's a good reason to believe that they all
were made up in order to secure social order,
and they're all described in fanciful texts with
plenty of things that we now can scientifically
verify as error.
My grandparents visit Vegas regularly, and they
have a great time. They don't ever come back
with more than they left with, but they seem to
enjoy gambling, and they never gamble enough to
cause themselves any serious financial harm.
I can see why it'd be useful on windows (even
though it's position on the keyboard kind of
bites), but what about people using other OS's
on their computer?
It'd be amusing for them to have an outer case
that looked like a Bob-omb (mario series).
Seriously though, is it intended to observe the
surface, or to dig into the soil?